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Integrated in vivo functional screens and multiomics analyses identify α-2,3-sialylation as essential for melanoma maintenance.
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- α2,3-Sialyltransferase (ST3Gal1) regulates endometrioid-type epithelial ovarian cancer cell migration and invasion via VEGF-R2/JAK2/STAT3 signaling cascades.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026Article
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- microRNAs bidirectionally regulate FUT1 to modulate α-1,2-fucosylation and cancer-associated biology.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2026Article
- Lipid metabolism-related gene expression predicts prognostic outcomes in lung adenocarcinoma.Translational cancer research · 2026Article
- Writers and readers of sialylation in immunoregulation in cancer.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2026Review
- Challenges in melanoma research and increased melanoma risk call for novel methodological and therapeutic/protective strategies: the case of procyanidin C1 targeting redox metabolism.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
- Multi-omics reveals that ST6GAL1 promotes colorectal cancer progression through LGALS3BP sialylation.Biomolecules & biomedicine · 2025Article
- Profiling the regulatory landscape of sialylation through miRNA targeting of CMP- sialic acid synthetase.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2025Article
- Aberrant sialic acid metabolism promotes metabolic reprogramming and metastasis in breast cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Aberrant glycosylation is a hallmark of cancer biology, and altered glycosylation influences multiple facets of melanoma progression. To identify glycosyltransferases, glycans, and glycoproteins essential for melanoma maintenance, we conducted an in vivo growth screen with a pooled short hairpin RNA library of glycosyltransferases, lectin microarray profiling of benign nevus and melanoma samples, and mass spectrometry-based glycoproteomics. We found that α-2,3-sialyltransferases ST3GAL1 and ST3GAL2 and corresponding α-2,3-linked sialosides are up-regulated in melanoma compared to nevi and are essential for melanoma growth. Glycoproteomics revealed that glycoprotein targets of ST3GAL1 and ST3GAL2 are enriched in transmembrane proteins involved in growth signaling, including the amino acid transporter SLC3A2/CD98hc. CD98hc suppression mimicked the effect of ST3GAL1 and ST3GAL2 silencing, inhibiting melanoma cell proliferation. We found that both CD98hc protein stability and its prosurvival effect on melanoma are dependent upon α-2,3-sialylation mediated by ST3GAL1 and ST3GAL2. Our studies reveal α-2,3-sialosides functionally contributing to melanoma maintenance, supporting ST3GAL1 and ST3GAL2 as therapeutic targets in melanoma.
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