Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry, W. A. Bernbaum Center for Cystic Fibrosis Research, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Glycobiology. 2018 Jul 1;28(7):437-442. doi: 10.1093/glycob/cwy032.
The mucin-type O-glycome in cancer aberrantly expresses the truncated glycans Tn (GalNAcα1-Ser/Thr) and STn (Neu5Acα2,6GalNAcα1-Ser/Thr). However, the role of Tn and STn in cancer and other diseases is not well understood. Our recent discovery of the self-binding properties (carbohydrate-carbohydrate interactions, CCIs) of Tn (Tn-Tn) and STn (STn-STn) provides a model for their possible roles in cellular transformation. We also review evidence that Tn and STn are members of a larger family of glycan tumor antigens that possess CCIs, which may participate in oncogenesis.
癌症中的黏蛋白型 O-聚糖异常表达截断聚糖 Tn(GalNAcα1-Ser/Thr)和 STn(Neu5Acα2,6GalNAcα1-Ser/Thr)。然而,Tn 和 STn 在癌症和其他疾病中的作用尚未完全了解。我们最近发现 Tn(Tn-Tn)和 STn(STn-STn)的自结合特性(碳水化合物-碳水化合物相互作用,CCIs)为它们在细胞转化中的可能作用提供了模型。我们还回顾了证据表明 Tn 和 STn 是具有 CCIs 的更大糖抗原肿瘤抗原家族的成员,它们可能参与肿瘤发生。