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Loss of the putative catalytic domain of HDAC4 leads to reduced thermal nociception and seizures while allowing normal bone development. PLoS One 2009; 4:e6612. [PMID: 19672313 PMCID: PMC2720538 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2009] [Accepted: 07/06/2009] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Histone deacetylase 4 (HDAC4) has been associated with muscle & bone development [1]–[6]. N-terminal MEF2 and RUNX2 binding domains of HDAC4 have been shown to mediate these effects in vitro. A complete gene knockout has been reported to result in premature ossification and associated defects resulting in postnatal lethality [6]. We report a viral insertion mutation that deletes the putative deacetylase domain, while preserving the N-terminal portion of the protein. Western blot and immuno-precipitation analysis confirm expression of truncated HDAC4 containing N-terminal amino acids 1-747. These mutant mice are viable, living to at least one year of age with no gross defects in muscle or bone. At 2–4 months of age no behavioral or physiological abnormalities were detected except for an increased latency to respond to a thermal nociceptive stimulus. As the mutant mice aged past 5 months, convulsions appeared, often elicited by handling. Our findings confirm the sufficiency of the N-terminal domain for muscle and bone development, while revealing other roles of HDAC4.
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Feliciano DM, Edelman AM. Repression of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IV signaling accelerates retinoic acid-induced differentiation of human neuroblastoma cells. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:26466-81. [PMID: 19633294 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.027680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Neuroblastoma cells having stem cell-like qualities are widely employed models for the study of neural stem/progenitor cell proliferation and differentiation. We find that human BE(2)C neuroblastoma cells possess a signaling cascade initiated by Ca(2+) influx via voltage-dependent calcium channels and the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor and culminating in nuclear calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IV (CaMKIV)-mediated phosphorylation and activation of the transcription factors Ca(2+)/cyclic AMP-response element-binding protein (CREB) and ATF1 (activating transcription factor-1). This pathway functions to maintain BE(2)C cells in an undifferentiated, proliferative state. Parallel to this Ca(2+)-dependent pathway is a hormone-responsive program by which retinoic acid (RA) initiates the differentiation of BE(2)C cells toward a neuronal lineage. This is evidenced by RA-dependent induction of the cell cycle inhibitor p21/Cip1 (Cdk-interacting protein 1) and cell cycle arrest, induction of the neuroblastic marker doublecortin and of the neuron-specific intermediate filament protein, peripherin, and by RA-stimulated extension of neuritic processes. During neuronal differentiation there is a complex antagonistic interplay between these two major signaling pathways. RA down-regulates expression of CaMKIV and one of its upstream activators, CaMKK1 (calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase 1). This is accompanied by RA-induced suppression of activating phosphorylation of CREB with a time course paralleling that of CaMKIV down-regulation. RA-induced repression of the Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase/CaMKIV/CREB pathway appears to be involved in regulating the timing of neuronal differentiation, as shown by the effect of RNA interference of CaMKIV to markedly accelerate RA-dependent up-regulation of p21/Cip1 and doublecortin expression and RA-promoted neurite outgrowth. RA-induced repression of the CaMKIV signaling pathway may represent an early event in retinoid-dependent neuronal differentiation.
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- David M Feliciano
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
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Sun X, Wei L, Chen Q, Terek RM. HDAC4 represses vascular endothelial growth factor expression in chondrosarcoma by modulating RUNX2 activity. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:21881-21890. [PMID: 19509297 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.019091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Chondrosarcoma is a primary bone tumor with a dismal prognosis; most patients with this disease develop fatal pulmonary metastases, suggesting the need for a better systemic treatment. Anti-angiogenesis treatment may be useful, because angiogenesis is critical for both tumor growth and metastasis. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is the most potent pro-angiogenic factor and is regulated by pathways related to the normal physiologic response to hypoxia and genetic alterations related to the malignant phenotype. Our prior work has shown that VEGF is overexpressed in high grade chondrosarcoma and chondrosarcoma cell lines. Working on the premise that developmental pathways giving a selective growth advantage are often recapitulated in tumors, we investigated the regulation of VEGF by HDAC4 and Runx2 in chondrosarcoma. We tested the hypothesis that there is dysregulation of HDAC4/Runx2/VEGF gene expression and that decreased HDAC4 expression accounts for at least some of the increased VEGF expression seen in chondrosarcoma. We show that reduced expression of HDAC4 in chondrosarcoma cells increases expression of Runx2 leading to increased expression of VEGF and in vitro angiogenesis. Thus, both hypoxia and dysregulated expression of a developmental pathway are causes of increased VEGF expression in chondrosarcoma.
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- Xiaojuan Sun
- Department of Orthopaedics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02903
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02903
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02903
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02903
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Marchion DC, Bicaku E, Turner JG, Schmitt ML, Morelli DR, Munster PN. HDAC2 regulates chromatin plasticity and enhances DNA vulnerability. Mol Cancer Ther 2009; 8:794-801. [PMID: 19372552 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-08-0985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Histone deacetylases (HDAC) may have a prominent role in the development of cancer and the response to anticancer therapy. However, the therapeutic relevance and tissue specificity of individual HDAC enzymes remain largely unknown. HDAC inhibitors may function as sensitizing agents to chemotherapies that target DNA through their effects on chromatin structure and plasticity. Here, we report a new role for HDAC2 as a regulator of chromatin compaction status and the mediator of HDAC inhibitor-induced sensitization to chemotherapy. The selective depletion of HDAC2 by small interfering RNA led to reduced expression of heterochromatin maintenance proteins and morphologic changes indicative of chromatin decondensation. Furthermore, depletion of HDAC2 but not HDAC1 or HDAC6 was sufficient to sensitize breast cancer cells to topoisomerase inhibitor-induced apoptosis. The levels of HDAC2 expression appear to correlate with the degree of HDAC inhibitor-induced histone acetylation in a surrogate tissue in patients. These data suggest that HDAC2 may be a relevant pharmacologic and biological target for combination therapy involving drugs that target DNA.
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- Douglas C Marchion
- Experimental Therapeutics Program, Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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Zhang X, Wheeler D, Tang Y, Guo L, Shapiro RA, Ribar TJ, Means AR, Billiar TR, Angus DC, Rosengart MR. Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaMK) IV mediates nucleocytoplasmic shuttling and release of HMGB1 during lipopolysaccharide stimulation of macrophages. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 181:5015-23. [PMID: 18802105 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.7.5015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The chromatin-binding factor high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) functions as a proinflammatory cytokine and late mediator of mortality in murine endotoxemia. Although serine phosphorylation of HMGB1 is necessary for nucleocytoplasmic shuttling before its cellular release, the protein kinases involved have not been identified. To investigate if calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaMK) IV serine phosphorylates and mediates the release of HMGB1 from macrophages (Mphi) stimulated with LPS, RAW 264.7 cells or murine primary peritoneal Mphi were incubated with either STO609 (a CaMKIV kinase inhibitor), KN93 (a CaMKIV inhibitor), or we utilized cells from which CaMKIV was depleted by RNA interference (RNAi) before stimulation with LPS. We also compared the LPS response of primary Mphi isolated from CaMKIV(+/+) and CaMKIV(-/-) mice. In both cell types LPS induced activation and nuclear translocation of CaMKIV, which preceded HMGB1 nucleocytoplasmic shuttling. However, Mphi treated with KN93, STO609, or CaMKIV RNAi before LPS showed reduced nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of HMGB1 and release of HMGB1 into the supernatant. Additionally, LPS induced serine phosphorylation of HMGB1, which correlated with an interaction between CaMKIV and HMGB1 and with CaMKIV phosphorylation of HMGB1 in vitro. In cells, both HMGB1 phosphorylation and interaction with CaMKIV were inhibited by STO609 or CaMKIV RNAi. Similarly, whereas CaMKIV(+/+) Mphi showed serine phosphorylation of HMGB1 in response to LPS, this phosphorylation was attenuated in CaMKIV(-/-) Mphi. Collectively, our results demonstrate that CaMKIV promotes the nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of HMGB1 and suggest that the process may be mediated through CaMKIV-dependent serine phosphorylation of HMGB1.
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- Xianghong Zhang
- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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Drake PJM, Griffiths GJ, Shaw L, Benson RP, Corfe BM. Application of High-Content Analysis to the Study of Post-Translational Modifications of the Cytoskeleton. J Proteome Res 2008; 8:28-34. [DOI: 10.1021/pr8006396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Peter J. M. Drake
- Human Nutrition Unit, School of Medicine, University of Sheffield, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF, United Kingdom, and Imagen Biotechnology Ltd., Grafton Street, Manchester M13 9NT, United Kingdom
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- Human Nutrition Unit, School of Medicine, University of Sheffield, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF, United Kingdom, and Imagen Biotechnology Ltd., Grafton Street, Manchester M13 9NT, United Kingdom
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- Human Nutrition Unit, School of Medicine, University of Sheffield, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF, United Kingdom, and Imagen Biotechnology Ltd., Grafton Street, Manchester M13 9NT, United Kingdom
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- Human Nutrition Unit, School of Medicine, University of Sheffield, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF, United Kingdom, and Imagen Biotechnology Ltd., Grafton Street, Manchester M13 9NT, United Kingdom
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- Human Nutrition Unit, School of Medicine, University of Sheffield, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF, United Kingdom, and Imagen Biotechnology Ltd., Grafton Street, Manchester M13 9NT, United Kingdom
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In this article the calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinases are reviewed. The primary focus is on the structure and function of this diverse family of enzymes, and the elegant regulation of their activity. Structures are compared in order to highlight the conserved architecture of their catalytic domains with respect to each other as well as protein kinase A, a prototype for kinase structure. In addition to reviewing structure and function in these enzymes, the variety of biological processes for which they play a mediating role are also examined. Finally, how the enzymes become activated in the intracellular setting is considered by exploring the reciprocal interactions that exist between calcium binding to calmodulin when interacting with the CaM-kinases.
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- M. T. Swulius
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas Medical School-Houston, Houston, Texas 77030 USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas Medical School-Houston, Houston, Texas 77030 USA
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Wilson AJ, Byun DS, Nasser S, Murray LB, Ayyanar K, Arango D, Figueroa M, Melnick A, Kao GD, Augenlicht LH, Mariadason JM. HDAC4 promotes growth of colon cancer cells via repression of p21. Mol Biol Cell 2008; 19:4062-75. [PMID: 18632985 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e08-02-0139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The class II Histone deacetylase (HDAC), HDAC4, is expressed in a tissue-specific manner, and it represses differentiation of specific cell types. We demonstrate here that HDAC4 is expressed in the proliferative zone in small intestine and colon and that its expression is down-regulated during intestinal differentiation in vivo and in vitro. Subcellular localization studies demonstrated HDAC4 expression was predominantly nuclear in proliferating HCT116 cells and relocalized to the cytoplasm after cell cycle arrest. Down-regulating HDAC4 expression by small interfering RNA (siRNA) in HCT116 cells induced growth inhibition and apoptosis in vitro, reduced xenograft tumor growth, and increased p21 transcription. Conversely, overexpression of HDAC4 repressed p21 promoter activity. p21 was likely a direct target of HDAC4, because HDAC4 down-regulation increased p21 mRNA when protein synthesis was inhibited by cycloheximide. The importance of p21 repression in HDAC4-mediated growth promotion was demonstrated by the failure of HDAC4 down-regulation to induce growth arrest in HCT116 p21-null cells. HDAC4 down-regulation failed to induce p21 when Sp1 was functionally inhibited by mithramycin or siRNA-mediated down-regulation. HDAC4 expression overlapped with that of Sp1, and a physical interaction was demonstrated by coimmunoprecipitation. Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) and sequential ChIP analyses demonstrated Sp1-dependent binding of HDAC4 to the proximal p21 promoter, likely directed through the HDAC4-HDAC3-N-CoR/SMRT corepressor complex. Consistent with increased transcription, HDAC4 or SMRT down-regulation resulted in increased histone H3 acetylation at the proximal p21 promoter locus. These studies identify HDAC4 as a novel regulator of colon cell proliferation through repression of p21.
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- Andrew J Wilson
- Department of Oncology, Albert Einstein Cancer Center, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
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Paroni G, Cernotta N, Dello Russo C, Gallinari P, Pallaoro M, Foti C, Talamo F, Orsatti L, Steinkühler C, Brancolini C. PP2A regulates HDAC4 nuclear import. Mol Biol Cell 2008; 19:655-67. [PMID: 18045992 PMCID: PMC2230598 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e07-06-0623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2007] [Revised: 11/12/2007] [Accepted: 11/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Different signal-regulated serine/threonine kinases phosphorylate class II histone deacetylases (HDACs) to promote nuclear export, cytosolic accumulation, and activation of gene transcription. However, little is known about mechanisms operating in the opposite direction, which, possibly through phosphatases, should promote class II HDACs nuclear entry and subsequent gene repression. Here we show that HDAC4 forms a complex with the PP2A holoenzyme C alpha, A alpha, B/PR55 alpha. In vitro and in vivo binding studies demonstrate that the N-terminus of HDAC4 interacts with the catalytic subunit of PP2A. HDAC4 is dephosphorylated by PP2A and experiments using okadaic acid or RNA interference have revealed that PP2A controls HDAC4 nuclear import. Moreover, we identified serine 298 as a putative phosphorylation site important for HDAC4 nuclear import. The HDAC4 mutant mimicking phosphorylation of serine 298 is defective in nuclear import. Mutation of serine 298 to alanine partially rescues the defect in HDAC4 nuclear import observed in cells with down-regulated PP2A. These observations suggest that PP2A, via the dephosphorylation of multiple serines including the 14-3-3 binding sites and serine 298, controls HDAC4 nuclear import.
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- Gabriela Paroni
- *Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biomediche, Sezione di Biologia and MATI Center of Excellence, Universita' di Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy; and
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- *Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biomediche, Sezione di Biologia and MATI Center of Excellence, Universita' di Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy; and
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- *Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biomediche, Sezione di Biologia and MATI Center of Excellence, Universita' di Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy; and
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- IRBM/Merck Research Laboratories Rome, 00040 Pomezia, Italy
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- IRBM/Merck Research Laboratories Rome, 00040 Pomezia, Italy
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- *Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biomediche, Sezione di Biologia and MATI Center of Excellence, Universita' di Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy; and
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Leech SH, Evans CA, Shaw L, Wong CH, Connolly J, Griffiths JR, Whetton AD, Corfe BM. Proteomic analyses of intermediate filaments reveals cytokeratin8 is highly acetylated – implications for colorectal epithelial homeostasis. Proteomics 2008; 8:279-88. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200700404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Glenisson W, Castronovo V, Waltregny D. Histone deacetylase 4 is required for TGFbeta1-induced myofibroblastic differentiation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2007; 1773:1572-82. [PMID: 17610967 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2007.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2007] [Revised: 05/08/2007] [Accepted: 05/30/2007] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Transforming Growth Factor beta1 (TGFbeta1) is a crucial cytokine triggering myofibroblastic (MF) differentiation, a process involved in tissue healing as well as in pathologic conditions such as fibrosis and cancer. Together with cell shape modifications, TGFbeta1-mediated differentiation of fibroblasts into myofibroblasts is characteristically associated with the neo-expression of smooth muscle alpha-actin (alpha-SMA), a cytoskeletal protein that enhances their contractile activity. Several cellular differentiation programs have been linked to epigenetic regulation of gene expression, including gene methylation and histone acetylation. Herein, we sought to investigate the role of histone deacetylases (HDAC) in TGFbeta1-induced MF differentiation. We found that TSA, a global inhibitor of class I and class II HDACs, prevented alpha-SMA transcript and protein expression and morphological changes mediated by TGFbeta1 in cultured human skin fibroblasts. In order to identify the HDAC(s) participating in MF differentiation, the impact of specific HDAC silencing (HDAC1 through HDAC8) using RNA interference was investigated in fibroblasts exposed to TGFbeta1. Among the eight HDACs tested, silencing of HDAC4, HDAC6, and HDAC8 expression impaired TGFbeta1-induced alpha-SMA expression. HDAC4 silencing most efficiently abrogated alpha-SMA expression and also prevented TGFss1-mediated morphological changes. Forced down-regulation of HDAC4 stimulated the expression of 5'-TG-3'-Interacting Factor (TGIF) and TGIF2 homeoproteins, two known endogenous repressors of the TGFbeta signaling pathway, but not of the inhibitory Smad7. Collectively, these data suggest that HDAC4 is an essential epigenetic regulator of MF differentiation and unveil HDAC4 as a potential target for treating MF-related disorders.
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- Wendy Glenisson
- Metastasis Research Laboratory, University of Liège, Belgium
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Kasler HG, Verdin E. Histone deacetylase 7 functions as a key regulator of genes involved in both positive and negative selection of thymocytes. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:5184-200. [PMID: 17470548 PMCID: PMC1951960 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.02091-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Histone deacetylase 7 (HDAC7) is highly expressed in CD4(+)/CD8(+) thymocytes and functions as a signal-dependent repressor of gene transcription during T-cell development. In this study, we expressed HDAC7 mutant proteins in a T-cell line and use DNA microarrays to identify transcriptional targets of HDAC7 in T cells. The changes in gene expression levels were compared to differential gene expression profiles associated with positive and negative thymic selection. This analysis reveals that HDAC7 regulates an extensive set of genes that are differentially expressed during both positive and negative thymic selection. Many of these genes play important functional roles in thymic selection, primarily via modulating the coupling between antigen receptor engagement and downstream signaling events. Consistent with the model that HDAC7 may play an important role in both positive and negative thymic selection, the expression of distinct HDAC7 mutants or the abrogation of HDAC7 expression can either enhance or inhibit the signal-dependent differentiation of a CD4(+)/CD8(+) cell line.
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- Herbert G Kasler
- Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, 1650 Owens Street, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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Berdeaux R, Goebel N, Banaszynski L, Takemori H, Wandless T, Shelton GD, Montminy M. SIK1 is a class II HDAC kinase that promotes survival of skeletal myocytes. Nat Med 2007; 13:597-603. [PMID: 17468767 DOI: 10.1038/nm1573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 210] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2006] [Accepted: 03/07/2007] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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During physical exercise, increases in motor neuron activity stimulate the expression of muscle-specific genes through the myocyte enhancer factor 2 (MEF2) family of transcription factors. Elevations in intracellular calcium increase MEF2 activity via the phosphorylation-dependent inactivation of class II histone deacetylases (HDACs). In studies to determine the role of the cAMP responsive element binding protein (CREB) in skeletal muscle, we found that mice expressing a dominant-negative CREB transgene (M-ACREB mice) exhibited a dystrophic phenotype along with reduced MEF2 activity. Class II HDAC phosphorylation was decreased in M-ACREB myofibers due to a reduction in amounts of Snf1lk (encoding salt inducible kinase, SIK1), a CREB target gene that functions as a class II HDAC kinase. Inhibiting class II HDAC activity either by viral expression of Snf1lk or by the administration of a small molecule antagonist improved the dystrophic phenotype in M-ACREB mice, pointing to an important role for the SIK1-HDAC pathway in regulating muscle function.
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- Rebecca Berdeaux
- Peptide Biology Laboratories, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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The calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase cascades. CALCIUM - A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7306(06)41013-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Portal D, Rosendorff A, Kieff E. Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen leader protein coactivates transcription through interaction with histone deacetylase 4. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:19278-83. [PMID: 17159145 PMCID: PMC1748217 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0609320103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen (EBNA) leader protein (EBNALP) coactivates promoters with EBNA2 and is important for Epstein-Barr virus immortalization of B cells. Investigation of the role of histone deacetylases (HDACs) in EBNALP and EBNA2 promoter regulation has now identified EBNALP and EBNA2 to be associated with HDAC4 in a lymphoblastoid cell line. Furthermore, a transcription-deficient EBNALP point mutant did not associate with HDAC4. HDAC4 and 5 overexpression repressed EBNA2 activation and EBNALP coactivation, whereas other HDACs had little effect. Moreover, EBNALP expression decreased nuclear HDAC4. Expression of 14-3-3 anchors HDAC4 in the cytoplasm, increased EBNALP effects, and reversed HDAC4 or 5 repression. HDAC4 reversal depended on the HDAC4 nuclear export sequence. Consistent with EBNALP coactivation being mediated by nuclear HDAC4 depletion, HDAC4 overexpression increased nuclear HDAC4 and specifically repressed EBNA2-dependent activation as well as EBNALP-dependent coactivation. Also, EBNALP, HDAC4, and 14-3-3 could be immunoprecipitated in a single complex. Thus, these data strongly support a model in which EBNALP coactivates transcription by relocalizing HDAC4 and 5 from EBNA2 activated promoters to the cytoplasm. The observed EBNALP effects are likely also in part through HDAC5, which is highly homologous to HDAC4.
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- D. Portal
- Departments of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Channing Laboratory, Harvard University, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
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- Departments of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Channing Laboratory, Harvard University, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
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- Departments of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Channing Laboratory, Harvard University, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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De Bosscher K, Vanden Berghe W, Haegeman G. Cross-talk between nuclear receptors and nuclear factor kappaB. Oncogene 2006; 25:6868-86. [PMID: 17072333 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A variety of studies have shown that some activated nuclear receptors (NRs), especially the glucorticoid receptor, the estrogen receptor and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor, can inhibit the activity of the transcription factor nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB), which plays a key role in the control of genes involved in inflammation, cell proliferation and apoptosis. This review describes the molecular mechanisms of cross-talk between NRs and NF-kappaB and the biological relevance of this cross-talk. The importance and mechanistic aspects of selective NR modulation are discussed. Also included are future research prospects, which will lead to a new era in the field of NR research with the aim of specifically inhibiting NF-kappaB-driven gene expression for anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor and immune-modulatory purposes.
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- K De Bosscher
- Laboratory for Eukaryotic Gene Expression and Signal Transduction (LEGEST), Department of Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium.
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Butler R, Bates GP. Histone deacetylase inhibitors as therapeutics for polyglutamine disorders. Nat Rev Neurosci 2006; 7:784-96. [PMID: 16988654 DOI: 10.1038/nrn1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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During the past 5 years, gene expression studies in cell culture, animal models and in the brains of patients have shown that the perturbation of transcription frequently results in neuronal dysfunction in polyglutamine repeat diseases such as Huntington's disease. Histone deacetylases act as repressors of transcription through interactions with co-repressor complexes, which leads to chromatin remodelling. Aberrant interactions between polyglutamine proteins and regulators of transcription could be one mechanism by which transcriptional dysregulation occurs. Here, we discuss the potential therapeutic pathways through which histone deacetylase inhibitors might act to correct the aberrant transcription observed in Huntington's disease and other polyglutamine repeat diseases.
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- Rachel Butler
- King's College London School of Medicine, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, 8th Floor Guy's Tower, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK
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Gao C, Li X, Lam M, Liu Y, Chakraborty S, Kao HY. CRM1 mediates nuclear export of HDAC7 independently of HDAC7 phosphorylation and association with 14-3-3s. FEBS Lett 2006; 580:5096-104. [PMID: 16956611 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.08.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2006] [Revised: 08/16/2006] [Accepted: 08/22/2006] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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CRM1, 14-3-3 proteins, and CaMK play important roles in trafficking of HDAC7, but the interplay between these proteins in this process is not clearly understood. Here, we show that CRM1 is capable of promoting cytoplasmic localization of wild-type and mutant HDAC7 (S178A/S344A/S479A), which is normally found in the nucleus. Using phospho-specific antibodies to HDAC7, we demonstrate that CaMK I promotes phosphorylation of S178, S344, and S479 of HDAC7. We also show that endogenous S178-phosphorylated HDAC7 is localized in both the nucleus and the cytoplasm, whereas S344- and S479-phosphorylated HDAC7 are exclusively localized in the nucleus. An HDAC7 mutant, S178E/S344E/S479E, which lost the ability to bind 14-3-3s, is localized in both the nucleus and the cytoplasm. Furthermore, the nuclear export of S178E/S344E/S479E is inhibited by LMB, but is enhanced by the CRM1. Taken together, these results strongly suggest that CRM1 mediated-nuclear export of HDAC7 is independent of HDAC7 phosphorylation and its association with 14-3-3s.
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- Chengzhuo Gao
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Aguilera C, Fernández-Majada V, Inglés-Esteve J, Rodilla V, Bigas A, Espinosa L. Efficient nuclear export of p65-IκBα complexes requires 14-3-3 proteins. J Cell Sci 2006; 119:3695-704. [PMID: 16931600 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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IκB are responsible for maintaining p65 in the cytoplasm under non-stimulating conditions and promoting the active export of p65 from the nucleus following NFκB activation to terminate the signal. We now show that 14-3-3 proteins regulate the NFκB signaling pathway by physically interacting with p65 and IκBα proteins. We identify two functional 14-3-3 binding domains in the p65 protein involving residues 38-44 and 278-283, and map the interaction region of IκBα in residues 60-65. Mutation of these 14-3-3 binding domains in p65 or IκBα results in a predominantly nuclear distribution of both proteins. TNFα treatment promotes recruitment of 14-3-3 and IκBα to NFκB-dependent promoters and enhances the binding of 14-3-3 to p65. Disrupting 14-3-3 activity by transfection with a dominant-negative 14-3-3 leads to the accumulation of nuclear p65-IκBα complexes and the constitutive association of p65 with the chromatin. In this situation, NFκB-dependent genes become unresponsive to TNFα stimulation. Together our results indicate that 14-3-3 proteins facilitate the nuclear export of IκBα-p65 complexes and are required for the appropriate regulation of NFκB signaling.
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- Cristina Aguilera
- Centre Oncologia Molecular, IDIBELL-Institut de Recerca Oncologica, Gran Via km 2.7, Hospitalet, Barcelona 08907, Spain
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Sucharov CC, Langer S, Bristow M, Leinwand L. Shuttling of HDAC5 in H9C2 cells regulates YY1 function through CaMKIV/PKD and PP2A. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2006; 291:C1029-37. [PMID: 16822951 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00059.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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YY1 is a transcription factor that can activate or repress transcription of a variety of genes and is involved in several developmental processes. YY1 is a repressor of transcription in differentiated H9C2 cells and in neonatal cardiac myocytes but an activator of transcription in undifferentiated H9C2 cells. We now present a detailed analysis of the functional domains of YY1 when it is acting as a repressor or an activator and identify the mechanism whereby its function is regulated in the differentiation of H9C2 cells. We show that histone deacetylase 5 (HDAC5) is localized to the cytoplasm in undifferentiated H9C2 cells and that this localization is dependent on Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent kinase IV (CaMKIV) and/or protein kinase D (PKD). In differentiated cells, HDAC5 is nuclear and interacts with YY1. Finally, we show that HDAC5 localization in differentiated cells is dependent on phosphatase 2A (PP2A). Our results suggest that a signaling mechanism that involves CaMKIV/PKD and PP2A controls YY1 function through regulation of HDAC5 and is important in the maintenance of muscle differentiation.
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- Carmen C Sucharov
- Division of Cardiology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA.
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Papadia S, Stevenson P, Hardingham NR, Bading H, Hardingham GE. Nuclear Ca2+ and the cAMP response element-binding protein family mediate a late phase of activity-dependent neuroprotection. J Neurosci 2006; 25:4279-87. [PMID: 15858054 PMCID: PMC6725111 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5019-04.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The mechanism by which physiological synaptic NMDA receptor activity promotes neuronal survival is not well understood. Here, we show that that an episode of synaptic activity can promote neuroprotection for a long time after that activity has ceased. This long-lasting or "late phase" of neuroprotection is dependent on nuclear calcium signaling and cAMP response element (CRE)-mediated gene expression. In contrast, neuroprotection evoked acutely by ongoing synaptic activity relies solely on the activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt pathway. This "acute phase" does not require nuclear calcium signaling and is independent of activation of the CRE-binding protein (CREB) family of transcription factors. Thus, activity-dependent neuroprotection comprises two mechanistically distinct phases that differ in their spatial requirements for calcium and in their reliance on the CREB family.
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- Sofia Papadia
- Centre for Neuroscience Research, University of Edinburgh, Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 1QH, United Kingdom
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Liu F, Pore N, Kim M, Voong KR, Dowling M, Maity A, Kao GD. Regulation of histone deacetylase 4 expression by the SP family of transcription factors. Mol Biol Cell 2006; 17:585-97. [PMID: 16280357 PMCID: PMC1356571 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e05-08-0775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2005] [Revised: 10/25/2005] [Accepted: 11/02/2005] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Histone deacetylases mediate critical cellular functions but relatively little is known about mechanisms controlling their expression, including expression of HDAC4, a class II HDAC implicated in the modulation of cellular differentiation and viability. Endogenous HDAC4 mRNA, protein levels and promoter activity were all readily repressed by mithramycin, suggesting regulation by GC-rich DNA sequences. We validated consensus binding sites for Sp1/Sp3 transcription factors in the HDAC4 promoter through truncation studies and targeted mutagenesis. Specific and functional binding by Sp1/Sp3 at these sites was confirmed with chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) and electromobility shift assays (EMSA). Cotransfection of either Sp1 or Sp3 with a reporter driven by the HDAC4 promoter led to high activities in SL2 insect cells (which lack endogenous Sp1/Sp3). In human cells, restored expression of Sp1 and Sp3 up-regulated HDAC4 protein levels, whereas levels were decreased by RNA-interference-mediated knockdown of either protein. Finally, variable levels of Sp1 were in concordance with that of HDAC4 in a number of human tissues and cancer cell lines. These studies together characterize for the first time the activity of the HDAC4 promoter, through which Sp1 and Sp3 modulates expression of HDAC4 and which may contribute to tissue or cell-line-specific expression of HDAC4.
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- Fang Liu
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, PA 19104, USA
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Palmieri C, Coombes RC, Vigushin DM. Targeted histone deacetylase inhibition for cancer prevention and therapy. PROGRESS IN DRUG RESEARCH. FORTSCHRITTE DER ARZNEIMITTELFORSCHUNG. PROGRES DES RECHERCHES PHARMACEUTIQUES 2005; 63:147-81. [PMID: 16265880 DOI: 10.1007/3-7643-7414-4_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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- Carlo Palmieri
- Department of Cancer Medicine, 7th Floor MRC Cyclotron Building, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK
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Cho Y, Griswold A, Campbell C, Min KT. Individual histone deacetylases in Drosophila modulate transcription of distinct genes. Genomics 2005; 86:606-17. [PMID: 16137856 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2005.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2005] [Revised: 07/12/2005] [Accepted: 07/17/2005] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Lysine residues on the N-terminal tails of histones in chromatin are the primary targets of histone acetyltransferases (HATs) and histone deacetylases (HDACs) in eukaryotes. Regulation of histone acetylation by these two classes of enzymes plays significant roles in controlling transcriptional activity in cells. Eukaryotic organisms have several different HDACs, but the biological roles of each HDAC are still not clear. To understand the physiological functions of HDACs, we characterized six different Drosophila HDACs, including Rpd3, HDAC3, HDAC4, HDAC6-S, HDAC6-L, and Sir2, by developmental expression pattern, transcriptional profiles of target genes, and sensitivity to HDAC inhibitors. We found that each HDAC has a distinct temporal expression pattern and regulates transcription of a unique set of genes. Furthermore, we demonstrated differential sensitivity of HDACs to inhibitors. These results show that each individual HDAC plays different roles in regulating genes involved in various biological processes.
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- Younsook Cho
- Neurogenetics Branch, MSC 3705, Building 35, Room 2A1002, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Scicchitano BM, Spath L, Musarò A, Molinaro M, Rosenthal N, Nervi C, Adamo S. Vasopressin-dependent myogenic cell differentiation is mediated by both Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase and calcineurin pathways. Mol Biol Cell 2005; 16:3632-41. [PMID: 15930130 PMCID: PMC1182303 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e05-01-0055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2005] [Revised: 05/11/2005] [Accepted: 05/24/2005] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Arg8-vasopressin (AVP) promotes the differentiation of myogenic cell lines and mouse primary satellite cells by mechanisms involving the transcriptional activation of myogenic bHLH regulatory factors and myocyte enhancer factor 2 (MEF2). We here report that AVP treatment of L6 cells results in the activation of calcineurin-dependent differentiation, increased expression of MEF2 and GATA2, and nuclear translocation of the calcineurin target NFATc1. Interaction of these three factors occurs at MEF2 sites of muscle specific genes. The different kinetics of AVP-dependent expression of early (myogenin) and late (MCK) muscle-specific genes correlate with different acetylation levels of histones at their MEF2 sites. The cooperative role of calcineurin and Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase (CaMK) in AVP-dependent differentiation is demonstrated by the effect of inhibitors of the two pathways. We show here, for the first time, that AVP, a "novel" myogenesis promoting factor, activates both the calcineurin and the CaMK pathways, whose combined activation leads to the formation of multifactor complexes and is required for the full expression of the differentiated phenotype. Although MEF2-NFATc1 complexes appear to regulate the expression of an early muscle-specific gene product (myogenin), the activation of late muscle-specific gene expression (MCK) involves the formation of complexes including GATA2.
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- Bianca Maria Scicchitano
- Department of Histology and Medical Embryology, University of Rome La Sapienza, 00161 Roma, Italy
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Maltepe E, Krampitz GW, Okazaki KM, Red-Horse K, Mak W, Simon MC, Fisher SJ. Hypoxia-inducible factor-dependent histone deacetylase activity determines stem cell fate in the placenta. Development 2005; 132:3393-403. [PMID: 15987772 DOI: 10.1242/dev.01923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) is a heterodimeric transcription factor composed of HIFα and the arylhydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator(ARNT/HIF1β). Previously, we have reported that ARNT function is required for murine placental development. Here, we used cultured trophoblast stem (TS)cells to investigate the molecular basis of this requirement. In vitro, wild-type TS cell differentiation is largely restricted to spongiotrophoblasts and giant cells. Interestingly, Arnt-null TS cells differentiated into chorionic trophoblasts and syncytiotrophoblasts, as demonstrated by their expression of Tfeb, glial cells missing 1 (Gcm1) and the HIV receptor CXCR4. During this process, a region of the differentiating Arnt-null TS cells underwent granzyme B-mediated apoptosis,suggesting a role for this pathway in murine syncytiotrophoblast turnover. Surprisingly, HIF1α and HIF2α were induced during TS cell differentiation in 20% O2; additionally, pVHL levels were modulated during the same time period. These results suggest that oxygen-independent HIF functions are crucial to this differentiation process. As histone deacetylase(HDAC) activity has been linked to HIF-dependent gene expression, we investigated whether ARNT deficiency affects this epigenetic regulator. Interestingly, Arnt-null TS cells had reduced HDAC activity,increased global histone acetylation, and altered class II HDAC subcellular localization. In wild-type TS cells, inhibition of HDAC activity recapitulated the Arnt-null phenotype, suggesting that crosstalk between the HIFs and the HDACs is required for normal trophoblast differentiation. Thus, the HIFs play important roles in modulating the developmental plasticity of stem cells by integrating physiological, transcriptional and epigenetic inputs.
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- Emin Maltepe
- Department of Pediatrics and Molecular Medicine Program, University of California, Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Dormeyer W, Ott M, Schnölzer M. Probing lysine acetylation in proteins: strategies, limitations, and pitfalls of in vitro acetyltransferase assays. Mol Cell Proteomics 2005; 4:1226-39. [PMID: 15933374 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m500047-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The acetylation of proteins at specific lysine residues by acetyltransferase enzymes has emerged as a posttranslational modification of high biological impact. Although lysine acetylation in histone proteins is an integral part of the histone code the acetylation of a multitude of non-histone proteins was recently recognized as a regulatory signal in many cellular processes. New substrates of acetyltransferase enzymes are continuously identified, and the analysis of acetylation sites in proteins is increasingly performed by mass spectrometry. However, the characterization of lysine acetylation in proteins using mass spectrometric techniques has some limitations and pitfalls. The non-enzymatic cysteine acetylation especially can result in false-positive identification of acetylated proteins. Here we demonstrate the application of various mass spectrometric techniques such as matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry for the analysis of protein acetylation. We describe diverse combinations of biochemical methods useful to map the acetylation sites in proteins and discuss their advantages and limitations. As an example, we present a detailed analysis of the acetylation of the HIV-1 transactivator of transcription (Tat) protein, which is known to be acetylated in vivo by the acetyltransferases p300 and p300/CBP-associated factor (PCAF).
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- Wilma Dormeyer
- Protein Analysis Facility, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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McKenzie GJ, Stevenson P, Ward G, Papadia S, Bading H, Chawla S, Privalsky M, Hardingham GE. Nuclear Ca2+ and CaM kinase IV specify hormonal- and Notch-responsiveness. J Neurochem 2005; 93:171-85. [PMID: 15773917 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03010.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Many neuronal processes require gene activation by synaptically evoked Ca(2+) transients. Ca(2+)-dependent signal pathways activate some transcription factors outright, but here we report that such signals also potentiate the activation of nuclear receptors by their cognate hormone, and of CBF1 by Notch, transcription factors hitherto not thought to be Ca(2+)-responsive. This potentiation is occluded by histone deacetylase inhibition, indicating a mechanism involving inactivation of co-repressors associated with these transcription factors. Synaptic activity, acting via the nuclear Ca(2+)-dependent activation of CaM kinase IV, triggers the disruption of subnuclear domains containing class II histone deacetylases (HDACs) and silencing mediator of retinoic acid and thyroid hormone receptors (SMRT), a broad-specificity co-repressor which represses nuclear hormone receptors and CBF1. The sequential loss of class II HDACs and SMRT from the subnuclear domains, followed by nuclear export, is associated with disruption of SMRT interaction with its target transcription factors and sensitization of these factors to their activating signal. Counterbalancing these changes, protein phosphatase 1 promotes nuclear localization of SMRT and inactivation of nuclear receptors and CBF1. Thus, the synaptically controlled kinase-phosphatase balance of the neuron determines the efficacy of SMRT-mediated repression and the signal-responsiveness of a variety of transcription factors.
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Liu Y, Randall WR, Schneider MF. Activity-dependent and -independent nuclear fluxes of HDAC4 mediated by different kinases in adult skeletal muscle. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 168:887-97. [PMID: 15767461 PMCID: PMC2171787 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200408128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Class II histone deacetylases (HDACs) may decrease slow muscle fiber gene expression by repressing myogenic transcription factor myocyte enhancer factor 2 (MEF2). Here, we show that repetitive slow fiber type electrical stimulation, but not fast fiber type stimulation, caused HDAC4-GFP, but not HDAC5-GFP, to translocate from the nucleus to the cytoplasm in cultured adult skeletal muscle fibers. HDAC4-GFP translocation was blocked by calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaMK) inhibitor KN-62. Slow fiber type stimulation increased MEF2 transcriptional activity, nuclear Ca2+ concentration, and nuclear levels of activated CaMKII, but not total nuclear CaMKII or CaM-YFP. Thus, calcium transients for slow, but not fast, fiber stimulation patterns appear to provide sufficient Ca2+-dependent activation of nuclear CaMKII to result in net nuclear efflux of HDAC4. Nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of HDAC4-GFP in unstimulated resting fibers was not altered by KN-62, but was blocked by staurosporine, indicating that different kinases underlie nuclear efflux of HDAC4 in resting and stimulated muscle fibers.
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- Yewei Liu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Micheli L, Leonardi L, Conti F, Buanne P, Canu N, Caruso M, Tirone F. PC4 coactivates MyoD by relieving the histone deacetylase 4-mediated inhibition of myocyte enhancer factor 2C. Mol Cell Biol 2005; 25:2242-59. [PMID: 15743821 PMCID: PMC1061592 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.25.6.2242-2259.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Histone deacetylase 4 (HDAC4) negatively regulates skeletal myogenesis by associating with the myocyte enhancer factor 2 (MEF2) transcription factors. Our data indicate that the gene PC4 (interferon-related developmental regulator 1 [IFRD1], Tis7), which we have previously shown to be required for myoblast differentiation, is both induced by MyoD and potentiates the transcriptional activity of MyoD, thus revealing a positive regulatory loop between these molecules. Enhancement by PC4 of MyoD-dependent activation of muscle gene promoters occurs selectively through MEF2 binding sites. Furthermore, PC4 localizes in the nucleus of differentiating myoblasts, associates with MEF2C, and is able to counteract the HDAC4-mediated inhibition of MEF2C. This latter action can be explained by the observed ability of PC4 to dose dependently displace HDAC4 from MEF2C. Consistently, we have observed that (i) the region of PC4 that binds MEF2C is sufficient to counteract the inhibition by HDAC4; (ii) PC4, although able to bind HDAC4, does not inhibit the enzymatic activity of HDAC4; and (iii) PC4 overcomes the inhibition mediated by the amino-terminal domain of HDAC4, which associates with MEF2C but not with PC4. Together, our findings strongly suggest that PC4 acts as a coactivator of MyoD and MEF2C by removing the inhibitory effect of HDAC4, thus exerting a pivotal function during myogenesis.
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- Laura Micheli
- Istituto di Neurobiologia e Medicina Molecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Viale Marx 15, 00137, Rome, Italy
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Yang XJ, Grégoire S. Class II histone deacetylases: from sequence to function, regulation, and clinical implication. Mol Cell Biol 2005; 25:2873-84. [PMID: 15798178 PMCID: PMC1069616 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.25.8.2873-2884.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 320] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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- Xiang-Jiao Yang
- Molecular Oncology Group, Royal Victoria Hospital, Room H5.41, McGill University Health Center, 687 Pine Ave. West, Montréal, Quebec H3A 1A1, Canada.
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Chow FA, Anderson KA, Noeldner PK, Means AR. The autonomous activity of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IV is required for its role in transcription. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:20530-8. [PMID: 15769749 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m500067200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase IV (CaMKIV) is a multifunctional serine/threonine kinase that is positively regulated by two main events. The first is the binding of calcium/calmodulin (Ca(2+)/CaM), which relieves intramolecular autoinhibition of the enzyme and leads to basal kinase activity. The second is activation by the upstream kinase, Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent kinase kinase. Phosphorylation of Ca(2+)/CaM-bound CaMKIV on its activation loop threonine (residue Thr(200) in human CaMKIV) by Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent kinase kinase leads to increased CaMKIV kinase activity. It has also been repeatedly noted that activation of CaMKIV is accompanied by the generation of Ca(2+)/CaM-independent or autonomous activity, although the significance of this event has been unclear. Here we demonstrate the importance of autonomous activity to CaMKIV biological function. We show that phosphorylation of CaMKIV on Thr(200) leads to the generation of a fully Ca(2+)/CaM-independent enzyme. By analyzing the behavior of wild-type and mutant CaMKIV proteins in biochemical experiments and cellular transcriptional assays, we demonstrate that CaMKIV autonomous activity is necessary and sufficient for CaMKIV-mediated transcription. The ability of wild-type CaMKIV to drive cAMP response element-binding protein-mediated transcription is strictly dependent upon an initiating Ca(2+) stimulus, which leads to kinase activation and development of autonomous activity in cells. Mutant CaMKIV proteins that are incapable of developing autonomous activity within a cellular context fail to drive transcription, whereas certain CaMKIV mutants that possess constitutive autonomous activity drive transcription in the absence of a Ca(2+) stimulus and independent of Ca(2+)/CaM binding or Thr(200) phosphorylation.
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- Felice A Chow
- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Deng X, Ewton DZ, Mercer SE, Friedman E. Mirk/dyrk1B decreases the nuclear accumulation of class II histone deacetylases during skeletal muscle differentiation. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:4894-905. [PMID: 15546868 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m411894200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mirk/dyrk1B is a member of the dyrk/minibrain family of serine/threonine kinases that mediate the transition from growth to differentiation in lower eukaryotes and mammals. Depletion of endogenous Mirk from C2C12 myoblasts by RNA interference blocks skeletal muscle differentiation (Deng, X., Ewton, D., Pawlikowski, B., Maimone, M., and Friedman, E. (2003) J. Biol. Chem. 278, 41347-41354). We now demonstrate that knockdown of Mirk blocks transcription of the muscle regulatory factor myogenin. Co-expression of Mirk with MEF2C, but not MyoD or Myf5, enhanced activation of the myogenin promoter in a Mirk kinase-dependent manner. Mirk activated MEF2 not through direct phosphorylation of MEF2 but by phosphorylation of its inhibitors, the class II histone deacetylases (HDACs). MEF2 is sequestered by class II HDACs such as HDAC5 and MEF2-interacting transcriptional repressor (MITR). Mirk antagonized the inhibition of MEF2C by MITR, whereas kinase-inactive Mirk was ineffective. Mirk phosphorylates class II HDACs at a conserved site within the nuclear localization region, reducing their nuclear accumulation in a dose-dependent and kinase-dependent manner. Moreover, less mutant MITR phosphomimetic at the Mirk phosphorylation site localized in the nucleus than wild-type MITR. Regulation of class II HDACs occurs by multiple mechanisms. Others have shown that calcium signaling leads to phosphorylation of HDACs at 14-3-3-binding sites, blocking their association with MEF2 within the nucleus. Mirk provides another level of regulation. Mirk is induced within the initial 24 h of myogenic differentiation and enables MEF2 to transcribe the myogenin gene by decreasing the nuclear accumulation of class II HDACs.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Binding Sites
- Blotting, Northern
- Butyrates/pharmacology
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Line
- Cell Nucleus/metabolism
- DNA/chemistry
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Down-Regulation
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- Glutathione Transferase/metabolism
- Histone Deacetylases/metabolism
- Luciferases/metabolism
- MEF2 Transcription Factors
- Mice
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/biosynthesis
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Muscle Proteins/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/cytology
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- MyoD Protein/metabolism
- Myogenic Regulatory Factor 5
- Myogenic Regulatory Factors/metabolism
- Myogenin/genetics
- Myogenin/metabolism
- NIH 3T3 Cells
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Phosphorylation
- Plasmids/metabolism
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/biosynthesis
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/biosynthesis
- RNA Interference
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Subcellular Fractions
- Trans-Activators/metabolism
- Transcription Factors
- Transcription, Genetic
- Transfection
- Up-Regulation
- Dyrk Kinases
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Affiliation(s)
- Xiaobing Deng
- Department of Pathology, Upstate Medical University, State University of New York, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA
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The myocyte enhancer factor 2 (MEF2) transcription factors were originally identified, as their family name implies, on the basis of their role in muscle differentiation. Expression of the four MEF2 proteins, however, is not restricted to contractile tissue. While it has been known for more than a decade that MEF2s are abundantly expressed in neurons, their contributions to the development and function of the nervous system are only now being elucidated. Interestingly, the emerging mechanisms regulating MEF2 in neurons have significant parallels with the regulatory mechanisms in muscle, despite the quite distinct identities of these two electrically excitable tissues. The goal of this chapter is to provide an introduction to those regulatory mechanisms and their consequences for brain development. As such, we first provide an overview of MEF2 itself and its expression within the central nervous system. The second part of this chapter describes the signaling molecules that regulate MEF2 transcriptional activity and their contributions to MEF2 function. The third part of this chapter discusses the role of MEF2 proteins in the developing nervous system and compares the analogous functions of this protein family in muscle and brain.
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- Aryaman K Shalizi
- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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The field of stem cell biology is currently being redefined. Stem cell (hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic) differentiation has been considered hierarchical in nature, but recent data suggest that there is no progenitor/stem cell hierarchy, but rather a reversible continuum. The stem cell (hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic) phenotype, the total differentiation capacity (hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic), gene expression as well as other stem cell functional characteristics (homing, receptor and adhesion molecule expression) vary throughout a cell-cycle transit widely. This seems to be dependent on shifting chromatin and gene expression with cell-cycle transit. The published data on DNA methylation, histone acetylation, and also RNAi, the major regulators of gene expression, conjoins very well and provides an explanation for the major issues of stem cell biology. Those features of stem cells mentioned above can be rather difficult to apprehend when a classical hierarchy biology view is applied, but they become clear and easier to understand once they are correlated with the underlining epigenetic changes. We are entering a new era of stem cell biology the era of "chromatinomics." We are one step closer to the practical use of cellular therapy for degenerative diseases.
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- Jan Cerny
- Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
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Chauchereau A, Mathieu M, de Saintignon J, Ferreira R, Pritchard LL, Mishal Z, Dejean A, Harel-Bellan A. HDAC4 mediates transcriptional repression by the acute promyelocytic leukaemia-associated protein PLZF. Oncogene 2004; 23:8777-84. [PMID: 15467736 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1208128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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PLZF, the promyelocytic leukaemia zinc-finger protein, is a transcriptional repressor essential to development. In some acute leukaemias, a chromosomal translocation fusing the PLZF gene to that encoding the retinoic acid receptor RARalpha gives rise to a fusion protein, PLZF-RARalpha, thought to be responsible for constitutive repression of differentiation-associated genes in these cells. Repression by both PLZF and PLZF-RARalpha is sensitive to the histone deacetylase inhibitor TSA, and PLZF was previously shown to interact physically with HDAC1, a class I histone deacetylase. We here asked whether class II histone deacetylases, known to be generally involved in differentiation processes, participate in the repression mediated by PLZF and PLZF-RARalpha, and found that PLZF interacts with HDAC4 in both GST-pull-down and co-immunoprecipitation assays. Furthermore, HDAC4 is indeed involved in PLZF and PLZF-RARalpha-mediated repression, since an enzymatically dead mutant of HDAC4 released the repression, as did an siRNA that blocks HDAC4 expression. Taken together, our data indicate that recruitment of HDAC4 is necessary for PLZF-mediated repression in both normal and leukaemic cells.
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- Anne Chauchereau
- UPR 9079 CNRS-Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Institut André Lwoff, 7 rue Guy Môquet, 94800 Villejuif, France
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Liu F, Dowling M, Yang XJ, Kao GD. Caspase-mediated specific cleavage of human histone deacetylase 4. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:34537-46. [PMID: 15205465 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m402475200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Histone deacetylase 4 (HDAC4) is a class II HDAC implicated in controlling gene expression important for diverse cellular functions, but little is known about how its expression and stability are regulated. We report here that this deacetylase is unusually unstable, with a half-life of less than 8 h. Consistent with the instability of HDAC4 protein, its mRNA was also highly unstable (with a half-life of less than 4 h). The degradation of HDAC4 could be accelerated by exposure of cells to ultraviolet irradiation. HDAC4 degradation was not dependent on proteasome or CRM1-mediated export activity but instead was caspase-dependent and was detectable in diverse human cancer lines. Of two potential caspase consensus motifs in HDAC4, both lying within a region containing proline-, glutamic acid-, serine-, and threonine-rich (PEST) sequences, we identified, by site-directed mutagenesis, Asp-289 as the prime cleavage site. Notably, this residue is not conserved among other class IIa members, HDAC5, -7, and -9. Finally, the induced expression of caspase-cleavable HDAC4 led to markedly increased apoptosis. These results therefore unexpectedly link the regulation of HDAC4 protein stability to caspases, enzymes that are important for controlling cell death and differentiation.
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- Fang Liu
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, John Morgan 180H, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Li X, Song S, Liu Y, Ko SH, Kao HY. Phosphorylation of the histone deacetylase 7 modulates its stability and association with 14-3-3 proteins. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:34201-8. [PMID: 15166223 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m405179200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Class II histone deacetylases (HDACs) play a role in myogenesis and inhibit transcriptional activation by myocyte enhancer factors 2. A distinct feature of class II HDACs is their ability to shuttle between the nucleus and the cytoplasm in a cell type- and signal-dependent manner. We demonstrate here that treatment with the 26 S proteosome inhibitors, MG132 and ALLN, leads to detection of ubiquitinated HDAC7 and causes accumulation of cytoplasmic HDAC7. We also show that treatment with calyculin A, a protein phosphatase inhibitor, leads to a marked increase of HDAC7 but not HDAC5. The increase in HDAC7 is accompanied by enhanced interaction between 14-3-3 proteins and HDAC7. HDAC7 mutations that prevent the interaction with 14-3-3 proteins also block calyculin A-mediated stabilization. Expression of constitutively active calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase I stabilizes HDAC7 and causes an increased association between HDAC7 and 14-3-3. Together, our results suggest that calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase I-mediated phosphorylation of HDAC7 acts, in part, to promote association of HDAC7 with 14-3-3 and stabilizes HDAC7.
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- Xiaofang Li
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Gregoretti IV, Lee YM, Goodson HV. Molecular evolution of the histone deacetylase family: functional implications of phylogenetic analysis. J Mol Biol 2004; 338:17-31. [PMID: 15050820 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1058] [Impact Index Per Article: 52.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2003] [Revised: 01/30/2004] [Accepted: 02/02/2004] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Histone deacetylases (HDACs) modify core histones and participate in large regulatory complexes that both suppress and enhance transcription. Recent studies indicate that some HDACs can act on non-histone proteins as well. Interest in these enzymes is growing because HDAC inhibitors appear to be promising therapeutic agents against cancer and a variety of other diseases. Thus far, 11 members of the HDAC family have been identified in humans, but few have been characterized in detail. To better define the biological function of these proteins, make maximal use of studies performed in other systems, and assist in drug development efforts, we have performed a phylogenetic analysis of all HDAC-related proteins in all fully sequenced free-living organisms. Previous analyses have divided non-sirtuin HDACs into two groups, classes 1 and 2. We find that HDACs can be divided into three equally distinct groups: class 1, class 2, and a third class consisting of proteins related to the recently identified human HDAC11 gene. We term this novel group "class 4" to distinguish it from the unrelated "class 3" sirtuin deacetylases. Analysis of gene duplication events indicates that the common ancestor of metazoan organisms contained two class 1, two class 2, and a single class 4 HDAC. Examination of HDAC characteristics in light of these evolutionary relationships leads to functional predictions, among them that self-association is common among HDAC proteins. All three HDAC classes (including class 4) exist in eubacteria. Phylogenetic analysis of bacterial HDAC relatives suggests that all three HDAC classes precede the evolution of histone proteins and raises the possibility that the primary activity of some "histone deacetylase" enzymes is directed against non-histone substrates.
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- Ivan V Gregoretti
- Walther Cancer Center and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46628, USA
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Paroni G, Mizzau M, Henderson C, Del Sal G, Schneider C, Brancolini C. Caspase-dependent regulation of histone deacetylase 4 nuclear-cytoplasmic shuttling promotes apoptosis. Mol Biol Cell 2004; 15:2804-18. [PMID: 15075374 PMCID: PMC420104 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e03-08-0624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are important regulators of gene expression as part of transcriptional corepressor complexes. Here, we demonstrate that caspases can repress the activity of the myocyte enhancer factor (MEF)2C transcription factor by regulating HDAC4 processing. Cleavage of HDAC4 occurs at Asp 289 and disjoins the carboxy-terminal fragment, localized into the cytoplasm, from the amino-terminal fragment, which accumulates into the nucleus. In the nucleus, the caspase-generated fragment of HDAC4 is able to trigger cytochrome c release from mitochondria and cell death in a caspase-9-dependent manner. The caspase-cleaved amino-terminal fragment of HDAC4 acts as a strong repressor of the transcription factor MEF2C, independently from the HDAC domain. Removal of amino acids 166-289 from the caspase-cleaved fragment of HDAC4 abrogates its ability to repress MEF2 transcription and to induce cell death. Caspase-2 and caspase-3 cleave HDAC4 in vitro and caspase-3 is critical for HDAC4 cleavage in vivo during UV-induced apoptosis. After UV irradiation, GFP-HDAC4 translocates into the nucleus coincidentally/immediately before the retraction response, but clearly before nuclear fragmentation. Together, our data indicate that caspases could specifically modulate gene repression and apoptosis through the proteolyic processing of HDAC4.
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- Gabriela Paroni
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biomediche, Sezione di Biologia-Università di Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy
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Messenguy F, Dubois E. Role of MADS box proteins and their cofactors in combinatorial control of gene expression and cell development. Gene 2003; 316:1-21. [PMID: 14563547 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(03)00747-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In all organisms, correct development, growth and function depends on the precise and integrated control of the expression of their genes. Often, gene regulation depends upon the cooperative binding of proteins to DNA and upon protein-protein interactions. Eukaryotes have widely exploited combinatorial strategies to create gene regulatory networks. MADS box proteins constitute the perfect example of cellular coordinators. These proteins belong to a large family of transcription factors present in most eukaryotic organisms and are involved in diverse and important biological functions. MADS box proteins are combinatorial transcription factors in that they often derive their regulatory specificity from other DNA binding or accessory factors. This review is aimed at analyzing how MADS box proteins combine with a variety of cofactors to achieve functional diversity.
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- Francine Messenguy
- Institut de Recherches Microbiologiques J-M Wiame, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Avenue Emile Gryzon 1, 1070 Brussels, Belgium.
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Chan JKL, Sun L, Yang XJ, Zhu G, Wu Z. Functional characterization of an amino-terminal region of HDAC4 that possesses MEF2 binding and transcriptional repressive activity. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:23515-21. [PMID: 12709441 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m301922200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Like the full-length histone deacetylase (HDAC) 4, its amino terminus (amino acids 1-208) without the carboxyl deacetylase domain is also known to effectively bind and repress myocyte enhancer factor 2 (MEF2). Within this repressive amino terminus, we further show that a stretch of 90 amino acids (119-208) displays MEF2 binding and repressive activity. The same region is also found to associate specifically with HDAC1 which is responsible for the repressive effect. The amino terminus of HDAC4 can associate with the DNA-bound MEF2 in vitro, suggesting that it does not repress MEF2 simply by disrupting the ability of MEF2 to bind DNA. In vivo, MEF2 induces nuclear translocation of both the full-length HDAC4 and HDAC4-(1-208), whereas the nuclear HDAC4 as well as HDAC4-(1-208) in turn specifically sequesters MEF2 to distinct nuclear bodies. In addition, we show that MyoD and HDAC4 functionally antagonize each other to regulate MEF2 activity. Combined with data from others, our data suggest that the full-length HDAC4 can repress MEF2 through multiple independent repressive domains.
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- Jonathan K L Chan
- Department of Biochemistry, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong, China
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Davis FJ, Gupta M, Camoretti-Mercado B, Schwartz RJ, Gupta MP. Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase activates serum response factor transcription activity by its dissociation from histone deacetylase, HDAC4. Implications in cardiac muscle gene regulation during hypertrophy. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:20047-58. [PMID: 12663674 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m209998200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Serum response factor (SRF) plays a pivotal role in cardiac myocyte development, muscle gene transcription, and hypertrophy. Previously, elevation of intracellular levels of Ca2+ was shown to activate SRF function without involving the Ets family of tertiary complex factors through an unknown regulatory mechanism. Here, we tested the hypothesis that the chromatin remodeling enzymes of class II histone deacetylases (HDAC4) regulate SRF activity in a Ca2+-sensitive manner. Expression of HDAC4 profoundly repressed SRF-mediated transcription in both muscle and nonmuscle cells. Protein interaction studies demonstrated physical association of HDAC4 with SRF in living cells. The SRF/HDAC4 co-association was disrupted by treatment of cells with hypertrophic agonists such as angiotensin-II and a Ca2+ ionophore, ionomycin. Furthermore, activation of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaMK)-IV prevented SRF/HDAC4 interaction and derepressed SRF-dependent transcription activity. The SRF.HDAC4 complex was localized to the cell nucleus, and the activated CaMK-IV disrupted HDAC4/SRF association, leading to export of HDAC4 from the nucleus and stimulation of SRF transcription activity. Thus, these results identify SRF as a functional interacting target of HDAC4 and define a novel tertiary complex factor-independent mechanism for SRF activation by Ca2+/CaMK-mediated signaling.
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Histone acetylation and deacetylation play essential roles in modifying chromatin structure and regulating gene expression in eukaryotes. Histone deacetylases (HDACs) catalyze the deacetylation of lysine residues in the histone N-terminal tails and are found in large multiprotein complexes with transcriptional co-repressors. Human HDACs are grouped into three classes based on their similarity to known yeast factors: class I HDACs are similar to the yeast transcriptional repressor yRPD3, class II HDACs to yHDA1 and class III HDACs to ySIR2. In this review, we focus on the biology of class II HDACs. These newly discovered enzymes have been implicated as global regulators of gene expression during cell differentiation and development. We discuss their emerging biological functions and the molecular mechanisms by which they are regulated.
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- Eric Verdin
- Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco, PO Box 419100, San Francisco, CA 94141, USA.
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Dequiedt F, Kasler H, Fischle W, Kiermer V, Weinstein M, Herndier BG, Verdin E. HDAC7, a thymus-specific class II histone deacetylase, regulates Nur77 transcription and TCR-mediated apoptosis. Immunity 2003; 18:687-98. [PMID: 12753745 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(03)00109-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We report that HDAC7, a class II histone deacetylase, is highly expressed in CD4(+)CD8(+) double-positive thymocytes. HDAC7 inhibits the expression of Nur77, an orphan receptor involved in apoptosis and negative selection, via the transcription factor MEF2D. HDAC7 is exported from the nucleus during T cell receptor activation, leading to Nur77 expression. A triple HDAC7 mutant (S155A, S318A, S448A) is not exported from the nucleus in response to TCR activation and suppresses TCR-mediated apoptosis. Conversely, a fusion of HDAC7 to the transcriptional activator VP16 activates Nur77 expression. Inhibition of HDAC7 expression by RNA interference causes increased apoptosis in response to TCR activation. These observations define HDAC7 as a regulator of Nur77 and apoptosis in developing thymocytes.
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- Franck Dequiedt
- Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco 94141, USA
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Chawla S, Vanhoutte P, Arnold FJL, Huang CLH, Bading H. Neuronal activity-dependent nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of HDAC4 and HDAC5. J Neurochem 2003; 85:151-9. [PMID: 12641737 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.01648.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The class II histone deacetylases, HDAC4 and HDAC5, directly bind to and repress myogenic transcription factors of the myocyte enhancer factor-2 (MEF-2) family thereby inhibiting skeletal myogenesis. During muscle differentiation, repression of gene transcription by MEF-2/HDAC complexes is relieved due to calcium/calmodulin-dependent (CaM) kinase-induced translocation of HDAC4 and HDAC5 to the cytoplasm. MEF-2 proteins and HDACs are also highly expressed in the nervous system and have been implicated in neuronal survival and differentiation. Here we investigated the possibility that the subcellular localization of HDACs, and thus their ability to repress target genes, is controlled by synaptic activity in neurones. We found that, in cultured hippocampal neurones, the localization of HDAC4 and HDAC5 is dynamic and signal-regulated. Spontaneous electrical activity was sufficient for nuclear export of HDAC4 but not of HDAC5. HDAC5 translocation to the cytoplasm was induced following stimulation of calcium flux through synaptic NMDA receptors or L-type calcium channels; glutamate bath application (stimulating synaptic and extrasynaptic NMDA receptors) antagonized nuclear export. Activity-induced nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of both HDACs was partially blocked by the CaM kinase inhibitor KN-62 with HDAC5 nuclear export being more sensitive to CaM kinase inhibition than that of HDAC4. Thus, the subcellular localization of HDACs in neurones is specified by neuronal activity; differences in the activation thresholds for HDAC4 and HDAC5 nuclear export provides a mechanism for input-specific gene expression.
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- Sangeeta Chawla
- Department of Physiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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de Ruijter AJM, van Gennip AH, Caron HN, Kemp S, van Kuilenburg ABP. Histone deacetylases (HDACs): characterization of the classical HDAC family. Biochem J 2003; 370:737-49. [PMID: 12429021 PMCID: PMC1223209 DOI: 10.1042/bj20021321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2256] [Impact Index Per Article: 107.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2002] [Revised: 10/30/2002] [Accepted: 11/12/2002] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Transcriptional regulation in eukaryotes occurs within a chromatin setting, and is strongly influenced by the post-translational modification of histones, the building blocks of chromatin, such as methylation, phosphorylation and acetylation. Acetylation is probably the best understood of these modifications: hyperacetylation leads to an increase in the expression of particular genes, and hypoacetylation has the opposite effect. Many studies have identified several large, multisubunit enzyme complexes that are responsible for the targeted deacetylation of histones. The aim of this review is to give a comprehensive overview of the structure, function and tissue distribution of members of the classical histone deacetylase (HDAC) family, in order to gain insight into the regulation of gene expression through HDAC activity. SAGE (serial analysis of gene expression) data show that HDACs are generally expressed in almost all tissues investigated. Surprisingly, no major differences were observed between the expression pattern in normal and malignant tissues. However, significant variation in HDAC expression was observed within tissue types. HDAC inhibitors have been shown to induce specific changes in gene expression and to influence a variety of other processes, including growth arrest, differentiation, cytotoxicity and induction of apoptosis. This challenging field has generated many fascinating results which will ultimately lead to a better understanding of the mechanism of gene transcription as a whole.
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Maeda T, Chapman DL, Stewart AFR. Mammalian vestigial-like 2, a cofactor of TEF-1 and MEF2 transcription factors that promotes skeletal muscle differentiation. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:48889-98. [PMID: 12376544 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m206858200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Expression of many skeletal muscle-specific genes depends on TEF-1 (transcription enhancer factor-1) and MEF2 transcription factors. In Drosophila, the TEF-1 homolog Scalloped interacts with the cofactor Vestigial to drive differentiation of the wing and indirect flight muscles. Here, we identify three mammalian vestigial-like genes, Vgl-1, Vgl-2, and Vgl-3, that share homology in a TEF-1 interaction domain. Vgl-1 and Vgl-3 transcripts are enriched in the placenta, whereas Vgl-2 is expressed in the differentiating somites and branchial arches during embryogenesis and is skeletal muscle-specific in the adult. During muscle differentiation, Vgl-2 mRNA levels increase and Vgl-2 protein translocates from the cytoplasm to the nucleus. In situ hybridization revealed co-expression of Vgl-2 with myogenin in the differentiating muscle of embryonic myotomes but not in newly formed somites prior to muscle differentiation. Like Vgl-1, Vgl-2 interacts with TEF-1. In addition, we show that Vgl-2 interacts with MEF2 in a mammalian two-hybrid assay and that Vgl-2 selectively binds to MEF2 in vitro. Co-expression of Vgl-2 with MEF2 markedly co-activates an MEF2-dependent promoter through its MEF2 element. Overexpression of Vgl-2 in MyoD-transfected 10T(1/2) cells markedly increased myosin heavy chain expression, a marker of terminal muscle differentiation. These results identify Vgl-2 as an important new component of the myogenic program.
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- Tomoji Maeda
- Cardiovascular Institute, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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Calcium ions are ubiquitous second messengers that control diverse cellular functions. The versatility of Ca(2+) arises both from the ability of cells to employ a range of mechanisms to generate stimulus-induced Ca(2+) signals with defined characteristics and the existence of a large repertoire of Ca(2+) receptive proteins that mediate the effects of Ca(2+). In neurons, the regulation of gene expression by electrical activity-induced increases in Ca(2+) is critical for the long-term maintenance of neuronal adaptive responses. Different patterns of synaptic activity are able to generate Ca(2+) signals varying in their amplitude, temporal profile, spatial properties and source or site of entry. The information embedded in Ca(2+) signals is decoded by Ca(2+)-responsive transcriptional regulators, including protein kinases, phosphatases and transcription factors, with differing Ca(2+) sensitivities, kinetics of activation and deactivation, and subcellular localisation. The coordinated control of many transcriptional regulators by Ca(2+) signals determines the qualitative and quantitative nature of the genomic response.
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- Sangeeta Chawla
- Department of Physiology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK.
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Lemercier C, Brocard MP, Puvion-Dutilleul F, Kao HY, Albagli O, Khochbin S. Class II histone deacetylases are directly recruited by BCL6 transcriptional repressor. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:22045-52. [PMID: 11929873 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m201736200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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BCL6 is a member of the POZ/zinc finger (POK) family involved in survival and/or differentiation of a number of cell types and in B cell lymphoma upon chromosomal alteration. Transcriptional repression by BCL6 is thought to be achieved in part by recruiting a repressor complex containing two class I histone deacetylases (HDACs). In this study we investigated whether BCL6 could also target members of class II HDACs. Our results indicate that three related class II deacetylases, HDAC4, HDAC5, and HDAC7 can associate with BCL6 in vivo and in vitro. Using electron microscopy, we found that endogenous BCL6 and class II HDACs partially co-localize in the nucleus. Overexpression experiments showed that BCL6 and HDAC4, -5, or -7 are intermingled onto common nuclear substructures and form stable complexes. A highly conserved domain in the N-terminal region of HDAC5 and HDAC7 as well as the zinc finger region of BCL6 were found necessary for the complex formation in vivo and in vitro. Moreover, our data point to the zinc finger region of BCL6 as a multifunctional domain which, beside its known capacity to bind DNA, is involved in the nuclear targeting of the protein and in the recruitment of the class II HDACs, and hence constitutes an autonomous repressor domain. Since PLZF, a BCL6 relative, could also interact with HDAC4, -5, and 7, we suggest that class II HDACs are largely involved in the control of the POK transcription factors activity.
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- Claudie Lemercier
- INSERM U309, Equipe Chromatine et Expression des Gènes, Institut Albert Bonniot, Domaine de la Merci, 38706 La Tronche Cedex, France
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