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Preferential Lectin Binding of Cancer Cells upon Sialic Acid Treatment Under Nutrient Deprivation

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The terminal monosaccharide of glycoconjugates on a eukaryotic cell surface is typically a sialic acid (Neu5Ac). Increased sialylation usually indicates progression and poor prognosis of most carcinomas. Here, we utilize two human mammary epithelial cell lines, HB4A (breast normal cells) and T47D (breast cancer cells), as a model system to demonstrate differential surface glycans when treated with sialic acid under nutrient deprivation. Under a starved condition, sialic acid treatment of both cells resulted in increased activities of α2→3/6 sialyltransferases as demonstrated by solid phase assay using lectin binding. However, a very strong Maackia amurensis agglutinin I (MAL-I) staining on the membrane of sialic acid-treated T47D cells was observed, indicating an increase of Neu5Acα2→3Gal on the cell surface. To our knowledge, this is a first report showing the utility of lectins, particularly MAL-I, as a means to discriminate between normal and cancer cells after sialic acid treatment under nutrient deprivation. This method is sensitive and allows selective detection of glycan sialylation on a cancer cell surface.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by the grant 0068GF for Scientific Research on Priority Areas Cancer from the Ministry of Science and Education (Science and Technology Program Kazakhstan) to L.B.D. and grants R15ES021079-01 and R41CA141970-01A2 from the National Institute of Health (USA) to C.-Z.L. and H.A., respectively.

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  1. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan

    Haitham A. Badr & Leyla B. Djansugurova

  2. Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute of General Genetics and Cytology, Almaty, 050060, Kazakhstan

    Haitham A. Badr & Leyla B. Djansugurova

  3. Laboratory of Nanobioengineering and Bioelectronics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33174, USA

    Haitham A. Badr & Chen-zhong Li

  4. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44511, Egypt

    Haitham A. Badr & Abdelaleim I. ElSayed

  5. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 21202, USA

    Hafiz Ahmed

  6. Department of Molecular and Applied Biosciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster, London, W1W6UW, UK

    Miriam V. Dwek

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Badr, H.A., ElSayed, A.I., Ahmed, H. et al. Preferential Lectin Binding of Cancer Cells upon Sialic Acid Treatment Under Nutrient Deprivation. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 171, 963–974 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-013-0409-6

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