title: Differentiation of the fucoidan sulfated L-fucose isomers constituents by CE-ESIMS and molecular modeling.
abstract: Alpha-L-fucose, the monosaccharide component of fucoidan, is found in the polysaccharide mainly as its sulfated form where sulfate groups are in position 2 and/or 4 and/or 3. The correlation between biological activities and structure of fucoidan requires the determination of the sulfation pattern of the fucose residues. Therefore, it is of importance to discriminate between the isobaric sulfated fucose isomers. For this purpose, the three isomers 2-O-, 3-O-, and 4-O-sulfated fucose have been analyzed using electrospray ion trap mass spectrometry and capillary electrophoresis. The results reported herein show that it is possible to differentiate between these three positional isomers of sulfated fucose based on their fragmentation pattern upon MS/MS experiments. 3-O-Sulfated fucose was characterized by the loss of the hydrogenosulfate anion HSO4- as the main fragmentation product, while the two other isomers 2-O-, and 4-O-sulfated fucose exhibited cross-ring fragmentation yielding to distinctive (0,2)X and (0,2)A daughter ion, respectively. A computational study of the conformation of the sulfated fucose isomers was carried out providing an understanding of the fragmentation pattern with respect to the position of the sulfate group.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Analyse et Environnement, UMR 8587 CNRS, Université d'Evry Val d'Essonne, F-91025 Evry, France.
authors.forename: Bérangère
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tissot
authors.forename: Jean-Yves
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Salpin
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: Marie-Pierre
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Gaigeot
authors.forename: Régis
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Daniel
mesh_terms: D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary; D007536:Isomerism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D013463:Sulfuric Acid Esters / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011134:Polysaccharides; D013463:Sulfuric Acid Esters; C007789:fucoidan