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ArticleNature communications2025

Regulation of senescence-associated secretory phenotypes in osteoarthritis by cytosolic UDP-GlcNAc retention and O-GlcNAcylation.

Donghyun Kang, Jeeyeon Lee, Geunho Yook, Sehan Jeong, Jungkwon Shin, Mi-Sung Kim, Yi-Jun Kim, Hyeryeon Jung, Jinsung Ahn, Tae Woo Kim and 9 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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19 authors.

Donghyun Kang *Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1966-1397
Jeeyeon Lee *Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6489-1832
Geunho YookDepartment of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea.
Sehan JeongDepartment of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea.
Jungkwon ShinDepartment of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1068-1615
Mi-Sung KimDepartment of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0320-735X
Yi-Jun KimDepartment of Environmental Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, 07985, South Korea.
Hyeryeon JungDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, School of Convergence Science and Technology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, 03080, South Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5179-8604
Jinsung AhnDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, School of Convergence Science and Technology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, 03080, South Korea.
Tae Woo KimDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University Boramae Hospital, Seoul, 07061, South Korea.
Moon Jong ChangDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University Boramae Hospital, Seoul, 07061, South Korea.
Chong Bum ChangDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, 13620, South Korea.
Seung-Baik KangDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University Boramae Hospital, Seoul, 07061, South Korea.
Won Ho YangDepartment of Systems Biology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, South Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6214-1421
Yong-Ho LeeGlycosylation Network Research Center, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, South Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6219-4942
Jin Won ChoDepartment of Systems Biology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, South Korea.
Eugene C YiDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, School of Convergence Science and Technology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, 03080, South Korea.
Chanhee KangDepartment of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4350-5706
Jin-Hong KimDepartment of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea. jinhkim@snu.ac.kr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6480-1929

Funding

Korea Drug Development Fund (KDDF) RS-2023-00217266Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) IBS-R008-D1National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) NRF-2023R1A2C3003864
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

UDP-GlcNAc serves as a building block for glycosaminoglycan (GAG) chains in cartilage proteoglycans and simultaneously acts as a substrate for O-GlcNAcylation. Here, we show that transporters for UDP-GlcNAc to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi are significantly downregulated in osteoarthritic cartilage, leading to increased cytosolic UDP-GlcNAc and O-GlcNAcylation in chondrocytes. Mechanistically, upregulated O-GlcNAcylation governs the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) by stabilizing GATA4 via O-GlcNAcylation at S406, which compromises its degradation by p62-mediated selective autophagy. Elevated O-GlcNAcylation in the superficial layer of osteoarthritic cartilage coincides with increased GATA4 levels. The topical deletion of Gata4 in this cartilage layer ameliorates post-traumatic osteoarthritis (OA) in mice while inhibiting O-GlcNAc transferase mitigates OA by decreasing GATA4 levels. Excessive glucosamine-induced O-GlcNAcylation stabilizes GATA4 in chondrocytes and exacerbates post-traumatic OA in mice. Our findings elucidate the role of UDP-GlcNAc compartmentalization in regulating secretory pathways associated with chronic joint inflammation, providing a senostatic strategy for the treatment of OA.

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Cellular SenescenceCytosolOsteoarthritisUridine Diphosphate N-AcetylglucosamineAnimalsCartilage, ArticularChondrocytesEndoplasmic ReticulumGATA4 Transcription FactorGlucosamineGolgi ApparatusHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutGATA4 Transcription FactorGlucosamineN-AcetylglucosaminyltransferasesO-GlcNAc transferaseUridine Diphosphate N-Acetylglucosamine

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