Benzyl-N-acetyl-α-galactosaminide inhibits glycosyltransferase incorporation of glucosamine into O-glycans. Suppresses mucin biosynthesis and inhibits MUC1 expression in breast cancer cell line MDF-7.
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The Journal of biological chemistry, 264(32), 19271-19277 (1989-11-15)
Specific inhibitors of the glycosylation of O-glycosidically linked glycoproteins have not previously been described. When tested for their effects on mucin glycosylation in a mucin-producing colon cancer cell line, LS174T, benzyl-, phenyl-, and p-nitrophenyl-N-acetyl-alpha-galactosaminide inhibited the formation of fully glycosylated
The Journal of biological chemistry, 278(14), 12374-12383 (2003-01-23)
The sugar analog O-benzyl-N-acetyl-alpha-d-galactosaminide (BG) is an inhibitor of glycan chain elongation and inhibits alpha2,3-sialylation in mucus-secreting HT-29 cells. Long-term exposure of these cells to BG is associated with the accumulation of apical glycoproteins in cytoplasmic vesicles. The mechanisms involved
Ai zheng = Aizheng = Chinese journal of cancer, 23(11), 1294-1296 (2004-11-04)
Recent researches found that an abundant production of mucin protein well correlates with tumor cell metastasis. This study was to investigate inhibitory effect of benzyl-alpha-GalNAc on production of mucin 1 (MUC1), and on adhesion and invasion of breast cancer cell
International journal of molecular medicine, 13(3), 459-464 (2004-02-10)
We have studied how benzyl-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosaminide, O-glycosylation inhibitor, affects the polymorphism and shedding of membrane-bound MUC1 mucin, and change in adhesive properties of cancer cells. In endometrial adenocarcinoma cells (Ishikawa line), high molecular weight MUC1 mucin was shed from cellular membrane
British journal of cancer, 97(7), 910-918 (2007-10-04)
Mucins are high molecular weight glycoproteins expressed on the apical surface of normal epithelial cells. In cancer disease mucins are overexpressed on the entire cellular surface. Overexpression of MUC1 mucin in pancreatic tumours has been correlated with poor patient survival.
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