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Zhang J, Terreni M, Liu F, Sollogoub M, Zhang Y. Ganglioside GM3-based anticancer vaccines: Reviewing the mechanism and current strategies. Biomed Pharmacother 2024; 176:116824. [PMID: 38820973 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2024.116824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2024] [Revised: 05/17/2024] [Accepted: 05/26/2024] [Indexed: 06/02/2024] Open
Abstract
Ganglioside GM3 is one of the most common membrane-bound glycosphingolipids. The over-expression of GM3 on tumor cells makes it defined as a tumor-associated carbohydrate antigen (TACA). The specific expression property in cancers, especially in melanoma, make it become an important target to develop anticancer vaccines or immunotherapies. However, in the manner akin to most TACAs, GM3 is an autoantigen facing with problems of low immunogenicity and easily inducing immunotolerance, which means itself only cannot elicit a powerful enough immune response to prevent or treat cancer. With a comparative understanding of the mechanisms that how immune system responses to the carbohydrate vaccines, this review summarizes the studies on the recent efforts to development GM3-based anticancer vaccines.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jiaxu Zhang
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, UMR 8232, 4 Place Jussieu, Paris 75005, France; College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Drug Sciences Department, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, Pavia 27100, Italy
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, UMR 8232, 4 Place Jussieu, Paris 75005, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, UMR 8232, 4 Place Jussieu, Paris 75005, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, UMR 8232, 4 Place Jussieu, Paris 75005, France; College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China.
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Wei B, Li Y, Ao M, Shao W, Wang K, Rong T, Zhou Y, Chen Y. Ganglioside GM3-Functionalized Reconstituted High-Density Lipoprotein (GM3-rHDL) as a Novel Nanocarrier Enhances Antiatherosclerotic Efficacy of Statins in apoE -/- C57BL/6 Mice. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14112534. [PMID: 36432725 PMCID: PMC9698139 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14112534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Previously, we found that exogenous ganglioside GM3 had an antiatherosclerotic efficacy and that its antiatherosclerotic efficacy could be enhanced by reconstituted high-density lipoprotein (rHDL). In this study, we hypothesized that GM3-functionalized rHDL (i.e., GM3-rHDL) as a nanocarrier can promote the efficacy of traditional antiatherosclerotic drugs (e.g., statins). To test this hypothesis, lovastatin (LT) was used as a representative of statins, and LT-loaded GM3-rHDL nanoparticle (LT-GM3-rHDL or LT@GM3-rHDL; a mean size of ~142 nm) and multiple controls (e.g., GM3-rHDL without LT, LT-loaded rHDL or LT-rHDL, and other nanoparticles) were prepared. By using two different microsphere-based methods, the presences of apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) and/or GM3 in nanoparticles and the apoA-I-mediated macrophage-targeting ability of apoA-I/rHDL-containing nanoparticles were verified in vitro. Moreover, LT-GM3-rHDL nanoparticle had a slowly sustained LT release in vitro and the strongest inhibitory effect on the foam cell formation of macrophages (a key event of atherogenesis). After single administration of rHDL-based nanoparticles, a higher LT concentration was detected shortly in the atherosclerotic plaques of apoE-/- mice than non-rHDL-based nanoparticles, suggesting the in vivo plaque-targeting ability of apoA-I/rHDL-containing nanoparticles. Finally, among all nanoparticles LT-GM3-rHDL induced the largest decreases in the contents of blood lipids and in the areas of atherosclerotic plaques at various aortic locations in apoE-/- mice fed a high-fat diet for 12 weeks, supporting that LT-GM3-rHDL has the best in vivo antiatherosclerotic efficacy among the tested nanoparticles. Our data imply that GM3-functionalized rHDL (i.e., GM3-rHDL) can be utilized as a novel nanocarrier to enhance the efficacy of traditional antiatherosclerotic drugs (e.g., statins).
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- Bo Wei
- College of Life Sciences, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory for Microscale Interdisciplinary Study, Institute for Advanced Study, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
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- School of Chinese Medicine & Life Science, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330025, China
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- School of Chinese Medicine & Life Science, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330025, China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory for Microscale Interdisciplinary Study, Institute for Advanced Study, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
- Jiangxi Key Laboratory for Microscale Interdisciplinary Study, Institute for Advanced Study, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
- Jiangxi Key Laboratory for Microscale Interdisciplinary Study, Institute for Advanced Study, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
- Jiangxi Key Laboratory for Microscale Interdisciplinary Study, Institute for Advanced Study, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
- Correspondence: or ; Tel./Fax: +86-(791)-83969963
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Liu H, Cao J, Balluff B, Jongen AC, Gijbels MJ, Melenhorst J, Heeren RM, Bouvy ND. Examination of lipid profiles in abdominal fascial healing using MALDI-TOF to identify potential therapeutic targets. J Mass Spectrom Adv Clin Lab 2021; 20:35-41. [PMID: 34820669 PMCID: PMC8600998 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmsacl.2021.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2020] [Revised: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Lipids change overtime in normal fascial healing in the early post-surgery period. Specific lipid species are correlated with the changes of inflammation cells and fibroblasts. Lipid species in the present study are considered as predictive markers for the formation of incisional hernia.
Background Failure of fascial healing in the abdominal wall can result in incisional hernia, which is one of the most common complications after laparotomy. Understanding the molecular healing process of abdominal fascia may provide lipid markers of incisional hernia or therapeutic targets that allow prevention or treatment of incisional hernias. Purpose This study aims to investigate temporal and in situ changes of lipids during the normal healing process of abdominal fascia in the first postoperative week. Methods Open hemicolectomy was performed in a total of 35 Wistar rats. The midline fascia was closed identically for all rats using a single continuous suturing technique. These animals were sacrificed with equal numbers (n = 5) at each of 7-time points (6, 12, 24, 48, 72, 120, and 168 h. The local and temporal changes of lipids were examined with mass spectrometry imaging and correlated to histologically scored changes during healing using hematoxylin and eosin staining. Results Two phosphatidylcholine lipid species (PC O-38:5 and PC 38:4) and one phosphatidylethanolamine lipid (PE O-16:1_20:4) were found to significantly correlate with temporal changes of inflammation. A phosphatidylcholine (PC 32:0) and a monosialodihexosylganglioside (GM3 34:1;2) were found to correlate with fibroblast cell growth. Conclusion Glycerophospholipids and gangliosides are strongly involved in the normal healing process of abdominal fascia and their locally fluctuating concentrations are considered as potential lipid markers and therapeutic targets of fascial healing.
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Key Words
- AA, Arachidonic acid
- CL, Cardiolipin
- CerPE, Ceramide phosphorylethanolamine
- Fascia
- GM3, Monosialodihexosylganglioside
- Incisional hernia
- LPA, Lysophosphatidic acid
- LPC, Lysophosphatidylcholine
- Lipids
- MMPE, Monomethyl-phosphatidylethanolamine
- Mass spectrometry imaging
- PA, Phosphatidic acid
- PC, Phosphatidylcholine
- PE, Phosphatidylethanolamine
- PI, Phosphatidylinositol
- SM, Sphingomyelin
- Wound healing
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Affiliation(s)
- Hong Liu
- Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Corresponding author at: Department of General Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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- Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4I), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4I), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Experimental Vascular Biology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Pathology CARIM, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4I), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Li T, Wang X, Dong P, Yu P, Zhang Y, Meng X. Chemoenzymatic synthesis and biological evaluation of ganglioside GM3 and lyso-GM3 as potential agents for cancer therapy. Carbohydr Res 2021; 509:108431. [PMID: 34492428 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2021.108431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2021] [Revised: 08/19/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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A highly efficient chemoenzymatic method for synthesizing ganglioside GM3 and lyso-GM3 was reported here. Enzymatic extension of the chemically synthesized lactosyl sphingosine using efficient one-pot multienzyme (OPME) reaction allowed glycosylation to be carried out in aqueous solutions realizing the greening of reactions. Ganglioside GM3 was synthesized through 10 steps with a total yield of 22%. Lyso-GM3 was very useful for kinds of derivatization. The anti-proliferation activity studies demonstrated that these compounds 14-16 with sphingosine exhibited more potency than the corresponding lyso-GM3 with ceramide. All ganglioside GM3 and lyso-GM3 can effectively inhibit the migration of melanoma B16-F10 cells. These chemoenzymaticlly synthesized GM3 and lyso-GM3 exhibited antitumor activities, which can provide valuable sights to search new antitumor agents for cancer therapy.
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- Tingshen Li
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Food Nutrition/Safety and Medicinal Chemistry, Tianjin 300457, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, 271016, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Food Nutrition/Safety and Medicinal Chemistry, Tianjin 300457, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Food Nutrition/Safety and Medicinal Chemistry, Tianjin 300457, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Food Nutrition/Safety and Medicinal Chemistry, Tianjin 300457, PR China; Sorbonne Université, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, UMR CNRS 8232, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Food Nutrition/Safety and Medicinal Chemistry, Tianjin 300457, PR China.
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Hernández-Fernández J, Pinzón-Velasco A, López EA, Rodríguez-Becerra P, Mariño-Ramírez L. Transcriptional Analyses of Acute Exposure to Methylmercury on Erythrocytes of Loggerhead Sea Turtle. TOXICS 2021; 9:70. [PMID: 33805397 PMCID: PMC8066450 DOI: 10.3390/toxics9040070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Revised: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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To understand changes in enzyme activity and gene expression as biomarkers of exposure to methylmercury, we exposed loggerhead turtle erythrocytes (RBCs) to concentrations of 0, 1, and 5 mg L-1 of MeHg and de novo transcriptome were assembled using RNA-seq. The analysis of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) indicated that 79 unique genes were dysregulated (39 upregulated and 44 downregulated genes). The results showed that MeHg altered gene expression patterns as a response to the cellular stress produced, reflected in cell cycle regulation, lysosomal activity, autophagy, calcium regulation, mitochondrial regulation, apoptosis, and regulation of transcription and translation. The analysis of DEGs showed a low response of the antioxidant machinery to MeHg, evidenced by the fact that genes of early response to oxidative stress were not dysregulated. The RBCs maintained a constitutive expression of proteins that represented a good part of the defense against reactive oxygen species (ROS) induced by MeHg.
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- Javier Hernández-Fernández
- Department of Natural and Environmental Science, Marine Biology Program, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Genetics, Molecular Biology and Bioinformatic Research Group–GENBIMOL, Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, Cra. 4 No 22-61, Bogotá 110311, Colombia;
- Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Calle 45, Cra. 7, Bogotá 110231, Colombia
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- Bioinformática y Biología de Sistemas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Calle 45, Cra. 30, Bogotá 111321, Colombia;
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- IDEASA Research Group-Environment and Sustainability, Institute of Environmental Studies and Services, Sergio Arboleda University, Bogotá 111711, Colombia;
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- Department of Natural and Environmental Science, Marine Biology Program, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Genetics, Molecular Biology and Bioinformatic Research Group–GENBIMOL, Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, Cra. 4 No 22-61, Bogotá 110311, Colombia;
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- NCBI, NLM, NIH Computational Biology Branch, Building 38A, Room 6S614M 8600 Rockville Pike, MSC 6075, Bethesda, MD 20894-6075, USA;
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