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Installation of high-affinity Siglec-1 ligand on tumor surface for macrophage-engaged tumor suppression
Enkang Zhang1, Shixiong Wen2, Jialiang Quan1
1Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Abstract:
Siglecs that binds cell surface sialoglycans are a family of immunomodulatory receptors, of which, Siglec-7 expressed on natural killer (NK) cells promotes tumor immunoevation while the role of Siglec-1 expressed on macrophages on tumor development remains largely unexplored. Herein, we selectively introduced high affinity sialoside ligands of Siglec-1 and Siglec-7 to tumor cell surface via in vivo Strain-promoted Azide-Alkyne cyclization of TCCSiaα2,3-Lactose or FITCSiaα2,6-Lactose with 9-azido sialic acid (AzSia) metabolically installed on tumor cell surface. We found that TCCSiaα2,3-Lactose conjugated on tumor surface moderately inhibited tumor growth while FITCSiaα2,6-Lactose promote tumor growth. These results suggest high-affinity ligand of Siglec-1 dispalyed on tumors surface provide a new perspective for tumor immunotherapy.
