Glycomics investigation into insulin action

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• 作者：Simon Parry ; Dirk Hadaschik ; Christine Blancher ; Mande K. Kumaran ; Natalia Bochkina ; Howard R. Morris ; Sylvia Richardson ; Timothy J. Aitman ; Dominique Gauguier ; Ken Siddle et al.
• 关键词：Glycomics ; Insulin resistance ; 3T3-L1 ; Glycogene
• 刊名：Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/General Subjects
• 出版年：2006
• 出版时间：April 2006
• 年：2006
• 卷：1760
• 期：4
• 页码：652-668
• 全文大小：1067 K

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Defects in glycosylation are becoming increasingly associated with a range of human diseases. In some cases, the disease is caused by the glycosylation defect, whereas in others, the aberrant glycosylation may be a consequence of the disease. The implementation of highly sensitive and rapid mass spectrometric screening strategies for profiling the glycans present in model biological systems is revealing valuable insights into disease phenotypes. In addition, glycan screening is proving useful in the analysis of knock-out mice where it is possible to assess the role of glycosyltransferases and glycosidases and what function they have at the cellular and whole organism level. In this study, we analysed the effect of insulin on the glycosylation of 3T3-L1 cells and the effect of insulin resistance on glycosylation in a mouse model. Transcription profiling of 3T3-L1 cells treated with and without insulin revealed expression changes of several glycogenes. In contrast, mass spectrometric screening analysis of the glycans from these cells revealed very similar profiles suggesting that any changes in glycosylation were most likely on specific proteins rather than a global phenomenon. A fat-fed versus carbohydrate-fed mouse insulin resistant model was analysed to test the consequences of chronic insulin resistance. Muscle and liver N-glycosylation profiles from these mice are reported.