Marine Lectins and Lectin-like Proteins as Promising Molecules Targeting Aberrant Glycosylation Signatures in Human Brain Tumors

Glycosylation is a ubiquitous and the most structurally diverse post-translational modification of proteins. High levels of phenotypic heterogeneity in brain tumors affect the biosynthetic pathway of glycosylation machinery, resulting in aberrant glycosylation patterns. Traditionally, unique glycoco...

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Main Authors: Ivan Buriak, Vadim Kumeiko
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-11-01
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description Glycosylation is a ubiquitous and the most structurally diverse post-translational modification of proteins. High levels of phenotypic heterogeneity in brain tumors affect the biosynthetic pathway of glycosylation machinery, resulting in aberrant glycosylation patterns. Traditionally, unique glycocode readers, carbohydrate-binding proteins, have been used to identify differentially expressed carbohydrate determinants associated with the tumor cell surface. However, identifying novel distinctive glycosylation signatures in brain tumors requires the timely development of molecular tools capable of targeting them. We classified marine-derived lectins and lectin-like molecules according to their ability to cover aberrant glycosylation patterns in brain tumors to encourage exploration of the potential of these molecules for precision diagnostics and personalized therapy.
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spelling doaj-art-bc5a1fe909ca43c3be3af87f797602d62024-12-27T14:37:33ZengMDPI AGMarine Drugs1660-33972024-11-01221252710.3390/md22120527Marine Lectins and Lectin-like Proteins as Promising Molecules Targeting Aberrant Glycosylation Signatures in Human Brain TumorsIvan Buriak0Vadim Kumeiko1School of Medicine and Life Sciences, Far Eastern Federal University, 690922 Vladivostok, RussiaSchool of Medicine and Life Sciences, Far Eastern Federal University, 690922 Vladivostok, RussiaGlycosylation is a ubiquitous and the most structurally diverse post-translational modification of proteins. High levels of phenotypic heterogeneity in brain tumors affect the biosynthetic pathway of glycosylation machinery, resulting in aberrant glycosylation patterns. Traditionally, unique glycocode readers, carbohydrate-binding proteins, have been used to identify differentially expressed carbohydrate determinants associated with the tumor cell surface. However, identifying novel distinctive glycosylation signatures in brain tumors requires the timely development of molecular tools capable of targeting them. We classified marine-derived lectins and lectin-like molecules according to their ability to cover aberrant glycosylation patterns in brain tumors to encourage exploration of the potential of these molecules for precision diagnostics and personalized therapy.https://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/22/12/527bivalvecancergliomadiagnosticslectinC1qDC
spellingShingle Ivan Buriak
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Marine Lectins and Lectin-like Proteins as Promising Molecules Targeting Aberrant Glycosylation Signatures in Human Brain Tumors
Marine Drugs
bivalve
cancer
glioma
diagnostics
lectin
C1qDC
title Marine Lectins and Lectin-like Proteins as Promising Molecules Targeting Aberrant Glycosylation Signatures in Human Brain Tumors
title_full Marine Lectins and Lectin-like Proteins as Promising Molecules Targeting Aberrant Glycosylation Signatures in Human Brain Tumors
title_fullStr Marine Lectins and Lectin-like Proteins as Promising Molecules Targeting Aberrant Glycosylation Signatures in Human Brain Tumors
title_full_unstemmed Marine Lectins and Lectin-like Proteins as Promising Molecules Targeting Aberrant Glycosylation Signatures in Human Brain Tumors
title_short Marine Lectins and Lectin-like Proteins as Promising Molecules Targeting Aberrant Glycosylation Signatures in Human Brain Tumors
title_sort marine lectins and lectin like proteins as promising molecules targeting aberrant glycosylation signatures in human brain tumors
topic bivalve
cancer
glioma
diagnostics
lectin
C1qDC
url https://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/22/12/527
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