Аннотация:Abstract
Lectins (agglutinins) are specific carbohydrate-binding proteins of non- immune origin.
Lectin –carbohydrate interactions play a key role in a great number of vital biological processes.
Rapid detection and isolation of various lectin types is required for diagnosis and therapeutics.
Simple, convenient, and inexpensive method of preparation of lectin specific
nanogold (silver)-labeled colloidal, and cross-linked neoglycoconjugates, based on
maleic anhydride copolymers, was developed. Water-soluble nanogold (silver)-labeled
glyconanoparticles were obtained in two steps: i) introduction of free N-acetyl-D-
glucosamine, or glycyl-spacered glycosynthons – β-N-glycyl-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, or β-
N-glycyl-lactose, – into poly(ethylene-alt-maleic anhydride), or poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone-
alt-maleic anhydride), and ii) labeling in situ thus obtained glycopolymers with gold or
silver nanoparticles. Lectin sorbents were synthesized from glycyl-spacered glycosynthons
and spherical granulated cross-linked maleic anhydride copolymers in aqueous system without
any condensing agents. Thus, maleic anhydride copolymer was used solely, without any
preliminary modification of the polymer, as a matrix for cross-linking, for specific ligand
binding, and as metal nanoparticles stabilizing cover. Resulted colloidal gold or silver
glyconanoparticles were used as lectin sensors (in dot-blot analysis of lectins); cross-linked
neoglycoconjugates – for lectin sorption studies. The correspondent gold or silver labeled
water-soluble glyconanoparticles, and cross- linked neoglycoconjugates, manifested high
activity and specificity in all tests with series of β-D-GlcNAc-specific and β-D-Gal-specific lectins.