Normal and defective pathways in biogenesis and maintenance of the insulin storage pool

M Liu, Y Huang, X Xu, X Li, M Alam… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Both basal and glucose-stimulated insulin release occur primarily by insulin secretory
granule exocytosis from pancreatic β cells, and both are needed to maintain normoglycemia …

O-GlcNAcylation: A Sweet Hub in the Regulation of Glucose Metabolism in Health and Disease

MJ Gonzalez-Rellan, MF Fondevila… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
O-GlcNAcylation is a posttranslational modification ruled by the activity of a single pair of
enzymes, O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) and O-GlcNAcase (OGA). These two enzymes carry …

A nexus of lipid and O-Glcnac metabolism in physiology and disease

A Lockridge, JA Hanover - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Although traditionally considered a glucose metabolism-associated modification, the O-
linked β-N-Acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) regulatory system interacts extensively with lipids …

Sex differences in pancreatic β-cell physiology and glucose homeostasis in C57BL/6J mice

S Jo, M Beetch, E Gustafson, A Wong… - Journal of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The importance of sexual dimorphism has been highlighted in recent years since the
National Institutes of Health's mandate on considering sex as a biological variable. Although …

Opportunities for Therapeutic Modulation of O-GlcNAc

SS Cheng, AC Mody, CM Woo - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
O-Linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) is an essential, dynamic monosaccharide post-
translational modification (PTM) found on serine and threonine residues of thousands of …

Nutrient control of mRNA translation

XE Shu, RV Swanda, SB Qian - Annual Review of Nutrition, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The emergence of genome-wide analyses to interrogate cellular DNA, RNA, and protein
content has revolutionized the study of control networks that mediate cellular homeostasis …

Bioinformatics prediction and experimental verification of key biomarkers for diabetic kidney disease based on transcriptome sequencing in mice

J Zhao, K He, H Du, G Wei, Y Wen, J Wang, X Zhou… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
Background Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of death in people with type
2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The main objective of this study is to find the potential …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the Genetic Landscape of Gestational Diabetes: Insights into the Causes and Consequences of Elevated Glucose Levels in Pregnancy

C Brito Nunes, MC Borges, RM Freathy, DA Lawlor… - Metabolites, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background/Objectives: During pregnancy, physiological changes in maternal circulating
glucose levels and its metabolism are essential to meet maternal and fetal energy demands …

OGT regulates mitochondrial biogenesis and function via diabetes susceptibility gene Pdx1

R Mohan, S Jo, A Lockridge, DA Ferrington… - Diabetes, 2021 - Am Diabetes Assoc
O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT), a nutrient sensor sensitive to glucose flux, is highly expressed
in the pancreas. However, the role of OGT in the mitochondria of β-cells is unexplored. In …

Nutrient regulation of the flow of genetic information by O-GlcNAcylation

Y Zhu, GW Hart - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2021 - portlandpress.com
O-linked-β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) is a post-translational modification (PTM) that is
actively added to and removed from thousands of intracellular proteins. As a PTM, O …