PMID- 34685781 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211203 LR - 20220315 IS - 2073-4409 (Electronic) IS - 2073-4409 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 10 DP - 2021 Oct 19 TI - Pancreatic beta-Cell O-GlcNAc Transferase Overexpression Increases Susceptibility to Metabolic Stressors in Female Mice. LID - 10.3390/cells10102801 [doi] LID - 2801 AB - The nutrient-sensor O-GlcNAc transferase (Ogt), the sole enzyme that adds an O-GlcNAc-modification onto proteins, plays a critical role for pancreatic beta-cell survival and insulin secretion. We hypothesized that beta-cell Ogt overexpression would confer protection from beta-cell failure in response to metabolic stressors, such as high-fat diet (HFD) and streptozocin (STZ). Here, we generated a beta-cell-specific Ogt in overexpressing (betaOgtOE) mice, where a significant increase in Ogt protein level and O-GlcNAc-modification of proteins were observed in islets under a normal chow diet. We uncovered that betaOgtOE mice show normal peripheral insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance with a regular chow diet. However, when challenged with an HFD, only female betaOgtOE (homozygous) Hz mice developed a mild glucose intolerance, despite increased insulin secretion and normal beta-cell mass. While female mice are normally resistant to low-dose STZ treatments, the betaOgtOE Hz mice developed hyperglycemia and glucose intolerance post-STZ treatment. Transcriptome analysis between islets with loss or gain of Ogt by RNA sequencing shows common altered pathways involving pro-survival Erk and Akt and inflammatory regulators IL1beta and NFkbeta. Together, these data show a possible gene dosage effect of Ogt and the importance O-GlcNAc cycling in beta-cell survival and function to regulate glucose homeostasis. FAU - Mohan, Ramkumar AU - Mohan R AD - Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. FAU - Jo, Seokwon AU - Jo S AD - Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. FAU - Da Sol Chung, Elina AU - Da Sol Chung E AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8031-9481 AD - Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. FAU - Oribamise, Eunice AU - Oribamise E AD - Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. FAU - Lockridge, Amber AU - Lockridge A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1122-6286 AD - Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. FAU - Abrahante-Llorens, Juan E AU - Abrahante-Llorens JE AD - Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. FAU - Ruan, Hai-Bin AU - Ruan HB AD - Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. FAU - Yang, Xiao-Yong AU - Yang XY AD - Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. FAU - Alejandro, Emilyn U AU - Alejandro EU AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7941-8439 AD - Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. LA - eng GR - R01 DK115720/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 DK112144/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20211019 PL - Switzerland TA - Cells JT - Cells JID - 101600052 RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - EC 2.4.1.- (N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases) RN - EC 2.4.1.- (O-GlcNAc transferase) RN - IY9XDZ35W2 (Glucose) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Diet, High-Fat MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Glucose/metabolism MH - Glucose Intolerance/blood/complications/pathology MH - Homeostasis MH - Hyperglycemia/blood/complications MH - Insulin/blood MH - Insulin-Secreting Cells/*enzymology MH - Male MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases/*metabolism MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - *Stress, Physiological MH - Transcriptome/genetics MH - Up-Regulation PMC - PMC8534823 OTO - NOTNLM OT - O-GlcNAc transferase OT - islet OT - streptozocin COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/10/24 06:00 MHDA- 2021/12/15 06:00 PMCR- 2021/10/19 CRDT- 2021/10/23 01:23 PHST- 2021/09/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/10/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/10/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/10/23 01:23 [entrez] PHST- 2021/10/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/12/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/10/19 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cells10102801 [pii] AID - cells-10-02801 [pii] AID - 10.3390/cells10102801 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cells. 2021 Oct 19;10(10):2801. doi: 10.3390/cells10102801.