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Variant size- and glycoforms of the scavenger receptor cysteine-rich protein gp-340 with differential bacterial aggregation

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Glycoprotein gp-340 aggregates bacteria in saliva as part of innate defence at mucosal surfaces. We have detected size- and glycoforms of gp-340 between human saliva samples (n = 7) and lung gp-340 from a proteinosis patient using antibodies and lectins in Western blots and ELISA measurements. Western blots of saliva samples, and of gp-340 purified, from the seven donors using a gp-340 specific antibody distinguished four gp-340 size variants, designated I to IV (n = 2,2,2 and 1). While saliva gp-340 variants I to III had single bands of increasing sizes, variant IV and lung gp-340 had double bands. Purified I to IV proteins all revealed a N-terminal sequence TGGWIP upon Edman degradation. Moreover, purified gp-340 from the seven donors and lung gp-340 shared N-glycans, sialylated Galβ1-3GalNAc and (poly)lactosamine structures. However, the larger size gp-340 grouping II/III (n = 4) and smaller size grouping I/IV correlated with a secretor, Se(+), and a non secretor, Se(−), dependent glycoform of gp-340, respectively (p = 0.03). The Se(+) glycoforms contained ABH, Leb, Ley and polylactosamine structures, while the Se(−) glycoforms lacked ABH antigens but expressed Lea, Lex and lactosamine structures. By contrast, lung gp-340 completely lacked ABH, Lea/b, Lex/y or sLex structures. Gp-340 and secretor typing of saliva from additional donors (n = 29) showed gp-340 glycoforms I to IV for 6, 16, 4 and 0 donors, respectively, and 3 non-typeable donors, and verified that gp-340 glycoforms I and II/III correlate with Se(−) and Se(+) phenotypes, respectively (p < 0.0001). The glycoforms of saliva and lung gp-340 mediated differential aggregation of Leb- (Helicobacter pylori), sialylpolylactosamine- (Streptococcus suis) or sialic acid- (Streptococcus mutans) binding bacteria. In conclusion, variant size- and glycoforms of gp-340 are expressed by different individuals and may modulate the biological properties of gp-340 pertinent to health and disease.

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This work was supported by grants from the Swedish Medical Research Council (9106 and 2003-3616), the Wellcome Trust (064832), the Wallenberg Consortium North (WCN), and the County of Västerbottens läns landsting. VL was supported by a European Union Marie Curie Fellowship and LF by a fellowship from GLIBS. Ella Cederlund and the Protein Analysis Center (PAC) at Karolinska Institutet are greatly acknowledged for the amino acid sequence analysis, and Ulla Öhman for assistance in other experimental parts.

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    Christer Eriksson, Lars Frängsmyr, Liza Danielsson Niemi, Vuokko Loimaranta & Nicklas Strömberg

  2. Medical Biotechnology Institute, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5000, Odense C, Denmark

    Ulf Holmskov

  3. Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77, Stockholm, Sweden

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  4. Department of Molecular Medicine, Lund University, SE-221 00, Lund, Sweden

    Hakon Leffler

  5. Department of Oral and Dental Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    Howard F. Jenkinson

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Eriksson, C., Frängsmyr, L., Danielsson Niemi, L. et al. Variant size- and glycoforms of the scavenger receptor cysteine-rich protein gp-340 with differential bacterial aggregation. Glycoconj J 24, 131–142 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10719-006-9020-1

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