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López-Cortés R, Muinelo-Romay L, Fernández-Briera A, Gil Martín E. High-Throughput Mass Spectrometry Analysis of N-Glycans and Protein Markers after FUT8 Knockdown in the Syngeneic SW480/SW620 Colorectal Cancer Cell Model. J Proteome Res 2024; 23:1379-1398. [PMID: 38507902 PMCID: PMC11002942 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.3c00833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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Disruption of the glycosylation machinery is a common feature in many types of cancer, and colorectal cancer (CRC) is no exception. Core fucosylation is mediated by the enzyme fucosyltransferase 8 (FucT-8), which catalyzes the addition of α1,6-l-fucose to the innermost GlcNAc residue of N-glycans. We and others have documented the involvement of FucT-8 and core-fucosylated proteins in CRC progression, in which we addressed core fucosylation in the syngeneic CRC model formed by SW480 and SW620 tumor cell lines from the perspective of alterations in their N-glycosylation profile and protein expression as an effect of the knockdown of the FUT8 gene that encodes FucT-8. Using label-free, semiquantitative mass spectrometry (MS) analysis, we found noticeable differences in N-glycosylation patterns in FUT8-knockdown cells, affecting core fucosylation and sialylation, the Hex/HexNAc ratio, and antennarity. Furthermore, stable isotopic labeling of amino acids in cell culture (SILAC)-based proteomic screening detected the alteration of species involved in protein folding, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi post-translational stabilization, epithelial polarity, and cellular response to damage and therapy. This data is available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD050012. Overall, the results obtained merit further investigation to validate their feasibility as biomarkers of progression and malignization in CRC, as well as their potential usefulness in clinical practice.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rubén López-Cortés
- Doctoral
Program in Methods and Applications in Life Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Universidade de Vigo, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Pontevedra (Galicia), Spain
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- Liquid
Biopsy Analysis Unit, Translational Medical Oncology (Oncomet), Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela
(IDIS), CIBERONC, Travesía da Choupana, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña
(Galicia), Spain
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- Molecular
Biomarkers, Biomedical Research Centre (CINBIO), Universidade de Vigo, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Pontevedra (Galicia), Spain
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- Nutrition
and Food Science Group, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Immunology,
Faculty of Biology, Universidade de Vigo, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Pontevedra (Galicia), Spain
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López-Cortés R, Muinelo-Romay L, Fernández-Briera A, Gil-Martín E. Inhibition of α(1,6)fucosyltransferase: Effects on Cell Proliferation, Migration, and Adhesion in an SW480/SW620 Syngeneic Colorectal Cancer Model. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23158463. [PMID: 35955598 PMCID: PMC9369121 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23158463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The present study explored the impact of inhibiting α(1,6)fucosylation (core fucosylation) on the functional phenotype of a cellular model of colorectal cancer (CRC) malignization formed by the syngeneic SW480 and SW620 CRC lines. Expression of the FUT8 gene encoding α(1,6)fucosyltransferase was inhibited in tumor line SW480 by a combination of shRNA-based antisense knockdown and Lens culinaris agglutinin (LCA) selection. LCA-resistant clones were subsequently assayed in vitro for proliferation, migration, and adhesion. The α(1,6)FT-inhibited SW480 cells showed enhanced proliferation in adherent conditions, unlike their α(1,6)FT-depleted SW620 counterparts, which displayed reduced proliferation. Under non-adherent conditions, α(1,6)FT-inhibited SW480 cells also showed greater growth capacity than their respective non-targeted control (NTC) cells. However, cell migration decreased in SW480 after FUT8 knockdown, while adhesion to EA.hy926 cells was significantly enhanced. The reported results indicate that the FUT8 knockdown strategy with subsequent selection for LCA-resistant clones was effective in greatly reducing α(1,6)FT expression in SW480 and SW620 CRC lines. In addition, α(1,6)FT impairment affected the proliferation, migration, and adhesion of α(1,6)FT-deficient clones SW480 and SW620 in a tumor stage-dependent manner, suggesting that core fucosylation has a dynamic role in the evolution of CRC.
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- Rubén López-Cortés
- Doctoral Program in Methods and Applications in Life Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain;
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- Liquid Biopsy Analysis Unit, Translational Medical Oncology (Oncomet), Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), CIBERONC, Travesía da Choupana, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain;
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Immunology, Faculty of Biology, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain;
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Immunology, Faculty of Biology, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +34-(986)-812-570
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Wu CC, Lu YT, Yeh TS, Chan YH, Dash S, Yu JS. Identification of Fucosylated SERPINA1 as a Novel Plasma Marker for Pancreatic Cancer Using Lectin Affinity Capture Coupled with iTRAQ-Based Quantitative Glycoproteomics. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22116079. [PMID: 34199928 PMCID: PMC8200073 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22116079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2021] [Revised: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Pancreatic cancer (PC) is an aggressive cancer with a high mortality rate, necessitating the development of effective diagnostic, prognostic and predictive biomarkers for disease management. Aberrantly fucosylated proteins in PC are considered a valuable resource of clinically useful biomarkers. The main objective of the present study was to identify novel plasma glycobiomarkers of PC using the iTRAQ quantitative proteomics approach coupled with Aleuria aurantia lectin (AAL)-based glycopeptide enrichment and isotope-coded glycosylation site-specific tagging, with a view to analyzing the glycoproteome profiles of plasma samples from patients with non-metastatic and metastatic PC and gallstones (GS). As a result, 22 glycopeptides with significantly elevated levels in plasma samples of PC were identified. Fucosylated SERPINA1 (fuco-SERPINA1) was selected for further validation in 121 plasma samples (50 GS and 71 PC) using an AAL-based reverse lectin ELISA technique developed in-house. Our analyses revealed significantly higher plasma levels of fuco-SERPINA1 in PC than GS subjects (310.7 ng/mL v.s. 153.6 ng/mL, p = 0.0114). Elevated fuco-SERPINA1 levels were associated with higher TNM stage (p = 0.024) and poorer prognosis for overall survival (log-rank test, p = 0.0083). The increased plasma fuco-SERPINA1 levels support the utility of this protein as a novel prognosticator for PC.
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- Chia-Chun Wu
- Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan; (C.-C.W.); (Y.-T.L.)
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- Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan; (C.-C.W.); (Y.-T.L.)
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- Department of General Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 33305, Taiwan; (T.-S.Y.); (Y.-H.C.)
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan
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- Department of General Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 33305, Taiwan; (T.-S.Y.); (Y.-H.C.)
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan;
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- Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan; (C.-C.W.); (Y.-T.L.)
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan;
- Liver Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 33305, Taiwan
- Research Center for Food and Cosmetic Safety, College of Human Ecology, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +886-3-211-8800 (ext. 5171); Fax: +886-3-211-8891
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Rubén LC, Laura MR, Almudena FB, Emilio GM. Glycan array analysis of Pholiota squarrosa lectin and other fucose-oriented lectins. Glycobiology 2020; 31:459-476. [PMID: 33021632 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwaa093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Revised: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The α(1,6)fucose residue attached to the N-glycoprotein core is suspected to play an essential role in the progression of several types of cancer. Lectins remain the first choice for probing glycan modifications, although they may lack specificity. Thus, efforts have been made to identify new lectins with a narrower core fucose (CF) detection profile. Here, we present a comparison of the classical Aleuria aurantia lectin (AAL), Lens culinaris agglutinin (LCA) and Aspergillus oryzae lectin (AOL) with the newer Pholiota squarrosa lectin (PhoSL), which has been described as being specific for core fucosylated N-glycans. To this end, we studied the binding profiles of the four lectins using mammalian glycan arrays from the Consortium of Functional Glycomics. To validate their glycan specificity, we probed AOL, LCA and PhoSL in western-blot assays using protein extracts from eight common colorectal cancer (CRC) lines and colorectal biopsies from a small cohort of patients with CRC. The results showed that (i) LCA and PhoSL were the most specific lectins for detecting the presence of CF in a concentration-dependent manner; (ii) PhoSL exhibited the highest N-glycan sequence restriction, with preferential binding to core fucosylated paucimannosidic-type N-glycans, (iii) the recognition ability of PhoSL was highly influenced by the presence of terminal N-acetyl-lactosamine; (iv) LCA bound to paucimannosidic, bi-antennary and tri-antennary core fucosylated N-glycans and (v) AOL and AAL exhibited broader specificity towards fucosylation. Together, our results support the choice of LCA as the most appropriate lectin for CF detection, as validated in protein extracts from CRC cell lines and tissue specimens from patients with CRC.
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- López-Cortés Rubén
- Doctoral Program in Methods and Applications in Life Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Universidade de Vigo, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia ES36310, Spain
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- Liquid Biopsy Analysis Unit, Translational Medical Oncology (Oncomet), Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), CIBERONC, Travesía da Choupana, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Galicia ES15706, Spain
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- Molecular Biomarkers, Biomedical Research Centre (CINBIO), Universidade de Vigo, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia ES36310, Spain
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- Nutrition and Food Science Group, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Immunology, Faculty of Biology, Universidade de Vigo. Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia ES36310, Spain
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Martínez-Alarcón D, Varrot A, Fitches E, Gatehouse JA, Cao M, Pyati P, Blanco-Labra A, Garcia-Gasca T. Recombinant Lectin from Tepary Bean ( Phaseolus acutifolius) with Specific Recognition for Cancer-Associated Glycans: Production, Structural Characterization, and Target Identification. Biomolecules 2020; 10:E654. [PMID: 32340396 PMCID: PMC7226325 DOI: 10.3390/biom10040654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2020] [Revised: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Herein, we report the production of a recombinant Tepary bean lectin (rTBL-1), its three-dimensional (3D) structure, and its differential recognition for cancer-type glycoconjugates. rTBL-1 was expressed in Pichia pastoris, yielding 316 mg per liter of culture, and was purified by nickel affinity chromatography. Characterization of the protein showed that rTBL-1 is a stable 120 kDa homo-tetramer folded as a canonical leguminous lectin with two divalent cations (Ca2+ and Mn2+) attached to each subunit, confirmed in its 3D structure solved by X-ray diffraction at 1.9 Å resolution. Monomers also presented a ~2.5 kDa N-linked glycan located on the opposite face of the binding pocket. It does not participate in carbohydrate recognition but contributes to the stabilization of the interfaces between protomers. Screening for potential rTBL-1 targets by glycan array identified 14 positive binders, all of which correspond to β1-6 branched N-glycans' characteristics of cancer cells. The presence of α1-6 core fucose, also tumor-associated, improved carbohydrate recognition. rTBL-1 affinity for a broad spectrum of mono- and disaccharides was evaluated by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC); however, no interaction was detected, corroborating that carbohydrate recognition is highly specific and requires larger ligands for binding. This would explain the differential recognition between healthy and cancer cells by Tepary bean lectins.
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- Dania Martínez-Alarcón
- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados Unidad Irapuato, Departamento de Biotecnología y Bioquímica, Irapuato 36821, Guanaj uato, Mexico;
- University of Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CERMAV, 38000 Grenoble, France;
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- University of Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CERMAV, 38000 Grenoble, France;
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- Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK; (E.F.); (J.A.G.); (M.C.); (P.P.)
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- Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK; (E.F.); (J.A.G.); (M.C.); (P.P.)
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- Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK; (E.F.); (J.A.G.); (M.C.); (P.P.)
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- Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK; (E.F.); (J.A.G.); (M.C.); (P.P.)
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- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados Unidad Irapuato, Departamento de Biotecnología y Bioquímica, Irapuato 36821, Guanaj uato, Mexico;
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- Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Santiago de Querétaro 76230, Querétaro, Mexico
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Jin Y, Kim SC, Kim HJ, Ju W, Kim YH, Kim HJ. Increased sialylation and reduced fucosylation of exfoliated cervical cells are potential markers of carcinogenesis in the cervix. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 54:1811-1819. [DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2015-1014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2015] [Accepted: 03/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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AbstractBackground:The Pap test has been used for over 50 years for primary screening of cervical cancer. There has been no study of glycosylation changes in Pap test samples despite considerable potential of the glycosylation changes as biomarkers for detecting cancerous lesions. In this study, we developed a 96-well platform for enzyme-linked lectin assays (ELLAs) to evaluate glycosylation levels in cervical cells.Methods:A total of 117 samples of exfoliated cervical cells (ECCs) from 37 individuals with normal cytology, 20 with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 1, 19 with CIN 2, 26 with CIN 3 and 15 with cervical cancer were analyzed by ELLAs. The wells of 96-well plates were coated with lysates of the cervical cells, and sialylation and fucosylation levels were compared between the groups.Results:Sialylation levels increased and fucosylation levels decreased with increasing grade of cervical dysplasia. ELLAs for sialylation [ELLA-Conclusions:The sialylation and fucosylation levels of ECCs as measured by ELLAs have great potential as biomarkers for primary screening of cervical cancer.
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Tan Z, Yin H, Nie S, Lin Z, Zhu J, Ruffin MT, Anderson MA, Simeone DM, Lubman DM. Large-scale identification of core-fucosylated glycopeptide sites in pancreatic cancer serum using mass spectrometry. J Proteome Res 2015; 14:1968-78. [PMID: 25732060 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Glycosylation has significant effects on protein function and cell metastasis, which are important in cancer progression. It is of great interest to identify site-specific glycosylation in search of potential cancer biomarkers. However, the abundance of glycopeptides is low compared to that of nonglycopeptides after trypsin digestion of serum samples, and the mass spectrometric signals of glycopeptides are often masked by coeluting nonglycopeptides due to low ionization efficiency. Selective enrichment of glycopeptides from complex serum samples is essential for mass spectrometry (MS)-based analysis. Herein, a strategy has been optimized using LCA enrichment to improve the identification of core-fucosylation (CF) sites in serum of pancreatic cancer patients. The optimized strategy was then applied to analyze CF glycopeptide sites in 13 sets of serum samples from pancreatic cancer, chronic pancreatitis, healthy controls, and a standard reference. In total, 630 core-fucosylation sites were identified from 322 CF proteins in pancreatic cancer patient serum using an Orbitrap Elite mass spectrometer. Further data analysis revealed that 8 CF peptides exhibited a significant difference between pancreatic cancer and other controls, which may be potential diagnostic biomarkers for pancreatic cancer.
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- Zhijing Tan
- †Department of Surgery, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- †Department of Surgery, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- †Department of Surgery, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- †Department of Surgery, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- †Department of Surgery, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- †Department of Surgery, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- †Department of Surgery, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Aldi S, Capone A, Giovampaola CD, Ermini L, Pianigiani E, Mariotti G, Rosati F. Identification of a novel, alpha2-fucosylation-dependent uptake system in highly proliferative cells. Tissue Cell 2015; 47:33-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2014.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2014] [Revised: 10/04/2014] [Accepted: 10/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Liu H, Zhang N, Wan D, Cui M, Liu Z, Liu S. Mass spectrometry-based analysis of glycoproteins and its clinical applications in cancer biomarker discovery. Clin Proteomics 2014; 11:14. [PMID: 24722010 PMCID: PMC3984494 DOI: 10.1186/1559-0275-11-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Accepted: 02/19/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Glycosylation is one of the most important posttranslational modifications of proteins and plays essential roles in various biological processes. Aberration in the glycan moieties of glycoproteins is associated with many diseases. It is especially critical to develop the rapid and sensitive methods for analysis of aberrant glycoproteins associated with diseases. Mass spectrometry (MS) has become a powerful tool for glycoprotein analysis. Especially, tandem mass spectrometry can provide highly informative fragments for structural identification of glycoproteins. This review provides an overview of the development of MS technologies and their applications in identification of abnormal glycoproteins and glycans in human serum to screen cancer biomarkers in recent years.
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- Changchun Center of Mass Spectrometry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun 130022, P, R, China.
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Selvaraju S, El Rassi Z. Targeting deeper the human serum fucome by a liquid-phase multicolumn platform in combination with combinatorial peptide ligand libraries. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2014; 951-952:135-42. [PMID: 24556279 PMCID: PMC3959646 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2014.01.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2013] [Revised: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 01/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Combinatorial peptide ligand library (CPLL) was evaluated as an off line step to narrow the differences of protein concentration in human serum prior to the capturing of human fucome from disease-free and breast cancer sera by a multicolumn platform via lectin affinity chromatography (LAC) followed by the fractionation of the captured glycoproteins by reversed phase chromatography (RPC). Two monolithic lectin columns specific to fucose, namely Aleuria aurantia lectin (AAL) and Lotus tetragonolobus agglutinin (LTA) columns were utilized to capture the fucome, which was subsequently fractionated by RPC yielding desalted fractions in volatile acetonitrile-rich mobile phase, which after vacuum evaporation were subjected to tryptic digestion prior to LC-MS/MS analysis. AAL has a strong affinity towards core fucosylated N-glycans and has a weak binding towards fucose in the outer arm while LTA can bind to glycans having fucose present in the outer arm. The combined strategy consisting of the CPLL, multicolumn platform and LC-MS/MS analysis permitted the identification of the differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) in breast cancer serum yielding 58 DEPs in both the LTA and AAL fractions with 6 DEPs common to both lectins. 17 DEPs were of the low abundance type, 16 DEPs of the borderline abundance type, 4 DEPs of the medium abundance type and 15 DEPs of the high abundance type. The remaining 6 DEPs are of unknown concentration. Only proteins exhibiting 99.9% protein identification probability, 95% peptide identification probability, and a minimum of 5 unique peptides were considered in finding the DEPs via scatterplots.
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- Subhashini Selvaraju
- Department of Chemistry, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078-3071, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078-3071, United States.
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Garibay-Cerdenares OL, Hernández-Ramírez VI, Osorio-Trujillo JC, Hernández-Ortíz M, Gallardo-Rincón D, Cantú de León D, Encarnación-Guevara S, Villegas-Pineda JC, Talamás-Rohana P. Proteomic identification of fucosylated haptoglobin alpha isoforms in ascitic fluids and its localization in ovarian carcinoma tissues from Mexican patients. J Ovarian Res 2014; 7:27. [PMID: 24576319 PMCID: PMC3943579 DOI: 10.1186/1757-2215-7-27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2013] [Accepted: 02/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Background Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecologic disease due to delayed diagnosis, and ascites production is a characteristic of patients in advanced stages. The aim of this study was to perform the proteomic analysis of ascitic fluids of Mexican patients with ovarian carcinoma, in order to detect proteins with a differential expression pattern in the continuing search to identify biomarkers for this disease. Methods Samples were collected from 50 patients from the Instituto Nacional de Cancerología of México under informed consent and with approval of the bioethics and scientific committees. After elimination of abundant proteins (Albumin/IgGs) samples were processed for 2D electrophoresis and further protein identification by Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF). Molecules of interest were followed by western blot and lectin binding assays, and their tissue location by histo-immunofluorescence and confocal analysis. Results and discussion An area with a differential expression pattern among samples was located in the 2D gels. Identified proteins were 6 alpha 1 isoforms and 1 alpha 2 isoform of Haptoglobin, and 2 isoforms of Transthyretin. While Transthyretin isoforms were constitutively expressed in all samples, clear differences in the expression pattern of Haptoglobin alpha isoforms were found. Moreover, increased levels of fucosylation of Haptoglobin alpha isoforms analyzed in 40 samples by Aleuria aurantia lectin binding by 1D overlay assay showed a positive correlation with advanced stages of the disease. Tissue detection of Haptoglobin and its fucosylated form, by histo-immunofluorescence in biopsies of ovarian cancer, also showed a correlation with ovarian cancer progression. Moreover, results show that fucosylated Haptoglobin is produced by tumor cells. Conclusions Increased numbers of highly fucosylated Haptoglobin alpha isoforms in ascitic fluids and the presence of fucosylated Haptoglobin in tumor tissues of ovarian cancer Mexican patients associated with advanced stages of the disease, reinforce the potential of fucosylated Haptoglobin alpha isoforms to be characterized as biomarkers for disease progression.
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- Departamento de Infectómica y Patogénesis Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Av, Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, Col, San Pedro Zacatenco, Delegación Gustavo A, Madero, México, D,F, 07360, México.
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Villar-Portela S, Muinelo-Romay L, Cuevas E, Gil-Martín E, Fernández-Briera A. FX enzyme and GDP-L-Fuc transporter expression in colorectal cancer. Histopathology 2013; 63:174-86. [PMID: 23730929 DOI: 10.1111/his.12157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2013] [Accepted: 03/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIMS Fucosylation is regulated by fucosyltransferases, the guanosine diphosphate-L-fucose (GDP-L-Fuc) synthetic pathway, and the GDP-L-fucose transporter (GDP-L-Fuc Tr). We have reported previously an increased level of α(1,6)fucosyltransferase activity and expression in colorectal cancer (CRC). The present study aimed to analyse the expression profiles of the FX enzyme and GDP-L-Fuc Tr in a cohort of operated CRC patients to elucidate their role in α(1,6)fucosylation in this neoplasm. METHODS AND RESULTS We assessed the immunohistochemical expression of FX and GDP-L-Fuc Tr in a series of tumour samples and healthy tissues from CRC specimens. FX expression was observed in 58 of 91 (63.7%) tumours and 23 of 28 (82.1%) corresponding healthy samples. GDP-L-Fuc Tr expression was detected in 86 of 102 (84.3%) colorectal tumours, and 13 of 27 (48.1%) healthy tissue specimens. The expression of GDP-L-Fuc Tr was statistically higher in tumours than in healthy tissues (P < 0.001). A correlation was found between FX and GDP-L-Fuc Tr expression in tumour samples (P = 0.003). CONCLUSION GDP-L-Fuc Tr overexpression in the tumour tissue of CRC patients suggests that GDP-L-Fuc transport to the Golgi apparatus may be an important factor associated with increased α(1,6)fucosylation in CRC.
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- Susana Villar-Portela
- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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Alley WR, Mann BF, Novotny MV. High-sensitivity analytical approaches for the structural characterization of glycoproteins. Chem Rev 2013; 113:2668-732. [PMID: 23531120 PMCID: PMC3992972 DOI: 10.1021/cr3003714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 239] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- William R. Alley
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States
- National Center for Glycomics and Glycoproteomics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States
- National Center for Glycomics and Glycoproteomics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States
- National Center for Glycomics and Glycoproteomics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States
- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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