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Nakagawa Y, Ito Y. Carbohydrate-Binding Molecules with Non-Peptidic Skeletons. TRENDS GLYCOSCI GLYC 2012. [DOI: 10.4052/tigg.24.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Joshi G, Davis AP. New H-bonding patterns in biphenyl-based synthetic lectins; pyrrolediamine bridges enhance glucose-selectivity. Org Biomol Chem 2012; 10:5760-3. [DOI: 10.1039/c2ob25900a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lonardi E, Deelder AM, Wuhrer M, Balog CIA. Microarray technology using glycans extracted from natural sources for serum antibody fluorescent detection. Methods Mol Biol 2012; 808:285-302. [PMID: 22057533 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-373-8_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Glycan microarray technology enables the screening of large numbers of glycan samples for glycan-protein interactions, based on the presentation of immobilized glycans in a discrete pattern on a solid support. Here we describe a glycan microarray approach employing glycans enzymatically released from proteins and lipids of in vitro cultured cells and of human and animal tissues, followed by the detection of serum antibody binding. This approach may be used to detect autoantibodies in cancer as well as in autoimmune diseases.
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- Emanuela Lonardi
- Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry Unit, Center for Infectious Diseases, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Xuan P, Zhang Y, Tzeng TRJ, Wan XF, Luo F. A quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) study on glycan array data to determine the specificities of glycan-binding proteins. Glycobiology 2011; 22:552-60. [PMID: 22156918 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwr163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Advances in glycan array technology have provided opportunities to automatically and systematically characterize the binding specificities of glycan-binding proteins. However, there is still a lack of robust methods for such analyses. In this study, we developed a novel quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) method to analyze glycan array data. We first decomposed glycan chains into mono-, di-, tri- or tetrasaccharide subtrees. The bond information was incorporated into subtrees to help distinguish glycan chain structures. Then, we performed partial least-squares (PLS) regression on glycan array data using the subtrees as features. The application of QSAR to the glycan array data of different glycan-binding proteins demonstrated that PLS regression using subtree features can obtain higher R(2) values and a higher percentage of variance explained in glycan array intensities. Based on the regression coefficients of PLS, we were able to effectively identify subtrees that indicate the binding specificities of a glycan-binding protein. Our approach will facilitate the glycan-binding specificity analysis using the glycan array. A user-friendly web tool of the QSAR method is available at http://bci.clemson.edu/tools/glycan_array.
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- Pengfei Xuan
- School of Computing, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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Cheray M, Petit D, Forestier L, Karayan-Tapon L, Maftah A, Jauberteau MO, Battu S, Gallet FP, Lalloué F. Glycosylation-related gene expression is linked to differentiation status in glioblastomas undifferentiated cells. Cancer Lett 2011; 312:24-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2011.07.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2011] [Revised: 07/21/2011] [Accepted: 07/21/2011] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Saeland E, Belo AI, Mongera S, van Die I, Meijer GA, van Kooyk Y. Differential glycosylation of MUC1 and CEACAM5 between normal mucosa and tumour tissue of colon cancer patients. Int J Cancer 2011; 131:117-28. [PMID: 21823122 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.26354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2010] [Accepted: 07/19/2011] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Altered glycosylation in epithelial cancers may play an important role in tumour progression, as it may affect tumour cell migration and antigen presentation by antigen presenting cells. We specifically characterise the glycosylation patterns of two tumour antigens that are highly expressed in cancer tissue and often detected in their secreted form in serum: the epithelial mucin MUC1 and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA, also called CEACAM5). We analysed 48 colorectal cancer patients, comparing normal colon and tumour epithelium within each patient. Lectin binding was studied by a standardised CEA/MUC1 capture ELISA, using several plant lectins, and the human C-type lectins MGL and DC-SIGN, and Galectin-3. Peanut agglutinin (PNA) bound to MUC1 from tumour tissue in particular, suggests increased expression of the Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen (TF-antigen) (Core 1, Galβ1-3GalNAc-Ser/Thr). Only small amounts of Tn-antigen (GalNAcα-Ser/Thr) expression was observed, but the human C-type lectin MGL showed increased binding to tumour-associated MUC1. Furthermore, sialylation was greatly enhanced. In sharp contrast, tumour-associated CEA (CEACAM5) contained high levels of the blood-group related carbohydrates, Lewis X and Lewis Y. This correlated strongly with the interaction of the human C-type lectin DC-SIGN to tumour-associated CEA, suggesting that CEA can be recognized and taken up by antigen presenting cells. In addition, increased mannose expression was observed and branched N-glycans were prominent, and this correlated well with human Galectin-3 binding. These data demonstrate that individual tumour antigens contain distinct glycan structures associated with cancer and, since glycans affect cellular interactions with its microenvironment, this may have consequences for progression of the disease.
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- Eirikur Saeland
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Carvalho FC, Soares SG, Tamarozzi MB, Rego EM, Roque-Barreira MC. The recognition of N-glycans by the lectin ArtinM mediates cell death of a human myeloid leukemia cell line. PLoS One 2011; 6:e27892. [PMID: 22132163 PMCID: PMC3223207 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2011] [Accepted: 10/27/2011] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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ArtinM, a d-mannose-binding lectin from Artocarpus heterophyllus (jackfruit), interacts with N-glycosylated receptors on the surface of several cells of hematopoietic origin, triggering cell migration, degranulation, and cytokine release. Because malignant transformation is often associated with altered expression of cell surface glycans, we evaluated the interaction of ArtinM with human myelocytic leukemia cells and investigated cellular responses to lectin binding. The intensity of ArtinM binding varied across 3 leukemia cell lines: NB4>K562>U937. The binding, which was directly related to cell growth suppression, was inhibited in the presence of Manα1-3(Manα1-6)Manβ1, and was reverted in underglycosylated NB4 cells. ArtinM interaction with NB4 cells induced cell death (IC50 = 10 µg/mL), as indicated by cell surface exposure of phosphatidylserine and disruption of mitochondrial membrane potential unassociated with caspase activation or DNA fragmentation. Moreover, ArtinM treatment of NB4 cells strongly induced reactive oxygen species generation and autophagy, as indicated by the detection of acidic vesicular organelles in the treated cells. NB4 cell death was attributed to ArtinM recognition of the trimannosyl core of N-glycans containing a ß1,6-GlcNAc branch linked to α1,6-mannose. This modification correlated with higher levels of N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V transcripts in NB4 cells than in K562 or U937 cells. Our results provide new insights into the potential of N-glycans containing a β1,6-GlcNAc branch linked to α1,6-mannose as a novel target for anti-leukemia treatment.
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- Fernanda Caroline Carvalho
- Departamento de Biologia Celular e Molecular e Bioagentes Patogênicos, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular e Molecular e Bioagentes Patogênicos, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil
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Metabolic oligosaccharide engineering: implications for selectin-mediated adhesion and leukocyte extravasation. Ann Biomed Eng 2011; 40:806-15. [PMID: 22037949 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0450-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2011] [Accepted: 10/19/2011] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Metabolic oligosaccharide engineering is an emerging technology wherein non-natural monosaccharide analogs are exogenously supplied to living cells and are biosynthetically incorporated into cell surface glycans. A recently reported application of this methodology employs fluorinated analogs of ManNAc, GlcNAc, and GalNAc to modulate selectin-mediated adhesion associated with leukocyte extravasation and cancer cell metastasis. This monograph outlines possible mechanisms underlying the altered adhesion observed in analog-treated cells; these range from the most straightforward explanation (e.g., structural changes to the selectin ligands ablate interaction with their receptors) to the alternative mechanism where the analogs inhibit or otherwise perturb ligand production to more indirect mechanisms (e.g., changes to the biophysical properties of the selectin binding partner, the nanoenviroment of the binding partners, or the entire cell surface).
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Lu JP, Knežević A, Wang YX, Rudan I, Campbell H, Zou ZK, Lan J, Lai QX, Wu JJ, He Y, Song MS, Zhang L, Lauc G, Wang W. Screening novel biomarkers for metabolic syndrome by profiling human plasma N-glycans in Chinese Han and Croatian populations. J Proteome Res 2011; 10:4959-69. [PMID: 21939225 DOI: 10.1021/pr2004067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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N-glycans play an essential role in biological process and are associated with age, gender, and body mass parameters in Caucasian populations, whereas no study has been reported in Chinese populations. To investigate the correlation between N-glycan structures and metabolic syndrome (MetS) components, we conducted a population-based study in 212 Chinese Han individuals. The replication study was performed on 520 unrelated individuals from a Croatian island Korčula. The most prominent observation was the consistent positive correlations between different forms of triantennary glycans and negative correlations between glycans containing core-fucose with MetS components including BMI, SBP, DBP, and fasting plasma glucose (FPG) simultaneously. Significant differences in a number of N-glycan traits were also detected between normal and abnormal groups of BMI, BP, and FPG, respectively. In the multivariate analysis, the level of monosialylated glycans (structure loadings = -0.776) was the most correlated with the MetS related risk factors, especially with SBP (structure loadings = 0.907). Results presented here are showing that variations in the composition of the N-glycome in human plasma could represent the alternations of human metabolism and could be potential biomarkers of MetS.
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- Jia-Peng Lu
- School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Hassinen A, Pujol FM, Kokkonen N, Pieters C, Kihlström M, Korhonen K, Kellokumpu S. Functional organization of Golgi N- and O-glycosylation pathways involves pH-dependent complex formation that is impaired in cancer cells. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:38329-38340. [PMID: 21911486 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.277681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Glycosylation is one of the most common modifications of proteins and lipids and also a major source of biological diversity in eukaryotes. It is critical for many basic cellular functions and recognition events that range from protein folding to cell signaling, immunological defense, and the development of multicellular organisms. Glycosylation takes place mainly in the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus and involves dozens of functionally distinct glycosidases and glycosyltransferases. How the functions of these enzymes, which act sequentially and often competitively, are coordinated to faithfully synthesize a vast array of different glycan structures is currently unclear. Here, we investigate the supramolecular organization of the Golgi N- and O-glycosylation pathways in live cells using a FRET flow cytometric quantification approach. We show that the enzymes form enzymatically active homo- and/or heteromeric complexes within each pathway. However, no complexes composed of enzymes that operate in different pathways, were detected, which suggests that the pathways are physically distinct. In addition, we show that complex formation is mediated almost exclusively by the catalytic domains of the interacting enzymes. Our data also suggest that the heteromeric complexes are functionally more important than enzyme homomers. Heteromeric complex formation was found to be dependent on Golgi acidity, markedly impaired in acidification-defective cancer cells, and required for the efficient synthesis of cell surface glycans. Collectively, the results emphasize that the Golgi glycosylation pathways are functionally organized into complexes that are important for glycan synthesis.
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- Antti Hassinen
- Department of Biochemistry and the Finnish Glycoscience Graduate School, University of Oulu, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Biochemistry and the Finnish Glycoscience Graduate School, University of Oulu, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Biochemistry and the Finnish Glycoscience Graduate School, University of Oulu, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Biochemistry and the Finnish Glycoscience Graduate School, University of Oulu, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Biochemistry and the Finnish Glycoscience Graduate School, University of Oulu, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Biochemistry and the Finnish Glycoscience Graduate School, University of Oulu, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Biochemistry and the Finnish Glycoscience Graduate School, University of Oulu, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland.
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Huffman JE, Knežević A, Vitart V, Kattla J, Adamczyk B, Novokmet M, Igl W, Pučić M, Zgaga L, Johannson Å, Redžić I, Gornik O, Zemunik T, Polašek O, Kolčić I, Pehlić M, Koeleman CA, Campbell S, Wild SH, Hastie ND, Campbell H, Gyllensten U, Wuhrer M, Wilson JF, Hayward C, Rudan I, Rudd PM, Wright AF, Lauc G. Polymorphisms in B3GAT1, SLC9A9 and MGAT5 are associated with variation within the human plasma N-glycome of 3533 European adults. Hum Mol Genet 2011; 20:5000-11. [DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Dixon RB, Bereman MS, Petitte JN, Hawkridge AM, Muddiman DC. One-Year Plasma N-linked Glycome Intra-individual and Inter-individual Variability in the Chicken Model of Spontaneous Ovarian Adenocarcinoma. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY 2011; 305:79-86. [PMID: 21845070 PMCID: PMC3155253 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2010.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Spontaneous epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) in the chicken presents a similar pathogenesis compared with humans including CA-125 expression and genetic mutational frequencies (e.g., p53). The high prevalence of spontaneous EOC chickens also provides a unique experimental model for biomarker discovery at the genomic, proteomic, glycomic, and metabolomic level. In an effort to exploit this unique model for biomarker discovery, longitudinal plasma samples were collected from chickens at three month intervals for one year. The study described herein involved cleaving the N-glycans from these longitudinal chicken plasma samples and analyzing them via nanoLC-FTMS/MS. Glycans identified in this study were previously found in human plasma and this work provides a promising methodology to enable longitudinal studies of the N-linked plasma glycome profile during EOC progression. The structure, abundance, and intra-variability and inter-variability for 35 N-linked glycans identified in this study are reported. The full potential of the chicken model for biomarker discovery has yet to be realized, but the initial interrogation of longitudinally-procured samples provides evidence that supports the value of this strategy in the search for glycomic biomarkers.
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- R. Brent Dixon
- W.M. Keck FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry Laboratory and Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
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- W.M. Keck FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry Laboratory and Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
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- Department of Poultry Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
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- W.M. Keck FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry Laboratory and Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
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- W.M. Keck FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry Laboratory and Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
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Moen A, Hafte TT, Tveit H, Egge-Jacobsen W, Prydz K. N-Glycan synthesis in the apical and basolateral secretory pathway of epithelial MDCK cells and the influence of a glycosaminoglycan domain. Glycobiology 2011; 21:1416-25. [DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwr069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Kawamura S, Sato I, Wada T, Yamaguchi K, Li Y, Li D, Zhao X, Ueno S, Aoki H, Tochigi T, Kuwahara M, Kitamura T, Takahashi K, Moriya S, Miyagi T. Plasma membrane-associated sialidase (NEU3) regulates progression of prostate cancer to androgen-independent growth through modulation of androgen receptor signaling. Cell Death Differ 2011; 19:170-9. [PMID: 21681193 DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2011.83] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Prostate cancers generally become androgen-independent and resistant to hormone therapy with progression. To understand the underlying mechanisms and facilitate the development of novel treatments for androgen-independent prostate cancer, we have investigated plasma membrane-associated sialidase (NEU3), the key enzyme for ganglioside hydrolysis participating in transmembrane signaling. We have discovered NEU3 to be upregulated in human prostate cancer compared with non-cancerous tissue, correlating with the Gleason score. NEU3 silencing with siRNA in prostate cancer PC-3 and LNCaP cells resulted in increased expression of differentiation markers and in cell apoptosis, but decrease in Bcl-2 as well as a progression-related transcription factor, early growth response gene (EGR-1). In androgen-sensitive LNCaP cells, forced overexpression of NEU3 significantly induced expression of EGR-1, androgen receptor (AR) and PSA both with and without androgen, the cells becoming sensitive to androgen. The NEU3-mediated induction was abrogated by inhibitors for PI-3 kinase and MAP kinase and more specifically by their silencing in the absence of androgen, being confirmed by increased phosphorylation of AKT and ERK1/2 in NEU3 overexpressing cells. NEU3 siRNA introduction caused reduction of cell growth of an androgen-independent PC-3 cells in culture and of transplanted tumors in nude mice. These data suggest that NEU3 regulates tumor progression through AR signaling, and thus be a potential tool for diagnosis and therapy of androgen-independent prostate cancer.
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- S Kawamura
- Department of Urology, Miyagi Cancer Center, Natori, Japan
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Chiu CC, Lin CY, Lee LY, Chen YJ, Lu YC, Wang HM, Liao CT, Chang JTC, Cheng AJ. Molecular chaperones as a common set of proteins that regulate the invasion phenotype of head and neck cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2011; 17:4629-41. [PMID: 21642380 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-10-2107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE The goal of this study was to establish a common set of molecules that regulate cell invasion in head and neck cancer (HNC). EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Five invasive sublines derived from HNC cell lines were established using the Matrigel selection method. Proteomic technology, MetaCore algorithm, and reverse transcriptase-PCR methods were used to search for molecules that contribute to the invasion phenotype. Cellular functional analyses and clinical association studies were applied to examine the significance of the molecules. RESULTS Fifty-two proteins were identified in more than two of the four independent proteomic experiments, including 10 (19%) molecular chaperones. Seven chaperones were confirmed to be differentially expressed in five sublines, Hsp90α, Hsp90β, Hsp90-B1/Gp96, Hsp70-A5/Grp78, and HYOU1, that upregulate, whereas Hsp60 and glucosidase-α neutral AB (GANAB) downregulate. Four molecules were further investigated. In all cell lines, knockdown of Hsp60 or GANAB and silencing of Gp96 or Grp78 considerably enhanced or reduced cell migration and invasion, respectively. Clinical association studies consistently revealed that low levels of Hsp60 or GANAB and high levels of Gp96 or Grp78 are significantly associated with advanced cancer (P < 0.001 to P = 0.047, respectively, for the four molecules) and poor survival (P < 0.001 to P = 0.025, respectively, for the four molecules). CONCLUSION Our study defined molecular chaperones as a common set of proteins that regulate the invasion phenotype of HNC. Loss of the tumor suppression function of Hsp60 or GANAB and acquisition of the oncogenic function of Gp96 or Grp78 contribute to aggressive cancers. These molecules may serve as prognostic markers and targets for cancer drug development.
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- Ching-Chi Chiu
- Department of Medical Biotechnology, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Castilho A, Gattinger P, Grass J, Jez J, Pabst M, Altmann F, Gorfer M, Strasser R, Steinkellner H. N-glycosylation engineering of plants for the biosynthesis of glycoproteins with bisected and branched complex N-glycans. Glycobiology 2011; 21:813-23. [PMID: 21317243 PMCID: PMC3091529 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwr009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2010] [Revised: 01/17/2011] [Accepted: 01/17/2011] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Glycoengineering is increasingly being recognized as a powerful tool to generate recombinant glycoproteins with a customized N-glycosylation pattern. Here, we demonstrate the modulation of the plant glycosylation pathway toward the formation of human-type bisected and branched complex N-glycans. Glycoengineered Nicotiana benthamiana lacking plant-specific N-glycosylation (i.e. β1,2-xylose and core α1,3-fucose) was used to transiently express human erythropoietin (hEPO) and human transferrin (hTF) together with modified versions of human β1,4-mannosyl-β1,4-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (GnTIII), α1,3-mannosyl-β1,4-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (GnTIV) and α1,6-mannosyl-β1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (GnTV). hEPO was expressed as a fusion to the IgG-Fc domain (EPO-Fc) and purified via protein A affinity chromatography. Recombinant hTF was isolated from the intracellular fluid of infiltrated plant leaves. Mass spectrometry-based N-glycan analysis of hEPO and hTF revealed the quantitative formation of bisected (GnGnbi) and tri- as well as tetraantennary complex N-glycans (Gn[GnGn], [GnGn]Gn and [GnGn][GnGn]). Co-expression of GnTIII together with GnTIV and GnTV resulted in the efficient generation of bisected tetraantennary complex N-glycans. Our results show the generation of recombinant proteins with human-type N-glycosylation at great uniformity. The strategy described here provides a robust and straightforward method for producing mammalian-type N-linked glycans of defined structures on recombinant glycoproteins, which can advance glycoprotein research and accelerate the development of protein-based therapeutics.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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Boscher C, Dennis JW, Nabi IR. Glycosylation, galectins and cellular signaling. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2011; 23:383-92. [PMID: 21616652 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2011.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 253] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2011] [Revised: 04/14/2011] [Accepted: 05/04/2011] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Glycosylation is a common posttranslational modification of proteins and lipids of the secretory pathway that generates binding sites for galactose-specific lectins or galectins. Branching of Asn-linked (N-)glycans by the N-acetylglucosaminyltransferases (Mgat genes) increases affinity for galectins. Both tissue-specific expression of the enzymes and the metabolic supply of sugar-nucleotides to the ER and Golgi regulate glycan distribution while protein sequences specify NXS/T site multiplicity, providing metabolic and genetic contributions to galectin-glycoprotein interactions. Galectins cross-link glycoproteins forming dynamic microdomains or lattices that regulate various mediators of cell adhesion, migration, proliferation, survival and differentiation. There are a similar number of galactose-specific galectins in C. elegans and humans, but expression of higher-affinity branched N-glycans are a more recent feature of vertebrate evolution. Galectins might be considered a reading code for repetition of the minimal units of binding [Gal(NAc)β1-3/4GlcNAc] and NXS/T site multiplicity in proteins. The rapidly evolving and structurally complex Golgi modifications to surface receptors are interpreted through affinity for the lattice, which regulates receptor levels as a function of the cellular environment, and thereby the probability of various cell fates. Many important questions remain concerning the regulation of the galectins, the glycan ligands and lattice interaction with other membrane domains and endocytic pathways.
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- Cecile Boscher
- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Wiśniewski JR, Ostasiewicz P, Mann M. High recovery FASP applied to the proteomic analysis of microdissected formalin fixed paraffin embedded cancer tissues retrieves known colon cancer markers. J Proteome Res 2011; 10:3040-9. [PMID: 21526778 DOI: 10.1021/pr200019m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Proteomic analysis of samples isolated by laser capture microdissection from clinical specimens requires sample preparation and fractionation methods suitable for small amounts of protein. Here we describe a streamlined filter-aided sample preparation (FASP) workflow that allows efficient analysis of lysates from low numbers of cells. Addition of carrier substances such as polyethylene glycol or dextran to the processed samples improves the peptide yields in the low to submicrogram range. In a single LC-MS/MS run, analyses of 500, 1000, and 3000 cells allowed identification of 905, 1536, and 2055 proteins, respectively. Incorporation of an additional SAX fractionation step at somewhat higher amounts enabled the analysis of formalin fixed and paraffin embedded human tissues prepared by LCM to a depth of 3600-4400 proteins per single experiment. We applied this workflow to compare archival neoplastic and matched normal colonic mucosa cancer specimens for three patients. Label-free quantification of more than 6000 proteins verified this technology through the differential expression of 30 known colon cancer markers. These included Carcino-Embryonic Antigen (CEA), the most widely used colon cancer marker, complement decay accelerating factor (DAF, CD55) and Metastasis-associated in colon cancer protein 1 (MACC1). Concordant with literature knowledge, mucin 1 was overexpressed and mucin 2 underexpressed in all three patients. These results show that FASP is suitable for the low level analysis of microdissected tissue and that it has the potential for exploration of clinical samples for biomarker and drug target discovery.
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- Jacek R Wiśniewski
- Department of Proteomics and Signal Transduction, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany.
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Larkin A, Imperiali B. The expanding horizons of asparagine-linked glycosylation. Biochemistry 2011; 50:4411-26. [PMID: 21506607 DOI: 10.1021/bi200346n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Asparagine-linked glycosylation involves the sequential assembly of an oligosaccharide onto a polyisoprenyl donor, followed by the en bloc transfer of the glycan to particular asparagine residues within acceptor proteins. These N-linked glycans play a critical role in a wide variety of biological processes, such as protein folding, cellular targeting and motility, and the immune response. In the past decade, research in the field of N-linked glycosylation has achieved major advances, including the discovery of new carbohydrate modifications, the biochemical characterization of the enzymes involved in glycan assembly, and the determination of the biological impact of these glycans on target proteins. It is now firmly established that this enzyme-catalyzed modification occurs in all three domains of life. However, despite similarities in the overall logic of N-linked glycoprotein biosynthesis among the three kingdoms, the structures of the appended glycans are markedly different and thus influence the functions of elaborated proteins in various ways. Though nearly all eukaryotes produce the same nascent tetradecasaccharide (Glc(3)Man(9)GlcNAc(2)), heterogeneity is introduced into this glycan structure after it is transferred to the protein through a complex series of glycosyl trimming and addition steps. In contrast, bacteria and archaea display diversity within their N-linked glycan structures through the use of unique monosaccharide building blocks during the assembly process. In this review, recent progress toward gaining a deeper biochemical understanding of this modification across all three kingdoms will be summarized. In addition, a brief overview of the role of N-linked glycosylation in viruses will also be presented.
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- Angelyn Larkin
- Department of Chemistry Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Tsai HY, Boonyapranai K, Sriyam S, Yu CJ, Wu SW, Khoo KH, Phutrakul S, Chen ST. Glycoproteomics analysis to identify a glycoform on haptoglobin associated with lung cancer. Proteomics 2011; 11:2162-70. [PMID: 21538882 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201000319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2010] [Revised: 12/21/2010] [Accepted: 02/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Glycosylation is a common protein modification that is of interest in current cancer research because altered carbohydrate moieties are often found during cancer progress. A search for biomarkers in human lung cancer serum samples using glycoproteomic approaches identified fucosylated haptoglobin (Hp) significantly increased in serum of each subtype of lung cancer compared to normal donors. In addition, MS provided evidence of an increase of Hp fucosylation; the glycan structure was determined to be an α 2,6-linked tri-sialylated triantennary glycan containing α1,3-linked fucose attached to the four-linked position of the three-arm mannose of N-linked core pentasaccharide. These preliminary findings suggest that the specific glycoform of Hp may be useful as a marker to monitor lung cancer progression.
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- Hsien-Yu Tsai
- Institute of Biochemical Sciences, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Polašek O, Leutenegger AL, Gornik O, Zgaga L, Kolcic I, McQuillan R, Wilson JF, Hayward C, Wright AF, Lauc G, Campbell H, Rudan I. Does inbreeding affect N-glycosylation of human plasma proteins? Mol Genet Genomics 2011; 285:427-32. [PMID: 21487732 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-011-0620-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2010] [Accepted: 03/31/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Inbreeding depression and heterosis are the two ends of phenotypic changes defined by the genome-wide homozygosity. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of genetic marker-based homozygosity estimates with 46 N-glycan features measured in human plasma. The study was based on a total of 2,341 subjects, originating from three isolated island communities in Croatia (Vis and Korcula islands) and Scotland (Orkney Islands). Inbreeding estimates were associated with an increase in tetrantennary and tetrasialylated glycans, and a decrease in digalactosylated glycans (P < 0.001). The strength of this association was proportional to the mean cohort-based inbreeding coefficient. Increase in tetraantennary glycans is known to be associated with various tumours and their association with inbreeding might be one of the mechanisms underlying the increased prevalence of tumours reported in some human isolated populations. Further studies are thus merited in order to confirm the association of inbreeding with changes in glycan profiles in other plant and animal populations, thus attempting to establish if glycosylation could indeed be involved in mediation of some phenotypic changes described in inbred and outbred organisms.
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- Ozren Polašek
- Department of Public Health, Medical School, University of Split, Šoltanska 2, 210000 Split, Croatia.
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DI L, WANG C, WU J, WAN LS, XU ZK. Progress in Boric acid Based Saccharide Sensors. CHINESE JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2040(10)60435-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Yang L, Nyalwidhe JO, Guo S, Drake RR, Semmes OJ. Targeted identification of metastasis-associated cell-surface sialoglycoproteins in prostate cancer. Mol Cell Proteomics 2011; 10:M110.007294. [PMID: 21447706 PMCID: PMC3108840 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m110.007294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Covalent attachment of carbohydrates to proteins is one of the most common post-translational modifications. At the cell surface, sugar moieties of glycoproteins contribute to molecular recognition events involved in cancer metastasis. We have combined glycan metabolic labeling with mass spectrometry analysis to identify and characterize metastasis-associated cell surface sialoglycoproteins. Our model system used syngeneic prostate cancer cell lines derived from PC3 (N2, nonmetastatic, and ML2, highly metastatic). The metabolic incorporation of AC4ManNAz and subsequent specific labeling of cell surface sialylation was confirmed by flow cytometry and confocal microscopy. Affinity isolation of the modified sialic-acid containing cell surface proteins via click chemistry was followed by SDS-PAGE separation and liquid chromatography-tandem MS analysis. We identified 324 proteins from N2 and 372 proteins of ML2. Using conservative annotation, 64 proteins (26%) from N2 and 72 proteins (29%) from ML2 were classified as extracellular or membrane-associated glycoproteins. A selective enrichment of sialoglycoproteins was confirmed. When compared with global proteomic analysis of the same cells, the proportion of identified glycoprotein and cell-surface proteins were on average threefold higher using the selective capture approach. Functional clustering of differentially expressed proteins by Ingenuity Pathway Analysis revealed that the vast majority of glycoproteins overexpressed in the metastatic ML2 subline were involved in cell motility, migration, and invasion. Our approach effectively targeted surface sialoglycoproteins and efficiently identified proteins that underlie the metastatic potential of the ML2 cells.
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- Lifang Yang
- Leroy T. Canoles Cancer Research Center, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia 23507, USA
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Park C, Zhang J. Genome-wide evolutionary conservation of N-glycosylation sites. Mol Biol Evol 2011; 28:2351-7. [PMID: 21355035 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Although posttranslational protein modifications are generally thought to perform important cellular functions, recent studies showed that a large fraction of phosphorylation sites are not evolutionarily conserved. Whether the same is true for other protein modifications, such as N-glycosylation is an open question. N-glycosylation is a form of cotranslational and posttranslational modification that occurs by enzymatic addition of a polysaccharide, or glycan, to an asparagine (N) residue of a protein. Examining a large set of experimentally determined mouse N-glycosylation sites, we find that the evolutionary rate of glycosylated asparagines is significantly lower than that of nonglycosylated asparagines of the same proteins. We further confirm that the conservation of glycosylated asparagines is accompanied by the conservation of the canonical motif sequence for glycosylation, suggesting that the above substitution rate difference is related to glycosylation. Interestingly, when solvent accessibility is considered, the substitution rate disparity between glycosylated and nonglycosylated asparagines is highly significant at solvent accessible sites but not at solvent inaccessible sites. Thus, although the solvent inaccessible glycosylation sites were experimentally identified, they are unlikely to be genuine or physiologically important. For solvent accessible asparagines, our analysis reveals a widespread and strong functional constraint on glycosylation, unlike what has been observed for phosphorylation sites in most studies, including our own analysis. Because the majority of N-glycosylation occurs at solvent accessible sites, our results show an overall functional importance for N-glycosylation.
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- Chungoo Park
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, USA
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Glycan microarrays are emerging as increasingly used screening tools with a high potential for unraveling protein-carbohydrate interactions: probing hundreds or even thousands of glycans in parallel, they provide the researcher with a vast amount of data in a short time-frame, while using relatively small amounts of analytes. Natural glycan microarrays focus on the glycans' repertoire of natural sources, including both well-defined structures as well as still-unknown ones. This article compares different natural glycan microarray strategies. Glycan probes may comprise oligosaccharides from glycoproteins as well as glycolipids and polysaccharides. Oligosaccharides may be purified from scarce biological samples that are of particular relevance for the carbohydrate-binding protein to be studied. We give an overview of strategies for glycan isolation, derivatization, fractionation, immobilization and structural characterization. Detection methods such as fluorescence analysis and surface plasmon resonance are summarized. The importance of glycan density and multivalency is discussed. Furthermore, some applications of natural glycan microarrays for studying lectin and antibody binding are presented.
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- Emanuela Lonardi
- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry Unit, Department of Parasitology, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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Li Y, Tao SC, Zhu H, Schneck JP. High-throughput lectin microarray-based analysis of live cell surface glycosylation. CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN PROTEIN SCIENCE 2011; Chapter 12:12.9.1-12.9.7. [PMID: 21400689 PMCID: PMC3090205 DOI: 10.1002/0471140864.ps1209s63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Lectins, plant-derived glycan-binding proteins, have long been used to detect glycans on cell surfaces. However, the techniques used to characterize serum or cells have largely been limited to mass spectrometry, blots, flow cytometry, and immunohistochemistry. While these lectin-based approaches are well established and they can discriminate a limited number of sugar isomers by concurrently using a limited number of lectins, they are not amenable for adaptation to a high-throughput platform. Fortunately, given the commercial availability of lectins with a variety of glycan specificities, lectins can be printed on a glass substrate in a microarray format to profile accessible cell-surface glycans. This method is an inviting alternative for analysis of a broad range of glycans in a high-throughput fashion and has been demonstrated to be a feasible method of identifying binding-accessible cell surface glycosylation on living cells. The current unit presents a lectin-based microarray approach for analyzing cell surface glycosylation in a high-throughput fashion.
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- Yu Li
- Department of Pathology, Oncology & Medicine and Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
,The High-Throughput Biology Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
,Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
,The High-Throughput Biology Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Pathology, Oncology & Medicine and Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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Liu X, Qiu H, Lee RK, Chen W, Li J. Methylamidation for sialoglycomics by MALDI-MS: a facile derivatization strategy for both α2,3- and α2,6-linked sialic acids. Anal Chem 2011; 82:8300-6. [PMID: 20831242 DOI: 10.1021/ac101831t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Neutralization of carboxylic acid is an important means to avoid sialic acid dissociation when sialylated glycans are analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS). In this paper, we describe a simple and rapid method to modify the sialic acids of sialylated glycans in the presence of methylamine and (7-azabenzotriazol-1-yloxy) trispyrrolidinophosphonium hexafluorophosphate (PyAOP). After methylamidation, sialylated glycans can be analyzed by MALDI-MS without loss of the sialic acid moiety. The electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) and MALDI-MS analysis of both 3'- and 6'-sialyllactose derivatives indicated that the quantitative conversion of sialic acids was achieved, regardless of their linkage types. This derivatization strategy was further validated with the N-glycans released from three standard glycoproteins (fetuin, human acid glycoprotein, and bovine acid glycoprotein) containing different types of complex glycans. Most importantly, this derivatization method enabled the successful characterization of N-glycans of sera from different species (human, mouse, and rat) by MALDI-MS. Because of the mild reaction conditions, the modification in sialic acid residues can be retained. This improvement makes it possible to detect sialylated glycans containing O-acetylated sialic acid moieties using MALDI-MS in positive-ion mode.
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- Xin Liu
- Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics at Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Hubei Bioinformatics and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory, Department of Systems Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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Glycans in melanoma screening. Part 1. The role of β1,6-branched N-linked oligosaccharides in melanoma. Biochem Soc Trans 2011; 39:370-3. [DOI: 10.1042/bst0390370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Melanoma, which is one of the most aggressive human tumours, originates from melanin-producing melanocytes. As no effective systemic therapy exists for advanced-stage melanoma, the best chance of recovery remains surgical removal of thin early-stage melanoma. Aberrant glycosylation is a hallmark of malignancy and a well-studied class of β1,6-branched oligosaccharides is associated with malignant transformation of rodent and human cells, and poor prognosis in cancer patients. It is evident that increased β1,6 branching significantly contributes to the phenotype of melanoma cells, influencing the adhesion to extracellular matrix components and motility as well as invasive and metastatic potential. Despite the considerable success in establishing the role of β1,6-branched N-linked oligosaccharides in melanoma biology, there is virtually no progress in using these glycans as a screening tool for the early diagnosis of the disease, or a target-specific therapeutic agent.
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N-linked glycans isolated from human plasma proteins have been profiled and sequenced by mass spectrometry using an ion trap instrument (ITMSn). The released glycans were prepared as reduced, methylated analogues and directly infused into a chip-based nanoelectrospray ionization system and analyzed by ITMSn. The resulting mass profiles (MS1) of IgG-depleted and nondepleted plasma samples were contrasted and these results were again compared with recent literature reports. Before depletion, approximately 50 independent glycan ions were detected; this more than doubled to 106 after depletion. The mass range profiled was 1-5 kDa which included many doubly and triply charged ions that were resolved by higher MS resolution. Selected ions in the depleted sample were disassembled to define their detailed structure providing a high-performance sequencing result. The simplicity of this nonchromatographic, direct infusion and gas-phase structural characterization compares most favorably with the latest reports using alternative instrumentation and adjunct techniques.
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- Katherine A Stumpo
- The Glycomics Center, Division of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire, 35 Colovos Road, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
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Salatino M, Rabinovich GA. Fine-tuning antitumor responses through the control of galectin-glycan interactions: an overview. Methods Mol Biol 2011; 677:355-374. [PMID: 20941621 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-869-0_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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In recent years, we have witnessed critical advances in genomics and proteomics which contributed to delineate the "tumor progression signature". This includes the altered expression of genes and proteins not only in tumor cells, but also in tumor-associated stromal, endothelial, and immune cells. Adding more complexity to this bewildering information, efforts are being made to define the "glycosylation signature" of the tumor microenvironment, which results from the abnormal expression and activity of glycosyltransferases, glycosidases, and enzyme chaperons. The multiple combinatorial possibilities of glycan structures expressed by neoplastic versus normal tissue provide enormous potential for information display and expand potential therapeutic opportunities. The responsibility of deciphering the biological information encoded by the tumor-associated glycome is partially assigned, to distinct families of endogenous glycan-binding proteins or lectins, whose expression and function are regulated in cancerous tissues. Galectins, a family of evolutionarily conserved glycan-binding proteins, can control tumor progression by directly influencing tumor growth or by modulating cell migration, angiogenesis, and tumor-immune escape. In this review, we will highlight recent findings on how galectin-glycan lattices control the dialogue between tumor and immune cells and how these interactions could be exploited for therapeutic purposes.
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- Mariana Salatino
- Laboratorio de Inmunopatología, Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Grande S, Palma A, Luciani AM, Rosi A, Guidoni L, Viti V. Glycosidic intermediates identified in 1H MR spectra of intact tumour cells may contribute to the clarification of aspects of glycosylation pathways. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2011; 24:68-79. [PMID: 20669171 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The glycosylation process, through the addition of carbohydrates, is a major post-translational modification of proteins and glycolipids. Proteins may be glycosylated in either the secretory pathway leading to N-linked or O-linked glycoproteins or as nucleocytoplasmic glycosylation that targets only single proteins involving a single β-linked N-acetylglucosamine. In both cases, the key precursors are the uridine diphospho-N-acetylhexosamines synthesised by the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway. Furthermore, uridine diphospho-N-acetylglucosamine participates in the biosynthesis of sialic acid. In this work, we propose MRS for the detection of uridine diphospho-N-acetylhexosamines visible in high-resolution MR spectra of intact cells from different human tumours. Signals from the nucleotide and amino sugar moieties, including amide signals observed for the first time in whole cells, are assigned, also taking advantage of spectral changes that follow cell treatment with ammonium chloride. Finally, parallel changes in uridine diphospho-N-acetylhexosamines and glutamine pools, observed after pH changes induced by ammonium chloride in the different tumour cell lines, may provide more details on the glycosylation processes.
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- Sveva Grande
- Dipartimento di Tecnologie e Salute and INFN Gruppo Collegato Sanità, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
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Cellular metabolic stress: considering how cells respond to nutrient excess. Mol Cell 2010; 40:323-32. [PMID: 20965425 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 340] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2010] [Revised: 10/01/2010] [Accepted: 10/04/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Nutrient stress is generally considered from the standpoint of how cells detect and respond to an insufficient supply of nutrients to meet their bioenergetic needs. However, cells also experience stress as a result of nutrient excess, during which reactive oxygen species (ROS) production exceeds that required for normal physiological responses. This may occur as a result of oncogene activation or chronic exposure to growth factors combined with high levels of nutrients. As a result, multiple mechanisms have evolved to allow cells to detect and adapt to elevated levels of intracellular metabolites, including promotion of signaling and proliferation by ROS, amino acid-dependent mTOR activation, and regulation of signaling and transcription through metabolite-sensitive protein modifications. We discuss how each of these responses can contribute to the development and/or progression of cancer under conditions of cellular nutrient excess and their potential roles in linking chronic organismal over-nutrition (obesity) with cancer.
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Wellen KE, Lu C, Mancuso A, Lemons JMS, Ryczko M, Dennis JW, Rabinowitz JD, Coller HA, Thompson CB. The hexosamine biosynthetic pathway couples growth factor-induced glutamine uptake to glucose metabolism. Genes Dev 2010; 24:2784-99. [PMID: 21106670 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1985910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 282] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Glucose and glutamine serve as the two primary carbon sources in proliferating cells, and uptake of both nutrients is directed by growth factor signaling. Although either glucose or glutamine can potentially support mitochondrial tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle integrity and ATP production, we found that glucose deprivation led to a marked reduction in glutamine uptake and progressive cellular atrophy in multiple mammalian cell types. Despite the continuous presence of growth factor and an abundant supply of extracellular glutamine, interleukin-3 (IL-3)-dependent cells were unable to maintain TCA cycle metabolite pools or receptor-dependent signal transduction when deprived of glucose. This was due at least in part to down-regulation of IL-3 receptor α (IL-3Rα) surface expression in the absence of glucose. Treatment of glucose-starved cells with N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) to maintain hexosamine biosynthesis restored mitochondrial metabolism and cell growth by promoting IL-3-dependent glutamine uptake and metabolism. Thus, glucose metabolism through the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway is required to sustain sufficient growth factor signaling and glutamine uptake to support cell growth and survival.
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- Kathryn E Wellen
- Department of Cancer Biology, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Lauc G, Zoldoš V. Protein glycosylation--an evolutionary crossroad between genes and environment. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2010; 6:2373-9. [PMID: 20957246 DOI: 10.1039/c0mb00067a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The majority of molecular processes in higher organisms are performed by various proteins and are thus determined by genes that encode these proteins. However, a significant structural component of at least half of all cellular proteins is not a polypeptide encoded by a single gene, but an oligosaccharide (glycan) synthesized by a network of proteins, resulting from the expression of hundreds of different genes. Relationships between hundreds of individual proteins that participate in glycan biosynthesis are very complex which enables the influence of environmental factors on the final structure of glycans, either by direct effects on individual enzymatic processes, or by induction of epigenetic changes that modify gene expression patterns. Until recently, the complexity of glycan structures prevented large scale studies of protein glycosylation, but recent advances in both glycan analysis and genotyping technologies, enabled the first insights into the intricate field of complex genetics of protein glycosylation. Mutations which inactivate genes involved in the synthesis of common N-glycan precursors are embryonically lethal. However, mutations in genes involved in modifications of glycan antennas are common and apparently contribute largely to individual phenotypic variations that exist in humans and other higher organisms. Some of these variations can be recognized as specific glyco-phenotypes that might represent specific evolutionary advantages or disadvantages. They are however, amenable to environmental influences and are thus less pre-determined than classical Mendelian mutations.
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- Gordan Lauc
- Genos Ltd, Glycobiology Division, Planinska 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
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Salomonsson E, Larumbe A, Tejler J, Tullberg E, Rydberg H, Sundin A, Khabut A, Frejd T, Lobsanov YD, Rini JM, Nilsson UJ, Leffler H. Monovalent Interactions of Galectin-1. Biochemistry 2010; 49:9518-32. [DOI: 10.1021/bi1009584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Emma Salomonsson
- Section MIG, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Sölvegatan 23, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Organic Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Organic Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Organic Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Section MIG, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Sölvegatan 23, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Organic Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Section MIG, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Sölvegatan 23, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Organic Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Molecular Structure and Function Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8 Canada
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- Departments of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8 Canada
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- Organic Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Section MIG, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Sölvegatan 23, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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Salomonsson E, Carlsson MC, Osla V, Hendus-Altenburger R, Kahl-Knutson B, Oberg CT, Sundin A, Nilsson R, Nordberg-Karlsson E, Nilsson UJ, Karlsson A, Rini JM, Leffler H. Mutational tuning of galectin-3 specificity and biological function. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:35079-91. [PMID: 20807768 PMCID: PMC2966122 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.098160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Galectins are defined by a conserved β-galactoside binding site that has been linked to many of their important functions in e.g. cell adhesion, signaling, and intracellular trafficking. Weak adjacent sites may enhance or decrease affinity for natural β-galactoside-containing glycoconjugates, but little is known about the biological role of this modulation of affinity (fine specificity). We have now produced 10 mutants of human galectin-3, with changes in these adjacent sites that have altered carbohydrate-binding fine specificity but that retain the basic β-galactoside binding activity as shown by glycan-array binding and a solution-based fluorescence anisotropy assay. Each mutant was also tested in two biological assays to provide a correlation between fine specificity and function. Galectin-3 R186S, which has selectively lost affinity for LacNAc, a disaccharide moiety commonly found on glycoprotein glycans, has lost the ability to activate neutrophil leukocytes and intracellular targeting into vesicles. K176L has increased affinity for β-galactosides substituted with GlcNAcβ1–3, as found in poly-N-acetyllactosaminoglycans, and increased potency to activate neutrophil leukocytes even though it has lost other aspects of galectin-3 fine specificity. G182A has altered carbohydrate-binding fine specificity and altered intracellular targeting into vesicles, a possible link to the intracellular galectin-3-mediated anti-apoptotic effect known to be lost by this mutant. Finally, the mutants have helped to define the differences in fine specificity shown by Xenopus, mouse, and human galectin-3 and, as such, the evidence for adaptive change during evolution.
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- Emma Salomonsson
- Section MIG, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, 223 62 Lund, Sweden
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Azzouz N, Kamena F, Seeberger PH. Synthetic Glycosylphosphatidylinositol as Tools for Glycoparasitology Research. OMICS-A JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY 2010; 14:445-54. [DOI: 10.1089/omi.2009.0138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Nahid Azzouz
- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomolecular Systems, Research Campus, Golm, Germany, and Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomolecular Systems, Research Campus, Golm, Germany, and Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomolecular Systems, Research Campus, Golm, Germany, and Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Du J, Yarema KJ. Carbohydrate engineered cells for regenerative medicine. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2010; 62:671-82. [PMID: 20117158 PMCID: PMC3032398 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2010.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2009] [Revised: 01/12/2010] [Accepted: 01/24/2010] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Carbohydrates are integral components of the stem cell niche on several levels; proteoglycans are a major constituent of the extracellular matrix (ECM) surrounding a cell, glycosoaminoglycans (GAGs) help link cells to the ECM and the neighboring cells, and small but informationally-rich oligosaccharides provide a "sugar code" that identifies each cell and provides it with unique functions. This article samples roles that glycans play in development and then describes how metabolic glycoengineering - a technique where monosaccharide analogs are introduced into the metabolic pathways of a cell and are biosynthetically incorporated into the glycocalyx - is overcoming many of the long-standing barriers to manipulating carbohydrates in living cells and tissues and is becoming an intriguing new tool for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
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- Jian Du
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University
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Janik ME, Lityńska A, Vereecken P. Cell migration-the role of integrin glycosylation. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2010; 1800:545-55. [PMID: 20332015 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2010.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2010] [Revised: 03/11/2010] [Accepted: 03/17/2010] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cell migration is an essential process in organ homeostasis, in inflammation, and also in metastasis, the main cause of death from cancer. The extracellular matrix (ECM) serves as the molecular scaffold for cell adhesion and migration; in the first phase of migration, adhesion of cells to the ECM is critical. Engagement of integrin receptors with ECM ligands gives rise to the formation of complex multiprotein structures which link the ECM to the cytoplasmic actin skeleton. Both ECM proteins and the adhesion receptors are glycoproteins, and it is well accepted that N-glycans modulate their conformation and activity, thereby affecting cell-ECM interactions. Likely targets for glycosylation are the integrins, whose ability to form functional dimers depends upon the presence of N-linked oligosaccharides. Cell migratory behavior may depend on the level of expression of adhesion proteins, and their N-glycosylation that affect receptor-ligand binding. SCOPE OF REVIEW The mechanism underlying the effect of integrin glycosylation on migration is still unknown, but results gained from integrins with artificial or mutated N-glycosylation sites provide evidence that integrin function can be regulated by changes in glycosylation. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE A better understanding of the molecular mechanism of cell migration processes could lead to novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches and applications. For this, the proteins and oligosaccharides involved in these events need to be characterized.
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- Marcelina E Janik
- Department of Glycoconjugate Biochemistry, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
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Genetic information flows from DNA to macromolecular structures-the dominant force in the molecular organization of life. However, recent work suggests that metabolite availability to the hexosamine and Golgi N-glycosylation pathways exerts control over the assembly of macromolecular complexes on the cell surface and, in this capacity, acts upstream of signaling and gene expression. The structure and number of N-glycans per protein molecule cooperate to regulate lectin binding and thereby the distribution of glycoproteins at the cell surface. Congenital disorders of glycosylation provide insight as extreme hypomorphisms, whereas milder deficiencies may encompass many common chronic conditions, including autoimmunity, metabolic syndrome, and aging.
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- James W Dennis
- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X5, Canada.
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Liu T, Jankovic D, Brault L, Ehret S, Baty F, Stavropoulou V, Rossi V, Biondi A, Schwaller J. Functional characterization of high levels of meningioma 1 as collaborating oncogene in acute leukemia. Leukemia 2010; 24:601-12. [PMID: 20072157 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2009.272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Retroviral expression of leukemogenic oncogenes in the murine hematopoietic system is essential but not sufficient to induce acute leukemia. Proviral integration-mediated elevated expression of the meningioma 1 (MN1) oncogene suggested MN1 acting as cooperating event in mixed-lineage leukemia 1 (MLL) and eleven nineteen leukemia (ENL)-induced murine leukemia. Indeed, co-expression of MN1 with MLL-ENL enhanced transformation in vivo, and resulted in a significantly reduced latency for induction of an aggressive acute leukemia when compared with MN1 or MLL-ENL alone. In addition, co-expression of MN1 increased the granulocyte macrophage progenitor cell population with leukemia-initiating properties as shown in secondary transplantation experiments. Gene expression profiling experiments identified putative downstream MN1 targets, of which FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) and CD34 were upregulated in both MN1-overexpressing murine leukemias and in pediatric acute leukemias with high MN1 levels. Interestingly, small interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated MN1 knockdown resulted in cell cycle arrest and impaired clonogenic growth of human leukemia cell lines with high MN1 levels. Our work shows for the first time that high MN1 levels are important for the growth of leukemic cells, and that increased MN1 expression can synergize with MLL-ENL and probably other transforming fusion genes in leukemia induction through a distinct gene expression program that is able to expand the leukemia-initiating cell population.
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- T Liu
- Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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WANG N, KANG XN, LIU YK, GUO K, CUI JF, SUN RX, CHEN J, ZHAO Y, CHEN P. Membrane Protein Glycanprofiling of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cell With Different Metastastic Potential by Lectin Microarray*. PROG BIOCHEM BIOPHYS 2009. [DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1206.2009.00120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Potapenko IO, Haakensen VD, Lüders T, Helland A, Bukholm I, Sørlie T, Kristensen VN, Lingjaerde OC, Børresen-Dale AL. Glycan gene expression signatures in normal and malignant breast tissue; possible role in diagnosis and progression. Mol Oncol 2009; 4:98-118. [PMID: 20060370 DOI: 10.1016/j.molonc.2009.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2009] [Revised: 12/02/2009] [Accepted: 12/02/2009] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Glycosylation is the stepwise procedure of covalent attachment of oligosaccharide chains to proteins or lipids, and alterations in this process have been associated with malignant transformation. Simultaneous analysis of the expression of all glycan-related genes clearly gives the advantage of enabling a comprehensive view of the genetic background of the glycobiological changes in cancer cells. Studies focusing on the expression of the whole glycome have now become possible, which prompted us to review the present knowledge on glycosylation in relation to breast cancer diagnosis and progression, in the light of available expression data from tumors and breast tissue of healthy individuals. We used various data resources to select a set of 419 functionally relevant genes involved in synthesis, degradation and binding of N-linked and O-linked glycans, Lewis antigens, glycosaminoglycans (chondroitin, heparin and keratan sulfate in addition to hyaluronan) and glycosphingolipids. Such glycans are involved in a number of processes relevant to carcinogenesis, including regulation of growth factors/growth factor receptors, cell-cell adhesion and motility as well as immune system modulation. Expression analysis of these glycan-related genes revealed that mRNA levels for many of them differ significantly between normal and malignant breast tissue. An associative analysis of these genes in the context of current knowledge of their function in protein glycosylation and connection(s) to cancer indicated that synthesis, degradation and adhesion mediated by glycans may be altered drastically in mammary carcinomas. Although further analysis is needed to assess how changes in mRNA levels of glycan genes influence a cell's glycome and the precise role that such altered glycan structures play in the pathogenesis of the disease, lessons drawn from this study may help in determining directions for future research in the rapidly-developing field of glycobiology.
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- Ivan O Potapenko
- Department of Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital Radiumhospitalet, 0310 Oslo, Norway
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A variety of post-translational protein modifications (PTMs) are known to be altered as a result of cancer development. Thus, these PTMs are potentially useful biomarkers for breast cancer. Mass spectrometry, antibody microarrays and immunohistochemistry techniques have shown promise for identifying changes in PTMs. In this review, we summarize the current literature on PTMs identified in the plasma and tumor tissue of breast-cancer patients or in breast cell lines. We also discuss some of the analytical techniques currently being used to evaluate PTMs.
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- Hongjun Jin
- Cell Biology and Biochemistry Group, Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, PO Box 999, 902 Battelle Blvd, Richland, WA 99352
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Porter A, Yue T, Heeringa L, Day S, Suh E, Haab BB. A motif-based analysis of glycan array data to determine the specificities of glycan-binding proteins. Glycobiology 2009; 20:369-80. [PMID: 19946132 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwp187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Glycan arrays have enabled detailed studies of the specificities of glycan-binding proteins. A challenge in the interpretation of glycan array data is to determine the specific features of glycan structures that are critical for binding. To address this challenge, we have developed a systematic method to interpret glycan array data using a motif-based analysis. Each glycan on a glycan array is classified according to its component sub-structures, or motifs. We analyze the binding of a given lectin to each glycan in terms of the motifs in order to identify the motifs that are selectively present in the glycans that are bound by the lectin. We compared two different methods to calculate the identification, termed intensity segregation and motif segregation, for the analysis of three well-characterized lectins with highly divergent behaviors. Both methods accurately identified the primary specificities as well as the weaker, secondary specificities of all three lectins. The complex binding behavior of wheat germ agglutinin was reduced to its simplified, independent specificities. We compiled the motif specificities of a wide variety of plant lectins, human lectins, and glycan-binding antibodies to uncover the relationships among the glycan-binding proteins and to provide a means to search for lectins with particular binding specificities. This approach should be valuable for rapidly analyzing and using glycan array data, for better describing and understanding glycan-binding specificities, and as a means to systematize and compare data from glycan arrays.
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- Andrew Porter
- Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA
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Walker DB, Joshi G, Davis AP. Progress in biomimetic carbohydrate recognition. Cell Mol Life Sci 2009; 66:3177-91. [PMID: 19582369 PMCID: PMC11115563 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-009-0081-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2009] [Revised: 06/12/2009] [Accepted: 06/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The importance of carbohydrate recognition in biology, and the unusual challenges involved, have lead to great interest in mimicking saccharide-binding proteins such as lectins. In this review, we discuss the design of artificial carbohydrate receptors, focusing on those which work under natural (i.e. aqueous) conditions. The problem is intrinsically difficult because of the similarity between substrate (carbohydrate) and solvent (water) and, accordingly, progress has been slow. However, recent developments suggest that solutions can be found. In particular, the "temple" family of carbohydrate receptors show good affinities and excellent selectivities for certain all-equatorial substrates. One example is selective for O-linked beta-N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc, as in the O-GlcNAc protein modification), while another is specific for beta-cellobiosyl and closely related disaccharides. Both show roughly millimolar affinities, matching the strength of some lectin-carbohydrate interactions.
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- D. Barney Walker
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS UK
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Bereman MS, Young DD, Deiters A, Muddiman DC. Development of a robust and high throughput method for profiling N-linked glycans derived from plasma glycoproteins by NanoLC-FTICR mass spectrometry. J Proteome Res 2009; 8:3764-70. [PMID: 19435342 DOI: 10.1021/pr9002323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Recent investigations continue to emphasize the importance of glycosylation in various diseases including cancer. In this work, we present a step-by-step protocol describing a method for N-linked glycan profiling of plasma glycoproteins by nanoflow liquid chromatography Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FTICR-MS). A large experimental space was initially explored and is described herein. Three internal standards were spiked into the sample and provided normalization of plasma glycan abundance across different experimental conditions. Incubation methods and times and the effect of NP40 detergent on glycan abundance were explored. It was found that an 18-h incubation with no detergent led to the greatest ion abundance; however, data could be obtained in less than one day from raw plasma samples utilizing microwave irradiation or shorter incubation periods. The intersample precision of three different glycans was less than 5.5% (RSD) when the internal standards were added prior to the initial processing step. The high mass measurement accuracy (<3 ppm) afforded by the FTICR mass spectrometer provided confident identifications of several glycan species.
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- Michael S Bereman
- W.M. Keck FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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Saravanan C, Cao Z, Head SR, Panjwani N. Analysis of differential expression of glycosyltransferases in healing corneas by glycogene microarrays. Glycobiology 2009; 20:13-23. [PMID: 19736239 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwp133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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It is generally accepted that the glycans on the cell surface and extracellular matrix proteins play a pivotal role in the events that mediate re-epithelialization of wounds. Yet, the global alteration in the structure and composition of glycans, specifically occurring during corneal wound closure remains unknown. In this study, GLYCOv2 glycogene microarray technology was used for the first time to identify the differentially expressed glycosylation-related genes in healing mouse corneas. Of approximately 2000 glycogenes on the array, the expression of 11 glycosytransferase and glycosidase enzymes was upregulated and that of 19 was downregulated more than 1.5-fold in healing corneas compared with the normal, uninjured corneas. Among them, notably, glycosyltransferases, beta3GalT5, T-synthase, and GnTIVb, were all found to be induced in the corneas in response to injury, whereas, GnTIII and many sialyltransferases were downregulated. Interestingly, it appears that the glycan structures on glycoproteins and glycolipids, expressed in healing corneas as a result of differential regulation of these glycosyltransferases, may serve as specific counter-receptors for galectin-3, a carbohydrate-binding protein, known to play a key role in re-epithelialization of corneal wounds. Additionally, many glycogenes including a proteoglycan, glypican-3, cell adhesion proteins dectin-1 and -2, and mincle, and mucin 1 were identified for the first time to be differentially regulated during corneal wound healing. Results of glycogene microarray data were confirmed by qRT-PCR and lectin blot analyses. The differentially expressed glycogenes identified in the present study have not previously been investigated in the context of wound healing and represent novel factors for investigating the role of carbohydrate-mediated recognition in corneal wound healing.
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- Chandrassegar Saravanan
- Program in Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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The association of receptors and solute transporters with components of the endocytic machinery regulates their surface levels, and thereby cellular sensitivity to cytokines, ligands and nutrients in the extracellular environment. Most transmembrane receptors and solute transporters are glycoproteins, and the Asn (N)-linked oligosaccharides (N-glycans) can bind animal lectins, forming multivalent lattices or microdomains that regulate glycoprotein mobility in the plane of membrane. The N-glycan number (sequence-encoded NXS/T) and context-dependent Golgi N-glycan branching cooperate to regulate glycoprotein affinities for the galectin family of lectins. Galectin-3 binding reduces EGF receptor trafficking into clathrin-coated pits and caveolae lipid rafts, decreases ligand-independent receptor activation and promotes alpha5beta1 integrin remodelling in focal adhesions. N-glycan branching in the medial Golgi increases glycan affinity for galectins, and the Golgi pathway is sensitive to uridine diphosphate-N-acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc) supply, in turn hexosamine pathway metabolites (fructose-6-P, glutamine and acetyl-CoA). Thus, lattice avidity and cellular responsiveness to extracellular cues are regulated in an adaptive manner by metabolism and Golgi modification to glycoproteins. Computational modelling of the hexosamine/Golgi/lattice has provided new insight on cell surface adaptation in cancer and autoimmune disease.
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- James W Dennis
- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue R988, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1X5.
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