title: Primary structure of four human milk octa-, nona-, and undeca-saccharides established by 1H- and 13C-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
abstract: The structures of two octasaccharides, one nonasaccharide, and one undecasaccharide, isolated from human milk, have been investigated by 1H- and 13C-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The structures of these oligosaccharides are: beta-D-Galp-(1----4)-[alpha-L-Fucp- (1----3)]-beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1----3)-beta-D-Galp-(1----4)-[alpha-L-Fucp+ ++- (1----3)]-beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1----3)-beta-D-Galp-(1----4)-D-Glc; beta-D-GALp-(1----3)-[alpha-L-Fucp-(1----4)]-beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1---- 3)-beta-D - Galp-(1----4)-[alpha-L-Fucp-(1----3)]-beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1----3)-beta -D-Galp- (1----4)-D-Glc; beta-D-Galp-(1----4)-[alpha-L-Fucp-(1----3)]-beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1---- 6)-(alpha - L-Fucp-(1----2)-beta-D-Gal-(1----3)-[alpha-L-Fucp-(1----4)]- beta-D-GlcpNAc- (1----3))-beta-D-Galp-(1----4)-D-Glc; and alpha-L-Fucp-(1----2)-beta-D-Galp-(1----3)-beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1----3) -beta-D- Galp-(1----4)-[alpha-L-Fucp-(1----3)]-beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1----6)-[alp ha-L- Fucp-(1----2)-beta-D-Galp-(1----3)-beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1----3)]-beta-D -Galp- (1----4)-D-Glc. The two octasaccharides have been previously isolated from human milk as a mixture, and in a pure form from new-born feces, but the n.m.r. data were not provided. These two octasaccharides display the di-Lewis X and the composite Lewis A-Lewis X antigenic determinant, previously described as neo-antigens of adenocarcinoma cell lines.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Biologique (Unité Mixte de Recherche du C.N.R.S.No 111), Université des Sciences et Techniques de Lille Flandres-Artois, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Strecker
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fièvre
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wieruszeski
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Michalski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Montreuil
mesh_terms: D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D009844:Oligosaccharides