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Georgiev SV, Rizzoli SO. The long-loop recycling (LLR) of synaptic components as a question of economics. Mol Cell Neurosci 2023; 126:103862. [PMID: 37236414 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2023.103862] [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: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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The pre- and post-synaptic compartments contain a variety of molecules that are known to recycle between the plasma membrane and intracellular organelles. The recycling steps have been amply described in functional terms, with, for example, synaptic vesicle recycling being essential for neurotransmitter release, and postsynaptic receptor recycling being a fundamental feature of synaptic plasticity. However, synaptic protein recycling may also serve a more prosaic role, simply ensuring the repeated use of specific components, thereby minimizing the energy expenditure on the synthesis of synaptic proteins. This type of process has been recently described for components of the extracellular matrix, which undergo long-loop recycling (LLR), to and from the cell body. Here we suggest that the energy-saving recycling of synaptic components may be more widespread than is generally acknowledged, potentially playing a role in both synaptic vesicle protein usage and postsynaptic receptor metabolism.
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- Svilen Veselinov Georgiev
- University Medical Center Göttingen, Institute for Neuro- and Sensory Physiology, Germany; International Max Planck Research School for Neuroscience, Göttingen, Germany.
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- University Medical Center Göttingen, Institute for Neuro- and Sensory Physiology, Germany; Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration (BIN) Center, Göttingen, Germany; Excellence Cluster Multiscale Bioimaging, Göttingen, Germany.
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Dankovich TM, Rizzoli SO. The Synaptic Extracellular Matrix: Long-Lived, Stable, and Still Remarkably Dynamic. Front Synaptic Neurosci 2022; 14:854956. [PMID: 35350469 PMCID: PMC8957932 DOI: 10.3389/fnsyn.2022.854956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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In the adult brain, synapses are tightly enwrapped by lattices of the extracellular matrix that consist of extremely long-lived molecules. These lattices are deemed to stabilize synapses, restrict the reorganization of their transmission machinery, and prevent them from undergoing structural or morphological changes. At the same time, they are expected to retain some degree of flexibility to permit occasional events of synaptic plasticity. The recent understanding that structural changes to synapses are significantly more frequent than previously assumed (occurring even on a timescale of minutes) has called for a mechanism that allows continual and energy-efficient remodeling of the extracellular matrix (ECM) at synapses. Here, we review recent evidence for such a process based on the constitutive recycling of synaptic ECM molecules. We discuss the key characteristics of this mechanism, focusing on its roles in mediating synaptic transmission and plasticity, and speculate on additional potential functions in neuronal signaling.
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- Tal M. Dankovich
- University Medical Center Göttingen, Institute for Neuro- and Sensory Physiology, Göttingen, Germany
- International Max Planck Research School for Neuroscience, Göttingen, Germany
- *Correspondence: Tal M. Dankovich Silvio O. Rizzoli
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- University Medical Center Göttingen, Institute for Neuro- and Sensory Physiology, Göttingen, Germany
- Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration (BIN) Center & Multiscale Bioimaging Excellence Center, Göttingen, Germany
- *Correspondence: Tal M. Dankovich Silvio O. Rizzoli
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Zhang G, Isaji T, Zhiwei X, Xu L, Fukuda T, Gu J. N
‐acetylglucosaminyltransferase‐I as a novel regulator of epithelial‐mesenchymal transition. FASEB J 2018; 33:2823-2835. [DOI: 10.1096/fj.201801478r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Guowei Zhang
- Division of Regulatory GlycobiologyInstitute of Molecular Biomembrane and GlycobiologyTohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical UniversitySendaiJapan
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- Division of Regulatory GlycobiologyInstitute of Molecular Biomembrane and GlycobiologyTohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical UniversitySendaiJapan
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- Division of Regulatory GlycobiologyInstitute of Molecular Biomembrane and GlycobiologyTohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical UniversitySendaiJapan
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- Division of Regulatory GlycobiologyInstitute of Molecular Biomembrane and GlycobiologyTohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical UniversitySendaiJapan
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- Division of Regulatory GlycobiologyInstitute of Molecular Biomembrane and GlycobiologyTohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical UniversitySendaiJapan
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- Division of Regulatory GlycobiologyInstitute of Molecular Biomembrane and GlycobiologyTohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical UniversitySendaiJapan
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Wratil PR, Horstkorte R, Reutter W. Metabolic Glycoengineering with N-Acyl Side Chain Modified Mannosamines. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:9482-512. [PMID: 27435524 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201601123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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In metabolic glycoengineering (MGE), cells or animals are treated with unnatural derivatives of monosaccharides. After entering the cytosol, these sugar analogues are metabolized and subsequently expressed on newly synthesized glycoconjugates. The feasibility of MGE was first discovered for sialylated glycans, by using N-acyl-modified mannosamines as precursor molecules for unnatural sialic acids. Prerequisite is the promiscuity of the enzymes of the Roseman-Warren biosynthetic pathway. These enzymes were shown to tolerate specific modifications of the N-acyl side chain of mannosamine analogues, for example, elongation by one or more methylene groups (aliphatic modifications) or by insertion of reactive groups (bioorthogonal modifications). Unnatural sialic acids are incorporated into glycoconjugates of cells and organs. MGE has intriguing biological consequences for treated cells (aliphatic MGE) and offers the opportunity to visualize the topography and dynamics of sialylated glycans in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo (bioorthogonal MGE).
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- Paul R Wratil
- Institut für Laboratoriumsmedizin, Klinische Chemie und Pathobiochemie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Arnimallee 22, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
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- Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Hollystrasse 1, 06114, Halle, Germany.
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- Institut für Laboratoriumsmedizin, Klinische Chemie und Pathobiochemie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Arnimallee 22, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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Wratil PR, Horstkorte R, Reutter W. Metabolisches Glykoengineering mitN-Acyl-Seiten- ketten-modifizierten Mannosaminen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201601123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Paul R. Wratil
- Institut für Laboratoriumsmedizin, Klinische Chemie und Pathobiochemie; Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Arnimallee 22 14195 Berlin Deutschland
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- Institut für Physiologische Chemie; Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg; Hollystraße 1 06114 Halle Deutschland
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- Institut für Laboratoriumsmedizin, Klinische Chemie und Pathobiochemie; Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Arnimallee 22 14195 Berlin Deutschland
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Chen J, Guo J, Yang T, Li W, Lamothe SM, Kang Y, Szendrey JA, Zhang S. Rab11-dependent Recycling of the Human Ether-a-go-go-related Gene (hERG) Channel. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:21101-21113. [PMID: 26152716 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.636324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2015] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG) encodes the pore-forming subunit of the rapidly activating delayed rectifier potassium channel (IKr). A reduction in the hERG current causes long QT syndrome, which predisposes affected individuals to ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death. We reported previously that hERG channels in the plasma membrane undergo vigorous internalization under low K(+) conditions. In the present study, we addressed whether hERG internalization occurs under normal K(+) conditions and whether/how internalized channels are recycled back to the plasma membrane. Using patch clamp, Western blot, and confocal imaging analyses, we demonstrated that internalized hERG channels can effectively recycle back to the plasma membrane. Low K(+)-enhanced hERG internalization is accompanied by an increased rate of hERG recovery in the plasma membrane upon reculture following proteinase K-mediated clearance of cell-surface proteins. The increased recovery rate is not due to enhanced protein synthesis, as hERG mRNA expression was not altered by low K(+) exposure, and the increased recovery was observed in the presence of the protein biosynthesis inhibitor cycloheximide. GTPase Rab11, but not Rab4, is involved in the recycling of hERG channels. Interfering with Rab11 function not only delayed hERG recovery in cells after exposure to low K(+) medium but also decreased hERG expression and function in cells under normal culture conditions. We concluded that the recycling pathway plays an important role in the homeostasis of plasma membrane-bound hERG channels.
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- Jeffery Chen
- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada.
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Grainger RK, James DC. CHO cell line specific prediction and control of recombinant monoclonal antibodyN-glycosylation. Biotechnol Bioeng 2013; 110:2970-83. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.24959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2013] [Revised: 04/30/2013] [Accepted: 05/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Rhian K. Grainger
- ChELSI Institute, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering; University of Sheffield; Mappin Street Sheffield S1 3JD UK
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- ChELSI Institute, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering; University of Sheffield; Mappin Street Sheffield S1 3JD UK
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Zhang Y, Albohy A, Zou Y, Smutova V, Pshezhetsky AV, Cairo CW. Identification of selective inhibitors for human neuraminidase isoenzymes using C4,C7-modified 2-deoxy-2,3-didehydro-N-acetylneuraminic acid (DANA) analogues. J Med Chem 2013; 56:2948-58. [PMID: 23530623 DOI: 10.1021/jm301892f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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In the past two decades, human neuraminidases (human sialidases, hNEUs) have been found to be involved in numerous pathways in biology. The development of selective and potent inhibitors of these enzymes will provide critical tools for glycobiology, help to avoid undesired side effects of antivirals, and may reveal new small-molecule therapeutic targets for human cancers. However, because of the high active site homology of the hNEU isoenzymes, little progress in the design and synthesis of selective inhibitors has been realized. Guided by our previous studies of human NEU3 inhibitors, we designed a series of C4,C7-modified analogues of 2-deoxy-2,3-didehydro-N-acetylneuraminic acid (DANA) and tested them against the full panel of hNEU isoenzymes (NEU1, NEU2, NEU3, NEU4). We identified inhibitors with up to 38-fold selectivity for NEU3 and 12-fold selectivity for NEU2 over all other isoenzymes. We also identified compounds that targeted NEU2 and NEU3 with similar potency.
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- Yi Zhang
- Alberta Glycomics Center, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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Sandbhor MS, Soya N, Albohy A, Zheng RB, Cartmell J, Bundle DR, Klassen JS, Cairo CW. Substrate recognition of the membrane-associated sialidase NEU3 requires a hydrophobic aglycone. Biochemistry 2011; 50:6753-62. [PMID: 21675735 DOI: 10.1021/bi200449j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The human neuraminidases (NEU) consist of a family of four isoforms (NEU1-NEU4). Members of this enzyme family are proposed to have important roles in health and disease through regulation of the composition of cellular sialosides. The NEU3 isoform is a membrane-associated enzyme that cleaves glycolipid substrates. However, few reports have examined the substrate specificity of the enzyme for non-natural substrates. We report here a series of 11 synthetic trisaccharides that feature modifications of the aglycone or the Neu5Ac residue of an octyl β-sialyllactoside. The time course of substrate cleavage by NEU3 was monitored using an electrospray ionization mass spectrometry assay to obtain relative rates (k(rel)). We observed that NEU3 substrate activity was directly dependent upon the hydrophobicity of the aglycone but had no apparent requirement for features of the ceramide headgroup. We also observed that trisaccharides with incorporated azide groups in the Neu5Ac residue at either C9 or the N5-Ac position were substrates, and in the case of the N5-azidoacetyl derivative, the activity was superior to that of GM3. However, the incorporation of larger aryl groups was tolerated only at C9, but not at N5-Ac. We propose a two-site model for enzyme recognition, requiring interaction at both the Neu5Ac residue and the hydrophobic aglycone.
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- Mahendra S Sandbhor
- Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Carbohydrate Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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Since its discovery in the first half of the twentieth century, the high-affinity, noncovalent interaction between biotin (vitamin H) and the avian protein avidin (and its bacterial homologs) has been exploited for many diverse biotechnology applications. This unit provides several basic protocols for labeling various protein reactive groups with biotin. These protocols can be applied not only to labeling in vitro or in tissue culture, but also to in vivo labeling of whole laboratory animals or to ex vivo labeling of surgically resected organs.
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Parker RB, Kohler JJ. Regulation of intracellular signaling by extracellular glycan remodeling. ACS Chem Biol 2010; 5:35-46. [PMID: 19968325 DOI: 10.1021/cb9002514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The plasma membrane of eukaryotic cells is coated with carbohydrates. By virtue of their extracellular position and recognizable chemical features, cell surface glycans mediate many receptor-ligand interactions. Recently, mammalian extracellular hydrolytic enzymes have been shown to modify the structure of cell surface glycans and consequently alter their binding properties. These cell surface glycan remodeling events can cause rapid changes in critical signal transduction phenomena. This Review highlights recent studies on the roles of eukaryotic extracellular sialidases, sulfatases, and a deacetylase in regulation of intracellular signaling. We also describe possible therapies that target extracellular glycan remodeling processes and discuss the potential for new discoveries in this area.
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- Randy B. Parker
- Division of Translational Research, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9185
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- Division of Translational Research, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9185
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Krishnan V, Bane SM, Kawle PD, Naresh KN, Kalraiya RD. Altered melanoma cell surface glycosylation mediates organ specific adhesion and metastasis via lectin receptors on the lung vascular endothelium. Clin Exp Metastasis 2005; 22:11-24. [PMID: 16132574 DOI: 10.1007/s10585-005-2036-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2004] [Accepted: 01/21/2005] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Adhesive interactions between the molecules on cancer cells and the target organ are one of the key determinants of the organ specific metastasis. In this communication we show that b1,6 branched N-oligosaccharides which are expressed in a metastasis-dependent manner on B16-melanoma metastatic cell lines, participate in the adhesion process. We demonstrate that high metastatic cells show significantly increased translocation of one of the major carriers of these oligosaccharides, lysosome associated membrane protein (LAMP1), to the cell surface. LAMP1 on high metastatic cells, carry very high levels of these oligosaccharides, which are further substituted with poly N-acetyl lactosamine (polylacNAc), resulting in the expression of high density of very high affinity ligands for galectin-3 on the cell surface. We show that galectin-3 is expressed in highest amount in the lungs as compared to other representative organs. Blocking galectin-3 by pre-incubating the frozen sections of the lungs with 100 mM lactose, substantially inhibited the adhesion of high metastatic cells, while pre-incubation with sucrose had no effect. Finally, by in situ labeling and immunoprecipitation experiment, we demonstrated that the lung vascular endothelial cells express galectin-3 constitutively on their surface. Galectin-3 on the organ endothelium could thus serve as the first anchor for the circulating cancer cells, expressing high density of very high affinity ligands on their surface, and facilitate organ specific metastasis.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/analysis
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Biological Assay
- Cell Adhesion/drug effects
- Cell Membrane/chemistry
- Cell Membrane/metabolism
- Cell Membrane/pathology
- Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
- Galectin 3/metabolism
- Glycosylation
- Lactose/pharmacology
- Lung/blood supply
- Lung/metabolism
- Lung Neoplasms/metabolism
- Lung Neoplasms/secondary
- Lysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein 1
- Lysosomal Membrane Proteins
- Melanoma, Experimental/metabolism
- Melanoma, Experimental/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Neoplastic Cells, Circulating/metabolism
- Neoplastic Cells, Circulating/pathology
- Oligosaccharides, Branched-Chain/analysis
- Oligosaccharides, Branched-Chain/metabolism
- Polysaccharides/metabolism
- Protein Transport
- Receptors, Mitogen/metabolism
- Sucrose/pharmacology
- Tissue Adhesions
- Up-Regulation
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- Vaidehi Krishnan
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore 117 609, Singapore
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Aertgeerts K, Ye S, Shi L, Prasad SG, Witmer D, Chi E, Sang BC, Wijnands RA, Webb DR, Swanson RV. N-linked glycosylation of dipeptidyl peptidase IV (CD26): effects on enzyme activity, homodimer formation, and adenosine deaminase binding. Protein Sci 2004; 13:145-54. [PMID: 14691230 PMCID: PMC2286525 DOI: 10.1110/ps.03352504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The type II transmembrane serine protease dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV), also known as CD26 or adenosine deaminase binding protein, is a major regulator of various physiological processes, including immune, inflammatory, nervous, and endocrine functions. It has been generally accepted that glycosylation of DPPIV and of other transmembrane dipeptidyl peptidases is a prerequisite for enzyme activity and correct protein folding. Crystallographic studies on DPPIV reveal clear N-linked glycosylation of nine Asn residues in DPPIV. However, the importance of each glycosylation site on physiologically relevant reactions such as dipeptide cleavage, dimer formation, and adenosine deaminase (ADA) binding remains obscure. Individual Asn-->Ala point mutants were introduced at the nine glycosylation sites in the extracellular domain of DPPIV (residues 39-766). Crystallographic and biochemical data demonstrate that N-linked glycosylation of DPPIV does not contribute significantly to its peptidase activity. The kinetic parameters of dipeptidyl peptidase cleavage of wild-type DPPIV and the N-glycosylation site mutants were determined by using Ala-Pro-AFC and Gly-Pro-pNA as substrates and varied by <50%. DPPIV is active as a homodimer. Size-exclusion chromatographic analysis showed that the glycosylation site mutants do not affect dimerization. ADA binds to the highly glycosylated beta-propeller domain of DPPIV, but the impact of glycosylation on binding had not previously been determined. Our studies indicate that glycosylation of DPPIV is not required for ADA binding. Taken together, these data indicate that in contrast to the generally accepted view, glycosylation of DPPIV is not a prerequisite for catalysis, dimerization, or ADA binding.
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Fujinaga Y, Wolf AA, Rodighiero C, Wheeler H, Tsai B, Allen L, Jobling MG, Rapoport T, Holmes RK, Lencer WI. Gangliosides that associate with lipid rafts mediate transport of cholera and related toxins from the plasma membrane to endoplasmic reticulm. Mol Biol Cell 2003; 14:4783-93. [PMID: 13679513 PMCID: PMC284783 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e03-06-0354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Cholera toxin (CT) travels from the plasma membrane of intestinal cells to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) where a portion of the A-subunit, the A1 chain, crosses the membrane into the cytosol to cause disease. A related toxin, LTIIb, binds to intestinal cells but does not cause toxicity. Here, we show that the B-subunit of CT serves as a carrier for the A-subunit to the ER where disassembly occurs. The B-subunit binds to gangliosides in lipid rafts and travels with the ganglioside to the ER. In many cells, LTIIb follows a similar pathway, but in human intestinal cells it binds to a ganglioside that fails to associate with lipid rafts and it is sorted away from the retrograde pathway to the ER. Our results explain why LTIIb does not cause disease in humans and suggest that gangliosides with high affinity for lipid rafts may provide a general vehicle for the transport of toxins to the ER.
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- Yukako Fujinaga
- GI Cell Biology, Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Orberger G, Fuchs H, Geyer R, Gessner R, Köttgen E, Tauber R. Structural and Functional Stability of the Mature Transferrin Receptor from Human Placenta. Arch Biochem Biophys 2001; 386:79-88. [PMID: 11361003 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2000.2177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The transferrin receptor (TfR) is a N- and O-glycosylated transmembrane protein mediating the cellular iron uptake by binding and internalization of diferric transferrin. In this study, rate constants and dissociation constants of 125I-ferri-transferrin binding to the human TfR were examined dependent on receptor glycan composition, pH, bivalent cations, and temperature. To do so, purified human placental TfR was noncovalently immobilized to polystyrene surfaces and subjected to alterations in various parameters. We found that transferrin binding was clearly dependent on a receptor pretreatment with buffers of various pH in that most of the TfR molecules irreversibly lost transferrin binding activity below pH 6.5. However, the dissociation constant of the remaining active binding sites was not affected. Similarly, we were able to define the thermal stability of the receptor as a function of transferrin binding ability. Binding of transferrin was completely lost provided that the receptor was pretreated at temperatures of at least 65 degrees C. Treatment with EDTA also caused an irreversible loss of transferrin binding activity, indicating that the functionally active conformation of the mature TfR depends on bivalent cations. In order to examine the role of the receptor glycans, we enzymatically removed the sialic acid residues, the hybrid and oligomannosidic N-glycans, or all types of N-glycans. In contrast to the parameters described above, all desialylated and N-deglycosylated TfR variants had exactly the same transferrin binding properties as the native TfR. To assess changes in the secondary structure of the receptor, circular dichroic spectra were recorded from TfR at pH 5.0, from heat pretreated receptor and from deglycosylated TfR. Since the receptor did not exhibit detectable changes in the CD spectrum of the deglycosylated receptor, it can be concluded that the N-linked carbohydrates of the mature, fully processed TfR are not essential for transferrin binding and conformational stability.
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- G Orberger
- Institut für Laboratoriumsmedizin und Pathobiochemie, Medizinische Fakultät Charité der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
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Class I alpha-mannosidases are thought to exist exclusively as integral membrane proteins that play intracellulary an essential role in the N-glycan biosynthesis. Using [3H]Man9GlcNAc2 as a substrate, we were able to identify a soluble alpha-mannosidase in human serum that trims the substrate Man9GlcNAc2 to Man(5-8)GlcNAc2 with Man6GlcNAc2 being the major product. This serum mannosidase is Ca2+-dependent, sensitive to 1-deoxymannojirimycin but insensitive to the class II inhibitor swainsonine and, hence, belongs to class I mannosidases. The enzymatic properties of the serum class I mannosidase are similar to that of the membrane bound class I mannosidases Golgi-mannosidase IA and IB and Man9-mannosidase.
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- S Porwoll
- Institut für Laboratoriumsmedizin und Pathobiochemie, Medizinische Fakultät Charité der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Germany
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Reichner JS, Helgemo SL, Hart GW. Recycling cell surface glycoproteins undergo limited oligosaccharide reprocessing in LEC1 mutant Chinese hamster ovary cells. Glycobiology 1998; 8:1173-82. [PMID: 9858639 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/8.12.1173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The ability of particular cell surface glycoproteins to recycle and become exposed to individual Golgi enzymes has been demonstrated. This study was designed to determine whether endocytic trafficking includes significant reentry into the overall oligosaccharide processing pathway. The Lec1 mutant of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells lack N -acetylglucosaminyltransferase I (GlcNAc-TI) activity resulting in surface expression of incompletely processed Man5GlcNAc2 N -linked oligosaccharides. An oligosaccharide tracer was created by exoglycosylation of cell surface glycoproteins with purified porcine GlcNAc-TI and UDP-[3H]GlcNAc. Upon reculturing, all cell surface glycoproteins that acquired [3H]GlcNAc were acted upon by intracellular mannosidase II, the next enzyme in the Golgi processing pathway of complex N -linked oligosaccharides (t1/2= 3-4 h). That all radiolabeled cell surface glycoproteins were included in this endocytic pathway indicates a common intracellular compartment into which endocytosed cell surface glycoproteins return. Significantly, no evidence was found for continued oligosaccharide processing consistent with transit through the latter cisternae of the Golgi apparatus. These data indicate that, although recycling plasma membrane glycoproteins can be reexposed to individual Golgi-derived enzymes, significant reentry into the overall contiguous processing pathway is not evident.
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- J S Reichner
- Division of Surgical Research, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA
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