PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF FLUORESCENT POLYSACCHARIDES
PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF FLUORESCENT POLYSACCHARIDES
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DOI:
10.1016/0003-2697(83)90590-0
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
ROSEN, SD
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作者:
GLABE, CG;HARTY, PK;ROSEN, SD
A new method for preparing fluorescein derivatives of polysaccharides is described. These derivatives are prepared by activation of the polysaccharide with cyanogen bromide and subsequent reaction with fluoresceinamine. The optimum conditions for coupling were established. Using this procedure, fluorescein derivatives of a wide variety of polysaccharides were prepared. Degrees of substitution in the range of 3.0 .times. 10-3 to 2.4 .times. 10-2 mol of fluorescein/mol of monosaccharide equivalent were obtained. The fluorescent derivatives are stable: no free fluorescein was detected after incubation at 22.degree. C for 48 h or at -10.degree. C for 4 mo. The fluorescein-derivatized polysaccharides had the same potency in inhibiting lectin-mediated hemagglutination as the underivatized polysaccharide. In addition, these fluorescent polysaccharides can be radioiodinated to specific activities exceeding of 106 dpm/.mu.g due to incorporation of 125I into fluorescein. The cell binding properties of 125I-fucoidin and 125I-heparin are indistinguishable from the corresponding underivatized polysaccharides. This general approach for preparing fluorescent polysaccharides should produce useful reagents for localizing and quantifying cell surface carbohydrate-binding proteins (lectins).