title: Glycan-dependent leukocyte adhesion and recruitment in inflammation.
abstract: Leukocyte recruitment in acute and chronic inflammation is characterized by sequential cell adhesion and activation events. E-, P- and L-selectins mediate initial leukocyte-endothelial-cell adhesion events required for this process. Each selectin recognizes related but distinct counter-receptors displayed by leukocytes and/or the endothelium. These counter-receptors correspond to specific glycoproteins whose 'activity' is enabled by carefully controlled post-translational modifications. Characterization of the glycans associated with E- and P-selectin counter-receptors, and of mice with targeted deletions of glycosyltransferase and sulfotransferase genes, disclose that neutrophil E- and/or P-selectin counter-receptor activities derive, minimally, from essential synthetic collaborations amongst polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase(s), a beta-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase that assembles core-2-type O-glycans, beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase(s), protein tyrosine sulfotransferase(s), alpha-2,3-sialyltransferases, and a pair of alpha-1,3-fucosyltransferases.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology*; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D006031:Glycosylation; D016695:Glycosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism; D007249:Inflammation / Q000378:metabolism*; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000378:metabolism; D019087:Selectins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000080506:Sialyl Lewis X Antigen; D015238:Sulfotransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D009844:Oligosaccharides; C084882:P-selectin ligand protein; D019087:Selectins; D000080506:Sialyl Lewis X Antigen; C070946:VIM-2 determinant; D016695:Glycosyltransferases; D015238:Sulfotransferases; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid