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GLYCOCONJUGATE JOURNAL
Volume 23, Issue 1-2, Pages 115-125Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10719-006-5444-x
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galectins; glycoconjugates; influenza virus; hemagglutinin; siglecs
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [5 U54 GM62116-03] Funding Source: Medline
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Sialyl oligosaccharides have long been considered to be the sole receptors for influenza virus. However, according to [1] some viruses are able to grow in sialic-free MDCK cells. Here we attempted to reveal a possible second, non-sialic receptor, hypothesizing the involvement of additional carbohydrate lectin recognition in influenza virus reception process, first of all in situations when a lectin of the host cell could recognize the viral carbohydrate ligand. We tested the presence of galactose- and sialic acid-binding lectins, as well as mannoside- and sulfo-N-acetyllactosamine-recognizing properties of MDCK and Vero cells using polyacrylamide neoglycoconjugates and antibodies. MDCK cells bind galactoside probes stronger than Vero cells, whereas Vero cells bind preferentially sialoside, mannoside and various sulfo-oligosaccharide probes. The probing of viruses with the neoglycoconjugates revealed specific 6'-HSO (3) LacNAc (but not other sulfated oligosaccharides) binding property of A and B human strains. Affinity of 6'-HSO (3) LacNAc probe was comparable with affinity of 6'-SiaLac probe but the binding was not inhibited by the sialooligosaccharide.
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