Reconstruction of glycosaminoglycan chains in decorin |
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Authors: | Iwafune Mito Kakizaki Ikuko Yukawa Masahiro Kudo Daisuke Ota Sakae Endo Masahiko Takagaki Keiichi |
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Institution: | Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 27710, USA. |
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Abstract: | The glycosaminoglycan chain of decorin from human spinal ligaments was digested using the hydrolysis of bovine testicular hyaluronidase. As a result, decorin with hexasaccharide, octasaccharide, and decasaccharide including the linkage region, GlcA-Gal-Gal-Xyl, was obtained. The obtained decorin as an acceptor and hyaluronic acid as a donor were incubated with bovine testicular hyaluronidase under the condition of transglycosylation reaction. The transglycosylation reaction product had hexasaccharide to triacontasaccharide. Judging from the analysis of glycosaminoglycan chain in the transglycosylation reaction product, it was confirmed that hyaluronic acid chain as a donor was transferred to the retained glycosaminoglycan chain of decorin as an acceptor. Similarly, it was possible to reconstruct the glycosaminoglycan chain in decorin to chondroitin, chondroitin 4-sulfate or chondroitin 6-sulfate. Therefore, we succeeded in synthesizing an artificial family of decorins. |
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Keywords: | Decorin Glycosaminoglycan Testicular hyaluronidase Transglycosylation reaction |
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