Structural highlights
Function
[LEG3_HUMAN] Galactose-specific lectin which binds IgE. May mediate with the alpha-3, beta-1 integrin the stimulation by CSPG4 of endothelial cells migration. Together with DMBT1, required for terminal differentiation of columnar epithelial cells during early embryogenesis (By similarity). In the nucleus: acts as a pre-mRNA splicing factor. Involved in acute inflammatory responses including neutrophil activation and adhesion, chemoattraction of monocytes macrophages, opsonization of apoptotic neutrophils, and activation of mast cells.[1] [2] [3]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Synthesis of doubly 3-O-coumarylmethyl-substituted thiodigalactosides from bis-3-O-propargyl-thiodigalactoside resulted in highly selective and high affinity galectin-3 inhibitors. Mutant studies, structural analysis, and molecular modeling revealed that the coumaryl substituents stack onto arginine side chains. One inhibitor displayed efficacy in a murine model of bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis similar to that of a known nonselective galectin-1/galectin-3 inhibitor, which strongly suggests that blocking galectin-3 glycan recognition is an important antifibrotic drug target.
A Selective Galactose-Coumarin-Derived Galectin-3 Inhibitor Demonstrates Involvement of Galectin-3-glycan Interactions in a Pulmonary Fibrosis Model.,Rajput VK, MacKinnon A, Mandal S, Collins P, Blanchard H, Leffler H, Sethi T, Schambye H, Mukhopadhyay B, Nilsson UJ J Med Chem. 2016 Sep 8;59(17):8141-7. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b00957. Epub, 2016 Aug 23. PMID:27500311[4]
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References
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- ↑ Henderson NC, Sethi T. The regulation of inflammation by galectin-3. Immunol Rev. 2009 Jul;230(1):160-71. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2009.00794.x. PMID:19594635 doi:10.1111/j.1600-065X.2009.00794.x
- ↑ Haudek KC, Spronk KJ, Voss PG, Patterson RJ, Wang JL, Arnoys EJ. Dynamics of galectin-3 in the nucleus and cytoplasm. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2010 Feb;1800(2):181-189. Epub 2009 Jul 16. PMID:19616076 doi:S0304-4165(09)00194-9
- ↑ Rajput VK, MacKinnon A, Mandal S, Collins P, Blanchard H, Leffler H, Sethi T, Schambye H, Mukhopadhyay B, Nilsson UJ. A Selective Galactose-Coumarin-Derived Galectin-3 Inhibitor Demonstrates Involvement of Galectin-3-glycan Interactions in a Pulmonary Fibrosis Model. J Med Chem. 2016 Sep 8;59(17):8141-7. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b00957. Epub, 2016 Aug 23. PMID:27500311 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b00957
