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Li X, Tran KM, Aziz KE, Sorokin AV, Chen J, Wang W. Defining the Protein-Protein Interaction Network of the Human Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Family. Mol Cell Proteomics 2016; 15:3030-44. [PMID: 27432908 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m116.060277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Protein tyrosine phosphorylation, which plays a vital role in a variety of human cellular processes, is coordinated by protein tyrosine kinases and protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs). Genomic studies provide compelling evidence that PTPs are frequently mutated in various human cancers, suggesting that they have important roles in tumor suppression. However, the cellular functions and regulatory machineries of most PTPs are still largely unknown. To gain a comprehensive understanding of the protein-protein interaction network of the human PTP family, we performed a global proteomic study. Using a Minkowski distance-based unified scoring environment (MUSE) for the data analysis, we identified 940 high confidence candidate-interacting proteins that comprise the interaction landscape of the human PTP family. Through a gene ontology analysis and functional validations, we connected the PTP family with several key signaling pathways or cellular functions whose associations were previously unclear, such as the RAS-RAF-MEK pathway, the Hippo-YAP pathway, and cytokinesis. Our study provides the first glimpse of a protein interaction network for the human PTP family, linking it to a number of crucial signaling events, and generating a useful resource for future studies of PTPs.
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- Xu Li
- From the ‡Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77030
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- From the ‡Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77030
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- From the ‡Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77030
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- From the ‡Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77030
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- From the ‡Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77030;
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- §Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, California 92697
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Fallahi E, O'Driscoll NA, Matallanas D. The MST/Hippo Pathway and Cell Death: A Non-Canonical Affair. Genes (Basel) 2016; 7:genes7060028. [PMID: 27322327 PMCID: PMC4929427 DOI: 10.3390/genes7060028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2016] [Revised: 06/07/2016] [Accepted: 06/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The MST/Hippo signalling pathway was first described over a decade ago in Drosophila melanogaster and the core of the pathway is evolutionary conserved in mammals. The mammalian MST/Hippo pathway regulates organ size, cell proliferation and cell death. In addition, it has been shown to play a central role in the regulation of cellular homeostasis and it is commonly deregulated in human tumours. The delineation of the canonical pathway resembles the behaviour of the Hippo pathway in the fly where the activation of the core kinases of the pathway prevents the proliferative signal mediated by the key effector of the pathway YAP. Nevertheless, several lines of evidence support the idea that the mammalian MST/Hippo pathway has acquired new features during evolution, including different regulators and effectors, crosstalk with other essential signalling pathways involved in cellular homeostasis and the ability to actively trigger cell death. Here we describe the current knowledge of the mechanisms that mediate MST/Hippo dependent cell death, especially apoptosis. We include evidence for the existence of complex signalling networks where the core proteins of the pathway play a central role in controlling the balance between survival and cell death. Finally, we discuss the possible involvement of these signalling networks in several human diseases such as cancer, diabetes and neurodegenerative disorders.
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- Emma Fallahi
- Systems Biology Ireland, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. emma.fallahi---
- School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. emma.fallahi---
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- Systems Biology Ireland, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
- School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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- Systems Biology Ireland, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
- School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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Teleman J, Chawade A, Sandin M, Levander F, Malmström J. Dinosaur: A Refined Open-Source Peptide MS Feature Detector. J Proteome Res 2016; 15:2143-51. [PMID: 27224449 PMCID: PMC4933939 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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In bottom-up mass spectrometry (MS)-based
proteomics, peptide isotopic
and chromatographic traces (features) are frequently used for label-free
quantification in data-dependent acquisition MS but can also be used
for the improved identification of chimeric spectra or sample complexity
characterization. Feature detection is difficult because of the high
complexity of MS proteomics data from biological samples, which frequently
causes features to intermingle. In addition, existing feature detection
algorithms commonly suffer from compatibility issues, long computation
times, or poor performance on high-resolution data. Because of these
limitations, we developed a new tool, Dinosaur, with increased speed
and versatility. Dinosaur has the functionality to sample algorithm
computations through quality-control plots, which we call a plot trail.
From the evaluation of this plot trail, we introduce several algorithmic
improvements to further improve the robustness and performance of
Dinosaur, with the detection of features for 98% of MS/MS identifications
in a benchmark data set, and no other algorithm tested in this study
passed 96% feature detection. We finally used Dinosaur to reimplement
a published workflow for peptide identification in chimeric spectra,
increasing chimeric identification from 26% to 32% over the standard
workflow. Dinosaur is operating-system-independent and is freely available
as open source on https://github.com/fickludd/dinosaur.
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- Johan Teleman
- Department of Immunotechnology, Lund University , 223 83 Lund, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University , 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Immunotechnology, Lund University , 223 83 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Immunotechnology, Lund University , 223 83 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Immunotechnology, Lund University , 223 83 Lund, Sweden.,Bioinformatics Infrastructure for Life Sciences (BILS), Lund University , 223 83 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University , 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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Rodriguez J, Pilkington R, Garcia Munoz A, Nguyen LK, Rauch N, Kennedy S, Monsefi N, Herrero A, Taylor CT, von Kriegsheim A. Substrate-Trapped Interactors of PHD3 and FIH Cluster in Distinct Signaling Pathways. Cell Rep 2016; 14:2745-60. [PMID: 26972000 PMCID: PMC4805855 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.02.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2015] [Revised: 09/28/2015] [Accepted: 02/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Amino acid hydroxylation is a post-translational modification that regulates intra- and inter-molecular protein-protein interactions. The modifications are regulated by a family of 2-oxoglutarate- (2OG) dependent enzymes and, although the biochemistry is well understood, until now only a few substrates have been described for these enzymes. Using quantitative interaction proteomics, we screened for substrates of the proline hydroxylase PHD3 and the asparagine hydroxylase FIH, which regulate the HIF-mediated hypoxic response. We were able to identify hundreds of potential substrates. Enrichment analysis revealed that the potential substrates of both hydroxylases cluster in the same pathways but frequently modify different nodes of signaling networks. We confirm that two proteins identified in our screen, MAPK6 (Erk3) and RIPK4, are indeed hydroxylated in a FIH- or PHD3-dependent mechanism. We further determined that FIH-dependent hydroxylation regulates RIPK4-dependent Wnt signaling, and that PHD3-dependent hydroxylation of MAPK6 protects the protein from proteasomal degradation.
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- Javier Rodriguez
- Systems Biology Ireland, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland; Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, UK
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- Systems Biology Ireland, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Systems Biology Ireland, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Systems Biology Ireland, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Systems Biology Ireland, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Systems Biology Ireland, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Systems Biology Ireland, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Systems Biology Ireland, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland; Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Systems Biology Ireland, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland; Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, UK.
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Bui DA, Lee W, White AE, Harper JW, Schackmann RCJ, Overholtzer M, Selfors LM, Brugge JS. Cytokinesis involves a nontranscriptional function of the Hippo pathway effector YAP. Sci Signal 2016; 9:ra23. [PMID: 26933062 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aaa9227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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YAP is a transcriptional coactivator that controls organ expansion and differentiation and is inhibited by the Hippo pathway in cells in interphase. Here, we demonstrated that, during mitosis, YAP localized to the midbody and spindle, subcellular structures that are involved in cytokinesis, the process by which contraction of the cytoskeleton produces two daughter cells. Furthermore, YAP was phosphorylated by CDK1, a kinase that promotes cell cycle progression. Knockdown of YAP by shRNA or expression of a nonphosphorylatable form of YAP delayed the separation of daughter cells (called abscission) and induced a cytokinesis phenotype associated with increased contractile force, membrane blebbing and bulges, and abnormal spindle orientation. Consequently, these defects led to an increased frequency of multinucleation, micronuclei, and aneuploidy. YAP was required for proper localization of proteins that regulate contraction during cytokinesis, including ECT2, MgcRacGap, Anillin, and RHOA. In addition, depletion of YAP increased the phosphorylation of myosin light chain, which would be expected to activate the contractile activity of myosin II, the molecular motor involved in cytokinesis. The polarity scaffold protein PATJ coprecipitated with YAP and colocalized with YAP at the cytokinesis midbody, and knockdown of PATJ phenocopied the cytokinetic defects and spindle orientation alterations induced by either YAP depletion or expression of a nonphosphorylatable YAP mutant. Together, these results reveal an unanticipated role for YAP in the proper organization of the cytokinesis machinery during mitosis through interaction with the polarity protein PATJ.
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- Duyen Amy Bui
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology and the Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- BCMB (Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology) Allied Program, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA. Cell Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Shi Z, Jiao S, Zhou Z. STRIPAK complexes in cell signaling and cancer. Oncogene 2016; 35:4549-57. [PMID: 26876214 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2016.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2015] [Revised: 12/24/2015] [Accepted: 12/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Striatin-interacting phosphatase and kinase (STRIPAK) complexes are striatin-centered multicomponent supramolecular structures containing both kinases and phosphatases. STRIPAK complexes are evolutionarily conserved and have critical roles in protein (de)phosphorylation. Recent studies indicate that STRIPAK complexes are emerging mediators and regulators of multiple vital signaling pathways including Hippo, MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase), nuclear receptor and cytoskeleton remodeling. Different types of STRIPAK complexes are extensively involved in a variety of fundamental biological processes ranging from cell growth, differentiation, proliferation and apoptosis to metabolism, immune regulation and tumorigenesis. Growing evidence correlates dysregulation of STRIPAK complexes with human diseases including cancer. In this review, we summarize the current understanding of the assembly and functions of STRIPAK complexes, with a special focus on cell signaling and cancer.
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- Z Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.,School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.,School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China
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Conversion of one cell type into another cell type by forcibly expressing specific cocktails of transcription factors (TFs) has demonstrated that cell fates are not fixed and that cellular differentiation can be a two-way street with many intersections. These experiments also illustrated the sweeping potential of TFs to “read” genetically hardwired regulatory information even in cells where they are not normally expressed and to access and open up tightly packed chromatin to execute gene expression programs. Cellular reprogramming enables the modeling of diseases in a dish, to test the efficacy and toxicity of drugs in patient-derived cells and ultimately, could enable cell-based therapies to cure degenerative diseases. Yet, producing terminally differentiated cells that fully resemble their in vivo counterparts in sufficient quantities is still an unmet clinical need. While efforts are being made to reprogram cells nongenetically by using drug-like molecules, defined TF cocktails still dominate reprogramming protocols. Therefore, the optimization of TFs by protein engineering has emerged as a strategy to enhance reprogramming to produce functional, stable and safe cells for regenerative biomedicine. Engineering approaches focused on Oct4, MyoD, Sox17, Nanog and Mef2c and range from chimeric TFs with added transactivation domains, designer transcription activator-like effectors to activate endogenous TFs to reprogramming TFs with rationally engineered DNA recognition principles. Possibly, applying the complete toolkit of protein design to cellular reprogramming can help to remove the hurdles that, thus far, impeded the clinical use of cells derived from reprogramming technologies.
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- Genome Regulation Laboratory, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 190 Kai Yuan Avenue, Science Park, Guangzhou, China
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Hein MY, Hubner NC, Poser I, Cox J, Nagaraj N, Toyoda Y, Gak IA, Weisswange I, Mansfeld J, Buchholz F, Hyman AA, Mann M. A human interactome in three quantitative dimensions organized by stoichiometries and abundances. Cell 2015; 163:712-23. [PMID: 26496610 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.09.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 892] [Impact Index Per Article: 99.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2015] [Revised: 07/06/2015] [Accepted: 09/17/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The organization of a cell emerges from the interactions in protein networks. The interactome is critically dependent on the strengths of interactions and the cellular abundances of the connected proteins, both of which span orders of magnitude. However, these aspects have not yet been analyzed globally. Here, we have generated a library of HeLa cell lines expressing 1,125 GFP-tagged proteins under near-endogenous control, which we used as input for a next-generation interaction survey. Using quantitative proteomics, we detect specific interactions, estimate interaction stoichiometries, and measure cellular abundances of interacting proteins. These three quantitative dimensions reveal that the protein network is dominated by weak, substoichiometric interactions that play a pivotal role in defining network topology. The minority of stable complexes can be identified by their unique stoichiometry signature. This study provides a rich interaction dataset connecting thousands of proteins and introduces a framework for quantitative network analysis.
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- Marco Y Hein
- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Cell Cycle, Biotechnology Center, TU Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Medical Systems Biology, UCC, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany; Eupheria Biotech GmbH, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Cell Cycle, Biotechnology Center, TU Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307 Dresden, Germany; Medical Systems Biology, UCC, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
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- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany.
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Biggins JS, Royer C, Watanabe T, Srinivas S. Towards understanding the roles of position and geometry on cell fate decisions during preimplantation development. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2015; 47-48:74-9. [PMID: 26349030 PMCID: PMC4683091 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2015.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2015] [Revised: 09/01/2015] [Accepted: 09/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The first lineage segregation event in mouse embryos produces two separate cell populations: inner cell mass and trophectoderm. This is understood to be brought about by cells sensing their position within the embryo and differentiating accordingly. The cellular and molecular underpinnings of this process remain under investigation and have variously been considered to be completely stochastic or alternately, subject to some predisposition set up at fertilisation or before. Here, we consider these views in light of recent publications, discuss the possible role of cell geometry and mechanical forces in this process and describe how modelling could contribute in addressing this issue.
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- John S Biggins
- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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Lv XB, Liu CY, Wang Z, Sun YP, Xiong Y, Lei QY, Guan KL. PARD3 induces TAZ activation and cell growth by promoting LATS1 and PP1 interaction. EMBO Rep 2015; 16:975-85. [PMID: 26116754 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201439951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2014] [Accepted: 05/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The Hippo pathway plays a major role in organ size control, and its dysregulation contributes to tumorigenesis. The major downstream effectors of the Hippo pathway are the YAP/TAZ transcription co-activators, which are phosphorylated and inhibited by the Hippo pathway kinase LATS1/2. Here, we report a novel mechanism of TAZ regulation by the tight junction protein PARD3. PARD3 promotes the interaction between PP1A and LATS1 to induce LATS1 dephosphorylation and inactivation, therefore leading to dephosphorylation and activation of TAZ. The cytoplasmic, but not the tight junction complex associated, PARD3 is responsible for TAZ regulation. Our study indicates a potential molecular basis for cell growth-promoting function of PARD3 by modulating the Hippo pathway signaling in response to cell contact and cell polarity signals.
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- Xian-Bo Lv
- Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Ministry of Education and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai, China Molecular and Cell Biology Lab, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China School of Life Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Colorectal and Anal Surgery, Shanghai Colorectal Cancer Research Center, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Ministry of Education and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai, China Molecular and Cell Biology Lab, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China School of Life Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Ministry of Education and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai, China Molecular and Cell Biology Lab, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China School of Life Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Ministry of Education and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai, China Molecular and Cell Biology Lab, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Ministry of Education and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai, China Molecular and Cell Biology Lab, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Ministry of Education and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai, China Molecular and Cell Biology Lab, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China Department of Pharmacology and Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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The Human Adenovirus Type 5 E4orf4 Protein Targets Two Phosphatase Regulators of the Hippo Signaling Pathway. J Virol 2015; 89:8855-70. [PMID: 26085163 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.03710-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2014] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED When expressed alone at high levels, the human adenovirus E4orf4 protein exhibits tumor cell-specific p53-independent toxicity. A major E4orf4 target is the B55 class of PP2A regulatory subunits, and we have shown recently that binding of E4orf4 inhibits PP2A(B55) phosphatase activity in a dose-dependent fashion by preventing access of substrates (M. Z. Mui et al., PLoS Pathog 9:e1003742, 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003742). While interaction with B55 subunits is essential for toxicity, E4orf4 mutants exist that, despite binding B55 at high levels, are defective in cell killing, suggesting that other essential targets exist. In an attempt to identify additional targets, we undertook a proteomics approach to characterize E4orf4-interacting proteins. Our findings indicated that, in addition to PP2A(B55) subunits, ASPP-PP1 complex subunits were found among the major E4orf4-binding species. Both the PP2A and ASPP-PP1 phosphatases are known to positively regulate effectors of the Hippo signaling pathway, which controls the expression of cell growth/survival genes by dephosphorylating the YAP transcriptional coactivator. We find here that expression of E4orf4 results in hyperphosphorylation of YAP, suggesting that Hippo signaling is affected by E4orf4 interactions with PP2A(B55) and/or ASPP-PP1 phosphatases. Furthermore, knockdown of YAP1 expression was seen to enhance E4orf4 killing, again consistent with a link between E4orf4 toxicity and inhibition of the Hippo pathway. This effect may in fact contribute to the cancer cell specificity of E4orf4 toxicity, as many human cancer cells rely heavily on the Hippo pathway for their enhanced proliferation. IMPORTANCE The human adenovirus E4orf4 protein has been known for some time to induce tumor cell-specific death when expressed at high levels; thus, knowledge of its mode of action could be of importance for development of new cancer therapies. Although the B55 form of the phosphatase PP2A has long been known as an essential E4orf4 target, genetic analyses indicated that others must exist. To identify additional E4orf4 targets, we performed, for the first time, a large-scale affinity purification/mass spectrometry analysis of E4orf4 binding partners. Several additional candidates were detected, including key regulators of the Hippo signaling pathway, which enhances cell viability in many cancers, and results of preliminary studies suggested a link between inhibition of Hippo signaling and E4orf4 toxicity.
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The heart is the first organ formed during mammalian development. A properly sized and functional heart is vital throughout the entire lifespan. Loss of cardiomyocytes because of injury or diseases leads to heart failure, which is a major cause of human morbidity and mortality. Unfortunately, regenerative potential of the adult heart is limited. The Hippo pathway is a recently identified signaling cascade that plays an evolutionarily conserved role in organ size control by inhibiting cell proliferation, promoting apoptosis, regulating fates of stem/progenitor cells, and in some circumstances, limiting cell size. Interestingly, research indicates a key role of this pathway in regulation of cardiomyocyte proliferation and heart size. Inactivation of the Hippo pathway or activation of its downstream effector, the Yes-associated protein transcription coactivator, improves cardiac regeneration. Several known upstream signals of the Hippo pathway such as mechanical stress, G-protein-coupled receptor signaling, and oxidative stress are known to play critical roles in cardiac physiology. In addition, Yes-associated protein has been shown to regulate cardiomyocyte fate through multiple transcriptional mechanisms. In this review, we summarize and discuss current findings on the roles and mechanisms of the Hippo pathway in heart development, injury, and regeneration.
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- Qi Zhou
- From the Life Sciences Institute, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (Q.Z., B.Z.); Institute of Aging Research, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (L.L.); and Department of Pharmacology and Moores Cancer Center, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla (K.-L.G.)
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- From the Life Sciences Institute, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (Q.Z., B.Z.); Institute of Aging Research, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (L.L.); and Department of Pharmacology and Moores Cancer Center, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla (K.-L.G.)
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- From the Life Sciences Institute, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (Q.Z., B.Z.); Institute of Aging Research, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (L.L.); and Department of Pharmacology and Moores Cancer Center, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla (K.-L.G.).
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- From the Life Sciences Institute, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (Q.Z., B.Z.); Institute of Aging Research, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (L.L.); and Department of Pharmacology and Moores Cancer Center, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla (K.-L.G.).
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Woods NT, Jhuraney A, Monteiro ANA. Incorporating computational resources in a cancer research program. Hum Genet 2015; 134:467-78. [PMID: 25324189 PMCID: PMC4401625 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-014-1496-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2014] [Accepted: 09/29/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Recent technological advances have transformed cancer genetics research. These advances have served as the basis for the generation of a number of richly annotated datasets relevant to the cancer geneticist. In addition, many of these technologies are now within reach of smaller laboratories to answer specific biological questions. Thus, one of the most pressing issues facing an experimental cancer biology research program in genetics is incorporating data from multiple sources to annotate, visualize, and analyze the system under study. Fortunately, there are several computational resources to aid in this process. However, a significant effort is required to adapt a molecular biology-based research program to take advantage of these datasets. Here, we discuss the lessons learned in our laboratory and share several recommendations to make this transition effective. This article is not meant to be a comprehensive evaluation of all the available resources, but rather highlight those that we have incorporated into our laboratory and how to choose the most appropriate ones for your research program.
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- Nicholas T Woods
- Cancer Epidemiology Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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Song J, Hong HR, Yamashita E, Park IY, Lee SJ. Low pH-driven folding of WW45-SARAH domain leads to stabilization of the WW45-Mst2 complex. J Biochem 2015; 158:181-8. [DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvv031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2015] [Accepted: 02/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Zaessinger S, Zhou Y, Bray SJ, Tapon N, Djiane A. Drosophila MAGI interacts with RASSF8 to regulate E-Cadherin-based adherens junctions in the developing eye. Development 2015; 142:1102-12. [PMID: 25725070 PMCID: PMC4360174 DOI: 10.1242/dev.116277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2014] [Accepted: 01/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Morphogenesis is crucial during development to generate organs and tissues of the correct size and shape. During Drosophila late eye development, interommatidial cells (IOCs) rearrange to generate the highly organized pupal lattice, in which hexagonal ommatidial units pack tightly. This process involves the fine regulation of adherens junctions (AJs) and of adhesive E-Cadherin (E-Cad) complexes. Localized accumulation of Bazooka (Baz), the Drosophila PAR3 homolog, has emerged as a critical step to specify where new E-Cad complexes should be deposited during junction remodeling. However, the mechanisms controlling the correct localization of Baz are still only partly understood. We show here that Drosophila Magi, the sole fly homolog of the mammalian MAGI scaffolds, is an upstream regulator of E-Cad-based AJs during cell rearrangements, and that Magi mutant IOCs fail to reach their correct position. We uncover a direct physical interaction between Magi and the Ras association domain protein RASSF8 through a WW domain-PPxY motif binding, and show that apical Magi recruits the RASSF8-ASPP complex during AJ remodeling in IOCs. We further show that this Magi complex is required for the cortical recruitment of Baz and of the E-Cad-associated proteins α- and β-catenin. We propose that, by controlling the proper localization of Baz to remodeling junctions, Magi and the RASSF8-ASPP complex promote the recruitment or stabilization of E-Cad complexes at junction sites.
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- Sophie Zaessinger
- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Montpellier F-34298, France INSERM, U1194, Montpellier F-34298, France Université de Montpellier, Montpellier F-34090, France Institut régional du Cancer de Montpellier, Montpellier F-34298, France
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- Apoptosis and Proliferation Control Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY, UK
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- Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DY, UK
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- Apoptosis and Proliferation Control Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY, UK
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Montpellier F-34298, France INSERM, U1194, Montpellier F-34298, France Université de Montpellier, Montpellier F-34090, France Institut régional du Cancer de Montpellier, Montpellier F-34298, France
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Swartzlander MD, Barnes CA, Blakney AK, Kaar JL, Kyriakides TR, Bryant SJ. Linking the foreign body response and protein adsorption to PEG-based hydrogels using proteomics. Biomaterials 2015; 41:26-36. [PMID: 25522962 PMCID: PMC4629245 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.11.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2014] [Revised: 10/27/2014] [Accepted: 11/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) hydrogels with their highly tunable properties are promising implantable materials, but as with all non-biological materials, they elicit a foreign body response (FBR). Recent studies, however, have shown that incorporating the oligopeptide RGD into PEG hydrogels reduces the FBR. To better understand the mechanisms involved and the role of RGD in mediating the FBR, PEG, PEG-RGD and PEG-RDG hydrogels were investigated. After a 28-day subcutaneous implantation in mice, a thinner and less dense fibrous capsule formed around PEG-RGD hydrogels, while PEG and PEG-RDG hydrogels exhibited stronger, but similar FBRs. Protein adsorption to the hydrogels, which is considered the first step in the FBR, was also characterized. In vitro experiments confirmed that serum proteins adsorbed to PEG-based hydrogels and were necessary to promote macrophage adhesion to PEG and PEG-RDG, but not PEG-RGD hydrogels. Proteins adsorbed to the hydrogels in vivo were identified using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. The majority (245) of the total proteins (≥300) that were identified was present on all hydrogels with many proteins being associated with wounding and acute inflammation. These findings suggest that the FBR to PEG hydrogels may be mediated by the presence of inflammatory-related proteins adsorbed to the surface, but that macrophages appear to sense the underlying chemistry, which for RGD improves the FBR.
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- Mark D Swartzlander
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA; Biofrontiers Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA; Biofrontiers Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA; Material Science and Engineering Program, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
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Kodaka M, Hata Y. The mammalian Hippo pathway: regulation and function of YAP1 and TAZ. Cell Mol Life Sci 2015; 72:285-306. [PMID: 25266986 PMCID: PMC11113917 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-014-1742-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2014] [Revised: 09/08/2014] [Accepted: 09/25/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The Hippo pathway was originally identified as the signaling that controls organ size in Drosophila, with the core architecture conserved in mammals. In the mammalian Hippo pathway, mammalian Ste20-like kinases (MST1/2) and large tumor suppressor kinases (LATS1/2) regulate transcriptional co-activators, Yes-associated protein (YAP1) and Transcriptional co-activator with a PDZ-binding motif (TAZ). The Hippo pathway was initially thought to be quite straightforward; however, the identification of additional components has revealed its inherent complexity. Regulation of YAP1 and TAZ is not always dependent on MST1/2 and LATS1/2. MST1/2 and LATS1/2 play various YAP1/TAZ-independent roles, while YAP1 and TAZ cross-talk with other signaling pathways. In this review we focus on YAP1 and TAZ and discuss their regulation, function, and the consequences of their dysregulation.
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- Manami Kodaka
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, 113-8519 Japan
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, 113-8519 Japan
- Center for Brain Integration Research, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, 113-8519 Japan
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Shi Z, Jiao S, Zhou Z. Structural dissection of Hippo signaling. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2015; 47:29-38. [PMID: 25476203 DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmu107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The Hippo pathway controls cell number and organ size by restricting cell proliferation and promoting apoptosis, and thus is a key regulator in development and homeostasis. Dysfunction of the Hippo pathway correlates with many pathological conditions, especially cancer. Hippo signaling also plays important roles in tissue regeneration and stem cell biology. Therefore, the Hippo pathway is recognized as a crucial target for cancer therapy and regeneration medicine. To date, structures of several key components in Hippo signaling have been determined. In this review, we summarize current available structural studies of the Hippo pathway, which may help to improve our understanding of its regulatory mechanisms, as well as to facilitate further functional studies and potential therapeutic interventions.
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Sardiu ME, Gilmore JM, Groppe BD, Herman D, Ramisetty SR, Cai Y, Jin J, Conaway RC, Conaway JW, Florens L, Washburn MP. Conserved abundance and topological features in chromatin-remodeling protein interaction networks. EMBO Rep 2014; 16:116-26. [PMID: 25427557 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201439403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The study of conserved protein interaction networks seeks to better understand the evolution and regulation of protein interactions. Here, we present a quantitative proteomic analysis of 18 orthologous baits from three distinct chromatin-remodeling complexes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Homo sapiens. We demonstrate that abundance levels of orthologous proteins correlate strongly between the two organisms and both networks have highly similar topologies. We therefore used the protein abundances in one species to cross-predict missing protein abundance levels in the other species. Lastly, we identified a novel conserved low-abundance subnetwork further demonstrating the value of quantitative analysis of networks.
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- College of Life Sciences Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- College of Life Sciences Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, USA
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ASPP2 links the apical lateral polarity complex to the regulation of YAP activity in epithelial cells. PLoS One 2014; 9:e111384. [PMID: 25360797 PMCID: PMC4216074 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2014] [Accepted: 09/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The Hippo pathway, by tightly controlling the phosphorylation state and activity of the transcription cofactors YAP and TAZ is essential during development and tissue homeostasis whereas its deregulation may lead to cancer. Recent studies have linked the apicobasal polarity machinery in epithelial cells to components of the Hippo pathway and YAP and TAZ themselves. However the molecular mechanism by which the junctional pool of YAP proteins is released and activated in epithelial cells remains unknown. Here we report that the tumour suppressor ASPP2 forms an apical-lateral polarity complex at the level of tight junctions in polarised epithelial cells, acting as a scaffold for protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) and junctional YAP via dedicated binding domains. ASPP2 thereby directly induces the dephosphorylation and activation of junctional YAP. Collectively, this study unearths a novel mechanistic paradigm revealing the critical role of the apical-lateral polarity complex in activating this localised pool of YAP in vitro, in epithelial cells, and in vivo, in the murine colonic epithelium. We propose that this mechanism may commonly control YAP functions in epithelial tissues.
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Hobbs CK, Leung M, Tsang HH, Ebhardt HA. CIG-P: Circular Interaction Graph for Proteomics. BMC Bioinformatics 2014; 15:344. [PMID: 25359149 PMCID: PMC4286935 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-15-344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2014] [Accepted: 09/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background A typical affinity purification coupled to mass spectrometry (AP-MS) experiment includes the purification of a target protein (bait) using an antibody and subsequent mass spectrometry analysis of all proteins co-purifying with the bait (aka prey proteins). Like any other systems biology approach, AP-MS experiments generate a lot of data and visualization has been challenging, especially when integrating AP-MS experiments with orthogonal datasets. Results We present Circular Interaction Graph for Proteomics (CIG-P), which generates circular diagrams for visually appealing final representation of AP-MS data. Through a Java based GUI, the user inputs experimental and reference data as file in csv format. The resulting circular representation can be manipulated live within the GUI before exporting the diagram as vector graphic in pdf format. The strength of CIG-P is the ability to integrate orthogonal datasets with each other, e.g. affinity purification data of kinase PRPF4B in relation to the functional components of the spliceosome. Further, various AP-MS experiments can be compared to each other. Conclusions CIG-P aids to present AP-MS data to a wider audience and we envision that the tool finds other applications too, e.g. kinase – substrate relationships as a function of perturbation. CIG-P is available under: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cig-p/ Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2105-15-344) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Applied Research Lab, Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, Trinity Western University Canada, Langley, BC, Canada.
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Li X, Wang W, Chen J. From pathways to networks: connecting dots by establishing protein-protein interaction networks in signaling pathways using affinity purification and mass spectrometry. Proteomics 2014; 15:188-202. [PMID: 25137225 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201400147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2014] [Revised: 07/28/2014] [Accepted: 08/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Signal transductions are the basis of biological activities in all living organisms. Studying the signaling pathways, especially under physiological conditions, has become one of the most important facets of modern biological research. During the last decade, MS has been used extensively in biological research and is proven to be effective in addressing important biological questions. Here, we review the current progress in the understanding of signaling networks using MS approaches. We will focus on studies of protein-protein interactions that use affinity purification followed by MS approach. We discuss obstacles to affinity purification, data processing, functional validation, and identification of transient interactions and provide potential solutions for pathway-specific proteomics analysis, which we hope one day will lead to a comprehensive understanding of signaling networks in humans.
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- Xu Li
- Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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Wackerhage H, Del Re DP, Judson RN, Sudol M, Sadoshima J. The Hippo signal transduction network in skeletal and cardiac muscle. Sci Signal 2014; 7:re4. [PMID: 25097035 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2005096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The discovery of the Hippo pathway can be traced back to two areas of research. Genetic screens in fruit flies led to the identification of the Hippo pathway kinases and scaffolding proteins that function together to suppress cell proliferation and tumor growth. Independent research, often in the context of muscle biology, described Tead (TEA domain) transcription factors, which bind CATTCC DNA motifs to regulate gene expression. These two research areas were joined by the finding that the Hippo pathway regulates the activity of Tead transcription factors mainly through phosphorylation of the transcriptional coactivators Yap and Taz, which bind to and activate Teads. Additionally, many other signal transduction proteins crosstalk to members of the Hippo pathway forming a Hippo signal transduction network. We discuss evidence that the Hippo signal transduction network plays important roles in myogenesis, regeneration, muscular dystrophy, and rhabdomyosarcoma in skeletal muscle, as well as in myogenesis, organ size control, and regeneration of the heart. Understanding the role of Hippo kinases in skeletal and heart muscle physiology could have important implications for translational research.
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- Henning Wackerhage
- School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Health Sciences Building, Foresterhill, AB25 2ZD Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, 185 South Orange Avenue, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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- School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Health Sciences Building, Foresterhill, AB25 2ZD Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Biomedical Research Centre, University of British Columbia, 317-2194 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, 5A Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117411, Republic of Singapore. Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, 185 South Orange Avenue, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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Gomez M, Gomez V, Hergovich A. The Hippo pathway in disease and therapy: cancer and beyond. Clin Transl Med 2014; 3:22. [PMID: 25097725 PMCID: PMC4107774 DOI: 10.1186/2001-1326-3-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2014] [Accepted: 06/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The Hippo tumour suppressor pathway co-ordinates cell proliferation, cell death and cell differentiation to regulate tissue growth control. In mammals, a conserved core Hippo signalling module receives signal inputs on different levels to ensure the proper regulation of YAP/TAZ activities as transcriptional co-activators. While the core module members MST1/2, Salvador, LATS1/2 and MOB1 have been attributed tumour suppressive functions, YAP/TAZ have been mainly described to have oncogenic roles, although some reports provided evidence supporting growth suppressive roles of YAP/TAZ in certain cancer settings. Intriguingly, mammalian Hippo signalling is also implicated in non-cancer diseases and plays a role in tissue regeneration following injury. Cumulatively, these findings indicate that the pharmacological inhibition or activation of the Hippo pathway could be desirable depending on the disease context. In this review, we first summarise the functions of the mammalian Hippo pathway in tumour formation, and then discuss non-cancer diseases involving Hippo signalling core components with a specific focus on our current understanding of the non-cancer roles of MST1/2 and YAP/TAZ. In addition, the pros and cons of possible pharmacological interventions with Hippo signalling will be reviewed, with particular emphasis on anti-cancer drug development and regenerative medicine.
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- Marta Gomez
- Tumour Suppressor Signalling Networks laboratory, UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, 72 Huntley Street, WC1E 6BT London, UK
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- Tumour Suppressor Signalling Networks laboratory, UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, 72 Huntley Street, WC1E 6BT London, UK
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- Tumour Suppressor Signalling Networks laboratory, UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, 72 Huntley Street, WC1E 6BT London, UK
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