Next generation unnatural monosaccharides reveal that ESRRBO GlcNAcylation enhances pluripotency of mouse embryonic stem cells

ABSTRACT: Unnatural monosaccharides such as azidosugars that can be metabolically incorporated into cellular glycans are currently used as a major tool for glycan imaging and glycoproteomic profiling. As a common practice to enhance membrane permeability and cellular uptake, the unnatural sugars are per O acetylated, which, however, can induce a long-overlooked side reaction, non enzymatic S-glycosylation. Herein, we develop1,3 di esterified N azidoacetylgalactosamine (GalNAz) as the next generation chemical reporters for metabolic glycan labeling. Both 1,3 di O-acetylated GalNAz (1,3-Ac2GalNAz) and1,3 di O propionylated GalNAz (1,3-Pr2GalNAz)exhibited high efficiency for labeling protein O-GlcNAcylation with no artificial S-glycosylation. Applying1,3 Pr2GalNAz in mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs), we identified ESRRB, a critical transcription factor for pluripotency, as an O-GlcNAcylated protein. We showed that ESRRB O-GlcNAcylation is important for mESC self-renewal and pluripotency. Mechanistically, ESRRB is O-GlcNAcylated by O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) at serine 25 (Ser 25), which stabilizes ESRRB, promotes its transcription activity and facilitates its interactions with two master pluripotency regulators, OCT4 and NANOG.

INSTRUMENT(S): LTQ Orbitrap Elite

ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human) Mus Musculus (mouse)

TISSUE(S): Permanent Cell Line Cell, Cell Culture

SUBMITTER: Xinqi Fan  

LAB HEAD: Xing Chen

PROVIDER: PXD014785 | Pride | 2019-09-12

REPOSITORIES: Pride