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Manning JC, Baldoneschi V, Romero-Hernández LL, Pichler KM, GarcÍa Caballero G, André S, Kutzner TJ, Ludwig AK, Zullo V, Richichi B, Windhager R, Kaltner H, Toegel S, Gabius HJ, Murphy PV, Nativi C. Targeting osteoarthritis-associated galectins and an induced effector class by a ditopic bifunctional reagent: Impact of its glycan part on binding measured in the tissue context. Bioorg Med Chem 2022; 75:117068. [PMID: 36327696 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2022.117068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2022] [Revised: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Pairing glycans with tissue lectins controls multiple effector pathways in (patho)physiology. A clinically relevant example is the prodegradative activity of galectins-1 and -3 (Gal-1 and -3) in the progression of osteoarthritis (OA) via matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), especially MMP-13. The design of heterobifunctional inhibitors that can block galectin binding and MMPs both directly and by preventing their galectin-dependent induction selectively offers a perspective to dissect the roles of lectins and proteolytic enzymes. We describe the synthesis of such a reagent with a bivalent galectin ligand connected to an MMP inhibitor and of two tetravalent glycoclusters with a subtle change in headgroup presentation for further elucidation of influence on ligand binding. Testing was performed on clinical material with mixtures of galectins as occurring in vivo, using sections of fixed tissue. Two-colour fluorescence microscopy monitored binding to the cellular glycome after optimization of experimental parameters. In the presence of the inhibitor, galectin binding to OA specimens was significantly reduced. These results open the perspective to examine the inhibitory capacity of custom-made ditopic compounds on binding of lectins in mixtures using sections of clinical material with known impact of galectins and MMPs on disease progression.
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Affiliation(s)
- Joachim C Manning
- Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Lena-Christ-Str. 48, 82152 Planegg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia, 3-13, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence 50019, Italy
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, University of Galway, University Road, Galway H91 TK33, Ireland
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- Karl Chiari Lab for Orthopedic Biology, Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Lena-Christ-Str. 48, 82152 Planegg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Lena-Christ-Str. 48, 82152 Planegg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Lena-Christ-Str. 48, 82152 Planegg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Lena-Christ-Str. 48, 82152 Planegg, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, University of Pisa, Via Moruzzi 13, Pisa 56124, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia, 3-13, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence 50019, Italy
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- Karl Chiari Lab for Orthopedic Biology, Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Lena-Christ-Str. 48, 82152 Planegg, Germany
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- Karl Chiari Lab for Orthopedic Biology, Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria; Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Arthritis and Rehabilitation, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Lena-Christ-Str. 48, 82152 Planegg, Germany
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, University of Galway, University Road, Galway H91 TK33, Ireland; SSPC - Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Pharmaceuticals, CÚRAM - Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Medical Devices, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road, Galway H91 TK33, Ireland.
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- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia, 3-13, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence 50019, Italy; CeRM, University of Florence, via L. Sacconi, 6, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence 50019, Italy
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Gabius H, Cudic M, Diercks T, Kaltner H, Kopitz J, Mayo KH, Murphy PV, Oscarson S, Roy R, Schedlbauer A, Toegel S, Romero A. What is the Sugar Code? Chembiochem 2022; 23:e202100327. [PMID: 34496130 PMCID: PMC8901795 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202100327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Revised: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
A code is defined by the nature of the symbols, which are used to generate information-storing combinations (e. g. oligo- and polymers). Like nucleic acids and proteins, oligo- and polysaccharides are ubiquitous, and they are a biochemical platform for establishing molecular messages. Of note, the letters of the sugar code system (third alphabet of life) excel in coding capacity by making an unsurpassed versatility for isomer (code word) formation possible by variability in anomery and linkage position of the glycosidic bond, ring size and branching. The enzymatic machinery for glycan biosynthesis (writers) realizes this enormous potential for building a large vocabulary. It includes possibilities for dynamic editing/erasing as known from nucleic acids and proteins. Matching the glycome diversity, a large panel of sugar receptors (lectins) has developed based on more than a dozen folds. Lectins 'read' the glycan-encoded information. Hydrogen/coordination bonding and ionic pairing together with stacking and C-H/π-interactions as well as modes of spatial glycan presentation underlie the selectivity and specificity of glycan-lectin recognition. Modular design of lectins together with glycan display and the nature of the cognate glycoconjugate account for the large number of post-binding events. They give an entry to the glycan vocabulary its functional, often context-dependent meaning(s), hereby building the dictionary of the sugar code.
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- Hans‐Joachim Gabius
- Institute of Physiological ChemistryFaculty of Veterinary MedicineLudwig-Maximilians-University MunichVeterinärstr. 1380539MunichGermany
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryCharles E. Schmidt College of ScienceFlorida Atlantic University777 Glades RoadBoca RatonFlorida33431USA
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- Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE)Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA)Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 801 A48160DerioBizkaiaSpain
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- Institute of Physiological ChemistryFaculty of Veterinary MedicineLudwig-Maximilians-University MunichVeterinärstr. 1380539MunichGermany
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- Institute of PathologyDepartment of Applied Tumor BiologyFaculty of MedicineRuprecht-Karls-University HeidelbergIm Neuenheimer Feld 22469120HeidelbergGermany
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- Department of BiochemistryMolecular Biology & BiophysicsUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMN 55455USA
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- CÚRAM – SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices and theSchool of ChemistryNational University of Ireland GalwayUniversity RoadGalwayH91 TK33Ireland
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- Centre for Synthesis and Chemical BiologyUniversity College DublinBelfieldDublin 4Ireland
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- Département de Chimie et BiochimieUniversité du Québec à MontréalCase Postale 888Succ. Centre-Ville MontréalQuébecH3C 3P8Canada
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- Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE)Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA)Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 801 A48160DerioBizkaiaSpain
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- Karl Chiari Lab for Orthopaedic BiologyDepartment of Orthopedics and Trauma SurgeryMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
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- Department of Structural and Chemical BiologyCIB Margarita Salas, CSICRamiro de Maeztu 928040MadridSpain
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Imitating evolution's tinkering by protein engineering reveals extension of human galectin-7 activity. Histochem Cell Biol 2021; 156:253-272. [PMID: 34152508 PMCID: PMC8460509 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-021-02004-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Wild-type lectins have distinct types of modular design. As a step to explain the physiological importance of their special status, hypothesis-driven protein engineering is used to generate variants. Concerning adhesion/growth-regulatory galectins, non-covalently associated homodimers are commonly encountered in vertebrates. The homodimeric galectin-7 (Gal-7) is a multifunctional context-dependent modulator. Since the possibility of conversion from the homodimer to hybrids with other galectin domains, i.e. from Gal-1 and Gal-3, has recently been discovered, we designed Gal-7-based constructs, i.e. stable (covalently linked) homo- and heterodimers. They were produced and purified by affinity chromatography, and the sugar-binding activity of each lectin unit proven by calorimetry. Inspection of profiles of binding of labeled galectins to an array-like platform with various cell types, i.e. sections of murine epididymis and jejunum, and impact on neuroblastoma cell proliferation revealed no major difference between natural and artificial (stable) homodimers. When analyzing heterodimers, acquisition of altered properties was seen. Remarkably, binding properties and activity as effector can depend on the order of arrangement of lectin domains (from N- to C-termini) and on the linker length. After dissociation of the homodimer, the Gal-7 domain can build new functionally active hybrids with other partners. This study provides a clear direction for research on defining the full range of Gal-7 functionality and offers the perspective of testing applications for engineered heterodimers.
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Habermann FA, Kaltner H, Higuero AM, García Caballero G, Ludwig AK, C. Manning J, Abad-Rodríguez J, Gabius HJ. What Cyto- and Histochemistry Can Do to Crack the Sugar Code. Acta Histochem Cytochem 2021; 54:31-48. [PMID: 34012175 PMCID: PMC8116616 DOI: 10.1267/ahc.21-00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
As letters form the vocabulary of a language, biochemical 'symbols' (the building blocks of oligo- and polymers) make writing molecular messages possible. Compared to nucleotides and amino acids, sugars have chemical properties that facilitate to reach an unsurpassed level of oligomer diversity. These glycans are a part of the ubiquitous cellular glycoconjugates. Cyto- and histochemically, the glycans' structural complexity is mapped by glycophenotyping of cells and tissues using receptors ('readers', thus called lectins), hereby revealing its dynamic spatiotemporal regulation: these data support the concept of a sugar code. When proceeding from work with plant (haem)agglutinins as such tools to the discovery of endogenous (tissue) lectins, it became clear that a broad panel of biological meanings can indeed be derived from the sugar-based vocabulary (the natural glycome incl. post-synthetic modifications) by glycan-lectin recognition in situ. As consequence, the immunocyto- and histochemical analysis of lectin expression is building a solid basis for the steps toward tracking down functional correlations, for example in processes leading to cell adhesion, apoptosis, autophagy or growth regulation as well as targeted delivery of glycoproteins. Introduction of labeled tissue lectins to glycan profiling assists this endeavor by detecting counterreceptor(s) in situ. Combining these tools and their applications strategically will help to take the trip toward the following long-range aim: to compile a dictionary for the glycan vocabulary that translates each message (oligosaccharide) into its bioresponse(s), that is to crack the sugar code.
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- Felix A. Habermann
- Institute of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Veterinärstr. 13, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Veterinärstr. 13, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Membrane and Axonal Repair Laboratory, National Hospital for Paraplegics (SESCAM), Finca La Peraleda s/n, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Veterinärstr. 13, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Veterinärstr. 13, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Veterinärstr. 13, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Membrane and Axonal Repair Laboratory, National Hospital for Paraplegics (SESCAM), Finca La Peraleda s/n, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Veterinärstr. 13, 80539 Munich, Germany
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