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Li Z, Hu Q, Zhou M, Vandenbrink J, Li D, Menchyk N, Reighard S, Norris A, Liu H, Sun D, Luo H. Heterologous expression of OsSIZ1, a rice SUMO E3 ligase, enhances broad abiotic stress tolerance in transgenic creeping bentgrass. Plant Biotechnol J 2013; 11:432-45. [PMID: 23231430 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2012] [Revised: 11/01/2012] [Accepted: 11/06/2012] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Sumoylation is a posttranslational regulatory process in higher eukaryotes modifying substrate proteins through conjugation of small ubiquitin-related modifiers (SUMOs). Sumoylation modulates protein stability, subcellular localization and activity; thus, it regulates most cellular functions including response to environmental stress in plants. To study the feasibility of manipulating SUMO E3 ligase, one of the important components in the sumoylation pathway in transgenic (TG) crop plants for improving overall plant performance under adverse environmental conditions, we have analysed TG creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L.) plants constitutively expressing OsSIZ1, a rice SUMO E3 ligase. Overexpression of OsSIZ1 led to increased photosynthesis and overall plant growth. When subjected to water deficiency and heat stress, OsSIZ1 plants exhibited drastically enhanced performance associated with more robust root growth, higher water retention and cell membrane integrity than wild-type (WT) controls. OsSIZ1 plants also displayed significantly better growth than WT controls under phosphate-starvation conditions, which was associated with a higher uptake of phosphate (Pi) and other minerals, such as potassium and zinc. Further analysis revealed that overexpression of OsSIZ1 enhanced stress-induced SUMO conjugation to substrate in TG plants, which was associated with modified expression of stress-related genes. This strongly supports a role sumoylation plays in regulating multiple molecular pathways involved in plant stress response, establishing a direct link between sumoylation and plant response to environmental adversities. Our results demonstrate the great potential of genetic manipulation of sumoylation process in TG crop species for improved resistance to broad abiotic stresses.
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- Zhigang Li
- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
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Monribot-Villanueva J, Juárez-Uribe RA, Palomera-Sánchez Z, Gutiérrez-Aguiar L, Zurita M, Kennison JA, Vázquez M. TnaA, an SP-RING protein, interacts with Osa, a subunit of the chromatin remodeling complex BRAHMA and with the SUMOylation pathway in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One 2013; 8:e62251. [PMID: 23620817 PMCID: PMC3631182 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2012] [Accepted: 03/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Tonalli A (TnaA) is a Drosophila melanogaster protein with an XSPRING domain. The XSPRING domain harbors an SP-RING zinc-finger, which is characteristic of proteins with SUMO E3 ligase activity. TnaA is required for homeotic gene expression and is presumably involved in the SUMOylation pathway. Here we analyzed some aspects of the TnaA location in embryo and larval stages and its genetic and biochemical interaction with SUMOylation pathway proteins. We describe that there are at least two TnaA proteins (TnaA130 and TnaA123) differentially expressed throughout development. We show that TnaA is chromatin-associated at discrete sites on polytene salivary gland chromosomes of third instar larvae and that tna mutant individuals do not survive to adulthood, with most dying as third instar larvae or pupae. The tna mutants that ultimately die as third instar larvae have an extended life span of at least 4 to 15 days as other SUMOylation pathway mutants. We show that TnaA physically interacts with the SUMO E2 conjugating enzyme Ubc9, and with the BRM complex subunit Osa. Furthermore, we show that tna and osa interact genetically with SUMOylation pathway components and individuals carrying mutations for these genes show a phenotype that can be the consequence of misexpression of developmental-related genes.
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- Juan Monribot-Villanueva
- Departamento de Fisiología Molecular y Genética del Desarrollo, Instituto de Biotecnología-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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- Departamento de Fisiología Molecular y Genética del Desarrollo, Instituto de Biotecnología-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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- Departamento de Fisiología Molecular y Genética del Desarrollo, Instituto de Biotecnología-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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- Departamento de Fisiología Molecular y Genética del Desarrollo, Instituto de Biotecnología-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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- Departamento de Fisiología Molecular y Genética del Desarrollo, Instituto de Biotecnología-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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- Program in Genomics of Differentiation, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Departamento de Fisiología Molecular y Genética del Desarrollo, Instituto de Biotecnología-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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Wang CM, Yang WH. Loss of SUMOylation on ATF3 inhibits proliferation of prostate cancer cells by modulating CCND1/2 activity. Int J Mol Sci 2013; 14:8367-80. [PMID: 23591848 PMCID: PMC3645748 DOI: 10.3390/ijms14048367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2013] [Revised: 03/28/2013] [Accepted: 04/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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SUMOylation plays an important role in regulating a wide range of cellular processes. Previously, we showed that ATF3, a stress response mediator, can be SUMOylated and lysine 42 is the major SUMO site. However, the significance of ATF3 SUMOylation in biological processes is still poorly understood. In the present study, we investigated the role of ATF3 SUMOylation on CCND activity and cellular proliferation in human prostate cancer cells. First, we showed that ATF3 can be SUMOylated endogenously in the overexpression system, and lysine 42 is the major SUMO site. Unlike normal prostate tissue and androgen-responsive LNCaP cancer cells, androgen-independent PC3 and DU145 cancer cells did not express ATF3 endogenously. Overexpression of ATF3 increased CCND1/2 expression in PC3 and DU145 cancer cells. Interestingly, we observed that SUMOylation is essential for ATF3-mediated CCND1/2 activation. Finally, we observed that SUMOylation plays a functional role in ATF3-mediated cellular proliferation in PC3 and DU145 cells. Taken together, our results demonstrate that SUMO modification of ATF3 influences CCND1/2 activity and cellular proliferation of prostate cancer PC3 and DU145 cells and explains at least in part how ATF3 functions to regulate cancer development.
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- Chiung-Min Wang
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, GA 31404, USA.
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Lin CY, Liu YC, Lin MC, Thi Nguyen T, Tam MF, Chein CY, Lin MT, Lin LY. Expression and characterization of SUMO-conjugated metal-responsive transcription factor 1: SIM-dependent cross-interaction and distinct DNA binding activity. J Biochem 2013; 153:361-9. [PMID: 23347955 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvt002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Metal-responsive transcription factor 1 (MTF-1) regulates a variety of genes involving in metal homeostasis and oxidative stress. We have shown that MTF-1 can be conjugated by small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) and forms complexes with cellular factor(s) in a SUMO-interacting motif (SIM)-dependent manner. To investigate whether the interaction of MTF-1 and its SUMO conjugate occurs, we expressed and isolated MTF-1 and sumoylated MTF-1 (S-MTF-1) for functional studies. Various conditions were examined to optimize the expressions of MTF-1 and S-MTF-1. Results from affinity column chromatography demonstrated that the unmodified MTF-1 consistently co-eluted with the S-MTF-1. Mutations at the SIM did not reduce the level of MTF-1 sumoylation but the sumoylated product can then be purified to homogeneity. The presence of MTF-1 cross-interaction was further supported by in vitro pull-down assays. The ability of the purified proteins in binding metal-responsive element (MRE) was assessed with electrophoretic mobility shift assay. Noticeably, MTF-1 required the presence of cell extracts to render the binding activity. However, S-MTF-1 binds MRE in void of other cellular factors. The same characteristic was found for MTF-1 with SUMO fusion at the carboxyl terminus. These results indicate that the presence of SUMO moiety allows the protein to interact directly with MRE.
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- Chang-Yi Lin
- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, No. 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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Xiong R, Wang A. SCE1, the SUMO-conjugating enzyme in plants that interacts with NIb, the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of Turnip mosaic virus, is required for viral infection. J Virol 2013; 87:4704-15. [PMID: 23365455 PMCID: PMC3624346 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02828-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2012] [Accepted: 01/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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SUMOylation, which is catalyzed by small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) enzymes, is a transient, reversible posttranslational protein modification that regulates diverse cellular processes. Potyviruses, the largest group of known plant viruses, comprise many agriculturally important viruses, such as Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV). The potyviral genome encodes 11 mature proteins. To investigate if SUMOylation plays a role in potyvirus infection, a yeast two-hybrid screen was performed to examine possible interactions of each of the 11 viral proteins of TuMV with AtSCE1, the only SUMO-conjugating enzyme in Arabidopsis thaliana homologous to the key SUMO-conjugating enzyme E2 in mammalian cells or Ubc9 in yeast. A positive reaction was found between AtSCE1 and NIb, the potyviral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Further bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) assays revealed that the NIb and AtSCE1 interaction occurred in both the cytoplasm and nuclei of epidermal cells of Nicotiana benthamiana. The interaction motif was mapped to a region encompassing NIb amino acids 171 to 300 which contains a potential negatively charged amino acid-dependent SUMOylation motif (NDSM). An Escherichia coli SUMOylation assay showed that NIb can be SUMOylated and that the lysine residue (K172) in the motif is a potent SUMOylation site. A TuMV infectious clone with an arginine (R) substitution mutation at K172 compromised TuMV infectivity in plants. In comparison with wild-type Arabidopsis plants, sce1 knockdown plants exhibited increased resistance to TuMV as well as a nonrelated RNA virus. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report showing that the host SUMO modification system plays an essential role in infection by plant RNA viruses.
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- Ruyi Xiong
- Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, Canada
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Li L, Wen J, Tuo QH, Liao DF. [Effects of SUMOylation on the subcellular localization and function of DAXX]. Sheng Li Xue Bao 2013; 65:89-95. [PMID: 23426519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Death domain-associated protein (DAXX) as a multifunctional nuclear protein widely resides in nucleolus, nucleoplasm, chromatin, promyelocytic leukaemia nuclear bodies (PML-NBs) and cytoplasm. It plays significant roles in transcriptional regulation, apoptosis, cell cycle and other biological activities. Small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) is required for SUMOylation which is a highly conserved post-translational modification in a wide variety of cellular processes. Numerous studies demonstrated that SUMOylation has a great effect on the subcellular localization and functional regulation of DAXX. This review will provide a summary for SUMOylation of DAXX.
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- Ling Li
- Institute of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
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Chicooree N, Griffiths JR, Connolly Y, Tan CT, Malliri A, Eyers CE, Smith DL. A novel approach to the analysis of SUMOylation with the independent use of trypsin and elastase digestion followed by database searching utilising consecutive residue addition to lysine. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 2013; 27:127-34. [PMID: 23239325 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2012] [Revised: 08/28/2012] [Accepted: 09/28/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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RATIONALE Identification of sites of protein SUMOylation is of great importance due its functional diversity within the cell. To date, most approaches to this problem rely on site-directed mutagenesis and/or highly specialised mass spectrometry approaches. We present a novel alternative approach to the site mapping of SUMOylation using trypsin and elastase digestion, routine mass spectrometry and an unbiased isotag database searching strategy. METHODS SUMOylated protein samples were digested with a number of enzymes and the resulting peptides separated using liquid chromatography. Analysis was carried out on both linear ion trap Orbitrap and quadrupole-time-of-flight (Q-TOF)-based mass spectrometers equipped with electrospray ionisation. The data files were subsequently searched using the Mascot algorithm with multiple variable tag modifications corresponding to SUMO-derived fragments. The utility of this approach was demonstrated with di-SUMO 2, di-SUMO 3, SUMO 1-RanGap(418-587) 1 and an enriched population of SUMOylated proteins. RESULTS Unbiased database searches led to the identification of a number of analytically useful isotags ranging in length from two to four residues. Isopeptide fragments were generated including QTGG (di-SUMO-2/3), TGG (di-SUMO-2/3) and GG (SUMO-1). The method was validated by successfully mapping a number of sites of SUMO modification on SUMO-modified proteins enriched from a cell lysate. CONCLUSIONS This combination of relaxed enzyme specificity, shortened isotag generation and unbiased database searching enabled confident identification of novel analytically useful SUMOylated isopeptides without a requirement for mutagenesis.
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- Navin Chicooree
- Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, University of Manchester, Wilmslow Road, Manchester, M20 4BX, UK
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Modification of the replicative sliding clamp, PCNA, by monoubiquitin, polyubiquitin, and SUMO contributes to the processing of DNA damage during replication. In order to investigate the properties of the relevant conjugation enzymes, their interactions, substrate recognition, and the regulation of their activities, reconstitution of the modification reactions from purified components in vitro is an instructive exercise. Here we describe the purification of the relevant enzymes and accessory proteins from E. coli or S. cerevisiae as well as protocols for setting up small-scale ubiquitylation and sumoylation reactions with budding yeast PCNA. In addition, we provide a method for the purification of monoubiquitylated PCNA for further biochemical studies.
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- Joanne L Parker
- Clare Hall Laboratories, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, South Mimms, UK
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Jaafari N, Konopacki FA, Owen TF, Kantamneni S, Rubin P, Craig TJ, Wilkinson KA, Henley JM. SUMOylation is required for glycine-induced increases in AMPA receptor surface expression (ChemLTP) in hippocampal neurons. PLoS One 2013; 8:e52345. [PMID: 23326329 PMCID: PMC3543417 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2012] [Accepted: 11/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Multiple pathways participate in the AMPA receptor trafficking that underlies long-term potentiation (LTP) of synaptic transmission. Here we demonstrate that protein SUMOylation is required for insertion of the GluA1 AMPAR subunit following transient glycine-evoked increase in AMPA receptor surface expression (ChemLTP) in dispersed neuronal cultures. ChemLTP increases co-localisation of SUMO-1 and the SUMO conjugating enzyme Ubc9 and with PSD95 consistent with the recruitment of SUMOylated proteins to dendritic spines. In addition, we show that ChemLTP increases dendritic levels of SUMO-1 and Ubc9 mRNA. Consistent with activity dependent translocation of these mRNAs to sites near synapses, levels of the mRNA binding and dendritic transport protein CPEB are also increased by ChemLTP. Importantly, reducing the extent of substrate protein SUMOylation by overexpressing the deSUMOylating enzyme SENP-1 or inhibiting SUMOylation by expressing dominant negative Ubc9 prevent the ChemLTP-induced increase in both AMPAR surface expression and dendritic SUMO-1 mRNA. Taken together these data demonstrate that SUMOylation of synaptic protein(s) involved in AMPA receptor trafficking is necessary for activity-dependent increases in AMPAR surface expression.
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- Nadia Jaafari
- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Krzysik-Walker SM, González-Mariscal I, Scheibye-Knudsen M, Indig FE, Bernier M. The biarylpyrazole compound AM251 alters mitochondrial physiology via proteolytic degradation of ERRα. Mol Pharmacol 2013; 83:157-66. [PMID: 23066093 PMCID: PMC3533472 DOI: 10.1124/mol.112.082651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2012] [Accepted: 10/12/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The orphan nuclear receptor estrogen-related receptor alpha (ERRα) directs the transcription of nuclear genes involved in energy homeostasis control and the regulation of mitochondrial mass and function. A crucial role for controlling ERRα-mediated target gene expression has been ascribed to the biarylpyrazole compound 1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-5-(4-iodophenyl)-4-methyl-N-1-piperidinyl-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxamide (AM251) through direct binding to and destabilization of ERRα protein. Here, we provide evidence that structurally related AM251 analogs also have negative impacts on ERRα protein levels in a cell-type-dependent manner while having no deleterious actions on ERRγ. We show that these off-target cellular effects of AM251 are mediated by proteasomal degradation of nuclear ERRα. Cell treatment with the nuclear export inhibitor leptomycin B did not prevent AM251-induced destabilization of ERRα protein, whereas proteasome inhibition with MG132 stabilized and maintained its DNA-binding function, indicative of ERRα being a target of nuclear proteasomal complexes. NativePAGE analysis revealed that ERRα formed a ∼220-kDa multiprotein nuclear complex that was devoid of ERRγ and the coregulator peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator-1. AM251 induced SUMO-2,3 incorporation in ERRα in conjunction with increased protein kinase C activity, whose activation by phorbol ester also promoted ERRα protein loss. Down-regulation of ERRα by AM251 or small interfering RNA led to increased mitochondria biogenesis while negatively impacting mitochondrial membrane potential. These results reveal a novel molecular mechanism by which AM251 and related compounds alter mitochondrial physiology through destabilization of ERRα.
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- Susan M Krzysik-Walker
- Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Biomedical Research Center, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Suite 100, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
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Campagna M, Marcos-Villar L, Arnoldi F, de la Cruz-Herrera CF, Gallego P, González-Santamaría J, González D, Lopitz-Otsoa F, Rodriguez MS, Burrone OR, Rivas C. Rotavirus viroplasm proteins interact with the cellular SUMOylation system: implications for viroplasm-like structure formation. J Virol 2013; 87:807-17. [PMID: 23115286 PMCID: PMC3554093 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01578-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2012] [Accepted: 10/25/2012] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Posttranslational modification by SUMO provides functional flexibility to target proteins. Viruses interact extensively with the cellular SUMO modification system in order to improve their replication, and there are numerous examples of viral proteins that are SUMOylated. However, thus far the relevance of SUMOylation for rotavirus replication remains unexplored. In this study, we report that SUMOylation positively regulates rotavirus replication and viral protein production. We show that SUMO can be covalently conjugated to the viroplasm proteins VP1, VP2, NSP2, VP6, and NSP5. In addition, VP1, VP2, and NSP2 can also interact with SUMO in a noncovalent manner. We observed that an NSP5 SUMOylation mutant protein retains most of its activities, such as its interaction with VP1 and NSP2, the formation of viroplasm-like structures after the coexpression with NSP2, and the ability to complement in trans the lack of NSP5 in infected cells. However, this mutant is characterized by a high degree of phosphorylation and is impaired in the formation of viroplasm-like structures when coexpressed with VP2. These results reveal for the first time a positive role for SUMO modification in rotavirus replication, describe the SUMOylation of several viroplasm resident rotavirus proteins, and demonstrate a requirement for NSP5 SUMOylation in the production of viroplasm-like structures.
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- Dipartimento Universitario Clinico di Scienze Mediche, Chirurgiche e della Salute, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Proteomics Unit, CIC bioGUNE, CIBERehd, Derio, Spain
- Ubiquitylation and Cancer Molecular Biology laboratory, Inbiomed, San Sebastian-Donostia, Gipuzkoa, Spain
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste, Italy
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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Kim M, Chen Z, Shim MS, Lee MS, Kim JE, Kwon YE, Yoo TJ, Kim JY, Bang JY, Carlson BA, Seol JH, Hatfield DL, Lee BJ. SUMO modification of NZFP mediates transcriptional repression through TBP binding. Mol Cells 2013; 35:70-8. [PMID: 23269432 PMCID: PMC3887854 DOI: 10.1007/s10059-013-2281-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2012] [Revised: 11/16/2012] [Accepted: 11/19/2012] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The negatively regulating zinc finger protein (NZFP) is an essential transcription repressor required for early development during gastrulation in Xenopus laevis. In this study, we found that NZFP interacts with the small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) conjugation E2 enzyme, Ubc9, and contains three putative SUMO conjugation sites. Studies with NZFP mutants containing mutations at the putative SUMO conjugation sites showed that these sites were able to be modified independently with SUMO. NZFP was found to be localized in the same nuclear bodies with SUMO-1. However, sumoylation of NZFP did not play a role either in the translocation of NZFP into the nucleus or on nuclear body formation. While wild type NZFP showed significant transcriptional repression, SUMO-conjugation site mutants manifested a decrease in transcriptional repression activity which is reversely proportional to the amount of sumoylation. The sumoylation defective mutant lost its TBP binding activity, while wild type NZFP interacted with TBP and inhibited transcription complex formation. These results strongly suggest that the sumoylation of NZFP facilitates NZFP to bind to TBP and the NZFP/TBP complex then represses the transcription of the target gene by inhibiting basal transcription complex formation.
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- Mijin Kim
- School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742,
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- School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742,
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- School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742,
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- School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742,
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- School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742,
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- School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742,
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- School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742,
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- School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742,
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- Interdisciplinary Program of Bioinformatics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742,
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- Molecular Biology of Selenium Section, Laboratory of Cancer Prevention, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892,
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- School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742,
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- Molecular Biology of Selenium Section, Laboratory of Cancer Prevention, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892,
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- School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742,
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- Interdisciplinary Program of Bioinformatics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742,
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Aillet F, Lopitz-Otsoa F, Egaña I, Hjerpe R, Fraser P, Hay RT, Rodriguez MS, Lang V. Heterologous SUMO-2/3-ubiquitin chains optimize IκBα degradation and NF-κB activity. PLoS One 2012; 7:e51672. [PMID: 23284737 PMCID: PMC3527444 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2012] [Accepted: 11/05/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The NF-κB pathway is regulated by SUMOylation at least at three levels: the inhibitory molecule IκBα, the IKK subunit γ/NEMO and the p52 precursor p100. Here we investigate the role of SUMO-2/3 in the degradation of IκBα and activation of NF-κB mediated by TNFα. We found that under conditions of deficient SUMOylation, an important delay in both TNFα-mediated proteolysis of IκBα and NF-κB dependent transcription occurs. In vitro and ex vivo approaches, including the use of ubiquitin-traps (TUBEs), revealed the formation of chains on IκBα containing SUMO-2/3 and ubiquitin after TNFα stimulation. The integration of SUMO-2/3 appears to promote the formation of ubiquitin chains on IκBα after activation of the TNFα signalling pathway. Furthermore, heterologous chains of SUMO-2/3 and ubiquitin promote a more efficient degradation of IκBα by the 26S proteasome in vitro compared to chains of either SUMO-2/3 or ubiquitin alone. Consistently, Ubc9 silencing reduced the capture of IκBα modified with SUMO-ubiquitin hybrid chains that display a defective proteasome-mediated degradation. Thus, hybrid SUMO-2/3-ubiquitin chains increase the susceptibility of modified IκBα to the action of 26S proteasome, contributing to the optimal control of NF-κB activity after TNFα-stimulation.
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- Fabienne Aillet
- Proteomics Unit, CIC bioGUNE, CIBERehd, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
- Ubiquitylation & Cancer Molecular Biology Laboratory, Inbiomed, San Sebastián-Donostia, Gipuzkoa, Spain
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- Proteomics Unit, CIC bioGUNE, CIBERehd, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Proteomics Unit, CIC bioGUNE, CIBERehd, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Proteomics Unit, CIC bioGUNE, CIBERehd, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
- Ubiquitylation & Cancer Molecular Biology Laboratory, Inbiomed, San Sebastián-Donostia, Gipuzkoa, Spain
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Yong-Gonzales V, Hang LE, Castellucci F, Branzei D, Zhao X. The Smc5-Smc6 complex regulates recombination at centromeric regions and affects kinetochore protein sumoylation during normal growth. PLoS One 2012; 7:e51540. [PMID: 23284708 PMCID: PMC3527468 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2012] [Accepted: 11/08/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The Smc5-Smc6 complex in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is both essential for growth and important for coping with genotoxic stress. While it facilitates damage tolerance throughout the genome under genotoxin treatment, its function during unperturbed growth is mainly documented for repetitive DNA sequence maintenance. Here we provide physical and genetic evidence showing that the Smc5–Smc6 complex regulates recombination at non-repetitive loci such as centromeres in the absence of DNA damaging agents. Mutating Smc6 results in the accumulation of recombination intermediates at centromeres and other unique sequences as assayed by 2D gel analysis. In addition, smc6 mutant cells exhibit increased levels of Rad52 foci that co-localize with centromere markers. A rad52 mutation that decreases centromeric, but not overall, levels of Rad52 foci in smc6 mutants suppresses the nocodazole sensitivity of these cells, suggesting that the Smc6-mediated regulation of recombination at centromeric regions impacts centromere-related functions. In addition to influencing recombination, the SUMO ligase subunit of the Smc5–Smc6 complex promotes the sumoylation of two kinetochore proteins and affects mitotic spindles. These results suggest that the Smc5–Smc6 complex regulates both recombination and kinetochore sumoylation to facilitate chromosomal maintenance during growth.
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- Vladimir Yong-Gonzales
- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
- Programs in Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, New York, United States of America
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- IFOM, FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy
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- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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Li Y, He X, Wang S, Shu HB, Liu Y. USP2a positively regulates TCR-induced NF-κB activation by bridging MALT1-TRAF6. Protein Cell 2012; 4:62-70. [PMID: 23264041 DOI: 10.1007/s13238-012-2120-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2012] [Accepted: 12/04/2012] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The paracaspase MALT1 is essential for the activation of NF-κB in response to T cell receptor (TCR) stimulation. It recruits downstream TRAF6 and activates the E3 ligase activity of TRAF6 to polyubiquitinate several targets, which ultimately leads to NF-κB activation. Here we identified ubiquitin-specific protease 2a (USP2a) as a MALT1-associated protein by biochemical affinity purification. Endogenous USP2a constitutively interacted with TRAF6, but dynamically interacted with MALT1 and CARMA1 in a stimulation-dependent manner. RNA interference (RNAi)-mediated silencing of USP2a attenuated TCR-induced NF-κB activation and production of interleukin-2 (IL-2). In addition, the ubiquitination of MALT1 and TRAF6 were both suppressed by USP2a knockdown. By knockdown and reconstitution assays, we found that USP2a mediated the interaction between MALT1 and TRAF6 in a catalytic activity-dependent manner. Furthermore, USP2a deSUMOylated TRAF6. Our findings implicate that USP2a plays an important role in TCR signaling by deSUMOylating TRAF6 and mediating TRAF6-MALT1 interaction.
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- Yi Li
- College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Heo KS, Chang E, Takei Y, Le NT, Woo CH, Sullivan MA, Morrell C, Fujiwara K, Abe JI. Phosphorylation of protein inhibitor of activated STAT1 (PIAS1) by MAPK-activated protein kinase-2 inhibits endothelial inflammation via increasing both PIAS1 transrepression and SUMO E3 ligase activity. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2012. [PMID: 23202365 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.112.300619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Protein inhibitor of activated signal transducer and activator of transcription-1 (PIAS1) is known to function as small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) E3 ligase as well as transrepressor. The aim of the study is to elucidate the regulatory mechanisms for these 2 different functions, especially with respect to endothelial inflammation. METHODS AND RESULTS The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)-activated protein kinase-2 is a proinflammatory kinase and phosphorylates PIAS1 at the Ser522 residue. Activation of MAPK-activated protein kinase-2 enhances p53-SUMOylation, but a PIAS1 phosphorylation mutant, PIAS1-S522A, abolished this p53-SUMOylation, suggesting a critical role for PIAS1-S522 phosphorylation in its SUMO ligase activity. Because nuclear p53 can inhibit Kruppel-like factor 2 promoter activity, we investigated the roles for PIAS1 phosphorylation and p53-SUMOylation in the Kruppel-like factor 2 and endothelial NO synthase expression. Both MAPK-activated protein kinase-2 and PIAS1 overexpression increased Kruppel-like factor 2 promoter activity and endothelial NO synthase expression, which were inhibited by expressing a p53-SUMOylation defective mutant, p53-K386R, and PIAS1-S522A. PIAS1-S522A also abolished the anti-inflammatory effect of wild-type PIAS1 in vitro and also in vivo, which was examined by leukocyte rolling in microvessels of skin grafts transduced by adenovirus encoding PIAS1-WT or - S522A mutant. CONCLUSIONS Our study has identified a novel negative feedback regulatory pathway through which MAPK-activated protein kinase-2 limits endothelial inflammation via the PIAS1 S522 phosphorylation-mediated increase in PIAS1 transrepression and SUMO ligase activity.
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- Kyung-Sun Heo
- Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women and a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Sub-types of breast cancer defined by the expression of steroid hormones and Her2/Neu oncogene have distinct prognosis and undergo different therapies. Besides differing in their phenotype, sub-types of breast cancer display various molecular lesions that participate in their pathogenesis. BRCA1 is one of the common hereditary cancer predisposition genes and encodes for an ubiquitin ligase. Ubiquitin ligases or E3 enzymes participate together with ubiquitin activating enzyme and ubiquitin conjugating enzymes in the attachment of ubiquitin (ubiquitination) in target proteins. Ubiquitination is a post-translational modification regulating multiple cell functions. It also plays important roles in carcinogenesis in general and in breast carcinogenesis in particular. Ubiquitin conjugating enzymes are a central component of the ubiquitination machinery and are often perturbed in breast cancer. This paper will discuss ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins conjugating enzymes participating in breast cancer pathogenesis, their relationships with other proteins of the ubiquitination machinery and their role in phenotype of breast cancer sub-types.
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- Ioannis A Voutsadakis
- Centre Pluridisciplinaire d'Oncologie, BH06, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Li Y, Zhang Q, Wei Q, Zhang Y, Ling K, Hu J. SUMOylation of the small GTPase ARL-13 promotes ciliary targeting of sensory receptors. J Cell Biol 2012; 199:589-98. [PMID: 23128241 PMCID: PMC3494855 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201203150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2012] [Accepted: 10/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Primary cilia serve as cellular antenna for various sensory signaling pathways. However, how the sensory receptors are properly targeted to the ciliary surface remains poorly understood. Here, we show that UBC-9, the sole E2 small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO)-conjugating enzyme, physically interacts with and SUMOylates the C terminus of small GTPase ARL-13, the worm orthologue of ARL13B that mutated in ciliopathy Joubert syndrome. Mutations that totally abolish the SUMOylation of ARL-13 do not affect its established role in ciliogenesis, but fail to regulate the proper ciliary targeting of various sensory receptors and consequently compromise the corresponding sensory functions. Conversely, constitutively SUMOylated ARL-13 fully rescues all ciliary defects of arl-13-null animals. Furthermore, SUMOylation modification of human ARL13B is required for the ciliary entry of polycystin-2, the protein mutated in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Our data reveal a novel but conserved role for the SUMOylation modification of ciliary small GTPase ARL13B in specifically regulating the proper ciliary targeting of various sensory receptors.
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- Yujie Li
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Translational Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Translational Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Translational Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Translational Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Translational Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Translational Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905
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Widagdo J, Taylor KM, Gunning PW, Hardeman EC, Palmer SJ. SUMOylation of GTF2IRD1 regulates protein partner interactions and ubiquitin-mediated degradation. PLoS One 2012; 7:e49283. [PMID: 23145142 PMCID: PMC3493543 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2012] [Accepted: 10/08/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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GTF2IRD1 is one of the genes implicated in Williams-Beuren syndrome, a disease caused by haploinsufficiency of certain dosage-sensitive genes within a hemizygous microdeletion of chromosome 7. GTF2IRD1 is a prime candidate for some of the major features of the disease, presumably caused by abnormally reduced abundance of this putative transcriptional repressor protein. GTF2IRD1 has been shown to interact with the E3 SUMO ligase PIASxβ, but the significance of this relationship is largely unexplored. Here, we demonstrate that GTF2IRD1 can be SUMOylated by the SUMO E2 ligase UBC9 and the level of SUMOylation is enhanced by PIASxβ. A major SUMOylation site was mapped to lysine 495 within a conserved SUMO consensus motif. SUMOylation of GTF2IRD1 alters the affinity of the protein for binding partners that contain SUMO-interacting motifs, including a novel family member of the HDAC repressor complex, ZMYM5, and PIASxβ itself. In addition, we show that GTF2IRD1 is targeted for ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation. Cross regulation by SUMOylation modulates this process, thus potentially regulating the level of GTF2IRD1 protein in the cell. These findings, concerning post-translational control over the activity and stability of GTF2IRD1, together with previous work showing how GTF2IRD1 directly regulates its own transcription levels suggest an evolutionary requirement for fine control over GTF2IRD1 activity in the cell.
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- Jocelyn Widagdo
- Neuromuscular and Regenerative Medicine Unit, School of Medical Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Neuromuscular and Regenerative Medicine Unit, School of Medical Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Oncology Research Unit, School of Medical Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Neuromuscular and Regenerative Medicine Unit, School of Medical Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Neuromuscular and Regenerative Medicine Unit, School of Medical Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Luise C, Merolla F, Leone V, Paladino S, Sarnataro D, Fusco A, Celetti A. Identification of sumoylation sites in CCDC6, the first identified RET partner gene in papillary thyroid carcinoma, uncovers a mode of regulating CCDC6 function on CREB1 transcriptional activity. PLoS One 2012; 7:e49298. [PMID: 23145146 PMCID: PMC3492267 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2012] [Accepted: 10/08/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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CCDC6 was originally identified in chimeric genes as caused by chromosomal translocation involving the RET protooncogene in some thyroid tumors. Recognised as a 65 kDa pro-apoptotic phosphoprotein, CCDC6 has been enrolled as an ATM substrate that contribute to protect genome integrity by modulating PP4c activity in response to genotoxic stress. Recently, CCDC6 has been identified as a repressor of CREB1-dependent transcription. Sumoylation has emerged as an important mechanism in transcriptional control. Here, we report the identification and characterization of three sites of sumoylation in CCDC6 (K74, K266 and K424) which are highly conserved in vertebrates. We demonstrate that the post-translational modifications by SUMO2 constrain most of the CCDC6 protein in the cytosol and affect its functional interaction with CREB1 with a decrease of CCDC6 repressive function on CREB1 transcriptional activity. Indeed, the impairment of functional outcome of sumoylated CCDC6 is obtained knocking down all three the sumoylation sites. Interestingly, in thyroid cells the SUMO2-mediated CCDC6 post-translational modifications are induced by Forskolin, a cAMP analog. Signal transduction via the cAMP pathway is known to be ubiquitous and represents a major line of communication between many organisms and their environment. We believe that CCDC6 could be an important player in the dynamics of cAMP signaling by fine regulating CREB1 transcriptional activity in normal and transformed thyroid cells.
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- Chiara Luise
- Istituto di Endocrinologia ed Oncologia Sperimentale, CNR, Università Federico II, Naples, Italy
- Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare, Università Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Istituto di Endocrinologia ed Oncologia Sperimentale, CNR, Università Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Istituto di Endocrinologia ed Oncologia Sperimentale, CNR, Università Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare, Università Federico II, Naples, Italy
- CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare, Università Federico II, Naples, Italy
- CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples, Italy
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- Istituto di Endocrinologia ed Oncologia Sperimentale, CNR, Università Federico II, Naples, Italy
- Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare, Università Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Istituto di Endocrinologia ed Oncologia Sperimentale, CNR, Università Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Bielska K, Seliga J, Wieczorek E, Kędracka-Krok S, Niedenthal R, Ożyhar A. Alternative sumoylation sites in the Drosophila nuclear receptor Usp. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2012; 132:227-38. [PMID: 22676916 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2012.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2012] [Revised: 05/24/2012] [Accepted: 05/28/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The ultraspiracle protein (Usp), together with an ecdysone receptor (EcR) forms a heterodimeric ecdysteroid receptor complex, which controls metamorphosis in Drosophila melanogaster. Although the ecdysteroid receptor is considered to be a source of elements for ecdysteroid inducible gene switches in mammals, nothing is known about posttranslational modifications of the receptor constituents in mammalian cells. Up until now there has been no study about Usp sumoylation. Using Ubc9 fusion-directed sumoylation system, we identified Usp as a new target of SUMO1 and SUMO3 modification. Mutagenesis studies on the fragments of Usp indicated that sumoylation can occur alternatively on several defined Lys residues, i.e. three (Lys16, Lys20, Lys37) in A/B region, one (Lys424) in E region and one (Lys506) in F region. However, sumoylation of one Lys residue within A/B region prevents modification of other residues in this region. This was also observed for Lys residues in carboxyl-terminal fragment of Usp, i.e. comprising E and F regions. Mass spectrometry analysis of the full-length Usp indicated that the main SUMO attachment site is at Lys20. EcR, the heterodimerization partner of Usp, and muristerone A, the EcR ligand, do not influence sumoylation patterns of Usp. Another heterodimerization partner of Usp - HR38 fused with Ubc9 interacts with Usp in HEK293 cells and allows sumoylation of Usp independent of the direct fusion to Ubc9. Taken together, we propose that sumoylation of DmUsp can be an important factor in modulating its activity by changing molecular interactions.
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- Katarzyna Bielska
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
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Iatsyshyna AP, Nidoieva ZM, Pidpala OV, Lukash LL. [Bioinformatic analysis of potential post-translational modification sites of the human O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) protein]. Ukr Biokhim Zh (1999) 2012; 84:74-85. [PMID: 23387271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Using in silico analysis a number of potential sites for post-translational modifications has been revealed within the human O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) protein. In particular these were the acetylation of Gly3 residue in the N-terminus of protein and internal residues Lys132 and Lys135; Arg166 residue methylation; Lys63 SUMOylation and ubiquitination of Lys31, Lys39, Lys49, Lys63, Lys67, Lys135, Lys156, Lys196, Lys209. Also it has been predicted 16 novel potential phosphorylation sites of serine residues (positions 13, 124, 144, 182, 183, 190, 215, 216 and 230), tyrosine residues (positions 100 and 189) and threonine residues (positions 23, 69, 94, 126 and 229), as well as five binding sites for kinases and other proteins (Serl3 with 14-3-3, Val21 and Ile172 with D-domain, Pro78 and Pro111 with SH3-domain, Pro111 with MAPK3). Some kinases predicted by the authors are known as partners of the MGMT protein, that confirms the probability of modification of the given sites. Potential sites require further experimental confirmation of modifications and investigation of their influence on stability and DNA-repair activity of this protein.
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Belaguli NS, Zhang M, Brunicardi FC, Berger DH. Forkhead box protein A2 (FOXA2) protein stability and activity are regulated by sumoylation. PLoS One 2012; 7:e48019. [PMID: 23118920 PMCID: PMC3485284 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2012] [Accepted: 09/19/2012] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The forkhead box protein A2 (FOXA2) is an important regulator of glucose and lipid metabolism and organismal energy balance. Little is known about how FOXA2 protein expression and activity are regulated by post-translational modifications. We have identified that FOXA2 is post-translationally modified by covalent attachment of a small ubiquitin related modifier-1 (SUMO-1) and mapped the sumoylation site to the amino acid lysine 6 (K6). Preventing sumoylation by mutating the SUMO acceptor K6 to arginine resulted in downregulation of FOXA2 protein but not RNA expression in INS-1E insulinoma cells. K6R mutation also downregulated FOXA2 protein levels in HepG2 hepatocellular carcinoma cells, HCT116 colon cancer cells and LNCaP and DU145 prostate cancer cells. Further, interfering with FOXA2 sumoylation through siRNA mediated knockdown of UBC9, an essential SUMO E2 conjugase, resulted in downregulation of FOXA2 protein levels. Stability of sumoylation deficient FOXA2K6R mutant protein was restored when SUMO-1 was fused in-frame. FOXA2 sumoylation and FOXA2 protein levels were increased by PIAS1 SUMO ligase but not a SUMO ligase activity deficient PIAS1 mutant. Although expressed at lower levels, sumoylation deficient FOXA2K6R mutant protein was detectable in the nucleus indicating that FOXA2 nuclear localization is independent of sumoylation. Sumoylation increased the transcriptional activity of FOXA2 on Pdx-1 area I enhancer. Together, our results show that sumoylation regulates FOXA2 protein expression and activity.
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Lee YJ, Johnson KR, Hallenbeck JM. Global protein conjugation by ubiquitin-like-modifiers during ischemic stress is regulated by microRNAs and confers robust tolerance to ischemia. PLoS One 2012; 7:e47787. [PMID: 23094087 PMCID: PMC3475703 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2012] [Accepted: 09/17/2012] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Hibernation torpor provides an excellent model of natural tolerance to ischemia. We have previously shown that massive global SUMOylation occurs during hibernation torpor in ground squirrels. We have also shown that overexpression of Ubc9, SUMO-1, or SUMO-2/3 provides protection against ischemic damage in cell lines and cortical neurons exposed to oxygen/glucose deprivation, and in mice exposed to middle cerebral artery occlusion. We have now extended our study to other Ubiquitin-Like- Modifiers (ULMs), which have multiple cellular functions during stress, in order to assess the possibility that they also have roles in tolerance to ischemia. We found that not only SUMO conjugation, but also global protein conjugation by other ULMs including NEDD8, ISG15, UFM1 and FUB1 were significantly increased in the brains of hibernating ground squirrels during torpor. By means of miRNA microarrays of ground squirrel brain samples (from active and torpor phase) we found that the miR-200 family (miR-200a,b,c/miR-141/miR-429) and the miR-182 family (miR-182/miR-183/miR-96) were among the most consistently depressed miRNAs in the brain during the torpor phase as compared to active animals. In addition, we showed that these miRNAs are involved in the expression of various ULM proteins and their global conjugation to proteins. We observed that inhibition of the miR-200 family and/or miR-182 family miRNA activities in SHSY5Y cells increases global protein conjugation by the above ULMs and makes these cells more tolerant to OGD-induced cell death. This is the first report to describe that the natural tolerance to brain ischemia in hibernators is linked to regulation by microRNAs of a broad range of ubiquitin-like modifiers.
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- Yang-ja Lee
- Stroke Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Bioinformatics Section, Information Technology & Bioinformatics Program, Division of Intramural Research (DIR), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Stroke Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Ishida T, Yoshimura M, Miura K, Sugimoto K. MMS21/HPY2 and SIZ1, two Arabidopsis SUMO E3 ligases, have distinct functions in development. PLoS One 2012; 7:e46897. [PMID: 23056518 PMCID: PMC3466189 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2012] [Accepted: 09/06/2012] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The small ubiquitin related modifier (SUMO)-mediated posttranslational protein modification is widely conserved among eukaryotes. Similar to ubiquitination, SUMO modifications are attached to the substrate protein through three reaction steps by the E1, E2 and E3 enzymes. To date, multiple families of SUMO E3 ligases have been reported in yeast and animals, but only two types of E3 ligases have been identified in Arabidopsis: SAP and Miz 1 (SIZ1) and Methyl Methanesulfonate-Sensitivity protein 21 (MMS21)/HIGH PLOIDY 2 (HPY2), hereafter referred to as HPY2. Both proteins possess characteristic motifs termed Siz/PIAS RING (SP-RING) domains, and these motifs are conserved throughout the plant kingdom. Previous studies have shown that loss-of-function mutations in HPY2 or SIZ1 cause dwarf phenotypes and that the phenotype of siz1-2 is caused by the accumulation of salicylic acid (SA). However, we demonstrate here that the phenotype of hpy2-1 does not depend on SA accumulation. Consistently, the expression of SIZ1 driven by the HPY2 promoter does not complement the hpy2-1 phenotypes, indicating that they are not functional homologs. Lastly, we show that the siz1-2 and hpy2-1 double mutant results in embryonic lethality, supporting the hypothesis that they have non-overlapping roles during embryogenesis. Together, these results suggest that SIZ1 and HPY2 function independently and that their combined SUMOylation is essential for plant development.
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- Takashi Ishida
- RIKEN Plant Science Center, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara, Japan
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- RIKEN Plant Science Center, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- RIKEN Plant Science Center, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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Yu LW, Gui YH. [Post-transcriptional protein modification of Gata4]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2012; 14:800-803. [PMID: 23092578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Gata4 is an important transcription factor in heart development. Gata4 post-transcriptional protein modification regulates transcriptional activity and DNA binding, which in turn affects expression of downstream genes and transcription factors, differentiation of embryonic stem cells and cardiogenesis. This article summarizes the effect of post-transcriptional protein modification on transcriptional activity of Gata4 and the relationship between this effect and congenital heart disease. It was shown that acetylation, phosphorylation and SUMOylation upregulate transcriptional activity, DNA binding, downstream gene expression and embryonic stem cell differentiation. On the other hand, methylation and deacetylation downregulate Gata4 transcriptional activity. Post-transcriptional protein modification of Gata4 is very important in clinical research on congenital and other heart diseases.
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- Li-Wei Yu
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201102, China
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González-Santamaría J, Campagna M, Ortega-Molina A, Marcos-Villar L, de la Cruz-Herrera CF, González D, Gallego P, Lopitz-Otsoa F, Esteban M, Rodríguez MS, Serrano M, Rivas C. Regulation of the tumor suppressor PTEN by SUMO. Cell Death Dis 2012; 3:e393. [PMID: 23013792 PMCID: PMC3461367 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2012.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2012] [Revised: 08/24/2012] [Accepted: 08/27/2012] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The crucial function of the PTEN tumor suppressor in multiple cellular processes suggests that its activity must be tightly controlled. Both, membrane association and a variety of post-translational modifications, such as acetylation, phosphorylation, and mono- and polyubiquitination, have been reported to regulate PTEN activity. Here, we demonstrated that PTEN is also post-translationally modified by the small ubiquitin-like proteins, small ubiquitin-related modifier 1 (SUMO1) and SUMO2. We identified lysine residue 266 and the major monoubiquitination site 289, both located within the C2 domain required for PTEN membrane association, as SUMO acceptors in PTEN. We demonstrated the existence of a crosstalk between PTEN SUMOylation and ubiquitination, with PTEN-SUMO1 showing a reduced capacity to form covalent interactions with monoubiquitin and accumulation of PTEN-SUMO2 conjugates after inhibition of the proteasome. Moreover, we found that virus infection induces PTEN SUMOylation and favors PTEN localization at the cell membrane. Finally, we demonstrated that SUMOylation contributes to the control of virus infection by PTEN.
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- J González-Santamaría
- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, Melchor Fernández Almagro, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Proteomics Unit, CIC bioGUNE, CIBERehd, Bizkaia Technology Park. Building 801A, 48160 Derio, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Proteomics Unit, CIC bioGUNE, CIBERehd, Bizkaia Technology Park. Building 801A, 48160 Derio, Spain
- Ubiquitylation and Cancer Molecular Biology laboratory, Inbiomed, San Sebastian-Donostia, 20009 Gipuzkoa, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, Melchor Fernández Almagro, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Boudreau É, Labib S, Bertrand AT, Decostre V, Bolongo PM, Sylvius N, Bonne G, Tesson F. Lamin A/C mutants disturb sumo1 localization and sumoylation in vitro and in vivo. PLoS One 2012; 7:e45918. [PMID: 23029315 PMCID: PMC3448699 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2012] [Accepted: 08/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A-type lamins A and C are nuclear intermediate filament proteins in which mutations have been implicated in multiple disease phenotypes commonly known as laminopathies. A few studies have implicated sumoylation in the regulation of A-type lamins. Sumoylation is a post-translational protein modification that regulates a wide range of cellular processes through the attachment of small ubiquitin-related modifier (sumo) to various substrates. Here we showed that laminopathy mutants result in the mislocalization of sumo1 both in vitro (C2C12 cells overexpressing mutant lamins A and C) and in vivo (primary myoblasts and myopathic muscle tissue from the Lmna(H222P/H222P) mouse model). In C2C12 cells, we showed that the trapping of sumo1 in p.Asp192Gly, p.Gln353Lys, and p.Arg386Lys aggregates of lamin A/C correlated with an increased steady-state level of sumoylation. However, lamin A and C did not appear to be modified by sumo1. Our results suggest that mutant lamin A/C alters the dynamics of sumo1 and thus misregulation of sumoylation may be contributing to disease progression in laminopathies.
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- Émilie Boudreau
- Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- UMRS 974, Inserm, Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris Institut de Myologie, Paris, France
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- UMRS 974, Inserm, Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris Institut de Myologie, Paris, France
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- Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- UMRS 974, Inserm, Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris Institut de Myologie, Paris, France
- Service de Biochimie Métabolique, U.F. Cardiogénétique et Myogénétique, AP-HP Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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McAleenan A, Cordon-Preciado V, Clemente-Blanco A, Liu IC, Sen N, Leonard J, Jarmuz A, Aragón L. SUMOylation of the α-kleisin subunit of cohesin is required for DNA damage-induced cohesion. Curr Biol 2012; 22:1564-75. [PMID: 22771042 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.06.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2012] [Revised: 05/31/2012] [Accepted: 06/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cohesion between sister chromatids is fundamental to ensure faithful chromosome segregation during mitosis and accurate repair of DNA damage postreplication. At the molecular level, cohesion establishment involves two defined events, a chromatin binding step and a chromatid entrapment event driven by posttranslational modifications on cohesin subunits. RESULTS Here, we show that modification by the small ubiquitin-like protein (SUMO) is required for sister chromatid tethering after DNA damage. We find that all subunits of cohesin become SUMOylated upon exposure to DNA damaging agents or presence of a DNA double-strand break. We have mapped all lysine residues on cohesin's α-kleisin subunit Mcd1 (Scc1) where SUMO can conjugate. We demonstrate that Mcd1 SUMOylation-deficient alleles are still recruited to DSB-proximal regions but are defective in tethering sister chromatids and consequently fail to establish damage-induced cohesion both at DSBs and undamaged chromosomes. Moreover, we demonstrate that the bulk of Mcd1 SUMOylation in response to damage is carried out by the SUMO E3 ligase Nse2, a subunit of the related Smc5-Smc6 complex. SUMOylation occurs in cells with compromised Chk1 kinase activity, necessary for known posttranslational modifications on Mcd1, required for damage-induced cohesion. CONCLUSIONS These findings demonstrate that SUMOylation of Mcd1 is a novel prerequisite for the establishment of DNA damage-induced cohesion at DSB-proximal regions and cohesion-associating regions (CARs) genome-wide.
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- Alexandra McAleenan
- Cell Cycle Group, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK
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Nuclear factor erythroid-derived 2 (NF-E2), a heterodimer composed of p45 and p18, is a transcriptional activator in hematopoietic progenitors. The transcriptional activity of NF-E2 is not only upregulated by SUMOylation but also stimulated by the cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA). However, the relationship between SUMOylation and phosphorylation in the activation of NF-E2 is unclear. In the present studies, we have demonstrated that PKA enhances NF-E2 SUMOylation in an in vitro system using purified proteins, suggesting a possible mechanism for PKA-dependent activation of the NF-E2 transcription factor through SUMOylation.
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- Yee-Fun Su
- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Biochemistry, Medical School, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Richard D Vierstra
- Department of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
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Sohn SY, Hearing P. Adenovirus regulates sumoylation of Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1 components through a paralog-specific mechanism. J Virol 2012; 86:9656-65. [PMID: 22740413 PMCID: PMC3446602 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01273-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2012] [Accepted: 06/19/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1 (MRN) complex plays a key role in the DNA damage response, presenting challenges for DNA viruses and retroviruses. To inactivate this complex, adenovirus (Ad) makes use of the E1B-55K and E4-open reading frame 6 (ORF6) proteins for ubiquitin (Ub)-mediated, proteasome-dependent degradation of MRN and the E4-ORF3 protein for relocalization and sequestration of MRN within infected-cell nuclei. Here, we report that Mre11 is modified by the Ub-related modifier SUMO-2 and Nbs1 is modified by both SUMO-1 and SUMO-2. We found that Mre11 and Nbs1 are sumoylated during Ad5 infection and that the E4-ORF3 protein is necessary and sufficient to induce SUMO conjugation. Relocalization of Mre11 and Nbs1 into E4-ORF3 nuclear tracks is required for this modification to occur. E4-ORF3-mediated SUMO-1 conjugation to Nbs1 and SUMO-2 conjugation to Mre11 and Nbs1 are transient during wild-type Ad type 5 (Ad5) infection. In contrast, SUMO-1 conjugation to Nbs1 is stable in cells infected with E1B-55K or E4-ORF6 mutant viruses, suggesting that Ad regulates paralog-specific desumoylation of Nbs1. Inhibition of viral DNA replication blocks deconjugation of SUMO-2 from Mre11 and Nbs1, indicating that a late-phase process is involved in Mre11 and Nbs1 desumoylation. Our results provide direct evidence of Mre11 and Nbs1 sumoylation induced by the Ad5 E4-ORF3 protein and an important example showing that modification of a single substrate by both SUMO-1 and SUMO-2 is regulated through distinct mechanisms. Our findings suggest how E4-ORF3-mediated relocalization of the MRN complex influences the cellular DNA damage response.
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- Sook-Young Sohn
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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Kliszczak M, Stephan AK, Flanagan AM, Morrison CG. SUMO ligase activity of vertebrate Mms21/Nse2 is required for efficient DNA repair but not for Smc5/6 complex stability. DNA Repair (Amst) 2012; 11:799-810. [PMID: 22921571 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2012.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2012] [Revised: 06/03/2012] [Accepted: 06/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Nse2/Mms21 is an E3 SUMO ligase component of the Smc5/6 complex, which plays multiple roles in maintaining genome stability. To study the functions of the vertebrate Nse2 orthologue, we generated Nse2-deficient chicken DT40 cells. Nse2 was dispensable for DT40 cell viability and required for efficient repair of bulky DNA lesions, although Nse2-deficient cells showed normal sensitivity to ionising radiation-induced DNA damage. Homologous recombination activities were reduced in Nse2(-/-/-) cells. Nse2 deficiency destabilised Smc5, but not Smc6. In rescue experiments, we found that the SUMO ligase activity of Nse2 was required for an efficient response to MMS- or cis-platin-induced DNA damage, and for homologous recombination, but not for Smc5 stability. Gel filtration analysis indicated that Smc5 and Nse2 remain associated during the cell cycle and after DNA damage and Smc5/Smc6 association is independent of Nse2. Analysis of Nse2(-/-/-)Smc5(-) clones, which were viable although slow-growing, showed no significant increase in DNA damage sensitivity. We propose that Nse2 determines the activity, but not the assembly, of the Smc5/6 complex in vertebrate cells, and this activity requires the Nse2 SUMO ligase function.
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- Maciej Kliszczak
- Centre for Chromosome Biology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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Novatchkova M, Tomanov K, Hofmann K, Stuible HP, Bachmair A. Update on sumoylation: defining core components of the plant SUMO conjugation system by phylogenetic comparison. New Phytol 2012; 195:23-31. [PMID: 22799003 PMCID: PMC3399776 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04135.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The conjugation of the small ubiquitin-related modifier, SUMO, to substrate proteins is a reversible and dynamic process, and an important response of plants to environmental challenges. Nevertheless, reliable data have so far been restricted largely to the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. The increasing availability of genome information for other plant species offers the possibility to identify a core set of indispensable components, and to discover species-specific features of the sumoylation pathway. We analyzed the enzymes responsible for the conjugation of SUMO to substrates for their conservation between dicots and monocots. We thus assembled gene sets that relate the Arabidopsis SUMO conjugation system to that of the dicot species tomato, grapevine and poplar, and to four plant species from the monocot class: rice, Brachypodium distachyon, Sorghum bicolor and maize. We found that a core set of genes with clear assignment in Arabidopsis had highly conserved homologs in all tested plants. However, we also observed a variation in the copy number of homologous genes, and sequence variations that suggested monocot-specific variants. Generally, SUMO ligases and proteases showed the most pronounced differences. Finally, we identified potential SUMO chain-binding ubiquitin ligases, pointing to an in vivo function of SUMO chains as degradation signals in plants.
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- Maria Novatchkova
- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 7, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Center for Molecular Biology, University of Vienna, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Straße 47a, D-50674 Cologne, Germany
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- Physical Engineering Department, University of Applied Sciences of Gelsenkirchen, August-Schmidt-Ring 10, D-45665 Recklinghausen, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Center for Molecular Biology, University of Vienna, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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Knutson TP, Daniel AR, Fan D, Silverstein KAT, Covington KR, Fuqua SAW, Lange CA. Phosphorylated and sumoylation-deficient progesterone receptors drive proliferative gene signatures during breast cancer progression. Breast Cancer Res 2012; 14:R95. [PMID: 22697792 PMCID: PMC3446358 DOI: 10.1186/bcr3211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2012] [Revised: 05/21/2012] [Accepted: 06/14/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Progesterone receptors (PR) are emerging as important breast cancer drivers. Phosphorylation events common to breast cancer cells impact PR transcriptional activity, in part by direct phosphorylation. PR-B but not PR-A isoforms are phosphorylated on Ser294 by mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) and cyclin dependent kinase 2 (CDK2). Phospho-Ser294 PRs are resistant to ligand-dependent Lys388 SUMOylation (that is, a repressive modification). Antagonism of PR small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO)ylation by mitogenic protein kinases suggests a mechanism for derepression (that is, transcriptional activation) of target genes. As a broad range of PR protein expression is observed clinically, a PR gene signature would provide a valuable marker of PR contribution to early breast cancer progression. METHODS Global gene expression patterns were measured in T47D and MCF-7 breast cancer cells expressing either wild-type (SUMOylation-capable) or K388R (SUMOylation-deficient) PRs and subjected to pathway analysis. Gene sets were validated by RT-qPCR. Recruitment of coregulators and histone methylation levels were determined by chromatin immunoprecipitation. Changes in cell proliferation and survival were determined by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assays and western blotting. Finally, human breast tumor cohort datasets were probed to identify PR-associated gene signatures; metagene analysis was employed to define survival rates in patients whose tumors express a PR gene signature. RESULTS 'SUMO-sensitive' PR target genes primarily include genes required for proliferative and pro-survival signaling. DeSUMOylated K388R receptors are preferentially recruited to enhancer regions of derepressed genes (that is, MSX2, RGS2, MAP1A, and PDK4) with the steroid receptor coactivator, CREB-(cAMP-response element-binding protein)-binding protein (CBP), and mixed lineage leukemia 2 (MLL2), a histone methyltransferase mediator of nucleosome remodeling. PR SUMOylation blocks these events, suggesting that SUMO modification of PR prevents interactions with mediators of early chromatin remodeling at 'closed' enhancer regions. SUMO-deficient (phospho-Ser294) PR gene signatures are significantly associated with human epidermal growth factor 2 (ERBB2)-positive luminal breast tumors and predictive of early metastasis and shortened survival. Treatment with antiprogestin or MEK inhibitor abrogated expression of SUMO-sensitive PR target-genes and inhibited proliferation in BT-474 (estrogen receptor (ER)+/PR+/ERBB2+) breast cancer cells. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that reversible PR SUMOylation/deSUMOylation profoundly alters target gene selection in breast cancer cells. Phosphorylation-induced PR deSUMOylation favors a permissive chromatin environment via recruitment of CBP and MLL2. Patients whose ER+/PR+ tumors are driven by hyperactive (that is, derepressed) phospho-PRs may benefit from endocrine (antiestrogen) therapies that contain an antiprogestin.
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- Todd P Knutson
- Departments of Medicine (Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation) and Pharmacology, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
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- Departments of Medicine (Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation) and Pharmacology, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
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- Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core, Masonic Cancer Center, 425 Delaware St SE, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
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- Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core, Masonic Cancer Center, 425 Delaware St SE, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
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- Department of Medicine, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030 USA
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- Department of Medicine, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030 USA
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- Departments of Medicine (Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation) and Pharmacology, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
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Chen YZ, Chen Z, Gong YA, Ying G. SUMOhydro: a novel method for the prediction of sumoylation sites based on hydrophobic properties. PLoS One 2012; 7:e39195. [PMID: 22720073 PMCID: PMC3375222 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2011] [Accepted: 05/21/2012] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Sumoylation is one of the most essential mechanisms of reversible protein post-translational modifications and is a crucial biochemical process in the regulation of a variety of important biological functions. Sumoylation is also closely involved in various human diseases. The accurate computational identification of sumoylation sites in protein sequences aids in experimental design and mechanistic research in cellular biology. In this study, we introduced amino acid hydrophobicity as a parameter into a traditional binary encoding scheme and developed a novel sumoylation site prediction tool termed SUMOhydro. With the assistance of a support vector machine, the proposed method was trained and tested using a stringent non-redundant sumoylation dataset. In a leave-one-out cross-validation, the proposed method yielded an excellent performance with a correlation coefficient, specificity, sensitivity and accuracy equal to 0.690, 98.6%, 71.1% and 97.5%, respectively. In addition, SUMOhydro has been benchmarked against previously described predictors based on an independent dataset, thereby suggesting that the introduction of hydrophobicity as an additional parameter could assist in the prediction of sumoylation sites. Currently, SUMOhydro is freely accessible at http://protein.cau.edu.cn/others/SUMOhydro/.
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- Yong-Zi Chen
- Laboratory of Cancer Cell Biology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Commission, Tianjin, China
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- Bioinformatics Center, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Laboratory of Cancer Cell Biology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Commission, Tianjin, China
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- Laboratory of Cancer Cell Biology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Commission, Tianjin, China
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Chamberlain SEL, González-González IM, Wilkinson KA, Konopacki FA, Kantamneni S, Henley JM, Mellor JR. SUMOylation and phosphorylation of GluK2 regulate kainate receptor trafficking and synaptic plasticity. Nat Neurosci 2012; 15:845-52. [PMID: 22522402 PMCID: PMC3435142 DOI: 10.1038/nn.3089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2011] [Accepted: 03/14/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Phosphorylation or SUMOylation of the kainate receptor (KAR) subunit GluK2 have both individually been shown to regulate KAR surface expression. However, it is unknown whether phosphorylation and SUMOylation of GluK2 are important for activity-dependent KAR synaptic plasticity. We found that protein kinase C–mediated phosphorylation of GluK2 at serine 868 promotes GluK2 SUMOylation at lysine 886 and that both of these events are necessary for the internalization of GluK2-containing KARs that occurs during long-term depression of KAR-mediated synaptic transmission at rat hippocampal mossy fiber synapses. Conversely, phosphorylation of GluK2 at serine 868 in the absence of SUMOylation led to an increase in KAR surface expression by facilitating receptor recycling between endosomal compartments and the plasma membrane. Our results suggest a role for the dynamic control of synaptic SUMOylation in the regulation of KAR synaptic transmission and plasticity.
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- Sophie E L Chamberlain
- MRC Centre for Synaptic Plasticity, School of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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- MRC Centre for Synaptic Plasticity, School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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- MRC Centre for Synaptic Plasticity, School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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- MRC Centre for Synaptic Plasticity, School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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- MRC Centre for Synaptic Plasticity, School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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- MRC Centre for Synaptic Plasticity, School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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- MRC Centre for Synaptic Plasticity, School of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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Kim SO, Yoon H, Park SO, Lee M, Shin JS, Ryu KS, Lee JO, Seo YS, Jung HS, Choi BS. Srs2 possesses a non-canonical PIP box in front of its SBM for precise recognition of SUMOylated PCNA. J Mol Cell Biol 2012; 4:258-61. [PMID: 22641647 DOI: 10.1093/jmcb/mjs026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Annoura T, Makiuchi T, Sariego I, Aoki T, Nara T. SUMOylation of paraflagellar rod protein, PFR1, and its stage-specific localization in Trypanosoma cruzi. PLoS One 2012; 7:e37183. [PMID: 22615934 PMCID: PMC3355114 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2012] [Accepted: 04/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The flagellate protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, is a causative agent of Chagas disease that is transmitted by reduviid bugs to humans. The parasite exists in multiple morphological forms in both vector and host, and cell differentiation in T. cruzi is tightly associated with stage-specific protein synthesis and degradation. However, the specific molecular mechanisms responsible for this coordinated cell differentiation are unclear. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS The SUMO conjugation system plays an important role in specific protein expression. In T. cruzi, a subset of SUMOlylated protein candidates and the nuclear localization of SUMO have been shown. Here, we examined the biological roles of SUMO in T. cruzi. Site-directed mutagenesis analysis of SUMO consensus motifs within T. cruzi SUMO using a bacterial SUMOylation system revealed that T. cruzi SUMO can polymerize. Indirect fluorescence analysis using T. cruzi SUMO-specific antibody showed the extra-nuclear localization of SUMO on the flagellum of epimastigote and metacyclic and bloodstream trypomastigote stages. In the short-flagellate intracellular amastigote, an extra-nuclear distribution of SUMO is associated with basement of the flagellum and becomes distributed along the flagellum as amastigote transforms into trypomastigote. We examined the flagellar target protein of SUMO and show that a paraflagellar rod protein, PFR1, is SUMOylated. CONCLUSIONS These findings indicate that SUMOylation is associated with flagellar homeostasis throughout the parasite life cycle, which may play an important role in differentiation of T. cruzi.
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Parasitology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Kjenseth A, Fykerud TA, Sirnes S, Bruun J, Yohannes Z, Kolberg M, Omori Y, Rivedal E, Leithe E. The gap junction channel protein connexin 43 is covalently modified and regulated by SUMOylation. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:15851-61. [PMID: 22411987 PMCID: PMC3346107 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.281832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2011] [Revised: 03/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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SUMOylation is a posttranslational modification in which a member of the small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) family of proteins is conjugated to lysine residues in specific target proteins. Most known SUMOylation target proteins are located in the nucleus, but there is increasing evidence that SUMO may also be a key determinant of many extranuclear processes. Gap junctions consist of arrays of intercellular channels that provide direct transfer of ions and small molecules between adjacent cells. Gap junction channels are formed by integral membrane proteins called connexins, of which the best-studied isoform is connexin 43 (Cx43). Here we show that Cx43 is posttranslationally modified by SUMOylation. The data suggest that the SUMO system regulates the Cx43 protein level and the level of functional Cx43 gap junctions at the plasma membrane. Cx43 was found to be modified by SUMO-1, -2, and -3. Evidence is provided that the membrane-proximal lysines at positions 144 and 237, located in the Cx43 intracellular loop and C-terminal tail, respectively, act as SUMO conjugation sites. Mutations of lysine 144 or lysine 237 resulted in reduced Cx43 SUMOylation and reduced Cx43 protein and gap junction levels. Altogether, these data identify Cx43 as a SUMOylation target protein and represent the first evidence that gap junctions are regulated by the SUMO system.
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- Ane Kjenseth
- From the Department of Cancer Prevention, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital and
- Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 0310 Oslo, Norway and
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- From the Department of Cancer Prevention, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital and
- Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 0310 Oslo, Norway and
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- From the Department of Cancer Prevention, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital and
- Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 0310 Oslo, Norway and
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- From the Department of Cancer Prevention, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital and
- Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 0310 Oslo, Norway and
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- From the Department of Cancer Prevention, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital and
- Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 0310 Oslo, Norway and
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- From the Department of Cancer Prevention, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital and
- Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 0310 Oslo, Norway and
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- the Department of Molecular and Tumour Pathology, Akita University School of Medicine, Hondo 010-8543, Akita, Japan
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- From the Department of Cancer Prevention, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital and
- Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 0310 Oslo, Norway and
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- From the Department of Cancer Prevention, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital and
- Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 0310 Oslo, Norway and
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Osula O, Swatkoski S, Cotter RJ. Identification of protein SUMOylation sites by mass spectrometry using combined microwave-assisted aspartic acid cleavage and tryptic digestion. J Mass Spectrom 2012; 47:644-54. [PMID: 22576878 PMCID: PMC3470867 DOI: 10.1002/jms.2959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Small-ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) is a posttranslational modifier of protein substrates at lysine residues that conjugates to proteins in response to various changes in the cell. As a result of SUMO modification, marked changes in transcription regulation, DNA repair, subcellular localization and mitosis, among other cellular processes, are known to occur. However, although the identification of ubiquitylation sites by mass spectrometry is aided in part by the presence of a small di-amino acid GlyGly "tag" that remains on lysine residues following tryptic digestion, SUMOylation poses a particular challenge as the absence of a basic residue near to the SUMO C-terminus results in a significant 27 or 32-amino-acid sequence branch conjugated to the substrate peptide. MS/MS analyses of these branch peptides generally reveal abundant fragment ions resulting from cleavage of the SUMO tail, but which obscure those needed for characterizing the target peptide sequence. Other approaches for identifying SUMO substrates exist and include overexpression of the SUMO isoforms using an N-terminal histidine tag, as well as site-directed mutagenesis of the C-terminal end of the SUMO sequence. Here, we employ combined enzymatic/chemical approaches, which serve to shorten the SUMO tag and thus help to simplify SUMO spectra, making interpretation of mass spectra and location of the SUMOylation site easier. As described in this report, we demonstrate a method for identifying SUMOylation sites using three commercially available SUMO- modified isoforms and by employing acid-only and acid/trypsin cleavage strategies. These approaches were carried out using MALDI-time-of-flight (TOF) and LC/MS instrumentation, along with collision induced dissociation (CID) and electron transfer dissociation (ETD).
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- Omoruyi Osula
- Department of Pharmacology & Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Strzalka W, Labecki P, Bartnicki F, Aggarwal C, Rapala-Kozik M, Tani C, Tanaka K, Gabrys H. Arabidopsis thaliana proliferating cell nuclear antigen has several potential sumoylation sites. J Exp Bot 2012; 63:2971-83. [PMID: 22330895 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is post-translationally modified in yeast and animal cells. Major studies carried out in the last decade have focused on the role of sumoylated and ubiquitinated PCNA. Using different approaches, an interaction between plant PCNA and SUMO both in vivo and in bacteria has been demonstrated for the first time. In addition, identical sumoylation patterns for both AtPCNA1 and 2 were observed in bacteria. The plant PCNA sumoylation pattern has been shown to differ significantly from that of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This result contrasts with a common opinion based on previous structural analysis of yeast, human, and plant PCNAs, which treats PCNA as a highly conserved protein even between species. Analyses of AtPCNA post-translational modifications using different SUMO proteins (SUMO1, 2, 3, and 5) revealed similar modification patterns for each tested SUMO protein. Potential target lysine residues that might be sumoylated in vivo were identified on the basis of in bacteria AtPCNA mutational analyses. Taken together, these results clearly show that plant PCNA is post-translationally modified in bacteria and may be sumoylated in a plant cell at various sites. These data open up important new perspectives for further detailed studies on the role of PCNA sumoylation in plant cells.
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- Wojciech Strzalka
- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Krakow, Poland.
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Belaguli NS, Zhang M, Garcia AH, Berger DH. PIAS1 is a GATA4 SUMO ligase that regulates GATA4-dependent intestinal promoters independent of SUMO ligase activity and GATA4 sumoylation. PLoS One 2012; 7:e35717. [PMID: 22539995 PMCID: PMC3334497 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2012] [Accepted: 03/20/2012] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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GATA4 confers cell type-specific gene expression on genes expressed in cardiovascular, gastro-intestinal, endocrine and neuronal tissues by interacting with various ubiquitous and cell-type-restricted transcriptional regulators. By using yeast two-hybrid screening approach, we have identified PIAS1 as an intestine-expressed GATA4 interacting protein. The physical interaction between GATA4 and PIAS1 was confirmed in mammalian cells by coimmunoprecipitation and two-hybrid analysis. The interacting domains were mapped to the second zinc finger and the adjacent C-terminal basic region of GATA4 and the RING finger and the adjoining C-terminal 60 amino acids of PIAS1. PIAS1 and GATA4 synergistically activated IFABP and SI promoters but not LPH promoters suggesting that PIAS1 differentially activates GATA4 targeted promoters. In primary murine enterocytes PIAS1 was recruited to the GATA4-regulated IFABP promoter. PIAS1 promoted SUMO-1 modification of GATA4 on lysine 366. However, sumoylation was not required for the nuclear localization and stability of GATA4. Further, neither GATA4 sumoylation nor the SUMO ligase activity of PIAS1 was required for coactivation of IFABP promoter by GATA4 and PIAS1. Together, our results demonstrate that PIAS1 is a SUMO ligase for GATA4 that differentially regulates GATA4 transcriptional activity independent of SUMO ligase activity and GATA4 sumoylation.
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- Narasimhaswamy S. Belaguli
- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Van Nguyen T, Angkasekwinai P, Dou H, Lin FM, Lu LS, Cheng J, Chin YE, Dong C, Yeh ETH. SUMO-specific protease 1 is critical for early lymphoid development through regulation of STAT5 activation. Mol Cell 2012; 45:210-21. [PMID: 22284677 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2011.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2011] [Revised: 10/03/2011] [Accepted: 12/22/2011] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) modification has emerged as an important regulatory mechanism during embryonic development. However, it is not known whether SUMOylation plays a role in the development of the immune system. Here, we show that SUMO-specific protease 1 (SENP1) is essential for the development of early T and B cells. STAT5, a key regulator of lymphoid development, is modified by SUMO-2 and is specifically regulated by SENP1. In the absence of SENP1, SUMO-2 modified STAT5 accumulates in early lymphoid precursors, resulting in a block in its acetylation and subsequent signaling. These results demonstrate a crucial role of SENP1 in the regulation of STAT5 activation during early lymphoid development.
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- Thang Van Nguyen
- Department of Cardiology, Center for Inflammation and Cancer, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Increasing evidence has pointed to an important role of SUMOylation in cell cycle regulation, especially for M phase. In the current studies, we have obtained evidence through in vitro studies that the master M phase regulator CDK1/cyclin B kinase phosphorylates the SUMOylation machinery component Ubc9, leading to its enhanced SUMOylation activity. First, we show that CDK1/cyclin B, but not many other cell cycle kinases such as CDK2/cyclin E, ERK1, ERK2, PKA and JNK2/SAPK1, specifically enhances SUMOylation activity. Second, CDK1/cyclin B phosphorylates the SUMOylation machinery component Ubc9, but not SAE1/SAE2 or SUMO1. Third, CDK1/cyclin B-phosphorylated Ubc9 exhibits increased SUMOylation activity and elevated accumulation of the Ubc9-SUMO1 thioester conjugate. Fourth, CDK1/cyclin B enhances SUMOylation activity through phosphorylation of Ubc9 at serine 71. These studies demonstrate for the first time that the cell cycle-specific kinase CDK1/cyclin B phosphorylates a SUMOylation machinery component to increase its overall SUMOylation activity, suggesting that SUMOylation is part of the cell cycle program orchestrated by CDK1 through Ubc9.
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- Yee-Fun Su
- Molecular and Cell Biology Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center and Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Molecular and Cell Biology Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center and Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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Dutchak PA, Katafuchi T, Bookout AL, Choi JH, Yu RT, Mangelsdorf DJ, Kliewer SA. Fibroblast growth factor-21 regulates PPARγ activity and the antidiabetic actions of thiazolidinediones. Cell 2012; 148:556-67. [PMID: 22304921 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.11.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 423] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2011] [Revised: 10/11/2011] [Accepted: 11/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Fibroblast growth factor-21 (FGF21) is a circulating hepatokine that beneficially affects carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. Here, we report that FGF21 is also an inducible, fed-state autocrine factor in adipose tissue that functions in a feed-forward loop to regulate the activity of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ), a master transcriptional regulator of adipogenesis. FGF21 knockout (KO) mice display defects in PPARγ signaling including decreased body fat and attenuation of PPARγ-dependent gene expression. Moreover, FGF21-KO mice are refractory to both the beneficial insulin-sensitizing effects and the detrimental weight gain and edema side effects of the PPARγ agonist rosiglitazone. This loss of function in FGF21-KO mice is coincident with a marked increase in the sumoylation of PPARγ, which reduces its transcriptional activity. Adding back FGF21 prevents sumoylation and restores PPARγ activity. Collectively, these results reveal FGF21 as a key mediator of the physiologic and pharmacologic actions of PPARγ.
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- Paul A Dutchak
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9041, USA
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Loriol C, Parisot J, Poupon G, Gwizdek C, Martin S. Developmental regulation and spatiotemporal redistribution of the sumoylation machinery in the rat central nervous system. PLoS One 2012; 7:e33757. [PMID: 22438991 PMCID: PMC3306303 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2012] [Accepted: 02/21/2012] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Background Small Ubiquitin-like MOdifier protein (SUMO) is a key regulator of nuclear functions but little is known regarding the role of the post-translational modification sumoylation outside of the nucleus, particularly in the Central Nervous System (CNS). Methodology/Principal Findings Here, we report that the expression levels of SUMO-modified substrates as well as the components of the sumoylation machinery are temporally and spatially regulated in the developing rat brain. Interestingly, while the overall sumoylation is decreasing during brain development, there are progressively more SUMO substrates localized at synapses. This increase is correlated with a differential redistribution of the sumoylation machinery into dendritic spines during neuronal maturation. Conclusions/Significance Overall, our data clearly demonstrate that the sumoylation process is developmentally regulated in the brain with high levels of nuclear sumoylation early in the development suggesting a role for this post-translational modification during the synaptogenesis period and a redistribution of the SUMO system towards dendritic spines at a later developmental stage to modulate synaptic protein function.
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- Céline Loriol
- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Valbonne, France
- University of Nice - Sophia-Antipolis, Nice, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Valbonne, France
- University of Nice - Sophia-Antipolis, Nice, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Valbonne, France
- University of Nice - Sophia-Antipolis, Nice, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Valbonne, France
- University of Nice - Sophia-Antipolis, Nice, France
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Feng XM, Zhao Q, Zhao LL, Qiao Y, Xie XB, Li HF, Yao YX, You CX, Hao YJ. The cold-induced basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor gene MdCIbHLH1 encodes an ICE-like protein in apple. BMC Plant Biol 2012; 12:22. [PMID: 22336381 PMCID: PMC3352023 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2011] [Accepted: 02/15/2012] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Plant growth is greatly affected by low temperatures, and the expression of a number of genes is induced by cold stress. Although many genes in the cold signaling pathway have been identified in Arabidopsis, little is known about the transcription factors involved in the cold stress response in apple. RESULTS Here, we show that the apple bHLH (basic helix-loop-helix) gene MdCIbHLH1 (Cold-Induced bHLH1), which encodes an ICE-like protein, was noticeably induced in response to cold stress. The MdCIbHLH1 protein specifically bound to the MYC recognition sequences in the AtCBF3 promoter, and MdCIbHLH1 overexpression enhanced cold tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis. In addition, the MdCIbHLH1 protein bound to the promoters of MdCBF2 and favorably contributed to cold tolerance in transgenic apple plants by upregulating the expression of MdCBF2 through the CBF (C-repeat-binding factor) pathway. Our findings indicate that MdCIbHLH1 functions in stress tolerance in different species. For example, ectopic MdCIbHLH1 expression conferred enhanced chilling tolerance in transgenic tobacco. Finally, we observed that cold induces the degradation of the MdCIbHLH1 protein in apple and that this degradation was potentially mediated by ubiquitination and sumoylation. CONCLUSIONS Based on these findings, MdCIbHLH1 encodes a transcription factor that is important for the cold tolerance response in apple.
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- Xiao-Ming Feng
- The State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology; National Research Center for Apple Engineering and Technology; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology; National Research Center for Apple Engineering and Technology; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China
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- Yantai Academy of Agricultural Science, Yantai, Shandong 265500, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology; National Research Center for Apple Engineering and Technology; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology; National Research Center for Apple Engineering and Technology; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China
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- Shandong Institute of Pomology, Tai-An, Shandong 271000, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology; National Research Center for Apple Engineering and Technology; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology; National Research Center for Apple Engineering and Technology; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology; National Research Center for Apple Engineering and Technology; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China
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Yang F, Huang Y, Dai W. Sumoylated BubR1 plays an important role in chromosome segregation and mitotic timing. Cell Cycle 2012; 11:797-806. [PMID: 22374677 PMCID: PMC3318109 DOI: 10.4161/cc.11.4.19307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2011] [Revised: 01/09/2012] [Accepted: 01/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BubR1 is an important component of the spindle assembly checkpoint, and deregulated BubR1 functions frequently result in chromosomal instability and malignant transformation. We recently demonstrated that BubR1 was modified by sumoylation, and that lysine 250 (K250) functions as the crucial site for this modification. BubR1 sumoylation was neither required for its activation nor for binding to kinetochores. However, ectopically expressed sumoylation-deficient BubR1 mutants were retained on the kintochores even after apparent chromosome congression. The kinetochore retention of the sumoylation-deficient mutant of BubR1 caused an anaphase delay coupled with premature sister chromatid separation. Moreover, BubR1 interacted with unphosphorylated Sgo1, and its sumoylation facilitated the interaction. BubR1 sumoylation was inversely associated with its acetylation during mitotic progression. Trichostatin A, a protein deacetylase inhibitor, significantly compromised BubR1 sumoylation. Combined, these results reveal that BubR1 sumoylation plays an important role in its timely removal from the kinetochores and the checkpoint inactivation, thus allowing normal anaphase entry and chromosome segregation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Feikun Yang
- Departments of Environmental Medicine and Pharmacology; New York University School of Medicine; Tuxedo, NY USA
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- Department of Pathophysiology; Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine; Shanghai, China
| | - Wei Dai
- Departments of Environmental Medicine and Pharmacology; New York University School of Medicine; Tuxedo, NY USA
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