Tissue-specific O-GlcNAcylation profiling identifies substrates in translational machinery in Drosophila mushroom body contributing to olfactory learning

  1. Haibin Yu
  2. Dandan Liu
  3. Yaowen Zhang
  4. Ruijun Tang
  5. Xunan Fan
  6. Song Mao
  7. Lu Lv
  8. Fang Chen
  9. Hongtao Qin
  10. Zhuohua Zhang
  11. Daan MF van Aalten
  12. Bing Yang
  13. Kai Yuan  Is a corresponding author
  1. Hunan Key Laboratory of Molecular Precision Medicine, Department of Oncology, Xiangya Hospital & Center for Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, China
  2. Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
  3. State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, Hunan University, China
  4. National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China
  5. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Aarhus, Denmark
  6. The Biobank of Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China
5 figures, 1 table and 12 additional files

Figures

Figure 1 with 1 supplement
Downregulation of protein O-GlcNAcylation level in brain or mushroom body neurons affects olfactory learning of adult flies.

(A) Scheme for expression of CpOGAWT or CpOGADM in various Drosophila brain structures using different Gal4 drivers. (B) Immunostaining of adult Drosophila brains. Brains were stained with anti-O-GlcNAc antibody RL2 (red) to assess O-GlcNAcylation level, and anti-GFP (green) antibody to validate tissue-specific expression of CpOGA. Nuclei were stained with DAPI (blue). Scale bar: 100 μm. (C) Quantification of fluorescent intensity of O-GlcNAc staining in CpOGAWT or CpOGADM expressed brains. n = 4. (D) Immunostaining of adult Drosophila brains. Outlined areas indicate the cell bodies of Kenyon cells in mushroom body. Scale bar: 100 μm. (E) Quantification of relative fluorescent intensity of O-GlcNAc staining in CpOGAWT or CpOGADM expressed brain structures. n = 8. (F) A compilation of performance index in learning test of the indicated flies expressing either CpOGAWT or CpOGADM. n = 6-8. (G) A compilation of learning performance index of flies expressing CpOGAWT or CpOGADM only in the mushroom body at adult stage. n = 6. Each datapoint represents an independent experiment with approximately 200 flies. p-values were determined by unpaired t-test, and the stars indicate significant differences (***p<0.001, **p<0.01 and ns, not significant, p≥0.05). Error bars represent SD.

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Figure 1—figure supplement 1
Impacts of reduction of O-GlcNAcylation in different brain structures on odor acuity towards 4-methylcyclohexanol (MCH) or octanol (OCT).

(A–B) Bar graphs showing the odor acuity performance index of flies expressing CpOGAWT or CpOGADM in the indicated brain regions. n = 6-8. p values were determined by unpaired t-test, the stars indicate significant differences (***p<0.001, **p<0.01, *p<0.05, and ns, not significant, p≥0.05). Error bars represent SD. (C) Schematic of Drosophila learning test. Black spots represent flies. In one trial, about 100 flies were trained to associate one of the two aversive odors (MCH or OCT) with electric shock on the upper part of a T-maze, and tested for odor preference on the lower part of the T-maze. Each independent experiment consisted of two trials with different odors coupled to the electric shock. The mean PI was calculated and plotted as one datapoint. (D) Temperature shifting scheme for Gal80ts restricted expression of Clostridium perfringens OGA (CpOGA) till adulthood.

Figure 1—figure supplement 1—source data 1

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Figure 2 with 1 supplement
TurboID-CpOGACD mediated proximity labeling of O-GlcNAc substrates in HEK293T cells.

(A) Diagram of the constructs used for the expression of TurboID-CpOGACD/DM. (B) Schematic representation of TurboID-CpOGACD based profiling strategy. In the presence of biotin, TurboID biotinylates the CpOGACD-bound O-GlcNAc proteins, which can be further purified by streptavidin pull-down for mass spectrometry (MS) identification. TurboID-CpOGADM is used as a negative control for O-GlcNAc-independent protein-protein interactions. (C) Immunoprecipitation of biotinylated proteins from HEK293T cell lysates using streptavidin-magnetic beads. Biotinylation was detected by immunoblotting with streptavidin-HRP, and O-GlcNAcylation with anti-O-GlcNAc antibody (RL2). The expression of TurboID-CpOGACD/DM was verified by anti-HA immunoblotting. (D) Venn diagram showing the overlap of potentially O-GlcNAcylated proteins identified with TurboID-CpOGA versus that with another two commonly used methods. (E) STRING visualization of protein-protein interaction network of the 48 highly-confident O-GlcNAc substrates in HEK293T cells.

Figure 2—figure supplement 1
Validation and optimization of TurboID-CpOGACD mediated intracellular labeling.

(A–B) Determination of the optimal biotin concentration and incubation time for TurboID-CpOGACD labeling in HEK293T cells. Biotinylated proteins were detected by immunoblotting with streptavidin-HRP. (C–D) Immunoblotting of cells treated with Thiamet-G or OSMI-1 using anti-O-GlcNAc antibody (RL2) or streptavidin-HRP. The expression of TurboID-CpOGACD/DM was detected by anti-HA immunoblotting. (E) Bubble plot showing the Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis of candidate O-GlcNAcylated substrates identified by the indicated methods. Bubble color indicates the -log10 (p-value), and bubble size represents the ratio of genes in each category.

Figure 3 with 1 supplement
Identification of O-GlcNAc candidate substrates in different Drosophila brain structures using TurboID-Clostridium perfringens OGA (CpOGA).

(A) Scheme for validating TurboID-CpOGACD/DM in flies. (B) Immunoprecipitation of biotinylated proteins from flies. Biotinylation was detected by immunoblotting with streptavidin-HRP, and O-GlcNAcylation with anti-O-GlcNAc antibody (RL2). The expression of TurboID-CpOGACD/DM was validated by anti-HA immunoblotting. (C) Immunostaining of Drosophila brains expressing TurboID-CpOGACD in different brain structures. Biotinylated proteins were stained with streptavidin-Cy3 (red), and TurboID-CpOGACD with anti-HA antibody. Nuclei were visualized by DAPI (blue). Scale bar: 100 μm. (D) Bar graph showing the number of O-GlcNAcylated protein candidates identified from different brain structures of Drosophila. (E) Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis of O-GlcNAcylated protein candidates detected in the mushroom body. Bubble color indicates the -log10 (p-value), and bubble size represents the ratio of genes in each category.

Figure 3—figure supplement 1
GO analysis of candidate O-GlcNAc substrates from different brain regions of Drosophila.

(A–D) Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis of potentially O-GlcNAcylated proteins in whole brain neurons (A), antennal lobe (B), ellipsoid body (C), and optic lobe (D). Bubble color indicates the -log10 (p-value), and bubble size represents the ratio of genes in each category. (E) Strategy to normalize the O-GlcNAcylated protein level with expression level for each candidate substrate in different brain regions. A normalizing factor for each substrate in a given brain region was calculated using single-cell RNA-seq expression data, and the adjusted O-GlcNAc level was determined as the log2 FC divided by its normalizing factor. (F) The front-page of the tsOGA (tissue-specific O-GlcNAcylation Atlas of Drosophila brain) website.

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Figure 4 with 1 supplement
O-GlcNAcylation is required for proper protein synthesis activity and olfactory learning.

(A) Heatmaps showing the mRNA levels (upper) and the normalized O-GlcNAc levels (lower) of the identified ribosomal candidates in different brain regions. (B) Immunoprecipitation of ribosomes using FLAG-tagged RpL13A. The expression of RpL13A-FLAG was validated by immunoblotting with anti-FLAG antibody. Ribosomal proteins were visualized using silver staining, and O-GlcNAcylation of ribosomes was analyzed by immunoblotting with anti-O-GlcNAc antibody RL2. (C) A compilation of the performance index of the indicated flies in the learning test. Learning defect of flies expressing CpOGAWT was corrected by selective expression of dMyc in mushroom body. n = 6-7. Each datapoint represents an independent experiment with approximately 200 flies. (D) Ex vivo measurement of protein synthesis in mushroom body using the O-propargyl-puromycin (OPP) assay. Brains from the indicated flies were stained with anti-GFP (green) antibody to validate CpOGA expression, and OPP (gray) to quantify protein synthesis. Nuclei were visualized with DAPI (blue). Outlined areas indicate the cell bodies of Kenyon cells of mushroom body. Scale bar: 100 μm. (E) Quantification of relative OPP fluorescent intensity in mushroom body regions. n = 8-12. p-values were determined by unpaired t-test, the stars indicate significant differences (***p<0.001, **p<0.01, *p<0.05). Error bars represent SD.

Figure 4—figure supplement 1
Weakened ribosomal activity in mushroom body impacts olfactory learning.

(A) Bar chart representing the proportion of ribosomal proteins in the O-GlcNAcome of different brain structures identified by TurboID-CpOGA. (B) Correlation analysis between mRNA levels and O-GlcNAc levels of candidate ribosomal substrates in mushroom body. Linear regression analysis was performed and no significance was noted (p≥0.05). (C) qPCR analysis of the indicated ribosomal components expression after shRNA-mediated knockdown. n = 3. (D) A compilation of the performance index of the control and ribosomal subunits knockdown flies in the learning test. n = 4-6. Each datapoint represents an independent experiment with approximately 200 flies. (E–F) Bar graphs showing the odor acuity performance index of the control and ribosomal subunits knockdown flies. n = 6. p values were determined by unpaired t-test, the stars indicate significant differences (***p<0.001, **p<0.01, *p<0.05, and ns, not significant, p≥0.05). Error bars represent SD.

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Author response image 1
Schematic of the domain structures of human OGA, Drosophila OGA, and CpOGA.

The O-GlcNAcase activity resides in the GH domain (blue). The C-terminal of Drosophila OGA harbors a putative histone acetyltransferase domain (HAT-like). Residues 31–618 of CpOGA (corresponding to the GH domain plus an additional C-terminal) are used in this study.

Tables

Appendix 1—key resources table
Reagent type (species) or resourceDesignationSource or referenceIdentifiersAdditional information
Genetic reagent (Drosophila melanogaster)UAS-HA-TurboID-CpOGACDThis paperExpresses HA-TurboID-CpOGACD under the control of UAS.
Genetic reagent (Drosophila melanogaster)UAS-HA-TurboID-CpOGADMThis paperExpresses HA-TurboID-CpOGADM under the control of UAS.
Genetic reagent (Drosophila melanogaster)UAS-GFP-CpOGAWTThis paperExpresses GFP-CpOGAWT under the control of UAS.
Genetic reagent (Drosophila melanogaster)UAS-GFP-CpOGADMThis paperExpresses GFP-CpOGADM under the control of UAS.
Genetic reagent (Drosophila melanogaster)Da-Gal4Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC, #95282w[*]; P{w[+mW.hs]=GAL4 da.G32}2; P{w[+mW.hs]=GAL4 da.G32}UH1
Genetic reagent (Drosophila melanogaster)Elav-Gal4Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC, #8765P{w[+mC]=GAL4 elav.L}2/CyO
Genetic reagent (Drosophila melanogaster)OK107-Gal4Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC, #854w[*]; P{w[+mW.hs]=GawB}OK107 ey[OK107]/In(4)ci[D], ci[D] pan[ciD] sv[spa-pol]
Genetic reagent (Drosophila melanogaster)201Y-Gal4Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC, #4440w[1118]; P{w[+mW.hs]=GawB}Tab2[201Y]
Genetic reagent (Drosophila melanogaster)C232-Gal4Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC, #30828w[*]; P{w[+mW.hs]=GawB}Alp4[c232]
Genetic reagent (Drosophila melanogaster)GMR14H04-Gal4Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC, #48655w[1118]; P{y[+t7.7] w[+mC]=GMR14 H04-GAL4}attP2
Genetic reagent (Drosophila melanogaster)GMR33H10-Gal4Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC, #49762w[1118]; P{y[+t7.7] w[+mC]=GMR33 H10-GAL4}attP2
Genetic reagent (Drosophila melanogaster)uas-RPL13A-FLAGBloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC, #83684w[*]; P{w[+mC]=UAS-RpL13A.FLAG}3
Genetic reagent (Drosophila melanogaster)uas-dMycBloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC, #9674w[1118]; P{w[+mC]=UAS Myc.Z}132
Genetic reagent (Drosophila melanogaster)uas-shLuciferaseBloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC, #31603y[1] v[1]; P{y[+t7.7] v[+t1.8]=TRiP.JF01355}attP2
Genetic reagent (Drosophila melanogaster)uas-shRPL5TsingHua Fly Center (THFC)THU0670
Genetic reagent (Drosophila melanogaster)uas-shRPs26TsingHua Fly Center (THFC)THU0747
Genetic reagent (Drosophila melanogaster)uas-shRPL24TsingHua Fly Center (THFC)THU1411
Genetic reagent (Drosophila melanogaster)uas-shRPS6TsingHua Fly Center (THFC)THU0864
Genetic reagent (Drosophila melanogaster)uas-shRPL11TsingHua Fly Center (THFC)TH201500769.S
Genetic reagent (Drosophila melanogaster)uas-shRPS3TsingHua Fly Center (THFC)THU1958
Genetic reagent (Drosophila melanogaster)uas-shRPL32TsingHua Fly Center (THFC)TH201500773.S
Genetic reagent (Drosophila melanogaster)uas-shRPS28bTsingHua Fly Center (THFC)THU1037
Cell line (Homo sapiens)HEK293T cellsMeisen CTCCCat# CTCC-001–0188Procured from ATCC (CRL-3216)
AntibodyAnti-O-Linked N-Acetylglucosamine Antibody, Mouse Monoclonal, RL2AbcamCat# ab2739, RRID: AB_30326WB (1:1000) IF (1:200)
OtherCyanine3 StreptavidinBioLegendCat# 405215IF (1:200)
OtherStreptavidin HRPGenScriptCat# M00091WB (1:2000)
AntibodyAnti-HA-Tag Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody (C29F4)Cell Signaling TechnologyCat# 3724, RRID: AB_1549585WB (1:3000) IF (1:200)
AntibodyAnti-GFP Mouse Monoclonal Antibody (4B10)Cell Signaling TechnologyCat# 2955, RRID: AB_1196614WB (1:1000) IF (1:200)
AntibodyDYKDDDDK Tag (D6W5B) Rabbit Monoclonal (Anti-FLAG M2 Antibody)Cell Signaling TechnologyCat# 14793, RRID: AB_2572291WB (1:3000)
AntibodyAnti-α-Tubulin, Mouse Monoclonal, HRP Conjugate (DM1A)Cell Signaling TechnologyCat# 12351 S, RRID: AB_2797891WB (1:3000)
AntibodyGoat Anti-Rabbit IgG (H+L) Secondary Antibody, Polyclonal secondary, Alexa Fluor-488Thermo Fisher ScientificCat# A-31565, RRID: AB_2536178IF (1:200)
AntibodyGoat Anti-Mouse IgG (H+L) Secondary Antibody, Polyclonal secondary, Alexa Fluor-488Thermo Fisher ScientificCat# A32723, RRID: AB_2633275IF (1:200)
AntibodyGoat Anti-Mouse IgG (H+L) Secondary Antibody, Polyclonal secondary, Alexa Fluor-546Thermo Fisher ScientificCat# A-11030, RRID: AB_2534089IF (1:200)
AntibodyGoat anti-Mouse IgG (H+L) Secondary Antibody, Polyclonal secondaryThermo Fisher ScientificCat# 31160, RRID: AB_228297WB (1:5000)
AntibodyGoat anti-Rabbit IgG (H+L) Secondary Antibody, Polyclonal secondaryThermo Fisher ScientificCat# A16098, RRID: AB_2534772WB (1:5000)
Commercial assay or kitClick-iT Plus OPP Alexa Fluor 594 Protein Synthesis Assay KitThermo Fisher ScientificCat# C10457
Commercial assay or kitcDNA using RevertAid First Strand cDNA Synthesis KitThermo Fisher ScientificCat# K1621
Commercial assay or kitFast Silver Stain KitBeyotimeCat# P0017S
Chemical compound, drugDAPISigmaCat# D9542
Chemical compound, drugBiotinMerckCat# B4501
Chemical compound, drug3-Octanol (OCT)SigmaCat# 218405
Chemical compound, drugtrans-4-Methylcyclohexanol (MCH)SigmaCat# 104191
Chemical compound, drugProtease Inhibitor CocktailSigmaCat# P8340
Chemical compound, drugPhenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride (PMSF)SigmaCat# P7626
Chemical compound, drugThiamet-GSelleckCat# s7213
Chemical compound, drugOSMI-1SigmaCat# SML1621
Chemical compound, drugStreptavidin Magnetic BeadsMCECat# HY-K0208
Chemical compound, drugAnti-FLAG Affinity GelSigmaCat# A2220
Chemical compound, drugSYBR Green qPCR Master MixSolomonBioCat# QST-100
Chemical compound, drugSequencing-grade modified trypsinPromegaCat# V5111
Chemical compound, drugα-Iodoacetamide (IAA)MerckCat# I6125
Software, algorithmMaxQuantMax Planck Institute of Biochemistryhttps://www.maxquant.org
Software, algorithmPerseusMax Planck Institute of Biochemistryhttps://maxquant.net/perseus/
Software, algorithmGraphPad Prism 8GraphPad Softwarehttps://www.graphpad.com/scientificsoftware/prism/
Software, algorithmFijiImageJhttp://fiji.sc/
Software, algorithmPythonN/Ahttps://www.python.org/
Software, algorithmIllustratorAdobehttps://www.adobe.com/uk/products/illustrator.html
Software, algorithmZeiss ZEN 2.3 (blue edition)Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbHhttps://www.zeiss.com/microscopy/int/products/microscopesoftware/zen.html

Additional files

Supplementary file 1

O-GlcNAcylated proteins identified by TurboID-CpOGACD from HEK293T cells.

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Supplementary file 2

Previously identified O-GlcNAcylated proteins from HEK293T cells, related to Figure 2D and Figure 2—figure supplement 1E.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/91269/elife-91269-supp2-v2.xlsx
Supplementary file 3

48 proteins shared among the three datasets, related to Figure 2D and Figure 2—figure supplement 1E.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/91269/elife-91269-supp3-v2.xlsx
Supplementary file 4

O-GlcNAcylated proteins identified by TurboID-CpOGACD from brain neuron of Drosophila.

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Supplementary file 5

O-GlcNAcylated proteins identified by TurboID-CpOGACD from mushroom body of Drosophila.

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Supplementary file 6

O-GlcNAcylated proteins identified by TurboID-CpOGACD from antennal lobe of Drosophila.

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Supplementary file 7

O-GlcNAcylated proteins identified by TurboID-CpOGACD from ellipsoid body of Drosophila.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/91269/elife-91269-supp7-v2.xlsx
Supplementary file 8

O-GlcNAcylated proteins identified by TurboID-CpOGACD from optic lobe of Drosophila.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/91269/elife-91269-supp8-v2.xlsx
Supplementary file 9

Sequences of all the primers used in this study.

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Supplementary file 10

Cell clusters in different brain regions generated from single-cell transcriptomic data.

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Supplementary file 11

The normalized O-GlcNAc levels of O-GlcNAcylated proteins in different brain regions.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/91269/elife-91269-supp11-v2.xlsx
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  1. Haibin Yu
  2. Dandan Liu
  3. Yaowen Zhang
  4. Ruijun Tang
  5. Xunan Fan
  6. Song Mao
  7. Lu Lv
  8. Fang Chen
  9. Hongtao Qin
  10. Zhuohua Zhang
  11. Daan MF van Aalten
  12. Bing Yang
  13. Kai Yuan
(2024)
Tissue-specific O-GlcNAcylation profiling identifies substrates in translational machinery in Drosophila mushroom body contributing to olfactory learning
eLife 13:e91269.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.91269