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Han Q, Wang X, Ding X, Hao J, Li Q, Wang J, Yu H, Tang Z, Yang F, Cai G, Zhang D, Zhu H. Salivary Glycopatterns as Potential Non-Invasive Biomarkers for Diagnosing and Reflecting Severity and Prognosis of Diabetic Nephropathy. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2022; 13:790586. [PMID: 35432212 PMCID: PMC9009518 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.790586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Discriminating between diabetic nephropathy (DN) and non-diabetic renal disease (NDRD) can help provide more specific treatments. However, there are no ideal biomarkers for their differentiation. Thus, the aim of this study was to identify biomarkers for diagnosing and predicting the progression of DN by investigating different salivary glycopatterns. Lectin microarrays were used to screen different glycopatterns in patients with DN or NDRD. The results were validated by lectin blotting. Logistic regression and artificial neural network analyses were used to construct diagnostic models and were validated in in another cohort. Pearson's correlation analysis, Cox regression, and Kaplan-Meier survival curves were used to analyse the correlation between lectins, and disease severity and progression. Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) and bioinformatics analyses were used to identify corresponding glycoproteins and predict their function. Both the logistic regression model and the artificial neural network model achieved high diagnostic accuracy. The levels of Aleuria aurantia lectin (AAL), Lycopersicon esculentum lectin (LEL), Lens culinaris lectin (LCA), Vicia villosa lectin (VVA), and Narcissus pseudonarcissus lectin (NPA) were significantly correlated with the clinical and pathological parameters related to DN severity. A high level of LCA and a low level of LEL were associated with a higher risk of progression to end-stage renal disease. Glycopatterns in the saliva could be a non-invasive tool for distinguishing between DN and NDRD. The AAL, LEL, LCA, VVA, and NPA levels could reflect the severity of DN, and the LEL and LCA levels could indicate the prognosis of DN.
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- Qiuxia Han
- Department of Nephrology, The First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Chinese PLA Institute of Nephrology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Beijing Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease, Beijing, China
- School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Chinese PLA Institute of Nephrology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Beijing Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Chinese PLA Institute of Nephrology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Beijing Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Chinese PLA Institute of Nephrology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Beijing Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Chinese PLA Institute of Nephrology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Beijing Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease, Beijing, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Protein and Peptide Pharmaceuticals, Laboratory of Proteomics, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an, China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Protein and Peptide Pharmaceuticals, Laboratory of Proteomics, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Chinese PLA Institute of Nephrology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Beijing Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease, Beijing, China
- School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Chinese PLA Institute of Nephrology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Beijing Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Chinese PLA Institute of Nephrology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Beijing Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease, Beijing, China
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Yu P, Li J, Deng SP, Zhang F, Grozdanov PN, Chin EWM, Martin SD, Vergnes L, Islam MS, Sun D, LaSalle JM, McGee SL, Goh E, MacDonald CC, Jin P. Integrated analysis of a compendium of RNA-Seq datasets for splicing factors. Sci Data 2020; 7:178. [PMID: 32546682 PMCID: PMC7297722 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-020-0514-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
A vast amount of public RNA-sequencing datasets have been generated and used widely to study transcriptome mechanisms. These data offer precious opportunity for advancing biological research in transcriptome studies such as alternative splicing. We report the first large-scale integrated analysis of RNA-Seq data of splicing factors for systematically identifying key factors in diseases and biological processes. We analyzed 1,321 RNA-Seq libraries of various mouse tissues and cell lines, comprising more than 6.6 TB sequences from 75 independent studies that experimentally manipulated 56 splicing factors. Using these data, RNA splicing signatures and gene expression signatures were computed, and signature comparison analysis identified a list of key splicing factors in Rett syndrome and cold-induced thermogenesis. We show that cold-induced RNA-binding proteins rescue the neurite outgrowth defects in Rett syndrome using neuronal morphology analysis, and we also reveal that SRSF1 and PTBP1 are required for energy expenditure in adipocytes using metabolic flux analysis. Our study provides an integrated analysis for identifying key factors in diseases and biological processes and highlights the importance of public data resources for identifying hypotheses for experimental testing.
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- Peng Yu
- West China Biomedical Big Data Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
- Medical Big Data Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
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- Center for Epigenetics & Disease Prevention, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215009, China
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- Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology & Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, 79430, USA
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- Neuroscience Academic Clinical Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School, NA, Singapore
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- Metabolic Reprogramming Laboratory, Metabolic Research Unit, School of Medicine and Centre for Molecular and Medical Research, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Genome Center, and MIND Institute, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Center for Epigenetics & Disease Prevention, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Genome Center, and MIND Institute, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Metabolic Reprogramming Laboratory, Metabolic Research Unit, School of Medicine and Centre for Molecular and Medical Research, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Neuroscience Academic Clinical Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School, NA, Singapore
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- Department of Cell Biology & Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, 79430, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Stringer RN, Lazniewska J, Weiss N. Transcriptomic analysis of glycan-processing genes in the dorsal root ganglia of diabetic mice and functional characterization on Ca v3.2 channels. Channels (Austin) 2020; 14:132-140. [PMID: 32233724 PMCID: PMC7153791 DOI: 10.1080/19336950.2020.1745406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Cav3.2 T-type calcium channels play an essential role in the transmission of peripheral nociception in the dorsal root ganglia (DRG) and alteration of Cav3.2 expression is associated with the development of peripheral painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN). Several studies have previously documented the role of glycosylation in the expression and functioning of Cav3.2 and suggested that altered glycosylation of the channel may contribute to the aberrant expression of the channel in diabetic conditions. In this study, we aimed to analyze the expression of glycan-processing genes in DRG neurons from a leptin-deficient genetic mouse model of diabetes (db/db). Transcriptomic analysis revealed that several glycan-processing genes encoding for glycosyltransferases and sialic acid-modifying enzymes were upregulated in diabetic conditions. Functional analysis of these enzymes on recombinant Cav3.2 revealed an unexpected loss-of-function of the channel. Collectively, our data indicate that diabetes is associated with an alteration of the glycosylation machinery in DRG neurons. However, individual action of these enzymes when tested on recombinant Cav3.2 cannot explain the observed upregulation of T-type channels under diabetic conditions. Abbreviations: Galnt16: Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 16; B3gnt8: UDP-GlcNAc:betaGal beta-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 8; B4galt1: Beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 1; St6gal1: Beta-galactoside alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase 1; Neu3: Sialidase-3
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- Robin N Stringer
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.,Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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Zhang Q, Li J, Luo M, Xie GY, Zeng W, Wu Y, Zhu Y, Yang X, Guo AY. Systematic Transcriptome and Regulatory Network Analyses Reveal the Hypoglycemic Mechanism of Dendrobium fimbriatum. MOLECULAR THERAPY. NUCLEIC ACIDS 2020; 19:1-14. [PMID: 31790971 PMCID: PMC6909217 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2019.10.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2019] [Revised: 09/21/2019] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a long-term metabolic disorder disease characterized by high blood sugar and relative lack of insulin. Previous studies have demonstrated that Dendrobium has potent glucose-lowing effects and may serve as add-ons or alternatives to classic medications for T2D prevention and treatment, but the underlying molecular mechanisms were still unclear. We performed biochemical and transcriptional profiling (RNA sequencing [RNA-seq] and microRNA sequencing [miRNA-seq]) analyses on the pancreas and liver of Dendrobium fimbriatum extract (DFE)-fed diabetic rats and control animals. Our sequencing and experimental data indicated that DFE significantly alleviated diabetes symptoms through inhibiting inflammation and preventing islet cell apoptosis in diabetic pancreas. Transcription factors in Stat/nuclear factor κB (NF-κB)/Irf families combined with miR-148a/375/9a served as key regulators in the inflammation and apoptosis pathways under DFE administration. Meanwhile, DFE improved the energy metabolism, lipid transport, and oxidoreductase activity in the liver, and thus decreased lipid accumulation and lipotoxicity-induced hepatocyte apoptosis. Our findings revealed that DFE may serve as a potential therapeutic agent to prevent T2D, and also showed the combination of transcriptome profiling and regulatory network analysis could act as an effective approach for investigating potential molecular mechanisms of traditional Chinese medicine on diseases.
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- Qiong Zhang
- Department of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Nano Medicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Nano Medicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Nano Medicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Nano Medicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
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- National Engineering Research Center for Nano Medicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
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Liu M, Yu H, Zhang D, Han Q, Yang X, Liu X, Wang J, Zhang K, Yang F, Cai G, Chen X, Zhu H. Alteration of glycosylation in serum proteins: a new potential indicator to distinguish non-diabetic renal diseases from diabetic nephropathy. RSC Adv 2018; 8:38872-38882. [PMID: 35558281 PMCID: PMC9090655 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra06832a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Diabetic nephropathy (DN) and nondiabetic renal disease (NDRD) are two major categories of renal diseases in diabetes mellitus patients. The clinical differentiation among them is usually not so clear and effective. In this study, sera from DN and NDRD patients were collected, and glycan profiles of serum proteins from DN and NDRD patients were investigated and compared by using lectin microarray and lectin blot. Then, altered glycoproteins were enriched by lectin coupled magnetic particle conjugate and characterized by LC-MS/MS. We found significant change in glycan patterns between DN and NDRD patients. In particular, the relative abundance of the glycopattern of Galβ1-3GalNAc which was identified by BPL (Bauhinia purpurea lectin) was significantly decreased in DN patients compared to four types of NDRD patients (p < 0.05). Moreover, BPL blotting indicated that the proteins with a molecular weight of about 53 kDa exhibited low staining signal in DN compared to all NDRD groups, which was consistent with results of lectin microarrays. After enriching by BPL and identification by LC-MS/MS, a total of 235 and 258 proteins were characterized from NDRD and DN respectively. Among these, the relative abundance of 12 isolated serum proteins exhibited significantly alteration between DN and NDRD (p < 0.05). Our findings indicated not only the relative abundance of Galβ1-3GalNAc on serum proteins but also certain glycoproteins modified with this glycopattern showed a difference between DN and NDRD patients. This suggested that the analysis of this alteration by using urine specimens may constitute an additional valuable diagnostic tool for differentiating DN and NDRD with a non-invasive method.
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- Moyan Liu
- Department of Nephrology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Chinese PLA Institute of Nephrology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases 28 Fuxing Road, Haidian District Beijing 100853 China .,Second Department of Cadre Ward, General Hospital of Jinan Military Region Jinan 250000 China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University Xi'an Shaanxi 710069 China
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- Department of Nephrology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Chinese PLA Institute of Nephrology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases 28 Fuxing Road, Haidian District Beijing 100853 China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University 1 East Jianshe Road Zhengzhou 450052 China
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- Department of Nephrology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Chinese PLA Institute of Nephrology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases 28 Fuxing Road, Haidian District Beijing 100853 China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University Xi'an Shaanxi 710069 China
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- The Key Laboratory of Protein and Peptide Pharmaceuticals, Laboratory of Proteomics, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100101 China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University Xi'an Shaanxi 710069 China
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- The Key Laboratory of Protein and Peptide Pharmaceuticals, Laboratory of Proteomics, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100101 China
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- Department of Nephrology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Chinese PLA Institute of Nephrology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases 28 Fuxing Road, Haidian District Beijing 100853 China
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- Department of Nephrology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Chinese PLA Institute of Nephrology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases 28 Fuxing Road, Haidian District Beijing 100853 China
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- Department of Nephrology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Chinese PLA Institute of Nephrology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases 28 Fuxing Road, Haidian District Beijing 100853 China
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A simple computer vision pipeline reveals the effects of isolation on social interaction dynamics in Drosophila. PLoS Comput Biol 2018; 14:e1006410. [PMID: 30161262 PMCID: PMC6135522 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Revised: 09/12/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Isolation profoundly influences social behavior in all animals. In humans, isolation has serious effects on health. Drosophila melanogaster is a powerful model to study small-scale, temporally-transient social behavior. However, longer-term analysis of large groups of flies is hampered by the lack of effective and reliable tools. We built a new imaging arena and improved the existing tracking algorithm to reliably follow a large number of flies simultaneously. Next, based on the automatic classification of touch and graph-based social network analysis, we designed an algorithm to quantify changes in the social network in response to prior social isolation. We observed that isolation significantly and swiftly enhanced individual and local social network parameters depicting near-neighbor relationships. We explored the genome-wide molecular correlates of these behavioral changes and found that whereas behavior changed throughout the six days of isolation, gene expression alterations occurred largely on day one. These changes occurred mostly in metabolic genes, and we verified the metabolic changes by showing an increase of lipid content in isolated flies. In summary, we describe a highly reliable tracking and analysis pipeline for large groups of flies that we use to unravel the behavioral, molecular and physiological impact of isolation on social network dynamics in Drosophila. Social isolation severely affects the behavior and physiology of social animals, including humans. The fruit fly is a powerful model for studying the mechanisms of development, health and disease and is also used to study social behaviors such as mating and aggression. However, these studies are limited to examining few individuals for shorts amounts of time, due to the lack of effective computational tools for the analysis of large groups over prolonged time. To overcome this hurdle, we built a new behavioral arena and developed new software that accurately tracks many flies simultaneously over long time periods. The arena is cheap and easy to build and the software works with low resolution videos. Using these improved tools, we studied social isolation in groups of male flies. We found that isolation caused flies to form stronger interactions with neighboring flies in their social network. These behavioral changes were preceded by transient changes in the expression of metabolism genes and eventually resulted in isolated flies accumulating fat, as has been previously observed in studies in mice and humans. Our study opens the door for the use of fruit flies in future studies of social isolation.
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Li J, Zheng L, Uchiyama A, Bin L, Mauro TM, Elias PM, Pawelczyk T, Sakowicz-Burkiewicz M, Trzeciak M, Leung DYM, Morasso MI, Yu P. A data mining paradigm for identifying key factors in biological processes using gene expression data. Sci Rep 2018; 8:9083. [PMID: 29899432 PMCID: PMC5998123 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-27258-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2017] [Accepted: 05/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
A large volume of biological data is being generated for studying mechanisms of various biological processes. These precious data enable large-scale computational analyses to gain biological insights. However, it remains a challenge to mine the data efficiently for knowledge discovery. The heterogeneity of these data makes it difficult to consistently integrate them, slowing down the process of biological discovery. We introduce a data processing paradigm to identify key factors in biological processes via systematic collection of gene expression datasets, primary analysis of data, and evaluation of consistent signals. To demonstrate its effectiveness, our paradigm was applied to epidermal development and identified many genes that play a potential role in this process. Besides the known epidermal development genes, a substantial proportion of the identified genes are still not supported by gain- or loss-of-function studies, yielding many novel genes for future studies. Among them, we selected a top gene for loss-of-function experimental validation and confirmed its function in epidermal differentiation, proving the ability of this paradigm to identify new factors in biological processes. In addition, this paradigm revealed many key genes in cold-induced thermogenesis using data from cold-challenged tissues, demonstrating its generalizability. This paradigm can lead to fruitful results for studying molecular mechanisms in an era of explosive accumulation of publicly available biological data.
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- Jin Li
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
- TEES-AgriLife Center for Bioinformatics and Genomic Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Laboratory of Skin Biology, National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- Dermatology Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Department of Dermatology, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Dermatology Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Department of Dermatology, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- Laboratory of Skin Biology, National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA.
- TEES-AgriLife Center for Bioinformatics and Genomic Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA.
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Hou R, Alemozaffar M, Yang B, Sands JM, Kong X, Chen G. Identification of a Novel UT-B Urea Transporter in Human Urothelial Cancer. Front Physiol 2017; 8:245. [PMID: 28503151 PMCID: PMC5409228 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 04/07/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
Abstract
The urea transporter UT-B is widely expressed and has been studied in erythrocyte, kidney, brain and intestines. Interestingly, UT-B gene has been found more abundant in bladder than any other tissue. Recently, gene analyses demonstrate that SLC14A1 (UT-B) gene mutations are associated with bladder cancer, suggesting that urea transporter UT-B may play an important role in bladder carcinogenesis. In this study, we examined UT-B expression in bladder cancer with human primary bladder cancer tissues and cancer derived cell lines. Human UT-B has two isoforms. We found that normal bladder expresses long form of UT-B2 but was lost in 8 of 24 (33%) or significantly downregulated in 16 of 24 (67%) of primary bladder cancer patients. In contrast, the short form of UT-B1 lacking exon 3 was detected in 20 bladder cancer samples. Surprisingly, a 24-nt in-frame deletion in exon 4 in UT-B1 (UT-B1Δ24) was identified in 11 of 20 (55%) bladder tumors. This deletion caused a functional defect of UT-B1. Immunohistochemistry revealed that UT-B protein levels were significantly decreased in bladder cancers. Western blot analysis showed a weak UT-B band of 40 kDa in some tumors, consistent with UT-B1 gene expression detected by RT-PCR. Interestingly, bladder cancer associate UT-B1Δ24 was barely sialylated, reflecting impaired glycosylation of UT-B1 in bladder tumors. In conclusion, SLC14A1 gene and UT-B protein expression are significantly changed in bladder cancers. The aberrant UT-B expression may promote bladder cancer development or facilitate carcinogenesis induced by other carcinogens.
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- Ruida Hou
- Department of Urology, China-Japan Union Hospital, Jilin UniversityChangchun, China.,Department of Physiology, Emory University School of MedicineAtlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking UniversityBeijing, China
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- Department of Physiology, Emory University School of MedicineAtlanta, GA, USA.,Renal Division Department of Medicine, Emory University School of MedicineAtlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Urology, China-Japan Union Hospital, Jilin UniversityChangchun, China
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- Department of Physiology, Emory University School of MedicineAtlanta, GA, USA.,Renal Division Department of Medicine, Emory University School of MedicineAtlanta, GA, USA
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Li Z, Zhang P, Yan A, Guo Z, Ban Y, Li J, Chen S, Yang H, He Y, Li J, Guo Y, Zhang W, Hajiramezanali E, An H, Fajardo D, Harbour JW, Ruan Y, Nimer SD, Yu P, Chen X, Xu M, Yang FC. ASXL1 interacts with the cohesin complex to maintain chromatid separation and gene expression for normal hematopoiesis. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2017; 3:e1601602. [PMID: 28116354 PMCID: PMC5249256 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1601602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2016] [Accepted: 11/30/2016] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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ASXL1 is frequently mutated in a spectrum of myeloid malignancies with poor prognosis. Loss of Asxl1 leads to myelodysplastic syndrome-like disease in mice; however, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. We report that ASXL1 interacts with the cohesin complex, which has been shown to guide sister chromatid segregation and regulate gene expression. Loss of Asxl1 impairs the cohesin function, as reflected by an impaired telophase chromatid disjunction in hematopoietic cells. Chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by DNA sequencing data revealed that ASXL1, RAD21, and SMC1A share 93% of genomic binding sites at promoter regions in Lin-cKit+ (LK) cells. We have shown that loss of Asxl1 reduces the genome binding of RAD21 and SMC1A and alters the expression of ASXL1/cohesin target genes in LK cells. Our study underscores the ASXL1-cohesin interaction as a novel means to maintain normal sister chromatid separation and regulate gene expression in hematopoietic cells.
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- Zhaomin Li
- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and TEES-AgriLife Center for Bioinformatics and Genomic Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and TEES-AgriLife Center for Bioinformatics and Genomic Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and TEES-AgriLife Center for Bioinformatics and Genomic Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and TEES-AgriLife Center for Bioinformatics and Genomic Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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Saccon F, Gatto M, Ghirardello A, Iaccarino L, Punzi L, Doria A. Role of galectin-3 in autoimmune and non-autoimmune nephropathies. Autoimmun Rev 2016; 16:34-47. [PMID: 27666815 DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2016.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2016] [Accepted: 08/08/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Galectins are evolutionary conserved β-galactoside binding proteins with a carbohydrate-recognition domain (CRD) of approximately 130 amino acids. In mammals, 15 members of the galectin family have been identified and classified into three subtypes according to CRD organization: prototype, tandem repeat-type and chimera-type galectins. Galectin-3 (gal-3) is the only chimera type galectin in vertebrates containing one CRD linked to an unusual long N-terminal domain which displays non-lectin dependent activities. Although recent studies revealed unique, pleiotropic and context-dependent functions of gal-3 in both extracellular and intracellular space, gal-3 specific pathways and its ligands have not been clearly defined yet. In the kidney gal-3 is involved in later stages of nephrogenesis as well as in renal cell cancer. However, gal-3 has recently been associated with lupus glomerulonephritis, with Familial Mediterranean Fever-induced proteinuria and renal amyloidosis. Gal-3 has been studied in experimental acute kidney damage and in the subsequent regeneration phase as well as in several models of chronic kidney disease, including nephropathies induced by aging, ischemia, hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, unilateral ureteral obstruction and chronic allograft injury. Because of the pivotal role of gal-3 in the modulation of immune system, wound repair, fibrosis and tumorigenesis, it is not surprising that gal-3 can be an intriguing prognostic biomarker as well as a promising therapeutic target in a great variety of diseases, including chronic kidney disease, chronic heart failure and cardio-renal syndrome. This review summarizes the functions of gal-3 in kidney pathophysiology focusing on the reported role of gal-3 in autoimmune diseases.
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- Francesca Saccon
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padova, Italy
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padova, Italy
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padova, Italy
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padova, Italy
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padova, Italy
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padova, Italy.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Urea is transported by urea transporter proteins in kidney, erythrocytes, and other tissues. Mice in which different urea transporters have been knocked out have urine-concentrating defects, which has led to the development and testing of urea transporters Slc14A2 (UT-A) and Slc14A1 (UT-B) inhibitors as urearetics. This review summarizes the knowledge gained during the past year on urea transporter regulation and investigations into the clinical potential of urearetics. RECENT FINDINGS UT-A1 undergoes several posttranslational modifications that increase its function by increasing UT-A1 accumulation in the apical plasma membrane. UT-A1 is phosphorylated by protein kinase A, exchange protein activated by cyclic AMP, protein kinase Cα, and AMP-activated protein kinase, all at different serine residues. UT-A1 is also regulated by 14-3-3, which contributes to UT-A1 removal from the membrane. UT-A1 is glycosylated with various glycan moieties in animal models of diabetes mellitus. Transgenic expression of UT-A1 into UT-A1/UT-A3 knockout mice restores urine-concentrating ability. UT-B is present in descending vasa recta and urinary bladder, and is linked to bladder cancer. Inhibitors of UT-A and UT-B have been developed that result in diuresis with fewer abnormalities in serum electrolytes than conventional diuretics. SUMMARY Urea transporters play critical roles in the urine-concentrating mechanism. Urea transport inhibitors are a promising new class of diuretic agent.
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- Janet D Klein
- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, and Department of Physiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Qian X, Sands JM, Song X, Chen G. Modulation of kidney urea transporter UT-A3 activity by alpha2,6-sialylation. Pflugers Arch 2016; 468:1161-1170. [PMID: 26972907 PMCID: PMC4945389 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-016-1802-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Revised: 02/16/2016] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Two urea transporters, UT-A1 and UT-A3, are expressed in the kidney terminal inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD) and are important for the production of concentrated urine. UT-A1, as the largest isoform of all UT-A urea transporters, has gained much attention and been extensively studied; however, the role and the regulation of UT-A3 are less explored. In this study, we investigated UT-A3 regulation by glycosylation modification. A site-directed mutagenesis verified a single glycosylation site in UT-A3 at Asn279. Loss of the glycosylation reduced forskolin-stimulated UT-A3 cell membrane expression and urea transport activity. UT-A3 has two glycosylation forms, 45 and 65 kDa. Using sugar-specific binding lectins, the UT-A3 glycosylation profile was examined. The 45-kDa form was pulled down by lectin concanavalin A (Con A) and Galant husnivalis lectin (GNL), indicating an immature glycan with a high amount of mannose (Man), whereas the 65-kDa form is a mature glycan composed of acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) and poly-N-acetyllactosame (poly-LacNAc) that was pulled down by wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) and tomato lectin, respectively. Interestingly, the mature form of UT-A3 glycan contains significant amounts of sialic acid. We explored the enzymes responsible for directing UT-A3 sialylation. Sialyltransferase ST6GalI, but not ST3GalIV, catabolizes UT-A3 α2,6-sialylation. Activation of protein kinase C (PKC) by PDB treatment promoted UT-A3 glycan sialylation and membrane surface expression. The PKC inhibitor chelerythrine blocks ST6GalI-induced UT-A3 sialylation. Increased sialylation by ST6GalI increased UT-A3 protein stability and urea transport activity. Collectively, our study reveals a novel mechanism of UT-A3 regulation by ST6GalI-mediated sialylation modification that may play an important role in kidney urea reabsorption and the urinary concentrating mechanism.
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- Xiaoqian Qian
- Department of Physiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
- Cardiovascular Center, the 4 affiliated hospital, Harbin Medical University, Heilongjiang 150001, China
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- Department of Physiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Cardiovascular Center, the 4 affiliated hospital, Harbin Medical University, Heilongjiang 150001, China
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- Department of Physiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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