Exploitation of Glycoarrays -Translation to End-use
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Chemistry
Abstract
Carbohydrates are a large group of compounds consisting of sugars with diverse structures present both inside and on the surface of cells. They fulfil many different roles but it is the way they interact with proteins that determines their effectiveness in a variety of biological events. Each cell contains a wide variety of carbohydrates and the number of possible combinations and interactions with proteins and with other carbohydrates is enormous. These interactions are known to have a major effect on tumour growth, infectious diseases, inflammation, neurodegeneration, wound healing and tissue engineering. For example, it is now known that one of the factors influencing whether or not the influenza virus invades humans or birds is due to a very small difference in the structure of one of the sugar molecules on the surface of epithelial cells in the lungs and respiratory tract. Cancer is associated with changes of the sugar molecules attached to some proteins on the cell surface; tracking such changes may therefore be useful for diagnosing cancer and to provide a solution for specifically targeting drugs at cancerous cells. These examples indicate the complexity of the field of glycomics and the need for rapid progress. During the past four years, a consortium of scientists from the UK has developed technology to measure the interactions between carbohydrates and proteins that happen in cells, tissues or organisms (a field called 'glycomics'). This technology is centered around arrays which contain the natural carbohydrates that one might find in a biological system. The arrays are created by printing tiny dots of the carbohydrates of interest onto a support such as a glass slide, exposing them to carbohydrate binding proteins (CBPs) and finally observing and analysing the interactions. The present proposal aims to apply this technology to important biological problems. For example, we will investigate the binding of carbohydrates to protein components of the human immune system, to viruses and bacteria and to enzymes that are linked to disease states such as congenital muscular dystrophy. We will also investigate possible routes of application and commercialisation of the technology in healthcare.
Organisations
Publications
Liu Y
(2018)
Insights Into Glucan Polysaccharide Recognition Using Glucooligosaccharide Microarrays With Oxime-Linked Neoglycolipid Probes.
in Methods in enzymology
Liu Y
(2012)
Neoglycolipid-based oligosaccharide microarray system: preparation of NGLs and their noncovalent immobilization on nitrocellulose-coated glass slides for microarray analyses.
in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
Liu Y
(2018)
Insights Into Glucan Polysaccharide Recognition Using Glucooligosaccharide Microarrays With Oxime-Linked Neoglycolipid Probes.
in Methods in enzymology
Liu Y
(2010)
Neoglycolipid (NGL)-based oligosaccharide microarrays and highlights of their recent applications in studies of the molecular basis of pathogen-host interactions.
in Biochemical Society transactions
Marchant J
(2012)
Galactose recognition by the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii.
in The Journal of biological chemistry
Mouquet H
(2012)
Complex-type N-glycan recognition by potent broadly neutralizing HIV antibodies.
in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Møllegaard K
(2011)
The interactions of calreticulin with immunoglobulin G and immunoglobulin Y
in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics
Neu U
(2013)
A structure-guided mutation in the major capsid protein retargets BK polyomavirus.
in PLoS pathogens
Neu U
(2013)
Structures of B-lymphotropic polyomavirus VP1 in complex with oligosaccharide ligands.
in PLoS pathogens
Neu U
(2010)
Structure-function analysis of the human JC polyomavirus establishes the LSTc pentasaccharide as a functional receptor motif.
in Cell host & microbe
Description | Gained further understanding using the technology of how carbohydrates interact with proteins in a variety of biological events. |
Exploitation Route | Use of the technology to study how carbohydrates interact with proteins. |
Sectors | Chemicals Healthcare Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
Description | This research resulted in further development of technology that has a wide range of applications in healthcare in particular diagnostics and drug discovery. |
First Year Of Impact | 2011 |
Sector | Chemicals,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
Impact Types | Societal Economic |
Description | BBSRC Grouped |
Amount | £470,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | BB/1004343/1 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | BBSRC Grouped |
Amount | £470,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | BB/1004343/1 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | Commission of the European Communities |
Amount | £4,547,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 259869 |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start |
Description | Commission of the European Communities |
Amount | £4,547,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 259869 |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start |
Description | EPSRC |
Amount | £200,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/I016716/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | EPSRC |
Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 109 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | EPSRC |
Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 109 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | Plant Bioscience Limited |
Amount | £28,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Plant Bioscience Limited Technology |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | Plant Bioscience Limited |
Amount | £28,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Plant Bioscience Limited Technology |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | University of East Anglia |
Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of East Anglia |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | Wellcome Trust, The |
Amount | £150,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | WT093378MA |
Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |