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Kim H, Yang H, Ednie AR, Bennett ES. Simulation Modeling of Reduced Glycosylation Effects on Potassium Channels of Mouse Cardiomyocytes. Front Physiol 2022; 13:816651. [PMID: 35309072 PMCID: PMC8931503 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.816651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is the third most common cause of heart failure and the primary reason for heart transplantation; upward of 70% of DCM cases are considered idiopathic. Our in-vitro experiments showed that reduced hybrid/complex N-glycosylation in mouse cardiomyocytes is linked with DCM. Further, we observed direct effects of reduced N-glycosylation on Kv gating. However, it is difficult to rigorously determine the effects of glycosylation on Kv activity, because there are multiple Kv isoforms in cardiomyocytes contributing to the cardiac excitation. Due to complex functions of Kv isoforms, only the sum of K+ currents (IKsum) can be recorded experimentally and decomposed later using exponential fitting to estimate component currents, such as IKto, IKslow, and IKss. However, such estimation cannot adequately describe glycosylation effects and Kv mechanisms. Here, we propose a framework of simulation modeling of Kv kinetics in mouse ventricular myocytes and model calibration using the in-vitro data under normal and reduced glycosylation conditions through ablation of the Mgat1 gene (i.e., Mgat1KO). Calibrated models facilitate the prediction of Kv characteristics at different voltages that are not directly observed in the in-vitro experiments. A model calibration procedure is developed based on the genetic algorithm. Experimental results show that, in the Mgat1KO group, both IKto and IKslow densities are shown to be significantly reduced and the rate of IKslow inactivation is much slower. The proposed approach has strong potential to couple simulation models with experimental data for gaining a better understanding of glycosylation effects on Kv kinetics.
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- Haedong Kim
- Complex Systems Monitoring, Modeling, and Control Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
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- Complex Systems Monitoring, Modeling, and Control Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
- *Correspondence: Hui Yang
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- Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, United States
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Reduced hybrid/complex N-glycosylation disrupts cardiac electrical signaling and calcium handling in a model of dilated cardiomyopathy. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2019; 132:13-23. [PMID: 31071333 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2019.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 04/12/2019] [Accepted: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is the third most common cause of heart failure, with ~70% of DCM cases considered idiopathic. We showed recently, through genetic ablation of the MGAT1 gene, which encodes an essential glycosyltransferase (GlcNAcT1), that prevention of cardiomyocyte hybrid/complex N-glycosylation was sufficient to cause DCM that led to heart failure and early death. Our findings are consistent with increasing evidence suggesting a link between aberrant glycosylation and heart diseases of acquired and congenital etiologies. However, the mechanisms by which changes in glycosylation contribute to disease onset and progression remain largely unknown. Activity and gating of voltage-gated Na+ and K+ channels (Nav and Kv respectively) play pivotal roles in the initiation, shaping and conduction of cardiomyocyte action potentials (APs) and aberrant channel activity was shown to contribute to cardiac disease. We and others showed that glycosylation can impact Nav and Kv function; therefore, here, we investigated the effects of reduced cardiomyocyte hybrid/complex N-glycosylation on channel activity to investigate whether chronic aberrant channel function can contribute to DCM. Ventricular cardiomyocytes from MGAT1 deficient (MGAT1KO) mice display prolonged APs and pacing-induced aberrant early re-activation that can be attributed to, at least in part, a significant reduction in Kv expression and activity that worsens over time suggesting heart disease-related remodeling. MGAT1KO Nav demonstrate no change in expression or maximal conductance but show depolarizing shifts in voltage-dependent gating. Together, the changes in MGAT1KO Nav and Kv function likely contribute to observed anomalous electrocardiograms and Ca2+ handling. These findings provide insight into mechanisms by which altered glycosylation contributes to DCM through changes in Nav and Kv activity that impact conduction, Ca2+ handling and contraction. The MGAT1KO can also serve as a useful model to study the effects of aberrant electrical signaling on cardiac function and the remodeling events that can occur with heart disease progression.
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Østergaard JA, Ruseva MM, Malik TH, Hoffmann-Petersen IT, Pickering MC, Thiel S, Hansen TK. Increased Autoreactivity of the Complement-Activating Molecule Mannan-Binding Lectin in a Type 1 Diabetes Model. J Diabetes Res 2016; 2016:1825738. [PMID: 26977416 PMCID: PMC4764751 DOI: 10.1155/2016/1825738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2015] [Revised: 12/22/2015] [Accepted: 01/11/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Diabetic kidney disease is the leading cause of end-stage renal failure despite intensive treatment of modifiable risk factors. Identification of new drug targets is therefore of paramount importance. The complement system is emerging as a potential new target. The lectin pathway of the complement system, initiated by the carbohydrate-recognition molecule mannan-binding lectin (MBL), is linked to poor kidney prognosis in diabetes. We hypothesized that MBL activates complement upon binding within the diabetic glomerulus. METHODS We investigated this by comparing complement deposition and activation in kidneys from streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice and healthy control mice. RESULTS After 20 weeks of diabetes, glomerular deposition of MBL was significantly increased. Diabetic animals had 2.0-fold higher (95% CI 1.6-2.5) immunofluorescence intensity from anti-MBL antibodies compared with controls (P < 0.001). Diabetes and control groups did not differ in glomerular immunofluorescence intensity obtained by antibodies against complement factors C4, C3, and C9. However, the circulating complement activation product C3a was increased in diabetes as compared to control mice (P = 0.04). CONCLUSION 20 weeks of diabetes increased MBL autoreactivity in the kidney and circulating C3a concentration. Together with previous findings, these results indicate direct effects of MBL within the kidney in diabetes.
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- Jakob Appel Østergaard
- Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital and Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
- The Danish Diabetes Academy, 5000 Odense, Denmark
- *Jakob Appel Østergaard:
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- Centre for Complement and Inflammation Research, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK
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- Centre for Complement and Inflammation Research, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK
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- Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital and Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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- Centre for Complement and Inflammation Research, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK
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- Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital and Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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Porcu S, Lapolla A, Biasutto L, Zoratti M, Piarulli F, Eliana G, Basso D, Roverso M, Seraglia R. A preliminary fastview of mitochondrial protein profile from healthy and type 2 diabetic subjects. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY (CHICHESTER, ENGLAND) 2014; 20:307-315. [PMID: 25420343 DOI: 10.1255/ejms.1285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Type 2 diabetes results from the development of insulin resistance and a concomitant impairment of insulin secretion. Mitochondrial dysfunctions are thought to be the major contributor to the development of various pathologies, including type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Mitochondrial oxidative stress has been reported in models of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus and may play a central role in mitochondrial dysfunction. In the present study, we investigated the occurrence of protein alterations, due to the presence of type 2 diabetes, in mitochondria isolated from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs] by matrix-assisted laser desorp- tion/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS]. PBMCs may be suitable for this investigation because they have insulin receptors that quickly respond to changes in insulin concentration, and in the presence of insulin rapidly increase their rates of glucose utiliza- tion. In the presence of insulin-resistance conditions, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, this mechanism is altered and the glycation of cytoplasmic as well as mitochondrial proteins may plausibly appear. Therefore, PBMCs may be useful tools to verify modifications or altered expression of mitochondrial proteins. Human mitochondria were obtained from 32 subjects, 16 healthy controls and 16 type 2 diabetic patients. Two different methods for mitochondria isolation and purification were employed and compared. Some proteins have been found to be differently expressed in the two groups of subjects under investigation and can be classified into two sets: i.e. proteins related to ATP synthase [e.g. 6.8kDa mitochondrial proteolipid [MLQ]; ATP-CF6 [m/z 12,597)] and proteins related to cell proliferation and apoptosis [e.g. TIMM9 [m/z 10,378); Bcl-2-like protein 2 (m/z20,742)].
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Post-translational protein modification by O-linked N-acetyl-glucosamine: its role in mediating the adverse effects of diabetes on the heart. Life Sci 2012; 92:621-7. [PMID: 22985933 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2012.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2012] [Revised: 07/16/2012] [Accepted: 08/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The post-translation attachment of O-linked N-acetylglucosamine, or O-GlcNAc, to serine and threonine residues of nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins is increasingly recognized as a key regulator of diverse cellular processes. O-GlcNAc synthesis is essential for cell survival and it has been shown that acute activation of pathways, which increase cellular O-GlcNAc levels is cytoprotective; however, prolonged increases in O-GlcNAcylation have been implicated in a number of chronic diseases. Glucose metabolism via the hexosamine biosynthesis pathway plays a central role in regulating O-GlcNAc synthesis; consequently, sustained increases in O-GlcNAc levels have been implicated in glucose toxicity and insulin resistance. Studies on the role of O-GlcNAc in regulating cardiomyocyte function have grown rapidly over the past decade and there is growing evidence that increased O-GlcNAc levels contribute to the adverse effects of diabetes on the heart, including impaired contractility, calcium handling, and abnormal stress responses. Recent evidence also suggests that O-GlcNAc plays a role in epigenetic control of gene transcription. The goal of this review is to provide an overview of our current knowledge about the regulation of protein O-GlcNAcylation and to explore in more detail O-GlcNAc-mediated responses in the diabetic heart.
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Tarr JM, Ding N, Kaul K, Antonell A, Pérez-Jurado LA, Chibber R. Cellular crosstalk between TNF-α, NADPH oxidase, PKCβ2, and C2GNT in human leukocytes. Cell Signal 2012; 24:873-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2011.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2011] [Revised: 11/22/2011] [Accepted: 12/04/2011] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Cheng PW, Radhakrishnan P. Mucin O-glycan branching enzymes: structure, function, and gene regulation. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2011; 705:465-92. [PMID: 21618125 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7877-6_25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Pi-Wan Cheng
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine and Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5870, USA.
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Ben-Mahmud BM, Chan WH, Abdulahad RM, Datti A, Orlacchio A, Kohner EM, Chibber R. Clinical validation of a link between TNF-alpha and the glycosylation enzyme core 2 GlcNAc-T and the relationship of this link to diabetic retinopathy. Diabetologia 2006; 49:2185-91. [PMID: 16832663 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-006-0332-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2005] [Accepted: 05/09/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Increasing evidence suggests that chronic, subclinical inflammation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy. We recently reported that a glycosylating enzyme, core 2 beta-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (core 2 GlcNAc-T), is implicated in increased leucocyte-endothelial cell adhesion in diabetic retinopathy via an upregulation mechanism controlled by TNF-alpha. SUBJECTS, MATERIALS AND METHODS We examined the functional link between circulating TNF-alpha and the activity and phosphorylation of core 2 GlcNAc-T in polymorphonuclear leucocytes of patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. RESULTS Plasma levels of TNF-alpha, although similar in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, were significantly higher than in age-matched healthy controls, and correlated well with the severity of retinopathy. Core 2 GlcNAc-T activity followed the same trend and was associated with phosphorylation of the enzyme. Finally, the observation that TNF-alpha levels are also linked to glycaemic values suggests that in patients, as well as in vitro, the glycosylation-mediated cell adhesion process that plays a role in diabetic retinopathy may involve glucose- and TNF-alpha-induced protein kinase beta2 activation, and subsequently raise activity of core 2 GlcNAc-T through increased enzyme phosphorylation. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Our results reveal a novel rationale towards a specific treatment of diabetic retinopathy, based on the inhibition of core 2 GlcNAc-T activity and/or the blockage of cognate glycans.
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- B M Ben-Mahmud
- Cardiovascular Division, 2nd Floor, New Hunt's House, GKT School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Guy's Campus, King's College London, London, SE1 1UL, UK
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Parry S, Hadaschik D, Blancher C, Kumaran MK, Bochkina N, Morris HR, Richardson S, Aitman TJ, Gauguier D, Siddle K, Scott J, Dell A. Glycomics investigation into insulin action. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2006; 1760:652-68. [PMID: 16473469 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2005.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2005] [Revised: 12/09/2005] [Accepted: 12/12/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Defects in glycosylation are becoming increasingly associated with a range of human diseases. In some cases, the disease is caused by the glycosylation defect, whereas in others, the aberrant glycosylation may be a consequence of the disease. The implementation of highly sensitive and rapid mass spectrometric screening strategies for profiling the glycans present in model biological systems is revealing valuable insights into disease phenotypes. In addition, glycan screening is proving useful in the analysis of knock-out mice where it is possible to assess the role of glycosyltransferases and glycosidases and what function they have at the cellular and whole organism level. In this study, we analysed the effect of insulin on the glycosylation of 3T3-L1 cells and the effect of insulin resistance on glycosylation in a mouse model. Transcription profiling of 3T3-L1 cells treated with and without insulin revealed expression changes of several glycogenes. In contrast, mass spectrometric screening analysis of the glycans from these cells revealed very similar profiles suggesting that any changes in glycosylation were most likely on specific proteins rather than a global phenomenon. A fat-fed versus carbohydrate-fed mouse insulin resistant model was analysed to test the consequences of chronic insulin resistance. Muscle and liver N-glycosylation profiles from these mice are reported.
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- Simon Parry
- Division of Molecular Biosciences, Imperial College, London, South Kensington, UK
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Etiologic Mechanisms in Diabetic Retinopathy. Retina 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-02598-0.50072-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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Gordon PV, Paxton JB, Fox NS. A methodology for distinguishing divergent cell fates within a common progenitor population: adenoma- and neuroendocrine-like cells are confounders of rat ileal epithelial cell (IEC-18) culture. BMC Cell Biol 2005; 6:2. [PMID: 15656904 PMCID: PMC547914 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2121-6-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2004] [Accepted: 01/18/2005] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Background IEC-18 cells are a non-transformed, immortal cell line derived from juvenile rat ileal crypt cells. They may have experimental advantages over tumor-derived gastrointestinal lineages, including preservation of phenotype, normal endocrine responses and retention of differentiation potential. However, their proclivity for spontaneous differentiation / transformation may be stereotypical and could represent a more profound experimental confounder than previously realized. We hypothesized that IEC-18 cells spontaneously diverge towards a uniform mixture of epigenetic fates, with corresponding phenotypes, rather than persist as a single progenitor lineage. Results IEC-18 cells were cultured for 72 hours in serum free media (SFM), with and without various insulin-like growth factor agonists to differentially boost the basal rate of proliferation. A strategy was employed to identify constitutive genes as markers of divergent fates through gene array analysis by cross-referencing fold-change trends for individual genes against crypt cell abundance in each treatment. We then confirmed the cell-specific phenotype by immunolocalization of proteins corresponding to those genes. The majority of IEC-18 cells in SFM alone had a loss in expression of the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene at the mRNA and protein levels, consistent with adenoma-like transformation. In addition, a small subset of cells expressed the serotonin receptor 2A gene and had neuroendocrine-like morphology. Conclusions IEC-18 cells commonly undergo a change in cell fate prior to reaching confluence. The most common fate switch that we were able to detect correlates with a down regulation of the APC gene and transformation into an adenoma-like phenotype.
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- Phillip V Gordon
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, PO Box 800386, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, PO Box 800386, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia, PO Box 800734, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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Ihara Y, Manabe S, Kanda M, Kawano H, Nakayama T, Sekine I, Kondo T, Ito Y. Increased expression of protein C-mannosylation in the aortic vessels of diabetic Zucker rats. Glycobiology 2004; 15:383-92. [PMID: 15525818 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwi012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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C-Mannosylation is a novel type of glycosylation in proteins. There are several examples of proteins in which the specific motif Trp-X-X-Trp is mannosylated at the first Trp to produce C-mannosylated Trp (CMW). Although C-mannosylation modifies Trp-X-X-Trp, predicted to be a functional motif of various integral proteins such as cytokine receptors, the physiological or pathological relevance of C-mannosylation in the cell is still not known. In this study, to characterize C-mannosylation in biological samples, we generated specific polyclonal antibodies against CMW by using a chemically synthesized CMW as an antigen. Using the antibody, we investigated the effect of hyperglycemic conditions on protein C-mannosylation in cultured cells and diabetic Zucker fatty rats. We found that protein C-mannosylation was increased in macrophage-like RAW264.7 cells under hyperglycemic conditions compared to low-glucose conditions. Furthermore, C-mannosylation was increased in the aortic vessel wall of Zucker fatty rats. Thrombospondin-1 was identified as a protein modified with C-mannosylation, and its expression was also increased in the aortic tissues of Zucker fatty rats. These results indicate that C-mannosylation is increased in specific tissues or cell types under hyperglycemic conditions, suggesting a pathological role for the increased C-mannosylation in the development of diabetic complications.
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- Yoshito Ihara
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in Disease, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
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Ben-Mahmud BM, Mann GE, Datti A, Orlacchio A, Kohner EM, Chibber R. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha in diabetic plasma increases the activity of core 2 GlcNAc-T and adherence of human leukocytes to retinal endothelial cells: significance of core 2 GlcNAc-T in diabetic retinopathy. Diabetes 2004; 53:2968-76. [PMID: 15504978 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.53.11.2968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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A large body of evidence now implicates increased leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion as a key early event in the development of diabetic retinopathy. We recently reported that raised activity of the glycosylating enzyme core 2 beta 1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (GlcNAc-T) through protein kinase C (PKC)beta2-dependent phosphorylation plays a fundamental role in increased leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion and capillary occlusion in retinopathy. In the present study, we demonstrate that following exposure to plasma from diabetic patients, the human promonocytic cell line U937 exhibits a significant elevation in core 2 GlcNAc-T activity and increased adherence to cultured retinal capillary endothelial cells. These effects of diabetic plasma on enzyme activity and cell adhesion, mediated by PKCbeta2-dependent phosphorylation of the core 2 GlcNAc-T protein, were found to be triggered by increased plasma levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha. Levels of enzyme activity in plasma-treated U937 cells were closely dependent on the severity of diabetic retinopathy, with the highest values observed upon treatment with plasma of patients affected by proliferative retinopathy. Furthermore, we noted much higher correlation, as compared with control subjects, between increased values of core 2 GlcNAc-T activity and cell adhesion properties. Based on the prominent role of TNF-alpha in the development of diabetic retinopathy, these observations further validate the significance of core 2 GlcNAc-T in the pathogenesis of capillary occlusion, thereby enhancing the therapeutic potential of specific enzyme inhibitors.
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- Bahaedin M Ben-Mahmud
- Centre for Cardiovascular BiologyMedicine, 2nd floor, New Hunt's House, Guy's, King's & St. Thomas' School of Biomedical Sciences, King's College London, London, SE1 1UL, UK
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Nagata R, Nishio Y, Sekine O, Nagai Y, Maeno Y, Ugi S, Maegawa H, Kashiwagi A. Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (–468 Gly to Ala) at the Promoter Region of Sterol Regulatory Element-binding Protein-1c Associates with Genetic Defect of Fructose-induced Hepatic Lipogenesis. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:29031-42. [PMID: 15123654 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m309449200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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To evaluate the genetic susceptibility to metabolic disorders induced by high fructose diet, we investigated the metabolic characteristics in 10 strains of inbred mice and found that they were separated into CBA and DBA groups according to the response to high fructose diet. The hepatic mRNA expression of the sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1 (SREBP-1) in CBA/JN was remarkably enhanced by high fructose diet but not in DBA/2N. Similar results were observed in primary hepatocytes after exposure to fructose. The nucleotide sequence at -468 bp from the putative starting point of the SREBP-1c gene was adenine in the DBA group while it was guanine in the CBA group. In hepatocytes from CBA/JN, the activity of CBA-SREBP-1c promoter was significantly increased by 2.4- and 2.2-fold, in response to 30 mm fructose or 10 nm insulin, respectively, whereas the activity of DBA-SREBP-1c promoter responded to insulin but not to fructose. In hepatocytes from DBA/2N, both types of SREBP-1c promoter activities in response to insulin were attenuated. Furthermore, electrophoretic mobility shift assay revealed an unidentified nuclear protein bound to the oligonucleotides made from the region between -453 to -480 bp of the SREBP-1c promoter of CBA/JN but not to the probe from DBA/2N. Thus, in DBA/2N, the reduced mRNA expression of SREBP-1 after fructose refeeding appeared to associate with two independent mechanisms, 1). loss of binding of unidentified proteins to the region between -453 to -480 bp of the SREBP-1c promoter and 2). impaired insulin stimulation of SREBP-1c promoter activity.
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- Ryoko Nagata
- Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2192, Japan
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Nishio Y, Kanazawa A, Nagai Y, Inagaki H, Kashiwagi A. Regulation and role of the mitochondrial transcription factor in the diabetic rat heart. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2004; 1011:78-85. [PMID: 15126286 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-41088-2_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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To clarify the mechanism of abnormalities in mitochondrial expression and function in diabetic rat heart, we have studied the transcriptional activities of mitochondrial DNA using isolated intact mitochondria from the heart of either diabetic or control rats. The transcriptional activity of cardiac mitochondria isolated from diabetic rats decreased to 40% of the control level (P < 0.01). Consistently, in the heart of diabetic rats, the content of cytochrome b mRNA encoded by mitochondrial DNA was reduced to 50% of control (P < 0.01). This abnormal transcriptional activity of mitochondrial DNA could not be explained by mRNA or protein contents of mitochondrial transcription factor (mtTFA), but mtTFA binding to the promoter sequence of mitochondrial DNA, assessed by gel-shift assay, was attenuated in diabetic rats. In contrast, the mRNA expression of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial genes, such as ATP synthase-beta, was not affected by diabetes. Although O(2) consumption of the mitochondria from diabetic rats was decreased, H(2)O(2) production in these rats was increased compared with the control. Insulin treatment reversed all the abnormalities found in diabetic rats. These results clearly indicate that an impairment of binding activity of mtTFA to the promoter sequence has a key role in the abnormal mitochondrial gene expression, which might explain the mitochondrial dysfunction found in diabetic heart.
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- Yoshihiko Nishio
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan.
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NISHIO YOSHIHIKO, KANAZAWA AKIO, NAGAI YOSHIO, INAGAKI HIDETOSHI, KASHIWAGI ATSUNORI. Regulation and Role of the Mitochondrial Transcription Factor in the Diabetic Rat Heart. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2004. [DOI: 10.1196/annals.1293.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Chibber R, Ben-Mahmud BM, Mann GE, Zhang JJ, Kohner EM. Protein kinase C beta2-dependent phosphorylation of core 2 GlcNAc-T promotes leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion: a mechanism underlying capillary occlusion in diabetic retinopathy. Diabetes 2003; 52:1519-27. [PMID: 12765965 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.52.6.1519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Increased leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion is a key early event in the development of retinopathy and atherogenesis in diabetic patients. We recently reported that raised activity of glycosylating enzyme [beta]1,6 acetylglucosaminyltransferase (core 2 GlcNAc-T) is responsible for increased leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion and capillary occlusion in retinopathy. Here, we demonstrate that elevated glucose increases the activity of core 2 GlcNAc-T and adhesion of human leukocytes to retinal capillary endothelial cells, in a dose-dependent manner, through diabetes-activated serine/threonine protein kinase C beta2 (PKCbeta2)-dependent phosphorylation. This regulatory mechanism, involving phosphorylation of core 2 GlcNAc-T, is also present in polymorphonuclear leukocytes isolated from type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients. Inhibition of PKCbeta2 activation with the specific inhibitor, LY379196, attenuated serine phosphorylation of core 2 GlcNAc-T and prevented increased leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion. Raised activity of core 2 GlcNAc-T was associated with a threefold increase in O-linked glycosylation of P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 on the surface of leukocytes of diabetic patients compared with age-matched control subjects. PKCbeta2-dependent phosphorylation of core 2 GlcNAc-T may thus represent a novel regulatory mechanism for activation of this key enzyme in mediating increased leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion and capillary occlusion in diabetic retinopathy.
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- Rakesh Chibber
- Centre for Cardiovascular Biology & Medicine, Guy's, King's and St. Thomas' School of Biomedical Sciences, King's College London, 2nd Floor New Hunt's House, London SE1 1UL, U.K.
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Yang X, Qin W, Lehotay M, Toki D, Dennis P, Schutzbach JS, Brockhausen I. Soluble human core 2 beta6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase C2GnT1 requires its conserved cysteine residues for full activity. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2003; 1648:62-74. [PMID: 12758148 DOI: 10.1016/s1570-9639(03)00105-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Human UDP-GlcNAc: Galbeta1-3GalNAc- (GlcNAc to GalNAc) beta1,6-GlcNAc-transferase (C2GnT1) is a member of a group of beta6-GlcNAc-transferases that belongs to CAZy family 14. One of the striking features of these beta6-GlcNAc-transferases is the occurrence of nine completely conserved cysteine residues that are located throughout the catalytic domain. We have expressed the soluble catalytic domain of human C2GnT1 in insect cells, and isolated active enzyme as a secreted protein. beta-Mercaptoethanol (beta-ME) and dithiothreitol (DTT) were found to stimulate the enzyme activity up to 20-fold, indicating a requirement for a reduced sulfhydryl for activity. When the enzyme was subjected to nonreducing PAGE, the migration of the protein was identical to the migration in reducing gels, demonstrating the absence of intermolecular disulfide bonds. This suggested that the monomer is the active form of the enzyme. Sulfhydryl reagents such as 5,5'-dithiobis-2-nitrobenzoic acid (DTNB) and N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) inactivated the enzyme, and the inactivation was partially prevented by prior addition of donor or acceptor substrate and by sulfhydryl reducing agents. We therefore investigated the role of all nine conserved cysteine residues in enzyme stability and activity by site-directed mutagenesis where individual cysteine residues were changed to serine. All of the mutants were expressed as soluble proteins. Seven of the Cys mutants were found to be inactive, while C100S and C217S mutants had 10% and 41% activity, respectively, when compared to the wild-type enzyme. Wild-type and C217S enzymes had similar K(M) and V(max) values for acceptor substrate Galbeta1-3GalNAcalpha-p-nitrophenyl (GGApnp), but the K(M) value for UDP-GlcNAc was higher for C217S than for the wild-type enzyme. In contrast to wild-type enzyme, C217S was not stimulated by reducing agents and was not inhibited by sulfhydryl specific reagents. These results suggest that Cys-217 is a free sulfhydryl in active wild-type enzyme and that Cys-217, although not required for activity, is in or near the active site of the protein. Since seven of the mutations were totally inactive, it is likely that these seven Cys residues play a role in maintaining an active conformation of soluble C2GnT1 by forming disulfide bonds. These bonds are only broken at high concentrations of disulfide reducing agents.
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- Xiaojing Yang
- Department of Medicine, Human Mobility Research Center, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Bernal-Mizrachi E, Cras-Méneur C, Ohsugi M, Permutt MA. Gene expression profiling in islet biology and diabetes research. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2003; 19:32-42. [PMID: 12592642 DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Following the sequencing of most of the human and mouse genomes, the next task for physicians and scientists will be to assess the relative levels of expression of these genes during development, following exposure to various nutritional and pharmacological conditions, and in disease states such as diabetes and related metabolic disorders. This review provides an overview of the various methodologies available for monitoring global gene expression. Use of cDNA libraries, Expressed Sequence Tag (EST) sequencing projects and databases, differential display (DD), serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE), subtractive cloning, and both cDNA and oligo microarrays are discussed, along with their merits and limitations. The Endocrine Pancreas Consortium http://www.cbil.upenn.edu/EPConDB/ has constructed mouse and human cDNA libraries from adult and various stages of embryonic development of endocrine pancreas. Over 100,000 ESTs have been deposited in public databases, and each clone is available through the IMAGE Consortium. A guide to Internet access is provided for future investigation.
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- Ernesto Bernal-Mizrachi
- Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Mucin-type O-glycans containing Core2 branches have distinctly different functions from those O-glycans that contain Core1 structures. Core2 branched O-glycans can have terminal structures that function as ligands for carbohydrate binding proteins. However, sialylated Core2 branched O-glycans without additional modifications exhibit anti-adhesive properties. These results demonstrate that certain mucin-type O-glycans can either facilitate or attenuate cell adhesion depending on the core structures and the structures of the non-reducing termini.
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- Minoru Fukuda
- Glycobiology and Carbohydrate Chemistry Program, The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Chakrabarti S, Chen S, Evans T, Karmazyn M. Endothelins in the microvasculature and heart in diabetes. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2002; 498:97-108. [PMID: 11900407 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-1321-6_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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- S Chakrabarti
- Department of Pathology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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Cardozo AHM, Cabrini DA, Campos MM, Rae GA, Huidobro-Toro JP, Calixto JB. Diabetes-induced changes in responsiveness of rat bladder and vas deferens to peptides in vitro: susceptibility to reversal by insulin. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2002; 80:334-40. [PMID: 12025969 DOI: 10.1139/y02-054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Changes in responsiveness of the vas deferens and urinary bladder to bradykinin (BK) receptor agonists (Tyr8-BK and des-Arg9-BK), substance P (SP), and endothelin-1 (ET-1) were assessed 8 weeks after streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes. Preparations from control or STZ-treated (60 mg/kg i.p.) male rats were tested for contractile and neurogenic twitch potentiating (TP, in VD only) effects of all four agonists (1 nM to 0.3 or 3 microM). In diabetic VD, contractile effects of Tyr8-BK, des-Arg9-BK, and SP were enhanced, but ET-1 effects were unchanged. In contrast, TP by des-Arg9-BK was unaffected, that by Tyr8-BK was decreased, and those by SP and ET-1 were increased. In diabetic UB, only contractions to des-Arg9-BK and SP were enhanced. Following insulin replacement (human, 1-3 U/day s.c.), starting 1 week after STZ, TP induced by Tyr8-BK and des-Arg9-BK in VD were further inhibited, but all other changes in both preparations were reversed at least partially. Insulin treatment of nondiabetic rats, however, also affected VD (but not UB) responsiveness, such that contractions to Tyr8-BK and TP by ET-1 were increased, but TP by Tyr8-BK was decreased. Thus, STZ-induced type I diabetes causes important alterations in responsiveness of non-vascular smooth muscle tissues of the rat to BK, SP, and ET-1. Long term insulin replacement, at doses normalising glycaemia, effectively reversed most changes in VD or UB responsiveness, but it is unclear if this is truly due to blocking of STZ-induced changes, since the treatment also affected responsiveness of nondiabetic tissues.
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- A H M Cardozo
- Department of Pharmacology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
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Lin S, Chugh S, Pan X, Wallner EI, Wada J, Kanwar YS. Identification of up-regulated Ras-like GTPase, Rap1b, by suppression subtractive hybridization. Kidney Int 2001; 60:2129-41. [PMID: 11737587 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.00061.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Diabetic nephropathy accounts for over 30% of the end-stage renal disease (ESRD). A number of defined mechanisms and molecules that are involved in its pathogenesis are known, while others remain to be identified. METHODS Suppression subtraction hybridization (SSH)-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was employed to search for new genes that may be relevant to the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy during embryonic development, the time when the kidney is most susceptible to various forms of stress. A diabetic state was induced in pregnant mice at day-13 of gestation by administration of streptozotocin. The kidneys of newborn mice with blood glucose level> 200 mg/dL were harvested, mRNA isolated and subjected to SSH-PCR. Several differentially expressed cDNA fragments with up-regulated expression were isolated. One of the cDNA fragments had homology with human Ras-like guanine 5'-triphosphate (GTPase), Rap1b gene. By utilizing the lambdaZAP II mouse cDNA library and SMART RACE amplification, a full-length Rap1b cDNA was isolated. A recombinant protein was generated in pET15b bacterial expression system. An anti-Rap1b antibody was raised in rabbits by immunizing them with the fusion protein, and its specificity was confirmed by Western blot analysis. RESULTS Rap1b cDNA had an open reading frame of 552 bp with a predicted putative protein size of approximately 21 kD. In vitro translation verified the authentication of the Rap1b cDNA clone. Northern blot analyses revealed a single approximately 2.3 kb Rap1b mRNA transcript. Its expression was up-regulated in several tissues, including the kidney of newborn diabetic mice. The degree of up-regulation of Rap1b mRNA expression was proportional to the blood glucose levels. Western blot analyses confirmed the hyperglycemia-induced up-regulation of the Rap1b expression. In situ hybridization and immunofluorescence studies revealed that Rap1b was expressed in the inner medullary collecting tubules. During hyperglycemia, its expression was accentuated and extended into the outer medullary and cortical collecting tubules. Similar up-regulation of Rap1b was observed when embryonic kidneys, harvested at day-13 of gestation, were exposed to high glucose ambience. CONCLUSION The data suggest that Rap1b, a GTP-binding protein that plays a critical role in various signaling intracellular events, is another molecule that may be relevant to the pathobiology of diabetic nephropathy.
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- S Lin
- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Malhotra A, Kang BP, Cheung S, Opawumi D, Meggs LG. Angiotensin II promotes glucose-induced activation of cardiac protein kinase C isozymes and phosphorylation of troponin I. Diabetes 2001; 50:1918-26. [PMID: 11473056 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.50.8.1918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Activation of the protein kinase C (PKC) family is a potential signaling mechanism by which high ambient glucose concentration modulates the phenotype and physiological function of cells. Recently, the cardiac renin angiotensin system (RAS) has been reported to promote PKC translocation in the diabetic heart via the angiotensin (ANG) II type 1 receptor (AT-1R). To evaluate the molecular events coupled with high glucose-induced PKC translocation and to examine the role of endogenously released ANG II in myocyte PKC signaling, primary cultures of adult rat ventricular myocytes were exposed to normal (5 mmol/l) or high (25 mmol/l) glucose for 12-24 h. Western blot analysis indicated that adult rat ventricular myocytes coexpress six PKC isozymes (alpha, beta(1,) beta(2,) delta, epsilon, and zeta). Translocation of five PKC isozymes (beta(1), beta(2), delta, epsilon, and zeta) was detected in response to 25 mmol/l glucose. Inhibition of phospholipase C with tricyclodecan-9-yl-xanthogenate blocked glucose-induced translocation of PKC-beta(2), -delta, and -zeta. Inhibition of tyrosine kinase with genistein blocked glucose-induced translocation of PKC-beta(1) and -delta, whereas chelation of intracellular Ca(2+) with 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane N,N,N,'N'-tetraacetic acid blocked translocation of PKC-beta(1) and -beta(2). Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay performed on culture media from myocytes maintained in 25 mmol/l glucose detected a twofold increase in ANG II. Addition of an AT-1R antagonist (losartan; 100 nmol/l) to myocyte cultures blocked translocation of PKC-beta(1), -beta(2), -delta, and -epsilon. Phosphorylation of troponin (Tn) I was increased in myocytes exposed to 25 mmol/l glucose. Losartan selectively inhibited Tn I serine phosphorylation but did not affect phosphorylation at threonine residues. We concluded that 1) 25 mmol/l glucose triggers the release of ANG II by myocytes, resulting in activation of the ANG II autocrine pathway; 2) differential translocation of myocyte PKC isozymes occurs in response to 25 mmol/l glucose and ANG II; and 3) AT-1R-dependent PKC isozymes (beta(1), beta(2), delta, and epsilon) target Tn I serine residues.
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- A Malhotra
- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07103, USA
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Akimoto Y, Kreppel LK, Hirano H, Hart GW. Hyperglycemia and the O-GlcNAc transferase in rat aortic smooth muscle cells: elevated expression and altered patterns of O-GlcNAcylation. Arch Biochem Biophys 2001; 389:166-75. [PMID: 11339805 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2001.2331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Hyperglycemia leads to vascular disease specific to diabetes mellitus. This pathology, which results from abnormal proliferation of smooth muscle cells in arterial walls, may lead to cataract, renal failure, and atherosclerosis. The hexosamine biosynthetic pathway is exquisitely responsive to glucose concentration and plays an important role in glucose-induced insulin resistance. UDP-GlcNAc: polypeptide O-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (O-GlcNAc transferase; OGTase) catalyzes the O-linked attachment of single GlcNAc moieties to serine and threonine residues on many cytosolic or nuclear proteins. Polyclonal antibody against OGTase was used to examine the expression of OGTase in rat aorta and aortic smooth muscle (RASM) cells. OGTase enzymatic activity and expression at the mRNA and protein levels were determined in RASM cells cultured at normal (5 mM) and at high (20 mM) glucose concentrations. OGTase mRNA and protein are expressed in both endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells in the aorta of normal rats. In both cell types, the nucleus is intensely stained, while the cytoplasm stains diffusely. Immunoelectron microscopy shows that OGTase is localized to euchromatin and around the myofilaments of smooth muscle cells. In RASM cells grown in 5 mM glucose, OGTase is also located mainly in the nucleus. Hyperglycemic RASM cells also display a relative increase in OGTase's p78 subunit and an overall increase protein and activity for OGTase. Biochemical analyses show that hyperglycemia qualitatively and quantitatively alters the glycosylation or expression of many O-GlcNAc-modified proteins in the nucleus. These results suggest that the abnormal O-GlcNAc modification of intracellular proteins may be involved in glucose toxicity to vascular tissues.
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- Y Akimoto
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham Station, Alabama 35294, USA.
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Brockhausen I, Yang J, Lehotay M, Ogata S, Itzkowitz S. Pathways of mucin O-glycosylation in normal and malignant rat colonic epithelial cells reveal a mechanism for cancer-associated Sialyl-Tn antigen expression. Biol Chem 2001; 382:219-32. [PMID: 11308020 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2001.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The Sialyl-Tn antigen (Sialyl alpha-Ser/Thr) is expressed as a cancer-associated antigen on the surface of cancer cells. Its presence is associated with a poor prognosis in patients with colorectal and other cancers. We previously reported that Sialyl-Tn expression in LSC human colon cancer cells could be explained by a specific lack of the activity of core 1 beta3-Gal-transferase (Brockhausen et al., Glycoconjugate J. 15, 595-603, 1998) and an inability to synthesize the common O-glycan core structures. To support this mechanism, or find other mechanisms to explain Sialyl-Tn antigen expression, we investigated the O-glycosylation pathways in clonal rat colon cancer cell lines that were selected for positive or negative expression of Sialyl-Tn antigen, and compared these pathways to those in normal rat colonic mucosa. Normal rat colonic mucosa had very active glycosyltransferases synthesizing O-glycan core structures 1 to 4. Several sialyl-, sulfo- and fucosyltransferases were also active. An M type core 2 beta6-GlcNAc-transferase was found to be present in rat colon mucosa and all of the rat colon cancer cells. O-glycosylation pathways in rat colon cancer cells were significantly different from normal rat colonic mucosa; for example, rat colon cancer cells lost the ability to synthesize O-glycan core 3. All rat colon cancer cell lines, regardless of the Sialyl-Tn phenotype, expressed glycosyltransferases assembling complex O-glycans of core 1 and core 2 structures (unlike human LSC colon cancer cells which lack core 1 beta3-Gal-transferase activity). It was the activity of CMP-sialic acid:GalNAc-mucin alpha6-sialyltransferase that coincided with Sialyl-Tn expression. Sialyl-Tn negative cells had a several fold higher activity of core 2 beta6-GlcNAc-transferase which synthesizes complex O-glycans that may mask adjacent Sialyl-Tn epitopes. The results suggest a new mechanism controlling Sialyl-Tn expression in cancer cells.
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- I Brockhausen
- Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Beum PV, Cheng PW. Biosynthesis and function of beta 1,6 branched mucin-type glycans. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2001; 491:279-312. [PMID: 14533804 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-1267-7_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The contribution of carbohydrate structure to biomolecular, cellular, and organismal function is well-established, but has not yet received the attention it deserves, perhaps due to the complexity of the structures involved and to a lack of simple experimental methods for relating structure and function. In particular, beta1,6 GlcNAc branching plays a key functional role in processes ranging from inflammation and immune system function to tumor cell metastasis. For instance, synthesis of the core 2 beta1,6 branched structure in the mucin glycan chain by C2GnT enables the expression of functional structures at the termini of polylactosamine chains, such as blood group antigens and sialyl Lewis x. Also, IGnT can create multiple branches on the polylactosamine chain, which may serve as a mechanism for amplifying the functional potency of cell surface glycoproteins and glycolipids. The family of enzymes which creates beta1,6 branched structure in mucin glycans is proving to be quite complex, since multiple isoforms appear to exist for these enzymes, and some of the enzymes are adept at forming more than one type of beta1,6 branched structure, as in the case of C2GnT-M. Furthermore, the enzymes do not appear to be restricted to acting on mucin-type acceptor structures, but are able to act on glycolipid structures as well. Much remains to be learned regarding the specific biological niche filled by each of these enzymes and how their activities complement one another, as well as the manner in which the activities of these enzymes are regulated in the cell.
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- P V Beum
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198-4525, USA
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Many functional glycoproteins are expressed on the lymphocyte cell surface. Some of them carry O-linked oligosaccharides (O-glycans), which are conjugated through serine or threonine residues. During various biological processes, including T-cell activation, a tetrasaccharide on the T-cell surface is dramatically converted to a branched hexasaccharide, called core2 O-glycan. The same structural change in O-glycans is also found on the lymphocytes from patients with immunodeficiency conditions such as Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome and AIDS. Several studies revealing the roles of core2 O-glycans in immune responses show that this is a biologically significant change. In particular, core2 O-glycans expressed on the cell surface reduce cell-cell interactions, thereby regulating immune responses. Furthermore, core2 O-glycan is a key backbone structure in forming selectin ligands. Thus, O-linked oligosaccharides, in particular those containing core2 branches, play vital roles in immune responses and may play dual roles in certain situations. This review will summarize the results obtained from various studies investigating the roles of O-glycans in immunological processes. BioEssays 23:46-53, 2001.
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- S Tsuboi
- The Glycobiology Program, Cancer Research Center, The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Denovan-Wright EM, Ferrier GR, Robertson HA, Howlett SE. Increased expression of the gene for alpha-interferon-inducible protein in cardiomyopathic hamster heart. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000; 267:103-8. [PMID: 10623582 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.1938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cardiomyopathic (CM) hamsters have a disruption in the delta-sarcoglycan gene which leads to progressive cardiac necrosis by 30 to 40 days of age, hypertrophy by 120 days, and heart failure by 250 days. We used differential display to detect other changes in mRNA levels in 30-, 60-, and 90-day-old wild-type and CM hamsters. We identified a 400-bp cDNA with sequence similarity to the human alpha-interferon-inducible protein (p27). This cDNA annealed with a 570-base mRNA whose steady-state levels were increased in 30-, 60-, and 90-day-old CM compared to wild-type heart. Increased expression of this hamster homolog of p27 (p27-h) was detected in CM hamster cardiac and skeletal muscle at 60 days of age but not in liver, kidney, or brain. Thus, an inherited defect in CM hamsters leads to increased expression of p27-h in advance of the development of hypertrophy and heart failure.
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- E M Denovan-Wright
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4H7, Canada
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Koya D, Dennis JW, Warren CE, Takahara N, Schoen FJ, Nishio Y, Nakajima T, Lipes MA, King GL. Overexpression of core 2 N-acetylglycosaminyltransferase enhances cytokine actions and induces hypertrophic myocardium in transgenic mice. FASEB J 1999; 13:2329-37. [PMID: 10593880 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.13.15.2329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Elevated levels of glycocojugates, commonly observed in the myocardium of diabetic animals and patients, are postulated to contribute to the myocardial dysfunction in diabetes. Previously, we reported that UDP-GlcNAc: Galbeta1-3GalNAcalphaRbeta1-6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferas e (core 2 GlcNAc-T), a developmentally regulated enzyme of O-linked glycans biosynthesis pathway, is specifically increased in the heart of diabetic animals and is regulated by hyperglycemia and insulin. In this study, transgenic mice overexpressing core 2 GlcNAc-T with severe increase in cardiac core 2 GlcNAc-T activities were normal at birth but showed progressive and significant cardiac hypertrophy at 6 months of age. The heart of transgenic mice showed elevation of sialylated O-glycan and increases of c-fos gene expression and AP-1 activity, which are characteristics of cardiac stress. Furthermore, transfection of PC12 cells with core 2 GlcNAc-T also induced c-fos promoter activation, mitogen activated-protein kinase (MAPK) phosphorylation, Trk receptor glycosylation, and cell differentiation. These results suggested a novel role for core 2 GlcNAc-T in the development of diabetic cardiomyopathy and modulation of the MAP kinase pathway in the heart.-Koya, D., Dennis, J. W., Warren, C. E., Takahara, N., Schoen, F. J., Nishio, Y., Nakajima, T., Lipes, M. A., King, G. L. Overexpression of core 2 N-acetylglycosaminyltransferase enhances cytokine actions and induces hypertrophic myocardium in transgenic mice.
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- D Koya
- Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Rellier N, Ruggiero-Lopez D, Lecomte M, Lagarde M, Wiernsperger N. In vitro and in vivo alterations of enzymatic glycosylation in diabetes. Life Sci 1999; 64:1571-83. [PMID: 10353622 DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(99)00094-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Carbohydrate composition changes of glycoconjugates constituting the glycocalix of microvascular cells could be involved in the alterations of cell-cell interactions observed in diabetic retinopathy. In this field, we have recently reported that advanced glycation end products (AGEs) modify galactose, fucose and sialic acid contents of specific cellular glycoproteins. To better understand the mechanisms involved in glycoprotein modifications in diabetes, we now investigate whether glucose and AGEs could affect the activities of enzymes involved in galactose, fucose and sialic acid metabolism : glycosyltransferases (synthesis) and glycosidases (catabolism). For this, bovine retinal endothelial cells (BREC) and pericytes (BRP) were cultured in the presence of high glucose concentration or AGEs, and cell glycosidase and glycosyltransferase activities were measured. The same enzymatic activities were studied in the whole retina from streptozotocin-treated rats. The results show that high glucose concentration did not affect glycosidases and glycosyltransferases neither in BRP nor in BREC except for galactosyltransferase activities in BREC. Concerning BRP, only galactosyltransferase activities were altered by AGEs. In contrast, in BREC, AGEs increased beta-D galactosidase, alpha-L fucosidase and neuraminidase activities (+37%, +56%, 36% respectively) whereas galactosyltransferase, fucosyltransferase and sialyltransferase activities were decreased (-11%, -24% and -23% respectively). In the retina from diabetic rats, beta-D galactosidase, alpha-L fucosidase and neuraminidase activities increased (+70%, +57%, +78% respectively) whereas fucosyl and sialyltransferase decreased (-7% and -15% respectively). The possible consequence of these enzymatic activity changes could be a defect in the carbohydrate content of some glycoproteins that might participate in the endothelial cell dysfunctions in diabetic microangiopathy.
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- N Rellier
- Diabetic Microangiopathy Research Unit, LIPHA-INSERM U352, INSA-Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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N- and O-linked glycan structures of cell surface and secreted glycoproteins serve a variety of functions related to cell-cell communication in systems affecting development and disease. The more sophisticated N-glycan biosynthesis pathway of metazoans diverges from that of yeast with the appearance of the medial-Golgi beta-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferases (GlcNAc-Ts). Tissue-specific regulation of medial- and trans-Golgi glycosyltransferases contribute structural diversity to glycoproteins in metazoans, and this can affect their molecular properties including localization, half-life, and biological activity. Null mutations in glycosyltransferase genes positioned later in the biosynthetic pathway disrupt expression of smaller subsets of glycan structures and are progressively milder in phenotype. In this review, we examine data on targeted mutations affecting glycosylation in mice and congenital mutations in man, with a view to understanding the molecular functions of glycan structures as modulators of glycoprotein activity. Finally, pathology associated with the expression of GlcNAc-Ts in cancer and diabetes-induced cardiac hypertrophy suggest that inhibitors of these enzymes may have therapeutic value.
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- J W Dennis
- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Van den Steen P, Rudd PM, Dwek RA, Opdenakker G. Concepts and principles of O-linked glycosylation. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 1998; 33:151-208. [PMID: 9673446 DOI: 10.1080/10409239891204198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 517] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The biosynthesis, structures, and functions of O-glycosylation, as a complex posttranslational event, is reviewed and compared for the various types of O-glycans. Mucin-type O-glycosylation is initiated by tissue-specific addition of a GalNAc-residue to a serine or a threonine of the fully folded protein. This event is dependent on the primary, secondary, and tertiary structure of the glycoprotein. Further elongation and termination by specific transferases is highly regulated. We also describe some of the physical and biological properties that O-glycosylation confers on the protein to which the sugars are attached. These include providing the basis for rigid conformations and for protein stability. Clustering of O-glycans in Ser/Thr(/Pro)-rich domains allows glycan determinants such as sialyl Lewis X to be presented as multivalent ligands, essential for functional recognition. An additional level of regulation, imposed by exon shuffling and alternative splicing of mRNA, results in the expression of proteins that differ only by the presence or absence of Ser/Thr(/Pro)-rich domains. These domains may serve as protease-resistant spacers in cell surface glycoproteins. Further biological roles for O-glycosylation discussed include the role of isolated mucin-type O-glycans in recognition events (e.g., during fertilization and in the immune response) and in the modulation of the activity of enzymes and signaling molecules. In some cases, the O-linked oligosaccharides are necessary for glycoprotein expression and processing. In contrast to the more common mucin-type O-glycosylation, some specific types of O-glycosylation, such as the O-linked attachment of fucose and glucose, are sequon dependent. The reversible attachment of O-linked GlcNAc to cytoplasmic and nuclear proteins is thought to play a regulatory role in protein function. The recent development of novel technologies for glycan analysis promises to yield new insights in the factors that determine site occupancy, structure-function relationship, and the contribution of O-linked sugars to physiological and pathological processes. These include diseases where one or more of the O-glycan processing enzymes are aberrantly regulated or deficient, such as HEMPAS and cancer.
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VanderElst IE, Datti A. beta1,6 N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (core 2 GlcNAc-T) expression in normal rat tissues and different cell lines: evidence for complex mechanisms of regulation. Glycobiology 1998; 8:731-40. [PMID: 9621114 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/8.7.731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The distribution of the Golgi enzyme beta1, 6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (core 2 GlcNAc-T for short) has been investigated in several tissue and cell systems by combining the potentials of a polyclonal antibody and a novel, sensitive fluorescent enzyme assay. In normal rat tissues, levels of the protein were found to vary and as a general trend did not correlate with enzyme activities. Additionally, we observed tissue-specific core 2 GlcNAc-T forms of various size: 75 kDa (liver), 70 kDa (spleen), 60 kDA (heart), and 50 kDa (heart and lung). These forms might arise from differential protein modifications; alternatively, the smaller form may be a product of proteolytic cleavage, given the presence of a catalytically inactive 50 kDa species in rat serum. Chinese hamster ovary (CHO), MDAY-D2, PSA-5E, and PYS-2 cell lines consistently displayed a 70 kDa enzyme. When induced to retrodifferentiate in the presence of butyrate + cholera toxin, CHO cells exhibited a 21-fold increase in enzyme activity, while protein levels remained constant. A similar trend was observed in the embryonal endoderm cell lines PSA-5E and PYS-2, where an approximately 100-fold difference in core 2 GlcNAc-T activity was found notwithstanding unchanged amounts of the protein and identical mRNA levels, as evidenced by RT-PCR. In contrast, levels of core 2 GlcNAc-T activity in MDAY-D2 cells correlated well with protein expression. Taken together, these observations demonstrate that core 2 GlcNAc-T expression may be subjected to multiple mechanisms of regulation and suggest that in at least some instances (i.e., PSA-5E and PYS-2 cells) expression may be regulated exclusively via posttranslational mechanism(s) of control.
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- I E VanderElst
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Section of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Perugia, 06126 Perugia, Italy
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Wada J, Kanwar YS. Characterization of mammalian translocase of inner mitochondrial membrane (Tim44) isolated from diabetic newborn mouse kidney. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998; 95:144-9. [PMID: 9419343 PMCID: PMC18154 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.1.144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/1997] [Accepted: 10/29/1997] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Mammalian translocase of mitochondrial inner membrane (mTim44) was isolated during representational difference analysis of cDNA from diabetic mouse kidney. Streptozotocin-induced diabetic mouse kidney cDNA was prepared and subtracted by normal mouse kidney cDNA. By using one of the isolated cDNA fragments as a screening probe, full-length cDNA of mTim44 was isolated from lambdaZAP kidney cDNA library. At the nucleotide level, mTim44 did not exhibit significant homology with any known genes; however, at the amino acid level, it had 50% similarity and 29% identity with yeast Tim44. C-terminal FLAG epitope-tagged mTim44 fusion protein was transiently expressed in COS7 cells. By using anti-FLAG epitope M2 monoclonal antibody, mTim44 was found to have its subcellular localization associated with mitochondria. By immunoelectron microscopy, mTim44 was seen in the paracrystalline structures within the mitochondria, as well as in their cristae. Mitochondrial import assay of in vitro translated mTim44 indicated that its precursor product ( approximately 50 kDa) was imported and proteolytically processed to a mature approximately 44-kDa protein, and its translocation was inner membrane potential (DeltaPsi)-dependent. Imported mTim44 was protected from protease digestion in which outer membranes were selectively permeabilized with digitonin. The mature form of mTim44 could be recovered in the supernatant of sonicated mitochondrial membrane fraction treated with 0.1 M Na2CO3, pH 11.5. The data indicate that mTim44 is a mitochondrial inner membrane protein, one of the members of the mammalian TIM complex and up-regulated in hyperglycemic states.
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- J Wada
- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Li YY, McTiernan CF, Feldman AM. IL-1 beta alters the expression of the receptor tyrosine kinase gene r-EphA3 in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 274:H331-41. [PMID: 9458884 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.274.1.h331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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To identify proinflammatory cytokine responsive genes in the myocardium, we used differential display to study RNA isolated from neonatal rat cardiac myocytes treated with tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta). Sequence analysis of differential display products confirmed by reverse Northern blots revealed one clone as the partial sequence of an Eph-related receptor tyrosine kinase (r-EphA3). In cardiac myocytes, 36-h exposure to TNF-alpha and IL-1 beta reduced r-EphA3 transcripts to 59.9% (P < 0.01) of control levels; this effect was largely dependent on IL-1 beta. Western blot analysis showed that changes in r-EphA3 protein levels reflect that seen for transcripts. Cardiac nonmyocytes expressed substantially lower levels of r-EphA3. Full-length r-EphA3 cDNA clone (3,077 base pair) yielded an amino acid sequence with 90-98% homology to the Eph receptor human EphA3, chick EphA3, and mouse EphA3. In the adult rat, r-EphA3 transcripts were most abundant in the heart, brain, and lung. These results suggest that IL-1 beta may exert its effect on cardiac myocytes at least in part by altering r-EphA3 expression.
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- Y Y Li
- Cardiovascular Research Laboratories, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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Ren J, Gintant GA, Miller RE, Davidoff AJ. High extracellular glucose impairs cardiac E-C coupling in a glycosylation-dependent manner. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1997; 273:H2876-83. [PMID: 9435627 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.6.h2876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Hyperglycemia is a major manifestation of all forms of diabetes mellitus and is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. It is well established that cardiac excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling is adversely affected in diabetic animals such that ventricular myocyte action potential duration is prolonged and intracellular Ca2+ clearing and mechanical relaxation are slowed. We now report that ventricular myocytes incubated in a culture medium containing high extracellular glucose (25.5 mM) also exhibit these same changes in E-C coupling. These effects are not manifested for approximately 24 h after exposure. Furthermore, in the presence of normal glucose (5.5 mM), relaxation is also prolonged by fructose (20 mM), yet is unaffected by equimolar concentrations of nonmetabolizable sugars such as L-glucose and mannitol, implying that the high glucose effects require glucose entry into the cell and metabolic processing. The prolonged relaxation can also be produced by 5 mM glucosamine (an intermediate of glycosylation) and is blocked by 0.5 microgram/ml tunicamycin (an inhibitor of N-linked glycoprotein synthesis). Culturing myocytes with an inhibitor of glycation (10 mM aminoguanidine) does not prevent the high extracellular glucose concentration effects. Thus our data indicate that high extracellular glucose impairs cellular mechanisms contributing to myocardial relaxation and that this impairment may involve glycosylation of nascent proteins.
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- J Ren
- Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Holmes DI, Abdel Wahab N, Mason RM. Identification of glucose-regulated genes in human mesangial cells by mRNA differential display. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1997; 238:179-84. [PMID: 9299475 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1997.7265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Diabetic nephropathy is characterised by an accumulation of extracellular matrix proteins in the glomerular mesangium. Hyperglycaemia is a major factor promoting this progressive expansion of the mesangial matrix. We have used the technique of mRNA differential display to investigate changes in gene expression in cultured human mesangial cells following long-term (21 days) exposure to either physiologic (4 mM) or pathologic (30 mM) D-glucose concentrations. Approximately 12,000 mRNA species were screened for evidence of altered expression and several hundred candidate cDNA fragments were obtained. Northern blot and RT-PCR analysis of ten randomly chosen candidate cDNA fragments revealed three exhibiting increased mRNA expression under elevated D-glucose levels. Nucleotide sequence analysis identified two of the cDNA fragments as encoding prolyl 4-hydroxylase alpha-subunit and thrombospondin-1. The third cDNA fragment represents a novel glucose-regulated gene, encoding a putative zinc finger protein. Upregulated expression of these genes in response to high levels of D-glucose may contribute significantly to the disease process. mRNA differential display is a useful tool to investigate the mechanism of diabetic nephropathy.
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- D I Holmes
- Division of Biomedical Sciences, Imperial College School of Medicine, Charing Cross Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- E P Feener
- Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Wada J, Kumar A, Ota K, Wallner EI, Batlle DC, Kanwar YS. Representational difference analysis of cDNA of genes expressed in embryonic kidney. Kidney Int 1997; 51:1629-38. [PMID: 9150484 DOI: 10.1038/ki.1997.225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Representational difference analysis of cDNA (cDNA-RDA) is a PCR-based differential cloning method. It involves hybridization of two populations of cDNA with selective amplification of differentially expressed genes. To isolate the differentially expressed genes during renal development, mRNAs from embryonic kidneys at day 13 (E13) and postnatal kidneys from three-week-old (P3) mice were extracted, and double stranded cDNAs prepared. Double stranded cDNAs were digested with DpnII, adaptor-ligated, and amplified by PCR, using adaptor primer to generate "representative amplicons." These reflect the "representation" of most of the cDNA population. The term "amplicons" denotes amplified PCR product. Among the two populations of cDNA, E13 kidney cDNA was used as a "tester," containing target genes, and P3 kidney cDNA as a "driver," driving the process of subtraction, following which, they were subjected to cDNA-RDA under low stringency conditions. During the first round of cDNA-RDA embryonic globin genes were isolated. To competitively eliminate these genes, plasmid DNAs of globin genes were supplemented into driver, and subjected to the second round of cDNA-RDA. This resulted in the isolation of four cDNA clones: H19 gene, mesoderm-specific cDNA, COL2A1 gene, and a novel cDNA. By Northern blot analyses, the H19 gene and mesoderm-specific cDNA exhibited a high degree of developmental regulation, that is, they were abundantly expressed in E13 kidney, and their expression was barely detectable in P3 kidney. The differential developmental regulation of mesoderm-specific cDNA was confirmed by tissue in situ hybridization experiments. The COL2A1 and novel cDNA were rare transcripts in the embryonic Kidney. However, Southern blot analyses of representations indicated their up-regulated expressions in E13 kidneys. The novel gene was differentially expressed in 13-day embryonic lung, and Northern blot analysis revealed an approximately 10 Kb transcript. These results indicate that cDNA-RDA is a sensitive technique to identify rare transcripts with differential expression, and since there is a minimal chance to isolate false positive clones, cDNA-RDA may serve as a powerful tool for delineating up- or down-regulation of the genes involved in various pathological or physiological states of the kidney.
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- J Wada
- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Page R, Morris C, Williams J, von Ruhland C, Malik AN. Isolation of diabetes-associated kidney genes using differential display. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1997; 232:49-53. [PMID: 9125149 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1997.6224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Differential Display was used to isolate genes that show transcriptional changes in the kidney during the development of diabetes in the GK rat. Eight candidate diabetes-associated cDNA fragments, CDK1-8, were isolated and characterised. cDNA sequencing and subsequent database analysis revealed that CDK2, 4, 5 and 6 showed no significant sequence similarity to previously reported genes, suggesting that they represent novel genes, whereas CDK 1, 3, 7 and 8 showed significant similarity with rat lactate dehydrogenase, rat amiloride sensitive sodium channel, EST109013 and mouse ubiquitin-like protein respectively. The differential mRNA expression of CDK1-8 was confirmed using differential screening of slot blots. CDK1, 2, 4 and 8 mRNAs appeared to increase whereas CDK3, 5, 6 and 7 mRNAs decreased in the kidneys of GK rats with increasing hyperglycaemia. The altered renal mRNA expression of these genes in association with increased hyperglycemia in the GK rat suggest that they are candidates for a role in the development of diabetic nephropathy.
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- R Page
- Division of Life Sciences, Kings' College London, United Kingdom
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Hyperglycaemia and insulin abnormality are the cause of all vascular diseases in diabetes. Recent studies have narrowed down the pathways by which hyperglycaemia can cause the various complications observed in the vasculature. Insulin resistance and hyperglycaemia have been associated with cardiovascular disease. New ideas are presented on how selective insulin resistance of the vasculature may be responsible for the increased incidence of hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
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- G L King
- Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Gussoni E, Wang Y, Fraefel C, Miller RG, Blau HM, Geller AI, Kunkel LM. A method to codetect introduced genes and their products in gene therapy protocols. Nat Biotechnol 1996; 14:1012-6. [PMID: 9631042 DOI: 10.1038/nbt0896-1012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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To monitor the presence of introduced genes and the distribution of the encoded proteins in host tissues after gene transfer, we combined fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and immunohistochemistry in two separate gene therapy paradigms. In brain tissue sections from animals injected with pHSVlac vector, we localized nuclei containing vector DNA both in cells expressing and not expressing beta-galactosidase (beta-gal). This suggests that the efficiency of gene transfer is affected not only by gene delivery, but also by cellular controls on gene expression. In a second paradigm, following myoblast transplantation, we detected donor nuclei in the muscle of a patient with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy. The donor nuclei were either surrounded by host nuclei or apparently fused in the patient's muscle fiber producing dystrophin. The combined FISH and immunohistochemistry assay offers greater sensitivity and more information than currently used polymerase chain reaction and protein detection methods.
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- E Gussoni
- Division of Genetics, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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