title: Selective decrease of membrane-associated PKC-alpha and PKC-epsilon in response to elevated intracellular O-GlcNAc levels in transformed human glial cells.
abstract: Increased flux through the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway (HBP) has been shown to affect the activity and translocation of certain protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms. It has been suggested that this effect is due to increases in the beta-O-linked N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) modification. Herein, we demonstrate the effect of increasing the O-GlcNAc modification on the translocation of select PKC isozymes in a human astroglial cell line. Treating cells with either 8 mM d-glucosamine (GlcN), 5 mM streptozotocin (STZ), or 80 muM O-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-d-glucopyranosylidene)amino-N-phenylcarbamate (PUGNAc) produced a significant increase in the O-GlcNAc modification on both cytosolic and membrane proteins; however, both the level and rate of O-GlcNAc increase varied with the compound. GlcN treatment resulted in a rapid, transient translocation of PKC-betaII that was maximal after 3 h (73+/-8%) and also produced a 48+/-15% decrease in membrane-associated PKC-epsilon after 9 h of treatment. Similar to GlcN treatment, STZ and PUGNAc treatment also resulted in decreased levels of PKC-epsilon in the membrane fraction. Significant decreases were seen as early as 5 h and, by 9 h of treatment, had decreased by 87+/-6% with STZ and 73+/-7% with PUGNAc. Unlike GlcN, both STZ and PUGNAc produced a decrease in PKC-alpha membrane levels by 9 h posttreatment (78+/-10% with STZ and 66+/-8% with PUGNAc) while neither compound produced any changes in PKC-betaII translocation. In addition, none of the three compounds affected membrane levels of PKC-iota. Altogether, these results demonstrate a novel link between increased levels of the O-GlcNAc modification and the regulation of specific PKC isoforms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Ave, SCA 400, Tampa, FL, 33620, USA.
authors.forename: Jason A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Matthews
authors.forename: Mildred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Acevedo-Duncan
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Potter
mesh_terms: D000117:Acetylglucosamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005944:Glucosamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D017351:N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D009457:Neuroglia; D010091:Oximes / Q000494:pharmacology; D048448:Phenylcarbamates / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D051571:Protein Kinase C-alpha; D051744:Protein Kinase C-epsilon; D013311:Streptozocin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010091:Oximes; D048448:Phenylcarbamates; C068836:N-acetylglucosaminono-1,5-lactone O-(phenylcarbamoyl)oxime; D013311:Streptozocin; D017351:N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases; C063057:UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-peptide beta-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase; C496628:PRKCA protein, human; C497255:PRKCE protein, human; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D051571:Protein Kinase C-alpha; D051744:Protein Kinase C-epsilon; D005944:Glucosamine; D000117:Acetylglucosamine