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Stuart-Walker W, Mahon CS. Glycomacromolecules: Addressing challenges in drug delivery and therapeutic development. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2021; 171:77-93. [PMID: 33539854 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2021.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2020] [Revised: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Carbohydrate-based materials offer exciting opportunities for drug delivery. They present readily available, biocompatible components for the construction of macromolecular systems which can be loaded with cargo, and can enable targeting of a payload to particular cell types through carbohydrate recognition events established in biological systems. These systems can additionally be engineered to respond to environmental stimuli, enabling triggered release of payload, to encompass multiple modes of therapeutic action, or to simultaneously fulfil a secondary function such as enabling imaging of target tissue. Here, we will explore the use of glycomacromolecules to deliver therapeutic benefits to address key health challenges, and suggest future directions for development of next-generation systems.
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Yin XG, Lu J, Wang J, Zhang RY, Wang XF, Liao CM, Liu XP, Liu Z, Guo J. Synthesis and Evaluation of Liposomal Anti-GM3 Cancer Vaccine Candidates Covalently and Noncovalently Adjuvanted by αGalCer. J Med Chem 2021; 64:1951-1965. [PMID: 33539088 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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GM3, a typical tumor-associated carbohydrate antigen, is considered as an important target for cancer vaccine development, but its low immunogenicity limits its application. αGalCer, an iNKT cell agonist, has been employed as an adjuvant via a unique immune mode. Herein, we prepared and investigated two types of antitumor vaccine candidates: (a) self-adjuvanting vaccine GM3-αGalCer by conjugating GM3 with αGalCer and (b) noncovalent vaccine GM3-lipid/αGalCer, in which GM3 is linked with lipid anchor and coassembled with αGalCer. This demonstrated that βGalCer is an exceptionally optimized lipid anchor, which enables the noncovalent vaccine candidate GM3-βGalCer/αGalCer to evoke a comparable antibody level to GM3-αGalCer. However, the antibodies induced by GM3-αGalCer are better at recognition B16F10 cancer cells and more effectively activate the complement system. Our study highlights the importance of vaccine constructs utilizing covalent or noncovalent assembly between αGalCer with carbohydrate antigens and choosing an appropriate lipid anchor for use in noncovalent vaccine formulation.
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- Xu-Guang Yin
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Pesticide and Green Synthesis, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Pesticide and Green Synthesis, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Pesticide and Green Synthesis, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Pesticide and Green Synthesis, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Pesticide and Green Synthesis, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Pesticide and Green Synthesis, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Pesticide and Green Synthesis, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Pesticide and Green Synthesis, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Pesticide and Green Synthesis, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, P. R. China
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Silva-Filho JC, Melo CGFD, Oliveira JLD. The influence of ABO blood groups on COVID-19 susceptibility and severity: A molecular hypothesis based on carbohydrate-carbohydrate interactions. Med Hypotheses 2020; 144:110155. [PMID: 33254482 PMCID: PMC7395945 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The world is experiencing one of the most difficult moments in history with the COVID-19 pandemic, a disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, a new type of coronavirus. Virus infectivity is mediated by the binding of Spike transmembrane glycoprotein to specific protein receptors present on cell host surface. Spike is a homotrimer that emerges from the virion, each monomer containing two subunits named S1 and S2, which are related to cell recognition and membrane fusion, respectively. S1 is subdivided in domains S1A (or NTD) and S1B (or RBD), with experimental and in silico studies suggesting that the former binds to sialic acid-containing glycoproteins, such as CD147, whereas the latter binds to ACE2 receptor. Recent findings indicate that the ABO blood system modulates susceptibility and progression of infection, with type-A individuals being more susceptible to infection and/or manifestation of a severe condition. Seeking to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying this susceptibility, we carried out an extensive bibliographic survey on the subject. Based on this survey, we hypothesize that the correlation between the ABO blood system and susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection can be presumably explained by the modulation of sialic acid-containing receptors distribution on host cell surface induced by ABO antigens through carbohydrate-carbohydrate interactions, which could maximize or minimize the virus Spike protein binding to the host cell. This model could explain previous sparse observations on the molecular mechanism of infection and can direct future research to better understand of COVID-19 pathophysiology.
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Won S, Hindmarsh S, Gibson MI. Triggerable Multivalent Glyconanoparticles for Probing Carbohydrate-Carbohydrate Interactions. ACS Macro Lett 2018; 7:178-183. [PMID: 29657901 PMCID: PMC5894439 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.7b00891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2017] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Carbohydrate-carbohydrate interactions are proposed to be biologically significant but have lower affinities than the well-studied carbohydrate-protein interactions. Here we introduce multivalent glyconanostructures where the surface expression of lactose can be triggered by an external stimulus, and a gold nanoparticle core enables colorimetric signal outputs to probe binding. Macromolecular engineering of a responsive polymer "gate" enables the lactose moieties to be presented only when an external stimulus is present, mimicking how nature uses enzymes to dynamically regulate glycan expression. Two different carbohydrate-carbohydrate interactions are investigated using this tool.
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- Sangho Won
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K
- Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K
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Yan G, Yamaguchi T, Suzuki T, Yanaka S, Sato S, Fujita M, Kato K. Hyper-Assembly of Self-Assembled Glycoclusters Mediated by Specific Carbohydrate-Carbohydrate Interactions. Chem Asian J 2017; 12:968-972. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201700202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2017] [Revised: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Gengwei Yan
- School of Physical Science; SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies); 5-1 Higashiyama Myodaiji Okazaki 444-8787 Japan
- Institute for Molecular Science and Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience; National Institutes of Natural Sciences; 5-1 Higashiyama Myodaiji Okazaki 444-8787 Japan
- School of Materials Science; Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; 1-1 Asahidai Nomi 923-1292 Japan
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Nagoya City University; 3-1 Tanabe-dori Mizuho-ku Nagoya 467-8603 Japan
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- Institute for Molecular Science and Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience; National Institutes of Natural Sciences; 5-1 Higashiyama Myodaiji Okazaki 444-8787 Japan
- School of Materials Science; Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; 1-1 Asahidai Nomi 923-1292 Japan
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Nagoya City University; 3-1 Tanabe-dori Mizuho-ku Nagoya 467-8603 Japan
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- Institute for Molecular Science and Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience; National Institutes of Natural Sciences; 5-1 Higashiyama Myodaiji Okazaki 444-8787 Japan
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Nagoya City University; 3-1 Tanabe-dori Mizuho-ku Nagoya 467-8603 Japan
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- Institute for Molecular Science and Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience; National Institutes of Natural Sciences; 5-1 Higashiyama Myodaiji Okazaki 444-8787 Japan
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Nagoya City University; 3-1 Tanabe-dori Mizuho-ku Nagoya 467-8603 Japan
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- Advanced Institute for Materials Research; Tohoku University; 2-1-1 Katahira Aoba-ku Sendai 980-8577 Japan
- JST; ERATO; Isobe Degenerate π-Integration Project; 2-1-1 Katahira Aoba-ku Sendai 980-8577 Japan
- School of Engineering; The University of Tokyo; 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
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- School of Engineering; The University of Tokyo; 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
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- School of Physical Science; SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies); 5-1 Higashiyama Myodaiji Okazaki 444-8787 Japan
- Institute for Molecular Science and Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience; National Institutes of Natural Sciences; 5-1 Higashiyama Myodaiji Okazaki 444-8787 Japan
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Nagoya City University; 3-1 Tanabe-dori Mizuho-ku Nagoya 467-8603 Japan
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Haugstad KE, Hadjialirezaei S, Stokke BT, Brewer CF, Gerken TA, Burchell J, Picco G, Sletmoen M. Interactions of mucins with the Tn or Sialyl Tn cancer antigens including MUC1 are due to GalNAc-GalNAc interactions. Glycobiology 2016; 26:1338-1350. [PMID: 27282157 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cww065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2015] [Revised: 05/30/2016] [Accepted: 05/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The molecular mechanism(s) underlying the enhanced self-interactions of mucins possessing the Tn (GalNAcα1-Ser/Thr) or STn (NeuNAcα2-6GalNAcα1-Ser/Thr) cancer markers were investigated using optical tweezers (OT). The mucins examined included modified porcine submaxillary mucin containing the Tn epitope (Tn-PSM), ovine submaxillary mucin with the STn epitope (STn-OSM), and recombinant MUC1 analogs with either the Tn and STn epitope. OT experiments in which the mucins were immobilized onto polystyrene beads revealed identical self-interaction characteristics for all mucins. Identical binding strength and energy landscape characteristics were also observed for synthetic polymers displaying multiple GalNAc decorations. Polystyrene beads without immobilized mucins showed no self-interactions and also no interactions with mucin-decorated polystyrene beads. Taken together, the experimental data suggest that in these molecules, the GalNAc residue mediates interactions independent of the anchoring polymer backbone. Furthermore, GalNAc-GalNAc interactions appear to be responsible for self-interactions of mucins decorated with the STn epitope. Hence, Tn-MUC1 and STn-MUC1 undergo self-interactions mediated by the GalNAc residue in both epitopes, suggesting a possible molecular role in cancer. MUC1 possessing the T (Galβ1-3GalNAcα1-Ser/Thr) or ST antigen (NeuNAcα2-3Galβ1-3GalNAcα1-Ser/Thr) failed to show self-interactions. However, in the case of ST-MUC1, self-interactions were observed after subsequent treatment with neuraminidase and β-galactosidase. This enzymatic treatment is expected to introduce Tn-epitopes and these observations thus further strengthen the conclusion that the observed interactions are mediated by the GalNAc groups.
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- Kristin E Haugstad
- Department of Physics, Biophysics and Medical Technology, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Physics, Biophysics and Medical Technology, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Physics, Biophysics and Medical Technology, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Departments of Molecular Pharmacology, and Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics, Biochemistry and Chemistry, W. A. Bernbaum Center for Cystic Fibrosis Research, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106-4948, USA
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- Breast Cancer Biology, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, SE1 9RT, UK
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- Breast Cancer Biology, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, SE1 9RT, UK
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- Department of Biotechnology, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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