TY - JOUR
T1 - Rational identification and characterisation of peptide ligands for targeting polysialic acid
AU - Shastry, Divya G.
AU - Irudayanathan, Flaviyan Jerome
AU - Williams, Asher
AU - Koffas, Mattheos
AU - Linhardt, Robert J.
AU - Nangia, Shikha
AU - Karande, Pankaj
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, The Author(s).
PY - 2020/12/1
Y1 - 2020/12/1
N2 - The alpha-2,8-linked form of the polysaccharide polysialic acid (PSA) has widespread implications in physiological and pathological processes, ranging from neurological development to disease progression. Though the high electronegativity and excluded volume of PSA often promotes interference of biomolecular interactions, PSA-binding ligands have important implications for both biological processes and biotechnological applications. As such, the design, identification, and characterisation of novel ligands towards PSA is critical for expanding knowledge of PSA interactions and achieving selective glycan targeting. Here, we report on a rational approach for the identification of alpha-2,8-PSA-binding peptides, involving design from the endogenous ligand Siglec-11 and multi-platform characterisation of peptide binding. Microarray-based examination of peptides revealed charge and sequence characteristics influencing peptide affinity to PSA, and carbohydrate–peptide binding was further quantified with a novel fluorescence anisotropy assay. PSA-binding peptides exhibited specific binding to polymeric SA, as well as different degrees of selective binding in various conditions, including competition with PSA of alternating 2,8/9-linkages and screening with PSA-expressing cells. A computational study of Siglec-11 and Siglec-11-derived peptides offered synergistic insight into ligand binding. These results demonstrate the potential of PSA-binding peptides for selective targeting and highlight the importance of the approaches described herein for the study of carbohydrate interactions.
AB - The alpha-2,8-linked form of the polysaccharide polysialic acid (PSA) has widespread implications in physiological and pathological processes, ranging from neurological development to disease progression. Though the high electronegativity and excluded volume of PSA often promotes interference of biomolecular interactions, PSA-binding ligands have important implications for both biological processes and biotechnological applications. As such, the design, identification, and characterisation of novel ligands towards PSA is critical for expanding knowledge of PSA interactions and achieving selective glycan targeting. Here, we report on a rational approach for the identification of alpha-2,8-PSA-binding peptides, involving design from the endogenous ligand Siglec-11 and multi-platform characterisation of peptide binding. Microarray-based examination of peptides revealed charge and sequence characteristics influencing peptide affinity to PSA, and carbohydrate–peptide binding was further quantified with a novel fluorescence anisotropy assay. PSA-binding peptides exhibited specific binding to polymeric SA, as well as different degrees of selective binding in various conditions, including competition with PSA of alternating 2,8/9-linkages and screening with PSA-expressing cells. A computational study of Siglec-11 and Siglec-11-derived peptides offered synergistic insight into ligand binding. These results demonstrate the potential of PSA-binding peptides for selective targeting and highlight the importance of the approaches described herein for the study of carbohydrate interactions.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41598-020-64088-z
DO - 10.1038/s41598-020-64088-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 32376914
AN - SCOPUS:85084382804
SN - 2045-2322
VL - 10
JO - Scientific reports
JF - Scientific reports
IS - 1
M1 - 7697
ER -