Liu Tianhua, Shang Shuxin, Li Wei, Qin Xue, Sun Lu, Zhang Shu, Liu Yinkun
Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion, Ministry of Education, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan UniversityShanghai, China.
Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan UniversityShanghai, China.
Front Physiol. 2017 Jul 7;8:472. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00472. eCollection 2017.
Hepatocelluar carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignant tumors with high incidence of metastasis. Glycosylation is involved in fundamental molecular and cell biology process occurring in cancer including metastasis formation. In this study, lectin microarray, lectin blotting, lectin affinity chromatography and tandem O stable isotope labeling coupled with liquid chromatography-mass spectrometer (LC-MS) analysis were applied to quantify the changes in N-glycosite occupancy for HCC metastasis serum. Firstly, lectin microarray was used to screen glycoforms and Phaseolus vulgaris Leucoagglutinin (PHA-L) reactive structure (β1,6-GlcNAc branched N-glycan) was found to be increased significantly in HCC patients with metastasis compared with those with non-metastasis. Then, PHA-L affinity glycoproteins were enriched followed by N-glycosite occupancy measurement with strategy of tandem O stable isotope labeling. 11 glycoproteins with significantly changed N-glycosite occupancy were identified, they were associated with cell migration, invasion and adhesion through p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathway and nuclear factor kappa B signaling pathway. Quantification of N-glycosite occupancy for PHA-L reactive glycoproteins could help to discover important glycoproteins of potential clinically significance in terms of HCC etiology. Also, understanding of N-glycosite occupancy alterations will aid the characterization of molecular mechanism of HCC metastasis as well as establishment of novel glycobiomarkers.
肝细胞癌(HCC)是最常见的恶性肿瘤之一,转移发生率高。糖基化参与了癌症发生过程中的基本分子和细胞生物学过程,包括转移的形成。在本研究中,应用凝集素微阵列、凝集素印迹、凝集素亲和色谱以及串联O稳定同位素标记结合液相色谱-质谱仪(LC-MS)分析来定量HCC转移血清中N-糖基化位点占有率的变化。首先,使用凝集素微阵列筛选糖型,发现与无转移的HCC患者相比,有转移的HCC患者中菜豆白细胞凝集素(PHA-L)反应性结构(β1,6-连接的N-乙酰葡糖胺分支N-聚糖)显著增加。然后,富集PHA-L亲和糖蛋白,随后采用串联O稳定同位素标记策略测量N-糖基化位点占有率。鉴定出11种N-糖基化位点占有率有显著变化的糖蛋白,它们通过p38丝裂原活化蛋白激酶信号通路和核因子κB信号通路与细胞迁移、侵袭和黏附相关。对PHA-L反应性糖蛋白的N-糖基化位点占有率进行定量有助于发现HCC病因学方面具有潜在临床意义的重要糖蛋白。此外,了解N-糖基化位点占有率的改变将有助于表征HCC转移的分子机制以及建立新的糖生物标志物。