TY - JOUR
T1 - Transforms of Cell Surface Glycoproteins Charge Influences Tumor Cell Metastasis via Atypically Inhibiting Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Including Matrix Metalloproteinases and Cell Junctions
AU - Wang, Mingzhe
AU - Kejian, Shi
AU - Ye, Lei
AU - Chen, Jiaqi
AU - Ma, Lan
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2020YFA0908900), the State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, and the Institute of Biomedical Health Technology and Engineering, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2023/8/16
Y1 - 2023/8/16
N2 - Cell communication and signal transduction rely heavily on the charge on the cell surface. The cell surface is negatively charged, with glycoproteins on the cell membrane providing a large percentage of the charge. Sialic acid is found on the outermost side of glycan chains and contributes to glycoprotein’s negative charge. Sialic acid is highly expressed in tumor cells and plays an important role in tumor metastasis and immune escape by interacting with extracellular ligands. However, the specific effect of negative charge changes on glycoproteins is still poorly understood. In this study, we used 9-azido sialic acid (9Az-Sia) to create artificial epitopes on glycoproteins via metabolic glycan labeling, and we attached charged groups such as amino and carboxyl to 9Az-Sia via a click reaction with dibenzocyclooctyne (DBCO). The charge of glycoproteins was changed by metabolic glycan labeling and click modification. The results showed that the migration and invasion ability of the MDA-MB-231 cell labeled with 9Az-Sia was significantly reduced after the modification with amino groups rather than carboxyl groups. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is the biological process of metastatic tumor cells, with an increasing ability of tumor cells to migrate and invade. In particular, the expression of adhesion molecules increased in the amine-linked group, whereas the expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) increased significantly, which is not identical to EMT characteristics. In vivo experiments have demonstrated that the loss of negative charge on glycoproteins has an inhibitory effect on tumors. In conclusion, modifying the positive charge on the surface of glycoproteins can inhibit tumor cell metastasis and has great potential for tumor therapy.
AB - Cell communication and signal transduction rely heavily on the charge on the cell surface. The cell surface is negatively charged, with glycoproteins on the cell membrane providing a large percentage of the charge. Sialic acid is found on the outermost side of glycan chains and contributes to glycoprotein’s negative charge. Sialic acid is highly expressed in tumor cells and plays an important role in tumor metastasis and immune escape by interacting with extracellular ligands. However, the specific effect of negative charge changes on glycoproteins is still poorly understood. In this study, we used 9-azido sialic acid (9Az-Sia) to create artificial epitopes on glycoproteins via metabolic glycan labeling, and we attached charged groups such as amino and carboxyl to 9Az-Sia via a click reaction with dibenzocyclooctyne (DBCO). The charge of glycoproteins was changed by metabolic glycan labeling and click modification. The results showed that the migration and invasion ability of the MDA-MB-231 cell labeled with 9Az-Sia was significantly reduced after the modification with amino groups rather than carboxyl groups. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is the biological process of metastatic tumor cells, with an increasing ability of tumor cells to migrate and invade. In particular, the expression of adhesion molecules increased in the amine-linked group, whereas the expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) increased significantly, which is not identical to EMT characteristics. In vivo experiments have demonstrated that the loss of negative charge on glycoproteins has an inhibitory effect on tumors. In conclusion, modifying the positive charge on the surface of glycoproteins can inhibit tumor cell metastasis and has great potential for tumor therapy.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.3c00303
DO - 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.3c00303
M3 - Article
C2 - 37498932
AN - SCOPUS:85167795024
SN - 1043-1802
VL - 34
SP - 1498
EP - 1507
JO - Bioconjugate chemistry
JF - Bioconjugate chemistry
IS - 8
ER -