1-氟代糖在化学-酶法合成糖类中的应用

化学-酶法合成糖类具有立体选择性和区域选择性, 逐渐成为糖类合成的主流. 1-氟代糖作为糖基供体应用于化学-酶法合成反应, 显示出越来越重要的作用, 综述了1-氟代糖在糖基转移酶和糖苷酶催化的糖类合成中的应用.     

糖基转移酶抑制剂研究进展

糖基转移酶是糖蛋白、糖脂中糖链生物合成的关键酶之一, 其活性的非正常表达与肿瘤、免疫系统等疾病的发生、发展有密切关系, 其抑制剂可以用于抗肿瘤、抗免疫系统等疾病的新药研发. 综述了近年来合成的各类糖基转移酶抑制剂的结构及活性研究进展.     

核苷二磷酸糖的合成研究进展

核苷二磷酸糖在结构上是由1分子的糖或糖的衍生物和1分子的核苷二磷酸所组成,它是糖基转移酶的供体底物之一。糖基转移酶正被越来越多的应用于制备寡糖、糖缀合物和含糖基天然产物,因此研究核苷二磷酸糖的有效合成方法是很有必要的。本文总结了合成核苷二磷酸糖的各种化学法和酶法。     

基质辅助激光解吸电离质谱分析糖类物质

基质辅助激光解吸电离质谱（MALDI-MS）是一种样品无需衍生、图谱解析简单、灵敏度高、快速便捷的分析生物样品结构的方法,已被广泛用于糖类物质的结构分析。此技术与HPLC、糖苷酶外切技术以及各种串联质谱等技术结合使用,可给出糖类物质详细的结构信息。本文介绍了基质辅助激光解吸（MALDI）离子化技术的原理、特点、与飞行时间质量分析器（TOF）联用时的相关技术和裂解方式,以及MALDI-MS在分析糖类物质时选用的基质、样品的制备、糖链碎片分析的方法和在不同糖型分析中的应用,展示了它的发展前景。随着MALDI对糖类物质分析时基质的改进、质谱分辨率的提高、质量检测范围的扩大,MALDI-MS技术必将成为糖类物质分析中强有力的工具。     

多效价树枝状糖苷配体的合成

许多生命过程如细胞间的识别、信号传递等通常依赖于细胞表面的多个配体和受体的协同作用.多效价树枝状糖基配体的合成是研究生物体内蛋白质与糖类、糖类与糖类相互作用的重要途径.本文综述了多效价树枝状糖基配体这类合成配体的最新研究进展,包括以树枝状聚合物、环糊精、糖环、芳烃和大环等为框架的多效价树枝状糖基配体的合成.     

高效液相色谱在生物医药研究中的应用第四讲高效液相色谱法在糖类研究中应用

随着科学技术的迅速发展和人们对单糖、双糖、寡糖、尤其是多糖的功能的不断深入了解,糖的研究已成为当今化学家和生物学家的研究“热点”。例如肿瘤的发生与细胞表面的糖类的变化有着密切的关系;人类血型的不同主要由于血红细胞中糖基的不同;以及最近发现的糖链在分子生物学中具有决定性的作用。所有这些发现和发明均有赖于糖类方法学的突飞猛进。高效液相色谱(HPLC)就是糖类研究方法学中的重要组     

唾液酸酶和唾液酸糖基转移酶的结构、功能与催化反应研究进展

唾液酸酶和唾液酸糖基转移酶在生物体内许多重要的生理过程中发挥着不可或缺的作用.一般而言,唾液酸酶可以断裂糖缀合物末端与唾液酸残基相连接的糖苷键而水解唾液酸糖缀合物;唾液酸糖基转移酶以CMP-Neu5Ac为底物将唾液酸残基转移至新的糖基受体上.综述了与唾液酸相关的酶的分类、结构与催化反应机理;唾液酸酶和唾液酸糖基转移酶催化反应在有机合成中的应用;以及唾液酸酶的检测方法.对未来与唾液酸相关的酶的研究与应用进行了展望.     

临床肝素类药物酶解分析二糖组成

肝素是一类结构复杂的高分子糖类,以N-硫酸、6-O硫酸氨基葡萄糖和2-O硫酸艾杜糖醛酸为主要成分组成二糖。常见的肝素注射液是以未分级肝素为原料纯化灭菌制备而来,在临床上使用更为广泛的是将肝素降解得到的低分子片段,低分子肝素保留了肝素糖链基本结构,但是不同制备工艺导致其具有不同的还原及非还原端。本研究以肝素类药物为研究对象,使用肝素裂解酶玉,域及芋将肝素注射液、低分子肝素注射液(达肝素、那屈肝素、依诺肝素)、化学合成的类肝素(磺达肝素)进行酶催化降解产生二糖,结合强阴离子交换色谱( Strong anion exchange high performance liquid chromatography,SAX-HPLC)以及紫外检测器在线分析,使用市售肝素二糖标准品确定各种二糖结构。此外,使用反向离子对色谱和电喷雾质谱联用分析磺达肝素中的甲基二糖以及达肝素和那屈肝素中的脱氨二糖结构,为肝素以及类肝素药物的质量控制提供更为精确的结构信息。     

Pronase E酶解释放糖蛋白N-糖链的方法及荧光标记衍生物的LC-MS分析

建立了一种用非特异性酶链酶蛋白酶 E(Pronase E)从糖蛋白上释放N-糖链的方法. 以牛胰核糖核酸酶 B(Ribo B)和鸡白蛋白(Chicken Albumin)为材料, 用Pronase E代替N-糖苷酶 F(PNGase F)释放N-糖链. 当蛋白酶质量与糖蛋白质量比为1∶1时, 得到只带一个天冬氨酸(Asn)的闭环N-糖链, 称其为糖氨酸(glycan-Asn), 这样既为糖链引入了天然的-NH2活性基团, 同时还保持了糖链原有的还原端闭环结构. 以9-氯甲酸芴甲酯(Fmoc-Cl)为衍生试剂对解离后的糖氨酸进行衍生, 采用高效液相色谱-电喷雾质谱联用技术(HPLC-ESI/MS)对Fmoc-Cl糖氨酸衍生物进行分析, 建立了糖蛋白的Pronase E酶解、微量糖氨酸的Fmoc-Cl衍生以及糖氨酸衍生物的HPLC-ESI/MS分析方法, 该方法保持了N-糖链的天然结构, 便于以-NH2为功能基团进一步进行荧光标记、分离制备以及糖链与蛋白质的相互作用研究.     

与癌症相关的糖类抗原Globo-H六糖的全合成进展

Globo-H作为一种和乳腺癌、前列腺癌相关的复杂糖类抗原,其发现为糖类疫苗开发和癌症免疫治疗带来了机遇,但如何高效、高纯地获得合成糖类抗原,以供研究和临床应用,也向寡糖合成方法学提出了挑战.综述了1995年Danishefsky首次以糖烯组装策略全合成Globo-H以来的各种新方法,如:Schmidt的三氯乙酰亚胺酯法、Boons的双向糖苷化法、Wong的基于糖基给体活性差异的一锅煮策略、Seeberger的液相线性合成和固相自动组装法、Huang的多组份反复预活化一锅煮法和最新报道的酶法.就糖合成方法学而言,硫苷法依旧可称为"明星方法",糖烯、三氯乙酰亚胺酯和氟代糖也普遍采用,磷酸酯糖基给体在固相合成中的应用正显示出其新的活力.这些方法代表了当今糖化学的水平和发展趋势.     

Distinguishing glycan isomers by voltammetry. Modification of 2,3-sialyllactose and 2,6-sialyllactose by osmium(VI) complexes

Carbohydrate components in glycoproteins play a critical role in health and disease and specificity of glycoprotein biomarkers can be greatly enhanced by analysis of their sugar components containing frequently different isomers. We show that two glycan isomers, 2,3-sialyllactose and 2,6-sialyllactose (important in cancer), can be distinguished voltammetrically after their modification with osmium(VI) complexes. Using SWV at different frequencies and CV at different scan rates we found conditions for simple discrimination between these isomers at mercury and carbon electrodes.     

A Glycan Array-Based Assay for the Identification and Characterization of Plant Glycosyltransferases

Growing plants with modified cell wall compositions is a promising strategy to improve resistance to pathogens, increase biomass digestibility, and tune other important properties. In order to alter biomass architecture, a detailed knowledge of cell wall structure and biosynthesis is a prerequisite. We report here a glycan array-based assay for the high-throughput identification and characterization of plant cell wall biosynthetic glycosyltransferases (GTs). We demonstrate that different heterologously expressed galactosyl-, fucosyl-, and xylosyltransferases can transfer azido-functionalized sugar nucleotide donors to selected synthetic plant cell wall oligosaccharides on the array and that the transferred monosaccharides can be visualized “on chip” by a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction with an alkynyl-modified dye. The opportunity to simultaneously screen thousands of combinations of putative GTs, nucleotide sugar donors, and oligosaccharide acceptors will dramatically accelerate plant cell wall biosynthesis research.     

A Glycan Array‐Based Assay for the Identification and Characterization of Plant Glycosyltransferases

Growing plants with modified cell wall compositions is a promising strategy to improve resistance to pathogens, increase biomass digestibility, and tune other important properties. In order to alter biomass architecture, a detailed knowledge of cell wall structure and biosynthesis is a prerequisite. We report here a glycan array‐based assay for the high‐throughput identification and characterization of plant cell wall biosynthetic glycosyltransferases (GTs). We demonstrate that different heterologously expressed galactosyl‐, fucosyl‐, and xylosyltransferases can transfer azido‐functionalized sugar nucleotide donors to selected synthetic plant cell wall oligosaccharides on the array and that the transferred monosaccharides can be visualized “on chip” by a 1,3‐dipolar cycloaddition reaction with an alkynyl‐modified dye. The opportunity to simultaneously screen thousands of combinations of putative GTs, nucleotide sugar donors, and oligosaccharide acceptors will dramatically accelerate plant cell wall biosynthesis research.     

Sampling of Glycan‐Bound Conformers by the Anti‐HIV Lectin Oscillatoria agardhii agglutinin in the Absence of Sugar

Lectins from different sources have been shown to interfere with HIV infection by binding to the sugars of viral‐envelope glycoproteins. Three‐dimensional atomic structures of a number of HIV‐inactivating lectins have been determined, both as free proteins and in glycan‐bound forms. However, details on the mechanism of recognition and binding to sugars are elusive. Herein we focus on the anti‐HIV lectin OAA from Oscillatoria agardhii: We show that in the absence of sugars in solution, both the sugar‐free and sugar‐bound protein conformations that were observed in the X‐ray crystal structures exist as conformational substates. Our results suggest that glycan recognition occurs by conformational selection within the ground state; this model differs from the popular “excited‐state” model. Our findings provide further insight into molecular recognition of the major receptor on the HIV virus by OAA. These details can potentially be used for the optimization and/or development of preventive anti‐HIV therapeutics.     

利用β-N-乙酰氨基葡萄糖苷酶快速酶切分析中国仓鼠卵巢细胞表达的西妥昔单抗抗原结合区的聚糖比例

西妥昔单抗具有较复杂的糖基化修饰,在抗原结合片段(Fab)和可结晶片段(Fc)的重链上都含有2个N-糖基化位点,其中Fab段的糖基化最为复杂,要研究清楚该位点的糖基化修饰,开发专一性切糖技术和稳定的聚糖比例分析方法是当前迫切需要解决的难题。以中国仓鼠卵巢(CHO)细胞表达的西妥昔单抗为研究对象,使用β-N-乙酰氨基葡萄糖苷酶(Endo F2)开发了一种快速Fab段聚糖释放的方法,利用超高效液相色谱-高分辨质谱(UPLC-HRMS)进行了定性和聚糖比例分析。第一步对抗体原液进行非变性酶切,抗体原液经超纯水稀释后,加入糖苷酶Endo F2进行酶切,通过质谱对质量数的解析,结果表明Endo F2酶切时间5 min, Fab段的聚糖就能完全切除,而Fc段的聚糖不受影响,实现了快速酶切,而且切糖具有很好的专一性。第二步对Fab段聚糖进行比例分析,将释放的聚糖经对氨基苯甲酰胺(2-AB)荧光标记后使用超高效液相色谱联用荧光检测器(FLR)进行检测,在亲水作用色谱(HILIC)柱上得到良好的分离并可以进行稳定地聚糖比例分析。3次独立试验结果表明,酶切后的质谱图基本一致,且聚糖的比例结果也基本一致,表明Endo F2酶切方法和聚糖比例分析方法都具有较好的稳定性和可靠性。此外,通过测定来自两个不同工艺生产的样品,数据显示两者的糖谱上具有非常明显的差异,表明利用开发的方法可以实现对抗体生产工艺进行监测研究,对抗体生产工艺的评估具有非常重要的意义。     

Nanoparticle-based sensing of glycan-lectin interactions

Here we present the first report on nanoparticle-based biosensing of glycan markers of diseases. The protocol relies on the competition between a nanocrystal (CdS)-tagged sugar and the target sugar for the binding sites of surface-confined lectin and monitoring the extent of competition through highly sensitive electrochemical detection of the captured nanocrystal. This development is expected to allow decentralized detection of carbohydrate moieties and lectin-carbohydrate interactions to be performed more rapidly, sensitively, inexpensively, and reliably.     

Quantum chemical studies on the conformational structure of bacterial peptidoglycan. V. PCILO Calculations on β(1 → 4) linked disaccharide of N-acetyl-glucosamine and N-acetyl muramic acid

The glycan moiety of the bacterial peptidoglycan consists of alternatingly β(1 → 4) linked disaccharides of N-acetylglucosamine (NAG) and its 3-O-D lactic derivative, N-acetyl β-D-muramic acid (NAM). PCILO conformational energy calculations have been carried out for NAG–NAM and NAM–NAG disaccharides to see whether or not the glycan strands possess a chitinlike structure as suggested by earlier workers. In agrement with recent experimental findings, the present results also suggest that the chitinlike structure is energetically disallowed. Furthermore, the bulky N-acetyl substituents at C₂ positions of the two sugar molecules are found to be relatively less important in stabilizing mutual orientations of the two pyranosyl rings.     

Can glycoprofiling be helpful in detecting prostate cancer?

Glycans are chains of carbohydrates attached to proteins (glycoproteins and proteoglycans) or lipids (glycolipids). Glycosylation is a post-translational modification and glycans have a wide range of functions in the human body including involvement in oncological diseases. Change in a glycan structure can not only indicate the presence of a pathological process but, more importantly, in some cases also its stage. Thus, a glycan analysis has the potential to be an effective and reliable tool in cancer diagnostics. Lectins are proteins responsible for natural biorecognition of glycans; even carbohydrate moieties still attached to proteins or whole cells can be recognised by lectins, which makes them an ideal candidate for designing label-free biosensors for glycan analysis. This review seeks to summarise evidence that the glycoprofiling of biomarkers by lectin-based biosensors can be of significant help in detecting prostate cancer.     

N‐Linked Glycans of Chloroviruses Sharing a Core Architecture without Precedent

N‐glycosylation is a fundamental modification of proteins and exists in the three domains of life and in some viruses, including the chloroviruses, for which a new type of core N‐glycan is herein described. This N‐glycan core structure, common to all chloroviruses, is a pentasaccharide with a β‐glucose linked to an asparagine residue which is not located in the typical sequon N‐X‐T/S. The glucose is linked to a terminal xylose unit and a hyperbranched fucose, which is in turn substituted with a terminal galactose and a second xylose residue. The third position of the fucose unit is always linked to a rhamnose, which is a semiconserved element because its absolute configuration is virus‐dependent. Additional decorations occur on this core N‐glycan and represent a molecular signature for each chlorovirus.     

Mass spectrometry characterization for chemoenzymatic glycoprotein synthesis

The current project describes the chemoenzymatic modification of bovine ribonuclease B (RNase B) to contain a single glycosylation site with a known glycan. A reactive disaccharide oxazoline derivative was synthesized and stereospecifically added to deglycosylated RNase B through endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase M catalyzed chemoenzymatic transglycosylation. Oxazoline formation conditions were optimized using mass spectrometry, and the product verified based on its collision-induced dissociation (CID) mass spectrum. Enzymatic removal of native glycans as well as formation of the desired homogeneous product was also monitored using mass spectrometry. LC-MS(n) using four sequential rounds of CID was used to verify that the original glycosylation site had been reorganized to contain the new glycan. The techniques described herein are not limited to this analyte or glycan and should be amenable to the synthesis of numerous homogeneous glycoconjugates with judicious choice of enzyme/substrate combinations. The combined use of chemoenzymatic synthesis and mass spectrometry-based characterization shows promise for the development of homogeneous glycoprotein reference materials. A well-defined glycoprotein standard containing a single glycan of known composition, linkage and stereochemistry would be of great value for the comparison and evaluation of glycoprotein analysis techniques.