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GLYCOCONJUGATE JOURNAL
Volume 26, Issue 4, Pages 445-456Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10719-008-9194-9
Keywords
Galectin-3; beta 1,6 branched N-oligosaccharides; Poly N-acetyl lactosamine; Adhesion; Lung specific metastasis
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- Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India
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Galectin-3 on vascular endothelium has been shown to facilitate lung specific metastasis. Metastatic variants of B16 melanoma were chosen to identify specific ligands that mediate lung colonization via galectin-3. Flow cytometry showed that, galectin-3 binding to cells correlates with surface expression of poly N-acetyllactosamine (polylacNAc) but not with other reported ligands, e.g. Thomsen-Friedenreich (T/Tn) antigen. Immobilized galectin-3 promoted adhesion of melanoma cells in a metastasis dependent manner. Moreover, adhesion and galectin-3 binding to cells were specifically inhibited with lactose. These properties together with lung metastasis were inhibited with N-glycosylation inhibitor Swainsonine (SW), whereas, O-glycosylation inhibitor Benzyl-alpha-N-acetylgalactosamine (BG) had no effect. BG treatment significantly increased expression of T/Tn antigen on low metastatic cells; however, had no effect on their metastatic potential. The studies very comprehensively demonstrate the importance of polylacNAc substitutions on N-oligosaccharides in galectin-3 mediated lung metastasis.
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