title: Structural elucidation of zwitterionic carbohydrates derived from glycosphingolipids of the porcine parasitic nematode Ascaris suum.
abstract: Carbohydrates substituted with phosphocholine (PC) and phosphoethanolamine (PE) were released from zwitterionic glycosphingolipids of the pig parasitic nematode Ascaris suum by treatment with endoglycoceramidase. Individual glycans were obtained by HPLC on porous graphitic carbon followed by high-pH anion-exchange chromatography. In addition to the known pentasaccharides Gal alpha 3GalNAc beta 4[PC6]GlcNAc beta 3Man beta 4Glc and Gal alpha 3GalNAc beta 4[PC6]GlcNAc beta 3[PE6]Man beta 4Glc, the corresponding tri- and tetra-saccharides, as well as components with elongated structures, could be identified by matrix-assisted laser-desorption ionization-time-of-flight MS, methylation analysis, 1H- and 13C-NMR spectroscopy, exoglycosidase cleavage and electrospray ionization ion-trap MS. The extended components comprised novel structural motifs such as di-substituted alpha-galactose carrying two beta-linked galactosyl residues, which were found to bear, in part, further fucose, galactose, N -acetylgalactosamine and/or N -acetylglucosamine moieties. Furthermore, additional fucosylation of the PC-substituted N -acetylglucosamine and a non-terminal fucosyl motif were detected. In conclusion, this study contributes significant new information on the glycome of nematodes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Giessen, Friedrichstrasse 24, D-35392 Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: Claudia H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Friedl
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lochnit
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Zähringer
authors.forename: Ute
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bahr
authors.forename: Rudolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Geyer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001200:Ascaris / Q000378:metabolism*; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006028:Glycosphingolipids / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D006028:Glycosphingolipids