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12754287

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-5-19
pubmed:abstractText
Mucin O-glycosylation in cancer is characterized by aberrant expression of immature carbohydrate structures leading to exposure of simple mucin-type carbohydrate antigens and peptide epitopes. Glycosyltransferases controlling the initial steps of mucin O-glycosylation are responsible for the altered glycosylation observed in cancer. We studied the expression in gastric cell lines of six UDP-GalNAc:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferases (GalNAc-T1, T2, T3, T4, T6, T11) that catalyze the initial key step in the regulation of mucin O-glycosylation, the transfer of GalNAc from UDP-GalNAc to serine and threonine residues. We also studied the expression of ST6GalNAc-I, the enzyme responsible for the synthesis of Sialyl-Tn antigen (NeuAcalpha2,6GalNAc) and the ST3Gal-I, the enzyme responsible for the synthesis of Sialyl-T antigen (NeuAcalpha2,3Galbeta1,3GalNAc). This study was done using specific monoclonal antibodies, enzymatic assays, and RT-PCR. Our results showed that GalNAc-T1, -T2, and -T3 have an ubiquitous expression in all gastric cell lines, whereas GalNAc-T4, -T6, and -T11 show a restricted expression pattern. The immunoreactivity with MAb VU-2-G7 suggests that, apart from GalNAc-T4, another GalNAc transferase is involved in the glycosylation of the Thr in the PDTR region of the MUC1 tandem repeat. The expression of ST3Gal-I correlates with the expression of the Sialyl-T antigen in gastric cell lines and in the control cell lines studied. The expression of ST6GalNAc-I is low in gastric cell lines, in accordance with the low/absent expression of the Sialyl-Tn antigen.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0022-1554
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
761-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Polypeptide GalNAc-transferases, ST6GalNAc-transferase I, and ST3Gal-transferase I expression in gastric carcinoma cell lines.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't