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Park S, Chin-Hun Kuo J, Reesink HL, Paszek MJ. Recombinant mucin biotechnology and engineering. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2023; 193:114618. [PMID: 36375719 PMCID: PMC10253230 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2022.114618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Mucins represent a largely untapped class of polymeric building block for biomaterials, therapeutics, and other biotechnology. Because the mucin polymer backbone is genetically encoded, sequence-specific mucins with defined physical and biochemical properties can be fabricated using recombinant technologies. The pendent O-glycans of mucins are increasingly implicated in immunomodulation, suppression of pathogen virulence, and other biochemical activities. Recent advances in engineered cell production systems are enabling the scalable synthesis of recombinant mucins with precisely tuned glycan side chains, offering exciting possibilities to tune the biological functionality of mucin-based products. New metabolic and chemoenzymatic strategies enable further tuning and functionalization of mucin O-glycans, opening new possibilities to expand the chemical diversity and functionality of mucin building blocks. In this review, we discuss these advances, and the opportunities for engineered mucins in biomedical applications ranging from in vitro models to therapeutics.
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- Sangwoo Park
- Field of Biophysics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Field of Biophysics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; Nancy E. and Peter C. Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Jin C, Cherian RM, Liu J, Playà-Albinyana H, Galli C, Karlsson NG, Breimer ME, Holgersson J. Identification by mass spectrometry and immunoblotting of xenogeneic antigens in the N- and O-glycomes of porcine, bovine and equine heart tissues. Glycoconj J 2020; 37:485-498. [PMID: 32542517 PMCID: PMC7329767 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-020-09931-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 06/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Animal bioprosthetic heart valves (BHV) are used to replace defective valves in patients with valvular heart disease. Especially young BHV recipients may experience a structural valve deterioration caused by an immune reaction in which α-Gal and Neu5Gc are potential target antigens. The expression of these and other carbohydrate antigens in animal tissues used for production of BHV was explored. Protein lysates of porcine aortic and pulmonary valves, and porcine, bovine and equine pericardia were analyzed by Western blotting using anti-carbohydrate antibodies and lectins. N-glycans were released by PNGase F digestion and O-glycans by β-elimination. Released oligosaccharides were analyzed by liquid chromatography – tandem mass spectrometry. In total, 102 N-glycans and 40 O-glycans were identified in animal heart tissue lysates. The N- and O-glycan patterns were different between species. α-Gal and Neu5Gc were identified on both N- and O-linked glycans, N,N´-diacetyllactosamine (LacdiNAc) on N-glycans only and sulfated O-glycans. The relative amounts of α-Gal-containing N-glycans were higher in bovine compared to equine and porcine pericardia. In contrast to the restricted number of proteins carrying α-Gal and LacdiNAc, the distribution of proteins carrying Neu5Gc-determinants varied between species and between different tissues of the same species. Porcine pericardium carried the highest level of Neu5Gc-sialylated O-glycans, and bovine pericardium the highest level of Neu5Gc-sialylated N-glycans. The identified N- and O-linked glycans, some of which may be immunogenic and remain in BHVs manufactured for clinical use, could direct future genetic engineering to prevent glycan expression rendering the donor tissues less immunogenic in humans.
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- Chunsheng Jin
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Institute of Biomedicine Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain
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- Avantea Laboratory of Reproductive Technologies, Cremona, Italy.,Avantea Foundation, Cremona, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Institute of Biomedicine Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Breimer ME, Holgersson J. The Structural Complexity and Animal Tissue Distribution of N-Glycolylneuraminic Acid (Neu5Gc)-Terminated Glycans. Implications for Their Immunogenicity in Clinical Xenografting. Front Mol Biosci 2019; 6:57. [PMID: 31428616 PMCID: PMC6690001 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2019.00057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 07/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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N-Glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc)-terminated glycans are present in all animal cells/tissues that are already used in the clinic such as bioprosthetic heart valves (BHV) as well as in those that potentially will be xenografted in the future to overcome end stage cell/organ failure. Humans, as a species lack this antigen determinant and can react with an immune response after exposure to Neu5Gc present in these products/cells/tissues. Genetically engineered source animals lacking Neu5Gc has been generated and so has animals that in addition lack the major αGal xenoantigen. The use of cells/tissues/organs from such animals may improve the long-term performance of BHV and allow future xenografting. This review summarizes the present knowledge regarding structural complexity and tissue distribution of Neu5Gc on glycans of cells/tissue/organs already used in the clinic or intended for treatment of end stage organ failure by xenografting. In addition, we briefly discuss the role of anti-Neu5Gc antibodies in the xenorejection process and how knowledge about Neu5Gc structural complexity can be used to design novel diagnostics for anti-Neu5Gc antibody detection.
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- Michael E Breimer
- Department of Surgery, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Laboratory Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Petrou G, Crouzier T. Mucins as multifunctional building blocks of biomaterials. Biomater Sci 2018; 6:2282-2297. [DOI: 10.1039/c8bm00471d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Mucins glycoproteins are emerging as a multifunctional building block for biomaterials with diverse applications in chemistry and biomedicine.
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- Georgia Petrou
- School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry
- Biotechnology and Health
- Department of Chemistry
- Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan
- Stockholm
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- School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry
- Biotechnology and Health
- Department of Chemistry
- Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan
- Stockholm
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An J, Jin C, Dėdinaitė A, Holgersson J, Karlsson NG, Claesson PM. Influence of Glycosylation on Interfacial Properties of Recombinant Mucins: Adsorption, Surface Forces, and Friction. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:4386-4395. [PMID: 28431467 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Interfacial properties of two brush-with-anchor mucins, C-P55 and C-PSLex, have been investigated at the aqueous solution/poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) interface. Both are recombinant mucin-type fusion proteins, produced by fusing the glycosylated mucin part of P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 (PSLG-1) to the Fc part of a mouse immunoglobulin in two different cells. They are mainly expressed as dimers upon production. Analysis of the O-glycans shows that the C-PSLex mucin has the longer and more branched side chains, but C-P55 has slightly higher sialic acid content. The adsorption of the mucins to PMMA surfaces was studied by quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation. The sensed mass, including the adsorbed mucin and water trapped in the layer, was found to be similar for these two mucin layers. Atomic force microscopy with colloidal probe was employed to study surface and friction forces between mucin-coated PMMA surfaces. Purely repulsive forces of steric origin were observed between mucin layers on compression, whereas a small adhesion was detected between both mucin layers on decompression. This was attributed to chain entanglement. The friction force between C-PSLex-coated PMMA is lower than that between C-P55-coated PMMA at low loads, but vice versa at high loads. We discuss our results in terms of the differences in the glycosylation composition of these two mucins.
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- Junxue An
- Department of Chemistry, Division of Surface and Corrosion Science, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology , Drottning Kristinas väg 51, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg , SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Division of Surface and Corrosion Science, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology , Drottning Kristinas väg 51, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
- Chemistry, Materials and Surfaces, SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden , P.O. Box 5607, SE-114 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital , Vita stråket 13, SE-413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg , SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Division of Surface and Corrosion Science, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology , Drottning Kristinas väg 51, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
- Chemistry, Materials and Surfaces, SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden , P.O. Box 5607, SE-114 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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Recombinant Mucin-Type Fusion Proteins with a Galα1,3Gal Substitution as Clostridium difficile Toxin A Inhibitors. Infect Immun 2016; 84:2842-52. [PMID: 27456831 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00341-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2016] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The capability of a recombinant mucin-like fusion protein, P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1/mouse IgG2b (PSGL-1/mIgG2b), carrying Galα1,3Galβ1,4GlcNAc determinants to bind and inhibit Clostridium difficile toxin A (TcdA) was investigated. The fusion protein, produced by a glyco-engineered stable CHO-K1 cell line and designated C-PGC2, was purified by affinity and gel filtration chromatography from large-scale cultures. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry was used to characterize O-glycans released by reductive β-elimination, and new diagnostic ions to distinguish Galα1,3Gal- from Galα1,4Gal-terminated O-glycans were identified. The C-PGC2 cell line, which was 20-fold more sensitive to TcdA than the wild-type CHO-K1, is proposed as a novel cell-based model for TcdA cytotoxicity and neutralization assays. The C-PGC2-produced fusion protein could competitively inhibit TcdA binding to rabbit erythrocytes, making it a high-efficiency inhibitor of the hemagglutination property of TcdA. The fusion protein also exhibited a moderate capability for neutralization of TcdA cytotoxicity in both C-PGC2 and CHO-K1 cells, the former with and the latter without cell surface Galα1,3Galβ1,4GlcNAc sequences. Future studies in animal models of C. difficile infection will reveal its TcdA-inhibitory effect and therapeutic potential in C. difficile-associated diseases.
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Gaunitz S, Liu J, Nilsson A, Karlsson N, Holgersson J. Avian influenza H5 hemagglutinin binds with high avidity to sialic acid on different O-linked core structures on mucin-type fusion proteins. Glycoconj J 2014; 31:145-59. [PMID: 24233973 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-013-9503-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2013] [Revised: 10/04/2013] [Accepted: 10/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The interaction between P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1/mouse IgG2b (PSGL-1/mIgG(2b)) fusion protein carrying multiple copies of the influenza hemagglutinin receptor Siaα2-3Gal on different O-glycan chains and recombinant human influenza H5N1 A/Vietnam/1203/04 hemagglutinin was investigated with a Biacore biosensor. The fusion protein was produced by stable cell lines in large scale cultures and purified with affinity- and gel filtration chromatography. TheC-P55 and 293-P cell lines were established by transfecting the Chinese hamster ovary (CHO)-K1 and Human embryonic kidney (HEK)-293 cell lines with plasmids encoding the PSGL-1/mIgG(2b) fusion protein, while the C-PSLex cell line was engineered by transfecting CHO-K1 cells with the plasmids encoding the core 2 β1,6GnT-I and FUT-VII glycosyltransferases. Glycosylation was characterized by lectin Western blotting of the proteins and liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry of released non-derivatized O-glycans. Biacore experiments revealed that PSGL-1/mIgG(2b) is a good binding partner of H5. The binding curves displayed a slow dissociation indicating a multivalent binding. The H5 hemagglutinin binds with similar strength to PSGL-1/mIgG(2b) carrying mostly sialylated core 1 (clone C-P55), a mix of sialylated core 1 and sialylated lactosamine (clone 293-P) or mainly sialylated lactosamine (clone C-PSLex) O-glycans, indicating that this hemagglutinin is unable to discriminate between these structures.The potential use of the large, flexible PSGL-1/mIgG(2b) mucin-type fusion protein carrying Siaα2-3Gal as a multivalent inhibitor of influenza virus is discussed.
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An J, Dėdinaitė A, Nilsson A, Holgersson J, Claesson PM. Comparison of a Brush-with-Anchor and a Train-of-Brushes Mucin on Poly(methyl methacrylate) Surfaces: Adsorption, Surface Forces, and Friction. Biomacromolecules 2014; 15:1515-25. [DOI: 10.1021/bm500173s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Junxue An
- School
of Chemical Science and Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Division
of Surface and Corrosion Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Drottning Kristinas väg 51, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- School
of Chemical Science and Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Division
of Surface and Corrosion Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Drottning Kristinas väg 51, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
- Chemistry,
Materials and Surfaces, SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden, P. O. Box 5607, SE-114 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Recopharma
AB, Arvid Wallgrens backe 20, 413 46 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department
of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Vita stråket
13, SE-413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- School
of Chemical Science and Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Division
of Surface and Corrosion Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Drottning Kristinas väg 51, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
- Chemistry,
Materials and Surfaces, SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden, P. O. Box 5607, SE-114 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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Šimonová A, Kupper CE, Böcker S, Müller A, Hofbauerová K, Pelantová H, Elling L, Křen V, Bojarová P. Chemo-enzymatic synthesis of LacdiNAc dimers of varying length as novel galectin ligands. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2013.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Bergeron-Brlek M, Teoh T, Britton R. A tandem organocatalytic α-chlorination-aldol reaction that proceeds with dynamic kinetic resolution: a powerful tool for carbohydrate synthesis. Org Lett 2013; 15:3554-7. [PMID: 23819733 DOI: 10.1021/ol401370b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A tandem, proline-catalyzed α-chlorination/aldol reaction is described that involves a dynamic kinetic resolution of α-chloroaldehyde intermediates. The resulting syn-chlorohydrins are produced with good to excellent diastereoselectivity in high enantiopurity and provide new opportunities for the synthesis of carbohydrates.
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- Milan Bergeron-Brlek
- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Gaunitz S, Jin C, Nilsson A, Liu J, Karlsson NG, Holgersson J. Mucin-type proteins produced in the Trichoplusia ni and Spodoptera frugiperda insect cell lines carry novel O-glycans with phosphocholine and sulfate substitutions. Glycobiology 2013; 23:778-96. [PMID: 23463814 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwt015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The O-glycans of a recombinant mucin-type protein expressed in insect cell lines derived from Trichoplusia ni (Hi-5) and Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) were characterized. The P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1/mouse IgG2b (PSGL-1/mIgG2b) fusion protein carrying 106 potential O-glycosylation sites and 6 potential N-glycosylation sites was expressed and purified from the Hi-5 and Sf9 cell culture medium using affinity chromatography and gel filtration. Liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS) of O-glycans released from PSGL-1/mIgG2b revealed a large repertoire of structurally diverse glycans, which is in contrast to previous reports of only simple glycans. O-Glycans containing hexuronic acid (HexA, here glucuronic acid and galacturonic acid) were found to be prevalent. Also sulfate (Hi-5 and Sf9) and phosphocholine (PC; Sf9) O-glycan substitutions were detected. Western blotting confirmed the presence of O-linked PC on PSGL-1/mIG2b produced in Sf9 cells. To our knowledge, this is the first structural characterization of PC-substituted O-glycans in any species. The MS analyses revealed that Sf9 oligosaccharides consisted of short oligosaccharides (<6 residues) low in hexose (Hex) and with terminating N-acetylhexosamine (HexNAc) units, whereas Hi-5 produced a family of large O-glycans with (HexNAc-HexA-Hex) repeats and sulfate substitution on terminal residues. In both cell lines, the core N-acetylgalactosamine was preferentially non-branched, but small amounts of O-glycan cores with single fucose or hexose branches were found.
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- Stefan Gaunitz
- Division of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital at Huddinge, SE-141 86 Huddinge, Sweden.
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Lindberg L, Liu J, Gaunitz S, Nilsson A, Johansson T, Karlsson NG, Holgersson J. Mucin-type fusion proteins with blood group A or B determinants on defined O-glycan core chains produced in glycoengineered Chinese hamster ovary cells and their use as immunoaffinity matrices. Glycobiology 2013; 23:720-35. [DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwt011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Mass spectrometric analysis of O-linked oligosaccharides from various recombinant expression systems. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 988:145-67. [PMID: 23475718 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-327-5_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Analysis of O-linked glycosylation is one of the main challenges during structural validation of recombinant glycoproteins. With methods available for N-linked glycosylation in regard to oligosaccharide analysis as well as glycopeptide mapping, there are still challenges for O-linked glycan analysis. Here, we present mass spectrometric methodology for O-linked oligosaccharides released by reductive β-elimination. Using LC-MS and LC-MS(2) with graphitized carbon columns, oligosaccharides are analyzed without derivatization. This approach provides a high-throughput method for screening during clonal selection, as well as product structure verification, without impairing sequencing ability. The protocols are exemplified by analysis of glycoproteins from mammalian cell cultures (CHO cells) as well as insect cells and yeast. The data shows that the method can be successfully applied to both neutral and acidic O-linked oligosaccharides, where sialic acid, hexuronic acid, and sulfate are common substituents. Further characterization of O-glycans can be achieved using permethylation. Permethylation of O-linked oligosaccharides followed by direct infusion into the mass spectrometer provide information about oligosaccharide composition, and subsequent MS (n) experiments can be carried out to elucidate oligosaccharide structure including linkage information and sequence.
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Lindberg L, Liu J, Holgersson J. Engineering of therapeutic and diagnostic O-glycans on recombinant mucin-type immunoglobulin fusion proteins expressed in CHO cells. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 988:3-17. [PMID: 23475710 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-327-5_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Metabolic engineering of mammalian cells for optimized glycosylation is usually done to improve activity and the pharmacokinetic features of glycoprotein therapeutics. The field is mainly focused around engineering of N-glycans. We have created a platform in which recombinant mucin-type immunoglobulin fusion proteins are used as scaffolds for multivalent expression of O-glycans with diagnostic or therapeutic potential. The methods used to make stable CHO cell lines secreting a mucin-type fusion protein with blood group A or B determinants following expression of up to five different cDNAs are described.
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Ahlén G, Strindelius L, Johansson T, Nilsson A, Chatzissavidou N, Sjöblom M, Rova U, Holgersson J. Mannosylated mucin-type immunoglobulin fusion proteins enhance antigen-specific antibody and T lymphocyte responses. PLoS One 2012; 7:e46959. [PMID: 23071675 PMCID: PMC3470573 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2012] [Accepted: 09/07/2012] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Targeting antigens to antigen-presenting cells (APC) improve their immunogenicity and capacity to induce Th1 responses and cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). We have generated a mucin-type immunoglobulin fusion protein (PSGL-1/mIgG(2b)), which upon expression in the yeast Pichia pastoris became multivalently substituted with O-linked oligomannose structures and bound the macrophage mannose receptor (MMR) and dendritic cell-specific intercellular adhesion molecule-3 grabbing non-integrin (DC-SIGN) with high affinity in vitro. Here, its effects on the humoral and cellular anti-ovalbumin (OVA) responses in C57BL/6 mice are presented.OVA antibody class and subclass responses were determined by ELISA, the generation of anti-OVA CTLs was assessed in (51)Cr release assays using in vitro-stimulated immune spleen cells from the different groups of mice as effector cells and OVA peptide-fed RMA-S cells as targets, and evaluation of the type of Th cell response was done by IFN-γ, IL-2, IL-4 and IL-5 ELISpot assays.Immunizations with the OVA - mannosylated PSGL-1/mIgG(2b) conjugate, especially when combined with the AbISCO®-100 adjuvant, lead to faster, stronger and broader (with regard to IgG subclass) OVA IgG responses, a stronger OVA-specific CTL response and stronger Th1 and Th2 responses than if OVA was used alone or together with AbISCO®-100. Also non-covalent mixing of mannosylated PSGL-1/mIgG(2b), OVA and AbISCO®-100 lead to relatively stronger humoral and cellular responses. The O-glycan oligomannoses were necessary because PSGL-1/mIgG(2b) with mono- and disialyl core 1 structures did not have this effect.Mannosylated mucin-type fusion proteins can be used as versatile APC-targeting molecules for vaccines and as such enhance both humoral and cellular immune responses.
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Lindberg L, Theinert K, Liu J, Holgersson J. Adsorption of chain type-specific ABO antibodies on Sepharose-linked A and B tetrasaccharides. Transfusion 2012; 52:2356-67. [PMID: 22587667 DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03706.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Antigen-specific removal of anti-A and anti-B on immunoadsorption columns carrying the blood group A and B trisaccharides is one important component of some protocols used in ABO-incompatible organ transplantation. Because ABO antibodies exist requiring parts of the core saccharide chain for binding, the anti-A and -B-binding capacity of individual and combined, Sepharose-linked Types 1 through 4 A and B tetrasaccharides with that of the A and B trisaccharides was compared. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Sepharose-linked A and B tri- and tetrasaccharides were used to adsorb anti-A and -B from pooled blood group O serum. Remaining chain type-specific anti-A and -B were detected and quantified in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays using wells coated with neoglycoproteins or recombinant mucins carrying A and B determinants on defined core saccharide chains. RESULTS Significantly more anti-A Type 3- and 4-specific immunoglobulin (Ig)G remained after adsorption on the A trisaccharide and the A Type 1 and A Type 2 tetrasaccharide than after adsorption on the A Types 3 and 4 tetrasaccharides. Selective adsorption of chain type-specific IgG anti-B was detected on Sepharose-linked B tetrasaccharides. In contrast, there were no chain type-specific IgM anti-A or -B. A combination of the A or B tetrasaccharides adsorbed a larger fraction of the IgG anti-A and -B repertoires than the corresponding trisaccharides. CONCLUSION There are chain type-specific anti-A and anti-B IgG, and an adsorber based on a combination of Types 1 through 4 A or B tetrasaccharides will be a more efficient adsorber than an adsorber based on the A or B trisaccharides.
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- Linda Lindberg
- AbSorber AB, Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Kupper CE, Rosencrantz RR, Henßen B, Pelantová H, Thönes S, Drozdová A, Křen V, Elling L. Chemo-enzymatic modification of poly-N-acetyllactosamine (LacNAc) oligomers and N,N-diacetyllactosamine (LacDiNAc) based on galactose oxidase treatment. Beilstein J Org Chem 2012; 8:712-25. [PMID: 23015818 PMCID: PMC3388858 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.8.80] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2012] [Accepted: 04/12/2012] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The importance of glycans in biological systems is highlighted by their various functions in physiological and pathological processes. Many glycan epitopes on glycoproteins and glycolipids are based on N-acetyllactosamine units (LacNAc; Galβ1,4GlcNAc) and often present on extended poly-LacNAc glycans ([Galβ1,4GlcNAc](n)). Poly-LacNAc itself has been identified as a binding motif of galectins, an important class of lectins with functions in immune response and tumorigenesis. Therefore, the synthesis of natural and modified poly-LacNAc glycans is of specific interest for binding studies with galectins as well as for studies of their possible therapeutic applications. We present the oxidation by galactose oxidase and subsequent chemical or enzymatic modification of terminal galactose and N-acetylgalactosamine residues of poly-N-acetyllactosamine (poly-LacNAc) oligomers and N,N-diacetyllactosamine (LacDiNAc) by galactose oxidase. Product formation starting from different poly-LacNAc oligomers was characterised and optimised regarding formation of the C6-aldo product. Further modification of the aldehyde containing glycans, either by chemical conversion or enzymatic elongation, was established. Base-catalysed β-elimination, coupling of biotin-hydrazide with subsequent reduction to the corresponding hydrazine linkage, and coupling by reductive amination to an amino-functionalised poly-LacNAc oligomer were performed and the products characterised by LC-MS and NMR analysis. Remarkably, elongation of terminally oxidised poly-LacNAc glycans by β3GlcNAc- and β4Gal-transferase was also successful. In this way, a set of novel, modified poly-LacNAc oligomers containing terminally and/or internally modified galactose residues were obtained, which can be used for binding studies and various other applications.
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- Christiane E Kupper
- Laboratory for Biomaterials, Institute for Biotechnology and Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Worringer Weg 1, Aachen, 52074, Germany
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials, Institute for Biotechnology and Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Worringer Weg 1, Aachen, 52074, Germany
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials, Institute for Biotechnology and Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Worringer Weg 1, Aachen, 52074, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Videnska 1083, Prague 4, CZ 14220, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials, Institute for Biotechnology and Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Worringer Weg 1, Aachen, 52074, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Videnska 1083, Prague 4, CZ 14220, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Videnska 1083, Prague 4, CZ 14220, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials, Institute for Biotechnology and Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Worringer Weg 1, Aachen, 52074, Germany
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Wang B, Tchessalov S, Cicerone MT, Warne NW, Pikal MJ. Impact of sucrose level on storage stability of proteins in freeze-dried solids: II. Correlation of aggregation rate with protein structure and molecular mobility. J Pharm Sci 2009; 98:3145-66. [PMID: 19067392 DOI: 10.1002/jps.21622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of sucrose level on storage stability of dried proteins and thus better understand the mechanism of protein stabilization by disaccharides in lyophilized protein products. Five proteins were freeze dried with different amounts of sucrose, and protein aggregation was quantified using Size Exclusion Chromatography. Protein secondary structure was monitored by FTIR. The global mobility was studied using Thermal Activity Monitor (TAM), and fast local dynamics with a timescale of nanoseconds was characterized by neutron backscattering. The density of the protein formulations was measured with a gas pycnometer. The physical stability of the proteins increased monotonically with an increasing content of sucrose over the entire range of compositions studied. Both FTIR structure and structural relaxation time from TAM achieved maxima at about 1:1 mass ratio for most proteins studied. Therefore, protein stabilization by sugar cannot be completely explained by global dynamics and FTIR structure throughout the whole range of compositions. On the other hand, both the fast local mobility and free volume obtained from density decreased monotonically with an increased level of sucrose in the formulations, and thus the local dynamics and free volume correlate well with protein storage stability.
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- Bingquan Wang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3092, USA
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O-Glycan variability of glycoproteins expressed by Pichia pastoris and its effects on mannose receptor binding properties. J Biotechnol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2008.07.649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Löfling J, Diswall M, Eriksson S, Borén T, Breimer ME, Holgersson J. Studies of Lewis antigens and H. pylori adhesion in CHO cell lines engineered to express Lewis b determinants. Glycobiology 2008; 18:494-501. [PMID: 18400963 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwn030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Many microbes bind and adhere via adhesins to host cell carbohydrates as an initial step for infection. Therefore, cell lines expressing Lewis b (Le(b)) determinants were generated as a potential model system for Helicobacter pylori colonization and infection, and their expression of blood group Lewis determinants was characterized. CHO-K1 cells were stably transfected with selected glycosyltransferase cDNAs, and two Le(b) positive clones, 1C5 and 2C2, were identified. Expression of Lewis (Le(a), Le(b), Le(x), and Le(y)) determinants was analyzed by flow cytometry of intact cells, SDS-PAGE/Western blot of solubilized glycoproteins, and thin layer chromatography immunostaining of isolated glycolipids (GL). Binding of H. pylori to cells was examined by microscopy and quantified. Flow cytometry showed that 1C5 and 2C2 were Le(a) and Le(b) positive. 1C5 expressed Le(b) on O-linked, but not N-linked, glycans and only weakly on GLs. In contrast, 2C2 expressed Le(b) on N-, O-glycans, and GLs. Furthermore, both clones expressed Le(a) on N- and O-glycans but not on GLs. 2C2, but not 1C5, stained positively for Le(y) on N-linked glycans and GLs. Both clones, as well as the parental CHO-K1 cells, expressed Le(x) on GLs. A Le(b)-binding H. pylori strain bound to the 1C5 and 2C2 cells. In summary, two glycosyltransferase transfected CHO-K1 cell clones differed regarding Lewis antigen expression on N- and O-linked glycans as well as on GLs. Both clones examined supported adhesion of a Le(b)-binding H. pylori strain and may thus be a useful in vitro model system for H. pylori colonization/infection studies.
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- Jonas Löfling
- Division of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Karolinska Institute, SE 14186 Stockholm, Sweden
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Jaipuri FA, Pohl NL. Toward solution-phase automated iterative synthesis: fluorous-tag assisted solution-phase synthesis of linear and branched mannose oligomers. Org Biomol Chem 2008; 6:2686-91. [DOI: 10.1039/b803451f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Kumar V, Ramesh NG. A versatile strategy for the synthesis of N-linked glycoamino acids from glycals. Org Biomol Chem 2007; 5:3847-58. [DOI: 10.1039/b712841j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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