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Construction of saturated odd- and even-numbered hyaluronan oligosaccharide building block library
Jing He1, Hao Huang1, Xiaopeng Zou1
1The Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
Abstract:
Hyaluronic acid (HA) and its oligosaccharides (o-HAs) have been receiving much attention as medical treatments. Even-numbered o-HAs with two different reducing ends (HA2nAN and HA2nNA, n = 1, 2, 3…) can be prepared using bovine testicular hyaluronidase (BTH) and leech hyaluronidase (LHase) respectively, while preparation of odd-numbered o-HAs (HA2n+1AA and HA2n+1NN, n = 1, 2, 3…) is relatively difficult. A new enzymatic method was developed to prepare odd-numbered o-HAs in this study, taking advantage of differences in the degradation of glycosidic linkages by BTH and LHase. Through quantitative analysis of the yield of even-numbered o-HAs, a dynamic model for LHase hydrolysis was established, providing optimal preparation conditions for HA2nNA (n = 1-5). Then HA2nNA (n = 2-5) was further degraded by BTH to produce odd-numbered o-HAs. The above o-HAs were separated and purified by combining high-performance Q-Sepharose ion-exchange (Q HP) and size exclusion column chromatography steps.
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