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Further structural characterization of the Echinococcus granulosus laminated layer carbohydrates: the blood-antigen P1-motif gives rise to branches at different points of the O-glycan chains.

Abstract：

:The glycobiology of the cestodes, a class of parasitic flatworms, is still largely unexplored. An important cestode species is Echinococcus granulosus, the tissue-dwelling larval stage of which causes hydatid disease. The E. granulosus larva is protected from the host by a massive mucin-based extracellular matrix termed laminated layer (LL). We previously reported ( Díaz et al. 2009. Biochemistry 48:11678-11691) the molecular structure of the most abundant LL O-glycans, comprising up to six monosaccharide residues. These are based on Cores 1 and 2, in cases elongated by a chain of Galpβ1-3 residues, which can be capped by Galpα1-4. In addition, the Core 2 GlcNAcp residue can be decorated with the Galpα1-4Galpβ1-4 disaccharide. Larger glycans also detected contained additional HexNAc residues that could not be explained by the structural repertoire described above. In this work, we elucidate, by mass spectrometry (MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), six additional glycans from the E. granulosus LL between six and eight residues in size. Their structures are related to those already described but in cases bear GlcNAcpβ1-6 or Galpα1-4Galpβ1-4GlcNAcpβ1-6 as ramifications on the core Galpβ1-3 residue. We also obtained evidence that noncore Galpβ1-3 residues can be similarly ramified. Thus, the new motif together with the previous information may explain all the glycan compositions detected in the LL by MS. In addition, we show that the anti-Echinococcus monoclonal antibody E492 (Parasite Immunol 21:141, 1999) recognizes Galpα1-4Galpβ1-4GlcNAcp (the blood P(1)-antigen motif). This explains the antibody's reactivity with a range of Echinococcus tissues, as the P(1)-motif is also carried on non-LL N-glycans and glycolipids from this genus.

journal_name

Glycobiology

journal_title

Glycobiology

authors

Lin G,Todeschini AR,Koizumi A,Neves JL,González H,Dematteis S,Hada N,Previato JO,Ferreira F,Mendonça-Previato L,Díaz A

doi

10.1093/glycob/cws220

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-04-01 00:00:00

pages

438-52

issue

eissn

0959-6658

issn

1460-2423

pii

cws220

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Further structural characterization of the Echinococcus granulosus laminated layer carbohydrates: the blood-antigen P1-motif gives rise to branches at different points of the O-glycan chains.