A new histobiochemical method to analyze sialylation on cell-surface glycoproteins of head and neck squamous-cell carcinomas

European Archives of Oto-rhino-laryngology : Official Journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : Affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
W BerglerK Hörmann

Abstract

Oncogenic transformation is often accompanied by alterations of glycosylation on a tumor cell's surface, which may contribute to uncontrolled cell growth. The sialoglycans and degree of sialylation on the cell surface are of increasing interest because of their possible role in metastasis and tissue invasion. Since primary tumors and metastases may differ in the degree of sialylation, we examined the expression of sialic acid as a terminal constituent of lactosaminyl glycans on the cell surfaces of 30 cervical lymph-node metastases and 30 squamous-cell carcinomas of the oropharynx and oral cavity. Cell-surface sialylation was determined by a new histobiochemical assay on cryostat sections and was based on the enzymatic introduction of a fluorescence-labelled sialic acid into lactosaminyl type (Gal-beta 1-4 GlcNAc) oligosaccharide chains of cell-surface-expressed glycoproteins. To this end, tissues were incubated in the presence of 5-acetamido-9-deoxy-9-fluoresceinyl-thioureido neuraminic acid (CMP-9-fluoresceinyl-NeuAc) and alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase. In order to compare the degree of sialylation with the potential total amount of sialylation sites, pretreatment with sialidase for desialylation was required. We observed a sign...Continue Reading

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