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Burton C, Bitaraf A, Snyder K, Zhang C, Yoder SJ, Avram D, Du D, Yu X, Lau EK. The functional role of L-fucose on dendritic cell function and polarization. Front Immunol 2024; 15:1353570. [PMID: 38646527 PMCID: PMC11026564 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1353570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/23/2024] Open
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Despite significant advances in the development and refinement of immunotherapies administered to combat cancer over the past decades, a number of barriers continue to limit their efficacy. One significant clinical barrier is the inability to mount initial immune responses towards the tumor. As dendritic cells are central initiators of immune responses in the body, the elucidation of mechanisms that can be therapeutically leveraged to enhance their functions to drive anti-tumor immune responses is urgently needed. Here, we report that the dietary sugar L-fucose can be used to enhance the immunostimulatory activity of dendritic cells (DCs). L-fucose polarizes immature myeloid cells towards specific DC subsets, specifically cDC1 and moDC subsets. In vitro, L-fucose treatment enhances antigen uptake and processing of DCs. Furthermore, our data suggests that L-fucose-treated DCs increase stimulation of T cell populations. Consistent with our functional assays, single-cell RNA sequencing of intratumoral DCs from melanoma- and breast tumor-bearing mice confirmed transcriptional regulation and antigen processing as pathways that are significantly altered by dietary L-fucose. Together, this study provides the first evidence of the ability of L-fucose to bolster DC functionality and provides rational to further investigate how L-fucose can be used to leverage DC function in order to enhance current immunotherapy.
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- Chase Burton
- Department of Immunology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, United States
- Cancer Biology Ph.D. Program, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
- Immunology Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Cancer Biology Ph.D. Program, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
- Molecular Medicine Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, United States
- Department of Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Molecular Medicine Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, United States
- Department of Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, United States
- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Molecular Genomics Core, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Molecular Genomics Core, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Department of Immunology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, United States
- Immunology Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Molecular Medicine Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, United States
- Department of Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, United States
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Orłowska M, Barua D, Piłsyk S, Muszewska A. Fucose as a nutrient ligand for Dikarya and a building block of early diverging lineages. IMA Fungus 2023; 14:17. [PMID: 37670396 PMCID: PMC10481521 DOI: 10.1186/s43008-023-00123-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023] Open
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Fucose is a deoxyhexose sugar present and studied in mammals. The process of fucosylation has been the primary focus in studies relating to fucose in animals due to the presence of fucose in Lewis antigens. Very few studies have reported its presence in Fungi, mostly in Mucoromycotina. The constitution of 25% and 12% of this sugar in the carbohydrates of cell wall in the respective Umbelopsis and Mucorales strains boosts the need to bridge the gap of knowledge on fucose metabolism across the fungal tree of life. In the absence of a network map involving fucose proteins, we carried out an in-silico approach to construct the fucose metabolic map in Fungi. We analyzed the taxonomic distribution of 85 protein families in Fungi including diverse early diverging fungal lineages. The expression of fucose-related protein-coding genes proteins was validated with the help of transcriptomic data originating from representatives of early diverging fungi. We found proteins involved in several metabolic activities apart from fucosylation such as synthesis, transport and binding. Most of the identified protein families are shared with Metazoa suggesting an ancestral origin in Opisthokonta. However, the overall complexity of fucose metabolism is greater in Metazoa than in Fungi. Massive gene loss has shaped the evolutionary history of these metabolic pathways, leading to a repeated reduction of these pathways in most yeast-forming lineages. Our results point to a distinctive mode of utilization of fucose among fungi belonging to Dikarya and the early diverging lineages. We speculate that, while Dikarya used fucose as a source of nutrients for metabolism, the early diverging group of fungi depended on fucose as a building block and signaling compound.
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- Małgorzata Orłowska
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland.
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw, Zwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland.
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Liu Y, Zhu Y, Wang H, Wan L, Zhang W, Mu W. Strategies for Enhancing Microbial Production of 2'-Fucosyllactose, the Most Abundant Human Milk Oligosaccharide. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2022; 70:11481-11499. [PMID: 36094047 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c04539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), a group of structurally diverse unconjugated glycans in breast milk, act as important prebiotics and have plenty of unique health effects for growing infants. 2'-Fucosyllactose (2'-FL) is the most abundant HMO, accounting for approximately 30%, among approximately 200 identified HMOs with different structures. 2'-FL can be enzymatically produced by α1,2-fucosyltransferase, using GDP-l-fucose as donor and lactose as acceptor. Metabolic engineering strategies have been widely used for enhancement of GDP-l-fucose supply and microbial production of 2'-FL with high productivity. GDP-l-fucose supply can be enhanced by two main pathways, including de novo and salvage pathways. 2'-FL-producing α1,2-fucosyltransferases have widely been identified from various microorganisms. Metabolic pathways for 2'-FL synthesis can be basically constructed by enhancing GDP-l-fucose supply and introducing α1,2-fucosyltransferase. Various strategies have been attempted to enhance 2'-FL production, such as acceptor enhancement, donor enhancement, and improvement of the functional expression of α1,2-fucosyltransferase. In this review, current progress in GDP-l-fucose synthesis and bacterial α1,2-fucosyltransferases is described in detail, various metabolic engineering strategies for enhancing 2'-FL production are comprehensively reviewed, and future research focuses in biotechnological production of 2'-FL are suggested.
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- Yuanlin Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China
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- Bloomage Biotechnology Corp., Ltd., Jinan, Shandong 250010, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China
- International Joint Laboratory on Food Safety, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China
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Phylogenomic Analyses of Nucleotide-Sugar Biosynthetic and Interconverting Enzymes Illuminate Cell Wall Composition in Fungi. mBio 2021; 12:mBio.03540-20. [PMID: 33849982 PMCID: PMC8092308 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03540-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The fungi are an enormously successful eukaryotic lineage that has colonized every aerobic habitat on Earth. This spectacular expansion is reflected in the dynamism and diversity of the fungal cell wall, a matrix of polysaccharides and glycoproteins pivotal to fungal life history strategies and a major target in the development of antifungal compounds. Cell wall polysaccharides are typically synthesized by Leloir glycosyltransferases, enzymes that are notoriously difficult to characterize, but their nucleotide-sugar substrates are well known and provide the opportunity to inspect the monosaccharides available for incorporation into cell wall polysaccharides and glycoproteins. In this work, we have used phylogenomic analyses of the enzymatic pathways that synthesize and interconvert nucleotide-sugars to predict potential cell wall monosaccharide composition across 491 fungal taxa. The results show a complex evolutionary history of these cell wall enzyme pathways and, by association, of the fungal cell wall. In particular, we see a significant reduction in monosaccharide diversity during fungal evolution, most notably in the colonization of terrestrial habitats. However, monosaccharide distribution is also shown to be varied across later-diverging fungal lineages.IMPORTANCE This study provides new insights into the complex evolutionary history of the fungal cell wall. We analyzed fungal enzymes that convert sugars acquired from the environment into the diverse sugars that make up the fundamental building blocks of the cell wall. Species-specific profiles of these nucleotide-sugar interconverting (NSI) enzymes for 491 fungi demonstrated multiple losses and gains of NSI proteins, revealing the rich diversity of cell wall architecture across the kingdom. Pragmatically, because cell walls are essential to fungi, our observations of variation in sugar diversity have important implications for the development of antifungal compounds that target the sugar profiles of specific pathogens.
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Zayed A, Ulber R. Fucoidan production: Approval key challenges and opportunities. Carbohydr Polym 2019; 211:289-297. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.01.105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2018] [Revised: 01/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Hollands K, Baron CM, Gibson KJ, Kelly KJ, Krasley EA, Laffend LA, Lauchli RM, Maggio-Hall LA, Nelson MJ, Prasad JC, Ren Y, Rice BA, Rice GH, Rothman SC. Engineering two species of yeast as cell factories for 2'-fucosyllactose. Metab Eng 2019; 52:232-242. [PMID: 30557615 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2018.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Revised: 12/12/2018] [Accepted: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Oligosaccharides present in human breast milk have been linked to beneficial effects on infant health. Inclusion of these human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) in infant formula can recapitulate these health benefits. As a result, there is substantial commercial interest in a cost-effective source of HMOs as infant formula ingredients. Here we demonstrate that the yeast species Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Yarrowia lipolytica both can be engineered to produce 2'-fucosyllactose (2'FL), which is the most abundant oligosaccharide in human breast milk, at high titer and productivity. Both yeast species were modified to enable uptake of lactose and synthesis of GDP-fucose - the two precursors of 2'FL - by installing a lactose transporter and enzymes that convert GDP-mannose to GDP-fucose. Production of 2'FL was then enabled by expression of α-1,2-fucosyltransferases from various organisms. By screening candidate transporters from a variety of sources, we identified transporters capable of exporting 2'FL from yeast, which is a key consideration for any biocatalyst for 2'FL production. In particular, we identified CDT2 from Neurospora crassa as a promising target for further engineering to improve 2'FL efflux. Finally, we demonstrated production of 2'FL in fermenters at rates and titers that indicate the potential of engineered S. cerevisiae and Y. lipolytica strains for commercial 2'FL production.
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- Kerry Hollands
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), Central Research and Development, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA; E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), Industrial Biosciences, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA
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- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), Central Research and Development, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA; E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), Industrial Biosciences, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA
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- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), Industrial Biosciences, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA
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- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), Industrial Biosciences, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA
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- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), Central Research and Development, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA; E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), Industrial Biosciences, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA
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- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), Industrial Biosciences, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA
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- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), Central Research and Development, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA; E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), Industrial Biosciences, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA
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- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), Central Research and Development, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA; E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), Industrial Biosciences, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA.
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- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), Central Research and Development, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA
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- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), Central Research and Development, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA; E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), Industrial Biosciences, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA
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- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), Industrial Biosciences, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA
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- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), Industrial Biosciences, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA
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- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), Central Research and Development, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA; E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), Industrial Biosciences, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA
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- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), Central Research and Development, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA; E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), Industrial Biosciences, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA
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Wang H, Zhang C, Chen H, Yang Q, Zhou X, Gu Z, Zhang H, Chen W, Chen YQ. Biochemical characterization of an isoform of GDP-D-mannose-4,6-dehydratase from Mortierella alpina. Biotechnol Lett 2016; 38:1761-8. [PMID: 27395065 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-016-2153-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2016] [Accepted: 06/09/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To clarify the molecular mechanism of GDP-L-fucose biosynthesis in Mortierella alpina. RESULTS Analysis of the M. alpina genome suggests that there were two isofunctional GDP-D-mannose-4,6-dehydratase genes (GMD1 and GMD2) that have never been found in a microorganism before. GMD2 was expressed heterologously in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity. The addition of exogenous NAD(+) or NADP(+) was not essential for GMD2 activity. GMD2 may have considerable importance for GDP-L-fucose biosynthesis under nitrogen starvation. The transcriptional regulation of GMD1 may be more susceptible to GDP and GTP than that of GMD2. Significant changes were observed in the concentration of GDP-L-fucose (30 and 36 % inhibition respectively) and total fatty acids (18 and 12 % inhibition respectively) in M. alpina grown on GMD inhibitors medium, which suggests that GDP-L-fucose is functionally significant in lipid metabolism. CONCLUSIONS This is the first time that an isofunctional GDP-D-mannose-4,6-dehydratase has been characterized in a microorganism.
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- Hongchao Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China. .,Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA.
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Wang H, Zhang C, Chen H, Yang Q, Zhou X, Gu Z, Zhang H, Chen W, Chen YQ. Characterization of an fungal l-fucokinase involved in Mortierella alpina GDP-l-fucose salvage pathway. Glycobiology 2016; 26:880-887. [PMID: 26957583 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cww032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2015] [Accepted: 02/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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GDP-l-fucose functions as a biological donor for fucosyltransferases, which are required for the catalysis of l-fucose to various acceptor molecules including oligosaccharides, glycoproteins and glycolipids. Mortierella alpina is one of the highest lipid-producing fungi and can biosynthesis GDP-l-fucose in the de novo pathway. Analysis of the M. alpina genome suggests that there is a gene encoding l-fucokinase (FUK) for the conversion of fucose to l-fucose-1-phosphate in the GDP-l-fucose salvage pathway, which has never been found in fungi before. This gene was characterized to explore its role in GDP-l-fucose synthesis. The yield of GDP-l-fucose is relatively higher in lipid accumulation phase (0.096 mg per g cell) than that in cell multiplication phase (0.074 mg per g cell) of M. alpina Additionally, the transcript level of FUK is up regulated by nitrogen exhaustion when M. alpina starts to accumulate lipid, highlights the functional significance of FUK in the GDP-l-fucose biosynthesis in M. alpina Gene encoding FUK was expressed heterologously in Escherichia coli and the resulting protein was purified to homogeneity. The product of FUK reaction was analyzed by liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry. Kinetic parameters and other properties of FUK were investigated. Comparative analyses between the FUK protein and other homologous proteins were performed. To our knowledge, this study is the first to report a comprehensive characterization of FUK in a fungus. Mortierella alpina could be used as an alternative source for the production of GDP-l-fucose.
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- Hongchao Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, PR China.,Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, PR China.,Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, PR China.,Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, PR China.,Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, PR China.,Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, PR China.,Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, PR China.,Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, PR China.,Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
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Wang H, Zhang C, Yang Q, Feng J, Chen H, Gu Z, Zhang H, Chen W, Chen YQ. Production of GDP- l-fucose from exogenous fucose through the salvage pathway in Mortierella alpina. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra06031e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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This study is the first to report a comprehensive characterization of GDP-l-fucose pyrophosphorylase (GFPP) in a fungus.
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- Hongchao Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology
- School of Food Science and Technology
- Jiangnan University
- Wuxi
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology
- School of Food Science and Technology
- Jiangnan University
- Wuxi
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology
- School of Food Science and Technology
- Jiangnan University
- Wuxi
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology
- School of Food Science and Technology
- Jiangnan University
- Wuxi
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology
- School of Food Science and Technology
- Jiangnan University
- Wuxi
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology
- School of Food Science and Technology
- Jiangnan University
- Wuxi
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology
- School of Food Science and Technology
- Jiangnan University
- Wuxi
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology
- School of Food Science and Technology
- Jiangnan University
- Wuxi
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology
- School of Food Science and Technology
- Jiangnan University
- Wuxi
- P. R. China
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Peterson NA, Anderson TK, Wu XJ, Yoshino TP. In silico analysis of the fucosylation-associated genome of the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni: cloning and characterization of the enzymes involved in GDP-L-fucose synthesis and Golgi import. Parasit Vectors 2013; 6:201. [PMID: 23835114 PMCID: PMC3718619 DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2013] [Accepted: 06/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Carbohydrate structures of surface-expressed and secreted/excreted glycoconjugates of the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni are key determinants that mediate host-parasite interactions in both snail and mammalian hosts. Fucose is a major constituent of these immunologically important glycans, and recent studies have sought to characterize fucosylation-associated enzymes, including the Golgi-localized fucosyltransferases that catalyze the transfer of L-fucose from a GDP-L-fucose donor to an oligosaccharide acceptor. Importantly, GDP-L-fucose is the only nucleotide-sugar donor used by fucosyltransferases and its availability represents a bottleneck in fucosyl-glycotope expression. METHODS A homology-based genome-wide bioinformatics approach was used to identify and molecularly characterize the enzymes that contribute to GDP-L-fucose synthesis and Golgi import in S. mansoni. Putative functions were further investigated through molecular phylogenetic and immunocytochemical analyses. RESULTS We identified homologs of GDP-D-mannose-4,6-dehydratase (GMD) and GDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-D-mannose-3,5-epimerase-4-reductase (GMER), which constitute a de novo pathway for GDP-L-fucose synthesis, in addition to a GDP-L-fucose transporter (GFT) that putatively imports cytosolic GDP-L-fucose into the Golgi. In silico primary sequence analyses identified characteristic Rossman loop and short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase motifs in GMD and GMER as well as 10 transmembrane domains in GFT. All genes are alternatively spliced, generating variants of unknown function. Observed quantitative differences in steady-state transcript levels between miracidia and primary sporocysts may contribute to differential glycotope expression in early larval development. Additionally, analyses of protein expression suggest the occurrence of cytosolic GMD and GMER in the ciliated epidermal plates and tegument of miracidia and primary sporocysts, respectively, which is consistent with previous localization of highly fucosylated glycotopes. CONCLUSIONS This study is the first to identify and characterize three key genes that are putatively involved in the synthesis and Golgi import of GDP-L-fucose in S. mansoni and provides fundamental information regarding their genomic organization, genetic variation, molecular phylogenetics, and developmental expression in intramolluscan larval stages.
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- Nathan A Peterson
- Current address: Department of Entomology, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin, 1630 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Current address: Virus and Prion Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, 1920 Dayton Ave, Ames, IA 50010, USA
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- Current address: Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, 2115 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Current address: Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, 2115 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Sousa SA, Feliciano JR, Pinheiro PF, Leitão JH. Biochemical and functional studies on the Burkholderia cepacia complex bceN gene, encoding a GDP-D-mannose 4,6-dehydratase. PLoS One 2013; 8:e56902. [PMID: 23460819 PMCID: PMC3584063 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2012] [Accepted: 01/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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This work reports the biochemical and functional analysis of the Burkholderia cenocepacia J2315 bceN gene, encoding a protein with GDP-D-mannose 4,6-dehydratase enzyme activity (E.C.4.2.1.47). Data presented indicate that the protein is active when in the tetrameric form, catalyzing the conversion of GDP-D-mannose into GDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-D-mannose. This sugar nucleotide is the intermediary necessary for the biosynthesis of GDP-D-rhamnose, one of the sugar residues of cepacian, the major exopolysaccharide produced by environmental and human, animal and plant pathogenic isolates of the Burkholderia cepacia complex species. Vmax and Km values of 1.5±0.2 µmol.min−1.mg−1 and 1024±123 µM, respectively, were obtained from the kinetic characterization of the B. cenocepacia J2315 BceN protein by NMR spectroscopy, at 25°C and in the presence of 1 mol MgCl2 per mol of protein. The enzyme activity was strongly inhibited by the substrate, with an estimated Ki of 2913±350 µM. The lack of a functional bceN gene in a mutant derived from B. cepacia IST408 slightly reduced cepacian production. However, in the B. multivorans ATCC17616 with bceN as the single gene in its genome with predicted GMD activity, a bceN mutant did not produce cepacian, indicating that this gene product is required for cepacian biosynthesis.
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- Sílvia A. Sousa
- Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal
- Department of Bioenginneering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Ovchinnikova OG, Liu B, Guo D, Kocharova NA, Shashkov AS, Chen M, Feng L, Rozalski A, Knirel YA, Wang L. Localization and molecular characterization of putative O antigen gene clusters of Providencia species. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2012; 158:1024-1036. [PMID: 22282517 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.055210-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Enterobacteria of the genus Providencia are opportunistic human pathogens associated with urinary tract and wound infections, as well as enteric diseases. The lipopolysaccharide (LPS) O antigen confers major antigenic variability upon the cell surface and is used for serotyping of Gram-negative bacteria. Recently, Providencia O antigen structures have been extensively studied, but no data on the location and organization of the O antigen gene cluster have been reported. In this study, the four Providencia genome sequences available were analysed, and the putative O antigen gene cluster was identified in the polymorphic locus between the cpxA and yibK genes. This finding provided the necessary information for designing primers, and cloning and sequencing the O antigen gene clusters from five more Providencia alcalifaciens strains. The gene functions predicted in silico were in agreement with the known O antigen structures; furthermore, annotation of the genes involved in the three-step synthesis of GDP-colitose (gmd, colD and colC) was supported by cloning and biochemical characterization of the corresponding enzymes. In one strain (P. alcalifaciens O39), no polysaccharide product of the gene cluster in the cpxA-yibK locus was found, and hence genes for synthesis of the existing O antigen are located elsewhere in the genome. In addition to the putative O antigen synthesis genes, homologues of wza, wzb, wzc and (in three strains) wzi, required for the surface expression of capsular polysaccharides, were found upstream of yibK in all species except Providencia rustigianii, suggesting that the LPS of these species may be attributed to the so-called K LPS (K(LPS)). The data obtained open a way for development of a PCR-based typing method for identification of Providencia isolates.
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- Olga G Ovchinnikova
- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 47, 119991 Moscow, Russia.,TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, 23 Hongda Street, TEDA, 300457 Tianjin, PR China
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- TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, 23 Hongda Street, TEDA, 300457 Tianjin, PR China
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- TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, 23 Hongda Street, TEDA, 300457 Tianjin, PR China
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 47, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 47, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, 23 Hongda Street, TEDA, 300457 Tianjin, PR China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics, Nankai University, 23 Hongda Street, TEDA, 300457 Tianjin, PR China.,TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, 23 Hongda Street, TEDA, 300457 Tianjin, PR China
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- Department of Immunobiology of Bacteria, Institute of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Immunology, University of Lodz, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Lodz, Poland
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 47, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics, Nankai University, 23 Hongda Street, TEDA, 300457 Tianjin, PR China.,TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, 23 Hongda Street, TEDA, 300457 Tianjin, PR China
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Grass J, Pabst M, Kolarich D, Pöltl G, Léonard R, Brecker L, Altmann F. Discovery and structural characterization of fucosylated oligomannosidic N-glycans in mushrooms. J Biol Chem 2010; 286:5977-84. [PMID: 21169363 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.191304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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L-fucose is a common constituent of Asn-linked glycans in vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants, but in fungal glycoproteins, fucose has not been found so far. However, by mass spectrometry we detected N-glycans and O-glycans containing one to six deoxyhexose residues in fruit bodies of several basidiomycetes. The N-glycans of chanterelles (Cantharellus cibarius) contained a deoxyhexose chromatographically identical to fucose and sensitive to α-L-fucosidase. Analysis of individual glycan species by tandem MS, glycosidase digestion, and finally (1)H NMR revealed the presence of L-fucose in α1,6-linkage to an α1,6-mannose of oligomannosidic N-glycans. The substitution by α1,6-mannose of α1,2-mannosyl residues of the canonical precursor structure was yet another hitherto unknown modification. No indication for the occurrence of yet other modifications, e.g. bisecting N-acetylglucosamine, was seen. Besides fucosylated N-glycans, short O-linked mannan chains substituted with fucose were present on chanterelle proteins. Although undiscovered so far, L-fucose appears to represent a prominent feature of protein-linked glycans in the fungal kingdom.
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- Josephine Grass
- Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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