Analysis of site and structure specific core fucosylation in liver disease
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ABSTRACT: Analysis of site and structure specific core fucosylation in liver disease progression using exoglycosidase-assisted data-independent LC-MS/MS
Project description:Analysis of site and structure specific core fucosylation in liver disease progression using exoglycosidase-assisted data-independent LC-MS/MS
Project description:Dysregulated metabolism in glioblastoma (GBM), the deadliest brain tumor of adults, offers an opportunity to deploy metabolic interventions as precise therapeutic strategies. To identify the molecular drivers and the modalities by which different molecular subgroups of GBM exploit metabolic rewiring to sustain tumor progression, we interrogated the transcriptome, the metabolome and the glycoproteome of human subgroup-specific GBM stem cells (GSCs). Here we report that L-Fucose abundance and core fucosylation activation are more highly enhanced in mesenchymal (MES) than in proneural (PN) GSCs; this pattern is retained in subgroup-specific xenografts and, most significantly, retrieved in subgroup-affiliated human patients’ samples. Genetic and pharmacological inhibition of core fucosylation in MES GBM preclinical models results in significant reduction in tumor burden. LC/MS-based glycoproteomic screening indicates that most MES-restricted core fucosylated proteins are involved in therapeutically relevant GBM pathological processes, such as extracellular matrix interaction, cell adhesion and integrin-mediated signaling. Notably, selective L-Fucose accumulation in MES GBMs is demonstrated by pre-clinical minimally-invasive positron emission tomography (PET), implying this metabolite as a potential subgroup-restricted biomarker. Overall, these findings indicate that L-Fucose pathway activation in MES GBM offers subgroup-specific, GSC-restricted dependencies to be exploited as diagnostic markers and actionable therapeutic targets.
Project description:Overexpression of fucosyltransferase 8 (FUT8) is found in many cancers including liver, ovarian, thyroid, colorectal and non-small cell lung cancers. Unlike other FUTs which are functionally redundant, FUT8 is the only enzyme responsible for the alpha1,6-linked fucosylation (core fucosylation) by adding fucose to the innermost GlcNAc residue of an N-linked glycan. A growing body of evidence indicates that core fucosylation is important for regulating protein functions, such as EGFR, TGF beta receptor and integrins. To understand the downstream molecular events in response to the global alteration of core fucosylation during cancer progression, microarray analysis was employed to profile the changes in gene expression following FUT8 silencing. The genes significantly (2-fold, P<0.01) changed in CL1-5/shFUT8 cells were selected for functional annotations using a Gene Ontology database. The result revealed that many genes involved in cell adhesion, motility, growth, angiogenesis, and inflammation were under the control of core fucosylation.
Project description:Overexpression of fucosyltransferase 8 (FUT8) is found in many cancers including liver, ovarian, thyroid, colorectal and non-small cell lung cancers. Unlike other FUTs which are functionally redundant, FUT8 is the only enzyme responsible for the alpha1,6-linked fucosylation (core fucosylation) by adding fucose to the innermost GlcNAc residue of an N-linked glycan. A growing body of evidence indicates that core fucosylation is important for regulating protein functions, such as EGFR, TGF beta receptor and integrins. To understand the downstream molecular events in response to the global alteration of core fucosylation during cancer progression, microarray analysis was employed to profile the changes in gene expression following FUT8 silencing. The genes significantly (2-fold, P<0.01) changed in CL1-5/shFUT8 cells were selected for functional annotations using a Gene Ontology database. The result revealed that many genes involved in cell adhesion, motility, growth, angiogenesis, and inflammation were under the control of core fucosylation. In this experiment, the gene expression profile of two stable FUT8 knockdown clones of CL1-5 cells, CL1-5/shFUT8-1 and CL1-5/shFUT8-2, were compare with CL1-5/Control cells. A total of eight samples were analyzed, including four CL1-5/Control vs. CL1-5/shFUT8-1 and four CL1-5/Control vs. C1-5/shFUT8-2. The biological replicates for each cell lines were four.
Project description:To develop a classifier based on microRNAs for primary tumor site identification of liver core biopsies and to explore the influence of surrounding normal liver tissue on classification.
Project description:Glycoproteomic screening indicates that core fucosylation activation is more highly enhancedin mesenchymal (MES) than in proneural (PN) glioblastoma cancer stem cells (GSCs) and this pattern is retained in subgroup-specific xenograftsand human patients’ samples. Most MES-restricted core fucosylated proteins are involved in therapeutically relevant pathological processes, such as extracellular matrix interaction and tumor invasion.
Project description:To develop a classifier based on microRNAs for primary tumor site identification of liver core biopsies and to explore the influence of surrounding normal liver tissue on classification. Tissue samples from 333 patients, corresponding to one of the following ten assay classes, were obtained from archives of the pathology department, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark: Lung cancer, breast cancer, gastric/cardia cancer, colorectal cancer, bladder cancer, pancreatic cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, squamous cell cancers of different origin, and normal liver tissue
Project description:Cancer secretome is a reservoir for aberrant glycosylation. How therapies alter this post59 translational cancer hallmark and the consequences thereof remain elusive. Here we show that an elevated secretome fucosylation is a pan-cancer signature of both response and resistance to multiple targeted therapies. Large-scale pharmacogenomics revealed that fucosylation genes display widespread association with resistance to these therapies. In both cancer cell cultures and patients, targeted kinase inhibitors distinctively induced core fucosylation of secreted proteins less than 60 kDa. Label-free proteomics of N-glycomes revealed that fucosylation of the antioxidant PON1 is a critical component of the therapy66 induced secretome. Core fucosylation in the Golgi impacts PON1 stability and folding prior to secretion, promoting a more degradation-resistant PON1. Non-specific and PON1-specific secretome deglycosylation both limited the expansion of resistant clones in a tumor regression model. Our findings demonstrate that core fucosylation is a common modification indirectly induced by targeted therapies that paradoxically promotes resistance.
Project description:Natural Killer (NK) cell development and effector function requires context-dependent signalling via numerous receptors including the IL-15 receptor. The modulation of receptor signalling can be regulated by the post-translational modifications affecting receptor turnover and trafficking. Core fucosylation is one such modification known to impact receptor expression and is uniquely mediated by fucosyltransferase 8 (FUT8). To investigate core fucosylation in NK cell biology, we generated mice lacking FUT8 in NK cells (Fut8fl/flNcr1cre/+). Loss of core fucose resulted in pronounced NK lymphopenia in Fut8fl/flNcr1cre/+ mice associated with a reduction in IL-15 receptor expression and loss of in vivo proliferation. Inhibition of intrinsic apoptosis pathways could not overcome compromised IL-15 receptor signalling to rescue FUT8-null NK cell development delineating the contribution of proliferation to NK cell homeostasis. Surprisingly, loss of core fucose enhanced NK cell expansion following viral infection and this was associated with upregulation of IL-2Rα following pro-inflammatory cytokine exposure and enhanced IL-2-mediated proliferation. Lastly, loss of FUT8 activity impaired TGFBR2 expression and immunosuppressive effects of TGF-β on NK cells. Taken together, we have identified fucosyltransferase 8 as a key modulator of NK cell development and function by regulating IL-15 receptor responsiveness.
Project description:Carbohydrates form one of the major groups of biological macromolecules in living organisms. Many biological processes including protein folding, stability, immune response, and receptor activation are regulated by glycosylation. Fucosylation of proteins regulates such processes and is associated with various diseases including autoimmunity and cancer. Mass spectrometry efficiently identifies structures of fucosylated glycans or sites of core fucosylated N-glycopeptides but quantification of the glycopeptides remains less explored. We performed experiments that facilitate quantitative analysis of the core fucosylation of proteins with partial structural resolution of the glycans and we present results of the mass spectrometric SWATH-type DIA analysis of relative abundances of the core fucosylated glycoforms of 45 glycopeptides to their nonfucosylated glycoforms derived from 18 serum proteins in liver disease of different etiologies. Our results show that a combination of soft fragmentation with exoglycosidases is efficient at the assignment and quantification of the core fucosylated N-glycoforms at specific sites of protein attachment. In addition, our results show that disease-associated changes in core fucosylation are peptide-dependent and further differ by branching of the core fucosylated glycans. Further studies are needed to verify whether tri- and tetra-antennary core fucosylated glycopeptides could be used as markers of liver disease progression.