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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
卷 373, 期 2, 页码 206-212出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.05.190
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glycosaminoglycan; galectin; frontal affinity chromatography
Calectins, a group of beta-galactoside-binding lectins, are involved in multiple functions through specific binding to their oligosaccharide ligands. No previous work has focused on their interaction with glycosaminoglycans (GACs). In the present work, affinities of established members of human galectins toward a series of GAGs were investigated, using frontal affinity chromatography. Structurally-defined keratan sulfate (KS) oligosaccharides showed significant affinity to a wide range of galectins if Gal residue(s) remained unsulfated, while GlcNAc sulfation had relatively little effect. Consistently, galectins showed much higher affinity to corneal type I than cartilageous type II KS. Unexpectedly, galectin-3, -7, and -9 also exerted significant affinity to clesulfated, GalNAc-containing GAGs, i.e., chondroitin and dermatan, but not at all to hyaluronan and N-acetylheparosan. These observations revealed that the integrity of 6-OH of beta GalNAc is important for galectin recognition of these galactosaminoglycans, which were shown, for the first time, to be implicated as potential ligands of galectins. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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