Identification and synthesis of a novel 15 kDa beta-galactoside-binding lectin in human leukocytes.

abstract：:Glycosyltransferases, usually residing within the intracellular secretory apparatus, also circulate in the blood. Many of these blood-borne glycosyltransferases are associated with pathological states, including malignancies and inflammatory conditions. Despite the potential for dynamic modifications of glycans on dis...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Lee-Sundlov MM,Ashline DJ,Hanneman AJ,Grozovsky R,Reinhold VN,Hoffmeister KM,Lau JT

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All IgG-type antibodies are N-glycosylated in their Fc part at Asn-297. Typically, a fucose residue is attached to the first N-acetylglucosamine of these complex-type N-glycans. Antibodies lacking core fucosylation show a significantly enhanced antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) and an increased effi...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： von Horsten HH,Ogorek C,Blanchard V,Demmler C,Giese C,Winkler K,Kaup M,Berger M,Jordan I,Sandig V

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human colon cancer is associated with antigenic and structural changes in mucin-type carbohydrate chains (O-glycans). To elucidate the control of the biosynthesis of these O-glycans is colon cancer, we have studied glycosyltransferase and sulphotransferase activities involved in the assembly of elongated O-glycan stru...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Yang JM,Byrd JC,Siddiki BB,Chung YS,Okuno M,Sowa M,Kim YS,Matta KL,Brockhausen I

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichomonad species are widespread unicellular flagellated parasites of vertebrates which interact with their hosts through carbohydrate-lectin interactions. In the past, some data have been accumulated regarding their lipo(phospho)glycans, a major glycoconjugate on their cell surfaces; on the other hand, other than b...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Paschinger K,Hykollari A,Razzazi-Fazeli E,Greenwell P,Leitsch D,Walochnik J,Wilson IB

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein O-fucosyltransferase 1 (Pofut1) and protein O-fucosyltransferase 2 (Pofut2) add O-linked fucose at distinct consensus sequences in properly folded epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like repeats and thrombospondin type-1 (TSR) repeats, respectively. Glycan chain elongation past O-fucose can occur to yield a tetrasa...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Al-Shareffi E,Chaubard JL,Leonhard-Melief C,Wang SK,Wong CH,Haltiwanger RS

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparan sulfate (HS) is a sulfated polysaccharide that plays a key role in morphogenesis, physiology and pathogenesis. The biosynthesis of HS takes place in the Golgi apparatus by a group of enzymes that polymerize, epimerize and sulfate the sugar chain. This biosynthetic process introduces varying degrees of sulfate ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Gesteira TF,Coulson-Thomas VJ

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we report the first cloning and characterization of a N-acetylneuraminic acid phosphate synthase gene from Drosophila melanogaster, an insect in the protostome lineage. The gene is ubiquitously expressed at all stages of Drosophila development and in Schneider cells. Similar to the human homologue, the ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Kim K,Lawrence SM,Park J,Pitts L,Vann WF,Betenbaugh MJ,Palter KB

更新日期：2002-02-01 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：:Angiogenesis is associated with growth, invasion, and metastasis of human solid tumors. Aberrant activation of endothelial cells and induction of microvascular permeability by a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor-2 (VEGFR-2) signaling pathway is observed in pathological angiogenesis including tumor, wo...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Chung TW,Kim SJ,Choi HJ,Kim KJ,Kim MJ,Kim SH,Lee HJ,Ko JH,Lee YC,Suzuki A,Kim CH

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently demonstrated that the mannose-binding lectins, namely banana lectin (BL) and garlic lectin (GL), interacted with the insulin receptors on M210B4 cells--an established mesenchymal cell line of murine marrow origin--and initiate mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK)-dependent extracellular signa...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Bajaj M,Hinge A,Limaye LS,Gupta RK,Surolia A,Kale VP

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sialyltransferases are a family of 20 gene products in mice and humans that transfer sialic acid from its activated precursor, CMP-sialic acid, to the terminus of glycoprotein and glycolipid acceptors. ST3Gal-II (coded by the St3gal2 gene) transfers sialic acid preferentially to the three positions of galactose on the...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Lopez PH,Aja S,Aoki K,Seldin MM,Lei X,Ronnett GV,Wong GW,Schnaar RL

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:We show here that cell surface glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are involved in the binding of stromal cell-derived factor (SDF)-1alpha to CD4(+)lymphoid CEM or monocytic U937 cells, inasmuch as pretreating the cells with heparitinase or chondroitinase inhibits SDF-1alpha binding by 40-41% and 31-35%, respectively. Soluble h...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Mbemba E,Gluckman JC,Gattegno L

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysosomal alpha-mannosidase is a broad specificity exoglycosidase involved in the ordered degradation of glycoproteins. The bovine enzyme is used as an important model for understanding the inborn lysosomal storage disorder alpha-mannosidosis. This enzyme of about 1,000 amino acids consists of five peptide chains, nam...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Faid V,Evjen G,Tollersrud OK,Michalski JC,Morelle W

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral treatment of mice, cutaneously infected with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) (strain SC16), with the alpha-glucosidase 1 inhibitor 6-O-butanoyl castanospermine (MDL 28,574) produced a significant delay in lesion development and reduced the amount of virus recovered from the brain. Virus load in the brains of ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Bridges CG,Ahmed SP,Kang MS,Nash RJ,Porter EA,Tyms AS

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galectins are a sub-family of lectins, defined by their highly conserved beta-sandwich structures and ability to bind to beta-galactosides, like Gal beta1-4 Glc (lactose). Here, we used (15)N-(1)H HSQC and pulse field gradient (PFG) NMR spectroscopy to demonstrate that galectin-1 (gal-1) binds to the relatively large ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Miller MC,Klyosov A,Mayo KH

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report we describe a system capable of resolving all of the known unsaturated disaccharides derived from the chondroitin sulphates, dermatan sulphate and hyaluronic acid by chondroitinase digestion. This system is superior to others in that the non-sulphated and mono-, di- and tri-sulphated disaccharides can b...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Zebrower M,Kieras FJ,Heaney-Kieras J

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the turn of the century, cancer therapy has undergone a transformation in terms of new treatment modalities and renewed optimism in achieving long-lived tumor control and even cure. This is, in large part, thanks to the widespread incorporation of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) into standard treatment regimens. Th...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Dalziel M,Beers SA,Cragg MS,Crispin M

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：:Ganglioside GM3 (Siaα2-3Galβ1-4Glcβ1-1Cer) has been known to participate in insulin signaling by regulating the association of the insulin receptor in caveolae microdomains (lipid rafts), which is essential for the execution of the complete insulin metabolic signaling in adipocytes. Macrophage-secreted factors includi...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Nagafuku M,Sato T,Sato S,Shimizu K,Taira T,Inokuchi J

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hexosamine pathway (HP) is a biochemical hypothesis recently proposed explaining cellular alterations occurring during diabetic microvascular complications. Diabetic retinopathy is a common microvascular complication of diabetes, and it is known that cell proliferation is severely affected during the development o...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Masson E,Wiernsperger N,Lagarde M,El Bawab S

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparan sulfate 3-O-sulfotransferase transfers sulfate to the 3-OH position of a glucosamine to generate 3-O-sulfated heparan sulfate (HS), which is a rare component in HS from natural sources. We previously reported that 3-O- sulfotransferase isoform 5 (3-OST-5) generates both an antithrombin-binding site to exhibit ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Chen J,Duncan MB,Carrick K,Pope RM,Liu J

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galectins are a family of carbohydrate-binding proteins with an affinity for beta-galactosides. Galectin-1 (Gal-1) is differentially expressed by various normal and pathological tissues and appears to be functionally polyvalent, with a wide range of biological activity. The intracellular and extracellular activity of ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Camby I,Le Mercier M,Lefranc F,Kiss R

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyaluronan (HA) is a linear charged polysaccharide whose structure is made up of repeating disaccharide units. Apparently conflicting reports have been published about the nature of the helical structure of HA in the solid state. Recent developments in the field of molecular modeling of polysaccharides offer new oppor...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Haxaire K,Braccini I,Milas M,Rinaudo M,Pérez S

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin G (IgG) glycans are emerging as a new putative biomarker for biological age and different diseases, requiring a robust workflow for IgG glycome analysis, ideally beginning with a simple and undemanding sampling procedure. Here, we report the first comprehensive study on total N-glycans of IgG isolated f...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Simunovic J,Vilaj M,Trbojevic-Akmacic I,Momcilovic A,Vuckovic F,Gudelj I,Juric J,Nakic N,Lauc G,Pezer M

更新日期：2019-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to sialic acid, bacteria produce several other nonulosonic acids, including legionaminic acid (Leg). This has exactly the same stereochemistry as sialic acid, with the added features of 9-deoxy and 7-amino groups. In order to explore the biological effects of replacing sialic acid residues (Neu5Ac) in glyc...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Watson DC,Leclerc S,Wakarchuk WW,Young NM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial protein glycosylation systems from varying species have been functionally reconstituted in Escherichia coli. Both N- and O-linked glycosylation pathways, in which the glycans are first assembled onto lipid carriers and subsequently transferred to acceptor proteins by an oligosaccharyltransferase (OTase), hav...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Gebhart C,Ielmini MV,Reiz B,Price NL,Aas FE,Koomey M,Feldman MF

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gangliosides (sialic acid-containing glycosphingolipids) play important roles in many physiological functions, including synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus, which is considered as a cellular mechanism of learning and memory. In the present study, three types of synaptic plasticity, long-term potentiation (LTP), lo...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Ikarashi K,Fujiwara H,Yamazaki Y,Goto J,Kaneko K,Kato H,Fujii S,Sasaki H,Fukumoto S,Furukawa K,Waki H,Furukawa K

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:UDP-N-acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc) is a glucose metabolite with pivotal functions as a key substrate for the synthesis of glycoconjugates like hyaluronan, and as a metabolic sensor that controls cell functions through O-GlcNAc modification of intracellular proteins. However, little is known about the regulation of h...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Oikari S,Makkonen K,Deen AJ,Tyni I,Kärnä R,Tammi RH,Tammi MI

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several tri- to hexasaccharide-alditols of the jelly coat surrounding the eggs of Bufo bufo were studied by methylation analysis, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, and 1H-NMR spectroscopy. As observed for six other amphibian species, these carbohydrate chains are highly species-specific. The main characteristics of the spe...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Morelle W,Strecker G

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00