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Lectins as probes for assessing the accessibility of N -linked glycans in relation to the conformational changes of fibronectin

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Fibronectin, a ≈450‐kDa protein with 4–9% (w/w) glycosylation, is a key component of extracellular matrices and has a high conformational lability regarding its functions. However, the accessibility and the role of glycosylated moieties associated with the conformational changes of fibronectin are poorly understood. Using lectins as probes, we developed an approach comprising dynamic light scattering, turbidimetry measurements, and isothermal titration calorimetry to assess the accessibility of glycosylated moieties of fibronectin undergoing thermal‐induced conformational changes. Among a set of 14 lectins, fibronectin mainly reacted with mannose‐binding lectins, specifically concanavalin A. When temperature was raised from 25 to 50 °C, fibronectin underwent progressive unfolding, but the conformation of concanavalin A was unaffected. Dynamic light scattering, turbidimetry measurements, and isothermal titration calorimetry showed increased concanavalin A binding to fibronectin during progressive thermal‐induced unfolding of the protein core. Such data suggest that mannosylated residues are progressively exposed as fibronectin unfolds. Because oligosaccharide moieties can be differently exposed to cells, and the cell's responses could be modified physiologically or pathologically, modulation of fibronectin sugar chains could be relevant to its biological functions. Thus, lectins might be useful tools to probe the glycosylation accessibility accompanying changes in protein core folding, for which a better understanding would be of value for biological and biomedical research. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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hal-01927254 , version 1 (19-11-2018)

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Rémy Agniel, Charlotte Vendrely, Laurent Poulouin, Rümeyza Bascetin, Hamanou Benachour, et al.. Lectins as probes for assessing the accessibility of N -linked glycans in relation to the conformational changes of fibronectin. Journal of Molecular Recognition, 2015, 28 (12), pp.731 - 741. ⟨10.1002/jmr.2487⟩. ⟨hal-01927254⟩
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