학술논문

Human-specific features and developmental dynamics of the brain N-glycome.
Document Type
Article
Source
Science Advances. 12/8/2023, Vol. 9 Issue 49, p1-20. 20p.
Subject
*HOMINIDS
*MACAQUES
*MASS spectrometry
*PRIMATES
*CHIMPANZEES
*TRANSCRIPTOMES
Language
ISSN
2375-2548
Abstract
Comparative "omics" studies have revealed unique aspects of human neurobiology, yet an evolutionary perspective of the brain N-glycome is lacking. We performed multiregional characterization of rat, macaque, chimpanzee, and human brain N-glycomes using chromatography and mass spectrometry and then integrated these data with complementary glycotranscriptomic data. We found that, in primates, the brain N-glycome has diverged more rapidly than the underlying transcriptomic framework, providing a means for rapidly generating additional interspecies diversity. Our data suggest that brain N-glycome evolution in hominids has been characterized by an overall increase in complexity coupled with a shift toward increased usage of α(2-6)-linked Nacetylneuraminic acid. Moreover, interspecies differences in the cell type expression pattern of key glycogenes were identified, including some human-specific differences, which may underpin this evolutionary divergence. Last, by comparing the prenatal and adult human brain N-glycomes, we uncovered region-specific neurodevelopmental pathways that lead to distinct spatial N-glycosylation profiles in the mature brain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]