Proximity Tagging Identifies the Glycan-Mediated Glycoprotein Interactors of Galectin-1 in Muscle Stem Cells

ACS Chem Biol. 2021 Oct 15;16(10):1994-2003. doi: 10.1021/acschembio.1c00313. Epub 2021 Jun 28.

Abstract

Myogenic differentiation, the irreversible developmental process where precursor myoblast muscle stem cells become contractile myotubes, is heavily regulated by glycosylation and glycan-protein interactions at the cell surface and the extracellular matrix. The glycan-binding protein galectin-1 has been found to be a potent activator of myogenic differentiation. While it is being explored as a potential therapeutic for muscle repair, a precise understanding of its glycoprotein interactors is lacking. These gaps are due in part to the difficulties of capturing glycan-protein interactions in live cells. Here, we demonstrate the use of a proximity tagging strategy coupled with quantitative mass-spectrometry-based proteomics to capture, enrich, and identify the glycan-mediated glycoprotein interactors of galectin-1 in cultured live mouse myoblasts. Our interactome dataset can serve as a resource to aid the determination of mechanisms through which galectin-1 promotes myogenic differentiation. Moreover, it can also facilitate the determination of the physiological glycoprotein counter-receptors of galectin-1. Indeed, we identify several known and novel glycan-mediated ligands of galectin-1 as well as validate that galectin-1 binds the native CD44 glycoprotein in a glycan-mediated manner.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biotin / analogs & derivatives
  • Biotinylation
  • DNA-(Apurinic or Apyrimidinic Site) Lyase / chemistry
  • DNA-(Apurinic or Apyrimidinic Site) Lyase / metabolism
  • Endonucleases / chemistry
  • Endonucleases / metabolism
  • Galectin 1 / chemistry
  • Galectin 1 / metabolism*
  • Glycomics
  • Glycoproteins / chemistry
  • Glycoproteins / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Ligands
  • Mice
  • Molecular Probes / chemistry
  • Multifunctional Enzymes / chemistry
  • Multifunctional Enzymes / metabolism
  • Myoblasts
  • Phenols / chemistry
  • Protein Binding
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / chemistry
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • Galectin 1
  • Glycoproteins
  • LGALS1 protein, human
  • Ligands
  • Molecular Probes
  • Multifunctional Enzymes
  • Phenols
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Biotin
  • Endonucleases
  • APEX2 protein, human
  • DNA-(Apurinic or Apyrimidinic Site) Lyase