Cellular uptake of ribonuclease A relies on anionic glycans.

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Biochemistry. 2010 Dec 21;49(50):10666-73. doi: 10.1021/bi1013485

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Cellular uptake of ribonuclease A relies on anionic glycans. Lavis Lab

Chao T, Lavis LD, Raines RT

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Abstract

Bovine pancreatic ribonuclease (RNase A) can enter human cells, even though it lacks a cognate cell-surface receptor protein. Here, we report on the biochemical basis for its cellular uptake. Analyses in vitro and in cellulo revealed that RNase A interacts tightly with abundant cell-surface proteoglycans containing glycosaminoglycans, such as heparan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate, as well as with sialic acid-containing glycoproteins. The uptake of RNase A correlates with cell anionicity, as quantified by measuring electrophoretic mobility. The cellular binding and uptake of RNase A contrast with those of Onconase, an amphibian homologue that does not interact tightly with anionic cell-surface glycans. As anionic glycans are especially abundant on human tumor cells, our data predicate utility for mammalian ribonucleases as cancer chemotherapeutic agents.

PMID: 21062061 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Cellular uptake of ribonuclease A relies on anionic glycans.

Note: Research in this publication was not performed at Janelia.

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PMID: 21062061 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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