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Badgett MJ, Boyes B, Orlando R. Predicting the Retention Behavior of Specific O-Linked Glycopeptides. J Biomol Tech 2017; 28:122-126. [PMID: 28785176 DOI: 10.7171/jbt.17-2803-003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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O-Linked glycosylation is a common post-translational modification that can alter the overall structure, polarity, and function of proteins. Reverse-phase (RP) chromatography is the most common chromatographic approach to analyze O-glycosylated peptides and their unmodified counterparts, even though this approach often does not provide adequate separation of these two species. Hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) can be a solution to this problem, as the polar glycan interacts with the polar stationary phase and potentially offers the ability to resolve the peptide from its modified form(s). In this paper, HILIC is used to separate peptides with O-N-acetylgalactosamine (O-GalNAc), O-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc), and O-fucose additions from their native forms, and coefficients representing the extent of hydrophilicity were derived using linear regression analysis as a means to predict the retention times of peptides with these modifications.
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- Majors J Badgett
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA; and
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA; and.,Advanced Materials Technology, Wilmington, Delaware 19810, USA
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA; and
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Shi J, Tomašič T, Sharif S, Brouwer AJ, Anderluh M, Ruijtenbeek R, Pieters RJ. Peptide microarray analysis of the cross-talk between O-GlcNAcylation and tyrosine phosphorylation. FEBS Lett 2017; 591:1872-1883. [DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Accepted: 05/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Jie Shi
- Department of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery; Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University; Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery; Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University; Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery; Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University; Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery; Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University; Utrecht The Netherlands
- PamGene International BV; ‘s-Hertogenbosch The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery; Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University; Utrecht The Netherlands
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The essential role of YAP O-GlcNAcylation in high-glucose-stimulated liver tumorigenesis. Nat Commun 2017; 8:15280. [PMID: 28474680 PMCID: PMC5424161 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2016] [Accepted: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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O-GlcNAcylation has been implicated in the tumorigenesis of various tissue origins, but its function in liver tumorigenesis is not clear. Here, we demonstrate that O-GlcNAcylation can enhance the expression, stability and function of Yes-associated protein (YAP), the downstream transcriptional regulator of the Hippo pathway and a potent oncogenic factor in liver cancer. O-GlcNAcylation induces transformative phenotypes of liver cancer cells in a YAP-dependent manner. An O-GlcNAc site of YAP was identified at Thr241, and mutating this site decreased the O-GlcNAcylation, stability, and pro-tumorigenic capacities of YAP, while increasing YAP phosphorylation. Importantly, we found via in vitro cell-based and in vivo mouse model experiments that O-GlcNAcylation of YAP was required for high-glucose-induced liver tumorigenesis. Interestingly, a positive feedback between YAP and global cellular O-GlcNAcylation is also uncovered. We conclude that YAP O-GlcNAcylation is a potential therapeutic intervention point for treating liver cancer associated with high blood glucose levels and possibly diabetes. Yap is a transcriptional factor involved in tumorigenesis. Here the authors show that a previously unknown post-translational modification of Yap, O-GlcNAcylation, increases its transcriptional activity and is required for high glucose-induced liver cancer development.
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Spindle pole cohesion requires glycosylation-mediated localization of NuMA. Sci Rep 2017; 7:1474. [PMID: 28469279 PMCID: PMC5431095 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01614-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2016] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Glycosylation is critical for the regulation of several cellular processes. One glycosylation pathway, the unusual O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine glycosylation (O-GlcNAcylation) has been shown to be required for proper mitosis, likely through a subset of proteins that are O-GlcNAcylated during metaphase. As lectins bind glycosylated proteins, we asked if specific lectins interact with mitotic O-GlcNAcylated proteins during metaphase to ensure correct cell division. Galectin-3, a small soluble lectin of the Galectin family, is an excellent candidate, as it has been previously described as a transient centrosomal component in interphase and mitotic epithelial cells. In addition, it has recently been shown to associate with basal bodies in motile cilia, where it stabilizes the microtubule-organizing center (MTOC). Using an experimental mouse model of chronic kidney disease and human epithelial cell lines, we investigate the role of Galectin-3 in dividing epithelial cells. Here we find that Galectin-3 is essential for metaphase where it associates with NuMA in an O-GlcNAcylation-dependent manner. We provide evidence that the NuMA-Galectin-3 interaction is important for mitotic spindle cohesion and for stable NuMA localization to the spindle pole, thus revealing that Galectin-3 is a novel contributor to epithelial mitotic progress.
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O-GlcNAcylation and chromatin remodeling in mammals: an up-to-date overview. Biochem Soc Trans 2017; 45:323-338. [PMID: 28408473 DOI: 10.1042/bst20160388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2016] [Revised: 12/30/2016] [Accepted: 01/05/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Post-translational modifications of histones and the dynamic DNA methylation cycle are finely regulated by a myriad of chromatin-binding factors and chromatin-modifying enzymes. Epigenetic modifications ensure local changes in the architecture of chromatin, thus controlling in fine the accessibility of the machinery of transcription, replication or DNA repair to the chromatin. Over the past decade, the nutrient-sensor enzyme O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) has emerged as a modulator of chromatin remodeling. In mammals, OGT acts either directly through dynamic and reversible O-GlcNAcylation of histones and chromatin effectors, or in an indirect manner through its recruitment into chromatin-bound multiprotein complexes. In particular, there is an increasing amount of evidence of a cross-talk between OGT and the DNA dioxygenase ten-eleven translocation proteins that catalyze active DNA demethylation. Conversely, the stability of OGT itself can be controlled by the histone lysine-specific demethylase 2 (LSD2). Finally, a few studies have explored the role of O-GlcNAcase (OGA) in chromatin remodeling. In this review, we summarize the recent findings on the link between OGT, OGA and chromatin regulators in mammalian cellular models, and discuss their relevance in physiological and pathological conditions.
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Understanding Alzheimer's disease by global quantification of protein phosphorylation and sialylated N-linked glycosylation profiles: A chance for new biomarkers in neuroproteomics? J Proteomics 2017; 161:11-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2017.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2016] [Revised: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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O-GlcNAc cycling and the regulation of nucleocytoplasmic dynamics. Biochem Soc Trans 2017; 45:427-436. [DOI: 10.1042/bst20160171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2016] [Revised: 02/05/2017] [Accepted: 02/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The dynamic carbohydrate post-translational modification (PTM) O-linked β-N-acetyl glucosamine (O-GlcNAc) is found on thousands of proteins throughout the nucleus and cytoplasm, and rivals phosphorylation in terms of the number of substrates and pathways influenced. O-GlcNAc is highly conserved and essential in most organisms, with disruption of O-GlcNAc cycling linked to diseases ranging from cancer to neurodegeneration. Nuclear pore proteins were the first identified O-GlcNAc-modified substrates, generating intense and ongoing interest in understanding the role of O-GlcNAc cycling in nuclear pore complex structure and function. Recent advances in detecting and altering O-GlcNAcylation levels have provided insights into many mechanisms by which O-GlcNAcylation influences the nucleocytoplasmic localization and stability of protein targets. The emerging view is that the multifunctional enzymes of O-GlcNAc cycling are critical nutrient-sensing components of a complex network of signaling cascades involving multiple PTMs. Furthermore, O-GlcNAc plays a role in maintaining the structural integrity of the nuclear pore and regulating its function as the gatekeeper of nucleocytoplasmic trafficking.
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Ning X, Tao T, Shen J, Ji Y, Xie L, Wang H, Liu N, Xu X, Sun C, Zhang D, Shen A, Ke K. The O-GlcNAc Modification of CDK5 Involved in Neuronal Apoptosis Following In Vitro Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2017; 37:527-536. [PMID: 27316643 PMCID: PMC11482199 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-016-0391-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2016] [Accepted: 06/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Contrary to cell cycle-associated cyclin-dependent kinases, CDK5 is best known for its regulation of signaling processes in regulating mammalian CNS development. Studies of CDK5 have focused on its phosphorylation, although the diversity of CDK5 functions in the brain suggests additional forms of regulation. Here we expanded on the functional roles of CDK5 glycosylation in neurons. We showed that CDK5 was dynamically modified with O-GlcNAc in response to neuronal activity and that glycosylation represses CDK5-dependent apoptosis by impairing its association with p53 pathway. Blocking glycosylation of CDK5 alters cellular function and increases neuronal apoptosis in the cell model of the ICH. Our findings demonstrated a new role for O-glycosylation in neuronal apoptosis and provided a mechanistic understanding of how glycosylation contributes to critical neuronal functions. Moreover, we identified a previously unknown mechanism for the regulation of activity-dependent gene expression, neural development, and apoptosis.
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- Xiaojin Ning
- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China.
- Co-Innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China.
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China.
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Vaidyanathan K, Niranjan T, Selvan N, Teo CF, May M, Patel S, Weatherly B, Skinner C, Opitz J, Carey J, Viskochil D, Gecz J, Shaw M, Peng Y, Alexov E, Wang T, Schwartz C, Wells L. Identification and characterization of a missense mutation in the O-linked β- N-acetylglucosamine ( O-GlcNAc) transferase gene that segregates with X-linked intellectual disability. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:8948-8963. [PMID: 28302723 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.771030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2016] [Revised: 03/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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O-GlcNAc is a regulatory post-translational modification of nucleocytoplasmic proteins that has been implicated in multiple biological processes, including transcription. In humans, single genes encode enzymes for its attachment (O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT)) and removal (O-GlcNAcase (OGA)). An X-chromosome exome screen identified a missense mutation, which encodes an amino acid in the tetratricopeptide repeat, in OGT (759G>T (p.L254F)) that segregates with X-linked intellectual disability (XLID) in an affected family. A decrease in steady-state OGT protein levels was observed in isolated lymphoblastoid cell lines from affected individuals, consistent with molecular modeling experiments. Recombinant expression of L254F-OGT demonstrated that the enzyme is active as both a glycosyltransferase and an HCF-1 protease. Despite the reduction in OGT levels seen in the L254F-OGT individual cells, we observed that steady-state global O-GlcNAc levels remained grossly unaltered. Surprisingly, lymphoblastoids from affected individuals displayed a marked decrease in steady-state OGA protein and mRNA levels. We observed an enrichment of the OGT-containing transcriptional repressor complex mSin3A-HDAC1 at the proximal promoter region of OGA and correspondingly decreased OGA promoter activity in affected cells. Global transcriptome analysis of L254F-OGT lymphoblastoids compared with controls revealed a small subset of genes that are differentially expressed. Thus, we have begun to unravel the molecular consequences of the 759G>T (p.L254F) mutation in OGT that uncovered a compensation mechanism, albeit imperfect, given the phenotype of affected individuals, to maintain steady-state O-GlcNAc levels. Thus, a single amino acid substitution in the regulatory domain (the tetratricopeptide repeat domain) of OGT, which catalyzes the O-GlcNAc post-translational modification of nuclear and cytosolic proteins, appears causal for XLID.
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- Krithika Vaidyanathan
- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602
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- the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21287
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602
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- the Greenwood Genetic Center, Greenwood, South Carolina 29646
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602
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- the Greenwood Genetic Center, Greenwood, South Carolina 29646
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- Pediatrics (Medical Genetics), Pediatric Pathology, Human Genetics, Obstetrics, and Gynecology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132
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- Pediatrics (Medical Genetics), Pediatric Pathology, Human Genetics, Obstetrics, and Gynecology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132
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- Pediatrics (Medical Genetics), Pediatric Pathology, Human Genetics, Obstetrics, and Gynecology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132
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- the Department of Paediatrics and Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5006, Australia, and
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- the Department of Paediatrics and Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5006, Australia, and
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- the Department of Computational Biophysics and Bioinformatics, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634
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- the Department of Computational Biophysics and Bioinformatics, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634
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- the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21287
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602,
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O-GlcNAcylation of STAT5 controls tyrosine phosphorylation and oncogenic transcription in STAT5-dependent malignancies. Leukemia 2017; 31:2132-2142. [PMID: 28074064 PMCID: PMC5629373 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2017.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Revised: 12/14/2016] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The signal transducer and activator of transcription 5 (STAT5) regulates differentiation, survival, proliferation and transformation of hematopoietic cells. Upon cytokine stimulation, STAT5 tyrosine phosphorylation (pYSTAT5) is transient, while in diverse neoplastic cells persistent overexpression and enhanced pYSTAT5 are frequently found. Post-translational modifications might contribute to enhanced STAT5 activation in the context of transformation, but the strength and duration of pYSTAT5 are incompletely understood. We found that O-GlcNAcylation and tyrosine phosphorylation act together to trigger pYSTAT5 levels and oncogenic transcription in neoplastic cells. The expression of a mutated hyperactive gain-of-function (GOF) STAT5 without O-GlcNAcylation resulted in decreased tyrosine phosphorylation, oligomerization and transactivation potential and complete loss of oncogenic transformation capacity. The lack of O-GlcNAcylation diminished phospho-ERK and phospho-AKT levels. Our data show that O-GlcNAcylation of STAT5 is an important process that contributes to oncogenic transcription through enhanced STAT5 tyrosine phosphorylation and oligomerization driving myeloid transformation. O-GlcNAcylation of STAT5 could be required for nutrient sensing and metabolism of cancer cells.
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Post-translational modifications (PTMs) are an important source of protein regulation; they fine-tune the function, localization, and interaction with other molecules of the majority of proteins and are partially responsible for their multifunctionality. Usually, proteins have several potential modification sites, and their patterns of occupancy are associated with certain functional states. These patterns imply cross talk among PTMs within and between proteins, the majority of which are still to be discovered. Several methods detect associations between PTMs; these have recently combined into a global resource, the PTMcode database, which contains already known and predicted functional associations between pairs of PTMs from more than 45,000 proteins in 19 eukaryotic species.
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- Pablo Minguez
- Department of Genetics and Genomics, Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria-University Hospital Fundacion Jimenez Diaz (IIS-FJD), Avda. Reyes Católicos 2, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Structural and Computational Biology Unit, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
- Max Delbrück Centre for Molecular Medicine, 13125, Berlin, Germany
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More than half of all proteins are glycosylated. The attached glycans provide proteins with important structural and functional properties and glycan parts of glycoproteins have essential roles in many key biological processes. This chapter describes the effect of glycosylation on the structure and function of proteins, with emphasis on regulation of protein half-life and modulation of protein function by alternative glycosylation. In addition, this chapter highlights the importance of glycan-lectin interactions, the ability of glycans to block phosphorylation of proteins, and the importance of glycans in disease.
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- Jasminka Krištić
- Genos Glycoscience Research Laboratory, Hondlova 2/11, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Genos Glycoscience Research Laboratory, Hondlova 2/11, Zagreb, Croatia. .,Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, A. Kovačića 1, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
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Qin CX, Sleaby R, Davidoff AJ, Bell JR, De Blasio MJ, Delbridge LM, Chatham JC, Ritchie RH. Insights into the role of maladaptive hexosamine biosynthesis and O-GlcNAcylation in development of diabetic cardiac complications. Pharmacol Res 2016; 116:45-56. [PMID: 27988387 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2016.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Revised: 10/28/2016] [Accepted: 12/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Diabetes mellitus significantly increases the risk of heart failure, independent of coronary artery disease. The mechanisms implicated in the development of diabetic heart disease, commonly termed diabetic cardiomyopathy, are complex, but much of the impact of diabetes on the heart can be attributed to impaired glucose handling. It has been shown that the maladaptive nutrient-sensing hexosamine biosynthesis pathway (HBP) contributes to diabetic complications in many non-cardiac tissues. Glucose metabolism by the HBP leads to enzymatically-regulated, O-linked attachment of a sugar moiety molecule, β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc), to proteins, affecting their biological activity (similar to phosphorylation). In normal physiology, transient activation of HBP/O-GlcNAc mechanisms is an adaptive, protective means to enhance cell survival; interventions that acutely suppress this pathway decrease tolerance to stress. Conversely, chronic dysregulation of HBP/O-GlcNAc mechanisms has been shown to be detrimental in certain pathological settings, including diabetes and cancer. Most of our understanding of the impact of sustained maladaptive HBP and O-GlcNAc protein modifications has been derived from adipose tissue, skeletal muscle and other non-cardiac tissues, as a contributing mechanism to insulin resistance and progression of diabetic complications. However, the long-term consequences of persistent activation of cardiac HBP and O-GlcNAc are not well-understood; therefore, the goal of this timely review is to highlight current understanding of the role of the HBP pathway in development of diabetic cardiomyopathy.
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- Cheng Xue Qin
- Heart Failure Pharmacology, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia; Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Heart Failure Pharmacology, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia; Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- University of New England, Biddeford, ME, 04072, United States
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- Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Heart Failure Pharmacology, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia; School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35233, United States
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- Heart Failure Pharmacology, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia; Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia; Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton 3800, VIC, Australia.
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Yao B, Xu Y, Wang J, Qiao Y, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Chen Y, Wu Q, Zhao Y, Zhu G, Sun F, Li Z, Yuan H. Reciprocal regulation between O-GlcNAcylation and tribbles pseudokinase 2 (TRIB2) maintains transformative phenotypes in liver cancer cells. Cell Signal 2016; 28:1703-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2016.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2016] [Revised: 07/17/2016] [Accepted: 08/07/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Zhao L, Feng Z, Yang X, Liu J. The regulatory roles of O-GlcNAcylation in mitochondrial homeostasis and metabolic syndrome. Free Radic Res 2016; 50:1080-1088. [PMID: 27646831 DOI: 10.1080/10715762.2016.1239017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Nutrients excess is one of the leading causes of metabolic syndrome globally. Protein post-translational O-GlcNAc modification has been recognized as an essential nutrient sensor of the cell. Emerging studies suggest that O-GlcNAcylation lies at the core linking nutritional stress to insulin resistance. Mitochondria are the major site for ATP production in most eukaryotes. Mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress have long been considered as an important mechanism underlying insulin resistance. The metabolic process is under the influence of environmental and nutritional factors, thus sensing and transducing nutritional signals sit at the pivot of metabolism control. For a long time little was known about O-GlcNAcylation within mitochondria since mitochondrial O-GlcNAcylation was regarded rare. Recent findings have demonstrated that O-GlcNAcylation is widely spread among mitochondrial proteins, and that mitochondrial function and oxidative stress both can be regulated by O-GlcNAcylation, particularly under diabetic circumstances.
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- Lin Zhao
- a Center for Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, the Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education , School of Life Science and Technology and Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an , China
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- a Center for Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, the Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education , School of Life Science and Technology and Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an , China
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- b Section of Comparative Medicine and Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology , Yale University School of Medicine , New Haven , CT , USA
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- a Center for Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, the Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education , School of Life Science and Technology and Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an , China
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Lund PJ, Elias JE, Davis MM. Global Analysis of O-GlcNAc Glycoproteins in Activated Human T Cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2016; 197:3086-3098. [PMID: 27655845 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1502031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Accepted: 07/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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T cell activation in response to Ag is largely regulated by protein posttranslational modifications. Although phosphorylation has been extensively characterized in T cells, much less is known about the glycosylation of serine/threonine residues by O-linked N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc). Given that O-GlcNAc appears to regulate cell signaling pathways and protein activity similarly to phosphorylation, we performed a comprehensive analysis of O-GlcNAc during T cell activation to address the functional importance of this modification and to identify the modified proteins. Activation of T cells through the TCR resulted in a global elevation of O-GlcNAc levels and in the absence of O-GlcNAc, IL-2 production and proliferation were compromised. T cell activation also led to changes in the relative expression of O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) isoforms and accumulation of OGT at the immunological synapse of murine T cells. Using a glycoproteomics approach, we identified >200 O-GlcNAc proteins in human T cells. Many of the identified proteins had a functional relationship to RNA metabolism, and consistent with a connection between O-GlcNAc and RNA, inhibition of OGT impaired nascent RNA synthesis upon T cell activation. Overall, our studies provide a global analysis of O-GlcNAc dynamics during T cell activation and the first characterization, to our knowledge, of the O-GlcNAc glycoproteome in human T cells.
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- Peder J Lund
- Interdepartmental Program in Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305; .,Stanford Institute for Immunity, Transplantation, and Infection, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305; and.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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Zhu G, Tao T, Zhang D, Liu X, Qiu H, Han L, Xu Z, Xiao Y, Cheng C, Shen A. O-GlcNAcylation of histone deacetylases 1 in hepatocellular carcinoma promotes cancer progression. Glycobiology 2016; 26:820-833. [PMID: 27060025 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cww025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2015] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2025] Open
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a malignant tumor originating in the liver. Previous studies have indicated that O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) and histone deacetylase-1 (HDAC1) play important roles in the pathogenesis of HCC. In the present study, we investigated the physical link between OGT and HDAC1. The O-GlcNAcylation of HDAC1 is overexpressed in HCC. We found that HDAC1 has two major sites of O-GlcNAcylation in its histone deacetylase domain. HDAC1 O-GlcNAcylation increases the activated phosphorylation of HDAC1, which enhances its enzyme activity. HDAC1 O-GlcNAc mutants promote the p21 transcription regulation through affecting the acetylation levels of histones from chromosome, and then influence the proliferation of HCC cells. We also found that mutants of O-GlcNAcylation site of HDAC1 affect invasion and migration of HepG2 cells. E-cadherin level is highly up-regulated in HDAC1 O-GlcNAc mutant-treated liver cancer cells, which inhibit the occurrence and development of HCC. Our findings suggest that OGT promotes the O-GlcNAc modification of HDAC1in the development of HCC. Therefore, inhibiting O-GlcNAcylation of HDAC1 may repress the progression of HCC.
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- Guizhou Zhu
- The Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, 19 Qixiu Road, Nantong, 226001 Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- The Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, 19 Qixiu Road, Nantong, 226001 Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- The Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, 19 Qixiu Road, Nantong, 226001 Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- The Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, 19 Qixiu Road, Nantong, 226001 Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- The Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, 19 Qixiu Road, Nantong, 226001 Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- The Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, 19 Qixiu Road, Nantong, 226001 Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- The Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, 19 Qixiu Road, Nantong, 226001 Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- The Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, 19 Qixiu Road, Nantong, 226001 Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- The Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, 19 Qixiu Road, Nantong, 226001 Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- The Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, 19 Qixiu Road, Nantong, 226001 Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
- Department of Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, 19 Qixiu Road, Nantong, 226001 Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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Ferrer CM, Sodi VL, Reginato MJ. O-GlcNAcylation in Cancer Biology: Linking Metabolism and Signaling. J Mol Biol 2016; 428:3282-3294. [PMID: 27343361 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.05.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Accepted: 05/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The hexosamine biosynthetic pathway (HBP) is highly dependent on multiple metabolic nutrients including glucose, glutamine, and acetyl-CoA. Increased flux through HBP leads to elevated post-translational addition of β-D-N-acetylglucosamine sugars to nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins. Increased total O-GlcNAcylation is emerging as a general characteristic of cancer cells, and recent studies suggest that O-GlcNAcylation is a central communicator of nutritional status to control key signaling and metabolic pathways that regulate multiple cancer cell phenotypes. This review summarizes our current understanding of changes of O-GlcNAc cycling enzymes in cancer, the role of O-GlcNAcylation in tumorigenesis, and the current challenges in targeting this pathway therapeutically.
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- Christina M Ferrer
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA.
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Lambert M, Richard E, Duban-Deweer S, Krzewinski F, Deracinois B, Dupont E, Bastide B, Cieniewski-Bernard C. O-GlcNAcylation is a key modulator of skeletal muscle sarcomeric morphometry associated to modulation of protein-protein interactions. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2016; 1860:2017-30. [PMID: 27301331 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2016.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2016] [Revised: 05/18/2016] [Accepted: 06/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND The sarcomere structure of skeletal muscle is determined through multiple protein-protein interactions within an intricate sarcomeric cytoskeleton network. The molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of this sarcomeric organization, essential to muscle function, remain unclear. O-GlcNAcylation, a post-translational modification modifying several key structural proteins and previously described as a modulator of the contractile activity, was never considered to date in the sarcomeric organization. METHODS C2C12 skeletal myotubes were treated with Thiamet-G (OGA inhibitor) in order to increase the global O-GlcNAcylation level. RESULTS Our data clearly showed a modulation of the O-GlcNAc level more sensitive and dynamic in the myofilament-enriched fraction than total proteome. This fine O-GlcNAc level modulation was closely related to changes of the sarcomeric morphometry. Indeed, the dark-band and M-line widths increased, while the I-band width and the sarcomere length decreased according to the myofilament O-GlcNAc level. Some structural proteins of the sarcomere such as desmin, αB-crystallin, α-actinin, moesin and filamin-C have been identified within modulated protein complexes through O-GlcNAc level variations. Their interactions seemed to be changed, especially for desmin and αB-crystallin. CONCLUSIONS For the first time, our findings clearly demonstrate that O-GlcNAcylation, through dynamic regulations of the structural interactome, could be an important modulator of the sarcomeric structure and may provide new insights in the understanding of molecular mechanisms of neuromuscular diseases characterized by a disorganization of the sarcomeric structure. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE In the present study, we demonstrated a role of O-GlcNAcylation in the sarcomeric structure modulation.
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- Matthias Lambert
- Univ.Lille, EA7369-URePSSS, Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport, Santé, Société, Equipe « Activité Physique, Muscle, Santé », F-59000 Lille, France
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- BiCeL (BioImaging Center of Lille - Campus Lille 1), Univ.Lille, FR3688 CNRS FRABio, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Laboratoire de la Barrière Hémato-Encéphalique (LBHE), EA2465, Université d'Artois, Faculté Jean Perrin, 62307 Lens, France
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- PAGés (Plateforme d'Analyses des Glycoconjugués), Univ.Lille, CNRS, UMR 8576, UGSF, Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ.Lille, EA7369-URePSSS, Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport, Santé, Société, Equipe « Activité Physique, Muscle, Santé », F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ.Lille, EA7369-URePSSS, Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport, Santé, Société, Equipe « Activité Physique, Muscle, Santé », F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ.Lille, EA7369-URePSSS, Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport, Santé, Société, Equipe « Activité Physique, Muscle, Santé », F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ.Lille, EA7369-URePSSS, Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport, Santé, Société, Equipe « Activité Physique, Muscle, Santé », F-59000 Lille, France.
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Synthesis of NAM-thiazoline derivatives as novel O-GlcNAcase inhibitors. Carbohydr Res 2016; 429:54-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2016.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2016] [Revised: 03/08/2016] [Accepted: 04/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Stateva SR, Villalobo A. O-GlcNAcylation of the human epidermal growth factor receptor. Org Biomol Chem 2016; 13:8196-204. [PMID: 26108188 DOI: 10.1039/c5ob00443h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The reversible O-linked attachment of single β-D-N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) moieties to serine/threonine residues in target proteins is a frequently occurring post-translational modification affecting the functionality of many cellular systems. In this report we present experimental evidence suggesting that the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is subjected to O-GlcNAcylation in human carcinoma epidermoid A431 cells and human lung carcinoma A549 cells. However, no signal was detected in human cervix adenocarcinoma HeLa cells or in mouse EGFR-T17 fibroblasts ectopically expressing the human EGFR. We detected a positive O-GlcNAcylation signal in the immunoprecipitated EGFR by Western blotting using two distinct specific anti-O-GlcNAc antibodies even after N-deglycosylation of the receptor using peptide-N-glycosidase F (PNGase F). Conversely, the presence of EGFR was detected by Western blotting using an anti-EGFR antibody in the immunocomplex of O-GlcNAcylated proteins immunoprecipitated with an anti-O-GlcNAc antibody. These signals were enhanced when the O-linked β-N-acetylglucosaminidase (OGA) inhibitor Thiamet G was added to prevent the deglycosylation of the GlcNAc moiety(ies). Moreover, we also detected a positive signal in the immunoprecipitated and N-deglycosylated EGFR using PNGase F, and tunicamycin when the cells were metabolically labeled with azido-GlcNAc (GlcNAz), biotinylated and probed with a streptavidin-labeled peroxidase. Finally, EGFR and O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine transferase (OGT) co-immunoprecipitate, and incubation of the immunoprecipitated EGFR with the immunoprecipitated OGT in the presence of uridine 5'-diphospho-N-acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc) resulted in a significant enhancement of the EGFR O-GlcNAcylation signal as detected by Western blotting using an anti-O-GlcNAc antibody. We conclude that the human EGFR is subjected to O-GlcNAcylation in the A431 and A549 tumor cell lines.
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- Silviya R Stateva
- Department of Cancer Biology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, c/Arturo Duperier 4, E-28029 Madrid, Spain.
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Qiao Z, Dang C, Zhou B, Li S, Zhang W, Jiang J, Zhang J, Ma Y, Kong R, Ma Z. Downregulation of O-linked N-acetylglucosamine transferase by RNA interference decreases MMP9 expression in human esophageal cancer cells. Oncol Lett 2016; 11:3317-3323. [PMID: 27123109 PMCID: PMC4840913 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2016.4428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2015] [Accepted: 01/21/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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O-linked N-acetylglucosamine transferase (OGT) catalyzes O-linked glycosylation (O-GlcNAcylation). O-GlcNAcylation is a post-translational carbohydrate modification of diverse nuclear and cytosolic proteins by the addition of O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine. It was recently demonstrated that OGT and the level of O-GlcNAcylation are upregulated in esophageal cancer; however, the physiological consequences of this upregulation remain unknown. The current study reports that OGT knockdown by short hairpin RNA (shRNA) did not affect cell viability; however, cell migration in esophageal cancer Eca-109 cells was significantly reduced. OGT-specific shRNA vectors efficiently decreased the protein and mRNA levels of OGT and the RL2 level (a marker of O-GlcNAcylation levels) in Eca-109 esophageal cancer cells. In addition, colony formation and cell proliferation assays demonstrated that OGT-specific shRNA decreased the proliferation of Eca-109 cells; however, there was no significant statistical difference between OGT-specific shRNA and control shRNA. Notably, transwell assays demonstrated that the migratory ability of Eca-109 cells was significantly suppressed following knockdown of the OGT gene. Correspondingly, western blot analyses demonstrated that OGT knockdown significantly downregulated the expression of matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) in Eca-109 cells. These results suggest that OGT may promote the migration, invasion and metastasis of esophageal cancer cells by enhancing the stability or expression of MMP9.
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- Zhe Qiao
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710004, P.R. China
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, P.R. China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710004, P.R. China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710004, P.R. China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710004, P.R. China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710004, P.R. China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710004, P.R. China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710004, P.R. China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710004, P.R. China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710004, P.R. China
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Gellai R, Hodrea J, Lenart L, Hosszu A, Koszegi S, Balogh D, Ver A, Banki NF, Fulop N, Molnar A, Wagner L, Vannay A, Szabo AJ, Fekete A. Role of O-linked N-acetylglucosamine modification in diabetic nephropathy. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2016; 311:F1172-F1181. [PMID: 27029430 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00545.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2015] [Accepted: 03/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Increased O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine glycosylation (O-GlcNAcylation) is a known contributor to diabetes; however, its relevance in diabetic nephropathy (DN) is poorly elucidated. Here, we studied the process and enzymes of O-GlcNAcylation with a special emphasis on Akt-endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) and heat shock protein (HSP)72 signaling. Since tubular injury is the prominent site of DN, the effect of hyperglycemia was first measured in proximal tubular (HK2) cells cultured in high glucose. In vivo O-GlcNAcylation and protein levels of O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT), O-GlcNAcase (OGA), phosphorylated (p)Akt/Akt, peNOS/eNOS, and HSP72 were assessed in the kidney cortex of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. The effects of various renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibitors were also evaluated. In proximal tubular cells, hyperglycemia-induced OGT expression led to increased O-GlcNAcylation, which was followed by a compensatory increase of OGA. In parallel, peNOS and pAkt levels decreased, whereas HSP72 increased. In diabetic rats, elevated O-GlcNAcylation was accompanied by decreased OGT and OGA. RAAS inhibitors ameliorated diabetes-induced kidney damage and prevented the elevation of O-GlcNAcylation and the decrement of pAkt, peNOS, and HSP72. In conclusion, hyperglycemia-induced elevation of O-GlcNAcylation contributes to the progression of DN via inhibition of Akt/eNOS phosphorylation and HSP72 induction. RAAS blockers successfully inhibit this process, suggesting a novel pathomechanism of their renoprotective action in the treatment of DN.
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- Renata Gellai
- MTA-SE "Lendulet" Diabetes Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- MTA-SE "Lendulet" Diabetes Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.,MTA-SE Pediatrics and Nephrology Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- MTA-SE "Lendulet" Diabetes Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- MTA-SE "Lendulet" Diabetes Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- MTA-SE "Lendulet" Diabetes Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- MTA-SE "Lendulet" Diabetes Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pathobiochemistry, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- First Department of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Teaching Hospital Mór Kaposi, Kaposvar, Hungary; and
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- MTA-SE "Lendulet" Diabetes Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Transplantation and Surgery, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- MTA-SE Pediatrics and Nephrology Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- MTA-SE Pediatrics and Nephrology Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.,First Department of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- MTA-SE "Lendulet" Diabetes Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; .,First Department of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Qiao Y, Zhang X, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Xu Y, Liu X, Sun F, Wang J. High Glucose Stimulates Tumorigenesis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells Through AGER-Dependent O-GlcNAcylation of c-Jun. Diabetes 2016; 65:619-32. [PMID: 26825459 DOI: 10.2337/db15-1057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Accepted: 11/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Epidemiologic studies suggest that hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has a strong relationship with diabetes. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms still remain unclear. Here, we demonstrated that high glucose (HG), one of the main characteristics of diabetes, was capable of accelerating tumorigenesis in HCC cells. Advanced glycosylation end product-specific receptor (AGER) was identified as a stimulator during this process. Mechanistically, AGER activated a hexosamine biosynthetic pathway, leading to enhanced O-GlcNAcylation of target proteins. Notably, AGER was capable of increasing activity and stability of proto-oncoprotein c-Jun via O-GlcNAcylation of this protein at Ser73. Interestingly, c-Jun can conversely enhance AGER transcription. Thereby, a positive autoregulatory feedback loop that stimulates diabetic HCC was established. Finally, we found that AG490, an inhibitor of Janus kinase, has the ability to impair AGER expression and its functions in HCC cells. In conclusion, AGER and its functions to stimulate O-GlcNAcylation are important during liver tumorigenesis, when high blood glucose levels are inadequately controlled.
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- Yongxia Qiao
- School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Central Laboratory, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Faculty of Medical Laboratory Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, China Tongji University Advanced Institute of Translational Medicine, Shanghai, China
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K.M. Ip C, 1 Department of Systems Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA;, Yin J, K.S. Ng P, Lin SY, B. Mills G. Genomic-Glycosylation Aberrations in Tumor Initiation, Progression and Management. AIMS MEDICAL SCIENCE 2016. [DOI: 10.3934/medsci.2016.4.386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Zerze GH, Mittal J. Effect of O-Linked Glycosylation on the Equilibrium Structural Ensemble of Intrinsically Disordered Polypeptides. J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:15583-92. [PMID: 26618856 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b10022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Glycosylation is one of the most common post-translational modifications (PTMs), which provides a large proteome diversity. Previous work on glycosylation of globular proteins has revealed remarkable effects of glycosylation on protein function, altering the folding stability and structure and/or altering the protein surface which affects their binding characteristics. Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) or intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) of large proteins are also frequently glycosylated, yet how glycosylation affects their function remains to be elucidated. An important open question is, does glycosylation affect IDP structure or binding characteristics or both? In this work, we particularly address the structural effects of O-linked glycosylation by investigating glycosylated and unglycosylated forms of two different IDPs, tau174-183 and human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP), by all-atom explicit solvent simulations. We simulate these IDPs in aqueous solution for O-linked glycosylated and unglycosylated forms by employing two modern all-atom force fields for which glycan parameters are also available. We find that O-linked glycosylation only has a modest effect on equilibrium structural ensembles of IDPs, for the cases studied here, which suggests that the functional role of glycosylation may be primarily exerted by modulation of the protein binding characteristics rather than structure.
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- Gül H Zerze
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University , Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University , Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States
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O’Neill EC, Trick M, Henrissat B, Field RA. Euglena in time: Evolution, control of central metabolic processes and multi-domain proteins in carbohydrate and natural product biochemistry. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pisc.2015.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Intracellular and extracellular O-linked N-acetylglucosamine in the nervous system. Exp Neurol 2015; 274:166-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2015.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2015] [Revised: 08/07/2015] [Accepted: 08/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Durning SP, Flanagan-Steet H, Prasad N, Wells L. O-Linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) Acts as a Glucose Sensor to Epigenetically Regulate the Insulin Gene in Pancreatic Beta Cells. J Biol Chem 2015; 291:2107-18. [PMID: 26598517 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.693580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The post-translational protein modification O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) is a proposed nutrient sensor that has been shown to regulate multiple biological pathways. This dynamic and inducible enzymatic modification to intracellular proteins utilizes the end product of the nutrient sensing hexosamine biosynthetic pathway, UDP-GlcNAc, as its substrate donor. Type II diabetic patients have elevated O-GlcNAc-modified proteins within pancreatic beta cells due to chronic hyperglycemia-induced glucose overload, but a molecular role for O-GlcNAc within beta cells remains unclear. Using directed pharmacological approaches in the mouse insulinoma-6 (Min6) cell line, we demonstrate that elevating nuclear O-GlcNAc increases intracellular insulin levels and preserves glucose-stimulated insulin secretion during chronic hyperglycemia. The molecular mechanism for these observed changes appears to be, at least in part, due to elevated O-GlcNAc-dependent increases in Ins1 and Ins2 mRNA levels via elevations in histone H3 transcriptional activation marks. Furthermore, RNA deep sequencing reveals that this mechanism of altered gene transcription is restricted and that the majority of genes regulated by elevated O-GlcNAc levels are similarly regulated by a shift from euglycemic to hyperglycemic conditions. These findings implicate the O-GlcNAc modification as a potential mechanism for hyperglycemic-regulated gene expression in the beta cell.
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- Sean P Durning
- From the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-1516 and
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- From the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-1516 and
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- HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology, Genomic Services Laboratory, Huntsville, Alabama 35806
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- From the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-1516 and
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Systematic Analysis and Prediction of In Situ Cross Talk of O-GlcNAcylation and Phosphorylation. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 2015:279823. [PMID: 26601103 PMCID: PMC4639640 DOI: 10.1155/2015/279823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2015] [Revised: 10/01/2015] [Accepted: 10/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Reversible posttranslational modification (PTM) plays a very important role in biological process by changing properties of proteins. As many proteins are multiply modified by PTMs, cross talk of PTMs is becoming an intriguing topic and draws much attention. Currently, lots of evidences suggest that the PTMs work together to accomplish a specific biological function. However, both the general principles and underlying mechanism of PTM crosstalk are elusive. In this study, by using large-scale datasets we performed evolutionary conservation analysis, gene ontology enrichment, motif extraction of proteins with cross talk of O-GlcNAcylation and phosphorylation cooccurring on the same residue. We found that proteins with in situ O-GlcNAc/Phos cross talk were significantly enriched in some specific gene ontology terms and no obvious evolutionary pressure was observed. Moreover, 3 functional motifs associated with O-GlcNAc/Phos sites were extracted. We further used sequence features and GO features to predict O-GlcNAc/Phos cross talk sites based on phosphorylated sites and O-GlcNAcylated sites separately by the use of SVM model. The AUC of classifier based on phosphorylated sites is 0.896 and the other classifier based on GlcNAcylated sites is 0.843. Both classifiers achieved a relatively better performance compared with other existing methods.
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Lundin KE, Hamasy A, Backe PH, Moens LN, Falk-Sörqvist E, Elgstøen KB, Mørkrid L, Bjørås M, Granert C, Norlin AC, Nilsson M, Christensson B, Stenmark S, Smith CIE. Susceptibility to infections, without concomitant hyper-IgE, reported in 1976, is caused by hypomorphic mutation in the phosphoglucomutase 3 (PGM3) gene. Clin Immunol 2015; 161:366-72. [PMID: 26482871 PMCID: PMC4695917 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2015.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2015] [Revised: 08/17/2015] [Accepted: 10/13/2015] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Phosphoglucomutase 3 (PGM3) is an enzyme converting N-acetyl-glucosamine-6-phosphate to N-acetyl-glucosamine-1-phosphate, a precursor important for glycosylation. Mutations in the PGM3 gene have recently been identified as the cause of novel primary immunodeficiency with a hyper-IgE like syndrome. Here we report the occurrence of a homozygous mutation in the PGM3 gene in a family with immunodeficient children, described already in 1976. DNA from two of the immunodeficient siblings was sequenced and shown to encode the same homozygous missense mutation, causing a destabilized protein with reduced enzymatic capacity. Affected individuals were highly prone to infections, but lack the developmental defects in the nervous and skeletal systems, reported in other families. Moreover, normal IgE levels were found. Thus, belonging to the expanding group of congenital glycosylation defects, PGM3 deficiency is characterized by immunodeficiency, with or without increased IgE levels, and with variable forms of developmental defects affecting other organ systems.
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- Karin E Lundin
- Clinical Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, S-141 86 Huddinge, Sweden.
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- Clinical Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, S-141 86 Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Clinic for Diagnostics and Intervention, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Box 4950, Nydalen, N-0424 Oslo, Norway; Department of Medical Biochemistry, Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Box 4950, Nydalen, N-0424 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, S-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, S-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Box 4950, Nydalen, N-0424 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Box 4950, Nydalen, N-0424 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Microbiology, Clinic for Diagnostics and Intervention, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Box 4950, Nydalen, N-0424 Oslo, Norway; Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, NTNU, 8905, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Immunodeficiency Unit, Section of Clinical Immunology, Karolinska University Hospital, S-14186, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Immunodeficiency Unit, Section of Clinical Immunology, Karolinska University Hospital, S-14186, Stockholm, Sweden; Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Karolinska University Laboratory, Karolinska University Hospital, S-14186, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, S-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden; Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, S-171 21, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, S-141 86, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Clinical Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, S-141 86 Huddinge, Sweden; Immunodeficiency Unit, Section of Clinical Immunology, Karolinska University Hospital, S-14186, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Shi J, Gu JH, Dai CL, Gu J, Jin X, Sun J, Iqbal K, Liu F, Gong CX. O-GlcNAcylation regulates ischemia-induced neuronal apoptosis through AKT signaling. Sci Rep 2015; 5:14500. [PMID: 26412745 PMCID: PMC4585968 DOI: 10.1038/srep14500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2015] [Accepted: 09/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Apoptosis plays an important role in neural development and neurological disorders. In this study, we found that O-GlcNAcylation, a unique protein posttranslational modification with O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), promoted apoptosis through attenuating phosphorylation/activation of AKT and Bad. By using co-immunoprecipitation and mutagenesis techniques, we identified O-GlcNAc modification at both Thr308 and Ser473 of AKT. O-GlcNAcylation-induced apoptosis was attenuated by over-expression of AKT. We also found a dynamic elevation of protein O-GlcNAcylation during the first four hours of cerebral ischemia, followed by continuous decline after middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) in the mouse brain. The elevation of O-GlcNAcylation coincided with activation of cell apoptosis. Finally, we found a negative correlation between AKT phosphorylation and O-GlcNAcylation in ischemic brain tissue. These results indicate that cerebral ischemia induces a rapid increase of O-GlcNAcylation that promotes apoptosis through down-regulation of AKT activity. These findings provide a novel mechanism through which O-GlcNAcylation regulates ischemia-induced neuronal apoptosis through AKT signaling.
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- Jianhua Shi
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-Innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, China.,Department of Biochemistry, Nantong University Medical School, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, China.,Department of Neurochemistry, Inge Grundke-Iqbal Research Floor, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York 10314, United States of America
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- Department of Neurochemistry, Inge Grundke-Iqbal Research Floor, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York 10314, United States of America.,Department of Pathophysiology, Nantong University Medical School, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, China
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- Department of Neurochemistry, Inge Grundke-Iqbal Research Floor, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York 10314, United States of America
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-Innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, China.,Department of Biochemistry, Nantong University Medical School, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-Innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-Innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, China
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- Department of Neurochemistry, Inge Grundke-Iqbal Research Floor, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York 10314, United States of America
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-Innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, China.,Department of Neurochemistry, Inge Grundke-Iqbal Research Floor, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York 10314, United States of America
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-Innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, China.,Department of Neurochemistry, Inge Grundke-Iqbal Research Floor, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York 10314, United States of America
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O-GlcNAcylation of G6PD promotes the pentose phosphate pathway and tumor growth. Nat Commun 2015; 6:8468. [PMID: 26399441 PMCID: PMC4598839 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2015] [Accepted: 08/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) plays a critical role in macromolecule biosynthesis and maintaining cellular redox homoeostasis in rapidly proliferating cells. Upregulation of the PPP has been shown in several types of cancer. However, how the PPP is regulated to confer a selective growth advantage on cancer cells is not well understood. Here we show that glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), the rate-limiting enzyme of the PPP, is dynamically modified with an O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine sugar in response to hypoxia. Glycosylation activates G6PD activity and increases glucose flux through the PPP, thereby providing precursors for nucleotide and lipid biosynthesis, and reducing equivalents for antioxidant defense. Blocking glycosylation of G6PD reduces cancer cell proliferation in vitro and impairs tumor growth in vivo. Importantly, G6PD glycosylation is increased in human lung cancers. Our findings reveal a mechanistic understanding of how O-glycosylation directly regulates the PPP to confer a selective growth advantage to tumours. The pentose phosphate pathway is aberrantly activated in cancer cells but the mechanism is unclear. Here, the authors show that G6PD, the rate-limiting enzyme in the pathway, is post-translationally modified with a sugar moiety under hypoxic conditions leading to increased production of precursors for macromolecular synthesis and antioxidants.
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Medford HM, Marsh SA. The role of O-GlcNAc transferase in regulating the gene transcription of developing and failing hearts. Future Cardiol 2015; 10:801-12. [PMID: 25495821 DOI: 10.2217/fca.14.42] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Heart failure treatment currently centers on symptom management, primarily through reductions in systemic blood pressure and fluid retention. The O-linked attachment of β-N-acetylglucosamine to cardiac proteins is increased in cardiovascular disease and heart failure, and O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) is the enzyme that catalyzes this addition. Deletion of OGT is embryonically lethal, and cardiomyocyte-specific OGT knockdown causes the exacerbation of heart failure. Stem cell therapy is currently a major focus of heart failure research, and it was recently discovered that OGT is intricately involved with stem cell differentiation. This article focuses on the relationship of OGT with epigenetics and pluripotency, and integrates OGT with several emerging areas of heart failure research, including calcium signaling.
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- Heidi M Medford
- Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Spokane, WA, USA
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Kong H, Chen W, Lu H, Yang Q, Dong Y, Wang D, Zhang J. Synthesis of NAG-thiazoline-derived inhibitors for β-N-acetyl-d-hexosaminidases. Carbohydr Res 2015; 413:135-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2015.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2015] [Revised: 05/28/2015] [Accepted: 06/01/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Monitoring of Intracellular Tau Aggregation Regulated by OGA/OGT Inhibitors. Int J Mol Sci 2015; 16:20212-24. [PMID: 26343633 PMCID: PMC4613198 DOI: 10.3390/ijms160920212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2015] [Revised: 08/12/2015] [Accepted: 08/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Abnormal phosphorylation of tau has been considered as a key pathogenic mechanism inducing tau aggregation in multiple neurodegenerative disorders, collectively called tauopathies. Recent evidence showed that tau phosphorylation sites are protected with O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) in normal brain. In pathological condition, tau is de-glycosylated and becomes a substrate for kinases. Despite the importance of O-GlcNAcylation in tau pathology, O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT), and an enzyme catalyzing O-GlcNAc to tau, has not been carefully investigated in the context of tau aggregation. Here, we investigated intracellular tau aggregation regulated by BZX2, an inhibitor of OGT. Upon the inhibition of OGT, tau phosphorylation increased 2.0-fold at Ser199 and 1.5-fold at Ser396, resulting in increased tau aggregation. Moreover, the BZX2 induced tau aggregation was efficiently reduced by the treatment of Thiamet G, an inhibitor of O-GlcNAcase (OGA). Our results demonstrated the protective role of OGT in tau aggregation and also suggest the counter-regulatory mechanism of OGA and OGT in tau pathology.
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Bhuiyan T, Waridel P, Kapuria V, Zoete V, Herr W. Distinct OGT-Binding Sites Promote HCF-1 Cleavage. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0136636. [PMID: 26305326 PMCID: PMC4549301 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2015] [Accepted: 08/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Human HCF-1 (also referred to as HCFC-1) is a transcriptional co-regulator that undergoes a complex maturation process involving extensive O-GlcNAcylation and site-specific proteolysis. HCF-1 proteolysis results in two active, noncovalently associated HCF-1N and HCF-1C subunits that regulate distinct phases of the cell-division cycle. HCF-1 O-GlcNAcylation and site-specific proteolysis are both catalyzed by O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT), which thus displays an unusual dual enzymatic activity. OGT cleaves HCF-1 at six highly conserved 26 amino acid repeat sequences called HCF-1PRO repeats. Here we characterize the substrate requirements for OGT cleavage of HCF-1. We show that the HCF-1PRO-repeat cleavage signal possesses particular OGT-binding properties. The glutamate residue at the cleavage site that is intimately involved in the cleavage reaction specifically inhibits association with OGT and its bound cofactor UDP-GlcNAc. Further, we identify a novel OGT-binding sequence nearby the first HCF-1PRO-repeat cleavage signal that enhances cleavage. These results demonstrate that distinct OGT-binding sites in HCF-1 promote proteolysis, and provide novel insights into the mechanism of this unusual protease activity.
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- Tanja Bhuiyan
- Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Génopode, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Protein Analysis Facility, Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Génopode, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Génopode, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Molecular Modeling Group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Génopode, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Génopode, Lausanne, Switzerland
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O-Linked N-acetylglucosamine, or O-GlcNAc, is a dynamic post-translational modification that cycles on and off serine and threonine residues of nucleocytoplasmic and mitochondrial proteins. In addition to cancer and inflammation diseases, O-GlcNAc modification appears to play a critical role during cell apoptosis and stress response, although the precise mechanisms are still not very clear. Here we found that nitric oxide synthase adaptor (NOS1AP), which plays an important part in glutamate-induced neuronal apoptosis, carries the modification of O-GlcNAc. Mass spectrometry analysis identified Ser47, Ser183, Ser204, Ser269, Ser271 as O-GlcNAc sites. Higher O-GlcNAc of NOS1AP was detected during glutamate-induced neuronal apoptosis. Furthermore, with O-GlcNAc sites of NOS1AP mutated, the interaction of NOS1AP and neuronal nitric oxide syntheses (nNOS) decreases. Finally, during glutamate-induced neuronal apoptosis, decreasing the O-GlcNAc modification of NOS1AP results in more severe neuronal apoptosis. All these results suggest that O-GlcNAc modification of NOS1AP exerts protective effects during glutamate-induced neuronal apoptosis.
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Bouazzi H, Lesca G, Trujillo C, Alwasiyah MK, Munnich A. Nonsyndromic X-linked intellectual deficiency in three brothers with a novel MED12 missense mutation [c.5922G>T (p.Glu1974His)]. Clin Case Rep 2015; 3:604-9. [PMID: 26273451 PMCID: PMC4527805 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2015] [Accepted: 04/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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X-linked intellectual deficiency (XLID) is a large group of genetic disorders. MED12 gene causes syndromic and nonsyndromic forms of XLID. Only seven pathological mutations have been identified in this gene. Here, we report a novel mutation segregating with XLID phenotype. This mutation could be in favor of genotype-phenotype correlations.
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- Habib Bouazzi
- Hôpital Necker - Enfants Malades INSERM U781, Laboratoire de génétique médicale. Tour Lavoisier - 3 étage149 rue de Sèvres – 75743, Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Service de Cytogénétique constitutionnelle, Groupement Hospitalier Est.59 Boulevard Pinel, 69677, Bron Cedex, France
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- Genetics Unit, Erfan & Bagedo HospitalP.O. Box 6519, Jeddah, 21452, Saudi Arabia
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- Hôpital Necker - Enfants Malades, Unité INSERM 781, Laboratoire de génétique moléculaireTour Lavoisier - 2ème étage, 149 rue de Sèvres – 75743, Paris Cedex 15, France
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Akt/PKB, a serine/threonine kinase member of the AGC family of proteins, is involved in the regulation of a plethora of cellular processes triggered by a wide diversity of extracellular signals and is thus considered a key signalling molecule in higher eukaryotes. Deregulation of Akt signalling is associated with a variety of human diseases, revealing Akt-dependent pathways as an attractive target for therapeutic intervention. Since its discovery in the early 1990s, a large body of work has focused on Akt phosphorylation of two residues, Thr308 and Ser473, and modification of these two sites has been established as being equivalent to Akt activation. More recently, Akt has been identified as a substrate for many different post-translational modifications, including not only phosphorylation of other residues, but also acetylation, glycosylation, oxidation, ubiquitination and SUMOylation. These modifications could provide additional regulatory steps for fine-tuning Akt function, Akt trafficking within the cell and/or for determining the substrate specificity of this signalling molecule. In the present review, we provide an overview of these different post-translational modifications identified for Akt, focusing on their consequences for this kinase activity.
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Heiss EH, Dirsch VM. Regulation of eNOS enzyme activity by posttranslational modification. Curr Pharm Des 2015; 20:3503-13. [PMID: 24180389 DOI: 10.2174/13816128113196660745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2013] [Accepted: 10/21/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The regulation of endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) employs multiple different cellular control mechanisms impinging on level and activity of the enzyme. This review aims at summarizing the current knowledge on the posttranslational modifications of eNOS, including acylation, nitrosylation, phosphorylation, acetylation, glycosylation and glutathionylation. Sites, mediators and impact on enzyme localization and activity of the single modifications will be discussed. Moreover, interdependence, cooperativity and competition between the different posttranslational modifications will be elaborated with special emphasis on the susceptibility of eNOS to metabolic cues.
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- University of Vienna, Department of Pharmacognosy, Althanstrasse14, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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Melo-Braga MN, Meyer M, Zeng X, Larsen MR. Characterization of human neural differentiation from pluripotent stem cells using proteomics/PTMomics--current state-of-the-art and challenges. Proteomics 2015; 15:656-674. [PMID: 25418965 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201400388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2014] [Revised: 11/11/2014] [Accepted: 11/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2025]
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Stem cells are unspecialized cells capable of self-renewal and to differentiate into the large variety of cells in the body. The possibility to differentiate these cells into neural precursors and neural cells in vitro provides the opportunity to study neural development, nerve cell biology, neurological disease as well as contributing to clinical research. The neural differentiation process is associated with changes at protein and their post-translational modifications (PTMs). PTMs are important regulators of proteins physicochemical properties, function, activity, and interaction with other proteins, DNA/RNA, and complexes. Moreover, the interplay between PTMs is essential to regulate a range of cellular processes that abnormalities in PTM signaling are associated with several diseases. Altogether, this makes PTMs very relevant to study in order to uncover disease pathogenesis and increase the understanding of molecular processes in cells. Substantial advances in PTM enrichment methods and mass spectrometry has allowed the characterization of a subset of PTMs in large-scale studies. This review focuses on the current state-of-the-art of proteomic, as well as PTMomic studies related to human neural differentiation from pluripotent stem cells. Moreover, some of the challenges in stem cell biology, differentiation, and proteomics/PTMomics that are not exclusive to neural development will be discussed.
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- Marcella Nunes Melo-Braga
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; Center for Clinical Proteomics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Regulation of keratin network organization. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2015; 32:56-64. [PMID: 25594948 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2014.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2014] [Revised: 11/10/2014] [Accepted: 12/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Keratins form the major intermediate filament cytoskeleton of epithelia and are assembled from heterodimers of 28 type I and 26 type II keratins in cell- and differentiation-dependent patterns. By virtue of their primary sequence composition, interactions with cell adhesion complexes and components of major signaling cascades, keratins act as targets and effectors of mechanical force and chemical signals to determine cell mechanics, epithelial cohesion and modulate signaling in keratin isotype-specific manners. Therefore, cell-specific keratin expression and organization impact on cell growth, migration and invasion. Here, we review the recent literature, focusing on the question how keratin networks are regulated and how the interplay of keratins with adhesion complexes affects these processes and provides a framework to understand keratins contribution to blistering and inflammatory disorders and to tumor metastasis.
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Schaffer SW, Ramila KC, Jong CJ, Shetewy A, Shimada K, Ito T, Azuma J, Cioffi E. Does taurine prolong lifespan by improving heart function? ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2015; 803:555-70. [PMID: 25833527 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15126-7_45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Stephen W Schaffer
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA,
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Gazo I, Shaliutina-Kolešová A, Dietrich MA, Linhartová P, Shaliutina O, Cosson J. The effect of reactive oxygen species on motility parameters, DNA integrity, tyrosine phosphorylation and phosphatase activity of common carp (Cyprinus carpio
L.) spermatozoa. Mol Reprod Dev 2014; 82:48-57. [DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2014] [Accepted: 11/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Ievgeniia Gazo
- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters; South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses; Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology; University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice; Vodňany Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters; South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses; Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology; University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice; Vodňany Czech Republic
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- Department of Gamete and Embryo Biology; Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research; Polish Academy of Sciences; Olsztyn Poland
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters; South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses; Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology; University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice; Vodňany Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters; South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses; Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology; University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice; Vodňany Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters; South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses; Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology; University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice; Vodňany Czech Republic
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Bradshaw RA, Pundavela J, Biarc J, Chalkley RJ, Burlingame AL, Hondermarck H. NGF and ProNGF: Regulation of neuronal and neoplastic responses through receptor signaling. Adv Biol Regul 2014; 58:16-27. [PMID: 25491371 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbior.2014.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2014] [Accepted: 11/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Nerve growth factor (NGF) and its precursor (proNGF) are primarily considered as regulators of neuronal function that induce their responses via the tyrosine kinase receptor TrkA and the pan-neurotrophin receptor p75NTR. It has been generally held that NGF exerts its effects primarily through TrkA, inducing a cascade of tyrosine kinase-initiated responses, while proNGF binds more strongly to p75NTR. When this latter entity interacts with a third receptor, sortilin, apoptotic responses are induced in contrast to the survival/differentiation associated with the other two. Recent studies have outlined portions of the downstream phosphoproteome of TrkA in the neuronal PC12 cells and have clarified the contribution of individual docking sites in the TrkA endodomain. The patterns observed showed a similarity with the profile induced by the epidermal growth factor receptor, which is extensively associated with oncogenesis. Indeed, as with other neurotrophic factors, the distribution of TrkA and p75NTR is not limited to neuronal tissue, thus providing an array of targets outside the nervous systems. One such source is breast cancer cells, in which NGF and proNGF stimulate breast cancer cell survival/growth and enhance cell invasion, respectively. This latter activity is exerted via TrkA (as opposed to p75NTR) in conjunction with sortilin. Another tissue overexpressing proNGF is prostate cancer and here the ability of cancer cells to induce neuritogenesis has been implicated in cancer progression. These studies show that the non-neuronal functions of proNGF/NGF are likely integrated with their neuronal activities and point to the clinical utility of these growth factors and their receptors as biomarkers and therapeutic targets for metastasis and cancer pain.
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- School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy, Hunter Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Australia.
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- Dept of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- Dept of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy, Hunter Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Australia.
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Harris RBS, Apolzan JW. Hexosamine biosynthetic pathway activity in leptin resistant sucrose-drinking rats. Physiol Behav 2014; 138:208-18. [PMID: 25446204 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2014] [Revised: 09/21/2014] [Accepted: 09/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Rats offered 30% sucrose solution in addition to chow and water become leptin resistant therefore we investigated the effect of sucrose solution consumption on leptin signaling. In Experiment 1 rats were resistant to 3rd ventricle injections of1.5 μg leptin after 36 days of sucrose and western blot indicated that resistance was associated with increased basal levels of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 phosphorylation (pSTAT3). In Experiment 2 rats were resistant to a peripheral injection of 2mg leptin/kg after 26 days of sucrose. Immunohistochemistry indicated that increased basal pSTAT3 was limited to the medial and lateral arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus. Increased availability of glucose and fructose can stimulate the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway (HBP) which O-GlcNAc-modifies proteins. This has the potential to change protein bioactivity. We tested whether this pathway could account for the leptin resistance. There was no increase in the expression of HBP enzymes in tissues from sucrose rats in Experiment 1, however, direct activation of the HBP with a 3h intravenous infusion of 30 μmol/kg/min glucosamine significantly increased hypothalamic pSTAT3. Although sucrose consumption and activation of the HBP both increase hypothalamic pSTAT3 experiments described here did not provide evidence of a direct link between sucrose consumption, HBP activity and leptin resistance. Unexpectedly, we found that the HBP enzyme glutamine fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase (GFAT) in liver and O-GlcNAcase in hypothalamus were increased 30min after leptin injection in leptin responsive animals, implying a complex interaction between activity of the HBP and leptin responsiveness.
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- Ruth B S Harris
- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA 30912, United States.
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA 30912, United States
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Delporte A, De Zaeytijd J, De Storme N, Azmi A, Geelen D, Smagghe G, Guisez Y, Van Damme EJM. Cell cycle-dependent O-GlcNAc modification of tobacco histones and their interaction with the tobacco lectin. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2014; 83:151-8. [PMID: 25146688 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2014] [Accepted: 07/25/2014] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The Nicotiana tabacum agglutinin or Nictaba is a nucleocytoplasmic lectin that is expressed in tobacco after the plants have been exposed to jasmonate treatment or insect herbivory. Nictaba specifically recognizes GlcNAc residues. Recently, it was shown that Nictaba is interacting in vitro with the core histone proteins from calf thymus. Assuming that plant histones - similar to their animal counterparts - undergo O-GlcNAcylation, this interaction presumably occurs through binding of the lectin to the O-GlcNAc modification present on the histones. Hereupon, the question was raised whether this modification also occurs in plants and if it is cell cycle dependent. To this end, histones were purified from tobacco BY-2 suspension cells and the presence of O-GlcNAc modifications was checked. Concomitantly, O-GlcNAcylation of histone proteins was studied. Our data show that similar to animal histones plant histones are modified by O-GlcNAc in a cell cycle-dependent fashion. In addition, the interaction between Nictaba and tobacco histones was confirmed using lectin chromatography and far Western blot analysis. Collectively these findings suggest that Nictaba can act as a modulator of gene transcription through its interaction with core histones.
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- Annelies Delporte
- Ghent University, Dept. Molecular Biotechnology, Lab Biochemistry and Glycobiology, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Dept. Molecular Biotechnology, Lab Biochemistry and Glycobiology, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Dept. Plant Production, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- University of Antwerp, Dept. of Biology, Laboratory of Molecular Plant and Biotechnology (MPB), Centre for Proteome Analysis and Mass Spectrometry (CeProMa), Belgium
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- Ghent University, Dept. Plant Production, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Dept. Crop Protection, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- University of Antwerp, Dept. of Biology, Laboratory of Molecular Plant and Biotechnology (MPB), Centre for Proteome Analysis and Mass Spectrometry (CeProMa), Belgium
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- Ghent University, Dept. Molecular Biotechnology, Lab Biochemistry and Glycobiology, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.
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Lee E, Kim EY. A role for timely nuclear translocation of clock repressor proteins in setting circadian clock speed. Exp Neurobiol 2014; 23:191-9. [PMID: 25258565 PMCID: PMC4174609 DOI: 10.5607/en.2014.23.3.191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2014] [Revised: 04/17/2014] [Accepted: 04/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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By means of a circadian clock system, all the living organisms on earth including human beings can anticipate the environmental rhythmic changes such as light/dark and warm/cold periods in a daily as well as in a yearly manner. Anticipating such environmental changes provide organisms with survival benefits via manifesting behavior and physiology at an advantageous time of the day and year. Cell-autonomous circadian oscillators, governed by transcriptional feedback loop composed of positive and negative elements, are organized into a hierarchical system throughout the organisms and generate an oscillatory expression of a clock gene by itself as well as clock controlled genes (ccgs) with a 24 hr periodicity. In the feedback loop, hetero-dimeric transcription factor complex induces the expression of negative regulatory proteins, which in turn represses the activity of transcription factors to inhibit their own transcription. Thus, for robust oscillatory rhythms of the expression of clock genes as well as ccgs, the precise control of subcellular localization and/or timely translocation of core clock protein are crucial. Here, we discuss how sub-cellular localization and nuclear translocation are controlled in a time-specific manner focusing on the negative regulatory clock proteins.
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- Euna Lee
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Brain Science, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon 443-380, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Brain Science, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon 443-380, Korea
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