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Aktas B, Ozgun A, Kilickap BD, Garipcan B. Cell adhesion molecule immobilized gold surfaces for enhanced neuron-electrode interfaces. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater 2024; 112:e35310. [PMID: 37950592 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.35310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Revised: 06/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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To provide a long-term solution for increasing the biocompatibility of neuroprosthetics, approaches to reduce the side effects of invasive neuro-implantable devices are still in need of improvement. Physical, chemical, and bioactive design aspects of the biomaterials are proven to be important for providing proper cell-to-cell, cell-to-material interactions. Particularly, modification of implant surfaces with bioactive cues, especially cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) that capitalize on native neural adhesion mechanisms, are promising candidates in favor of providing efficient interfaces. Within this concept, this study utilized specific CAMs, namely N-Cadherin (Neural cadherin, N-Cad) and neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM), to enhance neuron-electrode contact by mimicking the cell-to-ECM interactions for improving the survival of cells and promoting neurite outgrowth. For this purpose, representative gold electrode surfaces were modified with N-Cadherin, NCAM, and the mixture (1:1) of these molecules. Modifications were characterized, and the effect of surface modification on both differentiated and undifferentiated neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cell lines were compared. The findings demonstrated the successful modification of these molecules which subsequently exhibited biocompatible properties as evidenced by the cell viability results. In cell culture experiments, the CAMs displayed promising results in promoting neurite outgrowth compared to conventional poly-l-lysine coated surfaces, especially NCAM and N-Cad/NCAM modified surfaces clearly showed significant improvement. Overall, this optimized approach is expected to provide an insight into the action mechanisms of cells against the local environment and advance processes for the fabrication of alternative neural interfaces.
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- Bengu Aktas
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Ogundiran AI, Chang TL, Ivanov A, Kumari N, Nekhai S, Chandran PL. Shear-reversible clusters of HIV-1 in solution: stabilized by antibodies, dispersed by mucin. J Virol 2023; 97:e0075223. [PMID: 37712704 PMCID: PMC10617397 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00752-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023] Open
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IMPORTANCE The phenomenon of reversible clustering is expected to further nuance HIV immune stealth because virus surfaces can escape interaction with antibodies (Abs) by hiding temporarily within clusters. It is well known that mucin reduces HIV virulence, and the current perspective is that mucin aggregates HIV-1 to reduce infections. Our findings, however, suggest that mucin is dispersing HIV clusters. The study proposes a new paradigm for how HIV-1 may broadly evade Ab recognition with reversible clustering and why mucin effectively neutralizes HIV-1.
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- Ayobami I. Ogundiran
- Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Center for Sickle Cell Disease, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Center for Sickle Cell Disease, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
- Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Center for Sickle Cell Disease, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
- Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
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Stuart AKDC, Furuie JL, Cataldi TR, Stuart RM, Zawadneak MAC, Labate CA, Pimentel IC. Fungal consortium of two Beauveria bassiana strains increases their virulence, growth, and resistance to stress: A metabolomic approach. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0271460. [PMID: 35834517 PMCID: PMC9282594 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The use of two or more microorganisms in a microbial consortium has been increasingly applied in the biological control of diseases and pests. Beauveria bassiana is one of the most widely studied fungal species in biological control, yet little is known about its role in fungal consortiums. In a previous study, our group found that a consortium formed by two strains of B. bassiana had significantly greater biocontrol potential against the polyphagous caterpillars Duponchelia fovealis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) than either strain on its own. In this study, we use GC-MS and LC-MS/MS to evaluate and discuss the metabolomics of the consortium. A total of 21 consortium biomarkers were identified, corresponding to 14 detected by LC-MS/MS and seven by GC-MS. Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory mechanisms are the main properties of the metabolites produced by the consortium. These metabolites can depress the insect’s immune system, increasing its vulnerability and, hence, the fungal virulence of the consortium. In light of these results, we propose an action model of insect mortality due to the metabolites secreted by the consortium. The model includes the inhibition of defense mechanisms such as pro-inflammatory interleukin secretion, cell migration, cell aggregation, Dif, Dorsal and Relish gene transcription, and JAK/STAT and JNK signaling pathways. It also promotes the cleaning of oxidative molecules, like ROS, NOS, and H2O2, and the induction of virulence factors.
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- Andressa Katiski da Costa Stuart
- Departamento de Patologia Básica, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular (LabMicro), Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Patologia Básica, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular (LabMicro), Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Laboratório de Genética de Plantas Max Feffer, Escola Superior de Agronomia Luiz de Queiroz – Esalq/USP, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Patologia Básica, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular (LabMicro), Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Patologia Básica, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular (LabMicro), Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
- Departamento de Fitotecnia e Fitossanitaríssimo, Programa de Pós-graduação em Agronomia Produção Vegetal, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Laboratório de Genética de Plantas Max Feffer, Escola Superior de Agronomia Luiz de Queiroz – Esalq/USP, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Patologia Básica, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular (LabMicro), Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Martina H. Stenzel
- Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design, School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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Iriarte-Alonso MA, Bittner AM, Chiantia S. Influenza A virus hemagglutinin prevents extensive membrane damage upon dehydration. BBA ADVANCES 2022; 2:100048. [PMID: 37082591 PMCID: PMC10074934 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadva.2022.100048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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While the molecular mechanisms of virus infectivity are rather well known, the detailed consequences of environmental factors on virus biophysical properties are poorly understood. Seasonal influenza outbreaks are usually connected to the low winter temperature, but also to the low relative air humidity. Indeed, transmission rates increase in cold regions during winter. While low temperature must slow degradation processes, the role of low humidity is not clear. We studied the effect of relative humidity on a model of Influenza A H1N1 virus envelope, a supported lipid bilayer containing the surface glycoprotein hemagglutinin (HA), which is present in the viral envelope in very high density. For complete cycles of hydration, dehydration and rehydration, we evaluate the membrane properties in terms of structure and dynamics, which we assess by combining confocal fluorescence microscopy, raster image correlation spectroscopy, line-scan fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy. Our findings indicate that the presence of HA prevents macroscopic membrane damage after dehydration. Without HA, fast membrane disruption is followed by irreversible loss of lipid and protein mobility. Although our model is principally limited by the membrane composition, the macroscopic effects of HA under dehydration stress reveal new insights on the stability of the virus at low relative humidity.
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Oh T, Uemura T, Nagao M, Hoshino Y, Miura Y. A QCM study of strong carbohydrate-carbohydrate interactions of glycopolymers carrying mannosides on substrates. J Mater Chem B 2022; 10:2597-2601. [PMID: 34989755 DOI: 10.1039/d1tb02344f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Carbohydrates on cell surfaces are known to interact not only with lectins but also with other carbohydrates; the latter process is known as a carbohydrate-carbohydrate interaction. Such interactions are observed in complex oligosaccharides. It would be surprising if these interactions were observed in simple monosaccharides of mannose. In this study, the interaction between glycopolymers carrying monosaccharides of mannose was quantitatively investigated by quartz crystal microbalance measurements. We measured the interactions with glycopolymers carrying mannose, galactose and glucose. Surprisingly, the interaction between the glycopolymers and mannose was much stronger than that between other saccharides.
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- Takahiro Oh
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishiku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishiku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishiku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishiku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishiku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
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Arcos-Hernandez M, Naidjonoka P, Butler SJ, Nylander T, Stålbrand H, Jannasch P. Thermoresponsive Glycopolymers Based on Enzymatically Synthesized Oligo-β-Mannosyl Ethyl Methacrylates and N-Isopropylacrylamide. Biomacromolecules 2021; 22:2338-2351. [PMID: 33961400 PMCID: PMC8382249 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c01615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Revised: 04/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We present here a series of thermoresponsive glycopolymers in the form of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-co-(2-[β-manno[oligo]syloxy] ethyl methacrylate)s. These copolymers were prepared from oligo-β-mannosyl ethyl methacrylates that were synthesized through enzymatic catalysis, and were subsequently investigated with respect to their aggregation and phase behavior in aqueous solution using a combination of 1H NMR spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The thermoresponsive glycopolymers were prepared by conventional free radical copolymerization of different mixtures of 2-(β-manno[oligo]syloxy)ethyl methacrylates (with either one or two saccharide units) and N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAm). The results showed that below the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) of poly(NIPAm), the glycopolymers readily aggregate into nanoscale structures, partly due to the presence of the saccharide moieties. Above the LCST of poly(NIPAm), the glycopolymers rearrange into a heterogeneous mixture of fractal and disc/globular aggregates. Cryo-TEM and SAXS data demonstrated that the presence of the pendant β-mannosyl moieties in the glycopolymers induces a gradual conformational change over a wide temperature range. Even though the onset of this transition is not different from the LCST of poly(NIPAm), the gradual conformational change offers a variation of the temperature-dependent properties in comparison to poly(NIPAm), which displays a sharp coil-to-globule transition. Importantly, the compacted form of the glycopolymers shows a larger colloidal stability compared to the unmodified poly(NIPAm). In addition, the thermoresponsiveness can be conveniently tuned by varying the sugar unit-length and the oligo-β-mannosyl ethyl methacrylate content.
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- Monica Arcos-Hernandez
- Centre
for Analysis and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Physical
Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund
University, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Physical
Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund
University, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Centre
for Analysis and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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Mercado-Uribe H, Guevara-Pantoja FJ, García-Muñoz W, García-Maldonado JS, Méndez-Alcaraz JM, Ruiz-Suárez JC. On the evolution of the exclusion zone produced by hydrophilic surfaces: A contracted description. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:194902. [PMID: 34240904 DOI: 10.1063/5.0043084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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After exciting scientific debates about its nature, the development of the exclusion zone, a region near hydrophilic surfaces from which charged colloidal particles are strongly expelled, has been finally traced back to the diffusiophoresis produced by unbalanced ion gradients. This was done by numerically solving the coupled Poisson equation for electrostatics, the two stationary Stokes equations for low Reynolds numbers in incompressible fluids, and the Nernst-Planck equation for mass transport. Recently, it has also been claimed that the leading mechanism behind the diffusiophoretic phenomenon is electrophoresis [Esplandiu et al., Soft Matter 16, 3717 (2020)]. In this paper, we analyze the evolution of the exclusion zone based on a one-component interaction model at the Langevin equation level, which leads to simple analytical expressions instead of the complex numerical scheme of previous works, yet being consistent with it. We manage to reproduce the evolution of the exclusion zone width and the mean-square displacements of colloidal particles we measure near Nafion, a perfluorinated polymer membrane material, along with all characteristic time regimes, in a unified way. Our findings are also strongly supported by complementary experiments using two parallel planar conductors kept at a fixed voltage, mimicking the hydrophilic surfaces, and some computer simulations.
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- H Mercado-Uribe
- CINVESTAV-Monterrey, PIIT, 66600 Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico
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- CINVESTAV-Monterrey, PIIT, 66600 Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico
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- Departamento de Física, CINVESTAV, Av. IPN 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, 07360 Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Física, CINVESTAV, Av. IPN 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, 07360 Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- CINVESTAV-Monterrey, PIIT, 66600 Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico
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Abeyratne-Perera HK, Basu S, Chandran PL. Shells of compacted DNA as nanocontainers transporting proteins in multiplexed delivery. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2021; 127:112184. [PMID: 34225845 DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2021.112184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Revised: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Polyethyleneimine (PEI) polymers are known to compact DNA strands into spheroid, toroid, or rod structures. A formulation with mannose-grafted PEI (PEIm), however, was reported to compact DNA into ~100 nm spheroids that indented like thin-walled pressurized shells. The goal of the study is to understand why mannose bristles divert the traditional pathway of PEI-DNA compaction to produce shell-like structures, and to manipulate the process so that proteins can be packed into the core of the assembling shells for co-delivering DNA and proteins into cells. DLS, AFM, and TEM imaging provide a consistent picture that BSA proteins can be packed into the shells without altering the shell architecture, as long as the proteins were added during the time course of shell assembly. Force spectroscopy studies reveal that DNA shells that buckle also have a rich surface-coating of mannose, indicating that a micelle-like partitioning of hydrophobic and hydrophilic layers governs shell assembly. When HEK293T cells are spiked with BSA-laden DNA shells, co-transfection of DNA and BSA is observed at higher levels than control formulations. Distinct micron-sized features appear having both green fluorescence from BSA-FITC and blue fluorescence from NucBlue DNA stain, suggesting BSA release in nucleus and secretory granules. With DNA nanocontainers, proteins can take advantage of the efficiency of PEI-based DNA transfection for hitchhiking into cells while being shielded from the challenges of the intracellular route. DNA nanocontainers are rapid to assemble, not dependent on the DNA sequence, and can be adapted for different protein types; thereby having potential to serve as a high-throughput platform in scenarios where DNA and protein have to be released at the same site and time within cells (e.g., theranostics, multiplexed co-delivery, gene editing).
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- Hashanthi K Abeyratne-Perera
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC, United States of America
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- Chemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Architecture, Howard University, Washington, DC, United States of America
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC, United States of America; Chemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Architecture, Howard University, Washington, DC, United States of America.
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Ogharandukun E, Tewolde W, Damtae E, Wang S, Ivanov A, Kumari N, Nekhai S, Chandran PL. Establishing Rules for Self-Adhesion and Aggregation of N-Glycan Sugars Using Virus Glycan Shields. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:13769-13783. [PMID: 33186493 PMCID: PMC7798417 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The surfaces of cells and pathogens are covered with short polymers of sugars known as glycans. Complex N-glycans have a core of three mannose sugars with distal repeats of N-acetylglucosamine and galactose sugars terminating with sialic acid (SA). Long-range tough and short-range brittle self-adhesions were observed between SA and mannose residues, respectively, in ill-defined artificial monolayers. We investigated if and how these adhesions translate when the residues are presented in N-glycan architecture with SA at the surface and mannose at the core and with other glycan sugars. Two pseudotyped viruses with complex N-glycan shields were brought together in force spectroscopy (FS). At higher ramp rates, slime-like adhesions were observed between the shields, whereas Velcro-like adhesions were observed at lower rates. The higher approach rates compress the virus as a whole, and the self-adhesion between the surface SA is sampled. At the lower ramp rates, however, the complex glycan shield is penetrated and adhesion from the mannose core is accessed. The slime-like and Velcro-like adhesions were lost when SA and mannose were cleaved, respectively. While virus self-adhesion in forced contact was modulated by glycan penetrability, the self-aggregation of the freely diffusing virus was only determined by the surface sugar. Mannose-terminal viruses self-aggregated in solution, and SA-terminal ones required Ca2+ ions to self-aggregate. Viruses with galactose or N-acetylglucosamine surfaces did not self-aggregate, irrespective of whether or not a mannose core was present below the N-acetylglucosamine surface. Well-defined rules appear to govern the self-adhesion and -aggregation of N-glycosylated surfaces, regardless of whether the sugars are presented in an ill-defined monolayer, or N-glycan, or even polymer architecture.
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Oh T, Hoshino Y, Miura Y. Aggregation of a double hydrophilic block glycopolymer: the effect of block polymer ratio. J Mater Chem B 2020; 8:10101-10107. [PMID: 33112358 DOI: 10.1039/d0tb02093a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Double hydrophilic block glycopolymers (DHBGs) composed of glycopolymers and polyethylene glycol (PEG) aggregate in aqueous solution. However, there are no guidelines to direct and design DHBG aggregation. Herein, we investigated the effect of the ratio of glycopolymer length to PEG length on the structure, and report that structure size could be influenced by the block polymer ratio. Nine kinds of DHBG with different glycopolymers and PEG lengths were synthesized via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. The aggregation capability of DHBG was investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and dynamic light scattering (DLS). In all cases, the DHBGs formed the spherical structures, even when the PEG and glycopolymer lengths were quite different. The size of the structure was controlled by the ratio of the PEG length to the glycopolymer length. The aggregation of the DHBGs was induced by hydrogen bonding between the sugar moieties. The aggregation of the DHBG was affected by temperature and concentration.
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- Takahiro Oh
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishiku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
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Abeyratne-Perera HK, Ogharandukun E, Chandran PL. Complex-type N-glycans on VSV-G pseudotyped HIV exhibit 'tough' sialic and 'brittle' mannose self-adhesions. SOFT MATTER 2019; 15:4525-4540. [PMID: 31099376 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm00579j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The complex-type glycan shields of eukaryotic cells have a core layer of mannose residues buried under tiers of sugars that end with sialic acid (SA) residues. We investigate if the self-latching of mannose residues, earlier reported in pure monolayer studies, also manifests in the setting of a complex-type glycan shield. Would distal SA residues impede access to the mannose core? The interactions of mannobiose-, SA-, and lactose-coated probes with the complex-type VSV-G glycan shield on an HIV pseudovirus were studied with force-spectroscopy and gold-nanoparticle solutions. In force spectroscopy, the sugar probes can be forced to sample the depths of the glycan shield, whereas with sugar-coated nanoparticles, only interactions permitted by freely-diffusive contact occur. Deep-indentation mechanics was performed to verify the inferred structure of the engineered virus and to isolate the glycan shield layer for subsequent interaction studies. The adhesion between the sugar-probes and complex-type glycan shield was deconvoluted by comparing against the cross- and self- adhesions between the sugars in pure monolayers. Results from complementing systems were consistent with mannobiose-coated probes latching to the mannose core in the glycan shield, unhindered by the SA and distal sugars, with a short-range 'brittle' release of adhesion resulting in tightly coated viruses. SA-Coated probes, however, adhere to the terminal SA layer of a glycan shield with long-range and mechanically 'tough' adhesions resulting in large-scale virus aggregation. Lactose-coated probes exhibit ill-defined adherence to sialic residues. The selection and positioning of sugars within a glycan shield can influence how carbohydrate surfaces of different composition adhere.
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- Hashanthi K Abeyratne-Perera
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, College of Medicine, 1011 LK Downing Hall 2300 6th Street, NW, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA.
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Basu S, Venable RM, Rice B, Ogharandukun E, Klauda JB, Pastor RW, Chandran PL. Mannobiose‐Grafting Shifts PEI Charge and Biphasic Dependence on pH. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201800423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Saswati Basu
- Department of Chemical Engineering Howard University Washington DC
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- Laboratory of Computational Biology National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health Bethesda MD
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Howard University Washington DC
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Biophysics Program University of Maryland College Park Maryland
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- Laboratory of Computational Biology National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health Bethesda MD
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Camacho E, Casadevall A. Cryptococcal Traits Mediating Adherence to Biotic and Abiotic Surfaces. J Fungi (Basel) 2018; 4:jof4030088. [PMID: 30060601 PMCID: PMC6162697 DOI: 10.3390/jof4030088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2018] [Revised: 07/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Several species in the genus Cryptococcus are facultative intracellular pathogens capable of causing disease associated with high mortality and morbidity in humans. These fungi interact with other organisms in the soil, and these interactions may contribute to the development of adaptation mechanisms that function in virulence by promoting fungal survival in animal hosts. Fungal adhesion molecules, also known as adhesins, have been classically considered as cell-surface or secreted proteins that play critical roles in microbial pathogenesis or in biofilm formation as structural components. Pathogenic Cryptococcus spp. differ from other pathogenic yeasts in having a polysaccharide capsule that covers the cell wall surface and precludes interactions of those structures with host cell receptors. Hence, pathogenic Cryptococcus spp. use unconventional tools for surface attachment. In this essay, we review the unique traits and mechanisms favoring adhesion of Cryptococcus spp. to biotic and abiotic surfaces. Knowledge of the traits that mediate adherence could be exploited in the development of therapeutic, biomedical, and/or industrial products.
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- Emma Camacho
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 N Wolfe St Room E5132, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 N Wolfe St Room E5132, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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Oh T, Nagao M, Hoshino Y, Miura Y. Self-Assembly of a Double Hydrophilic Block Glycopolymer and the Investigation of Its Mechanism. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:8591-8598. [PMID: 29957990 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
We report the self-assembly of a double hydrophilic block glycopolymer (DHBG) via hydrogen bonding and coordinate bonding. This DHBG, composed of poly(ethylene)glycol (PEG) and glycopolymer, self-assembled into a well-defined structure. The DHBG was prepared through the controlled radical polymerization of trimethylsilyl-protected propargyl methacrylate using a PEG-based reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer reagent, followed by sugar conjugation using click chemistry. The DHBG self-assembly capability was investigated by transmission electron microscopy and dynamic light scattering. Interestingly, the DHBG self-assembled into a spherical structure in aqueous solution. Hydrogen bonding and coordinate bonding with Ca2+ were identified as the driving forces for self-assembly.
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- Takahiro Oh
- Department of Chemical Engineering , Kyushu University , 744 Motooka , Nishiku , Fukuoka 819-0395 , Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Kyushu University , 744 Motooka , Nishiku , Fukuoka 819-0395 , Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Kyushu University , 744 Motooka , Nishiku , Fukuoka 819-0395 , Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Kyushu University , 744 Motooka , Nishiku , Fukuoka 819-0395 , Japan
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Lipke PN. What We Do Not Know about Fungal Cell Adhesion Molecules. J Fungi (Basel) 2018; 4:jof4020059. [PMID: 29772751 PMCID: PMC6023273 DOI: 10.3390/jof4020059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2018] [Revised: 04/27/2018] [Accepted: 05/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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There has been extensive research on structure and function of fungal cell adhesion molecules, but the most of the work has been about adhesins in Candida albicans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. These yeasts are members of a single ascomycete order, and adhesion molecules from the six other fungal phyla are only sparsely described in the literature. In these other phyla, most of the research is at the cellular level, rather than at the molecular level, so there has been little characterization of the adhesion molecules themselves. A catalog of known adhesins shows some common features: high Ser/Thr content, tandem repeats, N- and O-glycosylations, GPI anchors, dibasic sequence motifs, and potential amyloid-forming sequences. However, none of these features is universal. Known ligands include proteins and glycans on homologous cells and host cells. Existing and novel tools can exploit the availability of genome sequences to identify and characterize new fungal adhesins. These include bioinformatics tools and well-established yeast surface display models, which could be coupled with an adhesion substrate array. Thus, new knowledge could be exploited to answer key questions in fungal ecology, animal and plant pathogenesis, and roles of biofilms in infection and biomass turnover.
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- Peter N Lipke
- Biology Department, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA.
- The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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Lasswitz L, Chandra N, Arnberg N, Gerold G. Glycomics and Proteomics Approaches to Investigate Early Adenovirus-Host Cell Interactions. J Mol Biol 2018; 430:1863-1882. [PMID: 29746851 PMCID: PMC7094377 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.04.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2018] [Revised: 04/24/2018] [Accepted: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Adenoviruses as most viruses rely on glycan and protein interactions to attach to and enter susceptible host cells. The Adenoviridae family comprises more than 80 human types and they differ in their attachment factor and receptor usage, which likely contributes to the diverse tropism of the different types. In the past years, methods to systematically identify glycan and protein interactions have advanced. In particular sensitivity, speed and coverage of mass spectrometric analyses allow for high-throughput identification of glycans and peptides separated by liquid chromatography. Also, developments in glycan microarray technologies have led to targeted, high-throughput screening and identification of glycan-based receptors. The mapping of cell surface interactions of the diverse adenovirus types has implications for cell, tissue, and species tropism as well as drug development. Here we review known adenovirus interactions with glycan- and protein-based receptors, as well as glycomics and proteomics strategies to identify yet elusive virus receptors and attachment factors. We finally discuss challenges, bottlenecks, and future research directions in the field of non-enveloped virus entry into host cells. Adenovirus entry into cells is guided by specific glycan and protein interactions. Glycan arrays and shotgun glycomics methods are valuable technologies to identify virus–glycan interactions. Shotgun proteomics and ligand-based receptor capture are powerful methods for proteinaceous receptor discovery. A combination of shotgun glycomics and proteomics with CRISPR/Cas9 and RNAi validation holds the promise of generating a systems biology view of virus entry processes.
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- Lisa Lasswitz
- Institute for Experimental Virology, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, a joint venture between the Medical School Hannover and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Virology, Umeå University, SE-90185 Umeå, Sweden; Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, SE-90185 Umea, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Virology, Umeå University, SE-90185 Umeå, Sweden; Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, SE-90185 Umea, Sweden.
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- Institute for Experimental Virology, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, a joint venture between the Medical School Hannover and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, 30625 Hannover, Germany; Department of Clinical Microbiology, Virology, Umeå University, SE-90185 Umeå, Sweden; Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM), Umeå University, SE-90185 Umea, Sweden.
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