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XB-ART-38088
Glycoconj J 2009 Apr 01;263:301-11. doi: 10.1007/s10719-008-9166-0.
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Survey of O-GlcNAc level variations in Xenopus laevis from oogenesis to early development.

Dehennaut V , Lefebvre T , Leroy Y , Vilain JP , Michalski JC , Bodart JF .


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Little is known about the impact of O-linked-N-acetylglucosaminylation (O-GlcNAc) in gametes production and developmental processes. Here we investigated changes in O-GlcNAc, UDP-GlcNAc and O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) levels in Xenopus laevis from oogenesis to embryo hatching. We showed that in comparison to stage VI, stages I-V oocytes expressed higher levels of O-GlcNAc correlating changes in OGT expression, but not in UDP-GlcNAc pools. Upon progesterone stimulation, an O-GlcNAc level burst occurred during meiotic resumption long before MPF and Mos-Erk2 pathways activations. Finally, we observed high levels of O-GlcNAc, UDP-GlcNAc and OGT during segmentation that decreased concomitantly at the onset of gastrulation. Nevertheless, no correlation between the glycosylation, the nucleotide-sugar and the glycosyltransferase was observed after neurulation. Our results show that O-GlcNAc is regulated throughout oogenesis and development within a complex pattern and suggest that dysfunctions in the dynamics of this glycosylation could lead to developmental abnormalities.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: mapk1 mos ogt

References [+] :
Bodart, Differential roles of p39Mos-Xp42Mpk1 cascade proteins on Raf1 phosphorylation and spindle morphogenesis in Xenopus oocytes. 2005, Pubmed, Xenbase