Intracellular Hydrolysis of Small-Molecule O-Linked N-Acetylglucosamine Transferase Inhibitors Differs among Cells and Is Not Required for Its Inhibition

O-GlcNAcylation is an essential post-translational modification that occurs on nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins, regulating their function in response to cellular stress and altered nutrient availability. O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) is the enzyme that catalyzes this reaction and represents a potential therapeutic target, whose biological role is still not fully understood. To support this research field, a series of cell-permeable, low-nanomolar OGT inhibitors were recently reported. In this study, we resynthesized the most potent OGT inhibitor of the library, OSMI-4, and we used it to investigate OGT inhibition in different human cell lines. The compound features an ethyl ester moiety that is supposed to be cleaved by carboxylesterases to generate its active metabolite. Our LC-HRMS analysis of the cell lysates shows that this is not always the case and that, even in the cell lines where hydrolysis does not occur, OGT activity is inhibited.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) - 25(2020), 15 vom: 25. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Loi, Elena Maria [VerfasserIn]
Weiss, Matjaž [VerfasserIn]
Pajk, Stane [VerfasserIn]
Gobec, Martina [VerfasserIn]
Tomašič, Tihomir [VerfasserIn]
Pieters, Roland J [VerfasserIn]
Anderluh, Marko [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acetylglucosamine
EC 2.4.1.-
Ester hydrolysis
Inhibitor
Journal Article
N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases
O-GlcNAc transferase
OGT inhibitor
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-peptide beta-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase
V956696549

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Date Completed 03.03.2021

Date Revised 03.03.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/molecules25153381

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM312982461