Elevation of nucleocytoplasmic β-N-acetylglucosaminidase (O-GlcNAcase) activity in thyroid cancers
Single N-acetylglucosamine residues attached by O-linkage to serine or threonine (O-GlcNAc) are an abundant, dynamic and inducible post-translational modification of cytoplasmic and nuclear proteins. This study analyzes the activity of the enzyme involved in the removal of these sugar
residues, i.e. β-N-acetylglucosaminidase (O-GlcNAcase) as well as the level of O-GlcNAc in benign and malignant thyroid lesions. Our results demonstrate increased activity of the enzyme in thyroid cancers in comparison to non-neoplastic lesions and adenomas. O-GlcNAc-modified proteins
in thyroid cells have a predominantly nuclear distribution and are more abundant in non-neoplastic lesions than in tumors. Understanding the aberrant O-GlcNAc metabolism in thyroid cancer cells may be helpful for developing new diagnostic or treatment methods.
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: Department of Cytobiochemistry, University of Lodz, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Lodz, Poland., Email: [email protected]
Publication date: 01 April 2010
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