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Avian influenza H5 hemagglutinin binds with high avidity to sialic acid on different O-linked core structures on mucin-type fusion proteins

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Glycoconj J. 2013 Nov 15. [Epub ahead of print]
Avian influenza H5 hemagglutinin binds with high avidity to sialic acid on different O-linked core structures on mucin-type fusion proteins.
Gaunitz S, Liu J, Nilsson A, Karlsson N, Holgersson J.
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Division of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden, stefan.gaunitz@ki.se.
Abstract

The interaction between P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1/mouse IgG2b (PSGL-1/mIgG2b) fusion protein carrying multiple copies of the influenza hemagglutinin receptor Siaα2-3Gal on different O-glycan chains and recombinant human influenza H5N1 A/Vietnam/1203/04 hemagglutinin was investigated with a Biacore biosensor. The fusion protein was produced by stable cell lines in large scale cultures and purified with affinity- and gel filtration chromatography. The C-P55 and 293-P cell lines were established by transfecting the Chinese hamster ovary (CHO)-K1 and Human embryonic kidney (HEK)-293 cell lines with plasmids encoding the PSGL-1/mIgG2b fusion protein, while the C-PSLex cell line was engineered by transfecting CHO-K1 cells with the plasmids encoding the core 2 β1,6GnT-I and FUT-VII glycosyltransferases. Glycosylation was characterized by lectin Western blotting of the proteins and liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry of released non-derivatized O-glycans. Biacore experiments revealed that PSGL-1/mIgG2b is a good binding partner of H5. The binding curves displayed a slow dissociation indicating a multivalent binding. The H5 hemagglutinin binds with similar strength to PSGL-1/mIgG2b carrying mostly sialylated core 1 (clone C-P55), a mix of sialylated core 1 and sialylated lactosamine (clone 293-P) or mainly sialylated lactosamine (clone C-PSLex) O-glycans, indicating that this hemagglutinin is unable to discriminate between these structures. The potential use of the large, flexible PSGL-1/mIgG2b mucin-type fusion protein carrying Siaα2-3Gal as a multivalent inhibitor of influenza virus is discussed.

PMID:
24233973
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24233973
 
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