Mapping Glycan-mediated Galectin-3 Interactions by Live Cell Proximity Labeling

Overview

Journal Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Specialty Science

Date 2020 Oct 17

PMID 33067390

Citations 29

Authors

Eugene Joeh

Timothy OLeary

Weichao Li

Richard Hawkins

Jonathan R Hung

Christopher G Parker

Mia L Huang

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Abstract

Galectin-3 is a glycan-binding protein (GBP) that binds β-galactoside glycan structures to orchestrate a variety of important biological events, including the activation of hepatic stellate cells and regulation of immune responses. While the requisite glycan epitopes needed to bind galectin-3 have long been elucidated, the cellular glycoproteins that bear these glycan signatures remain unknown. Given the importance of the three-dimensional (3D) arrangement of glycans in dictating GBP interactions, strategies that allow the identification of GBP receptors in live cells, where the native glycan presentation and glycoprotein expression are preserved, have significant advantages over static and artificial systems. Here we describe the integration of a proximity labeling method and quantitative mass spectrometry to map the glycan and glycoprotein interactors for galectin-3 in live human hepatic stellate cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Understanding the identity of the glycoproteins and defining the structures of the glycans will empower efforts to design and develop selective therapeutics to mitigate galectin-3-mediated biological events.

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