title: A Human Lectin Microarray for Sperm Surface Glycosylation Analysis.
abstract: Glycosylation is one of the most abundant and functionally important protein post-translational modifications. As such, technology for efficient glycosylation analysis is in high demand. Lectin microarrays are a powerful tool for such investigations and have been successfully applied for a variety of glycobiological studies. However, most of the current lectin microarrays are primarily constructed from plant lectins, which are not well suited for studies of human glycosylation because of the extreme complexity of human glycans. Herein, we constructed a human lectin microarray with 60 human lectin and lectin-like proteins. All of the lectins and lectin-like proteins were purified from yeast, and most showed binding to human glycans. To demonstrate the applicability of the human lectin microarray, human sperm were probed on the microarray and strong bindings were observed for several lectins, including galectin-1, 7, 8, GalNAc-T6, and ERGIC-53 (LMAN1). These bindings were validated by flow cytometry and fluorescence immunostaining. Further, mass spectrometry analysis showed that galectin-1 binds several membrane-associated proteins including heat shock protein 90. Finally, functional assays showed that binding of galectin-8 could significantly enhance the acrosome reaction within human sperms. To our knowledge, this is the first construction of a human lectin microarray, and we anticipate it will find wide use for a range of human or mammalian studies, alone or in combination with plant lectin microarrays.
authors.affiliation: From the ‡Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, Key Laboratory of Systems Biomedicine (Ministry of Education), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; ¶State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; §§Department of Bioengineering, School of Marine Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai, Weihai 264209, China.
authors.forename: Yangyang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: From the ‡Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, Key Laboratory of Systems Biomedicine (Ministry of Education), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; §School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China; ¶State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: ‖China National Population and Family Planning Key Laboratory of Contraceptive Drugs and Devices, SIPPR, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China;
authors.forename: Yihua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.affiliation: **Shanghai Ji Ai Genetics and IVF Institute, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Institute of Reproduction and Development, Fudan University, Shanghai 200011, China;
authors.forename: Aijie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Xin
authors.affiliation: ‖China National Population and Family Planning Key Laboratory of Contraceptive Drugs and Devices, SIPPR, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China;
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: ‡‡Institute for Microsurgery of Limbs, Shanghai sixth hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;
authors.forename: Shumin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: From the ‡Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, Key Laboratory of Systems Biomedicine (Ministry of Education), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;
authors.forename: Shujuan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: From the ‡Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, Key Laboratory of Systems Biomedicine (Ministry of Education), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; ¶State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;
authors.forename: Yin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: ‖China National Population and Family Planning Key Laboratory of Contraceptive Drugs and Devices, SIPPR, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China;
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Diao
authors.affiliation: ‖China National Population and Family Planning Key Laboratory of Contraceptive Drugs and Devices, SIPPR, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China;
authors.forename: Huijuan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: §§Department of Bioengineering, School of Marine Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai, Weihai 264209, China taosc@sjtu.edu.cn wanggy18_2007@163.com.
authors.forename: Guangyu
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: From the ‡Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, Key Laboratory of Systems Biomedicine (Ministry of Education), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; §School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China; ¶State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; taosc@sjtu.edu.cn wanggy18_2007@163.com.
authors.forename: Sheng-Ce
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Tao
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D037161:Galectins / Q000378:metabolism; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D037102:Lectins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D037241:Mannose-Binding Lectins / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017350:N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D040081:Protein Array Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D011485:Protein Binding; D020543:Proteome / Q000378:metabolism*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D037161:Galectins; C084004:LMAN1 protein, human; D037102:Lectins; D037241:Mannose-Binding Lectins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D020543:Proteome; D017350:N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferases