Aberrant sialylation in cancer: therapeutic opportunities

J Munkley - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary All cells are covered in a thick layer of sugar molecules known as glycans.
Changes to this sugar coat are common in cancer, and in particular cancer cells often …

The multiple facets of acetyl-CoA metabolism: Energetics, biosynthesis, regulation, acylation and inborn errors

Y Wang, H Yang, C Geerts, A Furtos, P Waters… - Molecular Genetics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Acetyl-coenzyme A (Ac-CoA) is a core metabolite with essential roles throughout
cell physiology. These functions can be classified into energetics, biosynthesis, regulation …

Sialic acid O-acetylation patterns and glycosidic linkage type determination by ion mobility-mass spectrometry

GM Vos, KC Hooijschuur, Z Li, J Fjeldsted… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
O-acetylation is a common modification of sialic acids that has been implicated in a
multitude of biological and disease processes. A lack of analytical methods that can …

Chemoenzymatic synthesis of human natural killer-1-containing glycans and application as serum antibodies probes

M Bunyatov, MA Wolfert, L Liu, R Huizinga… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Despite the versatility of enzyme-mediated oligosaccharide assembly, it has as a limitation
that not all glycosyl transferases or glycan-modifying enzymes are readily available to install …

Carbohydrate sulfation as a mechanism for fine-tuning Siglec ligands

J Jung, JR Enterina, DT Bui, F Mozaneh… - ACS Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The immunomodulatory family of Siglecs recognizes sialic acid-containing glycans as “self”,
which is exploited in cancer for immune evasion. The biochemical nature of Siglec ligands …

Impact of asialoglycoprotein receptor and mannose receptor deficiency on murine plasma N-glycome profiles

M Svecla, J Nour, MR Bladergroen, S Nicolardi… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2023 - ASBMB
The asialoglycoprotein receptor (ASGPR) and the mannose receptor C-type 1 (MRC1) are
well known for their selective recognition and clearance of circulating glycoproteins …

[HTML][HTML] Acetyl-CoA metabolism as a therapeutic target for cancer

G Chen, B Bao, Y Cheng, M Tian, J Song… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Acetyl-coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA), an essential metabolite, not only takes part in numerous
intracellular metabolic processes, powers the tricarboxylic acid cycle, serves as a key hub …

Multivalent sialic acid materials for biomedical applications

Y Cao, W Song, X Chen - Biomaterials Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Sialic acid is a kind of monosaccharide expressed on the non-reducing end of glycoproteins
or glycolipids. It acts as a signal molecule combining with its natural receptors such as …

The glycocalyx and immune evasion in cancer

S Ghasempour, SA Freeman - The FEBS Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In order to establish malignant lesions, tumors must first evade their detection by immune
cells. Tumors achieve this by embellishing and tailoring their glycocalyx, a network of …

Influenza D virus utilizes both 9-O-acetylated N-acetylneuraminic and 9-O-acetylated N-glycolylneuraminic acids as functional entry receptors

T Uprety, J Yu, A Nogales, A Naveed, H Yu… - Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Influenza D virus (IDV) utilizes bovines as a primary reservoir with periodical spillover to
other hosts. We have previously demonstrated that IDV binds both 9-O-acetylated N …