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Möginger U, Grunewald S, Hennig R, Kuo CW, Schirmeister F, Voth H, Rapp E, Khoo KH, Seeberger PH, Simon JC, Kolarich D. Alterations of the Human Skin N- and O-Glycome in Basal Cell Carcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Front Oncol 2018; 8:70. [PMID: 29619343 PMCID: PMC5871710 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2018.00070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2017] [Accepted: 03/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The glycome of one of the largest and most exposed human organs, the skin, as well as glycan changes associated with non-melanoma skin cancers have not been studied in detail to date. Skin cancers such as basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) are among the most frequent types of cancers with rising incidence rates in the aging population. We investigated the healthy human skin N- and O-glycome and its changes associated with BCC and SCC. Matched patient samples were obtained from frozen biopsy and formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue samples for glycomics analyses using two complementary glycomics approaches: porous graphitized carbon nano-liquid chromatography electro spray ionization tandem mass spectrometry and capillary gel electrophoresis with laser induced fluorescence detection. The human skin N-glycome is dominated by complex type N-glycans that exhibit almost similar levels of α2-3 and α2-6 sialylation. Fucose is attached exclusively to the N-glycan core. Core 1 and core 2 type O-glycans carried up to three sialic acid residues. An increase of oligomannose type N-glycans and core 2 type O-glycans was observed in BCC and SCC, while α2-3 sialylation levels were decreased in SCC but not in BCC. Furthermore, glycopeptide analyses provided insights into the glycoprotein candidates possibly associated with the observed N-glycan changes, with glycoproteins associated with binding events being the most frequently identified class.
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- Uwe Möginger
- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany.,Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Bioprocess Engineering, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Germany.,glyXera GmbH, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany.,Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Bioprocess Engineering, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Germany.,glyXera GmbH, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany.,Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany.,Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Southport, QLD, Australia
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de Oliveira RM, Ornelas Ricart CA, Araujo Martins AM. Use of Mass Spectrometry to Screen Glycan Early Markers in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Front Oncol 2018; 7:328. [PMID: 29379771 PMCID: PMC5775512 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2017.00328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Association between altered glycosylation patterns and poor prognosis in cancer points glycans as potential specific tumor markers. Most proteins are glycosylated and functionally arranged on cell surface and extracellular matrix, mediating interactions and cellular signaling. Thereby, aberrant glycans may be considered a pathological phenotype at least as important as changes in protein expression for cancer and other complex diseases. As most serum glycoproteins have hepatic origin, liver disease phenotypes, such as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), may present altered glycan profile and display important modifications. One of the prominent obstacles in HCC is the diagnostic in advanced stages when patients have several liver dysfunctions, limiting treatment options and life expectancy. The characterization of glycomic profiles in pathological conditions by means of mass spectrometry (MS) may lead to the discovery of early diagnostic markers using non-invasive approaches. MS is a powerful analytical technique capable of elucidating many glycobiological issues and overcome limitations of the serological markers currently applied in clinical practice. Therefore, MS-based glycomics of tumor biomarkers is a promising tool to increase early detection and monitoring of disease.
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- Raphaela Menezes de Oliveira
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Protein Chemistry, Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Protein Chemistry, Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Protein Chemistry, Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil.,University Hospital Walter Cantídeo, Surgery Department, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil
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Meng B, Wang J, Wang Q, Serianni AS, Pan Q. Rapid assembly of branched mannose oligosaccharides through consecutive regioselective glycosylation: A convergent and efficient strategy. Tetrahedron 2017; 73:3932-3938. [PMID: 29104323 PMCID: PMC5667659 DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2017.05.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A convergent and efficient strategy for the synthesis of high-mannose oligosaccharides is described wherein regioselective glycosylations between trichloroacetimidate donors and partially protected acceptors are employed to reduce the number of protection-deprotection steps. Two representative branched mannose oligosaccharides, a mannose heptasaccharide (Man7) and a mannose nonasaccharide (Man9) were constructed via (4+3) and (5+4) glycosylations, respectively. These mannose-containing oligosaccharides were obtained in nine steps in ~25% overall yield and >98% purity on 60-70 mg scales to demonstrate the effectiveness of the strategy.
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- Bo Meng
- Omicron Biochemicals, Inc., 115 South Hill Street, South Bend, Indiana 46617-2701, USA
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- Omicron Biochemicals, Inc., 115 South Hill Street, South Bend, Indiana 46617-2701, USA
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- Omicron Biochemicals, Inc., 115 South Hill Street, South Bend, Indiana 46617-2701, USA
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- Omicron Biochemicals, Inc., 115 South Hill Street, South Bend, Indiana 46617-2701, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556-5670, USA
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- Omicron Biochemicals, Inc., 115 South Hill Street, South Bend, Indiana 46617-2701, USA
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Chen H, Deng Z, Huang C, Wu H, Zhao X, Li Y. Mass spectrometric profiling reveals association of N-glycan patterns with epithelial ovarian cancer progression. Tumour Biol 2017; 39:1010428317716249. [DOI: 10.1177/1010428317716249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Aberrant changes of N-glycan modifications on proteins have been linked to various diseases including different cancers, suggesting possible avenue for exploring their etiologies based on N-glycomic analysis. Changes in N-glycan patterns during epithelial ovarian cancer development have so far been investigated mainly using serum, plasma, ascites, and cell lines. However, changes in patterns of N-glycans in tumor tissues during epithelial ovarian cancer progression have remained largely undefined. To investigate whether changes in N-glycan patterns correlate with oncogenesis and progression of epithelial ovarian cancer, we profiled N-glycans from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue slides using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and quantitatively compared among different pathological grades of epithelial ovarian cancer and healthy controls. Our results show that among the 80 compositions of N-glycan detected, expression levels of high-mannose type were higher in epithelial ovarian cancer samples than that observed in healthy controls, accompanied by reduced levels of hybrid-type glycans. By applying receiver operating characteristic analysis, we show that a combined panel composed of four high-mannose and three fucosylated neutral complex N-glycans allows for good discrimination of epithelial ovarian cancer from healthy controls. Furthermore, using a statistical analysis of variance assay, we found that different N-glycan patterns, including 2 high-mannose-type, 2 fucosylated and sialylated complex structures, and 10 fucosylated neutral complex N-glycans, exhibited specific changes in N-glycan abundance across epithelial ovarian cancer grades. Together, our results provide strong evidence that N-glycomic changes are a strong indicator for epithelial ovarian cancer pathological grades and should provide avenues to identify novel biomarkers for epithelial ovarian cancer diagnosis and monitoring.
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- Huanhuan Chen
- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycoengineering, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- GuangDong Bio-Healtech Advanced Co., Ltd, Foshan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycoengineering, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
- Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Wang Y, Park D, Galermo AG, Gao D, Liu H, Lebrilla CB. Changes in cellular glycosylation of leukemia cells upon treatment with acridone derivatives yield insight into drug action. Proteomics 2016; 16:2977-2988. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201600218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2016] [Revised: 08/19/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Yini Wang
- Department of Chemistry; Tsinghua University; Beijing P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry; University of California; Davis CA USA
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- Department of Chemistry; University of California; Davis CA USA
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- The Key Laboratory of Tumor Metabolomics at Shenzhen; Shenzhen P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Tumor Metabolomics at Shenzhen; Shenzhen P. R. China
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Reversed-phase separation methods for glycan analysis. Anal Bioanal Chem 2016; 409:359-378. [PMID: 27888305 PMCID: PMC5203856 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-016-0073-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2016] [Revised: 10/26/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Reversed-phase chromatography is a method that is often used for glycan separation. For this, glycans are often derivatized with a hydrophobic tag to achieve retention on hydrophobic stationary phases. The separation and elution order of glycans in reversed-phase chromatography is highly dependent on the hydrophobicity of the tag and the contribution of the glycan itself to the retention. The contribution of the different monosaccharides to the retention strongly depends on the position and linkage, and isomer separation may be achieved. The influence of sialic acids and fucoses on the retention of glycans is still incompletely understood and deserves further study. Analysis of complex samples may come with incomplete separation of glycan species, thereby complicating reversed-phase chromatography with fluorescence or UV detection, whereas coupling with mass spectrometry detection allows the resolution of complex mixtures. Depending on the column properties, eluents, and run time, separation of isomeric and isobaric structures can be accomplished with reversed-phase chromatography. Alternatively, porous graphitized carbon chromatography and hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography are also able to separate isomeric and isobaric structures, generally without the necessity of glycan labeling. Hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography, porous graphitized carbon chromatography, and reversed-phase chromatography all serve different research purposes and thus can be used for different research questions. A great advantage of reversed-phase chromatography is its broad distribution as it is used in virtually every bioanalytical research laboratory, making it an attracting platform for glycan analysis. Glycan isomer separation by reversed phase liquid chromatography ![]()
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Reiding KR, Hipgrave Ederveen AL, Rombouts Y, Wuhrer M. Murine Plasma N-Glycosylation Traits Associated with Sex and Strain. J Proteome Res 2016; 15:3489-3499. [PMID: 27546880 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
Glycosylation is an abundant and important protein modification with large influence on the properties and interactions of glycoconjugates. Human plasma N-glycosylation has been the subject of frequent investigation, revealing strong associations with physiological and pathological conditions. Less well-characterized is the plasma N-glycosylation of the mouse, the most commonly used animal model for studying human diseases, particularly with regard to differences between strains and sexes. For this reason, we used MALDI-TOF(/TOF)-MS(/MS) assisted by linkage-specific derivatization of the sialic acids to comparatively analyze the plasma N-glycosylation of both male and female mice originating from BALB/c, CD57BL/6, CD-1, and Swiss Webster strains. The combined use of this analytical method and the recently developed data processing software named MassyTools allowed the relative quantification of the N-glycan species within plasma, the distinction between α2,3- and α2,6-linked N-glycolylneuraminic acids (due to respective lactonization and ethyl esterification), the detection of sialic acid O-acetylation, as well as the characterization of branching sialylation (Neu5Gcα2,3-Hex-[Neu5Gcα2,6-]HexNAc). When analyzing the glycosylation according to mouse sex, we found that female mice present a considerably higher degree of core fucosylation (2-4-fold depending on the strain), galactosylation, α2,6-linked sialylation, and larger high-mannose type glycan species compared with their male counterparts. Male mice, on the contrary, showed on average higher α2,3-linked sialylation, branching sialylation, and putative bisection. These differences together with sialic acid acetylation proved to be strain-specific as well. Interestingly, the outbred strains CD-1 and Swiss Webster displayed considerably larger interindividual variation than inbred strains BALB/c and CD57BL/6, suggesting a strong hereditable component of the observed plasma N-glycome.
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- Karli R Reiding
- Leiden University Medical Center , Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden 2333ZA, The Netherlands
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- Leiden University Medical Center , Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden 2333ZA, The Netherlands
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- Leiden University Medical Center , Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden 2333ZA, The Netherlands.,Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse 31077, France
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- Leiden University Medical Center , Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden 2333ZA, The Netherlands
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Park HM, Hwang MP, Kim YW, Kim KJ, Jin JM, Kim YH, Yang YH, Lee KH, Kim YG. Mass spectrometry-based N-linked glycomic profiling as a means for tracking pancreatic cancer metastasis. Carbohydr Res 2015; 413:5-11. [PMID: 26057990 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2015.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2015] [Revised: 04/08/2015] [Accepted: 04/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
The aberrant glycosylation profile on the surface of cancer cells has been recognized for its potential diagnostic value towards assessing tumor progression. In this study, we initially investigate N-glycan profiles on the surface of normal (HPDE) and cancerous (Capan-1, Panc-1, and MIA PaCa-2) pancreatic cell lines, which are from different sites of pancreatic tumor. The enzymatically deglycosylated total N-glycans are permethylated via a quantitative solid-phase method and then analyzed by using MALDI-TOF MS and MALDI-QIT-TOF MS. We demonstrate that the level of high-mannose type glycans is higher among Capan-1 cells-pancreatic cancer cells that have metastasized to the liver-than that observed among Panc-1 and MIA PaCa-2 cells-pancreatic cancer cells from the pancreas duct head and tail regions, respectively. Furthermore, the relative abundance of highly-branched sialyted N-glycans is significantly up-regulated on Panc-1 and MIA PaCa-2 pancreatic cancer cells compared to that of normal HPDE pancreas cells. Taken together, these results indicate that specific N-glycosylation profile changes in pancreatic cancer cells can be used to not only distinguish between normal and cancerous cells but also provide more information on their location and metastatic potential.
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- Hae-Min Park
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, South Korea
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- Biomedical Research Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 5 Hwarangno 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-791, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Soongsil University, 369 Sangdo-Ro, Seoul 156-743, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Soongsil University, 369 Sangdo-Ro, Seoul 156-743, South Korea
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- Biomedical Omics Team, Korea Basic Science Institute, Ochang 363-883, South Korea
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- Biomedical Omics Team, Korea Basic Science Institute, Ochang 363-883, South Korea; Graduate School of Analytical Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, South Korea; Department of Bio-Analytical Science, University of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-333, South Korea
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- Department of Microbial Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, South Korea
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- Biomedical Research Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 5 Hwarangno 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-791, South Korea.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Soongsil University, 369 Sangdo-Ro, Seoul 156-743, South Korea.
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Li T, Dong ZR, Guo ZY, Wang CH, Zhi XT, Zhou JW, Li DK, Chen ZT, Chen ZQ, Hu SY. Mannose-mediated inhibitory effects of PA-MSHA on invasion and metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma via EGFR/Akt/IκBβ/NF-κB pathway. Liver Int 2015; 35:1416-29. [PMID: 25066210 DOI: 10.1111/liv.12644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2014] [Accepted: 07/23/2014] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS Elevation of high-mannose glycans is a common feature of malignant cells and has been suggested to be the basis for alternative cancer therapy for several years. Here we want to investigate the antitumour effect of pseudomonas aeruginosa-mannosesensitive haemagglutinin (PA-MSHA), a genetically engineered heat-inactivated PA strain with mannose-sensitive binding activity, on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS Tumourigenicity and metastatic potentials of HCC were studied after PA-MSHA treatment by utilizing the in vitro/in vivo model of HCC. Expression of apoptosis-associated proteins and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) related genes were evaluated, and possible signalling pathways involved were investigated. RESULTS PA-MSHA induced significant cell proliferation inhibition and cell cycle arrest of HCC through decreasing the levels of cyclins D1, cyclins E, CDK2, CDK4, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), and increasing the level of p21 and p27. Moreover, PA-MSHA suppressed the invasion, migration and adhesion of HCC through inhibiting epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). PA-MSHA also inhibited EGFR/Akt/IκBβ/NF-κB pathway and overexpression of NF-κB significantly abrogated PA-MSHA induced EMT inhibition. In addition, competitive inhibition of the mannose binding activity of PA-MSHA by D-mannose significantly blocked its effect on cell cycle arrest and EMT. PA-MSHA also abrogated lung metastasis of HCC and significantly inhibited tumour growth in the in vivo study. CONCLUSIONS Our study demonstrated the essential role of EGFR/Akt/IκBβ/NF-κB pathway in the inhibitory effect of PA-MSHA on invasion and metastasis of HCC through suppressing EMT, and revealed an attractive prospect of PA-MSHA as a novel candidate agent in the treatment of HCC.
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- Tao Li
- Department of general surgery, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China
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Ji IJ, Hua S, Shin DH, Seo N, Hwang JY, Jang IS, Kang MG, Choi JS, An HJ. Spatially-Resolved Exploration of the Mouse Brain Glycome by Tissue Glyco-Capture (TGC) and Nano-LC/MS. Anal Chem 2015; 87:2869-77. [DOI: 10.1021/ac504339t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- In Jung Ji
- Asia Glycomics Reference Site, Daejeon 305-764, Korea
- Graduate
School of Analytical Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea
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- Asia Glycomics Reference Site, Daejeon 305-764, Korea
- Graduate
School of Analytical Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea
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- Asia Glycomics Reference Site, Daejeon 305-764, Korea
- Graduate
School of Analytical Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea
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- Asia Glycomics Reference Site, Daejeon 305-764, Korea
- Graduate
School of Analytical Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea
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- Asia Glycomics Reference Site, Daejeon 305-764, Korea
- Graduate
School of Analytical Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea
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- Division
of Life Science, Korea Basic Science Institute, Daejeon 305-764, Korea
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- Center
for Cognition and Sociality, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 305-764, Korea
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- Graduate
School of Analytical Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea
- Division
of Life Science, Korea Basic Science Institute, Daejeon 305-764, Korea
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- Asia Glycomics Reference Site, Daejeon 305-764, Korea
- Graduate
School of Analytical Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea
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Gbormittah FO, Lee LY, Taylor K, Hancock WS, Iliopoulos O. Comparative studies of the proteome, glycoproteome, and N-glycome of clear cell renal cell carcinoma plasma before and after curative nephrectomy. J Proteome Res 2014; 13:4889-900. [PMID: 25184692 PMCID: PMC4227548 DOI: 10.1021/pr500591e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
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Clear cell renal cell carcinoma
is the most prevalent of all reported kidney cancer cases, and currently
there are no markers for early diagnosis. This has stimulated great
research interest recently because early detection of the disease
can significantly improve the low survival rate. Combining the proteome,
glycoproteome, and N-glycome data from clear cell renal cell carcinoma
plasma has the potential of identifying candidate markers for early
diagnosis and prognosis and/or to monitor disease recurrence. Here,
we report on the utilization of a multi-dimensional fractionation
approach (12P-M-LAC) and LC–MS/MS to comprehensively investigate
clear cell renal cell carcinoma plasma collected before (disease)
and after (non-disease) curative nephrectomy (n =
40). Proteins detected in the subproteomes were investigated via label-free
quantification. Protein abundance analysis revealed a number of low-level
proteins with significant differential expression levels in disease
samples, including HSPG2, CD146, ECM1, SELL, SYNE1, and VCAM1. Importantly,
we observed a strong correlation between differentially expressed
proteins and clinical status of the patient. Investigation of the
glycoproteome returned 13 candidate glycoproteins with significant
differential M-LAC column binding. Qualitative analysis indicated
that 62% of selected candidate glycoproteins showed higher levels
(upregulation) in M-LAC bound fraction of disease samples. This observation
was further confirmed by released N-glycans data in which 53% of identified
N-glycans were present at different levels in plasma in the disease
vs non-disease samples. This striking result demonstrates the potential
for significant protein glycosylation alterations in clear cell renal
cell carcinoma cancer plasma. With future validation in a larger cohort,
information derived from this study may lead to the development of
clear cell renal cell carcinoma candidate biomarkers.
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- Francisca O Gbormittah
- Barnett Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University , 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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Wang C, Wu Z, Yuan J, Wang B, Zhang P, Zhang Y, Wang Z, Huang L. Simplified Quantitative Glycomics Using the Stable Isotope Label Girard’s Reagent P by Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry. J Proteome Res 2013; 13:372-84. [DOI: 10.1021/pr4010647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Chengjian Wang
- Educational
Ministry Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western
China, College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China
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- Educational
Ministry Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western
China, College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China
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- Educational
Ministry Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western
China, College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China
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- Educational
Ministry Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western
China, College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China
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- Chemistry
and Chemical Engineering School, Xianyang Normal University, Xianyang 712000, China
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- Educational
Ministry Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western
China, College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China
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- Educational
Ministry Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western
China, College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China
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- Educational
Ministry Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western
China, College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China
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Sethi MK, Thaysen-Andersen M, Smith JT, Baker MS, Packer NH, Hancock WS, Fanayan S. Comparative N-Glycan Profiling of Colorectal Cancer Cell Lines Reveals Unique Bisecting GlcNAc and α-2,3-Linked Sialic Acid Determinants Are Associated with Membrane Proteins of the More Metastatic/Aggressive Cell Lines. J Proteome Res 2013; 13:277-88. [DOI: 10.1021/pr400861m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Manveen K. Sethi
- Department
of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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- Barnett
Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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Lattová E, Perreault H. The usefulness of hydrazine derivatives for mass spectrometric analysis of carbohydrates. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2013; 32:366-385. [PMID: 23345114 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2012] [Revised: 10/12/2012] [Accepted: 10/12/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Over the last years, extensive studies have evaluated glycans from different biological samples and validated the importance of glycosylation as one of the most important post-translational modifications of proteins. Although a number of new methods for carbohydrate analysis have been published and there has been significant progress in their identification, the development of new approaches to study these biomolecules and understand their role in living systems are still vivid challenges that intrigue glycobiologists. In the last decade, the success in analyses of oligosaccharides has been driven mainly by the development of innovative, highly sensitive mass spectrometry techniques. For enhanced mass spectrometry detection, carbohydrate molecules are often derivatized. Besides, the type of labeling can influence the fragmentation pattern and make the structural analysis less complicated. In this regard, in 2003 we introduced the low scale, simple non-reductive tagging of glycans employing phenylhydrazine (PHN) as the derivatizing reagent. PHN-labeled glycans showed increased detection and as reported previously they can be analyzed by HPLC, ESI, or MALDI immediately after derivatization. Under tandem mass spectrometry conditions, PHN-derivatives produced useful data for the structural elucidation of oligosaccharides. This approach of analysis has helped to reveal new isomeric structures for glycans of known/unknown composition and has been successfully applied for the profiling of N-glycans obtained from serum samples and cancer cells. The efficacy of this labeling has also been evaluated for different substituted hydrazine reagents. This review summarizes all types of reducing-end labeling based on hydrazone-linkage that have been used for mass spectrometric analyses of oligosaccharides. This review is also aimed at correcting some past misconceptions or interpretations reported in the literature.
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- Erika Lattová
- Chemistry Department, University of Manitoba, 144 Dysart Road, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2.
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Saldova R, Piccard H, Pérez-Garay M, Harvey DJ, Struwe WB, Galligan MC, Berghmans N, Madden SF, Peracaula R, Opdenakker G, Rudd PM. Increase in sialylation and branching in the mouse serum N-glycome correlates with inflammation and ovarian tumour progression. PLoS One 2013; 8:e71159. [PMID: 24023608 PMCID: PMC3758313 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2013] [Accepted: 06/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynaecological cancer and is often diagnosed in late stage, often as the result of the unavailability of sufficiently sensitive biomarkers for early detection, tumour progression and tumour-associated inflammation. Glycosylation is the most common posttranslational modification of proteins; it is altered in cancer and therefore is a potential source of biomarkers. We investigated the quantitative and qualitative effects of anti-inflammatory (acetylsalicylic acid) and pro-inflammatory (thioglycolate and chlorite-oxidized oxyamylose) drugs on glycosylation in mouse cancer serum. A significant increase in sialylation and branching of glycans in mice treated with an inflammation-inducing compound was observed. Moreover, the increases in sialylation correlated with increased tumour sizes. Increases in sialylation and branching were consistent with increased expression of sialyltransferases and the branching enzyme MGAT5. Because the sialyltransferases are highly conserved among species, the described changes in the ovarian cancer mouse model are relevant to humans and serum N-glycome analysis for monitoring disease treatment and progression might be a useful biomarker.
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- Radka Saldova
- National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) GlycoScience Group, Dublin, Ireland
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Unitat de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain
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- National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) GlycoScience Group, Dublin, Ireland
- Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) GlycoScience Group, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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- Unitat de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) GlycoScience Group, Dublin, Ireland
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Zipser B, Bello-DeOcampo D, Diestel S, Tai MH, Schmitz B. Mannitou Monoclonal Antibody Uniquely Recognizes Paucimannose, a Marker for Human Cancer, Stemness, and Inflammation. J Carbohydr Chem 2012. [DOI: 10.1080/07328303.2012.661112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Birgit Zipser
- a Michigan State University, Department of Physiology , East Lansing , MI , 48824 , USA
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- b Michigan State University, Department of Zoology , East Lansing , MI , 48824 , USA
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- c University of Bonn, Institute of Animal Science , 53115 Bonn , Germany
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- a Michigan State University, Department of Physiology , East Lansing , MI , 48824 , USA
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- c University of Bonn, Institute of Animal Science , 53115 Bonn , Germany
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Harvey DJ. Analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry: an update for 2007-2008. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2012; 31:183-311. [PMID: 21850673 DOI: 10.1002/mas.20333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2010] [Revised: 01/04/2011] [Accepted: 01/04/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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This review is the fifth update of the original review, published in 1999, on the application of MALDI mass spectrometry to the analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates and brings coverage of the literature to the end of 2008. The first section of the review covers fundamental studies, fragmentation of carbohydrate ions, use of derivatives and new software developments for analysis of carbohydrate spectra. Among newer areas of method development are glycan arrays, MALDI imaging and the use of ion mobility spectrometry. The second section of the review discusses applications of MALDI MS to the analysis of different types of carbohydrate. Specific compound classes that are covered include carbohydrate polymers from plants, N- and O-linked glycans from glycoproteins, biopharmaceuticals, glycated proteins, glycolipids, glycosides and various other natural products. There is a short section on the use of MALDI mass spectrometry for the study of enzymes involved in glycan processing and a section on the use of MALDI MS to monitor products of the chemical synthesis of carbohydrates with emphasis on carbohydrate-protein complexes and glycodendrimers. Corresponding analyses by electrospray ionization now appear to outnumber those performed by MALDI and the amount of literature makes a comprehensive review on this technique impractical. However, most of the work relating to sample preparation and glycan synthesis is equally relevant to electrospray and, consequently, those proposing analyses by electrospray should also find material in this review of interest.
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- David J Harvey
- Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK.
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de Leoz MLA, Young LJT, An HJ, Kronewitter SR, Kim J, Miyamoto S, Borowsky AD, Chew HK, Lebrilla CB. High-mannose glycans are elevated during breast cancer progression. Mol Cell Proteomics 2011; 10:M110.002717. [PMID: 21097542 PMCID: PMC3013453 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m110.002717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2010] [Revised: 11/15/2010] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Alteration in glycosylation has been observed in cancer. However, monitoring glycosylation changes during breast cancer progression is difficult in humans. In this study, we used a well-characterized transplantable breast tumor mouse model, the mouse mammary tumor virus-polyoma middle T antigen, to observe early changes in glycosylation. We have previously used the said mouse model to look at O-linked glycosylation changes with breast cancer. In this glycan biomarker discovery study, we examined N-linked glycan variations during breast cancer progression of the mouse model but this time doubling the number of mice and blood draw points. N-glycans from total mouse serum glycoproteins were profiled using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization Fourier transform-ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry at the onset, progression, and removal of mammary tumors. We observed four N-linked glycans, m/z 1339.480 (Hex(3)HexNAc), 1485.530 (Hex(3)HexNAc(4)Fuc), 1809.639 (Hex(5)HexNAc(4)Fuc), and 1905.630 (Man(9)), change in intensity in the cancer group but not in the control group. In a separate study, N-glycans from total human serum glycoproteins of breast cancer patients and controls were also profiled. Analysis of human sera using an internal standard showed the alteration of the low-abundant high-mannose glycans, m/z 1419.475, 1581.528, 1743.581, 1905.634 (Man(6-9)), in breast cancer patients. A key observation was the elevation of a high-mannose type glycan containing nine mannoses, Man(9), m/z 1905.630 in both mouse and human sera in the presence of breast cancer, suggesting an incompletion of the glycosylation process that normally trims back Man(9) to produce complex and hybrid type oligosaccharides.
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- ¶Department of Viticulture and Enology; and
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- ‖Clinical Breast Cancer Program, University of California Davis Cancer Center, Sacramento, CA 95817
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- ‖Clinical Breast Cancer Program, University of California Davis Cancer Center, Sacramento, CA 95817
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- From the ‡Department of Chemistry
- **Department of Biochemistry, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616; and
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Lattová E, Tomanek B, Bartusik D, Perreault H. N-glycomic changes in human breast carcinoma MCF-7 and T-lymphoblastoid cells after treatment with herceptin and herceptin/Lipoplex. J Proteome Res 2010; 9:1533-40. [PMID: 20063903 DOI: 10.1021/pr9010266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The humanized monoclonal antibody IgG1 in combination with chemotherapy has been demonstrated to enhance survival benefit in cancer treatment. Despite positive outcomes, some cancer cells develop multidrug resistance. Numerous mechanisms in cancers can be involved in the process of treatment therapy and most of them are not still well understood. To address how the carbohydrate moieties of cells are affected during treatment, the glycan profiles from the two most common cancer cell lines - human breast MCF-7 carcinoma and T-lymphoblastoid CEM cells - were studied here and compared with profiles after treatment with Herceptin alone or in combination with Lipofectamine mixed with plasmid DNA to form Lipoplex. N-Glycans were released from total cells by digestion with PNGaseF and analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS). In summary, both original cell lines showed a dominant occurrence of high-mannose glycans. After treatment, these structures were suppressed and biantennary core-fucosylated glycans originating from IgG1 were the major carbohydrate products identified in cells. The high incidence of additional fucosylated or nonfucosylated galactosylated oligosaccharides, which were not detected in original cells or Herceptin, varied with conditions and time of exposure of cells to the antibody. The results presented in this study provide strong evidence for a role of glycosylation during antibody treatment.
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- Erika Lattová
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, 144 Dysart Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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Bereman MS, Young DD, Deiters A, Muddiman DC. Development of a robust and high throughput method for profiling N-linked glycans derived from plasma glycoproteins by NanoLC-FTICR mass spectrometry. J Proteome Res 2009; 8:3764-70. [PMID: 19435342 DOI: 10.1021/pr9002323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Recent investigations continue to emphasize the importance of glycosylation in various diseases including cancer. In this work, we present a step-by-step protocol describing a method for N-linked glycan profiling of plasma glycoproteins by nanoflow liquid chromatography Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FTICR-MS). A large experimental space was initially explored and is described herein. Three internal standards were spiked into the sample and provided normalization of plasma glycan abundance across different experimental conditions. Incubation methods and times and the effect of NP40 detergent on glycan abundance were explored. It was found that an 18-h incubation with no detergent led to the greatest ion abundance; however, data could be obtained in less than one day from raw plasma samples utilizing microwave irradiation or shorter incubation periods. The intersample precision of three different glycans was less than 5.5% (RSD) when the internal standards were added prior to the initial processing step. The high mass measurement accuracy (<3 ppm) afforded by the FTICR mass spectrometer provided confident identifications of several glycan species.
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- Michael S Bereman
- W.M. Keck FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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Lattová E, McKenzie EJ, Gruwel MLH, Spicer V, Goldman R, Perreault H. Mass spectrometric study of N-glycans from serum of woodchucks with liver cancer. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2009; 23:2983-2995. [PMID: 19685473 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Woodchucks have been a preferred lab animal model of chronic hepatitis B viral infection. The model recapitulates the disease progression of HBV infection to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and has documented similarities in protein glycosylation with human HCC. This study examined N-glycans in serum of animals with(out) HCC. Oligosaccharides were released enzymatically using PNGaseF from total serum or from serum partially fractionated by extraction. Two different extraction procedures - reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) and solid-phase extraction (SPE) on a cation-exchange/reversed-phase STRATA-XC cartridge - were used with the purpose of confirming glycosylation profiles. Oligosaccharides were analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) after derivatization with phenylhydrazine and/or permethylation. Characteristic fragment ions produced under MS/MS conditions allowed discrimination between isomeric structures of oligosaccharides, including those sialylated with two types of acidic residues. The complementary methods allowed structural characterization of oligosaccharides from various N-glycan classes. Furthermore, to validate results, glycosylation profiles of woodchuck sera were compared to glycans obtained from mouse serum on the same conditions. In summary, we have identified 40 N-glycan structures in the serum of woodchucks and some types of oligosaccharide structures appeared to increase in HCC samples following protease digest. The study provides improved tools for the characterization of N-glycans from total serum in the progression of liver disease.
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- Erika Lattová
- Chemistry Department, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2.
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