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CA-125 of fetal origin can act as a ligand for dendritic cell-specific ICAM-3-grabbing non-integrin

Overview of attention for article published in Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters, April 2014
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Title
CA-125 of fetal origin can act as a ligand for dendritic cell-specific ICAM-3-grabbing non-integrin
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Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters, April 2014
DOI 10.2478/s11658-014-0194-4
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Ninoslav Mitić, Bojana Milutinović, Miroslava Janković

Abstract

CA-125 (coelomic epithelium-related antigen) forms the extracellular portion of transmembrane mucin 16 (MUC16). It is shed after proteolytic degradation. Due to structural heterogeneity, CA-125 ligand capacity and biological roles are not yet understood. In this study, we assessed CA-125 as a ligand for dendritic cell-specific ICAM-3-grabbing non-integrin (DC-SIGN), which is a C-type lectin showing specificity for mannosylated and fucosylated structures. It plays a role as a pattern recognition molecule for viral and bacterial glycans or as an adhesion receptor. We probed a human DC-SIGN-Fc chimera with CA-125 of fetal or cancer origin using solid- or fluid-phase binding and inhibition assays. The results showed that DC-SIGN binds to CA-125 of fetal origin and that this interaction is carbohydrate-dependent. By contrast, cancerderived CA-125 displayed negligible binding. Inhibition assays indicated differences in the potency of CA-125 to interfere with DC-SIGN binding to pathogen-related glycoconjugates, such as mannan and Helicobacter pylori antigens. The differences in ligand properties between CA-125 of fetal and cancer origin may be due to specificities of glycosylation. This might influence various functions of dendritic cells based on their subset diversity and maturation-related functional capacity.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 7 70%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 20%
Unknown 1 10%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 40%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 20%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 10%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 10%
Unknown 2 20%
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#17,285,668
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