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Strasser R. Recent Developments in Deciphering the Biological Role of Plant Complex N-Glycans. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:897549. [PMID: 35557740 PMCID: PMC9085483 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.897549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Asparagine (N)-linked protein glycosylation is a ubiquitous co- and posttranslational modification which has a huge impact on the biogenesis and function of proteins and consequently on the development, growth, and physiology of organisms. In mammals, N-glycan processing carried out by Golgi-resident glycosidases and glycosyltransferases creates a number of structurally diverse N-glycans with specific roles in many different biological processes. In plants, complex N-glycan modifications like the attachment of β1,2-xylose, core α1,3-fucose, or the Lewis A-type structures are evolutionary highly conserved, but their biological function is poorly known. Here, I highlight recent developments that contribute to a better understanding of these conserved glycoprotein modifications and discuss future directions to move the field forward.
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- Richard Strasser
- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, Institute of Plant Biotechnology and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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Role of Glycoproteins during Fruit Ripening and Seed Development. Cells 2021; 10:cells10082095. [PMID: 34440864 PMCID: PMC8392644 DOI: 10.3390/cells10082095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2021] [Revised: 08/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Approximately thirty percent of the proteins synthesized in animal or plant cells travel through the secretory pathway. Seventy to eighty percent of those proteins are glycosylated. Thus, glycosylation is an important protein modification that is related to many cellular processes, such as differentiation, recognition, development, signal transduction, and immune response. Additionally, glycosylation affects protein folding, solubility, stability, biogenesis, and activity. Specifically, in plants, glycosylation has recently been related to the fruit ripening process. This review aims to provide valuable information and discuss the available literature focused on three principal topics: (I) glycosylations as a key posttranslational modification in development in plants, (II) experimental and bioinformatics tools to analyze glycosylations, and (III) a literature review related to glycosylations in fruit ripening. Based on these three topics, we propose that it is necessary to increase the number of studies related to posttranslational modifications, specifically protein glycosylation because the specific role of glycosylation in the posttranslational process and how this process affects normal fruit development and ripening remain unclear to date.
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Herman X, Far J, Courtoy A, Bouhon L, Quinton L, De Pauw E, Chaumont F, Navarre C. Inactivation of N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferase I and α1,3-Fucosyltransferase Genes in Nicotiana tabacum BY-2 Cells Results in Glycoproteins With Highly Homogeneous, High-Mannose N-Glycans. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:634023. [PMID: 33584780 PMCID: PMC7873608 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.634023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Nicotiana tabacum Bright Yellow-2 (BY-2) suspension cells are among the most commonly used plant cell lines for producing biopharmaceutical glycoproteins. Recombinant glycoproteins are usually produced with a mix of high-mannose and complex N-glycans. However, N-glycan heterogeneity is a concern for the production of therapeutic or vaccine glycoproteins because it can alter protein activity and might lead to batch-to-batch variability. In this report, a BY-2 cell line producing glycoproteins devoid of complex N-glycans was obtained using CRISPR/Cas9 edition of two N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I (GnTI) genes, whose activity is a prerequisite for the formation of all complex N-glycans. The suppression of complex N-glycans in the GnTI-knocked out (KO) cell lines was assessed by Western blotting. Lack of β1,2-xylose residues confirmed the abolition of GnTI activity. Unexpectedly, α1,3-fucose residues were still detected albeit dramatically reduced as compared with wild-type cells. To suppress the remaining α1,3-fucose residues, a second genome editing targeted both GnTI and α1,3-fucosyltransferase (FucT) genes. No β1,2-xylose nor α1,3-fucose residues were detected on the glycoproteins produced by the GnTI/FucT-KO cell lines. Absence of complex N-glycans on secreted glycoproteins of GnTI-KO and GnTI/FucT-KO cell lines was confirmed by mass spectrometry. Both cell lines produced high-mannose N-glycans, mainly Man5 (80 and 86%, respectively) and Man4 (16 and 11%, respectively). The high degree of N-glycan homogeneity and the high-mannose N-glycosylation profile of these BY-2 cell lines is an asset for their use as expression platforms.
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- Xavier Herman
- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Mass Spectrometry Laboratory-MolSys, GIGA Proteomics Facility, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Mass Spectrometry Laboratory-MolSys, GIGA Proteomics Facility, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Mass Spectrometry Laboratory-MolSys, GIGA Proteomics Facility, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
- *Correspondence: François Chaumont,
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- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Kaulfürst-Soboll H, Mertens-Beer M, Brehler R, Albert M, von Schaewen A. Complex N-Glycans Are Important for Normal Fruit Ripening and Seed Development in Tomato. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:635962. [PMID: 33767719 PMCID: PMC7985349 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.635962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Complex N-glycan modification of secretory glycoproteins in plants is still not well understood. Essential in animals, where a lack of complex N-glycans is embryo-lethal, their presence in plants seemed less relevant for a long time mostly because Arabidopsis thaliana cgl1 mutants lacking N-acetyl-glucosaminyltransferase I (GNTI, the enzyme initiating complex N-glycan maturation in the Golgi apparatus) are viable and showed only minor impairments regarding stress tolerance or development. A different picture emerged when a rice (Oryza sativa) gntI T-DNA mutant was found to be unable to reach the reproductive stage. Here, we report on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) lines that showed severe impairments upon two RNA interference (RNAi) approaches. Originally created to shed light on the role of core α1,3-fucose and β1,2-xylose residues in food allergy, plants with strongly reduced GNTI activity developed necrotic fruit-attached stalks and early fruit drop combined with patchy incomplete ripening. Correspondingly, semiquantitative RT-PCR of the abscission zone (az) revealed an increase of abscission markers. Also, GNTI-RNA interference (RNAi) plants were more susceptible to sporadic infection. To obtain vital tomatoes with comparable low allergenic potential, Golgi α-mannosidase II (MANII) was chosen as the second target. The resulting phenotypes were oppositional: MANII-reduced plants carried normal-looking fruits that remained attached for extended time without signs of necrosis. Fruits contained no or only few, but enlarged, seeds. Furthermore, leaves developed rolled-up rims simultaneously during the reproductive stage. Trials to cross MANII-reduced plants failed, while GNTI-reduced plants could be (back-)crossed, retaining their characteristic phenotype. This phenotype could not be overcome by ethephon or indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) application, but the latter was able to mimic patchy fruit ripening in wild-type. Phytohormones measured in leaves and 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) contents in fruits showed no significant differences. Together, the findings hint at altered liberation/perception of protein-bound N-glycans, known to trigger auxin-like effects. Concomitantly, semiquantitative RT-PCR analysis revealed differences in auxin-responsive genes, indicating the importance of complex N-glycan modification for hormone signaling/crosstalk. Another possible role of altered glycoprotein life span seems subordinate, as concluded from transient expression of Arabidopsis KORRIGAN KOR1-GFP fusion proteins in RNAi plants of Nicotiana benthamiana. In summary, our analyses stress the importance of complex N-glycan maturation for normal plant responses, especially in fruit-bearing crops like tomato.
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Department Biologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
- *Correspondence: Antje von Schaewen, ;
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Nagashima Y, von Schaewen A, Koiwa H. Function of N-glycosylation in plants. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 274:70-79. [PMID: 30080642 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2018] [Revised: 05/10/2018] [Accepted: 05/11/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Protein N-glycosylation is one of the major post-translational modifications in eukaryotic cells. In lower unicellular eukaryotes, the known functions of N-glycans are predominantly in protein folding and quality control within the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). In multicellular organisms, complex N-glycans are important for developmental programs and immune responses. However, little is known about the functions of complex N-glycans in plants. Formed in the Golgi apparatus, plant complex N-glycans have structures distinct from their animal counterparts due to a set of glycosyltransferases unique to plants. Severe basal underglycosylation in the ER lumen induces misfolding of newly synthesized proteins, which elicits the unfolded protein response (UPR) and ER protein quality control (ERQC) pathways. The former promotes higher capacity of proper protein folding and the latter degradation of misfolded proteins to clear the ER. Although our knowledge on plant complex N-glycan functions is limited, genetic studies revealed the importance of complex N-glycans in cellulose biosynthesis and growth under stress.
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- Yukihiro Nagashima
- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Molekulare Physiologie der Pflanzen, Institut für Biologie & Biotechnologie der Pflanzen, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Schlossplatz 7, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA.
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Hanania U, Ariel T, Tekoah Y, Fux L, Sheva M, Gubbay Y, Weiss M, Oz D, Azulay Y, Turbovski A, Forster Y, Shaaltiel Y. Establishment of a tobacco BY2 cell line devoid of plant-specific xylose and fucose as a platform for the production of biotherapeutic proteins. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2017; 15:1120-1129. [PMID: 28160363 PMCID: PMC5552476 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2016] [Revised: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 01/29/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Plant-produced glycoproteins contain N-linked glycans with plant-specific residues of β(1,2)-xylose and core α(1,3)-fucose, which do not exist in mammalian-derived proteins. Although our experience with two enzymes that are used for enzyme replacement therapy does not indicate that the plant sugar residues have deleterious effects, we made a conscious decision to eliminate these moieties from plant-expressed proteins. We knocked out the β(1,2)-xylosyltranferase (XylT) and the α(1,3)-fucosyltransferase (FucT) genes, using CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing, in Nicotiana tabacum L. cv Bright Yellow 2 (BY2) cell suspension. In total, we knocked out 14 loci. The knocked-out lines were stable, viable and exhibited a typical BY2 growing rate. Glycan analysis of the endogenous proteins of these lines exhibited N-linked glycans lacking β(1,2)-xylose and/or α(1,3)-fucose. The knocked-out lines were further transformed successfully with recombinant DNaseI. The expression level and the activity of the recombinant protein were similar to that of the protein produced in the wild-type BY2 cells. The recombinant DNaseI was shown to be totally free from any xylose and/or fucose residues. The glyco-engineered BY2 lines provide a valuable platform for producing potent biopharmaceutical products. Furthermore, these results demonstrate the power of the CRISPR/Cas9 technology for multiplex gene editing in BY2 cells.
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- Protalix BiotherapeuticsCarmielIsrael
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- Protalix BiotherapeuticsCarmielIsrael
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Vanier G, Lucas PL, Loutelier-Bourhis C, Vanier J, Plasson C, Walet-Balieu ML, Tchi-Song PC, Remy-Jouet I, Richard V, Bernard S, Driouich A, Afonso C, Lerouge P, Mathieu-Rivet E, Bardor M. Heterologous expression of the N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I dictates a reinvestigation of the N-glycosylation pathway in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Sci Rep 2017; 7:10156. [PMID: 28860654 PMCID: PMC5578997 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-10698-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2017] [Accepted: 08/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic N-glycosylation pathways are dependent of N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I (GnTI), a key glycosyltransferase opening the door to the formation of complex-type N-glycans by transferring a N-acetylglucosamine residue onto the Man5GlcNAc2 intermediate. In contrast, glycans N-linked to Chlamydomonas reinhardtii proteins arise from a GnTI-independent Golgi processing of oligomannosides giving rise to Man5GlcNAc2 substituted eventually with one or two xylose(s). Here, complementation of C. reinhardtii with heterologous GnTI was investigated by expression of GnTI cDNAs originated from Arabidopsis and the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. No modification of the N-glycans was observed in the GnTI transformed cells. Consequently, the structure of the Man5GlcNAc2 synthesized by C. reinhardtii was reinvestigated. Mass spectrometry analyses combined with enzyme sequencing showed that C. reinhardtii proteins carry linear Man5GlcNAc2 instead of the branched structure usually found in eukaryotes. Moreover, characterization of the lipid-linked oligosaccharide precursor demonstrated that C. reinhardtii exhibit a Glc3Man5GlcNAc2 dolichol pyrophosphate precursor. We propose that this precursor is then trimmed into a linear Man5GlcNAc2 that is not substrate for GnTI. Furthermore, cells expressing GnTI exhibited an altered phenotype with large vacuoles, increase of ROS production and accumulation of starch granules, suggesting the activation of stress responses likely due to the perturbation of the Golgi apparatus.
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- Gaëtan Vanier
- Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Laboratoire Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire végétale, EA 4358, 76000, Rouen, France.,UMR FARE 614, Fractionnement des AgroRessources et Environnement, Chaire AFERE, Université de Reims-Champagne-Ardenne, INRA, 51686, Reims Cedex, France
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- Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Laboratoire Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire végétale, EA 4358, 76000, Rouen, France
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- Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, COBRA, UMR 6014 et FR 3038, Université de Rouen, INSA de Rouen, CNRS, 76000, Rouen, France
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- Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Laboratoire Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire végétale, EA 4358, 76000, Rouen, France
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- Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Laboratoire Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire végétale, EA 4358, 76000, Rouen, France
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- Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Plate-Forme de Protéomique PISSARO, 76000, Rouen, France.,Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Institut de Recherche et d'Innovation Biomédicale (IRIB), 76000, Rouen, France
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- Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Plate-Forme de Protéomique PISSARO, 76000, Rouen, France.,Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Institut de Recherche et d'Innovation Biomédicale (IRIB), 76000, Rouen, France
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- Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Inserm UMR 1096, Plateforme BOSS, 76000, Rouen, France
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- Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Inserm UMR 1096, Plateforme BOSS, 76000, Rouen, France
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- Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Laboratoire Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire végétale, EA 4358, 76000, Rouen, France.,Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Plate-forme, PRIMACEN, Cell Imaging Platform of Normandy, 76000, Rouen, France
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- Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Laboratoire Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire végétale, EA 4358, 76000, Rouen, France.,Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Plate-forme, PRIMACEN, Cell Imaging Platform of Normandy, 76000, Rouen, France
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- Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, COBRA, UMR 6014 et FR 3038, Université de Rouen, INSA de Rouen, CNRS, 76000, Rouen, France
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- Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Laboratoire Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire végétale, EA 4358, 76000, Rouen, France
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- Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Laboratoire Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire végétale, EA 4358, 76000, Rouen, France
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- Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Laboratoire Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire végétale, EA 4358, 76000, Rouen, France. .,Institut Universitaire de France (I.U.F.) 1, rue Descartes, 75231, Paris, Cedex 05, France.
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Limkul J, Iizuka S, Sato Y, Misaki R, Ohashi T, Ohashi T, Fujiyama K. The production of human glucocerebrosidase in glyco-engineered Nicotiana benthamiana plants. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2016; 14:1682-94. [PMID: 26868756 PMCID: PMC5067671 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Revised: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 12/15/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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For the production of therapeutic proteins in plants, the presence of β1,2-xylose and core α1,3-fucose on plants' N-glycan structures has been debated for their antigenic activity. In this study, RNA interference (RNAi) technology was used to down-regulate the endogenous N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I (GNTI) expression in Nicotiana benthamiana. One glyco-engineered line (NbGNTI-RNAi) showed a strong reduction of plant-specific N-glycans, with the result that as much as 90.9% of the total N-glycans were of high-mannose type. Therefore, this NbGNTI-RNAi would be a promising system for the production of therapeutic glycoproteins in plants. The NbGNTI-RNAi plant was cross-pollinated with transgenic N. benthamiana expressing human glucocerebrosidase (GC). The recombinant GC, which has been used for enzyme replacement therapy in patients with Gaucher's disease, requires terminal mannose for its therapeutic efficacy. The N-glycan structures that were presented on all of the four occupied N-glycosylation sites of recombinant GC in NbGNTI-RNAi plants (GC(gnt1) ) showed that the majority (ranging from 73.3% up to 85.5%) of the N-glycans had mannose-type structures lacking potential immunogenic β1,2-xylose and α1,3-fucose epitopes. Moreover, GC(gnt1) could be taken up into the macrophage cells via mannose receptors, and distributed and taken up into the liver and spleen, the target organs in the treatment of Gaucher's disease. Notably, the NbGNTI-RNAi line, producing GC, was stable and the NbGNTI-RNAi plants were viable and did not show any obvious phenotype. Therefore, it would provide a robust tool for the production of GC with customized N-glycan structures.
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- Juthamard Limkul
- International Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University, Suita-shi, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Gene Therapy, Research Center for Medical Sciences, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Gene Therapy, Research Center for Medical Sciences, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- International Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University, Suita-shi, Osaka, Japan
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- International Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University, Suita-shi, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Gene Therapy, Research Center for Medical Sciences, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- International Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University, Suita-shi, Osaka, Japan
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Lannoo N, Van Damme EJM. Review/N-glycans: The making of a varied toolbox. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 239:67-83. [PMID: 26398792 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2015] [Revised: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 06/23/2015] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
Abstract
Asparagine (N)-linked protein glycosylation is one of the most crucial, prevalent, and complex co- and post-translational protein modifications. It plays a pivotal role in protein folding, quality control, and endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated degradation (ERAD) as well as in protein sorting, protein function, and in signal transduction. Furthermore, glycosylation modulates many important biological processes including growth, development, morphogenesis, and stress signaling processes. As a consequence, aberrant or altered N-glycosylation is often associated with reduced fitness, diseases, and disorders. The initial steps of N-glycan synthesis at the cytosolic side of the ER membrane and in the lumen of the ER are highly conserved. In contrast, the final N-glycan processing in the Golgi apparatus is organism-specific giving rise to a wide variety of carbohydrate structures. Despite our vast knowledge on N-glycans in yeast and mammals, the modus operandi of N-glycan signaling in plants is still largely unknown. This review will elaborate on the N-glycosylation biosynthesis pathway in plants but will also critically assess how N-glycans are involved in different signaling cascades, either active during normal development or upon abiotic and biotic stresses.
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- Nausicaä Lannoo
- Lab Biochemistry and Glycobiology, Department Molecular Biotechnology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Lab Biochemistry and Glycobiology, Department Molecular Biotechnology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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Schneider J, Castilho A, Pabst M, Altmann F, Gruber C, Strasser R, Gattinger P, Seifert GJ, Steinkellner H. Characterization of plants expressing the human β1,4-galactosyltrasferase gene. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2015; 92:39-47. [PMID: 25900423 PMCID: PMC4451504 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2015.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2015] [Revised: 04/10/2015] [Accepted: 04/11/2015] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Modification of the plant N-glycosylation pathway towards human type structures is an important strategy to implement plants as expression systems for therapeutic proteins. Nevertheless, relatively little is known about the overall impact of non-plant glycosylation enzymes in stable transformed plants. Here, we analyzed transgenic lines (Nicotiana benthamiana and Arabidopsis thaliana) that stably express a modified version of human β1,4-galactosyltransferase ((ST)GalT). While some transgenic plants grew normally, other lines exhibited a severe phenotype associated with stunted growth and developmental retardation. The severity of the phenotype correlated with both increased (ST)GalT mRNA and protein levels but no differences were observed between N-glycosylation profiles of plants with and without the phenotype. In contrast to non-transgenic plants, all (ST)GalT expressing plants synthesized significant amounts of incompletely processed (largely depleted of core fucose) N-glycans with up to 40% terminally galactosylated structures. While transgenic plants showed no differences in nucleotide sugar composition and cell wall monosaccharide content, alterations in the reactivity of cell wall carbohydrate epitopes associated with arabinogalactan-proteins and pectic homogalacturonan were detected in (ST)GalT expressing plants. Notably, plants with phenotypic alterations showed increased levels of hydrogen peroxide, most probably a consequence of hypersensitive reactions. Our data demonstrate that unfavorable phenotypical modifications may occur upon stable in planta expression of non-native glycosyltransferases. Such important issues need to be taken into consideration in respect to stable glycan engineering in plants.
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- Jeannine Schneider
- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria.
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Stephan O, Cottier S, Fahlén S, Montes-Rodriguez A, Sun J, Eklund DM, Klahre U, Kost B. RISAP is a TGN-associated RAC5 effector regulating membrane traffic during polar cell growth in tobacco. THE PLANT CELL 2014; 26:4426-47. [PMID: 25387880 PMCID: PMC4277221 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.131078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2014] [Revised: 09/26/2014] [Accepted: 10/15/2014] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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RAC/ROP GTPases coordinate actin dynamics and membrane traffic during polar plant cell expansion. In tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), pollen tube tip growth is controlled by the RAC/ROP GTPase RAC5, which specifically accumulates at the apical plasma membrane. Here, we describe the functional characterization of RISAP, a RAC5 effector identified by yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) two-hybrid screening. RISAP belongs to a family of putative myosin receptors containing a domain of unknown function 593 (DUF593) and binds via its DUF593 to the globular tail domain of a tobacco pollen tube myosin XI. It also interacts with F-actin and is associated with a subapical trans-Golgi network (TGN) compartment, whose cytoplasmic position at the pollen tube tip is maintained by the actin cytoskeleton. In this TGN compartment, apical secretion and endocytic membrane recycling pathways required for tip growth appear to converge. RISAP overexpression interferes with apical membrane traffic and blocks tip growth. RAC5 constitutively binds to the N terminus of RISAP and interacts in an activation-dependent manner with the C-terminal half of this protein. In pollen tubes, interaction between RAC5 and RISAP is detectable at the subapical TGN compartment. We present a model of RISAP regulation and function that integrates all these findings.
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- Octavian Stephan
- Cell Biology and Erlangen Center of Plant Science (ECROPS), University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Centre of Organismal Studies, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Plant Biology and Forest Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Cell Biology and Erlangen Center of Plant Science (ECROPS), University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Plant Biology and Forest Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Plant Biology and Forest Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Centre of Organismal Studies, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Erlangen Center of Plant Science (ECROPS), University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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Nguema-Ona E, Vicré-Gibouin M, Gotté M, Plancot B, Lerouge P, Bardor M, Driouich A. Cell wall O-glycoproteins and N-glycoproteins: aspects of biosynthesis and function. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:499. [PMID: 25324850 PMCID: PMC4183102 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2014] [Accepted: 09/08/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Cell wall O-glycoproteins and N-glycoproteins are two types of glycomolecules whose glycans are structurally complex. They are both assembled and modified within the endomembrane system, i.e., the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the Golgi apparatus, before their transport to their final locations within or outside the cell. In contrast to extensins (EXTs), the O-glycan chains of arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs) are highly heterogeneous consisting mostly of (i) a short oligo-arabinoside chain of three to four residues, and (ii) a larger β-1,3-linked galactan backbone with β-1,6-linked side chains containing galactose, arabinose and, often, fucose, rhamnose, or glucuronic acid. The fine structure of arabinogalactan chains varies between, and within plant species, and is important for the functional activities of the glycoproteins. With regards to N-glycans, ER-synthesizing events are highly conserved in all eukaryotes studied so far since they are essential for efficient protein folding. In contrast, evolutionary adaptation of N-glycan processing in the Golgi apparatus has given rise to a variety of organism-specific complex structures. Therefore, plant complex-type N-glycans contain specific glyco-epitopes such as core β,2-xylose, core α1,3-fucose residues, and Lewis(a) substitutions on the terminal position of the antenna. Like O-glycans, N-glycans of proteins are essential for their stability and function. Mutants affected in the glycan metabolic pathways have provided valuable information on the role of N-/O-glycoproteins in the control of growth, morphogenesis and adaptation to biotic and abiotic stresses. With regards to O-glycoproteins, only EXTs and AGPs are considered herein. The biosynthesis of these glycoproteins and functional aspects are presented and discussed in this review.
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- Eric Nguema-Ona
- Laboratoire de Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale, UPRES EA 4358, Institut de Recherche et d’Innovation Biomédicale, Grand Réseau de Recherche-Végétal, Agronomie, Sol, Innovation, UFR des Sciences et Techniques, Normandie Université – Université de RouenMont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Laboratoire de Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale, UPRES EA 4358, Institut de Recherche et d’Innovation Biomédicale, Grand Réseau de Recherche-Végétal, Agronomie, Sol, Innovation, UFR des Sciences et Techniques, Normandie Université – Université de RouenMont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Laboratoire de Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale, UPRES EA 4358, Institut de Recherche et d’Innovation Biomédicale, Grand Réseau de Recherche-Végétal, Agronomie, Sol, Innovation, UFR des Sciences et Techniques, Normandie Université – Université de RouenMont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Laboratoire de Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale, UPRES EA 4358, Institut de Recherche et d’Innovation Biomédicale, Grand Réseau de Recherche-Végétal, Agronomie, Sol, Innovation, UFR des Sciences et Techniques, Normandie Université – Université de RouenMont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Laboratoire de Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale, UPRES EA 4358, Institut de Recherche et d’Innovation Biomédicale, Grand Réseau de Recherche-Végétal, Agronomie, Sol, Innovation, UFR des Sciences et Techniques, Normandie Université – Université de RouenMont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Laboratoire de Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale, UPRES EA 4358, Institut de Recherche et d’Innovation Biomédicale, Grand Réseau de Recherche-Végétal, Agronomie, Sol, Innovation, UFR des Sciences et Techniques, Normandie Université – Université de RouenMont-Saint-Aignan, France
- Institut Universitaire de FranceParis, France
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- Laboratoire de Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale, UPRES EA 4358, Institut de Recherche et d’Innovation Biomédicale, Grand Réseau de Recherche-Végétal, Agronomie, Sol, Innovation, UFR des Sciences et Techniques, Normandie Université – Université de RouenMont-Saint-Aignan, France
- Plate-Forme de Recherche en Imagerie Cellulaire de Haute-Normandie, Institut de Recherche et d’Innovation Biomédicale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Normandie UniversitéMont-Saint-Aignan, France
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Wang S, Xu Y, Li Z, Zhang S, Lim JM, Lee KO, Li C, Qian Q, Jiang DA, Qi Y. OsMOGS is required for N-glycan formation and auxin-mediated root development in rice (Oryza sativa L.). THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 78:632-645. [PMID: 24597623 PMCID: PMC4018454 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2013] [Revised: 02/21/2014] [Accepted: 02/24/2014] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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N-glycosylation is a major modification of glycoproteins in eukaryotic cells. In Arabidopsis, great progress has been made in functional analysis of N-glycan production, however there are few studies in monocotyledons. Here, we characterized a rice (Oryza sativa L.) osmogs mutant with shortened roots and isolated a gene that coded a putative mannosyl-oligosaccharide glucosidase (OsMOGS), an ortholog of α-glucosidase I in Arabidopsis, which trims the terminal glucosyl residue of the oligosaccharide chain of nascent peptides in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). OsMOGS is strongly expressed in rapidly cell-dividing tissues and OsMOGS protein is localized in the ER. Mutation of OsMOGS entirely blocked N-glycan maturation and inhibited high-mannose N-glycan formation. The osmogs mutant exhibited severe defects in root cell division and elongation, resulting in a short-root phenotype. In addition, osmogs plants had impaired root hair formation and elongation, and reduced root epidemic cell wall thickness due to decreased cellulose synthesis. Further analysis showed that auxin content and polar transport in osmogs roots were reduced due to incomplete N-glycosylation of the B subfamily of ATP-binding cassette transporter proteins (ABCBs). Our results demonstrate that involvement of OsMOGS in N-glycan formation is required for auxin-mediated root development in rice.
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- SuiKang Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resources of Zhejiang Province, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Changwon National University, Changwon, Gyeongnam 641-773, Republic of Korea
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, Georgia 30602-4712, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and PMBBRC, Gyeongsang National University, 501 Jinju-daero, Jinju, 660-701, Republic of Korea
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 359 Tiyuchang Road, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- For correspondence ()
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López-Fernández L, Ruiz-Roldán C, Pareja-Jaime Y, Prieto A, Khraiwesh H, Roncero MIG. The Fusarium oxysporum gnt2, encoding a putative N-acetylglucosamine transferase, is involved in cell wall architecture and virulence. PLoS One 2013; 8:e84690. [PMID: 24416097 PMCID: PMC3886883 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2013] [Accepted: 11/26/2013] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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With the aim to decipher the molecular dialogue and cross talk between Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersci and its host during infection and to understand the molecular bases that govern fungal pathogenicity, we analysed genes presumably encoding N-acetylglucosaminyl transferases, involved in glycosylation of glycoproteins, glycolipids, proteoglycans or small molecule acceptors in other microorganisms. In silico analysis revealed the existence of seven putative N-glycosyl transferase encoding genes (named gnt) in F. oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici genome. gnt2 deletion mutants showed a dramatic reduction in virulence on both plant and animal hosts. Δgnt2 mutants had αalterations in cell wall properties related to terminal αor β-linked N-acetyl glucosamine. Mutant conidia and germlings also showed differences in structure and physicochemical surface properties. Conidial and hyphal aggregation differed between the mutant and wild type strains, in a pH independent manner. Transmission electron micrographs of germlings showed strong cell-to-cell adherence and the presence of an extracellular chemical matrix. Δgnt2 cell walls presented a significant reduction in N-linked oligosaccharides, suggesting the involvement of Gnt2 in N-glycosylation of cell wall proteins. Gnt2 was localized in Golgi-like sub-cellular compartments as determined by fluorescence microscopy of GFP::Gnt2 fusion protein after treatment with the antibiotic brefeldin A or by staining with fluorescent sphingolipid BODIPY-TR ceramide. Furthermore, density gradient ultracentrifugation allowed co-localization of GFP::Gnt2 fusion protein and Vps10p in subcellular fractions enriched in Golgi specific enzymatic activities. Our results suggest that N-acetylglucosaminyl transferases are key components for cell wall structure and influence interactions of F. oxysporum with both plant and animal hosts during pathogenicity.
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- Loida López-Fernández
- Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
- Campus de Excelencia Agroalimentario (ceiA3), Córdoba, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
- Campus de Excelencia Agroalimentario (ceiA3), Córdoba, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
- Campus de Excelencia Agroalimentario (ceiA3), Córdoba, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Celular, Fisiología e Inmunología, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
- Campus de Excelencia Agroalimentario (ceiA3), Córdoba, Spain
- * E-mail:
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He X, Pierce O, Haselhorst T, von Itzstein M, Kolarich D, Packer NH, Gloster TM, Vocadlo DJ, Qian Y, Brooks D, Kermode AR. Characterization and downstream mannose phosphorylation of human recombinant α-L-iduronidase produced in Arabidopsis complex glycan-deficient (cgl) seeds. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2013; 11:1034-1043. [PMID: 23898885 PMCID: PMC4030584 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2013] [Revised: 05/24/2013] [Accepted: 06/09/2013] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) I is a lysosomal storage disease caused by a deficiency of α-L-iduronidase (IDUA) (EC 3.2.1.76); enzyme replacement therapy is the conventional treatment for this genetic disease. Arabidopsis cgl mutants are characterized by a deficiency of the activity of N-acetylglucosaminyl transferase I (EC 2.4.1.101), the first enzyme in the pathway of hybrid and complex N-glycan biosynthesis. To develop a seed-based platform for the production of recombinant IDUA for potential treatment of MPS I, cgl mutant seeds were generated to express human IDUA at high yields and to avoid maturation of the N-linked glycans on the recombinant human enzyme. Enzyme kinetic data showed that cgl-IDUA has similar enzymatic properties to the commercial recombinant IDUA derived from cultured Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells (Aldurazyme™). The N-glycan profile showed that cgl-derived IDUA contained predominantly high-mannose-type N-glycans (94.5%), and the residual complex/hybrid N-glycan-containing enzyme was efficiently removed by an additional affinity chromatography step. Furthermore, purified cgl-IDUA was amenable to sequential in vitro processing by soluble recombinant forms of the two enzymes that mediate the addition of the mannose-6-phosphate (M6P) tag in mammalian cells-UDP-GlcNAc:lysosomal enzyme N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc)-1-phosphotransferase-and GlcNAc-1-phosphodiester α-N-acetylglucosaminidase (the 'uncovering enzyme'). Arabidopsis seeds provide an alternative system for producing recombinant lysosomal enzymes for enzyme replacement therapy; the purified enzymes can be subjected to downstream processing to create the M6P, a recognition marker essential for efficient receptor-mediated uptake into lysosomes of human cells.
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- Xu He
- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser UniversityBurnaby, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser UniversityBurnaby, BC, Canada
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- Institute for Glycomics, Griffith UniversitySouthport, Qld, Australia
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- Institute for Glycomics, Griffith UniversitySouthport, Qld, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie UniversitySydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie UniversitySydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser UniversityBurnaby, BC, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser UniversityBurnaby, BC, Canada
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of MedicineSt. Louis, MO, USA
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- Sansom Institute, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South AustraliaAdelaide, SA, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser UniversityBurnaby, BC, Canada
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Barbosa Viana AA, Pelegrini PB, Grossi-de-Sá MF. Plant biofarming: Novel insights for peptide expression in heterologous systems. Biopolymers 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.22089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Ruiz-May E, Kim SJ, Brandizzi F, Rose JKC. The secreted plant N-glycoproteome and associated secretory pathways. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2012; 3:117. [PMID: 22685447 PMCID: PMC3368311 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2012] [Accepted: 05/15/2012] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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N-Glycosylation is a common form of eukaryotic protein post-translational modification, and one that is particularly prevalent in plant cell wall proteins. Large scale and detailed characterization of N-glycoproteins therefore has considerable potential in better understanding the composition and functions of the cell wall proteome, as well as those proteins that reside in other compartments of the secretory pathway. While there have been numerous studies of mammalian and yeast N-glycoproteins, less is known about the population complexity, biosynthesis, structural variation, and trafficking of their plant counterparts. However, technical developments in the analysis of glycoproteins and the structures the glycans that they bear, as well as valuable comparative analyses with non-plant systems, are providing new insights into features that are common among eukaryotes and those that are specific to plants, some of which may reflect the unique nature of the plant cell wall. In this review we present an overview of the current knowledge of plant N-glycoprotein synthesis and trafficking, with particular reference to those that are cell wall localized.
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- Eliel Ruiz-May
- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY, USA
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- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI, USA
- DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI, USA
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- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI, USA
- DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY, USA
- *Correspondence: Jocelyn K. C. Rose, Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, 412 Mann Library Building, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA. e-mail:
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Cunha NB, Murad AM, Cipriano TM, Araújo ACG, Aragão FJL, Leite A, Vianna GR, McPhee TR, Souza GHMF, Waters MJ, Rech EL. Expression of functional recombinant human growth hormone in transgenic soybean seeds. Transgenic Res 2011; 20:811-26. [PMID: 21069461 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-010-9460-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2009] [Accepted: 10/24/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We produced human growth hormone (hGH), a protein that stimulates growth and cell reproduction, in genetically engineered soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] seeds. Utilising the alpha prime (α') subunit of β-conglycinin tissue-specific promoter from soybean and the α-Coixin signal peptide from Coix lacryma-jobi, we obtained transgenic soybean lines that expressed the mature form of hGH in their seeds. Expression levels of bioactive hGH up to 2.9% of the total soluble seed protein content (corresponding to approximately 9 g kg(-1)) were measured in mature dry soybean seeds. The results of ultrastructural immunocytochemistry assays indicated that the recombinant hGH in seed cotyledonary cells was efficiently directed to protein storage vacuoles. Specific bioassays demonstrated that the hGH expressed in the soybean seeds was fully active. The recombinant hGH protein sequence was confirmed by mass spectrometry characterisation. These results demonstrate that the utilisation of tissue-specific regulatory sequences is an attractive and viable option for achieving high-yield production of recombinant proteins in stable transgenic soybean seeds.
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- Nicolau B Cunha
- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Parque Estação Biológica (PqEB), Av. W5 Norte, Brasília, DF, 70770-917, Brazil
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Kaulfürst-Soboll H, Rips S, Koiwa H, Kajiura H, Fujiyama K, von Schaewen A. Reduced immunogenicity of Arabidopsis hgl1 mutant N-glycans caused by altered accessibility of xylose and core fucose epitopes. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:22955-64. [PMID: 21478158 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.196097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Arabidopsis N-glycosylation mutants with enhanced salt sensitivity show reduced immunoreactivity of complex N-glycans. Among them, hybrid glycosylation 1 (hgl1) alleles lacking Golgi α-mannosidase II are unique, because their glycoprotein N-glycans are hardly labeled by anti-complex glycan antibodies, even though they carry β1,2-xylose and α1,3-fucose epitopes. To dissect the contribution of xylose and core fucose residues to plant stress responses and immunogenic potential, we prepared Arabidopsis hgl1 xylT double and hgl1 fucTa fucTb triple mutants by crossing previously established T-DNA insertion lines and verified them by mass spectrometry analyses. Root growth assays revealed that hgl1 fucTa fucTb but not hgl1 xylT plants are more salt-sensitive than hgl1, hinting at the importance of core fucose modification and masking of xylose residues. Detailed immunoblot analyses with anti-β1,2-xylose and anti-α1,3-fucose rabbit immunoglobulin G antibodies as well as cross-reactive carbohydrate determinant-specific human immunoglobulin E antibodies (present in sera of allergy patients) showed that xylose-specific reactivity of hgl1 N-glycans is indeed reduced. Based on three-dimensional modeling of plant N-glycans, we propose that xylose residues are tilted by 30° because of untrimmed mannoses in hgl1 mutants. Glycosidase treatments of protein extracts restored immunoreactivity of hgl1 N-glycans supporting these models. Furthermore, among allergy patient sera, untrimmed mannoses persisting on the α1,6-arm of hgl1 N-glycans were inhibitory to immunoreaction with core fucoses to various degrees. In summary, incompletely trimmed glycoprotein N-glycans conformationally prevent xylose and, to lesser extent, core fucose accessibility. Thus, in addition to N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I, Golgi α-mannosidase II emerges as a so far unrecognized target for lowering the immunogenic potential of plant-derived glycoproteins.
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- Heidi Kaulfürst-Soboll
- Institut für Biologie und Biotechnologie der Pflanzen, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Kaulfürst-Soboll H, Mertens M, Brehler R, von Schaewen A. Reduction of cross-reactive carbohydrate determinants in plant foodstuff: elucidation of clinical relevance and implications for allergy diagnosis. PLoS One 2011; 6:e17800. [PMID: 21423762 PMCID: PMC3056789 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2010] [Accepted: 02/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND A longstanding debate in allergy is whether or not specific immunoglobulin-E antibodies (sIgE), recognizing cross-reactive carbohydrate determinants (CCD), are able to elicit clinical symptoms. In pollen and food allergy, ≥20% of patients display in-vitro CCD reactivity based on presence of α1,3-fucose and/or β1,2-xylose residues on N-glycans of plant (xylose/fucose) and insect (fucose) glycoproteins. Because the allergenicity of tomato glycoallergen Lyc e 2 was ascribed to N-glycan chains alone, this study aimed at evaluating clinical relevance of CCD-reduced foodstuff in patients with carbohydrate-specific IgE (CCD-sIgE). METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Tomato and/or potato plants with stable reduction of Lyc e 2 (tomato) or CCD formation in general were obtained via RNA interference, and gene-silencing was confirmed by immunoblot analyses. Two different CCD-positive patient groups were compared: one with tomato and/or potato food allergy and another with hymenoptera-venom allergy (the latter to distinguish between CCD- and peptide-specific reactions in the food-allergic group). Non-allergic and CCD-negative food-allergic patients served as controls for immunoblot, basophil activation, and ImmunoCAP analyses. Basophil activation tests (BAT) revealed that Lyc e 2 is no key player among other tomato (glyco)allergens. CCD-positive patients showed decreased (re)activity with CCD-reduced foodstuff, most obvious in the hymenoptera venom-allergic but less in the food-allergic group, suggesting that in-vivo reactivity is primarily based on peptide- and not CCD-sIgE. Peptide epitopes remained unaffected in CCD-reduced plants, because CCD-negative patient sera showed reactivity similar to wild-type. In-house-made ImmunoCAPs, applied to investigate feasibility in routine diagnosis, confirmed BAT results at the sIgE level. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE CCD-positive hymenoptera venom-allergic patients (control group) showed basophil activation despite no allergic symptoms towards tomato and potato. Therefore, this proof-of-principle study demonstrates feasibility of CCD-reduced foodstuff to minimize 'false-positive results' in routine serum tests. Despite confirming low clinical relevance of CCD antibodies, we identified one patient with ambiguous in-vitro results, indicating need for further component-resolved diagnosis.
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- Department of Dermatology, University of
Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, University of
Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology,
University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Dohi K, Isoyama-Tanaka J, Tokuda T, Fujiyama K. Recombinant expression and characterization of N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I derived from Nicotiana tabacum. J Biosci Bioeng 2010; 109:388-91. [PMID: 20226382 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2009.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2009] [Revised: 10/05/2009] [Accepted: 10/05/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The C-terminal catalytic domain of tobacco N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I fused to maltose-binding protein was produced in Escherichia coli as a soluble form with significant activity. The protein was affinity-purified using amylose resin, and its enzymatic properties were investigated, including its divalent cation requirements, optimal temperature, optimal pH, and substrate specificity.
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- Koji Dohi
- International Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Kajiura H, Seki T, Fujiyama K. Arabidopsis thaliana ALG3 mutant synthesizes immature oligosaccharides in the ER and accumulates unique N-glycans. Glycobiology 2010; 20:736-51. [PMID: 20356820 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwq028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The core oligosaccharide Glc(3)Man(9)GlcNAc(2) is assembled by a series of membrane-bound glycosyltransferases as the lipid carrier dolichylpyrophosphate-linked glycan in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The first step of this assembly pathway on the ER luminal side is mediated by ALG3 (asparagine-linked glycosylation 3), which is a highly conserved reaction among eukaryotic cells. Complementary genetics compared with Saccharomyces cerevisiae ALG gene families and bioinformatic approaches have enabled the identification of ALG3 from other species. In Arabidopsis thaliana, AtALG3 (At2g47760) was identified as alpha1,3-mannosyltransferase. Complementation analysis showed that AtALG3 rescued the temperature-sensitive phenotype, that lipid-linked oligosaccharide assemblies and that protein underglycosylation of S. cerevisiae ALG3-deficient mutant. In Arabidopsis ALG3 mutant, an immature lipid-linked oligosaccharide structure, M5(ER), was synthesized, and used for protein N-glycosylation, resulting in the blockade of subsequent maturation with the concanavalin A affinoactive and Endo H-insensitive structure. N-Glycan profiling of total proteins from alg3 mutants exhibited a unique structural profile, alg3 has rare N-glycan structures including Man(3)GlcNAc(2), M4(ER), M5(ER) and GlcM5(ER), which are not usually detected in Arabidopsis, and a much less amount of complex-type N-glycan than that in wild type. Interestingly, despite protein N-glycosylation differences compared with wild type, alg3 showed no obvious phenotype under normal and high temperature or salt/osmotic stress conditions. These results indicate that AtALG3 is a critical factor for mature N-glycosylation of proteins, but not essential for cell viability and growth in Arabidopsis.
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- Hiroyuki Kajiura
- The International Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Osaka 565, Japan
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Henquet M, Heinhuis B, Borst JW, Eigenhuijsen J, Schreuder M, Bosch D, van der Krol A. Differential effects of human and plant N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I (GnTI) in plants. Transgenic Res 2009; 19:535-47. [PMID: 19826906 PMCID: PMC2902736 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-009-9331-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2009] [Accepted: 09/27/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In plants and animals, the first step in complex type N-glycan formation on glycoproteins is catalyzed by N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I (GnTI). We show that the cgl1-1 mutant of Arabidopsis, which lacks GnTI activity, is fully complemented by YFP-labeled plant AtGnTI, but only partially complemented by YFP-labeled human HuGnTI and that this is due to post-transcriptional events. In contrast to AtGnTI-YFP, only low levels of HuGnTI-YFP protein was detected in transgenic plants. In protoplast co-transfection experiments all GnTI-YFP fusion proteins co-localized with a Golgi marker protein, but only limited co-localization of AtGnTI and HuGnTI in the same plant protoplast. The partial alternative targeting of HuGnTI in plant protoplasts was alleviated by exchanging the membrane-anchor domain with that of AtGnTI, but in stably transformed cgl1-1 plants this chimeric GnTI still did not lead to full complementation of the cgl1-1 phenotype. Combined, the results indicate that activity of HuGnTI in plants is limited by a combination of reduced protein stability, alternative protein targeting and possibly to some extend to lower enzymatic performance of the catalytic domain in the plant biochemical environment.
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- Maurice Henquet
- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Microspectroscopy Centre, Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, Dreijenlaan 3, 6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Business Unit Bioscience, Plant Research International BV, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Membrane Enzymology, Department of Chemistry, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Plants are attractive expression systems for the economic production of recombinant proteins. Among the different plant-based systems, plant seed is the leading platform and holds several advantages such as high protein yields and stable storage of target proteins. Significant advances in using seeds as bioreactors have occurred in the past decade, which include the first commercialized plant-derived recombinant protein. Here we review the current progress on seeds as bioreactors, with focus on the different food crops as production platforms and comprehensive strategies in optimizing recombinant protein production in seeds.
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- On Sun Lau
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8104, USA; Department of Biology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Biology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; State (China) Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), Hong Kong China.
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Scharte J, Schön H, Tjaden Z, Weis E, von Schaewen A. Isoenzyme replacement of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in the cytosol improves stress tolerance in plants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:8061-6. [PMID: 19416911 PMCID: PMC2683143 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812902106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In source leaves of resistant tobacco, oxidative burst and subsequent formation of hypersensitive lesions after infection with Phytophthora nicotianae was prevented by inhibition of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) or NADPH oxidases. This observation indicated that plant defense could benefit from improved NADPH availability due to increased G6PDH activity in the cytosol. A plastidic isoform of the G6PDH-encoding gene, G6PD, displaying high NADPH tolerance was engineered for cytosolic expression (cP2), and introduced into a susceptible cultivar. After infection, transgenic (previously susceptible) lines overexpressing cP2 showed early oxidative bursts, callose deposition, and changes in metabolic parameters. These responses resulted in timely formation of hypersensitive lesions similar to resistant plants, although their extent varied considerably between different transgenic lines. Additional RNAi suppression of endogenous cytosolic G6PD isoforms resulted in highly uniform defense responses and also enhanced drought tolerance and flowering. Cytosolic G6PDH seems to be a crucial factor for the outcome of plant defense responses; thus, representing an important target for modulation of stress resistance. Because isoenzyme replacement of G6PDH in the cytosol was beneficial under various kinds of cues, we propose this strategy as a tool to enhance stress tolerance in general.
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- Judith Scharte
- Institut für Botanik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Schlossgarten 3, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Botanik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Schlossgarten 3, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Botanik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Schlossgarten 3, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Botanik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Schlossgarten 3, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Botanik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Schlossgarten 3, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Zhou Y, Li S, Qian Q, Zeng D, Zhang M, Guo L, Liu X, Zhang B, Deng L, Liu X, Luo G, Wang X, Li J. BC10, a DUF266-containing and Golgi-located type II membrane protein, is required for cell-wall biosynthesis in rice (Oryza sativa L.). THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 57:446-62. [PMID: 18939965 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2008.03703.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Glycosyltransferases (GTs) are one of the largest enzyme groups required for the synthesis of complex wall polysaccharides and glycoproteins in plants. However, due to the limited number of related mutants that have observable phenotypes, the biological function(s) of most GTs in cell-wall biosynthesis and assembly have remained elusive. We report here the isolation and in-depth characterization of a brittle rice mutant, brittle culm 10 (bc10). bc10 plants show pleiotropic phenotypes, including brittleness of the plant body and retarded growth. The BC10 gene was cloned through a map-based approach, and encodes a Golgi-located type II membrane protein that contains a domain designated as 'domain of unknown function 266' (DUF266) and represents a multiple gene family in rice. BC10 has low sequence similarity with the domain to a core 2 beta-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (C2GnT), and its in vitro enzymatic activity suggests that it functions as a glycosyltransferase. Monosaccharide analysis of total and fractioned wall residues revealed that bc10 showed impaired cellulose biosynthesis. Immunolocalization and isolation of arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs) in the wild-type and bc10 showed that the level of AGPs in the mutant is significantly affected. BC10 is mainly expressed in the developing sclerenchyma and vascular bundle cells, and its deficiency causes a reduction in the levels of cellulose and AGPs, leading to inferior mechanical properties.
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- Yihua Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Ko K, Brodzik R, Steplewski Z. Production of Antibodies in Plants: Approaches and Perspectives. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2009; 332:55-78. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-70868-1_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Frank J, Kaulfürst-Soboll H, Rips S, Koiwa H, von Schaewen A. Comparative analyses of Arabidopsis complex glycan1 mutants and genetic interaction with staurosporin and temperature sensitive3a. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 148:1354-67. [PMID: 18768906 PMCID: PMC2577240 DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.127027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2008] [Accepted: 08/24/2008] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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We compare three Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) complex glycan1 (cgl1) alleles and report on genetic interaction with staurosporin and temperature sensitive3a (stt3a). STT3a encodes a subunit of oligosaccharyltransferase that affects efficiency of N-glycan transfer to nascent secretory proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum; cgl1 mutants lack N-acetyl-glucosaminyltransferase I activity and are unable to form complex N-glycans in the Golgi apparatus. By studying CGL1-green fluorescent protein fusions in transient assays, we show that the extra N-glycosylation site created by a point mutation in cgl1 C5 is used in planta and interferes with folding of full-length membrane-anchored polypeptides in the endoplasmic reticulum. Tunicamycin treatment or expression in the stt3a-2 mutant relieved the folding block, and migration to Golgi stacks resumed. Complementation tests with C5-green fluorescent protein and other N-glycosylation variants of CGL1 demonstrated that suppression of aberrant N-glycosylation restores activity. Interestingly, CGL1 seems to be functional also as nonglycosylated enzyme. Two other cgl1 alleles showed splicing defects of their transcripts. In cgl1 C6, a point mutation affects the 3' splice site of intron 14, resulting in frame shifts; in cgl1-T, intron 11 fails to splice due to insertion of a T-DNA copy. Introgression of stt3a-2 did not restore complex glycan formation in cgl1 C6 or cgl1-T but suppressed the N-acetyl-glucosaminyltransferase I defect in cgl1 C5. Root growth assays revealed synergistic effects in double mutants cgl1 C6 stt3a-2 and cgl1-T stt3a-2 only. Besides demonstrating the conditional nature of cgl1 C5 in planta, our observations with loss-of-function alleles cgl1 C6 and cgl1-T in the stt3a-2 underglycosylation background prove that correct N-glycosylation is important for normal root growth and morphology in Arabidopsis.
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- Julia Frank
- Institut für Botanik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Munster, Germany
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Zhang H, Ohyama K, Boudet J, Chen Z, Yang J, Zhang M, Muranaka T, Maurel C, Zhu JK, Gong Z. Dolichol biosynthesis and its effects on the unfolded protein response and abiotic stress resistance in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2008; 20:1879-98. [PMID: 18612099 PMCID: PMC2518237 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.108.061150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2008] [Revised: 06/18/2008] [Accepted: 06/25/2008] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Dolichols are long-chain unsaturated polyisoprenoids with multiple cellular functions, such as serving as lipid carriers of sugars used for protein glycosylation, which affects protein trafficking in the endoplasmic reticulum. The biological functions of dolichols in plants are largely unknown. We isolated an Arabidopsis thaliana mutant, lew1 (for leaf wilting1), that showed a leaf-wilting phenotype under normal growth conditions. LEW1 encoded a cis-prenyltransferase, which when expressed in Escherichia coli catalyzed the formation of dolichol with a chain length around C(80) in an in vitro assay. The lew1 mutation reduced the total plant content of main dolichols by approximately 85% and caused protein glycosylation defects. The mutation also impaired plasma membrane integrity, causing electrolyte leakage, lower turgor, reduced stomatal conductance, and increased drought resistance. Interestingly, drought stress in the lew1 mutant induced higher expression of the unfolded protein response pathway genes BINDING PROTEIN and BASIC DOMAIN/LEUCINE ZIPPER60 as well as earlier expression of the stress-responsive genes RD29A and COR47. The lew1 mutant was more sensitive to dark treatment, but this dark sensitivity was suppressed by drought treatment. Our data suggest that LEW1 catalyzes dolichol biosynthesis and that dolichol is important for plant responses to endoplasmic reticulum stress, drought, and dark-induced senescence in Arabidopsis.
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- Hairong Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Streatfield SJ. Approaches to achieve high-level heterologous protein production in plants. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2007; 5:2-15. [PMID: 17207252 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2006.00216.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Plants offer an alternative to microbial fermentation and animal cell cultures for the production of recombinant proteins. For protein pharmaceuticals, plant systems are inherently safer than native and even recombinant animal sources. In addition, post-translational modifications, such as glycosylation, which cannot be achieved with bacterial fermentation, can be accomplished using plants. The main advantage foreseen for plant systems is reduced production costs. Plants should have a particular advantage for proteins produced in bulk, such as industrial enzymes, for which product pricing is low. In addition, edible plant tissues are well suited to the expression of vaccine antigens and pharmaceuticals for oral delivery. Three approaches have been followed to express recombinant proteins in plants: expression from the plant nuclear genome; expression from the plastid genome; and expression from plant tissues carrying recombinant plant viral sequences. The most important factor in moving plant-produced heterologous proteins from developmental research to commercial products is to ensure competitive production costs, and the best way to achieve this is to boost expression. Thus, considerable research effort has been made to increase the amount of recombinant protein produced in plants. This research includes molecular technologies to increase replication, to boost transcription, to direct transcription in tissues suited for protein accumulation, to stabilize transcripts, to optimize translation, to target proteins to subcellular locations optimal for their accumulation, and to engineer proteins to stabilize them. Other methods include plant breeding to increase transgene copy number and to utilize germplasm suited to protein accumulation. Large-scale commercialization of plant-produced recombinant proteins will require a combination of these technologies.
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- Stephen J Streatfield
- Applied Biotechnology Institute, Building 36, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, USA.
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Recombinant plant systems potentially offer economic alternatives to produce large amounts of pharmaceutical proteins, including those used in subunit vaccines. Plant systems also provide a convenient oral delivery option, overcoming the cost and inconvenience of purification and injections. The production of pharmaceutical proteins in transgenic plants is tightly regulated, with the US Department of Agriculture focusing on containment of recombinant material and the US Food and Drug Administration focusing on the production system as it relates to manufacture of the drug or vaccine. Current regulations for the production of plant-made pharmaceuticals are to prevent recombinant proteins from entering the food chain or from persisting in the environment, and to guard against recombinant nucleic acid sequences entering genomes of food or feed crops, or wild species. Several alternative plant production systems are being developed. Each system has its strengths and weaknesses with regard to the economics of production, options for alternative routes of administration, authenticity of products and ease with which the production system can be contained. Risk assessments can be used as a means to quantify risks of inadvertent human or environmental exposure to plant-made pharmaceuticals. Several technologies are being tested that reduce the probability of plant-made pharmaceuticals, or genes encoding them, escaping production sites.
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- Stephen J Streatfield
- Applied Biotechnology Institute, 101 Gateway Boulevard, College Station, TX 77845, USA.
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Walker TL, Purton S, Becker DK, Collet C. Microalgae as bioreactors. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2005; 24:629-41. [PMID: 16136314 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-005-0004-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2004] [Revised: 03/31/2005] [Accepted: 04/04/2005] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Microalgae already serve as a major natural source of valuable macromolecules including carotenoids, long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and phycocolloids. As photoautotrophs, their simple growth requirements make these primitive plants potentially attractive bioreactor systems for the production of high-value heterologous proteins. The difficulty of producing stable transformants has meant that the field of transgenic microalgae is still in its infancy. Nonetheless, several species can now be routinely transformed and algal biotechnology companies have begun to explore the possibilities of synthesizing recombinant therapeutic proteins in microalgae and the engineering of metabolic pathways to produce increased levels of desirable compounds. In this review, we compare the current commercially viable bioreactor systems, outline recent progress in microalgal biotechnology and transformation, and discuss the potential of microalgae as bioreactors for the production of heterologous proteins.
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- Tara L Walker
- Cluster for Molecular Biotechnology, Science Research Centre and CRC for Diagnostics, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia
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Walker TL, Purton S, Becker DK, Collet C. Microalgae as bioreactors. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2005; 24:629-641. [PMID: 16136314 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3348-4_26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2004] [Revised: 03/31/2005] [Accepted: 04/04/2005] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Microalgae already serve as a major natural source of valuable macromolecules including carotenoids, long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and phycocolloids. As photoautotrophs, their simple growth requirements make these primitive plants potentially attractive bioreactor systems for the production of high-value heterologous proteins. The difficulty of producing stable transformants has meant that the field of transgenic microalgae is still in its infancy. Nonetheless, several species can now be routinely transformed and algal biotechnology companies have begun to explore the possibilities of synthesizing recombinant therapeutic proteins in microalgae and the engineering of metabolic pathways to produce increased levels of desirable compounds. In this review, we compare the current commercially viable bioreactor systems, outline recent progress in microalgal biotechnology and transformation, and discuss the potential of microalgae as bioreactors for the production of heterologous proteins.
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- Tara L Walker
- Cluster for Molecular Biotechnology, Science Research Centre and CRC for Diagnostics, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia
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Strasser R, Stadlmann J, Svoboda B, Altmann F, Glössl J, Mach L. Molecular basis of N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I deficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana plants lacking complex N-glycans. Biochem J 2005; 387:385-91. [PMID: 15537386 PMCID: PMC1134966 DOI: 10.1042/bj20041686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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GnTI (N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I) is a Golgi-resident enzyme essential for the processing of high-mannose to hybrid and complex N-glycans. The Arabidopsis thaliana cgl mutant lacks GnTI activity and as a consequence accumulates oligomannosidic structures. Molecular cloning of cgl GnTI cDNA revealed a point mutation, which causes a critical amino acid substitution (Asp144-->Asn), thereby creating an additional N-glycosylation site. Heterologous expression of cgl GnTI in insect cells confirmed its lack of activity and the use of the N-glycosylation site. Remarkably, introduction of the Asp144-->Asn mutation into rabbit GnTI, which does not result in the formation of a new N-glycosylation site, led to a protein with strongly reduced, but still detectable enzymic activity. Expression of Asn144 rabbit GnTI in cgl plants could partially restore complex N-glycan formation. These results indicate that the complete deficiency of GnTI activity in cgl plants is mainly due to the additional N-glycan, which appears to interfere with the proper folding of the enzyme.
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- Richard Strasser
- *Department für Angewandte Pflanzenwissenschaften und Pflanzenbiotechnologie, Institut für Angewandte Genetik und Zellbiologie, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Wien, Austria
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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- *Department für Angewandte Pflanzenwissenschaften und Pflanzenbiotechnologie, Institut für Angewandte Genetik und Zellbiologie, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Wien, Austria
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- *Department für Angewandte Pflanzenwissenschaften und Pflanzenbiotechnologie, Institut für Angewandte Genetik und Zellbiologie, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Wien, Austria
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- †Department für Chemie, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Wien, Austria
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- *Department für Angewandte Pflanzenwissenschaften und Pflanzenbiotechnologie, Institut für Angewandte Genetik und Zellbiologie, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Wien, Austria
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- *Department für Angewandte Pflanzenwissenschaften und Pflanzenbiotechnologie, Institut für Angewandte Genetik und Zellbiologie, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Wien, Austria
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Many protein subunit vaccine candidates have been expressed in transgenic plants, and in a few cases the recombinant material has entered early phase clinical or target animal trials. The expressed protein can be purified prior to formulation for any preferred delivery approach. However, there are major cost advantages associated with avoiding protein purification and pursuing the oral delivery of a processed plant product containing the recombinant protein. Grains and dry products that are processed from fresh plant tissues can stably store expressed proteins for extended periods of time at room temperature, making refridgeration unnecessary during storage and distribution. Encapsulation of recombinant proteins in plant tissues guards against their rapid degradation in the gut, therefore facilitating the uptake and induction of appropriate immune responses. Early trial data with plant-based vaccine candidates has shown promising safety and efficacy.
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Bovie C, Ongena M, Thonart P, Dommes J. Cloning and expression analysis of cDNAs corresponding to genes activated in cucumber showing systemic acquired resistance after BTH treatment. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2004; 4:15. [PMID: 15331019 PMCID: PMC516775 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-4-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2004] [Accepted: 08/26/2004] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Infection of plants by necrotizing pathogens can lead to the rapid and localized induction of a complex set of defense responses resulting in a restriction of pathogen growth and spread. Subsequently, an increase of plant resistance against a broad spectrum of pathogens is observed systemically. This plant immunity is known as Systemic Acquired Resistance. To identify components of the transduction pathway, we cloned and analysed the expression pattern of several mRNAs accumulating in cucumber plants after induction of Systemic Acquired Resistance. RESULTS We tested on cucumber different compounds known to induce systemic acquired resistance. Among these, BTH (benzo(1,2,3)thiadiazole-7-carbothioic acid S-methyl ester) proved to be very effective. mRNA RT-PCR differential display was used to identify mRNA sequences induced 24 hours after the application of 10 microM BTH to cucumber plants. A cDNA library constructed from cucumber plants sprayed with 10 microM BTH was screened to get corresponding full length cDNAs. Among the identified cDNAs were those coding for a putative ras-related GTP-binding protein, a putative beta-1,4-N-Acetylglucosaminyltranferase III and a putative pathogenesis related protein. The time course of accumulation of the three corresponding mRNAs was analysed by northern blotting in plants treated by BTH or in plants infected by Colletotrichum lagenarium. CONCLUSIONS The mRNA RT-PCR differential display technique allowed the identification of three genes possibly involved in Systemic Acquired Resistance in cucumber. Pathogenesis-related proteins are known to be involved in plant defence against pathogens. GTP-binding protein and N-acetylglucosaminyltranferase III have been reported to be components of signal transduction pathways in mammals and plants.
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MESH Headings
- Blotting, Northern
- Cloning, Molecular
- Colletotrichum/growth & development
- Cucumis sativus/drug effects
- Cucumis sativus/genetics
- Cucumis sativus/microbiology
- DNA, Complementary/chemistry
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Immunity, Innate/drug effects
- Immunity, Innate/genetics
- Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins/genetics
- N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases/genetics
- Peptide Termination Factors/genetics
- Plant Diseases/genetics
- Plant Diseases/microbiology
- Plant Leaves/drug effects
- Plant Leaves/genetics
- Plant Leaves/microbiology
- Plant Proteins/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Thiadiazoles/pharmacology
- Time Factors
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Affiliation(s)
- Catherine Bovie
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et de Biotechnologie Végétales, Département des Sciences de la Vie, B22, Université de Liège, B-4000 Liège/Sart Tilman, Belgium
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- Centre Wallon de Biologie Industrielle, Unité de Bioindustries, Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium
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- Centre Wallon de Biologie Industrielle, Unité de Bioindustries, Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et de Biotechnologie Végétales, Département des Sciences de la Vie, B22, Université de Liège, B-4000 Liège/Sart Tilman, Belgium
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Léonard R, Kolarich D, Paschinger K, Altmann F, Wilson IBH. A genetic and structural analysis of the N-glycosylation capabilities. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2004; 55:631-44. [PMID: 15604706 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-004-1558-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The recent draft sequencing of the rice (Oryza sativa) genome has enabled a genetic analysis of the glycosylation capabilities of an agroeconomically important group of plants, the monocotyledons. In this study, we have not only identified genes putatively encoding enzymes involved in N-glycosylation, but have examined by MALDI-TOF MS the structures of the N-glycans of rice and other monocotyledons (maize, wheat and dates; Zea mays, Triticum aestivum and Phoenix dactylifera); these data show that within the plant kingdom the types of N-glycans found are very similar between monocotyledons, dicotyledons and gymnosperms. Subsequently, we constructed expression vectors for the key enzymes forming plant-typical structures in rice, N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I (GlcNAc-TI; EC 2.4.1.101), core alpha1,3-fucosyltransferase (FucTA; EC 2.4.1.214) and beta1,2-xylosyltransferase (EC 2.4.2.38) and successfully expressed them in Pichia pastoris. Rice GlcNAc-TI, FucTA and xylosyltransferase are therefore the first monocotyledon glycosyltransferases involved in N-glycan biosynthesis to be characterised in a recombinant form.
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- Renaud Léonard
- Department für Chemie, Universität für Bodenkultur, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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Gomord V, Sourrouille C, Fitchette AC, Bardor M, Pagny S, Lerouge P, Faye L. Production and glycosylation of plant-made pharmaceuticals: the antibodies as a challenge. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2004; 2:83-100. [PMID: 17147602 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2004.00062.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Antibodies have long been recognized for their diagnostic and therapeutic potential. The rapidly increasing number of monoclonal antibodies approved for immunotherapy has paved the way to an even greater demand for these molecules. In order to satisfy this growing demand and to increase the production capacity, alternative systems based on antibody production in transgenic organisms are being actively explored. In this paper, we focus on transgenic plants as a promising system for the scale-up and processing of plant-made pharmaceuticals. In particular, we point out the advantages and limitations induced by glycosylation of plant-made antibodies for human therapy.
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- Véronique Gomord
- CNRS UMR 6037, IFRMP 23, GDR 2590 - Université de Rouen, 76821 Mont Saint Aignan Cedex, France.
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Strasser R, Altmann F, Glössl J, Steinkellner H. Unaltered complex N-glycan profiles in Nicotiana benthamiana despite drastic reduction of beta1,2- N -acetylglucosaminyltransferase I activity. Glycoconj J 2004; 21:275-82. [PMID: 15486460 DOI: 10.1023/b:glyc.0000045099.29038.04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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UDP-GlcNAc:alpha3-D-mannoside beta1,2- N -acetylglucosaminyltransferase I (GnTI; EC 2.4.1.101) is a Golgi-resident glycosyltransferase that is essential for the processing of oligomannose to hybrid and complex N-glycans in higher eukaryotes. The cDNA of Nicotiana tabacum GnTI has been cloned and characterised previously. To assess the influence of GnTI expression levels on the formation of complex N-glycans we used posttranscriptional gene silencing to knock down the expression of GnTI in the tobacco related species Nicotiana benthamiana. 143 independent transgenic plants containing GnTI constructs in either sense or antisense orientation were generated. 23 lines were selected for measurement of GnTI activity and 10 lines thereof showed a reduction of more than 85% in in vitro assays as compared to wildtype plants. GnTI reduction was stably inherited and did not interfere with the viability of the transformants. Noteworthy one line, 34S/2, exhibited a residual GnTI activity below the detection limit. beta1,2- N -acetylglucosaminyltransferase II (GnTII), an enzyme which acts further downstream in the N-glycosylation pathway, as well as other control enzymes (alpha-mannosidase, beta- N -acetylglucosaminidase) were not affected indicating the specific downregulation of GnTI. Remarkably, immunoblots and mass spectrometric N-glycan profiling revealed no significant changes of the total N-glycan comparable to wildtype plants.
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- Richard Strasser
- Institut für Angewandte Genetik und Zellbiologie, Department für Angewandte Planzenwissenschaften und Pflanzenbiotechnologie, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Wien, Austria.
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Pogue GP, Lindbo JA, Garger SJ, Fitzmaurice WP. Making an ally from an enemy: plant virology and the new agriculture. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2002; 40:45-74. [PMID: 12147754 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.40.021102.150133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Historically, the study of plant viruses has contributed greatly to the elucidation of eukaryotic biology. Recently, concurrent with the development of viruses into expression vectors, the biotechnology industry has developed an increasing number of disease therapies utilizing recombinant proteins. Plant virus vectors are viewed as a viable option for recombinant protein production. Employing pathogens in the process of creating added value to agriculture is, in effect, making an ally from an enemy. This review discusses the development and use of viruses as expression vectors, with special emphasis on (+) strand RNA virus systems. Further, the use of virus expression vectors in large-scale agricultural settings to produce recombinant proteins is described, and the technical challenges that need to be addressed by agriculturists and molecular virologists to fully realize the potential of this latest evolution of plant science are outlined.
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- Gregory P Pogue
- Large Scale Biology Corporation, 3333 Vaca Valley Pkwy, Vacaville, CA 95688, USA.
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Fujiyama K, Palacpac NQ, Sakai H, Kimura Y, Shinmyo A, Yoshida T, Seki T. In vivo conversion of a glycan to human compatible type by transformed tobacco cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 289:553-7. [PMID: 11716509 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.6006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Horseradish peroxidase isozyme C (HRP; EC 1.11.1.7) was used as a model protein to evaluate the capacity of tobacco cells transformed with human beta 1,4-galactosyltransferase (GT6) to modify and galactosylate a foreign glycoprotein. Cells transformed with the HRP gene are designated as BY2-HRP and GT6-HRP, for wild type BY2 and GT6 transformed cells, respectively. Expression of HRP cells was confirmed by isoelectric focusing, peroxidase activity staining, Western blotting, and enzymatic assays. The presence of HRP galactosylated N-glycans in GT6-HRP cells was analyzed by lectin staining, affinity chromatography, and structural analyses of pyridylamino-labeled RCA(120)-bound sugar chains. The structure of Gal(1)GlcNAc(1)Man(5)GlcNAc(2) was proposed based from the results of exoglycosidase digestions and two-dimensional sugar chain mapping. Unlike the HRP produced in BY2-HRP cells, the HRP from GT6-HRP cells has galactosylated glycoproteins that did not bind to the xylose-specific antiserum, suggesting the absence of the beta 1,2-xylose residue in the sugar chain.
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- K Fujiyama
- International Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan.
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Recently the genomic sequences of three multicellular eukaryotes, Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila melanogaster and Arabidopsis thaliana, have been elucidated. A number of cDNAs encoding glycosyltransferases demonstrated to have a role in N-linked glycosylation have already been cloned from these organisms, e.g., GlcNAc transferases and alpha 1,3-fucosyltransferases. However, many more homologues of glycosyltransferases and other glycan modifying enzymes have been predicted by analysis of the genome sequences, but the predictions of full length open reading frames appear to be particularly poor in Caenorhabditis. The use of these organisms as models in glycobiology may be hampered since they all have N-linked glycosylation repertoires unlike those of mammals. Arabidopsis and Drosophila have glycosylation similar to that of other plants or insects, while our new data from MALDI-TOF analysis of PNGase A-released neutral N-glycans of Caenorhabditis indicate that there exists a range of pauci- and oligomannosidic structures, with up to four fucose residues and up to two O-methyl groups. With all these three 'genetic model organisms', however, much more work is required for a full understanding of their glycobiology.
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- F Altmann
- Institut für Chemie der Universität für Bodenkultur, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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Wilson IB, Rendić D, Freilinger A, Dumić J, Altmann F, Mucha J, Müller S, Hauser MT. Cloning and expression of cDNAs encoding alpha1,3-fucosyltransferase homologues from Arabidopsis thaliana. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1527:88-96. [PMID: 11420147 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4165(01)00151-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The core alpha1,3-fucosyltransferases are involved in the synthesis of glycans specific to plants and invertebrates which are known to be immunogenic and allergenic. We report the identification, isolation and characterisation of the cDNAs of three genes (FucTA, FucTB and FucTC) encoding proteins similar to alpha1,3-fucosyltransferases in Arabidopsis thaliana. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction was used to amplify the full length coding sequence of FucTA. The FucTA gene, which consists of seven exons, encodes a presumptive protein of 501 amino acids showing an overall sequence identity of 66% to the protein encoded by the recently isolated mung bean Fuc-T C3 cDNA. FucTA was expressed in Pichia pastoris under the control of the AOX1 gene promoter. The soluble enzyme was found to catalyse the same reaction as mung bean core alpha1,3-fucosyltransferase as judged by analyses of the products by MALDI-TOF and high-performance liquid chromatography. The FucTB cDNA was isolated from a lambda-ZAP library, but the clone used an alternative splicing site between the second and third exon resulting in a premature stop codon. The FucTC gene encodes a protein with less than 40% identity to FucTA across 115 amino acids of a total of 401 amino acids and is a member of a new sub-family of plant alpha1,3/4-fucosyltransferase homologues.
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- I B Wilson
- Institut für Chemie, Universität für Bodenkultur, Vienna, Austria.
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Glycosyltransferases are involved in the biosyntheses of cell-wall polysaccharides, the addition of N-linked glycans to glycoproteins, and the attachment of sugar moieties to various small molecules such as hormones and flavonoids. In the past two years, substantial progress has been made in the identification and cloning of genes that encode glycosyltransferases. Moreover, analysis of the recently completed Arabidopsis genome sequence indicates the existence of several hundred additional genes encoding putative glycosyltransferases.
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- K Keegstra
- MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory and Department of Biochemistry, Michigan State University, 48824, East Lansing, Michigan USA.
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