GANGLIOSIDES FROM THE EGGS OF THE SEA-URCHIN, ANTHOCIDARIS-CRASSISPINA

NeuGcα2-6Glcβ1-1Cer (M5 ganglioside) and HSO2-8NeuGcα2-6Glcβ1-1Cer (T1 gangilo side) were purified by column chromatographies with DEAE-Sephadex A-25 and silicic acid from the eggs of the sea urchin, Anthocidaris crassispina. Their chemical structures were determined by gas-liquid chromatography, methylation analysis, enzymatic hydrol ysis, negative-ion fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry, and proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Long-chain base compositions of both gangliosides were almost identical: all the long-chain bases were phytosphingosines, and C18-phytosphingosine accounted for more than 95% of them. Fatty acid compositions were also very similar: the main fatty acids were 22:1, 23:1, 24:1, and their 2-hydroxylated forms, and the 2-hydroxy fatty acids amounted to 65.3 and 74.3% of the fatty acids in M5 and T1 gangliosides, respectively. Proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic study revealed a down field-shifted H8 proton signal of NeuGc residue in T1 ganglioside, in agreement with the presence of sulfate ester at the 08 position. © 1990 Copyright, 1990 by the Journal of Biochemistry.