Artificial N-glycopolypeptides carrying N-acetyllactosamine (LacNAc) or related compounds were synthesized. First, sugars were converted into their corresponding β-glycosylamines with ammonium hydrogen carbonate. Then, the β-glycosylamines were condensated with the carboxyl groups of poly(L-glutamic acid). N-Glycopolypeptides with different degrees of substitution of sugars were isolated by passage through a column of Sephadex G-25. These synthetic polymers were used as model compounds in the analysis of oligosaccharide-lectin interactions. Interactions with some lectins were investigated by agar-gel double-diffusion tests and in terms of inhibition of hemagglutination. A glycopolypeptide substituted with LacNAc reacted with Erythrina cristagalli agglutinin (ECA), peanut (Arachis hypogaea) agglutinin (PNA), Ricinus communis agglutinin-120 (RCA120), wheat germ (Triticum vulgaris) agglutinin (WGA) lectins, which recognize either galactosyl or N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) residues. Other synthetic glycopolymers carrying N-acetylisolactosamine, GlcNAc, N,N′-diacetylchitobiose, or N,N′,N″-triacetylchitotriose also reacted with WGA, and these last two polymers inhibited hemagglutination most. Of these five glycopolypeptides, only the one substituted with LacNAc reacted with ECA. These sugar-substituted glycopolypeptides interacted specifically with the corresponding lectins, no matter how much shorter the sugar side chains of the glycopolymers were than those of natural glycoproteins.
合成了携带
N-乙酰半
乳糖胺(LacNAc)或相关化合物的人工 N-糖
多肽。首先,用
碳酸氢铵将糖转化为相应的β-糖基胺。然后,β-糖基胺与聚(
L-谷氨酸)的羧基缩合。通过 Sephadex G-25 柱分离出不同糖取代度的 N-糖
多肽。这些合成
聚合物被用作分析
寡糖-凝集素相互作用的模型化合物。通过
琼脂凝胶双扩散试验和血凝抑制试验研究了
寡糖与一些凝集素的相互作用。以 LacNAc 取代的糖
多肽与 Erythrina cristagalli 凝集素(
ECA)、花生(Arachis hypogaea)凝集素(
PNA)、蓖麻凝集素-120(RC
A120)、小麦胚芽(Triticum vulgaris)凝集素(WGA)凝集素发生了反应,这些凝集素可识别半
乳糖基或
N-乙酰
葡糖胺(GlcNAc)残基。含有
N-乙酰异半
乳糖胺、GlcNAc、N,N′-
二乙酰壳
寡糖或 N,N′,N″-三乙酰
壳三糖的其他合成糖多聚物也能与 WGA 发生反应,而且后两种
聚合物对血凝的抑制作用最强。在这五种糖
多肽中,只有被 LacNAc 取代的糖
多肽能与
ECA 反应。无论糖
聚合物的糖侧链比
天然糖蛋白的糖侧链短多少,这些糖取代的糖
多肽都能与相应的凝集素发生特异性相互作用。