scholarly journals Sialic acid and glycosaminoglycans as biomarkers in dental fluorosis and periodontal diseases

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-65
Author(s):  
Dr Aswin Prasad S ◽  
Dr Liya Anil ◽  
Dr K L Vandana
Keyword(s):  
Sialic Acid ◽  
Dental Fluorosis ◽  
Periodontal Diseases

scholarly journals Crystal structures and kinetics ofN-acetylneuraminate lyase fromFusobacterium nucleatum

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (11) ◽  
pp. 725-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay Prakash Kumar ◽  
Harshvardhan Rao ◽  
Vinod Nayak ◽  
S. Ramaswamy
Keyword(s):  
Sialic Acid ◽  
Triosephosphate Isomerase ◽  
Periodontal Diseases ◽  
Fusobacterium Nucleatum ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen ◽  
Steady State Kinetic ◽  
Ligand Free ◽  
Tim Barrel ◽  
Function Relationship ◽  
State Kinetic

N-Acetyl-D-neuraminic acid lyase (NanA) catalyzes the breakdown of sialic acid (Neu5Ac) toN-acetyl-D-mannosamine (ManNAc) and pyruvate. NanA plays a key role in Neu5Ac catabolism in many pathogenic and bacterial commensals where sialic acid is available as a carbon and nitrogen source. Several pathogens or commensals decorate their surfaces with sialic acids as a strategy to escape host innate immunity. Catabolism of sialic acid is key to a range of host–pathogen interactions. In this study, atomic resolution structures of NanA fromFusobacterium nucleatum(FnNanA) in ligand-free and ligand-bound forms are reported at 2.32 and 1.76 Å resolution, respectively. F. nucleatumis a Gram-negative pathogen that causes gingival and periodontal diseases in human hosts. Like other bacterialN-acetylneuraminate lyases, FnNanA also shares the triosephosphate isomerase (TIM)-barrel fold. As observed in other homologous enzymes, FnNanA forms a tetramer. In order to characterize the structure–function relationship, the steady-state kinetic parameters of the enzyme are also reported.

129: Sialic Acid Content of Urinary TAMM-Horsfall Protein is Reduced in Interstitial Cystitis Patients

2007 ◽  
Vol 177 (4S) ◽  
pp. 44-45
Author(s):  
C. Lowell Parsons ◽  
Mahadevan Rajasekaran ◽  
Marianne Chenoweth ◽  
Paul Stein
Keyword(s):  
Sialic Acid ◽  
Interstitial Cystitis ◽  
Acid Content ◽  
Sialic Acid Content

Avian influenza and sialic acid receptors: more than meets the eye?

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 184-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
S OLOFSSON ◽  
U KUMLIN ◽  
K DIMOCK ◽  
N ARNBERG
Keyword(s):  
Sialic Acid ◽  
Avian Influenza ◽  
Sialic Acid Receptors

Influence of Platelet Membrane Sialic Acid and Platelet-Associated IgG on Ageing and Sequestration of Blood Platelets in Baboons

1993 ◽  
Vol 70 (04) ◽  
pp. 676-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
H F Kotzé ◽  
V van Wyk ◽  
P N Badenhorst ◽  
A du P Heyns ◽  
J P Roodt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sialic Acid ◽  
Life Span ◽  
Blood Platelets ◽  
Senescent Cell ◽  
Platelet Membrane ◽  
Antigen Complex ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Aggregation Of Platelets

SummaryPlatelets were isolated from blood of baboons and treated with neuraminidase to remove platelet membrane sialic acid, a process which artificially ages the platelets. The platelets were then labelled with 111In and their mean life span, in vivo distribution and sites of Sequestration were measured. The effect of removal of sialic acid on the attachment of immunoglobulin to platelets were investigated and related to the Sequestration of the platelets by the spleen, liver, and bone marrow. Removal of sialic acid by neuraminidase did not affect the aggregation of platelets by agonists in vitro, nor their sites of Sequestration. The removal of 0.51 (median, range 0.01 to 2.10) nmol sialic acid/108 platelets shortened their life span by 75 h (median, range 0 to 132) h (n = 19, p <0.001), and there was an exponential correlation between the shortening of the mean platelet life span and the amount of sialic acid removed. The increase in platelet-associated IgG was 0.112 (median, range 0.007 to 0.309) fg/platelet (n = 25, p <0.001) after 0.79 (median, range 0.00 to 6.70) nmol sialic acid/108 platelets was removed (p <0.001). There was an exponential correlation between the shortening of mean platelet life span after the removal of sialic acid and the increase in platelet-associated IgG. The results suggest that platelet membrane sialic acid influences ageing of circulating platelets, and that the loss of sialic acid may have exposed a senescent cell antigen that binds IgG on the platelet membrane. The antibody-antigen complex may then provide a signal to the macrophages that the platelet is old, and can be phagocytosed and destroyed.

Sialic Acid Dependent Polypeptide Chain Heterogeneity of Human Fibrinogen Demonstrated by Two-Dimensional Electrophoresis

1982 ◽  
Vol 47 (01) ◽  
pp. 019-021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cemal Kuyas ◽  
André Haeberli ◽  
P Werner Straub
Keyword(s):  
Sialic Acid ◽  
Polypeptide Chain ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Charge Heterogeneity ◽  
Human Fibrinogen ◽  
Two Dimensional Electrophoresis ◽  
Isoelectric Points ◽  
Polypeptide Chains ◽  
Dimensional Electrophoresis ◽  
Chain Type

SummaryHuman fibrinogen was compared with asialofibrinogen by two-dimensional electrophoresis to evaluate the contribution of sialic acid to the heterogeneity of the γ- and Bβ-polypeptide chains.Reduced fibrinogen showed three major variants for both the γ- and Bβ-chains. In addition two minor γ-bands with a more acidic isoelectric point than the normal γ-chains were observed. Electrophoresis in the second dimension (SDS) suggests that these most acidic bands are γ-chain-variants with a higher molecular weight. In asialofibrinogen only two predominant variants with more alkaline isoelectric points were present in each chain type.It is concluded that enzymatic removal of sialic acid partially reduces the heterogeneity of the γ- and Bβ-polypeptide chains of human fibrinogen, but additional sources producing charge heterogeneity must be sought.

COMPARATIVE ACTION OF VARIOUS OESTROGENIC COMPOUNDS ON MOUSE VAGINAL SIALIC ACIDS (II)

1969 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 663-670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Carlborg
Keyword(s):  
Sialic Acid ◽  
Response Curve ◽  
Sialic Acids ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Suitable Parameter ◽  
Sufficient Degree ◽  
Comparative Action ◽  
Relative Potencies ◽  
Good Agreement

ABSTRACT Oestrogens administered in lower doses than necessary to induce full cornification of the mouse vagina induce mucification. It was shown previously that the degree of mucification could be estimated by quantitative determination of sialic acids. A suitable parameter for oestrogen assay was the measurement of vaginal sialic acid concentration which exhibited a clear cut dose response curve. Eleven assays of various oestrogens were performed with this method. Their estimated relative potencies were in good agreement with other routine oestrogen assays. A statistically sufficient degree of precision was found. The sensitivity was of the same order, or slightly higher, than the Allen-Doisy test.

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