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Anionic complex-carbohydrate units of human thyroglobulin.

S Sakurai1, L Fogelfeld, A Ries

  • 1Department of Medicine, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, University of Illinois, Chicago 60616.

Endocrinology
|November 1, 1990
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Human thyroglobulin (hTG) has complex carbohydrates with multiple sulfate and sialic acid residues. Differences in these anionic carbohydrate units between normal and nodular thyroid tissue were observed in some patients.

Area of Science:

  • Biochemistry
  • Glycobiology
  • Thyroid Research

Background:

  • Human thyroglobulin (hTG) is a glycoprotein crucial for thyroid hormone synthesis.
  • hTG contains sulfate in chondroitin 6-sulfate chains and complex carbohydrates.
  • Characterization of these sulfate-containing complex carbohydrates is essential for understanding hTG structure and function.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To characterize sulfate-containing complex carbohydrates in hTG.
  • To determine the number of sulfate and sialic acid residues in these carbohydrate units.
  • To investigate potential differences in hTG carbohydrate composition between normal and nodular thyroid tissue.

Main Methods:

  • Incubation of normal and nodular thyroid tissue with [35S]sulfate.
  • Purification of hTG from tissues and media.

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  • Enzymatic removal of complex carbohydrates from hTG.
  • Analysis using HPLC anion exchange chromatography and neuraminidase treatment.

    • Main Results:

    • Identified sialic acid-free carbohydrate units with one to four sulfate groups.
    • Detected carbohydrate units with both sulfate and sialic acid (two to three negative charges).
    • Observed increased sulfated units with higher charge, particularly those with sialic acid, in nodular tissue of one patient (64.6% vs 22.4% in normal tissue).
    • Found no significant difference in charged unit composition between thyroid tissue and its corresponding media.

    Conclusions:

    • hTG possesses complex carbohydrate units with varying numbers of sulfate groups (up to four) and co-existing sulfate and sialic acid residues.
    • Significant differences in the composition of sulfate-containing anionic carbohydrate units of hTG can exist between normal and nodular thyroid tissue in certain patients.
    • The observed carbohydrate composition does not suggest a role for these sulfated carbohydrates in hTG release.