title: Modification degrees at specific sites on heparan sulphate: an approach to measure chemical modifications on biological molecules with stable isotope labelling.
abstract: Chemical modification of biological molecules is a general mechanism for cellular regulation. A quantitative approach has been developed to measure the extent of modification on HS (heparan sulphates). Sulphation on HS by sulphotransferases leads to variable sulphation levels, which allows cells to tune their affinities to various extracellular proteins, including growth factors. With stable isotope labelling and HPLC-coupled MS, modification degrees at various O-sulphation sites could be determined. A bovine kidney HS sample was first saturated in vitro with 34S by an OST (O-sulphotransferase), then digested with nitrous acid and analysed with HPLC-coupled MS. The 34S-labelled oligosaccharides were identified based on their unique isotope clusters. The modification degrees at the sulphotransferase recognition sites were obtained by calculating the intensities of isotopic peaks in the isotope clusters. The modification degrees at 3-OST-1 and 6-OST-1 sites were examined in detail. This approach can also be used to study other types of chemical modifications on biological molecules.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. zwu@mit.edu
authors.forename: Zhengliang L
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Miroslaw
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lech
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D006497:Heparan Sulfate / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007553:Isotope Labeling / Q000379:methods*; D007668:Kidney; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009608:Nitrous Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D015238:Sulfotransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D013460:Sulfur Isotopes
chemical_list: D006497:Heparan Sulfate; D009608:Nitrous Acid; D015238:Sulfotransferases; D013460:Sulfur Isotopes
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