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N-Glycosylation regulates ligand-dependent activation and signaling of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2).


ABSTRACT: The tumor microenvironment and proinflammatory signals significantly alter glycosylation of cell-surface proteins on endothelial cells. By altering the N-glycosylation machinery in the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi, proinflammatory cytokines promote the modification of endothelial glycoproteins such as vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2) with sialic acid-capped N-glycans. VEGFR2 is a highly N-glycosylated receptor tyrosine kinase involved in pro-angiogenic signaling in physiological and pathological contexts, including cancer. Here, using glycoside hydrolase and kinase assays and immunoprecipitation and MS-based analyses, we demonstrate that N-linked glycans at the Asn-247 site in VEGFR2 hinder VEGF ligand-mediated receptor activation and signaling in endothelial cells. We provide evidence that cell surface-associated VEGFR2 displays sialylated N-glycans at Asn-247 and, in contrast, that the nearby sites Asn-145 and Asn-160 contain lower levels of sialylated N-glycans and higher levels of high-mannose N-glycans, respectively. Furthermore, we report that VEGFR2 Asn-247-linked glycans capped with sialic acid oppose ligand-mediated VEGFR2 activation, whereas the uncapped asialo-glycans favor activation of this receptor. We propose that N-glycosylation, specifically the capping of N-glycans at Asn-247 by sialic acid, tunes ligand-dependent activation and signaling of VEGFR2 in endothelial cells.

SUBMITTER: Chandler KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6721943 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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<i>N</i>-Glycosylation regulates ligand-dependent activation and signaling of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2).

Chandler Kevin Brown KB   Leon Deborah R DR   Kuang Jenevieve J   Meyer Rosana D RD   Rahimi Nader N   Costello Catherine E CE  

The Journal of biological chemistry 20190715 35


The tumor microenvironment and proinflammatory signals significantly alter glycosylation of cell-surface proteins on endothelial cells. By altering the <i>N</i>-glycosylation machinery in the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi, proinflammatory cytokines promote the modification of endothelial glycoproteins such as vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2) with sialic acid-capped <i>N</i>-glycans. VEGFR2 is a highly <i>N-</i>glycosylated receptor tyrosine kinase involved in pro-angiogen  ...[more]

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