title: Selective inhibition of N-acetylglucosamine and galactose-specific lectins including the 14-kDa vertebrate lectin by novel synthetic biantennary oligosaccharides.
abstract: A novel series of synthetic biantennary tri-, penta- and hepta-saccharides with terminal beta-GlcNAc, beta-LacNAc and alpha NeuAc(2,6)beta LacNAc residues, respectively, [LacNAc = Gal beta (1,4)Glc-NAc] connected to a core Gal residue were evaluated for their inhibitory potencies for specific plant and animal lectins. Six isomeric trisaccharides with two beta-GlcNAc residues at the 2,3-, 2,4-, 2,6-, 3,4-, 3,6-, or 4,6-positions of the core Gal were tested for their hemagglutination inhibition activities against two GlcNAc-specific lectins, Griffonia simplicifolia II (GS II) and wheat germ agglutinin (WGA). The 2,3-, 2,4-, 2,6- and 3,6-trisaccharides inhibited WGA 12-50 times more strongly than GlcNAc, whereas only weak or no inhibition was observed with GS II. The 3,4- and 4,6-trisaccharides did not inhibit either of the lectins. Six biantennary isomeric pentasaccharides containing two terminal beta-LacNAc residues with branching patterns similar to the trisaccharides showed selective hemagglutination inhibition of five Gal/GalNAc-specific plant lectins and the 14-kDa Gal-specific calf spleen lectin. The plant lectins include the soybean agglutinin (SBA), ricin agglutinin-I (RCA-I), and three Erythrina lectins with similar specificities: Erythrina indica (EIL), E. corallodendron (ECorL), and E. cristagalli (ECL). The 2,3-pentasaccharide inhibited only SBA and the 14-kDa lectin, and thus was a selective inhibitor among the plant lectins. The 2,6-pentasaccharide inhibited SBA, ECL and the 14-kDa lectin, but not RCA-I or the two other Erythrina lectins. The 4,6-pentasaccharide did not inhibit any of the plant lectins, but was a specific inhibitor of the 14-kDa calf spleen lectin. Synthetic heptasaccharides analogs with 2,4-, 2,6-, 3,6- and 4,6-branching patterns and terminal alpha(2,6)NeuAc residues all showed 25-fold stronger inhibition against the alpha(2,6)sialic-acid-specific elderberry (Sambucus nigra L.) bark lectin as compared to a monovalent disaccharide alpha NeuAc(2,6)beta GalOR. The lack of inhibition of alpha NeuAc(2,6)beta GalOR derivatives methylated at the C6 of the Gal residue and a sulfur-linked thiosialoside derivative demonstrates that the 2,6-anomeric linkage region is important for lectin recognition. Selective inhibition of the Gal/GalNAc-specific lectins was observed for two isomeric C6 methyl-substituted Gal derivatives of methyl beta-LacNAc which possess different preferred rotamer orientations about the C5-C6 bond of the Gal residue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx 10461.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sabesan
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Brewer
mesh_terms: D000117:Acetylglucosamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000166:cytology; D005690:Galactose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D019267:Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus; D006389:Hemagglutinins, Viral / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D037102:Lectins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011817:Rabbits; D013154:Spleen / Q000737:chemistry; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D019267:Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus; D006389:Hemagglutinins, Viral; D037102:Lectins; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D000117:Acetylglucosamine; D005690:Galactose