期刊
SEMINARS IN CANCER BIOLOGY
卷 80, 期 -, 页码 87-106出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2020.02.005
关键词
Lectin; Plant glycoprotein lectin; Glycans; DC-SIGN; C-type lectin receptor; Cross- presentation; Cancer immunotherapy
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- Department of Science and Technology-Science and Engineering Research Board (DST-SERB), Government of India under ECRA scheme [ECR/2016/001187]
- Department of Biotechnology (DBT), under its Ramalingaswami Fellowship [BT/RLF/Re-entry/24/2014]
- Science and Engineering Research Board under its ECRA scheme (SERB) [ECR/2016/001519]
- Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) [DPU/106/18/2015, DPU/17/2016]
Glycans extracted from plant lectins can act as ligands for immune cells and may lead to the development of new targeted therapies. Understanding the structure of these glycans is crucial for developing alternative targeted therapies.
Plant lectins, a natural source of glycans with a therapeutic potential may lead to the discovery of new targeted therapies. Glycans extracted from plant lectins are known to act as ligands for C-type lectin receptors (CLRs) that are primarily present on immune cells. Plant-derived glycosylated lectins offer diversity in their N-linked oligosaccharide structures that can serve as a unique source of homogenous and heterogenous glycans. Among the plant lectins-derived glycan motifs, Man9GlcNAc2Asn exhibits high-affinity interactions with CLRs that may resemble glycan motifs of pathogens. Thus, such glycan domains when presented along with antigens complexed with a nanocarrier of choice may bewilder the immune cells and direct antigen cross-presentation - a cytotoxic T lymphocyte immune response mediated by CD8(+) T cells. Glycan structure analysis has attracted considerable interest as glycans are looked upon as better therapeutic alternatives than monoclonal antibodies due to their cost-effectiveness, reduced toxicity and side effects, and high specificity. Furthermore, this approach will be useful to understand whether the multivalent glycan presentation on the surface of nanocarriers can overcome the low-affinity lectin-ligand interaction and thereby modulation of CLR-dependent immune response. Besides this, understanding how the heterogeneity of glycan structure impacts the antigen cross-presentation is pivotal to develop alternative targeted therapies. In the present review, we discuss the findings on structural analysis of glycans from natural lectins performed using GlycanBuilder2 - a software tool based on a thorough literature review of natural lectins. Additionally, we discuss how multiple parameters like the orientation of glycan ligands, ligand density, simultaneous targeting of multiple CLRs and design of antigen delivery nanocarriers may influence the CLR targeting efficacy. Integrating this information will eventually set the ground for new generation immunotherapeutic vaccine design for the treatment of various human malignancies.
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