Functional role of glycosphingolipids and gangliosides in control of cell adhesion, motility, and growth, through glycosynaptic microdomains

AR Todeschini, S Hakomori - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-General …, 2008 - Elsevier
At cell surface microdomains, glycosyl epitopes, carried either by glycosphingolipids, N-or O-
linked oligosaccharides, are recognized by carbohydrate-binding proteins or …

[HTML][HTML] Glycosynaptic microdomains controlling tumor cell phenotype through alteration of cell growth, adhesion, and motility

S Hakomori - FEBS letters, 2010 - Elsevier
Glycosphingolipids NeuAcα3Galβ4Glcβ1Cer (GM3) and GalNAcβ4 [NeuAcα3]
Galβ4Glcβ1Cer (GM2) inhibit (i) cell growth through inhibition of tyrosine kinase associated …

Epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase is modulated by GM3 interaction with N-linked GlcNAc termini of the receptor

SJ Yoon, K Nakayama, T Hikita… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) at membrane microdomains plays an essential
role in the growth control of epidermal cells, including cancer cells derived therefrom. Ligand …

Flexible macromolecules attached to lipid bilayers: impact on fluidity, curvature, permeability and stability of the membranes

C Tribet, F Vial - Soft Matter, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
This review summarizes recent investigations on the association of macromolecules on lipid
bilayers. Hydrophilic and flexible polymers can form soft coronae tenuously adsorbed or …

Carbohydrate to carbohydrate interaction in development process and cancer progression

K Handa, S Hakomori - Glycoconjugate journal, 2012 - Springer
Two types of carbohydrate to carbohydrate interaction (CCI) have been known to be
involved in biological processes. One is the CCI between molecules expressed on …

Changes of glycoconjugate expression profiles during early development

K Handa, S Hakomori - Glycoconjugate Journal, 2017 - Springer
A variety of glycoconjugates, including glycosphingolipids (GSLs), expressed in mammalian
tissues and cells were isolated and characterized in early biochemical studies. Later studies …

Equilibrium-fluctuation-analysis of single liposome binding events reveals how cholesterol and Ca2+ modulate glycosphingolipid trans-interactions

A Kunze, M Bally, F Höök, G Larson - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Carbohydrate− carbohydrate interactions (CCIs) are of central importance for several
biological processes. However, the ultra-weak nature of CCIs generates difficulties in …

Weak carbohydrate–carbohydrate interactions in membrane adhesion are fuzzy and generic

B Kav, A Grafmüller, E Schneck, TR Weikl - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbohydrates such as the trisaccharide motif LeX are key constituents of cell surfaces.
Despite intense research, the interactions between carbohydrates of apposing cells or …

Interaction of N-linked glycans, having multivalent GlcNAc termini, with GM3 ganglioside

SJ Yoon, K Nakayama, N Takahashi, H Yagi… - Glycoconjugate …, 2006 - Springer
GM3 ganglioside interacts specifically with complex-type N-linked glycans having
multivalent GlcNAc termini, as shown for (1) and (2) below.(1) Oligosaccharides (OS) …

Interplay of Trans- and Cis-Interactions of Glycolipids in Membrane Adhesion

B Kav, B Demé, C Gege, M Tanaka… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Glycolipids mediate stable membrane adhesion of potential biological relevance. In this
article, we investigate the trans-and cis-interactions of glycolipids in molecular dynamics …