Chemoenzymatic modular assembly of O-GalNAc glycans for functional glycomics

O-GalNAc glycans (or mucin O-glycans) play pivotal roles in diverse biological and pathological processes, including tumor growth and progression. Structurally defined O-GalNAc glycans are essential for functional studies but synthetic challenges and their inherent structural diversity and complexity have limited access to these compounds. Herein, we report an efficient and robust chemoenzymatic modular assembly (CEMA) strategy to construct structurally diverse O-GalNAc glycans. The key to this strategy is the convergent assembly of O-GalNAc cores 1-4 and 6 from three chemical building blocks, followed by enzymatic diversification of the cores by 13 well-tailored enzyme modules. A total of 83 O-GalNAc glycans presenting various natural glycan epitopes are obtained and used to generate a unique synthetic mucin O-glycan microarray. Binding specificities of glycan-binding proteins (GBPs) including plant lectins and selected anti-glycan antibodies towards these O-GalNAc glycans are revealed by this microarray, promoting their applicability in functional O-glycomics. Serum samples from colorectal cancer patients and healthy controls are assayed using the array reveal higher bindings towards less common cores 3, 4, and 6 than abundant cores 1 and 2, providing insights into O-GalNAc glycan structure-activity relationships.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 12(2021), 1 vom: 11. Juni, Seite 3573

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Shuaishuai [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Congcong [VerfasserIn]
Gadi, Madhusudhan Reddy [VerfasserIn]
Saikam, Varma [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Ding [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, He [VerfasserIn]
Bollag, Roni [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Kebin [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Xi [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Fengshan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Peng George [VerfasserIn]
Ling, Peixue [VerfasserIn]
Guan, Wanyi [VerfasserIn]
Li, Lei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Carbohydrates
Carrier Proteins
Epitopes
Journal Article
Mucins
Polysaccharides
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 30.06.2021

Date Revised 15.01.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-021-23428-x

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM326651632