COPOLYMERIC STRUCTURE OF PIG SKIN DERMATAN SULFATE - ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF L-IDURONO-SULPHATE-CONTAINING OLIGOSACCHARIDES FROM COPOLYMERIC CHAINS
COPOLYMERIC STRUCTURE OF PIG SKIN DERMATAN SULFATE - ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF L-IDURONO-SULPHATE-CONTAINING OLIGOSACCHARIDES FROM COPOLYMERIC CHAINS
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DOI:
10.1042/bj1430379
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发表时间:
1974-01-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
SJOBERG, I
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作者:
FRANSSON, LA;COSTER, L;SJOBERG, I
Dermatan sulphate was degraded by testicular hyaluronidase and an oversulphated fraction was isolated by ion-exchange chromatography. This preparation, which contained fairly long segments derived from the non-reducing terminal portion of the molecule, was subjected to periodate oxidation under acidic conditions. The oxidized iduronic acid residues were cleaved by reduction-hydrolysis (Smith-degradation) (Fransson & Carlstedt, 1974) or by alkaline elimination. The oligosaccharides so obtained contained both GlcUA (glucuronic acid) and IdUA-SO4(sulphated iduronic acid) residues. Copolymeric oligosaccharides obtained after alkaline elimination were cleaved by chondroitinase-AC into disaccharide and higher oligosaccharides. Since the corresponding oligosaccharides obtained by Smith-degradation were unaffected by this enzyme, it was concluded that the carbohydrate sequences were GalNAc-(IdUA-GalNAc)n-GlcUA-GalNAc. The iduronic acid-containing sequences were resistant to digestion with chondroitinase-ABC. It was demonstrated that the presence of unsulphatedN-acetylgalactosamine residues in these sequences could be responsible for the observed effect. This information was obtained in an indirect way. Chemically desulphated dermatan sulphate was found to be a poor substrate for the chondroitinase-ABC enzyme. Moreover, digestion with chondroitinase-ABC of chondroitinase-AC-degraded dermatan sulphate released periodate-resistant iduronic acid-containing oligosaccharides. It is concluded that copolymeric sequences of the following structure are present in pig skin dermatan sulphate: [Formula: see text]N-acetylgalactosamine moieties surrounding IdUA-SO4residues are unsulphated to a large extent.