Involvement of murine β-1,4-galactosyltransferase V in lactosylceramide biosynthesis.

abstract：:Disialosyl globopentaosylceramide (DSGb5) is a ganglioside originally isolated from tissue extracts of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with metastasis. Previous in vitro experiments have suggested that DSGb5 promotes metastasis by enhancing the migration of RCC cells and downregulating NK cell cytotoxicity against RCC cell...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Itoh J,Ito A,Shimada S,Kawasaki Y,Kakoi N,Saito H,Mitsuzuka K,Watanabe M,Satoh M,Saito S,Arai Y

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the antibody 3G9-A was assayed for activity against human erythrocyte glycosphingolipids. The antibody was found to recognize glycosphingolipid components from blood group A erythrocytes but not glycosphingolipids from blood group B or O erythrocytes. Subsequent investigation revealed that the glycosphi...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Briggs JB,Mandrell R,Macher BA

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycans serve as important regulators of antibody activities and half-lives. IgE is the most heavily glycosylated antibody, but in comparison to other antibodies little is known about its glycan structure function relationships. We therefore describe the site specific IgE glycosylation from a patient with a novel hype...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Wu G,Hitchen PG,Panico M,North SJ,Barbouche MR,Binet D,Morris HR,Dell A,Haslam SM

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-dimensional structures of the natural substrate unit for the enzyme N-acetylglucosamine-transferase II, GIcNAc-Man3-GlcNAc2, were investigated by molecular modelling methods. Molecular dynamics (MD) and molecular mechanics calculations on two hexasaccharides, namely GlcNAc-Man3-GlcNAc2-Asn and GlcNAc-Man3-GlcNAc...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Kozar T,Tvaroska I,Carver JP

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthesis and antigenic reactivity of 6-O-sulfo sialylparagloboside (SPG) and sialyl Lewis X (sLeX) neo-glycolipids containing lactamized neuraminic acid are described. The suitably protected GlcNAc-beta (1-->3)-Gal-beta (1-->4)-GlcOSE derivative was glycosylated with NeuTFAc-alpha (2-->3)-Gal imidate to give NeuTFAc-...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Yamaguchi M,Ishida H,Kanamori A,Kannagi R,Kiso M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein we describe a UPLC-FLD-based method for the quantification of the sialic acid content of red meat, using a synthetic neuraminic acid derivative as an internal standard. X-Gal-α-2,6-N-propionylneuraminic acid was synthesized via a chemoenzymatic pathway and its hydrolytic stability was characterized. Known quant...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Yao HL,Conway LP,Wang MM,Huang K,Liu L,Voglmeir J

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hallmarks of cancer are characterized by functional capabilities that allow cancer cells to survive, proliferate and disseminate during the multistep tumorigenesis. Cancer being a cellular disease, changes in cellular glycoproteins play an important role in malignant transformation and cancer progression. The pres...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Vajaria BN,Patel PS

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colominic acid is an alpha2,8-linked sialic acid polymer produced by Escherichia coli. We found that synthetic sulfated-colominic acids (SC) remarkably inhibited the cytotoxicity of bee and snake venom toward mouse fibroblast cells, but colominic acids showed no inhibition themselves, indicating the important role of ...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Oda Y,Kinoshita M,Hamada K,Nakayama K,Ohta Y,Yamaguchi S,Tsukada Y,Kawai Y,Kakehi K

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum GP73 is a functional resident Golgi type II membrane protein with three potential N-glycosylation sites. In this study, we used multiple lectin assays to analyze glycan patterns of serum GP73 and evaluated its diagnostic value for distinguishing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) from liver cirrhosis (LC). Firstly, ...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Jiang K,Shang S,Li W,Guo K,Qin X,Zhang S,Liu Y

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The partial oligosaccharide sequences of glycoconjugates and the nature of their glycosidic linkages were investigated in normal human prostate, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostatic carcinoma by means of lectin histochemistry, using light microscopy and Western blot analysis. The labeling pattern of BPH di...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Arenas MI,Romo E,de Gaspar I,de Bethencourt FR,Sánchez-Chapado M,Fraile B,Paniagua R

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our recent studies have revealed the existence of two distinct Gal: 3-O-sulfotransferases capable of acting on the C-3 position of galactose in a Core 2 branched structure, e.g., Galbeta1-->4GlcNAcbeta1-->6(Galbeta1-->3)GalNacalph a1-->OBenzyl as acceptor to give 3-O-sulfoGalbeta1-->4GlcNAcbeta1-->3(Galbeta1-->3)G alN...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Jain RK,Piskorz CF,Chandrasekaran EV,Matta KL

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Filamentous fungi are commonly used in the fermentation industry for large scale production of glycoproteins. Several of these proteins can be produced in concentrations up to 20-40 g per litre. The production of heterologous glycoproteins is at least one or two orders of magnitude lower but research is in progress to...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Maras M,van Die I,Contreras R,van den Hondel CA

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we demonstrated that the human xylosyltransferase II (XT-II) has enzymatic activity and is able to catalyze the initial and rate-limiting step in the biosynthesis of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) like chondroitin and dermatan sulfate, as well as heparan sulfate and heparin. Therefore, this enzyme also very likel...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Müller B,Prante C,Knabbe C,Kleesiek K,Götting C

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the alpha-D-galactose-(1-->3)-D-galactose epitope has been identified to be the major target in the process of hyperacute rejection of xenografts transplanted from nonprimate donors to humans, specific inhibitors of alpha-galactosyltransferases are of broad interest. Using Trypanosoma brucei, a protozoan parasit...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Kolb V,Amann F,Schmidt RR,Duszenko M

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmembrane signaling requires modular interactions between signaling proteins, phosphorylation or dephosphorylation of the interacting protein partners and temporary elaboration of supramolecular structures, to convey the molecular information from the cell surface to the nucleus. Such signaling complexes at the pl...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Hoessli DC,Ilangumaran S,Soltermann A,Robinson PJ,Borisch B,Nasir-Ud-Din

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review discusses the challenges facing research in 'functional glycomics' and the novel technologies that are being developed to advance the field. The structural complexity of glycans and glycoconjugates makes studies of both their structures and recognition difficult. However, these intricate structures can be ...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Song X,Heimburg-Molinaro J,Smith DF,Cummings RD

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidisciplinary approaches by a number of investigators have established that cell-surface carbohydrates are integral components of recognition systems regulating survival, migration, adhesion, growth and differentiation of various cells. Our own experience and contributions to this exciting field are described. We ...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Muramatsu T

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Grifola frondosa is an important fungal research resource. However, there was little report about hyperglycemic activity of Grifola frondosa polysaccharide on insulin resistance in vitro. In this study, the hypoglycemic activity of a polysaccharide obtained from Grifola frondosa (GFP) on HepG2 cell and hpyerglycemic m...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Ma X,Zhou F,Chen Y,Zhang Y,Hou L,Cao X,Wang C

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:If we predict the host range of new or mutant influenza virus in advance, we are able to measure against pandemic human influenza immediately after the new virus emerges somewhere. Influenza viral hemagglutinin(HA)-sialoside receptor interaction is a target event for in silico chemical prediction studies about the vir...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Sawada T,Hashimoto T,Tokiwa H,Suzuki T,Nakano H,Ishida H,Kiso M,Suzuki Y

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty different human and animal tissues were investigated for the presence of polyglycosylceramides. The glycolipids were isolated by peracetylation of dry tissue residues left after conventional lipid extraction, followed by extraction with chloroform and subsequent Sephadex LH-20, Sephadex LH-60 and silica gel chr...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Miller-Podraza H,Stenhagen G,Larsson T,Andersson C,Karlsson KA

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studying polysaccharide-protein interactions under physiological conditions by conventional techniques is challenging. Ideally, macromolecules could be followed by both in vitro spectroscopy experiments as well as in tissues using microscopy, to enable a proper comparison of results over these different scales but, of...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Lima MA,Cavalheiro RP,M Viana G,Meneghetti MCZ,Rudd TR,Skidmore MA,Powell AK,Yates EA

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of our ongoing program aimed at understanding the structural significance of GlcNAcβAsn linkage conserved in all eukaryotic N-glycoproteins, the present study reports on the synthesis and X-ray crystal structures of N-(3-deoxy-3-acetamido-β-D-glycopyranosyl)acetamide (Glc3NAcβNHAc) and the corresponding propio...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Mathiselvam M,Varghese B,Loganathan D

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main component of the ganglioside(1) mixture from the brain of the adult amphibian Xenopus laevis accounts for 35% of the total, as lipid bound sialic acid. This ganglioside has been purified and characterized by thin layer chromatography, partial and exhaustive enzymatic hydrolysis with sialidase, TLC-overlay pro...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Rizzo AM,Berra B,Rossi F,Guerra A,Gornati R,Bernardini G,Taki T,Kasama T,Mauri L,Sonnino S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell surface lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a well characterized virulence determinant for the human pathogen Haemophilus influenzae, so an investigation of LPS in the less pathogenic Haemophilus parainfluenzae could yield important insights. Using a panel of 18 commensal H. parainfluenzae isolates we demonstrate that th...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Young RE,Hood DW

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of glycosphingolipids is strictly regulated during the mitotic cell cycle. Before the G1-to-S transition, the ceramide and glucosylceramide concentration is elevated. Ceramide induces apoptosis synergistically with the pro-apoptotic protein prostate apoptosis response 4 (PAR-4) that may be asymmetricall...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Bieberich E

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reductive amination of 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid (Kdo) with allylamine (AIIN) or 2-(4-aminophenyl)ethylamine (APEA) yields epimer pairs of 2-N-allylamino and 2-N-[2-(4-aminophenyl)ethylamino]-2,3-dideoxy-D-glycero-D-galacto- and -2,3-dideoxy-D-glycero-D-talo-octonic acid. The yields were 50-60% due to reduction...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Grimmecke HD,Brade H

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fractions were prepared from the water-soluble components of Aspergillus fumigatus mycelium either by lectin-affinity chromatography or salt precipitation. While they varied considerably in their amino-acid composition, each contained a preponderance of aspartic and glutamic acids. 13C-NMR spectroscopy of these fracti...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Hearn VM,Griffiths BL,Gorin PA

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian sulfoglycolipids are comprised of two major members, sulfatide (SO(3)-3Gal-ceramide) and seminolipid (SO(3)-3Gal-alkylacylglycerol). Sulfatide is abundant in the myelin sheath and seminolipid is expressed on the spermatogenic cells. Cerebroside sulfotransferase (CST)-deficient mice generated by gene targetin...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Honke K,Zhang Y,Cheng X,Kotani N,Taniguchi N

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparing the properties of 'young' and senescent ('aged') O+ erythrocytes isolated by applying ultracentrifugation in a self-forming Percoll gradient, we demonstrate that the sialic acids of membrane glycoconjugates control the life span of erythrocytes and that the desialylation of glycans is responsible for the cle...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Bratosin D,Mazurier J,Debray H,Lecocq M,Boilly B,Alonso C,Moisei M,Motas C,Montreuil J

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uncovering enzyme (UCE) removes N-acetylglucosamine from lysosomal enzymes to uncover the mannose 6-phosphate (Man-6-P) determinant necessary for targeting these enzymes to lysosomes. Failure to create the Man-6-P determinant is one cause of lysosomal storage diseases. Despite its medical importance, little struct...

journal_title：Glycoconjugate journal

authors： Wei Y,Yen TY,Cai J,Trent JO,Pierce WM,Young WW Jr

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00