title: Developmental changes in Asn-linked neutral oligosaccharides in murine cerebrum.
abstract: The changes in Asn-linked oligosaccharide composition in the murine cerebrum during development have been examined by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). The oligosaccharides, obtained from murine cerebrum in several developmental stages, were separated by HPLC on anion-exchange and reverse-phase columns. We found that two Asn-linked oligosaccharides, designated oligosaccharide I and oligosaccharide II, had their expression changed during postnatal development. Whereas oligosaccharide I was reduced during brain development, oligosaccharide II was increased. The structures of oligosaccharides I and II were analyzed by ESI-MS and sequential exoglycosidase digestions. Judging from the molecular and fragment ions in each oligosaccharide, the oligosaccharide I was composed of 5Hex+2HexNAc+ABOE (MW 1467.2) and the oligosaccharide II was 3Hex+4HexNAc+DoHex+ABOE (MW 1695.2). The results of sequential exoglycosidase digestion indicated that the oligosaccharide I was an oligomannose type saccharide and the oligosaccharide II was a biantennary complex type saccharide including fucose. The proposed structures are shown below. These results offer an important clue to the role of Asn-linked oligosaccharides associated with development of the central nervous system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Science University of Tokyo, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, Japan. masalab@rs.noda.sut.ac.jp
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshimi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ikekita
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001216:Asparagine / Q000737:chemistry*; D001921:Brain / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D001619:beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases
chemical_list: D009844:Oligosaccharides; D001216:Asparagine; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; D001619:beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases