Novel tri- and tetrasialosylpoly-N-acetyllactosaminyl gangliosides of human placenta: structure determination of pentadeca- and eicosaglycosylceramides by methylation analysis, fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry, and proton NMR spectroscopy

Abstract
A series of high polar neolacto series (poly-N-acetyllactosaminyl) gangliosides were isolated from human placenta tissue and purified by HPLC and preparative HPTLC. Two of these ganglioside fractions (G-12 and G-13) were analyzed by 500-MHz 1H NMR spectroscopy, GC-EIMS, +FAB-MS, and sequential exoglycosidase treatments. Their structures have been identified as being of the repeating N-acetyllactosamine type, multiply branched through GlcNAc.beta.1 .fwdarw. 6/3 linkages, with very nonreducing Gal terminal .alpha.2 .fwdarw. 3 sialosylated, as shown below. These are among the highest molecular weight glycosphingolipids whose detailed oligosaccharide structures are presently known.

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