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- Title
Accumulation of Unusual Gangliosides G<sub>Q3</sub> and G<sub>P3</sub> in Breast Cancer Cells Expressing the G<sub>D3</sub> Synthase.
- Authors
Steenackers, Agata; Vanbeselaere, Jorick; Cazet, Aurélie; Bobowski, Marie; Rombouts, Yoann; Colomb, Florent; Le Bourhis, Xuefen; Guérardel, Yann; Delannoy, Philippe
- Abstract
Glycosphingolipids from the ganglio-series are usually classified in four series according to the presence of 0 to 3 sialic acid residues linked to lactosylceramide. The transfer of sialic acid is catalyzed in the Golgi apparatus by specific sialyltransferases that show high specificity toward glycolipid substrates. ST8Sia I (EC 2.4.99.8, SAT-II, SIAT 8a) is the key enzyme controlling the biosynthesis of b- and c-series gangliosides. ST8Sia I is expressed at early developmental stages whereas in adult human tissues, ST8Sia I transcripts are essentially detected in brain. ST8Sia I together with b- and c-series gangliosides are also over-expressed in neuroectoderm-derived malignant tumors such as melanoma, glioblastoma, neuroblastoma and in estrogen receptor (ER) negative breast cancer, where they play a role in cell proliferation, migration, adhesion and angiogenesis. We have stably expressed ST8Sia I in MCF-7 breast cancer cells and analyzed the glycosphingolipid composition of wild type (WT) and GD3S+ clones. As shown by mass spectrometry, MCF-7 expressed a complex pattern of neutral and sialylated glycosphingolipids from globo- and ganglio-series. WT MCF-7 cells exhibited classical monosialylated gangliosides including GM3, GM2, and GM1a. In parallel, the expression of ST8Sia I in MCF-7 GD3S+ clones resulted in a dramatic change in ganglioside composition, with the expression of b- and c-series gangliosides as well as unusual tetra- and pentasialylated lactosylceramide derivatives GQ3 (II3Neu5Ac4-Gg2Cer) and GP3 (II3Neu5Ac5-Gg2Cer). This indicates that ST8Sia I is able to act as an oligosialyltransferase in a cellular context.
- Subjects
GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; GANGLIOSIDES; SIALIC acids; LACTOSYLCERAMIDE; CANCER cells; CELL proliferation; BREAST cancer
- Publication
Molecules, 2012, Vol 17, Issue 8, p9559
- ISSN
1420-3049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/molecules17089559