Role of UDP-Glycosyltransferase (ugt) Genes in Detoxification and Glycosylation of 1-Hydroxyphenazine (1-HP) in Caenorhabditis elegans

Caenorhabditis elegans is a useful model organism to study the xenobiotic detoxification pathways of various natural and synthetic toxins, but the mechanisms of phase II detoxification are understudied. 1-Hydroxyphenazine (1-HP), a toxin produced by the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa, kills C. elegans. We previously showed that C. elegans detoxifies 1-HP by adding one, two, or three glucose molecules in N2 worms. Our current study evaluates the roles that some UDP-glycosyltransferase (ugt) genes play in 1-HP detoxification. We show that ugt-23 and ugt-49 knockout mutants are more sensitive to 1-HP than reference strains N2 or PD1074. Our data also show that ugt-23 knockout mutants produce reduced amounts of the trisaccharide sugars, while the ugt-49 knockout mutants produce reduced amounts of all 1-HP derivatives except for the glucopyranosyl product compared to the reference strains. We characterized the structure of the trisaccharide sugar phenazines made by C. elegans and showed that one of the sugar modifications contains an N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) in place of glucose. This implies broad specificity regarding UGT function and the role of genes other than ogt-1 in adding GlcNAc, at least in small-molecule detoxification.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:37

Enthalten in:

Chemical research in toxicology - 37(2024), 4 vom: 15. Apr., Seite 590-599

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Asif, Muhammad Zaka [VerfasserIn]
Nocilla, Kelsey A [VerfasserIn]
Ngo, Li [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Man [VerfasserIn]
Smadi, Yosef [VerfasserIn]
Hafeez, Zaki [VerfasserIn]
Parnes, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Manson, Allie [VerfasserIn]
Glushka, John N [VerfasserIn]
Leach, Franklin E [VerfasserIn]
Edison, Arthur S [VerfasserIn]

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1-hydroxyphenazine
528-71-2
58-98-0
EC 2.4.-
Glucose
Glycosyltransferases
IY9XDZ35W2
Journal Article
Phenazines
Sugars
Trisaccharides
Uridine Diphosphate

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Date Completed 16.04.2024

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.chemrestox.3c00410

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369782941