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Darby JF, Gilio AK, Piniello B, Roth C, Blagova E, Hubbard RE, Rovira C, Davies GJ, Wu L. Substrate Engagement and Catalytic Mechanisms of N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferase V. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c02222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- John F. Darby
- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K
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- Departament de Quı́mica Inorgànica i Orgànica (Secció de Química Orgànica) and Institut de Quı́mica Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB), Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K
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- Departament de Quı́mica Inorgànica i Orgànica (Secció de Química Orgànica) and Institut de Quı́mica Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB), Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08020 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K
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β1,6 GlcNAc branches-modified protein tyrosine phosphatase Mu attenuates its tyrosine phosphatase activity and promotes glioma cell migration through PLCγ-PKC pathways. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2018; 505:569-577. [PMID: 30274773 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.09.150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 09/22/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The metastatic potential of malignant tumor has been shown to be correlated with the increased expression of tri- and tetra-antennary β1,6-N-acetylglucosamine (β1,6-GlcNAc) N-glycans. In this study, We found that GnT-V expression was negatively correlated with receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase type μ(RPTPμ) in human glioma tissues. To study whether RPTPμ is a novel substance of GnT-V which further affect RPTPμ's downstream dephosphorylation function, we preform lentiviral infection with GnT-V gene to construct stably transfected GnT-V glial cell lines. We found RPTPμ undergone severer cleavage in GnT-V transfected glioma cells compare to Mock cells. RPTPμ intracellular domain fragments increased while β1,6-GlcNAc-branched N-glycans increased, in consistent with the decrease of RPTPμ's catalytic activity. The results showed that abnormal glycosylation could decrease the phosphorylation activity of PTP μ, and affect PLCγ-PKC pathways. Both protease inhibitor Furin and N-glycan biosynthesis inhibitor swainsonine could decrease cell mobility in GnT-V-U87 transfectants and other glioma cell lines. All results above suggest increased post-translational modification of RPTPμ N-glycans by GnT-V attenuates its tyrosine phosphatase activity and promotes glioma cell migration through PLCγ-PKC pathways, and that the β1,6-GlcNAc-branched N-glycans of RPTPμ play a crucial role in glioma invasivity.
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Janoš P, Kozmon S, Tvaroška I, Koca J. Three-dimensional homology model of GlcNAc-TV glycosyltransferase. Glycobiology 2016; 26:757-771. [PMID: 26821880 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cww010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The enzyme UDP-N-acetylglucosamine: α-d-mannoside β-1-6 N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V (GnT-V) catalyzes the transfer of GlcNAc from the UDP-GlcNAc donor to the α-1-6-linked mannose of the trimannosyl core structure of glycoproteins to produce the β-1-6-linked branching of N-linked oligosaccharides. β-1-6-GlcNAc-branched N-glycans are associated with cancer growth and metastasis. Therefore, the inhibition of GnT-V represents a key target for anti-cancer drug development. However, the development of potent and specific inhibitors of GnT-V is hampered by the lack of information on the three-dimensional structure of the enzyme and on the binding characteristics of its substrates. Here we present the first 3D structure of GnT-V as a result of homology modeling. Various alignment methods, docking the donor and acceptor substrates, and molecular dynamics simulation were used to construct seven homology models of GnT-V and characterize the binding of its substrates. The best homology model is consistent with available experimental data. The three-dimensional model, the structure of the enzyme catalytic site and binding information obtained for the donor and acceptor can be useful in studies of the catalytic mechanism and design of inhibitors of GnT-V.
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- Pavel Janoš
- Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC).,Faculty of Science-National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC).,Faculty of Science-National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.,Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC).,Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC).,Faculty of Science-National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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Glycans and cancer: role of N-glycans in cancer biomarker, progression and metastasis, and therapeutics. Adv Cancer Res 2015; 126:11-51. [PMID: 25727145 DOI: 10.1016/bs.acr.2014.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 267] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Glycosylation is catalyzed by various glycosyltransferase enzymes which are mostly located in the Golgi apparatus in cells. These enzymes glycosylate various complex carbohydrates such as glycoproteins, glycolipids, and proteoglycans. The enzyme activity of glycosyltransferases and their gene expression are altered in various pathophysiological situations including cancer. Furthermore, the activity of glycosyltransferases is controlled by various factors such as the levels of nucleotide sugars, acceptor substrates, nucleotide sugar transporters, chaperons, and endogenous lectin in cancer cells. The glycosylation results in various functional changes of glycoproteins including cell surface receptors and adhesion molecules such as E-cadherin and integrins. These changes confer the unique characteristic phenotypes associated with cancer cells. Therefore, glycans play key roles in cancer progression and treatment. This review focuses on glycan structures, their biosynthetic glycosyltransferases, and their genes in relation to their biological significance and involvement in cancer, especially cancer biomarkers, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, cancer progression and metastasis, and therapeutics. Major N-glycan branching structures which are directly related to cancer are β1,6-GlcNAc branching, bisecting GlcNAc, and core fucose. These structures are enzymatic products of glycosyltransferases, GnT-V, GnT-III, and Fut8, respectively. The genes encoding these enzymes are designated as MGAT5 (Mgat5), MGAT3 (Mgat3), and FUT8 (Fut8) in humans (mice in parenthesis), respectively. GnT-V is highly associated with cancer metastasis, whereas GnT-III is associated with cancer suppression. Fut8 is involved in expression of cancer biomarker as well as in the treatment of cancer. In addition to these enzymes, GnT-IV and GnT-IX (GnT-Vb) will be also discussed in relation to cancer.
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Abdel Rahman AM, Ryczko M, Nakano M, Pawling J, Rodrigues T, Johswich A, Taniguchi N, Dennis JW. Golgi N-glycan branching N-acetylglucosaminyltransferases I, V and VI promote nutrient uptake and metabolism. Glycobiology 2014; 25:225-40. [PMID: 25395405 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwu105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Nutrient transporters are critical gate-keepers of extracellular metabolite entry into the cell. As integral membrane proteins, most transporters are N-glycosylated, and the N-glycans are remodeled in the Golgi apparatus. The Golgi branching enzymes N-acetylglucosaminyltransferases I, II, IV, V and avian VI (encoded by Mgat1, Mgat2, Mgat4a/b/c Mgat5 and Mgat6), each catalyze the addition of N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) in N-glycans. Here, we asked whether N-glycan branching promotes nutrient transport and metabolism in immortal human HeLa carcinoma and non-malignant HEK293 embryonic kidney cells. Mgat6 is absent in mammals, but ectopic expression can be expected to add an additional β1,4-linked branch to N-glycans, and may provide evidence for functional redundancy of the N-glycan branches. Tetracycline (tet)-induced overexpression of Mgat1, Mgat5 and Mgat6 resulted in increased enzyme activity and increased N-glycan branching concordant with the known specificities of these enzymes. Tet-induced Mgat1, Mgat5 and Mgat6 combined with stimulation of hexosamine biosynthesis pathway (HBP) to UDP-GlcNAc, increased cellular metabolite levels, lactate and oxidative metabolism in an additive manner. We then tested the hypothesis that N-glycan branching alone might promote nutrient uptake when glucose (Glc) and glutamine are limiting. In low glutamine and Glc medium, tet-induced Mgat5 alone increased amino acids uptake, intracellular levels of glycolytic and TCA intermediates, as well as HEK293 cell growth. More specifically, tet-induced Mgat5 and HBP elevated the import rate of glutamine, although transport of other metabolites may be regulated in parallel. Our results suggest that N-glycan branching cooperates with HBP to regulate metabolite import in a cell autonomous manner, and can enhance cell growth in low-nutrient environments.
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- Anas M Abdel Rahman
- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Room #988, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G1X5
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Room #988, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G1X5 Department of Molecular Genetics
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- Disease Glycomics Team, Systems Glycobiology Research Group, Chemical Biology Department, RIKEN-Max Planck Joint Research Center, RIKEN Global Research Cluster, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Room #988, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G1X5
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Room #988, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G1X5 Department of Molecular Genetics
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Room #988, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G1X5
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- Disease Glycomics Team, Systems Glycobiology Research Group, Chemical Biology Department, RIKEN-Max Planck Joint Research Center, RIKEN Global Research Cluster, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Room #988, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G1X5 Department of Molecular Genetics Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G1X5
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Li N, Xu H, Fan K, Liu X, Qi J, Zhao C, Yin P, Wang L, Li Z, Zha X. Altered β1,6-GlcNAc branched N-glycans impair TGF-β-mediated epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition through Smad signalling pathway in human lung cancer. J Cell Mol Med 2014; 18:1975-91. [PMID: 24913443 PMCID: PMC4244013 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.12331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2014] [Accepted: 04/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The change of oligosaccharide structure has been revealed to be crucial for glycoproteins' biological functions and cell biological characteristics. N-acetylglucosaminy transferase V (GnT-V), a key enzyme catalysing the reaction of adding β1, 6-N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) on asparagine-linked oligosaccharides of cell proteins, has been implicated to a metastastic-promoting oncoprotein in some carcinomas. However, this correlation might not be subjected to all types of cancers, for example, in non-small cell lung cancers, low level of GnT-V expression is associated with relatively short survival time and poor prognosis. To explain the role of GnT-V in lung cancer progression, we studied the association of GnT-V expression with lung cancer EMT behaviour. We found that GnT-V expression was correlated with epithelial marker positively and mesenchymal marker negatively. GnT-V levels, as well as β1,6-GlcNAc branched N-glycans, were strongly reduced in TGF-β1-induced EMT of human lung adenocarcinoma A549 cells. Further studies showed that suppression of β1,6-GlcNAc branched N-glycans by inhibitor or GnT-V silencing in A549 cells could promote TGF-β1-induced EMT-like changes, cell migration and invasion. Meanwhile, overexpression of GnT-V impaired TGF-β1-induced EMT, migration and invasion. It suggests that GnT-V suppresses the EMT process of lung cancer cells through inhibiting the TGF-β/Smad signalling and its downstream transcription factors in a GnT-V catalytic activity–dependent manner. Taken together, the present study reveals a novel mechanism of GnT-V as a suppressor of both EMT and invasion in human lung cancer cells, which may be useful for fully understanding N-glycan's biological roles in lung cancer progression.
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- Na Li
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Key Laboratory of Glycoconjugate Research, Ministry of Health, Shanghai, China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China; Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences/Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Oncogenic signaling promotes tumor invasion and metastasis, in part, by increasing the expression of tri- and tetra- branched N-glycans. The branched N-glycans bind to galectins forming a multivalent lattice that enhances cell surface residency of growth factor receptors, and focal adhesion turnover. N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I (MGAT1), the first branching enzyme in the pathway, is required for the addition of all subsequent branches. Here we have introduced MGAT1 shRNA into human HeLa cervical and PC-3-Yellow prostate tumor cells lines, generating cell lines with reduced transcript, enzyme activity and branched N-glycans at the cell surface. MGAT1 knockdown inhibited HeLa cell migration and invasion, but did not alter cell proliferation rates. Swainsonine, an inhibitor of α-mannosidase II immediately downstream of MGAT1, also inhibited cell invasion and was not additive with MGAT1 shRNA, consistent with a common mechanism of action. Focal adhesion and microfilament organization in MGAT1 knockdown cells also indicate a less motile phenotype. In vivo, MGAT1 knockdown in the PC-3-Yellow orthotopic prostate cancer xenograft model significantly decreased primary tumor growth and the incidence of lung metastases. Our results demonstrate that blocking MGAT1 is a potential target for anti-cancer therapy.
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Pham Y, Kuhlman B, Butterfoss GL, Hu H, Weinreb V, Carter CW. Tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase Urzyme: a model to recapitulate molecular evolution and investigate intramolecular complementation. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:38590-601. [PMID: 20864539 PMCID: PMC2992291 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.136911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2010] [Revised: 09/14/2010] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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We substantiate our preliminary description of the class I tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase minimal catalytic domain with details of its construction, structure, and steady-state kinetic parameters. Generating that active fragment involved deleting 65% of the contemporary enzyme, including the anticodon-binding domain and connecting peptide 1, CP1, a 74-residue internal segment from within the Rossmann fold. We used protein design (Rosetta), rather than phylogenetic sequence alignments, to identify mutations to compensate for the severe loss of modularity, thus restoring stability, as evidenced by renaturation described previously and by 70-ns molecular dynamics simulations. Sufficient solubility to enable biochemical studies was achieved by expressing the redesigned Urzyme as a maltose-binding protein fusion. Michaelis-Menten kinetic parameters from amino acid activation assays showed that, compared with the native full-length enzyme, TrpRS Urzyme binds ATP with similar affinity. This suggests that neither of the two deleted structural modules has a strong influence on ground-state ATP binding. However, tryptophan has 10(3) lower affinity, and the Urzyme has comparably reduced specificity relative to the related amino acid, tyrosine. Molecular dynamics simulations revealed how CP1 may contribute significantly to cognate amino acid specificity. As class Ia editing domains are nested within the CP1, this finding suggests that this module enhanced amino acid specificity continuously, throughout their evolution. We call this type of reconstructed protein catalyst an Urzyme (Ur prefix indicates original, primitive, or earliest). It establishes a model for recapitulating very early steps in molecular evolution in which fitness may have been enhanced by accumulating entire modules, rather than by discrete amino acid sequence changes.
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- Yen Pham
- From the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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- the Biology and Courant Computer Science Department, New York University, New York, New York 10003, and
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- the Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, 999077 Hong Kong, China
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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Assay and heterologous expression in Pichia pastoris of plant cell wall type-II membrane anchored glycosyltransferases. Glycoconj J 2010; 26:1235-46. [PMID: 19455420 PMCID: PMC2793385 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-009-9242-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2008] [Revised: 04/27/2009] [Accepted: 04/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Two Arabidopsis xylosyltransferases, designated RGXT1 and RGXT2, were recently expressed in Baculovirus transfected insect cells and by use of the free sugar assay shown to catalyse transfer of D-xylose from UDP-α-D-xylose to L-fucose and derivatives hereof. We have now examined expression of RGXT1 and RGXT2 in Pichia pastoris and compared the two expression systems. Pichia transformants, expressing soluble, secreted forms of RGXT1 and RGXT2 with an N- or C-terminal Flag-tag, accumulated recombinant, hyper-glycosylated proteins at levels between 6 and 16 mg protein • L-1 in the media fractions. When incubated with 0.5 M L-fucose and UDP-D-xylose all four RGXT1 and RGXT2 variants catalyzed transfer of D-xylose onto L-fucose with estimated turnover numbers between 0.15 and 0.3 sec-1, thus demonstrating that a free C-terminus is not required for activity. N- and O-glycanase treatment resulted in deglycosylation of all four proteins, and this caused a loss of xylosyltransferase activity for the C-terminally but not the N-terminally Flag-tagged proteins. The RGXT1 and RGXT2 proteins displayed an absolute requirement for Mn2+ and were active over a broad pH range. Simple dialysis of media fractions or purification on phenyl Sepharose columns increased enzyme activities 2-8 fold enabling direct verification of the product formed in crude assay mixtures using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Pichia expressed and dialysed RGXT variants yielded activities within the range 0.011 to 0.013 U (1 U = 1 nmol conversion of substrate • min-1 • µl medium-1) similar to those of RGXT1 and RGXT2 expressed in Baculovirus transfected insect Sf9 cells. In summary, the data presented suggest that Pichia is an attractive host candidate for expression of plant glycosyltransferases.
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Wang C, Li Z, Yang Z, Zhao H, Yang Y, Chen K, Cai X, Wang L, Shi Y, Qiu S, Fan J, Zha X. The effect of receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase kappa on the change of cell adhesion and proliferation induced by N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V. J Cell Biochem 2010; 109:113-23. [PMID: 19911372 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.22387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V (GnT-V) has been reported to be positively associated with tumor progression, but its mechanism still remains unknown. In the present study, we found that GnT-V overexpression not only changed the glycosylation of receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase kappa (RPTPkappa) but also decreased its protein level. Moreover, GnT-V overexpression decreased cell calcium-independent adhesion and increased the tyrosine phosphorylation level of beta-catenin, in which RPTPkappa played an important role. Since RPTPkappa has an RXKR motif, which is a favored cleavage site for furin, we used furin inhibitor to further explore the effect of RPTPkappa on the change of cell adhesion and beta-catenin signaling induced by GnT-V. Our results showed that preventing RPTPkappa cleavage rescued the above effects of GnT-V, suggesting that furin cleavage could be one of the factors for RPTPkappa to regulate cell adhesion and beta-catenin signaling in GnT-V overexpression cell lines. In addition, the increased tyrosine phosphorylation level of beta-catenin was associated with the increased nuclear level of beta-catenin and downstream signaling molecules such as c-myc and cyclin D1 that were associated with cell proliferation. Our results suggest that GnT-V could decrease human hepatoma SMMC-7721 cell adhesion and promote cell proliferation partially through RPTPkappa.
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- Can Wang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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Wang C, Yang Y, Yang Z, Liu M, Li Z, Sun L, Mei C, Chen H, Chen L, Wang L, Zha X. EGF-mediated migration signaling activated by N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase-V via receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase kappa. Arch Biochem Biophys 2009; 486:64-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2009.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2008] [Revised: 02/16/2009] [Accepted: 02/18/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Levano K, Sobocki T, Jayman F, Debata PR, Sobocka MB, Banerjee P. A genetic strategy involving a glycosyltransferase promoter and a lipid translocating enzyme to eliminate cancer cells. Glycoconj J 2009; 26:739-48. [PMID: 19283471 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-009-9233-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2008] [Revised: 09/17/2008] [Accepted: 02/11/2009] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The most common therapeutic strategy for the treatment of cancer uses antimetabolites, which block uncontrolled division of cancer cells and kill them. However, such antimetabolites also kill normal cells, thus yielding detrimental side effects. This emphasizes the need for an alternative therapy, which would have little or no side effects. Our approach involves designing genetic means to alter surface lipid determinants that induce phagocytosis of cancer cells. The specific target of this strategy has been the enzyme activity termed aminophospholipid translocase (APLT) or flippase that causes translocation of phosphatidylserine (PS) from the outer to the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane in viable cells. Efforts to identify the enigmatic, plasma membrane APLT of mammalian cells have led investigators to some P-type ATPases, which have often proven to be the APLT of internal membranes rather than the plasma membrane. By measuring kinetic parameters for the plasma membrane APLT activity, we have shown that the P-type ATPase Atp8a1 is the plasma membrane APLT of the tumorigenic N18 cells, but not the non-tumorigenic HN2 (hippocampal neuron x N18) cells. Targeted knockdown of this enzyme causes PS externalization in the N18 cells, which would trigger phagocytic removal of these cells. But how would we specifically express the mutants or antisense Atp8a1 in the cancer cells? This has brought us to a glycosyltransferase, GnT-V, which is highly expressed in the transformed cells. By using the GnT-V promoter to drive a luciferase reporter gene we have demonstrated a dramatic increase in luciferase expression selectively in tumor cells. The described strategy could be tested for the removal of cancer cells without the use of antimetabolites that often kill normal cells.
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- Kelly Levano
- CUNY Doctoral Program in Biochemistry, City University of New York at the College of Staten Island, Staten Island, NY 10314, USA
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Wang L, Liang Y, Li Z, Cai X, Zhang W, Wu G, Jin J, Fang Z, Yang Y, Zha X. Increase in β1-6 GlcNAc branching caused byN-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V directs integrin β1 stability in human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line SMMC-7721. J Cell Biochem 2007; 100:230-41. [PMID: 16924681 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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In this study, an enzymatic inactive mutant of GnT-V (delta cGnT-V) was constructed and transfected in SMMC 7721 cell line. Integrin beta1 in delta cGnT-V transfectants (delta c-7721) showed attenuation of the number of beta1-6 GlcNAc branching, whereas those in wtGnT-V transfectants (wt-7721) presented a beta1-6 GlcNAc-rich pattern. High integrin beta1 expression was observed in wt-7721 compared with mock cells (7721 cell transfected with the vector pcDNA3), while transfection of delta cGnT-V decreased the integrin beta1 expression, despite of no significant changes on integrin beta1 mRNA level in these cell lines. Pulse-chase experiment showed that Integrin beta1 in delta c-7721 was prone to quick degradation and its half-life was less than 3 h, on the contrary, the alleviating degradation of beta1 subunit was observed in wt-7721 where the beta1 subunit half-life was about 16 h, meanwhile, the degradation rate of beta1 subunit in mock cells was in between, about 10 h. More effective in promoting cell migration toward fibronectin and invasion through Matrigel was observed in wt-7721 while this was almost suppressed in delta c-7721. Our results suggest that the addition of beta1-6 GlcNAc branching caused more fully glycosylated mature form on integrin beta1 and inhibited beta1 protein degradation. Glycosylation caused by GnT-V directs integrin beta1 stability and more delivery to plasma membrane, subsequently promotes Fn-based cell migration and invasion.
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- Liying Wang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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A critical feature in the sequence of events occurring during carcinogenesis is the development of irreversibility. The term "Interlocker" is used here to denote a mechanism by which irreversibility is brought about. The presentation focuses on conceptualizations of such processes. Two will be described below.
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- Lee W Wattenberg
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Oguri S, Yoshida A, Minowa MT, Takeuchi M. Kinetic properties and substrate specificities of two recombinant human N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase-IV isozymes. Glycoconj J 2006; 23:473-80. [PMID: 17006639 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-006-6216-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2005] [Revised: 10/26/2005] [Accepted: 11/14/2005] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (GnT)-IV catalyzes the formation of the GlcNAcbeta1-4 branch on the GlcNAcbeta1-2Manalpha1-3 arm of the core structure of N-glycans. Two human GnT-IV isozymes (GnT-IVa and GnT-IVb) had been identified, which exhibit different expression profiles among human tissues and cancer cell lines. To clarify the enzymatic properties of the respective enzymes, their kinetic parameters were determined using recombinant full-length enzymes expressed in COS7 cells. The K (m) of human GnT-IVb for UDP-GlcNAc was estimated to be 0.24 mM, which is 2-fold higher than that of human GnT-IVa. The K (m) values of GnT-IVb for pyridylaminated (PA) acceptor sugar chains with different branch numbers were 3- to 6-fold higher than those of GnT-IVa. To compare substrate specificities more precisely, we generated recombinant soluble enzymes of human GnT-IVa and GnT-IVb with N-terminal flag tags. Both enzymes showed similar substrate specificities as determined using fourteen PA-sugar chains. They preferred complex-type N-glycans over hybrid-types. Among the complex-type N-glycans tested, the relative activities of both enzymes were increased in proportion to the number of GlcNAc branches on the Man alpha1-6 arm. The Man alpha1-6 arm of the acceptors was not essential for their activities because a linear pentasaccharide lacking this arm, GlcNAcbeta1-2Manalpha1-3Manbeta1-4GlcNAcbeta1-4 GlcNAc-PA, was a substrate for both enzymes. These results indicate that human GnT-IVb exhibits the same acceptor substrate specificities as human GnT-IVa, although GnT-IVb has lower affinities for donors or acceptors than GnT-IVa. This suggests that GnT-IVa is more active than GnT-IVb under physiological conditions and that it primarily contributes to the biosynthesis of N-glycans.
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- Suguru Oguri
- Department of Bioproduction, Faculty of Bioindustry, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 196 Yasaka, Abashiri, Hokkaido, 099-2493, Japan.
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Akasaka-Manya K, Manya H, Kobayashi K, Toda T, Endo T. Structure-function analysis of human protein O-linked mannose beta1,2-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 1, POMGnT1. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 320:39-44. [PMID: 15207699 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.05.129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Protein O-linked mannose beta1,2-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 1 (POMGnT1) catalyzes the transfer of GlcNAc to O-mannose of glycoproteins. Mutations in the POMGnT1 gene cause a type of congenital muscular dystrophy called muscle-eye-brain disease (MEB). We evaluated several truncated mutants of POMGnT1 to determine the minimal catalytic domain. Deletions of 298 amino acids in the N-terminus and 9 amino acids in the C-terminus did not affect POMGnT1 activity, while larger deletions on either end abolished activity. These data indicate that the minimal catalytic domain is at least 353 amino acids. Single amino acid substitutions in the stem domain of POMGnT1 from MEB patients abolished the activity of the membrane-bound form but not the soluble form. This suggests that the stem domain of the soluble form of POMGnT1 is unnecessary for activity, but that some amino acids play a crucial role in the membrane-bound form.
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- Keiko Akasaka-Manya
- Glycobiology Research Group, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Foundation for Research on Aging and Promotion of Human Welfare, 35-2 Sakaecho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan
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Angata K, Chan D, Thibault J, Fukuda M. Molecular Dissection of the ST8Sia IV Polysialyltransferase. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:25883-90. [PMID: 15067013 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m401562200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Polysialic acid, a homopolymer of alpha2,8-linked sialic acid expressed on the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM), is thought to play critical roles in neural development. Two highly homologous polysialyltransferases, ST8Sia II and ST8Sia IV, which belong to the sialyltransferase gene family, synthesize polysialic acid on NCAM. By contrast, ST8Sia III, which is moderately homologous to ST8Sia II and ST8Sia IV, adds oligosialic acid to itself but very inefficiently to NCAM. Here, we report domains of polysialyltransferases required for NCAM recognition and polysialylation by generating chimeric enzymes between ST8Sia IV and ST8Sia III or ST8Sia II. We first determined the catalytic domain of ST8Sia IV by deletion mutants. To identify domains responsible for NCAM polysialylation, different segments of the ST8Sia IV catalytic domain, identified by the deletion experiments, were replaced with corresponding segments of ST8Sia II and ST8Sia III. We found that larger polysialic acid was formed on the enzymes themselves (autopolysialylation) when chimeric enzymes contained the carboxyl-terminal region of ST8Sia IV. However, chimeric enzymes that contain only the carboxyl-terminal segment of ST8Sia IV and the amino-terminal segment of ST8Sia III showed very weak activity toward NCAM, even though they had strong activity in polysialylating themselves. In fact, chimeric enzymes containing the amino-terminal portion of ST8Sia IV fused to downstream sequences of ST8Sia III inhibited NCAM polysialylation in vitro, although they did not polysialylate NCAM. These results suggest that in polysialyltransferases the NCAM recognition domain is distinct from the polysialylation domain and that some chimeric enzymes may act as a dominant negative enzyme for NCAM polysialylation.
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- Kiyohiko Angata
- Glycobiology Program, Cancer Research Center, The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Pagny S, Bouissonnie F, Sarkar M, Follet-Gueye ML, Driouich A, Schachter H, Faye L, Gomord V. Structural requirements for Arabidopsis beta1,2-xylosyltransferase activity and targeting to the Golgi. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2003; 33:189-203. [PMID: 12943552 DOI: 10.1046/j.0960-7412.2002.01604.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Characterization of a beta1,2-xylosyltransferase from Arabidopsis thaliana (AtXylT) was carried out by expression in Sf9 insect cells using a baculovirus vector system. Serial deletions at both the N- and C-terminal ends proved that integrity of a large domain located between amino acid 31 and the C-terminal lumenal region is required for AtXylT activity expression. The influence of N-glycosylation on AtXylT activity has been evaluated using either tunicamycin or mutagenesis of potential N-glycosylation sites. AtXylT is glycosylated on two of its three potential N-glycosylation sites (Asn51, Asn301, Asn478) and the occupancy of at least one of these two sites (Asn51 and Asn301) is necessary for AtXylT stability and activity. Contribution of the N-terminal part of AtXylT in targeting and intracellular distribution of this protein was studied by expression of variably truncated, GFP-tagged AtXylT forms in tobacco cells using confocal and electron microscopy. These studies have shown that the transmembrane domain of AtXylT and its short flanking amino acid sequences are sufficient to specifically localize a reporter protein to the medial Golgi cisternae in tobacco cells. This study is the first detailed characterization of a plant glycosyltransferase at the molecular level.
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- S Pagny
- CNRS UMR 6037, IFRMP 23, Université de Rouen, UFR des Sciences, Bâtiment extension Biologie 76821, Mont St Aignan Cedex, France
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Dennis JW, Pawling J, Cheung P, Partridge E, Demetriou M. UDP-N-acetylglucosamine:alpha-6-D-mannoside beta1,6 N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V (Mgat5) deficient mice. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1573:414-22. [PMID: 12417426 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4165(02)00411-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Targeted gene mutations in mice that cause deficiencies in protein glycosylation have revealed functions for specific glycans structures in embryogenesis, immune cell regulation, fertility and cancer progression. UDP-N-acetylglucosamine:alpha-6-D-mannoside beta1,6 N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V (GlcNAc-TV or Mgat5) produces N-glycan intermediates that are elongated with poly N-acetyllactosamine to create ligands for the galectin family of mammalian lectins. We generated Mgat5-deficient mice by gene targeting methods in embryonic stem cells, and observed a complex phenotype in adult mice including susceptibility to autoimmune disease, reduced cancer progression and a behavioral defect. We found that Mgat5-modified N-glycans on the T cell receptor (TCR) complex bind to galectin-3, sequestering TCR within a multivalent galectin-glycoprotein lattice that impedes antigen-dependent receptor clustering and signal transduction. Integrin receptor clustering and cell motility are also sensitive to changes in Mgat5-dependent N-glycosylation. These studies demonstrate that low affinity but high avidity interactions between N-glycans and galectins can regulate the distribution of cell surface receptors and their responsiveness to agonists.
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- James W Dennis
- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Alverez K, Haswell C, St Clair M, Perng GS, Shorebah M, Pierce M, Fregien N. Sequences of the mouse N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V (Mgat5) mRNA and an mRNA expressed by an Mgat5-deficient cell line. Glycobiology 2002; 12:389-94. [PMID: 12122020 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwf040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V, encoded by the Mgat5 gene, plays an important regulatory role in the synthesis of complex N-glycans, including the Lewis antigens. The elevated expression of this enzyme is regulated during development and is highly associated with cellular transformation and malignancy. In addition, mammary tumors produced in Mgat5 gene knockout mice show markedly reduced metastases, indicating that it plays an important role in this process. The expression of this transferase is important for normal T cell proliferation and function. The amino acid and mRNA sequences for this protein are very highly conserved among the reported species. We report here the sequence of the mouse Mgat5 mRNA. This sequence is very similar to the other mammalian sequences with 95%, 91%, and 87.8% overall sequence identity to rat, hamster, and human mRNAs, respectively. In addition, we have identified a 63-bp insertion mutation, introducing a premature stop codon in the coding region of the Mgat5 mRNA expressed in a N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V-deficient cell line, PhaR(2.1).
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- Karen Alverez
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Unviversity of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101, USA
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Warren CE, Krizus A, Roy PJ, Culotti JG, Dennis JW. The Caenorhabditis elegans gene, gly-2, can rescue the N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V mutation of Lec4 cells. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:22829-38. [PMID: 11937505 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m201390200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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UDP-N-acetylglucosamine:alpha-6-d-mannoside beta-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V (GlcNAc-TV) is a regulator of polylactosamine-containing N-glycans and is causally involved in T cell regulation and tumor metastasis. The Caenorhabditis elegans genome contains a single orthologous gene, gly-2, that is transcribed and encodes a 669-residue type II membrane protein that is 36.7% identical to mammalian GlcNAc-TV (Mgat-5). Recombinant GLY-2 possessed GlcNAc-TV activity when assayed in vitro, and protein truncations demonstrated that the N-terminal boundary of the catalytic domain is Ile-138. gly-2 complemented the Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin binding defect of Chinese hamster ovary Lec4 cells, whereas GLY-2(L116R), an equivalent mutation to that which causes the Lec4A phenotype, could not. We conclude that the worm gene is functionally interchangeable with the mammalian form. GlcNAc-TV activity was detected in wild-type animals but not those homozygous for a deletion allele of gly-2. Activity was restored in mutant animals by an extrachromosomal array that encompassed the gly-2 gene. Green fluorescent protein reporter transgenes driven by the gly-2 promoter were expressed by developing embryos from the late comma stage onward, present in a complex subset of neurons in larvae and, in addition, the spermathecal and pharyngeal-intestinal valves and certain vulval cells of adults. However, no overt phenotypes were observed in animals homozygous for deletion alleles of gly-2.
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- Charles E Warren
- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X5, Canada
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Sasai K, Ikeda Y, Fujii T, Tsuda T, Taniguchi N. UDP-GlcNAc concentration is an important factor in the biosynthesis of beta1,6-branched oligosaccharides: regulation based on the kinetic properties of N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V. Glycobiology 2002; 12:119-27. [PMID: 11886845 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/12.2.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Human beta1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V (GnT-V) was expressed by baculovirus-insect cell system, and the purified recombinant enzyme was kinetically characterized. The data obtained were used to establish the kinetic basis of the substrate specificity toward donor nucleotide sugars, and also revealed that K(m) values for the donors are much higher compared to those of other GlcNAc transferases, the kinetic properties of which have been reported. Because this exceptionally higher K(m) suggests that GnT-V is physiologically present at far from saturated conditions, it would appear that the production of beta1,6-branched oligosaccharide, which is formed by GnT-V, could be regulated in vivo by the concentration of the donor, UDP-GlcNAc, as well as the expression levels of the enzyme. When B16 melanoma cells, which express high levels of GnT-V, were incubated with GlcNAc, the beta1,6-branched oligosaccharide levels were increased, as judged by a lectin blot analysis, in conjunction with an increase in intracellular UDP-GlcNAc. These findings suggest that the level of UDP-GlcNAc can be a critical factor in the production of beta1,6-branched oligosaccharides, for example, by tumor cells, which have been thought to be closely associated with tumor progression and metastasis.
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- Ken Sasai
- Department of Biochemistry, Osaka University Medical School, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Zusman R, Zusman I. Glass fibers covered with sol-gel glass as a new support for affinity chromatography columns: a review. JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL METHODS 2001; 49:175-87. [PMID: 11694279 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-022x(01)00198-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The search for mechanical supports for biochemically active compounds serving as immunochemical sensors has been the goal of many studies. A new compound in the form of gel fiberglass (GFG) membranes was recently developed as an example of such supports. In this review, these membranes were analyzed with respect to their use for cancer detection. The membranes are prepared from glass fibers covered with oxysilane to provide a sol-gel glass matrix. Derivatization of the support eliminates nonspecific adsorption. A thin layer of protein trapped in the gel glass during its preparation is deposited on the surface of a lattice of glass fibers. The major innovation of the membrane is its large area. External agents percolating through such a membrane contact a maximal number of molecules of the compounds trapped in the sol-gel glass. As a result, this membrane is highly effective. Each GFG column is built from a series of 20 to 30 membranes. The preparation of such columns is relatively simple, requiring only several hours. The capacity of GFG columns is high: the total amount of tumor-associated antigens (TAA) isolated by these columns from the blood of colon cancer patients reached 50% of the total protein and amounted to up to 9-12 mg/ml of serum. The main components of the isolated TAA were the soluble p66 and p51 proteins. A determination of their concentration by HPLC can be used for early cancer detection. Thus, the described method allows the easy and highly effective isolation of TAA and can be used for different goals, including cancer diagnosis. GFG supports have great potential for the isolation of various macromolecules utilizing specific ligands.
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- R Zusman
- Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, PO Box 12, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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Angata K, Yen TY, El-Battari A, Macher BA, Fukuda M. Unique disulfide bond structures found in ST8Sia IV polysialyltransferase are required for its activity. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:15369-77. [PMID: 11279095 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m100576200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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NCAM polysialylation plays a critical role in neuronal development and regeneration. Polysialylation of the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) is catalyzed by two polysialyltransferases, ST8Sia II (STX) and ST8Sia IV (PST), which contain sialylmotifs L and S conserved in all members of the sialyltransferases. The members of the ST8Sia gene family, including ST8Sia II and ST8Sia IV are unique in having three cysteines in sialylmotif L, one cysteine in sialylmotif S, and one cysteine at the COOH terminus. However, structural information, including how disulfide bonds are formed, has not been determined for any of the sialyltransferases. To obtain insight into the structure/function of ST8Sia IV, we expressed human ST8Sia IV in insect cells, Trichoplusia ni, and found that the enzyme produced in the insect cells catalyzes NCAM polysialylation, although it cannot polysialylate itself ("autopolysialylation"). We also found that ST8Sia IV does not form a dimer through disulfide bonds. By using the same enzyme preparation and performing mass spectrometric analysis, we found that the first cysteine in sialylmotif L and the cysteine in sialylmotif S form a disulfide bridge, whereas the second cysteine in sialylmotif L and the cysteine at the COOH terminus form a second disulfide bridge. Site-directed mutagenesis demonstrated that mutation at cysteine residues involved in the disulfide bridges completely inactivated the enzyme. Moreover, changes in the position of the COOH-terminal cysteine abolished its activity. By contrast, the addition of green fluorescence protein at the COOH terminus of ST8Sia IV did not render the enzyme inactive. These results combined indicate that the sterical structure formed by intramolecular disulfide bonds, which bring the sialylmotifs and the COOH terminus within close proximity, is critical for the catalytic activity of ST8Sia IV.
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- K Angata
- Glycobiology Program, Cancer Research Center, The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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