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2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (18) ◽  
pp. 10002
Author(s):  
Johanna Detzner ◽  
Charlotte Püttmann ◽  
Gottfried Pohlentz ◽  
Hans-Ulrich Humpf ◽  
Alexander Mellmann ◽  
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Shiga toxin (Stx) is released by enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) into the human intestinal lumen and transferred across the colon epithelium to the circulation. Stx-mediated damage of human kidney and brain endothelial cells and renal epithelial cells is a renowned feature, while the sensitivity of the human colon epithelium towards Stx and the decoration with the Stx receptor glycosphingolipids (GSLs) globotriaosylceramide (Gb3Cer, Galα1-4Galβ1-4Glcβ1-1Cer) and globotetraosylceramide (Gb4Cer, GalNAcβ1-3Galα1-4Galβ1-4Glcβ1-1Cer) is a matter of debate. Structural analysis of the globo-series GSLs of serum-free cultivated primary human colon epithelial cells (pHCoEpiCs) revealed Gb4Cer as the major neutral GSL with Cer (d18:1, C16:0), Cer (d18:1, C22:1/C22:0) and Cer (d18:1, C24:2/C24:1) accompanied by minor Gb3Cer with Cer (d18:1, C16:0) and Cer (d18:1, C24:1) as the dominant lipoforms. Gb3Cer and Gb4Cer co-distributed with cholesterol and sphingomyelin to detergent-resistant membranes (DRMs) used as microdomain analogs. Exposure to increasing Stx concentrations indicated only a slight cell-damaging effect at the highest toxin concentration of 1 µg/mL for Stx1a and Stx2a, whereas a significant effect was detected for Stx2e. Considerable Stx refractiveness of pHCoEpiCs that correlated with the rather low cellular content of the high-affinity Stx-receptor Gb3Cer renders the human colon epithelium questionable as a major target of Stx1a and Stx2a.


Author(s):  
Kazunori Hamamura ◽  
Kosuke Hamajima ◽  
Yoshitaka Mishima ◽  
Koichi Furukawa ◽  
Ken Miyazawa ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (24) ◽  
pp. 6187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sachi Asano ◽  
Rita Pal ◽  
Hide-Nori Tanaka ◽  
Akihiro Imamura ◽  
Hideharu Ishida ◽  
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Glycosphingolipids (GSLs), such as the globo-series GSLs stage-specific embryonic antigen 3 (SSEA-3), SSEA-4, and Globo-H, are specifically expressed on pluripotent stem cells and cancer cells, and are known to be associated with various biological processes such as cell recognition, cell adhesion, and signal transduction. However, the behavior and biological roles of these GSLs are still unclear. In our previous study, we observed the interactions between the lipid raft and GSLs in real-time using single-molecule imaging, where we successfully synthesized various fluorescent analogs of GSLs (e.g., GM1 and GM3). Here, we have developed fluorescent analogs of SSEA-3, SSEA-4, and Globo-H using chemical synthesis. The biophysical properties of these analogs as raft markers were examined by partitioning giant plasma membrane vesicles from RBL-2H3 cells into detergent-resistant membrane fractions and liquid-ordered/liquid-disordered phases. The results indicated that the analogs were equivalent to native-type GSLs. The analogs could be used to observe the behavior of globo-series GSLs for detailing the structure and biological roles of lipid rafts and GSL-enriched nanodomains during cell differentiation and cell malignancy.


2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (18) ◽  
pp. 4619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazunori Hamamura ◽  
Kosuke Hamajima ◽  
Shoyoku Yo ◽  
Yoshitaka Mishima ◽  
Koichi Furukawa ◽  
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Glycosphingolipids are known to play a role in developing and maintaining the integrity of various organs and tissues. Among glycosphingolipids, there are several reports on the involvement of gangliosides in bone metabolism. However, there have been no reports on the presence or absence of expression of globo-series glycosphingolipids in osteoblasts and osteoclasts, and the involvement of their glycosphingolipids in bone metabolism. In the present study, we investigated the presence or absence of globo-series glycosphingolipids such as Gb3 (globotriaosylceramide), Gb4 (globoside), and Gb5 (galactosyl globoside) in osteoblasts and osteoclasts, and the effects of genetic deletion of Gb3 synthase, which initiates the synthesis of globo-series glycosphingolipids on bone metabolism. Among Gb3, Gb4, and Gb5, only Gb4 was expressed in osteoblasts. However, these glycosphingolipids were not expressed in pre-osteoclasts and osteoclasts. Three-dimensional micro-computed tomography (3D-μCT) analysis revealed that femoral cancellous bone mass in Gb3 synthase-knockout (Gb3S KO) mice was lower than that in wild type (WT) mice. Calcein double labeling also revealed that bone formation in Gb3S KO mice was significantly lower than that in WT mice. Consistent with these results, the deficiency of Gb3 synthase in mice decreased the number of osteoblasts on the bone surface, and suppressed mRNA levels of osteogenic differentiation markers. On the other hand, osteoclast numbers on the bone surface and mRNA levels of osteoclast differentiation markers in Gb3S KO mice did not differ from WT mice. This study demonstrated that deletion of Gb3 synthase in mice decreases bone mass via attenuation of bone formation.


2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (33) ◽  
pp. 11273-11278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pei‐Jhen Li ◽  
Szu‐Yu Huang ◽  
Pei‐Yun Chiang ◽  
Chen‐Yo Fan ◽  
Li‐Jhen Guo ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pei‐Jhen Li ◽  
Szu‐Yu Huang ◽  
Pei‐Yun Chiang ◽  
Chen‐Yo Fan ◽  
Li‐Jhen Guo ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 116 (9) ◽  
pp. 3518-3523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Po-Kai Chuang ◽  
Michael Hsiao ◽  
Tsui-Ling Hsu ◽  
Chuan-Fa Chang ◽  
Chung-Yi Wu ◽  
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The globo-series glycosphingolipids (GSLs) SSEA3, SSEA4, and Globo-H specifically expressed on cancer cells are found to correlate with tumor progression and metastasis, but the functional roles of these GSLs and the key enzyme β1,3-galactosyltransferase V (β3GalT5) that converts Gb4 to SSEA3 remain largely unclear. Here we show that the expression of β3GalT5 significantly correlates with tumor progression and poor survival in patients, and the globo-series GSLs in breast cancer cells form a complex in membrane lipid raft with caveolin-1 (CAV1) and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) which then interact with AKT and receptor-interacting protein kinase (RIP), respectively. Knockdown of β3GalT5 disrupts the complex and induces apoptosis through dissociation of RIP from the complex to interact with the Fas death domain (FADD) and trigger the Fas-dependent pathway. This finding provides a link between SSEA3/SSEA4/Globo-H and the FAK/CAV1/AKT/RIP complex in tumor progression and apoptosis and suggests a direction for the treatment of breast cancer, as demonstrated by the combined use of antibodies against Globo-H and SSEA4.


Glycobiology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 260-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takahiro Nitta ◽  
Hirotaka Kanoh ◽  
Kei-ichiro Inamori ◽  
Akemi Suzuki ◽  
Tomoko Takahashi ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
W.Y. Qin ◽  
L.N. Gan ◽  
R.W. Xia ◽  
W.H. Dong ◽  
S.Y. Sun ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 428-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. H. Dong ◽  
C. H. Dai ◽  
L. Sun ◽  
J. Wang ◽  
S. Y. Sun ◽  
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