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Hinterholzer A, Moises J, Regl C, Schwap S, Rapp E, Huber CG, Schubert M. Unambiguous identification of α-Gal epitopes in intact monoclonal antibodies by NMR spectroscopy. MAbs 2022; 14:2132977. [PMID: 36239533 PMCID: PMC9578466 DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2022.2132977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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The α-Gal epitope consisting of the terminal trisaccharide Galα1,3Galβ1,4GlcNAc exposed on cell or protein surfaces can cause severe immune reactions, such as hypersensitivity reactions, in humans. This epitope is also called the xenotransplantation epitope because it is one of the main reasons for the rejection of non-human organ transplants by the human innate immune response. Recombinant therapeutic proteins expressed in murine cell lines may contain α-Gal epitopes, and therefore their absence or presence needs to be tightly monitored to minimize any undesired adverse effects. The analytical identification of α-Gal epitopes in glycoproteins using the common standard techniques based on liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry is challenging, mainly due to the isobaricity of hexose stereoisomers. Here, we present a straightforward NMR approach to detect the presence of α-Gal in biotherapeutics based on a quick screen with sensitive 1H-1H TOCSY spectra followed by a confirmation using 1H-13C HSQC spectra.Abbreviations: α-Gal: α1,3-linked galactose; AGC: automatic gain control; CHO: Chinese hamster ovary; CE: capillary electrophoreses coupled to mass spectrometry; COSY: correlation spectroscopy; DSS: 2,2-dimethyl-2-silapentane-5-sulfonate; DTT: dithiothreitol; GlcNAc: N-acetyl glusomamine; HCD: higher-energy collisional dissociation; HMBC: heteronuclear multiple-bond correlation; HPLC: high-performance liquid chromatography; HSQC: heteronuclear single-quantum corre; LacNAc: N-acetyl lactosamine; mAb: monoclonal antibody; MS: mass spectrometry; NMR: nuclear magnetic resonance; NOESY: 2D) nuclear Overhauser spectroscopy; PEG: polyethylenglycol; pH*: observed pH meter reading without correction for isotope effects; PTM: post-translational modification; TCEP: tris(2-carboxyethyl) phosphine hydrochloride; TOCSY: total correlation spectroscopy; xCGE-LIF: multiplex capillary gel electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection.
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- Arthur Hinterholzer
- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Tools for Biosimilar Characterization, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria,Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Tools for Biosimilar Characterization, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria,Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria,Bundesrealgymnasium Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- glyXera GmbH, Brenneckestraße, Magdeburg, Germany,Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Tools for Biosimilar Characterization, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria,Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Tools for Biosimilar Characterization, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria,Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria,CONTACT Mario Schubert Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology,University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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Tyrtysh TV, Korchagina EY, Ryzhov IM, Bovin NV. Gram scale synthesis of A (type 2) and B (type 2) blood group tetrasaccharides through 1,6-anhydro-N-acetyl-β-D-glucosamine. Carbohydr Res 2017; 449:65-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2017.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2017] [Revised: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 06/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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An expeditious synthesis of blood-group antigens, ABO histo-blood group type II antigens and xenoantigen oligosaccharides with amino type spacer−arms. Glycoconj J 2015; 33:63-78. [DOI: 10.1007/s10719-015-9635-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2015] [Revised: 10/30/2015] [Accepted: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Gebus C, Cottin C, Randriantsoa M, Drouillard S, Samain E. Synthesis of α-galactosyl epitopes by metabolically engineered Escherichia coli. Carbohydr Res 2012; 361:83-90. [PMID: 23000215 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2012.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2012] [Revised: 05/09/2012] [Accepted: 05/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The α-Gal epitope is a carbohydrate structure, Galα-3Galβ-4GlcNAc-R, expressed on glycoconjuguates in many mammals, but not in humans. Species that do not express this epitope have present in their serum large amounts of natural anti-Gal antibodies, which contribute to organ hyperacute rejection during xenotransplantation. We first describe the efficient conversion of lactose into isoglobotriaose (Galα-3Galβ-4Glc) using high cell density cultures of a genetically engineered Escherichia coli strain expressing the bovine gene for α-1,3-galactosyltransferase. Attempts to produce the Galili pentasaccharide (Galα-3Galβ-4GlcNAcβ-3Galβ-4Glc) by additionally expressing the Neisseria meningitis lgtA gene for β-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase and the Helicobacter pylori gene for β-1,4-galactosyltransferase were unsuccessful and led to the formation of a series of long chain oligosaccharides formed by the repeated addition of the trisaccharide motif [Galβ-4GlcNAcβ-3Galα-3] onto a lacto-N-neotetraose primer. The replacement of LgtA by a more specific β-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase from H. pylori, which was unable to glycosylate α-galactosides, prevented the formation of these unwanted compounds and allowed the successful formation of the Galili pentasaccharide and longer α-Gal epitopes.
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- Caroline Gebus
- Centre de recherche sur Macromolécules Végétales (CERMAV-CNRS), BP 53, F-38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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Diversity of natural anti-α-galactosyl antibodies in human serum. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2011; 705:571-83. [PMID: 21618130 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7877-6_30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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Theillet FX, Simenel C, Guerreiro C, Phalipon A, Mulard LA, Delepierre M. Effects of backbone substitutions on the conformational behavior of Shigella flexneri O-antigens: implications for vaccine strategy. Glycobiology 2010; 21:109-21. [DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwq136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Nurisso A, Blanchard B, Audfray A, Rydner L, Oscarson S, Varrot A, Imberty A. Role of water molecules in structure and energetics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lectin I interacting with disaccharides. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:20316-27. [PMID: 20410292 PMCID: PMC2888444 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.108340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2010] [Revised: 04/11/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Calcium-dependent lectin I from Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA-IL) binds specifically to oligosaccharides presenting an alpha-galactose residue at their nonreducing end, such as the disaccharides alphaGal1-2betaGalOMe, alphaGal1-3betaGalOMe, and alphaGal1-4betaGalOMe. This provides a unique model for studying the effect of the glycosidic linkage of the ligands on structure and thermodynamics of the complexes by means of experimental and theoretical tools. The structural features of PA-IL in complex with the three disaccharides were established by docking and molecular dynamics simulations and compared with those observed in available crystal structures, including PA-IL.alphaGal1-2betaGalOMe complex, which was solved at 2.4 A resolution and reported herein. The role of a structural bridge water molecule in the binding site of PA-IL was also elucidated through molecular dynamics simulations and free energy calculations. This water molecule establishes three very stable hydrogen bonds with O6 of nonreducing galactose, oxygen from Pro-51 main chain, and nitrogen from Gln-53 main chain of the lectin binding site. Binding free energies for PA-IL in complex with the three disaccharides were investigated, and the results were compared with the experimental data determined by titration microcalorimetry. When the bridge water molecule was included in the free energy calculations, the simulations predicted the correct binding affinity trends with the 1-2-linked disaccharide presenting three times stronger affinity ligand than the other two. These results highlight the role of the water molecule in the binding site of PA-IL and indicate that it should be taken into account when designing glycoderivatives active against P. aeruginosa adhesion.
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- Alessandra Nurisso
- From the Centre de Rechèrche sur les Macromolécules Végétales-CNRS (affiliated with Université Joseph Fourier and Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de Grenoble), BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France and
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- From the Centre de Rechèrche sur les Macromolécules Végétales-CNRS (affiliated with Université Joseph Fourier and Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de Grenoble), BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France and
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- From the Centre de Rechèrche sur les Macromolécules Végétales-CNRS (affiliated with Université Joseph Fourier and Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de Grenoble), BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France and
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- the Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- the Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- From the Centre de Rechèrche sur les Macromolécules Végétales-CNRS (affiliated with Université Joseph Fourier and Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de Grenoble), BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France and
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- From the Centre de Rechèrche sur les Macromolécules Végétales-CNRS (affiliated with Université Joseph Fourier and Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de Grenoble), BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France and
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Agostino M, Sandrin MS, Thompson PE, Yuriev E, Ramsland PA. Identification of preferred carbohydrate binding modes in xenoreactive antibodies by combining conformational filters and binding site maps. Glycobiology 2010; 20:724-35. [PMID: 20176856 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwq022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Carbohydrates are notoriously flexible molecules. However, they have an important role in many biochemical processes as specific ligands. Understanding how carbohydrates are recognized by other biological macromolecules (usually proteins) is therefore of considerable scientific value. Interfering with carbohydrate-protein interactions is a potentially useful strategy in combating a range of disease states, as well as being of critical importance in facilitating allo- and xenotransplantation. We have devised an in silico protocol for analyzing carbohydrate-protein interactions. In this study, we have applied the protocol to determine the structures of alphaGal-terminating carbohydrate antigens in complex with a panel of xenoreactive antibodies. The most important feature of the binding modes is the fixed conformation of the Galbeta(1,4)Glc/GlcNAc linkage across all of the binding modes. The preferred conformation of the terminal Galalpha(1,3)Gal linkage varies depending on the antibody binding site topography, although it is possible that some of the antibodies studied recognize more than one Galalpha(1,3)Gal conformation. The binding modes obtained indicate that each antibody uses distinct mechanisms in recognizing the target antigens.
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- Mark Agostino
- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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Yuriev E, Agostino M, Farrugia W, Christiansen D, Sandrin MS, Ramsland PA. Structural biology of carbohydrate xenoantigens. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2009; 9:1017-29. [PMID: 19591628 DOI: 10.1517/14712590903066703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Transplantation of organs across species (xenotransplantation) is being considered to overcome the shortage of human donor organs. However, unmodified pig organs undergo an antibody-mediated hyperacute rejection that is brought about by the presence of natural antibodies to Galalpha(1,3)Gal, which is the major carbohydrate xenoantigen. Genetic modification of pig organs to remove most of the Galalpha(1,3)Gal epitopes has been achieved, but the human immune system may still recognize residual lipid-linked Galalpha(1,3)Gal carbohydrates, new (cryptic) carbohydrates or additional non-Galalpha(1,3)Gal carbohydrate xenoantigens. The structural basis for lectin and antibody recognition of Galalpha(1,3)Gal carbohydrates is starting to be understood and is discussed in this review. Antibody binding to Galalpha(1,3)Gal carbohydrates is predicted to primarily involve end-on insertion of the terminal alphaGal residue, but it is possible that groove-type binding can occur, as for some lectins. It is likely that similar antibody and lectin recognition will occur with other non-Galalpha(1,3)Gal xenoantigens, which potentially represent new barriers for pig-to-human xenotransplantation.
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- Elizabeth Yuriev
- Monash University, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Action, Victoria, Australia
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Agostino M, Sandrin MS, Thompson PE, Yuriev E, Ramsland PA. In silico analysis of antibody-carbohydrate interactions and its application to xenoreactive antibodies. Mol Immunol 2009; 47:233-46. [PMID: 19828202 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2009] [Revised: 09/11/2009] [Accepted: 09/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Antibody-carbohydrate interactions play central roles in stimulating adverse immune reactions. The most familiar example of such a process is the reaction observed in ABO-incompatible blood transfusion and organ transplantation. The ABO blood groups are defined by the presence of specific carbohydrates expressed on the surface of red blood cells. Preformed antibodies in the incompatible recipient (i.e., different blood groups) recognize cells exhibiting host-incompatible ABO system antigens and proceed to initiate lysis of the incompatible cells. Pig-to-human xenotransplantation presents a similar immunological barrier. Antibodies present in humans recognize carbohydrate antigens on the surface of pig organs as foreign and proceed to initiate hyperacute xenograft rejection. The major carbohydrate xenoantigens all bear terminal Gal alpha(1,3)Gal epitopes (or alphaGal). In this study, we have developed and validated a site mapping technique to investigate protein-ligand recognition and applied it to antibody-carbohydrate systems. This site mapping technique involves the use of molecular docking to generate a series of antibody-carbohydrate complexes, followed by analysis of the hydrogen bonding and van der Waals interactions occurring in each complex. The technique was validated by application to a series of antibody-carbohydrate crystal structures. In each case, the majority of interactions made in the crystal structure complex were able to be reproduced. The technique was then applied to investigate xenoantigen recognition by a panel of monoclonal anti-alphaGal antibodies. The results indicate that there is a significant overlap of the antibody regions engaging the xenoantigens across the panel. Likewise, similar regions of the xenoantigens interact with the antibodies.
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- Mark Agostino
- Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Action, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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Blanchard B, Nurisso A, Hollville E, Tétaud C, Wiels J, Pokorná M, Wimmerová M, Varrot A, Imberty A. Structural basis of the preferential binding for globo-series glycosphingolipids displayed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa lectin I. J Mol Biol 2008; 383:837-53. [PMID: 18762193 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.08.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2008] [Revised: 08/11/2008] [Accepted: 08/13/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa contains several carbohydrate-binding proteins, among which is the P. aeruginosa lectin I (PA-IL), which displays affinity for alpha-galactosylated glycans. Glycan arrays were screened and demonstrated stronger binding of PA-IL toward alphaGal1-4betaGal-terminating structures and weaker binding to alphaGal1-3betaGal ones in order to determine which human glycoconjugates could play a role in the carbohydrate-mediated adhesion of the bacteria. This was confirmed in vivo by testing the binding of the lectin to Burkitt lymphoma cells that present large amounts of globotriaosylceramide antigen Gb3/CD77/P(k). Trisaccharide moieties of Gb3 (alphaGal1-4betaGal1-4Glc) and isoglobotriaosylceramide (alphaGal1-3betaGal1-4Glc) were tested by titration microcalorimetry, and both displayed similar affinity to PA-IL in solution. The crystal structure of PA-IL complexed to alphaGal1-3betaGal1-4Glc trisaccharide has been solved at 1.9-A resolution and revealed how the second galactose residue makes specific contacts with the protein surface. Molecular modeling studies were performed in order to compare the binding mode of PA-IL toward alphaGal1-3Gal with that toward alphaGal1-4Gal. Docking studies demonstrated that alphaGal1-4Gal creates another network of contacts for achieving a very similar affinity, and 10-ns molecular dynamics in explicit water allowed for analyzing the flexibility of each disaccharide ligand in the protein binding site. The higher affinity observed for binding to Gb3 epitope, both in vivo and on glycan array, is likely related to the presentation effect of the oligosaccharide on a surface, since only the Gb3 glycosphingolipid geometry is fully compatible with parallel insertion of neighboring trisaccharide heads in two binding sites of the same tetramer of PA-IL.
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Oligo- and polysaccharides are infamous for being extremely flexible molecules, populating a series of well-defined rotational isomeric states under physiological conditions. Characterization of this heterogeneous conformational ensemble has been a major obstacle impeding high-resolution structure determination of carbohydrates and acting as a bottleneck in the effort to understand the relationship between the carbohydrate structure and function. This challenge has compelled the field to develop and apply theoretical and experimental methods that can explore conformational ensembles by both capturing and deconvoluting the structural and dynamic properties of carbohydrates. This review focuses on computational approaches that have been successfully used in combination with experiment to detail the three-dimensional structure of carbohydrates in a solution and in a complex with proteins. In addition, emerging experimental techniques for three-dimensional structural characterization of carbohydrate-protein complexes and future challenges in the field of structural glycobiology are discussed. The review is divided into five sections: (1) The complexity and plasticity of carbohydrates, (2) Predicting carbohydrate-protein interactions, (3) Calculating relative and absolute binding free energies for carbohydrate-protein complexes, (4) Emerging and evolving techniques for experimental characterization of carbohydrate-protein structures, and (5) Current challenges in structural glycoscience.
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- Mari L DeMarco
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602-4712, USA
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602-4712, USA
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Sadoulet MO, Franceschi C, Aubert M, Silvy F, Bernard JP, Lombardo D, Mas E. Glycoengineering of alphaGal xenoantigen on recombinant peptide bearing the J28 pancreatic oncofetal glycotope. Glycobiology 2007; 17:620-30. [PMID: 17374617 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwm028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In human pancreatic adenocarcinoma, alterations of glycosylation processes leads to the expression of tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens, representing potential targets for cancer immunotherapy. Among these pancreatic tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens, the J28 glycotope located within the O-glycosylated mucin-like C-terminal domain of the fetoacinar pancreatic protein (FAPP) and expressed at the surface of human tumoral tissues, can be a good target for anticancer therapeutic vaccines. However, the oncodevelopmental self character of the J28 glycotope associated with the low immunogenicity of tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens may be a major obstacle to effective anti-tumor vaccine therapy. In this study, we have investigated a method to increase the immunogenicity of the recombinant pancreatic oncofetal J28 glycotope by glycoengineering Galalpha1,3Galss1,4GlcNAc-R (alphaGal epitope) which may be recognized by natural anti-alphaGal antibody present in humans. For this purpose, we have developed a stable Chinese hamster ovary cell clone expressing the alphaGal epitope by transfecting the cDNA encoding the alpha1,3galactosyltransferase. These cells have been previously equipped to produce the recombinant O-glycosylated C-terminal domain of FAPP carrying the J28 glycotope. As a consequence, the C-terminal domain of FAPP produced by these cells carries the alphaGal epitope on oligosaccharide structures associated with the J28 glycotope. Furthermore, we show that this recombinant "alpha1,3galactosyl and J28 glycotope" may not only be targeted by human natural anti-alphaGal antibodies but also by the mAbJ28, suggesting that the J28 glycotope remains accessible to the immune system as vaccinating agent. This approach may be used for many identified tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens which can be glycoengineered to carry a alphaGal epitope to increase their immunogenicity and to develop therapeutic vaccines.
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MESH Headings
- Adenocarcinoma/chemistry
- Adenocarcinoma/enzymology
- Adenocarcinoma/immunology
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Antigens, Heterophile/chemistry
- Antigens, Heterophile/genetics
- Antigens, Heterophile/immunology
- Antigens, Neoplasm/chemistry
- Antigens, Neoplasm/immunology
- Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate/chemistry
- Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate/immunology
- CHO Cells
- Clone Cells
- Cricetinae
- Cricetulus
- DNA, Complementary
- Epitopes/chemistry
- Epitopes/immunology
- Galactosyltransferases/genetics
- Galactosyltransferases/immunology
- Glycoproteins/chemistry
- Humans
- Pancreatic Neoplasms/chemistry
- Pancreatic Neoplasms/enzymology
- Pancreatic Neoplasms/immunology
- Protein Engineering
- Recombinant Proteins/chemistry
- Recombinant Proteins/immunology
- Transfection
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Affiliation(s)
- Marie-Odile Sadoulet
- INSERM UMR-777, Faculté de Médecine-Timone, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France
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Jin R, Greenwald A, Peterson MD, Waddell TK. Human monocytes recognize porcine endothelium via the interaction of galectin 3 and alpha-GAL. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 177:1289-95. [PMID: 16818789 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.2.1289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Monocytes are one of the key inflammatory cells recruited to xenografts and play an important role in delayed xenograft rejection. Previous studies have demonstrated the ability of monocytes to bind to the major xenoantigen Gal-alpha(1,3)Gal-beta(1,4)GlcNAc-R; however, the receptor that mediates this interaction has yet to be identified. We provide evidence that it is Galectin-3, a approximately 30-kDa lectin that recognizes beta-galactosides (Gal-beta(1-3/4)GlcNAc) and plays diverse roles in many physiological and pathological events. Human monocyte binding is strikingly increased on porcine aortic endothelial cells (PAEC), which express high levels of Gal-alpha(1,3)Gal-beta(1,4)GlcNAc-R, compared with human aortic endothelial cells. Human monocytes obtained from healthy donors bind to Gal-alpha(1,3)Gal-beta(1,4)GlcNAc-R at variable intensities. This variation of binding intensity was consistent and reproducible in individual donors. Galectin-3 is mainly expressed in human monocytes, not lymphocytes. Purified Galectin-3 is able to bind directly to Gal-alpha(1,3)Gal-beta(1,4)GlcNAc-R. Galectin-3 can also be affinity isolated from monocytes (and not lymphocytes) using an Gal-alpha(1,3)Gal-beta(1,4)GlcNAc-R-biotin/streptavidin-bead pull-down system. Soluble Galectin-3 binds preferentially to PAEC vs human aortic endothelial cells, and this binding can be inhibited by lactose, indicating dependence on the carbohydrate recognition domain of Galectin-3. Gal-alpha(1,3)Gal-beta(1,4)GlcNAc-R is at least partly responsible for this phenomenon, as binding decreased after digestion of PAEC with alpha-galactosidase. Furthermore, monocytes pretreated with a blocking anti-Galectin-3 Ab show decreased adhesion to PAEC when compared with isotype control in a parallel plate flow chamber perfusion assay. Thus, we conclude that Galectin-3 expressed in human monocytes is a receptor for the major xenoantigen (Gal-alpha(1,3)Gal-beta(1,4)GlcNAc-R), expressed on porcine endothelial cells.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, Heterophile/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Heterophile/immunology
- Antigens, Heterophile/metabolism
- Binding Sites, Antibody
- Cells, Cultured
- Down-Regulation/immunology
- Endothelium, Vascular/cytology
- Endothelium, Vascular/immunology
- Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
- Epitopes/metabolism
- Galectin 3/antagonists & inhibitors
- Galectin 3/biosynthesis
- Galectin 3/immunology
- Galectin 3/metabolism
- Humans
- Lectins/metabolism
- Ligands
- Monocytes/cytology
- Monocytes/immunology
- Monocytes/metabolism
- Protein Binding/immunology
- Receptors, Immunologic/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Immunologic/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Immunologic/immunology
- Receptors, Immunologic/metabolism
- Swine
- Trisaccharides/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- Rongyu Jin
- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, University of Toronto, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Greco A, Ho JGS, Lin SJ, Palcic MM, Rupnik M, Ng KKS. Carbohydrate recognition by Clostridium difficile toxin A. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2006; 13:460-1. [PMID: 16622409 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb1084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2005] [Accepted: 03/09/2006] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Clostridium difficile TcdA is a large toxin that binds carbohydrates on intestinal epithelial cells. A 2-A resolution cocrystal structure reveals two molecules of alpha-Gal-(1,3)-beta-Gal-(1,4)-beta-GlcNAcO(CH(2))(8)CO(2)CH(3) binding in an extended conformation to TcdA. Residues forming key contacts with the trisaccharides are conserved in all seven putative binding sites in TcdA, suggesting a mode of multivalent binding that may be exploited for the rational design of novel therapeutics.
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- Antonio Greco
- Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Carbohydrate Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada T2N 1N4
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Holgersson J, Gustafsson A, Breimer ME. Characteristics of protein-carbohydrate interactions as a basis for developing novel carbohydrate-based antirejection therapies. Immunol Cell Biol 2005; 83:694-708. [PMID: 16266322 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1711.2005.01373.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The relative shortage of human organs for transplantation is today the major barrier to a broader use of transplantation as a means of treating patients with end-stage organ failure. This barrier could be partly overcome by an increased use of blood group ABO-incompatible live donors, and such trials are currently underway at several transplant centres. If xenotransplantation can be used clinically in the future, the human organ shortage will, in principle, be eradicated. In both these cases, carbohydrate antigens and the corresponding anti-carbohydrate antibodies are the major primary immunological barriers to overcome. Refined carbohydrate-based therapeutics may permit an increased number of ABO-incompatible transplantations to be carried out, and may remove the initial barriers to clinical xenotransplantation. Here, we will discuss the chemical characteristics of protein-carbohydrate interactions and outline carbohydrate-based antirejection therapies as used today in experimental as well as in clinical settings. Novel mucin-based adsorbers of natural anti-carbohydrate antibodies will also be described.
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- Jan Holgersson
- Division of Clinical Immunology, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital at Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
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Liu J, Gustafsson A, Breimer ME, Kussak A, Holgersson J. Anti-pig antibody adsorption efficacy of {alpha}-Gal carrying recombinant P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1/immunoglobulin chimeras increases with core 2 {beta}1, 6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase expression. Glycobiology 2004; 15:571-83. [PMID: 15625182 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwi037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We have previously described the construction of a P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1-mouse immunoglobulin Fc fusion protein, which when transiently coexpressed with the porcine alpha1,3 galactosyltransferase in COS cells becomes a very efficient adsorber of xenoreactive, anti-pig antibodies. To relate the adsorption capacity with the glycan expression of individual fusion proteins produced in different cell lines, stable CHO-K1, COS, and 293T cells producing this fusion protein have been engineered. On alpha1,3 galactosyltransferase coexpression, high-affinity adsorbers were produced by both COS and 293T cells, whereas an adsorber of lower affinity was derived from CHO-K1 cells. Stable coexpression of a core 2 beta1,6 N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase in CHO-K1 cells led to increased alpha-Gal epitope density and improved anti-pig antibody adsorption efficacy. ESI-MS/MS of O-glycans released from PSGL-1/mIgG(2b) produced in an alpha1,3 galactosyl- and core 2 beta1,6 N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase expressing CHO-K1 cell clone revealed a number of structures with carbohydrate sequences consistent with terminal Gal-Gal. In contrast, no O-glycan structures with terminal Gal-Gal were identified on the fusion protein when expressed alone or in combination with the alpha1,3 galactosyltransferase in CHO-K1 cells. In conclusion, the density of alpha-Gal epitopes on PSGL-1/mIgG(2b) was dependent on the expression of O-linked glycans with core 2 structures and lactosamine extensions. The structural complexity of the terminal Gal-Gal expressing O-glycans with both neutral as well as sialic acid-containing structures is likely to contribute to the high adsorption efficacy.
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- Jining Liu
- Division of Clinical Immunology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, S-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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