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Chen M, Yi B, Sun J. Inhibition of cardiomyocyte hypertrophy by protein arginine methyltransferase 5. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:24325-35. [PMID: 25012667 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.577494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5), a protein arginine methyltransferase that catalyzes the symmetrical dimethylation of arginine residues within target proteins, has been implicated in many essential cellular processes ranging from the regulation of gene expression to cell proliferation and differentiation. PRMT5 is highly expressed in the heart; the functional role of PRMT5 in the heart, however, remains largely elusive. In the present study, we show that PRMT5 specifically interacts with GATA4 in both co-transfected HEK293T cells and neonatal rat cardiomyocytes by co-immunoprecipitation. Importantly, this interaction leads to the arginine methylation of GATA4 at positions of 229, 265, and 317, which leads to an inhibition of the GATA4 transcriptional activity, predominantly through blocking the p300-mediated acetylation of GATA4 in cardiomyocytes. Moreover, overexpression of PRMT5 substantially inhibited the acetylation of GATA4 and cardiac hypertrophic responses in phenylephrine-stimulated cardiomyocytes, whereas knockdown of PRMT5 induced GATA4 activation and cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. Furthermore, in response to phenylephrine stimulation, PRMT5 translocates into the cytoplasm, thus relieving its repression on GATA4 activity in the nucleus and leading to hypertrophic gene expression in cardiomyocytes. These findings indicate that PRMT5 is an essential regulator of myocardial hypertrophic signaling and suggest that strategies aimed at activating PRMT5 in the heart may represent a potential therapeutic approach for the prevention of cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure.
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- Ming Chen
- From the Center for Translational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
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- From the Center for Translational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
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- From the Center for Translational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
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Ibrahim R, Matsubara D, Osman W, Morikawa T, Goto A, Morita S, Ishikawa S, Aburatani H, Takai D, Nakajima J, Fukayama M, Niki T, Murakami Y. Expression of PRMT5 in lung adenocarcinoma and its significance in epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Hum Pathol 2014; 45:1397-405. [PMID: 24775604 DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2014.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2013] [Revised: 01/16/2014] [Accepted: 02/12/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Although protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) has been implicated in various cancers, its expression pattern in lung adenocarcinoma cell lines and tissues has not been elucidated enough. In this study, microarray analysis of 40 non-small-cell lung carcinoma cell lines showed that PRMT5 was a candidate histone methyltransferase gene that correlated with epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Immunocytochemical analysis of these cell lines indicated that the expression of PRMT5 was localized to the cytoplasm of E-cadherin-low and vimentin-high cell lines, whereas it was predominant in the nucleus and faint in the cytoplasm of E-cadherin-high and vimentin-low cell lines. Immunohistochemical analysis of lung adenocarcinoma cases (n = 130) revealed that the expression of PRMT5 was high in the cytoplasm of 47 cases (36%) and the nuclei of 34 cases (26%). The marked cytoplasmic expression of PRMT5 was frequently observed in high-grade subtypes (1 of 17 low grade, 21 of 81 intermediate grade, and 25 of 32 high grade; P < .0001) such as solid adenocarcinoma with the low expression of thyroid transcription factor 1 (the master regulator of lung) and low expression of cytokeratin 7 and E-cadherin (2 markers for bronchial epithelial differentiation), whereas the high nuclear expression of PRMT5 was frequently noted in adenocarcinoma in situ, a low-grade subtype (6 of 17 low grade, 25 of 81 intermediate grade, and 3 of 32 high grade; P = .0444). The cytoplasmic expression of PRMT5 correlated with a poor prognosis (P = .0089). We herein highlighted the importance of PRMT5 expression, especially its cytoplasmic expression, in the process of epithelial-mesenchymal transition and loss of the bronchial epithelial phenotype of lung adenocarcinoma.
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- Reem Ibrahim
- Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Integrative Pathology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
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- Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Human Pathology Department, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cellular and Organ Pathology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
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- Human Pathology Department, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Human Pathology Department, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Genome Science, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Human Pathology Department, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Integrative Pathology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Bruhn C, Zhou ZW, Ai H, Wang ZQ. The essential function of the MRN complex in the resolution of endogenous replication intermediates. Cell Rep 2014; 6:182-95. [PMID: 24388752 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2013] [Revised: 11/24/2013] [Accepted: 12/12/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The MRN complex (Mre11/Rad50/Nbs1) is important in double-strand break (DSB) recognition, end resection, replication fork stabilization, and ATM and ATR activation. Complete deletion of MRN is incompatible with cell and organism life, presumably due to replication-born DSBs; however, the underlying mechanism remains unknown. We devised a noninvasive high-content assay, termed high-content microscopy-assisted cell-cycle phenotyping (hiMAC), to investigate the fate of cells lacking Nbs1. Surprisingly, deletion of Nbs1 does not kill cells during replication. The primary lesions in Nbs1-deleted cells are replication intermediates that result from defective resolution rather than fork destabilization. These lesions are converted to DSBs in the subsequent G2 phase, which subsequently activate Chk1, delay G2 progression, and lead to chromosome instability. Nbs1-deleted cells establish a DSB equilibrium that permits cell cycling but activates p53, causing G1 and G2 arrest, and cell death. Thus, we identify a physiological role of Nbs1 in the resolution of stalled replication forks.
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- Christopher Bruhn
- Leibniz Institute for Age Research - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena 07745, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Age Research - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena 07745, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Age Research - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena 07745, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Age Research - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena 07745, Germany; Faculty of Biology and Pharmacy, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena 07743, Germany.
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Fan H, Zhang Z, Wang N, Cui Y, Sun H, Liu Y, Wu H, Zheng S, Bao S, Ling HQ. SKB1/PRMT5-mediated histone H4R3 dimethylation of Ib subgroup bHLH genes negatively regulates iron homeostasis in Arabidopsis thaliana. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 77:209-21. [PMID: 24298997 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2013] [Revised: 10/26/2013] [Accepted: 11/04/2013] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Histone modifications play critical roles in the perception of environmental cues by plants. Here, we report that Shk1 binding protein 1 (SKB1/AtPRMT5), which catalyzes the symmetric dimethylation of histone H4R3 (H4R3sme2), is involved in iron homeostasis in Arabidopsis. The SKB1 lesion mutant exhibited higher iron accumulation in shoots and greater tolerance to iron deficiency than the wild type. The expression of SKB1 was not affected by iron, but the level of H4R3sme2 mediated by SKB1 was related to iron status in plants. We showed by chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) and genome-wide ChIP-seq that SKB1 associated with the chromatin of the Ib subgroup bHLH genes (AtbHLH38, AtbHLH39, AtbHLH100 and AtbHLH101), and symmetrically dimethylated histone H4R3. The quantity of SKB1 that associated with chromatin of the Ib subgroup bHLH genes and the level of H4R3sme2 corresponded to the iron status of plants (higher with increased iron supply and lower when iron was removed). We conclude that SKB1-mediated H4R3sme2 regulates iron homeostasis in Arabidopsis in the context of increasing or decreasing expression of Ib subgroup bHLH genes. Iron deficiency may cause an increase in the disassociation of SKB1 from chromatin of the bHLH genes and a decrease in the level of H4R3sme2, thereby elevating their transcription and enhancing iron uptake. Our findings provide new insight into the molecular mechanisms of iron homeostasis in strategy I plants.
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- Huajie Fan
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1 West Beichen Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, China
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Yue M, Li Q, Zhang Y, Zhao Y, Zhang Z, Bao S. Histone H4R3 methylation catalyzed by SKB1/PRMT5 is required for maintaining shoot apical meristem. PLoS One 2013; 8:e83258. [PMID: 24349476 PMCID: PMC3861506 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2013] [Accepted: 11/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The shoot apical meristem (SAM) is the source of all of the above-ground tissues and organs in post-embryonic development in higher plants. Studies have proven that the expression of genes constituting the WUSCHEL (WUS)-CLAVATA (CLV) feedback loop is critical for the SAM maintenance. Several histone lysine acetylation and methylation markers have been proven to regulate the transcription level of WUS. However, little is known about how histone arginine methylation regulates the expression of WUS and other genes. Here, we report that H4R3 symmetric dimethylation (H4R3sme2) mediated by SKB1/PRMT5 represses the expression of CORYNE (CRN) to maintain normal SAM geometrics. SKB1 lesion results in small SAM size in Arabidopsis, as well as down-regulated expression of WUS and CLV3. Up-regulation of WUS expression enlarges SAM size in skb1 mutant plants. We find that SKB1 and H4R3sme2 associate with the chromatin of the CRN locus to down-regulate its transcription. Mutation of CRN rescues the expression of WUS and the small SAM size of skb1. Thus, SKB1 and SKB1-mediated H4R3sme2 are required for the maintenance of SAM in Arabidopsis seedlings.
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- Minghui Yue
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Zhou ZW, Liu C, Li TL, Bruhn C, Krueger A, Min W, Wang ZQ, Carr AM. An essential function for the ATR-activation-domain (AAD) of TopBP1 in mouse development and cellular senescence. PLoS Genet 2013; 9:e1003702. [PMID: 23950734 PMCID: PMC3738440 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2013] [Accepted: 06/20/2013] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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ATR activation is dependent on temporal and spatial interactions with partner proteins. In the budding yeast model, three proteins – Dpb11TopBP1, Ddc1Rad9 and Dna2 - all interact with and activate Mec1ATR. Each contains an ATR activation domain (ADD) that interacts directly with the Mec1ATR:Ddc2ATRIP complex. Any of the Dpb11TopBP1, Ddc1Rad9 or Dna2 ADDs is sufficient to activate Mec1ATRin vitro. All three can also independently activate Mec1ATRin vivo: the checkpoint is lost only when all three AADs are absent. In metazoans, only TopBP1 has been identified as a direct ATR activator. Depletion-replacement approaches suggest the TopBP1-AAD is both sufficient and necessary for ATR activation. The physiological function of the TopBP1 AAD is, however, unknown. We created a knock-in point mutation (W1147R) that ablates mouse TopBP1-AAD function. TopBP1-W1147R is early embryonic lethal. To analyse TopBP1-W1147R cellular function in vivo, we silenced the wild type TopBP1 allele in heterozygous MEFs. AAD inactivation impaired cell proliferation, promoted premature senescence and compromised Chk1 signalling following UV irradiation. We also show enforced TopBP1 dimerization promotes ATR-dependent Chk1 phosphorylation. Our data suggest that, unlike the yeast models, the TopBP1-AAD is the major activator of ATR, sustaining cell proliferation and embryonic development. DNA damage checkpoint signalling is an essential component of the DNA damage response. Many of the key proteins initiating the checkpoint signal have been identified and characterised in yeast. Here we explore the role of the ATR activating domain (AAD) of TopBP1 in embryonic development, cell growth and checkpoint activation using a mouse model. In contrast to yeasts, where the TopBP1 AAD plays a redundant, and thus phenotypically minor, role in ATR activation, our data demonstrate that the mouse TopBP1 AAD is essential for cellular proliferation. Interestingly, this suggests evolution has provided a simpler ATR activation mechanism in metazoans than it has in yeasts.
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- Zhong-Wei Zhou
- Leibniz Institute for Age Research – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany
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- Sussex for Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom
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- Leibniz Institute for Age Research – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Age Research – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Age Research – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Age Research – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Age Research – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany
- Faculty of Biology and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany
- * E-mail: (ZQW); (AMC)
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- Sussex for Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom
- * E-mail: (ZQW); (AMC)
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Bao X, Zhao S, Liu T, Liu Y, Liu Y, Yang X. Overexpression of PRMT5 promotes tumor cell growth and is associated with poor disease prognosis in epithelial ovarian cancer. J Histochem Cytochem 2013; 61:206-17. [PMID: 23292799 DOI: 10.1369/0022155413475452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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PRMT5 has been reported to be involved in the processes of tumor progression at various steps. The aim of this study was to examine the role of PRMT5 in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). In this study, PRMT5 and Ki-67 expression were examined by immunohistochemistry (IHC) in cohorts of normal, benign, and cancerous ovarian tissues. PRMT5 overexpression was observed in 83.1% (98/118) of EOCs, and it was significantly associated with serous type, poor differentiation, advanced tumor stage, lymph node invasion, presence of residual tumor, and high expression of Ki-67 (p<0.05, respectively). Moreover, overexpression of PRMT5 was an independent prognostic marker for decreased overall survival and progression-free survival in univariate survival analysis and multivariate Cox regression analysis. In ovarian cancer cell lines A2780 and SKOV3, PRMT5 knockdown by siRNA inhibited cell growth/proliferation and induced apoptosis via upregulation of E2F-1. These results suggest that overexpression of PRMT5 correlates with an aggressive malignant phenotype and may constitute a novel prognostic factor for EOC. Thus, PRMT5 may represent a clinically effective new target for therapy of ovarian cancer.
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- Xiangxiang Bao
- Department of Gynecology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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PRMT5 (protein arginine methyltransferase 5) is an enzyme that catalyses transfer of methyl groups from S-adenosyl methionine to the arginine residues of histones or non-histone proteins and is involved in a variety of cellular processes. Although it is highly expressed in some tumours, its direct role in cancer growth has not been fully investigated. In the present study, in human lung tissue samples we found that PRMT5 was highly expressed in lung cancer cells, whereas its expression was not detectable in benign lung tissues. Silencing PRMT5 expression strongly inhibited proliferation of lung adenocarcinoma A549 cells in tissue culture, and silencing PRMT5 expression in A549 cells also abolished growth of lung A549 xenografts in mice. In vitro and in vivo studies showed that the cell growth arrest induced by loss of PRMT5 expression was partially attributable to down-regulation of fibroblast growth factor receptor signalling. These results suggest that PRMT5 and its methyltransferase activity is essential for proliferation of lung cancer cells and may serve as a novel target for the treatment of lung cancer.
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Gu Z, Li Y, Lee P, Liu T, Wan C, Wang Z. Protein arginine methyltransferase 5 functions in opposite ways in the cytoplasm and nucleus of prostate cancer cells. PLoS One 2012; 7:e44033. [PMID: 22952863 PMCID: PMC3428323 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2012] [Accepted: 08/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) plays multiple roles in a large number of cellular processes, and its subcellular localization is dynamically regulated during mouse development and cellular differentiation. However, little is known of the functional differences between PRMT5 in the cytoplasm and PRMT5 in the nucleus. Here, we demonstrated that PRMT5 predominantly localized in the cytoplasm of prostate cancer cells. Subcellular localization assays designed to span the entire open-reading frame of the PRMT5 protein revealed the presence of three nuclear exclusion signals (NESs) in the PRMT5 protein. PRMT5 and p44/MED50/WD45/WDR77 co-localize in the cytoplasm, and both are required for the growth of prostate cancer cells in an PRMT5 methyltransferase activity-dependent manner. In contrast, PRMT5 in the nucleus inhibited cell growth in a methyltransferase activity-independent manner. Consistent with these observations, PRMT5 localized in the nucleus in benign prostate epithelium, whereas it localized in the cytoplasm in prostate premalignant and cancer tissues. We further found that PRMT5 alone methylated both histone H4 and SmD3 proteins but PRMT5 complexed with p44 and pICln methylated SmD3 but not histone H4. These results imply a novel mechanism by which PRMT5 controls cell growth and contributes to prostate tumorigenesis.
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- Zhongping Gu
- Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Pathology and Urology, Langone Medical Center, New York University, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Urology, Langone Medical Center, New York University, New York, United States of America
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- Department of General Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, P. R. China
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- Center of Pancreatic Disease , Department of General Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, P. R. China
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- Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Wei TYW, Juan CC, Hisa JY, Su LJ, Lee YCG, Chou HY, Chen JMM, Wu YC, Chiu SC, Hsu CP, Liu KL, Yu CTR. Protein arginine methyltransferase 5 is a potential oncoprotein that upregulates G1 cyclins/cyclin-dependent kinases and the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/AKT signaling cascade. Cancer Sci 2012; 103:1640-50. [PMID: 22726390 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2012.02367.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2012] [Revised: 05/29/2012] [Accepted: 06/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Increasing evidence suggests that PRMT5, a protein arginine methyltransferase, is involved in tumorigenesis. However, no systematic research has demonstrated the cell-transforming activity of PRMT5. We investigated the involvement of PRMT5 in tumor formation. First, we showed that PRMT5 was associated with many human cancers, through statistical analysis of microarray data in the NCBI GEO database. Overexpression of ectopic PRMT5 per se or its specific shRNA enhanced or reduced cell growth under conditions of normal or low concentrations of serum, low cell density, and poor cell attachment. A stable clone that expressed exogenous PRMT5 formed tumors in nude mice, which demonstrated that PRMT5 is a potential oncoprotein. PRMT5 accelerated cell cycle progression through G1 phase and modulated regulators of G1; for example, it upregulated cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 4, CDK6, and cyclins D1, D2 and E1, and inactivated retinoblastoma protein (Rb). Moreover, PRMT5 activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT and suppressed c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)/c-Jun signaling cascades. However, only inhibition of PI3K activity, and not overexpression of JNK, blocked PRMT5-induced cell proliferation. Further analysis of PRMT5 expression in 64 samples of human lung cancer tissues by microarray and western blot analysis revealed a tight association of PRMT5 with lung cancer. Knockdown of PRMT5 retarded cell growth of lung cancer cell lines A549 and H1299. In conclusion, to the best of our knowledge, we have characterized the cell-transforming activity of PRMT5 and delineated its underlying mechanisms for the first time.
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- Tong-You W Wei
- Graduate Institute of Biomedicine and Biomedical Technology, National Chi Nan University, Puli, Taiwan
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Ahmad A, Cao X. Plant PRMTs broaden the scope of arginine methylation. J Genet Genomics 2012; 39:195-208. [PMID: 22624881 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2012.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2012] [Revised: 04/02/2012] [Accepted: 04/02/2012] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Post-translational methylation at arginine residues is one of the most important covalent modifications of proteins, involved in a myriad of essential cellular processes in eukaryotes, such as transcriptional regulation, RNA processing, signal transduction, and DNA repair. Methylation at arginine residues is catalyzed by a family of enzymes called protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs). PRMTs have been extensively studied in various taxa and there is a growing tendency to unveil their functional importance in plants. Recent studies in plants revealed that this evolutionarily conserved family of enzymes regulates essential traits including vegetative growth, flowering time, circadian cycle, and response to high medium salinity and ABA. In this review, we highlight recent advances in the field of post-translational arginine methylation with special emphasis on the roles and future prospects of this modification in plants.
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- Ayaz Ahmad
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Datun Road #5, Beijing 100101, China
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Zhou Z, Bruhn C, Wang ZQ. Differential function of NBS1 and ATR in neurogenesis. DNA Repair (Amst) 2012; 11:210-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2011.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Versatility of PRMT5-induced methylation in growth control and development. Trends Biochem Sci 2011; 36:633-41. [PMID: 21975038 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2011.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2011] [Revised: 09/06/2011] [Accepted: 09/07/2011] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Arginine methylation governs important cellular processes that impact growth and proliferation, as well as differentiation and development. Through their ability to catalyze symmetric or asymmetric methylation of histone and non-histone proteins, members of the protein arginine methyltransferase (PRMT) family regulate chromatin structure and expression of a wide spectrum of target genes. Unlike other PRMTs, PRMT5 works in concert with a variety of cellular proteins including ATP-dependent chromatin remodelers and co-repressors to induce epigenetic silencing. Recent work also implicates PRMT5 in the control of growth-promoting and pro-survival pathways, which demonstrates its versatility as an enzyme involved in both epigenetic regulation of anti-cancer target genes and organelle biogenesis. These studies not only provide insight into the molecular mechanisms by which PRMT5 contributes to growth control, but also justify therapeutic targeting of PRMT5.
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MCPH1 regulates the neuroprogenitor division mode by coupling the centrosomal cycle with mitotic entry through the Chk1-Cdc25 pathway. Nat Cell Biol 2011; 13:1325-34. [PMID: 21947081 DOI: 10.1038/ncb2342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2011] [Accepted: 08/11/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Primary microcephaly 1 is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in the MCPH1 gene, whose product MCPH1 (also known as microcephalin and BRIT1) regulates DNA-damage response. Here we show that Mcph1 disruption in mice results in primary microcephaly, mimicking human MCPH1 symptoms, owing to a premature switching of neuroprogenitors from symmetric to asymmetric division. MCPH1-deficiency abrogates the localization of Chk1 to centrosomes, causing premature Cdk1 activation and early mitotic entry, which uncouples mitosis and the centrosome cycle. This misorients the mitotic spindle alignment and shifts the division plane of neuroprogenitors, to bias neurogenic cell fate. Silencing Cdc25b, a centrosome substrate of Chk1, corrects MCPH1-deficiency-induced spindle misalignment and rescues the premature neurogenic production in Mcph1-knockout neocortex. Thus, MCPH1, through its function in the Chk1-Cdc25-Cdk1 pathway to couple the centrosome cycle with mitosis, is required for precise mitotic spindle orientation and thereby regulates the progenitor division mode to maintain brain size.
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Protozoa constitute the earliest branch of the eukaryotic lineage, and several groups of protozoans are serious parasites of humans and other animals. Better understanding of biochemical pathways that are either in common with or divergent from those of higher eukaryotes is integral in the defense against these parasites. In yeast and humans, the posttranslational methylation of arginine residues in proteins affects myriad cellular processes, including transcription, RNA processing, DNA replication and repair, and signal transduction. The protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) that catalyze these reactions, which are unique to the eukaryotic kingdom of organisms, first become evident in protozoa. In this review, we focus on the current understanding of arginine methylation in multiple species of parasitic protozoa, including Trichomonas, Entamoeba, Toxoplasma, Plasmodium, and Trypanosoma spp., and discuss how arginine methylation may play important and unique roles in each type of parasite. We mine available genomic and transcriptomic data to inventory the families of PRMTs in different parasites and the changes in their abundance during the life cycle. We further review the limited functional studies on the roles of arginine methylation in parasites, including epigenetic regulation in Apicomplexa and RNA processing in trypanosomes. Interestingly, each of the parasites considered herein has significantly differing sets of PRMTs, and we speculate on the importance of this diversity in aspects of parasite biology, such as differentiation and antigenic variation.
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Zhang Z, Zhang S, Zhang Y, Wang X, Li D, Li Q, Yue M, Li Q, Zhang YE, Xu Y, Xue Y, Chong K, Bao S. Arabidopsis floral initiator SKB1 confers high salt tolerance by regulating transcription and pre-mRNA splicing through altering histone H4R3 and small nuclear ribonucleoprotein LSM4 methylation. THE PLANT CELL 2011; 23:396-411. [PMID: 21258002 PMCID: PMC3051234 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.110.081356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2010] [Revised: 11/15/2010] [Accepted: 01/04/2011] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Plants adapt their growth and development in response to perceived salt stress. Although DELLA-dependent growth restraint is thought to be an integration of the plant's response to salt stress, little is known about how histone modification confers salt stress and, in turn, affects development. Here, we report that floral initiator Shk1 kinase binding protein1 (SKB1) and histone4 arginine3 (H4R3) symmetric dimethylation (H4R3sme2) integrate responses to plant developmental progress and salt stress. Mutation of SKB1 results in salt hypersensitivity, late flowering, and growth retardation. SKB1 associates with chromatin and thereby increases the H4R3sme2 level to suppress the transcription of FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) and a number of stress-responsive genes. During salt stress, the H4R3sme2 level is reduced, as a consequence of SKB1 disassociating from chromatin to induce the expression of FLC and the stress-responsive genes but increasing the methylation of small nuclear ribonucleoprotein Sm-like4 (LSM4). Splicing defects are observed in the skb1 and lsm4 mutants, which are sensitive to salt. We propose that SKB1 mediates plant development and the salt response by altering the methylation status of H4R3sme2 and LSM4 and linking transcription to pre-mRNA splicing.
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- Zhaoliang Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- National Plant Gene Research Centre, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- National Plant Gene Research Centre, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Arginine methylation mediated by the Arabidopsis homolog of PRMT5 is essential for proper pre-mRNA splicing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:19114-9. [PMID: 20956294 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1009669107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Protein arginine methylation, one of the most abundant and important posttranslational modifications, is involved in a multitude of biological processes in eukaryotes, such as transcriptional regulation and RNA processing. Symmetric arginine dimethylation is required for snRNP biogenesis and is assumed to be essential for pre-mRNA splicing; however, except for in vitro evidence, whether it affects splicing in vivo remains elusive. Mutation in an Arabidopsis symmetric arginine dimethyltransferase, AtPRMT5, causes pleiotropic developmental defects, including late flowering, but the underlying molecular mechanism is largely unknown. Here we show that AtPRMT5 methylates a wide spectrum of substrates, including some RNA binding or processing factors and U snRNP AtSmD1, D3, and AtLSm4 proteins, which are involved in RNA metabolism. RNA-seq analyses reveal that AtPRMT5 deficiency causes splicing defects in hundreds of genes involved in multiple biological processes. The splicing defects are identified in transcripts of several RNA processing factors involved in regulating flowering time. In particular, splicing defects at the flowering regulator flowering locus KH domain (FLK) in atprmt5 mutants reduce its functional transcript and protein levels, resulting in the up-regulation of a flowering repressor flowering locus C (FLC) and consequently late flowering. Taken together, our findings uncover an essential role for arginine methylation in proper pre-mRNA splicing that impacts diverse developmental processes.
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Guo S, Bao S. srGAP2 arginine methylation regulates cell migration and cell spreading through promoting dimerization. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:35133-41. [PMID: 20810653 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.153429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Slit-Robo GTPase-activating proteins (srGAPs) are critical for neuronal migration through inactivation of Rho GTPases Cdc42, Rac1, and RhoA. Here we report that srGAP2 physically interacts with protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5). srGAP2 localizes to the cytoplasm and plasma membrane protrusion. srGAP2 knockdown reduces cell adhesion spreading and increases cell migration, but has no effect on cell proliferation. PRMT5 binds to the N terminus of srGAP2 (225-538 aa) and methylates its C-terminal arginine residue Arg-927. The methylation mutant srGAP2-R927A fails to rescue the cell spreading rate, is unable to localize to the plasma membrane leading edge, and perturbs srGAP2 homodimer formation mediated by the F-BAR domain. These results suggest that srGAP2 arginine methylation plays important roles in cell spreading and cell migration through influencing membrane protrusion.
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- Shaoshi Guo
- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Center for Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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