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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 82, Issue 10, Pages 4078-4088Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ac1001383
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- National Center for Research Resources of the National Institute of Health (NIH) [RR005351]
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Brazil [201019/2008-6]
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Characterization of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), including chondroitin sulfate (CS), dermatan sulfate (DS), and heparan sulfate (HS), is important in developing an understanding of cellular function and in assuring quality of preparations destined for biomedical applications. While use of H-1 and C-13 NMR spectroscopy has become common in characterization of these materials, spectra are complex and difficult to interpret when a more heterogeneous GAG type or a mixture of several types is present. Herein a method based on H-1-N-15 two-dimensional NMR experiments is described. The N-15- and H-1-chemical shifts of amide signals from N-15-containing acetylgalactosamines in CSs are shown to be quite sensitive to the sites of sulfation (4-, 6-, or 4,6-) and easily distinguishable from those of DS. The amide signals from residual N-15-containing acetylglucosamines in HS are shown to be diagnostic of the presence of these GAG components as well. Most data were collected at natural abundance of N-15 despite its low percentage. However enrichment of the N-15-content in GAGs using metabolic incorporation from N-15-glutamine added to cell culture media is also demonstrated and used to distinguish metabolic states in different cell types.
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