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Öberg CT, Leffler H, Nilsson UJ. Arginine Binding Motifs: Design and Synthesis of Galactose-Derived Arginine Tweezers as Galectin-3 Inhibitors. J Med Chem 2008; 51:2297-301. [DOI: 10.1021/jm701266y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Christopher T. Öberg
- Organic Chemistry, Lund University, PO Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden, and Section MIG, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Sölvegatan 23, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Organic Chemistry, Lund University, PO Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden, and Section MIG, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Sölvegatan 23, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Organic Chemistry, Lund University, PO Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden, and Section MIG, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Sölvegatan 23, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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Li D, Li Y, Wu X, Li Q, Yu J, Gen J, Zhang XL. Knockdown of Mgat5 Inhibits Breast Cancer Cell Growth with Activation of CD4+ T Cells and Macrophages. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 180:3158-65. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.5.3158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Guo HB, Nairn A, Harris K, Randolph M, Alvarez-Manilla G, Moremen K, Pierce M. Loss of expression of N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase Va results in altered gene expression of glycosyltransferases and galectins. FEBS Lett 2008; 582:527-35. [PMID: 18230362 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2007] [Revised: 01/08/2008] [Accepted: 01/14/2008] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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We isolated mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEFs) from N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase Va (GnT-Va) knockout mice and studied the effects of loss of expression of GnT-Va on asparagine-linked glycans (N-glycan) synthesis and the gene expression of groups of glycosyltransferases and galectins. Loss of GnT-Va expression caused aberrant expression of several N-glycan structures, including N-linked beta(1,6) branching, poly-N-lactosamine, bisecting N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) and sialic acid. Using quantitative reverse transcriptase-PCR (qRT-PCR), altered gene expression of several groups of glycosyltransferases and galectins was observed in GnT-Va null MEFs, supporting the observed changes in N-glycan structures. These results suggest that genetic disruption of GnT-Va ultimately resulted in altered MEFs gene expression and decreased tumor progression associated with loss of GnT-Va observed may result in part from a combination of effects from these altered gene expressions.
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- Hua-Bei Guo
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, 315 Riverbend Road, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Glycosylation of proteins, lipids and mucins has gained increasing complexity in the course of evolution. Metazoans and mammals exhibit extensively exploited pathways of N-glycan biosynthesis, with unique features that are not found in plants or protozoans.Paralleling the complexity of N-glycan structure, their impact on regulatory processes has become very diverse and has evolved into a multidimensional lattice imprinting modes of cellular communication. Processes that are regulated by N-glycans are cellular adhesion and motility, growth factor and cytokine signalling, metabolic homeostasis, and binding of certain pathogens. Consequently, alterations in N-glycan biosynthesis interfere with cellular proliferation and differentiation and may produce disturbances in embryonic development, trigger inflammatory processes, favour tumour development and enhance the metastastic dissemination of primary tumours. Particular N-glycans that have been causally related to these pathological scenarios are the complex-type N-glycans, branching from oligomannosidic core structures into β-glycosidic linkages, connected to acetylated glucosamine and galactose, and yield extended lactosamine chains of variable length. These N-acetyllactosamines are preferred building blocks for further modification by fucosylation, sialylation, and sulphation, thus creating binding sites for different galectins or selectins. The focus of this review will be on the b1,6-N -acetylglucosaminyltransferase-V/GnT-V/MGAT5, a phylogenically conserved enzyme that is required for the synthesis of β1,6-branched complex-type oligosaccharides in the medial Golgi compartment, and its implications in metabolism and cancer progression.
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- A K Horst
- Diagnostic Center: Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraβe 52, D-20246, Hamburg,
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Mendelsohn R, Cheung P, Berger L, Partridge E, Lau K, Datti A, Pawling J, Dennis JW. Complex N-glycan and metabolic control in tumor cells. Cancer Res 2007; 67:9771-80. [PMID: 17942907 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-06-4580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Golgi beta1,6N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V (Mgat5) produces beta1,6GlcNAc-branched complex N-glycans on cell surface glycoproteins that bind to galectins and promote surface residency of glycoproteins, including cytokine receptors. Carcinoma cells from polyomavirus middle T (PyMT) transgenic mice on a Mgat5-/- background have reduced surface levels of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) receptors and are less sensitive to acute stimulation by cytokines in vitro compared with PyMT Mgat5+/+ tumor cells but are nonetheless tumorigenic when injected into mice. Here, we report that PyMT Mgat5-/- cells are reduced in size, checkpoint impaired, and following serum withdrawal, fail to down-regulate glucose transport, protein synthesis, reactive oxygen species (ROS), and activation of Akt and extracellular signal-regulated kinase. To further characterize Mgat5+/+ and Mgat5-/- tumor cells, a screen of pharmacologically active compounds was done. Mgat5-/- tumor cells were comparatively hypersensitive to the ROS inducer 2,3-dimethoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, hyposensitive to tyrosine kinase inhibitors, to Golgi disruption by brefeldin A, and to mitotic arrest by colcemid, hydroxyurea, and camptothecin. Finally, regulation of ROS, glucose uptake, and sensitivities to EGF and TGF-beta were rescued by Mgat5 expression or by hexosamine supplementation to complex N-glycan biosynthesis in Mgat5-/- cells. Our results suggest that complex N-glycans sensitize tumor cells to growth factors, and Mgat5 is required to balance responsiveness to growth and arrest cues downstream of metabolic flux.
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- Richard Mendelsohn
- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, and Department of Medical Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Yamamoto H, Takematsu H, Fujinawa R, Naito Y, Okuno Y, Tsujimoto G, Suzuki A, Kozutsumi Y. Correlation index-based responsible-enzyme gene screening (CIRES), a novel DNA microarray-based method for enzyme gene involved in glycan biosynthesis. PLoS One 2007; 2:e1232. [PMID: 18043739 PMCID: PMC2077928 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2007] [Accepted: 11/04/2007] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Glycan biosynthesis occurs though a multi-step process that requires a variety of enzymes ranging from glycosyltransferases to those involved in cytosolic sugar metabolism. In many cases, glycan biosynthesis follows a glycan-specific, linear pathway. As glycosyltransferases are generally regulated at the level of transcription, assessing the overall transcriptional profile for glycan biosynthesis genes seems warranted. However, a systematic approach for assessing the correlation between glycan expression and glycan-related gene expression has not been reported previously. METHODOLOGY To facilitate genetic analysis of glycan biosynthesis, we sought to correlate the expression of genes involved in cell-surface glycan formation with the expression of the glycans, as detected by glycan-recognizing probes. We performed cross-sample comparisons of gene expression profiles using a newly developed, glycan-focused cDNA microarray. Cell-surface glycan expression profiles were obtained using flow cytometry of cells stained with plant lectins. Pearson's correlation coefficients were calculated for these profiles and were used to identify enzyme genes correlated with glycan biosynthesis. CONCLUSIONS This method, designated correlation index-based responsible-enzyme gene screening (CIRES), successfully identified genes already known to be involved in the biosynthesis of certain glycans. Our evaluation of CIRES indicates that it is useful for identifying genes involved in the biosynthesis of glycan chains that can be probed with lectins using flow cytometry.
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- Harumi Yamamoto
- Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan
- Supra-Biomolecular System Research Group, RIKEN Frontier Research System, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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- Supra-Biomolecular System Research Group, RIKEN Frontier Research System, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of PharmacoInformatics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Genomic Drug Discovery, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan
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- Supra-Biomolecular System Research Group, RIKEN Frontier Research System, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan
- Supra-Biomolecular System Research Group, RIKEN Frontier Research System, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
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Ramasamy S, Duraisamy S, Barbashov S, Kawano T, Kharbanda S, Kufe D. The MUC1 and galectin-3 oncoproteins function in a microRNA-dependent regulatory loop. Mol Cell 2007; 27:992-1004. [PMID: 17889671 PMCID: PMC4217170 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2007.07.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2006] [Revised: 05/01/2007] [Accepted: 07/23/2007] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The MUC1 heterodimeric transmembrane glycoprotein is aberrantly overexpressed by diverse human carcinomas. Galectin-3 is a beta-galactoside binding protein that has also been associated with the development of human cancers. The present results demonstrate that MUC1 induces galectin-3 expression by a posttranscriptional mechanism. We show that the MUC1 C-terminal subunit is glycosylated on Asn-36 and that this modification is necessary for upregulation of galectin-3. N-glycosylated MUC1-C increases galectin-3 mRNA levels by suppressing expression of the microRNA miR-322 and thereby stabilizing galectin-3 transcripts. The results show that, in turn, galectin-3 binds to MUC1-C at the glycosylated Asn-36 site. The significance of the MUC1-C-galectin-3 interaction is supported by the demonstration that galectin-3 forms a bridge between MUC1 and the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and that galectin-3 is essential for EGF-mediated interactions between MUC1 and EGFR. These findings indicate that MUC1 and galectin-3 function as part of a miR-322-dependent regulatory loop.
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- Selvi Ramasamy
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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N-glycan of ErbB family plays a crucial role in dimer formation and tumor promotion. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2007; 1780:520-4. [PMID: 18036567 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2007.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2007] [Revised: 10/27/2007] [Accepted: 10/30/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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More and more evidence indicates that N-glycan regulates signal transduction by modulating receptor functions. Previous studies suggested that glycosylation of EGFR is involved in dimerization and endocytosis. We further determined the role of N-glycosylation of ErbB family. A series of human ErbB3 mutants that lack each of the 10 N-glycosylation sites were prepared and transfected to Flp-In-CHO cells for stable expression. A crosslinking study showed that Asn 418 to Gln mutant (N418Q) of ErbB3 underwent autodimerization without its ligand, heregulin, and the heterodimer formation with ErbB2 was also increased. The N418Q mutant of ErbB3 co-expressed with ErbB2 promoted downstream signaling, anchorage-independent cell growth and the tumor growth in athymic mice. These findings suggest that the specific N-glycan in domain III of ErbB family plays an essential role in regulating receptor dimerization and transforming activity. We assume that the N-glycans affect the conformation of ErbB family, which is crucial for their activity. Together with findings from other laboratories, it is suggested that N-glycosylation controls ErbB signaling by various mechanisms.
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Rabinovich GA, Toscano MA, Jackson SS, Vasta GR. Functions of cell surface galectin-glycoprotein lattices. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2007; 17:513-20. [PMID: 17950594 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2007.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 294] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2007] [Revised: 07/27/2007] [Accepted: 09/05/2007] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Programmed remodeling of cell surface glycans by the sequential action of specific glycosyltransferases can control biological processes by generating or masking ligands for endogenous lectins. Galectins, a family of animal lectins with affinity for beta-galactosides, can form multivalent complexes with cell surface glycoconjugates and deliver a variety of intracellular signals to modulate cell activation, differentiation, and survival. Recent efforts involving genetic or biochemical manipulation of O-glycosylation and N-glycosylation pathways, as well as blockade of the synthesis of endogenous galectins, have illuminated essential roles for galectin-glycoprotein lattices in the control of biological processes including receptor turnover and endocytosis, host-pathogen interactions, and immune cell activation and homeostasis.
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- Gabriel A Rabinovich
- Laboratorio de Inmunopatología, Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental IBYME, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Wang X, Gu J, Miyoshi E, Honke K, Taniguchi N. Phenotype changes of Fut8 knockout mouse: core fucosylation is crucial for the function of growth factor receptor(s). Methods Enzymol 2007; 417:11-22. [PMID: 17132494 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(06)17002-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Alpha1,6-fucosyltransferase (Fut8) catalyzes the transfer of a fucose residue to N-linked oligosaccharides on glycoproteins by means of an alpha1,6-linkage to form core fucosylation in mammals. In mice, disruption of Fut8 induces severe growth retardation, early death during postnatal development, and emphysema-like changes in the lung. A marked dysregulation of TGF-beta1 receptor activation and signaling in Fut8-null mice lung results in overexpression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), such as MMP12 and MMP13, and a down-regulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins such as elastin, which contributes to the destructive emphysema-like phenotype observed in Fut8-null mice. Furthermore, therapeutic administration of exogenous TGF-beta1 rescued the null mice from the emphysema-like phenotype. On the other hand, absence of Fut8 on EGF or PDGF receptor results in down-regulation of the receptor-mediated signaling, which is a plausible factor that may be responsible for the growth retardation. Reintroduction of the Fut8 gene to Fut8-null cells potentially rescued these receptor-mediated signaling impaired in null cells. Collectively, these results suggest that core fucosylation is crucial for growth factor receptors such as TGF-beta1 and EGF receptor-mediated biological functions.
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- Xiangchun Wang
- Department of Biochemistry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Lajoie P, Partridge EA, Guay G, Goetz JG, Pawling J, Lagana A, Joshi B, Dennis JW, Nabi IR. Plasma membrane domain organization regulates EGFR signaling in tumor cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 179:341-56. [PMID: 17938246 PMCID: PMC2064769 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200611106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Macromolecular complexes exhibit reduced diffusion in biological membranes; however, the physiological consequences of this characteristic of plasma membrane domain organization remain elusive. We report that competition between the galectin lattice and oligomerized caveolin-1 microdomains for epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGFR) recruitment regulates EGFR signaling in tumor cells. In mammary tumor cells deficient for Golgi β1,6N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V (Mgat5), a reduction in EGFR binding to the galectin lattice allows an increased association with stable caveolin-1 cell surface microdomains that suppresses EGFR signaling. Depletion of caveolin-1 enhances EGFR diffusion, responsiveness to EGF, and relieves Mgat5 deficiency–imposed restrictions on tumor cell growth. In Mgat5+/+ tumor cells, EGFR association with the galectin lattice reduces first-order EGFR diffusion rates and promotes receptor interaction with the actin cytoskeleton. Importantly, EGFR association with the lattice opposes sequestration by caveolin-1, overriding its negative regulation of EGFR diffusion and signaling. Therefore, caveolin-1 is a conditional tumor suppressor whose loss is advantageous when β1,6GlcNAc-branched N-glycans are below a threshold for optimal galectin lattice formation.
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- Patrick Lajoie
- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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Fujikawa Y, Kato N. Split luciferase complementation assay to study protein-protein interactions in Arabidopsis protoplasts. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2007; 52:185-95. [PMID: 17662028 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2007.03214.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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We developed a split luciferase complementation assay to study protein-protein interactions in Arabidopsis protoplasts. In this assay, the N- and C-terminal fragments of Renilla reniforms luciferase are translationally fused to bait and prey proteins, respectively. When the proteins interact, split luciferase becomes activated and emits luminescence that can be measured by a microplate luminometer. Split luciferase activity was measured by first transforming protoplasts with a DNA vector in a 96-well plate. DNA vector expressing both bait and prey genes was constructed through two independent in vitro DNA recombinant reactions, Gateway and Cre-loxP. As proof of concept, we detected the protein-protein interactions between the nuclear histones 2A and 2B, as well as between membrane proteins SYP (syntaxin of plant) 51 and SYP61, in Arabidopsis protoplasts.
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- Yukichi Fujikawa
- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, 226 Life Sciences Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-1715, USA
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Chen IJ, Chen HL, Demetriou M. Lateral compartmentalization of T cell receptor versus CD45 by galectin-N-glycan binding and microfilaments coordinate basal and activation signaling. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:35361-72. [PMID: 17897956 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m706923200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Lateral compartmentalization of membrane proteins into microdomains regulates signal transduction; however, structural determinants are incompletely understood. Membrane glycoproteins bind galectins in proportion to the number (i.e. NX(S/T) sites) and degree of GlcNAc branching within attached N-glycans, forming a molecular lattice that negatively regulates T cell function and autoimmunity. We find that in resting T cells, partition of CD45 inside and T cell receptor (TCR)/CD4-Lck/Zap-70 outside microdomains is positively and negatively regulated by the galectin lattice and actin cytoskeleton, respectively. In the absence of TCR ligands, the galectin lattice counteracts F-actin to retain CD45 in microdomains while concurrently blocking TCR/CD4-Lck/Zap-70 partition to microdomains by preventing a conformational change in the TCR that recruits Nck/Wiscott Aldrich Syndrome (WASp)/SLP76/F-actin/CD4 to TCR. The counterbalancing activities of the galectin lattice and actin cytoskeleton negatively and positively regulate Lck activity in resting cells and CD45 versus TCR clustering and signaling at the early immune synapse, respectively. Microdomain-localized CD45 inactivates Lck and inhibits TCR signaling at the early immune synapse. Thus, the galectin lattice and actin cytoskeleton interact on opposing sides of the plasma membrane to control microdomain structure and function, coupling basal growth signaling with thresholds to activation.
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- I-Ju Chen
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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Soleimani L, Roder JC, Dennis JW, Lipina T. Beta N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V (Mgat5) deficiency reduces the depression-like phenotype in mice. GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR 2007; 7:334-43. [PMID: 17883406 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183x.2007.00358.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The central nervous system (CNS) is rich in glycoconjugates, located on cell surface and in extracellular matrix. The products of Golgi UDP-GlcNAc:N-acetylglucosaminyltransferases (encoded by Mgat1, Mgat2, Mgat4 and Mgat5) act sequentially to generate the GlcNAc-branched complex-type N-glycans on glycoprotein receptors. While elimination of all the branched N-glycans in Mgat1(-/-) mouse embryos is lethal at neural tube fold stage, decreased branching is associated with late developmental defects similar to type 2 of congenital disorders of glycosylation, with developmental and psychomotor abnormalities. To study the role of complex-type N-glycans in brain function, we tested Mgat5(-/-) mice in a battery of neurological and behavioral tests. Despite the absence of tri- and tetra-antennary products, Mgat5(-/-) mice were not different from their wild-type littermates in physical and neurological assessments, anxiety level, startle reactivity and sensorimotor gating. However, they displayed a robust decrease in the immobility time in the forced swim test and the tail suspension test independent of locomotor activity, interpreted as a change in depression-like behavior. This effect was accentuated after chronic mild stress. Comparable increase in plasma corticosterone of Mgat5(+/+) and Mgat5(-/-) mice in response to acute stress shows an intact function of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis. A change in social interactions was also observed. Our results indicate that Mgat5 modification of complex-type N-glycans on CNS glycoproteins is involved in the regulation of depression-like behavior.
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- L Soleimani
- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Lee SU, Grigorian A, Pawling J, Chen IJ, Gao G, Mozaffar T, McKerlie C, Demetriou M. N-glycan processing deficiency promotes spontaneous inflammatory demyelination and neurodegeneration. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:33725-33734. [PMID: 17855338 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m704839200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized by inflammatory demyelination of axons and neurodegeneration, the latter inadequately modeled in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). Susceptibility of inbred mouse strains to EAE is in part determined by major histocompatibility complex haplotype; however, other molecular mechanisms remain elusive. Galectins bind GlcNAc-branched N-glycans attached to surface glycoproteins, forming a molecular lattice that restricts lateral movement and endocytosis of glycoproteins. GlcNAc branching negatively regulates T cell activity and autoimmunity, and when absent in neurons, induces apoptosis in vivo in young adult mice. We find that EAE susceptible mouse strains PL/J, SJL, and NOD have reduced GlcNAc branching. PL/J mice display the lowest levels, partial deficiencies in N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I, II, and V (i.e. Mgat1, -2, and -5), T cell hyperactivity and spontaneous late onset inflammatory demyelination and neurodegeneration; phenotypes markedly enhanced by Mgat5(+/-) and Mgat5(-/-) backgrounds in a gene dose-dependent manner. Spontaneous disease is transferable and characterized by progressive paralysis, tremor, dystonia, neuronophagia, and axonal damage in both demyelinated lesions and normal white matter, phenocopying progressive MS. Our data identify hypomorphic Golgi processing as an inherited trait that determines susceptibility to EAE, provides a unique spontaneous model of MS, and suggests GlcNAc-branching deficiency may promote T cell-mediated demyelination and neurodegeneration in MS.
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- Sung-Uk Lee
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine, California 92697
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine, California 92697
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- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5G1X5, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine, California 92697
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine, California, 92697
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine, California, 92697
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- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5G1X5, Canada
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- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5G1X5, Canada; Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine, California, 92697.
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Ueda K, Katagiri T, Shimada T, Irie S, Sato TA, Nakamura Y, Daigo Y. Comparative Profiling of Serum Glycoproteome by Sequential Purification of Glycoproteins and 2-Nitrobenzenesulfenyl (NBS) Stable Isotope Labeling: A New Approach for the Novel Biomarker Discovery for Cancer. J Proteome Res 2007; 6:3475-83. [PMID: 17705522 DOI: 10.1021/pr070103h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The recent progress in various proteomic technologies allows us to screen serum biomarker including carbohydrate antigens. However, only a limited number of proteins could be detected by current conventional methods such as shotgun proteomics, primarily because of the enormous concentration distribution of serum proteins and peptides. To circumvent this difficulty and isolate potential cancer-specific biomarkers for diagnosis and treatment, we established a new screening system consisting of the sequential steps of (1) immunodepletion of 6 high-abundance proteins, (2) targeted enrichment of glycoproteins by lectin column chromatography, and (3) the quantitative proteome analysis using 12C6- or 13C6-NBS (2-nitrobenzenesulfenyl) stable isotope labeling followed by MALDI-QIT-TOF mass spectrometric analysis. Through this systematic analysis for five serum samples derived from patients with lung adenocarcinoma, we identified as candidate biomarkers 34 serum glycoproteins that revealed significant difference in alpha1,6-fucosylation level between lung cancer and healthy control, clearly demonstrating that the carbohydrate-focused proteomics could allow for the detection of serum components with cancer-specific features. In addition, we developed a more simplified and practical technique, mass spectrometry-based glycan structure analysis and lectin blotting, in order to validate glycan structure of candidate biomarkers that could be applicable in clinical use. Our new glycoproteomic strategy will provide highly sensitive and quantitative profiling of specific glycan structures on multiple proteins, which should be useful for serum biomarker discovery.
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- Koji Ueda
- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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Tasumi S, Vasta GR. A Galectin of Unique Domain Organization from Hemocytes of the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Is a Receptor for the Protistan Parasite Perkinsus marinus. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 179:3086-98. [PMID: 17709523 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.5.3086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Invertebrates display effective innate immune responses for defense against microbial infection. However, the protozoan parasite Perkinsus marinus causes Dermo disease in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica and is responsible for catastrophic damage to shellfisheries and the estuarine environment in North America. The infection mechanisms remain unclear, but it is likely that, while filter feeding, the healthy oysters ingest P. marinus trophozoites released to the water column by the infected neighboring individuals. Inside oyster hemocytes, trophozoites resist oxidative killing, proliferate, and spread throughout the host. However, the mechanism(s) for parasite entry into the hemocyte are unknown. In this study, we show that oyster hemocytes recognize P. marinus via a novel galectin (C. virginica galectin (CvGal)) of unique structure. The biological roles of galectins have only been partly elucidated, mostly encompassing embryogenesis and indirect roles in innate and adaptive immunity mediated by the binding to endogenous ligands. CvGal recognized a variety of potential microbial pathogens and unicellular algae, and preferentially, Perkinsus spp. trophozoites. Attachment and spreading of hemocytes to foreign surfaces induced localization of CvGal to the cell periphery, its secretion and binding to the plasma membrane. Exposure of hemocytes to Perkinsus spp. trophozoites enhanced this process further, and their phagocytosis could be partially inhibited by pretreatment of the hemocytes with anti-CvGal Abs. The evidence presented indicates that CvGal facilitates recognition of selected microbes and algae, thereby promoting phagocytosis of both potential infectious challenges and phytoplankton components, and that P. marinus subverts the host's immune/feeding recognition mechanism to passively gain entry into the hemocytes.
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- Satoshi Tasumi
- Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, 701 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
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Rempala GA, Ramos KS, Kalbfleisch T, Teneng I. Validation of a mathematical model of gene transcription in aggregated cellular systems: application to l1 retrotransposition. J Comput Biol 2007; 14:339-49. [PMID: 17563315 DOI: 10.1089/cmb.2006.0125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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We present a methodology aimed at partial validation and accuracy-precision assessment of a mathematical model of gene transcription at the cellular level. The method is based on the analysis of time-series measurements aggregated over a large number of cells. Such measurements are typically obtained via reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) experiments. The validation procedure presented herein uses as an example data on L1 retrotransposon gene in HeLa cells. The procedure compares model predicted values with the RT-PCR data for L1 by means of the standard Bayesian statistical techniques with the help of modern Markov-Chain Monte-Carlo methodology.
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- Grzegorz A Rempala
- Department of Mathematics, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA.
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de Melo FHM, Butera D, Medeiros RS, Andrade LNDS, Nonogaki S, Soares FA, Alvarez RA, Moura da Silva AM, Chammas R. Biological applications of a chimeric probe for the assessment of galectin-3 ligands. J Histochem Cytochem 2007; 55:1015-26. [PMID: 17565118 DOI: 10.1369/jhc.7a7174.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Beta1-6 branching of N-linked oligosaccharides has been correlated with the progression of different cancers. The leukoagglutinins of Phaseolus vulgaris (L-PHA) have been used to study this pattern of glycosylation whose biological significance is incompletely understood. The animal lectin, galectin-3, also binds to structures recognized by L-PHA. To develop a functional tool for the in situ identification of this pattern of glycosylation, human galectin-3 was fused to bacterial alkaline phosphatase (gal3/AP). Gal3/AP recognized both A and B blood group saccharides (B>A) and lactosamine derivatives. Gal3/AP recognition depended at least in part on the N-linked oligosaccharides of different glycoproteins. The presence and distribution of galectin-3 ligands were analyzed in both murine and human normal and tumor samples. Loss of apical expression of galectin-3 ligands was commonly found in carcinomas. Endothelial and inflammatory cells were enriched in galectin-3 ligands as compared with tumor cells; thus, gal3/AP is a suitable tool for studying tumor microenvironments. Comparative analysis of both gal3/AP and L-PHA binding patterns indicated that although similar, these patterns are not identical. The probe developed was useful for several immunoenzymatic assays and will allow the physiological and clinical significance of the expression pattern of galectin-3 ligands to be established. This manuscript contains online supplemental material at http://www.jhc.org. Please visit this article online to view these materials.
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- Fabiana H M de Melo
- Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Dr. Arnaldo 455, 01246-903 São Paulo SP, Brazil
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Guo HB, Randolph M, Pierce M. Inhibition of a specific N-glycosylation activity results in attenuation of breast carcinoma cell invasiveness-related phenotypes: inhibition of epidermal growth factor-induced dephosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:22150-62. [PMID: 17537730 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m611518200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Changes in the expression of glycosyltransferases that branch N-linked glycans can alter the function of several types of cell surface receptors and a glucose transporter. To study in detail the mechanisms by which aberrant N-glycosylation caused by altered N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V(GnT-V, GnT-Va, and Mgat5a) expression can regulate the invasiveness-related phenotypes found in some carcinomas, we utilized specific small interfering RNA (siRNA) to selectively knock down GnT-V expression in the highly metastatic and invasive human breast carcinoma cell line, MDA-MB231. Knockdown of GnT-V by siRNA expression had no effect on epidermal growth factor receptor expression levels but lowered expression of N-linked beta(1,6)-branching on epidermal growth factor receptor, as expected. Compared with control cells, knockdown of GnT-V caused significant inhibition of the morphological changes and cell detachment from matrix that is normally seen after stimulation with epidermal growth factor (EGF). Decreased expression of GnT-V caused a marked inhibition of EGF-induced dephosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK), consistent with the lack of cell morphology changes in the cells expressing GnT-V siRNA. The attenuation of EGF-mediated phosphorylation and activation of the tyrosine phosphatase SHP-2 was dramatically observed in GnT-V knockdown cells, and these effects could be rescued by reintroduction of GnT-V into these cells, indicating that reduced EGF-mediated activation of SHP-2 was GnT-V related. Concomitantly, knockdown of GnT-V caused reduced EGF-mediated ERK signaling and tumor cell invasiveness-related phenotypes, including effects on actin rearrangement and cell motility. No changes in EGF binding were observed, however, after knockdown of GnT-V. Our results demonstrate that decreased GnT-V activity due to siRNA expression in human breast carcinoma cells resulted in an inhibition of EGF-stimulated SHP-2 activation and, consequently, caused attenuation of the dephosphorylation of FAK induced by EGF. These effects suppressed EGF-mediated downstream signaling and invasiveness-related phenotypes and suggest GnT-V as a potential therapeutic target.
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- Hua-Bei Guo
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Lau KS, Partridge EA, Grigorian A, Silvescu CI, Reinhold VN, Demetriou M, Dennis JW. Complex N-glycan number and degree of branching cooperate to regulate cell proliferation and differentiation. Cell 2007; 129:123-34. [PMID: 17418791 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2007.01.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 675] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2006] [Revised: 11/15/2006] [Accepted: 01/24/2007] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The number of N-glycans (n) is a distinct feature of each glycoprotein sequence and cooperates with the physical properties of the Golgi N-glycan-branching pathway to regulate surface glycoprotein levels. The Golgi pathway is ultrasensitive to hexosamine flux for the production of tri- and tetra-antennary N-glycans, which bind to galectins and form a molecular lattice that opposes glycoprotein endocytosis. Glycoproteins with few N-glycans (e.g., TbetaR, CTLA-4, and GLUT4) exhibit enhanced cell-surface expression with switch-like responses to increasing hexosamine concentration, whereas glycoproteins with high numbers of N-glycans (e.g., EGFR, IGFR, FGFR, and PDGFR) exhibit hyperbolic responses. Computational and experimental data reveal that these features allow nutrient flux stimulated by growth-promoting high-n receptors to drive arrest/differentiation programs by increasing surface levels of low-n glycoproteins. We have identified a mechanism for metabolic regulation of cellular transition between growth and arrest in mammals arising from apparent coevolution of N-glycan number and branching.
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- Ken S Lau
- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Cell-surface glycoprotein receptors have varying numbers of N-glycan sites. In this issue of Cell, Lau et al. (2007) report that increasing intracellular UDP-GlcNAc leads to increased branching of N-glycans, increased receptor association with cell-surface galectin-3, and enhanced signaling. They also show that the kinetics of this response differ between growth-promoting receptors, which have 8-16 N-glycans, and those that induce growth arrest, which have very few N-glycans, suggesting that hexosamine flux may regulate the transition from growth to arrest.
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Grigorian A, Lee SU, Tian W, Chen IJ, Gao G, Mendelsohn R, Dennis JW, Demetriou M. Control of T Cell-mediated autoimmunity by metabolite flux to N-glycan biosynthesis. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:20027-35. [PMID: 17488719 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m701890200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Autoimmunity is a complex trait disease where the environment influences susceptibility to disease by unclear mechanisms. T cell receptor clustering and signaling at the immune synapse, T cell proliferation, CTLA-4 endocytosis, T(H)1 differentiation, and autoimmunity are negatively regulated by beta1,6GlcNAc-branched N-glycans attached to cell surface glycoproteins. Beta1,6GlcNAc-branched N-glycan expression in T cells is dependent on metabolite supply to UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis (hexosamine pathway) and in turn to Golgi N-acetylglucosaminyltransferases Mgat1, -2, -4, and -5. In Jurkat T cells, beta1,6GlcNAc-branching in N-glycans is stimulated by metabolites supplying the hexosamine pathway including glucose, GlcNAc, acetoacetate, glutamine, ammonia, or uridine but not by control metabolites mannosamine, galactose, mannose, succinate, or pyruvate. Hexosamine supplementation in vitro and in vivo also increases beta1,6GlcNAc-branched N-glycans in naïve mouse T cells and suppresses T cell receptor signaling, T cell proliferation, CTLA-4 endocytosis, T(H)1 differentiation, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, and autoimmune diabetes in non-obese diabetic mice. Our results indicate that metabolite flux through the hexosamine and N-glycan pathways conditionally regulates autoimmunity by modulating multiple T cell functionalities downstream of beta1,6GlcNAc-branched N-glycans. This suggests metabolic therapy as a potential treatment for autoimmune disease.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/immunology
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation/immunology
- Antigens, Differentiation/metabolism
- Autoimmunity/genetics
- CTLA-4 Antigen
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/genetics
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/immunology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/genetics
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/immunology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/metabolism
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/therapy
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/genetics
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/immunology
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/metabolism
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/therapy
- Endocytosis/genetics
- Endocytosis/immunology
- Golgi Apparatus/enzymology
- Golgi Apparatus/genetics
- Golgi Apparatus/immunology
- Humans
- Jurkat Cells
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases/deficiency
- N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases/immunology
- N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- Th1 Cells/enzymology
- Th1 Cells/immunology
- Uridine Diphosphate N-Acetylglucosamine/genetics
- Uridine Diphosphate N-Acetylglucosamine/immunology
- Uridine Diphosphate N-Acetylglucosamine/metabolism
- beta-Glucans/immunology
- beta-Glucans/metabolism
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- Ani Grigorian
- Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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Cheung P, Pawling J, Partridge EA, Sukhu B, Grynpas M, Dennis JW. Metabolic homeostasis and tissue renewal are dependent on beta1,6GlcNAc-branched N-glycans. Glycobiology 2007; 17:828-37. [PMID: 17483135 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwm048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Golgi beta1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V (Mgat5) produces beta1,6GlcNAc-branched N-glycans on glycoproteins, which increases their affinity for galectins and opposes loss from the cell surface to constitutive endocytosis. Oncogenic transformation increases Mgat5 expression, increases beta1,6GlcNAc-branched N-glycans on epidermal growth factor and transforming growth factor-beta receptors, and enhances sensitivities to ligands, cell motility, and tumor metastasis. Here, we demonstrate that Mgat5(-/-) mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) display reduced sensitivity to anabolic cytokines and reduced glucose uptake and proliferation. Mgat5(-/-) mice are also hypoglycemic, resistant to weight gain on a calorie-enriched diet, hypersensitive to fasting, and display increased oxidative respiration and reduced fecundity. Serum-dependent activation of the extracellular response kinase (growth) and Smad2/3 (arrest) pathways in Mgat5(-/-) MEFs and bone marrow cells reveals an imbalance favoring arrest. Mgat5(-/-) mice have fewer muscle satellite cells, less osteogenic activity in bone marrow, and accelerated loss of muscle and bone mass with aging. Our results suggest that beta1,6GlcNAc-branched N-glycans promote sensitivity to anabolic cytokines, and increase fat stores, tissue renewal, and longevity.
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- Pam Cheung
- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue R988, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1X5
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Oliveira FL, Frazão P, Chammas R, Hsu DK, Liu FT, Borojevic R, Takiya CM, El-Cheikh MC. Kinetics of mobilization and differentiation of lymphohematopoietic cells during experimental murine schistosomiasis in galectin-3−/−mice. J Leukoc Biol 2007; 82:300-10. [PMID: 17456800 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1206747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Galectin-3 (gal-3), a beta-galactoside-binding animal lectin, plays a role in cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix interactions. Extracellular gal-3 modulates cell migration and adhesion in several physiological and pathological processes. Gal-3 is highly expressed in activated macrophages. Schistosoma mansoni eggs display a large amount of gal-3 ligands on their surface and elicit a well-characterized, macrophage-dependent, granulomatous, inflammatory reaction. Here, we have investigated the acute and chronic phases of S. mansoni infection in wild-type and gal-3(-/-) mice. In the absence of gal-3, chronic-phase granulomas were smaller in diameter, displaying thinner collagen fibers with a loose orientation. Schistosoma-infected gal-3(-/-) mice had remarkable changes in the monocyte/macrophage, eosinophil, and B lymphocyte subpopulations as compared with the infected wild-type mice. We observed a reduction of macrophage number, an increase in eosinophil absolute number, and a decrease in B lymphocyte subpopulation (B220(+/high) cells) in the periphery during the evolution of the disease in gal-3(-/-) mice. B lymphopenia was followed by an increase of plasma cell number in bone marrow, spleen, and mesenteric lymph nodes of the infected gal-3(-/-) mice. The plasma IgG and IgE levels also increased in these mice. Gal-3 plays a role in the organization, collagen distribution, and mobilization of inflammatory cells to chronic-phase granulomas, niches for extramedullary myelopoiesis, besides interfering with monocyte-to-macrophage and B cell-to-plasma cell differentiation.
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- F L Oliveira
- Departamento de Histologia e Embriologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Yokoe S, Takahashi M, Asahi M, Lee SH, Li W, Osumi D, Miyoshi E, Taniguchi N. The Asn418-linked N-glycan of ErbB3 plays a crucial role in preventing spontaneous heterodimerization and tumor promotion. Cancer Res 2007; 67:1935-42. [PMID: 17332320 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-06-3023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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ErbB2 and ErbB3, two members of the ErbB family, form a high-affinity heregulin coreceptor that elicits potent mitogenic and transforming signals, and clinical studies indicate that these receptors play an important role in tumor incidence and progression. To determine whether N-glycosylation is involved in the function of ErbB3, a series of human ErbB3 molecules devoid of N-glycans were prepared and transfected to Flp-In-CHO cells for stable expression. A cross-linking study showed that the Asn(418) to Gln mutant (N418Q) of ErbB3 underwent autodimerization without its ligand, heregulin. The wild-type or N418Q mutant of ErbB3 was next coexpressed with ErbB2 in Flp-In-CHO cells, and the effect of N-glycan on heterodimerization was examined. The N418Q mutant of ErbB3 was autodimerized with ErbB2 without ligand stimulation, and receptor tyrosine phosphorylation and subsequent extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and Akt phosphorylation were promoted in the absence of heregulin. A cell proliferation assay and a soft agar colony formation assay showed that the N418Q mutant of ErbB3 coexpressed with ErbB2 promoted cell proliferation and colony formation in soft agar in an ERK- and Akt-dependent manner. The mutation also promoted the growth of tumors in athymic mice when injected s.c. These findings suggest that the Asn(418)-linked N-glycan in ErbB3 plays an essential role in regulating receptor heterodimerization with ErbB2 and might have an effect on transforming activity.
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- Shunichi Yokoe
- Department of Biochemistry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Integrins are cell surface transmembrane glycoproteins that function as adhesion receptors in cell-ECM interactions and link matrix proteins to the cytoskeleton. Integrins play an important role in cytoskeleton organization and in the transduction of intracellular signals, regulating various processes such as proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, and cell migration. Although integrin-mediated adhesion is based on the binding of alpha and beta subunits to a defined peptide sequence, the strength of this binding is modulated by various factors including the status of glycosylation of integrin. Glycosylation reactions are catalyzed by the catalytic action of glycosyltransferases, such as N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase III, V and alpha1,6 fucosyltransferase, etc., which catalyze the formation of glycosidic bonds. In this talk we will briefly overview the N-glycan structures of integrins, such as alpha3beta1 and alpha5beta1, and their related functions arising from recent studies, which provide insight into some long-standing questions concerning N-glycosylation functions.
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- Jianguo Gu
- Division of Regulatory Glycobiology, Institute of Molecular Biomembrane and Glycobiology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan.
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Phosphatase and tensin homolog (Pten) phosphatase opposes intracellular phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt signaling and is a potent tumor suppressor, while Golgi beta1,6 N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V (Mgat5) is positively associated with cancer progression and metastasis. beta1,6GlcNAc-branched N-glycans on receptor glycoproteins promote their surface residency and sensitizes cells to growth factor signaling. Here we demonstrate that the Pten heterozygosity in mouse embryonic fibroblasts enhances cell adhesion-dependent PI3K/Akt signaling, cell spreading, and proliferation, while Pten/Mgat5 double mutant cells are normalized. However, planar asymmetry typical of fibroblasts and invasive carcinomas is not fully rescued, suggesting that Mgat5 and Pten function together to regulate the membrane dynamics of PI3K/Akt signaling typical of motile cells. Pten heterozygosity was associated with increased surface beta1,6GlcNAc-branched N-glycans, suggesting positive feedback from PI3K signaling to N-glycan branching. In vivo, Mgat5(-/-) Pten(+/-) and Mgat5(+/-)Pten(+/-)mutant mice showed a small but significant increase in longevity compared with Pten(+/-) mice. Taken together, our results reveal that Mgat5 and Pten interact in an opposing manner to regulate cellular sensitivities to extracelluar growth cues.
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- Pam Cheung
- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, R988 Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X5
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Hara T, Honda K, Shitashige M, Ono M, Matsuyama H, Naito K, Hirohashi S, Yamada T. Mass Spectrometry Analysis of the Native Protein Complex Containing Actinin-4 in Prostate Cancer Cells. Mol Cell Proteomics 2007; 6:479-91. [PMID: 17151021 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m600129-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Actinin-4 was originally identified as an actin-binding protein associated with cell motility and cancer invasion and metastasis. However, actinin-4 forms complexes with a large number of different partner proteins and is speculated to have several distinct functions depending on its partner. The level of actinin-4 expression was found to be significantly lower in prostate cancer cells than in non-cancerous basal cells, and restoration of actinin-4 expression inhibited cell proliferation by prostate cancer cell line 22RV1. Immunoprecipitation and mass spectrometry analysis revealed that actinin-4 forms native complexes with several partner proteins in 22RV1 cells, including with beta/gamma-actin, calmodulin, the clathrin heavy chain, non-muscular myosin heavy chain, heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1, and Ras-GTPase-activating protein SH3 domain-binding protein. Clathrin is a coat protein that covers the internalized membrane pit that forms during early endocytosis. We found that other clathrin-related and unrelated cargo proteins, including dynamin, adaptin-delta, beta subunit of neuronal adaptin-like protein, and p47A, also interact with actinin-4. Immunofluorescence microscopy revealed that dynamin and clathrin co-localized with actinin-4 at the sites of membrane ruffling, and transfection of actinin-4 cDNA facilitated the transport of transferrin into perinuclear endosomes. Endocytosis terminates signaling evoked by cell surface receptors and regulates the recycling of receptors and ligands. We identified a panel of proteins whose expression and/or subcellular localization was regulated by actinin-4 by performing organelle fractionation and ICAT-LC-MS/MS. The decreased expression of actinin-4 protein in prostate cancer cells may cause aberrations in the intracellular trafficking of various cell surface molecules and contribute to carcinogenesis.
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- Tomohiko Hara
- Chemotherapy Division and Cancer Proteomics Project, National Cancer Center Research Institute, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
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Li W, Takahashi M, Shibukawa Y, Yokoe S, Gu J, Miyoshi E, Honke K, Ikeda Y, Taniguchi N. Introduction of bisecting GlcNAc in N-glycans of adenylyl cyclase III enhances its activity. Glycobiology 2007; 17:655-62. [PMID: 17324955 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwm022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Adenylyl cyclases (ACs) catalyze the synthesis of cAMP in response to extracellular and intracellular signals and are responsible for a wide variety of biological activities including cell growth, differentiation, and metabolism. There are nine, currently known, isoforms of transmembrane ACs, and the primary structure of the catalytic unit and the potential N-glycosylation sites are highly conserved among them. The enzyme beta1,4-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase III (GnT-III) catalyzes the addition of a bisecting N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) to N-glycans. We have been studying the function of GnT-III on signaling molecules. In this study, we report on the effects of a bisecting GlcNAc on AC signaling. We established GnT-III stable expressing cell lines of Neuro-2a mouse neuroblastoma cells and B16 mouse melanoma cells. Forskolin-induced AC activation and downstream signaling, such as the synthesis of cAMP and the phosphorylation of transcriptional factor CRE-binding protein were upregulated in the GnT-III transfectants compared with mock transfectants or a dominant negative mutant of GnT-III-transfected cells. Since endogenous AC expression levels in Neuro-2a and B16 cells were too low to permit the glycosylation status to be examined, AC type III (ACIII) was overexpressed in a stable expression system using Flp-In-293 cells. The N-glycans of ACIII in the GnT-III transfectants were confirmed to be modified by the introduction of a bisecting GlcNAc, and AC activity was found to be significantly up-regulated in the GnT-III transfectants. Thus, the structure of N-glycans of ACIII regulates its enzymatic activity and downstream signaling.
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- Wei Li
- Department of Biochemistry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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The olfactory system is a remarkable model for investigating the factors that influence the guidance of sensory axon populations to specific targets in the CNS. Since the initial discovery of the vast odorant receptor (ORs) gene family in rodents and the subsequent finding that these molecules directly influence targeting, several additional olfactory axon guidance cues have been identified. Two of these, ephrins and semaphorins, have well-established functions in patterning axon connections in other systems. In addition, lactosamine-containing glycans are also required for proper targeting and maintenance of olfactory axons, and may also function in other sensory regions. It is now apparent that these and likely other additional molecules are required along with ORs to orchestrate the complex pattern of convergence and divergence that is unique to the olfactory system.
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- Timothy R Henion
- Shriver Center and Department of Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 02452, USA
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Glycosylation produces an abundant, diverse, and highly regulated repertoire of cellular glycans that are frequently attached to proteins and lipids. The past decade of research on glycan function has revealed that the enzymes responsible for glycosylation-the glycosyltransferases and glycosidases-are essential in the development and physiology of living organisms. Glycans participate in many key biological processes including cell adhesion, molecular trafficking and clearance, receptor activation, signal transduction, and endocytosis. This review discusses the increasingly sophisticated molecular mechanisms being discovered by which mammalian glycosylation governs physiology and contributes to disease.
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- Kazuaki Ohtsubo
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive-MC0625, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Nieminen J, Kuno A, Hirabayashi J, Sato S. Visualization of galectin-3 oligomerization on the surface of neutrophils and endothelial cells using fluorescence resonance energy transfer. J Biol Chem 2006; 282:1374-83. [PMID: 17082191 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m604506200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Galectin-3, a member of the galectin family of carbohydrate binding proteins, is widely expressed, particularly in cells involved in the immune response. Galectin-3 has also been indicated to play a role in various biological activities ranging from cell repression to cell activation and adhesion and has, thus, been recognized as an immunomodulator. Whereas those activities are likely to be associated with ligand cross-linking by this lectin, galectin-3, unlike other members of the galectin family, exists as a monomer. It has consequently been proposed that oligomerization of the N-terminal domains of galectin-3 molecules, after ligand binding by the C-terminal domain, is responsible for this cross-linking. The oligomerization status of galectin-3 could, thus, control the majority of its extracellular activities. However, little is known about the actual mode of action through which galectin-3 exerts its function. In this report we present data suggesting that oligomerization of galectin-3 molecules occurs on cell surfaces with physiological concentrations of the lectin. Using galectin-3 labeled at the C terminus with Alexa 488 or Alexa 555, the oligomerization between galectin-3 molecules on cell surfaces was detected using fluorescence resonance energy transfer. We observed this fluorescence resonance energy transfer signal in different biological settings representing the different modes of action of galectin-3 that we previously proposed; that is, ligand crosslinking leading to cell activation, cell-cell interaction/adhesion, and lattice formation. Furthermore, our data suggest that galectin-3 lattices are robust and could, thus, be involved, as previously proposed, in the restriction of receptor clustering.
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- Julie Nieminen
- Glycobiology Laboratory, Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Québec G1V 4G2, Canada
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Zhao Y, Nakagawa T, Itoh S, Inamori KI, Isaji T, Kariya Y, Kondo A, Miyoshi E, Miyazaki K, Kawasaki N, Taniguchi N, Gu J. N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase III antagonizes the effect of N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V on alpha3beta1 integrin-mediated cell migration. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:32122-30. [PMID: 16940045 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m607274200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V (GnT-V) catalyzes the addition of beta1,6-GlcNAc branching of N-glycans, which contributes to metastasis. N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase III (GnT-III) catalyzes the formation of a bisecting GlcNAc structure in N-glycans, resulting in the suppression of metastasis. It has long been hypothesized that the suppression of GnT-V product formation by the action of GnT-III would also exist in vivo, which will consequently lead to the inhibition of biological functions of GnT-V. To test this, we draw a comparison among MKN45 cells, which were transfected with GnT-III, GnT-V, or both, respectively. We found that alpha3beta1 integrin-mediated cell migration on laminin 5 was greatly enhanced in the case of GnT-V transfectant. This enhanced cell migration was significantly blocked after the introduction of GnT-III. Consistently, an increase in bisected GlcNAc but a decrease in beta1,6-GlcNAc-branched N-glycans on integrin alpha3 subunit was observed in the double transfectants of GnT-III and GnT-V. Conversely, GnT-III knockdown resulted in increased migration on laminin 5, concomitant with an increase in beta1,6-GlcNAc-branched N-glycans on the alpha3 subunit in CHP134 cells, a human neuroblastoma cell line. Therefore, in this study, the priority of GnT-III for the modification of the alpha3 subunit may be an explanation for why GnT-III inhibits GnT-V-induced cell migration. Taken together, our results demonstrate for the first time that GnT-III and GnT-V can competitively modify the same target glycoprotein and furthermore positively or negatively regulate its biological functions.
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- Yanyang Zhao
- Departments of Biochemistry and Glycotherapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, B1, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Hatch NE, Hudson M, Seto ML, Cunningham ML, Bothwell M. Intracellular retention, degradation, and signaling of glycosylation-deficient FGFR2 and craniosynostosis syndrome-associated FGFR2C278F. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:27292-305. [PMID: 16844695 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m600448200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) and their receptors (FGFRs) are known to play a critical role in a variety of fundamental processes, including wound healing, angiogenesis, and development of multiple organ systems. Mutations in the FGFR gene family have been linked to a series of syndromes (the craniosynostosis syndromes) whose primary phenotype involves aberrant development of the craniofacial skeleton. Craniosynostosis syndrome-linked FGFR mutations have been shown to be gain of function in terms of receptor activation and have been presumed to result in increased levels of FGF/FGFR signaling. Unfortunately, studies attempting to link expression of mutant FGFRs with changes in cellular phenotype have yielded conflicting results. In an effort to better understand the biochemical consequences of these mutations on receptor function, here we have investigated the effect of the FGFR2C278F mutation of Crouzon craniosynostosis syndrome on receptor trafficking, ubiquitination, degradation, and signaling. We find that FGFR2C278F exhibits diminished glycosylation, increased degradation, and limited cellular sublocalization in the osteoblastic cell line, MC3T3E1(C4). Additionally, we show that trafficking and autoactivation of wild type FGFR2 is glycosylation-dependent. Both FGFR2C278F and unglycosylated wild type FGFR2 signal through phospholipase Cgamma in a ligand-independent manner as well as exhibit dramatically increased binding to the adaptor protein, Frs2. These findings suggest that autoactive FGFR2 can signal from intracellular compartments. Based upon our results, we propose that the functional signaling of craniosynostosis mutant, autoactive receptors is limited in some cell types by protective cellular responses, such as increased trafficking to lysosomes and proteasomes for degradation.
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- Nan E Hatch
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
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Nakamura-Tsuruta S, Kominami J, Kamei M, Koyama Y, Suzuki T, Isemura M, Hirabayashi J. Comparative analysis by frontal affinity chromatography of oligosaccharide specificity of GlcNAc-binding lectins, Griffonia simplicifolia lectin-II (GSL-II) and Boletopsis leucomelas lectin (BLL). J Biochem 2006; 140:285-91. [PMID: 16835257 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvj148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Lectin-based structural glycomics requires a search for useful lectins and their biochemical characterization to profile complex features of glycans. In this paper, two GlcNAc-binding lectins are reported with their detailed oligosaccharide specificity. One is a classic plant lectin, Griffonia simplicifolia lectin-II (GSL-II), and the other is a novel fungal lectin, Boletopsis leucomelas lectin (BLL). Their sugar-binding specificity was analyzed by frontal affinity chromatography using 146 glycans (125 pyridylaminated and 21 p-nitrophenyl saccharides). As a result, it was found that both GSL-II and BLL showed significant affinity toward complex-type N-glycans, which are either partially or completely agalactosylated. However, their branch-specific features differed significantly: GSL-II strongly bound to agalacto-type, tri- or tetra-antennary N-glycans with its primary recognition of a GlcNAc residue transferred by GlcNAc-transferase IV, while BLL preferred N-glycans with fewer branches. In fact, the presence of a GlcNAc residue transferred by GlcNAc-transferase V abolishes the binding of BLL. Thus, GSL-II and BLL forms a pair of complementally probes to profile a series of agalacto-type N-glycans.
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- Sachiko Nakamura-Tsuruta
- Glycostructure Analysis Team, Research Center for Glycoscience, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, AIST Tsukuba Central 2, 1-1-1, Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568
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Aplander K, Tejler J, Toftered J, Carlsson S, Kahl-Knutsson B, Sundin A, Leffler H, Nilsson UJ. Synthesis of a 3′-naphthamido-LacNAc fluorescein conjugate with high selectivity and affinity for galectin-3. Carbohydr Res 2006; 341:1363-9. [PMID: 16697983 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2006.04.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2006] [Revised: 04/10/2006] [Accepted: 04/15/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Described is the synthesis of a fluorescent LacNAc derivative appended with a 3'-deoxy-3'-naphthamido functionality, 2-(fluorescein-5/6-amido)ethyl 3-deoxy-3-(2-naphthamido)-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-(1-->4)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranoside, which confers high affinity (Kd 170 nM) and selectivity for galectin-3 via a stacking interaction with Arg144. Its use as a selective and sensitive galectin-3 probe is demonstrated with fluorescence polarization measurements.
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- Karolina Aplander
- Organic Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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Silvius JR, Nabi IR. Fluorescence-quenching and resonance energy transfer studies of lipid microdomains in model and biological membranes. Mol Membr Biol 2006; 23:5-16. [PMID: 16611577 DOI: 10.1080/09687860500473002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Measurements of contact-dependent fluorescence quenching and of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) within bilayers provide information concerning the spatial relationships between molecules on distance scales of a few nm or up a few tens of nm, respectively, and are therefore well suited to detect the presence and composition of membrane microdomains. As described in this review, techniques based on fluorescence quenching and FRET have been used to demonstrate the formation of nanoscale liquid-ordered domains in cholesterol-containing model membranes under physiological conditions, and to investigate the structural features of lipids and proteins that influence their partitioning between liquid-ordered and liquid-disordered domains. FRET-based methods have also been used to test for the presence of 'raft' microdomains in the plasma membranes of mammalian cells. We discuss the sometimes divergent findings of these studies, possible modifications to the 'raft hypothesis' suggested by studies using FRET and other techniques, and the further potential of FRET-based methods to test and to refine current models of the nature and organization of membrane microdomains.
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- John R Silvius
- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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Park HJ, Partridge E, Cheung P, Pawling J, Donovan R, Wrana JL, Dennis JW. Chemical enhancers of cytokine signaling that suppress microfilament turnover and tumor cell growth. Cancer Res 2006; 66:3558-66. [PMID: 16585180 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-2542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) family of cytokines regulates cell proliferation, morphogenesis, and specialized cell functions in metazoans. Herein, we screened a compound library for modifiers of TGF-beta signaling in NMuMG epithelial cells using a cell-based assay to measure Smad2/3 nuclear translocation. We identified five enhancers of TGF-beta signaling that share a core structure of diethyl 2-(anilinomethylene)malonate (DAM), and D(50) values of 1 to 4 micromol/L. Taking advantage of the Mgat5 mutant phenotype of accelerated receptor loss to endocytosis, we determined that DAM-1976 restored the sensitivity of Mgat5(-/-) carcinoma cells to both TGF-beta and epidermal growth factor (EGF). In Mgat5 mutant and wild-type carcinoma cells, DAM-1976 enhanced and prolonged TGF-beta- and EGF-dependent Smad2/3 and Erk activation, respectively. DAM-1976 reduced ligand-dependent EGF receptor endocytosis, actin microfilament turnover, and cell spreading, suggesting that the compound attenuates vesicular trafficking. Hyperactivation of intracellular signaling has the potential to suppress tumor cell growth and, in this regard, DAM-1976 represents a new pharmacophore that increases basal activation of Smad2/3 and Erk, inhibits microfilament remodeling, and suppresses carcinoma cell growth.
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- Hyun-Joo Park
- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, 600 University Avenue R988, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X5
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Lagana A, Goetz JG, Cheung P, Raz A, Dennis JW, Nabi IR. Galectin binding to Mgat5-modified N-glycans regulates fibronectin matrix remodeling in tumor cells. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:3181-93. [PMID: 16581792 PMCID: PMC1446937 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.26.8.3181-3193.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Oncogenic signaling stimulates the dynamic remodeling of actin microfilaments and substrate adhesions, essential for cell spreading and motility. Transformation is associated with increased expression of beta1,6GlcNAc-branched N-glycans, products of Golgi beta1,6-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V (Mgat5) and the favored ligand for galectins. Herein we report that fibronectin fibrillogenesis and fibronectin-dependent cell spreading are deficient in Mgat5(-/-) mammary epithelial tumor cells and inhibited in Mgat5(+/+) cells by blocking Golgi N-glycan processing with swainsonine or by competitive inhibition of galectin binding. At an optimum dosage, exogenous galectin-3 added to Mgat5(+/+) cells activates focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), recruits conformationally active alpha5beta1-integrin to fibrillar adhesions, and increases F-actin turnover. RGD peptide inhibits PI3K-dependent fibronectin matrix remodeling and fibronectin-dependent cell motility, while galectin-3 stimulates and overrides the inhibitory effects of RGD. Antibodies to the galectin-3 N-terminal oligomerization domain stimulate alpha5beta1 activation and recruitment to fibrillar adhesions in Mgat5(+/+) cells, an effect that is blocked by disrupting galectin-glycan binding. Our results demonstrate that fibronectin polymerization and tumor cell motility are regulated by galectin-3 binding to branched N-glycan ligands that stimulate focal adhesion remodeling, FAK and PI3K activation, local F-actin instability, and alpha5beta1 translocation to fibrillar adhesions.
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- Annick Lagana
- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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Lee I, Guo HB, Kamar M, Abbott K, Troupe K, Lee JK, Alvarez-Manilla G, Pierce M. N-acetylglucosaminyltranferase VB expression enhances beta1 integrin- dependent PC12 neurite outgrowth on laminin and collagen. J Neurochem 2006; 97:947-56. [PMID: 16606368 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.03785.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase VB (GnT-VB, -IX) is a newly discovered glycosyltransferase expressed exclusively in high levels in neuronal tissue during early development. Its homolog, GnT-V, is expressed in many tissues and modulates cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion. The ability of GnT-VB to regulate cell-matrix interactions was initially investigated using the rat pheochromocytoma PC12 neurite outgrowth model. PC12 cells stably transfected with GnT-VB consistently showed an enhanced rate of nerve growth factor (NGF)-induced neurite outgrowth on collagen and laminin substrates. Levels of TrkA receptor phosphorylation and downstream ERK activation induced by NGF were not influenced by GnT-VB expression. No significant difference was observed in the rate of neurite outgrowth when cells were cultured on non-coated culture dishes, indicating that integrin-ECM interaction is required for the stimulatory effects. Neurite outgrowth induced by manganese-dependent activation of beta1 integrin on collagen and laminin substrates, however, showed a significant increase in neurite length for the PC12/GnT-VB cells, compared with control cells, suggesting that the enhancement is most likely mediated by alteration of beta1 integrin-ECM interaction by GnT-VB. These results demonstrate that GnT-VB expression can modulate the rate of neurite outgrowth by affecting beta1 integrin-ECM interaction.
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- Intaek Lee
- The Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-4712, USA
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Hanashima S, Inamori KI, Manabe S, Taniguchi N, Ito Y. Systematic Synthesis of Bisubstrate-Type Inhibitors ofN-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases. Chemistry 2006; 12:3449-62. [PMID: 16534829 DOI: 10.1002/chem.200501348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Bisubstrate-type inhibitors for N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (GnT)-V and -IX were designed and synthesized. These compounds carry both an acceptor trisaccaride and an UDP-GlcNAc component tethered by a linker of variable length. The acceptor trisaccharide unit was constructed using a combination of a polymer support and a resin capture-release strategy. Namely, starting with a beta-mannoside bound to low molecular weight monomethyl PEG (MPEG), successive glycosylations with donors having chloroacetyl group produced the trisaccharide, which was subjected to the capture-release purification using cysteine loaded resin. UDP-GlcNAc units carrying phosphate moieties were separately synthesized from the bromoacetamide-containing glucosamine derivative. Ligation between the acceptor thiol and each alkyl bromide on the donor unit readily proceeded, and produced the coupling product. The introduction of the UMP component gave target compounds. All of the synthesized compounds had significant activities to GnT-V and -IX. Their potencies were dependent upon the linkers length. GnT-IX was more sensitive to these inhibitors and optimum linker length was clearly different between these GnTs. The most potent inhibitor of GnT-V had Ki=18.3 microM, while that of GnT-IX had Ki = 4.7 microM.
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- Shinya Hanashima
- RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Inamori KI, Mita S, Gu J, Mizuno-Horikawa Y, Miyoshi E, Dennis JW, Taniguchi N. Demonstration of the expression and the enzymatic activity of N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase IX in the mouse brain. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2006; 1760:678-84. [PMID: 16413118 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2005.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2005] [Revised: 11/24/2005] [Accepted: 11/26/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We recently reported on a brain-specific beta1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase IX (GnT-IX, also referred to as GnT-VB), a GnT-V homologue, which acts on alpha-linked mannose of N-glycans and O-mannosyl glycans. To distinguish functions of GnT-IX with GnT-V, we examined the distribution of GnT-IX and GnT-V transcripts in mouse tissues by Northern blot analysis. The two enzymes were differentially expressed as has previously been observed in human tissues. GnT-IX transcripts were restricted to the cerebrum, cerebellum, thymus and testis, whereas GnT-V transcripts were expressed ubiquitously in mouse tissues. To investigate the localization of these enzymes in mouse tissues in more detail, a polyclonal antibody against GnT-IX was prepared. The antibody specifically recognized GnT-IX, but not GnT-V, in the Golgi apparatus, as confirmed by the use of GnT-IX and GnT-V transfectants. In agreement with the Northern blot analysis data, an immunohistochemical study showed substantial expression of GnT-IX in the brain, while no expression was observed in the liver. Moreover, to exclude GnT-V contamination, we performed an enzymatic assay for GnT-IX using a Mgat5 (GnT-V)-null mouse brain as an enzyme source and found the enzymatic activities do, in fact, exist in mouse brain. The reaction product was confirmed by high performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry. These results demonstrate, for the first time, that GnT-IX protein is actually expressed and may function as a glycosyltransferase in the brain.
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- Kei-Ichiro Inamori
- Department of Biochemistry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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Henderson NC, Mackinnon AC, Farnworth SL, Poirier F, Russo FP, Iredale JP, Haslett C, Simpson KJ, Sethi T. Galectin-3 regulates myofibroblast activation and hepatic fibrosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:5060-5. [PMID: 16549783 PMCID: PMC1458794 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0511167103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 450] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Central to fibrogenesis and the scarring of organs is the activation of fibroblasts into matrix-secreting myofibroblasts. We demonstrate that Galectin-3 expression is up-regulated in established human fibrotic liver disease and is temporally and spatially related to the induction and resolution of experimental hepatic fibrosis. Disruption of the Galectin-3 gene blocks myofibroblast activation and procollagen (I) expression in vitro and in vivo, markedly attenuating liver fibrosis. Addition of exogenous recombinant Galectin-3 in vitro reversed this abnormality. The reduction in hepatic fibrosis observed in the Galectin-3(-/-) mouse occurred despite equivalent liver injury and inflammation, and similar tissue expression of TGF-beta. TGF-beta failed to transactivate Galectin-3(-/-) hepatic stellate cells, in contrast with WT hepatic stellate cells; however, TGF-beta-stimulated Smad-2 and -3 activation was equivalent. These data suggest that Galectin-3 is required for TGF-beta mediated myofibroblast activation and matrix production. Finally, in vivo siRNA knockdown of Galectin-3 inhibited myofibroblast activation after hepatic injury and may therefore provide an alternative therapeutic approach to the prevention and treatment of liver fibrosis.
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- Neil C. Henderson
- *Centre for Inflammation Research, Queens Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, EH16 4SA Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; and
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- *Centre for Inflammation Research, Queens Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, EH16 4SA Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; and
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- *Centre for Inflammation Research, Queens Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, EH16 4SA Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; and
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- Laboratoire de Genetique et Developpement des Mammiferes, Institut Jacques Monod, 2, Place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- *Centre for Inflammation Research, Queens Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, EH16 4SA Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; and
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- *Centre for Inflammation Research, Queens Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, EH16 4SA Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; and
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- *Centre for Inflammation Research, Queens Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, EH16 4SA Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; and
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- *Centre for Inflammation Research, Queens Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, EH16 4SA Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; and
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- *Centre for Inflammation Research, Queens Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, EH16 4SA Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; and
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Nieminen J, St-Pierre C, Sato S. Galectin-3 interacts with naive and primed neutrophils, inducing innate immune responses. J Leukoc Biol 2006; 78:1127-35. [PMID: 16260586 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1204702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The neutrophil is the first line of defense against infection. As a part of the innate immune response, neutrophils start to emigrate from blood to an affected site and their state is altered from passively circulating naïve to primed, and then to fully activated. The extent of neutrophil activation and their subsequent response varies depending on the stimuli and environment that neutrophils encounter. Because neutrophils can also induce deleterious effects on host tissues, tight regulation of recruitment and functions of neutrophils is required for efficient recovery. Galectin-3, a soluble beta-galactoside binding protein, of which expression is up-regulated during inflammation/infection, is suggested to be involved in various inflammatory responses. However, the precise roles of this lectin in innate immunity remain unknown, while it has been demonstrated that galectin-3 binds to naïve and primed neutrophils. Here we report that galectin-3 can induce L-selectin shedding and interleukin-8 production in naïve and primed neutrophils. These activities were shown to be dependent on the presence of the C-terminal lectin domain and the N-terminal nonlectin domain of galectin-3, which is involved in oligomerization of this lectin. We also found that, after galectin-3 binds to neutrophils, primed but not naïve neutrophils can cleave galectin-3, mainly through elastase, which results in the formation of truncated galectin-3 lacking the N-terminal domain. Together, these results suggest that galectin-3 activates naïve and primed neutrophils, and galectin-3-activated primed neutrophils have an ability to inactivate galectin-3.
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- Julie Nieminen
- Glycobiology Laboratory, Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, Laval University Medical Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Québec, Canada
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Dumic J, Dabelic S, Flögel M. Galectin-3: an open-ended story. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2006; 1760:616-35. [PMID: 16478649 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2005.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 816] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2005] [Revised: 12/20/2005] [Accepted: 12/21/2005] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Galectins, an ancient lectin family, are characterized by specific binding of beta-galactosides through evolutionary conserved sequence elements of carbohydrate-recognition domain (CRD). A structurally unique member of the family is galectin-3; in addition to the CRD it contains a proline- and glycine-rich N-terminal domain (ND) through which is able to form oligomers. Galectin-3 is widely spread among different types of cells and tissues, found intracellularly in nucleus and cytoplasm or secreted via non-classical pathway outside of cell, thus being found on the cell surface or in the extracellular space. Through specific interactions with a variety of intra- and extracellular proteins galectin-3 affects numerous biological processes and seems to be involved in different physiological and pathophysiological conditions, such as development, immune reactions, and neoplastic transformation and metastasis. The review attempts to summarize the existing information on structural, biochemical and intriguing functional properties of galectin-3.
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- Jerka Dumic
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
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Galectins are a family of proteins that bind to beta-galactoside carbohydrate structure through their carbohydrate recognition domains (CRDs). These proteins have been shown to be involved in multiple biological functions such as cell-matrix and cell-cell interactions, cell proliferation, cell differentiation, cellular transformation, or apoptosis mainly through their binding properties to specific ligands. Signal transduction should be dramatically affected and changed in the process of those biological functions; namely, galectins can also be involved in several signal transduction pathways. This chapter discusses the role of galectins in signal transduction, dividing into extracellular and intracellular galectins. In addition, we will indicate the methods to identify the interactions of galectins in signal transduction.
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- Susumu Nakahara
- Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detriot, Michigan, USA
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Goldberg HJ, Whiteside CI, Hart GW, Fantus IG. Posttranslational, reversible O-glycosylation is stimulated by high glucose and mediates plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 gene expression and Sp1 transcriptional activity in glomerular mesangial cells. Endocrinology 2006; 147:222-31. [PMID: 16365142 DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-0523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Metabolic flux through the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway (HBP) is increased in the presence of high glucose (HG) and potentially stimulates the expression of genes associated with the development of diabetic nephropathy. A number of synthetic processes are coupled to the HBP, including enzymatic intracellular O-glycosylation (O-GlcNAcylation), the addition of single O-linked N-acetylglucosamine monosaccharides to serine or threonine residues. Despite much data linking flow through the HBP and gene expression, the exact contribution of O-GlcNAcylation to HG-stimulated gene expression remains unclear. In glomerular mesangial cells, HG-stimulated plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) gene expression requires the HBP and the transcription factor, Sp1. In this study, the specific role of O-GlcNAcylation in HG-induced PAI-1 expression was tested by limiting this modification with a dominant-negative O-linked N-acetylglucosamine transferase, by overexpression of neutral beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase, and by knockdown of O-linked beta-N-acetylglucosamine transferase expression by RNA interference. Decreasing O-GlcNAcylation by these means inhibited the ability of HG to increase endogenous PAI-1 mRNA and protein levels, the activity of a PAI-1 promoter-luciferase reporter gene, and Sp1 transcriptional activation. Conversely, treatment with the beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase inhibitor, O-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-d-glucopyranosylidene)amino-N-phenylcarbamate, in the presence of normal glucose increased Sp1 O-GlcNAcylation and PAI-1 mRNA and protein levels. These findings demonstrate for the first time that among the pathways served by the HBP, O-GlcNAcylation, is obligatory for HG-induced PAI-1 gene expression and Sp1 transcriptional activation in mesangial cells.
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- Howard J Goldberg
- Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital and University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X5
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