Posttranslational, Reversible O-glycosylation is Stimulated by High Glucose and Mediates Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Gene Expression and Sp1 Transcriptional Activity in Glomerular Mesangial Cells.
From: Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital and University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X5.
Endocrinology
- Publish Date: Jan 2006
- ISSN: 0013-7227
- Volume: 147
- Issue: 1
- Pages: 222-31
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Goldberg Howard J, Whiteside Catharine I, Hart Gerald W, et al. Posttranslational, Reversible O-glycosylation is Stimulated by High Glucose and Mediates Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Gene Expression and Sp1 Transcriptional Activity in Glomerular Mesangial Cells.. Endocrinology Jan 2006;147:222-31
Abstract
Metabolic flux through the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway (HBP) is increased in the presence of high glucose (HG) and potentially stimulates the expression of genes associated with the development of diabetic nephropathy. A number of synthetic processes are coupled to the HBP, including enzymatic intracellular O-glycosylation (O-GlcNAcylation), the addition of single O-linked N-acetylglucosamine monosaccharides to serine or threonine residues. Despite much data linking flow through the HBP and gene expression, the exact contribution of O-GlcNAcylation to HG-stimulated gene expression remains unclear. In glomerular mesangial cells, HG-stimulated plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) gene expression requires the HBP and the transcription factor, Sp1. In this study, the specific role of O-GlcNAcylation in HG-induced PAI-1 expression was tested by limiting this modification with a dominant-negative O-linked N-acetylglucosamine transferase, by overexpression of neutral beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase, and by knockdown of O-linked beta-N-acetylglucosamine transferase expression by RNA interference. Decreasing O-GlcNAcylation by these means inhibited the ability of HG to increase endogenous PAI-1 mRNA and protein levels, the activity of a PAI-1 promoter-luciferase reporter gene, and Sp1 transcriptional activation. Conversely, treatment with the beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase inhibitor, O-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-d-glucopyranosylidene)amino-N-phenylcarbamate, in the presence of normal glucose increased Sp1 O-GlcNAcylation and PAI-1 mRNA and protein levels. These findings demonstrate for the first time that among the pathways served by the HBP, O-GlcNAcylation, is obligatory for HG-induced PAI-1 gene expression and Sp1 transcriptional activation in mesangial cells.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Acetylglucosamine, Animals, Base Sequence, Gene Expression Regulation, Glucose, Glycosylation, Mesangial Cells, Plasmids, Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1, Promoter Regions (Genetics), Protein Processing, Post-Translational, RNA, Small Interfering, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Sp1 Transcription Factor, Trans-Activation (Genetics)
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