The heparin-Ca(2+) interaction:the influence of the O-sulfation pattern on binding

Chevalier, Franck, Lucas, Ricardo, Angulo, Jesús ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7250-5639, Martin-Lomas, Manuel and Nieto, Pedro M (2004) The heparin-Ca(2+) interaction:the influence of the O-sulfation pattern on binding. Carbohydrate Research, 339 (5). pp. 975-983. ISSN 0008-6215

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Abstract

The specific binding of Ca(2+) to synthetic hexasaccharide models of modified heparin has been investigated by NMR and molecular modeling and compared with previous results on a model of regular heparin. These two models represent the regular region of heparin lacking one type of O-sulfate group, either at C-6 of glucosamine or at C-2 of iduronate. The NMR experiments show different responses to the presence of Ca(2+). In the case of the compound lacking O-sulfate groups at C-2, the results are indicative of specific binding similar to that observed for the regular heparin, while the model lacking sulfate groups in position 6 interacts more weakly with Ca(2+). In order to understand the basis of this difference, a molecular modeling study based on a rigid body docking approach of the interaction of these carbohydrates with Ca(2+) and Na(+) was performed. We have found that the results are strongly dependent on the starting orientation of the lateral side chains of the charged groups of the carbohydrate, and that the best agreement with the experimental results is obtained when the starting conformations are taken from previous simulations in the presence of Ca(2+).

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: sulfates,computer simulation,calcium,thermodynamics,models, molecular,heparin,magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Pharmacy
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Drug Delivery and Pharmaceutical Materials (former - to 2017)
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Pharmaceutical Materials and Soft Matter
Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 21 Oct 2013 19:52
Last Modified: 24 Oct 2022 04:49
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/43760
DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2003.12.023

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