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Heat-Shock Triggers Inverted Induction of Hypo-S-Nitrosylation and Hyper-O-GlcNAcylation
Min-Jae Kim1, In-Hyun Ryu1, Su-Il Do1
1Department of Life Science, Laboratory of Functional Glycomics, Ajou University, San 5, Wonchon-dong, Suwon 443- 749, Korea.
Introduction:
Protein S-nitrosylation (SNO) and O-GlcNAcylation are important posttranslational modifications. The biological connection between SNO and O-GlcNAcylation is not clear.
Objective:
We aim to identify the crosstalk between SNO and O-GlcNAcylation during heat-shock.
Methods:
Ex vivo heat-shock on mouse tissues together with in vitro heat-shock on culture cells was performed and global levels of SNO and O-GlcNAcylation were analyzed with Biotin-switch assay (BSA) and RL2 immunoblots.
Results:
Heat-shock induces hypo-SNO in parallel with hyper-O-GlcNAcylation. Inverted induction of hypo-SNO and hyper-O-GlcNAcylation is globally progressed in a time-dependent manner.
Discussion:
Moreover, heat-shock ubiquitously facilitates S-denitrosylation (SdeNO) of endogenous SNO-proteins including SNO-OGT, SNO-Hsp70, SNO-Hsp90, SNO-Akt, and SNOactin. Particularly, SdeNO of SNO-OGT leads to enhanced OGT activity.
Conclusion:
These findings provide mechanistic evidence that heat-shock triggers SdeNO of SNOOGT by which OGT activity is up-regulated, resulting in hyper-O-GlcNAcylation.
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