title: Dermatan sulfate-reactive lectin from chicken liver.
abstract: A lectin highly reactive with dermatan sulfate (DS-lectin) was purified from adult chicken liver by gel filtration on Toyopearl HW-55 and subsequent affinity chromatography on new adsorbents which were prepared by immobilizing heparin or dermatan sulfate via the reducing ends on hydrazino-Toyopearl. The DS-lectin behaved as a single protein on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. On excitation at 280 nm, the DS-lectin emitted fluorescence centered at 336 nm, which was attributable to tryptophan residues and could be quenched by the addition of specific saccharides. The affinity constants of the DS-lectin with specific saccharides were calculated from the changes in intensities of fluorescence-difference spectra induced by the saccharides. Dermatan sulfate and protuberic acid, which is composed of L-iduronic acid and D-glucuronic acid (1:2), had the highest affinity constants among the polysaccharides tested. Partially N-desulfated heparin had a higher affinity constant than that of native heparin while dextran sulfate showed no affinity. D-Glucuronic acid and N-acetylneuraminic acid induced weak but significant quenching, but not N-acetylgalactosamine or cellobiose. These results were essentially in good agreement with those of hemagglutination inhibition tests and indicated that DS-lectin has a strong affinity for L-iduronic acid residues and probably carboxyl groups in the saccharides, while sulfate groups on the saccharides interfere with the specific interaction.
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002645:Chickens; D002807:Chondroitin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D003871:Dermatan Sulfate / Q000378:metabolism*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology; D006384:Hemagglutination; D007700:Kinetics; D037102:Lectins / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D012756:Sheep; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D037102:Lectins; D003871:Dermatan Sulfate; D002807:Chondroitin