Journal
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE-JMM
Volume 80, Issue 10, Pages 671-677Publisher
SPRINGER-VERLAG
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-002-0382-y
Keywords
N-propanoylmannosamine; cell adhesion; sialylation
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Sialylation of glycoproteins and glycolipids plays an important role during development, regeneration and pathogenesis of several diseases. The physiological precursor of all sialic acids is N-acetyl-D-mannosamine. The N-acyl side chain of sialic acid can be modified by exposure of cells to synthetic N-acyl-modified D-mannosamines. In a new experimental approach cells were cultivated in the presence of N-propanoyl-D-mannosamine. This unnatural precursor of sialic acid is taken up by cells and efficiently metabolized to the respective N-acyl-modified neuraminic acid in vitro and in vivo. Here we report on the biological consequences of the incorporation of the unnatural N-propanoylneuraminic acid into glycoconjugates of HL60 cells. Biochemical engineering of the acyl side chain of neuraminic acids activates beta(1)-integrins (VLA4 or VLA5), resulting in an increased adhesion of HL60 cells to fibronectin.
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