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ArticleBeilstein journal of organic chemistry2014

Multivalent scaffolds induce galectin-3 aggregation into nanoparticles.

Candace K Goodman, Mark L Wolfenden, Pratima Nangia-Makker, Anna K Michel, Avraham Raz, Mary J Cloninger

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Article in Beilstein journal of organic chemistry, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Candace K GoodmanDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA.
Mark L WolfendenDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA.
Pratima Nangia-MakkerDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA ; The Departments of Oncology and Pathology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, 110 East Warren Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA.
Anna K MichelDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA.
Avraham RazDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA ; The Departments of Oncology and Pathology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, 110 East Warren Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA.
Mary J CloningerDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA.
Montana State University · US

Funding

Using Dendrimers to Design Multivalent Therapeutic AgentsR01GM062444 · NIGMS · MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY - BOZEMAN · PI CLONINGER, MARY J · 2001 to 2015
$3.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM062444
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Galectin-3 meditates cell surface glycoprotein clustering, cross linking, and lattice formation. In cancer biology, galectin-3 has been reported to play a role in aggregation processes that lead to tumor embolization and survival. Here, we show that lactose-functionalized dendrimers interact with galectin-3 in a multivalent fashion to form aggregates. The glycodendrimer-galectin aggregates were characterized by dynamic light scattering and fluorescence microscopy methodologies and were found to be discrete particles that increased in size as the dendrimer generation was increased. These results show that nucleated aggregation of galectin-3 can be regulated by the nucleating polymer and provide insights that improve the general understanding of the binding and function of sugar-binding proteins.

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dendrimersgalectin-3glycodendrimersmultivalencymultivalent glycosylationprotein aggregation

Identifiers

PMID25161713
PMCPMC4142985
OpenAlexW2127716379

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