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ArticleJournal of biochemistry2021

Bisecting-GlcNAc on Asn388 is characteristic to ERC/mesothelin expressed on epithelioid mesothelioma cells.

Haruhiko Fujihira, Daisuke Takakura, Atsushi Matsuda, Masaaki Abe, Michiyo Miyazaki, Tomomi Nakagawa, Kazunori Kajino, Kaori Denda-Nagai, Miki Noji, Okio Hino and 1 more

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Article in Journal of biochemistry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Glycan Fingerprint of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Haruhiko FujihiraDivision of Glycobiologics, Intractable Disease Research Center, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
Daisuke TakakuraProject for Utilizing Glycans in the Development of Innovative Drug Discovery Technologies, Japan Bioindustry Association (JBA), 2-26-9 Hatchobori, Cho-ku, Tokyo 104-0032, Japan.
Atsushi MatsudaDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8791-3205
Masaaki AbeDepartment of Pathology and Oncology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
Michiyo MiyazakiProject for Utilizing Glycans in the Development of Innovative Drug Discovery Technologies, Japan Bioindustry Association (JBA), 2-26-9 Hatchobori, Cho-ku, Tokyo 104-0032, Japan.
Tomomi NakagawaProject for Utilizing Glycans in the Development of Innovative Drug Discovery Technologies, Japan Bioindustry Association (JBA), 2-26-9 Hatchobori, Cho-ku, Tokyo 104-0032, Japan.
Kazunori KajinoDepartment of Pathology and Oncology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
Kaori Denda-NagaiDivision of Glycobiologics, Intractable Disease Research Center, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
Miki NojiDivision of Glycobiologics, Intractable Disease Research Center, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
Okio HinoDepartment of Pathology and Oncology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
Tatsuro IrimuraDivision of Glycobiologics, Intractable Disease Research Center, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4709-3131
Juntendo University · JPKeio University · JPYokohama City University · JP

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development JP19ae0101026Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research 18K14655Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mesothelioma is a highly aggressive tumour associated with asbestos exposure and is histologically classified into three types: epithelioid-type, sarcomatoid-type and biphasic-type. The prognosis of mesothelioma patients is poor and there is no effective molecular-targeting therapy as yet. ERC/mesothelin is a glycoprotein that is highly expressed on several types of cancers including epithelioid mesothelioma, but also expressed on normal mesothelial cells. This is a predicted reason why there is no clinically approved therapeutic antibody targeting ERC/mesothelin. In the present study, we focussed on the differential glycosylation between ERC/mesothelin present on epithelioid mesothelioma and that on normal mesothelial cells and aimed to reveal a distinct feature of epithelioid mesothelioma cells. Lectin microarray analysis of ERC/mesothelin using cells and patient specimens showed significantly stronger binding of PHA-E4 lectin, which recognizes complex-type N-glycans having a so-called bisecting-GlcNAc structure, to ERC/mesothelin from epithelioid mesothelioma cells than that from normal mesothelial cells. Further, liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis on ERC/mesothelin from epithelioid mesothelioma cells confirmed the presence of a bisecting-GlcNAc attached to Asn388 of ERC/mesothelin. These results suggest that this glycoproteome could serve as a potential target for the generation of a highly selective and safe therapeutic antibody for epithelioid mesothelioma.

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AcetylglucosamineBiomarkers, TumorCell Line, TumorChromatography, LiquidEpithelioid CellsGlycosylationGPI-Linked ProteinsHumansLectinsMass SpectrometryMesothelinMesotheliomaMesothelioma, MalignantProtein Array AnalysisAcetylglucosamineBiomarkers, TumorGPI-Linked ProteinsLectinsMesothelinbisecting-GlcNAcepithelioid mesotheliomaERC/mesothelinglycosylation

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PMID33792699
PMCPMC8510291
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