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.Analyt1ca~assay s.QUSJ- 48 1p5 , cor e and,li pi dA.",.". 69 Sugar analysis'ofSJ~48core olfg'osaccharldeand
derived product s .! ' 70
Table III : PARTJ
Me~~~tlonanalys hof SJ-48coreoligosaccharide an~ derl ~ed ,products. ••.". .• . •..."•.' ... 74 AI1ll..1Ytfcafdata,onthe fract ionsof~. ~Ydrophf1a ,
SJ- 55l ps.".',••·•..\•..•• • ••• •• ••••• 95 Tabl e V:' Sugar I1na1Y51s of SJ-55core oligosaccharideand
derived~rOducts.. . . . .• .,",• . •. . •.:-.~. 97 Tabl e VI: M;thYh t fon analys i s of.SJ-55core oligosaccharide
andderived products ••• • •. . . •"',' 101
011gosac~h:ar1 de'.'.••• ...• ..•: .•.. . ..120 TableVIII:HethYlati'on analys is of5.1- 55(SR} ol1gosaccharide •• .·120 -
TableIX: An.alyt1cal'-assaysonSJ-47 ,lps coreandlipi d A·. ....125 TableX: .Sugar analY51 sofSJ-47core oligos accharfdeand
derivedfra9lllent s..~•.•~•••..•.• •. ..•. .126 TableXI: MethylationanaJy.sfsofSJ-47cereol1goSacch.~rfde.•.12&
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F~~ure1. Structure'~fthebactedalcell'membrane::••
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2. SChelna-;1·ci'.'~t~'~t'ure' Of" ~~l,~riei-l a : ·"f'P~p~,y.sa_cc·harides,'
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stru~ture -of t~ nPOPol~sa"c~harf.de
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Figure 1. IH_n.lI. r.spectruaof the originalcore frolll Strain'SJ-48 .•-.... .. . • •... ....•..•;-72,.
Figur.e 2. 13C_n.m.r.spectrumof,the origin alcerefrom 'Str~1n SJ~48••'. .•... . :'., ;.'..•;••••'.
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LtTlft2withadifferentsequenceIll.12). 'Tile conceptoftwo"types of
. , r--J
' re~ea:l.n~·unft
isquite fllportant"asch~1ca'
analYSf,S~U, on~y _rewea~
-", "theCherp1 C~' re pea tt ~gunitsandonlybyluck. wm.t hey,beident i calto .the.bi,ological ones,OZI•.
I
/ ,,,
Ab,I Rtla .. "GleGa+l'Gle
,.,
+ (Abe)Man+ .. Rha •1.3.2.2 . TheHeterogeneit yofa-Chains
. .
T!l econs t ituent softhe trueb1~log1cal repeating uni tAbe.Man, -, Rha and GalofFigure 3 are ccnsrene. Incontras tboththe ace-tylgroup of the eceeucse,:si-due and thesidecmm glucoseunft, whichare.added inthe latter stages of thebiosynthesis, vary~ndareoftennot p.resent
....
in equilllOlarratio(31).,Fur t hennor e,theirprese nceorabsencemaybe subject tovariation for ot.herreasons(e.g:antigen fc conversion by phages ) . This tnceeotetesubst i tu tionof the basic c-cnat ncause s the wellk.nown microheterogeM1tyfoundinlfpopolysaccharfdes flll •.
. ' .
..
12
1.3. 2.3. St r uctureof the Core
The corestructur eof1.typhtmur11J111(fi g.3)
1s
COOIlIO."toall Salilonell a speci esand also occursfnother enterobacterialltpopoly- s'acch~r1 desIll,12, 201. TheSal 1l1Onel 1acoreccn t et nsa1fpfd; a hexoseoligosaccharid e(out er cor e) consisting ofg-:-glu\=osanilne.g-"
.gi ue,osea,nd.~-ga'llcto_se;andaninnercore.regioncon~i5tf ngof an ol1go~accha rf deof the corespec~ftc ;ugar,£';'~~~~heptOse ILO':'Hep)and3-dedxY-D-lianno~f..octulo$onlcacid(KOOordoclAl ,'ea~h. . 'r: :1ilg a
bran~red tr7saCCharf ~e' (1~.'j2·1 :
thisr~g1on f·sc_1fn~ed
directlytothelfpfdwhlch, hycommonagreement,Isal ways refer red toas l.1pfdA. The exactlinkages tn the KDOtrfsecchar-tdehave not,ye tbeen. def fn.ltf,velyesta blished (331.
The reducing end.of the KDDtr1sacch~ddelinks thepolysaccharide tothe lipi d Ain arel at ively acid labile(ketos id i cllinkage. The0- chains are attached
:a
thetermi nal.gl ucos:unit ofthe coreoligosac-chari de.
A'chara ct er is ti cfeature ofthecoreisits substitutionby pola r groups such as phosphateandeth~noh.llline. Tilecarboxyl group of .KDDcontritiu~esto the~~.idic charac terof the llpopolys acchar ideand
thisnegathe charge. appear s.tobephYSiO~ical1yimport ant(12)•.rhe .l1popolysacchoir1 des 1IIClY,bei~terl1nkedbyioniclink'agesto·ot her
~ompone~tsoft~ecell wailthroughd1valentcationsand p·olyallllnes •.If· · this-isthecase-suchanarrangellll.'nt wouldprovi deintegri tya~d stabil ityto thecell wall .
I I
13
Thecoreregionoflipopol y sacchar i deseKh1bH sahfgher degreeof het e rogeneity. Substl tuents of the cor-e,fm:ludl ng P,EtN,andG1cNAc, are notnece ssarily presentin molaramounts . F"urthermore,aH:alf labtl~subs tttuents suchas glycine haveoccasionall y been dete ctedon
~ .thecore(32,34l.
In recentyec:arsnumerouscoretypesh~vebeentdentif ledin Ent erobacterhcealll,!2, ZO,35). Figure 4_ilhstratesa selectio n of thesecereo1f ~osa:ccharfdes(Ra-R4a~dr-iz).'
They all showlIaj ordiffer ences fnthehexose,r eglon route-orcere!
but
a~e quite '~fmfhr
in'the H~p-kOO
re9'1on(~5l .
iable'!1lists.df f fe rent
'strlfn~
havfngi:ltffe\rent'core ' ~l1g0SaCCha~ides struct~res,
,someofthemare R.lIIJunts withfncompl ete?tosynthe s fs.
:ompos itio nal anal ys es of thecoreofltpopclysacchar tdes isolated from variousbacte rial species;have revealed the presenceof many unus ualconstituent s'suchas~.~...,g.~~-~ePtose,(441, uron1c acfd(45) , or amino ac1d(4Z,I,and1n thecaseofHbrlocholerae
st~afns~ fru~~se (16,461Orsedoheptulo~may.~present. These
possi b1.rreplace KDQ In llnklngthe core~the lipfd A. Lfpopo~Jsaccharldes,contai nlnga coredevoid ofheptose orK OO have also been identlf fe d(W,"21,47-491 .'·
<:
I;'.Z ,' u:"",,,,,';r",, c f '-,,"h" ; (
R-m iJ t~ n tsare defectheInli popol y saccha ri de biosynthesis.
Depe~dln9on the defect,these 'mUtants_'syntlles 1secompleteorf~comp l ete
Ra
RI '
14
. ,
.; "
L~
'.: . :-:::'rl:~l,~~:'.
':':'".z.. .
o.lJJ. lilrJ1.; Gli-.u...,Jt-.,.,,-!..1...;...+llCDOI_ ~
. . . . Ri *~: ~¥~ f .
fl~ .
4.Strllctur~
ofenterobacteria l-co~e' types
Ra -Kll.(12l. .. ,". . .
.. .t:
15
Table11. Cor e strcctares thathn e been parti ally eV/lluated (121.
• •' "0"
._ .,oI. ·- 'M '
""1;' )" "
", '.:".
.
_._~_ I /.
.; .\
..
- . , ( -"...·c,.
a. . _._
..-
•_ .--.. ..
01.(00)~11'."".
.... ,
.e>. . ..,
.'_ ,...,..,....;.c.
c '> .
_to,...;.:",. . - . ,__ .~__c...":"".'_ ,"
.... . L... ~ ..
. .,;;,." ...u ..:.... ....
-t"~.~
', .. ,
·'....,;-u_ ...,;.;-
. ..
'
.
...._~-_.-"
',.." "--. .',.''','
.1.3.2.5~·struc~ure:~flipid calf(39 ),Shigella(50)an,~p;.otei.is.(511o
core structures stl11 1hkedtollpjd..'~.•butall de~oldofthec-cnatn.
Ff9U~5shows a sertesofR-forml1popolysaccharidesderfve~(rem Sallllonelta ootantseerecuve tndifferentstepsof thebfosynthetfc
- - -
..
. .\ "- ."pathw.ll.Y,'Simflar,ser i e sofR llIut antshaveal~obeen:1sDlatedfrom 16
~'a mutari~:are.'~~f;ec,~·i ~e-
'In.O~~ h·~l~. s:yni·'he~si~.:
ami.~ro~i1~'e l'f~ciP01'YSaC~~~rl~e'~;'
wit~" 'o;~~let~' ~6~e'/-; A ll '~/,~h.~'
-~~t~n'is
.from,.,R~
';:".:', . .. . . • ···;:c:4;::Z:1: ne:~~'::::;::::.;;:e:y;::~~t1::C;::::::l;'::, • ..• .•
conia1~'
'o ' nlY
~DO'an~'L 'f'"p 1d : : ,i.;
':·'The;df ffe~~·t~R.~~·tants:·~;'d:ih'eir.re~~~~".,,·::··"·tfv(R.-1'1
popol~s:~dc~artd'~~
-~aX,':~e ,~f,~e'r~~t1,~t!d:'~nd ':jd,~li~t~f.;~.d. ~Y:~.an~'
of'lK.ttns(5'21.end~nt1b6d1~s:(53)'~~thete~ln~l,sugar.sequen~~s (whfch'are'
d1ff~;ent·~" ,are.', ~~~~nf·Ze~.':bY':S~eh· , ~~~,~~~.dS.
":~he. ~tant~,
..~,~
a-l~o'·be . fdent1~t~
by.'ChenitC~l
.analY~f~ '
of,t~eir' 11p~p~lisaccha·rf.de~ , a'n~'
'".bythei r:
'ph~ge ·-pa~te,.n
'(54).~c:ur~e~~e"O f'the" R-fO~S--:'S ~~~~ ,:1.~·'
.
nature,~'t~o'U~h':
they;ian'
be.'..CUl~I~at~d 'Jl~der '~~b~'rat~~ :c~ndf~f.oni
'a.nd...:ar~ge:ner~'ny,n~·n.vfrul.e'rit.,'P~~9ocYt1i;dby:~cniPha9:~~'a~d a:r~ .sen~l:':·
~i1'~e ·.~o.' ;io~1C' ~g~n~s':'U.2\;
IB
, ',, "
·acYl'a~U;eami no,.gro upsofthe,dh,;c'ehar1de,.,Theremat~fn9ttvemol es
offa i t y
'~~iJl~:are 'e'~t~'; ;t.nk~ ·but
,not,necessa~ny
d1;ec't lyto;t h:·hy~r~XY1;
g;.o,ups;~f the '91u~OSalnlne
(55)."
. .
In s1l1li1ar'.annertoO·t/:lal osand core',lipfd Aalso exhfbi ts
struc·tli;~lheter~gene·1ty.
Inapprol(;~~tely',50'
0'-th~
U'p1d'JlIIO l eCules-~f:sal~~nena.
the'P-hos~~a~
..~rOU~ ·l1n~~. w" .iuco~'a~!~l
1s'sub,stf-tu~ed
by
a,.~ho~phoryl:etha,no}am1nere~iduewith a'fr e e.amIno group .~1..6. Bothg~~cosami n eunitsare substit ute dby aph~S pl'la tegroup; one be\"g bound in esterlinkagetoC-4 of thenonreduct ng glucos411in e (gll.icosamlneII), aodtheo~hertoC- l,ofthe reduci nggloc osdmfne (gluc.oH.lneIl. .thusoccupyi ng-th,eglycosf dlC hydro xylgr oupand nmderf ngthe'molecu le.nlin-re~'uclng . 'inthe"l'lpopolysacc har fde";the
·
tel'lltnal{~oo -un~~ .oftheco~ 1nttac~~'"toC-3.: ~r : glucosamf~
II(1~.
;i6.,.19',20)~ Thtp.Gl~N'{;'CN':p""lIOte·tY ·ofu,e-'1fp1·d·,Al's.~:"ed"lip id'
" . .'.
'.".
'' .
- ',".. -.",. .
" -A,backbone"'IF19•.61•
.".
i~~";~ptd:lb ackbone
'~6~~~'1i1~ ~~'t~,:'~s;~,;'~~d''a~~d~-'11n~~d:.tattY'
,~':;>~~fd~'-:~ nd
.ts·.~'~tr~y ~ro~hobt~, ., f~~fC'- ~,~~-,~. :'t~e:-:'~t:e~~~ce\i ,~:, l~~g''''
~ha.in · ~at·~i:ac1.6s:
and'ne~~tf,ve'lY' ,~h;r~ed,' py~op,~~~p~~'te '·g~~ups.
,l Sllllru)nel l aHp1dAcon~1nsUlefollo~f ngseve nmoles of long ellain
fatt;~ adds:
4,moles.ofg.;hydrOXYtet~adeeanIl1c
<,3:"00-14:0or'a-.:hydroXymY~i~tiC',aci d),~,andapproximat elyimole.cj-~'e ach of.'.dodecanol ~
acid!l2:O.latlrka~i df,·tetr adecano1'cacid'114:0.'nrt ristfc'acid),'and'
·hexadecanoi c'~c1d'(16:'0 .palmH1~acid), (12'). T....omol es ofJ-OH-14:0
i-, ...
;----
19
"\
J
. . " . 8'6 . 1
®-® ., .
~.~_ArQN__ ®--:,~G1C~,.~-Q-GlcN- p.. ~- EtN
¥#~.1r l~: ... ~ .
. .It11G
1~lla ", ,
-.c-c .~.O
.l~tllO·.:1l? t1"
. CHI CHJ
-
' - . ..
, Fig.6. -StruCtureof lipId AfnllllSalmnella. DottedIink~gl'5indicate
incompl ete5ubS'~I,tlltton( 11)~" -.- - .
. \
......: ..r, .7:' "
20
InaBout30-:-601 ofthelfp1,dAmoleccl esthephosphatebound to. glucosMl1nerr.ts subst i t utedby4~ am1 no-4 - deollY-;,- arab1nose(4 - AraN)i theltnkagebe ingthr ough e--l. Boththe amino gr oup'andthehydroxyl
!I1'l)~PSof4-Ar aN appear"tobeunsubstit uted(56).
1.3. 3.'8iosy nthesis oflfpo polys accharf des'
,, ", .
1.3.i.l pr.1.nCf'iies.o,f
, we
.Bf~sint~esis.~f,t~~,o-Chafo·s·.The\f_~~ynt~·~S1~.:
'? f
'_O-~_h.a~ns fs'·"cata.'Yse,~·.bY--a."11I1t1-,eriZy~:..s~st_~m Uat ut flhes,'I'
~~i>l"~ne-bou·~d.-po1~1;o'pr~nOld,~OOipo,u,~d,'a~.:,·(;.'rrf~r_-f~,~.:"~91YCOSYl··.'r.eSfdue~;~:· .. .: .•. . :.
'In
'salm;n~l'fa: grOUps'·A.D~:·ani t.
(57).t~~ Syn~he9of S
begi-n.s~1th '
tilereYerslble-tra~sferof galactosel-,~ho~pha-te frOllU~P;..g'a1iJc 1;OSl!to thl!phosphoryl ated carrier li pid.
S'equent fa l tran s fer of,J-e'~dd1t1Qnalsugar sto the-Hpi d"-lint ed lnte nnedlate'lead:tothefonnat"t on of
the O":c~a1n 'rep_~a~inf
unitlinkedthroughapyr~pMsphllt'l!'bri dgetotill!carrfer-~'ecule'-" ' :'Therepeati ng uni ts arethen:pol yrtlerlsed prIor"totheaddit 10no~'othe-r_;SUbst1 tul!~ts (e.g . eeetetel
1l,2) '- ''''POlym~"rf5at.10n \cur~
by,con~~a~t~ l·trAnsf.e~~fng
_thegrowi ngchain~a'newly act fv at edrepeatingui'iidg~owtliatuti·
reduci ng endl., This,'resurtsfna~long cha lnpOTymerl~'1nterled hie"that
. .
.
, .ts st i ll Ifnlced. attheredlt'~,ln9 en~of the.carr fe r ltptd, Asi!l:ffn~."· step.tileO:-chalns' are transfer re d (rOIlthelIp1 d-carr~e.rtothe:tude-
"
pendent lysynt hesis ed core1l pldAtofonntheCbmpletemol ecule(56).
11
1.3 .3.Z. Biosynthesis ofthe Core
In aeanne rsimfla rtoO-cbainbiosynth esis elipfd~ca.rrlerts i,nvolved,Inthi s case . lipi d A, wh1c;H.NlIIa1nslinked,'tothe cor.eas partor thelfpOpolysaCCharfde·~lecU·le. ThebfOSynthetf~pathway.oL_ cor e-lip idA';sy'nt heslsprOCeedsf'r~
the
,Re,'io'Ra'rm,;tants~:
the su gar'~~~st~~u~_~t,s:~be,1~.9_ s.~·qU~~t'l~.~·_~~_.~~~_n~:f'~rred, ;:by 'te~~~,I'~·?s',::~.~,ialY'~,ed::~ : ', ~ ~.;::.'~": .
'...;:",ttje'
, resp_~~,~lve' ~~ga~ tran~f~.ra·se5· (1~. ·16:
..2Q{ , O.,.i:~a1n ~~~~e~~,s ; :!
;F,:oRlpu1.se/~hase expe~1~e!,~5,,,t~ebiosrnthes~sof'li pi d,A appearsto occurv1~aprecursor:moleculeIIhlc hcontaf ris the',dtphosphorylated~-
. 1.6~J,1 n~~d -df9~·u~~~~mt~e:b·ac~ ~o~. ~~i;~'tit~i_~
·bY.,..~o~r 3~:oH~1~.:O reS1d~~s,,,:O .'11J
eefde linkage:and'~ll ;n
ester1~nkage (58J ~ .~;he p"i-e~~r~~r -d~~~·. ~~t,,'to_~t~',i~·,~~'·-~~d; , ; ac~s
-~~~. 'sat~r~i~d ' fattia~i
ds.. i
>.
',""!
;-",'
".~
.:. '
1.4.:if~1091c&1 an~ [nd~todc.-Pro;.ert1·~s_ofl1popolysa t tllir1d eS-':
, .-
" . '
':-: ,. .' ~ .~'..
~ " " ".;·sra. fI!gat h ebatte~~.a~~sep~leshOc'k"t~N.~
art'-":
direct·'r~sultOJf.the",,~act_I_O.to·.Ncterhl.~d0t4dns·I60I,. Early.~tOms'of ...". gr a. .neg~tiftse.PSh,1nclllCiefever ,dYSpnfal·ollgurla .'.IlllhyRote~s_'Oll.;:'~-, '
r',
" ,"" ,/:::.' ;'.;'.: . . ::;:.::: .:7.~i.; . ...:;: . : .··.:~ .·.: .t.;.( .'.t:} .:~ ..• ~ .f.: . ;~~ . . • ~.~:r .~: . . . ; . • ~ .~~~;·.r .;.r ."+ . . ; . : ,:~.:/%i:r'; ·, , ;.;~
.-.. ',:~> :.:..: .'.
thegastro1 ntest1na'tract>'andgeileralhedthi-ciilbl.tnhpln a'rl~s
,'-i·:'-,· · -:.;.. :.; : , . > :':~',:' . ;: 160 1; ['bO"~'~ :;f"d;::' f"'j"de LLs:,;L::".;:i" '~f ;d'om.~ · ;' ':. .'
" 'i\'. ....
n~_~~ '~~.'c·~pl~n~. ·de;t~1.e~c; ~~·. 't~' ~~ve;'d' C~'oitl~ ·fact;·r~
•.:;eu~~ ,
cytoshand·dK:!'e.llsrd plateletcOlln.is'.: ·> . .' ." . .~:~.•.',' TheSyndromeb7wh1ch-local
US:su~ ~.age otcllr~a~·.a
result of"J:. : 'in~~else~ ' Vlstllllli llf~a'b(ll;Y iog~U;~!". ·~~ · th~ fonn.atl~/Of _fi i:!,1~:
.
;. .. .. .. :."
.;":
•tton{OI'::!.: i6ll
• . ' . " . , _ '."..
_-~""
..~" :
. . •Severalaspectsof thls.pathOlogyunbe-'.lc:ke d,inlIn f.ll1Odfls·
.;,
b~
the_f.nj-;c.t1~ ~f
..1P~.' ~ S~lI~ ~~ml: g~'r~" lleg~ii~ ~acie~'I:~.:~:
..'~T~~~~ :,"~ .
'. "genenll~edSCllwlIrtP;nn,nacHon,In''t1i~rabbtt ,\'11Ch:1~el Icited,.by;:·,
."'> ~wO PI'Gp'~rl)'. SP~~ed.1ntr~~e~~ .1·~~~tf·~ns;~f.::;·P's, re~ul~~ ,l~ : b~t:~'i'~~at ".
· ',rerial",cor t fc111necrosli,.d~~:-td<:f1brlnd'eposltt~n IS.~.
result.
O(~lffU~·:..-:·
·\~\~aV.I.sc~~_lr ~; ~t~;ng.(6·2·j'.::· Th~'~e'~~'f~~ts' 1~ . acc-~~~·~~le~ :bi.:~ ';~~~;i~···:·~ :
"
"-
14
pol yclo nalactiv atio nof bonemar row der iv edly~phOCytes(68), lIet1Yatlonof the class icalcOlIIplementpat hway(69).and inductionof
~acrophagecytolyticcapacity nOlo
Inadditio ntopo)ysacchar ide def icientpreparation's,nat urlilYar1- .a tf~ns
in
theO-chaincoilponent of smoothlipopolysaccharf des providea'~ld~
spectrumof1llD',eCLl'~s
whlch' ~a.n .~
useete Investigatethe • jcont r f butfon,.of'thepartie.uh f'carbohydrate-groups-to'Ia)b1o~ogfcal 'at.Uv!ty.in1t'ated
~t
,thepolysll,c~ha.ride ltse~ f'-a~~
_(~l _
the_.~dUl a~10n
oflipidAactiv ity.·,'Thefract1on~ttonof
i.'
cal fseratypesOlll:~and K235 (71,721", ntoniolecu la r'specie scontaf ~~grea te rorlesser. amounts0 . '
r~pea tlngO-'poly,saCchar~ de1IIl1! provepa rt~cul~r'lyvaluable. Morr 1sonand.Lei ve (71)"demenstrat ed thattpsfrac;tion J~romf·.£2l!se.rotypes 01\1:64'(long"'o--tha1nl1~ con~1d~rab'lYless tox'k'than
f~actlon
nl$hO;~ ~~hiiin).
Onthefother hand,fra~t1on I '~a's
fOLi ndto
beamore
po~ent
actiYat()1'of' ~er~ c;ompl~erft
dueto' act fvat fonoithe .. alter-natl'~e
.'path;ay
;, "~~
tile. ,p~l;sa~charf~~-c~onen.t. ,
. ..''.
" .. '.1.552. 1"Acfd'Hydrolys1 ~
.:$". .r" , .; .~
.
0 . • :•.-,•~ , ". ""Mild acid-hydrolysis(n ,~c;et,lcaci d;IOO' C)creeves the KDO-lfpi d A'linkage lIber a-ting'
·fre~.\1P.1~ A~)l~, .12 ~·
16:2Ql••'prior.to tile. .. . . '
- .'".. ...
:., -.'.':" , . ' " :.- ..
a_~afl~~~l.ftyofpolysa~tharfd~ ~d.l ~ f~,ntnutants,.1nvesUg~t:10~SLls1ng
-'sLiCh<1s~hted"lJpfd,A,pre~aratf'ons'prov1ded:" e beste't'fd~nce'thatmany
b1ologf~'aooendot olf c'propert fes''IIereassocf'ate d, w{th thelfpfd_ .
:"
'-
"." ~,'. . . ' - "
• 25
component . Itshoul dbe noted howeverthatR~!,ee J.1~~
,, -
;l,sn ot ne~e ss a rfl 'yidenticaltothe~~_boundlipi dA" of the-originalraclecule,1.5.2.2 . Alkali neHydr? ly"sfs
Shor t'periods ofre1a~helymil daHalj:ne hydrolysis-
(O.03W,
HaQH.J7'C)causeasubst ant ial reduct tcnfn',th'~e5~erbound [at tyad d c~ponMtofIps(]Jr•.However,
trn;
b101 og 1 c~1 ac~iv~t.1:eswhic h,ar e ,as~odatedwithlipi d,'"and'whichmight be''exP&<;~'dtodepend'ueen the.
.hydr.olysfsresulttnthelossof biologic prapertfes associatedw1~lLthe lipid Acomponen~ofIps, includin gmftogene~fs(7J).
1.5.2.3 . PolymyxinB
.,. .
'~'th"'PO''':''
.Wht~'·,esP""'~"t".," ""rp,.",
tho'''~!"'-. tlan ofstruc t ur e-funhfo nrelat1onS:h fpsf nvolves theu~eof the.cycl ic'pePt~de
antibi ot i cPtO;'~YXin
B.~~l~Xfn'
aha~
been~epo~t~d
to,~
1nh1.b1 t'var 1cius1n,'vivoeffeqts o(,l ps(74,751. Ithils rio....~ee~·est eb- l'1shed
th~t tfi1~-:~ot1~;
." .. ,.
~btnds ;~fth
."'lfPid' ' . ~ fnterferin~' '
" ' with~e'le;al . .
of the bfolog 1cal-proper'tl e ~of the lps IOOlecule(761.
o. • 0 ~ , : •
2. STRUCTURAL,AHA.LTSESOF!POlYS~CCk"'RIDES'
Thi1ll11iu nolog1c~l ,serolo~fcal.and phage"re'c4lptorp'~oper,t1esOf bact eri al• . '
P01~sa~chaddes
j are usuall yexpr esse dthrO~gh
•.reg1~~S ~f
the< ' . .
polysacchal'lfdes-:knownasthe.,antf genll; determfnants,(12.16 ; ZD). The .basis•'of'.
~e
..'ari~1g,n-an~1bod~ ;nrnUnOl~g1C4,~
• ;,I•.1 •'.' " I'~'p~'en',OlI1enon
. - is, ."the. ....
/ '
.
26
recognitionof partialstructuresof thepolysaccllar1 de antI gens by antibodymolecu les orflllllu necell recepto rs. Fora quanti.t athe consl~erat1o nof tile differen tspecificiti esof theantfgenicdete r- rstnant s,the elucfda t fon ofthe struc t ure ofthe polysaccharlde antfgen is necessary02.16,20).
Inorderto fullyCharacterf~ea.polysacchari de,consi st ing of .'"repeati ngunitsor"anol1 gosacc~adde .a st ructural study·should
det ermine:
a) thenat ureandnumber ofs,ugar s resteues andthe irrela t iv e proport ions;
b) tileposI t i onofthe lfnkages of tile sugarsresid ues;
c} tilesequenceofthecOOIponent'sugars;
el) the anomertccon ft!iur~tionsoftile sugarspresent:
el theconformatf onof-thepolysacchar ide.
Thelitel"ll. t ure descr1b1ng the techniquesusedto ecntevethese requfreeentscannot be reviewedadequatelyin a dt scusstenof this
n~tu r~.
There fore,onlythetechntquesusedInthe courseof this work will be~1scussed"witha~attempt tore fer to thelatest'crf ttcat .revt ees;andtoupdate th~applicat i ons ofthose'yechn lques forwhtchsignifica nt improvements haverecent lybeenmad~~
Whi le some ofthe follo-':lngdi scus sio nwill deal wfth repeat i ng units,ofpolysa cchar id es ,IllOst'of the met hodol ogy descrlbed'canbe
'"
equally ..ell applfedto theinvestigatio n ofoli gosa ccharide structures.
2.1. Total Hydrolysis
The hydr ol y sis of"poIYS8c~hartde.andthe subsequentaI'l.lyshof the hydrol ys isproducts is'of te nperfomedlJ,Ial lta tt'ely . However ,the total
~YdrO'ysh
orPOly~aCC·h·arfd~S.
'particularlythose~ith r!Sfst~nt glYCOSfd~C l1 ~.kages. ,h ~- 'mo~~
d1ff1CUltoper ation1111.HydrOChl~~fC.
s~l furfc
andt~1f'uor~acet1 C'
.ect esar~ ~~only ,used\~ ~drol)'sls " a n d
are sUfficfen t toc~pl~telYhydr ol;se aneut ral polysa cc hari de intoit s monl)flerl c sugarunits:'.
HostOf th'econstituent~n~saccha rf des"re1easeddur ingthe addle hydrolysishavetr"d1t1on~11ybeenfdent f f f led~Ypaper chrolliltogr aphy"
and e. f ,e,'(78 ) .but'tlleq,l.lt tathe andq,l.nt1 t.theanalys is is·no.
lIOn!
us~allyperfOlWd
by9.1.C.,andg.1.e.~II.s .
of~ut-table de~hathes
(79. BOI. The sugarsart.Us~~l1Ytransforale-d"intoae.ety1ated-"l df ~o1s or ildonftrfl es. ster eet seee rs ghe si _narIllaSSspectraand 'Whenmts .1nfo~tton15eoupl edwiththe';;latheretentt~n.UIll@Son g.1.e .
, '
~de~ttf1eat.lonofthetndiv idu al sugarispo~st ~le,"-w{ ththeexe~ptton of the absol ut e'eonf1'gurat1on(79-831.
2.2. Methylatf on Analysis
Methylat10nanaly~~ s.developedbyHawort handeo-worker s, 1~st tll.
the"most fmportant sfngl e IIlethod 1nst~ue tu"ral"c:~rbohydratechemtstrY". It1nvolv esmeth ylattonof all fr e-ehydroxylgroups inthepoly saecha- rreeand
tlYd"O~Y~1's,
of"theh!thy1a~d POl~~a~Chi'r~de
to .iafxture of,.
28
partially IIIl'thy latedsonus eccnert des• The freehydroxyl-groups In these
'"""
malt thep.osltfol'lsatwhichthe correspondingsugarresi dues were
substftuteQ1n the polysaccharide. Qualf ta t fve and quant f ta t fv e analysisof thismixture therefore gives1nfannationon,how the d~.fferentsugars.are jtnked..It doesnot.~however,giv e fnfonnat1C)1'lon the sequence oron the anomericcOr:lflguratfons (81-83). Duetothe , tnsolubil itY'Of hf 9h
lllOleCll·l.ar: ~~9ht O~thal'n' poly~r-
In~r-9a~'ic
SOl ~en~~,
the~ihOd. Of'-~lIwort~ (in," ,
Purdfe lBS)"-'ndK~'hn
(86')reti~ired'
several>teps
~" a~h;eY'~ complet~ meth~1at1ori. -~he:reas
nowth~ H~k-om~~l
ilethylatlon(a7l achievescomp.l.~_t;methyletten_1n'j ~stonestep.>The latter method consists oftr eat ing the po1-ysaccha,rfdefl'!,0
dhllethyl sulfox lde'WIththe anfonofsod11J1J1 methylsul flnylmethan1de and subsequentl ywit~methyliod1de(87). TheHa1<omorf methylation, unl1kethe.K,uhnand Pllrdieprocedures, .cannotbeusedon'a polysaCCharidecont afning alkalflabile subst ftuentswhichshouldbe preserved.,In the latte rcase,methylationwith,met hyl.' .tr f f1uorolllethanesulfona'teintr lmethYl phosphate,',usf"g',2;6-di..' t:
.butyl Hyrfdi"neas"aproton scavenger
't~
an'~legant ,aHe~n'att:ve
(881-.The methyla tionanalYstsisbasedonth~ability'~fractionatE!'and char-acter-lzettlepar 'ffall ymet tlyl at ed monosaccharidesgeneratedby hydrolYSiSof tile.fUllYmethYlatE!d'polysac,ch~ride. Thts is"!Ost con~enfentlYaccomplishedby .:omb fnedgas.ltQllfdchroma tograp';Y/~ 5S spectrollletry of the methylet~erald1tdJ~cetatesderivatives(81-83, 89).
TheinterpretationofttJemas5sp,~ctr.aIs1l5~anyasimpletask.
Pr flllary fragments~and~are'-,fonoedb/f,iss1onofth~carbon',cha1nof"
"
component1conta in in gvtct netmethoxylate dcarbons , therfssf cn between ,.
these carbonatoms is pref err ed; eith er fragment may carrythe.positive charge. Whl'!n a methoxyla t edcarbonhas anacetoxy1ate d neig hbour such asstructure~ . teneencytcfis si on'betweenthemethoKylated and acetox ylatedca r~oil.a1tho~ghnot·as,\g.rea~as.be~we.envfcf r(i cal".methoxy¥
lat edcarbon,~ives'sf'gnfficantp~1R1aryions and,t herraginent'wh.ht~e
lIl~th-oxy'
Aect.'~arbon ~
alwayscarr~es
_,t he-~sf' tl~echlii'ge
.IscneeeO.',1~
'general~ _ 1 ~
II~e:,s.ldue ~o~t~.1~.5,··a··,~th~)(:y. gr{)~P.' f~a;.ne~~at~o~
-
. - . -.'consecuti ve elc flllliat1 0ns of me.t hanol,"hVz. 321'. aceticaci d(m/z 60) and. ket ene-(.Rl/z42), Elfmfnat lon sofaethancl,keteneIlnd'~e~lCacidfrolll twop~f mar.rfragmentsof1'1/1.161(coirmonin massspect ra.Dfmethyl at ed sugar s)'are,illustrate dIn-Scheme2•
.A,nalys1s andst r uctu r al·char acter f zat fonof par t fally~thY-1.ated al~ftol,.
aceta te s ofami nosugar s-hesbeen.tne'~ubj ectofsever al investig at io ns (BO,9O-~3)•.For aldftolacetates d~rh,edfrOlll2"acetamfdo-2.d~xy ~ sug'arsg.,t he'pri ma?"fragll~~tm/zissand'th'~t~'sec~ndary fra~nts m/zU6:andrn/z. 9lI pr edOlll f na.t e. Other fr a!pents er e ,IIowever,'strong .enough to,i dent ifythe met hylationpat t.em (Scheme 3) .
Othermod1fi cati ?ns ofthe methylati onprocedure such asthe
J
·i nt r oduct fon of deut~riUIIIat CoOl 'fnorder to·obta in'unsY!IJ!et ri cal deri vativ es, did'euteratfonOfC-6, trl deute~fomethYlat1on..'. .
. •..
" " .
",:
2a:..·
;"":':-s
. .
HC=OMe
'C=I O
Ct!;)
I'm,~
&7
·HC=
~
OM.H C- cile •
R
I
Z..>...:
, ~: .
HC=OMe
,": '.-8 ,
.H~'::'O~C RZ"
!:..
~.
fH Z
f?Me,. HC=OMe.
e m'.IOI
"
... .
:. ~ . :.
. '.. HC-OMe ":"-e-:)...~
'. ' "
\ ." " .. ~k:OAC ' "
z .1
HC"OeM.
tH s . . . ~ .
HCOMe ''''' . 1.01
.-
";..;.~,._,:.'r••
j
-
JO\11 I . r
lH~-OM. ~ HC-Ot-le
~
..
HC-Cl'l.. . .
Hr-,- Ot-leI
RI
Z R
Z
~~
,L
!l
t-toeutertcecetyteercn, or ethylat10ngive'deriv ati ves,the fragmen- tation patterns,'of which are quiteanalogoustothosedisc ussedearl.ter
182-.:94, 1021.
-'The reductive'cl e a vageat' thepennethYlat~dpolysaccharideby boron
• I . .
,atr1'fluor1:4e.trfethyhf1a~eand trffluoroacetf cacfd ,toa mixture of
.
~anhydr~~idft01S '"
canbe ·us~d.
todf stf ngui:hbe~we:' 4-11~'ked
"al dohexo;PYr~:~o'~~
:a'nd,~~
linked'aldOhexofur~'~~se
.r'e;s'fduest~ -P01Ysil~charf
des.-- .·::~~rm·~t~Yl ~te.d·.PO!y~~ci.ha~fde$·'conta't,;'t~~:,th_e~se" ~std~e·s'. W 1 '1'"9f:v~·:onl,;,.·.
:--O~·':''part'fl' 1.v~.~et~l at~d'-su9ar;'213.~6~·tr1-.Q.~~·~l hex~:seafter -r;omal.
i~:fd: hY'd~DIy.s.fs.
-:-Thi ~ ~t~~¥
c'an'al~o be.~p~11e-d t~ 4-
And5~;fnked
aldopentosere"sfduesandtoS-and6-lfnl:.lffi'ketoheJ<.oseresldues(95);' Asthe methylatIo nanalysishas become sc.s tepte, Itis also used In connection'~f thd,lffe~ent,specHf-cdegr ad.lIt 1ons of.polysaCChar1deS perf?nned'f n order..tcdetenni.~etbe.secuenees~fthe sugar resi due s(96-98 ).
seque nce'Analy~i s
Mci.'nyd1fferentde g..radatfontechnfques areusec-rcr-sequence
.ailal~~i,\of·pO!YsacC~~'r~de~'."There~snos.tandard.meth~ds.and each
polysaccharideprese'nts',its0Wll probleins_ Among't he'ol d,estmethods are th.epartialac1dhydrolysis and analyslS"ofth~reSU1ting011g05ai::- chari.. .des:.the SlIlft b" " . ,'de gr adati on and the'" .
dealiin~t~on
" of the aminosligarresidues . 'These' diffe rent methods hav'ebeens~....arfzed1 nthe l1te ra-
.Ca pon'(100 ) has cceprehenstvelyrevfewed:the"firstorder.j-ate.
.32
1llOnosacchar ldes i and severalgeneralizatfonslll/lybelllade:
a) - furanosldesaremorelabile than pyranosfdes b) - /feOltysugars eremore easily hydrolysedthannexeses c) •uron1c acids:~revery~eststant
to
hydrolysts.due"to"the'triduct j,ve'eff ect.'of't heprot onated aminogroup'
"eo)'-
pe~~~Py!,ano~'f1_e~' ar'~' -~r~:.1ab1,i~
than'hex~~;ranOS1de:s
.fI,':II-g1yc.o:$i(i~c~~~nds'
' a . re
~~ually_~ore"'~blle,than
"Il:~fyc'OS~ d1'C -bonds': ',. ' ,
.
It'5thereforelogicaltIlat'"given a.hete:ropolysaccharld'e.•there w111 be
s~ g'YCos.~iI1C
bO;;dS.•th~t ,~~
relat'hely"resls tanttoacid hydrolysfsandoth'lOrsthatar~:compari t 1vely susceptible.Therefore, -.polys'aCChar1de~c?ntatn1'nglink.agesofef thertypewf11-tend,t o produce"deff.nedoli gomeric 5ubun1;~5'whtChcan'be"fsol'ated'and1dentfrted. Co~
, '. ' " " .- : ', ' ,' , .
.51~erablymorestr,uc tural,~nf.ol'lMtfon'canbe cbtefnediftlle:llethyl a"t ed.
o11gosa cchar,fdes,.der h,ed"{ram,aCfdic'tiydro"lysis'ofpermethyl'~ted'pol y•.
sac~harf~: ~:~: ~e,du~ed'
'andre~i~;hted u~{Ag t;td~u"terf ~thY~
or, e~hYl
.fod'Ide."'.
ThiJ~,·th~·'. 1'~oht~O~:: o~
,the,a:l~y.~a~d ~fsa'~Cha~ide ald.ftol.\~' ·
"d~monstrates:
·'a )"':h~t th~ ~l~sac't~t1de. ~~~,tafris ,th~ d;~aCCh~'~t'de
unft 1i,b)that".tile:~on-redu~tng,galactosy1gro~p'~,as11nk.ed'to,the 3-.
.. ' " . " .": ' ,'_:posft1on''fn ·the,Polys·accharide;.clthatthe.reduc1ng r es1due 'oIasfurano-, stdfc; dla~',thiJtbothsuga,:s'we~'chaf~restdues'a~d~ot bra~chlng
33
Scheme 4',
I
r
I
1
34
residues(JOl)(Scheme4) . Thislatter techniqueha sbeen further devel opedby Albershelmand his cc-eercers{lOZI.
mtalternathetopartialacidhydrolysisis acetoly sis(97,103) arid the relativeratesby whichthe diffe rentglycosid iclinkagesare cleaved differ for:thfs and.the' !:'revlous.IIIl!thod. Pyranos1dfc(h- 6 )- li nkages arecleav'ed-more'readily' thanoth er types ofpyr~nOsfd1C
onthereactfo~tempe.ra t,ureused.ISthem~
st.
35
~POlyalde~Ydi:\!Ihich'~'wti~n',;'~du'cid',wi~ii.'~o~iUII,·~·o~hyd,r,f;de;··,-Y'~J.~s:'a..' .'
~p~1'YOH~,'Thls'.'def h ed"p~lYO':,'~~n-proY1'de'bans"!der~bl'ti "i'~f~nI~t1olr-(in"
formed.
by perfodate \!Ii t h't he formationofcarb?nylc9111~ollndsasf11ustrat ed in Scheme.6i the. simplestfra911~nt.sb~1ng'fonnal dehyde(R,~nd~l•H): In
.the.specia lcase of three contiguous hydroxy.groups.fOMlfc,acid is elsc
'"0' ,""
.'::~:';...'.,.'':: c : ', ~' ':
···~···':~-t; \T···;:
.. : .. " .:- ·<·:;::~·:~:,~t
stnlCtl.l:~l
elnent,ll.9'.;';S· the,,2~·~~;~-·gllaC~PY~anOS1'1~!-eryth~'.tol · ~~"~:':/
",F.
I'~,
!l·Yia·~'~lya;c~oj,g'(1C)~ )~~Ch~-:7). - - -r-,~'. : '.'. :~..' ,;~sg~f; i:~~ ::~~ ~~ i:, ~ t;,;{,/;i :
. . ' '.'(.:...,::':".)•.;. ,'; ..'~...1"., ';;:~.\...~','.-
.:'. '2~3:3: ',: D~amfna't1 o~~' :
,,: ;..' .;::~':,:;>::,:, " : ',,' :' :.'J
. . ,. s;;ve';'~';";~h"i;e'c"ti,n";no<;";;;;;.t,ich· i" :;;;"'l\~N~ ; ; ; ...: :. ) .:
aC~~1a~d, 't~~~ ':'~~I ~U~S
ofle r-a'~tar~fng
po'fntc~'r ~~~ff1~ de~ra~a~,.. ·
...",:.'~5~~~f~ffJ (~~"~1des'and- gfYCoconjllgates'~;i 2~anriIl,O::2.:~CJXy,:,~glucos@' ~~~~~ and ·2~';1no- ~f',,'I ~ .~.~;: .
-:'·.~~~·~QXi~~~~)~{~~~;~.:;~~~,~~~:~~·i.i~. ~f ~~.~ '~~~~f.n~~~d~~~~~~i~.e~~.~~;·' · ·;
'::<'.j-, :->
.~hel r-, lleltopyr~ nos1des" . '. ...1':1'ltlich the,alIi,no group'.', •,~.. ' ' ,-" isequa tDrh lly·'or1ente d•. ,' '" - ,c ".. :, "
:""n't~'.o·stst~blefoj,D,,Y1 elds·2.5-a~llydro::res1ciues~,',1h1's'reaction'hils
.'
..
' " , ', ,' ' . - _.""
'- ' '.' -.,'.
been"a,~~quiteljrevf!wed.•tnthe'1 1tfra~joe: 197~.98~11~~:113 ),,"::',The·':,:·,-.":.' ,.::r'
.'.'•.:'.'rea~~an'geai~nt,:·,r~s~l,ts·:fr~,·an·att aCk,:oiI,"~he"1;nu"nn! dt,a,ted~a~orii~:f,on,:::. '..,;,'.
(. ,;.~~~
.";::":'.'i·'',\•.,.::-':i>
by~~ rt ~~~'~xYg";~ 'a~~' (~;Ch
-1$i'n"a'tra~s a~d' antt~~~'~;lel'
t) ,. " :., ""
dfsPtisft;o~l .'
ThW$.deamfna tfonofa2-amlno-'2-t1eOx~-Q-gIU~Opyranostde
."~ '. ' :;'.,t_~.;'.:'
~ ~~;~,~,"·, ;~ ·:;~Y;~: :I~:; - :,); i~\+
.:'.
...
~.'",:~
' ,.
38
...
\~
I . HQHO~ ~, H~ -
' " ~ ' ,0" '
, CH,oH0 0 .;,.0 ." - 0 "
~ ~\. ,
HO ' . .
OH.~
. ',' .OH . . OH
11 [ :
. CH.oH
H~ O OhOH
• •H~ '
.'o-at
.." OM '
&.oH ·
. n
- . ,'1:.:-
,'j
,
\ '
":
Scheme7 :'.' :
,"",
"
.r-";
39 withrel ease ofthe aglycon(Scheme 8).
Similarly,2:.amlno-2-deoxy-g-g alactos fdeyie lds2,5-a nhydr o-g- tetcse , St udi eshave revealedthatpartof thedeaflfnatf on reecrtcnof 2- aml no-2-deoxy -D-g lucos ide 14 Ilayalso= - ,ta ke anot her cour se with, fomationofa2-deOXY-2-f.- fOrtlYl ~g-rl b.O-heXO.5:id~This,u~.expected rearrangelllent.-_resultsfromtheattacl:ofcarbOn~hichisa1sotrans
.
'~nd' ~nt1 parallel'to
the d.1azonfum1ion(97.9B,112, -113). · - -.AlIlinosugar-i ncor por atedtn a polysacc haridechai nalsc reac ts in thesam; manner. rne.u-speettrcpolysac charidefro.. Shtgel.lafle~ne rf. pol ysa cc hari de variant Y,is ccepusedofthe.tet rasacchar iderepeati ng unit !J!(114). The N;.deacety latedpolys acch ar-i de easdeamfn'a-tedby treatm ent withnitrousaci d yieldingtetrasaccharideIIasthema i n productJscneee91. · Met hyla ti onanalysfsofth~reducedtet~ a s ac cllarl d e showedthatoneof.{ he~-sl.ibstitu tedo""k- rhamn,opyr anosylresidues inthe origfnalpol y s.accha r1 de hadteceeethetermlnal'non-reduci~9o-k - rham~OPYra nosy\group in.t hetetrasacc haride,proviog.t,hatthe2-"
ac~tam1 dO-~,.deo~-g- 91Ucos·ewasl1n-ke~ .to 0-2of thiskrhamnose·. On", treatnient oftetrasaccharideIIwjth base,thetr'is~cCharidelinked to 0-3of the 2.5-anhyd ro-mannose(produced'f romthe deilllf na t t on of the amino sugar res1 due)wasrej eesed; M~thYl a tj onanaly sls
of
trfsaccha. .
.
ridealdito l.@provi ded the.seqce nce ofthe,threerhaillnosyl resi due fn~.,
neentn ett cn reactio ns ,havealso been appliedtopolysacc har fde .contai ni ng, ot herami noS,ugar s"such, as the polysacch,arfdeJrom Vibr i o c.hol~raecont aini nga polymercomposedof(1+2)linked4-amfl)o-4 ,6~
\
c••
1 ..
v. ..
;
., ';
40
Schelae 8
.2)~-""Rh~.P:(~.2~-~L::h"-(11·')-"'.P:·~~l~ )-.~l>-Cl" N~ (l"
. '. M02
. . H.flH
",-L-.kMrCi+2)-o-L-R
.
. .hap;-U+3)__L-RhaZ- . ..",!.!
a-L-RhtlJ!.-( l+Z )-ct""L-Rha,e- (l+) l -:QPL-Rhnnltol
I .
2~
Schelle9
...
" :
'i