Statistical relations between N-glycome of circulating immunoglobuline G and total plasma N-Glycome

Sofya Feoktistova1, Sodbo Sharapov2, Yakov A. Tsepilov3, Tim Spector4, Gordan Lauc5, Frano Vuckovic6, Yurii S. Aulchenko71Laboratory of Glycogenomics Institute of Cytology and Genetics Novosibirsk, Russia, sayfutdinovas@gmail.com2Laboratory of Glycogenomics Institute of Cytology and Genetics Novosibirsk, Russia, sharapovsodbo@gmail.com3Laboratory of Theoretical and Applied Functional Genomics Novosibirsk State University Novosibirsk, Russia, drosophila.simulans@gmail.com4Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, School of Life Course Sciences King’s College London London, United Kingdom, tim.spector@kcl.ac.uk5Genos Glycoscience Research Laboratory Zagreb, Croatia, glauc@genos.hr6Genos Glycoscience Research Laboratory Zagreb, Croatia, fvuckovic@genos.hr7Laboratory of Glycogenomics Institute of Cytology and Genetics Novosibirsk, Russia, y.s.aulchenko@polyomica.com Glycosylation is the most common co-translational and post-translational modification of proteins. Glycans influence the physical properties of proteins as well as their biological functions. Alteration in glycosylation is observed in many human diseases.Defining genetic factors, altering glycosylation, can provide a basis for novel approaches to diagnostic and pharmaceutical applications. Predictionof IgG N-glycome from total plasma N-Glycome (TPNG) will allow to increase the power of genetic analysisof tissue specific glycosylation processes.

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Immunoglobulins with proteolytic activity as a biomarker of impaired humoral immune system in schizophrenia

Poster (download) Video (download) Evgeny Ermakov1, Valentina Buneva2, Georgy Nevinsky31ICBFM SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia; NSU, Novosibirsk, Russia, evgeny_ermakov@mail.ru2ICBFM SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia; NSU, Novosibirsk, Russia, buneva@niboch.nsc.ru3ICBFM SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia; NSU, Novosibirsk, Russia, nevinsky@niboch.nsc.com Schizophrenia is known to be associated not only with imbalance in the neurotransmitter systems but also with immune system dysregulation. In this work, we found that pure polyclonal IgG preparations of patients with schizophrenia possess histone hydrolyzing proteolytic activity. The presence of proteolytic activity of IgGs is evidence of impaired humoral immune system in schizophrenia, which can be used as a biomarker for immunophenotyping of patients.

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