Instruct: Identify the main category of Biorxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Antitumor activity of a lectibody targeting cancer-associated high-mannose glycans Aberrant protein glycosylation is a hallmark of cancer, but few drugs targeting cancer glycobiomarkers are currently available. Here, we show that a "lectibody" consisting of the high-mannose glycan-binding lectin Avaren and human IgG1 Fc (AvFc) selectively recognizes a range of cell lines derived from lung, breast, colon and blood cancers at nanomolar concentrations. AvFcs binding to the non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell lines A549 and H460 was characterized in detail. Co-immunoprecipitation proteomics analysis revealed that epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF1R) are among the lectibodys common targets in these cells. AvFc blocked the activation of EGFR and IGF1R by their respective ligands in A549 cells and inhibited the migration of A549 and H460 cells upon stimulation with EGF and IGF1. Furthermore, AvFc induced potent Fc-mediated cytotoxic effects and significantly retarded A549 and H460 tumor growth in SCID mice. Immunohistochemistry analysis of primary lung tissues from NSCLC patients demonstrated that AvFc preferentially binds to tumors over adjacent non-tumor tissues. Our findings provide evidence that increased abundance of high-mannose glycans in the glycocalyx of cancer cells can be a druggable target, and AvFc may provide a new tool to probe and target this tumor-associated glycobiomarker.
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The categories of this paper are: neuroscience
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The categories of this paper are: plant
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The categories of this paper are: epidemiology
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The categories of this paper are: genomics
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The categories of this paper are: bioinformatics
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The categories of this paper are: developmental
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The categories of this paper are: communication
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The categories of this paper are: and
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The categories of this paper are: scientific
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The categories of this paper are: zoology
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The categories of this paper are: cell
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The categories of this paper are: animal
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The categories of this paper are: systems
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The categories of this paper are: synthetic
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The categories of this paper are: behavior
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The categories of this paper are: pathology