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Biology
Tetsuya Hirata, Misaki Takata, Yuko Tokoro, Miyako Nakano, Yasuhiko Kizuka
Summary: The activity of GnT-V in cells is regulated by changing the maturity of cellular N-glycans. Altering the glycosylation state affects the secretion and protein level of GnT-V, which in turn impacts its promotion of cancer growth and malignancy.
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
(2022)
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Chemistry, Organic
Kalyana Kumar Ponnapalli, Yi-Chi Ho, Mei-Chun Tseng, Bhanu Vijaya Sekhar Vasamsetti, Jiun-Jie Shie
Summary: This study describes a double one-pot strategy for the synthesis of N-glycans, assisted by an IM-MS analysis approach for rapid screening of optimized glycosylation reaction conditions. The method enables the efficient synthesis of high-mannose type N-glycans with excellent stereo- and regioselectivities.
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Ana Garcia-Garcia, Sonia Serna, Zhang Yang, Ignacio Delso, Victor Taleb, Thomas Hicks, Raik Artschwager, Sergey Y. Vakhrushev, Henrik Clausen, Jesus Angulo, Francisco Corzana, Niels C. Reichardt, Ramon Hurtado-Guerrero
Summary: Core fucosylation by FUT8 is affected by the underlying peptide sequence for paucimannose and high-mannose N-glycans, but not for complex-type N-glycans. FUT8 recognizes all sugar units and most amino acid residues of the G0 N-glycan, with optimal recognition requiring prior binding to GDP-Fuc. Genetic engineering in CHO cells demonstrated that core fucosylation mainly occurs on complex-type N-glycans, but certain glycosites can acquire Fuc on high-mannose N-glycans.
Article
Immunology
Chunqun Wang, Lu Liu, Tianjiao Wang, Xin Liu, Wenjie Peng, Ratnesh Kumar Srivastav, Xing-Quan Zhu, Nishith Gupta, Robin B. Gasser, Min Hu
Summary: Nematodes are a large group of animals that cause major diseases in humans, animals, and plants, but controlling them is challenging. This study explores the role of glycosylation in protective immunity and provides insights for the design of vaccines against parasitic nematodes.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xuefeng Cao, Shuaishuai Wang, Madhusudhan Reddy Gadi, Ding Liu, Peng G. Wang, Xiu-Feng Wan, Jian Zhang, Xi Chen, Lauren E. Pepi, Parastoo Azadi, Lei Li
Summary: This article describes the systematic synthesis of bisected N-glycans and their application in constructing a glycan microarray for studying their recognition by various glycan-binding proteins.
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yanbo Liu, Kota Nomura, Junpei Abe, Yasuhiro Kajihara
Summary: Glycoproteins play important roles in various biological processes, but the relationship between glycan structure and function needs further investigation. Synthetic approaches have been developed to produce homogeneous glycoproteins, and this review discusses recent progress in this field.
CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Cell Biology
Haik Mkhikian, Ken L. Hayama, Khachik Khachikyan, Carey Li, Raymond W. Zhou, Judy Pawling, Suzi Klaus, Phuong Q. N. Tran, Kim M. Ly, Andrew D. Gong, Hayk Saryan, Jasper L. Hai, David Grigoryan, Philip L. Lee, Barbara L. Newton, Manuela Raffatellu, James W. Dennis, Michael Demetriou
Summary: With aging, T cell immunity becomes impaired, leading to increased mortality from infectious diseases. Branching of asparagine-linked glycans negatively regulates T cell immunity, and this study shows that the degree of branching increases with age, particularly in females, naive T cells (T-N), and CD4(+) T cells. Female sex hormones and thymic output of T-N cells decrease with age, but thymectomy or ovariectomy does not affect branching. IL-7 signaling is increased in old female mice, and triggers increased branching. N-acetylglucosamine, a metabolite that limits branching, increases with age in humans and synergizes with IL-7 to raise branching. Reversing elevated branching restores T cell function and reduces severity of Salmonella infection in old female mice. These findings suggest that IL-7 initially benefits T-N maintenance, but with age-dependent increases in N-acetylglucosamine, it inhibits T-N function by raising branching.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Chih-Lan Lin, Mirat Sojitra, Eric J. Carpenter, Ellen S. Hayhoe, Susmita Sarkar, Elizabeth A. Volker, Chao Wang, Duong T. Bui, Loretta Yang, John S. Klassen, Peng Wu, Matthew S. Macauley, Todd L. Lowary, Ratmir Derda
Summary: This study demonstrates the chemoenzymatic synthesis of a genetically-encoded liquid glycan array (LiGA) of complex type N-glycans on phage. The LiGA facilitates rigorous characterization of N-glycan structure and density using MALDI-TOF MS, and enables the identification of optimal structure/density combinations for recognition by glycan-binding proteins (GBPs). Injection of the LiGA into mice also helps identify glycoconjugates with structures and avidity necessary for enrichment in specific organs.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Pedro P. Cunha, David Bargiela, Eleanor Minogue, Lena C. M. Krause, Laura Barbieri, Carolin Brombach, Milos Gojkovic, Emilia Marklund, Sandra Pietsch, Iosifina Foskolou, Cristina M. Branco, Pedro Veli, Randall S. Johnson
Summary: Nitric oxide (NO), produced by NO synthases (NOS1-3), regulates neurotransmission, vascular permeability, and immune function. While myeloid cell-derived NO suppresses T-cell responses, the role of NO synthesis in T cells themselves remains unclear. The study demonstrates that significant amounts of NO are synthesized in activated human and murine CD8 T cells. In a mouse model with T cell-specific deletion of Nos2 expression, tumor growth is accelerated. Genetic deletion of Nos2 in murine T cells alters effector differentiation, reduces tumor infiltration, and inhibits recall responses and adoptive cell transfer function. These findings highlight the critical role of endogenous NO production in T cell-mediated tumor immunity.
CANCER IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Lucy I. Crouch, Paulina A. Urbanowicz, Arnaud Basle, Zhi-Peng Cai, Li Liu, Josef Voglmeir, Javier M. Melo Diaz, Samuel T. Benedict, Daniel I. R. Spencer, David N. Bolam
Summary: The human colonic microbiota can utilize complex glycans as a source of nutrients. Gut microbes have a diverse array of carbohydrate-active enzymes that can degrade plant N-glycans. The discovery of these enzymes provides a potential tool for modifying plant N-glycans for various applications.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Ending Xu, Mengyao Wu, Yuanyuan Liu, Yingping Tai, Wenjuan Zha, Changyi Gong, Yu Zou, Peijiang Zhang, Wei Zhang, Xi Chen
Summary: OsPML3 is a protein responsible for manganese ion transport in rice, and it is highly expressed in rapidly developing tissues. It maintains manganese homeostasis, cell wall polysaccharide deposition, and late-stage Golgi N-glycosylation. OsPML3 plays an important role in maintaining manganese homeostasis, regulating cell wall polysaccharide deposition, and late-stage Golgi N-glycosylation in rapidly developing tissues.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Meagan Belcher Dufrisne, Nicole Swope, Marissa Kieber, Jeong-Yeh Yang, Ji Han, Jason Li, Kelley W. Moremen, James H. Prestegard, Linda Columbus
Summary: Carcinoembryonic cellular adhesion molecules (CEACAMs) play diverse roles in cell signaling, proliferation, and survival. Understanding the physiological oligomeric state of CEACAMs and its contribution to protein function is crucial for cellular research.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Anna Janik, Urszula Perlinska-Lenart, Katarzyna Gawarecka, Justyna Augustyniak, Ewelina Bratek-Gerej, Przemyslaw Bernat, Sebastian Pilsyk, Patrycja Skalmowska, Grazyna Palamarczyk, Ewa Swiezewska, Joanna S. Kruszewska
Summary: Protein glycosylation requires dolichyl phosphate as a carbohydrate carrier. In Candida, the saturation of dolichols is catalyzed by polyprenyl reductase Dfg10 and some unknown enzymes. This study aimed to identify these enzymes in Candida. Two ORFs in Candida albicans were found to have a domain similar to the polyprenyl reductase and enoyl-transferase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Deletion of one of these ORFs impaired the saturation of dolichols, and limiting its expression reduced the cellular level of dolichols and polyprenols. This reduction was due to a lower expression of early-stage enzymes in the mevalonate pathway.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Maude Giroud, Foivos-Filippos Tsokanos, Giorgio Caratti, Stefan Kotschi, Sajjad Khani, Celine Jouffe, Elena S. Vogl, Martin Irmler, Christina Glantschnig, Manuel Gil-Lozano, Daniela Hass, Asrar Ali Khan, Marcos Rios Garcia, Frits Mattijssen, Adriano Maida, Daniel Tews, Pamela Fischer-Posovszky, Annette Feuchtinger, Kirsi A. Virtanen, Johannes Beckers, Martin Wabitsch, Henriette Uhlenhaut, Matthias Bluher, Jan Tuckermann, Marcel Scheideler, Alexander Bartelt, Stephan Herzig
Summary: The study identifies HAND2 as a novel obesity-linked adipocyte transcription factor, highlighting new mechanisms of GR-dependent adipogenesis in humans and mice.
Article
Oncology
Amaia Zabala-Letona, Amaia Arruabarrena-Aristorena, Sonia Fernandez-Ruiz, Cristina Viera, Onintza Carlevaris, Amaia Ercilla, Isabel Mendizabal, Teresa Martin, Alice Macchia, Laura Camacho, Mikel Pujana-Vaquerizo, Pilar Sanchez-Mosquera, Veronica Torrano, Natalia Martin-Martin, Patricia Zuniga-Garcia, Mireia Castillo-Martin, Aitziber Ugalde-Olano, Ana Loizaga-Iriarte, Miguel Unda, Jose M. Mato, Edurne Berra, Maria L. Martinez-Chantar, Arkaitz Carracedo
Summary: This study investigates the regulation and function of Glycine N-Methyltransferase (GNMT) in prostate cancer and discovers that the enzyme is repressed when the oncogenic PI3K pathway is activated, adding complexity to its dependency on androgen signaling. Additionally, the study demonstrates the requirement of GNMT expression for the onset of invasive prostate cancer in a genetic mouse model.