Regulation of FGF-1 mitogenic activity by heparan sulfate oligosaccharides is dependent on specific structural features: differential requirements for the modulation of FGF-1 and FGF-2.

abstract：:Xylosylated and core alpha1,3-fucosylated N-glycans from plants are immunogenic, and they play a still obscure role in allergy and in the field of plant-made protein pharmaceuticals. We immunized mice to generate monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) binding plant N-glycans specifically via the epitope containing either the xy...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Jin C,Bencúrová M,Borth N,Ferko B,Jensen-Jarolim E,Altmann F,Hantusch B

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The product of p53-induced gene 1 is a member of the galectin family, i.e., galectin-7 (Gal-7). To move beyond structural data by X-ray diffraction, we initiated the study of the lectin by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and circular dichroism spectroscopies, and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. In concert, our r...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Ermakova E,Miller MC,Nesmelova IV,López-Merino L,Berbís MA,Nesmelov Y,Tkachev YV,Lagartera L,Daragan VA,André S,Cañada FJ,Jiménez-Barbero J,Solís D,Gabius HJ,Mayo KH

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytotrophoblasts are the specialized epithelial cells of the placenta. During the first trimester, a subpopulation of chorionic villus cytotrophoblasts differentiates along an invasive pathway and penetrates the maternal endometrium, decidua and spiral arterioles. Cytotrophoblast invasiveness declines rapidly during t...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Moss L,Prakobphol A,Wiedmann TW,Fisher SJ,Damsky CH

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The egg jellies of sea urchins contain sulfated polysaccharides with unusual structures, composed of linear chains of l-fucose or l-galactose with well-defined repetitive units. The specific pattern of sulfation and the position of the glycosidic bond vary among sulfated polysaccharides from different species. These p...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Cinelli LP,Castro MO,Santos LL,Garcia CR,Vilela-Silva AC,Mourão PA

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocytic beta 1,4-galactosyltransferase (beta 1,4-GalTase, EC 2.4.1.38) activity was measured in B cells using a neoglyco-protein, N-acetylglucosamine-phenylisothiocyanate-bovine serum albumin (GlcNAc-pITC-BSA), as an acceptor substrate in a novel enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)-based method. This assay p...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Keusch J,Lydyard PM,Isenberg DA,Delves PJ

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apiose is a unique branched-chain pentose found principally in plants. It is a key component of structurally complex cell wall polysaccharides, as well as being present in a large number of naturally occurring secondary metabolites. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge on the...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Pičmanová M,Møller BL

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of nonmammalian core alpha(1,3)-fucose and core xylose glyco-epitopes on glycans N-linked to therapeutic glycoproteins produced in plants has raised the question of their immunogenicity in human therapy. We address this question by studying the distribution of these N-glycans in pea, rice, and maize (whic...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Bardor M,Faveeuw C,Fitchette AC,Gilbert D,Galas L,Trottein F,Faye L,Lerouge P

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rod and cone photoreceptors project from the outer retinal surface into a carbohydrate-rich interphotoreceptor matrix (IPM). Unique IPM glycoconjugates are distributed around rods and cones. Wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) strongly decorates the rod matrix domains and weakly decorates the cone matrix domains. This study c...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Acharya S,Rayborn ME,Hollyfield JG

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apicomplexan protozoa are a phylum of parasites that includes pathogens such as Plasmodium, the causative agent of the most severe form of malaria responsible for almost 1 million deaths per year and Toxoplasma gondii causing toxoplasmosis, a disease leading to cerebral meningitis in immunocompromised individuals or t...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Debierre-Grockiego F,Schwarz RT

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have employed fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry (FAB-MS) to screen the N-linked oligosaccharides of Bowes melanoma tissue plasminogen activator (mt-PA), and recombinant t-PAs produced by Chinese hamster ovary cells (rt-PA) and by a gene-enriched melanoma cell line (rmt-PA). These studies have confirmed the pu...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Chan AL,Morris HR,Panico M,Etienne AT,Rogers ME,Gaffney P,Creighton-Kempsford L,Dell A

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolutionarily conserved Notch signaling pathway plays broad and important roles during embryonic development and in adult tissue homeostasis. Unlike most other pathways used during animal development, Notch signaling does not rely on second messengers and intracellular signaling cascades. Instead, pathway activat...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Jafar-Nejad H,Leonardi J,Fernandez-Valdivia R

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-Glycans from the nematode Haemonchus contortus (barber pole worm), a parasite of sheep and cattle, were the first to be described to possess up to three fucose residues associated with the N,N'-diacetylchitobiosyl core, two being on the reducing-terminal proximal GlcNAc and one on the distal core GlcNAc residue. The...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Paschinger K,Wilson IB

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presently almost no information is available on the oligosaccharide structure of the glycoproteins secreted from the methylotrophic yeast Hansenula polymorpha, a promising host for the production of recombinant proteins. In this study, we analyze the size distribution and structure of N-linked oligosaccharides attache...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Kim MW,Rhee SK,Kim JY,Shimma Y,Chiba Y,Jigami Y,Kang HA

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endoplasmic reticulum malectin is a highly conserved protein in the animal kingdom that has no counterpart so far in lower organisms. We recently determined the structure of its conserved domain and found a highly selective binding to Glc(2)Man(9)GlcNAc(2), an intermediate of N-glycosylation. In our quest for puta...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Schallus T,Fehér K,Sternberg U,Rybin V,Muhle-Goll C

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trehalose synthase (TreS) catalyzes the reversible conversion of maltose into trehalose in mycobacteria as one of three biosynthetic pathways to this nonreducing disaccharide. Given the importance of trehalose to survival of mycobacteria, there has been considerable interest in understanding the enzymes involved in it...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Caner S,Nguyen N,Aguda A,Zhang R,Pan YT,Withers SG,Brayer GD

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) is used abundantly in the clinic to stimulate red blood cell growth in anaemic patients. The efficacy of the drug depends strongly on the extent of sialylation of its carbohydrate moiety. Prompted by conflicting literature reports on the issue, we reinvestigated the structures...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Watson E,Bhide A,van Halbeek H

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-1,4-Glucan lyase cleaves alpha-1,4-linkages of nonreducing termini of alpha-1,4-glucans to produce 1,5-anhydrofructose (1,5-AnFru). The enzymes isolated from fungi and algae show high homology with glycoside hydrolase family 31. Purification of alpha-1,4-glucan lyase from rat liver using DEAE Cellulose chromatog...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Hirano K,Ziak M,Kamoshita K,Sukenaga Y,Kametani S,Shiga Y,Roth J,Akanuma H

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitin oligosaccharides (COs) play a role in plant development and are presumed to affect body plan formation during vertebrate embryogenesis. The mechanisms of COs recognition and cellular processes underlying embryonic development are still not understood. We analyze the possible link with the mitogen-activated prot...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Snaar-Jagalska BE,Krens SF,Robina I,Wang LX,Spaink HP

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse gene knockout studies have provided unimpeachable evidence of immune-relevant functions for several sialyltransferase enzymes including ST6Gal I, ST3Gal I, and ST3Gal IV. Such studies cannot, however, identify cellular mechanisms for regulating such activities. In this article we provide evidence that murine B l...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Marino JH,Hoffman M,Meyer M,Miller KS

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Malian medicinal plant Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch (Oxalidaceae) is used as a treatment against various types of illnesses related to the immune system, such as joint pains, inflammations, fever, malaria, and wounds. A pectic polysaccharide obtained from a hot water extract of the aerial parts of B. petersianum...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Inngjerdingen M,Inngjerdingen KT,Patel TR,Allen S,Chen X,Rolstad B,Morris GA,Harding SE,Michaelsen TE,Diallo D,Paulsen BS

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-1,2-linked mannosides from Candida albicans phosphopeptidomannan (PPM) bind to macrophages through a receptor independent from the macrophage alpha-linked mannose receptor and stimulate these cells to secrete immune mediators. Anti-beta-1,2-linked mannoside but not anti-alpha-linked mannoside antibodies produced ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Jouault T,Fradin C,Dzierszinski F,Borg-Von-Zepelin M,Tomavo S,Corman R,Trinel PA,Kerckaert JP,Poulain D

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we analyzed at high resolution the sugar-binding mode of the recombinant N-terminal ricin-B domain of the hemolytic protein LSLa (LSL(150)) from the mushroom Laetiporus sulphureus and also provide functional in vitro evidence suggesting that, together with its putative receptor-binding role, this module ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Angulo I,Acebrón I,de las Rivas B,Muñoz R,Rodríguez-Crespo I,Menéndez M,García P,Tateno H,Goldstein IJ,Pérez-Agote B,Mancheño JM

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycoprotein oligosaccharides function as tags for protein quality control in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Since most of proteins are glycosylated and function only after they are properly folded, glycoprotein glycan profiles in the ER might be useful to analyze various cellular status including diseases. Here, we ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Iwamoto S,Isoyama M,Hirano M,Yamaya K,Ito Y,Matsuo I,Totani K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the localization of major gangliosides in adult rat brain by an immunofluorescence technique with mouse monoclonal antibodies (MAbs). Five MAbs (GMB16, GMR17, GGR12, GMR5 and GMR13) that specifically recognize gangliosides GM1, GD1a, GD1b, GT1b and GQ1b, respectively, were used. We have found that ther...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Kotani M,Kawashima I,Ozawa H,Terashima T,Tai T

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of unusual and rare carbohydrates were tested as potential inhibitors of various glycosidases, as well as inhibitors of N-linked oligosaccharide processing. The best inhibitors of several arylglycosidases and of glucosidase I were L-xylulose and L-fructose. Both of these sugars showed some inhibitory activity...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Muniruzzaman S,Pan YT,Zeng Y,Atkins B,Izumori K,Elbein AD

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The deletion of the protein mannosyltransferase 1 gene (PMT1) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae results in viable cells. O-Mannosylation of proteins is reduced to about half of the value in comparison to wild-type cells. In order to distinguish between the the PMT1 gene product (= Pmt1p) and residual transferase activity, a...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Gentzsch M,Strahl-Bolsinger S,Tanner W

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the developmental role of complex N-linked oligosaccharides, we previously inactivated the mouse Mgat1 gene which encodes UDP-N-acetylglucosamine: alpha-3-D-mannoside beta-1,2-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I (GlcNAc-TI). Mgat1-null embryos developed morphogenic abnormalities by embryonic day (E) 9.5 a...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Campbell RM,Metzler M,Granovsky M,Dennis JW,Marth JD

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giardia lamblia, the protist that causes diarrhea, makes an Asn-linked-glycan (N-glycan) precursor that contains just two sugars (GlcNAc(2)) attached by a pyrophosphate linkage to a polyprenol lipid. Because the candidate cis-prenyltransferase of Giardia appears to be more similar to bacterial enzymes than to those of...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Grabińska KA,Cui J,Chatterjee A,Guan Z,Raetz CR,Robbins PW,Samuelson J

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galectin-1, the prototype of a family of beta-galactoside-binding proteins, has been implicated in a wide variety of biological processes. Data presented herein show that galectin-1 stimulates monocyte migration in a dose-dependent manner but is not chemotactic for macrophages. Galectin-1-induced monocyte chemotaxis i...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Malik RK,Ghurye RR,Lawrence-Watt DJ,Stewart HJ

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V, encoded by the Mgat5 gene, plays an important regulatory role in the synthesis of complex N-glycans, including the Lewis antigens. The elevated expression of this enzyme is regulated during development and is highly associated with cellular transformation and malignancy. In addition,...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Alverez K,Haswell C,St Clair M,Perng GS,Shorebah M,Pierce M,Fregien N

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00