Effective chemoenzymatic synthesis of p-aminophenyl glycosides of sialyl N-acetyllactosaminide and analysis of their interactions with lectins

Carbohydr Res. 2007 Jul 2;342(9):1244-8. doi: 10.1016/j.carres.2007.03.010. Epub 2007 Mar 13.

Abstract

A convenient chemoenzymatic procedure for the synthesis of p-aminophenyl glycosides of sialyl N-acetyllactosaminide has been developed from p-nitrophenyl N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminide as starting material through three steps: synthesis of p-nitrophenyl N-acetyllactosaminide with beta-D-galactosidase, chemical reduction of the p-nitrophenyl group, and sialylation with sialyltransferase. The p-aminophenyl glycosides were then successfully biotin-labeled through the coupling with N-(+)-biotinyl-6-aminohexanoic acid to afford biotinylated oligosaccharides with an aminohexanosyl group and phenyl group as the spacers between the biotin and glycan. Furthermore, the biotin-labeled sugars were shown to be useful for immobilization and assay of the carbohydrate-lectin interactions by an optical biosensor based on surface plasmon resonance.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Sugars / chemistry*
  • Biotin / chemistry
  • Carbohydrate Conformation
  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Glycosides / chemical synthesis*
  • Glycosides / chemistry*
  • Glycosides / metabolism
  • Lectins / chemistry*
  • Leucine / analogs & derivatives
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Molecular Structure
  • Sialyltransferases / chemistry
  • Sialyltransferases / metabolism
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance
  • beta-Galactosidase / chemistry
  • beta-Galactosidase / metabolism

Substances

  • Amino Sugars
  • Glycosides
  • Lectins
  • N-acetylleucinamide
  • sialyl-N-acetyllactosamine
  • Biotin
  • Sialyltransferases
  • N-acetyllactosaminide alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase
  • beta-Galactosidase
  • Leucine