bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 12, 2024
Abstract
Cell
membrane
glycans
contribute
to
immune
recognition,
signaling,
and
cellular
adhesion
migration,
altered
glycosylation
is
a
feature
of
cancer
cells
that
contributes
progression.
The
uptake
metabolism
glucose
other
nutrients
essential
for
glycan
synthesis
could
underlie
glycosylation,
but
the
relationship
between
shifts
in
nutrient
effects
on
have
not
been
directly
examined.
To
address
this
possibility,
we
created
novel
method
combines
stable
isotope
tracing
with
metabolomics
enable
direct
observations
allocation
nucleotide
sugars
cell-membrane
glycans.
We
compared
two
pancreatic
cell
lines
are
genetically
identical
differing
energy
requirements.
8988-S
had
higher
intracellular
pathways
relating
synthesis,
8988-T
commitment
non-glycosylation
pathways.
differed
requirements
production,
resulting
differences
bioavailability
synthesis.
workflow
demonstrated
here
enables
studies
metabolic
media
results
support
flux-based
regulation
mode
control
functions
such
migration.
Analytical Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
95(19), P. 7475 - 7486
Published: May 1, 2023
Sialic
acid
isomers
attached
in
either
α2,3
or
α2,6
linkage
to
glycan
termini
confer
distinct
chemical,
biological,
and
pathological
properties,
but
they
cannot
be
distinguished
by
mass
differences
traditional
spectrometry
experiments.
Multiple
derivatization
strategies
have
been
developed
stabilize
facilitate
the
analysis
of
sialic
their
glycoconjugate
carriers
high-performance
liquid
chromatography,
capillary
electrophoresis,
workflows.
Herein,
a
set
novel
schemes
are
described
that
result
introduction
bioorthogonal
click
chemistry
alkyne
azide
groups
into
α2,3-
α2,8-linked
acids.
These
chemical
modifications
were
validated
structurally
characterized
using
model
isomeric
conjugates
protein
carriers.
Use
an
alkyne-amine,
propargylamine,
as
second
amidation
reagent
effectively
introduces
functional
group
α2,3-linked
glycoproteins.
In
tissues,
serum,
cultured
cells,
this
allows
for
detection
visualization
N-linked
imaging
approaches.
Formalin-fixed
paraffin-embedded
prostate
cancer
tissues
pancreatic
cell
lines
used
characterize
numbers
distribution
alkyne-modified
N-glycans.
An
azide-amine
compound
with
poly(ethylene
glycol)
linker
was
evaluated
use
histochemical
staining.
amidated
amine,
reacted
biotin-alkyne
copper
catalyst,
detected
streptavidin-peroxidase
The
direct
reagents
acid-containing
glycans
glycoproteins
provides
new
glycomic
tool
expand
approaches
detection,
labeling,
visualization,
enrichment.
Glycoconjugate Journal,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
40(4), P. 473 - 492
Published: May 29, 2023
Abstract
Every
eukaryotic
cell
is
covered
with
a
thick
layer
of
complex
carbohydrates
essential
roles
in
their
social
life.
In
Deuterostoma,
sialic
acids
present
at
the
outermost
positions
glycans
glycoconjugates
are
known
to
be
key
players
cellular
interactions
including
host-pathogen
interactions.
Their
negative
charge
and
hydrophilic
properties
enable
various
normal
pathological
states
expression
altered
many
diseases
cancers.
Sialylation
glycoproteins
glycolipids
orchestrated
by
regulated
twenty
sialyltransferases
human
tissues
distinct
enzymatic
characteristics
preferences
for
substrates
linkages
formed.
However,
still
very
little
on
functional
organization
Golgi
apparatus
how
sialylation
machinery
finely
provide
ad
hoc
sialome
cell.
This
review
summarizes
current
knowledge
sialyltransferases,
structure–function
relationships,
molecular
evolution,
implications
biology.
Journal of Biological Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
299(10), P. 105217 - 105217
Published: Sept. 1, 2023
Aberrant
glycosylation
is
a
hallmark
of
cancer
cell.
One
prevalent
alteration
an
enrichment
in
α2,6-linked
sialylation
N-glycosylated
proteins,
modification
directed
by
the
ST6GAL1
sialyltransferase.
upregulated
many
malignancies
including
ovarian
cancer.
Prior
studies
have
shown
that
addition
α2,6
sialic
acid
to
epidermal
growth
factor
receptor
(EGFR)
activates
this
receptor,
although
mechanism
was
largely
unknown.
To
investigate
role
EGFR
activation,
overexpressed
OV4
line,
which
lacks
endogenous
ST6GAL1,
or
knocked-down
OVCAR-3
and
OVCAR-5
lines,
robust
expression.
Cells
with
high
expression
displayed
increased
activation
its
downstream
signaling
targets,
AKT
NFκB.
Using
biochemical
microscopy
approaches,
total
internal
reflection
fluorescence
microscopy,
we
determined
promoted
dimerization
higher
order
oligomerization.
Additionally,
activity
found
modulate
trafficking
dynamics
following
EGF-induced
activation.
Specifically,
enhanced
recycling
cell
surface
while
simultaneously
inhibiting
lysosomal
degradation.
3D
widefield
deconvolution
confirmed
cells
expression,
exhibited
greater
colocalization
Rab11
endosomes
reduced
LAMP1-positive
lysosomes.
Collectively,
our
findings
highlight
novel
promotes
facilitating
oligomerization
recycling.
Biology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
12(6), P. 832 - 832
Published: June 8, 2023
The
tumor
microenvironment
(TME),
where
the
cells
incite
surrounding
normal
to
create
an
immune
suppressive
environment,
reduces
effectiveness
of
responses
during
cancer
development.
Sialylation,
a
type
glycosylation
that
occurs
on
cell
surface
proteins,
lipids,
and
glycoRNAs,
is
known
accumulate
in
tumors
acts
as
"cloak"
help
evade
immunological
surveillance.
In
last
few
years,
role
sialylation
proliferation
metastasis
has
become
increasingly
evident.
With
advent
single-cell
spatial
sequencing
technologies,
more
research
being
conducted
understand
effects
immunity
regulation.
This
review
provides
updated
insights
into
recent
function
biology
summarizes
latest
developments
sialylation-targeted
therapeutics,
including
antibody-mediated
metabolic-based
inhibition,
well
interference
with
sialic
acid-Siglec
interaction.
Immunology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
172(4), P. 517 - 532
Published: March 19, 2024
Sialic
acid
is
a
unique
sugar
moiety
that
resides
in
the
distal
and
most
accessible
position
of
glycans
on
mammalian
cell
surface
extracellular
glycoproteins
glycolipids.
The
potential
for
sialic
to
obscure
underlying
structures
has
long
been
postulated,
but
means
by
which
such
structural
changes
directly
affect
biological
processes
continues
be
elucidated.
Here,
we
appraise
growing
body
literature
detailing
importance
generation,
differentiation,
function
death
haematopoietic
cells.
We
conclude
sialylation
critical
post-translational
modification
utilized
haematopoiesis
meet
dynamic
needs
organism
enforcing
rapid
availability
lineage-specific
types.
Though
thought
generated
only
cell-autonomously
within
intracellular
ER-Golgi
secretory
apparatus,
emerging
data
also
demonstrate
previously
unexpected
diversity
mechanisms
sialylation.
Emphasis
afforded
mechanism
extrinsic
sialylation,
whereby
enzymes
remodel
glycans,
supported
charged
donor
molecules
from
activated
platelets.