Joseph Zaia, PhD
Professor
Boston University School of Medicine
Dept of Biochemistry

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology




The manner in which a cell responds to many growth factor stimuli depends on interactions between glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), growth factors, and growth factor receptors. Extracellular matrix GAGs binds growth factors, creating morphogens gradients essential to tissue patterning. Because these events depend on the fine structure of the GAG chains present, regulation of GAG biosynthesis is a key factor for understanding normal and disease related cellular growth
The key to exploiting an understanding of GAG structure-function relationships for human disease therapy is to winnow oligosaccharide-protein binding patterns from heterogeneous biological preparations. Toward this end, we have developed mass spectral methods for GAGs that enable comparison of structures as a function of biological variables.

The long term research aims are (1) to develop a fundamental understanding of the manner in which glycosaminoglycan expression is varied according to the cellular growth environment related to human disease and (2) to identify HS chain structures useful as therapeutic targets.

New bioinformatics methods are essential to realizing these goals. The data produced using our methods are information rich and not amenable to manual interpretation. Further, the methods needed are distinct from those used in genomics and proteomics. We are developing bioinformatics methods appropriate for interpretation of structural data on glycosaminoglycans and other carbohydrates to identify targets for disease therapy.

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Boston University
Bioinformatics Graduate Program


Member
Boston University
BU-BMC Cancer Center


Member
Boston University
Genome Science Institute


Center Faculty Member
Boston University School of Medicine
Mass Spectrometry


Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students)
Boston University School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences




Developing new glycosylation analysis techniques and software to enable generation of more effective Influenza A virus vaccines
01/01/2021 - 12/31/2023 (PI)
Waters Technologies Corporation


Methods for determination of glycoprotein glycosylation similarities among disease states
09/01/2019 - 06/30/2023 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences
3R01GM133963-02S1

Glycomics and proteomics of brain specimens
03/15/2018 - 12/31/2022 (Subcontract PI)
The Scripps Research Institute NIH NIDA
5R01DA046170-03

An open-source software suite for processing glycomics and glycoproteomics mass spectral data
08/14/2017 - 07/31/2021 (PI)
NIH/National Cancer Institute
5U01CA221234-03

Thalamic Axonal Pathways and Extracellular Matrix Abnormalities in Schizophrenia
09/01/2015 - 12/31/2019 (Subcontract PI)
McLean Hospital Corporation NIH NIMH
5R01MH105608-04

Proteomic and glycomic analysis of human brain and lung cancers
07/01/2016 - 06/30/2018 (Subcontract PI)
The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco NIH NCI
4U01CA168878-05

Software for Automated Interpretation of Heparan Sulfate Tandem Mass Spectra
09/15/2015 - 06/30/2018 (PI)
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
3R21HL131554-02S1

Quantitative Profiling of Glycosaminoglycans from Breast Tumor Tissue Arrays
07/09/2014 - 06/30/2018 (PI)
NIH/National Cancer Institute
5R21CA177479-03

Viral Vector Transduction Deficiencies in the Aged Nigrostriatal System
09/30/2016 - 06/30/2017 (Subcontract PI)
Michigan State University NIH NIA
1R56AG052328-01A1

Quantitative glycomics and proteomics combined with laser capture microdissection
06/01/2013 - 05/21/2017 (PI)
Agilent Technologies, Inc.


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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2020 Methods for determination of glycoprotein glycosylation similarities among disease states 5R01GM133963-02 4
2020 Methods for determination of glycoprotein glycosylation similarities among disease states 3R01GM133963-02S1 4
2019 Methods for determination of glycoprotein glycosylation similarities among disease states 1R01GM133963-01 4
2019 An open-source software suite for processing glycomics and glycoproteomics mass spectral data 5U01CA221234-03 11
2018 An open-source software suite for processing glycomics and glycoproteomics mass spectral data 5U01CA221234-02 11
2017 An open-source software suite for processing glycomics and glycoproteomics mass spectral data 1U01CA221234-01 11
2016 A Thermo-Fisher Scientific Q-Exactive HF Mass Spectrometry System 1S10OD021651-01 6
2016 Software for automated interpretation of heparan sulfate tandem mass spectra 5R21HL131554-02 10
2016 Software for automated interpretation of heparan sulfate tandem mass spectra 3R21HL131554-02S1 10
2016 Quantitative profiling of glycosaminoglycans from breast tumor tissue arrays 5R21CA177479-03 12
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  1. Hackett WE, Zaia J. Calculating glycoprotein similarities from mass spectrometric data. Mol Cell Proteomics. 2020 Sep 03. PMID: 32883803
     
  2. Zaia J. Native Mass Spectrometry Sheds Light on Formation of Deadly Heparin-PF4 Complexes. Biophys J. 2020 Oct 06; 119(7):1267. PMID: 32888403
     
  3. Raghunathan R, Hogan JD, Labadorf A, Myers RH, Zaia J. A glycomics and proteomics study of aging and Parkinson's disease in human brain. Sci Rep. 2020 07 30; 10(1):12804.View Related Profiles. PMID: 32733076
     
  4. Chang D, Hackett WE, Zhong L, Wan XF, Zaia J. Measuring Site-specific Glycosylation Similarity between Influenza a Virus Variants with Statistical Certainty. Mol Cell Proteomics. 2020 09; 19(9):1533-1545. PMID: 32601173
     
  5. Yang JE, Rossignol ED, Chang D, Zaia J, Forrester I, Raja K, Winbigler H, Nicastro D, Jackson WT, Bullitt E. Complexity and ultrastructure of infectious extracellular vesicles from cells infected by non-enveloped virus. Sci Rep. 2020 05 14; 10(1):7939.View Related Profiles. PMID: 32409751
     
  6. Li L, Chang D, Han L, Zhang X, Zaia J, Wan XF. Multi-task learning sparse group lasso: a method for quantifying antigenicity of influenza A(H1N1) virus using mutations and variations in glycosylation of Hemagglutinin. BMC Bioinformatics. 2020 May 11; 21(1):182. PMID: 32393178
     
  7. Sethi MK, Downs M, Zaia J. Serial in-solution digestion protocol for mass spectrometry-based glycomics and proteomics analysis. Mol Omics. 2020 08 01; 16(4):364-376.View Related Profiles. PMID: 32309832
     
  8. Muraoka S, DeLeo AM, Sethi MK, Yukawa-Takamatsu K, Yang Z, Ko J, Hogan JD, Ruan Z, You Y, Wang Y, Medalla M, Ikezu S, Chen M, Xia W, Gorantla S, Gendelman HE, Issadore D, Zaia J, Ikezu T. Proteomic and biological profiling of extracellular vesicles from Alzheimer's disease human brain tissues. Alzheimers Dement. 2020 06; 16(6):896-907.View Related Profiles. PMID: 32301581
     
  9. Klein J, Zaia J. Relative Retention Time Estimation Improves N-Glycopeptide Identifications by LC-MS/MS. J Proteome Res. 2020 05 01; 19(5):2113-2121. PMID: 32223173
     
  10. Klein JA, Zaia J. A Perspective on the Confident Comparison of Glycoprotein Site-Specific Glycosylation in Sample Cohorts. Biochemistry. 2020 Sep 01; 59(34):3089-3097. PMID: 31833756
     
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glycomics
glycosaminoglycan
heparan sulfate
heparin
mass spectrometry
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