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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY
卷 42, 期 1, 页码 80-89出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2009.09.010
关键词
Gastric cancer; mRNA expression; Sialyltransferase; Sialyl Lewis a and sialyl Lewis x; Cell confluence
资金
- Association for International Cancer Research [05-088]
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia [PIC/IC/8271612007, SFRH/BPD/36912/2007]
- GRICES/EGIDE
- Fundacao Luso Americana para o Desenvolvimento (FLAD)
Sialyl Lewis x and sialyl Lewis a expression depends on sialyltransferases and fucosyltransferases. In this study, we screened for major variations of sialyltransferases and fucosyltransferases involved in the synthesis and regulation of sialyl Lewis x and sialyl Lewis a epitopes in gastrointestinal carcinoma cells. Our results show that expression of ST3Gal IV in several gastrointestinal cell lines is correlated with the expression of sialyl Lewis x at the cell surface. ST3Gal IV overexpressed in the gastric MKN45 cell line, showed exclusive enzymatic activity towards glycoproteins containing terminal Gal beta 1-4GlcNAc structure. On the other hand, when ST3Gal III was overexpressed in MKN45, an increase in the expression levels of both sialyl Lewis epitopes was observed. ST3Gal III and ST3Gal IV lead to de novo synthesis of sialyl Lewis x determinant on different molecular weight glycoproteins of MKN45 cells suggesting that each enzyme used different substrates within the available glycoproteome. The final glycosylation step in sialyl Lewis x and sialyl Lewis a biosynthesis in MKN45 cell line was shown to be associated to FUT5, which efficiently fucosylated sialyl Lewis precursors on glycoproteins. Moreover we demonstrate that the expression of sialyl Lewis epitopes in the MKN45 was induced by cell confluence, which can be regarded as a model to study altered glycosylation during turnout progression. This increase was observed together with an increase in mRNA levels of ST-3GAL3, FUT5 and FUT6, and a decrease in FUT transcript levels in MKN45 confluent cells, suggesting a possible control at the transcriptional level. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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