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Endocrinology, Vol 125, 2267-2272, Copyright © 1989 by Endocrine Society

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Carbohydrate composition of beta-core

DL Blithe, RE Wehmann and BC Nisula
Developmental Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

beta-Core is a major component of the hCG-related molecules found in pregnancy urine. We previously have purified the beta-core molecule and have deduced portions of its carbohydrate structure based on lectin binding data. In the present study we used recently developed technology to determine the carbohydrate composition of beta-core and hCG beta (CR119). For direct compositional analysis, parallel samples were hydrolyzed in trifluoroacetic acid and analyzed for sialic acid and neutral sugars without prior derivatization. Separation of the monosaccharides was achieved by HPLC on a Dionex CarboPac column eluted at high pH, and the resolved monosaccharides were quantified by pulsed amperometric detection. The amounts of sugar that were found relative to peptide indicated the presence of two N-linked oligosaccharides per molecule on both beta-core and hCG beta. hCG beta contained additional sugars consistent with the presence of four O-linked oligosaccharides. Compared to hCG beta, beta-core contained negligible sialic acid, galactose, or N-acetylgalactosamine. The compositional data suggest that beta-core does not contain N-acetylglucosamine at the nonreducing end of the molecule, whereas the trimannosyl-chitobiose core is apparently intact at both glycosylation sites, consistent with the ability of the molecule to bind to Concanavalin-A. Comparable fucose contents and abilities of beta-core and hCG beta to bind to Lens culinaris indicate a similar extent of fucosylation on the internal N- acetylglucosamine in both molecules. We propose that the N-linked oligosaccharides on beta-core closely resemble the underlying N-linked structures of hCG beta with the antennary sialic acid, galactose, and N- acetylglucosamine removed.


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