Quantitative H2S-mediated protein sulfhydration reveals metabolic reprogramming during the Integrated Stress Response

  1. Xing-Huang Gao
  2. Dawid Krokowski
  3. Bo-Jhih Guan
  4. Ilya Bederman
  5. Mithu Majumder
  6. Marc Parisien
  7. Luda Diatchenko
  8. Omer Kabil
  9. Belinda Willard
  10. Ruma Banerjee
  11. Benlian Wang
  12. Gurkan Bebek
  13. Charles R Evans
  14. Paul L Fox
  15. Stanton L Gerson
  16. Charles Hoppel
  17. Ming Liu
  18. Peter Arvan
  19. Maria Hatzoglou  Is a corresponding author
  1. Case Western Reserve University, United States
  2. McGill University, Canada
  3. University of Michigan Medical School, United States
  4. Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, United States

Abstract

The sulfhydration of cysteine residues in proteins is an important mechanism involved in diverse biological processes. We have developed a proteomics approach to quantitatively profile the changes of sulfhydrated cysteines in biological systems. Bioinformatics analysis revealed that sulfhydrated cysteines are part of a wide range of biological functions. In pancreatic β cells exposed to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, elevated H2S promotes the sulfhydration of enzymes in energy metabolism and stimulates glycolytic flux. We propose that transcriptional and translational reprogramming by the Integrated Stress Response (ISR) in pancreatic β cells is coupled to metabolic alternations triggered by sulfhydration of key enzymes in intermediary metabolism.

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  1. Xing-Huang Gao

    Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States
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  2. Dawid Krokowski

    Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States
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  3. Bo-Jhih Guan

    Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States
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  4. Ilya Bederman

    Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States
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  5. Mithu Majumder

    Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States
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  6. Marc Parisien

    Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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  7. Luda Diatchenko

    Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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  8. Omer Kabil

    Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, United States
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  9. Belinda Willard

    Mass Spectrometry Laboratory for Protein Sequencing, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, United States
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  10. Ruma Banerjee

    Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, United States
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  11. Benlian Wang

    Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics,Center for Synchrotron Biosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States
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  12. Gurkan Bebek

    Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics, Center for Synchrotron Biosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States
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  13. Charles R Evans

    Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Cleveland, United States
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  14. Paul L Fox

    Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, United States
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  15. Stanton L Gerson

    Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States
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  16. Charles Hoppel

    Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States
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  17. Ming Liu

    Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Cleveland, United States
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  18. Peter Arvan

    Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Cleveland, United States
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  19. Maria Hatzoglou

    Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States
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    mxh8@case.edu
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Ethics

Animal experimentation: Experimental protocols were approved by the Case Western Reserve University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.

Human subjects: Human Islet Study-Institutional review board approval for research use of isolated human islets was obtained from the University of Michigan (IRB number 2014-0069). Human islets were isolated from previously healthy, nondiabetic organ donors by the University of Chicago Transplant Center. Three independent human islet batches from two male donors aged 20 and 58 and one female donor aged 48 were used in this study.

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© 2015, Gao et al.

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  1. Xing-Huang Gao
  2. Dawid Krokowski
  3. Bo-Jhih Guan
  4. Ilya Bederman
  5. Mithu Majumder
  6. Marc Parisien
  7. Luda Diatchenko
  8. Omer Kabil
  9. Belinda Willard
  10. Ruma Banerjee
  11. Benlian Wang
  12. Gurkan Bebek
  13. Charles R Evans
  14. Paul L Fox
  15. Stanton L Gerson
  16. Charles Hoppel
  17. Ming Liu
  18. Peter Arvan
  19. Maria Hatzoglou
(2015)
Quantitative H2S-mediated protein sulfhydration reveals metabolic reprogramming during the Integrated Stress Response
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https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.10067

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