Abstract
O-linked β-N-acetylglucosaminylation (O-GlcNAcylation) is involved in the regulation of many cellular cascades and neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD), and stroke. In the brain, the expression of O-GlcNAcylation is notably heightened, as is that of O-linked N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (OGT) and β-N-acetylglucosaminidase (OGA), the presence of which is prominent in many regions of neurological importance. Most importantly, O-GlcNAcylation is believed to contribute to the normal functioning of neurons; conversely, its dysregulation participates in the pathogenesis of neurological disorders. In neurodegenerative diseases, O-GlcNAcylation of the brain’s key proteins, such as tau and amyloid-β, interacts with their phosphorylation, thereby triggering the formation of neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid plaques. An increase of O-GlcNAcylation by pharmacological intervention prevents neuronal loss. Additionally, O-GlcNAcylation is stress sensitive, and its elevation is cytoprotective. Increased O-GlcNAcylation ameliorated brain damage in victims of both trauma-hemorrhage and stroke. In this review, we summarize the current understanding of O-GlcNAcylation’s physiological and pathological roles in the nervous system and provide a foundation for development of a therapeutic strategy for neurological disorders.
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Abbreviations
- Aβ:
-
β-Amyloid peptide
- AD:
-
Alzheimer’s disease
- ALS:
-
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- AICD:
-
Amyloid precursor protein intracellular domain
- APP:
-
Amyloid precursor protein
- Bad:
-
BCL2-associated agonist of cell death
- BAX:
-
BCL2 associated X
- BEMAD:
-
Michael addition with dithiothreitol
- CDK5:
-
Cyclin-dependent kinase 5
- CSF:
-
Cerebral spinal fluid
- eNOS:
-
Endothelial nitric oxide synthase
- ETD:
-
Electron-transfer dissociation
- GalT:
-
β1-4-Galactosyltransferase
- GFAT:
-
l-Glutamine:fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase
- GlcN:
-
Glucosamine
- HAT:
-
Histone acetyltransferase
- HBP:
-
Hexosamine biosynthetic pathway
- HD:
-
Huntington’s disease
- ICH:
-
Intracerebral hemorrhage
- LC:
-
Liquid chromatography
- IKK:
-
Inhibitor of nuclear factor κB kinase
- IκB:
-
Inhibitor of nuclear factor κB
- I/R:
-
Ischemia/reperfusion
- MAP:
-
Microtubule-associated protein
- MGEA5:
-
Meningioma expressed antigen 5
- mOGT:
-
Mitochondrial OGT
- MS:
-
Mass spectrometry
- NButGT:
-
1,2-Dideoxy-2′-propyl-alpha-d-glucopyranoso-[2,1-d]-Delta 2′-thiazoline
- ncOGA:
-
Nuclear and cytoplasmic OGA
- ncOGT:
-
Nucleocytoplasmic OGT
- NFTs:
-
Neurofibrillary tangles
- NLS:
-
Nuclear localization signal
- NO:
-
Nitric oxide
- OGA:
-
β-N-Acetylglucosaminidase
- nNOS:
-
Neuronal nitric oxide synthase
- O-GlcNAcylation:
-
O-linked β-N-acetylglucosaminylation
- OGT:
-
O-linked N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase
- PD:
-
Parkinson’s disease
- PKAcs:
-
Protein kinase A catalytic subunit
- PFK1:
-
Phosphofructokinase 1
- PHFs:
-
Paired helical filaments
- PUGNAc:
-
O-(2-Acetamido-2-deoxy-d-glucopyranosylidene) amino-N-phenylcarbamate
- RPLC:
-
Reversed-phase liquid chromatography
- sAPPβ:
-
Soluble amyloid precursor protein β
- SOD1:
-
Superoxide dismutase 1
- sOGA:
-
Short-form OGA
- sOGT:
-
Short OGT
- Stat:
-
Signal transducer and activator of transcription
- TPR:
-
Tetratricopeptide
- YY1:
-
Yin Yang 1
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81571600, 81322018 and 81273287 to J.W.H., and 81401361 to X.F.M.) and the Youth Top-notch Talent Support Program (to J.W.H.).
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Ma, X., Li, H., He, Y. et al. The emerging link between O-GlcNAcylation and neurological disorders. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 74, 3667–3686 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-017-2542-9
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