title: Role of Cytokine-Induced Glycosylation Changes in Regulating Cell Interactions and Cell Signaling in Inflammatory Diseases and Cancer.
abstract: Glycosylation is one of the most important modifications of proteins and lipids, and cell surface glycoconjugates are thought to play important roles in a variety of biological functions including cell-cell and cell-substrate interactions, bacterial adhesion, cell immunogenicity and cell signaling. Alterations of glycosylation are observed in number of diseases such as cancer and chronic inflammation. In that context, pro-inflammatory cytokines have been shown to modulate cell surface glycosylation by regulating the expression of glycosyltransferases involved in the biosynthesis of carbohydrate chains. These changes in cell surface glycosylation are also known to regulate cell signaling and could contribute to disease pathogenesis. This review summarizes our current knowledge of the glycosylation changes induced by pro-inflammatory cytokines, with a particular focus on cancer and cystic fibrosis, and their consequences on cell interactions and signaling.
authors.affiliation: Structural and Functional Glycobiology Unit, UMR CNRS 8576, University of Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq 59655, France. justine.dewald@etudiant.univ-lille1.fr.
authors.forename: Justine H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Dewald
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GE, UK. florent.colomb@liverpool.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Florent
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Colomb
authors.affiliation: Institut Européen de Génomique du Diabète (EGID), Centre hospitalier universitaire (CHU) de Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) U1011, University of Lille, Lille 59000, France. marie.bobowski@hotmail.fr.
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bobowski-Gerard
authors.affiliation: Structural and Functional Glycobiology Unit, UMR CNRS 8576, University of Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq 59655, France. sophie.groux-degroote@univ-lille1.fr.
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Groux-Degroote
authors.affiliation: Structural and Functional Glycobiology Unit, UMR CNRS 8576, University of Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq 59655, France. philippe.delannoy@univ-lille1.fr.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Delannoy
keywords: O-glycans; RTKs; cell signaling; cytokines; gangliosides; glycosylation; glycosyltransferases; mucins; sialyl-Lewisx