title: Syntheses of new model compounds related to an antigenic epitope from Bupleurum falcatum L. and their distributions in various ganglioside-phospholipid monolayers.
abstract: 6-N-[2-(Tetradecyl)hexadecanamido]hexyl beta-D-glucopyranosyluronic acid-(1-->6)-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-(1-->6)-beta-D-galactopyranoside (1) and its clustering compound (2) carrying a tetravalent sugar unit, which are new model compounds related to a major antigenic epitope from antiulcer pectic polysaccharide of Bupleurum falcatum L., were synthesized and the distributions of 1 and 2 in mixed ganglioside (GM1, GD1a or GT1b)/phospholipid (DPPC) monolayers were observed using atomic force microscopy (AFM). AFM images showed that 1 was distributed in the GM1, GD1a and GT1b region of the mixed monolayers, in which 1 was miscible with GD1a. Specific distribution of 1 was observed in the mixed GM1/DPPC monolayer. Compound 2 was miscible with GM1, while 2 formed associations with GD1a and GT1b in the mixed monolayers. The distribution mode of 1 and 2 was different among the mixed ganglioside/DPPC monolayers.
authors.affiliation: Kyoritsu University of Pharmacy, 1-5-30 Shibakoen, Tokyo 105-8512, Japan.
authors.forename: Noriyasu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hada
authors.forename: Yuhua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Tadahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ohtsuka
authors.forename: Shoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
mesh_terms: D029972:Bupleurum / Q000737:chemistry*; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D000939:Epitopes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D005732:Gangliosides / Q000737:chemistry*; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010316:Particle Size; D010368:Pectins / Q000737:chemistry; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000939:Epitopes; D005732:Gangliosides; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D010743:Phospholipids; D010368:Pectins