A Panel of Recombinant Mucins Carrying a Repertoire of Sialylated O-Glycans Based on Different Core Chains for Studies of Glycan Binding Proteins.
Sialylated glycans serve as key elements of receptors for many viruses, bacteria, and bacterial toxins. The microbial recognition and their binding specificity can be affected by the linkage of the terminal sugar residue, types of underlying sugar chains, and the nature of the entire glycoconjugate. Owing to the pathobiological significance of sialylated glycans, we have engineered Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells to secrete mucin-type immunoglobulin-fused proteins carrying terminal α2,3- or α2,6-linked sialic acid on defined O-glycan core saccharide chains. Besides stably expressing P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1/mouse immunoglobulin G2b cDNA (PSGL-1/mIgG2b), CHO cells were stably transfected with plasmids encoding glycosyltransferases to synthesize core 2 (GCNT1), core 3 (B3GNT6), core 4 (GCNT1 and B3GNT6), or extended core 1 (B3GNT3) chains with or without the type 1 chain-encoding enzyme B3GALT5 and ST6GAL1. Western blot and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis confirmed the presence of core 1, 2, 3, 4, and extended core 1 chains carrying either type 1 (Galb3GlcNAc) or type 2 (Galb4GlcNAc) outer chains with or without α2,6-linked sialic acids. This panel of recombinant mucins carrying a repertoire of sialylated O-glycans will be important tools in studies aiming at determining the fine O-glycan binding specificity of sialic acid-specific microbial adhesins and mammalian lectins.
Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, SE-41345, Gothenburg 41390, Sweden. reeja.maria.cherian@gu.se.
Reeja Maria
RM
Cherian
Department of Medical Biochemistry, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, SE-40530, Gothenburg 41390, Sweden. chunsheng.jin@medkem.gu.se.
Chunsheng
C
Jin
Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, SE-41345, Gothenburg 41390, Sweden. jining.liu@gu.se.
Jining
J
Liu
Department of Medical Biochemistry, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, SE-40530, Gothenburg 41390, Sweden. niclas.karlsson@medkem.gu.se.
Niclas G
NG
Karlsson
Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, SE-41345, Gothenburg 41390, Sweden. jan.holgersson@clinchem.gu.se.
Jan
J
Holgersson
D000818:Animals; D016466:CHO Cells; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D060846:Cell Engineering; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D016695:Glycosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D009077:Mucins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D009077:Mucins; C084882:P-selectin ligand protein; D011134:Polysaccharides; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D016695:Glycosyltransferases; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid
CHO; O-glycans; core saccharide; glycosyltransferase; mucin; sialic acid