Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2015, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (6): 1087.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20150118

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Isolation and Structural Identification of Neutral Human Milk Oligosaccharides

LIU Shilong, LANG Yinzhi, ZHU He, YAN Lina, LÜ Youjing, ZHAO Xiaoliang, CAI Chao, YU Guangli*()   

  1. Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs,Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
  • Received:2015-02-02 Online:2015-06-10 Published:2015-05-08
  • Contact: YU Guangli E-mail:glyu@ouc.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    † Supported by the National Science & Technology Support Program of China(No.2013BAB01B02) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China-Shandong Joint Fund(No.U1406402)

Abstract:

Eighteen natural oligosaccharides were obtained from the defatted and deproteinated human milk using a combination isolation process including anion exchange chromatography(AEC), gel permeation chromatography(GPC) and porous graphitized carbon(PGC) liquid chromatography. Meanwhile, the structures of these oligosaccharides were identified by electrospray ionization collision-induced dissociation tandem mass spectrometry(ESI-CID-MS/MS). The major building blocks of neutral human milk oligosaccharides were consisted of tri- to nonasaccharides through the regular assembly of glucose(Glc), galactose(Gal), N-acetylglucosamine(GlcNAc) and fucose(Fuc). Lactose(Galβ1-4Glc) core was located at the reducing end in all of these oligosaccharides while the lactosamine(Galβ1-3/4GlcNAc) was determined at the non-reducing end. In addition, some of Gal, Glc and GlcNAc residues on the backbone of oligosaccharides were fucosylated in α1-2, α1-3 and α1-4 linkages, respectively.

Key words: Neutral human milk oligosaccharide, Isolation, ESI-CID-MS/MS

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