Beneficial Effects of O-GlcNAc Stimulation in a Young Rat Model of Sepsis: Beyond Modulation of Gene Expression

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Dupas, Thomas | Persello, Antoine | Blangy-Letheule, Angélique | Denis, Manon | Erraud, Angélique | Aillerie, Virginie | Leroux, Aurélia, A | Rivière, Matthieu | Lebreton, Jacques | Tessier, Arnaud | Rozec, Bertrand | Lauzier, Benjamin

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International audience. The young population, which is particularly at risk of sepsis, is, paradoxically, rarely studied. Acute stimulation of O-GlcNAcylation, a post-translational modification involved in metabolic regulation, cell survival and stress response, is beneficial in young rats with sepsis. Considering that sepsis impacts the gene expression profile and that O-GlcNAcylation is a regulator of transcription, the aims of this study are to (i) unveil beneficial mechanisms of O-GlcNAcylation and (ii) decipher the relationship between O-GlcNAcylation and transcription during sepsis. Endotoxemic challenge was induced in 28-day-old male rats using a lipopolysaccharide injection (E. coli O111:B4, 20 mg·kg−1) and compared to control rats (NaCl 0.9%). One hour after, rats were assigned to no therapy or fluidotherapy (NaCl 0.9%, 10 mL.kg−1) ± NButGT (10 mg·kg−1) to stimulate O-GlcNAc levels. Cardiac O-GlcNAcylation levels were evaluated via Western blot and gene transcription using 3′ SRP analysis. Lipopolysaccharide injection favorizes inflammatory state with the overexpression of genes involved in the NF-κB, JAK/STAT and MAPK pathways. NButGT treatment increased cardiac O-GlcNAcylation levels (p < 0.05). Yet, the mRNA expression was not impacted two hours after fluidotherapy or NButGT treatment. In conclusion, O-GlcNAc stimulation-induced beneficial effects are not dependent on the gene expression profile at the early phase of sepsis.

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