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Quintana JI, Atxabal U, Unione L, Ardá A, Jiménez-Barbero J. Exploring multivalent carbohydrate-protein interactions by NMR. Chem Soc Rev 2023; 52:1591-1613. [PMID: 36753338 PMCID: PMC9987413 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00983h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
Abstract
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) has been widely employed to assess diverse features of glycan-protein molecular recognition events. Different types of qualitative and quantitative information at different degrees of resolution and complexity can be extracted from the proper application of the available NMR-techniques. In fact, affinity, structural, kinetic, conformational, and dynamic characteristics of the binding process are available. Nevertheless, except in particular cases, the affinity of lectin-sugar interactions is weak, mostly at the low mM range. This feature is overcome in biological processes by using multivalency, thus augmenting the strength of the binding. However, the application of NMR methods to monitor multivalent lectin-glycan interactions is intrinsically challenging. It is well known that when large macromolecular complexes are formed, the NMR signals disappear from the NMR spectrum, due to the existence of fast transverse relaxation, related to the large size and exchange features. Indeed, at the heart of the molecular recognition event, the associated free-bound chemical exchange process for both partners takes place in a particular timescale. Thus, these factors have to be considered and overcome. In this review article, we have distinguished, in a subjective manner, the existence of multivalent presentations in the glycan or in the lectin. From the glycan perspective, we have also considered whether multiple epitopes of a given ligand are presented in the same linear chain of a saccharide (i.e., poly-LacNAc oligosaccharides) or decorating different arms of a multiantennae scaffold, either natural (as in multiantennae N-glycans) or synthetic (of dendrimer or polymer nature). From the lectin perspective, the presence of an individual binding site at every monomer of a multimeric lectin may also have key consequences for the binding event at different levels of complexity.
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- Jon I Quintana
- CICbioGUNE, Basque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 800, 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain.
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- CICbioGUNE, Basque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 800, 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain.
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- CICbioGUNE, Basque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 800, 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain.
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Plaza Euskadi 5, 48009 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain
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- CICbioGUNE, Basque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 800, 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain.
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Plaza Euskadi 5, 48009 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain
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- CICbioGUNE, Basque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 800, 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain.
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Plaza Euskadi 5, 48009 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain
- Department of Organic Chemistry, II Faculty of Science and Technology, EHU-UPV, 48940 Leioa, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica En Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain
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Unione L, Moure MJ, Lenza MP, Oyenarte I, Ereño‐Orbea J, Ardá A, Jiménez‐Barbero J. The SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein Directly Binds Exogeneous Sialic Acids: A NMR View. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202201432. [PMID: 35191576 PMCID: PMC9074024 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202201432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
The interaction of the SARS CoV2 spike glycoprotein with two sialic acid-containing trisaccharides (α2,3 and α2,6 sialyl N-acetyllactosamine) has been demonstrated by NMR. The NMR-based distinction between the signals of those sialic acids in the glycans covalently attached to the spike protein and those belonging to the exogenous α2,3 and α2,6 sialyl N-acetyllactosamine ligands has been achieved by synthesizing uniformly 13 C-labelled trisaccharides at the sialic acid and galactose moieties. STD-1 H,13 C-HSQC NMR experiments elegantly demonstrate the direct interaction of the sialic acid residues of both trisaccharides with additional participation of the galactose moieties, especially for the α2,3-linked analogue. Additional experiments with the spike protein in the presence of a specific antibody for the N-terminal domain and with the isolated receptor binding and N-terminal domains of the spike protein unambiguously show that the sialic acid binding site is located at the N-terminal domain.
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- Luca Unione
- CICbioGUNEBasque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA)Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 80048162 DerioBizkaiaSpain
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- CICbioGUNEBasque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA)Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 80048162 DerioBizkaiaSpain
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- CICbioGUNEBasque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA)Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 80048162 DerioBizkaiaSpain
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- CICbioGUNEBasque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA)Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 80048162 DerioBizkaiaSpain
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- CICbioGUNEBasque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA)Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 80048162 DerioBizkaiaSpain
- IkerbasqueBasque Foundation for ScienceMaria Diaz de Haro 348013 BilbaoBizkaiaSpain
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- CICbioGUNEBasque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA)Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 80048162 DerioBizkaiaSpain
- IkerbasqueBasque Foundation for ScienceMaria Diaz de Haro 348013 BilbaoBizkaiaSpain
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- CICbioGUNEBasque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA)Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 80048162 DerioBizkaiaSpain
- IkerbasqueBasque Foundation for ScienceMaria Diaz de Haro 348013 BilbaoBizkaiaSpain
- Department of Organic ChemistryII Faculty of Science and Technology University of the Basque Country, EHU-UPV48940LeioaSpain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica En Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES)28029MadridSpain
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Unione L, Moure MJ, Lenza MP, Oyenarte I, Ereño‐Orbea J, Ardá A, Jiménez‐Barbero J. The SARS‐CoV‐2 Spike Glycoprotein Directly Binds Exogeneous Sialic Acids: A NMR View. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202201432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Luca Unione
- CICbioGUNE Basque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA) Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 800 48162 Derio Bizkaia Spain
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- CICbioGUNE Basque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA) Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 800 48162 Derio Bizkaia Spain
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- CICbioGUNE Basque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA) Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 800 48162 Derio Bizkaia Spain
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- CICbioGUNE Basque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA) Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 800 48162 Derio Bizkaia Spain
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- CICbioGUNE Basque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA) Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 800 48162 Derio Bizkaia Spain
- Ikerbasque Basque Foundation for Science Maria Diaz de Haro 3 48013 Bilbao Bizkaia Spain
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- CICbioGUNE Basque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA) Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 800 48162 Derio Bizkaia Spain
- Ikerbasque Basque Foundation for Science Maria Diaz de Haro 3 48013 Bilbao Bizkaia Spain
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- CICbioGUNE Basque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA) Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 800 48162 Derio Bizkaia Spain
- Ikerbasque Basque Foundation for Science Maria Diaz de Haro 3 48013 Bilbao Bizkaia Spain
- Department of Organic Chemistry II Faculty of Science and Technology University of the Basque Country, EHU-UPV 48940 Leioa Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica En Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES) 28029 Madrid Spain
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