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A MUC1 tandem repeat reporter protein produced in CHO-K1 cells has sialylated core 1 O-glycans and becomes more densely glycosylated if coexpressed with polypeptide-GalNAc-T4 transferase
- Source :
- Glycobiology. 15(2)
- Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- A recombinant mucin O-glycosylation reporter protein, containing 1.7 tandem repeats (TRs) from the transmembrane mucin MUC1, was constructed. The reporter protein, MUC1(1.7TR)-IgG2a, was produced in CHO-K1 cells to study the glycosylation of the MUC1 TR and the in vivo role of polypeptide-GalNAc-T4 glycosyltransferase. N-terminal sequencing of MUC1(1.7TR)-IgG2a showed that all five potential O-glycosylation sites within the TR were used, with an average density of 4.5 glycans per repeat. The least occupied site was Thr in the PDTR motif, where 75% of the molecules were glycosylated, compared to 88-97% at the other sites. This glycan density was confirmed by an alternative liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) based approach. The O-linked oligosaccharides were released from MUC1(1.7TR)-IgG2a and analyzed by nano-LC-MS and LC-MS/MS. Four oligosaccharides were present, NeuAcalpha2-3Galbeta1-3GalNAcol, NeuAcalpha2-3Galbeta1-3(NeuAcalpha2-6)GalNAcol, Galbeta1-3(NeuAcalpha2-6)GalNAcol, and Galbeta1-3GalNAcol, the two first being most abundant. Coexpression of the human polypeptide-GalNAc-T4 transferase with MUC1(1.7TR)-IgG2a increased the glycan occupancy at Thr in PDTR, Ser in VTSA, and Ser in GSTA, supporting the function of GalNAc-T4 proposed from previous in vitro studies. The expression of GalNAc-T4 with a mutation in the first lectin domain (alpha) had no glycosylation effect on PDTR and GSTA but surprisingly gave a dominant negative effect with a decreased glycosylation to around 50% at the Ser in VTSA. The results show that introduction of glycosyltransferases can specifically alter the sites for O-glycosylation in vivo.
- Subjects :
- Glycan
Glycosylation
Gene Expression
Biology
Biochemistry
chemistry.chemical_compound
Tandem repeat
Genes, Reporter
Cricetinae
Glycosyltransferase
Transferase
Animals
MUC1
Mucin
Mucin-1
Molecular biology
Transmembrane protein
N-Acetylneuraminic Acid
carbohydrates (lipids)
chemistry
COS Cells
biology.protein
N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferases
lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09596658
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Glycobiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....47b1f76b8249d0998a49bb4b07066d85