MUC1 carrying core 2 O-glycans functions as a molecular shield against NK cell attack, promoting bladder tumor metastasis

  • Authors:
    • Yuichiro Suzuki
    • Mihoko Sutoh
    • Shingo Hatakeyama
    • Kazuyuki Mori
    • Hayato Yamamoto
    • Takuya Koie
    • Hisao Saitoh
    • Kanemitsu Yamaya
    • Tomihisa Funyu
    • Tomonori Habuchi
    • Yoichi Arai
    • Minoru Fukuda
    • Chikara Ohyama
    • Shigeru Tsuboi
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  • Published online on: March 23, 2012     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2012.1411
  • Pages: 1831-1838
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Abstract

Core 2 β-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (C2GnT) forms an N-acetylglucosamine branch in O-glycans (core 2 O-glycans) of cell surface glycoproteins. C2GnT-expressing bladder tumors acquire highly metastatic phenotypes by surviving longer in host blood circulation. However, the detailed mechanisms underlying this increased survival remain unclear. In this study, we report that the expression of C2GnT in bladder tumors positively correlates with tumor progression and that bladder tumor cell-surface mucin 1 (MUC1) carrying core 2 O-glycans plays an important role in the evasion from natural killer (NK) cell attack. In C2GnT-expressing bladder tumor cells, heavily core 2 O-glycosylated MUC1 carries poly-N-acetyllactosamine in its O-glycans and galectin-3 binds to MUC1 through this poly-N-acetyllactosamine. The binding of galectin-3 to poly-N-acetyllactosamine in MUC1 core 2 O-glycans attenuates the interaction of the tumor cells with NK cells and interferes with the access of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand to the tumor cell surface. These effects of MUC1 carrying core 2 O-glycans on NK cell attack facilitate C2GnT-expressing tumor cells to evade NK cell immunity and survive longer in host blood circulation. We reveal that MUC1 carrying core 2 O-glycans thus functions as a molecular shield against NK cell attack, thereby promoting bladder tumor metastasis.

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Suzuki Y, Sutoh M, Hatakeyama S, Mori K, Yamamoto H, Koie T, Saitoh H, Yamaya K, Funyu T, Habuchi T, Habuchi T, et al: MUC1 carrying core 2 O-glycans functions as a molecular shield against NK cell attack, promoting bladder tumor metastasis. Int J Oncol 40: 1831-1838, 2012.
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Suzuki, Y., Sutoh, M., Hatakeyama, S., Mori, K., Yamamoto, H., Koie, T. ... Tsuboi, S. (2012). MUC1 carrying core 2 O-glycans functions as a molecular shield against NK cell attack, promoting bladder tumor metastasis. International Journal of Oncology, 40, 1831-1838. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2012.1411
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Suzuki, Y., Sutoh, M., Hatakeyama, S., Mori, K., Yamamoto, H., Koie, T., Saitoh, H., Yamaya, K., Funyu, T., Habuchi, T., Arai, Y., Fukuda, M., Ohyama, C., Tsuboi, S."MUC1 carrying core 2 O-glycans functions as a molecular shield against NK cell attack, promoting bladder tumor metastasis". International Journal of Oncology 40.6 (2012): 1831-1838.
Chicago
Suzuki, Y., Sutoh, M., Hatakeyama, S., Mori, K., Yamamoto, H., Koie, T., Saitoh, H., Yamaya, K., Funyu, T., Habuchi, T., Arai, Y., Fukuda, M., Ohyama, C., Tsuboi, S."MUC1 carrying core 2 O-glycans functions as a molecular shield against NK cell attack, promoting bladder tumor metastasis". International Journal of Oncology 40, no. 6 (2012): 1831-1838. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2012.1411