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Jiménez-Pérez C, Guzmán-Rodríguez F, Cruz-Guerrero AE, Alatorre-Santamaría S. The dual role of fucosidases: tool or target. Biologia (Bratisl) 2023; 78:1-16. [PMID: 37363646 PMCID: PMC9972328 DOI: 10.1007/s11756-023-01351-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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Regular intake of fucosylated oligosaccharides has been associated with several benefits for human health, particularly for new-borns. Since these biologically active molecules can be found naturally in human milk, research efforts have been focused on the alternative synthetic routes leading to their production. In particular, utilization of fucosidases to perform stereoselective transglycosylation reactions has been widely investigated. Other reasons that bring these enzymes to the spotlight are their role in viral infections and cancer proliferation. Since their involvement in the pathogenesis of these diseases have been widely described, fucosidases have become a target in newly developed therapies. Finally, activity disorders of biologically important fucosidases can lead to health problems such as fucosidosis. What is common for both mechanisms is the interaction between the enzyme and substrates in and around the active site. Therefore, this review will analyse different substrate structures that have been tested in terms of their interaction with fucosidases active sites, either in synthesis or inhibition reactions. The published results will be compared from this perspective.
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- Carlos Jiménez-Pérez
- Dpto. de Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa, C.P. 09340 Mexico City, Mexico
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- Dpto. de Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa, C.P. 09340 Mexico City, Mexico
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- Dpto. de Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa, C.P. 09340 Mexico City, Mexico
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- Dpto. de Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa, C.P. 09340 Mexico City, Mexico
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Liu X, Geng X, Liu W, Lyu Q. Biochemical characterization of an α-fucosidase PsaFuc from the GH29 family. Process Biochem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2022.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Fu J, Guo Q, Feng Y, Cheng P, Wu A. Dual role of fucosidase in cancers and its clinical potential. J Cancer 2022; 13:3121-3132. [PMID: 36046653 PMCID: PMC9414016 DOI: 10.7150/jca.75840] [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: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Glycosidases and glycosyltransferases greatly impact malignant phenotype of tumors though genetics and epigenetics mechanisms. As the member of glycoside hydrolase (GH) families 29A, α-L-fucosidases (AFUs) are involved in the hydrolysis of terminal L-fucose residues linked via α-1,2, α-1,3, α-1,4 or α-1,6 to the reducing end of N-acetyl glucosamine (GlcNAc) of oligosaccharide chains. The defucosylation process mediated by AFUs contributes to the development of various diseases, such as chronic inflammatory diseases, immune disorders, and autoimmune diseases by reducing the interaction between fucosylated adhesion molecules supporting leukocyte extravasation. AFUs also impair crucial cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) interactions and presumably subsequent cell signaling pathways, which lead to changes in tumor function and behavior. There are two isoforms of AFUs in human, namely α-L-fucosidase 1 (FUCA1) and α-L-fucosidase 2 (FUCA2), respectively. FUCA1 is a p53 target gene and can hydrolyze different fucosylation sites on epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), thereby determining the activation of EGFR. FUCA2 mediates the adhesion between Helicobacter pylori and gastric mucosa and is upregulated in 24 tumor types. Besides, based on the participation of AFU in signaling pathways and tumor progression, we discuss the prospect of AFU as a therapeutic target.
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- Jinxing Fu
- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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Fan N, Li P, Zhou Y, Wu C, Wang X, Liu Z, Tang B. Demystifying Lysosomal α-l-Fucosidase in Liver Cancer-Bearing Mice by Specific Two-Photon Fluorescence Imaging. ACS Sens 2022; 7:71-81. [PMID: 34968045 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.1c01630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Liver cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers and has high mortality. However, the early treatment and prognosis can greatly prolong the survival time of patients, which depends on its early detection. α-l-Fucosidase (AFU), as a vital lysosomal hydrolase, is considered to be an ideal biomarker for early stage liver cancer. So, in vivo monitoring of AFU is essential for the early and accurate diagnosis of liver cancer. Hence, we designed the first two-photon turn-on fluorescent reporter, termed HcyCl-F, which localized to lysosomes for fast imaging of AFU. The 2-chloro-4-phenyl-α-l-fucoside bond of HcyCl-F could be effectively hydrolyzed by AFU and released the hydroxyl on the benzene ring, eventually obtaining a strong conjugated compound (HcyCl-OH) with shiny fluorescence. We demonstrated that HcyCl-F was able to rapidly and accurately respond to AFU. Using a two-photon fluorescence microscope, we successfully visualized the fluctuation of AFU in lysosomes. More importantly, a fascinatingly strong fluorescence signal was observed in the tumor tissue of liver cancer-bearing mice. Of note, we confirmed that HcyCl-F could clearly detect liver tumors in stage I. Altogether, our work provides a simple and convenient method for deciphering the critical pathological function of AFU in depth and facilitates the nondestructive and effective diagnosis of liver cancer in the early stage.
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- Nannan Fan
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, People’s Republic of China
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Curiel JA, Peirotén Á, Landete JM, Ruiz de la Bastida A, Langa S, Arqués JL. Architecture Insight of Bifidobacterial α-L-Fucosidases. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:8462. [PMID: 34445166 PMCID: PMC8395109 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22168462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Fucosylated carbohydrates and glycoproteins from human breast milk are essential for the development of the gut microbiota in early life because they are selectively metabolized by bifidobacteria. In this regard, α-L-fucosidases play a key role in this successful bifidobacterial colonization allowing the utilization of these substrates. Although a considerable number of α-L-fucosidases from bifidobacteria have been identified by computational analysis, only a few of them have been characterized. Hitherto, α-L-fucosidases are classified into three families: GH29, GH95, and GH151, based on their catalytic structure. However, bifidobacterial α-L-fucosidases belonging to a particular family show significant differences in their sequence. Because this fact could underlie distinct phylogenetic evolution, here extensive similarity searches and comparative analyses of the bifidobacterial α-L-fucosidases identified were carried out with the assistance of previous physicochemical studies available. This work reveals four and two paralogue bifidobacterial fucosidase groups within GH29 and GH95 families, respectively. Moreover, Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis species exhibited the greatest number of phylogenetic lineages in their fucosidases clustered in every family: GH29, GH95, and GH151. Since α-L-fucosidases phylogenetically descended from other glycosyl hydrolase families, we hypothesized that they could exhibit additional glycosidase activities other than fucosidase, raising the possibility of their application to transfucosylate substrates other than lactose in order to synthesis novel prebiotics.
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- José Antonio Curiel
- Departamento de Tecnología de Alimentos, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA-CSIC), Carretera de La Coruña Km 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (Á.P.); (J.M.L.); (A.R.d.l.B.); (S.L.); (J.L.A.)
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Luijkx YMCA, Jongkees S, Strijbis K, Wennekes T. Development of a 1,2-difluorofucoside activity-based probe for profiling GH29 fucosidases. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:2968-2977. [PMID: 33729259 DOI: 10.1039/d1ob00054c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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GH29 α-l-fucosidases catalyze hydrolysis of terminal α-l-fucosyl linkages with varying specificity and are expressed by prominent members of the human gut microbiota. Both homeostasis and dysbiosis at the human intestinal microbiota interface have been correlated with altered fucosidase activity. Herein we describe the development of a 2-deoxy-2-fluoro fucosyl fluoride derivative with an azide mini-tag as an activity-based probe (ABP) for selective in vitro labelling of GH29 α-l-fucosidases. Only catalytically active fucosidases are inactivated by this ABP, allowing their functionalization with a biotin reporter group via the CuAAC reaction and subsequent in-gel detection at nanogram levels. The ABP we present here is shown to be active against a GH29 α-l-fucosidase from Bacteroides fragilis and capable of labeling two other GH29 α-l-fucosidases with different linkage specificity, illustrating its broader utility. This novel ABP is a valuable addition to the toolbox of fucosidase probes by allowing identification and functional studies of the wide variety of GH29 fucosidases, including those in the gut microbiota.
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- Yvette M C A Luijkx
- Department Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences and Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Nakamura S, Miyazaki T, Park EY. α-L-Fucosidase from Bombyx mori has broad substrate specificity and hydrolyzes core fucosylated N-glycans. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 124:103427. [PMID: 32561391 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2020.103427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Revised: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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N-glycans play a role in physiological functions, including glycoprotein conformation, signal transduction, and antigenicity. Insects display both α-1,6- and α-1,3-linked fucose residues bound to the innermost N-acetylglucosamine of N-glycans whereas core α-1,3-fucosylated N-glycans are not found in mammals. Functions of insect core-fucosylated glycans are not clear, and no α-L-fucosidase related to the N-glycan degradation has been identified. In the genome of the domestic silkworm, Bombyx mori, a gene for a protein, BmFucA, belonging to the glycoside hydrolase family 29 is a candidate for an α-L-fucosidase gene. In this study, BmFucA was cloned and recombinantly expressed as a glutathione-S-transferase tagged protein (GST-BmFucA). Recombinant GST-BmFucA exhibited broad substrate specificity and hydrolyzed p-nitrophenyl α-L-fucopyranoside, 2'-fucosyllactose, 3-fucosyllactose, 3-fucosyl-N,N'-diacetylchitobiose, and 6-fucosyl-N,N'-diacetylchitobiose. Further, GST-BmFucA released fucose from both pyridylaminated complex-type and paucimannose-type glycans that were core-α-1,6-fucosylated. GST-BmFucA also shows hydrolysis activity for core-fucosylated glycans attached to phospholipase A2 from bee venom. BmFucA may be involved in the catabolism of core-fucosylated N-glycans in B. mori.
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- Shuntaro Nakamura
- Department of Agriculture, Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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- Department of Agriculture, Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan; Green Chemistry Research Division, Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan.
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- Department of Agriculture, Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan; Green Chemistry Research Division, Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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Deng Y, Zhao Y, Fan W, Peng J, Luo X, Mo Y, Xiao B, Zhang L, Pan Z. Preoperative AFU Is a Useful Serological Prognostic Predictor for Colorectal Liver Oligometastasis Patients Undergoing Hepatic Resection. J Cancer 2019; 10:5049-5056. [PMID: 31602256 PMCID: PMC6775624 DOI: 10.7150/jca.31539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Background: Preoperative alpha-l-fucosidase (AFU) has been used as a diagnostic biomarker for several cancers, but its role as a prognostic predictor in colorectal cancer liver oligometastasis (CLOM) patients after radical surgery has not been well defined. This study aimed to investigate the prognostic significance of preoperative serum AFU for CLOM patients after hepatic resection. Methods: A retrospective data set was collected to evaluate the prognostic value of preoperative AFU in CLOM patients after radical hepatic resection. A total of 269 patients with histopathologically confirmed CLOM were enrolled. The optimal cut-off value of preoperative AFU was determined using X-tile software. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to identify the prognostic significance of preoperative serum AFU. Results: The X-tile software showed that the optimal cut-off value of preoperative AFU was set at 30.8 U/L. Patients with preoperative AFU≤30.8 and >30.8 were classified into high and low AFU groups, respectively. Female patients and those with a single liver metastasis had a higher tendency to have a preoperative AFU≤30.8 U/L; patients with lower clinical risk score (CRS) were more likely to have AFU >30.8 U/L than patients with higher CRS. The results showed that preoperative AFU was an independent prognostic factor for overall survival (OS) (P=0.041). Patients with a preoperative AFU≤30.8 U/L had a lower OS rate than those with AFU>30.8 U/L. Furthermore, for patients with lower CRS scores (0-2), the tendency clearly showed that patients with higher preoperative AFU had a better prognosis (P=0.029). Conclusions: Higher preoperative serum AFU can predict better survival in CLOM patients after hepatic resection, especially for CLOM patients with lower CRS scores.
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- Yuxiang Deng
- Department of Colorectal Surgery, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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You J, Lin S, Jiang T. Origins and Evolution of the α-L-Fucosidases: From Bacteria to Metazoans. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1756. [PMID: 31507539 PMCID: PMC6718869 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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α-L-fucosidases (EC 3.2.1.51, FUC), belonging to the glycoside hydrolase family 29 (GH29), play important roles in several biological processes and are markers used for detecting hepatocellular carcinoma. In this study, a protein sequence similarity network (SSN) was generated and a subsequent evolutionary analysis was performed to understand the enzymes comprehensively. The SSN indicated that the proteins in the FUC family are mainly present in bacteria, fungi, metazoans, plants, as well as in archaea, but less abundantly. The sequences in bacteria were found to be more diverse than those in other taxonomic groups. The SSN and a phylogenetic tree both supported that the proteins in the FUC family can be classified into 3 subfamilies. FUCs in each subfamily are under the pressure of negative selection. The enzymes from metazoans, fungi, and plants separated into the three subfamilies and shared high similarity with the bacterial homologs. The multiple sequence alignment results indicated that the amino acid residues for binding α-L-fucosidase and catalysis are highly conserved in the 3 subfamilies; however, the evolutionary patterns were different, based on the coevolution analysis in the subfamily of metazoans and bacteria. Finally, gene duplication plays an important role for α-L-fucosidase evolution, not only in metazoans, but also in bacteria and fungi.
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- Jia You
- Department of Hepatology, The Liver Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- College of Biological Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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Ono A, Suzuki T, Gotoh S, Kono H, Matsui M, Aoki D, Matsuda M, Kawagishi H, Ogata M. Structural investigation of α-l-fucosidase from the pancreas of Patiria pectinifera, based on molecular cloning. Carbohydr Res 2019; 475:27-33. [PMID: 30776756 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2019.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Revised: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 02/03/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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An α-l-fucosidase (Pap-Alf) was purified from the pancreas of a starfish Patiria pectinifera by ammonium sulfate precipitation followed by several column chromatographies. The molecular mass of the purified enzyme was estimated to be 52.6 kDa by SDS-PAGE, although gel filtration analysis of the native enzyme suggests it exists as a homodimer in solution. The purified enzyme showed maximal activity at pH 5.0 and 70 °C. The enzyme was highly specific toward a fucosyl-monosaccharide (Fuc-α-pNP), but it also showed activity toward 2-sulfo-Fuc-α-pNP and fucosyl-α-lactosides (Fuc-α-Galβ1→4Glc-β-pNP). We determined the primary structure of the α-l-fucosidase and validated its expression level in starfish tissue. Whole genome sequence analysis of P. pectinifera was also performed in the present study. Detailed primary structural analysis using bioinformatics tools revealed Pap-Alf lacks the C-terminal region that is otherwise conserved in all previously described α-l-fucosidases. Quantitative gene expression analysis of Pap-Alf in each tissue indicated that the expression of Pap-Alf gene in pancreas was 5-fold higher than in ovary.
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- Akiko Ono
- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, 350 Mine-machi, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, 321-8505, Japan; Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, National Institute of Technology, Fukushima College, 30 Nagao, Iwaki, Fukushima, 970-8034, Japan
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- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, 350 Mine-machi, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, 321-8505, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, National Institute of Technology, Fukushima College, 30 Nagao, Iwaki, Fukushima, 970-8034, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, National Institute of Technology, Fukushima College, 30 Nagao, Iwaki, Fukushima, 970-8034, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, National Institute of Technology, Fukushima College, 30 Nagao, Iwaki, Fukushima, 970-8034, Japan
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- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, 350 Mine-machi, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, 321-8505, Japan
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- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, 350 Mine-machi, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, 321-8505, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan; Integrated Bioscience Research Division, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan; Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, National Institute of Technology, Fukushima College, 30 Nagao, Iwaki, Fukushima, 970-8034, Japan.
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Guzmán-Rodríguez F, Alatorre-Santamaría S, Gómez-Ruiz L, Rodríguez-Serrano G, García-Garibay M, Cruz-Guerrero A. Employment of fucosidases for the synthesis of fucosylated oligosaccharides with biological potential. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2018; 66:172-191. [PMID: 30508310 DOI: 10.1002/bab.1714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2018] [Revised: 10/24/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Fucosylated oligosaccharides play important physiological roles in humans, including in the immune response, transduction of signals, early embryogenesis and development, growth regulation, apoptosis, pathogen adhesion, and so on. Efforts have been made to synthesize fucosylated oligosaccharides, as it is difficult to purify them from their natural sources, such as human milk, epithelial tissue, blood, and so on. Within the strategies for its in vitro synthesis, it is remarkable the employment of fucosidases, enzymes that normally cleave the fucosyl residue from the non-reducing end of fucosylated compounds, as these enzymes are also capable of synthesizing them by means of a transfucosylation reaction. This review summarizes the progress in the use of fucosidases for the synthesis of compounds that have potential for industrial and commercial applications.
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- Departamento de Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Ciudad de México, México
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- Departamento de Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Ciudad de México, México.,Departamento de Ciencias de la Alimentación, División de Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Edo. de México, México
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- Departamento de Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Ciudad de México, México
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Perrella NN, Fuzita FJ, Moreti R, Verhaert PDEM, Lopes AR. First characterization of fucosidases in spiders. ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 98:e21462. [PMID: 29600526 DOI: 10.1002/arch.21462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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l-fucose is a constituent of glycoconjugates in different organisms. Fucosidases catalyze the removal of fucose residues, and have been correlated to different physiological and pathological processes, such as fertilization, cancer, fucosidosis, and digestion in molluscs and ticks. An α-l-fucosidase sequence was identified from the transcriptome and proteome from the midgut diverticula of the synanthropic spider Nephilingis cruentata. In this article, we describe the isolation of this α-l-fucosidase and the characterization of its activity using substrates and inhibitors demonstrating different specificities among fucosidases. The enzyme had a Km of 32 and 400 μM for 4-methylumbelliferyl α-l-fucopyranoside and 4-nitrophenyl α-l-fucopyranoside, respectively; and was unable to hydrolyze fucoidan. Nephilingis cruentata α-l-fucosidase was inhibited competitively by fucose and fuconojyrimycin. The fucosidase had two distinct pH optima even in the isolated form, due to oligomerization dependent on pH, as previously described to other fucosidases. Alignment and molecular homology modeling of the protein sequence with other fucosidases indicated that the active sites and catalytic residues were different, including residues involved in acid/base catalysis. Phylogenetic analysis showed, for the first time, gene-duplication events for fucosidases in Arachnida species. All these data reveal that studies on fucosidases in organisms distinct from bacteria, fungi, and humans are important.
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- Natalia N Perrella
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil
- Biotechnology Program, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil
- Biotechnology Program, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Analytical Biotechnology & Innovative Peptide Biology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil
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Bonin S, Parascandolo A, Aversa C, Barbazza R, Tsuchida N, Castellone MD, Stanta G, Vecchio G. Reduced expression of α-L-Fucosidase-1 (FUCA-1) predicts recurrence and shorter cancer specific survival in luminal B LN+ breast cancer patients. Oncotarget 2018; 9:15228-15238. [PMID: 29632639 PMCID: PMC5880599 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.24445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 02/01/2018] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Background The lysosomal enzyme α-L-Fucosidase-1 (FUCA-1) catalyzes the hydrolytic cleavage of terminal fucose residues. FUCA-1 gene is down-regulated in highly aggressive and metastatic human tumors as its inactivation perturbs the fucosylation of proteins involved in cell adhesion, migration and metastases. Results Negativity to FUCA-1 was significantly related to the development of later recurrences in breast cancer patients with lymph node involvement at diagnosis. Cancer specific survival of luminal B LN+ patients was influenced by FUCA-1 expression as luminal B LN+ patients with positive expression had a longer cancer specific survival. FUCA-1 mRNA expression was inversely related to cancer stage and lymph node involvement. WB and qPCR analysis of FUCA-1 expression in breast cancer-derived cell lines confirmed an inverse relationship with tumor aggressiveness. Conclusions This study shows that, within LN+ breast cancer patients, FUCA-1 is able to identify a sub-set of non recurrent patients characterized by the positive expression of FUCA-1 and that, within luminal B LN+ patients, the expression of FUCA-1 predicts longer cancer specific survival. Methods We have analyzed FUCA-1 in 305 breast cancer patients by Immunohistochemistry (IHC), and by qPCR in breast cancer patients and in breast cancer cell lines.
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- Serena Bonin
- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Università di Trieste-Cattinara, Trieste, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Università di Trieste-Cattinara, Trieste, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Università di Trieste-Cattinara, Trieste, Italy
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- Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Università di Trieste-Cattinara, Trieste, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.,Istituto Superiore di Oncologia, Naples, Italy.,Istituto Superiore di Oncologia, Genoa, Italy
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Venugopal A, Sudheer Kumar C, Siva Kumar N, Swamy MJ. Kinetic and biophysical characterization of a lysosomal α-l-fucosidase from the fresh water mussel, Lamellidens corrianus. Int J Biol Macromol 2017; 104:432-441. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.06.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2017] [Revised: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 06/08/2017] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Tsuchida N, Ikeda MA, Ιshino Υ, Grieco M, Vecchio G. FUCA1 is induced by wild-type p53 and expressed at different levels in thyroid cancers depending on p53 status. Int J Oncol 2017; 50:2043-2048. [PMID: 28440416 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2017.3968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2017] [Accepted: 03/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Fucose residues of cell surface glycans, which play important roles in growth, invasion and metastasis, are added by fucosyltransferases (FUTs) and removed by α-L-fucosidases (FUCAs). By the differential display method, we isolated a 3' non-coding region of α-L-fucosidase-1 (FUCA1) (a gene coding for the lysosomal fucosidase-1 enzyme) as a wild-type p53-inducible gene: 18S and 20S FUCA1 mRNA species were induced in Saos-2 cells transfected with a temperature-sensitive p53 mutant at the permissive temperature. By microarray analyses of thyroid cancer biopsy samples, FUCA1 RNA expression levels were found to be lower in anaplastic thyroid cancer samples (ATCs), while they were higher in papillary thyroid cancer samples (PTCs) and in normal thyroid tissues. Since most ATCs were reported to carry the mutated form of p53, while PTCs carry mostly the wild-type form of p53, it is likely that FUCA1 expression levels are regulated, at least in part, by the p53 status in thyroid cancers. In order to better understand the role played by FUCA genes in thyroid tumorigenesis, we examined the clonogenic potential in vitro of thyroid cell lines transfected with either FUCA1 or FUCA2 (the latter gene coding for a secreted, non-lysosomal enzyme). We found that α-L-fucosidases did not suppress grossly cell growth. Contrary to what we observed with the expression of FUCA1, the FUT8 expression levels were found high in ATCs but lower in PTCs and normal thyroid tissues. Taken together, these results suggest the possibility that the higher fucose levels on cell surface glycans of aggressive ATCs, compared to those of less aggressive PTCs, may be at least in part responsible for the more aggressive and metastatic phenotype of ATCs compared to PTCs, as the expression levels of FUCA1 and FUT8 were inversely related in these two types of cancers.
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- Nobuo Tsuchida
- Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8549, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8549, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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- DiSTABiF, Department of Environmental Sciences and Technologies, Biological and Pharmaceutical, The University of Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli', 81100 Caserta, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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Silva M, Fung RKF, Donnelly CB, Videira PA, Sackstein R. Cell-Specific Variation in E-Selectin Ligand Expression among Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells: Implications for Immunosurveillance and Pathobiology. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2017; 198:3576-3587. [PMID: 28330896 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1601636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2016] [Accepted: 02/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Both host defense and immunopathology are shaped by the ordered recruitment of circulating leukocytes to affected sites, a process initiated by binding of blood-borne cells to E-selectin displayed at target endothelial beds. Accordingly, knowledge of the expression and function of leukocyte E-selectin ligands is key to understanding the tempo and specificity of immunoreactivity. In this study, we performed E-selectin adherence assays under hemodynamic flow conditions coupled with flow cytometry and Western blot analysis to elucidate the function and structural biology of glycoprotein E-selectin ligands expressed on human PBMCs. Circulating monocytes uniformly express high levels of the canonical E-selectin binding determinant sialyl Lewis X (sLeX) and display markedly greater adhesive interactions with E-selectin than do circulating lymphocytes, which exhibit variable E-selectin binding among CD4+ and CD8+ T cells but no binding by B cells. Monocytes prominently present sLeX decorations on an array of protein scaffolds, including P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1, CD43, and CD44 (rendering the E-selectin ligands cutaneous lymphocyte Ag, CD43E, and hematopoietic cell E-selectin/L-selectin ligand, respectively), and B cells altogether lack E-selectin ligands. Quantitative PCR gene expression studies of glycosyltransferases that regulate display of sLeX reveal high transcript levels among circulating monocytes and low levels among circulating B cells, and, commensurately, cell surface α(1,3)-fucosylation reveals that acceptor sialyllactosaminyl glycans convertible into sLeX are abundantly expressed on human monocytes yet are relatively deficient on B cells. Collectively, these findings unveil distinct cell-specific patterns of E-selectin ligand expression among human PBMCs, indicating that circulating monocytes are specialized to engage E-selectin and providing key insights into the molecular effectors mediating recruitment of these cells at inflammatory sites.
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- Mariana Silva
- Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, NOVA Medical School/Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisbon, Portugal.,Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.,Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.,Program of Excellence in Glycosciences, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.,Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.,Medical Training and Administration Unit, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales 2050, Australia; and
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- Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.,Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.,Program of Excellence in Glycosciences, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, NOVA Medical School/Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisbon, Portugal.,Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115; .,Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.,Program of Excellence in Glycosciences, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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Yu Z, Cowan JA. Design of Artificial Glycosidases: Metallopeptides that Remove H Antigen from Human Erythrocytes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:2763-2766. [PMID: 28128528 PMCID: PMC5455340 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201612079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Catalysts that promote carbohydrate degradation have a wide range of potential applications, but the use of either enzyme glycosidases or small-molecule catalysts in biological systems raises significant challenges. Herein, we demonstrate a novel strategy for the design of synthetic agents that mimic natural glycosidases and address current problems for biological use. This strategy is illustrated by application to the development of potential blood substitutes for the rare Bombay blood type that is characterized by a deficiency of H2 antigen. Metallopeptides with 16 to 20 amino acids were constructed as artificial fucosidases that exhibit selective carbohydrate cleavage reactivity toward l-fucose over d-glucose. Selective fucose cleavage from the H2-antigen saccharide enables efficient removal of H2 antigen from erythrocytes and thereby accomplishes the conversion of regular human type-O blood into a potential blood substitute for the rare Bombay blood type.
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- Zhen Yu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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Yan L, Su J, Wang Z, Yan X, Yu R, Ma P, Li Y, Du J. Transcriptomic analysis of Crassostrea sikamea × Crassostrea angulata hybrids in response to low salinity stress. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0171483. [PMID: 28182701 PMCID: PMC5300195 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Accepted: 01/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Hybrid oysters often show heterosis in growth rate, weight, survival and adaptability to extremes of salinity. Oysters have also been used as model organisms to study the evolution of host-defense system. To gain comprehensive knowledge about various physiological processes in hybrid oysters under low salinity stress, we performed transcriptomic analysis of gill tissue of Crassostrea sikamea ♀ × Crassostrea angulata♂ hybrid using the deep-sequencing platform Illumina HiSeq. We exploited the high-throughput technique to delineate differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in oysters maintained in hypotonic conditions. A total of 199,391 high quality unigenes, with average length of 644 bp, were generated. Of these 35 and 31 genes showed up- and down-regulation, respectively. Functional categorization and pathway analysis of these DEGs revealed enrichment for immune mechanism, apoptosis, energy metabolism and osmoregulation under low salinity stress. The expression patterns of 41 DEGs in hybrids and their parental species were further analyzed by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). This study will serve as a platform for subsequent gene expression analysis regarding environmental stress. Our findings will also provide valuable information about gene expression to better understand the immune mechanism, apoptosis, energy metabolism and osmoregulation in hybrid oysters under low salinity stress.
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- Lulu Yan
- Fisheries College, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- The Key Lab of South China Sea Fishery Resources Exploitation & Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Fisheries College, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Shellfish Culture and Breeding of Liaoning Province, College of Fisheries and Life Science, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Fisheries College, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Fisheries College, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Fisheries College, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Fisheries College, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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Yu Z, Cowan JA. Design of Artificial Glycosidases: Metallopeptides that Remove H Antigen from Human Erythrocytes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201612079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Zhen Yu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; The Ohio State University; 100 West 18th Avenue Columbus OH 43210 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; The Ohio State University; 100 West 18th Avenue Columbus OH 43210 USA
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Bathula C, Ghosh S, Hati S, Tripathy S, Singh S, Chakrabarti S, Sen S. Bioisosteric modification of known fucosidase inhibitors to discover a novel inhibitor of α-l-fucosidase. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra24939f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Hydantoin, thiohydantoin and pyridone analogs as α-l-fucosidase inhibitors through bioisosteric modification of known bovine α-l-fucosidase inhibitors.
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- Structural Biology and Bio-Informatics Division
- CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
- Kolkata
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- School of Natural Sciences
- Shiv Nadar University
- India
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- Department of Life Sciences
- School of Natural Sciences
- Shiv Nadar University
- India
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- Department of Life Sciences
- School of Natural Sciences
- Shiv Nadar University
- India
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- Structural Biology and Bio-Informatics Division
- CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
- Kolkata
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- School of Natural Sciences
- Shiv Nadar University
- India
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Allen JG, Mujacic M, Frohn MJ, Pickrell AJ, Kodama P, Bagal D, San Miguel T, Sickmier EA, Osgood S, Swietlow A, Li V, Jordan JB, Kim KW, Rousseau AMC, Kim YJ, Caille S, Achmatowicz M, Thiel O, Fotsch CH, Reddy P, McCarter JD. Facile Modulation of Antibody Fucosylation with Small Molecule Fucostatin Inhibitors and Cocrystal Structure with GDP-Mannose 4,6-Dehydratase. ACS Chem Biol 2016; 11:2734-2743. [PMID: 27434622 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.6b00460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The efficacy of therapeutic antibodies that induce antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity can be improved by reduced fucosylation. Consequently, fucosylation is a critical product attribute of monoclonal antibodies produced as protein therapeutics. Small molecule fucosylation inhibitors have also shown promise as potential therapeutics in animal models of tumors, arthritis, and sickle cell disease. Potent small molecule metabolic inhibitors of cellular protein fucosylation, 6,6,6-trifluorofucose per-O-acetate and 6,6,6-trifluorofucose (fucostatin I), were identified that reduces the fucosylation of recombinantly expressed antibodies in cell culture in a concentration-dependent fashion enabling the controlled modulation of protein fucosylation levels. 6,6,6-Trifluorofucose binds at an allosteric site of GDP-mannose 4,6-dehydratase (GMD) as revealed for the first time by the X-ray cocrystal structure of a bound allosteric GMD inhibitor. 6,6,6-Trifluorofucose was found to be incorporated in place of fucose at low levels (<1%) in the glycans of recombinantly expressed antibodies. A fucose-1-phosphonate analog, fucostatin II, was designed that inhibits fucosylation with no incorporation into antibody glycans, allowing the production of afucosylated antibodies in which the incorporation of non-native sugar is completely absent-a key advantage in the production of therapeutic antibodies, especially biosimilar antibodies. Inhibitor structure-activity relationships, identification of cellular and inhibitor metabolites in inhibitor-treated cells, fucose competition studies, and the production of recombinant antibodies with varying levels of fucosylation are described.
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- John G. Allen
- Therapeutic Discovery, Amgen Inc., One Amgen
Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Process Development − Drug Substance
Technologies, Amgen Inc., 1201 Amgen Court W., Seattle, Washington 98119, United States
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- Therapeutic Discovery, Amgen Inc., One Amgen
Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Therapeutic Discovery, Amgen Inc., One Amgen
Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Process Development − Drug Substance
Technologies, Amgen Inc., 1201 Amgen Court W., Seattle, Washington 98119, United States
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- Therapeutic Discovery, Amgen Inc., One Amgen
Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Therapeutic Discovery, Amgen Inc., One Amgen
Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Therapeutic Discovery, Amgen Inc., One Amgen
Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Process Development − Attribute
Sciences, Amgen Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Process Development − Attribute
Sciences, Amgen Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Therapeutic Discovery, Amgen Inc., One Amgen
Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Therapeutic Discovery, Amgen Inc., One Amgen
Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Cardiometabolic
Disorders, Amgen Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Therapeutic
Innovations Unit, Amgen Inc., 1201 Amgen Court W., Seattle, Washington 98119, United States
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- Therapeutic Discovery, Amgen Inc., One Amgen
Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Process Development
− Drug Substance Technologies, Amgen Inc., One Amgen Center
Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Process Development
− Drug Substance Technologies, Amgen Inc., One Amgen Center
Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Process Development
− Drug Substance Technologies, Amgen Inc., One Amgen Center
Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Therapeutic Discovery, Amgen Inc., One Amgen
Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Process Development − Drug Substance
Technologies, Amgen Inc., 1201 Amgen Court W., Seattle, Washington 98119, United States
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- Therapeutic Discovery, Amgen Inc., One Amgen
Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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Martin F, Talikka M, Hoeng J, Peitsch MC. Identification of gene expression signature for cigarette smoke exposure response--from man to mouse. Hum Exp Toxicol 2016; 34:1200-11. [PMID: 26614807 DOI: 10.1177/0960327115600364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Gene expression profiling data can be used in toxicology to assess both the level and impact of toxicant exposure, aligned with a vision of 21st century toxicology. Here, we present a whole blood-derived gene signature that can distinguish current smokers from either nonsmokers or former smokers with high specificity and sensitivity. Such a signature that can be measured in a surrogate tissue (whole blood) may help in monitoring smoking exposure as well as discontinuation of exposure when the primarily impacted tissue (e.g., lung) is not readily accessible. The signature consisted of LRRN3, SASH1, PALLD, RGL1, TNFRSF17, CDKN1C, IGJ, RRM2, ID3, SERPING1, and FUCA1. Several members of this signature have been previously described in the context of smoking. The signature translated well across species and could distinguish mice that were exposed to cigarette smoke from ones exposed to air only or had been withdrawn from cigarette smoke exposure. Finally, the small signature of only 11 genes could be converted into a polymerase chain reaction-based assay that could serve as a marker to monitor compliance with a smoking abstinence protocol.
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- F Martin
- Philip Morris International Research and Development, Neuchatel, Switzerland
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- Philip Morris International Research and Development, Neuchatel, Switzerland
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- Philip Morris International Research and Development, Neuchatel, Switzerland
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- Philip Morris International Research and Development, Neuchatel, Switzerland
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Duarte JD, Desai AA, Sysol JR, Abbasi T, Patel AR, Lang RM, Gupta A, Garcia JGN, Gordeuk VR, Machado RF. Genome-Wide Analysis Identifies IL-18 and FUCA2 as Novel Genes Associated with Diastolic Function in African Americans with Sickle Cell Disease. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0163013. [PMID: 27636371 PMCID: PMC5026353 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Diastolic dysfunction is common in sickle cell disease (SCD), and is associated with an increased risk of mortality. However, the molecular pathogenesis underlying this development is poorly understood. The aim of this study was to identify a gene expression profile that is associated with diastolic function in SCD, potentially elucidating molecular mechanisms behind diastolic dysfunction development. METHODS Diastolic function was measured via echocardiography in 65 patients with SCD from two independent study populations. Gene expression microarray data was compared with diastolic function in both study cohorts. Candidate genes that associated in both analyses were tested for validation in a murine SCD model. Lastly, genotyping array data from the replication cohort was used to derive cis-expression quantitative trait loci (cis-eQTLs) and genetic associations within the candidate gene regions. RESULTS Transcriptome data from both patient cohorts implicated 7 genes associated with diastolic function, and mouse SCD myocardial expression validated 3 of these genes. Genetic associations and eQTLs were detected in 2 of the 3 genes, FUCA2 and IL18. CONCLUSIONS FUCA2 and IL18 are associated with diastolic function in SCD patients, and may be involved in the pathogenesis of the disease. Genetic polymorphisms within the FUCA2 and IL18 gene regions are also associated with diastolic function in SCD, likely by affecting expression levels of the genes.
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- Julio D. Duarte
- Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Division of Cardiology, Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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Jiang J, Kallemeijn WW, Wright DW, van den Nieuwendijk AMCH, Rohde VC, Folch EC, van den Elst H, Florea BI, Scheij S, Donker-Koopman WE, Verhoek M, Li N, Schürmann M, Mink D, Boot RG, Codée JDC, van der Marel GA, Davies GJ, Aerts JMFG, Overkleeft HS. In vitro and in vivo comparative and competitive activity-based protein profiling of GH29 α-l-fucosidases. Chem Sci 2015; 6:2782-false. [PMID: 29142681 PMCID: PMC5654414 DOI: 10.1039/c4sc03739a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2014] [Accepted: 02/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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GH29 α-l-fucosidases catalyze the hydrolysis of α-l-fucosidic linkages. Deficiency in human lysosomal α-l-fucosidase (FUCA1) leads to the recessively inherited disorder, fucosidosis. Herein we describe the development of fucopyranose-configured cyclophellitol aziridines as activity-based probes (ABPs) for selective in vitro and in vivo labeling of GH29 α-l-fucosidases from bacteria, mice and man. Crystallographic analysis on bacterial α-l-fucosidase confirms that the ABPs act by covalent modification of the active site nucleophile. Competitive activity-based protein profiling identified l-fuconojirimycin as the single GH29 α-l-fucosidase inhibitor from eight configurational isomers.
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- Jianbing Jiang
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Leiden University , P. O. Box 9502 , 2300 RA Leiden , The Netherlands . ;
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry , Academic Medical Center , Meibergdreef 15 , 1105 AZ Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry , University of York , Heslington , York , YO10 5DD , UK
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Leiden University , P. O. Box 9502 , 2300 RA Leiden , The Netherlands . ;
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Leiden University , P. O. Box 9502 , 2300 RA Leiden , The Netherlands . ;
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Leiden University , P. O. Box 9502 , 2300 RA Leiden , The Netherlands . ;
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Leiden University , P. O. Box 9502 , 2300 RA Leiden , The Netherlands . ;
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry , Academic Medical Center , Meibergdreef 15 , 1105 AZ Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry , Academic Medical Center , Meibergdreef 15 , 1105 AZ Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry , Academic Medical Center , Meibergdreef 15 , 1105 AZ Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Leiden University , P. O. Box 9502 , 2300 RA Leiden , The Netherlands . ;
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- DSM Innovative Synthesis , Urmonderbaan 22 , NL-6167 RD Geleen , The Netherlands
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- DSM Innovative Synthesis , Urmonderbaan 22 , NL-6167 RD Geleen , The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry , Academic Medical Center , Meibergdreef 15 , 1105 AZ Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Leiden University , P. O. Box 9502 , 2300 RA Leiden , The Netherlands . ;
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Leiden University , P. O. Box 9502 , 2300 RA Leiden , The Netherlands . ;
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- Department of Chemistry , University of York , Heslington , York , YO10 5DD , UK
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Leiden University , P. O. Box 9502 , 2300 RA Leiden , The Netherlands . ; .,Department of Medical Biochemistry , Academic Medical Center , Meibergdreef 15 , 1105 AZ Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Leiden University , P. O. Box 9502 , 2300 RA Leiden , The Netherlands . ;
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Cao H, Walton JD, Brumm P, Phillips GN. Structure and substrate specificity of a eukaryotic fucosidase from Fusarium graminearum. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:25624-38. [PMID: 25086049 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.583286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The secreted glycoside hydrolase family 29 (GH29) α-L-fucosidase from plant pathogenic fungus Fusarium graminearum (FgFCO1) actively releases fucose from the xyloglucan fragment. We solved crystal structures of two active-site conformations, i.e. open and closed, of apoFgFCO1 and an open complex with product fucose at atomic resolution. The closed conformation supports catalysis by orienting the conserved general acid/base Glu-288 nearest the predicted glycosidic position, whereas the open conformation possibly represents an unreactive state with Glu-288 positioned away from the catalytic center. A flexible loop near the substrate binding site containing a non-conserved GGSFT sequence is ordered in the closed but not the open form. We also identified a novel C-terminal βγ-crystallin domain in FgFCO1 devoid of calcium binding motif whose homologous sequences are present in various glycoside hydrolase families. N-Glycosylated FgFCO1 adopts a monomeric state as verified by solution small angle x-ray scattering in contrast to reported multimeric fucosidases. Steady-state kinetics shows that FgFCO1 prefers α1,2 over α1,3/4 linkages and displays minimal activity with p-nitrophenyl fucoside with an acidic pH optimum of 4.6. Despite a retaining GH29 family fold, the overall specificity of FgFCO1 most closely resembles inverting GH95 α-fucosidase, which displays the highest specificity with two natural substrates harboring the Fucα1-2Gal glycosidic linkage, a xyloglucan-derived nonasaccharide, and 2'-fucosyllactose. Furthermore, FgFCO1 hydrolyzes H-disaccharide (lacking a +2 subsite sugar) at a rate 10(3)-fold slower than 2'-fucosyllactose. We demonstrated the structurally dynamic active site of FgFCO1 with flexible general acid/base Glu, a common feature shared by several bacterial GH29 fucosidases to various extents.
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- Hongnan Cao
- From Rice University, Houston Texas 77005, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 and
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- C5-6 Technologies Corp., Middleton, Wisconsin 53562
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- From Rice University, Houston Texas 77005, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706,
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Sobkowicz AD, Gallagher ME, Reid CJ, Crean D, Carrington SD, Irwin JA. Modulation of expression in BEAS-2B airway epithelial cells of α-L-fucosidase A1 and A2 by Th1 and Th2 cytokines, and overexpression of α-L-fucosidase 2. Mol Cell Biochem 2014; 390:101-13. [PMID: 24469468 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-014-1961-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2013] [Accepted: 01/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Chronic Th2-driven airway inflammation with excessive mucus production occurs in asthma. The regulation of FUCA1 and FUCA2 gene expression and enzyme activity in response to asthma-associated Th2 cytokines and, for contrast, Th1 cytokine IFN-γ, were investigated in a human airway cell line. BEAS-2B cells were supplemented with Th2-derived cytokines (IL-13, IL-4, IL-5) or/and IFN-γ. RNA and cell supernatants from stimulated and unstimulated cells were collected over a period of 3 h. Alpha-L-fucosidase A1 and A2 gene expression were assessed using real time RT-PCR, while enzymatic activities were measured using a fluorescent assay. To characterise α-L-fucosidase A2, CHO-K1 and BEAS-2B cell lines were transiently transfected, the FUCA2 gene was overexpressed, and the protein was immunoprecipitated. The transcription of FUCA1 was upregulated (p < 0.01) in response to IFN-γ, suggesting that FUCA1 transcription and fucosidase activity are regulated in a Th1-dependent manner. The gene expression was the highest for 30 min after IFN-γ stimulation (>twofold induction), whereas secreted enzyme activity in BEAS-2B cells was significantly increased 1 h after IFN-γ addition. IL-4, IL-5 and IL-13 had no effect on FUCA1 and FUCA2 expression and activity. The IFN-γ-induced increase in expression and activity was repressed by the presence of the Th2 cytokine IL-5. Enzymatically active α-L-fucosidase 2 was immunoprecipitated from BEAS-2B cells, with highest activity at pH 4.9. IL-13, IL-4 and IL-5 have no effect on the expression of FUCA1 and FUCA2, but its expression is upregulated by IFN-γ, a Th1 cytokine. Active α-L-fucosidase 2 was overexpressed in BEAS-2B cells.
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- Anna D Sobkowicz
- Veterinary Sciences Centre, School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Decreased expression of alpha-L-fucosidase gene FUCA1 in human colorectal tumors. Int J Mol Sci 2013; 14:16986-98. [PMID: 23965968 PMCID: PMC3759947 DOI: 10.3390/ijms140816986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2013] [Revised: 08/07/2013] [Accepted: 08/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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In previous studies we described a decreased alpha-l-fucosidase activity in colorectal tumors, appearing as a prognostic factor of tumoral recurrence. The aim of this work was to extend the knowledge about tissue alpha-l-fucosidase in colorectal cancer by quantifying the expression of its encoding gene FUCA1 in tumors and healthy mucosa. FUCA1 mRNA levels were measured by RT-qPCR in paired tumor and normal mucosa tissues from 31 patients. For the accuracy of the RT-qPCR results, five candidate reference genes were validated in those samples. In addition, activity and expression of alpha-l-fucosidase in selected matched tumor and healthy mucosa samples were analyzed. According to geNorm and NormFinder algorithms, RPLP0 and HPRT1 were the best reference genes in colorectal tissues. These genes were used for normalization of FUCA1 expression levels. A significant decrease of more than 60% in normalized FUCA1 expression was detected in tumors compared to normal mucosa (p = 0.002). Moreover, a gradual decrease in FUCA1 expression was observed with progression of disease from earlier to advanced stages. These findings were confirmed by Western blot analysis of alpha-l-fucosidase expression. Our results demonstrated diminished FUCA1 mRNA levels in tumors, suggesting that expression of tissue alpha-l-fucosidase could be regulated at transcriptional level in colorectal cancer.
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Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis ATCC 15697 α-fucosidases are active on fucosylated human milk oligosaccharides. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011; 78:795-803. [PMID: 22138995 DOI: 10.1128/aem.06762-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis ATCC 15697 utilizes several small-mass neutral human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), several of which are fucosylated. Whereas previous studies focused on endpoint consumption, a temporal glycan consumption profile revealed a time-dependent effect. Specifically, among preferred HMOs, tetraose was favored early in fermentation, with other oligosaccharides consumed slightly later. In order to utilize fucosylated oligosaccharides, ATCC 15697 possesses several fucosidases, implicating GH29 and GH95 α-L-fucosidases in a gene cluster dedicated to HMO metabolism. Evaluation of the biochemical kinetics demonstrated that ATCC 15697 expresses three fucosidases with a high turnover rate. Moreover, several ATCC 15697 fucosidases are active on the linkages inherent to the HMO molecule. Finally, the HMO cluster GH29 α-L-fucosidase possesses a crystal structure that is similar to previously characterized fucosidases.
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Xu Y, Intra J, Zhang CX, Pasini ME. Recombinant expression of Drosophila melanogaster α-L-fucosidase in Trichoplusia ni cells. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 57:1205-1211. [PMID: 21708168 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2011] [Revised: 05/12/2011] [Accepted: 05/17/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A cDNA encoding an α-l-fucosidase from Drosophila melanogaster was obtained from the recombinant plasmid named pGEM-DmFuca and inserted into the pBacHTeGFPT vector to construct the recombinant donor plasmid which was transposed to the target AcBacmid in Escherichia coli (DH10) by Tn7 transposition function. The AcBacmid-GFP-DmFuca plasmid was used to transfect Tn-5B1-4 cells of the Cabbage looper Trichoplusia ni. SDS-PAGE analysis revealed a band of about 80kDa. Using a polyclonal antiserum raised against α-l-fucosidase protein from D. melanogaster Western blotting analysis confirmed that the fusion protein eGFP-DmFuca has been successfully expressed in a biologically active form in Tn-5B1-4 cells. The recombinant protein, containing the histidine-tag motif, was purified using an affinity chromatography column. In vitro binding assays the purified eGFP-DmFuca interacts with α-l-fucose residues present on the micropyle of the D. melanogaster eggshell, confirming that the α-l-fucosidase is a good candidate as receptor involved in gamete interactions in fruit fly.
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- Yipeng Xu
- Institute of Insect Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Intra J, Perotti ME, Pasini ME. Cloning, sequence identification and expression profile analysis of α-L-fucosidase gene from the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 57:452-461. [PMID: 21272587 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2010] [Revised: 01/14/2011] [Accepted: 01/14/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) is one of the most destructive agricultural pests, a polyphagus insect of relevant economic importance and is widespread in many regions around the world. It is the best-studied fruit fly pest at genetic and molecular level and much has been learned on its ecology and behaviour. An α-L-fucosidase has been recently hypothesized to be involved in sperm-egg interactions in Drosophila melanogaster and in other Drosophila species. Here, a complete cDNA encoding a putative α-L-fucosidase of the medfly was amplified using the reverse polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) with degenerate based on the conserved coding sequence information of several insect α-L-fucosidases, cloned and sequenced (GenBank accession no. FJ177429). The coding region consisted of 1482 bp which encoded a 485-residues protein (named CcFUCA) with a predicted molecular mass of 56.1 kDa. The deduced protein sequence showed 75% amino acid identity to D. melanogaster α-L-fucosidase, and in fact the phylogenetic tree analysis revealed that CcFUCA had closer relationships with the α-L-fucosidases of drosophilid species. The tissue expression analysis indicated that CcFuca was expressed in a single transcript in all tissues, suggesting a ubiquitous localization pattern of the encoded protein. Our findings provide novel insights on a gene encoding a protein potentially involved in primary gamete interactions in C. capitata.
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- Jari Intra
- Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Milano, via Celoria 26, 20133 Milano, Italy
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Venditti JJ, Swann JM, Bean BS. Hamster Sperm-Associated Alpha-l-Fucosidase Functions During Fertilization. Biol Reprod 2010; 82:572-9. [DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.076695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Role for alpha-L-fucosidase in the control of Helicobacter pylori-infected gastric cancer cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:14581-6. [PMID: 19666478 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0903286106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Infecting about one-half of the global human population, Helicobacter pylori is well established as the primary cause of gastritis, duodenal ulcer, and gastric cancer. Currently there is no clear information regarding if and how host cells interact with H. pylori, and if such interactions are dependent on the type of gastric disease. Using fluorescently labeled fucose-containing glycoconjugates, we provide evidence observing both the uptake of L-fucose from gastric cancer cells to H. pylori and that human alpha-L-fucosidase 2 (FUCA2) is secreted only under coculture conditions (i.e., host cells infected with H. pylori). Upon depletion of FUCA2 by RNA interference and detection of translocated CagA (a virulence factor of H. pylori) in host cells, FUCA2 was found to be essential for H. pylori adhesion, in particular to the gastric cancer- and duodenal ulcer-specific strains. Additionally FUCA2 was shown to significantly enhance the expression of Lewis x antigen in H. pylori, which is critical for bacterial cell adhesion in the pathogenesis and defense strategy to escape host surveillance. These findings not only demonstrate an important connection between FUCA2 and the adhesion, growth, and pathogenicity of H. pylori, but also support the idea that FUCA2 is a potential target for clinical diagnosis and therapeutic intervention of H. pylori-related diseases.
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Pasini ME, Intra J, Pavesi G. Expression study of an α-l-fucosidase gene in the Drosophilidae family. Gene 2008; 420:23-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2008.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2008] [Revised: 04/22/2008] [Accepted: 04/30/2008] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Léonard R, Pabst M, Bondili JS, Chambat G, Veit C, Strasser R, Altmann F. Identification of an Arabidopsis gene encoding a GH95 alpha1,2-fucosidase active on xyloglucan oligo- and polysaccharides. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2008; 69:1983-8. [PMID: 18495185 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2008.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2007] [Revised: 03/20/2008] [Accepted: 03/31/2008] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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alpha1,2-linked fucose can be found on xyloglucans which are the main hemicellulose compounds of dicotyledons. The fucosylated nonasaccharide XXFG derived from xyloglucans plays a role in cell signaling and is active at nanomolar concentrations. The plant enzyme acting on this alpha1,2-linked fucose residues has been previously called fucosidase II; here we report on the molecular identification of a gene from Arabidopsis thaliana (At4g34260 hereby designed AtFuc95A) encoding this enzyme. Analysis of the predicted protein composed of 843 amino acids shows that the enzyme belongs to the glycoside hydrolase family 95 and has homologous sequences in different monocotyledons and dicotyledons. The enzyme was expressed recombinantly in Nicotiana bentamiana, a band was visible by Coomassie blue staining and its identity with the alpha1,2-fucosidase was assessed by an antibody raised against a peptide from this enzyme as well as by peptide-mass mapping. The recombinant AtFuc95A is active towards 2-fucosyllactose with a Km of 0.65 mM, a specific activity of 110 mU/mg and a pH optimum of 5 but does not cleave alpha1,3, alpha1,4 or alpha1,6-fucose containing oligosaccharides and p-nitrophenyl-fucose. The recombinant enzyme is able to convert the xyloglucan fragment XXFG to XXLG, and is also active against xyloglucan polymers with a Km value for fucose residues of 1.5mM and a specific activity of 36 mU/mg. It is proposed that the AtFuc95A gene has a role in xyloglucan metabolism.
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- Renaud Léonard
- Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
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