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Pepe A, Laezza A, Ostuni A, Scelsi A, Laurita A, Bochicchio B. Bioconjugation of Carbohydrates to Gelatin Sponges Promoting 3D Cell Cultures. Biomimetics (Basel) 2023; 8:biomimetics8020193. [PMID: 37218779 DOI: 10.3390/biomimetics8020193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Revised: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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Gelatin sponges are widely employed as hemostatic agents, and are gaining increasing interest as 3D scaffolds for tissue engineering. To broaden their possible application in the field of tissue engineering, a straightforward synthetic protocol able to anchor the disaccharides, maltose and lactose, for specific cell interactions was developed. A high conjugation yield was confirmed by 1H-NMR and FT-IR spectroscopy, and the morphology of the resulting decorated sponges was characterized by SEM. After the crosslinking reaction, the sponges preserve their porous structure as ascertained by SEM. Finally, HepG2 cells cultured on the decorated gelatin sponges show high viability and significant differences in the cellular morphology as a function of the conjugated disaccharide. More spherical morphologies are observed when cultured on maltose-conjugated gelatin sponges, while a more flattened aspect is discerned when cultured onto lactose-conjugated gelatin sponges. Considering the increasing interest in small-sized carbohydrates as signaling cues on biomaterial surfaces, systematic studies on how small carbohydrates might influence cell adhesion and differentiation processes could take advantage of the described protocol.
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- Antonietta Pepe
- Laboratory of Protein-Inspired Biomaterials, Department of Science, University of Basilicata, Via Ateneo Lucano, 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy
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- Laboratory of Protein-Inspired Biomaterials, Department of Science, University of Basilicata, Via Ateneo Lucano, 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy
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- Cellular Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Science, University of Basilicata, Via Ateneo Lucano, 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy
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- Laboratory of Protein-Inspired Biomaterials, Department of Science, University of Basilicata, Via Ateneo Lucano, 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy
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- Microscopy Area, Department of Science, University of Basilicata, Via Ateneo Lucano, 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy
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- Laboratory of Protein-Inspired Biomaterials, Department of Science, University of Basilicata, Via Ateneo Lucano, 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy
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Heo HR, Joo KI, Seo JH, Kim CS, Cha HJ. Glycan chip based on structure-switchable DNA linker for on-chip biosynthesis of cancer-associated complex glycans. Nat Commun 2021; 12:1395. [PMID: 33654088 PMCID: PMC7925590 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21538-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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On-chip glycan biosynthesis is an effective strategy for preparing useful complex glycan sources and for preparing glycan-involved applications simultaneously. However, current methods have some limitations when analyzing biosynthesized glycans and optimizing enzymatic reactions, which could result in undefined glycan structures on a surface, leading to unequal and unreliable results. In this work, a glycan chip is developed by introducing a pH-responsive i-motif DNA linker to control the immobilization and isolation of glycans on chip surfaces in a pH-dependent manner. On-chip enzymatic glycosylations are optimized for uniform biosynthesis of cancer-associated Globo H hexasaccharide and its related complex glycans through stepwise quantitative analyses of isolated products from the surface. Successful interaction analyses of the anti-Globo H antibody and MCF-7 breast cancer cells with on-chip biosynthesized Globo H-related glycans demonstrate the feasibility of the structure-switchable DNA linker-based glycan chip platform for on-chip complex glycan biosynthesis and glycan-involved applications.
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- Hye Ryoung Heo
- School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Republic of Korea.
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Kim CS, Heo HR, Seo JH, Cha HJ. On-chip biosynthesis of GM1 pentasaccharide-related complex glycans. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:71-74. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cc06526h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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A novel strategy for on-chip enzymatic glycosylation of complex glycans and direct analysis of glycan-related interactions is reported.
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- Chang Sup Kim
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Yeungnam University
- Gyeongsan 38541
- Korea
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- School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology
- Pohang 37673
- Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University
- Gyeongsan 38541
- Korea
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- School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology
- Pohang 37673
- Korea
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology
- Pohang 37673
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Hunter CD, Guo T, Daskhan G, Richards MR, Cairo CW. Synthetic Strategies for Modified Glycosphingolipids and Their Design as Probes. Chem Rev 2018; 118:8188-8241. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Carmanah D. Hunter
- Alberta Glycomics Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Alberta Glycomics Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Alberta Glycomics Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Alberta Glycomics Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Alberta Glycomics Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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Lu Y, Song S, Hou C, Pang S, Li X, Wu X, Shao C, Pei Y, Pei Z. Facile fabrication of branched-chain carbohydrate chips for studying carbohydrate-protein interactions by QCM biosensor. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2017.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Structural Insights into the Cytotoxic Mechanism of Vibrio parahaemolyticus PirA vp and PirB vp Toxins. Mar Drugs 2017; 15:md15120373. [PMID: 29194352 PMCID: PMC5742833 DOI: 10.3390/md15120373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2017] [Revised: 11/14/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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In aquaculture, shrimp farming is a popular field. The benefits of shrimp farming include a relatively short grow-out time, high sale price, and good cost recovery. However, outbreaks of serious diseases inflict serious losses, and acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) is an emerging challenge to this industry. In South American white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) and grass shrimp (Penaeus monodon), this disease has a 70–100% mortality. The pathogenic agent of AHPND is a specific strain of Vibrio parahaemolyticus which contains PirAvp and PirBvp toxins encoded in the pVA1 plasmid. PirAvp and PirBvp have been shown to cause the typical histological symptoms of AHPND in infected shrimps, and in this review, we will focus on our structural understanding of these toxins. By analyzing their structures, a possible cytotoxic mechanism, as well as strategies for anti-AHPND drug design, is proposed.
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Hybrid microarray based on double biomolecular markers of DNA and carbohydrate for simultaneous genotypic and phenotypic detection of cholera toxin-producing Vibrio cholerae. Biosens Bioelectron 2016; 79:398-405. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2015.12.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2015] [Revised: 12/18/2015] [Accepted: 12/20/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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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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Zhang T, Ding Z, Lin H, Cui L, Yang C, Li X, Niu H, An N, Tong R, Qu F. pH-Sensitive Gold Nanorods with a Mesoporous Silica Shell for Drug Release and Photothermal Therapy. Eur J Inorg Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201403247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Biophysical characterization of lectin–glycan interactions for therapeutics, vaccines and targeted drug-delivery. Future Med Chem 2014; 6:2113-29. [DOI: 10.4155/fmc.14.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Lectin–glycan interactions play a role in biological processes, host–pathogen interactions and in disease. A more detailed understanding of these interactions is not only useful for the elucidation of their biological function but can also be applied in immunology, drug development and delivery and diagnostics. We review some commonly used biophysical techniques for studying lectin–glycan interactions; namely: frontal affinity chromatography, glycan/lectin microarray, surface plasmon resonance, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, isothermal titration calorimetry, fluorescent assays, enzyme linked lectin sorbent assay and saturation transfer difference nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Each method is evaluated on efficiency, cost and throughput. We also consider the advantages and limitations of each technique and provide examples of their application in biology, drug discovery and delivery, immunology, glycoprofiling and biosensing.
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Fiege K, Lünsdorf H, Mischnick P. Aminoalkyl functionalization of dextran for coupling of bioactive molecules and nanostructure formation. Carbohydr Polym 2013; 95:569-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2013.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2012] [Revised: 02/15/2013] [Accepted: 03/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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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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Seo JH, Kim CS, Cha HJ. Structural evaluation of GM1-related carbohydrate–cholera toxin interactions through surface plasmon resonance kinetic analysis. Analyst 2013; 138:6924-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c3an01312j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Peng W, Nycholat CM, Razi N. Glycan microarray screening assay for glycosyltransferase specificities. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 1022:1-14. [PMID: 23765649 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-465-4_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Glycan microarrays represent a high-throughput approach to determining the specificity of glycan-binding proteins against a large set of glycans in a single format. This chapter describes the use of a glycan microarray platform for evaluating the activity and substrate specificity of glycosyltransferases (GTs). The methodology allows simultaneous screening of hundreds of immobilized glycan acceptor substrates by in situ incubation of a GT and its appropriate donor substrate on the microarray surface. Using biotin-conjugated donor substrate enables direct detection of the incorporated sugar residues on acceptor substrates on the array. In addition, the feasibility of the method has been validated using label-free donor substrate combined with lectin-based detection of product to assess enzyme activity. Here, we describe the application of both procedures to assess the specificity of a recombinant human α2-6 sialyltransferase. This technique is readily adaptable to studying other glycosyltransferases.
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- Wenjie Peng
- Glycan Microarray Synthesis Core, Consortium for Functional Glycomics, Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Modern Carbohydrate Microarray Biochip Technologies. CHINESE JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2040(11)60584-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Gorityala BK, Lu Z, Leow ML, Ma J, Liu XW. Design of a “Turn-Off/Turn-On” Biosensor: Understanding Carbohydrate-Lectin Interactions for Use in Noncovalent Drug Delivery. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:15229-32. [DOI: 10.1021/ja306288p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Bala Kishan Gorityala
- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
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Kim CS, Seo JH, Cha HJ. Functional interaction analysis of GM1-related carbohydrates and Vibrio cholerae toxins using carbohydrate microarray. Anal Chem 2012; 84:6884-90. [PMID: 22770420 DOI: 10.1021/ac301511t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The development of analytical tools is important for understanding the infection mechanisms of pathogenic bacteria or viruses. In the present work, a functional carbohydrate microarray combined with a fluorescence immunoassay was developed to analyze the interactions of Vibrio cholerae toxin (ctx) proteins and GM1-related carbohydrates. Ctx proteins were loaded onto the surface-immobilized GM1 pentasaccharide and six related carbohydrates, and their binding affinities were detected immunologically. The analysis of the ctx-carbohydrate interactions revealed that the intrinsic selectivity of ctx was GM1 pentasaccharide ≫ GM2 tetrasaccharide > asialo GM1 tetrasaccharide ≥ GM3trisaccharide, indicating that a two-finger grip formation and the terminal monosaccharides play important roles in the ctx-GM1 interaction. In addition, whole cholera toxin (ctxAB(5)) had a stricter substrate specificity and a stronger binding affinity than only the cholera toxin B subunit (ctxB). On the basis of the quantitative analysis, the carbohydrate microarray showed the sensitivity of detection of the ctxAB(5)-GM1 interaction with a limit-of-detection (LOD) of 2 ng mL(-1) (23 pM), which is comparable to other reported high sensitivity assay tools. In addition, the carbohydrate microarray successfully detected the actual toxin directly secreted from V. cholerae, without showing cross-reactivity to other bacteria. Collectively, these results demonstrate that the functional carbohydrate microarray is suitable for analyzing toxin protein-carbohydrate interactions and can be applied as a biosensor for toxin detection.
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- Chang Sup Kim
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Korea
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Chen Y, Vedala H, Kotchey GP, Audfray A, Cecioni S, Imberty A, Vidal S, Star A. Electronic detection of lectins using carbohydrate-functionalized nanostructures: graphene versus carbon nanotubes. ACS NANO 2012; 6:760-70. [PMID: 22136380 PMCID: PMC3265614 DOI: 10.1021/nn2042384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Here we investigated the interactions between lectins and carbohydrates using field-effect transistor (FET) devices comprised of chemically converted graphene (CCG) and single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). Pyrene- and porphyrin-based glycoconjugates were functionalized noncovalently on the surface of CCG-FET and SWNT-FET devices, which were then treated with 2 μM nonspecific and specific lectins. In particular, three different lectins (PA-IL, PA-IIL, and ConA) and three carbohydrate epitopes (galactose, fucose, and mannose) were tested. The responses of 36 different devices were compared and rationalized using computer-aided models of carbon nanostructure/glycoconjugate interactions. Glycoconjugate surface coverage in addition to one-dimensional structures of SWNTs resulted in optimal lectin detection. Additionally, lectin titration data of SWNT- and CCG-based biosensors were used to calculate lectin dissociation constants (K(d)) and compare them to the values obtained from the isothermal titration microcalorimetry technique.
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- Yanan Chen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, 219 Parkman Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, 219 Parkman Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, 219 Parkman Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- CERMAV - CNRS, affiliated with Université Joseph Fourier and ICMG, BP 53, 38041, Grenoble, France
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- CERMAV - CNRS, affiliated with Université Joseph Fourier and ICMG, BP 53, 38041, Grenoble, France
- Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, Laboratoire de Chimie Organique 2 – Glycochimie, UMR 5246, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- CERMAV - CNRS, affiliated with Université Joseph Fourier and ICMG, BP 53, 38041, Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, Laboratoire de Chimie Organique 2 – Glycochimie, UMR 5246, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, 219 Parkman Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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Vedala H, Chen Y, Cecioni S, Imberty A, Vidal S, Star A. Nanoelectronic detection of lectin-carbohydrate interactions using carbon nanotubes. NANO LETTERS 2011; 11:170-175. [PMID: 21133392 DOI: 10.1021/nl103286k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We have used single-walled carbon nanotube field-effect transistor (NTFET) devices to probe the interactions between carbohydrates and their recognition proteins called lectins. These interactions are involved in a wide range of biological processes, such as cell-cell recognition, cell-matrix interaction as well as viral and bacterial infections. In our experiments, NTFETs were functionalized noncovalently with porphyrin-based glycoconjugates synthesized using "click" azide-alkyne chemistry, and change in electrical conductance was measured upon specific binding of two bacterial lectins that present different carbohydrate preference, namely PA-IL, PA-IIL from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and a plant lectin Concanavalin A. However, no significant change in the device characteristics was observed when the devices were exposed to other lectins with different specificity. Detection of PA-IL binding to galactosylated NTFETs was highly sensitive (2 nM) with a measured dissociation constant (K(d) = 6.8 μM) corresponding to literature data. Fluorescence microscopy, atomic force microscopy, UV-vis-NIR spectroscopy, and several control measurements confirmed the NTFET response to selective interactions between carbohydrates and lectins.
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- Harindra Vedala
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, 219 Parkman Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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