Structural study of the sugar chains of human platelet thrombospondin

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Abstract

The asparagine-linked sugar chains of human platelet thrombospondin were released as oligosaccharides by hydrazinolysis. About 12 mol of sugar chains was released from one thrombospondin molecule. This was converted to radioactive oligosaccharides by sodium borotritide reduction after N-acetylation, and separated into one neutral and four acidic fractions by paper electrophoresis. More than 90% of the oligosaccharides were recovered in the acidic fraction. The acidic oligosaccharides were mostly converted to neutral oligosaccharides by sialidase treatment, indicating that they are sialyl derivatives. The neutral and sialidase-treated acidic oligosaccharides were further fractionated by Bio-Gel P-4 column chromatography. Structural study of each oligosaccharide by sequential exoglycosidase digestion and methylation analysis revealed that the thrombospondin contains mono-, bi-, tri-, and tetraantennary complex-type sugar chains in addition to a small amount of high-mannose type. Approximately 70% of the complex-type sugar chains was fucosylated at asparagine-linked N-acetylglucosamine residue and 19% of the biantennary complex-type sugar chains was bisected.

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    This study was supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan.

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    Current address: Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD.

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