O-GlcNAc modulation of nuclear pore complexes orchestrates mRNA export efficiency.

ABSTRACT: Efficient gene expression depends on the tightly regulated export of messenger RNA (mRNA) through nuclear pore complexes (NPCs), which are densely modified by O-linked N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc). Although dysregulated O-GlcNAcylation has been linked to a variety of human diseases, the precise distribution of O-GlcNAc within the NPC and its effects on mRNA export remain poorly understood. Here, we combined single-point edge-excitation subdiffraction (SPEED) microscopy with stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM) to map the nanometer-scale distribution of an O-GlcNAc analog (GlcNAz) within NPCs and to quantify the export kinetics of mRNA-protein complexes (mRNPs) under both normal and perturbed O-GlcNAcylation conditions. Under basal conditions, GlcNAz is predominantly local

SUBMITTER: Junod SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12358868 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature