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Glutamine Induces Heat Shock Protein Expression Via O-Glycosylation and Phosphorylation of HSF-1 and Sp1

From the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver.

Address correspondence to: Kristen D. Singleton, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Denver, CO 80262; e-mail: Kristen.singleton{at}uchsc.edu.

Background: Glutamine (GLN) improves outcome in experimental and clinical states of illness and injury. The authors hypothesized GLN-mediated enhancement of O-glycosylation and subsequent phosphorylation of key transcription factors in the HSP70 pathway would lead to increased HSP70 expression following experimental sepsis. Methods: Mice underwent cecal ligation and puncture (CLP)–induced sepsis and were treated with GLN (0.75 g/kg) or a saline placebo 30 minutes after CLP. A separate group of mice was treated with mithramycin, an Sp1 inhibitor. Lung tissue was harvested at 1, 2, 6, and 24 hours after CLP and was analyzed for HSF-1 and Sp1 O-GlcNAc modification, -p-threonine modification, and HSP70. Results: GLN increased O-GlcNAc modification of HSF-1 and Sp1 at 1 and 2 hours after sepsis (P < .001 vs saline). Samples immunoprecipitated for Sp1 and probed for subsequent phosphorylation showed a significant increase in nuclear -p-threonine-modified Sp1 at 2 and 6 hours after sepsis (P < .001 vs saline). GLN increased phosphorylated nuclear HSF-1 at 1 and 2 hours after CLP (P < .001). Finally, GLN treatment increased HSP70 4-fold (P < .01), but when treated with mithramycin, this increase was attenuated at 2, 6, and 24 hours (P < .001 vs no mithramycin treatment). Conclusions: These results indicate that GLN induces HSF-1 and Sp1, which is known to lead to their nuclear translocation. The molecular mechanism of GLN-mediated HSP70 expression appears to be dependent on O-GlcNAc pathway activation and subsequent O-glycosylation and phosphorylation of key transcription factors required for HSP70 induction.

Key Words: heat shock protein • glutamine • sepsis • O-GlcNAc • O-glycosylation

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