title: Marked stereoselectivity in the binding of copper ions by heparin. Contrasts with the binding of gadolinium and calcium ions.
abstract: Heparin forms a complex with cupric ion (Cu2+) at a level of less than or equal to 10(-3) mol of the metal ion per dimeric unit of the polymer, as evidenced by paramagnetic relaxation effects on its 1H- and 13C-n.m.r. spectra. No interaction occurred with heparin derivatives modified either by desulfation of the residues of alpha-L-iduronic acid 2-sulfate, or by hydrolysis of the sulfamino group of the residues of 2-deoxy-2-sulfamino-alpha-D-glucose 6-sulfate, although binding was induced by N-acetylation of the latter derivative. Under the same experimental conditions, no alternative type of glycosyluronic acid structure tested, including the other glycosaminoglycans, showed significant relaxation enhancement by Cu2+. These results are in contrast to those obtained with gadolinium ion (Gd3+), another paramagnetic probe, or with calcium ion (Ca2+), which promotes chemical-shift displacements. The binding selectivities of those two cations are much broader than that of Cu2%, although they also differ notably in their relationship to the structure of heparin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, McGil University, Montreal, Que., Canada.
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Rej
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Holme
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Perlin
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D003300:Copper / Q000378:metabolism*; D005682:Gadolinium / Q000378:metabolism*; D006493:Heparin / Q000378:metabolism*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D003300:Copper; D006493:Heparin; D005682:Gadolinium; D002118:Calcium