作者:Zhengliang L Wu、Matthew T Robey、Timothy Tatge、Cheng Lin、Nancy Leymarie、Yonglong Zou、Joseph Zaia
DOI:10.1093/glycob/cwu037
日期:2014.8.1
O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) glycosylation, the covalent attachment of N-acetylglucosamine to serine and threonine residues of proteins, is a post-translational modification that shares many features with protein phosphorylation. O-GlcNAc is essential for cell survival and plays important role in many biological processes (e.g. transcription, translation, cell division) and human diseases (e.g. diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, cancer). However, detection of O-GlcNAc is challenging. Here, a method for O-GlcNAc detection using in vitro sulfation with two N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc)-specific sulfotransferases, carbohydrate sulfotransferase 2 and carbohydrate sulfotransferase 4, and the radioisotope 35S is described. Sulfation on free GlcNAc is first demonstrated, and then on O-GlcNAc residues of peptides as well as nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins. It is also demonstrated that the sulfation on O-GlcNAc is sensitive to OGT and O-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase treatment. The labeled samples are separated on sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and visualized by autoradiography. Overall, the method is sensitive, specific and convenient.
O-链接β-N-乙酰葡萄糖胺(O-GlcNAc)糖基化是N-乙酰葡萄糖胺与蛋白质中的丝氨酸和苏氨酸残基共价结合的一种翻译后修饰,与蛋白质磷酸化有许多共同特征。O-GlcNAc对于细胞存活至关重要,在许多生物过程(如转录、翻译、细胞分裂)和人类疾病(如糖尿病、阿尔茨海默病、癌症)中发挥着重要作用。然而,检测O-GlcNAc具有挑战性。本文介绍了一种使用体外硫酸化结合两种N-乙酰葡萄糖胺(GlcNAc)特异性硫酸转移酶(碳水化合物硫酸转移酶2和碳水化合物硫酸转移酶4)和放射性同位素35S来检测O-GlcNAc的方法。首先证明了游离GlcNAc的硫酸化,然后证明了肽以及核蛋白和细胞质蛋白中O-GlcNAc残基的硫酸化。还证明了O-GlcNAc的硫酸化对OGT和O-β-N-乙酰葡萄糖胺酶处理敏感。标记的样品在十二烷基硫酸钠-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳中分离,并通过自动放射成像进行可视化。总体而言,该方法灵敏、特异且方便。