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Huang C, Wang H, Zhou J, Huang Y, Ren Y, Zhao K, Wang Y, Hou M, Zhang J, Liu Y, Ma X, Yan J, Bu D, Chai W, Sun S, Li Y. Protocol for automated N-glycan sequencing using mass spectrometry and computer-assisted intelligent fragmentation. STAR Protoc 2024; 5:102976. [PMID: 38635398 PMCID: PMC11043862 DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2024.102976] [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: 12/27/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024] Open
Abstract
Biological functions of glycans are intimately linked to fine details in branches and linkages, which make structural identification extremely challenging. Here, we present a protocol for automated N-glycan sequencing using multi-stage mass spectrometry (MSn). We describe steps for release/purification and derivation of glycans and procedures for MSn scanning. We then detail "glycan intelligent precursor selection" to computationally guide MSn experiments. The protocol can be used for both discrete individual glycans and isomeric glycan mixtures. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Sun et al.,1 Huang et al.,2 and Huang et al.3.
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- Chuncui Huang
- Key Laboratory of Epigenetic Regulation and Intervention, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China; Western Institute of Health Data Science, 28 High Tech Avenue, Chongqing 401329, China
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- Division of Life Science and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay Ne Laboratory, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Key Laboratory of Epigenetic Regulation and Intervention, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Intelligent Information Processing, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 6 Kexueyuan South Road, Beijing 100080, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Intelligent Information Processing, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 6 Kexueyuan South Road, Beijing 100080, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Intelligent Information Processing, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 6 Kexueyuan South Road, Beijing 100080, China; Western Institute of Health Data Science, 28 High Tech Avenue, Chongqing 401329, China
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- College of Information and Electrical Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Key Laboratory of Intelligent Information Processing, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 6 Kexueyuan South Road, Beijing 100080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Intelligent Information Processing, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 6 Kexueyuan South Road, Beijing 100080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Epigenetic Regulation and Intervention, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Epigenetic Regulation and Intervention, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian 116023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Intelligent Information Processing, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 6 Kexueyuan South Road, Beijing 100080, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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- Glycosciences Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, W120NN London, UK.
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- Key Laboratory of Intelligent Information Processing, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 6 Kexueyuan South Road, Beijing 100080, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Epigenetic Regulation and Intervention, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China; Western Institute of Health Data Science, 28 High Tech Avenue, Chongqing 401329, China.
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Wieboldt R, Sandholzer M, Carlini E, Lin CW, Börsch A, Zingg A, Lardinois D, Herzig P, Don L, Zippelius A, Läubli H, Mantuano NR. Engagement of sialylated glycans with Siglec receptors on suppressive myeloid cells inhibits anticancer immunity via CCL2. Cell Mol Immunol 2024; 21:495-509. [PMID: 38448555 PMCID: PMC11061307 DOI: 10.1038/s41423-024-01142-0] [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: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024] Open
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The overexpression of sialic acids on glycans, called hypersialylation, is a common alteration found in cancer cells. Sialylated glycans can enhance immune evasion by interacting with sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectin (Siglec) receptors on tumor-infiltrating immune cells. Here, we investigated the effect of sialylated glycans and their interaction with Siglec receptors on myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs). We found that MDSCs derived from the blood of lung cancer patients and tumor-bearing mice strongly express inhibitory Siglec receptors and are highly sialylated. In murine cancer models of emergency myelopoiesis, Siglec-E knockout in myeloid cells resulted in prolonged survival and increased tumor infiltration of activated T cells. Targeting suppressive myeloid cells by blocking Siglec receptors or desialylation strongly reduced their suppressive potential. We further identified CCL2 as a mediator involved in T-cell suppression upon interaction between sialoglycans and Siglec receptors on MDSCs. Our results demonstrated that sialylated glycans inhibit anticancer immunity by modulating CCL2 expression.
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- Ronja Wieboldt
- Laboratory for Cancer Immunotherapy, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Cancer Immunotherapy, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Cancer Immunotherapy, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Functional Genomics Center Zurich, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Bioinformatics Core Facility, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Basel, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Cancer Immunotherapy, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Cancer Immunology, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Cancer Immunology, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Cancer Immunology, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Division of Oncology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Cancer Immunotherapy, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
- Division of Oncology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory for Cancer Immunotherapy, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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Huang C, Lu Y, Kong L, Guo Z, Zhao K, Xiang Z, Ma X, Gao H, Liu Y, Gao Z, Xu L, Chai W, Li Y, Zhao Y. Human milk oligosaccharides in milk of mothers with term and preterm delivery at different lactation stage. Carbohydr Polym 2023; 321:121263. [PMID: 37739493 PMCID: PMC10565836 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.121263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2023] [Revised: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
Abstract
Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are structurally diverse unconjugated glycans, and play crucial roles in protecting infants from infections. Preterm birth is one of the leading causes of neonatal mortality, and preterm infants are particularly vulnerable and are in need of improved outcomes from breast-feeding due to the presence of bioactive HMOs. However, studies on specific difference in HMOs as a function of gestation time have been very limited. We established an approach to extract and analyze HMOs based on 96-well plate extraction and mass spectrometry, and determined maternal phenotypes through distinctive fragments in product-ion spectra. We enrolled 85 women delivering at different gestation times (25-41 weeks), and observed different HMOs correlating with gestation time based on 233 samples from the 85 donors. With the increase of postpartum age, we observed a regular changing trajectory of HMOs in composition and relative abundance, and found significant differences in HMOs secreted at different postpartum times. Preterm delivery induced more variations between participants with different phenotypes compared with term delivery, and more HMOs varied with postpartum age in the population of secretors. The sialylation level in mature milk decreased for women delivering preterm while such decrease was not observed for women delivering on term.
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- Chuncui Huang
- Key Laboratory of Epigenetic Regulation and Intervention, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China; Western Institute of Health Data Science, 28 High Tech Avenue, Chongqing 401329, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation base of Child development and Critical Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Infection and Immunity, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400015, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation base of Child development and Critical Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Infection and Immunity, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400015, China
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- Key Laboratory of Epigenetic Regulation and Intervention, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Epigenetic Regulation and Intervention, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation base of Child development and Critical Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Infection and Immunity, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400015, China
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- Key Laboratory of Epigenetic Regulation and Intervention, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Epigenetic Regulation and Intervention, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China; Western Institute of Health Data Science, 28 High Tech Avenue, Chongqing 401329, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation base of Child development and Critical Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Infection and Immunity, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400015, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation base of Child development and Critical Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Infection and Immunity, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400015, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation base of Child development and Critical Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Infection and Immunity, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400015, China
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- Glycosciences Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom
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- Key Laboratory of Epigenetic Regulation and Intervention, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China; National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation base of Child development and Critical Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Infection and Immunity, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400015, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China; Western Institute of Health Data Science, 28 High Tech Avenue, Chongqing 401329, China.
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation base of Child development and Critical Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Infection and Immunity, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400015, China.
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Agarwal K, Choudhury B, Robinson LS, Morrill SR, Bouchibiti Y, Chilin-Fuentes D, Rosenthal SB, Fisch KM, Peipert JF, Lebrilla CB, Allsworth JE, Lewis AL, Lewis WG. Resident microbes shape the vaginal epithelial glycan landscape. Sci Transl Med 2023; 15:eabp9599. [PMID: 38019934 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abp9599] [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: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
Abstract
Epithelial cells are covered in carbohydrates (glycans). This glycan coat or "glycocalyx" interfaces directly with microbes, providing a protective barrier against potential pathogens. Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a condition associated with adverse health outcomes in which bacteria reside in direct proximity to the vaginal epithelium. Some of these bacteria, including Gardnerella, produce glycosyl hydrolase enzymes. However, glycans of the human vaginal epithelial surface have not been studied in detail. Here, we elucidate key characteristics of the "normal" vaginal epithelial glycan landscape and analyze the impact of resident microbes on the surface glycocalyx. In human BV, glycocalyx staining was visibly diminished in electron micrographs compared to controls. Biochemical and mass spectrometric analysis showed that, compared to normal vaginal epithelial cells, BV cells were depleted of sialylated N- and O-glycans, with underlying galactose residues exposed on the surface. Treatment of primary epithelial cells from BV-negative women with recombinant Gardnerella sialidases generated BV-like glycan phenotypes. Exposure of cultured VK2 vaginal epithelial cells to recombinant Gardnerella sialidase led to desialylation of glycans and induction of pathways regulating cell death, differentiation, and inflammatory responses. These data provide evidence that vaginal epithelial cells exhibit an altered glycan landscape in BV and suggest that BV-associated glycosidic enzymes may lead to changes in epithelial gene transcription that promote cell turnover and regulate responses toward the resident microbiome.
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- Kavita Agarwal
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
- Center for Women's Infectious Disease Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Glycobiology Research and Training Center, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Glycobiology Research and Training Center, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
- Center for Women's Infectious Disease Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
- Center for Women's Infectious Disease Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Glycobiology Research and Training Center, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
- Center for Women's Infectious Disease Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Glycobiology Research and Training Center, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
- Center for Women's Infectious Disease Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Glycobiology Research and Training Center, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Tan L, Ishihara M, Black I, Glushka J, Heiss C, Azadi P. Duckweed pectic-arabinogalactan-proteins can crosslink through borate diester bonds. Carbohydr Polym 2023; 319:121202. [PMID: 37567699 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.121202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Revised: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
Abstract
Material containing pectin and arabinogalactan-protein (AGP) was released and purified from Spirodela alcohol insoluble residues. Results of carbohydrate analyses and two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy suggest that this material is composed of apiogalacturonan and rhamnogalacturonan-I covalently attached to AGPs. 11B NMR spectroscopy indicated that some of the glycoses in this complex exist as their boric acid monoesters. Borate diesters were formed when the pectic-AGPs were allowed to react at pH above 6.2 with the boron-depleted pectic-AGPs, suggesting that in vitro two pectic-AGP molecules can crosslink to one another through borate. Borate diesters also formed when the pectic-AGPs were incubated with monomeric rhamnogalacturonan-II in the presence of Pb2+ ion at pH 9.2. This data presents evidence of the first wall polymer after rhamnogalacturonan-II to crosslink through borate diesters. We suggest that the formation of these borate-crosslinks may help Spirodela respond to high-pH condition.
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- Li Tan
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602, United States of America; DOE Center for Plant and Microbial Complex Carbohydrates, University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602, United States of America.
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602, United States of America
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602, United States of America; DOE Center for Plant and Microbial Complex Carbohydrates, University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602, United States of America
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602, United States of America
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602, United States of America; DOE Center for Plant and Microbial Complex Carbohydrates, University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602, United States of America
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602, United States of America; DOE Center for Plant and Microbial Complex Carbohydrates, University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602, United States of America
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Huang C, Hou M, Yan J, Wang H, Wang Y, Cao C, Wang Y, Gao H, Ma X, Zheng Y, Bu D, Chai W, Li Y, Sun S. GIPS-Mix for Accurate Identification of Isomeric Components in Glycan Mixtures Using Intelligent Group-Opting Strategy. Anal Chem 2022; 95:811-819. [PMID: 36547394 PMCID: PMC9850354 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c02978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Accurate identification of glycan structures is highly desirable as they are intimately linked to their different functions. However, glycan samples generally exist as mixtures with multiple isomeric structures, making assignment of individual glycan components very challenging, even with the aid of multistage mass spectrometry (MSn). Here, we present an approach, GIPS-mix, for assignment of isomeric glycans within a mixture using an intelligent group-opting strategy. Our approach enumerates all possible combinations (groupings) of candidate glycans and opts in the best-matched glycan group(s) based on the similarity between the simulated spectra of each glycan group and the acquired experimental spectra of the mixture. In the case that a single group could not be elected, a tie break is performed by additional MSn scanning using intelligently selected precursors. With 11 standard mixtures and 6 human milk oligosaccharide fractions, we demonstrate the application of GIPS-mix in assignment of individual glycans in mixtures with high accuracy and efficiency.
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- Chuncui Huang
- Institute
of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing100101, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Intelligent Information Processing, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 6 Kexueyuan South Road, Beijing100080, China,University
of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing100049, China
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- Dalian
Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Separation Science
for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian116023, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Intelligent Information Processing, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 6 Kexueyuan South Road, Beijing100080, China,University
of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing100049, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Intelligent Information Processing, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 6 Kexueyuan South Road, Beijing100080, China,University
of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing100049, China
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- Dalian
Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Separation Science
for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian116023, China
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- College
of Information and Electrical Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing100083, China
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- Institute
of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing100101, China
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- Institute
of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing100101, China,University
of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing100049, China
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- Dalian
Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Separation Science
for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian116023, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Intelligent Information Processing, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 6 Kexueyuan South Road, Beijing100080, China,University
of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing100049, China
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- Glycosciences
Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Imperial
College London, LondonW12 0NN, United Kingdom,
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- Institute
of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing100101, China,University
of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing100049, China,
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- Key
Laboratory of Intelligent Information Processing, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 6 Kexueyuan South Road, Beijing100080, China,University
of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing100049, China,
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Proteomics and post-translational modifications analysis of umbilical mesenchymal stem cells aging. Anal Biochem 2022; 652:114770. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2022.114770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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D'Addio M, Frey J, Tacconi C, Commerford CD, Halin C, Detmar M, Cummings RD, Otto VI. Sialoglycans on lymphatic endothelial cells augment interactions with Siglec-1 (CD169) of lymph node macrophages. FASEB J 2021; 35:e22017. [PMID: 34699642 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202100300r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Revised: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Cellular interactions between endothelial cells and macrophages regulate macrophage localization and phenotype, but the mechanisms underlying these interactions are poorly understood. Here we explored the role of sialoglycans on lymphatic endothelial cells (LEC) in interactions with macrophage-expressed Siglec-1 (CD169). Lectin-binding assays and mass spectrometric analyses revealed that LEC from human skin express more sialylated glycans than the corresponding blood endothelial cells. Higher amounts of sialylated and/or sulfated glycans on LEC than BEC were consistently observed in murine skin, lung and lymph nodes. The floor LEC of the subcapsular sinus (SCS) in murine lymph nodes (LN) displayed sialylated glycans at particularly high densities. The sialoglycans of LN LEC were strongly bound by Siglec-1. Such binding plays an important role in the localization of Siglec-1+ LN-SCS macrophages, as their numbers are strongly reduced in mice expressing a Siglec-1 mutant that is defective in sialoglycan binding. The residual Siglec-1+ macrophages are less proliferative and have a more anti-inflammatory phenotype. We propose that the densely clustered, sialylated glycans on the SCS floor LEC are a key component of the macrophage niche, providing anchorage for the Siglec-1+ LN-SCS macrophages.
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- Marco D'Addio
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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A mass spectrometry-based glycotope-centric cellular glycomics is the more fruitful way forward to see the forest for the trees. Biochem Soc Trans 2021; 49:55-69. [PMID: 33492355 DOI: 10.1042/bst20190861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Revised: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The nature of protein glycosylation renders cellular glycomics a very challenging task in having to deal with all the disparate glycans carried on membrane glycoproteins. Rapid mapping by mass spectrometry analysis provides only a coarse sketch of the glycomic complexity based primarily on glycosyl compositions, whereby the missing high-resolution structural details require a combination of multi-mode separations and multi-stages of induced fragmentation to gain sufficiently discriminative precision, often at the expenses of throughput and sensitivity. Given the available technology and foreseeable advances in the near future, homing in on resolving the terminal fucosylated, sialylated and/or sulfated structural units, or glycotopes, maybe a more pragmatic and ultimately more rewarding approach to gain insights into myriad biological processes mediated by these terminal coding units carried on important glycoproteins, to be decoded by a host of endogenous glycan-binding proteins and antibodies. A broad overview of recent technical advances and limitations in cellular glycomics is first provided as a backdrop to the propounded glycotope-centric approach based on advanced nanoLC-MS2/MS3 analysis of permethylated glycans. To prioritize analytical focus on the more tangible glycotopes is akin to first identifying the eye-catching and characteristic-defining flowers and fruits of the glyco-forest, to see the forest for the trees. It has the best prospects of attaining the much-needed balance in sensitivity, structural precision and analytical throughput to match advances in other omics.
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Bellich B, Jou IA, Buriola C, Ravenscroft N, Brady JW, Fazli M, Tolker-Nielsen T, Rizzo R, Cescutti P. The biofilm of Burkholderia cenocepacia H111 contains an exopolysaccharide composed of l-rhamnose and l-mannose: Structural characterization and molecular modelling. Carbohydr Res 2021; 499:108231. [PMID: 33440288 PMCID: PMC9638112 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2020.108231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Revised: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Burkholderia cenocepacia belongs to the Burkholderia Cepacia Complex, a group of 22 closely related species both of clinical and environmental origin, infecting cystic fibrosis patients. B. cenocepacia accounts for the majority of the clinical isolates, comprising the most virulent and transmissible strains. The capacity to form biofilms is among the many virulence determinants of B. cenocepacia, a characteristic that confers enhanced tolerance to some antibiotics, desiccation, oxidizing agents, and host defenses. Exopolysaccharides are a major component of biofilm matrices, particularly providing mechanical stability to biofilms. Recently, a water-insoluble exopolysaccharide produced by B. cenocepacia H111 in biofilm was characterized. In the present study, a water-soluble exopolysaccharide was extracted from B. cenocepacia H111 biofilm, and its structure was determined by GLC-MS, NMR and ESI-MS. The repeating unit is a linear rhamno-tetrasaccharide with 50% replacement of a 3-α-L-Rha with a α-3-L-Man. [2)-α-L-Rhap-(1→3)-α-L-[Rhap or Manp]-(1→3)-α-L-Rhap-(1→2)-α-L-Rhap-(1→]n Molecular modelling was used to obtain information about local structural motifs which could give information about the polysaccharide conformation.
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- Barbara Bellich
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via L. Giorgieri 1, Bdg. C11, 34127, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via L. Giorgieri 1, Bdg. C11, 34127, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa
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- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Costerton Biofilm Center, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Costerton Biofilm Center, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via L. Giorgieri 1, Bdg. C11, 34127, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via L. Giorgieri 1, Bdg. C11, 34127, Trieste, Italy.
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Somrit M, Yu SY, Le Pendu J, Breiman A, Guérardel Y, Weerachatyanukul W, Watthammawut A. Macrobrachium rosenbergii nodavirus virus-like particles attach to fucosylated glycans in the gills of the giant freshwater prawn. Cell Microbiol 2020; 22:e13258. [PMID: 32862508 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.13258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Revised: 08/06/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The Macrobrachium rosenbergii nodavirus (MrNV), the causative agent of white-tail disease (WTD) in many species of shrimp and prawn, has been shown to infect hemocytes and tissues such as the gills and muscles. However, little is known about the host surface molecules to which MrNV attach to initiate infection. Therefore, the present study investigated the role of glycans as binding molecules for virus attachment in susceptible tissues such as the gills. We established that MrNV in their virus-like particle (MrNV-VLP) form exhibited strong binding to gill tissues and lysates, which was highly reduced by the glycan-reducing periodate and PNGase F. The broad, fucose-binding Aleuria Aurantia lectin (AAL) highly reduced MrNV-VLPs binding to gill tissue sections and lysates, and efficiently disrupted the specific interactions between the VLPs and gill glycoproteins. Furthermore, mass spectroscopy revealed the existence of unique fucosylated LacdiNAc-extended N-linked and O-linked glycans in the gill tissues, whereas beta-elimination experiments showed that MrNV-VLPs demonstrated a binding preference for N-glycans. Therefore, the results from this study highly suggested that MrNV-VLPs preferentially attach to fucosylated N-glycans in the susceptible gill tissues, and these findings could lead to the development of strategies that target virus-host surface glycan interactions to reduce MrNV infections.
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- Monsicha Somrit
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- CNRS, UMR 8576-UGSF-Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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- Inserm, CRCINA, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France.,Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- CNRS, UMR 8576-UGSF-Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Weiss GL, Stanisich JJ, Sauer MM, Lin CW, Eras J, Zyla DS, Trück J, Devuyst O, Aebi M, Pilhofer M, Glockshuber R. Architecture and function of human uromodulin filaments in urinary tract
infections. Science 2020; 369:1005-1010. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz9866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2019] [Revised: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Uromodulin is the most abundant protein in human urine, and it forms
filaments that antagonize the adhesion of uropathogens; however, the filament
structure and mechanism of protection remain poorly understood. We used
cryo–electron tomography to show that the uromodulin filament consists of a
zigzag-shaped backbone with laterally protruding arms. N-glycosylation mapping and
biophysical assays revealed that uromodulin acts as a multivalent ligand for the
bacterial type 1 pilus adhesin, presenting specific epitopes on the regularly
spaced arms. Imaging of uromodulin-uropathogen interactions in vitro and in
patient urine showed that uromodulin filaments associate with uropathogens and
mediate bacterial aggregation, which likely prevents adhesion and allows clearance
by micturition. These results provide a framework for understanding uromodulin in
urinary tract infections and in its more enigmatic roles in physiology and
disease.
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- Gregor L. Weiss
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zürich, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zürich, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zürich, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zürich, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zürich, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- University Children’s Hospital Zürich, Steinwiesstrasse 75, CH-8032 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physiology, Mechanisms of Inherited Kidney Disorders, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
- Division of Nephrology, UCLouvain Medical School, Brussels, Belgium
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- Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zürich, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zürich, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Tang F, Zhou M, Qin K, Shi W, Yashinov A, Yang Y, Yang L, Guan D, Zhao L, Tang Y, Chang Y, Zhao L, Yang H, Zhou H, Huang R, Huang W. Selective N-glycan editing on living cell surfaces to probe glycoconjugate function. Nat Chem Biol 2020; 16:766-775. [DOI: 10.1038/s41589-020-0551-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2019] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Multistage mass spectrometry with intelligent precursor selection for N-glycan branching pattern analysis. Carbohydr Polym 2020; 237:116122. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2019] [Revised: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Yu SY, Snovida S, Khoo KH. Permethylation and Microfractionation of Sulfated Glycans for MS Analysis. Bio Protoc 2020; 10:e3617. [PMID: 33659290 PMCID: PMC7842599 DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.3617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2019] [Revised: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Sulfated glycans are barely detectable in routine mass spectrometry (MS)-based glycomic analysis due to ion suppression by the significantly more abundant neutral glycans in the positive ion mode, and sialylated non-sulfated glycans in the negative ion mode, respectively. Nevertheless, the negative charge imparted by sulfate can be advantageous for selective detection in the negative ion mode if the sialic acids can first be neutralized. This is most conveniently achieved by a concerted sample preparation workflow in which permethylation is followed by solid phase fractionation to isolate the sulfated glycans prior to MS analysis. Importantly, we demonstrated that conventional NaOH/DMSO slurry permethylation method can retain the sulfates. Instead of extracting permethylated glycans into chloroform for sample clean-up, reverse phase C18 cartridge coupled with self-packed amine-tip or mixed mode weak anion exchange cartridge can be utilized to obtain in good yield the non-sulfated, mono-sulfated, and multiply sulfated permethylated glycans in separate fractions for sulfoglycomic analysis.
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- Shin-Yi Yu
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 115, Taiwan
- University Lille, CNRS, UMR 8576 –UGSF- Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, 59000 Lille, France
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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Identification of carbohydrate peripheral epitopes important for recognition by positive-ion MALDI multistage mass spectrometry. Carbohydr Polym 2020; 229:115528. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.115528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2019] [Revised: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Jin W, Wang C, Yang M, Wei M, Huang L, Wang Z. Glycoqueuing: Isomer-Specific Quantification for Sialylation-Focused Glycomics. Anal Chem 2019; 91:10492-10500. [PMID: 31329418 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b01393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Changes of α-2,3-/α-2,6-linked sialic acids (SAs) in sialylglycans have been found to be closely related with some diseases. However, accurate quantification of sialylglycans at the isomeric level remains challenging due to their instability, structural complexity, and low mass spectrometry (MS) detection sensitivity. Herein, we propose an analytical strategy named "glycoqueuing", which allows sequential chromatographic elution and high-sensitivity MS quantification of various sialylglycan isomers based on isotopic labeling followed by analysis via online reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography coupling with MS (RP-HPLC-MS). The new method was validated by detailed structural identification and quantification of fetal bovine serum (FBS) N-linked sialylglycan isomers, during which many branching isomers were successfully differentiated, and 28 sialylglycan compositions with Neu5Gc residues were analyzed. The method was successfully applied to isomer-specific, quantitative comparison of sialylated N-glycans between bovine and rabbit immunoglobulin G (IgG) and the search for serum sialylated N-glycan biomarker candidates of hepatocellular carcinoma, during which a 55% increase of α-2,6-sialylated fucosylated N-glycans was revealed, demonstrating the great applicability and potential clinical usage of the method.
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Biomedical analysis of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue samples: The Holy Grail for molecular diagnostics. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2018; 155:125-134. [PMID: 29627729 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2018.03.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2018] [Revised: 03/30/2018] [Accepted: 03/31/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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More than a century ago in 1893, a revolutionary idea about fixing biological tissue specimens was introduced by Ferdinand Blum, a German physician. Since then, a plethora of fixation methods have been investigated and used. Formalin fixation with paraffin embedment became the most widely used types of fixation and preservation method, due to its proper architectural conservation of tissue structures and cellular shape. The huge collection of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) sample archives worldwide holds a large amount of unearthed information about diseases that could be the Holy Grail in contemporary biomarker research utilizing analytical omics based molecular diagnostics. The aim of this review is to critically evaluate the omics options for FFPE tissue sample analysis in the molecular diagnostics field.
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Montacir O, Montacir H, Springer A, Hinderlich S, Mahboudi F, Saadati A, Parr MK. Physicochemical Characterization, Glycosylation Pattern and Biosimilarity Assessment of the Fusion Protein Etanercept. Protein J 2018; 37:164-179. [DOI: 10.1007/s10930-018-9757-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Liau B, Tan B, Teo G, Zhang P, Choo A, Rudd PM. Shotgun Glycomics Identifies Tumor-Associated Glycan Ligands Bound by an Ovarian Carcinoma-Specific Monoclonal Antibody. Sci Rep 2017; 7:14489. [PMID: 29101385 PMCID: PMC5670200 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-15123-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2017] [Accepted: 10/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Cancers display distinctive carbohydrate molecules (glycans) on their surface proteins and lipids. mAb A4, an in-house generated monoclonal IgM antibody, is capable of distinguishing malignant ovarian carcinoma cells from benign ovarian epithelia by binding specifically to cancer cell-associated glycans. However, the structural details of the glycan targets of mAb A4 have been elusive. Here we developed a novel approach of isolating and fractionating glycan molecules released from glycoproteins in cancer cell lysates using HILIC-UPLC, and used them as probes on a microarray for affinity-based identification of the binding targets, allowing full-size, difficult to synthesize, cancer-associated glycans to be directly studied. As a result of this "shotgun" glycomics approach, we corroborate the previously assigned specificity of mAb A4 by showing that mAb A4 binds primarily to large (>15 glucose units), sialylated N-glycans containing the H-type 1 antigen (Fuc-α1,2-Gal-β1,3-GlcNAc). Although mAb A4 was also capable of directly binding to type 1 N-acetyl-lactosamine, this epitope was mostly shielded by sialylation and thus relatively inaccessible to binding. Knowledge of the structure of mAb A4 antigen will facilitate its clinical development as well as its use as a diagnostic biomarker.
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- B Liau
- Analytics Department, Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, 20 Biopolis Way, Singapore, 138668, Republic of Singapore.
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- Analytics Department, Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, 20 Biopolis Way, Singapore, 138668, Republic of Singapore
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- Analytics Department, Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, 20 Biopolis Way, Singapore, 138668, Republic of Singapore
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- Analytics Department, Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, 20 Biopolis Way, Singapore, 138668, Republic of Singapore
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- Analytics Department, Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, 20 Biopolis Way, Singapore, 138668, Republic of Singapore
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- Analytics Department, Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, 20 Biopolis Way, Singapore, 138668, Republic of Singapore
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Şahar U, Deveci R. Profiling N-glycans of the egg jelly coat of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and capillary liquid chromatography electrospray ionization-ion trap tandem mass spectrometry systems. Mol Reprod Dev 2017; 84:401-407. [PMID: 28295836 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2016] [Accepted: 03/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Sea urchin eggs are surrounded by a carbohydrate-rich layer, termed the jelly coat, that consists of polysaccharides and glycoproteins. In the present study, we describe two mass spectrometric strategies to characterize the N-glycosylation of the Paracentrotus lividus egg jelly coat, which has an alecithal-type extracellular matrix like mammalian eggs. Egg jelly was isolated, lyophilized, and dialyzed, followed by peptide N-glycosidase F (PNGase-F) treatment to release N-glycans from their protein chain. These N-glycans were then derivatized by permethylation reaction, and analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and capillary liquid chromatography electrospray ionization-ion trap tandem mass spectroscopy (CapLC ESI-Ion trap-MS/MS). N-glycans in the egg jelly coat glycoproteins were indicated by sodiated molecules at m/z 1579.8, 1783.9, 1988.0, 2192.0, and 2397.1 for permethylated oligosaccharides on MALDI-TOF MS. Fragmentation and structural characterization of these oligosaccharides were performed by ESI-Ion trap MS/MS. Then, MALDI-TOF-MS and ESI-Ion trap-MS/MS spectra were interpreted using the GlycoWorkbench software suite, a tool for building, displaying, and profiling glycan masses, to identify the original oligosaccharide structures. The oligosaccharides of the isolated egg jelly coat were mainly of the high mannose type.
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- Umut Şahar
- Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Molecular Biology Section, Ege University, Bornova, İzmir
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Molecular Biology Section, Ege University, Bornova, İzmir
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Choo M, Tan HL, Ding V, Castangia R, Belgacem O, Liau B, Hartley-Tassell L, Haslam SM, Dell A, Choo A. Characterization of H type 1 and type 1 N-acetyllactosamine glycan epitopes on ovarian cancer specifically recognized by the anti-glycan monoclonal antibody mAb-A4. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:6163-6176. [PMID: 28167527 PMCID: PMC5391748 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.768887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2016] [Revised: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Cancer-specific glycans of ovarian cancer are promising epitopes for targeting with monoclonal antibodies (mAb). Despite their potential, structural characterization of these glycan epitopes remains a significant challenge in mAb preclinical development. Our group generated the monoclonal antibody mAb-A4 against human embryonic stem cells (hESC), which also bound specifically to N-glycans present on 11 of 19 ovarian cancer (OC) and 8 of 14 breast cancer cell lines tested. Normal cell lines and tissue were unstained by mAb-A4. To characterize the N-linked glycan epitopes on OC cell lines targeted by mAb-A4, we used glycosidases, glycan microarray, siRNA, and advanced high sensitivity matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS). The mAb-A4 epitopes were found to be Fucα1-2Galβ1-3GlcNAcβ (H type 1) and Galβ1-3GlcNAcβ (type 1 LacNAc). These structures were found to be present on multiple proteins from hESC and OC. Importantly, endo-β-galactosidase coupled with MALDI-MS allowed these two epitopes, for the first time, to be directly identified on the polylactosamines of N-glycans of SKOV3, IGROV1, OV90, and OVCA433. Furthermore, siRNA knockdown of B3GALT5 expression in SKOV3 demonstrated that mAb-A4 binding was dependent on B3GALT5, providing orthogonal evidence of the epitopes' structures. The recognition of oncofetal H type 1 and type 1 LacNAc on OC by mAb-A4 is a novel and promising way to target OC and supports the theory that cancer can acquire stem-like phenotypes. We propose that the orthogonal framework used in this work could be the basis for advancing anti-glycan mAb characterization.
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- Matthew Choo
- From the Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
- the Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Singapore 138668, Singapore
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- the Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Singapore 138668, Singapore
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- the Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Singapore 138668, Singapore
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- the Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Singapore 138668, Singapore
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- the Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland 4215, Australia, and
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- From the Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- From the Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom,
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- the Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Singapore 138668, Singapore,
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Chan KF, Shahreel W, Wan C, Teo G, Hayati N, Tay SJ, Tong WH, Yang Y, Rudd PM, Zhang P, Song Z. Inactivation of GDP-fucose transporter gene (Slc35c1) in CHO cells by ZFNs, TALENs and CRISPR-Cas9 for production of fucose-free antibodies. Biotechnol J 2015; 11:399-414. [PMID: 26471004 DOI: 10.1002/biot.201500331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2015] [Revised: 08/18/2015] [Accepted: 10/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Removal of core fucose from N-glycans attached to human IgG1 significantly enhances its affinity for the receptor FcγRIII and thereby dramatically improves its antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity activity. While previous works have shown that inactivation of fucosyltransferase 8 results in mutants capable of producing fucose-free antibodies, we report here the use of genome editing techniques, namely ZFNs, TALENs and the CRISPR-Cas9, to inactivate the GDP-fucose transporter (SLC35C1) in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. A FACS approach coupled with a fucose-specific lectin was developed to rapidly isolate SLC35C1-deficient cells. Mass spectrometry analysis showed that both EPO-Fc produced in mutants arising from CHO-K1 and anti-Her2 antibody produced in mutants arising from a pre-existing antibody-producing CHO-HER line lacked core fucose. Lack of functional SLC35C1 in these cells does not affect cell growth or antibody productivity. Our data demonstrate that inactivating Slc35c1 gene represents an alternative approach to generate CHO cells for production of fucose-free antibodies.
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- Kah Fai Chan
- Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.,Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
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- Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
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- Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
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- Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
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- Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
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- Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
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- Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
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- Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
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- Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.,Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore. .,Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
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Sethi MK, Fanayan S. Mass Spectrometry-Based N-Glycomics of Colorectal Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2015; 16:29278-304. [PMID: 26690136 PMCID: PMC4691109 DOI: 10.3390/ijms161226165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2015] [Revised: 11/23/2015] [Accepted: 12/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most prevalent cancers worldwide. An increased molecular understanding of the CRC pathology is warranted to gain insights into the underlying molecular and cellular mechanisms of the disease. Altered protein glycosylation patterns are associated with most diseases including malignant transformation. Recent advances in mass spectrometry and bioinformatics have accelerated glycomics research and present a new paradigm for cancer biomarker discovery. Mass spectrometry (MS)-based glycoproteomics and glycomics, therefore, hold considerable promise to improve the discovery of novel biomarkers with utility in disease diagnosis and therapy. This review focuses on the emerging field of glycomics to present a comprehensive review of advances in technologies and their application in studies aimed at discovering novel glycan-based biomarkers. We will also discuss some of the challenges associated with using glycans as biomarkers.
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- Manveen K Sethi
- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia.
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Hang I, Lin CW, Grant OC, Fleurkens S, Villiger TK, Soos M, Morbidelli M, Woods RJ, Gauss R, Aebi M. Analysis of site-specific N-glycan remodeling in the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi. Glycobiology 2015; 25:1335-49. [PMID: 26240167 PMCID: PMC4634314 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwv058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2015] [Revised: 07/14/2015] [Accepted: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The hallmark of N-linked protein glycosylation is the generation of diverse glycan structures in the secretory pathway. Dynamic, non-template-driven processes of N-glycan remodeling in the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi provide the cellular setting for structural diversity. We applied newly developed mass spectrometry-based analytics to quantify site-specific N-glycan remodeling of the model protein Pdi1p expressed in insect cells. Molecular dynamics simulation, mutational analysis, kinetic studies of in vitro processing events and glycan flux analysis supported the defining role of the protein in N-glycan processing.
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- Ivan Hang
- Institute of Microbiology, Department of Biology
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- Institute of Microbiology, Department of Biology
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Institute of Microbiology, Department of Biology
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- Institute of Microbiology, Department of Biology
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Biswas H, Chattopadhyaya R. Stability ofCurcuma longarhizome lectin: Role of N-linked glycosylation. Glycobiology 2015; 26:410-26. [DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwv110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2015] [Accepted: 11/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Mabashi-Asazuma H, Sohn BH, Kim YS, Kuo CW, Khoo KH, Kucharski CA, Fraser MJ, Jarvis DL. Targeted glycoengineering extends the protein N-glycosylation pathway in the silkworm silk gland. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 65:20-7. [PMID: 26163436 PMCID: PMC4628589 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2015.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2015] [Revised: 07/02/2015] [Accepted: 07/03/2015] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The silkworm silk glands are powerful secretory organs that can produce and secrete proteins at high levels. As such, it has been suggested that the biosynthetic and secretory power of the silk gland can be harnessed to produce and secrete recombinant proteins in tight or loose association with silk fibers. However, the utility of the silkworm platform is constrained by the fact that it has a relatively primitive protein N-glycosylation pathway, which produces relatively simple insect-type, rather than mammalian-type N-glycans. In this study, we demonstrate for the first time that the silk gland protein N-glycosylation pathway can be glycoengineered. We accomplished this by using a dual piggyBac vector encoding two distinct mammalian glycosyltransferases under the transcriptional control of a posterior silk gland (PSG)-specific promoter. Both mammalian transgenes were expressed and each mammalian N-glycan processing activity was induced in transformed silkworm PSGs. In addition, the transgenic animals produced endogenous glycoproteins containing significant proportions of mammalian-type, terminally galactosylated N-glycans, while the parental animals produced none. This demonstration of the ability to glycoengineer the silkworm extends its potential utility as a recombinant protein production platform.
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- Eck Institute for Global Health, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Eck Institute for Global Health, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica 128, Nankang, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica 128, Nankang, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Eck Institute for Global Health, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Eck Institute for Global Health, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA.
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Cobra venom proteome and glycome determined from individual snakes of Naja atra reveal medically important dynamic range and systematic geographic variation. J Proteomics 2015. [PMID: 26196238 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2015.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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UNLABELLED Recent progress in snake venomics has shed much light on the intra-species variation among the toxins from different geographical regions and has provided important information for better snakebite management. Most previous reports on snake venomics were based on venoms pooled from different snakes. In this study, we present the proteomic and glycomic profiles of venoms from individual Naja atra snakes. The results reveal wide dynamic range of three-finger toxins. Systematic classification based on cardiotoxin (CTX-) profiles of A2/A4 and A6, respectively, allowed the identification of two putative subspecies of Taiwan cobra from the eastern and western regions. We also identified four major N-glycan moieties on cobra snake venom metalloproteinase on the bi-antennary glycan core. ELISA showed that these glycoproteins (<3%) could elicit much higher antibody response in antiserum when compared to other high-abundance cobra venom toxins such as small molecular weight CTXs (~60%). By removing these high-molecular weight glycoproteins from the immunogen, we demonstrated better protection than that achieved with conventional crude venom immunization in mice challenged by crude venom. We conclude that both intra-species and inter-individual variations of proteomic and glycomic profiles of snake venomics should be considered to provide better antivenomic approach for snakebite management. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE Based on the proteomic and glycomic profiles of venoms obtained from individual snakes, we demonstrated a surprisingly wide dynamic range and geographical variation of three-finger toxins in cobra venomics. This provides a reasonable explanation for the variable neutralization effects of antivenom treatment on victims suffering from cobra snakebite and suggests a simple and economic method to produce potent antivenom with better efficacy. Since two major venomic profiles with distinct dynamic ranges were observed for Taiwan cobra venoms isolated from the eastern and western regions, the current venomic profile should be used as a quality control for future production of antivenom in clinical applications.
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Sanchez-De Melo I, Grassi P, Ochoa F, Bolivar J, García-Cózar FJ, Durán-Ruiz MC. N-glycosylation profile analysis of Trastuzumab biosimilar candidates by Normal Phase Liquid Chromatography and MALDI-TOF MS approaches. J Proteomics 2015; 127:225-33. [PMID: 25907685 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2015.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2015] [Revised: 04/09/2015] [Accepted: 04/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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UNLABELLED The pharmaceutical market has entered an era in which the production of new therapeutics is being often replaced by "biosimilars", copies of already commercialized products waiting for the patents to expire in order to be distributed in a more competitive and affordable manners. Due to its relevance, the ErbB2-targeted monoclonal antibody Trastuzumab (Herceptin) used as breast cancer therapy is one of the main targets in the production of biosimilars. A major challenge is to produce antibodies with the same or the closest N-glycosylation pattern seen in the commercialized drug. Several factors, such as growing conditions or cell types employed, can determine the final composition and structure of the glycans, significantly affecting the properties of the generated antibodies. Therefore, an appropriate characterization is essential. In the present study, we describe two different but complementary strategies to characterize the N-glycosylation of two biosimilar candidates of Trastuzumab. In the first case, N-glycans are fluorescently labeled and separated by Normal Phase HPLC. Different sugars will elute at different times and can be identified using specific oligosaccharide standards. In the second approach, released glycans are permethylated and analyzed by MALDI-TOF MS, being able to determine the structure because of the differential sugar masses. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE The characterization of the N-glycosylation sites of therapeutic recombinant monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) is usually one of the most critical and time consuming steps in the developing process of biosimilars or any other glycosylated drug. Herein we describe two different but complementary approaches to characterize mAbs glycosylation patterns, the use of glycan fluorescence labeling coupled to HPLC and MALDI-TOF MS profile analysis. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: HUPO 2014.
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- Ivan Sanchez-De Melo
- Biotechnology, Biomedicine and Public Health Department, Cadiz University, Spain.
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- Biopolymer Mass Spectrometry Group, Imperial College, London UK.
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- Biotechnology, Biomedicine and Public Health Department, Cadiz University, Spain.
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- Biotechnology, Biomedicine and Public Health Department, Cadiz University, Spain.
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- Biotechnology, Biomedicine and Public Health Department, Cadiz University, Spain.
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Smit CH, van Diepen A, Nguyen DL, Wuhrer M, Hoffmann KF, Deelder AM, Hokke CH. Glycomic Analysis of Life Stages of the Human Parasite Schistosoma mansoni Reveals Developmental Expression Profiles of Functional and Antigenic Glycan Motifs. Mol Cell Proteomics 2015; 14:1750-69. [PMID: 25883177 PMCID: PMC4587318 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m115.048280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Glycans present on glycoproteins and glycolipids of the major human parasite Schistosoma mansoni induce innate as well as adaptive immune responses in the host. To be able to study the molecular characteristics of schistosome infections it is therefore required to determine the expression profiles of glycans and antigenic glycan-motifs during a range of critical stages of the complex schistosome lifecycle. We performed a longitudinal profiling study covering schistosome glycosylation throughout worm- and egg-development using a mass spectrometry-based glycomics approach. Our study revealed that during worm development N-glycans with Galβ1–4(Fucα1–3)GlcNAc (LeX) and core-xylose motifs were rapidly lost after cercariae to schistosomula transformation, whereas GalNAcβ1–4GlcNAc (LDN)-motifs gradually became abundant and predominated in adult worms. LeX-motifs were present on glycolipids up to 2 weeks of schistosomula development, whereas glycolipids with mono- and multifucosylated LDN-motifs remained present up to the adult worm stage. In contrast, expression of complex O-glycans diminished to undetectable levels within days after transformation. During egg development, a rich diversity of N-glycans with fucosylated motifs was expressed, but with α3-core fucose and a high degree of multifucosylated antennae only in mature eggs and miracidia. N-glycan antennae were exclusively LDN-based in miracidia. O-glycans in the mature eggs were also diverse and contained LeX- and multifucosylated LDN, but none of these were associated with miracidia in which we detected only the Galβ1–3(Galβ1–6)GalNAc core glycan. Immature eggs also exhibited short O-glycan core structures only, suggesting that complex fucosylated O-glycans of schistosome eggs are derived primarily from glycoproteins produced by the subshell envelope in the developed egg. Lipid glycans with multifucosylated GlcNAc repeats were present throughout egg development, but with the longer highly fucosylated stretches enriched in mature eggs and miracidia. This global analysis of the developing schistosome's glycome provides new insights into how stage-specifically expressed glycans may contribute to different aspects of schistosome-host interactions.
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- Cornelis H Smit
- From the ‡Department of Parasitology, Center of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- From the ‡Department of Parasitology, Center of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- From the ‡Department of Parasitology, Center of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- §Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- ¶Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth SY23 3FG, United Kingdom
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- §Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- From the ‡Department of Parasitology, Center of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands;
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Glycosylation profiles determine extravasation and disease-targeting properties of armed antibodies. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:2000-5. [PMID: 25646460 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1416694112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The ability of antibodies to extravasate out of blood vessels is critical for therapeutic activity, because molecular targets for most diseases are located outside of the endothelial lining. By performing detailed biodistribution studies with a novel IL9-armed cancer-specific antibody, we identified a clear correlation between N-linked glycan structures and tumor-targeting efficiencies. Site-specific glycan analysis provided a detailed view of the glycan microheterogeneity present on the IL9 portion of the recombinant protein. Nonsialylated glycan structures have a negative impact on disease-homing activity, highlighting the importance of glycosylation control and characterization during process development.
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Hamouda H, Kaup M, Ullah M, Berger M, Sandig V, Tauber R, Blanchard V. Rapid analysis of cell surface N-glycosylation from living cells using mass spectrometry. J Proteome Res 2014; 13:6144-51. [PMID: 25348702 DOI: 10.1021/pr5003005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Cell surfaces are covered with a dense carbohydrate layer referred to as the glycocalyx. Because different cell types express different glycan signatures, it is of paramount importance to have robust methods to analyze the glycome of living cells. To achieve this, a common procedure involves cell lysis and extraction of membrane (glyco)proteins and yields a major proportion of high-mannose N-glycans that most likely stem from intracellular proteins derived from the ER. Using HEK 293 cells as a model system, we developed a reproducible, sensitive, and fast method to profile surface N-glycosylation from living cells. We directly released glycopeptides from cell surfaces through tryptic digestion of freshly harvested and vital cells, thereby improving the detection and quantification of complex-type N-glycans by increasing their relative amount from 14 to 85%. It was also possible to detect 25 additional structures in HEK 293, 48 in AGE1.HN, 42 in CHO-K1, and 51 in Hep G2 cells. The additional signals provided deeper insight into cell-type-specific N-glycan features such as antennarity, fucosylation, and sialylation. Thus, this protocol, which can potentially be applied to any cells, will be useful in the fields of glycobiotechnology and biomarker discovery.
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- Houda Hamouda
- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin , Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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Toghi Eshghi S, Yang S, Wang X, Shah P, Li X, Zhang H. Imaging of N-linked glycans from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue sections using MALDI mass spectrometry. ACS Chem Biol 2014; 9:2149-56. [PMID: 25029481 PMCID: PMC4168804 DOI: 10.1021/cb500405h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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glycosylation is associated with most of the diseases.
Direct imaging and profiling of N-glycans on tissue sections can reveal
tissue-specific and/or disease-associated N-glycans, which not only
could serve as molecular signatures for diagnosis but also shed light
on the functional roles of these biomolecules. Mass spectrometry imaging
(MSI) is a powerful tool that has been used to correlate peptides,
proteins, lipids, and metabolites with their underlying histopathology
in tissue sections. Here, we report an MSI technique for direct analysis
of N-glycans from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues.
This technique consists of sectioning FFPE tissues, deparaffinization,
and rehydration of the sections, denaturing tissue proteins, releasing
N-linked glycans from proteins by printing peptide-N-glycosidase F
over the sections, spray-coating the tissue with matrix, and analyzing
N-glycans by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry
(MALDI-MS). Brain sections from a C57BL/6 mouse were imaged using
this technique at a resolution of 100 μm. Forty-two N-glycans
were analyzed from the mouse brain section. The mass spectrometry
images were used to study the relative abundance of oligomannose,
nonfucosylated, and fucosylated complex N-glycans in different brain
areas including isocortex, hippocampal formation, and brainstem and
specific glycans associated with different areas of the brain were
identified. Furthermore, glioblastoma tumor xenografts in a NOD/SCID
mouse were imaged. Several glycans with differential expression in
tumor versus normal brain tissues were identified. The MSI technique
allows for imaging of N-glycans directly from FFPE sections. This
method can potentially identify tissue-specific and/or disease-associated
glycans coexpressed with other molecular signatures or within certain
histological structures.
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- Shadi Toghi Eshghi
- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, ‡Department of Pathology, School
of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, United States
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, ‡Department of Pathology, School
of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, United States
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, ‡Department of Pathology, School
of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, United States
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, ‡Department of Pathology, School
of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, United States
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, ‡Department of Pathology, School
of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, United States
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, ‡Department of Pathology, School
of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, United States
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Lim JM, Wollaston-Hayden EE, Teo CF, Hausman D, Wells L. Quantitative secretome and glycome of primary human adipocytes during insulin resistance. Clin Proteomics 2014; 11:20. [PMID: 24948903 PMCID: PMC4055909 DOI: 10.1186/1559-0275-11-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2013] [Accepted: 02/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Adipose tissue is both an energy storage depot and an endocrine organ. The impaired regulation of the secreted proteins of adipose tissue, known as adipocytokines, observed during obesity contributes to the onset of whole-body insulin resistance and the pathobiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). In addition, the global elevation of the intracellular glycosylation of proteins by O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) via either genetic or pharmacological methods is sufficient to induce insulin resistance in both cultured cells and animal models. The elevation of global O-GlcNAc levels is associated with the altered expression of many adipocytokines. We have previously characterized the rodent adipocyte secretome during insulin sensitive and insulin resistant conditions. Here, we characterize and quantify the secretome and glycome of primary human adipocytes during insulin responsive and insulin resistant conditions generated by the classical method of hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia or by the pharmacological manipulation of O-GlcNAc levels. Using a proteomic approach, we identify 190 secreted proteins and report a total of 20 up-regulated and 6 down-regulated proteins that are detected in both insulin resistant conditions. Moreover, we apply glycomic techniques to examine (1) the sites of N-glycosylation on secreted proteins, (2) the structures of complex N- and O-glycans, and (3) the relative abundance of complex N- and O-glycans structures in insulin responsive and insulin resistant conditions. We identify 91 N-glycosylation sites derived from 51 secreted proteins, as well as 155 and 29 released N- and O-glycans respectively. We go on to quantify many of the N- and O-glycan structures between insulin responsive and insulin resistance conditions demonstrating no significant changes in complex glycosylation in the time frame for the induction of insulin resistance. Thus, our data support that the O-GlcNAc modification is involved in the regulation of adipocytokine secretion upon the induction of insulin resistance in human adipocytes.
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- Jae-Min Lim
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, 30602-4712 Athens, Georgia ; Department of Chemistry, The University of Georgia, 30602 Athens, Georgia ; Department of Chemistry, Changwon National University, Changwon, Gyeongnam 641-773, South Korea
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, 30602-4712 Athens, Georgia ; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Georgia, 30602 Athens, Georgia
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, 30602-4712 Athens, Georgia ; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Georgia, 30602 Athens, Georgia
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- Department of Foods and Nutrition, The University of Georgia, 30602 Athens, Georgia
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, 30602-4712 Athens, Georgia ; Department of Chemistry, The University of Georgia, 30602 Athens, Georgia ; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Georgia, 30602 Athens, Georgia
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Abdel-Rahman EH, Mohamed AH, Abdel-Rahman AAH, El Shanawany EE. The role of Ser-(Arg-Ser-Arg-Ser-GlucNAc)19-GlucNAc Fasciola gigantica glycoprotein in the diagnosis of prepatent fasciolosis in rabbits. J Parasit Dis 2014; 40:11-21. [PMID: 27065591 DOI: 10.1007/s12639-014-0461-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2014] [Accepted: 03/31/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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In the present study, the carbohydrate structures associated with Fasciola gigantica adult worm were identified by indirect hemagglutination inhibition test. Glucose was found to be the main monosaccharide associated with the fluke. According to indirect hemagglutination inhibition results, purification of glycoprotein fractions from worm crude extract was carried out by affinity chromatography immobilized glucose agarose gel and Con-A lectin columns. The isolated glycoprotein fractions, FI and FII, were characterized by SDS-PAGE which revealed one band in FI of 26 kDa and another one band of 19.5 kDa in FII compared with 12 bands associated with whole worm extract. Both fractions were also characterized by isoelectric focusing technique which proved that both bands were acidic in nature with pIs 6.4 and 6.5 respectively. The comparative diagnostic evaluation of the two isolated glycoprotein fractions and crude extract of experimental fasciolosis in rabbits by ELISA revealed that FII was more potent in the diagnosis during prepatent (first week post infection) and patent periods (10 weeks post infection) than FI and crude extract. Moreover, infected rabbit sera at ten weeks post infection identified both bands; 26 and 19.5 kDa in western blot analysis confirming its immunodiagnostic activities which was proved previously by ELISA. FII proved potency in diagnosis of fasciolosis in 200 buffalo serum samples of different ages and sexes using ELISA which recorded 95 % positive and 5 % negative samples. Moreover, the detailed structural analyses of the most potent fraction, F11, using mass spectrum was made and elucidated chemical structure; O-glycan [Ser-(Arg-Ser-Arg-Ser-GlucNAc)19-GlucNAc]. The present result introduces GlucNAc rich fraction of F .gigantica that can be used successfully in the diagnosis of acute and chronic fasciolosis.
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- Eman H Abdel-Rahman
- Department of Parasitology and Animal Diseases, National Research Center, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Menoufia University, Shebin- El Kom, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Menoufia University, Shebin- El Kom, Egypt
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- Department of Parasitology and Animal Diseases, National Research Center, Giza, Egypt
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A new insect cell glycoengineering approach provides baculovirus-inducible glycogene expression and increases human-type glycosylation efficiency. J Biotechnol 2014; 182-183:19-29. [PMID: 24768688 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2014] [Revised: 03/26/2014] [Accepted: 04/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Insect cells are often glycoengineered using DNA constructs encoding foreign glyocoenzymes under the transcriptional control of the baculovirus immediate early promoter, ie1. However, we recently found that the delayed early baculovirus promoter, 39K, provides inducible and higher levels of transgene expression than ie1 after baculovirus infection (Lin and Jarvis, 2013). Thus, the purpose of this study was to assess the utility of the 39K promoter for insect cell glycoengineering. We produced two polyclonal transgenic insect cell populations in parallel using DNA constructs encoding foreign glycoenzymes under either ie1 (Sfie1SWT) or 39K (Sf39KSWT) promoter control. The surface of Sfie1SWT cells was constitutively sialylated, whereas the Sf39KSWT cell surface was only strongly sialylated after baculovirus infection, indicating Sf39KSWT cells were inducibly-glycoengineered. All nine glycogene-related transcript levels were induced by baculovirus infection of Sf39KSWT cells and most reached higher levels in Sf39KSWT than in Sfie1SWT cells at early times after infection. Similarly, galactosyltransferase activity, sialyltransferase activity, and sialic acid levels were induced and reached higher levels in baculovirus-infected Sf39KSWT cells. Finally, two different recombinant glycoproteins produced by baculovirus-infected Sf39KSWT cells had lower proportions of paucimannose-type and higher proportions of sialylated, complex-type N-glycans than those produced by baculovirus-infected Sfie1SWT cells. Thus, the 39K promoter provides baculovirus-inducible expression of foreign glycogenes, higher glycoenzyme activity levels, and higher human-type N-glycan processing efficiencies than the ie1 promoter, indicating that this delayed early baculovirus promoter has great utility for insect cell glycoengineering.
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Jedrzejewski PM, del Val IJ, Constantinou A, Dell A, Haslam SM, Polizzi KM, Kontoravdi C. Towards controlling the glycoform: a model framework linking extracellular metabolites to antibody glycosylation. Int J Mol Sci 2014; 15:4492-522. [PMID: 24637934 PMCID: PMC3975410 DOI: 10.3390/ijms15034492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2013] [Revised: 02/07/2014] [Accepted: 02/21/2014] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Glycoproteins represent the largest group of the growing number of biologically-derived medicines. The associated glycan structures and their distribution are known to have a large impact on pharmacokinetics. A modelling framework was developed to provide a link from the extracellular environment and its effect on intracellular metabolites to the distribution of glycans on the constant region of an antibody product. The main focus of this work is the mechanistic in silico reconstruction of the nucleotide sugar donor (NSD) metabolic network by means of 34 species mass balances and the saturation kinetics rates of the 60 metabolic reactions involved. NSDs are the co-substrates of the glycosylation process in the Golgi apparatus and their simulated dynamic intracellular concentration profiles were linked to an existing model describing the distribution of N-linked glycan structures of the antibody constant region. The modelling framework also describes the growth dynamics of the cell population by means of modified Monod kinetics. Simulation results match well to experimental data from a murine hybridoma cell line. The result is a modelling platform which is able to describe the product glycoform based on extracellular conditions. It represents a first step towards the in silico prediction of the glycoform of a biotherapeutic and provides a platform for the optimisation of bioprocess conditions with respect to product quality.
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- Philip M Jedrzejewski
- Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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- Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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- Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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Mabashi-Asazuma H, Kuo CW, Khoo KH, Jarvis DL. A novel baculovirus vector for the production of nonfucosylated recombinant glycoproteins in insect cells. Glycobiology 2013; 24:325-40. [PMID: 24362443 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwt161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Glycosylation is an important attribute of baculovirus-insect cell expression systems, but some insect cell lines produce core α1,3-fucosylated N-glycans, which are highly immunogenic and render recombinant glycoproteins unsuitable for human use. To address this problem, we exploited a bacterial enzyme, guanosine-5'-diphospho (GDP)-4-dehydro-6-deoxy-d-mannose reductase (Rmd), which consumes the GDP-l-fucose precursor. We expected this enzyme to block glycoprotein fucosylation by blocking the production of GDP-l-fucose, the donor substrate required for this process. Initially, we engineered two different insect cell lines to constitutively express Rmd and isolated subclones with fucosylation-negative phenotypes. However, we found the fucosylation-negative phenotypes induced by Rmd expression were unstable, indicating that this host cell engineering approach is ineffective in insect systems. Thus, we constructed a baculovirus vector designed to express Rmd immediately after infection and facilitate the insertion of genes encoding any glycoprotein of interest for expression later after infection. We used this vector to produce a daughter encoding rituximab and found, in contrast to an Rmd-negative control, that insect cells infected with this virus produced a nonfucosylated form of this therapeutic antibody. These results indicate that our Rmd(+) baculoviral vector can be used to solve the immunogenic core α1,3-fucosylation problem associated with the baculovirus-insect cell system. In conjunction with existing glycoengineered insect cell lines, this vector extends the utility of the baculovirus-insect cell system to include therapeutic glycoprotein production. This new vector also extends the utility of the baculovirus-insect cell system to include the production of recombinant antibodies with enhanced effector functions, due to its ability to block core α1,6-fucosylation.
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Mathieu-Rivet E, Scholz M, Arias C, Dardelle F, Schulze S, Le Mauff F, Teo G, Hochmal AK, Blanco-Rivero A, Loutelier-Bourhis C, Kiefer-Meyer MC, Fufezan C, Burel C, Lerouge P, Martinez F, Bardor M, Hippler M. Exploring the N-glycosylation pathway in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii unravels novel complex structures. Mol Cell Proteomics 2013; 12:3160-83. [PMID: 23912651 PMCID: PMC3820931 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m113.028191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2013] [Revised: 08/01/2013] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a green unicellular eukaryotic model organism for studying relevant biological and biotechnological questions. The availability of genomic resources and the growing interest in C. reinhardtii as an emerging cell factory for the industrial production of biopharmaceuticals require an in-depth analysis of protein N-glycosylation in this organism. Accordingly, we used a comprehensive approach including genomic, glycomic, and glycoproteomic techniques to unravel the N-glycosylation pathway of C. reinhardtii. Using mass-spectrometry-based approaches, we found that both endogenous soluble and membrane-bound proteins carry predominantly oligomannosides ranging from Man-2 to Man-5. In addition, minor complex N-linked glycans were identified as being composed of partially 6-O-methylated Man-3 to Man-5 carrying one or two xylose residues. These findings were supported by results from a glycoproteomic approach that led to the identification of 86 glycoproteins. Here, a combination of in-source collision-induced dissodiation (CID) for glycan fragmentation followed by mass tag-triggered CID for peptide sequencing and PNGase F treatment of glycopeptides in the presence of (18)O-labeled water in conjunction with CID mass spectrometric analyses were employed. In conclusion, our data support the notion that the biosynthesis and maturation of N-linked glycans in the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus occur via a GnT I-independent pathway yielding novel complex N-linked glycans that maturate differently from their counterparts in land plants.
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- Elodie Mathieu-Rivet
- From the ‡Université de Rouen, Laboratoire Glyco-MEV, EA 4358, Institut de Recherche et d'Innovation Biomédicale (IRIB), 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan Cedex, France
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- ¶Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Schlossplatz 8, University of Münster, D-48143, Germany
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- ‖Comisión Docente de Fisiología Vegetal, Departamento de Biología, Edificio de Biología Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- From the ‡Université de Rouen, Laboratoire Glyco-MEV, EA 4358, Institut de Recherche et d'Innovation Biomédicale (IRIB), 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan Cedex, France
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- ¶Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Schlossplatz 8, University of Münster, D-48143, Germany
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- ‡‡Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), 20 Biopolis Way, #06-01, Centros, Singapore, 138668
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- ‡‡Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), 20 Biopolis Way, #06-01, Centros, Singapore, 138668
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- ¶Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Schlossplatz 8, University of Münster, D-48143, Germany
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- ‖Comisión Docente de Fisiología Vegetal, Departamento de Biología, Edificio de Biología Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- §§Université de Rouen, Laboratoire COBRA UMR 6014 & FR 3038, INSA de Rouen, 1 Rue Tesnière, 76821 Mont St Aignan Cedex, France
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- From the ‡Université de Rouen, Laboratoire Glyco-MEV, EA 4358, Institut de Recherche et d'Innovation Biomédicale (IRIB), 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan Cedex, France
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- ¶Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Schlossplatz 8, University of Münster, D-48143, Germany
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- From the ‡Université de Rouen, Laboratoire Glyco-MEV, EA 4358, Institut de Recherche et d'Innovation Biomédicale (IRIB), 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan Cedex, France
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- From the ‡Université de Rouen, Laboratoire Glyco-MEV, EA 4358, Institut de Recherche et d'Innovation Biomédicale (IRIB), 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan Cedex, France
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- ‖Comisión Docente de Fisiología Vegetal, Departamento de Biología, Edificio de Biología Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- From the ‡Université de Rouen, Laboratoire Glyco-MEV, EA 4358, Institut de Recherche et d'Innovation Biomédicale (IRIB), 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan Cedex, France
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- ¶Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Schlossplatz 8, University of Münster, D-48143, Germany
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Lattová E, Perreault H. The usefulness of hydrazine derivatives for mass spectrometric analysis of carbohydrates. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2013; 32:366-385. [PMID: 23345114 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2012] [Revised: 10/12/2012] [Accepted: 10/12/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Over the last years, extensive studies have evaluated glycans from different biological samples and validated the importance of glycosylation as one of the most important post-translational modifications of proteins. Although a number of new methods for carbohydrate analysis have been published and there has been significant progress in their identification, the development of new approaches to study these biomolecules and understand their role in living systems are still vivid challenges that intrigue glycobiologists. In the last decade, the success in analyses of oligosaccharides has been driven mainly by the development of innovative, highly sensitive mass spectrometry techniques. For enhanced mass spectrometry detection, carbohydrate molecules are often derivatized. Besides, the type of labeling can influence the fragmentation pattern and make the structural analysis less complicated. In this regard, in 2003 we introduced the low scale, simple non-reductive tagging of glycans employing phenylhydrazine (PHN) as the derivatizing reagent. PHN-labeled glycans showed increased detection and as reported previously they can be analyzed by HPLC, ESI, or MALDI immediately after derivatization. Under tandem mass spectrometry conditions, PHN-derivatives produced useful data for the structural elucidation of oligosaccharides. This approach of analysis has helped to reveal new isomeric structures for glycans of known/unknown composition and has been successfully applied for the profiling of N-glycans obtained from serum samples and cancer cells. The efficacy of this labeling has also been evaluated for different substituted hydrazine reagents. This review summarizes all types of reducing-end labeling based on hydrazone-linkage that have been used for mass spectrometric analyses of oligosaccharides. This review is also aimed at correcting some past misconceptions or interpretations reported in the literature.
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- Erika Lattová
- Chemistry Department, University of Manitoba, 144 Dysart Road, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2.
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Hamouda H, Ullah M, Berger M, Sittinger M, Tauber R, Ringe J, Blanchard V. N-glycosylation profile of undifferentiated and adipogenically differentiated human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells: towards a next generation of stem cell markers. Stem Cells Dev 2013; 22:3100-13. [PMID: 23829188 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2013.0108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent cells that are easy to isolate and expand, develop into several tissues, including fat, migrate to diseased organs, have immunosuppressive properties and secrete regenerative factors. This makes MSCs ideal for regenerative medicine. For application and regulatory purposes, knowledge of (bio)markers characterizing MSCs and their development stages is of paramount importance. The cell surface is coated with glycans that possess lineage-specific nature, which makes glycans to be promising candidate markers. In the context of soft tissue generation, we aimed to identify glycans that could be markers for MSCs and their adipogenically differentiated progeny. MSCs were isolated from human bone marrow, adipogenically stimulated for 15 days and adipogenesis was verified by staining the lipid droplets and quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction of the marker genes peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARG) and fatty acid binding protein-4 (FABP4). Using matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry combined with exoglycosidase digestions, we report for the first time the N-glycome of MSCs during adipogenic differentiation. We were able to detect more than 100 different N-glycans, including high-mannose, hybrid, and complex N-glycans, as well as poly-N-acetyllactosamine chains. Adipogenesis was accompanied by an increased amount of biantennary fucosylated structures, decreased amount of fucosylated, afucosylated tri- and tetraantennary structures and increased sialylation. N-glycans H6N5F1 and H7N6F1 were significantly overexpressed in undifferentiated MSCs while H3N4F1 and H5N4F3 were upregulated in adipogenically differentiated MSCs. These glycan structures are promising candidate markers to detect and distinguish MSCs and their adipogenic progeny.
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- Houda Hamouda
- 1 Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin , Berlin, Germany
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Shah P, Yang S, Sun S, Aiyetan P, Yarema KJ, Zhang H. Mass spectrometric analysis of sialylated glycans with use of solid-phase labeling of sialic acids. Anal Chem 2013; 85:3606-13. [PMID: 23445396 PMCID: PMC3681956 DOI: 10.1021/ac3033867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The analysis of sialylated glycans is critical for understanding the role of sialic acid in normal biological processes as well as in disease. However, the labile nature of sialic acid typically renders routine analysis of this monosaccharide by mass spectrometric methods difficult. To overcome this difficulty we pursued derivatization methodologies, extending established acetohydrazide approaches to aniline-based methods, and finally to optimized p-toluidine derivatization. This new quantitative glycoform profiling method with use of MALDI-TOF in positive ion mode was validated by first comparing N-glycans isolated from fetuin and serum and was then exploited to analyze the effects of increased metabolic flux through the sialic acid pathway in SW1990 pancreatic cancer cells by using a colabeling strategy with light and heavy toluidine. The latter results established that metabolic flux, in a complementary manner to the more well-known impact of sialyltransferase expression, can critically modulate the sialylation of specific glycans while leaving others virtually unchanged.
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- Punit Shah
- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231
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Wang SH, Tsai CM, Lin KI, Khoo KH. Advanced mass spectrometry and chemical analyses reveal the presence of terminal disialyl motif on mouse B-cell glycoproteins. Glycobiology 2013; 23:677-89. [PMID: 23363740 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwt008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The occurrence of a terminal disialyl motif on mammalian O-glycans is increasingly being identified through recent mass spectrometry (MS)-based glycomic profiling. In most cases, it is carried on simple core 1 structures in which both the galactose and N-acetyl galactosamine can be disialylated. In contrast, a disialyl motif on N-glycans is less readily revealed by MS mapping, since additional MS/MS analysis is required to determine the distribution of the various sialic acids on typically multisialylated complex type N-glycans. In our MS-based glycomic screening, we found that a mouse B lymphoma cell line, BCL1, ranks among those that have the highest amount of disialyl motif on its O-glycans, including those carried on CD45. More intriguingly, detailed chemical and MS/MS analyses unambiguously showed that the Neu5Gcα2-8Neu5Gc disialyl motif is also present on the N-glycans and that it can be carried on the termini of polylactosaminoglycan chains, which can be further sulfated on the proximal GlcNAc, occurring alongside other monosialylated sulfated LacNAc termini. Upon silencing the expression of mouse α2,8-sialyltransferase VI (ST8Sia VI), the overall disialyl content decreases significantly, but more so for that on the N-glycans than the O-glycans. ST8Sia VI was further shown to be the most significantly upregulated ST8Sia during plasma cell differentiation, which coincides with increasing content of the disialyl motif. Increasing terminal disialylation without leading to polysialylation may thus have important biological consequences awaiting further investigation. Likewise, the expression of mono- and disialylated sulfated LacNAc may constitute novel recognition codes modulating B-cell activation and differentiation.
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- Shui-Hua Wang
- Institute of Biochemical Sciences, National Taiwan University
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Van Calsteren MR, Gagnon F, Calzas C, Goyette-Desjardins G, Okura M, Takamatsu D, Gottschalk M, Segura M. Structure determination of Streptococcus suis serotype 14 capsular polysaccharide. Biochem Cell Biol 2012; 91:49-58. [PMID: 23527632 DOI: 10.1139/bcb-2012-0036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The capsular polysaccharide (CPS) of Streptococcus suis serotype 14 was purified, chemically modified, and characterized. Sugar and absolute configuration analyses gave the following CPS composition: D-Gal, 3; D-Glc, 1; D-GlcNAc, 1; D-Neu5Ac, 1. The Sambucus nigra lectin, which recognizes the Neu5Ac(α2-6)Gal/GalNAc sequence, showed binding to the native CPS. Sialic acid was found to be terminal, and the CPS was quantitatively desialylated by mild acid hydrolysis. It was also submitted to periodate oxidation followed by borohydride reduction and Smith degradation. Sugar and methylation analyses, (1)H and (13)C nuclear magnetic resonance, and mass spectrometry of the native CPS or of its specifically modified products allowed to determine the repeating unit sequence: [6)[Neu5Ac(α2-6)Gal(β1-4)GlcNAc(β1-3)]Gal(β1-3)Gal(β1-4)Glc(β1-](n). S. suis serotype 14 CPS has an identical sialic acid-containing side chain as serotype 2 CPS, but differs by the absence of rhamnose in its composition. The same side chain is also present in group B Streptococcus type Ia CPS, except that in the latter sialic acid is 2,3- rather than 2,6-linked to the following galactose. A correlation between the S. suis CPS sequence and genes of the serotype 14 cps locus encoding putative glycosyltransferases and polymerase responsible for the biosynthesis of the repeating unit is proposed.
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- Marie-Rose Van Calsteren
- Food Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 8E3, Canada.
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Mabashi-Asazuma H, Shi X, Geisler C, Kuo CW, Khoo KH, Jarvis DL. Impact of a human CMP-sialic acid transporter on recombinant glycoprotein sialylation in glycoengineered insect cells. Glycobiology 2012; 23:199-210. [PMID: 23065352 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cws143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Insect cells are widely used for recombinant glycoprotein production, but they cannot provide the glycosylation patterns required for some biotechnological applications. This problem has been addressed by genetically engineering insect cells to express mammalian genes encoding various glycoprotein glycan processing functions. However, for various reasons, the impact of a mammalian cytosine-5'-monophospho (CMP)-sialic acid transporter has not yet been examined. Thus, we transformed Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) cells with six mammalian genes to generate a new cell line, SfSWT-4, that can produce sialylated glycoproteins when cultured with the sialic acid precursor, N-acetylmannosamine. We then super-transformed SfSWT-4 with a human CMP-sialic acid transporter (hCSAT) gene to isolate a daughter cell line, SfSWT-6, which expressed the hCSAT gene in addition to the other mammalian glycogenes. SfSWT-6 cells had higher levels of cell surface sialylation and also supported higher levels of recombinant glycoprotein sialylation, particularly when cultured with low concentrations of N-acetylmannosamine. Thus, hCSAT expression has an impact on glycoprotein sialylation, can reduce the cost of recombinant glycoprotein production and therefore should be included in ongoing efforts to glycoengineer the baculovirus-insect cell system. The results of this study also contributed new insights into the endogenous mechanism and potential mechanisms of CMP-sialic acid accumulation in the Golgi apparatus of lepidopteran insect cells.
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Gupta V, Bhinge KN, Hosain SB, Xiong K, Gu X, Shi R, Ho MY, Khoo KH, Li SC, Li YT, Ambudkar SV, Jazwinski SM, Liu YY. Ceramide glycosylation by glucosylceramide synthase selectively maintains the properties of breast cancer stem cells. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:37195-205. [PMID: 22936806 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.396390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Cancer stem cells are distinguished from normal adult stem cells by their stemness without tissue homeostasis control. Glycosphingolipids (GSLs), particularly globo-series GSLs, are important markers of undifferentiated embryonic stem cells, but little is known about whether or not ceramide glycosylation, which controls glycosphingolipid synthesis, plays a role in modulating stem cells. Here, we report that ceramide glycosylation catalyzed by glucosylceramide synthase, which is enhanced in breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs) but not in normal mammary epithelial stem cells, maintains tumorous pluripotency of BCSCs. Enhanced ceramide glycosylation and globotriosylceramide (Gb3) correlate well with the numbers of BCSCs in breast cancer cell lines. In BCSCs sorted with CD44(+)/ESA(+)/CD24(-) markers, Gb3 activates c-Src/β-catenin signaling and up-regulates the expression of FGF-2, CD44, and Oct-4 enriching tumorigenesis. Conversely, silencing glucosylceramide synthase expression disrupts Gb3 synthesis and selectively kills BCSCs through deactivation of c-Src/β-catenin signaling. These findings highlight the unexploited role of ceramide glycosylation in selectively maintaining the tumorous pluripotency of cancer stem cells. It speculates that disruption of ceramide glycosylation or globo-series GSL is a useful approach to specifically target BCSCs specifically.
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- Vineet Gupta
- Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana 71209, USA
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Tsai IH, Chang HC, Chen JM, Cheng AC, Khoo KH. Glycan structures and intrageneric variations of venom acidic phospholipases A2 from Tropidolaemus pitvipers. FEBS J 2012; 279:2672-82. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08648.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Rapid glycopeptide enrichment and N-glycosylation site mapping strategies based on amine-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles. Anal Bioanal Chem 2012; 402:2765-76. [PMID: 22287049 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-012-5724-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2011] [Revised: 12/20/2011] [Accepted: 01/09/2012] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Glycoproteins secreted or expressed on the cell surface at specific pathophysiological stages are well-recognized disease biomarkers and therapeutic targets. While mapping of specific glycan structures can be performed at the level of released glycans, site-specific glycosylation and identification of specific protein carriers can only be determined by analysis of glycopeptides. A key enabling step in mass spectrometry (MS)-based glycoproteomics is the ability to selectively or non-selectively enrich for the glycopeptides from a total pool of a digested proteome for MS analysis since the highly heterogeneous glycopeptides are usually present at low abundance and ionize poorly compared with non-glycosylated peptides. Among the most common approaches for non-destructive and non-glycan-selective glycopeptide enrichment are strategies based on various forms of hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC). We present here a variation of this method using amine-derivatized Fe(3)O(4) nanoparticles, in concert with in situ peptide N-glycosidase F digestion for direct matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization–mass spectrometry analysis of N-glycosylation sites and the released glycans. Conditions were also optimized for efficient elution of the enriched glycopeptides from the nanoparticles for on-line nanoflow liquid chromatography–MS/MS analysis. Successful applications to single glycoproteins as well as total proteomic mixtures derived from biological fluids established the unrivaled practical versatility of this method, with enrichment efficiency comparable to other HILIC-based methods.
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Robinson LN, Artpradit C, Raman R, Shriver ZH, Ruchirawat M, Sasisekharan R. Harnessing glycomics technologies: integrating structure with function for glycan characterization. Electrophoresis 2012; 33:797-814. [PMID: 22522536 PMCID: PMC3743516 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201100231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
Glycans, or complex carbohydrates, are a ubiquitous class of biological molecule which impinge on a variety of physiological processes ranging from signal transduction to tissue development and microbial pathogenesis. In comparison to DNA and proteins, glycans present unique challenges to the study of their structure and function owing to their complex and heterogeneous structures and the dominant role played by multivalency in their sequence-specific biological interactions. Arising from these challenges, there is a need to integrate information from multiple complementary methods to decode structure-function relationships. Focusing on acidic glycans, we describe here key glycomics technologies for characterizing their structural attributes, including linkage, modifications, and topology, as well as for elucidating their role in biological processes. Two cases studies, one involving sialylated branched glycans and the other sulfated glycosaminoglycans, are used to highlight how integration of orthogonal information from diverse datasets enables rapid convergence of glycan characterization for development of robust structure-function relationships.
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Affiliation(s)
- Luke N. Robinson
- Department of Biological Engineering, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology and Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
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- Program in Applied Biological Sciences: Environmental Health, Chulabhorn Graduate Institute, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology and Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology and Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
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- Program in Applied Biological Sciences: Environmental Health, Chulabhorn Graduate Institute, Bangkok, Thailand
- Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Chulabhorn Research Institute, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology and Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
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IRES-mediated Tricistronic vectors for enhancing generation of high monoclonal antibody expressing CHO cell lines. J Biotechnol 2012; 157:130-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2011] [Accepted: 09/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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