An integrated approach using orthogonal analytical techniques to characterize heparan sulfate structure
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- 作者：Daniela Beccati ; Miroslaw Lech ; Jennifer Ozug ; Nur Sibel Gunay…
- 关键词：Heparan sulfate ; Domains ; Structure ; Analytical ; NMR ; MS ; HPLC
- 刊名：Glycoconjugate Journal
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：February 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：34
- 期：1
- 页码：107-117
- 全文大小：698KB
- 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
- 刊物主题：Biochemistry, general; Pathology;
- 出版者：Springer US
- ISSN：1573-4986
- 卷排序：34
文摘
Heparan sulfate (HS), a glycosaminoglycan present on the surface of cells, has been postulated to have important roles in driving both normal and pathological physiologies. The chemical structure and sulfation pattern (domain structure) of HS is believed to determine its biological function, to vary across tissue types, and to be modified in the context of disease. Characterization of HS requires isolation and purification of cell surface HS as a complex mixture. This process may introduce additional chemical modification of the native residues. In this study, we describe an approach towards thorough characterization of bovine kidney heparan sulfate (BKHS) that utilizes a variety of orthogonal analytical techniques (e.g. NMR, IP-RPHPLC, LC-MS). These techniques are applied to characterize this mixture at various levels including composition, fragment level, and overall chain properties. The combination of these techniques in many instances provides orthogonal views into the fine structure of HS, and in other instances provides overlapping / confirmatory information from different perspectives. Specifically, this approach enables quantitative determination of natural and modified saccharide residues in the HS chains, and identifies unusual structures. Analysis of partially digested HS chains allows for a better understanding of the domain structures within this mixture, and yields specific insights into the non-reducing end and reducing end structures of the chains. This approach outlines a useful framework that can be applied to elucidate HS structure and thereby provides means to advance understanding of its biological role and potential involvement in disease progression. In addition, the techniques described here can be applied to characterization of heparin from different sources.