ArticleJournal of translational medicine2023
Novel heavily fucosylated glycans as a promising therapeutic target in colorectal cancer.
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- Intestinal Fucosylation: A Key Regulatory Hub in Homeostasis and Disease Pathogenesis.Biomolecules · 2026Review
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- Prognostically Significant Glycan Profiles of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Identified by Integrated Glycome-Methylome Analysis.Pathology international · 2026Article
- Screening of glycan biomarkers for early detection of colorectal cancer based on novel isotope labeling relative quantitative method.Journal of pharmaceutical analysis · 2025Article
- Fucosylation in digestive inflammatory diseases and cancers: From mechanical studies to clinical translation.Genes & diseases · 2025Review
- Repurposing CDP-Tyvelose 2‑Epimerase Enables a GDP-Fucose-Based Fucosylation Pathway Starting from Sucrose.JACS Au · 2025Article
- N-Linked Fucosylated Glycans Are Biomarkers for Prostate Cancer with a Neuroendocrine and Metastatic Phenotype.Molecular cancer research : MCR · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundColorectal cancer (CRC) is highly prevalent and lethal globally, and its prognosis remains unsatisfactory. Drug resistance is regarded as the main cause of treatment failure leading to tumor recurrence and metastasis. The overexpression of fucosylated epitopes, which are usually modifications of glycoproteins, was reported to occur in various epithelial cancers. However, the effects of treatments that target these antigens in colorectal cancer remain unclear.
methodsThis study investigated the expression of heavily fucosylated glycans (HFGs) in 30 clinical samples from patients with CRC and other normal human tissues. The complement-dependent cytotoxicity was explored in vitro through treatment with anti-HFG monoclonal antibody (mAb) alone or in combination with chemotherapeutic agents. In vivo inhibitory effects were also examined using a xenograft mouse model.
resultsImmunohistochemistry staining and western blotting revealed that HFG expression was higher in human colorectal cancer tissues than in normal tissues. In DLD-1 and SW1116 cells, which overexpress fucosylated epitopes, anti-HFG mAb produced observable cytotoxic effects, especially when it was combined with chemotherapeutic agents. The xenograft model also demonstrated that anti-HFG mAb had potent and dose-dependent inhibitory effects on colorectal tumor growth.
conclusionsAs a novel cancer antigen, HFGs are a promising treatment target, and the implementation of anti-HFG mAb treatment for CRC warrants further investigation.
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