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Touarin P, Serrano B, Courbois A, Bornet O, Chen Q, Scott LG, Williamson JR, Sebban-Kreuzer C, Mancini SJC, Elantak L. Pre-B cell receptor acts as a selectivity switch for galectin-1 at the pre-B cell surface. Cell Rep 2024; 43:114541. [PMID: 39058594 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 05/14/2024] [Accepted: 07/09/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024] Open
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Galectins are glycan-binding proteins translating the sugar-encoded information of cellular glycoconjugates into physiological activities, including immunity, cell migration, and signaling. Galectins also interact with non-glycosylated partners in the extracellular milieu, among which the pre-B cell receptor (pre-BCR) during B cell development. How these interactions might interplay with the glycan-decoding function of galectins is unknown. Here, we perform NMR experiments on native membranes to monitor Gal-1 binding to physiological cell surface ligands. We show that pre-BCR interaction changes Gal-1 binding to glycosylated pre-B cell surface receptors. At the molecular and cellular levels, we identify α2,3-sialylated motifs as key targeted epitopes. This targeting occurs through a selectivity switch increasing Gal-1 contacts with α2,3-sialylated poly-N-acetyllactosamine upon pre-BCR interaction. Importantly, we observe that this switch is involved in the regulation of pre-BCR activation. Altogether, this study demonstrates that interactions to non-glycosylated proteins regulate the glycan-decoding functions of galectins at the cell surface.
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- Pauline Touarin
- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM UMR7255), Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, Institut de Microbiologie, Bioénergies et Biotechnologies, CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM UMR7255), Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, Institut de Microbiologie, Bioénergies et Biotechnologies, CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM UMR7255), Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, Institut de Microbiologie, Bioénergies et Biotechnologies, CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- NMR platform, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée (IMM FR3479), Institut de Microbiologie, Bioénergies et Biotechnologies, CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- Cassia, 3030 Bunker Hill Street, Suite 214, San Diego, CA 92109, USA
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- Cassia, 3030 Bunker Hill Street, Suite 214, San Diego, CA 92109, USA
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM UMR7255), Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, Institut de Microbiologie, Bioénergies et Biotechnologies, CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM UMR7255), Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, Institut de Microbiologie, Bioénergies et Biotechnologies, CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.
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C‐Labels on Repeating Glycan Oligomers to Reveal Protein Binding Epitopes through NMR: Polylactosamine Binding to Galectins. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202106056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Moure MJ, Gimeno A, Delgado S, Diercks T, Boons G, Jiménez‐Barbero J, Ardá A. Selective 13 C-Labels on Repeating Glycan Oligomers to Reveal Protein Binding Epitopes through NMR: Polylactosamine Binding to Galectins. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:18777-18782. [PMID: 34128568 PMCID: PMC8456918 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202106056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Revised: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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A combined chemo-enzymatic synthesis/NMR-based methodology is presented to identify, in unambiguous manner, the distinctive binding epitope within repeating sugar oligomers when binding to protein receptors. The concept is based on the incorporation of 13 C-labels at specific monosaccharide units, selected within a repeating glycan oligomeric structure. No new chemical tags are added, and thus the chemical entity remains the same, while the presence of the 13 C-labeled monosaccharide breaks the NMR chemical shift degeneracy that occurs in the non-labeled compound and allows the unique identification of the different components of the oligomer. The approach is demonstrated by a proof-of-concept study dealing with the interaction of a polylactosamine hexasaccharide with five different galectins that display distinct preferences for these entities.
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- María J. Moure
- Chemical Glycobiology labCIC bioGUNEBasque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA)Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 80048160DerioSpain
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- Chemical Glycobiology labCIC bioGUNEBasque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA)Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 80048160DerioSpain
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- Chemical Glycobiology labCIC bioGUNEBasque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA)Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 80048160DerioSpain
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- Chemical Glycobiology labCIC bioGUNEBasque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA)Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 80048160DerioSpain
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- Chemical Biology and Drug DiscoveryUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
- Complex Carbohydrate Research CenterUniversity of GeorgiaAthensGeorgiaUSA
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of GeorgiaAthensGeorgiaUSA
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- Chemical Glycobiology labCIC bioGUNEBasque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA)Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 80048160DerioSpain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for SciencePlaza Euskadi 548009BilbaoSpain
- Department of Organic & Inorganic ChemistryUniversity of the Basque CountryUPV/EHUSpain
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- Chemical Glycobiology labCIC bioGUNEBasque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA)Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 80048160DerioSpain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for SciencePlaza Euskadi 548009BilbaoSpain
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Karimi Alavijeh M, Meyer AS, Gras SL, Kentish SE. Synthesis of N-Acetyllactosamine and N-Acetyllactosamine-Based Bioactives. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2021; 69:7501-7525. [PMID: 34152750 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.1c00384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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N-Acetyllactosamine (LacNAc) or more specifically β-d-galactopyranosyl-1,4-N-acetyl-d-glucosamine is a unique acyl-amino sugar and a key structural unit in human milk oligosaccharides, an antigen component of many glycoproteins, and an antiviral active component for the development of effective drugs against viruses. LacNAc is useful itself and as a basic building block for producing various bioactive oligosaccharides, notably because this synthesis may be used to add value to dairy lactose. Despite a significant amount of information in the literature on the benefits, structures, and types of different LacNAc-derived oligosaccharides, knowledge about their effective synthesis for large-scale production is still in its infancy. This work provides a comprehensive analysis of existing production strategies for LacNAc and important LacNAc-based structures, including sialylated LacNAc as well as poly- and oligo-LacNAc. We conclude that direct extraction from milk is too complex, while chemical synthesis is also impractical at an industrial scale. Microbial routes have application when multiple step reactions are needed, but the major route to large-scale biochemical production will likely lie with enzymatic routes, particularly those using β-galactosidases (for LacNAc synthesis), sialidases (for sialylated LacNAc synthesis), and β-N-acetylhexosaminidases (for oligo-LacNAc synthesis). Glycosyltransferases, especially for the biosynthesis of extended complex LacNAc structures, could also play a major role in the future. In these cases, immobilization of the enzyme can increase stability and reduce cost. Processing parameters, such as substrate concentration and purity, acceptor/donor ratio, water activity, and temperature, can affect product selectivity and yield. More work is needed to optimize these reaction parameters and in the development of robust, thermally stable enzymes to facilitate commercial production of these important bioactive substances.
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- M Karimi Alavijeh
- Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
- Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Protein Chemistry and Enzyme Technology Division, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
- Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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Diercks T, Medrano FJ, FitzGerald FG, Beckwith D, Pedersen MJ, Reihill M, Ludwig AK, Romero A, Oscarson S, Cudic M, Gabius HJ. Galectin-Glycan Interactions: Guidelines for Monitoring by 77 Se NMR Spectroscopy, and Solvent (H 2 O/D 2 O) Impact on Binding. Chemistry 2020; 27:316-325. [PMID: 32955737 PMCID: PMC7839768 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202003143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Revised: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Functional pairing between cellular glycoconjugates and tissue lectins like galectins has wide (patho)physiological significance. Their study is facilitated by nonhydrolysable derivatives of the natural O‐glycans, such as S‐ and Se‐glycosides. The latter enable extensive analyses by specific 77Se NMR spectroscopy, but still remain underexplored. By using the example of selenodigalactoside (SeDG) and the human galectin‐1 and ‐3, we have evaluated diverse 77Se NMR detection methods and propose selective 1H,77Se heteronuclear Hartmann–Hahn transfer for efficient use in competitive NMR screening against a selenoglycoside spy ligand. By fluorescence anisotropy, circular dichroism, and isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), we show that the affinity and thermodynamics of SeDG binding by galectins are similar to thiodigalactoside (TDG) and N‐acetyllactosamine (LacNAc), confirming that Se substitution has no major impact. ITC data in D2O versus H2O are similar for TDG and LacNAc binding by both galectins, but a solvent effect, indicating solvent rearrangement at the binding site, is hinted at for SeDG and clearly observed for LacNAc dimers with extended chain length.
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- Tammo Diercks
- NMR Facility, CiC bioGUNE, Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Ed. 800, 48160, Derio, Spain
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- Structural and Chemical Biology, Centro de Investigaciones, Biológicas Margarita Salas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, 33431, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, 33431, USA
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- Center for Synthesis and Chemical Biology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland
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- Center for Synthesis and Chemical Biology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland
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- Tierärztliche Fakultät, Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Veterinärstr. 13, 80539, München, Germany
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- Structural and Chemical Biology, Centro de Investigaciones, Biológicas Margarita Salas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Synthesis and Chemical Biology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, 33431, USA
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- Tierärztliche Fakultät, Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Veterinärstr. 13, 80539, München, Germany
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Fischöder T, Cajic S, Grote V, Heinzler R, Reichl U, Franzreb M, Rapp E, Elling L. Enzymatic Cascades for Tailored 13C 6 and 15N Enriched Human Milk Oligosaccharides. Molecules 2019; 24:E3482. [PMID: 31557948 PMCID: PMC6803985 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24193482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2019] [Revised: 09/06/2019] [Accepted: 09/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Several health benefits, associated with human milk oligosaccharides (HMOS), have been revealed in the last decades. Further progress, however, requires not only the establishment of a simple "routine" method for absolute quantification of complex HMOS mixtures but also the development of novel synthesis strategies to improve access to tailored HMOS. Here, we introduce a combination of salvage-like nucleotide sugar-producing enzyme cascades with Leloir-glycosyltransferases in a sequential pattern for the convenient tailoring of stable isotope-labeled HMOS. We demonstrate the assembly of [13C6]galactose into lacto-N- and lacto-N-neo-type HMOS structures up to octaoses. Further, we present the enzymatic production of UDP-[15N]GlcNAc and its application for the enzymatic synthesis of [13C6/15N]lacto-N-neo-tetraose for the first time. An exemplary application was selected-analysis of tetraose in complex biological mixtures-to show the potential of tailored stable isotope reference standards for the mass spectrometry-based quantification, using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) as a fast and straightforward method for absolute quantification of HMOS. Together with the newly available well-defined tailored isotopic HMOS, this can make a crucial contribution to prospective research aiming for a more profound understanding of HMOS structure-function relations.
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- Thomas Fischöder
- Laboratory for Biomaterials, Institute for Biotechnology and Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstraße 20, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Sandtorstraße 1, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Sandtorstraße 1, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Functional Interfaces, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Sandtorstraße 1, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
- Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Functional Interfaces, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Sandtorstraße 1, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
- glyXera GmbH, Leipziger Straße 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials, Institute for Biotechnology and Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstraße 20, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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Romanò C, Oscarson S. Synthesis of lactosamine-based building blocks on a practical scale and investigations of their assembly for the preparation of 19F-labelled LacNAc oligomers. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 17:2265-2278. [PMID: 30724303 DOI: 10.1039/c8ob03066a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The ubiquitous disaccharide N-acetyllactosamine (LacNAc type 2, Galβ1,4GlcNAc) is often over-expressed on the surface of cancer cells where it is bound by tumour secreted galectins contributing to cancer-related processes such as metastasis, adhesion, tumour survival, and immune escape. To facilitate NMR investigations into the binding interactions between oligo-LacNAc structures and galectins, which can show both exo- and endo-binding behaviour, a library of regioselectively 19F-labelled oligo-LacNAc structures was required. Herein, the synthesis on a practical scale of various N-protected (Troc, Phth, TFAc) lactosamine donors is reported starting from commercially available lactosamine hydrochloride. Investigations into their glycosylations with lactosamine acceptors to form 19F-containing LacNAc oligomers showed that benzylated acceptors significantly improved the yields over acetylated ones, and that, gratifyingly, the almost untried N-trifluoroacetamide (NTFAc) protected donors, already containing the desired 19F-label, were found to be optimal, both considering reaction yields and purification of the glycosylation reactions. The NTFAc group of reducing end acceptors was introduced through N-amide transacylation of linker-equipped LacNAc structures. A [2 + 2] synthetic approach was optimized for the preparation of tetrasaccharide LacNAc/TFAc-dimers and also further expanded to the synthesis of hexasaccharide LacNAc/TFAc-trimer structures.
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- Cecilia Romanò
- School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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Zhao Y, Zhang S, Zhang X, Pan L, Bao N, Qin G. Fructooligosaccharide Inhibits the Absorption of β-conglycinin (A Major Soybean Allergen) in IPEC-J2. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD ENGINEERING 2018. [DOI: 10.1515/ijfe-2018-0116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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AbstractDissecting the inhibited variation of allergen absorption could contribute to the development of novel therapeutic or preventive treatments for food/feed allergies. This study investigated the effects of fructooligosaccharide (FOS) on the absorption, intracellular accumulation of intact or hydrolysed β-conglycinin in porcine intestinal epithelial cells (IPEC-J2). As demonstrated by ELISA and immunoblotting, β-conglycinin was absorbed in a dose- and time-dependent manner (p < 0.05). Actually, β-conglycinin was easily transported and absorbed after enzymatic hydrolysis. Three peptides (52 kDa, 30 kDa and 25 kDa) were produced during transcellular absorption of intact or hydrolysed β-conglycinin. FOS inhibited the absorption of β-conglycinin, especially the 52 and 30 kDa peptides. The immunoreactive peptides derived from the 52, 35 or 22 kDa peptides were the substrings of the known epitopes determined by mass spectrometry and bioinformatic analyses. These results indicate that FOS can efficiently inhibit the absorption of 52 and 30 kDa peptides derived from β-conglycinin.
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- Yuan Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Animal Production, Product Quality and Security, Ministry of Education, Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal nutrition and feed science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun130118, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Production, Product Quality and Security, Ministry of Education, Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal nutrition and feed science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun130118, P.R. China
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- Institute of Zoonosis, Department of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun130062, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Production, Product Quality and Security, Ministry of Education, Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal nutrition and feed science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun130118, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Production, Product Quality and Security, Ministry of Education, Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal nutrition and feed science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun130118, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Production, Product Quality and Security, Ministry of Education, Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal nutrition and feed science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun130118, P.R. China
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Fischöder T, Cajic S, Reichl U, Rapp E, Elling L. Enzymatic Cascade Synthesis Provides Novel Linear Human Milk Oligosaccharides as Reference Standards for xCGE-LIF Based High-Throughput Analysis. Biotechnol J 2018; 14:e1800305. [PMID: 30076755 DOI: 10.1002/biot.201800305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Revised: 07/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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A rising amount of known health benefits leads to an increased attention of science and nutrient industry to human milk oligosaccharides (HMOS). The unique diversity of HMOS includes several rare, complex, and high molecular weight structures. Therefore, identification and elucidation of complex structures, which may occur only in traces, poses a daunting analytical challenge, further complicated by the limited access to suitable standards. Regarding this, inherent diversity of HMOS and their structural complexity make them difficult to synthesize. The use of recombinant Leloir-glycosyltransferases offers a common strategy to overcome the latter issues. In this study, linear long-chained Lacto-N-biose-type (LNT) and Lacto-N-neo-type (LNnT) HMOS are tailored far beyond the known naturally occurring length. Thereby novel well-defined reference standards for screening HMOS composition by high performance and high throughput analytics are provided. It is shown here for the first time the synthesis of LNT oligomers up to 26 and LNnT oligomers up to 30 sugar units in a semi-sequential one-pot synthesis as analyzed by high performance multiplexed capillary gel electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection (xCGE-LIF). While being a high-throughput method, xCGE-LIF can also handle long chained linkage isomers of challenging similarity, some of them even present only in trace amounts.
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- Thomas Fischöder
- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Institute for Biotechnology and Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstraße 20, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Sandtorstraße 1, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Sandtorstraße 1, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.,Prof. U. Reichl, Chair of Bioprocess Engineering Otto-von-Guericke-University, Universitätspl. 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Sandtorstraße 1, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.,glyXera GmbH, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Institute for Biotechnology and Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstraße 20, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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Biotinylated N-Acetyllactosamine- and N,N-Diacetyllactosamine-Based Oligosaccharides as Novel Ligands for Human Galectin-3. Bioengineering (Basel) 2017; 4:bioengineering4020031. [PMID: 28952509 PMCID: PMC5590477 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering4020031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2017] [Revised: 03/28/2017] [Accepted: 03/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Galectin inhibitor design is an emerging research field due to the involvement of galectins in cancer. Galectin-3, in particular, plays an important role in tumor progression. To generate inhibitors, modifications of the glycan structure can be introduced. Conjugation of hydrophobic compounds to saccharides has proven to be promising as increased binding of galectin-3 can be observed. In the present study, we report on neo-glycans carrying hydrophobic biotin as novel ligands for human galectin-3. We modified N-acetyllactosamine- and N,N-diacetyllactosamine-based tetrasaccharides at the C6-position of the terminal saccharide unit using selective enzymatic oxidation and subsequent chemical conjugation of biotinamidohexanoic acid hydrazide. These neo-glycans were much better bound by galectin-3 than the unmodified counterparts. High selectivity for galectin-3 over galectin-1 was also proven. We generated multivalent neo-glycoproteins by conjugation of neo-glycans to bovine serum albumin showing high affinity for galectin-3. Compared to non-biotinylated neo-glycoproteins, we achieved high binding levels of galectin-3 with a lesser amount of conjugated neo-glycans. Multivalent ligand presentation of neo-glycoproteins significantly increased the inhibitory potency towards galectin-3 binding to asialofetuin when compared to free monovalent glycans. Our findings show the positive impact of 6-biotinylation of tetrasaccharides on galectin-3 binding, which broadens the recent design approaches for producing high-affinity ligands.
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Thiemann S, Baum LG. Galectins and Immune Responses—Just How Do They Do Those Things They Do? Annu Rev Immunol 2016; 34:243-64. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-immunol-041015-055402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Sandra Thiemann
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095; ,
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095; ,
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Li Y, Xue M, Sheng X, Yu H, Zeng J, Thon V, Chen Y, Muthana MM, Wang PG, Chen X. Donor substrate promiscuity of bacterial β1-3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferases and acceptor substrate flexibility of β1-4-galactosyltransferases. Bioorg Med Chem 2016; 24:1696-705. [PMID: 26968649 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2016.02.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2016] [Revised: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 02/28/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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β1-3-N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases (β3GlcNAcTs) and β1-4-galactosyltransferases (β4GalTs) have been broadly used in enzymatic synthesis of N-acetyllactosamine (LacNAc)-containing oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates including poly-LacNAc, and lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT) found in the milk of human and other mammals. In order to explore oligosaccharides and derivatives that can be synthesized by the combination of β3GlcNAcTs and β4GalTs, donor substrate specificity studies of two bacterial β3GlcNAcTs from Helicobacter pylori (Hpβ3GlcNAcT) and Neisseria meningitidis (NmLgtA), respectively, using a library of 39 sugar nucleotides were carried out. The two β3GlcNAcTs have complementary donor substrate promiscuity and 13 different trisaccharides were produced. They were used to investigate the acceptor substrate specificities of three β4GalTs from Neisseria meningitidis (NmLgtB), Helicobacter pylori (Hpβ4GalT), and bovine (Bβ4GalT), respectively. Ten of the 13 trisaccharides were shown to be tolerable acceptors for at least one of these β4GalTs. The application of NmLgtA in one-pot multienzyme (OPME) synthesis of two trisaccharides including GalNAcβ1-3Galβ1-4GlcβProN3 and Galβ1-3Galβ1-4Glc was demonstrated. The study provides important information for using these glycosyltransferases as powerful catalysts in enzymatic and chemoenzymatic syntheses of oligosaccharides and derivatives which can be useful probes and reagents.
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- Yanhong Li
- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA; National Glycoengineering Research Center and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA; School of Food Science, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA; Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China; Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Henze M, Schmidtke S, Hoffmann N, Steffens H, Pietruszka J, Elling L. Combination of Glycosyltransferases and a Glycosynthase in Sequential and One-Pot Reactions for the Synthesis of Type 1 and Type 2N-Acetyllactosamine Oligomers. ChemCatChem 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201500645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Manja Henze
- Laboratory for Biomaterials; Institute of Biotechnology and Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering; RWTH Aachen University; Pauwelsstrasse 20 52074 Aachen Germany
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials; Institute of Biotechnology and Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering; RWTH Aachen University; Pauwelsstrasse 20 52074 Aachen Germany
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- Institut für Bioorganische Chemie; Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf; Forschungszentrum Jülich; Stetternicher Forst Gebäude 15.8 52426 Jülich Germany
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials; Institute of Biotechnology and Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering; RWTH Aachen University; Pauwelsstrasse 20 52074 Aachen Germany
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- Institut für Bioorganische Chemie; Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf; Forschungszentrum Jülich; Stetternicher Forst Gebäude 15.8 52426 Jülich Germany
- IBG-1: Biotechnology; Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH; 52425 Jülich Germany
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials; Institute of Biotechnology and Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering; RWTH Aachen University; Pauwelsstrasse 20 52074 Aachen Germany
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Böcker S, Laaf D, Elling L. Galectin Binding to Neo-Glycoproteins: LacDiNAc Conjugated BSA as Ligand for Human Galectin-3. Biomolecules 2015. [PMID: 26213980 PMCID: PMC4598770 DOI: 10.3390/biom5031671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Carbohydrate-lectin interactions are relatively weak. As they play an important role in biological recognition processes, multivalent glycan ligands are designed to enhance binding affinity and inhibitory potency. We here report on novel neo-glycoproteins based on bovine serum albumin as scaffold for multivalent presentation of ligands for galectins. We prepared two kinds of tetrasaccharides (N-acetyllactosamine and N,N-diacetyllactosamine terminated) by multi-step chemo-enzymatic synthesis utilizing recombinant glycosyltransferases. Subsequent conjugation of these glycans to lysine groups of bovine serum albumin via squaric acid diethyl ester yielded a set of 22 different neo-glycoproteins with tuned ligand density. The neo-glycoproteins were analyzed by biochemical and chromatographic methods proving various modification degrees. The neo-glycoproteins were used for binding and inhibition studies with human galectin-3 showing high affinity. Binding strength and inhibition potency are closely related to modification density and show binding enhancement by multivalent ligand presentation. At galectin-3 concentrations comparable to serum levels of cancer patients, we detect the highest avidities. Selectivity of N,N-diacetyllactosamine terminated structures towards galectin-3 in comparison to galectin-1 is demonstrated. Moreover, we also see strong inhibitory potency of our scaffolds towards galectin-3 binding. These novel neo-glycoproteins may therefore serve as selective and strong galectin-3 ligands in cancer related biomedical research.
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- Sophia Böcker
- Laboratory for Biomaterials, Institute for Biotechnology and Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstr. 20, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials, Institute for Biotechnology and Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstr. 20, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials, Institute for Biotechnology and Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstr. 20, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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Lin TW, Chang HT, Chen CH, Chen CH, Lin SW, Hsu TL, Wong CH. Galectin-3 Binding Protein and Galectin-1 Interaction in Breast Cancer Cell Aggregation and Metastasis. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:9685-93. [PMID: 26168351 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b04744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Galectin-3 binding protein (Gal-3BP) is a large hyperglycosylated protein that acts as a ligand for several galectins through glycan-dependent interactions. Gal-3BP can induce galectin-mediated tumor cell aggregation to increase the survival of cancer cells in the bloodstream during the metastatic process. However, the galectin interacting with Gal-3BP and its binding specificity has not been identified and structurally elucidated, mainly due to the limitation of mass spectrometry in glycan sequencing. To understand the role of Gal-3BP, we here used liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry combined with specific exoglycosidase reactions to determine the sequences of N-glycans on Gal-3BP from MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells, especially the sequences with terminal sialylation and fucosylation, and addition of LacNAc repeat structures. The N-glycans from both strains are complex type with terminal α2,3-sialidic acid and core fucose linkages, with additional α1,2- and α1,3 fucose linkages found in MCF-7 cells. Compared with that from MCF-7, the Gal-3BP from MDA-MB-231 cells had fewer tetra-antennary structures, only α1,6-linked core fucoses, and more LacNAc repeat structures; the MDA-MB-231 cells had no surface galectin-3 but used surface galectin-1 for interaction with Gal-3BP to form large oligomers and cell aggregates. This study elucidates the specificity of Gal-3BP interacting with galectin-1 and the role of Gal-3BP in cancer cell aggregation and metastasis.
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- §Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 112, Taiwan
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The important roles played by human milk oligosaccharides (HMOS), the third major component of human milk, in the health of breast-fed infants have been increasingly recognized, as the structures of more than 100 different HMOS have now been elucidated. Despite the recognition of the various functions of HMOS as prebiotics, antiadhesive antimicrobials, and immunomodulators, the roles and the applications of individual HMOS species are less clear. This is mainly due to the limited accessibility to large amounts of individual HMOS in their pure forms. Current advances in the development of enzymatic, chemoenzymatic, whole-cell, and living-cell systems allow for the production of a growing number of HMOS in increasing amounts. This effort will greatly facilitate the elucidation of the important roles of HMOS and allow exploration into the applications of HMOS both as individual compounds and as mixtures of defined structures with desired functions. The structures, functions, and enzyme-catalyzed synthesis of HMOS are briefly surveyed to provide a general picture about the current progress on these aspects. Future efforts should be devoted to elucidating the structures of more complex HMOS, synthesizing more complex HMOS including those with branched structures, and developing HMOS-based or HMOS-inspired prebiotics, additives, and therapeutics.
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- Xi Chen
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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Scuotto A, Djorie S, Colavizza M, Romond PC, Romond MB. Bifidobacterium breve C50 secretes lipoprotein with CHAP domain recognized in aggregated form by TLR2. Biochimie 2014; 107 Pt B:367-75. [PMID: 25457102 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2014.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2014] [Accepted: 10/10/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Extracellular components secreted by Bifidobacterium breve C50 can induce maturation, high IL-10 production and prolonged survival of dendritic cells via a TLR2 pathway. In this study, the components were isolated from the supernatant by gel filtration chromatography. Antibodies raised against the major compounds with molecular weight above 600 kDa (Bb C50BC) also recognized compounds of lower molecular weight (200–600 kDa). TLR2 and TLR6 bound to the components already recognized by the antibodies. Trypsin digestion of Bb C50BC released three major peptides whose sequences displayed close similarities to a putative secreted protein with a CHAP amidase domain from B. breve. The 1300-bp genomic region corresponding to the hypothetical protein was amplified by PCR. The deduced polypeptide started with an N-terminal signal sequence of 45 amino acids, containing the lipobox motif (LAAC) with the cysteine in position 25, and 2 positively charged residues within the first 14 residues of the signal sequence. Lipid detection in Bb C50BC by GC/MS further supported the implication of a lipoprotein. Sugars were also detected in Bb C50BC. Close similarity with the glucan-binding protein B from Bifidobacterium animalis of two released peptides from Bb C50BC protein suggested that glucose moieties, possibly in glucan form, could be bound to the lipoprotein. Finally, heating at 100 °C for 5 min led to the breakdown of Bb C50BC in compounds of molecular weight below 67 kDa, which suggested that Bb C50BC was an aggregate. One might assume that a basic unit was formed by the lipoprotein bound putatively to glucan. Besides the other sugars and hexosamines recognized by galectin 1 were localized at the surface of the Bb C50BC aggregate. In conclusion, the extracellular components secreted by B. breve C50 were constituted of a lipoprotein putatively associated with glucose moieties and acting in an aggregating form as an agonist of TLR2/TLR6.
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Nagae M, Yamaguchi Y. Three-dimensional structural aspects of protein-polysaccharide interactions. Int J Mol Sci 2014; 15:3768-83. [PMID: 24595239 PMCID: PMC3975366 DOI: 10.3390/ijms15033768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2013] [Revised: 02/17/2014] [Accepted: 02/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Linear polysaccharides are typically composed of repeating mono- or disaccharide units and are ubiquitous among living organisms. Polysaccharide diversity arises from chain-length variation, branching, and additional modifications. Structural diversity is associated with various physiological functions, which are often regulated by cognate polysaccharide-binding proteins. Proteins that interact with linear polysaccharides have been identified or developed, such as galectins and polysaccharide-specific antibodies, respectively. Currently, data is accumulating on the three-dimensional structure of polysaccharide-binding proteins. These proteins are classified into two types: exo-type and endo-type. The former group specifically interacts with the terminal units of polysaccharides, whereas the latter with internal units. In this review, we describe the structural aspects of exo-type and endo-type protein-polysaccharide interactions. Further, we discuss the structural basis for affinity and specificity enhancement in the face of inherently weak binding interactions.
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- Masamichi Nagae
- Structural Glycobiology Team, Systems Glycobiology Research Group, RIKEN-Max Planck Joint Research Center, RIKEN Global Research Cluster, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
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- Structural Glycobiology Team, Systems Glycobiology Research Group, RIKEN-Max Planck Joint Research Center, RIKEN Global Research Cluster, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
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Poly-LacNAc as an age-specific ligand for rotavirus P[11] in neonates and infants. PLoS One 2013; 8:e78113. [PMID: 24244290 PMCID: PMC3823915 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2013] [Accepted: 09/03/2013] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Rotavirus (RV) P[11] is an unique genotype that infects neonates. The mechanism of such age-specific host restriction remains unknown. In this study, we explored host mucosal glycans as a potential age-specific factor for attachment of P[11] RVs. Using in vitro binding assays, we demonstrated that VP8* of a P[11] RV (N155) could bind saliva of infants (60.3%, N = 151) but not of adults (0%, N = 48), with a significantly negative correlation between binding of VP8* and ages of infants (P<0.01). Recognition to the infant saliva did not correlate with the ABO, secretor and Lewis histo-blood group antigens (HBGAs) but with the binding of the lectin Lycopersicon esculentum (LEA) that is known to recognize the oligomers of N-acetyllactosamine (LacNAc), a precursor of human HBGAs. Direct evidence of LacNAc involvement in P[11] binding was obtained from specific binding of VP8* with homopolymers of LacNAc in variable lengths through a glycan array analysis of 611 glycans. These results were confirmed by strong binding of VP8* to the Lec2 cell line that expresses LacNAc oligomers but not to the Lec8 cell line lacking the LacNAc. In addition, N155 VP8* and authentic P[11] RVs (human 116E and bovine B223) hemagglutinated human red blood cells that are known to express poly-LacNAc. The potential role of poly-LacNAc in host attachment and infection of RVs has been obtained by abrogation of 116E replication by the PAA-conjugated poly-LacNAc, human milk, and LEA positive infant saliva. Overall, our results suggested that the poly-LacNAc could serve as an age-specific receptor for P[11] RVs and well explained the epidemiology that P[11] RVs mainly infect neonates and young children.
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Rech C, Rosencrantz RR, Křenek K, Pelantová H, Bojarová P, Römer CE, Hanisch FG, Křen V, Elling L. Combinatorial One-Pot Synthesis of Poly-N-acetyllactosamine Oligosaccharides with Leloir-Glycosyltransferases. Adv Synth Catal 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201100375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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de Kivit S, Kraneveld AD, Garssen J, Willemsen LEM. Glycan recognition at the interface of the intestinal immune system: target for immune modulation via dietary components. Eur J Pharmacol 2011; 668 Suppl 1:S124-32. [PMID: 21816141 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2011.05.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2011] [Revised: 05/19/2011] [Accepted: 05/22/2011] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The intestinal mucosa is constantly exposed to the luminal content, which includes micro-organisms and dietary components. Prebiotic non-digestible oligosaccharides may be supplemented to the diet to exert modulation of immune responses in the intestine. Short chain galacto- and long chain fructo-oligosaccharides (scGOS/lcFOS), functionally mimicking oligosaccharides present in human milk, have been reported to reduce the development of allergy through modulation of the intestinal microbiota and immune system. Nonetheless, the underlying working mechanisms of scGOS/lcFOS are unclear. Intestinal epithelial cells lining the mucosa are known to express carbohydrate (glycan)-binding receptors that may be involved in modulation of the mucosal immune response. This review aims to provide an overview of glycan-binding receptors, in particular galectins, which are expressed by intestinal epithelial cells and immune cells. In addition, their involvement in health and disease will be addressed, especially in food allergy and inflammatory bowel disease, diseases originating from the gastro-intestinal tract. Insight in the recognition of glycans in the intestinal tract may open new avenues for the treatment of intestinal inflammatory diseases by either nutritional concepts or pharmacological intervention.
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- Sander de Kivit
- Pharmacology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Earl LA, Bi S, Baum LG. N- and O-glycans modulate galectin-1 binding, CD45 signaling, and T cell death. J Biol Chem 2009; 285:2232-44. [PMID: 19920154 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.066191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Galectin-1, a beta-galactoside-binding protein highly expressed in the thymus, induces apoptosis of specific thymocyte subsets and activated T cells. Galectin-1 binds to N- and O-glycans on several glycoprotein receptors, including CD7, CD43, and CD45. Here we show that galectin-1 signaling through CD45, which carries both N- and O-glycans, is regulated by CD45 isoform expression, core 2 O-glycan formation and the balance of N-glycan sialylation. Regulation of galectin-1 T cell death by O-glycans is mediated through CD45 phosphatase activity. While galectin-1 signaling in cells expressing low molecular weight isoforms of CD45 requires expression of core 2 O-glycans (high affinity ligands for galectin-1), galectin-1 signaling in cells expressing a high molecular weight isoform of CD45 does not require core 2 O-glycans, suggesting that a larger amount of core 1 O-glycans (low affinity ligands for galectin-1) is sufficient to overcome lack of core 2 O-glycans. Furthermore, regulation of galectin-1 signaling by alpha2,6-sialylation of N-glycans is not solely dependent on CD45 phosphatase activity and can be modulated by the relative expression of enzymes that attach sialic acid in an alpha2,6- or alpha2,3-linkage. Thus, N- and O-glycans modulate galectin-1 T cell death by distinct mechanisms, and different glycosylation events can render thymocytes susceptible or resistant to galectin-1.
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- Lesley A Earl
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Nagae M, Nishi N, Murata T, Usui T, Nakamura T, Wakatsuki S, Kato R. Structural analysis of the recognition mechanism of poly-N-acetyllactosamine by the human galectin-9 N-terminal carbohydrate recognition domain. Glycobiology 2008; 19:112-7. [PMID: 18977853 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwn121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Galectins are a family of beta-galactoside-specific lectins bearing a conserved carbohydrate recognition domain. Interactions between galectins and poly-N-acetyllactosamine sequences are critical in a variety of biological processes. Galectin-9, a member of the galectin family, has two carbohydrate recognition domains at both the N- and C-terminal regions. Here we report the crystal structure of the human galectin-9 N-terminal carbohydrate recognition domain in complex with N-acetyllactosamine dimers and trimers. These complex structures revealed that the galectin-9 N-terminal carbohydrate recognition domain can recognize internal N-acetyllactosamine units within poly-N-acetyllactosamine chains. Based on these complex structures, we propose two putative recognition modes for poly-N-acetyllactosamine binding by galectins.
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- Masamichi Nagae
- Structural Biology Research Center, Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Sauerzapfe B, Krenek K, Schmiedel J, Wakarchuk WW, Pelantová H, Kren V, Elling L. Chemo-enzymatic synthesis of poly-N-acetyllactosamine (poly-LacNAc) structures and their characterization for CGL2-galectin-mediated binding of ECM glycoproteins to biomaterial surfaces. Glycoconj J 2008; 26:141-59. [PMID: 18758940 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-008-9172-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2007] [Revised: 04/07/2008] [Accepted: 07/15/2008] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Poly-N-acetyllactosamine (poly-LacNAc) structures have been identified as important ligands for galectin-mediated cell adhesion to extra-cellular matrix (ECM) proteins. We here present the biofunctionalization of surfaces with poly-LacNAc structures and subsequent binding of ECM glycoproteins. First, we synthesized beta-GlcNAc glycosides carrying a linker for controlled coupling onto chemically functionalized surfaces. Then we produced poly-LacNAc structures with defined lengths using human beta1,4-galactosyltransferase-1 and beta1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase from Helicobacter pylori. These compounds were also used for kinetic characterization of glycosyltransferases and lectin binding assays. A mixture of poly-LacNAc-structures covalently coupled to functionalized microtiter plates were identified for best binding to our model galectin His(6)CGL2. We further demonstrate for the first time that these poly-LacNAc surfaces are suitable for further galectin-mediated binding of the ECM glycoproteins laminin and fibronectin. This new technology should facilitate cell adhesion to biofunctionalized surfaces by imitating the natural ECM microenvironment.
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- Birgit Sauerzapfe
- Institute of Biotechnology and Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
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Balcan E, Gümüş A, Sahin M. The glycosylation status of murine [corrected] postnatal thymus: a study by histochemistry and lectin blotting. J Mol Histol 2008; 39:417-26. [PMID: 18642095 DOI: 10.1007/s10735-008-9180-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2008] [Accepted: 07/02/2008] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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During the intrathymic development, the fate of the thymocytes depends largely on variable expression of CD4/CD8 markers and T cell receptor protein expressions. In addition, changes of cell surface glycosylation status also affect the thymocyte maturation. In this study the glycosylation alterations in thymic tissues from 1, 9, 13 and 16 days old mice were evaluated by histochemical and lectin blotting techniques. With alcian blue (AB) at pH 5.7/periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) stainings, it was shown that thymic microenvironments contained carboxlylated and sulfated glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). Strong positivity to AB at pH 2.5, which specific for sialomucins, was seen in some medullary thymocytes. Similarly, it was shown that with Maackia amurensis agglutinin (MAL) medullary thymocytes, but not cortical ones, contained alpha(2 --> 3) linked sialic acid structures. On the other hand, while reaction with peanut agglutinin (PNA), which specific for core disaccharide galactose beta(1 --> 3) N-acetylgalactosamine, was only seen in cortical thymocytes, reaction with Galanthus nivalis agglutinin (GNA), which specific for terminal mannose residues, was seen in both cortex and medulla. However, Datura stramonium agglutinin (DSA), which recognizes galactose beta(1 --> 4) N-acetylglucosamine, was not only cell-specific, but it was bound some thymic vessels. With lectin blotting studies, five glycoprotein bands of molecular weights approximately 39, approximately 54, 100, approximately 110 and approximately 212 were found which reacted with MAL, PNA and DSA as well as GNA. These results suggest that glycosylation patterns of cell surface glycoconjugates are modified during thymocyte selection processes of postnatal days.
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- Erdal Balcan
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Art, Celal Bayar University, Molecular Biology Sect. 45047 Muradiye Campus, Manisa, Turkey.
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Scott SA, Scott K, Blanchard H. Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of recombinant human galectin-1. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2007; 63:967-71. [PMID: 18007053 PMCID: PMC2339748 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309107050142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2007] [Accepted: 10/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Galectin-1 is considered to be a regulator protein as it is ubiquitously expressed throughout the adult body and is responsible for a broad range of cellular regulatory functions. Interest in galectin-1 from a drug-design perspective is founded on evidence of its overexpression by many cancers and its immunomodulatory properties. The development of galectin-1-specific inhibitors is a rational approach to the fight against cancer because although galectin-1 induces a plethora of effects, null mice appear normal. X-ray crystallographic structure determination will aid the structure-based design of galectin-1 inhibitors. Here, the crystallization and preliminary diffraction analysis of human galectin-1 crystals generated under six different conditions is reported. X-ray diffraction data enabled the assignment of unit-cell parameters for crystals grown under two conditions, one belongs to a tetragonal crystal system and the other was determined as monoclinic P2(1), representing two new crystal forms of human galectin-1.
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- Stacy A. Scott
- Institute for Glycomics, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Queensland 4222, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Institute for Glycomics, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Queensland 4222, Australia
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Camby I, Le Mercier M, Lefranc F, Kiss R. Galectin-1: a small protein with major functions. Glycobiology 2006; 16:137R-157R. [PMID: 16840800 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwl025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 658] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Galectins are a family of carbohydrate-binding proteins with an affinity for beta-galactosides. Galectin-1 (Gal-1) is differentially expressed by various normal and pathological tissues and appears to be functionally polyvalent, with a wide range of biological activity. The intracellular and extracellular activity of Gal-1 has been described. Evidence points to Gal-1 and its ligands as one of the master regulators of such immune responses as T-cell homeostasis and survival, T-cell immune disorders, inflammation and allergies as well as host-pathogen interactions. Gal-1 expression or overexpression in tumors and/or the tissue surrounding them must be considered as a sign of the malignant tumor progression that is often related to the long-range dissemination of tumoral cells (metastasis), to their dissemination into the surrounding normal tissue, and to tumor immune-escape. Gal-1 in its oxidized form plays a number of important roles in the regeneration of the central nervous system after injury. The targeted overexpression (or delivery) of Gal-1 should be considered as a method of choice for the treatment of some kinds of inflammation-related diseases, neurodegenerative pathologies and muscular dystrophies. In contrast, the targeted inhibition of Gal-1 expression is what should be developed for therapeutic applications against cancer progression. Gal-1 is thus a promising molecular target for the development of new and original therapeutic tools.
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- Isabelle Camby
- Laboratory of Toxicology, Institute of Pharmacy, Free University of Brussels (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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Harvey DJ. Analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry: An update covering the period 1999-2000. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2006; 25:595-662. [PMID: 16642463 DOI: 10.1002/mas.20080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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This review describes the use of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry for the analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates and continues coverage of the field from the previous review published in 1999 (D. J. Harvey, Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry of carbohydrates, 1999, Mass Spectrom Rev, 18:349-451) for the period 1999-2000. As MALDI mass spectrometry is acquiring the status of a mature technique in this field, there has been a greater emphasis on applications rather than to method development as opposed to the previous review. The present review covers applications to plant-derived carbohydrates, N- and O-linked glycans from glycoproteins, glycated proteins, mucins, glycosaminoglycans, bacterial glycolipids, glycosphingolipids, glycoglycerolipids and related compounds, and glycosides. Applications of MALDI mass spectrometry to the study of enzymes acting on carbohydrates (glycosyltransferases and glycosidases) and to the synthesis of carbohydrates, are also covered.
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- David J Harvey
- Department of Biochemistry, Oxford Glycobiology Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom.
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Levroney EL, Aguilar HC, Fulcher JA, Kohatsu L, Pace KE, Pang M, Gurney KB, Baum LG, Lee B. Novel innate immune functions for galectin-1: galectin-1 inhibits cell fusion by Nipah virus envelope glycoproteins and augments dendritic cell secretion of proinflammatory cytokines. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 175:413-20. [PMID: 15972675 PMCID: PMC4428613 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.1.413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Galectin-1 (gal-1), an endogenous lectin secreted by a variety of cell types, has pleiotropic immunomodulatory functions, including regulation of lymphocyte survival and cytokine secretion in autoimmune, transplant disease, and parasitic infection models. However, the role of gal-1 in viral infections is unknown. Nipah virus (NiV) is an emerging pathogen that causes severe, often fatal, febrile encephalitis. The primary targets of NiV are endothelial cells. NiV infection of endothelial cells results in cell-cell fusion and syncytia formation triggered by the fusion (F) and attachment (G) envelope glycoproteins of NiV that bear glycan structures recognized by gal-1. In the present study, we report that NiV envelope-mediated cell-cell fusion is blocked by gal-1. This inhibition is specific to the Paramyxoviridae family because gal-1 did not inhibit fusion triggered by envelope glycoproteins of other viruses, including two retroviruses and a pox virus, but inhibited fusion triggered by envelope glycoproteins of the related Hendra virus and another paramyxovirus. The physiologic dimeric form of gal-1 is required for fusion inhibition because a monomeric gal-1 mutant had no inhibitory effect on cell fusion. gal-1 binds to specific N-glycans on NiV glycoproteins and aberrantly oligomerizes NiV-F and NiV-G, indicating a mechanism for fusion inhibition. gal-1 also increases dendritic cell production of proinflammatory cytokines such as IL-6, known to be protective in the setting of other viral diseases such as Ebola infections. Thus, gal-1 may have direct antiviral effects and may also augment the innate immune response against this emerging pathogen.
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- Ernest L. Levroney
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Benhur Lee or Dr. Linda G. Baum, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, 3825 MSB, 609 Charles E. Young Drive East, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095. or
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Benhur Lee or Dr. Linda G. Baum, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, 3825 MSB, 609 Charles E. Young Drive East, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095. or
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Murata T, Honda H, Hattori T, Usui T. Enzymatic synthesis of poly-N-acetyllactosamines as potential substrates for endo-β-galactosidase-catalyzed hydrolytic and transglycosylation reactions. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2005; 1722:60-8. [PMID: 15716127 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2004.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2004] [Revised: 11/15/2004] [Accepted: 11/17/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Enzymatic synthesis of GlcNAc-terminated poly-N-acetyllactosamine beta-glycosides GlcNAcbeta1,3(Galbeta1,4GlcNAcbeta1,3)(n)Galbeta1,4GlcNAcbeta-pNP (n=1-4) was demonstrated using a transglycosylation reaction of Escherichia freundii endo-beta-galactosidase. The enzyme catalyzed a transglycosylation reaction on GlcNAcbeta1,3Galbeta1,4GlcNAcbeta-pNP (1), which served both as a donor and an acceptor, and converted 1 into p-nitrophenyl beta-glycosides GlcNAcbeta1,3(Galbeta1,4GlcNAcbeta1,3)(1)Galbeta1,4GlcNAcbeta-pNP (2), GlcNAcbeta1,3(Galbeta1,4GlcNAcbeta1,3)(2)Galbeta1,4GlcNAcbeta-pNP (3), GlcNAcbeta1,3(Galbeta1,4GlcNAcbeta1,3)(3)Galbeta1,4GlcNAcbeta-pNP (4) and GlcNAcbeta1,3(Galbeta1,4GlcNAcbeta1,3)(4)Galbeta1,4GlcNAcbeta-pNP (5). When 2 was used as an initial substrate, it led to the preferential synthesis of nonasaccharide beta-glycoside 4 to heptasaccharide beta-glycoside 3. This suggests that 4 is directly synthesized by transferring the tetrasaccharide unit GlcNAcbeta1,3Galbeta1,4GlcNAcbeta1,3Gal to nonreducing end GlcNAc residue of 2 itself. The efficiency of production of poly-N-acetyllactosamines by E. freundii endo-beta-galactosidase was significantly enhanced by the addition of BSA and by a low-temperature condition. Resulting 2 and 3 were shown to be useful for studying endo-beta-galactosidase-catalyzed hydrolytic and transglycosylation reactions.
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- Takeomi Murata
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan.
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Murata T, Hattori T, Honda H, Amarume S, Usui T. Kinetic Studies on Endo-.BETA.-galactosidase by a Novel Colorimetric Assay and Synthesis Poly-N-acetyllactosamines Using Its Transglycosylation Activity. J Appl Glycosci (1999) 2005. [DOI: 10.5458/jag.52.161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Leppänen A, Stowell S, Blixt O, Cummings RD. Dimeric galectin-1 binds with high affinity to alpha2,3-sialylated and non-sialylated terminal N-acetyllactosamine units on surface-bound extended glycans. J Biol Chem 2004; 280:5549-62. [PMID: 15556936 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m412019200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Galectin-1 is a member of the galectin family of glycan-binding proteins and occurs as an approximately 29.5-kDa noncovalent homodimer (dGal-1) that is widely expressed in many tissues. Here, we report that human recombinant dGal-1 bound preferentially and with high affinity (apparent K(d) approximately 2-4 microM) to immobilized extended glycans containing terminal N-acetyllactosamine (LN; Galbeta1-4GlcNAc) sequences on poly-N-acetyllactosamine (PL; (-3Galbeta1-4GlcNAcbeta1-)(n)) sequences, complex-type biantennary N-glycans, or novel chitin-derived glycans modified to contain terminal LN. Although terminal Gal residues are important for dGal-1 recognition, dGal-1 bound similarly to alpha3-sialylated and alpha2-fucosylated terminal LN, but not to alpha6-sialylated and alpha3-fucosylated terminal LN. The binding specificity of human recombinant dGal-1 was similar to that observed with purified bovine heart-derived dGal-1. Unexpectedly, dGal-1 bound free ligands in solution with relatively low affinity and displayed no preference for extended glycans, indicating that dGal-1 preferentially recognizes extended glycans only when they are surface-bound, such as found on cell surfaces. Human dGal-1 also bound to both native and desialylated human promyelocytic HL-60 cells with similar affinity as observed for immobilized long chain PL. Binding to these cells was reduced upon treatment with endo-beta-galactosidase, which cleaves PL sequences, indicating that cell-surface PLs are ligands. To test the role of dimerization in dGal-1 binding, we examined the binding of a mutated form of dGal-1 that weakly dimerizes (monomeric Gal-1 (mGal-1)) and a covalently dimerized (chemically cross-linked) form of mGal-1 (cd-mGal-1). dGal-1 and cd-mGal-1 had similar affinities that were both approximately 3.5-fold higher for immobilized PL than observed for mGal-1, suggesting that dGal-1 acts as a dimer to cross-link terminal LN units on immobilized PL. These results indicate that dGal-1 functions as a dimer to recognize LN units on extended PLs on cell surfaces.
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- Anne Leppänen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma Center for Medical Glycobiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 975 N. E 10th St., Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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Good evidence suggest roles of galectins in cancer, immunity and inflammation, and development, but a unifying picture of their biological function is lacking. Instead galectins appear to have a particularly diverse, bewildering but intriguing array of activities both inside and outside cells--"clear truths and mysteries are inextricably twined". Fortunately this has not discouraged but rather enthused a large number of good galectin researchers, some of which have contributed to this special issue of Glycoconjugate Journal to provide a personal, critical status of the field. Here we will give a brief introduction to the galectins as a protein family with some comments on nomenclature.
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- Hakon Leffler
- Section MIG (Microbiology, Immunology, Glycobiology), Inst Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Sweden.
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Roberts AA, Amano M, Felten C, Galvan M, Sulur G, Pinter-Brown L, Dobbeling U, Burg G, Said J, Baum LG. Galectin-1-mediated apoptosis in mycosis fungoides: the roles of CD7 and cell surface glycosylation. Mod Pathol 2003; 16:543-51. [PMID: 12808059 DOI: 10.1097/01.mp.0000071840.84469.06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Sezary cells, the malignant T cells in mycosis fungoides/Sezary syndrome, resist a variety of apoptosis-inducing agents, a feature that contributes to the poor response to therapy in mycosis fungoides. Galectin-1 is a mammalian lectin that triggers T cell apoptosis. For T cells to be susceptible to galectin-1-induced apoptosis, the T cells must express specific glycoprotein receptors, such as CD7, that bear the specific oligosaccharides recognized by galectin-1. Because Sezary cells are characteristically CD7(-), lack of CD7 expression has been proposed to render Sezary cells resistant to galectin-1-induced death. However, the role played by aberrant cell surface glycosylation in resistance of Sezary cells to galectin-1 has not been examined. In this study, we demonstrated abundant galectin-1 in mycosis fungoides skin lesions, indicating that Sezary cells are exposed to galectin-1 in vivo. To determine specific characteristics of Sezary cells that contribute to galectin-1 resistance, we assessed CD7 expression and cell surface glycosylation of Sezary cells in mycosis fungoides lesions and of four Sezary T cell lines. Sezary cells in primary lesions and Sezary T cell lines demonstrated a characteristic "glycotype" with sialylated core 1 O-glycans that promote galectin-1 resistance. Expression of CD7 was necessary but not sufficient for galectin-1-induced death of Sezary cell lines. In addition, CD7(-) Sezary cell lines, and Sezary cells within mycosis fungoides lesions, expressed galectin-1, whereas CD7-positive Sezary cell lines did not express galectin-1. We propose that both loss of CD7 expression and altered cellular glycosylation contribute to apoptosis resistance of malignant T cells in mycosis fungoides.
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- Alice A Roberts
- Department of Pathology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095-0657, USA
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Amano M, Galvan M, He J, Baum LG. The ST6Gal I sialyltransferase selectively modifies N-glycans on CD45 to negatively regulate galectin-1-induced CD45 clustering, phosphatase modulation, and T cell death. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:7469-75. [PMID: 12499376 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m209595200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The addition of sialic acid to T cell surface glycoproteins influences essential T cell functions such as selection in the thymus and homing in the peripheral circulation. Sialylation of glycoproteins can be regulated by expression of specific sialyltransferases that transfer sialic acid in a specific linkage to defined saccharide acceptor substrates and by expression of particular glycoproteins bearing saccharide acceptors preferentially recognized by different sialyltransferases. Addition of alpha2,6-linked sialic acid to the Galbeta1,4GlcNAc sequence, the preferred ligand for galectin-1, inhibits recognition of this saccharide ligand by galectin-1. SAalpha2,6Gal sequences, created by the ST6Gal I enzyme, are present on medullary thymocytes resistant to galectin-1-induced death but not on galectin-1-susceptible cortical thymocytes. To determine whether addition of alpha2,6-linked sialic acid to lactosamine sequences on T cell glycoproteins inhibits galectin-1 death, we expressed the ST6Gal I enzyme in a galectin-1-sensitive murine T cell line. ST6Gal I expression reduced galectin-1 binding to the cells and reduced susceptibility of the cells to galectin-1-induced cell death. Because the ST6Gal I preferentially utilizes N-glycans as acceptor substrates, we determined that N-glycans are essential for galectin-1-induced T cell death. Expression of the ST6Gal I specifically resulted in increased sialylation of N-glycans on CD45, a receptor tyrosine phosphatase that is a T cell receptor for galectin-1. ST6Gal I expression abrogated the reduction in CD45 tyrosine phosphatase activity that results from galectin-1 binding. Sialylation of CD45 by the ST6Gal I also prevented galectin-1-induced clustering of CD45 on the T cell surface, an initial step in galectin-1 cell death. Thus, regulation of glycoprotein sialylation may control susceptibility to cell death at specific points during T cell development and peripheral activation.
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- Maho Amano
- Department of Pathology and the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Hirabayashi J, Hashidate T, Arata Y, Nishi N, Nakamura T, Hirashima M, Urashima T, Oka T, Futai M, Muller WEG, Yagi F, Kasai KI. Oligosaccharide specificity of galectins: a search by frontal affinity chromatography. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1572:232-54. [PMID: 12223272 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4165(02)00311-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 691] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Galectins are widely distributed sugar-binding proteins whose basic specificity for beta-galactosides is conserved by evolutionarily preserved carbohydrate-recognition domains (CRDs). Although they have long been believed to be involved in diverse biological phenomena critical for multicellular organisms, in only few a cases has it been proved that their in vivo functions are actually based on specific recognition of the complex carbohydrates expressed on cell surfaces. To obtain clues to understand the physiological roles of diverse members of the galectin family, detailed analysis of their sugar-binding specificity is necessary from a comparative viewpoint. For this purpose, we recently reinforced a conventional system for frontal affinity chromatography (FAC) [J. Chromatogr., B, Biomed. Sci. Appl. 771 (2002) 67-87]. By using this system, we quantitatively analyzed the interactions at 20 degrees C between 13 galectins including 16 CRDs originating from mammals, chick, nematode, sponge, and mushroom, with 41 pyridylaminated (PA) oligosaccharides. As a result, it was confirmed that galectins require three OH groups of N-acetyllactosamine, as had previously been denoted, i.e., 4-OH and 6-OH of Gal, and 3-OH of GlcNAc. As a matter of fact, no galectin could bind to glycolipid-type glycans (e.g., GM2, GA2, Gb3), complex-type N-glycans, of which both 6-OH groups are sialylated, nor Le-related antigens (e.g., Le(x), Le(a)). On the other hand, considerable diversity was observed for individual galectins in binding specificity in terms of (1) branching of N-glycans, (2) repeating of N-acetyllactosamine units, or (3) substitutions at 2-OH or 3-OH groups of nonreducing terminal Gal. Although most galectins showed moderately enhanced affinity for branched N-glycans or repeated N-acetyllactosamines, some of them had extremely enhanced affinity for either of these multivalent glycans. Some galectins also showed particular preference for alpha1-2Fuc-, alpha1-3Gal-, alpha1-3GalNAc-, or alpha2-3NeuAc-modified glycans. To summarize, galectins have evolved their sugar-binding specificity by enhancing affinity to either "branched", "repeated", or "substituted" glycans, while conserving their ability to recognize basic disaccharide units, Galbeta1-3/4GlcNAc. On these bases, they are considered to exert specialized functions in diverse biological phenomena, which may include formation of local cell-surface microdomains (raft) by sorting glycoconjugate members for each cell type.
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- Jun Hirabayashi
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo University, Sagamiko, Kanagawa 199-0195, Japan.
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Ahmad N, Gabius HJ, Kaltner H, André S, Kuwabara I, Liu FT, Oscarson S, Norberg T, Brewer CF. Thermodynamic binding studies of cell surface carbohydrate epitopes to galectins-1, -3, and -7: Evidence for differential binding specificities. CAN J CHEM 2002. [DOI: 10.1139/v02-162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Binding of a series of sialylated and non-sialylated cell surface carbohydrates to bovine heart galectin-1, recombinant murine galectin-3, and recombinant human galectin-7 was investigated by isothermal titration microcalori metry (ITC) and hemagglutination inhibition measurements. Galectin-7 shows nearly equal affinities for lactose and Galbeta(14)GlcNAc (LacNAc-II). Galectin-7, however, displays six- and 11-fold weaker affinity for LacNAc-II compared with galectins-1 and -3, respectively. The affinity of galectin-7 for LacNAc-II containing oligosaccharides is also weaker than the other two galectins. ITC measurements show that all three galectins bind to di- and trimeric oligomers of LacNAc-II, which are epitopes found in poly-N-acetyllactosamine chains of glycoprotein receptors, with affinity constants similar to that of LacNAc-II. The binding valencies of the di- and trimeric LacNAc-II oligomers were observed to be one from ITC measurements, indicating formation of 1:1 complexes with all three galectins. Thus, galectins-1, -3, and -7 all possess binding sites that primarily accommodate one LacNAc-II moiety per monomer of protein. Sialylated oligosaccharides show different specificities for the three galectins. While 2,3-sialyl LacNAc-II binds to all three galectins, 2,6-sialyl LacNAc-II fails to bind to any of the galectins; 2,6-sialylated diLacNAc binds well to galectin-3 and galectin-7, but only weakly to galectin-1. Similar results are obtained with 2,6-sialyl lacto-N-neo-tetraose, which has a reducing end lactose moiety. Thus, unlike galectin-1, which predominantly recognizes non-reducing terminal LacNAc-II residues in oligosaccharides, galectins-3 and -7 recognize both non-reducing terminal LacNAc-II residues as well as internal LacNAc-II and lactose residues in sialylated and non-sialylated oligosaccharides.Key words: isothermal titration microcalorimetry, galectins, binding specificities, lectins, carbohydrates.
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The 20 or so galectins expected to be found in man, and their many possible functional effects promise a rich and fruitful research field in the future. At present, the biomedically most promising areas for use of galectins or their ligands are in inflammation, immunity, and cancer. Many good stories can be formulated, but the field lacks the cohesion of knowing basic galectin function. The only basic common denominators among galectins are beta-galactoside binding, and the unusual combination of intra- and extracellular expression with non-classical secretion in between. Maybe that is all there is, and nature has used these properties for multiple, otherwise unrelated functions. Then again, maybe there is some deeper common function that has so far been overlooked. If it exists, this probably lies somewhere in the detailed integration of galectin activity in the complexities of cell physiology.
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- H Leffler
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology (MIG), Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Sölvegatan 23, SE 22362 Lund, Sweden
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Koeller KM, Wong CH. Synthesis of complex carbohydrates and glycoconjugates: enzyme-based and programmable one-pot strategies. Chem Rev 2000; 100:4465-94. [PMID: 11749355 DOI: 10.1021/cr990297n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 347] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- K M Koeller
- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute and Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037
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Pace KE, Hahn HP, Pang M, Nguyen JT, Baum LG. CD7 delivers a pro-apoptotic signal during galectin-1-induced T cell death. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 165:2331-4. [PMID: 10946254 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.5.2331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Galectin-1, an endogenous lectin expressed in lymphoid organs and immune-privileged sites, induces death of human and murine thymocytes and T cells. Galectin-1 binds to several glycoproteins on the T cell surface, including CD7. However, the T cell surface glycoprotein receptors responsible for delivering the galectin-1 death signal have not been identified. We show that CD7 is required for galectin-1-mediated death. This demonstrates a novel function for CD7 as a death trigger and identifies galectin-1/CD7 as a new biologic death signaling pair.
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- K E Pace
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Galvan M, Tsuboi S, Fukuda M, Baum LG. Expression of a specific glycosyltransferase enzyme regulates T cell death mediated by galectin-1. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:16730-7. [PMID: 10747988 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m001117200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Galectin-1 induces apoptosis of immature thymocytes and activated T cells, suggesting that galectin-1 regulates cell death in the thymus during selection and in the periphery following an immune response. Although it is known that galectin-1 recognizes lactosamine (Gal-GlcNAc) as a minimal ligand, this disaccharide is ubiquitously expressed on a variety of cell surface glycoproteins. Thus, susceptibility to galectin-1 may be regulated by the presentation of lactosamine on specific oligosaccharide structures created by specific glycosyltransferase enzymes. The core 2 beta-1, 6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (core 2 GnT) creates a branched structure on O-glycans that can be elongated to present multiple lactosamine sequences. In the thymus, the core 2 GnT is expressed in galectin-1-sensitive thymocyte subsets. In the periphery, an oligosaccharide epitope created by the core 2 GnT is expressed on galectin-1-sensitive activated T-cells. In this report, we demonstrate that expression of the core 2 GnT was necessary and sufficient for galectin-1-induced death of murine T cell lines. In addition, overexpression of the core 2 GnT in mice increased the susceptibility of double positive thymocytes to galectin-1. These data demonstrate that expression of a specific glycosyltransferase can control susceptibility to galectin-1, suggesting that developmentally regulated glycosyltransferase expression may be a mechanism to modulate cell death during T cell development and function.
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- M Galvan
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Tremendous advances in biocatalytic approaches to oligosaccharide synthesis have taken place in the past two years. The use of isolated enzymes, both glycosyltransferases and glycosidases, or engineered whole cells allows the preparation of natural oligosaccharides and analogs required for glycobiology research.
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- M M Palcic
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6C 2G2, Canada.
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Pace KE, Lee C, Stewart PL, Baum LG. Restricted Receptor Segregation into Membrane Microdomains Occurs on Human T Cells During Apoptosis Induced by Galectin-1. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.163.7.3801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
Abstract
Galectin-1 induces apoptosis of human thymocytes and activated T cells by an unknown mechanism. Apoptosis is a novel function for a mammalian lectin; moreover, given the ubiquitous distribution of the oligosaccharide ligand recognized by galectin-1, it is not clear how susceptibility to and signaling by galectin-1 is regulated. We have determined that galectin-1 binds to a restricted set of T cell surface glycoproteins, and that only CD45, CD43, and CD7 appear to directly participate in galectin-1-induced apoptosis. To determine whether these specific glycoproteins interact cooperatively or independently to deliver the galectin-1 death signal, we examined the cell surface localization of CD45, CD43, CD7, and CD3 after galectin-1 binding to human T cell lines and human thymocytes. We found that galectin-1 binding resulted in a dramatic redistribution of these glycoproteins into segregated membrane microdomains on the cell surface. CD45 and CD3 colocalized on large islands on apoptotic blebs protruding from the cell surface. These islands also included externalized phosphatidylserine. In addition, the exposure of phosphatidylserine on the surface of galectin-1-treated cells occurred very rapidly. CD7 and CD43 colocalized in small patches away from the membrane blebs, which excluded externalized phosphatidylserine. Receptor segregation was not seen on cells that did not die in response to galectin-1, including mature thymocytes, suggesting that spatial redistribution of receptors into specific microdomains is required for triggering apoptosis.
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Affiliation(s)
- Karen E. Pace
- *Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, and
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- *Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, and
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- †Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology and Crump Institute for Biological Imaging, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- *Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, and
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