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Decloquement M, Venuto MT, Cogez V, Steinmetz A, Schulz C, Lion C, Noel M, Rigolot V, Teppa RE, Biot C, Rebl A, Galuska SP, Harduin-Lepers A. Salmonid polysialyltransferases to generate a variety of sialic acid polymers. Sci Rep 2023; 13:15610. [PMID: 37730806 PMCID: PMC10511417 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-42095-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023] Open
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The human polysialyltransferases ST8Sia II and ST8Sia IV catalyze the transfer of several Neu5Ac residues onto glycoproteins forming homopolymers with essential roles during different physiological processes. In salmonids, heterogeneous set of sialic acids polymers have been described in ovary and on eggs cell surface and three genes st8sia4, st8sia2-r1 and st8sia2-r2 were identified that could be implicated in these heteropolymers. The three polysialyltransferases from the salmonid Coregonus maraena were cloned, recombinantly expressed in HEK293 cells and the ST8Sia IV was biochemically characterized. The MicroPlate Sialyltransferase Assay and the non-natural donor substrate CMP-SiaNAl were used to demonstrate enzyme activity and optimize polysialylation reactions. Polysialylation was also carried out with natural donor substrates CMP-Neu5Ac, CMP-Neu5Gc and CMP-Kdn in cell-free and cell-based assays and structural analyses of polysialylated products using the anti-polySia monoclonal antibody 735 and endoneuraminidase N and HPLC approaches. Our data highlighted distinct specificities of human and salmonid polysialyltransferases with notable differences in donor substrates use and the capacity of fish enzymes to generate heteropolymers. This study further suggested an evolution of the biological functions of polySia. C. maraena ST8Sia IV of particular interest to modify glycoproteins with a variety of polySia chains.
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- Mathieu Decloquement
- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8576 - UGSF - Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, 59000, Lille, France
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- Institute of Reproductive Biology, Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196, Dummerstorf, Germany
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8576 - UGSF - Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, 59000, Lille, France
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- Institute of Reproductive Biology, Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196, Dummerstorf, Germany
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8576 - UGSF - Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, 59000, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8576 - UGSF - Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, 59000, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8576 - UGSF - Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, 59000, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8576 - UGSF - Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, 59000, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8576 - UGSF - Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, 59000, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8576 - UGSF - Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, 59000, Lille, France
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- Institute of Genome Biology, Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology FBN, Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196, Dummerstorf, Germany
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- Institute of Reproductive Biology, Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196, Dummerstorf, Germany.
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8576 - UGSF - Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, 59000, Lille, France.
- Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, UMR CNRS 8576, Faculté des sciences et Technologies, Univ. Lille, 59655, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
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Red Meat Derived Glycan, N-acetylneuraminic Acid (Neu5Ac) Is a Major Sialic Acid in Different Skeletal Muscles and Organs of Nine Animal Species-A Guideline for Human Consumers. Foods 2023; 12:foods12020337. [PMID: 36673429 PMCID: PMC9858279 DOI: 10.3390/foods12020337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 12/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Sialic acids (Sias) are acidic monosaccharides and red meat is a notable dietary source of Sia for humans. Among the Sias, N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac) and 2-keto-3-deoxy-D-glycero-D-galacto-2-nonulosonic acid (KDN) play multiple roles in immunity and brain cognition. On the other hand, N-glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc) is a non-human Sia capable of potentiating cancer and inflammation in the human body. However, their expression within the animal kingdom remains unknown. We determined Neu5Ac and KDN in skeletal muscle and organs across a range (n = 9) of species using UHPLC and found that (1) caprine skeletal muscle expressed the highest Neu5Ac (661.82 ± 187.96 µg/g protein) following by sheep, pig, dog, deer, cat, horse, kangaroo and cattle; (2) Among organs, kidney contained the most Neu5Ac (1992−3050 µg/g protein) across species; (3) ~75−98% of total Neu5Ac was conjugated, except for in dog and cat muscle (54−58%); (4) <1% of total Sia was KDN, in which ~60−100% was unconjugated, with the exception of sheep liver and goat muscle (~12−25%); (5) Neu5Ac was the major Sia in almost all tested organs. This study guides consumers to the safest red meat relating to Neu5Ac and Neu5Gc content, though the dog and cat meat are not conventional red meat globally.
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Guo X, Elkashef SM, Patel A, Ribeiro Morais G, Shnyder SD, Loadman PM, Patterson LH, Falconer RA. An assay for quantitative analysis of polysialic acid expression in cancer cells. Carbohydr Polym 2021; 259:117741. [PMID: 33674001 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.117741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 01/13/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Polysialic acid (polySia) is a linear polysaccharide comprised of N-acetylneuraminic acid residues and its over-expression in cancer cells has been correlated with poor clinical prognosis. An assay has been developed for quantitative analysis of cellular polySia expression. This was achieved by extracting and purifying released polySia from glycoproteins by mild acid hydrolysis and optimised organic extraction. The polySia was further hydrolysed into Sia monomers, followed by fluorescent labelling and quantitative analysis. The assay was qualified utilising endoneuraminidase-NF to remove polySia from the surface of C6-ST8SiaII cancer cells (EC50 = 2.13 ng/mL). The result was comparable to that obtained in a polySia-specific cellular ELISA assay. Furthermore, the assay proved suitable for evaluation of changes in polySia expression following treatment with a small molecule inhibitor of polysialylation. Given the importance of polySia in multiple disease states, notably cancer, this is a potentially vital tool with applications in the fields of drug discovery and glycobiology.
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- Xiaoxiao Guo
- Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, BD7 1DP, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, BD7 1DP, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, BD7 1DP, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, BD7 1DP, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, BD7 1DP, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, BD7 1DP, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, BD7 1DP, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, BD7 1DP, United Kingdom.
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Tajik A, Phillips KL, Nitz M, Willis LM. A new ELISA assay demonstrates sex differences in the concentration of serum polysialic acid. Anal Biochem 2020; 600:113743. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2020.113743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2020] [Revised: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Glycoproteomic measurement of site-specific polysialylation. Anal Biochem 2020; 596:113625. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2020.113625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Bornhöfft KF, Rebl A, Gallagher ME, Viergutz T, Zlatina K, Reid C, Galuska SP. Sialylated Cervical Mucins Inhibit the Activation of Neutrophils to Form Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Bovine in vitro Model. Front Immunol 2019; 10:2478. [PMID: 31781090 PMCID: PMC6851059 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 10/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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In order to combat invading pathogens neutrophils can release neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). However, since NETs can also damage endogenous cells, several control mechanisms for the formation of NETs must work effectively. For instance, neutrophil activation is silenced within blood circulation by the binding of sialylated glycoconjugates to sialic acid binding immunoglobulin-like lectins (Siglecs) on neutrophils. As neutrophils are recruited within the female reproductive tract, after mating, a comparable mechanism may also take place within the bovine cervix to prevent an exaggerated NET formation and thus, infertility. We examined, if the highly glycosylated mucins, which are the major functional fraction of biomolecules in mucus, represent a potential regulator of NET formation. The qPCR data revealed that in polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) inhibitory Siglecs are the most frequently expressed Siglecs and might be a potential target of sialylated glycans to modulate the activation of PMNs. Remarkably, the addition of bovine cervical mucins significantly inhibited the formation of NET, which had been induced in response to lipopolysaccharides (LPS) or a combination of phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) and ionomycin. The inhibitory effects were independent of the stage of estrous cycle (estrus, luteal, and follicular mucins). PMNs retained their segmented nuclei and membrane perforation was prevented. However, the inhibitory effects were diminished, when sialic acids were released under acidic conditions. Comparable results were achieved, when sialic acids were targeted by neuraminidase digestion, indicating a sialic acid dependent inhibition of NET release. Thus, bovine cervical mucins have an anti-inflammatory capability to modulate NET formation and might be further immunomodulatory biomolecules that support fertility.
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- Kim F. Bornhöfft
- Institute of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Genome Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
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- Institute of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
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- Institute of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
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- UCD Veterinary Sciences Centre, Dublin, Ireland
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- Institute of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Guo X, Elkashef SM, Loadman PM, Patterson LH, Falconer RA. Recent advances in the analysis of polysialic acid from complex biological systems. Carbohydr Polym 2019; 224:115145. [PMID: 31472857 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.115145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2019] [Revised: 07/26/2019] [Accepted: 07/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Polysialic acid (polySia) is a unique, well-characterised carbohydrate polymer highly-expressed on the cell surface of neurons in the early stages of mammalian brain development. Post-embryogenesis, it is also re-expressed in a number of tumours of neuroendocrine origin. It plays important roles in modulating cell-cell, and cell-matrix adhesion and migration, tumour invasion and metastasis. Techniques for structural and quantitative characterisation of polySia from tumours and cancer cells are thus essential in exploring the relationship between polySia expression levels and structural and functional changes associated with cancer progression and metastasis. A variety of techniques have been developed to structurally and quantitatively analyse polySia in clinical tissues and other biological samples. In this review, analytical approaches used for the determination of polySia in biological matrices in the past 20 years are discussed, with a particular focus on chemical approaches, and quantitative analysis.
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- Xiaoxiao Guo
- Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, United Kingdom.
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Nanoparticles Equipped with α2,8-Linked Sialic Acid Chains Inhibit the Release of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps. NANOMATERIALS 2019; 9:nano9040610. [PMID: 31013834 PMCID: PMC6523985 DOI: 10.3390/nano9040610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Revised: 03/18/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Neutrophils can combat the invasion of pathogens by the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). The NET mechanism is not only an effective tool for combating pathogens, but is also associated with diseases. Therefore, NETs are a potential target for combating pathologies, such as cystic fibrosis and thrombosis. We investigated the potential of nanoparticles, which were modified with α2,8-linked sialic acid chains, to modulate NET release during phorbol myristate acetate stimulation. Interestingly, when these nanoparticles were applied, the formation of reactive oxygen species was partly inhibited and the release of NET was counteracted. However, although the release of NET fibers was prevented, the nuclei still lost their characteristic segmented structure and became swollen, indicating that only the release, and not complete activation was suppressed. Intriguingly, coincubation of α2,8-sialylated particles with free sialic acid chains prevented the outlined inhibitory effects. Thus, the sialic acid chains must be attached to a linker molecule to generate an active bioconjugate that is able to inhibit the release of NET.
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Kühnle A, Veelken R, Galuska CE, Saftenberger M, Verleih M, Schuppe HC, Rudloff S, Kunz C, Galuska SP. Polysialic acid interacts with lactoferrin and supports its activity to inhibit the release of neutrophil extracellular traps. Carbohydr Polym 2019; 208:32-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.12.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2018] [Revised: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Zlatina K, Saftenberger M, Kühnle A, Galuska CE, Gärtner U, Rebl A, Oster M, Vernunft A, Galuska SP. Polysialic Acid in Human Plasma Can Compensate the Cytotoxicity of Histones. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:E1679. [PMID: 29874880 PMCID: PMC6032143 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19061679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2018] [Revised: 05/28/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The innate immune system has numerous mechanisms to fight against pathogens, including the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). By spreading out chromatin, antimicrobial peptides and enzymes, neutrophils efficiently trap pathogens like bacteria and facilitate their elimination. During this process, high concentrations of extracellular histones can be reached. Several researchers have demonstrated that the cytotoxic characteristics of these histones can trigger diseases like sepsis. Interestingly, the carbohydrate polysialic acid (polySia) can bind histones and reduce histone-mediated cytotoxicity in a chain length-dependent manner. In the present study, we examined the chain length of polySia in plasma and tested its ability to decrease the cytotoxic characteristics of extracellular histones. Remarkably, we detected polySia not only in the soluble fraction of plasma, but also on enriched extracellular vesicles (EVs). Chain length analysis revealed that polySia chains originating from human plasma can consists of more than 40 sialic acid residues and show a cytoprotective effect against extracellular histones. Intriguingly, polySia is not only present in human plasma but also in fish and other branches of vertebrates. Thus, polySia is a physiological element in plasma and may represent a natural buffer for extracellular histones.
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- Kristina Zlatina
- Institute of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany.
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Friedrichstr. 24, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
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- Institute of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany.
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- Institute of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany.
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus-Liebig-University, Aulweg 123, 35385 Giessen, Germany.
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- Institute of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany.
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- Institute of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany.
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- Institute of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany.
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- Institute of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany.
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Galuska CE, Dambon JA, Kühnle A, Bornhöfft KF, Prem G, Zlatina K, Lütteke T, Galuska SP. Artificial Polysialic Acid Chains as Sialidase-Resistant Molecular-Anchors to Accumulate Particles on Neutrophil Extracellular Traps. Front Immunol 2017; 8:1229. [PMID: 29033944 PMCID: PMC5626807 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 09/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
Abstract
Neutrophils are involved in numerous immunological events. One mechanism of neutrophils to combat pathogens is the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). Thereby, neutrophils use DNA fibers to form a meshwork of DNA and histones as well as several antimicrobial components to trap and kill invaders. However, the formation of NETs can lead to pathological conditions triggering among other things (e.g., sepsis or acute lung failure), which is mainly a consequence of the cytotoxic characteristics of accumulated extracellular histones. Interestingly, the carbohydrate polysialic acid represents a naturally occurring antagonist of the cytotoxic properties of extracellular histones. Inspired by polysialylated vesicles, we developed polysialylated nanoparticles. Since sialidases are frequently present in areas of NET formation, we protected the sensitive non-reducing end of these homopolymers. To this end, the terminal sialic acid residue of the non-reducing end was oxidized and directly coupled to nanoparticles. The covalently linked sialidase-resistant polysialic acid chains are still able to neutralize histone-mediated cytotoxicity and to initiate binding of these polysialylated particles to NET filaments. Furthermore, polysialylated fluorescent microspheres can be used as a bioanalytical tool to stain NET fibers. Thus, polySia chains might not only be a useful agent to reduce histone-mediated cytotoxicity but also an anchor to accumulate nanoparticles loaded with active substances in areas of NET formation.
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- Christina E Galuska
- Institute of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany.,Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany.,Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
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- Institute of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany.,Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany.,Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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Galuska SP, Galuska CE, Tharmalingam T, Zlatina K, Prem G, Husejnov FCO, Rudd PM, Vann WF, Reid C, Vionnet J, Gallagher ME, Carrington FA, Hassett SL, Carrington SD. In vitro generation of polysialylated cervical mucins by bacterial polysialyltransferases to counteract cytotoxicity of extracellular histones. FEBS J 2017; 284:1688-1699. [PMID: 28371406 DOI: 10.1111/febs.14073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2017] [Revised: 03/20/2017] [Accepted: 03/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Neutrophil extracellular traps (NET) are formed against pathogens. However, various diseases are directly linked to this meshwork of DNA. The cytotoxic properties of extracellular histones especially seem to be an important trigger during these diseases. Furthermore, NET accumulation on implants is discussed to result in an impaired efficiency or failure, depending on the category of implant. Interestingly, mucins have been investigated as surface coatings potentially capable of reducing neutrophil adhesion. Similarly, polysialic acid was shown to inactivate the cytotoxic properties of extracellular histones. We wanted to combine the probability to decrease the adhesion of neutrophils using mucins with the capability of sialic acid polymers to counteract histone-mediated cytotoxicity. To this end, we elongate cervical mucins using bacterial polysialyltransferases. Subsequent cell-based experiments demonstrated the activity of elongated mucins against histone-mediated cytotoxicity. Thus, polysialylated mucins may represent a novel component to coat implants or to combat diseases with exaggerated NET formation.
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- Sebastian P Galuska
- Department of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany.,Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany.,Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany.,Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany.,Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- Dublin-Oxford Glycobiology Laboratory, NIBRT - The National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training, Blackrock Co., Dublin, Ireland
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- Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- UCD Veterinary Sciences Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland
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- UCD Veterinary Sciences Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland
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- UCD Veterinary Sciences Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland
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Elkashef SM, Allison SJ, Sadiq M, Basheer HA, Ribeiro Morais G, Loadman PM, Pors K, Falconer RA. Polysialic acid sustains cancer cell survival and migratory capacity in a hypoxic environment. Sci Rep 2016; 6:33026. [PMID: 27611649 PMCID: PMC5017143 DOI: 10.1038/srep33026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2016] [Accepted: 08/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Polysialic acid (polySia) is a unique carbohydrate polymer expressed on the surface of NCAM (neuronal cell adhesion molecule) in a number of cancers where it modulates cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion, migration, invasion and metastasis and is strongly associated with poor clinical prognosis. We have carried out the first investigation into the effect of polySia expression on the behaviour of cancer cells in hypoxia, a key source of chemoresistance in tumours. The role of polysialylation and associated tumour cell migration and cell adhesion were studied in hypoxia, along with effects on cell survival and the potential role of HIF-1. Our findings provide the first evidence that polySia expression sustains migratory capacity and is associated with tumour cell survival in hypoxia. Initial mechanistic studies indicate a potential role for HIF-1 in sustaining polySia-mediated migratory capacity, but not cell survival. These data add to the growing body of evidence pointing to a crucial role for the polysialyltransferases (polySTs) in neuroendocrine tumour progression and provide the first evidence to suggest that polySia is associated with an aggressive phenotype in tumour hypoxia. These results have significant potential implications for polyST inhibition as an anti-metastatic therapeutic strategy and for targeting hypoxic cancer cells.
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- Sara M. Elkashef
- Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 1DP, U.K
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, U.K
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- Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 1DP, U.K
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- Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 1DP, U.K
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- Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 1DP, U.K
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- Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 1DP, U.K
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- Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 1DP, U.K
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- Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 1DP, U.K
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Erikson E, Wratil PR, Frank M, Ambiel I, Pahnke K, Pino M, Azadi P, Izquierdo-Useros N, Martinez-Picado J, Meier C, Schnaar RL, Crocker PR, Reutter W, Keppler OT. Mouse Siglec-1 Mediates trans-Infection of Surface-bound Murine Leukemia Virus in a Sialic Acid N-Acyl Side Chain-dependent Manner. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:27345-27359. [PMID: 26370074 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.681338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Siglec-1 (sialoadhesin, CD169) is a surface receptor on human cells that mediates trans-enhancement of HIV-1 infection through recognition of sialic acid moieties in virus membrane gangliosides. Here, we demonstrate that mouse Siglec-1, expressed on the surface of primary macrophages in an interferon-α-responsive manner, captures murine leukemia virus (MLV) particles and mediates their transfer to proliferating lymphocytes. The MLV infection of primary B-cells was markedly more efficient than that of primary T-cells. The major structural protein of MLV particles, Gag, frequently co-localized with Siglec-1, and trans-infection, primarily of surface-bound MLV particles, efficiently occurred. To explore the role of sialic acid for MLV trans-infection at a submolecular level, we analyzed the potential of six sialic acid precursor analogs to modulate the sialylated ganglioside-dependent interaction of MLV particles with Siglec-1. Biosynthetically engineered sialic acids were detected in both the glycolipid and glycoprotein fractions of MLV producer cells. MLV released from cells carrying N-acyl-modified sialic acids displayed strikingly different capacities for Siglec-1-mediated capture and trans-infection; N-butanoyl, N-isobutanoyl, N-glycolyl, or N-pentanoyl side chain modifications resulted in up to 92 and 80% reduction of virus particle capture and trans-infection, respectively, whereas N-propanoyl or N-cyclopropylcarbamyl side chains had no effect. In agreement with these functional analyses, molecular modeling indicated reduced binding affinities for non-functional N-acyl modifications. Thus, Siglec-1 is a key receptor for macrophage/lymphocyte trans-infection of surface-bound virions, and the N-acyl side chain of sialic acid is a critical determinant for the Siglec-1/MLV interaction.
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- Elina Erikson
- Institute of Medical Virology, National Reference Center for Retroviruses, University of Frankfurt, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany,; Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- the Institut für Laboratoriumsmedizin, Klinische Chemie und Pathobiochemie, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 12200 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Virology, National Reference Center for Retroviruses, University of Frankfurt, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Hamburg, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- the AIDS Research Institute IrsiCaixa, Institut d'Investigatio en Ciencies de la Salut Germans Trias I Pujol, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 08916 Barcelona, Spain
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- the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602
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- the AIDS Research Institute IrsiCaixa, Institut d'Investigatio en Ciencies de la Salut Germans Trias I Pujol, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 08916 Barcelona, Spain
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- the AIDS Research Institute IrsiCaixa, Institut d'Investigatio en Ciencies de la Salut Germans Trias I Pujol, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 08916 Barcelona, Spain,; the Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Hamburg, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
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- College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- the Institut für Laboratoriumsmedizin, Klinische Chemie und Pathobiochemie, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 12200 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Virology, National Reference Center for Retroviruses, University of Frankfurt, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany,; Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany,.
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A well known, epidemiologically reproducible risk factor for human carcinomas is the long-term consumption of "red meat" of mammalian origin. Although multiple theories have attempted to explain this human-specific association, none have been conclusively proven. We used an improved method to survey common foods for free and glycosidically bound forms of the nonhuman sialic acid N-glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc), showing that it is highly and selectively enriched in red meat. The bound form of Neu5Gc is bioavailable, undergoing metabolic incorporation into human tissues, despite being a foreign antigen. Interactions of this antigen with circulating anti-Neu5Gc antibodies could potentially incite inflammation. Indeed, when human-like Neu5Gc-deficient mice were fed bioavailable Neu5Gc and challenged with anti-Neu5Gc antibodies, they developed evidence of systemic inflammation. Such mice are already prone to develop occasional tumors of the liver, an organ that can incorporate dietary Neu5Gc. Neu5Gc-deficient mice immunized against Neu5Gc and fed bioavailable Neu5Gc developed a much higher incidence of hepatocellular carcinomas, with evidence of Neu5Gc accumulation. Taken together, our data provide an unusual mechanistic explanation for the epidemiological association between red meat consumption and carcinoma risk. This mechanism might also contribute to other chronic inflammatory processes epidemiologically associated with red meat consumption.
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Bartel J, Feuerstacke C, Galuska CE, Weinhold B, Gerardy-Schahn R, Geyer R, Münster-Kühnel A, Middendorff R, Galuska SP. Laser microdissection of paraffin embedded tissue as a tool to estimate the sialylation status of selected cell populations. Anal Chem 2014; 86:2326-31. [PMID: 24491155 DOI: 10.1021/ac403966h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In vertebrates, sialic acids occur at the terminal end of glycans mediating numerous biological processes like cell differentiation or tumor metastasis. Consequently, the cellular sialylation status under healthy and pathological conditions is of high interest. Existing analytical strategies to determine sialylation patterns are mostly applied to tissue samples consisting of a mixture of different cell types. Alterations in the sialylation status in a distinct area of tissues or in a specific cell population may, therefore, be easily overlooked. Likewise, estimated variations in sialylation in tissue homogenates might be simply the result of a changed cell composition. To overcome these limitations, we employed laser microdissection to isolate defined cell types or functional subunits and cell populations of paraffin embedded specimens which represent the most abundant supply of human tissue associated with clinical records. For qualitative and quantitative estimation of the sialylation status, sialic acids were released, fluorescently labeled, and analyzed by an online high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-MS) system. As a proof of principle, this strategy was successfully applied to characterize the sialylation of the apical region of epididymal epithelial cells. Furthermore, it was possible to detect an impaired sialylation during kidney maturation in a transgenic mouse model, which was restricted to glomeruli, whereas no differences in sialylation were observed when whole kidney homogenates were used. Thus, starting from paraffin embedded tissue samples, the outlined approach offers a sensitive method to detect and quantify sialic acids on defined cell populations, which may be useful to explore novel sialic acid dependent roles during physiological and pathological processes.
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- Jan Bartel
- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University , Friedrichstr. 24, Giessen, D-35392, Germany
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McCarthy PC, Saksena R, Peterson DC, Lee CH, An Y, Cipollo JF, Vann WF. Chemoenzymatic synthesis of immunogenic meningococcal group C polysialic acid-tetanus Hc fragment glycoconjugates. Glycoconj J 2013; 30:857-70. [DOI: 10.1007/s10719-013-9490-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2013] [Revised: 07/25/2013] [Accepted: 07/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Galuska SP, Geyer H, Mink W, Kaese P, Kühnhardt S, Schäfer B, Mühlenhoff M, Freiberger F, Gerardy-Schahn R, Geyer R. Glycomic strategy for efficient linkage analysis of di-, oligo- and polysialic acids. J Proteomics 2012; 75:5266-78. [PMID: 22728599 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2012.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2012] [Revised: 06/07/2012] [Accepted: 06/11/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Sialic acid polymers of glycoproteins and glycolipids are characterized by a high diversity in nature and are involved in distinct biological processes depending inter alia on the glycosidic linkages between the present sialic acid residues. Though suitable protocols are available for chain length and sialic acid determination, sensitive methods for linkage analysis of di-, oligo-, and polysialic acids (di/oligo/polySia) are still pending. In this study, we have established a highly sensitive glycomic strategy for this purpose which is based on permethylation of di/oligo/polySia after tagging their reducing ends with the fluorescent dye 1,2-diamino-4,5-methylenedioxybenzene (DMB). Using DMB-labeled sialic acid di/oligo/polymers glycosidic linkages could be efficiently determined and, optionally, the established working procedure can be combined with HPLC for in depth characterization of distinct di/oligo/polySia chains. Moreover, the outlined approach can be directly applied to mammalian tissue samples and linkage analysis of sialic acid polymers present in biopsy samples of neuroblastoma tissue demonstrating the usefulness of the outlined work flow to screen, for example, cancer tissue for the presence of distinct variants of di/oligo/polySia as potentially novel biomarkers. Hence, the described strategy offers a highly sensitive and efficient strategy for identification of glycosidic linkages in sialic acid di/oligo/polymers of glycoproteins and glycolipids.
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- Sebastian P Galuska
- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Giessen, Friedrichstrasse 24, D-35392 Giessen, Germany.
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Site-specific enzymatic polysialylation of therapeutic proteins using bacterial enzymes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:7397-402. [PMID: 21502532 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1019266108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The posttranslational modification of therapeutic proteins with terminal sialic acids is one means of improving their circulating half-life, thereby improving their efficiency. We have developed a two-step in vitro enzymatic modification of glycoproteins, which has previously only been achieved by chemical means [Gregoriadis G, Jain S, Papaioannou I, Laing P (2005) Int J Pharm 300:125-130). This two-step procedure uses the Campylobacter jejuni Cst-II α2,8-sialyltransferase to provide a primer on N-linked glycans, followed by polysialylation using the Neisseria meningitidis α2,8-polysialyltransferase. Here, we have demonstrated the ability of this system to modify three glycoproteins with varying N-linked glycan compositions: the human therapeutic proteins alpha-1-antitrypsin (A1AT) and factor IX, as well as bovine fetuin. The chain length of the polysialic acid addition was optimized by controlling reaction conditions. After demonstrating the ability of this system to modify a variety of proteins, the effect of polysialylation on the activity and serum half-life of A1AT was examined. The polysialylation of A1AT did not adversely affect its in vitro inhibition activity against human neutrophil elastase. The polysialylation of A1AT resulted in a significantly improved pharmacokinetic profile when the modified proteins were injected into CD-1 mice. Together, these results suggest that polysialylated A1AT may be useful for improved augmentation therapy for patients with a deficiency in this protein and that this modification may be applied to other therapeutic proteins.
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Human KDN (Deaminated Neuraminic Acid) and Its Elevated Expression in Cancer Cells: Mechanism and Significance. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2011; 705:669-78. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7877-6_35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Galuska SP, Geyer H, Weinhold B, Kontou M, Röhrich RC, Bernard U, Gerardy-Schahn R, Reutter W, Münster-Kühnel A, Geyer R. Quantification of nucleotide-activated sialic acids by a combination of reduction and fluorescent labeling. Anal Chem 2010; 82:4591-8. [PMID: 20429516 DOI: 10.1021/ac100627e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Sialic acids usually represent the terminal monosaccharide of glycoconjugates and are directly involved in many biological processes. The cellular concentration of their nucleotide-activated form is one pacemaker for the highly variable sialylation of glycoconjugates. Hence, the determination of CMP-sialic acid levels is an important factor to understand the complex glycosylation machinery of cells and to standardize the production of glycotherapeutics. We have established a highly sensitive strategy to quantify the concentration of nucleotide-activated sialic acid by a combination of reduction and fluorescent labeling using the fluorophore 1,2-diamino-4,5-methylenedioxybenzene (DMB). The labeling with DMB requires free keto as well as carboxyl groups of the sialic acid molecule. Reduction of the keto group prior to the labeling process precludes the labeling of nonactivated sialic acids. Since the keto group is protected against reduction by the CMP-substitution, labeling of nucleotide-activated sialic acids is still feasible after reduction. Subsequent combination of the DMB-high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) application with mass spectrometric approaches, such as matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight-mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) and electrospray-ionization (ESI)-MS, allows the unambiguous identification of both natural and modified CMP-sialic acids and localization of potential substituents. Thus, the described strategy offers a sensitive detection, identification, and quantification of nucleotide-activated sialic acid derivatives in the femtomole range without the need for nucleotide-activated standards.
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- Sebastian P Galuska
- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Giessen, Friedrichstrasse 24, D-35392 Giessen, Germany.
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Sialic acids: key determinants for invasion by the Apicomplexa. Int J Parasitol 2010; 40:1145-54. [PMID: 20430033 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2010] [Revised: 04/17/2010] [Accepted: 04/19/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Sialic acids are ubiquitously found on the surface of all vertebrate cells at the extremities of glycan chains and widely exploited by viruses and bacteria to enter host cells. Carbohydrate-bearing receptors are equally important for host cell invasion by the obligate intracellular protozoan parasites of the phylum Apicomplexa. Host cell entry is an active process relying crucially on proteins that engage with receptors on the host cell surface and promote adhesion and internalisation. Assembly into complexes, proteolytic processing and oligomerization are important requirements for the functionality of these adhesins. The combination of adhesive proteins with varying stringency in specificity confers some flexibility to the parasite in face of receptor heterogeneity and immune pressure. Sialic acids are now recognised to critically contribute to selective host cell recognition by various species of the phylum.
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Inoue S, Sato C, Kitajima K. Extensive enrichment of N-glycolylneuraminic acid in extracellular sialoglycoproteins abundantly synthesized and secreted by human cancer cells. Glycobiology 2010; 20:752-62. [PMID: 20197272 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwq030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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N-Glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc) is the second most populous sialic acid (Sia). The only known biosynthetic pathway of Neu5Gc is the hydroxylation of cytidine-5'-monophosphate-N-acetylneuraminic acid (CMP-Neu5Ac), catalyzed by CMP-Neu5Ac hydroxylase (CMAH). Neu5Gc is abundantly found in mammals except for human, in which CMAH is inactivated due to mutation in the CMAH gene. Evidence has accumulated to show occurrence of Neu5Gc-containing glycoconjugates in sera of cancer patients, human cancerous tissues and cultured human cell lines. Recently, occurrence of natural antibodies against Neu5Gc was shown in healthy humans and is a serious problem for clinical xenotransplantation and stem cell therapies. Studying human occurrence of Neu5Gc is of importance and interest in a broad area of medical sciences. In this study, using a fluorometric high performance liquid chromatography method, we performed quantitative analyses of Sias both inside and in the external environment of the cell and found that (i) incorporation of Neu5Gc was most prominent in soluble glycoproteins found both in the extracellular space and inside the cell as the major Sia compounds. (ii) Of the total Neu5Gc in the Sia compounds that the cells synthesized, 90% was found in the secreted sialoglycoproteins, whereas for Neu5Ac, 70% was found in the secreted sialoglycoproteins. (iii) The Neu5Gc ratio was higher in the secreted sialoglycoproteins (as high as 40% of total Sias) than in intracellular sialoglycoproteins. (iv) The majority of the secreted sialoglycoproteins was anchored on the culture dishes and solubilized by brief trypsin treatment. Based on these findings, a new idea on the mechanism of accumulation of Neu5Gc in cancer cells was proposed.
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- Sadako Inoue
- Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8611, Japan
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Galuska SP, Geyer H, Bleckmann C, Röhrich RC, Maass K, Bergfeld AK, Mühlenhoff M, Geyer R. Mass Spectrometric Fragmentation Analysis of Oligosialic and Polysialic Acids. Anal Chem 2010; 82:2059-66. [DOI: 10.1021/ac902809q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Sebastian P. Galuska
- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Giessen, Friedrichstrasse 24, D-35392 Giessen, Germany, and Institute of Cellular Chemistry, Medical School Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Giessen, Friedrichstrasse 24, D-35392 Giessen, Germany, and Institute of Cellular Chemistry, Medical School Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Giessen, Friedrichstrasse 24, D-35392 Giessen, Germany, and Institute of Cellular Chemistry, Medical School Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Giessen, Friedrichstrasse 24, D-35392 Giessen, Germany, and Institute of Cellular Chemistry, Medical School Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Giessen, Friedrichstrasse 24, D-35392 Giessen, Germany, and Institute of Cellular Chemistry, Medical School Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Giessen, Friedrichstrasse 24, D-35392 Giessen, Germany, and Institute of Cellular Chemistry, Medical School Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Giessen, Friedrichstrasse 24, D-35392 Giessen, Germany, and Institute of Cellular Chemistry, Medical School Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Giessen, Friedrichstrasse 24, D-35392 Giessen, Germany, and Institute of Cellular Chemistry, Medical School Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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Mühlenhoff M, Oltmann-Norden I, Weinhold B, Hildebrandt H, Gerardy-Schahn R. Brain development needs sugar: the role of polysialic acid in controlling NCAM functions. Biol Chem 2009; 390:567-74. [PMID: 19426138 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2009.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Polysialic acid (polySia) is a major regulator of cell-cell interactions in the developing nervous system and a key factor in maintaining neural plasticity. As a polyanionic molecule with high water binding capacity, polySia increases the intercellular space and creates conditions that are permissive for cellular plasticity. While the prevailing model highlights polySia as a non-specific regulator of cell-cell contacts, this review concentrates on recent studies in knockout mice indicating that a crucial function of polySia resides in controlling interactions mediated by its predominant protein carrier, the neural cell adhesion molecule NCAM.
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- Martina Mühlenhoff
- Institute of Cellular Chemistry, OE 4330, Hannover Medical School, D-30625 Hannover, Germany.
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Galuska SP, Geyer R, Gerardy-Schahn R, Mühlenhoff M, Geyer H. Enzyme-dependent Variations in the Polysialylation of the Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule (NCAM) in Vivo. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:17-28. [DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m707024200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Oltmann-Norden I, Galuska SP, Hildebrandt H, Geyer R, Gerardy-Schahn R, Geyer H, Mühlenhoff M. Impact of the Polysialyltransferases ST8SiaII and ST8SiaIV on Polysialic Acid Synthesis during Postnatal Mouse Brain Development. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:1463-1471. [DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m708463200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Freiberger F, Claus H, Günzel A, Oltmann-Norden I, Vionnet J, Mühlenhoff M, Vogel U, Vann WF, Gerardy-Schahn R, Stummeyer K. Biochemical characterization of a Neisseria meningitidis polysialyltransferase reveals novel functional motifs in bacterial sialyltransferases. Mol Microbiol 2007; 65:1258-75. [PMID: 17662040 PMCID: PMC2169525 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05862.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The extracellular polysaccharide capsule is an essential virulence factor of Neisseria meningitidis, a leading cause of severe bacterial meningitis and sepsis. Serogroup B strains, the primary disease causing isolates in Europe and America, are encapsulated in α-2,8 polysialic acid (polySia). The capsular polymer is synthesized from activated sialic acid by action of a membrane-associated polysialyltransferase (NmB-polyST). Here we present a comprehensive characterization of NmB-polyST. Different from earlier studies, we show that membrane association is not essential for enzyme functionality. Recombinant NmB-polyST was expressed, purified and shown to synthesize long polySia chains in a non-processive manner in vitro. Subsequent structure–function analyses of NmB-polyST based on refined sequence alignments allowed the identification of two functional motifs in bacterial sialyltransferases. Both (D/E-D/E-G and HP motif) are highly conserved among different sialyltransferase families with otherwise little or no sequence identity. Their functional importance for enzyme catalysis and CMP-Neu5Ac binding was demonstrated by mutational analysis of NmB-polyST and is emphasized by structural data available for the Pasteurella multocida sialyltransferase PmST1. Together our data are the first description of conserved functional elements in the highly diverse families of bacterial (poly)sialyltransferases and thus provide an advanced basis for understanding structure–function relations and for phylogenetic sorting of these important enzymes.
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- Friedrich Freiberger
- Abteilung Zelluläre Chemie, Medizinische Hochschule HannoverCarl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, University of WürzburgJosef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Abteilung Zelluläre Chemie, Medizinische Hochschule HannoverCarl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Abteilung Zelluläre Chemie, Medizinische Hochschule HannoverCarl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bacterial Toxins, Center for Biologics Evaluation and ResearchUS FDA, 8800 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Abteilung Zelluläre Chemie, Medizinische Hochschule HannoverCarl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, University of WürzburgJosef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bacterial Toxins, Center for Biologics Evaluation and ResearchUS FDA, 8800 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Abteilung Zelluläre Chemie, Medizinische Hochschule HannoverCarl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Abteilung Zelluläre Chemie, Medizinische Hochschule HannoverCarl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
- E-mail ; Tel. (+49) 511 532 4503; Fax (+49) 511 532 3956
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Vionnet J, Vann WF. Successive glycosyltransfer of sialic acid by Escherichia coli K92 polysialyltransferase in elongation of oligosialic acceptors. Glycobiology 2007; 17:735-43. [PMID: 17384120 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwm032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli K92 produces a capsular polysialic acid with alternating alpha2,8 alpha2,9 NeuNAc linkages. This polysaccharide is cross-reactive with the neuroinvasive pathogen Neisseria meningitidis Group C. The K92 polysialyltransferase (PST) catalyzes the synthesis of the polysialic acid with alternating linkages by the transfer of NeuNAc from CMP-NeuNAc to the nonreducing end of the growing polymer. We used a fluorescent-based high-performance liquid chromatography assay to characterize the process of chain extension. The PST elongates the acceptor GT3-FCHASE in a biphasic fashion. The initial phase polymers are characterized by accumulation of product containing 1-8 additional sialic acid residues. This phase is followed by a very rapid formation of high-molecular weight (MW) polymer as the accumulated oligosaccharides containing 8-10 sialic acids are consumed. The high-MW polymer contains 90-100 sialic acids and is sensitive to degradation by periodate and K1-5 endoneuraminidase, suggesting that the polymer contains the alternating structure. The polymerization reaction does not appear to be strictly processive, since oligosaccharides of each intermediate size were detected before accumulation of high-molecular weight polymer. Synthesis can be blocked by CMP-9-azido-NeuNAc. These results suggest that the K92 PST forms both alpha2,8 and alpha2,9 linkages in a successive and nonprocessive fashion.
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- Justine Vionnet
- Laboratory of Bacterial Polysaccharides, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Polysialic Acid Profiles of Mice Expressing Variant Allelic Combinations of the Polysialyltransferases ST8SiaII and ST8SiaIV. J Biol Chem 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)84074-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Galuska SP, Oltmann-Norden I, Geyer H, Weinhold B, Kuchelmeister K, Hildebrandt H, Gerardy-Schahn R, Geyer R, Mühlenhoff M. Polysialic acid profiles of mice expressing variant allelic combinations of the polysialyltransferases ST8SiaII and ST8SiaIV. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:31605-15. [PMID: 16940046 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m606516200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The post-translational modification of the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) by polysialic acid (polySia) represents a remarkable example of dynamic modulation of homo- and heterophilic cell interactions by glycosylation. The synthesis of this unique carbohydrate polymer depends on the polysialyltransferases ST8SiaII and ST8SiaIV. Aiming to understand in more detail the contributions of ST8SiaII and ST8SiaIV to polySia biosynthesis in vivo, we used mutant mouse lines that differ in the number of functional polysialyltransferase alleles. The 1,2-diamino-4,5-methylenedioxybenzene method was used to qualitatively and quantitatively assess the polySia patterns. Similar to the wild-type genotype, long polySia chains (>50 residues) were detected in all genotypes expressing at least one functional polysialyltransferase allele. However, variant allelic combinations resulted in distinct alterations in the total amount of poly-Sia; the relative abundance of long, medium, and short polymers; and the ratio of polysialylated to non-polysialylated NCAM. In ST8SiaII-null mice, 45% of the brain NCAM was non-polysialylated, whereas a single functional allele of ST8SiaII was sufficient to polysialylate approximately 90% of the NCAM pool. Our data reveal a complex polysialylation pattern and show that, under in vivo conditions, the coordinated action of ST8SiaII and ST8SiaIV is crucial to fine-tune the amount and structure of polySia on NCAM.
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- Sebastian P Galuska
- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Giessen, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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Inoue S, Poongodi GL, Suresh N, Chang T, Inoue Y. Identification and partial characterization of soluble and membrane-bound KDN(deaminoneuraminic acid)-glycoproteins in human ovarian teratocarcinoma PA-1, and enhanced expression of free and bound KDN in cells cultured in mannose-rich media. Glycoconj J 2006; 23:401-10. [PMID: 16897181 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-006-6125-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2005] [Revised: 10/24/2005] [Accepted: 11/09/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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KDN (Deaminoneuraminic acid, or deaminated neuraminic acid) is a minor but biosynthetically independent member of the sialic acid. Human occurrence of KDN has already been established, although its level is so little that it is often undetectable by conventional sialic acid analysis. Elevated expression of KDN in fetal cord blood cells and some malignant tumor cells have been reported. However, in mammalian cells and tissues KDN mostly occurs as the free sugar and little occurred conjugated to glycolipids and/or glycoproteins. A positive correlation between the ratio of free KDN/free Neu5Ac in ovarian adenocarcinomas and the stage of malignancy has been noted for diagnostic use. We hypothesized that elevated expression of KDN in mammalian systems may be closely related to elevated activities of enzymes involved in the formation of sialoglycoconjugates and/or aberrant supply of the precursor sugar, mannose, used in the biosynthesis of KDN. In this study we used human ovarian teratocarcinoma cells PA-1 to further analyze KDN expression in human cells. Major findings reported in this paper are, (i) a 30 kDa KDN-glycoprotein immunostainable with monoclonal antibody, mAb.kdn3G, (specific for the KDNalpha2 --> 3Galbeta1--> epitope) and sensitive to KDNase was identified in the membrane fraction of the cell: (ii) a 49 kDa KDN-glycoprotein that is not reactive with mAb.kdn3G but is sensitive to KDNase was identified in the soluble fraction: and (iii) PA-1 cells showed unique response to mannose added to the growth medium in that the levels of both free and bound forms of KDN are elevated. This is the first report on the identification of mammalian KDN-glycoproteins by chemical and biochemical methods.
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- Sadako Inoue
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115-29, Taiwan
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Angata K, Lee W, Mitoma J, Marth JD, Fukuda M. Cellular and Molecular Analysis of Neural Development of Glycosyltransferase Gene Knockout Mice. Methods Enzymol 2006; 417:25-37. [PMID: 17132495 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(06)17003-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Recent studies demonstrate that carbohydrates synthesized by specific glycosyltransferases play important roles in the development of the central nervous system. Among these carbohydrates, polysialic acid is a unique glycan that modulates functions of the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) by attenuating NCAM-mediated interaction between neural cells. During brain development, polysialic acid is synthesized in a specific spatiotemporal pattern by two polysialyltransferases, ST8SiaII and ST8SiaIV. To study in vivo the roles of polysialic acid synthesized by each respective enzyme, we generated ST8SiaII and ST8SiaIV knockout mice. Single knockout ST8SiaII or ST8SiaIV mice show polysialic acid expression patterns differing from wild type, and those patterns indicate different roles of each gene during neural development. In this chapter, we discuss methods used to analyze polysialyltransferase knockout mice using immunohistochemistry of brain and primary cultures of neurons.
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- Kiyohiko Angata
- Glycobiology Program, Cancer Center, Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, California, USA
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