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Serna S, Artschwager R, Pérez-Martínez D, Lopez R, Reichardt NC. A Versatile Urea Type Linker for Functionalizing Natural Glycans and Its Validation in Glycan Arrays. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202301494. [PMID: 37347819 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202301494] [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: 05/11/2023] [Revised: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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The isolation from organisms and readily available glycoproteins has become an increasingly convenient source of N-glycans for multiple applications including glycan microarrays, as reference standards in glycan analysis or as reagents that improve bioavailability of protein and peptide therapeutics through conjugation. A problematic step in the isolation process on a preparative scale can be the attachment of a linker for the improved purification, separation, immobilization and quantification of the glycan structures. Addressing this issue, we firstly aimed for the development of an UV active linker for a fast and reliable attachment to anomeric glycosylamines via urea bond formation. Secondly, we validated the new linker on glycan arrays in a comparative study with a collection of N-glycans which were screened against various lectins. In total, we coupled four structurally varied N-glycans to four different linkers, immobilized all constructs on a microarray and compared their binding affinities to four plant and fungal lectins of widely described specificity. Our study shows that the urea type linker showed an overall superior performance for lectin binding and once more, highlights the often neglected influence of the choice of linker on lectin recognition.
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- Sonia Serna
- Glycotechnology Group, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA) CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo Miramon 194, 20014, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- Glycotechnology Group, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA) CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo Miramon 194, 20014, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- Current address: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York, 10065, USA
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- Glycotechnology Group, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA) CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo Miramon 194, 20014, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- Organic Chemistry Department I, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Paseo Manuel Lardizabal 3, 20018, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- Glycotechnology Group, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA) CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo Miramon 194, 20014, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- CIBER-BBN, Paseo Miramon 194, 20014, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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Hurst RD, Nieves A, Brichacek M. Expanding Glycomic Investigations through Thiol-Derivatized Glycans. Molecules 2023; 28:1956. [PMID: 36838944 PMCID: PMC9964202 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28041956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2023] [Revised: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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N-(2-thioethyl)-2-aminobenzamide (TEAB), a novel glycan auxiliary, was synthesized and its utility was evaluated. The auxiliary was conjugated to glycans by reductive amination with the water-stable reagent 2-picoline borane complex. Glycan products, which ranged from 1 to 7 linked hexoses, were all isolated in yields ranging from 60% to 90% after purification by reverse-phase chromatography. The novel conjugate introduces a convenient, shelf-stable thiol directly onto the desired free glycans with purification advantages and direct modification with efficient reactions through alkenes, halides, epoxides, disulfides, and carboxylates in yields of 49% to 93%. Subsequently, a thiol-selective modification of the BSA protein was used to generate a neoglycoprotein with a bifunctional PEG-maleimide linker. To further illustrate the utility of a thiol motif, 2-thiopyridine activation of a thiol-containing support facilitated the covalent chromatographic purification of labeled glycans in yields up to 63%. Finally, initial proof of concept of implementation in a light printed microarray was explored and validated through FITC-labeled concanavalin A binding. In conclusion, the thiol-functionalized glycans produced greatly expand the diversity of bioconjugation tools that can be developed with glycans and enable a variety of biological investigations.
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Wang C, Gao X, Gong G, Man L, Wei Q, Lan Y, Yang M, Han J, Jin W, Wei M, Huang L, Wang Z. A versatile strategy for high-resolution separation of reducing glycan mixtures as hydrazones by two-dimensional high-performance liquid chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2022; 1685:463599. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2022.463599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Revised: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Tran PMH, Dong F, Kim E, Richardson KP, Tran LKH, Waugh K, Hopkins D, Cummings RD, Wang PG, Rewers MJ, She JX, Purohit S. Use of a glycomics array to establish the anti-carbohydrate antibody repertoire in type 1 diabetes. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6527. [PMID: 36316364 PMCID: PMC9622713 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34341-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
Abstract
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease, characterized by the presence of autoantibodies to protein and non-protein antigens. Here we report the identification of specific anti-carbohydrate antibodies (ACAs) that are associated with pathogenesis and progression to T1D. We compare circulatory levels of ACAs against 202 glycans in a cross-sectional cohort of T1D patients (n = 278) and healthy controls (n = 298), as well as in a longitudinal cohort (n = 112). We identify 11 clusters of ACAs associated with glycan function class. Clusters enriched for aminoglycosides, blood group A and B antigens, glycolipids, ganglio-series, and O-linked glycans are associated with progression to T1D. ACAs against gentamicin and its related structures, G418 and sisomicin, are also associated with islet autoimmunity. ACAs improve discrimination of T1D status of individuals over a model with only clinical variables and are potential biomarkers for T1D.
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- Paul M H Tran
- Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, CT06510, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver, Mail Stop A-140, 1775 Aurora Court, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA
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- Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA
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- Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver, Mail Stop A-140, 1775 Aurora Court, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, China
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver, Mail Stop A-140, 1775 Aurora Court, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA
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- Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA.
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA.
- Department of Undergraduate Health Professionals, College of Allied Health Sciences Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA.
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Wang X, Liu J, Li C, Xu Y, Wang X, Lu Y, Zhang T, Cao H, Huang L, Wang Z. Pregnancy-Related Diseases and Delivery Mode can Affect the Content of Human Milk Oligosaccharides: A Preliminary Study. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2022; 70:5207-5217. [PMID: 35434993 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c00147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are the second most abundant carbohydrates in colostrum. In this study, we performed a quantitative analysis of 13 oligosaccharides in 99 colostrum samples obtained from mothers living in Northwest China. The analysis combined liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) with 2-amino-N-(2-aminoethyl)benzamide (AEAB) labeling and nonsecretors accounted for 17%. Compared with healthy secretor mothers, those with gestational diabetes mellitus presented lower levels of sialylated oligosaccharides, especially 3'-sialyllactose. Colostrum from mothers with pregnancy-induced hypertension had higher levels of fucosylated oligosaccharides, but the difference was not significant, and hypothyroidism appeared to have no effect on HMOs. Most HMOs (especially 6'-sialyllactose) were more abundant in colostrum from mothers who underwent vaginal delivery than a C-section. These findings show that the concentration of total or individual HMOs is affected by multiple factors. These findings provide a reference for evaluating variations in HMO expression among different populations and potential guidance for providing personalized clinical nutrition.
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- Xiaoqin Wang
- Shaanxi Natural Carbohydrate Resource Engineering Research Center, College of Food Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Shaanxi Natural Carbohydrate Resource Engineering Research Center, College of Food Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Shaanxi Natural Carbohydrate Resource Engineering Research Center, College of Food Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Shaanxi Natural Carbohydrate Resource Engineering Research Center, College of Food Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Shaanxi Natural Carbohydrate Resource Engineering Research Center, College of Food Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Shaanxi Natural Carbohydrate Resource Engineering Research Center, College of Food Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shaanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xianyang 712046, China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- Shaanxi Natural Carbohydrate Resource Engineering Research Center, College of Food Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Shaanxi Natural Carbohydrate Resource Engineering Research Center, College of Food Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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Purohit S, She JX. Multiplex Glycan Bead Array (MGBA ) for High Throughput and High Content Analyses of Glycan-Binding Proteins Including Natural Anti-Glycan Antibodies. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2460:33-44. [PMID: 34972929 PMCID: PMC9284344 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2148-6_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We present here detailed protocols for the newly developed multiplex glycan bead array (MGBA) for the high throughput and high content analyses of various glycan-binding proteins including anti-glycan antibodies. This platform takes advantage of the commercially available Luminex beads to construct glycan arrays that are easily customizable at will and anytime by researchers. The platform allows the simultaneous analyses of up to 500 glycans and 384 samples at a time. By using multiple arrays, a researcher can analyze thousands of glycans and tens of thousands of samples within a short period. The assay is highly sensitive, specific, reproducible, economic, and fast. Furthermore, the bead array platform is approved for use in clinical settings, speeding up the translation of laboratory discoveries into patient care.
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- Sharad Purohit
- Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
- Department of Undergraduate Health Professionals, College of Allied Health Sciences Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA.
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA.
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Hyun JY, Kim S, Lee CH, Lee HS, Shin I. Efficient Preparation and Bioactivity Evaluation of Glycan-Defined Glycoproteins. ACS Chem Biol 2021; 16:1930-1940. [PMID: 33232137 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.0c00629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Owing to the generation of heterogeneous glycoproteins in cells, it is highly difficult to study glycoprotein-mediated biological events and to develop biomedical agents. Thus, general and efficient methods to prepare homogeneous glycoproteins are in high demand. Herein, we report a general method for the efficient preparation of homogeneous glycoproteins that utilizes a combination of genetic code expansion and chemoselective ligation techniques. In the protocol to produce glycan-defined glycoproteins, an alkyne tag-containing protein, generated by genetic encoding of an alkynylated unnatural amino acid, was quantitatively coupled via click chemistry to versatile azide-appended glycans. The glycoproteins produced by the present strategy were found to recognize mammalian cell-surface lectins and enter the cells through lectin-mediated internalization. Also, cell studies exhibited that the glycoprotein containing multiple mannose-6-phosphate residues enters diseased cells lacking specific lysosomal glycosidases by binding to the cell-surface M6P receptor, and subsequently migrates to lysosomes for efficient degradation of stored glycosphingolipids.
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- Ji Young Hyun
- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
- Data Convergence Drug Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Daejeon 34114, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Sogang University, Seoul 04107, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Sogang University, Seoul 04107, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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Liu FF, Zhao XP, Liao XW, Liu WY, Chen YM, Wang C. Ultrasensitive and Label-Free Detection of Cell Surface Glycan Using Nanochannel-Ionchannel Hybrid Coupled with Electrochemical Detector. Anal Chem 2020; 92:5509-5516. [PMID: 32188244 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c00330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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In this work, asymmetric nanochannel-ionchannel of porous anodic alumina (PAA) coupled with electrochemical detector was used for sensitive and label-free detection of cell surface glycan. The amplified ionic current caused by array nanochannels as well as the ionic current rectification (ICR) caused by asymmetric geometry endows PAA with sensitive ionic current response. Functionalized with the special molecular probe, the constructed nanofluidic device can be used for selective recognition and detection of glycan in a real-time and label-free format. In addition, due to the subnanosize of ionchannels, the probe immobilization and glycan recognition is carried out on the outer surface of PAA, avoiding the blockage of PAA nanochannel by samples, which promises the reproducibility and accuracy of the present method toward bioanalysis. Results show that the glycan concentration ranging from 10 fM to 10 nM can be successfully detected with a detection limit of ∼10 aM, which is substantially lower than most previous works. The designed strategy provides a valuable platform for sensitive and label-free detection of cell surface glycan, which acts as a promising candidate in pathological research and cancer diagnosis.
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- Testing & Analysis Center, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210046, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Martinez JER, Thomas B, Flitsch SL. Glycan Array Technology. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2020; 175:435-456. [PMID: 31907566 DOI: 10.1007/10_2019_112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
Abstract
Glycan (or carbohydrate) arrays have become an essential tool in glycomics, providing fast and high-throughput data on protein-carbohydrate interactions with small amounts of carbohydrate ligands. The general concepts of glycan arrays have been adopted from other microarray technologies such as those used for nucleic acid and proteins. However, carbohydrates have presented their own challenges, in particular in terms of access to glycan probes, linker attachment chemistries and analysis, which will be reviewed in this chapter. As more and more glycan probes have become available through chemical and enzymatic synthesis and robust linker chemistries have been developed, the applications of glycan arrays have dramatically increased over the past 10 years, which will be illustrated with recent examples.
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- School of Chemistry and MIB, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Gao C, Hanes MS, Byrd-Leotis LA, Wei M, Jia N, Kardish RJ, McKitrick TR, Steinhauer DA, Cummings RD. Unique Binding Specificities of Proteins toward Isomeric Asparagine-Linked Glycans. Cell Chem Biol 2019; 26:535-547.e4. [PMID: 30745240 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2019.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2018] [Revised: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The glycan ligands recognized by Siglecs, influenza viruses, and galectins, as well as many plant lectins, are not well defined. To explore their binding to asparagine (Asn)-linked N-glycans, we synthesized a library of isomeric multiantennary N-glycans that vary in terminal non-reducing sialic acid, galactose, and N-acetylglucosamine residues, as well as core fucose. We identified specific recognition of N-glycans by several plant lectins, human galectins, influenza viruses, and Siglecs, and explored the influence of sialic acid linkages and branching of the N-glycans. These results show the unique recognition of complex-type N-glycans by a wide variety of glycan-binding proteins and their abilities to distinguish isomeric structures, which provides new insights into the biological roles of these proteins and the uses of lectins in biological applications to identify glycans.
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- Chao Gao
- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, National Center for Functional Glycomics, CLS 11087 - 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, National Center for Functional Glycomics, CLS 11087 - 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, National Center for Functional Glycomics, CLS 11087 - 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Microbiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, National Center for Functional Glycomics, CLS 11087 - 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, National Center for Functional Glycomics, CLS 11087 - 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, National Center for Functional Glycomics, CLS 11087 - 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, National Center for Functional Glycomics, CLS 11087 - 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, National Center for Functional Glycomics, CLS 11087 - 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Zhu Y, Yan M, Lasanajak Y, Smith DF, Song X. Large scale preparation of high mannose and paucimannose N-glycans from soybean proteins by oxidative release of natural glycans (ORNG). Carbohydr Res 2018; 464:19-27. [PMID: 29803109 PMCID: PMC6309449 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2018.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2018] [Revised: 05/07/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Despite the important advances in chemical and chemoenzymatic synthesis of glycans, access to large quantities of complex natural glycans remains a major impediment to progress in Glycoscience. Here we report a large-scale preparation of N-glycans from a kilogram of commercial soy proteins using oxidative release of natural glycans (ORNG). The high mannose and paucimannose N-glycans were labeled with a fluorescent tag and purified by size exclusion and multidimensional preparative HPLC. Side products are identified and potential mechanisms for the oxidative release of natural N-glycans from glycoproteins are proposed. This study demonstrates the potential for using the ORNG approach as a complementary route to synthetic approaches for the preparation of multi-milligram quantities of biomedically relevant complex glycans.
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- Yuyang Zhu
- Department of Biochemistry, Emory Comprehensive Glycomics Core, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory Comprehensive Glycomics Core, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory Comprehensive Glycomics Core, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory Comprehensive Glycomics Core, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory Comprehensive Glycomics Core, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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Bojarová P, Křen V. Sugared biomaterial binding lectins: achievements and perspectives. Biomater Sci 2018; 4:1142-60. [PMID: 27075026 DOI: 10.1039/c6bm00088f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Lectins, a distinct group of glycan-binding proteins, play a prominent role in the immune system ranging from pathogen recognition and tuning of inflammation to cell adhesion or cellular signalling. The possibilities of their detailed study expanded along with the rapid development of biomaterials in the last decade. The immense knowledge of all aspects of glycan-lectin interactions both in vitro and in vivo may be efficiently used in bioimaging, targeted drug delivery, diagnostic and analytic biological methods. Practically applicable examples comprise photoluminescence and optical biosensors, ingenious three-dimensional carbohydrate microarrays for high-throughput screening, matrices for magnetic resonance imaging, targeted hyperthermal treatment of cancer tissues, selective inhibitors of bacterial toxins and pathogen-recognising lectin receptors, and many others. This review aims to present an up-to-date systematic overview of glycan-decorated biomaterials promising for interactions with lectins, especially those applicable in biology, biotechnology or medicine. The lectins of interest include galectin-1, -3 and -7 participating in tumour progression, bacterial lectins from Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA-IL), E. coli (Fim-H) and Clostridium botulinum (HA33) or DC-SIGN, receptors of macrophages and dendritic cells. The spectrum of lectin-binding biomaterials covered herein ranges from glycosylated organic structures, calixarene and fullerene cores over glycopeptides and glycoproteins, functionalised carbohydrate scaffolds of cyclodextrin or chitin to self-assembling glycopolymer clusters, gels, micelles and liposomes. Glyconanoparticles, glycan arrays, and other biomaterials with a solid core are described in detail, including inorganic matrices like hydroxyapatite or stainless steel for bioimplants.
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- P Bojarová
- Laboratory of Biotransformation, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídeňská 1083, CZ 14220 Prague 4, Czech Republic.
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- Laboratory of Biotransformation, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídeňská 1083, CZ 14220 Prague 4, Czech Republic.
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Purohit S, Li T, Guan W, Song X, Song J, Tian Y, Li L, Sharma A, Dun B, Mysona D, Ghamande S, Rungruang B, Cummings RD, Wang PG, She JX. Multiplex glycan bead array for high throughput and high content analyses of glycan binding proteins. Nat Commun 2018; 9:258. [PMID: 29343722 PMCID: PMC5772357 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02747-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Accepted: 12/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Glycan-binding proteins (GBPs) play critical roles in diverse cellular functions such as cell adhesion, signal transduction and immune response. Studies of the interaction between GBPs and glycans have been hampered by the availability of high throughput and high-content technologies. Here we report multiplex glycan bead array (MGBA) that allows simultaneous analyses of 384 samples and up to 500 glycans in a single assay. The specificity, sensitivity and reproducibility of MGBA are evaluated using 39 plant lectins, 13 recombinant anti-glycan antibodies, and mammalian GBPs. We demonstrate the utility of this platform by the analyses of natural anti-glycan IgM and IgG antibodies in 961 human serum samples and the discovery of anti-glycan antibody biomarkers for ovarian cancer. Our data indicate that the MGBA platform is particularly suited for large population-based studies that require the analyses of large numbers of samples and glycans.
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- Sharad Purohit
- Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA
- Department of Medical Laboratory, Imaging and Radiologic Sciences, College of Allied Health Sciences Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA
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- Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA
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- Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA
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- Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA
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- Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA.
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA.
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Song X, Ju H, Lasanajak Y, Kudelka MR, Smith DF, Cummings RD. Oxidative release of natural glycans for functional glycomics. Nat Methods 2016; 13:528-34. [PMID: 27135973 PMCID: PMC4887297 DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.3861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2015] [Accepted: 03/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Glycans have essential roles in biology and the etiology of many diseases. A major hurdle in studying glycans through functional glycomics is the lack of methods to release glycans from diverse types of biological samples. Here we describe an oxidative strategy using household bleach to release all types of free reducing N-glycans and O-glycan-acids from glycoproteins, and glycan nitriles from glycosphingolipids. Released glycans are directly useful in glycomic analyses and can be derivatized fluorescently for functional glycomics. This chemical method overcomes the limitations in glycan generation and promotes archiving and characterization of human and animal glycomes and their functions.
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- Xuezheng Song
- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Noll AJ, Gourdine JP, Yu Y, Lasanajak Y, Smith DF, Cummings RD. Galectins are human milk glycan receptors. Glycobiology 2016; 26:655-69. [PMID: 26747425 PMCID: PMC4847615 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cww002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2015] [Revised: 12/21/2015] [Accepted: 01/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The biological recognition of human milk glycans (HMGs) is poorly understood. Because HMGs are rich in galactose we explored whether they might interact with human galectins, which bind galactose-containing glycans and are highly expressed in epithelial cells and other cell types. We screened a number of human galectins for their binding to HMGs on a shotgun glycan microarray consisting of 247 HMGs derived from human milk, as well as to a defined HMG microarray. Recombinant human galectins (hGal)-1, -3, -4, -7, -8 and -9 bound selectively to glycans, with each galectin recognizing a relatively unique binding motif; by contrast hGal-2 did not recognize HMGs, but did bind to the human blood group A Type 2 determinants on other microarrays. Unlike other galectins, hGal-7 preferentially bound to glycans expressing a terminal Type 1 (Galβ1-3GlcNAc) sequence, a motif that had eluded detection on non-HMG glycan microarrays. Interactions with HMGs were confirmed in a solution setting by isothermal titration microcalorimetry and hapten inhibition experiments. These results demonstrate that galectins selectively bind to HMGs and suggest the possibility that galectin-HMG interactions may play a role in infant immunity.
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- Alexander J Noll
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, CLS 11087-3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Jiménez-Castells C, Stanton R, Yan S, Kosma P, Wilson IB. Development of a multifunctional aminoxy-based fluorescent linker for glycan immobilization and analysis. Glycobiology 2016; 26:1297-1307. [PMID: 27222531 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cww051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2015] [Revised: 04/20/2016] [Accepted: 04/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Glycan arrays have become a technique of choice to screen glycan-protein interactions in a high-throughput manner with high sensitivity and low sample consumption. Here, the synthesis of a new multifunctional fluorescent linker for glycan labeling via aminoxy ligation and immobilization is described; the linker features a fluorescent naphthalene group suitable for highly sensitive high-performance liquid chromatography-based purification and an azido- or amino-modified pentanoyl moiety for the immobilization onto solid supports. Several glycoconjugates displaying small sugar epitopes via chemical or chemoenzymatic synthesis were covalently attached onto a microarray support and tested with lectins of known carbohydrate binding specificity. The glycan library was extended using glycosyltransferases (e.g. galactosyl-, sialyl- and fucosyltransferases); the resulting neoglycoconjugates, which are easily detected by mass spectrometry, mimic antennal elements of N- and O-glycans, including ABH blood group epitopes and sialylated structures. Furthermore, an example natural plant N-glycan containing core α1,3-fucose and β1,2-xylose was also successfully conjugated to the fluorescent linker, immobilized and probed with lectins as well as antihorseradish peroxidase. These experiments validate our linker as being a potentially valuable tool to study glycozyme and lectin specificities, sensitive enough to allow purification of natural glycans.
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- Department für Chemie, Universität für Bodenkultur, 1190 Wien, Austria
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- Department für Chemie, Universität für Bodenkultur, 1190 Wien, Austria
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- Department für Chemie, Universität für Bodenkultur, 1190 Wien, Austria
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- Department für Chemie, Universität für Bodenkultur, 1190 Wien, Austria
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Noll AJ, Yu Y, Lasanajak Y, Duska-McEwen G, Buck RH, Smith DF, Cummings RD. Human DC-SIGN binds specific human milk glycans. Biochem J 2016; 473:1343-53. [PMID: 26976925 PMCID: PMC4875834 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20160046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Accepted: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Human milk glycans (HMGs) are prebiotics, pathogen receptor decoys and regulators of host physiology and immune responses. Mechanistically, human lectins (glycan-binding proteins, hGBP) expressed by dendritic cells (DCs) are of major interest, as these cells directly contact HMGs. To explore such interactions, we screened many C-type lectins and sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectins (Siglecs) expressed by DCs for glycan binding on microarrays presenting over 200 HMGs. Unexpectedly, DC-specific intercellular adhesion molecule-3-grabbing non-integrin (DC-SIGN) showed robust binding to many HMGs, whereas other C-type lectins failed to bind, and Siglec-5 and Siglec-9 showed weak binding to a few glycans. By contrast, most hGBP bound to multiple glycans on other microarrays lacking HMGs. An α-linked fucose residue was characteristic of HMGs bound by DC-SIGN. Binding of DC-SIGN to the simple HMGs 2'-fucosyl-lactose (2'-FL) and 3-fucosyl-lactose (3-FL) was confirmed by flow cytometry to beads conjugated with 2'-FL or 3-FL, as well as the ability of the free glycans to inhibit DC-SIGN binding. 2'-FL had an IC50 of ∼1 mM for DC-SIGN, which is within the physiological concentration of 2'-FL in human milk. These results demonstrate that DC-SIGN among the many hGBP expressed by DCs binds to α-fucosylated HMGs, and suggest that such interactions may be important in influencing immune responses in the developing infant.
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- Alexander J Noll
- The Glycomics Center, Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, U.S.A. Program in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Laney Graduate School, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, U.S.A
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- The Glycomics Center, Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, U.S.A
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- The Glycomics Center, Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, U.S.A
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- Abbott Nutrition, Global Discovery R&D, Columbus, OH 43215, U.S.A
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- The Glycomics Center, Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, U.S.A
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- The Glycomics Center, Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, U.S.A.
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Landey-Álvarez MA, Ochoa-Terán A, Pina-Luis G, Martínez-Quiroz M, Aguilar-Martínez M, Elías-García J, Miranda-Soto V, Ramírez JZ, Machi-Lara L, Labastida-Galván V, Ordoñez M. Novel naphthalimide–aminobenzamide dyads as OFF/ON fluorescent supramolecular receptors in metal ion binding. Supramol Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/10610278.2016.1149180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Marco A. Landey-Álvarez
- Centro de Graduados e Investigación en Química, Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
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- Centro de Graduados e Investigación en Química, Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
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- Centro de Graduados e Investigación en Química, Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
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- Centro de Graduados e Investigación en Química, Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
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- Unidad Académica de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico
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- Centro de Graduados e Investigación en Química, Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
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- Departamento de Investigación en Polímeros y Materiales, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico
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- Departamento de Investigación en Polímeros y Materiales, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones Químicas-(IICBA), Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones Químicas-(IICBA), Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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Wesener DA, Wangkanont K, McBride R, Song X, Kraft MB, Hodges HL, Zarling LC, Splain RA, Smith DF, Cummings RD, Paulson JC, Forest KT, Kiessling LL. Recognition of microbial glycans by human intelectin-1. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2015; 22:603-10. [PMID: 26148048 PMCID: PMC4526365 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.3053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 06/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The glycans displayed on mammalian cells can differ markedly from those on microbes. Such differences could, in principle, be 'read' by carbohydrate-binding proteins, or lectins. We used glycan microarrays to show that human intelectin-1 (hIntL-1) does not bind known human glycan epitopes but does interact with multiple glycan epitopes found exclusively on microbes: β-linked D-galactofuranose (β-Galf), D-phosphoglycerol-modified glycans, heptoses, D-glycero-D-talo-oct-2-ulosonic acid (KO) and 3-deoxy-D-manno-oct-2-ulosonic acid (KDO). The 1.6-Å-resolution crystal structure of hIntL-1 complexed with β-Galf revealed that hIntL-1 uses a bound calcium ion to coordinate terminal exocyclic 1,2-diols. N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac), a sialic acid widespread in human glycans, has an exocyclic 1,2-diol but does not bind hIntL-1, probably owing to unfavorable steric and electronic effects. hIntL-1 marks only Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes that display surface glycans with terminal 1,2-diol groups. This ligand selectivity suggests that hIntL-1 functions in microbial surveillance.
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- Darryl A Wesener
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- 1] Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA. [2] Department of Chemical Physiology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA
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- 1] Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. [2] Glycomics Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- 1] Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. [2] Glycomics Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- 1] Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. [2] Glycomics Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- 1] Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA. [2] Department of Chemical Physiology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- 1] Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. [2] Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Harvey DJ. Analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry: an update for 2009-2010. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2015; 34:268-422. [PMID: 24863367 PMCID: PMC7168572 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2013] [Revised: 07/16/2013] [Accepted: 07/16/2013] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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This review is the sixth update of the original article published in 1999 on the application of MALDI mass spectrometry to the analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates and brings coverage of the literature to the end of 2010. General aspects such as theory of the MALDI process, matrices, derivatization, MALDI imaging, arrays and fragmentation are covered in the first part of the review and applications to various structural typed constitutes the remainder. The main groups of compound that are discussed in this section are oligo and polysaccharides, glycoproteins, glycolipids, glycosides and biopharmaceuticals. Many of these applications are presented in tabular form. Also discussed are medical and industrial applications of the technique, studies of enzyme reactions and applications to chemical synthesis.
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- David J. Harvey
- Department of BiochemistryOxford Glycobiology InstituteUniversity of OxfordOxfordOX1 3QUUK
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Song X, Heimburg-Molinaro J, Smith DF, Cummings RD. Glycan microarrays of fluorescently-tagged natural glycans. Glycoconj J 2015; 32:465-73. [PMID: 25877830 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-015-9584-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2015] [Revised: 03/02/2015] [Accepted: 03/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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This review discusses the challenges facing research in 'functional glycomics' and the novel technologies that are being developed to advance the field. The structural complexity of glycans and glycoconjugates makes studies of both their structures and recognition difficult. However, these intricate structures can be captured from their natural sources, isolated and fluorescently-tagged for detailed structural analysis and for presentation on glycan microarrays for functional recognition by glycan-binding proteins. These advances in glycan preparation and manipulation enable the streamlining of functional glycomics studies and will help to propel the field forward in studying natural, biologically relevant glycans.
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- Xuezheng Song
- Department of Biochemistry, The National Center for Functional Glycomics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA. .,Department of Biochemistry, O. Wayne Rollins Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, 1510 Clifton Road, Suite 4025, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry, The National Center for Functional Glycomics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.,Department of Biochemistry, O. Wayne Rollins Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, 1510 Clifton Road, Suite 4025, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, The National Center for Functional Glycomics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.,Department of Biochemistry, O. Wayne Rollins Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, 1510 Clifton Road, Suite 4025, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, The National Center for Functional Glycomics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.,Department of Biochemistry, O. Wayne Rollins Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, 1510 Clifton Road, Suite 4025, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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Prasanphanich NS, Song X, Heimburg-Molinaro J, Luyai AE, Lasanajak Y, Cutler CE, Smith DF, Cummings RD. Intact reducing glycan promotes the specific immune response to lacto-N-neotetraose-BSA neoglycoconjugates. Bioconjug Chem 2015; 26:559-71. [PMID: 25671348 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5b00036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The mammalian immune system responds to eukaryotic glycan antigens during infections, cancer, and autoimmune disorders, but the immunological bases for such responses are unclear. Conjugate vaccines containing bacterial polysaccharides linked to carrier proteins (neoglycoconjugates) have proven successful, but these often contain repeating epitopes and the reducing end of the glycan is less important, unlike typical glycan determinants in eukaryotes, which are shorter in length and may include the reducing end. Here, we have compared the effects of two linkage methods, one that opens the ring at the reducing end of the glycan, and one that leaves the reducing end closed, on the glycan specificity of the vaccine response in rabbits and mice. We immunized rabbits and mice with bovine serum albumin (BSA) conjugates of synthetic open- and closed-ring forms (OR versus CR) of a simple tetrasaccharide lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT, Galβ1-4GlcNAcβ1-3Galβ1-4Glc), and tested reactivity to the immunogens and several related glycans in both OR and CR versions on glycan microarrays. We found that in rabbits the immune response to the CR conjugate was directed toward the glycan, whereas the OR conjugate elicited antibodies to the reducing end of the glycan and linker region but not specifically to the glycan itself. Unexpectedly, mice did not generate a glycan-specific response to the CR conjugate. Our findings indicate that the reducing end of the sugar is crucial for generation of a glycan-specific response to some eukaryotic vaccine epitopes, and that there are species-specific differences in the ability to make a glycan-specific response to some glycoconjugates. These findings warrant further investigation with regard to rational design of glycoconjugate vaccines.
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- Nina S Prasanphanich
- The Glycomics Center and Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, O. Wayne Rollins Research Center, Suite 4001, 1510 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- The Glycomics Center and Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, O. Wayne Rollins Research Center, Suite 4001, 1510 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- The Glycomics Center and Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, O. Wayne Rollins Research Center, Suite 4001, 1510 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- The Glycomics Center and Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, O. Wayne Rollins Research Center, Suite 4001, 1510 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- The Glycomics Center and Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, O. Wayne Rollins Research Center, Suite 4001, 1510 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- The Glycomics Center and Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, O. Wayne Rollins Research Center, Suite 4001, 1510 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- The Glycomics Center and Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, O. Wayne Rollins Research Center, Suite 4001, 1510 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- The Glycomics Center and Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, O. Wayne Rollins Research Center, Suite 4001, 1510 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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Chen X, He Y, Zhang Y, Liu M, Liu Y, Li J. Ultrasensitive detection of cancer cells and glycan expression profiling based on a multivalent recognition and alkaline phosphatase-responsive electrogenerated chemiluminescence biosensor. NANOSCALE 2014; 6:11196-11203. [PMID: 25123148 DOI: 10.1039/c4nr03053b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A multivalent recognition and alkaline phosphatase (ALP)-responsive electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) biosensor for cancer cell detection and in situ evaluation of cell surface glycan expression was developed on a poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimer-conjugated, chemically reduced graphene oxide (rGO) electrode interface. In this strategy, the multivalency and high affinity of the cell-targeted aptamers on rGO provided a highly efficient cell recognition platform on the electrode. The ALP and concanavalin A (Con A) coated gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) nanoprobes allowed the ALP enzyme-catalyzed production of phenols that inhibited the ECL reaction of Ru(bpy)3(2+) on the rGO electrode interface, affording fast and highly sensitive ECL cytosensing and cell surface glycan evaluation. Combining the multivalent aptamer interface and ALP nanoprobes, the ECL cytosensor showed a detection limit of 38 CCRF-CEM cells per mL in human serum samples, broad dynamic range and excellent selectivity. In addition, the proposed biosensor provided a valuable insight into dynamic profiling of the expression of different glycans on cell surfaces, based on the carbohydrates recognized by lectins applied to the nanoprobes. This biosensor exhibits great promise in clinical diagnosis and drug screening.
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- Xiaojiao Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Key Laboratory for Analytical Methods and Instrumentation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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Song X, Ju H, Zhao C, Lasanajak Y. Novel strategy to release and tag N-glycans for functional glycomics. Bioconjug Chem 2014; 25:1881-7. [PMID: 25222505 PMCID: PMC4197647 DOI: 10.1021/bc500366v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Functional glycomics has been impeded by the lack of inexpensive enzymatic and mild chemical methods to acquire natural glycans in significant amounts. In this study, we have developed a new strategy we term "threshing and trimming" (TaT) to quickly obtain N-glycans from glycoproteins and animal tissues. TaT employs low-cost Pronase to degrade peptides and N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) to effect oxidative decarboxylation under very mild reaction conditions to generate homogeneous aglycon moieties as nitriles or aldehydes. These aglycons can be readily conjugated with fluorescent tags for profiling and functional study. TaT is an affordable alternative to expensive specialty enzymes and strong chemical treatment and unpleasant reagents, and should further drive the functional glycomics of N-glycans.
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- Xuezheng Song
- Department of Biochemistry Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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Yu Y, Lasanajak Y, Song X, Hu L, Ramani S, Mickum ML, Ashline DJ, Prasad BVV, Estes MK, Reinhold VN, Cummings RD, Smith DF. Human milk contains novel glycans that are potential decoy receptors for neonatal rotaviruses. Mol Cell Proteomics 2014; 13:2944-60. [PMID: 25048705 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m114.039875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Human milk contains a rich set of soluble, reducing glycans whose functions and bioactivities are not well understood. Because human milk glycans (HMGs) have been implicated as receptors for various pathogens, we explored the functional glycome of human milk using shotgun glycomics. The free glycans from pooled milk samples of donors with mixed Lewis and Secretor phenotypes were labeled with a fluorescent tag and separated via multidimensional HPLC to generate a tagged glycan library containing 247 HMG targets that were printed to generate the HMG shotgun glycan microarray (SGM). To investigate the potential role of HMGs as decoy receptors for rotavirus (RV), a leading cause of severe gastroenteritis in children, we interrogated the HMG SGM with recombinant forms of VP8* domains of the RV outer capsid spike protein VP4 from human neonatal strains N155(G10P[11]) and RV3(G3P[6]) and a bovine strain, B223(G10P[11]). Glycans that were bound by RV attachment proteins were selected for detailed structural analyses using metadata-assisted glycan sequencing, which compiles data on each glycan based on its binding by antibodies and lectins before and after exo- and endo-glycosidase digestion of the SGM, coupled with independent MS(n) analyses. These complementary structural approaches resulted in the identification of 32 glycans based on RV VP8* binding, many of which are novel HMGs, whose detailed structural assignments by MS(n) are described in a companion report. Although sialic acid has been thought to be important as a surface receptor for RVs, our studies indicated that sialic acid is not required for binding of glycans to individual VP8* domains. Remarkably, each VP8* recognized specific glycan determinants within a unique subset of related glycan structures where specificity differences arise from subtle differences in glycan structures.
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- Ying Yu
- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry and the National Center for Functional Glycomics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry and the National Center for Functional Glycomics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry and the National Center for Functional Glycomics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- §Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030
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- ¶Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030
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- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry and the National Center for Functional Glycomics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- ‖Glycomics Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824
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- §Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030; ¶Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030
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- ¶Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030
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- ‖Glycomics Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824
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- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry and the National Center for Functional Glycomics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322;
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- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry and the National Center for Functional Glycomics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322;
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Hotaling NA, Cummings RD, Ratner DM, Babensee JE. Molecular factors in dendritic cell responses to adsorbed glycoconjugates. Biomaterials 2014; 35:5862-74. [PMID: 24746228 PMCID: PMC4127877 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.03.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2014] [Accepted: 03/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Carbohydrates and glycoconjugates have been shown to exert pro-inflammatory effects on the dendritic cells (DCs), supporting pathogen-induced innate immunity and antigen processing, as well as immunosuppressive effects in the tolerance to self-proteins. Additionally, the innate inflammatory response to implanted biomaterials has been hypothesized to be mediated by inflammatory cells interacting with adsorbed proteins, many of which are glycosylated. However, the molecular factors relevant for surface displayed glycoconjugate modulation of dendritic cell (DC) phenotype are unknown. Thus, in this study, a model system was developed to establish the role of glycan composition, density, and carrier cationization state on DC response. Thiol modified glycans were covalently bound to a model protein carrier, maleimide functionalized bovine serum albumin (BSA), and the number of glycans per BSA modulated. Additionally, the carrier isoelectric point was scaled from a pI of ∼4.0 to ∼10.0 using ethylenediamine (EDA). The DC response to the neoglycoconjugates adsorbed to wells of a 384-well plate was determined via a high throughput assay. The underlying trends in DC phenotype in relation to conjugate properties were elucidated via multivariate general linear models. It was found that glycoconjugates with more than 20 glycans per carrier had the greatest impact on the pro-inflammatory response from DCs, followed by conjugates having an isoelectric point above 9.5. Surfaces displaying terminal α1-2 linked mannose structures were able to increase the inflammatory DC response to a greater extent than did any other terminal glycan structure. The results herein can be applied to inform the design of the next generation of combination products and biomaterials for use in future vaccines and implanted materials.
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- Nathan A Hotaling
- Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- Dept. of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
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Song X, Heimburg-Molinaro J, Cummings RD, Smith DF. Chemistry of natural glycan microarrays. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2014; 18:70-7. [PMID: 24487062 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2013] [Revised: 12/30/2013] [Accepted: 01/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Glycan microarrays have become indispensable tools for studying protein-glycan interactions. Along with chemo-enzymatic synthesis, glycans isolated from natural sources have played important roles in array development and will continue to be a major source of glycans. N-glycans and O-glycans from glycoproteins, and glycans from glycosphingolipids (GSLs) can be released from corresponding glycoconjugates with relatively mature methods, although isolation of large numbers and quantities of glycans is still very challenging. Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors and glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are less represented on current glycan microarrays. Glycan microarray development has been greatly facilitated by bifunctional fluorescent linkers, which can be applied in a 'Shotgun Glycomics' approach to incorporate isolated natural glycans. Glycan presentation on microarrays may affect glycan binding by GBPs, often through multivalent recognition by the GBP.
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- Xuezheng Song
- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States
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Giuntini F, Bryden F, Daly R, Scanlan EM, Boyle RW. Huisgen-based conjugation of water-soluble porphyrins to deprotected sugars: towards mild strategies for the labelling of glycans. Org Biomol Chem 2014; 12:1203-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ob42306a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Fully deprotected alkynyl-functionalised mono- and oligosaccharides undergo CuAAC-based conjugation with water-soluble porphyrin azides in aqueous environments.
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- School of Chemistry
- Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute
- Trinity College
- Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry
- Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute
- Trinity College
- Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Hull
- Kingston-upon-Hull, UK
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Yu Y, Song X, Smith DF, Cummings RD. Applications of Glycan Microarrays to Functional Glycomics. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-62651-6.00012-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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Donczo B, Kerekgyarto J, Szurmai Z, Guttman A. Glycan microarrays: new angles and new strategies. Analyst 2014; 139:2650-7. [DOI: 10.1039/c3an02289g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Wang K, Luo Y. Defined Surface Immobilization of Glycosaminoglycan Molecules for Probing and Modulation of Cell–Material Interactions. Biomacromolecules 2013; 14:2373-82. [DOI: 10.1021/bm4004942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Kai Wang
- Department of Biomedical
Engineering,
College of Engineering, Peking University, Room 206, Fang-Zheng Building, 298 Chengfu Road, Haidian District,
Beijing, China 100871
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- Department of Biomedical
Engineering,
College of Engineering, Peking University, Room 206, Fang-Zheng Building, 298 Chengfu Road, Haidian District,
Beijing, China 100871
- National Engineering Laboratory for Regenerative and Implantable Medical Devices, 12 Yu-Yan Road, Luogang Dist, Guangzhou, China 510663
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In the last decade, carbohydrate microarrays have been core technologies for analyzing carbohydrate-mediated recognition events in a high-throughput fashion. A number of methods have been exploited for immobilizing glycans on the solid surface in a microarray format. This microarray-based technology has been widely employed for rapid analysis of the glycan binding properties of lectins and antibodies, the quantitative measurements of glycan-protein interactions, detection of cells and pathogens, identification of disease-related anti-glycan antibodies for diagnosis, and fast assessment of substrate specificities of glycosyltransferases. This review covers the construction of carbohydrate microarrays, detection methods of carbohydrate microarrays and their applications in biological and biomedical research.
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- Sungjin Park
- National Creative Research Initiative Center for Biofunctional Molecules, Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea
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Wehner JW, Hartmann M, Lindhorst TK. Are multivalent cluster glycosides a means of controlling ligand density of glycoarrays? Carbohydr Res 2013; 371:22-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2013.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2012] [Revised: 01/28/2013] [Accepted: 01/30/2013] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Comparative Investigations of the Sandfishs β-Keratin (Reptilia: Scincidae: Scincus scincus). Part 2: Glycan-Based Friction Reduction. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/jbbte.16.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The sandfish (Scincidae: Scincus scincus) is a lizard having outstanding skin properties. The scales show low friction behaviour and high abrasion resistance. After giving molecular support by DNA and protein analysis in Part 1 for increased glycosylation of the skins β-keratins, in this study the effect of glycans for friction reduction was investigated by (1) ammonium-based keratinolysis of skin exuviae and applying a β-keratin film on a glass surface and by (2) β-elimination based deglycosylation of β-keratins and immobilization of liberated glycans on a glass surface via silanisation. Both techniques resemble the natural model in the species investigated, the sandfish Scincus scincus and the Berber skink Eumeces schneideri. In the sandfish, a decreased friction coefficient was found by friction angle measurements, and a low adhesion force was measured by investigation with atomic force microscopy (AFM). These characteristics are possibly based by prevention of the formation of van der Waals bonds. This low adhesion force correlates with low friction and has a positive impact on abrasion resistance. A monosaccharide analysis confirmed the presence of carbohydrates.
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Beckmann HSG, Niederwieser A, Wiessler M, Wittmann V. Preparation of Carbohydrate Arrays by Using Diels-Alder Reactions with Inverse Electron Demand. Chemistry 2012; 18:6548-54. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201200382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Morvan F, Vidal S, Souteyrand E, Chevolot Y, Vasseur JJ. DNA glycoclusters and DNA-based carbohydrate microarrays: From design to applications. RSC Adv 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2ra21550k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Song X, Heimburg-Molinaro J, Dahms NM, Smith DF, Cummings RD. Preparation of a mannose-6-phosphate glycan microarray through fluorescent derivatization, phosphorylation, and immobilization of natural high-mannose N-glycans and application in ligand identification of P-type lectins. Methods Mol Biol 2012; 808:137-48. [PMID: 22057522 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-373-8_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Glycan microarrays prepared by immobilization of amino-functionalized glycans on NHS-activated glass slides have been successfully used to study protein-glycan interactions. Fluorescently tagged glycans with an amino functional group can be prepared from natural glycans released from glycoproteins. These tagged glycans can be enzymatically modified with various glycosyltransferases, phosphotransferases, sulfotransferases, etc., to quickly expand the size and diversity of the tagged glycan libraries (TGLs). The TGLs, presented in the format of microarrays, provide a convenient platform for identifying the glycan ligands of glycan-binding proteins (GBPs). The chapter provides the background to prepare a defined glycan microarray and uses as an example glycans generated as phosphodiesters and phosphomonoesters of high-mannose type N-glycans. The method describes the preparation of high-mannose type glycan-AEAB conjugates (GAEABs), the purification of their phosphodiesters, and the subsequent mild acid hydrolysis to obtain corresponding phosphomonoesters. These GAEABs are covalently printed as a phosphorylated glycan microarray and used for analysis of the glycan ligand specificities of P-type lectins, such as the mannose-6-phosphate receptors (Man-6-P receptors or MPRs).
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- Xuezheng Song
- Department of Biochemistry, Glycomics Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Glycan microarrays are presentations of multiple glycans or glycoconjugates printed on a single slide for screening with glycan-binding proteins (GBPs), which include lectins, antibodies, bacteria, and viruses. Glycans derivatized with functional groups can be immobilized onto appropriately activated glass slides to generate glycan microarrays where each glycan is printed at similar concentrations. Here we describe a method for fluorescently and functionally derivatizing free reducing glycans, printing microarrays, and interrogating the microarrays with GBPs.
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- Xuezheng Song
- Department of Biochemistry and The Glycomics Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Glycosylated self-assembled monolayers for arrays and surface analysis. Methods Mol Biol 2011. [PMID: 22057519 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-373-8_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Over the past few decades, carbohydrates (glycans) have received growing attention for their many roles in biological systems, including pathogenesis, receptor-ligand interactions, and cell signaling. To unravel the biology of this important category of biomolecules, a host of new tools have been developed for glycomics investigation. At the forefront is the carbohydrate microarray, developed to immobilize functional glycans on a solid substrate to rapidly screen a variety of potential binding partners (carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids, cells, and viruses). The essential role played by surface modification on glycan microarray performance requires new methods to rigorously characterize glycan surface chemistries. Due to their highly reproducible nature and well-studied properties, self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on gold are powerful models for presenting glycans on a solid substrate, engineering biomimetic microenvironments and exploring the bioactivity of immobilized carbohydrates via surface plasmon resonance (SPR). However, it can be challenging to prepare high quality glycosylated SAMs (glyco-SAMs) that retain their biological function following surface immobilization. Herein, a selection of versatile methods for the preparation of glyco-SAMs using natural and chemically modified glycans is described. This chapter will highlight the following three immobilization techniques: (1) direct self assembly using thiolated glycosides onto gold, (2) tethering aminated glycosides onto -amine-reactive SAMs, and (3) conjugating natural glycan onto divinyl sulfone-activated SAMs.
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In the last decade, glycan microarrays have revolutionized the analysis of the specificity of glycan-binding proteins (GBPs), providing information that simultaneously illuminates the biology mediated by them and decodes the informational content of the glycome. Numerous methods have emerged for arraying glycans in a "chip" format, and glycan libraries have been assembled that address the diversity of the human glycome. Such arrays have been successfully used for analysis of GBPs, which mediate mammalian biology, host-pathogen interactions, and immune recognition of glycans relevant to vaccine production and cancer antigens. This review covers the development of glycan microarrays and applications that have provided insights into the roles of mammalian and microbial GBPs.
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- Cory D Rillahan
- Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
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Glycan microarray profiling of parasite infection sera identifies the LDNF glycan as a potential antigen for serodiagnosis of trichinellosis. Exp Parasitol 2011; 129:221-6. [PMID: 21893057 DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2011.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2011] [Revised: 08/16/2011] [Accepted: 08/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Diagnostic methods for parasite infections still highly depend on the identification of the parasites by direct methods such as microscopic examination of blood, stool and tissue biopsies. Serodiagnosis is often carried out to complement the direct methods; however, few synthetic antigens with sufficient sensitivity and specificity are available. Here we evaluated a glycan microarray approach to select for synthetic glycan antigens that could be used for serodiagnosis of parasitic infections. Using a glycan array containing over 250 different glycan antigens, we identified GalNAcβ1-4(Fucα1-3)GlcNAc-R (LDNF) as a glycan antigen that is recognized by antibodies from Trichinella-infected individuals. We synthesized a neoglycoconjugate, consisting of five LDNF molecules covalently coupled to bovine serum albumin (BSA), and used this neoglycoconjugate as an antigen to develop a highly sensitive total-Ig ELISA for serological screening of trichinellosis. The results indicate that glycan microarrays constitute a promising technology for fast and specific identification of parasite glycan antigens to improve serodiagnosis of different parasitic infections, either using an ELISA format, or parasite-specific glycan arrays.
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Harvey DJ. Derivatization of carbohydrates for analysis by chromatography; electrophoresis and mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2011; 879:1196-225. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2010.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2010] [Revised: 11/01/2010] [Accepted: 11/06/2010] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Aich U, Beckley N, Shriver Z, Raman R, Viswanathan K, Hobbie S, Sasisekharan R. Glycomics-based analysis of chicken red blood cells provides insight into the selectivity of the viral agglutination assay. FEBS J 2011; 278:1699-712. [PMID: 21410647 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08096.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Agglutination of red blood cells (RBCs), including chicken RBCs (cRBCs), has been used extensively to estimate viral titer, to screen glycan-receptor binding preference, and to assess the protective response of vaccines. Although this assay enjoys widespread use, some virus strains do not agglutinate RBCs. To address these underlying issues and to increase the usefulness of cRBCs as tools for studying viruses, such as influenza, we analyzed the cell surface N-glycans of cRBCs. On the basis of the results obtained from complementary analytical strategies, including MS, 1D and 2D-NMR spectroscopy, exoglycosidase digestions, and HPLC profiling, we report the major glycan structures present on cRBCs. By comparing the glycan structures of cBRCs with those of representative human upper respiratory cells, we offer a possible explanation for the fact that certain influenza strains do not agglutinate cRBCs, using specific human-adapted influenza hemagglutinins as examples. Finally, recent understanding of the role of various glycan structures in high affinity binding to influenza hemagglutinins provides context to our findings. These results illustrate that the field of glycomics can provide important information with respect to the experimental systems used to characterize, detect and study viruses.
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- Udayanath Aich
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Song X, Heimburg-Molinaro J, Smith DF, Cummings RD. Derivatization of free natural glycans for incorporation onto glycan arrays: derivatizing glycans on the microscale for microarray and other applications (ms# CP-10-0194). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 3:53-63. [PMID: 22022660 DOI: 10.1002/9780470559277.ch100194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Nature possesses an unlimited number and source of biologically-relevant natural glycans, many of which are too complicated to synthesize in the laboratory. To capitalize on the naturally-occurring plethora of glycans, we have developed a method to fluorescently tag the isolated free glycans, which maintains the closed-ring structure. After purification of the labeled glycans, they can be printed on a glass surface to create a natural glycan microarray, available for interrogation with potential glycan-binding proteins. The derivatization of these natural glycans has vastly expanded the number of glycans for functional studies.
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- Xuezheng Song
- Glycomics Center, Department of Biochemistry, Emory University, Atlanta GA
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Heimburg-Molinaro J, Song X, Smith DF, Cummings RD. Preparation and analysis of glycan microarrays. CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN PROTEIN SCIENCE 2011; Chapter 12:Unit12.10. [PMID: 21488041 PMCID: PMC3097418 DOI: 10.1002/0471140864.ps1210s64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Determination of the binding specificity of glycan-binding proteins (GBPs), such as lectins, antibodies, and receptors, has traditionally been difficult and laborious. The advent of glycan microarrays has revolutionized the field of glycobiology by allowing simultaneous screening of a GBP for interactions with a large set of glycans in a single format. This unit describes the theory and method for production of two types of glycan microarrays (chemo/enzymatically synthesized and naturally derived), and their application to functional glycomics to explore glycan recognition by GBPs. These procedures are amenable to various types of arrays and a wide range of GBP samples.
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Glycan microarrays are emerging as increasingly used screening tools with a high potential for unraveling protein-carbohydrate interactions: probing hundreds or even thousands of glycans in parallel, they provide the researcher with a vast amount of data in a short time-frame, while using relatively small amounts of analytes. Natural glycan microarrays focus on the glycans' repertoire of natural sources, including both well-defined structures as well as still-unknown ones. This article compares different natural glycan microarray strategies. Glycan probes may comprise oligosaccharides from glycoproteins as well as glycolipids and polysaccharides. Oligosaccharides may be purified from scarce biological samples that are of particular relevance for the carbohydrate-binding protein to be studied. We give an overview of strategies for glycan isolation, derivatization, fractionation, immobilization and structural characterization. Detection methods such as fluorescence analysis and surface plasmon resonance are summarized. The importance of glycan density and multivalency is discussed. Furthermore, some applications of natural glycan microarrays for studying lectin and antibody binding are presented.
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- Emanuela Lonardi
- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry Unit, Department of Parasitology, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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Song X, Lasanajak Y, Xia B, Heimburg-Molinaro J, Rhea JM, Ju H, Zhao C, Molinaro RJ, Cummings RD, Smith DF. Shotgun glycomics: a microarray strategy for functional glycomics. Nat Methods 2010; 8:85-90. [PMID: 21131969 PMCID: PMC3074519 DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2010] [Accepted: 11/10/2010] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Major challenges of glycomics are to characterize a glycome and identify functional glycans as ligands for glycan-binding proteins (GBPs). To address these issues we have developed a general strategy termed shotgun glycomics. We focus on glycosphingolipids (GSLs), a challenging class of glycoconjugates recognized by toxins, antibodies, and GBPs. We derivatized GSLs extracted from cells with a heterobifunctional fluorescent tag suitable for covalent immobilization. Fluorescent GSLs were separated by multidimensional chromatography, quantified, and coupled to glass slides to create GSL shotgun microarrays. The microarrays were interrogated with cholera toxin, antibodies, and sera from patients with Lyme disease to identify biologically relevant GSLs that were subsequently characterized by mass spectrometry. Shotgun glycomics incorporating GSLs and potentially glycoprotein-derived glycans provides an approach to accessing the complex glycomes of animal cells and offers a strategy for focusing structural analyses on functionally significant glycans.
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- Xuezheng Song
- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Feasley CL, Johnson JM, West CM, Chia CP. Glycopeptidome of a heavily N-glycosylated cell surface glycoprotein of Dictyostelium implicated in cell adhesion. J Proteome Res 2010; 9:3495-510. [PMID: 20443635 DOI: 10.1021/pr901195c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Genetic analysis has implicated the cell surface glycoprotein gp130 in cell interactions of the social amoeba Dictyostelium, and information about the utilization of the 18 N-glycosylation sequons present in gp130 is needed to identify critical molecular determinants of its activity. Various glycomics strategies, including mass spectrometry of native and derivatized glycans, monosaccharide analysis, exoglycosidase digestion, and antibody binding, were applied to characterize a nonanchored version secreted from Dictyostelium. s-gp130 is modified by a predominant Man(8)GlcNAc(4) species containing bisecting and intersecting GlcNAc residues and additional high-mannose N-glycans substituted with sulfate, methyl-phosphate, and/or core alpha 3-fucose. Site mapping confirmed the occupancy of 15 sequons, some variably, and glycopeptide analysis confirmed 14 sites and revealed extensive heterogeneity at most sites. Glycopeptide glycoforms ranged from Man(6) to Man(9), GlcNAc(0-2) (peripheral), Fuc(0-2) (including core alpha 3 and peripheral), (SO(4))(0-1), and (MePO(4))(0-1), which represented elements of virtually the entire known cellular N-glycome as inferred from prior metabolic labeling and mass spectrometry studies. gp130, and a family of 14 related predicted glycoproteins whose polypeptide sequences are rapidly diverging in the Dictyostelium lineage, may contribute a functionally important shroud of high-mannose N-glycans at the interface of the amoebae with each other, their predators and prey, and the soil environment.
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- Christa L Feasley
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Oklahoma Center for Medical Glycobiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA
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Glycans are ubiquitous components of all organisms. Efforts to elucidate glycan function and to understand how they are assembled and disassembled can reap benefits in fields ranging from bioenergy to human medicine. Significant advances in our knowledge of glycan biosynthesis and function are emerging, and chemical biology approaches are accelerating the pace of discovery. Novel strategies for assembling oligosaccharides, glycoproteins, and other glycoconjugates are providing access to critical materials for interrogating glycan function. Chemoselective reactions that facilitate the synthesis of glycan-substituted imaging agents, arrays, and materials are yielding compounds to interrogate and perturb glycan function and dysfunction. To complement these advances, small molecules are being generated that inhibit key glycan-binding proteins or biosynthetic enzymes. These examples illustrate how chemical glycobiology is providing new insight into the functional roles of glycans and new opportunities to interfere with or exploit these roles.
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- Laura L Kiessling
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
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Glycan arrays have become a powerful tool for the high-throughput elucidation of interactions of different carbohydrate structures with a wide variety of biological targets, including antibodies, proteins, viruses and cells. This technique is especially suitable for glycomics studies, because arrays present carbohydrate ligands in a manner that mimics interactions at cell-cell interfaces. This review assesses the recent advances involving glycan arrays, including new methods for glycan-array fabrication, new platforms for novel biological information, and new perceptions of glycomics for improving the understanding of disease-related glycobiology. Furthermore, this review attempts to forecast trends in the development of glycan arrays and possible solutions for some remaining challenges to improve this new technology.
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- Chi-Hui Liang
- The Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Section 2, Nankang, Taipei, 115, Taiwan.
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