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- Title
Carbohydrate sulfotransferases: a review of emerging diagnostic and prognostic applications.
- Authors
Begolli, Gramos; Marković, Ivana; Knežević, Jelena; Debeljak, Željko
- Abstract
Carbohydrate sulfotransferases (CHST) catalyse the biosynthesis of proteoglycans that enable physical interactions and signalling between different neighbouring cells in physiological and pathological states. The study aim was to provide an overview of emerging diagnostic and prognostic applications of CHST. PubMed database search was conducted using the keywords "carbohydrate sulfotransferase" together with appropriate inclusion and exclusion criteria, whereby 41 publications were selected. Additionally, 40 records on CHST genetic and biochemical properties were hand-picked from UniProt, GeneCards, InterPro, and neXtProt databases. Carbohydrate sulfotransferases have been applied mainly in diagnostics of connective tissue disorders, cancer and inflammations. The lack of CHST activity was found in congenital connective tissue disorders while CHST overexpression was detected in different malignancies. Mutations of CHST3 gene cause skeletal dysplasia, chondrodysplasia, and autosomal recessive multiple joint dislocations while increased tissue expression of CHST11, CHST12 and CHST15 is an unfavourable prognostic factor in ovarian cancer, glioblastoma and pancreatic cancer, respectively. Recently, CHST11 and CHST15 overexpression in the vascular smooth muscle cells was linked to the severe lung pathology in COVID-19 patients. Promising CHST diagnostic and prognostic applications have been described but larger clinical studies and robust analytical procedures are required for the more reliable diagnostic performance estimations.
- Subjects
RECESSIVE genes; SULFOTRANSFERASES; CARBOHYDRATES; PANCREATIC intraepithelial neoplasia; VASCULAR smooth muscle; SKELETAL dysplasia; CONNECTIVE tissues; OVARIAN cancer
- Publication
Biochemia Medica, 2023, Vol 33, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
1330-0962
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11613/BM.2023.030503