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8370039

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-10-13
pubmed:abstractText
6-O-[(2-Hydroxyethyl)poly(2-oxyethyl)]chitosan ("glycolchitosan") was oxidatively cleaved with nitrous acid and then partly acetylated with acetic anhydride, reacted with bromoacetyl-N-hydroxysuccinimide, and reacted further with acetic anhydride. Conditions were selected, including fractionation by size-exclusion chromatography, so that the resulting "Chitin Leash" had an estimated, average molecular weight of 10,000 (dextran standards), corresponding to a length of approximately 40 sugar residues. It possessed 0.9 terminal aldehyde and 2.6 random (presumably) side-chain bromoacetyl reactive groups per chain (average values). As a model system, the Chitin Leash was used to crosslink staphylococcal nuclease (SNase) to ribonuclease A (RNase) with retention of 75 and 78%, respectively, of the starting enzyme activities. For this coupling, the Nase was first converted to a sulfhydryl SNase derivative which retained 74% of the activity of starting enzyme. The yields in this synthesis were: 13% Chitin Leash from glycolchitosan, 24% Chitin Leash-RNase from Chitin Leash and 45% SNase-Chitin Leash-RNase from the latter conjugate. The ratio of SNase to RNase in this conjugate was 1.0:0.94. In a second preparation, in which [14C]acetic anhydride was used, a longer reaction time was employed for the coupling of Chitin Leash to RNase. This gave a 1.0:1.8:0.95 molar ratio of Nase: [14C]Chitin Leash: RNase, revealing multiple attachment of the [14C]Chitin Leash to RNase. The activity of the RNase in the final conjugate was 20%. The latter conjugate was approximately 70% hydrolyzed by diaminooctyl-succinyl-lysozyme, disconnecting the two enzymes while not affecting their activities.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0008-6215
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
246
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
205-17
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
"Chitin Leash": a polysaccharide heterobifunctional cross-linking agent which can be cleaved by lysozyme.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't