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Ac4GlcNAcF3, an OGT-tolerated but OGA-resistant regulator for O-GlcNAcylation
Haifeng Wang1, Jianshuang Guo1, Nan Wang1
1State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Reasearch, Nankai University, Haihe Education Park, 38 Tongyan Road, Tianjin 300353, China.
Abstract:
O-Linked N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) is an abundant posttranslationalmonosaccaride-modification found on Ser or Thr residues of intracellular proteins in most eukaryotes. The dynamic nature of O-GlcNAc has enabled researchers to modulate the stoichiometry of O-GlcNAc on proteins in order to investigate its function. Cell permeable small moleculars have proven invaluable tools to increase O-GlcNAc levels. Herein, using in vitro substrate screening, we identified GlcNAcF3 as an OGT-accepted but OGA-resistant sugar mimic. Cellular experiments with cell-permeable peracetylated-GlcNAcF3 (Ac4GlcNAcF3) displayed that Ac4GlcNAcF3 was a potent tool to increase O-GlcNAc levels in several cell lines. Further, NIH3T3 cells interfered with OGT (siOGT) showed significant decreasing of O-GlcNAc levels with Ac4GlcNAcF3 treatment, indicating O-GlcNAcF3 was an OGT-dependent modification. In addition, cellular toxic assay confirmed O-GlcNAcF3 production has no significant effect on cell proliferation or viability. Thus, Ac4GlcNAcF3 represents a safe and dual regulator for both OGT and OGA, which will benefit the study of O-GlcNAc.
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