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Infections by mouse hepatitis viruses result in disease of the liver, the gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract, and the central nervous system. Coronaviruses related to mouse hepatitis virus express a hemagglutinin-esterase surface glycoprotein, which specifically hydrolyses either 5-N-acetyl-4-O-acetyl neuraminic acid (Neu4,5Ac2) or 5-N-acetyl-9-O-acetyl neuraminic acid (Neu5,9Ac2). Moreover, these sialic acids represent potential cellular receptor determinants for murine coronaviruses. Until now, the distribution of these sialic acids in mouse brain was not thoroughly investigated. Particularly Neu4,5Ac2 was not yet found in mouse brain. Using a sensitive method of gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry in the electron impact mode of ionization this manuscript demonstrates the occurrence of 13 different sialic acids varying in their alkyl and acyl substituents in mouse tissues including 5-N-acetyl-4-O-acetyl-9-O-lactyl-neuraminic acid (Neu4,5Ac29Lt), 5-N-acetyl-9-O-lactyl-neuraminic acid (Neu5Ac9Lt), 5-N-acetyl-8-O-methyl-neuraminic acid (Neu5Ac8Me) and the 1,7-lactone (Neu5Ac1,7L) of neuraminic acid. Neu4,5Ac2, relatively abundant in the gut, was present as a minor compound in all tissues, including liver, olfactory lobe, telencephalon, metencephalon and hippocampus. Neu5,9Ac2 was also found in these tissues, except in the liver. It is suggested that these sialic acids represent the endogenous substrate and receptor determinants for murine coronaviruses.
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Abbreviations
- amu:
-
atomic mass unit
- EI:
-
electron impact ionization
- GC:
-
gas chromatography
- MS:
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mass-spectrometry
- HFB:
-
heptafluorobutyrate
- HFBAA:
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heptafluorobutyricacid anhydride
- Kdn:
-
3-deoxy-D-glycero-D-galacto-nonulosonic acid; the nomenclature of the other sialic acids is after Schauer and Kamerling [36]
- TIC:
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total ion count
- HE:
-
hemagglutinin esterase
- MHV:
-
mouse hepatitis virus
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Rinninger, A., Richet, C., Pons, A. et al. Localisation and distribution of O-acetylated N-acetylneuraminic acids, the endogenous substrates of the hemagglutinin-esterases of murine coronaviruses, in mouse tissue. Glycoconj J 23, 73–84 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10719-006-5439-7
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