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Segawa S, He X, Tang BZ. Metal-free click and bioorthogonal reactions of aggregation-induced emission probes for lighting up living systems. LUMINESCENCE 2024; 39:e4619. [PMID: 37987236 DOI: 10.1002/bio.4619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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In 2002, two transformative research paradigms emerged: 'click chemistry' and 'aggregation-induced emission (AIE),' both leaving significant impacts on early 21st-century academia. Click chemistry, which describes the straightforward and reliable reactions for linking two building blocks, has simplified complex molecular syntheses and functionalization, propelling advancements in polymer, material, and life science. In particular, nontoxic, metal-free click reactions involving abiotic functional groups have matured into bioorthogonal reactions. These are organic ligations capable of selective and efficient operations even in congested living systems, therefore enabling in vitro to in vivo biomolecular labelling. Concurrently, AIE, a fluorogenic phenomenon of twisted π-conjugated compounds upon aggregation, has offered profound insight into solid-state photophysics and promoted the creation of aggregate materials. The inherent fluorogenicity and aggregate-emission properties of AIE luminogens have found extensive application in biological imaging, characterized by their high-contrast and photostable fluorescent signals. As such, the convergence of these two domains to yield efficient labelling with excellent fluorescence images is an anticipated progression in recent life science research. In this review, we intend to showcase the synergetic applications of AIE probes and metal-free click or bioorthogonal reactions, highlighting both the achievements and the unexplored avenues in this promising field.
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- Shinsuke Segawa
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, School of Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- The Key Lab of Health Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- School of Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Aggregate Science and Technology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction and Institute for Advanced Study, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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Kadirvelraj R, Boruah BM, Wang S, Chapla D, Huang C, Ramiah A, Hudson KL, Prudden AR, Boons GJ, Withers SG, Wood ZA, Moremen KW. Structural basis for Lewis antigen synthesis by the α1,3-fucosyltransferase FUT9. Nat Chem Biol 2023; 19:1022-1030. [PMID: 37202521 PMCID: PMC10726971 DOI: 10.1038/s41589-023-01345-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Mammalian cell surface and secreted glycoproteins exhibit remarkable glycan structural diversity that contributes to numerous physiological and pathogenic interactions. Terminal glycan structures include Lewis antigens synthesized by a collection of α1,3/4-fucosyltransferases (CAZy GT10 family). At present, the only available crystallographic structure of a GT10 member is that of the Helicobacter pylori α1,3-fucosyltransferase, but mammalian GT10 fucosyltransferases are distinct in sequence and substrate specificity compared with the bacterial enzyme. Here, we determined crystal structures of human FUT9, an α1,3-fucosyltransferase that generates Lewisx and Lewisy antigens, in complex with GDP, acceptor glycans, and as a FUT9-donor analog-acceptor Michaelis complex. The structures reveal substrate specificity determinants and allow prediction of a catalytic model supported by kinetic analyses of numerous active site mutants. Comparisons with other GT10 fucosyltransferases and GT-B fold glycosyltransferases provide evidence for modular evolution of donor- and acceptor-binding sites and specificity for Lewis antigen synthesis among mammalian GT10 fucosyltransferases.
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- Renuka Kadirvelraj
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
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Kataki-Anastasakou A, Jia S, Axtell JC, Sletten EM. A Fluorescent Unnatural Mannosamine Derivative with Enhanced Emission Upon Complexation with Cucurbit[7]uril. Isr J Chem 2023; 63:e202200069. [PMID: 37636996 PMCID: PMC10457038 DOI: 10.1002/ijch.202200069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Metabolic incorporation of unnatural functionality on glycans has allowed chemical biologists to observe and affect cellular processes. Recent work has resulted in glycan-fluorophore structures that allow for direct visualization of glycan-mediated processes, shining light on their role in living systems. This work describes the serendipitous discovery of a small chemical reporter-fluorophore. Investigations into the mechanism of fluorescence arising from (trimethylsilyl)methylglycine appended on mannosamine suggest rigidity and restriction of lone pair geometry contribute to the fluorescent behaviour. In fact, in situ cyclization and encapsulation in cucurbit[7]uril enhance fluorescence to levels that can be observed in live cells. While the reported unnatural mannosamine does not traverse the sialic acid biosynthetic pathway, this discovery may lead to small, "turn-on" chemical reporters for incorporation in living systems.
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- Anna Kataki-Anastasakou
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Kufleitner M, Haiber LM, Wittmann V. Metabolic glycoengineering - exploring glycosylation with bioorthogonal chemistry. Chem Soc Rev 2023; 52:510-535. [PMID: 36537135 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00764a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Glycans are involved in numerous biological recognition events. Being secondary gene products, their labeling by genetic methods - comparable to GFP labeling of proteins - is not possible. To overcome this limitation, metabolic glycoengineering (MGE, also known as metabolic oligosaccharide engineering, MOE) has been developed. In this approach, cells or organisms are treated with synthetic carbohydrate derivatives that are modified with a chemical reporter group. In the cytosol, the compounds are metabolized and incorporated into newly synthesized glycoconjugates. Subsequently, the reporter groups can be further derivatized in a bioorthogonal ligation reaction. In this way, glycans can be visualized or isolated. Furthermore, diverse targeting strategies have been developed to direct drugs, nanoparticles, or whole cells to a desired location. This review summarizes research in the field of MGE carried out in recent years. After an introduction to the bioorthogonal ligation reactions that have been used in in connection with MGE, an overview on carbohydrate derivatives for MGE is given. The last part of the review focuses on the many applications of MGE starting from mammalian cells to experiments with animals and other organisms.
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- Markus Kufleitner
- Department of Chemistry and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology (KoRS-CB), University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology (KoRS-CB), University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology (KoRS-CB), University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.
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Chen D, Lin Y, Li A, Luo X, Yang C, Gao J, Lin H. Bio-orthogonal Metabolic Fluorine Labeling Enables Deep-Tissue Visualization of Tumor Cells In Vivo by 19F Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Anal Chem 2022; 94:16614-16621. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c02443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Dongxia Chen
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Yarravarapu N, Konada RSR, Darabedian N, Pedowitz NJ, Krishnamurthy SN, Pratt MR, Kohler JJ. Exo-Enzymatic Addition of Diazirine-Modified Sialic Acid to Cell Surfaces Enables Photocrosslinking of Glycoproteins. Bioconjug Chem 2022; 33:781-787. [PMID: 35437982 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.2c00037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Glycan binding often mediates extracellular macromolecular recognition events. Accurate characterization of these binding interactions can be difficult because of dissociation and scrambling that occur during purification and analysis steps. Use of photocrosslinking methods has been pursued to covalently capture glycan-dependent interactions in situ; however, use of metabolic glycan engineering methods to incorporate photocrosslinking sugar analogs is limited to certain cell types. Here, we report an exo-enzymatic labeling method to add a diazirine-modified sialic acid (SiaDAz) to cell surface glycoconjugates. The method involves the chemoenzymatic synthesis of diazirine-modified CMP-sialic acid (CMP-SiaDAz), followed by sialyltransferase-catalyzed addition of SiaDAz to desialylated cell surfaces. Cell surface SiaDAzylation is compatible with multiple cell types and is facilitated by endogenous extracellular sialyltransferase activity present in Daudi B cells. This method for extracellular addition of α2-6-linked SiaDAz enables UV-induced crosslinking of CD22, demonstrating the utility for covalent capture of glycan-mediated binding interactions.
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- Department of Biochemistry, UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas 75390, United States
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Tian X, Jiang H, Cai B, Feng H, Wang X, Yu G. Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Fucosylated Glycoproteins Produced by Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Under Different Polysaccharide Nutrition Conditions. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:826942. [PMID: 35308349 PMCID: PMC8931616 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.826942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, one of the most eminent representative gut commensal Bacteroides species, is able to use the L-fucose in host-derived and dietary polysaccharides to modify its capsular polysaccharides and glycoproteins through a mammalian-like salvage metabolic pathway. This process is essential for the colonization of the bacteria and for symbiosis with the host. However, despite the importance of fucosylated proteins (FGPs) in B. thetaiotaomicron, their types, distribution, and functions remain unclear. In this study, the effects of different polysaccharide (corn starch, mucin, and fucoidan) nutrition conditions on newly synthesized FGPs expressions and fucosylation are investigated using a chemical biological method based on metabolic labeling and bioorthogonal reaction. According to the results of label-free quantification, 559 FGPs (205 downregulated and 354 upregulated) are affected by the dietary conditions. Of these differentially expressed proteins, 65 proteins show extremely sensitive to polysaccharide nutrition conditions (FGPs fold change/global protein fold change ≥2.0 or ≤0.5). Specifically, the fucosylation of the chondroitin sulfate ABC enzyme, Sus proteins, and cationic efflux system proteins varies significantly upon the addition of mucin, corn starch, or fucoidan. Moreover, these polysaccharides can trigger an appreciable increase in the fucosylation level of the two-component system and ammonium transport proteins. These results highlight the efficiency of the combined metabolic glycan labeling and bio-orthogonal reaction in enriching the intestinal Bacteroides glycoproteins. Moreover, it emphasizes the sensitivity of Bacteroides fucosylation to polysaccharide nutrition conditions, which allows for the regulation of bacterial growth.
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- Xiao Tian
- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs of Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs of Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- *Correspondence: Hao Jiang,
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs of Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs of Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs of Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs of Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- Guangli Yu,
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Li Z, Yang Y, Yin P, Yang Z, Zhang B, Zhang S, Han B, Lv J, Dong F, Ma H. A New Lipid‐Droplets‐Targeted Fluorescence Probe with Dual‐Reactive Sites for Specific Detection of ClO
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in Living Cells. ChemistrySelect 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202104525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Zhao Li
- Key Laboratory of Eco-functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Eco-environmental Polymer Materials of Gansu Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Northwest Normal University Lanzhou 730070 China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Eco-environmental Polymer Materials of Gansu Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Northwest Normal University Lanzhou 730070 China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Eco-environmental Polymer Materials of Gansu Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Northwest Normal University Lanzhou 730070 China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Eco-environmental Polymer Materials of Gansu Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Northwest Normal University Lanzhou 730070 China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Eco-environmental Polymer Materials of Gansu Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Northwest Normal University Lanzhou 730070 China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Eco-environmental Polymer Materials of Gansu Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Northwest Normal University Lanzhou 730070 China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Eco-environmental Polymer Materials of Gansu Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Northwest Normal University Lanzhou 730070 China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Eco-environmental Polymer Materials of Gansu Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Northwest Normal University Lanzhou 730070 China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Eco-environmental Polymer Materials of Gansu Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Northwest Normal University Lanzhou 730070 China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Eco-environmental Polymer Materials of Gansu Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Northwest Normal University Lanzhou 730070 China
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Cui T, Man Y, Wang F, Bi S, Lin L, Xie R. Glycoenzyme Tool Development: Principles, Screening Methods, and Recent Advances
†. CHINESE J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202100770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Tongxiao Cui
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC) Nanjing University Nanjing, Jiagsu 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC) Nanjing University Nanjing, Jiagsu 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC) Nanjing University Nanjing, Jiagsu 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio‐organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry Shanghai 200032 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio‐organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry Shanghai 200032 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC) Nanjing University Nanjing, Jiagsu 210023 China
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Cheng B, Tang Q, Zhang C, Chen X. Glycan Labeling and Analysis in Cells and In Vivo. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (PALO ALTO, CALIF.) 2021; 14:363-387. [PMID: 34314224 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-091620-091314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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As one of the major types of biomacromolecules in the cell, glycans play essential functional roles in various biological processes. Compared with proteins and nucleic acids, the analysis of glycans in situ has been more challenging. Herein we review recent advances in the development of methods and strategies for labeling, imaging, and profiling of glycans in cells and in vivo. Cellular glycans can be labeled by affinity-based probes, including lectin and antibody conjugates, direct chemical modification, metabolic glycan labeling, and chemoenzymatic labeling. These methods have been applied to label glycans with fluorophores, which enables the visualization and tracking of glycans in cells, tissues, and living organisms. Alternatively, labeling glycans with affinity tags has enabled the enrichment of glycoproteins for glycoproteomic profiling. Built on the glycan labeling methods, strategies enabling cell-selective and tissue-specific glycan labeling and protein-specific glycan imaging have been developed. With these methods and strategies, researchers are now better poised than ever to dissect the biological function of glycans in physiological or pathological contexts.
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- Bo Cheng
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Systematically dissecting the molecular basis of the cell surface as well as its related biological activities is considered as one of the most cutting-edge fields in fundamental sciences. The advent of various advanced cell imaging techniques allows us to gain a glimpse of how the cell surface is structured and coordinated with other cellular components to respond to intracellular signals and environmental stimuli. Nowadays, cell surface-related studies have entered a new era featured by a redirected aim of not just understanding but artificially manipulating/remodeling the cell surface properties. To meet this goal, biologists and chemists are intensely engaged in developing more maneuverable cell surface labeling strategies by exploiting the cell's intrinsic biosynthetic machinery or direct chemical/physical binding methods for imaging, sensing, and biomedical applications. In this review, we summarize the recent advances that focus on the visualization of various cell surface structures/dynamics and accurate monitoring of the microenvironment of the cell surface. Future challenges and opportunities in these fields are discussed, and the importance of cell surface-based studies is highlighted.
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- Hao-Ran Jia
- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, 2 Sipailou Road, Nanjing 210096, P. R. China.
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Liu CG, Wang Y, Liu P, Yao QL, Zhou YY, Li CF, Zhao Q, Liu GH, Zhang XL. Aptamer-T Cell Targeted Therapy for Tumor Treatment Using Sugar Metabolism and Click Chemistry. ACS Chem Biol 2020; 15:1554-1565. [PMID: 32401486 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.0c00164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The development of a tumor-targeted immunotherapy is highly required. The most advanced application is the use of CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)T (CAR-T) cells to B cell malignancies, but there are still side effects including potential carcinogenicity of lentiviral or retroviral insertion into the host cell genome. Here, we developed a nonviral aptamer-T cell targeted strategy for tumor therapy. Tumor cells surface-specific ssDNA aptamers were conjugated to CD3+T cells (aptamer-T cells) using N-azidomannosamine (ManNAz) sugar metabolic cell labeling and click chemistry. We found that the aptamer-T cells could specifically target and bind to tumor cells (such as SGC-7901 gastric cancer cell and CT26 colon carcinoma cell) in vitro and in mice after adoptively transfer in. Aptamer-T cells led to significant regression in tumor volume due to being enriched at tumor microenvironment and producing strong cytotoxicity activities of CD3+T cells with enhanced perforin, granzyme B, CD107a, CD69, and FasL expression. Moreover, aptamer-T displayed even stronger antitumor effects than an anti-PD1 immune-checkpoint monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatment in mice and combination with anti-PD1 yielded synergic antitumor effects. This study uncovers the strong potential of the adoptive nonviral aptamer-T cell strategy as a feasible and efficacious approach for tumor-targeted immunotherapy application.
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- Chuan-Gang Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Department of Immunology Wuhan University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Medical Research Institute, Wuhan University School of Medicine, Wuhan 430071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Department of Immunology Wuhan University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Medical Research Institute, Wuhan University School of Medicine, Wuhan 430071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Department of Immunology Wuhan University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Medical Research Institute, Wuhan University School of Medicine, Wuhan 430071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Department of Immunology Wuhan University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Medical Research Institute, Wuhan University School of Medicine, Wuhan 430071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Department of Immunology Wuhan University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Medical Research Institute, Wuhan University School of Medicine, Wuhan 430071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Department of Immunology Wuhan University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Medical Research Institute, Wuhan University School of Medicine, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Clinical Research Center for Intestinal and Colorectal Diseases, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Allergy and Immune-related Diseases, Allergy Department of Zhongnan Hospital Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Department of Immunology Wuhan University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Medical Research Institute, Wuhan University School of Medicine, Wuhan 430071, China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Allergy and Immune-related Diseases, Allergy Department of Zhongnan Hospital Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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Exposed: cells' sugary secrets. Nature 2020; 579:459-461. [PMID: 32179859 DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-00769-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Alteen MG, Gros C, Meek RW, Cardoso DA, Busmann JA, Sangouard G, Deen MC, Tan H, Shen DL, Russell CC, Davies GJ, Robinson PJ, McCluskey A, Vocadlo DJ. A Direct Fluorescent Activity Assay for Glycosyltransferases Enables Convenient High‐Throughput Screening: Application to
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‐GlcNAc Transferase. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202000621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Matthew G. Alteen
- Department of Chemistry Simon Fraser University Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry Simon Fraser University Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 Canada
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- York Structural Biology Laboratory Department of Chemistry University of York York YO10 5DD UK
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- Children's Medical Research Institute The University of Sydney Sydney NSW 2145 Australia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Simon Fraser University Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry Simon Fraser University Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry Simon Fraser University Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry Simon Fraser University Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Simon Fraser University Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 Canada
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- Chemistry, School of Environmental and Life Sciences The University of Newcastle University Drive Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia
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- York Structural Biology Laboratory Department of Chemistry University of York York YO10 5DD UK
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- Children's Medical Research Institute The University of Sydney Sydney NSW 2145 Australia
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- Chemistry, School of Environmental and Life Sciences The University of Newcastle University Drive Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia
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- Department of Chemistry Simon Fraser University Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 Canada
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Simon Fraser University Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 Canada
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Alteen MG, Gros C, Meek RW, Cardoso DA, Busmann JA, Sangouard G, Deen MC, Tan H, Shen DL, Russell CC, Davies GJ, Robinson PJ, McCluskey A, Vocadlo DJ. A Direct Fluorescent Activity Assay for Glycosyltransferases Enables Convenient High‐Throughput Screening: Application toO‐GlcNAc Transferase. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:9601-9609. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202000621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Revised: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Matthew G. Alteen
- Department of ChemistrySimon Fraser University Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 Canada
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- Department of ChemistrySimon Fraser University Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 Canada
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- York Structural Biology LaboratoryDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of York York YO10 5DD UK
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- Children's Medical Research InstituteThe University of Sydney Sydney NSW 2145 Australia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and BiochemistrySimon Fraser University Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 Canada
| | - Gontran Sangouard
- Department of ChemistrySimon Fraser University Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 Canada
| | - Matthew C. Deen
- Department of ChemistrySimon Fraser University Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 Canada
| | - Hong‐Yee Tan
- Department of ChemistrySimon Fraser University Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 Canada
| | - David L. Shen
- Department of Molecular Biology and BiochemistrySimon Fraser University Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 Canada
| | - Cecilia C. Russell
- Chemistry, School of Environmental and Life SciencesThe University of Newcastle University Drive Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia
| | - Gideon J. Davies
- York Structural Biology LaboratoryDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of York York YO10 5DD UK
| | - Phillip J. Robinson
- Children's Medical Research InstituteThe University of Sydney Sydney NSW 2145 Australia
| | - Adam McCluskey
- Chemistry, School of Environmental and Life SciencesThe University of Newcastle University Drive Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia
| | - David J. Vocadlo
- Department of ChemistrySimon Fraser University Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 Canada
- Department of Molecular Biology and BiochemistrySimon Fraser University Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 Canada
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