title: Isolation and structural characterization of five major sialyloligosaccharides and a sialylglycopeptide from normal human urine.
abstract: Five major sialyloligosaccharides and a sialylglycopeptide have been isolated from normal human urine by charcoal adsorption, gel filtration, ion-exchange chromatography, and paper chromatography. Structural studies including gas-liquid chromatography of monosaccharide and disaccharide derivatives, methylation analysis, glycosidase treatments, and CrO3 oxidation indicated the following structures for the compounds: 1, NeuAc(alpha 2-6)Gal(beta 1-4)Glc; 2, NeuAc(alpha 2-6)Gal(beta 1-4)GlcNAc; 3, NeuAc(alpha 2-3)Gal(beta 1-4)Glc; 4, NeuAc(alpha 2-3)Gal(beta 1-4) GlcNAc; 5, NeuAc(alpha 2-3)Gal(beta 1-3) [Neu-Ac(alpha 2-6)]GalNAc; and 6, NeuAc(alpha 2-3)Gal(beta 1-3) [NeuAc(alpha 2-6)]GalNAc (alpha 1-O)Ser. Compounds 4, 5, and 6 have not been described in a free form before. The presence of compound 5 in urine may suggest that it derives from glycoproteins through a catabolic pathway involving cleavage of the carbohydrate-peptide linkage by an endo-N-acetylgalactosaminidase. The predominating sialyloligosaccharides in urine were compounds 3 and 4. The predominance of the compounds with the sialyl(alpha 2-3) linkage is of interest in view of the recent discovery of uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains with binding specificity for sialyl(alpha 2-3)galactosides.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002845:Chromatography / Q000379:methods; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D006020:Glycopeptides / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000652:urine*; D012794:Sialic Acids / Q000652:urine*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D006020:Glycopeptides; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D012794:Sialic Acids; C016735:sialooligosaccharides