November 2008
Mammalian glycosylation in immunity
Jamey D. Marth & Prabhjit K. Grewal
Original research paper: Nature Reviews Immunology 8 874-887
doi:10.1038/nri2417Disease-associated carbohydrate-recognising proteins and structure-based inhibitor design
M Vonitzstein
Original research paper: Current Opinion in Structural Biology 18
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2008.07.006Lectin-like domain of thrombomodulin binds to its specific ligand Lewis Y antigen and neutralizes lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory response
C.-S. Shi et al.
Original research paper: Blood 112
doi:10.1182/blood-2008-03-142760E-selectin receptors on human leukocytes
L. Nimrichter et al.
Original research paper: Blood 112
doi:10.1182/blood-2008-04-149641The dendritic cell subtype-restricted C-type lectin Clec9A is a target for vaccine enhancement
I. Caminschi et al.
Original research paper: Blood 112
doi:10.1182/blood-2008-05-155176Targeting of antigens to B cells augments antigen-specific T-cell responses and breaks immune tolerance to tumor-associated antigen MUC1
C. Ding, L. Wang, J. Marroquin & J. Yan
Original research paper: Blood 112
doi:10.1182/blood-2008-05-157396PSGL-1 engagement by E-selectin signals through Src kinase Fgr and ITAM adapters DAP12 and FcR to induce slow leukocyte rolling
A. Zarbock et al.
Original research paper: Journal of Experimental Medicine 205
doi:10.1084/jem.20072660Vancomycin-resistant enterococci exploit antibiotic-induced innate immune deficits
Katharina Brandl et al.
Original research paper: Nature 455
doi:10.1038/nature07250Oviduct-specific glycoprotein and heparin modulate sperm-zona pellucida interaction during fertilization and contribute to the control of polyspermy
P. Coy et al.
Original research paper: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105
doi:10.1073/pnas.0804422105Emergence of hormonal and redox regulation of galectin-1 in placental mammals: Implication in maternal-fetal immune tolerance
N. G. Than et al.
Original research paper: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105
doi:10.1073/pnas.0807606105Probing Enzymes Late in the Trypanosomal Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Biosynthetic Pathway with Synthetic Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Analogues
Michael D. Urbaniak et al.
Original research paper: ACS Chemical Biology 3
doi:10.1021/cb800143wSemaphorin 3B Inhibits the Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt Pathway through Neuropilin-1 in Lung and Breast Cancer Cells
E. Castro-rivera, S. Ran, R. A. Brekken & J. D. Minna
Original research paper: Cancer Research 68
doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-07-6601Putting glycobiology on a structural footing
D Vanaalten & N Strynadka
Original research paper: Current Opinion in Structural Biology 18
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2008.09.002Glycosyltransferases, glycoside hydrolases: surprise, surprise!
B Henrissat, G Sulzenbacher & Y Bourne
Original research paper: Current Opinion in Structural Biology 18
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2008.09.003Structural details of the glycosyltransferase step of peptidoglycan assembly
A Lovering, M Gretes & N Strynadka
Original research paper: Current Opinion in Structural Biology 18
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2008.07.002Not just for Eukarya anymore: protein glycosylation in Bacteria and Archaea
M Abuqarn, J Eichler & N Sharon
Original research paper: Current Opinion in Structural Biology 18
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2008.06.010Molecular mechanisms of O-GlcNAcylation
R Hurtadoguerrero, H Dorfmueller & D Vanaalten
Original research paper: Current Opinion in Structural Biology 18
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2008.09.005In vivo enzymatic modulation of IgG glycosylation inhibits autoimmune disease in an IgG subclass-dependent manner
H. Albert et al.
Original research paper: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105
doi:10.1073/pnas.0808248105Microbial recognition of human cell surface glycoconjugates
A Imberty & A Varrot
Original research paper: Current Opinion in Structural Biology 18
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2008.08.001N-Glycan profiling in the study of human aging
Valerie Vanhooren, Wouter Laroy, Claude Libert & Cuiying Chen
Original research paper: Biogerontology 9
doi:10.1007/s10522-008-9140-zChondroitin sulphate-modified neuropilin 1 is expressed in human tumour cells and modulates 3D invasion in the U87MG human glioblastoma cell line through a p130Cas-mediated pathway
Paul Frankel et al.
Original research paper: EMBO reports 9 983-989
doi:10.1038/embor.2008.151Conditional Glycosylation in Eukaryotic Cells Using a Biocompatible Chemical Inducer of Dimerization
Jennifer L. Czlapinski et al.
Original research paper: Journal of the American Chemical Society 130
doi:10.1021/ja8037728Glycans and glycosylation of platelets: current concepts and implications for transfusion
Anne Louise Sørensen, Karin M Hoffmeister & Hans H Wandall
Original research paper: Current Opinion in Hematology 15
doi:10.1097/MOH.0b013e328313e3bdCarbohydrate microarrays as powerful tools in studies of carbohydrate-mediated biological processes
Sungjin Park, Myung-Ryul Lee & Injae Shin
Original research paper: Chemical Communications
doi:10.1039/b806699jP-selectin Glycoprotein Ligand-1 Decameric Repeats Regulate Selectin-dependent Rolling under Flow Conditions
C. Tauxe et al.
Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry 283
doi:10.1074/jbc.M802865200Sulf Loss Influences N-, 2-O-, and 6-O-Sulfation of Multiple Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans and Modulates Fibroblast Growth Factor Signaling
W. C. Lamanna, M.-A. Frese, M. Balleininger & T. Dierks
Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry 283
doi:10.1074/jbc.M802130200Chondroitin 4-O-Sulfotransferase-1 Modulates Wnt-3a Signaling through Control of E Disaccharide Expression of Chondroitin Sulfate
S. Nadanaka, M. Ishida, M. Ikegami & H. Kitagawa
Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry 283
doi:10.1074/jbc.M802997200The Diversity of O-Linked Glycans Expressed during Drosophila melanogaster Development Reflects Stage- and Tissue-specific Requirements for Cell Signaling
K. Aoki et al.
Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry 283
doi:10.1074/jbc.M804925200The mycobacterial glycopeptidolipids: structure, function, and their role in pathogenesis
J. S Schorey & L. Sweet
Original research paper: Glycobiology 18
doi:10.1093/glycob/cwn076Degeneration of dystrophic or injured skeletal muscles induces high expression of Galectin-1
D. G. Cerri et al.
Original research paper: Glycobiology 18
doi:10.1093/glycob/cwn079The Golgi CMP-sialic acid transporter: A new CHO mutant provides functional insights
S. F. Lim, M. M. Lee, P. Zhang & Z. Song
Original research paper: Glycobiology 18
doi:10.1093/glycob/cwn080Conservation of peptide acceptor preferences between Drosophila and mammalian polypeptide-GalNAc transferase ortholog pairs
T. A Gerken, K. G T. Hagen & O. Jamison
Original research paper: Glycobiology 18
doi:10.1093/glycob/cwn073The structure and proinflammatory activity of the lipopolysaccharide from Burkholderia multivorans and the differences between clonal strains colonizing pre and posttransplanted lungs
T. Ierano et al.
Original research paper: Glycobiology 18
doi:10.1093/glycob/cwn074Caenorhabditis elegans N-glycans containing a Gal-Fuc disaccharide unit linked to the innermost GlcNAc residue are recognized by C. elegans galectin LEC-6
T. Takeuchi, K. Hayama, J. Hirabayashi & K.-i. Kasai
Original research paper: Glycobiology 18
doi:10.1093/glycob/cwn077Moss and liverwort xyloglucans contain galacturonic acid and are structurally distinct from the xyloglucans synthesized by hornworts and vascular plants
M. J Pena et al.
Original research paper: Glycobiology 18
doi:10.1093/glycob/cwn078The -galactoside binding immunomodulatory lectin galectin-3 reverses the desensitized state induced in neutrophils by the chemotactic peptide f-Met-Leu-Phe: role of reactive oxygen species generated by the NADPH-oxidase and inactivation of the agonist
H. Forsman et al.
Original research paper: Glycobiology 18
doi:10.1093/glycob/cwn081Program and Abstracts for the 2008 Meeting of the Society for Glycobiology
Original research paper: Glycobiology 18
doi:10.1093/glycob/cwn086Generation and characterization of a series of monoclonal antibodies that specifically recognize [HexA(
2S)-GlcNAc]n epitopes in heparan sulfateKiyoshi Suzuki et al.
Original research paper: Glycoconjugate Journal 25
doi:10.1007/s10719-008-9130-zConcise synthesis of the pentasaccharide O-antigen of Escherichia coli O83:K24:H31 present in the Colinfant vaccine
Pintu Kumar Mandal & Anup Kumar Misra
Original research paper: Glycoconjugate Journal 25
doi:10.1007/s10719-008-9120-1Higher expression of renal sulfoglycolipids in marine mammals
Ken-ichi Nagai, Keiko Tadano-aritomi, Yukio Niimura & Ineo Ishizuka
Original research paper: Glycoconjugate Journal 25
doi:10.1007/s10719-008-9132-xUnglycosylation at Asn-633 made extracellular domain of E-cadherin folded incorrectly and arrested in endoplasmic reticulum, then sequentially degraded by ERAD
Feng Zhou et al.
Original research paper: Glycoconjugate Journal 25
doi:10.1007/s10719-008-9133-9Antiproliferative effect of T/Tn specific Artocarpus lakoocha agglutinin (ALA) on human leukemic cells (Jurkat, U937, K562) and their imaging by QD-ALA nanoconjugate
Urmimala Chatterjee et al.
Original research paper: Glycoconjugate Journal 25
doi:10.1007/s10719-008-9134-8Detection of a high affinity binding site in recombinant Aleuria aurantia lectin
Johan Olausson, Lena Tibell, Bengt-Harald Jonsson & Peter Påhlsson
Original research paper: Glycoconjugate Journal 25
doi:10.1007/s10719-008-9135-7Glycan structures of ocular surface mucins in man, rabbit and dog display species differences
Louise Royle et al.
Original research paper: Glycoconjugate Journal 25
doi:10.1007/s10719-008-9136-6Increased bisecting and core-fucosylated N-glycans on mutant human amyloid precursor proteins
Keiko Akasaka-manya et al.
Original research paper: Glycoconjugate Journal 25
doi:10.1007/s10719-008-9140-xDefining substrate interactions with calreticulin: an isothermal titration calorimetric study
Garima Gupta, Emiliano Gemma, Stefan Oscarson & Avadhesha Surolia
Original research paper: Glycoconjugate Journal 25
doi:10.1007/s10719-008-9151-7Low expression of Neu2 sialidase in the thymus of SM/J mice—existence of neuraminidase positive cells "Neu-medullocyte" in the murine thymus
S. Kijimoto-ochiai et al.
Original research paper: Glycoconjugate Journal 25
doi:10.1007/s10719-008-9126-8Neuraminidase-1, a Subunit of the Cell Surface Elastin Receptor, Desialylates and Functionally Inactivates Adjacent Receptors Interacting with the Mitogenic Growth Factors PDGF-BB and IGF-2
A. Hinek et al.
Original research paper: American Journal Of Pathology 173
doi:10.2353/ajpath.2008.071081Initiation of the alternative pathway of murine complement by immune complexes is dependent on -glycans in IgG antibodies
Nirmal K. Banda et al.
Original research paper: Arthritis & Rheumatism 58
doi:10.1002/art.23865A C-type lectin of Caenorhabditis elegans: Its sugar-binding property revealed by glycoconjugate microarray analysis
T Takeuchi et al.
Original research paper: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 377
doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.10.001Glycanogenomics: A qPCR-approach to investigate biological glycan function
E Krenn et al.
Original research paper: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 375
doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.07.144Analysis of IgA1 N-Glycosylation and Its Contribution to FcαRI Binding
Michelle M. Gomes et al.
Original research paper: Biochemistry 47
doi:10.1021/bi801185bCaenorhabditis elegans galectins LEC-1–LEC-11: Structural features and sugar-binding properties
Y Nemotosasaki
Original research paper: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects 1780
doi:10.1016/j.bbagen.2008.07.003Structural Basis for Influence of Viral Glycans on Ligand Binding by Influenza Hemagglutinin
P. M. Kasson & V. S. Pande
Original research paper: Biophysical Journal 95
doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.141507Tumor cell migration and invasion are regulated by expression of variant integrin glycoforms
F Shaikh et al.
Original research paper: Experimental Cell Research 314
doi:10.1016/j.yexcr.2008.07.021Glycan stem-cell markers are specifically expressed by spermatogonia in the adult non-human primate testis
T. Muller et al.
Original research paper: Human Reproduction 23
doi:10.1093/humrep/den253Control of core 2 β1,6 N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase-I transcription by Sp1 in lymphocytes and epithelial cells
V. Rebecca Falkenberg & Nevis Fregien
Original research paper: Glycoconjugate Journal 24
doi:10.1007/s10719-007-9043-2Galectin-2 and -4, but not Galectin-1, promote intestinal epithelial wound healing in vitro through a TGF-beta-independent mechanism
Daniela Paclik et al.
Original research paper: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 14
doi:10.1002/ibd.20499Dendritic cells mediate herpes simplex virus infection and transmission through the C-type lectin DC-SIGN
M. A. W. P. De jong et al.
Original research paper: Journal of General Virology 89
doi:10.1099/vir.0.2008/003129-0Critical role of Lck in L-selectin signaling induced by sulfatides engagement
T. Xu et al.
Original research paper: Journal of Leukocyte Biology 84
doi:10.1189/jlb.0208084Glycosaminoglycans show a specific periodic interaction with type I collagen fibrils
M Raspanti et al.
Original research paper: Journal of Structural Biology 164
doi:10.1016/j.jsb.2008.07.001Membrane Glycoproteins Associated with Breast Tumor Cell Progression Identified by a Lectin Affinity Approach
Yanfei Wang et al.
Original research paper: Journal of Proteome Research 7
doi:10.1021/pr8002547Consequences of Individual N-glycan Deletions and of Proteasomal Inhibition on Secretion of Active BACE
O. Vanoni, P. Paganetti & M. Molinari
Original research paper: Molecular Biology of the Cell 19
doi:10.1091/mbc.E08-05-0459Role of Cellular Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans in Infection of Human Adenovirus Serotype 3 and 35
Sebastian Tuve et al.
Original research paper: PLoS Pathogens 4
doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000189MUC1* Mediates the Growth of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
Sherry T. Hikita et al.
Original research paper: PLoS ONE 3
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003312Characterization of the antibody response against NeuGcGM3 ganglioside elicited in non-small cell lung cancer patients immunized with an anti-idiotype antibody
Hernández, A. M. et al.
Original research paper: J Immunol. 181Human memory B lymphocyte subsets fulfill distinct roles in the anti-polysaccharide and anti-protein immune response
Moens, L. et al.
Original research paper: J Immunol. 181Galectin-1 promotes immunoglobulin production during plasma cell differentiation
Tsai, C. M. et al.
Original research paper: J Immunol. 181