title: Synthesis and evaluation of affinity adsorbents for glycoproteins: an artificial lectin.
abstract: A combination of rational design based on mimicking natural protein-carbohydrate interactions and solid-phase combinatorial chemistry has led to the identification of an affinity ligand which displays selectivity for the mannose moiety of glycoproteins. The ligand, denoted 18/18 and comprising a triazine scaffold bis-substituted with 5-aminoindan, has been synthesised in solution, characterised by TLC, 1H-NMR and MS. When immobilised to amine-derivatised agarose at concentrations >24 micromol/g moist weight gel, ligand 18/18 selectively binds glucose oxidase. The adsorbed enzyme was quantitatively eluted with 0.5 M alpha-D-methyl-mannoside and to a lesser extent with the equivalent glucoside. An investigation of the comparative retention times of saccharidic solutes showed that significant retardation was observed for alpha-D-mannose, mannobiose and mannan, with little or no evidence for selective retention of other saccharides, with the exception of alpha-L-fucose. Interestingly, alpha-L-fucose and alpha-D-mannose share an identical configuration of the hydroxyl groups on C-2, C-3 and C-4. Analysis of Scatchard plots from partition equilibrium studies on the interaction of glucose oxidase and the p-nitrophenyl-glycosides of D-mannose, D-glucose, L-fucose and D-galactose with immobilised 18/18 establish that the affinity constants (K(AX)) for the enzyme, the glycosides of mannose, glucose and fucose, and the p-nitrophenyl-galactoside are 4.3x10(5) M(-1), 1.9X10(4) M(-1) and 1.2x10(4) M(-1) respectively. 1H-NMR studies on the interaction of alpha-D-methyl-mannoside with ligand 18/18 in solution confirm the involvement of the hydroxyl group in the C-2 position. Molecular modelling suggests the formation of four hydrogen bonds between the hydroxyl groups at positions C-2, C-3 and C-4 of alpha-D-methyl-mannoside and the bridging and ring nitrogen atoms of the triazine scaffold, with aromatic stacking of a second ligand against the carbohydrate face. The greater specificity of ligand 18/18 for mannose and glucose than for galactose parallels that exhibited by concanavalin A.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: U D
authors.initials: UD
authors.lastname: Palanisamy
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Winzor
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Lowe
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005949:Glucose Oxidase / Q000737:chemistry; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D037102:Lectins / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009005:Monosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; D037102:Lectins; D009005:Monosaccharides; D005949:Glucose Oxidase