Spatiotemporal control of subcellular O-GlcNAc signaling using light-inducible Opto-OGT
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ABSTRACT: The posttranslational modification of intracellular proteins by O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) is a universal regulatory mechanism in multicellular organisms driven by O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT). The complex network of signaling proteins that are activated and involved in nutrient and stress sensing pathways have made it challenging to disentangle the direct role of OGT and O-GlcNAcylation. Here, we describe Opto-OGT, an optogenetic approach that allows precise activation of OGT with light. This tool leverages on photosensitive cryptochrome fused to OGT and potentially blocks the OGT substrate site in dark state. We elucidate how activation of OGT alone can specify for distinct physiological conditions:- a short 15-min OGT activation pulse results in mTORC pathway activation and AMPK suppression, mimicking cellular signaling events activated by glucose sensing. Opto-OGT activation displays a strong temporal dependence as well - switching on OGT for 1 hour results in vice versa that represents nutrient deprivation-like response. Moreover, Opto-OGT can be customized to be activated at specific subcellular locations. As a proof-of-concept, we demonstrate downregulation of site-specific AKT phosphorylation and signaling outputs as a result of OGT recruitment towards the plasma membrane in the presence of insulin. The ability to isolate OGT as a signaling node and uncover its inherent signaling properties enables the dissection of the role of O-GlcNAcylation in whole-cell or specific compartments.
ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)
SUBMITTER: Weiping Han and Xiaoyong Yang
PROVIDER: PXD048816 | JPOST Repository | Thu Jan 23 00:00:00 GMT 2025
REPOSITORIES: jPOST
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