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Vargila F, Bai SMM, Mary JVJ, Citarasu T. Isolation, characterization and antimicrobial properties of hepatopancreas lectin of the freshwater crab Oziotelphusanaga. Protein Expr Purif 2024; 222:106536. [PMID: 38908458 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2024.106536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2024] [Revised: 06/18/2024] [Accepted: 06/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/24/2024]
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Lectins are versatile proteins that specifically recognize and interact with sugar moieties expressed on the cell surface. The potential of lectin in drug targeting and delivery has instigated interest to identify natural lectins. Crabs have been identified as a rich source of lectin because the innate immune system is activated on encounter of pathogens and helps in the production of lectin. Although the presence of lectins in crab's hemolymph is well documented, little information about lectin in hepatopancreas, a vital organ for immunity and digestion in crustaceans, is currently available. A calcium dependent lectin (75 kDa) was purified from the hepatopancreas of the freshwater crab Oziotelphusa naga by bioadsorption and fetuin linked Sepharose 4B affinity chromatography technique. The isolated hepatopancreas lectin is calcium dependent and maximum agglutination was observed with rabbit erythrocytes. The hemagglutinating activity of the hepatopancreas lectin was effectively inhibited by sugars, such as α-lactose, GlcNAc, trehalose and NeuAc. Compared to sialylated N-glycosylated proteins including transferrin and apo transferrin, sialylated O-glycosylated proteins like fetuin exhibited stronger inhibitory effect. The ability of erythrocytes to bind hepatopancreas lectin has been diminished by desialylation of the potent inhibitor, indicating the significance of sialic acid in lectin-ligand interactions. The purified hepatopancreas lectin showed a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity against bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, E. coli and fungi Candida albicans and Aspergillus niger. The findings of this study demonstrate the significance of hepatopancreas lectin as a multifunctional defense protein that inhibits the growth of bacteria and fungi.
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- F Vargila
- Department of Zoology, Holy Cross College (Autonomous), Nagercoil, India; Affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, 627 012, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Department of Zoology, Holy Cross College (Autonomous), Nagercoil, India; Affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, 627 012, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Department of Zoology, Holy Cross College (Autonomous), Nagercoil, India; Affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, 627 012, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Centre for Marine Science and Technology, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, India
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De Los Santos MV, Sánchez-Salgado JL, Pereyra A, Zenteno E, Vibanco-Pérez N, Ramos-Clamont Montfort G, Soto-Rodriguez SA. The Vibrio parahaemolyticus subunit toxin PirB vp recognizes glycoproteins on the epithelium of the Penaeus vannamei hepatopancreas. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2021; 257:110673. [PMID: 34530120 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2021.110673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Revised: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus toxin PirABvp is the major virulence factor exotoxin that contributes to the disruption of the hepatopancreatic epithelium in acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease in shrimp. The PirBvp subunit is a lectin that recognizes amino sugars; however, its potential role in recognition of the hepatopancreas has not been identified. In the present work, we identified the cellular receptor for PirBvp in the shrimp hepatopancreas. A ligand blot assay of hepatopancreas lysate showed that the PirBvp subunit recognizes two glycoprotein bands of 60 and 70 kDa (Gc60 and Gc70). The hepatopancreas lysate was fractionated by anion-exchange chromatography, and the three main fractions obtained contained the recognized Gc60 and Gc70 protein bands. LC-MS/MS indicated that beta-hexosaminidases subunit beta and mucin-like 5 AC corresponded to the 60 and 70 kDa bands, respectively, which seem to be expressed in the epithelial cells of the hepatopancreas. Endoglycosidase treatment of hepatopancreas lysate with the O-glycosidase from Enterococcus faecalis, inhibits the binding of PirBvp. Altogether, these results suggest the relevance of the interaction of PirBvp with the hepatopancreas in the pathogenesis of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease in shrimp.
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- Marcelo Victorio De Los Santos
- Laboratorio de Investigación en Biología Molecular e Inmunología, Unidad Académica de Ciencias Químico Biológicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Ciudad de la Cultura, Tepic, Nayarit 63190, Mexico; Laboratorio de Bacteriología, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C, Unidad de Acuacultura y Manejo Ambiental, Av. Sábalo-Cerritos S/N A.P. 711, Mazatlán, Sinaloa 82112, Mexico.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CDMX, Mexico.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CDMX, Mexico.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CDMX, Mexico.
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- Laboratorio de Investigación en Biología Molecular e Inmunología, Unidad Académica de Ciencias Químico Biológicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Ciudad de la Cultura, Tepic, Nayarit 63190, Mexico.
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- Laboratorio de Función y Funcionalidad de Proteínas, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A. C., Carretera Gustavo Enrique Astiazarán Rosas No. 46, A.P. 1735, Hermosillo, Sonora 83304, Mexico.
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- Laboratorio de Bacteriología, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C, Unidad de Acuacultura y Manejo Ambiental, Av. Sábalo-Cerritos S/N A.P. 711, Mazatlán, Sinaloa 82112, Mexico.
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Victorio-De Los Santos M, Vibanco-Pérez N, Soto-Rodriguez S, Pereyra A, Zenteno E, Cano-Sánchez P. The B Subunit of PirAB vp Toxin Secreted from Vibrio parahaemolyticus Causing AHPND Is an Amino Sugar Specific Lectin. Pathogens 2020; 9:E182. [PMID: 32138213 PMCID: PMC7157558 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9030182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2020] [Revised: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Vp) is the etiological agent of the acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) in Penaeus vannamei shrimp. Vp possesses a 63-70 kb conjugative plasmid that encodes the binary toxin PirAvp/PirBvp. The 250 kDa PirABvp complex was purified by affinity chromatography with galactose-sepharose 4B and on a stroma from glutaraldehyde-fixed rat erythrocytes column, as a heterotetramer of PirAvp and PirBvp subunits. In addition, recombinant pirB (rPirBvp) and pirA (rPirAvp) were obtained. The homogeneity of the purified protein was determined by SDS-PAGE analysis, and the yield of protein was 488 ng/100 μg of total protein of extracellular products. The PirABvp complex and the rPirBvp showed hemagglutinating activity toward rat erythrocytes. The rPirAvp showed no hemagglutinating capacity toward the animal red cells tested. Among different mono and disaccharides tested, only GalNH2 and GlcNH2 were able to inhibit hemagglutination of the PirABvp complex and the rPirBvp. Glycoproteins showed inhibitory specificity, and fetuin was the glycoprotein that showed the highest inhibition. Other glycoproteins, such as mucin, and glycosaminoglycans, such as heparin, also inhibited the activity. Desialylation of erythrocytes enhanced the hemagglutinating activity. This confirms that Gal or Gal (β1,4) GlcNAc are the main ligands for PirABvp. The agglutinating activity of the PirABvp complex and the rPirBvp is not dependent on cations, because addition of Mg2+ or Ca2+ showed no effect on the protein capacity. Our results strongly suggest that the PirBvp subunit is a lectin, which is part of the PirA/PirBvp complex, and it seems to participate in bacterial pathogenicity.
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- Marcelo Victorio-De Los Santos
- Laboratorio de Bacteriología. Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C. Unidad de Acuacultura y Manejo Ambiental, Av. Sábalo-Cerritos S/N A.P. 711, Mazatlán, Sinaloa 82112, Mexico
- Laboratorio de Investigación en Biología Molecular e Inmunología, Unidad Académica de Ciencias Químico Biológicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Ciudad de la Cultura, Tepic, Nayarit 63190, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Investigación en Biología Molecular e Inmunología, Unidad Académica de Ciencias Químico Biológicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Ciudad de la Cultura, Tepic, Nayarit 63190, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Bacteriología. Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C. Unidad de Acuacultura y Manejo Ambiental, Av. Sábalo-Cerritos S/N A.P. 711, Mazatlán, Sinaloa 82112, Mexico
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacan, CDMX 04510, Mexico; (A.P.); (E.Z.)
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacan, CDMX 04510, Mexico; (A.P.); (E.Z.)
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacan, CDMX 04510, Mexico;
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Cheng PF, Snovida S, Ho MY, Cheng CW, Wu AM, Khoo KH. Increasing the depth of mass spectrometry-based glycomic coverage by additional dimensions of sulfoglycomics and target analysis of permethylated glycans. Anal Bioanal Chem 2013; 405:6683-95. [PMID: 23797909 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-013-7128-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2013] [Revised: 05/30/2013] [Accepted: 06/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Hog or porcine gastric mucin resembles the human source in carrying not only blood group antigens but also the rather rare α4-GlcNAc-capped terminal epitope functionally implicated in protection against Helicobacter pylori infection. Being more readily available and reasonably well characterized, it serves as a good reagent for immunobiological studies, as well as a standard for analytical methodology developments. Current approaches in mass spectrometry (MS)-based glycomic mapping remain vastly inadequate in revealing the full complexity of glycosylation, particularly for cases such as the extremely heterogeneous O-glycosylation of mucosal mucins that can be further sulfated. We demonstrate here a novel concerted workflow that extends the conventional matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization–mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) mapping of permethylated glycans in positive ion mode to include a further step of sulfoglycomic analysis in negative ion mode. This was facilitated by introducing a mixed-mode solid-phase extraction step, which allows direct cleanup and simultaneous fractionation of the permethylated glycans into separate non-sulfated and sulfated pools in one single step. By distinct MALDI-MS/MS fragmentation patterns, all previously known structural features of porcine gastric mucin including the terminal epitopes and location of sulfates could be readily defined. We additionally showed that both arms of the core 2 structures could be extended via 6-O-sulfated GlcNAc to yield a series of disulfated O-glycans not previously reported, thus expanding its current glycomic coverage. However, a targeted LC-MSn analysis was required and best suited to dig even deeper into validating the occurrence of very minor structural isomers carrying the Lewis Y epitope implicated by positive antibody binding.
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- Ping-Fu Cheng
- Institute of Biochemical Sciences, National Taiwan University, Roosevelt Road, PO Box 23-106, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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Mayoral MA, Mayoral C, Meneses A, Villalvazo L, Guzmán A, Espinosa B, Ochoa JL, Zenteno E, Guevara J. Identification of Galectin-3 and Mucin-Type O-Glycans in Breast Cancer and Its Metastasis to Brain. Cancer Invest 2009; 26:615-23. [DOI: 10.1080/07357900701837051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Williams TI, Saggese DA, Toups KL, Frahm JL, An HJ, Li B, Lebrilla CB, Muddiman DC. Investigations with O-linked protein glycosylations by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2008; 43:1215-23. [PMID: 18324610 PMCID: PMC2642518 DOI: 10.1002/jms.1398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Posttranslational modifications such as glycosylation can play a fundamental role in signaling pathways that transform an ordinary cell into a malignant one. The development of a protocol to detect these changes in the preliminary stages of disease can lead to a sensitive and specific diagnostic for the early detection of malignancies such as ovarian cancer in which differential glycan patterns are linked to etiology and progression. Small variations in instrument parameters and sample preparation techniques are known to have significant influence on the outcome of an experiment. For an experiment to be effective and reproducible, these parameters must be optimized for the analyte(s) under study. We present a detailed examination of sample preparation and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (MALDI-FT-ICR-MS) analysis of O-linked glycans globally cleaved from mucin glycoproteins. Experiments with stable isotope-labeled biomolecules allowed for the establishment of appropriate acquisition times and excitation voltages for MALDI-FT-ICR-MS of oligosaccharides. Quadrupole ion guide optimization studies with mucin glycans identified conditions for the comprehensive analysis of the entire mass range of O-linked carbohydrates in this glycoprotein. Separately optimized experimental parameters were integrated in a method that allowed for the effective study of O-linked glycans.
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- Taufika Islam Williams
- W.M. Keck FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- W.M. Keck FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- W.M. Keck FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- W.M. Keck FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- W.M. Keck FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
- Correspondence to: David C. Muddiman, W.M. Keck FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8204, USA. E-mail:
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Rocha BAM, Moreno FBMB, Delatorre P, Souza EP, Marinho ES, Benevides RG, Rustiguel JKR, Souza LAG, Nagano CS, Debray H, Sampaio AH, de Azevedo WF, Cavada BS. Purification, Characterization, and Preliminary X-Ray Diffraction Analysis of a Lactose-Specific Lectin from Cymbosema roseum Seeds. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2008; 152:383-93. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-008-8334-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2008] [Accepted: 07/29/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Castillo-Villanueva A, Caballero-Ortega H, Abdullaev-Jafarova F, Garfias Y, del Carmen Jiménez-Martínez M, Bouquelet S, Martínez G, Mendoza-Hernández G, Zenteno E. Lectin from Phaseolus acutifolius var. escumite: chemical characterization, sugar specificity, and effect on human T-lymphocytes. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2007; 55:5781-7. [PMID: 17567024 DOI: 10.1021/jf063644k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Purification of the lectin from Phaseolus acutifolius var. escumite was achieved by affinity chromatography on a column containing glutaraldehyzed membranes from blood group O erythrocytes. The lectin is a tetrameric glycoprotein of 121 kDa with 10% of sugar by weight composed by four subunits of 30 kDa as determined by SDS-PAGE. The lectin is composed of four isolectins as determined by ion-exchange chromatography on a mono-S column. The lectin and its isolectins showed identical NH2 terminal residues (ANDLSFNFQR FNETN) with homology to the PHA leucoagglutinin-precursor. Peptide mass fingerprint from each lectin isoform determined from tryptic peptides by MALDI-TOF (matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight) showed differences among subunits, thus suggesting microheterogeneity in their amino acid sequences or different glycosylation patterns. The lectin and its four isolectins agglutinated erythrocytes without serological specificity and showed mitogenic activity on human leukocytes; moreover, the main effect was rather toward CD8+ than to CD4+ human peripheral lymphocytes. The lectin from escumite was not inhibitable by simple sugars; however, the specificity of the lectin and its isoforms was mainly addressed toward galactose residues present in bi- or triantennary N-acetyllactosamine-type glycans.
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Nagano CS, Debray H, Nascimento KS, Pinto VPT, Cavada BS, Saker-Sampaio S, Farias WRL, Sampaio AH, Calvete JJ. HCA and HML isolated from the red marine algae Hypnea cervicornis and Hypnea musciformis define a novel lectin family. Protein Sci 2005; 14:2167-76. [PMID: 16046632 PMCID: PMC2279328 DOI: 10.1110/ps.051498505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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HCA and HML represent lectins isolated from the red marine algae Hypnea cervicornis and Hypnea musciformis, respectively. Hemagglutination inhibition assays suggest that HML binds GalNAc/Gal substituted with a neutral sugar through 1-3, 1-4, or 1-2 linkages in O-linked mucin-type glycans, and Fuc(alpha1-6)GlcNAc of N-linked glycoproteins. The specificity of HCA includes the epitopes recognized by HML, although the glycoproteins inhibited distinctly HML and HCA. The agglutinating activity of HCA was inhibited by GalNAc, highlighting the different fine sugar epitope-recognizing specificity of each algal lectin. The primary structures of HCA (9193+/-3 Da) and HML (9357+/-1 Da) were determined by Edman degradation and tandem mass spectrometry of the N-terminally blocked fragments. Both lectins consist of a mixture of a 90-residue polypeptide containing seven intrachain disulfide bonds and two disulfide-bonded subunits generated by cleavage at the bond T50-E51 (HCA) and R50-E51 (HML). The amino acid sequences of HCA and HML display 55% sequence identity (80% similarity) between themselves, but do not show discernible sequence and cysteine spacing pattern similarities with any other known protein structure, indicating that HCA and HML belong to a novel lectin family. Alignment of the amino acid sequence of the two lectins revealed the existence of internal domain duplication, with residues 1-47 and 48-90 corresponding to the N- and C-terminal domains, respectively. The six conserved cysteines in each domain may form three intrachain cysteine linkages, and the unique cysteine residues of the N-terminal (Cys46) and the C-terminal (Cys71) domains may form an intersubunit disulfide bond.
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- Celso S Nagano
- Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, E-46010 Valencia, Spain
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Alpuche J, Pereyra A, Agundis C, Rosas C, Pascual C, Slomianny MC, Vázquez L, Zenteno E. Purification and characterization of a lectin from the white shrimp Litopenaeus setiferus (Crustacea decapoda) hemolymph. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2005; 1724:86-93. [PMID: 15919156 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2005.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2004] [Revised: 04/08/2005] [Accepted: 04/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A 291-kDa lectin (LsL) was purified from the hemolymph of the white shrimp Litopenaeus setiferus by affinity chromatography on glutaraldehyde-fixed stroma from rabbit erythrocytes. LsL is a heterotetramer of two 80-kDa and two 52-kDa subunits, with no covalently-liked carbohydrate, and mainly composed by aspartic and glutamic acids, glycine and alanine, with relatively lower methionine and cysteine contents. Edman degradation indicated that the NH2-terminal of the 80-kDa subunit is composed DASNAQKQHDVNFLL, whereas the NH2-terminal of the 52-kDa subunit is blocked. The peptide mass fingerprint of LsL was predicted from tryptic peptides from each subunit by MALDI-TOF, and revealed that each subunit showed 23 and 22%, respectively, homology with the hemocyanin precursor from Litopenaeus vannamei. Circular dichroism analysis revealed beta sheet and alpha helix contents of 52.7 and 6.1%, respectively. LsL agglutinate at higher titers guinea pig, murine, and rabbit erythrocytes its activity is divalent cation-dependent. N-acetylated sugars, such as GlcNAc, GalNAc, and NeuAc, were the most effective inhibitors of the LsL hemagglutinating activity. Sialylated O-glycosylated proteins, such as bovine submaxillary gland mucin, human IgA, and fetuin, showed stronger inhibitory activity than sialylated N-glycosylated proteins, such as human orosomucoid, IgG, transferrin, and lactoferrin. Desialylation of erythrocytes or inhibitory glycoproteins abolished their capacity to bind LsL, confirming the relevance of sialic acid in LsL-ligand interactions.
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- Juan Alpuche
- Laboratorio de Ecología y Biología Marina Experimental, UMP, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM. Sisal, Yucatán, C.P. 97130, México
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Martínez-Cruz M, Pérez-Campos E, Zenteno E, Córdoba F. Analysis of the lectins from teosinte (Zea diploperennis) and maize (Zea mays) coleoptiles. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2003; 51:3783-3789. [PMID: 12797744 DOI: 10.1021/jf021058v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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To identify molecular evidence of the common origin of maize and teosinte, a lectin from teosinte coleoptile (TCL) was purified, through affinity chromatography on a lactosyl-Sepharose column, and some of the physicochemical parameters were compared with those from the maize coleoptile lectin (CCL). TCL is a 92 kDa glycoprotein constituted mainly by aspartic, glutamic, glycine, leucine, and lysine residues; in minor proportion, methionine and cysteine were also found. The glycannic portion of the lectin, which corresponds to 10% w/w, is composed by Gal, Man, and GlcNAc. CCL is an 88.7 kDa glycoprotein that contains 12% sugars by weight; its sugar and amino acid compositions are similar to those of TCL. TCL is formed by two isoforms identified through acidic electrophoresis, whereas CCL is constituted by a single molecular form. The NH(2) termini of both TCL isoforms are blocked, but their amino acid sequences determined from tryptic peptides by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight) indicated that TCL isoforms have no homology with other mono- or dicotyledonous lectins, including CCL. TCL, just as CCL, showed hemagglutinating activity toward animal erythrocytes, including human A, B, and O. Hapten inhibition assays indicated that although TCL shows broader sugar specificity than CCL, it recognizes Gal in O- and N-glycosidically linked glycans. Both lectins are equally well recognized by antibodies against TCL.
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Martínez-Cruz M, Zenteno E, Córdoba F. Purification and characterization of a galactose-specific lectin from corn (Zea mays) coleoptile. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1568:37-44. [PMID: 11731083 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4165(01)00196-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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We purified and characterized a lectin from the corn coleoptyle (Zea mays). The lectin (CCL) was purified by affinity chromatography on a Lactosyl-Sepharose 4B column. It is a glycoprotein of 88.7 kDa, composed mainly by glutamic, aspartic, glycine, and Ser residues; in a minor proportion, it contained methionine and cysteine residues. Carbohydrates that constituted 12% of the total weight comprised galactose, mannose, and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine. The lectin contained the blocked amino-terminus. Analysis of the lectin, determined from peptides obtained after trypsin digestion by MALDI-TOF (matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight), indicated that CCL has 18% homology with a putative calcium-dependent Ser/Thr protein kinase, from Arabidopsis thaliana, and 39% homology with a NADPH-dependent reductase from Z. mays. The lectin showed hemagglutinating activity toward several erythrocytes, including human A, B, and O. Hapten inhibition assays indicated that the lectin interacts specifically with the OH on C4 from galactose residues. OH- on C1 plays a relevant role in the interaction with CCL, since beta-galactose residues are better recognized than those from the anomeric alpha-galactose. Lack of lectin activity was observed in corn extracts; the highest specific activity was obtained from coleoptyle obtained at the 7th day after seeding.
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- M Martínez-Cruz
- Laboratorio de Bioquímical/Inmunología, Instituto Tecnológico Regional de Oaxaca, Mexico
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Wu AM, Song SC, Tsai MS, Herp A. A Guide to the Carbohydrate Specificities of Applied Lectins-2. THE MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY OF COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES —2 2001; 491:551-85. [PMID: 14533822 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-1267-7_37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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- A M Wu
- Glyco-Immunochemistry Research Laboratory, Chang-Gung Medical College, Chang-Gung University, Kwei-San, Tao-Yuan 33332, Taiwan.
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Andersen F, Bindslev-Jensen C, Stahl Skov P, Paulsen E, Andersen KE. Immediate allergic and nonallergic reactions to Christmas and Easter cacti. Allergy 1999; 54:511-6. [PMID: 10380785 DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.1999.00016.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Occupational exposure to Christmas cacti has been reported as a cause of type I allergy. Therefore, the prevalence of immediate-type mucosal and skin reactions related to cactus exposure was studied in 103 employees in a cactus nursery. METHODS The study was based on a questionnaire followed by clinical examination, skin prick tests (SPT) with standard inhalant allergens and cacti, and a histamine-release test (HRT/Refix) using fresh cactus extracts as elicitor. RESULTS The questionnaire was answered by 84 (82%) of the nursery employees, and 63 (61%) were interviewed and skin prick tested; 58 of these were tested with HRT/Refix. Furthermore, 22 healthy controls were included and tested in vivo and in vitro. Cactus-related contact urticaria and/or rhinoconjunctivitis were reported by 37% of the cactus workers. Based on a combination of positive history, positive SPT, and positive HRT/ Refix to cactus, 8% of the cactus workers were allergic to cacti. No noncactus workers or controls were allergic to cacti by these criteria. Testing with fresh cactus material elicited positive SPT and negative HRT/Refix in 27 nursery workers and controls, of whom 12 had immediate-type skin and mucosal symptoms. CONCLUSIONS Christmas and Easter cacti seemed to be able to induce contact urticaria and rhinoconjunctivitis on both an immunologic and a nonimmunologic basis. Personal atopy was associated with positive reactions to cacti.
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- F Andersen
- Department of Dermatology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
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Taylor ML, Duarte-Escalante E, Reyes-Montes MR, Elizondo N, Maldonado G, Zenteno E. Interaction of murine macrophage-membrane proteins with components of the pathogenic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. Clin Exp Immunol 1998; 113:423-8. [PMID: 9737672 PMCID: PMC1905054 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1998.00656.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The interaction of macrophage-membrane proteins and histoplasmin, a crude antigen of the pathogenic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum, was studied using murine peritoneal macrophages. Membrane proteins were purified via membrane attachment to polycationic beads and solubilized in Tris-HCl/SDS/DTT/glycerol for protein extraction; afterwards they were adsorbed or not with H. capsulatum yeast or lectin binding-enriched by affinity chromatography. Membrane proteins and histoplasmin interactions were detected by ELISA and immunoblotting assays using anti-H. capsulatum human or mouse serum and biotinylated goat anti-human or anti-mouse IgG/streptavidin-peroxidase system to reveal the interaction. Results indicate that macrophage-membrane proteins and histoplasmin components interact in a dose-dependent reaction, and adsorption of macrophage-membrane proteins by yeast cells induces a critical decrease in the interaction. Macrophage-membrane glycoproteins with terminal D-galactosyl residues, purified by chromatography with Abrus precatorius lectin, bound to histoplasmin; and two bands of 68kD and 180kD of transferred membrane protein samples interacted with histoplasmin components, as revealed by immunoblot assays. Specificity for beta-galactoside residues on the macrophage-membrane was confirmed by galactose inhibition of the interaction between macrophage-membrane proteins and histoplasmin components, in competitive ELISA using sugars, as well as by enzymatic cleavage of the galactoside residues.
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- M L Taylor
- Department of Microbiología-Parasitología, Faculty of Medicine, UNAM, México, DF, Mexico
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Maldonado G, Gorocica P, Agundis C, Pérez A, Molina J, Zenteno E. Inhibition of phagocytic activity by the N-acetyl-D-galactosamine-specific lectin from Amaranthus leucocarpus. Glycoconj J 1998; 15:615-22. [PMID: 9881768 DOI: 10.1023/a:1006972011711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Amaranthus leucocarpus lectin (ALL), specific for N-acetyl-D-galactosamine, induces inhibition of the erythrophagocytic activity of resident murine peritoneal macrophages and of the macrophage-like cell line J-774. This effect was observed only in macrophages that were Mac-2 (CD11c/CD18 or CR4) negative, indicating that macrophage activation induces important modification to the glycosylation (mainly O-glycosylation) of the membrane. Receptors for IgM and C3b remain unaltered after lectin treatment. Ultrastructural analysis revealed (a) that ALL induced the formation of pinocytic vacuoles, and (b) a regular distribution over the macrophage membrane as well as endosomal vesicles of the gold labeled ALL. Our results suggest that macrophage membrane glycoproteins with constitutive N-acetyl-D-galactosamine residues participate in the regulation of pinocytic-phagocytic vacuole formation.
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- G Maldonado
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina UNAM, México
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Karlsson NG, Nordman H, Karlsson H, Carlstedt I, Hansson GC. Glycosylation differences between pig gastric mucin populations: a comparative study of the neutral oligosaccharides using mass spectrometry. Biochem J 1997; 326 ( Pt 3):911-7. [PMID: 9307045 PMCID: PMC1218750 DOI: 10.1042/bj3260911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Five mucin populations were isolated from the cardiac region,corpus and antrum of pig gastric mucosa. The released neutral oligosaccharides were permethylated and analysed using high-temperature gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) as well as matrix-assisted laser-desorption mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS). Thirty different oligosaccharides with up to six monosaccharide residues were characterized using both techniques, but the presence of an additional 49 structures was suggested on the basis of their molecular mass by MALDI-MS. Oligosaccharides based on core-1 (Galbeta1-3GalNAcalpha1-) and core-2 [Galbeta1-3(GlcNAcbeta1-6)GalNAcalpha1-] structures were widely distributed, whereas core-3 structures (GlcNAcbeta1-3GalNAcalpha1-) were present only in mucins from the cardiac region and corpus, and core-4 structures [GlcNAcbeta1-3(GlcNAcbeta1-6)GalNAcalpha1-] were present exclusively in mucins from the cardiac region. Furthermore the oligosaccharides from one of the mucins from the corpus were significantly longer than those from the other populations. The results illustrate vast structural diversity, but the relative abundances show only a few dominating structures, suggesting that many oligosaccharides may be quite rare in pig gastric mucins. Well-defined mucin populations with distinctly different glycosylation can thus be identified in pig stomach, suggesting that glycosylation of the large secreted mucins from this tissue is not a random event.
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- N G Karlsson
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Göteborg University, Medicinaregatan 9A, S-413 90 Gothenburg, Sweden
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