Enzymatic redesigning of biologically active heparan sulfate

J Biol Chem. 2005 Dec 30;280(52):42817-25. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M504338200. Epub 2005 Oct 31.

Abstract

Heparan sulfate carries a wide range of biological activities, regulating blood coagulation, cell differentiation, and inflammatory responses. The sulfation patterns of the polysaccharide are essential for the biological activities. In this study, we report an enzymatic method for the sulfation of multimilligram amounts of heparan sulfate with specific functions using immobilized sulfotransferases combined with a 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate regeneration system. By selecting appropriate enzymatic modification steps, an inactive precursor has been converted to the heparan sulfate having three distinct biological activities, associated with binding to antithrombin, fibroblast growth factor-2, and herpes simplex virus envelope glycoprotein D. Because the recombinant sulfotransferases are expressed in bacteria, and the method uses a low cost sulfo donor, it can be readily utilized to synthesize large quantities of anticoagulant heparin drug or other biologically active heparan sulfates.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anticoagulants / chemistry
  • Antithrombins / chemistry
  • CHO Cells
  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Cattle
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Cricetinae
  • Disaccharides / chemistry
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Escherichia coli / metabolism
  • Factor Xa / chemistry
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / metabolism
  • Heparin / chemistry
  • Heparitin Sulfate / chemistry*
  • Inflammation
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Kinetics
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mice
  • Models, Chemical
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phosphoadenosine Phosphosulfate / chemistry
  • Polysaccharides / chemistry
  • Protein Binding
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Simplexvirus / genetics
  • Sulfotransferases / chemistry
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance
  • Thrombin / chemistry
  • Time Factors
  • Viral Envelope Proteins / chemistry

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Antithrombins
  • Disaccharides
  • Polysaccharides
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Viral Envelope Proteins
  • glycoprotein D, Human herpesvirus 1
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor 2
  • Phosphoadenosine Phosphosulfate
  • Heparin
  • Heparitin Sulfate
  • Sulfotransferases
  • Thrombin
  • Factor Xa