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Zhang N, Li L, Mohri M, Siebert S, Lütteke T, Louton H, Bednarikova Z, Gazova Z, Nifantiev N, Jandowsky A, Frölich K, Eckert T, Loers G, Petridis AK, Bhunia A, Mohid SA, Scheidig AJ, Liu G, Zhang R, Lochnit G, Siebert HC. Protein - carbohydrate interaction studies using domestic animals as role models support the search of new glycomimetic molecules. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 279:134951. [PMID: 39179069 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.134951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2024] [Revised: 08/14/2024] [Accepted: 08/20/2024] [Indexed: 08/26/2024]
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The structural dynamics of the interactions between defensins or lysozymes and various saccharide chains that are covalently linked to lipids or proteins were analyzed in relation to the sub-molecular architecture of the carbohydrate binding sites of lectins. Using tissue materials from rare and endangered domestic animals as well as from dogs it was possible to compare these results with data obtained from a human glioblastoma tissue. The binding mechanisms were analyzed on a cellular and a sub-molecular size level using biophysical techniques (e.g. NMR, AFM, MS) which are supported by molecular modeling tools. This leads to characteristic structural patterns being helpful to understand glyco-biochemical pathways in which galectins, defensins or lysozymes are involved. Carbohydrate chains have a distinct impact on cell differentiation, cell migration and immunological processes. The absence or the presence of sialic acids and the conformational dynamics in glycans are often correlated with zoonoses such as influenza- and coronavirus-infections. Receptor-sensitive glycomimetics could be a solution. The new findings concerning the function of galectin-3 in the nucleus in relation to differentiation processes can be understood when the binding specificity of neuroleptic molecules as well as the interactions between proteins and nucleic acids are describable on a sub-molecular size level.
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- Ning Zhang
- Institute of BioPharmaceutical Research, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252059, China.
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- RI-B-NT - Research Institute of Bioinformatics and Nanotechnology, Schauenburgerstr. 116, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- RI-B-NT - Research Institute of Bioinformatics and Nanotechnology, Schauenburgerstr. 116, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- RI-B-NT - Research Institute of Bioinformatics and Nanotechnology, Schauenburgerstr. 116, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Institut für Veterinärphysiologie und Biochemie, Fachbereich Veterinärmedizin, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Frankfurter Str. 100, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Animal Health and Animal Welfare, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 6b, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Watsonova 47, 04001, Kosice, Slovakia
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- Department of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Watsonova 47, 04001, Kosice, Slovakia
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- Laboratory of Glycoconjugate Chemistry, N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 47, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Tierpark Arche Warder, Zentrum für seltene Nutztierrassen e. V., Langwedeler Weg 11, 24646 Warder, Germany
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- Tierpark Arche Warder, Zentrum für seltene Nutztierrassen e. V., Langwedeler Weg 11, 24646 Warder, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, University of Applied Sciences Fresenius, Limburger Str. 2, 65510 Idstein, Germany; RISCC Research Institute for Scientific Computing and Consulting, Heuchelheim, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg, University Medical Center, Hamburg-Eppendorf, University of Hamburg, Falkenried 94, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Medical School, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Department of Neurosurgery, St. Lukes Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Bose Institute, Unified Academic Campus, Sector V, EN 80, Kolkata 700091, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Bose Institute, Unified Academic Campus, Sector V, EN 80, Kolkata 700091, India
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- Zoological Institute, Department of Structural Biology, Kiel University, Am Botanischen Garten 1-9, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of BioPharmaceutical Research, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252059, China
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- Institute of BioPharmaceutical Research, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252059, China
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- Institut für Biochemie, Fachbereich Humanmedizin, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Friedrichstrasse 24, 35390 Gießen, Germany
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- RI-B-NT - Research Institute of Bioinformatics and Nanotechnology, Schauenburgerstr. 116, 24118 Kiel, Germany.
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Alves SM, Freitas RS, do Val DR, Vieira LV, de Assis EL, Gomes FIF, Gadelha CADA, Gadelha TS, de Lacerda JTJG, Clemente-Napimoga JT, Pinto VDPT, Cristino Filho G, Bezerra MM, Chaves HV. The efficacy of a lectin from Abelmoschus Esculentus depends on central opioid receptor activation to reduce temporomandibular joint hypernociception in rats. Biomed Pharmacother 2018; 101:478-484. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2018.02.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2017] [Revised: 02/21/2018] [Accepted: 02/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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de Sousa Ferreira Soares G, Assreuy AMS, de Almeida Gadelha CA, de Morais Gomes V, Delatorre P, da Conceição Simões R, Cavada BS, Leite JF, Nagano CS, Pinto NV, de Luna Freire Pessoa H, Santi-Gadelha T. Purification and biological activities of Abelmoschus esculentus seed lectin. Protein J 2013; 31:674-80. [PMID: 22965555 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-012-9447-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The Abelmoschus esculentus (Malvaceae) plant originated in Africa and has spread across a number of tropic countries, including northeastern Brazil. The plant has been used to treat various disorders, such as cancer, microbial infections, hypoglycemia, constipation, urine retention and inflammation. The lectin of A. esculentus (AEL) was isolated by precipitation with ammonium sulfate at a saturation level of 30/60 and purified by ion exchange chromatography (Sephacel-DEAE). The electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) profile of the AEL showed two protein bands of apparent molecular mass of approximately 15.0 and 21.0 kDa. The homogenity of the protein was confirmed by electrospray mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), which revealed the presence of a 10.29-kDa monomer and a 20.58-kDa dimer. The AEL exhibits agglutinating activity against rabbit (74.41 UH/mP) and human type ABO erythrocytes (21.00 UH/mP). This activity does not require the presence of divalent cations and is specifically inhibited by lactose, fructose and mannose. The intravenous treatment with 0.01, 0.1 and 1 mg/kg of AEL inhibited the paw edema elicited by carrageenan by approximately 15, 22 and 44 %, respectively, but not that induced by dextran. In addition, treatment with 0.1, 1 and 10 mg/kg of AEL also inhibited the abdominal writhing induced by acetic acid by approximately 52, 57 and 69 %, respectively. In conclusion, AEL is a new lectin with a molecular mass of 20.0 kDa, which is -composed of a 10.291-Da monomer and a 20.582-kDa dimer, that exhibits anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive and hemagglutinating activities. In addition, the lectin hemagglutinating property is both metallo-independent and associated with the lectin domain.
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Nedic O, Filimonovic D, Mikovic Z, Masnikosa R. Influence of placental mannose/n-acetyl glucosamine-binding proteins on the interaction of insulin and insulin-like growth factors with their receptors. BIOCHEMISTRY. BIOKHIMIIA 2011; 76:1003-1008. [PMID: 22082268 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297911090033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Placenta is a source of carbohydrate-binding proteins that function as molecular scavengers, but they could also be involved in interactions that assist in metabolic control. Mannose/N-acetyl-glucosamine (Man/GlcNAc)-binding proteins from placenta were isolated and their reactivity towards placental insulin and insulin-like growth factor receptors (IR and IGF-Rs) was analyzed. The lectins reduced the binding of insulin and IGF-I in a dose-dependent manner, while almost no effect was observed on the binding of IGF-II. The shape of the inhibition curves changed, suggesting altered binding specificity. The presence of sugar could not reverse completely the effect of the lectins, implicating both lectin-sugar and protein-protein conformational recognition. Since biological molecules in our experimental system were those that are in close relation in vivo, placental Man/GlcNAc-specific lectins may be regarded as potential allosteric modulators of ligand-receptor interactions in a system of homologous ligands, selectively affecting only binding to tyrosine kinase type receptors (IR and IGF-1R).
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- O Nedic
- Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
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