title: Biologically active glycosides from asteroidea, 42. Isolation and structure of a new biologically active ganglioside molecular species from the starfish Asterina pectinifera.
abstract: A ganglioside molecular species GP-3 (1) has been obtained from the water-soluble lipid fraction of the chloroform/methanol extract of the starfish Asterina pectinifera. The structure of the ganglioside has been determined on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic evidence. Compound 1 represents new ganglioside molecular species possessing two moles of sialic acids at the inner part of the sugar moiety. Partial hydrolysis by hot water and an enzymatic hydrolysis by means of endoglycoceramidase (EGCase) have proved useful for structure elucidation of the complex oligosaccharide moiety. Moreover, 1 exhibits neuritogenic activity toward the rat pheochromocytoma cell line, PC-12 cells, in the presence of nerve growth factor (NGF).
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Fukuoka, Japan. rhiguchi@phar.kyushu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Ryuichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Kouji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inagaki
authors.forename: Maki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Tomofumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komori
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inagaki
authors.forename: Ryuichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Isobe
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000737:chemistry; D000818:Animals; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005732:Gangliosides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry; D006027:Glycosides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006868:Hydrolysis; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008745:Methylation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020932:Nerve Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D016501:Neurites / Q000187:drug effects; D016716:PC12 Cells; D051381:Rats; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D013215:Starfish / Q000502:physiology*; D013402:Sugar Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D005732:Gangliosides; D006027:Glycosides; D013402:Sugar Alcohols; C510516:ganglioside GP-3, Asterina pectinifera; D020932:Nerve Growth Factor; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; C050427:endoglycoceramidase