1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
  2. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

SOX2 O-GlcNAcylation alters its protein-protein interactions and genomic occupancy to modulate gene expression in pluripotent cells

  1. Samuel A Myers
  2. Sailaja Peddada
  3. Nilanjana Chatterjee
  4. Tara Freidreich
  5. Kiichrio Tomoda
  6. Gregor Krings
  7. Sean Thomas
  8. Michael Broeker
  9. Jason Maynard
  10. Matthew Thomson
  11. Katherine Pollard
  12. Shinya Yamanaka
  13. Alma L Burlingame
  14. Barbara Panning  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of California, San Francisco, United States
  2. Gladstone Institute University of California, San Francisco, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.10647
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  1. Samuel A Myers
  2. Sailaja Peddada
  3. Nilanjana Chatterjee
  4. Tara Freidreich
  5. Kiichrio Tomoda
  6. Gregor Krings
  7. Sean Thomas
  8. Michael Broeker
  9. Jason Maynard
  10. Matthew Thomson
  11. Katherine Pollard
  12. Shinya Yamanaka
  13. Alma L Burlingame
  14. Barbara Panning
(2016)
SOX2 O-GlcNAcylation alters its protein-protein interactions and genomic occupancy to modulate gene expression in pluripotent cells
eLife 5:e10647.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.10647
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Abstract

The transcription factor SOX2 is central in establishing and maintaining pluripotency. The processes that modulate SOX2 activity to promote pluripotency are not well understood. Here, we show SOX2 is O-GlcNAc modified in its transactivation domain during reprogramming and in mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs). Upon induction of differentiation SOX2 O-GlcNAcylation at serine 248 is decreased. Replacing wild type with an O-GlcNAc-deficient SOX2 (S248A) increases reprogramming efficiency. ESCs with O-GlcNAc-deficient SOX2 exhibit alterations in gene expression. This change correlates with altered protein-protein interactions and genomic occupancy of the O-GlcNAc-deficient SOX2 compared to wild type. In addition, SOX2 O-GlcNAcylation impairs the SOX2-PARP1 interaction, which has been shown to regulate ESC self-renewal. These findings show that SOX2 activity is modulated by O-GlcNAc modification, and provide a novel regulatory mechanism for this crucial pluripotency transcription factor.

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  1. Samuel A Myers

    Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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  2. Sailaja Peddada

    Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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    No competing interests declared.

  3. Nilanjana Chatterjee

    Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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    No competing interests declared.

  4. Tara Freidreich

    Gladstone Institute University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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    No competing interests declared.

  5. Kiichrio Tomoda

    Gladstone Institute University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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    No competing interests declared.

  6. Gregor Krings

    Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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    No competing interests declared.

  7. Sean Thomas

    Gladstone Institute University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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    No competing interests declared.

  8. Michael Broeker

    Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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  9. Jason Maynard

    Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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    No competing interests declared.

  10. Matthew Thomson

    Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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    No competing interests declared.

  11. Katherine Pollard

    Gladstone Institute University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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    No competing interests declared.

  12. Shinya Yamanaka

    Gladstone Institute University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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    Shinya Yamanaka, scientific advisor of iPS Academia Japan without salary.

  13. Alma L Burlingame

    Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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    No competing interests declared.

  14. Barbara Panning

    Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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    barbara.panning@gmail.com
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© 2016, Myers et al.

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  1. Samuel A Myers
  2. Sailaja Peddada
  3. Nilanjana Chatterjee
  4. Tara Freidreich
  5. Kiichrio Tomoda
  6. Gregor Krings
  7. Sean Thomas
  8. Michael Broeker
  9. Jason Maynard
  10. Matthew Thomson
  11. Katherine Pollard
  12. Shinya Yamanaka
  13. Alma L Burlingame
  14. Barbara Panning
(2016)
SOX2 O-GlcNAcylation alters its protein-protein interactions and genomic occupancy to modulate gene expression in pluripotent cells
eLife 5:e10647.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.10647

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