Biological functions of fucose in mammals

M Schneider, E Al-Shareffi, RS Haltiwanger - Glycobiology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Fucose is a 6-deoxy hexose in the l-configuration found in a large variety of different
organisms. In mammals, fucose is incorporated into N-glycans, O-glycans and glycolipids by …

FUT8 alpha-(1, 6)-fucosyltransferase in cancer

K Bastian, E Scott, DJ Elliott, J Munkley - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Aberrant glycosylation is a universal feature of cancer cells that can impact all steps in
tumour progression from malignant transformation to metastasis and immune evasion. One …

Biological function of fucosylation in cancer biology

E Miyoshi, K Moriwaki, T Nakagawa - Journal of biochemistry, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Fucosylation is one of the most common modifications involving oligosaccharides on
glycoproteins or glycolipids. Fucosylation comprises the attachment of a fucose residue to N …

Fucosyltransferase 8 as a functional regulator of nonsmall cell lung cancer

CY Chen, YH Jan, YH Juan, CJ Yang… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
The up-regulation of fucosyltransferase 8 (FUT8), the only enzyme catalyzing α1, 6-
fucosylation in mammals, has been observed in several malignant cancers including liver …

FUT8 promotes breast cancer cell invasiveness by remodeling TGF-β receptor core fucosylation

CF Tu, MY Wu, YC Lin, R Kannagi, RB Yang - Breast Cancer Research, 2017 - Springer
Background Core fucosylation (addition of fucose in α-1, 6-linkage to core N-
acetylglucosamine of N-glycans) catalyzed by fucosyltransferase 8 (FUT8) is critical for …

Perivascular niche cells sense thrombocytopenia and activate hematopoietic stem cells in an IL-1 dependent manner

TC Luis, N Barkas, J Carrelha, A Giustacchini… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) residing in specialized niches in the bone marrow are
responsible for the balanced output of multiple short-lived blood cell lineages in steady-state …

FDW028, a novel FUT8 inhibitor, impels lysosomal proteolysis of B7-H3 via chaperone-mediated autophagy pathway and exhibits potent efficacy against metastatic …

M Wang, Z Zhang, M Chen, Y Lv, S Tian, F Meng… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) is a major cause of cancer-related mortality due to the
absence of effective therapeutics. Thus, it is urgent to discover new drugs for mCRC …

Core fucose and bisecting GlcNAc, the direct modifiers of the N-glycan core: their functions and target proteins

M Takahashi, Y Kuroki, K Ohtsubo, N Taniguchi - Carbohydrate research, 2009 - Elsevier
Among the various posttranslational modification reactions, glycosylation is the most
common, and nearly 50% of all known proteins are thought to be glycosylated. In particular …

Branched N‐glycans regulate the biological functions of integrins and cadherins

Y Zhao, Y Sato, T Isaji, T Fukuda… - The FEBS …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Glycosylation is one of the most common post‐translational modifications, and
approximately 50% of all proteins are presumed to be glycosylated in eukaryotes. Branched …

Cell migration—the role of integrin glycosylation

ME Janik, A Lityńska, P Vereecken - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Cell migration is an essential process in organ homeostasis, in
inflammation, and also in metastasis, the main cause of death from cancer. The extracellular …