Abstract
The surface of bacteria displays diverse carbohydrate structures that may significantly differ among bacteria with the same cell wall architecture and even among strains of a given bacterial species. These structures are often recognized by lectins of the innate immune system for triggering defense responses, although some bacterial pathogens exploit recognition by host lectins for favoring infection. Bacterial microarrays are a useful tool for profiling accessible bacterial surface glycans and for exploring their recognition by innate immune lectins. The use of array-printed bacterial cells enables evaluation of the recognition of the glycan epitopes in their natural presentation, i.e., preserving their real density and accessibility. Glycosylation patterns of bacterial surfaces can be examined by testing the binding to the bacterial arrays of a panel of lectins with known carbohydrate-binding preferences, and the recognition of surface glycans by innate immune lectins can easily be assessed using similar binding assays.
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We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Grant BFU2015-70052-R), the Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities (RTI2018-099985-B-I00), and the CIBER of Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), an initiative from the Spanish Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII).
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Campanero-Rhodes, M.A., Solís, D. (2022). Bacterial Microarrays for Examining Bacterial Glycosignatures and Recognition by Host Lectins. In: Kilcoyne, M., Gerlach, J.Q. (eds) Glycan Microarrays. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2460. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2148-6_9
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