title: Development of structural analysis of sulfated N-glycans by multidimensional high performance liquid chromatography mapping methods.
abstract: Although the biological importance of sulfated oligosaccharides has been widely recognized, there are only a few reports that describe detailed structures of sulfated N-glycans. This is largely due to the lack of a convenient method to identify structures of sulfated glycans found in low incidence. Here we develop multidimensional high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) mapping methods for rapid and convenient identification of sulfated N-glycans. By using adequate quantities of sulfated N-glycans derived from LS12 cells, which are transfected with sulfotransferase cDNA, 40 different sulfated glycans have been successfully mapped. Furthermore, we have applied the HPLC data to identification of isomeric products resulting from an enzymatic reaction of N-acetylglucosamine 6-O-sulfotransferase-1 in vitro and revealed that this enzyme preferentially catalyzes sulfation of the GlcNAcbeta1-->2Manalpha1-->3Man branch in a biantennary acceptor.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 3-1 Tanabe-dori, Nagoya 467-8603, Japan.
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Yoshiki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uchimura
authors.forename: Reiji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kannagi
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kato
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005647:Fucosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics; D005936:Glucans / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D015238:Sulfotransferases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D014162:Transfection; D000097811:Carbohydrate Sulfotransferases
chemical_list: D005647:Fucosyltransferases; D005936:Glucans; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; D015238:Sulfotransferases; D000097811:Carbohydrate Sulfotransferases; C502597:FUT7 protein, human