寡糖衍生化及基质辅助激光解吸电离飞行时间质谱分析方法研究

为提高中性寡糖在基质辅助激光解吸电离飞行时间质谱(MALDI-TOF)中的检测灵敏度,建立了以1-(4-氰基苯基)-4-哌啶碳酰肼(CPH)为衍生化试剂对寡糖的标记方法。寡糖的还原端与CPH的酰肼基团反应生成腙,使得寡糖被CPH标记,衍生物以MALDI-TOF质谱进行分析。结果表明:在反应温度95℃,醋酸浓度为0.125%(V/V),CPH过量100倍的条件下,衍生产率可达最大,并且CPH衍生可使中性寡糖在MALDI-TOF质谱中的检测灵敏度提高10倍。本方法简便快速,灵敏度高,适合微量寡糖链的质谱分析。     

New Principles for Glycoside‐Bond Formation

Meeting the demand for sugars : The importance of oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates in biological systems has stimulated a need to access significant amounts of these compounds. Much effort has been devoted to the stereoselective generation of the key glycosidic bond, both between carbohydrate residues (see scheme) and to the aglycone. Various methodologies are now available for the efficient synthesis of structurally defined complex oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates.

     

Synthesis and antigenic analysis of the BclA glycoprotein oligosaccharide from the Bacillus anthracis exosporium

The glycoprotein BclA is an important constituent of the exosporium of Bacillus anthracis spores. This glycoprotein is substituted with an oligosaccharide composed of a beta-L-rhamnoside substituted with the previously unknown terminal saccharide, 2-O-methyl-4-(3-hydroxy-3-methylbutanamido)-4,6-dideoxy-D-glucopyranose, also referred to as anthrose. Anthrose has not been found in spores of B. cereus and B. thuringiensis, making it a potential species-specific marker for B. anthracis. In order to study the antigenicity of anthrose, efficient syntheses of an anthrose-containing trisaccharide and a series of structurally related analogues were developed. The analogues lacked either the methyl ether at C-2 or contained modified C-4 amino functionalities of anthrose. The synthetic compounds were equipped with an aminopropyl spacer to facilitate conjugation to the carrier proteins mariculture Keyhole Limpet Hemocyanin (mcKLH) and bovine serum albumin (BSA). Serum antibodies of rabbits immunized with live or irradiated spores of B. anthracis Sterne 34F(2) were able to recognize the synthetic trisaccharide-mcKLH conjugate. The specificity of the interaction was confirmed by competitive inhibition with the free- and BSA-conjugated trisaccharides. Inhibition using the trisaccharide analogues demonstrated that the isovaleric acid moiety of anthrose is an important structural motif for antibody recognition. These data demonstrate that 1) anthrose is a specific antigenic determinant of the B. anthracis Sterne spore; 2) this antigen is presented to the immune system of rabbits receiving the anthrax live-spore vaccine; 3) synthetic analogues of the oligosaccharide retain the antigenic structure; and 4) the antigenic region is localized to specific terminal groups of the oligosaccharide. Collectively these data provide an important proof-of-concept step in the synthesis and development of spore-specific reagents for detection and targeting of non-protein structures in B. anthracis.     

Extended applications of di-tert-butylsilylene-directed alpha-predominant galactosylation compatible with C2-participating groups toward the assembly of various glycosides

The high versatility of di-tert-butylsilylene(DTBS)-directed alpha-predominant galactosylation have been extended to the construction of difficult glycan sequences. First, to investigate the compatibility of the alpha-predominant reaction with various glycosylation systems a variety of 4,6-O-DTBS-tethered galactosaminyl or galactosyl donors were synthesized efficiently, which have C2-participating groups with a wide variety of leaving groups such as alkylsulfenyl, halide, trichloroacetimidate groups. The results of the detailed examination of the glycosylation reaction using the glycosyl donors showed the wide scope of the 4,6-DTBS-directed alpha-galactosylation. In the next step, the stereoselective construction of alpha-GalN-Ser/Thr sequences was examined by employing the DTBS-directed glycosylation. As a result, various types of serine and threonine derivatives were glycosylated alpha-selectively, producing alpha-GalN-Ser/Thr sequences in high yields. Moreover, the DTBS-directed galactosylation was successfully applied for the synthesis of alpha-tetrasaccharyl-Ser segment of glycophorin A.     

Chemical and chemoenzymatic synthesis of S-linked ganglioside analogues and their protein conjugates for use as immunogens

Analogues of the tumor-associated gangliosides GM(3) and GM(2) containing terminal S-linked neuraminic acid residues and an amino terminated, truncated ceramide homologue have been synthesized and conjugated to a protein. The synthesis involved coupling of a S-linked sialyl alpha(2-->3) galactose disaccharide with a glucosyl sphingosine analogue, followed by elaboration and deprotection to give amino-terminated glycosyl ceramide 1. Glycosyltransferase-catalyzed extension of the trisaccharide 1 provided access to the modified GM(2) tetrasaccharide 2 or sulphur-containing GD(3) analogue 30. Owing to their potentially enhanced resistance to endogenous exo-glycoside hydrolases and their inherent non-self character, carbohydrate antigens containing non-reducing terminal thioglycosidic linkages may be more immunogenic than O-linked antigens and may stimulate the production of antibodies capable of recognizing naturally occurring oligosaccharides. Our initial results suggest that in fact these antigens are viable immunogens and furthermore, that immune sera cross reacts with O-gangliosides in the context of a heterologous glycoprotein conjugate.     

Synthesis of complex oligosaccharides by using a mutated (1,3)-beta-D-glucan endohydrolase from barley

Complex oligosaccharides with newly formed (1,3)-beta-glycosidic linkages were obtained in good to excellent yields when substituted or unsubstituted alpha-laminaribiosyl fluorides, acting as donors, were condensed onto mono- and disaccharide beta-D-hexopyranoside acceptors by using a (1,3)-beta-D-glycosynthase. These linear and branched (1,3)-beta-linked oligosaccharides could prove to be important in a range of medical, pharmaceutical, and agricultural applications. Furthermore, the observation that the (1,3)-beta-D-glucan glycosynthase accommodates (1,3)-, (1,4),- and (1,6)-beta-oligosaccharides in its acceptor subsites suggests novel, yet unexpected physiological roles for the wild type (1,3)-beta-D-glucan endohydrolase from higher plants.     

Synthesis of hexasaccharide fragments of pectin

Short syntheses of partially methyl-esterified hexagalacturonates 1-5 are described as part of the development of strategies for the preparation of larger pectic oligosaccharides. The methodology is based on the repeated coupling of galactose mono- and disaccharide donors onto a galactose acceptor until a hexagalactan is obtained. All glycosylations are carried out with n-pentenyl glycosides to provide good yields of the desired alpha anomers. Pentenyl disaccharide donors are prepared by the coupling of two pentenyl galactosides controlled by either the armed-disarmed effect or by converting one pentenyl galactoside into the corresponding galactosyl bromide or fluoride. Two orthogonal protecting groups are employed at C6, which makes it possible to oxidize these positions to either the carboxylic acid or to the methyl ester. Each hexagalactan is therefore able to bifurcate into two different hexagalacturonates with a reverse methyl-esterification pattern. The methyl ester distribution in the hexagalacturonates is confirmed by tandem mass spectrometry.