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da Silva RCC, Roldan-Filho RS, de Luna-Aragão MA, de Oliveira Silva RL, Ferreira-Neto JRC, da Silva MD, Benko-Iseppon AM. Omics-driven bioinformatics for plant lectins discovery and functional annotation - A comprehensive review. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 279:135511. [PMID: 39260647 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.135511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2024] [Revised: 09/07/2024] [Accepted: 09/07/2024] [Indexed: 09/13/2024]
Abstract
Lectins are known for their specific and reversible binding capacity to carbohydrates. These molecules have been particularly explored in plants due to their reported properties, highlighting antimicrobial, antiviral, anticancer, antiparasitic, insecticidal, and immunoregulatory actions. The increasing availability of lectin and lectin-like sequences in omics data banks provides an opportunity to identify important candidates, inferring their roles in essential signaling pathways and processes in plants. Bioinformatics enables a fast and low-cost scenario for elucidating sequences and predicting functions in the lectinology universe. Thus, this review addresses the state of the art of annotation, structural characterization, classification, and predicted applications of plant lectins. Their allergenic and toxic properties are also discussed, as well as tools for predicting such effects from the primary structure. This review uncovers a promising scenario for plant lectins and new study possibilities, particularly for studies in lectinology in the omics era.
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- General Microbiology Laboratory, Agricultural Science Campus, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina 56300-990, Brazil.
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- Bioscience Centre, Genetics Department, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife 50670-420, Brazil.
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- Bioscience Centre, Genetics Department, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife 50670-420, Brazil.
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Rashid N, Chhabra KH. A protocol to isolate, identify, and verify glucose- or carbohydrate-binding receptors. Biol Methods Protoc 2024; 9:bpae045. [PMID: 38962660 PMCID: PMC11222014 DOI: 10.1093/biomethods/bpae045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2024] [Revised: 06/11/2024] [Accepted: 06/18/2024] [Indexed: 07/05/2024] Open
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Sensing, transport, and utilization of glucose is pivotal to the maintenance of energy homeostasis in animals. Although transporters involved in mobilizing glucose across different cellular compartments are fairly well known, the receptors that bind glucose to mediate its effects independently of glucose metabolism remain largely unrecognized. Establishing precise and reproducible methods to identify glucose receptors in the brain or other peripheral organs will pave the way for comprehending the role of glucose signaling pathways in maintaining, regulating, and reprogramming cellular metabolic needs. Identification of such potential glucose receptors will also likely lead to development of effective therapeutics for treatment of diabetes and related metabolic disorders. Commercially available biotin or radiolabeled glucose conjugates have low molecular weight; therefore, they do not provide enough sensitivity and density to isolate glucose receptors. Here, we describe a protocol to isolate, identify, and verify glucose-binding receptor/s using high molecular weight glucose (or other carbohydrate) conjugates. We have produced 30 kDa glucose- (or other carbohydrate-) biotin-polyacrylamide (PAA) conjugates with mole fractions of 80:5:15% respectively. These conjugates are used with biotin-streptavidin biochemistry, In-cell ELISA, and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) methods to isolate, identify, and verify glucose- or carbohydrate-binding receptors. We first demonstrate how streptavidin-coated magnetic beads are employed to immobilize glucose-biotin-PAA conjugates. Then, these beads are used to enrich and isolate glucose-binding proteins from tissue homogenates or from single-cell suspensions. The enriched or isolated proteins are subjected to mass spectrometry/proteomics to reveal the identity of top candidate proteins as potential glucose receptors. We then describe how the In-cell ELISA method is used to verify the interaction of glucose with its potential receptor through stable expression of the receptor in-vitro. We further demonstrate how a highly sensitive SPR method can be used to measure the binding kinetics of glucose with its receptor. In summary, we describe a protocol to isolate, identify, and verify glucose- or carbohydrate-binding receptors using magnetic beads, In-cell ELISA, and SPR. This protocol will form the future basis of studying glucose or carbohydrate receptor signaling pathways in health and in disease.
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- Nadia Rashid
- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, United States
- Barnstable Brown Diabetes and Obesity Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, United States
- Barnstable Brown Diabetes and Obesity Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, United States
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Herrera-González I, González-Cuesta M, Thépaut M, Laigre E, Goyard D, Rojo J, García Fernández JM, Fieschi F, Renaudet O, Nieto PM, Ortiz Mellet C. High-Mannose Oligosaccharide Hemimimetics that Recapitulate the Conformation and Binding Mode to Concanavalin A, DC-SIGN and Langerin. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202303041. [PMID: 37828571 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
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The "carbohydrate chemical mimicry" exhibited by sp2 -iminosugars has been utilized to develop practical syntheses for analogs of the branched high-mannose-type oligosaccharides (HMOs) Man3 and Man5 . In these compounds, the terminal nonreducing Man residues have been substituted with 5,6-oxomethylidenemannonojirimycin (OMJ) motifs. The resulting oligomannoside hemimimetic accurately reproduce the structure, configuration, and conformational behavior of the original mannooligosaccharides, as confirmed by NMR and computational techniques. Binding studies with mannose binding lectins, including concanavalin A, DC-SIGN, and langerin, by enzyme-linked lectin assay and surface plasmon resonance revealed significant variations in their ability to accommodate the OMJ unit in the mannose binding site. Intriguingly, OMJMan segments demonstrated "in line" heteromultivalent effects during binding to the three lectins. Similar to the mannobiose (Man2 ) branches in HMOs, the binding modes involving the external or internal monosaccharide unit at the carbohydrate binding-domain exist in equilibrium, facilitating sliding and recapture processes. This equilibrium, which influences the multivalent binding of HMOs, can be finely modulated upon incorporation of the OMJ sp2 -iminosugar caps. As a proof of concept, the affinity and selectivity towards DC-SIGN and langerin were adjustable by presenting the OMJMan epitope in platforms with diverse architectures and valencies.
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- Irene Herrera-González
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Seville, C/ Profesor García González 1, 41012, Sevilla, Spain
- Present address: DCM, UMR 5250, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, 570 Rue de la Chimie, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Seville, C/ Profesor García González 1, 41012, Sevilla, Spain
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, 38000, Grenoble, France
- DCM, UMR 5250, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, 570 Rue de la Chimie, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- DCM, UMR 5250, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, 570 Rue de la Chimie, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), CSIC - Universidad de Sevilla, Américo Vespucio 49, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), CSIC - Universidad de Sevilla, Américo Vespucio 49, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, 38000, Grenoble, France
- Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Paris, France
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- DCM, UMR 5250, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, 570 Rue de la Chimie, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), CSIC - Universidad de Sevilla, Américo Vespucio 49, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Seville, C/ Profesor García González 1, 41012, Sevilla, Spain
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Grinchenko A, Buriak I, Kumeiko V. Invertebrate C1q Domain-Containing Proteins: Molecular Structure, Functional Properties and Biomedical Potential. Mar Drugs 2023; 21:570. [PMID: 37999394 PMCID: PMC10672478 DOI: 10.3390/md21110570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2023] [Revised: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/28/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
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C1q domain-containing proteins (C1qDC proteins) unexpectedly turned out to be widespread molecules among a variety of invertebrates, despite their lack of an integral complement system. Despite the wide distribution in the genomes of various invertebrates, data on the structure and properties of the isolated and characterized C1qDC proteins, which belong to the C1q/TNF superfamily, are sporadic, although they hold great practical potential for the creation of new biotechnologies. This review not only summarizes the current data on the properties of already-isolated or bioengineered C1qDC proteins but also projects further strategies for their study and biomedical application. It has been shown that further broad study of the carbohydrate specificity of the proteins can provide great opportunities, since for many of them only interactions with pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) was evaluated and their antimicrobial, antiviral, and fungicidal activities were studied. However, data on the properties of C1qDC proteins, which researchers originally discovered as lectins and therefore studied their fine carbohydrate specificity and antitumor activity, intriguingly show the great potential of this family of proteins for the creation of targeted drug delivery systems, vaccines, and clinical assays for the differential diagnosis of cancer. The ability of invertebrate C1qDC proteins to recognize patterns of aberrant glycosylation of human cell surfaces and interact with mammalian immunoglobulins indicates the great biomedical potential of these molecules.
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- Andrei Grinchenko
- School of Medicine and Life Sciences, Far Eastern Federal University, 690922 Vladivostok, Russia; (A.G.); (I.B.)
- A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 690041 Vladivostok, Russia
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- School of Medicine and Life Sciences, Far Eastern Federal University, 690922 Vladivostok, Russia; (A.G.); (I.B.)
- A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 690041 Vladivostok, Russia
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- School of Medicine and Life Sciences, Far Eastern Federal University, 690922 Vladivostok, Russia; (A.G.); (I.B.)
- A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 690041 Vladivostok, Russia
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Wu AM. Roles of the structural units, glycotopes / mammalian N-glycans for Con A-glycan interactions, their codes, and their recognition factors. Glycoconj J 2023; 40:587-608. [PMID: 37695422 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-023-10129-4] [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: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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The binding property of Con A has been studied intensively and applied widely to glycoconjugates / glycobiology for over 80 years. However, its role and functional relationship of Con A with these mammalian structural units, glycotopes, N-glycan chains, as well as their polyvalent forms in N-glycoproteins involved in the Con A-glycan interactions have not been well defined and organized. In this study, the recognition factors involved in these interactions were analyzed by our well developed method- the enzyme linked lectinosorbent (ELLSA) and inhibition assay. Based on all the data obtained, it is concluded that Con A, as previously reported, has a relatively broad and wide recognition ability of the Manα1 → and Glcα1 → related glycans. It reacted not only strongly with yeast mannan and glycogens, but also bound well with a large number of mammalian N-glycans, including the N-glycans of rat sublingual gp (RSL), human Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein (THGP), thyroglobulin and lactoferrin. The recognition specificity of Con A towards ligands, expressed by Molar Relative Potency (Molar R.P.), in a decreasing order is as follows: α1 → 3, α1 → 6 Mannopentaose (M5) and Biantennary N-linked core pentasaccharide (MDi) ≥ α1 → 3, α1 → 6 Mannotriose (M3) > Manα1 → 3Man (α1 → 3Mannobiose), Manα1 → 2Man (α1 → 2Mannobiose), Manα1 → 6Man (α1 → 6Mannobiose), Manα1 → 4Man (α1 → 4Mannobiose) > GlcNAcβ1 → 2Man (β1 → 2 N-Acetyl glucosamine-mannose) > Manα1 → /Glcα1 → > Man > Glc, while Gal / GalNAc were inactive. Furthermore, the Man related code system, in this study, is proposed to express by both numbers of Man and GlcNAcβ1 → branches (M3 to M9 / MMono to Penta etc.) and a table of three Manα1 → and Glcα1 → related biomasses of six recognition factors involved in the Con A-glycan interactions has also been demonstrated. These themes should be one of the most valuable advances since 1980s.
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- Albert M Wu
- Glycome Research Laboratory, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Medicine, Chang-Gung University, Kwei-san, Tao-yuan, 33302, Taiwan.
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Wu AM, Dudek A, Chen YL. Recognition factors of Dolichos biflorus agglutinin (DBA) and their accommodation sites. Glycoconj J 2023; 40:383-399. [PMID: 37266898 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-023-10118-7] [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: 08/11/2022] [Revised: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
Dolichos biflorus agglutinin (DBA) is one of the well known plant lectins that are widely used in clinical serology to differentiate human blood group A1 and A2 erythrocytes and also applied to glycobiology. However, the knowledge of recognition factors of polyvalent (super) glycotopes in glycans and the roles of functional group and epimer in monosaccharide (sub-monosaccharide recognition factor) have not been well established. The size and shape of the recognition (combining) site of DBA has not been clearly defined. In this study, many importnat recognition factors of DBA-glycan binding were characterized by our established enzyme-linked lectinosorbent (ELLSA) and inhibition assays. The results of these assays showed that the intensity profile of the recognition factors for the major combining site of DBA was expressed by Mass relative potency (Mass R.P.) and shown by decreasing order of high density of polyvalent GalNAcα1 → (super glycotopes, 3.7 × 103) >> the corresponding β anomers >> monomeric GalNAcα1 → related glycotopes (GalNAc as 1.0) >> their GalNAc β-anomers >> Gal (absence of NHCH3CO at carbon-2 of GAlNAc) and GlcNAc (different epimer of Carbon-4 in GalNAc). From the all data available, it is proposed that the combining site of DBA should consist of a small cavity shape as major site and most complementary to monomeric GalNAcα → located at both terminal reducing end (Tn) and nonreducing end of glycan chains, and with a wide and broad area as subsite to accomodate from mono- to tetra-saccharides (GalNAcβ, Galβ1 → 3/4GlcNAc, lFuc1 → 2Galβ1 → 3/4GlcNAc, GalNAcβ1 → 3Galα1 → 4Galβ1 → 4Glc) at the nonreducing side. In this study, it has provided the most (comprehensive) recognition knowledge of DBA-glycan interactions at the factors of glycotope, super glycotope/sub-monosaccharide levels. Thus, it should expand and upgrade the conventional concept of the combining (recognition) site of DBA since 1980s.
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- Albert M Wu
- Glycomics Res, Lab., Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Medicine, Chang-Gung University, Kwei-san, Tao-yuan, 33302, Taiwan.
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- Glycomics Res, Lab., Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Medicine, Chang-Gung University, Kwei-san, Tao-yuan, 33302, Taiwan
- Molecular Infectious Disease Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Tao-yuan, 333, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Technology, Yuanpei University, Hsinchu City, 300, Taiwan
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Wang X, Li Z, Li W, Li C, Liu J, Lu Y, Fan J, Ren H, Huang L, Wang Z. Gestational diabetes mellitus affects the fucosylation and sialylation levels of N/O-glycans in human milk glycoproteins. Carbohydr Polym 2022; 301:120312. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.120312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Revised: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Wu AM. Loci and motifs of the GalNAcα1 → 3/O related glycotopes in the mammalian glycoconjugates and their lectin recognition roles. Glycoconj J 2022; 39:633-651. [PMID: 35962217 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-022-10068-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Revised: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Galα1 → and GalNAcα1 → are the two essential key sugars in human blood group AB active glycotopes, in which GalNAcα1 → related sequences are located at both sides of the nonreducing and the reducing ends of human blood group A active O-glycans. It is also found at the nonreducing ends of GlcNAc N-glycans and glycosphingolipid(GSL) of human blood group A active glycotopes (Ah) and Forssman antigen (Fp). When monosaccharides and their α, β anomers are involved in basic units to express the complex size of the combining sites of the GalNAcα1 → specific lectins, they can be divided into a cavity site to accommodate the GalNAcα → key sugar and a subsite with a wide and broad range of recognition area to adopt the rest part of sugar sequences or glycotopes. The function of the subsite is assumed to act as an enhancement factor to increase its affinity power. The following three points are the theme of this mini review: (1) the loci and distribution of the GalNAcα1 → related glycotopes in mammalian glycoconjugates are illustrated and their chemical structures are advanced by the expression of the disaccharide units and code system; (2) the sizes and motifs of GalNAcα1 → specific lectin-glycan interactions are given and (3) the role of the polyvalent blood group Ah and Bh glycotopes as blood group AB antigens are proposed. These three highlights should provide an essential background required for the advances in this field.
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- Albert M Wu
- Glycome Research Laboratory, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Medicine, Chang-Gung University, Tao-yuan, 33302, Taiwan.
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Samoilova NA, Krayukhina MA, Vyshivannaya OV, Blagodatskikh IV. Investigation of the Binding of Lectins with Polymer Glycoconjugates and the Glycoconjugates Containing Silver Nanoparticles by Means of Optical Spectroscopy and Light Scattering. POLYMER SCIENCE. SERIES A, CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS 2022; 64:277-289. [PMID: 35669311 PMCID: PMC9149672 DOI: 10.1134/s0965545x22700092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Revised: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
The synthesis of glycoconjugates, lectin-specific polymers containing a carbohydrate ligand (spacered residue of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, β-N-Gly-GlcNAc) has been carried out. Glyconanoparticles (glycol-NPs) containing a label detectable by means of spectrophotometry, silver nanoparticles, have been prepared on the basis of the glycoconjugates. Copolymers of maleic anhydride with ethylene or N-vinylpyrrolidone have been used as a carrier to introduce the carbohydrate ligand and a stabilizer of silver nanoparticles. Solutions of the glycoconjugates and the silver glyconanoparticles have been characterized by means of light scattering, UV-visible spectroscopy, and TEM. The interaction of the obtained glycoconjugates and silver glyconanoparticles with N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-specific lectins of Solanum tuberosum agglutinin (STA) and wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) has been investigated by means of light scattering and UV-visible spectro-scopy. The data obtained via these physical methods using the carbohydrate-containing derivatives labeled with silver nanoparticles have been in agreement. It has been shown that the glycoconjugates and silver glyconanoparticles based on more hydrophilic copolymer of maleic acid with N-vinylpyrrolidone are more sensitive than the respective systems based on more hydrophobic copolymer of maleic acid with ethylene. It has been also shown that the considered systems are more sensitive to the STA lectin than to the WGA lectin. The silver glyconanoparticles have allowed more accurate and reliable detection of the lectins by means of light scattering, as compared to the glycopolymer.
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- N. A. Samoilova
- Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Pang J, Li P, He H, Xu S, Liu Z. Molecularly imprinted polymers outperform lectin counterparts and enable more precise cancer diagnosis. Chem Sci 2022; 13:4589-4597. [PMID: 35656127 PMCID: PMC9020343 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc01093c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Accurately analysing the particular glycosylation status of protein biomarkers is of significant importance in the precise, early diagnosis of cancer. Existing methods mainly rely on the use of antibodies and lectins. However, due to the macroscopic and microscopic heterogeneity of glycans, precise analysis of glycosylation status still remains a challenge. Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs), as a synthetic alternative to antibodies or lectins, may provide new solutions but have not yet been explored. Herein, we report an appealing strategy called triple MIP-based plasmonic immunosandwich assay (triMIP-PISA) for precise cancer diagnosis in terms of the relative glycosylation expression of glycoprotein biomarkers. As proof of the principle, alpha fetoprotein (AFP), which has been used as a clinical biomarker for early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), as well as its Lens culinaris agglutinin (LCA)-reactive fraction (AFP-L3), which is mainly composed of core-fucosylated glycans, were used as two target proteoforms to test in this study. Using two MIPs that can specifically recognize the peptide sequence of AFP as well as a fucose-imprinted MIP that can specifically recognize the AFP-L3 fraction, facile simultaneous plasmon-enhanced Raman detection of AFP and AFP-L3 in serum was achieved, which allowed HCC patients to be distinguished from healthy individuals. Due to the excellent recognition properties of the MIPs that are comparable to those of antibodies and superior to those of lectins, our triMIP-PISA method exhibited improved precision as compared with an antibody plus lectin-based immunofluorescence assay. Thus, this strategy opened a new avenue towards the precise diagnosis of cancer.
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- Jilei Pang
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University 163 Xianlin Avenue Nanjing 210023 China +86-25-8968-5639
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University 163 Xianlin Avenue Nanjing 210023 China +86-25-8968-5639
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University 163 Xianlin Avenue Nanjing 210023 China +86-25-8968-5639
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University 163 Xianlin Avenue Nanjing 210023 China +86-25-8968-5639
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University 163 Xianlin Avenue Nanjing 210023 China +86-25-8968-5639
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Mahmoud A, Toth I, Stephenson R. Developing an Effective Glycan‐Based Vaccine for
Streptococcus Pyogenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202115342] [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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- Asmaa Mahmoud
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences The University of Queensland St Lucia Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences The University of Queensland Woolloongabba Australia
- School of Pharmacy The Universitry of Queensland St Lucia Australia
- Institue for Molecular Biosciences The University of Queensland St Lucia Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences The University of Queensland St Lucia Australia
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Mahmoud A, Toth I, Stephenson R. Developing an Effective Glycan-based Vaccine for Streptococcus Pyogenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202115342. [PMID: 34935243 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202115342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
Streptococcus pyogenes is a primary infective agent that causes approximately 700 million human infections each year, resulting in more than 500,000 deaths. Carbohydrate-based vaccines are proven to be one of the most promising subunit vaccine candidates, as the bacterial glycan pattern(s) are different from mammalian cells and show increased pathogen serotype conservancy than the protein components. In this review we highlight reverse vaccinology for use in the development of subunit vaccines against S. pyogenes, and report reproducible methods of carbohydrate antigen production, in addition to the structure-immunogenicity correlation between group A carbohydrate epitopes and alternative vaccine antigen carrier systems. We also report recent advances used to overcome hurdles in carbohydrate-based vaccine development.
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- Asmaa Mahmoud
- The University of Queensland - Saint Lucia Campus: The University of Queensland, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, AUSTRALIA
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- The University of Queensland - Saint Lucia Campus: The University of Queensland, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, AUSTRALIA
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- The University of Queensland, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, 4068, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA
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Khairol Mokhtar NHI, Hussin A, Hamid AA, Zainal Ariffin SH, Shahidan MA. Systematic Optimisation of Microtiter Plate Lectin Assay to Improve Sialic Acid Linkage Detection. Comb Chem High Throughput Screen 2021; 25:1507-1517. [PMID: 34342257 DOI: 10.2174/1386207324666210802122538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Revised: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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AIMS We aimed to develop a high-throughput lectin assay with minimized background signals to investigate the interactions of lectins and sialic acid glycans, focusing on prostate-specific antigen (PSA). BACKGROUND High background signals resulting from nonspecific binding are a significant concern for microtiter plate-based enzyme-linked lectin sorbent assays (ELLSAs), as they can mask specific binding signals and cause false-positive results. METHODS In this study, we constructed an ELLSA based on different washing step parameters, including the number of washing cycles, NaCl and Tween-20 concentrations, and the type of blocking agent and evaluated the effects on both specific and nonspecific binding signals. Furthermore, we performed a PSA binding assay using the optimized ELLSA. RESULTS The optimal washing parameters based on the highest specific binding signal proposed four cycles of washing steps using a washing buffer containing a high salt concentration (0.5 M NaCl) and mild detergent (0.05% Tween-20). The utilization of the optimized washing parameters in this assay was shown to be sufficient to obtain the optimal binding signals without the use of any blocking agent. Binding assays performed using the optimized ELLSA revealed that the glycan of the PSA sample used in this study mainly consists of terminal α2,6-linked sialic acid, as strongly recognized by Sambucus nigra agglutinin (SNA) with a KD value of 12.38 nM. CONCLUSION The ELLSA reported in this study provides a simple yet sensitive assay for sialic acid linkage recognition.
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- Nur Hanina Izzati Khairol Mokhtar
- School of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor. Malaysia
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- Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Malaysia
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- School of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor. Malaysia
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- School of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor. Malaysia
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- School of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor. Malaysia
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Petrović T, Trbojević-Akmačić I. Lectin and Liquid Chromatography-Based Methods for Immunoglobulin (G) Glycosylation Analysis. EXPERIENTIA SUPPLEMENTUM (2012) 2021; 112:29-72. [PMID: 34687007 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-76912-3_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Immunoglobulin (Ig) glycosylation has been shown to dramatically affect its structure and effector functions. Ig glycosylation changes have been associated with different diseases and show a promising biomarker potential for diagnosis and prognosis of disease advancement. On the other hand, therapeutic biomolecules based on structural and functional features of Igs demand stringent quality control during the production process to ensure their safety and efficacy. Liquid chromatography (LC) and lectin-based methods are routinely used in Ig glycosylation analysis complementary to other analytical methods, e.g., mass spectrometry and capillary electrophoresis. This chapter covers analytical approaches based on LC and lectins used in low- and high-throughput N- and O-glycosylation analysis of Igs, with the focus on immunoglobulin G (IgG) applications. General principles and practical examples of the most often used LC methods for Ig purification are described, together with typical workflows for N- and O-glycan analysis on the level of free glycans, glycopeptides, subunits, or intact Igs. Lectin chromatography is a historical approach for the analysis of lectin-carbohydrate interactions and glycoprotein purification but is still being used as a valuable tool in Igs purification and glycan analysis. On the other hand, lectin microarrays have found their application in the rapid screening of glycan profiles on intact proteins.
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- Tea Petrović
- Glycoscience Research Laboratory, Genos Ltd., Zagreb, Croatia
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Hľasová Z, Pažitná L, Ondrejovič M, Katrlík J. Lectin-based assay for the determination of the inhibition activity of small molecule inhibitors of neuraminidases. J Biotechnol 2020; 325:65-72. [PMID: 33220341 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2020.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 11/04/2020] [Accepted: 11/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Small molecules inhibitors of neuraminidases (NAs) are ones of the most prospective molecules proposed for the treatment of influenza viruses. The determination of their inhibition activity in vitro is an important step during the development of antiviral drugs. However, the analytical methods typically used for the evaluation of NA activity and inhibition (fluorescence-based assays using MUNANA substrate or thiobarbituric acid assay, TBA) may suffer from interferences caused by tested inhibitors as signal quenching or self-fluorescence, moreover in TBA are used toxic and carcinogenic reagents. The determination of the NA activity can be effectively performed by alternative methods based on lectin - glycan recognition, usually as enzyme-linked lectin assay (ELLA). We have adapted the ELLA assay to a lectin-based assay in a microplate format with fluorescence detection for determination of NA inhibitory activity. We optimized our protocol and the developed method was tested using four different small molecule NA inhibitors or potential NA inhibitors (DANA, zanamivir, quercetin and α-mangostin) with three bacterial NAs (from Clostridium perfringens, Vibrio cholerae and Arthrobacter ureafaciens), and the IC50 values for NA inhibitors were determined. The inhibition effect of DANA was observed for all 3 tested NAs (IC50 = 10.1 μM for V. cholerae, 13.4 μM for C. perfringens and 402.9 μM for A. ureafaciens, respectively) and of Zanamivir only for NA from V. cholerae (IC50 = 101.9 μM). For both quercetin and α-mangostin, no inhibition effect to the tested NAs was observed. The main advantages of herein described method are good sensitivity due to fluorescent signal detection, the absence of the interference caused by fluorescent signal quenching by tested inhibitors, the use of natural substrates (glycoproteins) and the avoiding the use of toxic reagents.
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- Zuzana Hľasová
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences of University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Trnava, Slovakia; Department of Glycobiotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Glycobiotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences of University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Trnava, Slovakia
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- Department of Glycobiotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Tsaneva M, Van Damme EJM. 130 years of Plant Lectin Research. Glycoconj J 2020; 37:533-551. [PMID: 32860551 PMCID: PMC7455784 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-020-09942-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2020] [Revised: 07/12/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Lectins are proteins with diverse molecular structures that share the ability to recognize and bind specifically and reversibly to carbohydrate structures without changing the carbohydrate moiety. The history of lectins started with the discovery of ricin about 130 years ago but since then our understanding of lectins has dramatically changed. Over the years the research focus was shifted from 'the characterization of carbohydrate-binding proteins' to 'understanding the biological function of lectins'. Nowadays plant lectins attract a lot of attention especially because of their potential for crop improvement and biomedical research, as well as their application as tools in glycobiology. The present review aims to give an overview of plant lectins and their applications, and how the field evolved in the last decades.
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- Mariya Tsaneva
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Glycobiology, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Glycobiology, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
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ELLSA based profiling of surface glycosylation in microorganisms reveals that ß-glucan rich yeasts' surfaces are selectively recognized with recombinant banana lectin. Glycoconj J 2019; 37:95-105. [PMID: 31823247 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-019-09898-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2019] [Revised: 10/24/2019] [Accepted: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The surface of microorganisms is covered with polysaccharide structures which are in immediate contact with receptor structures on host's cells and antibodies. The interaction between microorganisms and their host is dependent on surface glycosylation and in this study we have tested the interaction of plant lectins with different microorganisms. Enzyme-linked lectin sorbent assay - ELLSA was used to test the binding of recombinant Musa acuminata lectin - BL to 27 selected microorganisms and 7 other lectins were used for comparison: Soy bean agglutinin - SBA, Lens culinaris lectin - LCA, Wheat germ agglutinin - WGA, RCA120 - Ricinus communis agglutinin, Con A - from Canavalia ensiformis, Sambucus nigra agglutinin - SNA I and Maackia amurensis agglutinin - MAA. The goal was to define the microorganisms' surface glycosylation by means of interaction with the selected plant lectins and to make a comparison with BL. Among the tested lectins most selective binding was observed for RCA120 which preferentially bound Lactobacillus casei DG. Recombinant banana lectin showed specific binding to all of the tested fungal species. The binding of BL to Candida albicans was further tested with fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry and it was concluded that this lectin can differentiate ß-glucan rich surfaces. The binding of BL to S. boulardii could be inhibited with ß-glucan from yeast with IC50 1.81 μg mL-1 and to P. roqueforti with 1.10 μg mL-1. This unique specificity of BL could be exploited for screening purposes and potentially for the detection of ß-glucan in solutions.
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Glycan structures and their recognition roles in the human blood group ABH/Ii, Le a, b, x, y and Sialyl Le a,x active cyst glycoproteins. Glycoconj J 2019; 36:495-507. [PMID: 31773366 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-019-09887-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Revised: 08/06/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Human ovarian cyst glycoproteins (HOC, cyst gps) isolated from pseudomucinous type of human ovarian cyst fluids is one of the richest and pioneer sources for studying biosynthesis, structures and functional roles of blood group ABH, Lea,b,x,y, sLea and sLex active glycoproteins. After 70+ years of exploration, four top highlights are shared. (i) an updated concept of glycotopes and their internal structures in cyst gps was composited; (ii) the unknown codes of new genes in secreted cyst gps were unlocked as Lex and Ley; (iii) recognition profiles of cyst glycans and a sialic acid-rich (18%) glycan with lectins and antibodies were shown. (iv) Co-expression of Blood Group A/ A-Leb/y and B/B-Leb/y active Glycotopes in the same glycan chains were isolated and illustrated. These are the most advanced achievements since 1980.
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Lectin-Based Method for Deciphering Human Milk IgG Sialylation. Molecules 2019; 24:molecules24203797. [PMID: 31652515 PMCID: PMC6832633 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24203797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2019] [Revised: 10/20/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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In light of the immunoprotective function of human milk and the incontestable impact of IgG glycosylation on its immune functions, characterization of the sialylation profile of human milk IgG is needed. Lectins as a molecular probe were applied in lectin-IgG-ELISA to analyze the sialylation and galactosylation pattern of skim milk IgG of mothers who delivered at term and prematurely. Well-defined biotinylated lectins were used: Maackia amurensis II (MAA II), Sambucus nigra (SNA), Ricinus communis I (RCA I), and Griffonia simplicifolia II (GSL II) specific to α2,3-Neu5Ac, α2,6-Neu5Ac, Gal(β1,4)GlcNAc, and agalactosylated glycans, respectively. The sialylation pattern of milk IgG differs qualitatively and quantitatively from maternal plasma IgG and is related to lactation stage and perinatal risk factors. Expression of MAA-, SNA-, and GSL-reactive glycotopes on term milk IgG showed a positive correlation with milk maturation from days 1 to 55. Preterm birth was associated with an increase of MAA-reactive and a decrease of RCA-reactive IgG glycotopes. Moreover, higher SNA- and GSL-reactive and lower RCA-reactive glycoform levels of milk IgG were associated with infection of lactating mothers. Application of a specific and simple method, lectin-IgG-ELISA, reveals the sialylation pattern of milk IgG over milk maturation. However, further investigations are needed in this area.
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