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Dong J, Jassim BA, Milholland KL, Qu Z, Bai Y, Miao Y, Miao J, Ma Y, Lin J, Hall MC, Zhang ZY. Development of Novel Phosphonodifluoromethyl-Containing Phosphotyrosine Mimetics and a First-In-Class, Potent, Selective, and Bioavailable Inhibitor of Human CDC14 Phosphatases. J Med Chem 2024; 67:8817-8835. [PMID: 38768084 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c00149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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Together with protein tyrosine kinases, protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) control protein tyrosine phosphorylation and regulate numerous cellular functions. Dysregulated PTP activity is associated with the onset of multiple human diseases. Nevertheless, understanding of the physiological function and disease biology of most PTPs remains limited, largely due to the lack of PTP-specific chemical probes. In this study, starting from a well-known nonhydrolyzable phosphotyrosine (pTyr) mimetic, phosphonodifluoromethyl phenylalanine (F2Pmp), we synthesized 7 novel phosphonodifluoromethyl-containing bicyclic/tricyclic aryl derivatives with improved cell permeability and potency toward various PTPs. Furthermore, with fragment- and structure-based design strategies, we advanced compound 9 to compound 15, a first-in-class, potent, selective, and bioavailable inhibitor of human CDC14A and B phosphatases. This study demonstrates the applicability of the fragment-based design strategy in creating potent, selective, and bioavailable PTP inhibitors and provides a valuable probe for interrogating the biological roles of hCDC14 phosphatases and assessing their potential for therapeutic interventions.
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- Jiajun Dong
- Borch Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Borch Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Borch Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Borch Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Borch Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Borch Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Borch Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
- Institute for Drug Discovery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
- Institute for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
- Institute for Inflammation, Immunology, and Infectious Disease, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Borch Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
- Institute for Drug Discovery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
- Institute for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
- Institute for Inflammation, Immunology, and Infectious Disease, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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The Transient Inactivation of the Master Cell Cycle Phosphatase Cdc14 Causes Genomic Instability in Diploid Cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 2015; 200:755-69. [PMID: 25971663 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.115.177626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2015] [Accepted: 05/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Genomic instability is a common feature found in cancer cells . Accordingly, many tumor suppressor genes identified in familiar cancer syndromes are involved in the maintenance of the stability of the genome during every cell division and are commonly referred to as caretakers. Inactivating mutations and epigenetic silencing of caretakers are thought to be the most important mechanisms that explain cancer-related genome instability. However, little is known of whether transient inactivation of caretaker proteins could trigger genome instability and, if so, what types of instability would occur. In this work, we show that a brief and reversible inactivation, during just one cell cycle, of the key phosphatase Cdc14 in the model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae is enough to result in diploid cells with multiple gross chromosomal rearrangements and changes in ploidy. Interestingly, we observed that such transient loss yields a characteristic fingerprint whereby trisomies are often found in small-sized chromosomes, and gross chromosome rearrangements, often associated with concomitant loss of heterozygosity, are detected mainly on the ribosomal DNA-bearing chromosome XII. Taking into account the key role of Cdc14 in preventing anaphase bridges, resetting replication origins, and controlling spindle dynamics in a well-defined window within anaphase, we speculate that the transient loss of Cdc14 activity causes cells to go through a single mitotic catastrophe with irreversible consequences for the genome stability of the progeny.
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Yu ZY, Zhang MT, Wang GY, Xu D, Keifenheim D, Franco A, Cansado J, Masuda H, Rhind N, Wang Y, Jin QW. Fission yeast nucleolar protein Dnt1 regulates G2/M transition and cytokinesis by downregulating Wee1 kinase. J Cell Sci 2013; 126:4995-5004. [PMID: 24006256 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.132845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Cytokinesis involves temporally and spatially coordinated action of the cell cycle, cytoskeletal and membrane systems to achieve separation of daughter cells. The septation initiation network (SIN) and mitotic exit network (MEN) signaling pathways regulate cytokinesis and mitotic exit in the yeasts Schizosaccharomyces pombe and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, respectively. Previously, we have shown that in fission yeast, the nucleolar protein Dnt1 negatively regulates the SIN pathway in a manner that is independent of the Cdc14-family phosphatase Clp1/Flp1, but how Dnt1 modulates this pathway has remained elusive. By contrast, it is clear that its budding yeast relative, Net1/Cfi1, regulates the homologous MEN signaling pathway by sequestering Cdc14 phosphatase in the nucleolus before mitotic exit. In this study, we show that dnt1(+) positively regulates G2/M transition during the cell cycle. By conducting epistasis analyses to measure cell length at septation in double mutant (for dnt1 and genes involved in G2/M control) cells, we found a link between dnt1(+) and wee1(+). Furthermore, we showed that elevated protein levels of the mitotic inhibitor Wee1 kinase and the corresponding attenuation in Cdk1 activity is responsible for the rescuing effect of dnt1Δ on SIN mutants. Finally, our data also suggest that Dnt1 modulates Wee1 activity in parallel with SCF-mediated Wee1 degradation. Therefore, this study reveals an unexpected missing link between the nucleolar protein Dnt1 and the SIN signaling pathway, which is mediated by the Cdk1 regulator Wee1 kinase. Our findings also define a novel mode of regulation of Wee1 and Cdk1, which is important for integration of the signals controlling the SIN pathway in fission yeast.
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- Zhi-Yong Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, Fujian, China
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Zineldeen DH, Wagih AA, Nakanishi M. Cloning and functional characterization of Ptpcd2 as a novel cell cycle related protein tyrosine phosphatase that regulates mitotic exit. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2013; 14:3669-76. [PMID: 23886163 DOI: 10.7314/apjcp.2013.14.6.3669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Faithful transmission of genetic information depends on accurate chromosome segregation as cells exit from mitosis, and errors in chromosomal segregation are catastrophic and may lead to aneuploidy which is the hallmark of cancer. In eukaryotes, an elaborate molecular control system ensures proper orchestration of events at mitotic exit. Phosphorylation of specific tyrosyl residues is a major control mechanism for cellular proliferation and the activities of protein tyrosine kinases and phosphatases must be integrated. Although mitotic kinases are well characterized, phosphatases involved in mitosis remain largely elusive. Here we identify a novel variant of mouse protein tyrosine phosphatase containing domain 1 (Ptpcd1), that we named Ptpcd2. Ptpcd1 is a Cdc14 related centrosomal phosphatase. Our newly identified Ptpcd2 shared a significant homology to yeast Cdc14p (34.1%) and other Cdc14 family of phosphatases. By subcellular fractionation Ptpcd2 was found to be enriched in the cytoplasm and nuclear pellets with catalytic phosphatase activity. By means of immunofluorescence, Ptpcd2 was spatiotemporally regulated in a cell cycle dependent manner with cytoplasmic abundance during mitosis, followed by nuclear localization during interphase. Overexpression of Ptpcd2 induced mitotic exit with decreased levels of some mitotic markers. Moreover, Ptpcd2 failed to colocalize with the centrosomal marker γ-tubulin, suggesting it as a non-centrosomal protein. Taken together, Ptpcd2 phosphatase appears a non-centrosomal variant of Ptpcd1 with probable mitotic functions. The identification of this new phosphatase suggests the existence of an interacting phosphatase network that controls mammalian mitosis and provides new drug targets for anticancer modalities.
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- Doaa H Zineldeen
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
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Waldeck W, Mueller G, Glatting KH, Hotz-Wagenblatt A, Diessl N, Chotewutmonti S, Langowski J, Semmler W, Wiessler M, Braun K. Spatial localization of genes determined by intranuclear DNA fragmentation with the fusion proteins lamin KRED and histone KRED und visible light. Int J Med Sci 2013; 10:1136-48. [PMID: 23869190 PMCID: PMC3714390 DOI: 10.7150/ijms.6121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2013] [Accepted: 06/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The highly organized DNA architecture inside of the nuclei of cells is accepted in the scientific world. In the human genome about 3 billion nucleotides are organized as chromatin in the cell nucleus. In general, they are involved in gene regulation and transcription by histone modification. Small chromosomes are localized in a central nuclear position whereas the large chromosomes are peripherally positioned. In our experiments we inserted fusion proteins consisting of a component of the nuclear lamina (lamin B1) and also histone H2A, both combined with the light inducible fluorescence protein KillerRed (KRED). After activation, KRED generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) producing toxic effects and may cause cell death. We analyzed the spatial damage distribution in the chromatin after illumination of the cells with visible light. The extent of DNA damage was strongly dependent on its localization inside of nuclei. The ROS activity allowed to gain information about the location of genes and their functions via sequencing and data base analysis of the double strand breaks of the isolated DNA. A connection between the damaged gene sequences and some diseases was found.
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- Waldemar Waldeck
- 1. German Cancer Research Center, Dept. of Biophysics of Macromolecules, INF 580, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- 1. German Cancer Research Center, Dept. of Biophysics of Macromolecules, INF 580, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- 3. German Cancer Research Center, Genomics Proteomics Core Facility HUSAR Bioinformatics Lab, INF 580, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- 3. German Cancer Research Center, Genomics Proteomics Core Facility HUSAR Bioinformatics Lab, INF 580, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- 4. German Cancer Research Center, Genomics and Proteomics Core Facility High Throughput Sequencing, INF 580, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- 4. German Cancer Research Center, Genomics and Proteomics Core Facility High Throughput Sequencing, INF 580, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- 1. German Cancer Research Center, Dept. of Biophysics of Macromolecules, INF 580, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- 2. German Cancer Research Center, Dept. of Medical Physics in Radiology, INF 280, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- 2. German Cancer Research Center, Dept. of Medical Physics in Radiology, INF 280, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- 2. German Cancer Research Center, Dept. of Medical Physics in Radiology, INF 280, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Broadus MR, Gould KL. Multiple protein kinases influence the redistribution of fission yeast Clp1/Cdc14 phosphatase upon genotoxic stress. Mol Biol Cell 2012; 23:4118-28. [PMID: 22918952 PMCID: PMC3469525 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e12-06-0475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Nucleolar release of Cdc14 phosphatases allows them access to substrates. Multiple kinases directly affect the Clp1/Cdc14 phosphostate and the nucleolar to nucleoplasmic transition of Clp1 in fission yeast upon genotoxic stress. In addition, Clp1 regulates its own nucleolar sequestration by antagonizing a subset of these networks. The Cdc14 phosphatase family antagonizes Cdk1 phosphorylation and is important for mitotic exit. To access their substrates, Cdc14 phosphatases are released from nucleolar sequestration during mitosis. Clp1/Flp1, the Schizosaccharomyces pombe Cdc14 orthologue, and Cdc14B, a mammalian orthologue, also exit the nucleolus during interphase upon DNA replication stress or damage, respectively, implicating Cdc14 phosphatases in the response to genotoxic insults. However, a mechanistic understanding of Cdc14 phosphatase nucleolar release under these conditions is incomplete. We show here that relocalization of Clp1 during genotoxic stress is governed by complex phosphoregulation. Specifically, the Rad3 checkpoint effector kinases Cds1 and/or Chk1, the cell wall integrity mitogen-activated protein kinase Pmk1, and the cell cycle kinase Cdk1 directly phosphorylate Clp1 to promote genotoxic stress–induced nucleoplasmic accumulation. However, Cds1 and/or Chk1 phosphorylate RxxS sites preferentially upon hydroxyurea treatment, whereas Pmk1 and Cdk1 preferentially phosphorylate Clp1 TP sites upon H2O2 treatment. Abolishing both Clp1 RxxS and TP phosphosites eliminates any genotoxic stress–induced redistribution. Reciprocally, preventing dephosphorylation of Clp1 TP sites shifts the distribution of the enzyme to the nucleoplasm constitutively. This work advances our understanding of pathways influencing Clp1 localization and may provide insight into mechanisms controlling Cdc14B phosphatases in higher eukaryotes.
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- Matthew R Broadus
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Nuclear actin and lamins in viral infections. Viruses 2012; 4:325-47. [PMID: 22590674 PMCID: PMC3347030 DOI: 10.3390/v4030325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2012] [Revised: 02/20/2012] [Accepted: 02/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Lamins are the best characterized cytoskeletal components of the cell nucleus that help to maintain the nuclear shape and participate in diverse nuclear processes including replication or transcription. Nuclear actin is now widely accepted to be another cytoskeletal protein present in the nucleus that fulfills important functions in the gene expression. Some viruses replicating in the nucleus evolved the ability to interact with and probably utilize nuclear actin for their replication, e.g., for the assembly and transport of capsids or mRNA export. On the other hand, lamins play a role in the propagation of other viruses since nuclear lamina may represent a barrier for virions entering or escaping the nucleus. This review will summarize the current knowledge about the roles of nuclear actin and lamins in viral infections.
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Simon DN, Wilson KL. The nucleoskeleton as a genome-associated dynamic 'network of networks'. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2011; 12:695-708. [PMID: 21971041 DOI: 10.1038/nrm3207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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In the cytosol, actin polymers, intermediate filaments and microtubules can anchor to cell surface adhesions and interlink to form intricate networks. This cytoskeleton is anchored to the nucleus through LINC (links the nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton) complexes that span the nuclear envelope and in turn anchor to networks of filaments in the nucleus. The metazoan nucleoskeleton includes nuclear pore-linked filaments, A-type and B-type lamin intermediate filaments, nuclear mitotic apparatus (NuMA) networks, spectrins, titin, 'unconventional' polymers of actin and at least ten different myosin and kinesin motors. These elements constitute a poorly understood 'network of networks' that dynamically reorganizes during mitosis and is responsible for genome organization and integrity.
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- Dan N Simon
- Department of Cell Biology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Peddibhotla S, Wei Z, Papineni R, Lam MH, Rosen JM, Zhang P. The DNA damage effector Chk1 kinase regulates Cdc14B nucleolar shuttling during cell cycle progression. Cell Cycle 2011; 10:671-9. [PMID: 21301228 DOI: 10.4161/cc.10.4.14901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Chk1 is a critical effector of DNA damage checkpoints necessary for the maintenance of chromosome integrity during cell cycle progression. Here we report, that Chk1 co-localized with the nucleolar marker, fibrillarin in response to radiation-induced DNA damage in human cells. Interestingly, in vitro studies using GST pull down assays identified the dual-specificity serine/threonine nucleolar phosphatase Cdc14B as a Chk1 substrate. Furthermore, Chk1, but not a kinase-dead Chk1 control, was shown to phosphorylate Cdc14B using an in vitro kinase assay. Co-immunoprecipitation experiments using exogenous Cdc14B transfected into human cells confirmed the interaction of Cdc14B and Chk1 during cell cycle. In addition, reduction of Chk1 levels via siRNA or UCN-01 treatment demonstrated that Chk1 activation following DNA damage was required for Cdc14B export from the nucleolus. These studies have revealed a novel interplay between Chk1 kinase and Cdc14B phosphatase involving radiation-induced nucleolar shuttling to facilitate error-free cell cycle progression and prevent genomic instability.
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- Sirisha Peddibhotla
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX USA
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A three-dimensional random network model of the cytoskeleton and its role in mechanotransduction and nucleus deformation. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2011; 11:49-59. [DOI: 10.1007/s10237-011-0292-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2010] [Accepted: 01/25/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mocciaro A, Schiebel E. Cdc14: a highly conserved family of phosphatases with non-conserved functions? J Cell Sci 2011; 123:2867-76. [PMID: 20720150 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.074815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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CDC14 was originally identified by L. Hartwell in his famous screen for genes that regulate the budding yeast cell cycle. Subsequent work showed that Cdc14 belongs to a family of highly conserved dual-specificity phosphatases that are present in a wide range of organisms from yeast to human. Human CDC14B is even able to fulfill the essential functions of budding yeast Cdc14. In budding yeast, Cdc14 counteracts the activity of cyclin dependent kinase (Cdk1) at the end of mitosis and thus has important roles in the regulation of anaphase, mitotic exit and cytokinesis. On the basis of the functional conservation of other cell-cycle genes it seemed obvious to assume that Cdc14 phosphatases also have roles in late mitosis in mammalian cells and regulate similar targets to those found in yeast. However, analysis of the human Cdc14 proteins (CDC14A, CDC14B and CDC14C) by overexpression or by depletion using small interfering RNA (siRNA) has suggested functions that are quite different from those of ScCdc14. Recent studies in avian and human somatic cell lines in which the gene encoding either Cdc14A or Cdc14B had been deleted, have shown - surprisingly - that neither of the two phosphatases on its own is essential for viability, cell-cycle progression and checkpoint control. In this Commentary, we critically review the available data on the functions of yeast and vertebrate Cdc14 phosphatases, and discuss whether they indeed share common functions as generally assumed.
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- Annamaria Mocciaro
- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, DKFZ-ZMBH Allianz, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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Rivera-Mulia JC, Hernández-Muñoz R, Martínez F, Aranda-Anzaldo A. DNA moves sequentially towards the nuclear matrix during DNA replication in vivo. BMC Cell Biol 2011; 12:3. [PMID: 21244708 PMCID: PMC3037911 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2121-12-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2010] [Accepted: 01/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background In the interphase nucleus of metazoan cells DNA is organized in supercoiled loops anchored to a nuclear matrix (NM). There is varied evidence indicating that DNA replication occurs in replication factories organized upon the NM and that DNA loops may correspond to the actual replicons in vivo. In normal rat liver the hepatocytes are arrested in G0 but they synchronously re-enter the cell cycle after partial-hepatectomy leading to liver regeneration in vivo. We have previously determined in quiescent rat hepatocytes that a 162 kbp genomic region containing members of the albumin gene family is organized into five structural DNA loops. Results In the present work we tracked down the movement relative to the NM of DNA sequences located at different points within such five structural DNA loops during the S phase and after the return to cellular quiescence during liver regeneration. Our results indicate that looped DNA moves sequentially towards the NM during replication and then returns to its original position in newly quiescent cells, once the liver regeneration has been achieved. Conclusions Looped DNA moves in a sequential fashion, as if reeled in, towards the NM during DNA replication in vivo thus supporting the notion that the DNA template is pulled progressively towards the replication factories on the NM so as to be replicated. These results provide further evidence that the structural DNA loops correspond to the actual replicons in vivo.
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- Juan Carlos Rivera-Mulia
- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Apartado Postal 428, CP 50000 Toluca, Edo Méx, México
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NeuN/Fox-3 is an intrinsic component of the neuronal nuclear matrix. FEBS Lett 2010; 584:2767-71. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.04.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2010] [Revised: 03/31/2010] [Accepted: 04/28/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Chi YH, Chen ZJ, Jeang KT. The nuclear envelopathies and human diseases. J Biomed Sci 2009; 16:96. [PMID: 19849840 PMCID: PMC2770040 DOI: 10.1186/1423-0127-16-96] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2009] [Accepted: 10/22/2009] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The nuclear envelope (NE) consists of two membrane layers that segregate the nuclear from the cytoplasmic contents. Recent progress in our understanding of nuclear-lamina associated diseases has revealed intriguing connections between the envelope components and nuclear processes. Here, we review the functions of the nuclear envelope in chromosome organization, gene expression, DNA repair and cell cycle progression, and correlate deficiencies in envelope function with human pathologies.
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- Ya-Hui Chi
- Institute of Cellular and System Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan 35053, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Institute of Cellular and System Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan 35053, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Molecular Virology Section, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
- Building 4, Room 306, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892-0460, USA
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Kantidze OL, Razin SV. Chromatin loops, illegitimate recombination, and genome evolution. Bioessays 2009; 31:278-86. [PMID: 19260023 DOI: 10.1002/bies.200800165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Chromosomal rearrangements frequently occur at specific places ("hot spots") in the genome. These recombination hot spots are usually separated by 50-100 kb regions of DNA that are rarely involved in rearrangements. It is quite likely that there is a correlation between the above-mentioned distances and the average size of DNA loops fixed at the nuclear matrix. Recent studies have demonstrated that DNA loop anchorage regions can be fairly long and can harbor DNA recombination hot spots. We previously proposed that chromosomal DNA loops may constitute the basic units of genome organization in higher eukaryotes. In this review, we consider recombination between DNA loop anchorage regions as a possible source of genome evolution.
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- Omar L Kantidze
- Laboratory of Structural and Functional Organization of Chromosomes, Institute of Gene Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Aranda-Anzaldo A. A structural basis for cellular senescence. Aging (Albany NY) 2009; 1:598-607. [PMID: 20157542 PMCID: PMC2806039 DOI: 10.18632/aging.100074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2009] [Accepted: 07/28/2009] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Replicative
senescence (RS) that limits the proliferating potential of normal
eukaryotic cells occurs either by a cell-division counting mechanism linked
to telomere erosion or prematurely through induction by cell stressors such
as oncogene hyper-activation. However, there is evidence that RS also
occurs by a stochastic process that is independent of number of cell
divisions or cellular stress and yet it leads to a highly-stable,
non-reversible post-mitotic state that may be long-lasting and that such a
process is widely represented among higher eukaryotes. Here I present and
discuss evidence that the interactions between DNA and the nuclear
substructure, commonly known as the nuclear matrix, define a higher-order
structure within the cell nucleus that following thermodynamic constraints,
stochastically evolves towards maximum stability, thus becoming limiting
for mitosis to occur. It is suggested that this process is responsible for
ultimate replicative senescence and yet it is compatible with long-term
cell survival.
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- Armando Aranda-Anzaldo
- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Paseo Tollocan y Jesús Carranza, Toluca, Edo. Méx., México.
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Schindler K, Schultz RM. CDC14B acts through FZR1 (CDH1) to prevent meiotic maturation of mouse oocytes. Biol Reprod 2009; 80:795-803. [PMID: 19129509 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.074906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Meiotic maturation in oocytes is a prolonged process that is unique because of cell cycle arrests at prophase of meiosis I (MI) and at metaphase of meiosis II (MII). Fluctuations in cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (CDK1/CDC2A) activity govern meiotic progression, yet little is known about how these fluctuations are achieved. CDC14 is a highly conserved dual-specificity phosphatase that counteracts the function of proteins phosphorylated by CDK. Mammals contain two CDC14 homologs, CDC14A and CDC14B. We report that CDC14B localizes with the meiotic spindle in mouse oocytes, and (unlike somatic cells) it does not localize in the nucleolus. Oocytes that overexpress CDC14B are significantly delayed in resuming meiosis and fail to progress to MII, whereas oocytes depleted of CDC14B spontaneously resume meiosis under conditions that normally inhibit meiotic resumption. Depletion of FZR1 (CDH1), a regulatory subunit of the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome that targets cyclin B1 (CCNB1) for ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis, partially restores normal timing of meiotic resumption in oocytes with excess CDC14B. These studies also reveal that experimentally altering CDC14B levels generates eggs with abnormal spindles and with chromosome alignment perturbations. Our data indicate that CDC14B is a negative regulator of meiotic resumption and may regulate MI in mouse oocytes.
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- Karen Schindler
- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Malyavantham KS, Bhattacharya S, Barbeitos M, Mukherjee L, Xu J, Fackelmayer FO, Berezney R. Identifying functional neighborhoods within the cell nucleus: proximity analysis of early S-phase replicating chromatin domains to sites of transcription, RNA polymerase II, HP1gamma, matrin 3 and SAF-A. J Cell Biochem 2009; 105:391-403. [PMID: 18618731 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Higher order chromatin organization in concert with epigenetic regulation is a key process that determines gene expression at the global level. The organization of dynamic chromatin domains and their associated protein factors is intertwined with nuclear function to create higher levels of functional zones within the cell nucleus. As a step towards elucidating the organization and dynamics of these functional zones, we have investigated the spatial proximities among a constellation of functionally related sites that are found within euchromatic regions of the cell nucleus including: HP1gamma, nascent transcript sites (TS), active DNA replicating sites in early S-phase (PCNA) and RNA polymerase II sites. We report close associations among these different sites with proximity values specific for each combination. Analysis of matrin 3 and SAF-A sites demonstrates that these nuclear matrix proteins are highly proximal with the functionally related sites as well as to each other and display closely aligned and overlapping regions following application of the minimal spanning tree (MST) algorithm to visualize higher order network-like patterns. Our findings suggest that multiple factors within the nuclear microenvironment collectively form higher order combinatorial arrays of function. We propose a model for the organization of these functional neighborhoods which takes into account the proximity values of the individual sites and their spatial organization within the nuclear architecture.
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Wu J, Cho HP, Rhee DB, Johnson DK, Dunlap J, Liu Y, Wang Y. Cdc14B depletion leads to centriole amplification, and its overexpression prevents unscheduled centriole duplication. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 181:475-83. [PMID: 18458157 PMCID: PMC2364701 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200710127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Centrosome duplication is tightly controlled in coordination with DNA replication. The molecular mechanism of centrosome duplication remains unclear. Previous studies found that a fraction of human proline-directed phosphatase Cdc14B associates with centrosomes. However, Cdc14B's involvement in centrosome cycle control has never been explored. Here, we show that depletion of Cdc14B by RNA interference leads to centriole amplification in both HeLa and normal human fibroblast BJ and MRC-5 cells. Induction of Cdc14B expression through a regulatable promoter significantly attenuates centriole amplification in prolonged S phase–arrested cells and proteasome inhibitor Z-L3VS–treated cells. This inhibitory function requires centriole-associated Cdc14B catalytic activity. Together, these results suggest a potential function for Cdc14B phosphatase in maintaining the fidelity of centrosome duplication cycle.
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- Jun Wu
- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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Kondo H. What we have learned and will learn from cell ultrastructure in embedment-free section electron microscopy. Microsc Res Tech 2008; 71:418-42. [PMID: 18286471 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The limitations inherent in conventional electron microscopy (EM) using epoxy ultrathin sections for a clear recognition of biological entities having electron densities similar to or lower than that of epoxy resin have led to the development of embedment-free sectioning for EM. Embedment-free section EM is reliably performed using water-soluble polyethylene glycol (PEG) as a transient embedding medium, with subsequent de-embedment of PEG by immersion into water, followed by critical point-drying (CPD) of the embedment-free section. The present author has stressed that this approach clearly discloses structures whose contours and/or appearance are accordingly vague and/or fuzzy in conventional EM, but does not reveal any new structures. Based on embedment-free electron microscopy (PEG-EM), this article presents five major findings regarding strand- or microtrabecular lattices which have been clearly revealed to occur in the cytoplasmic matrix-an impossibility with conventional EM. These are (1) the appearance of lattices of different compactness in various cells and in intracellular domains of a given cell; (2) the faithful reproduction from an albumin solution in vitro of strand-lattices with correspondingly increasing compactness following increasing concentrations; (3) the appearance of more compact lattices from gelated gelatin than from solated gelatin at a given concentration in vitro; (4) the appearance of either greater or less lattice-compactness by hyper- or hypotonic pretreatments of cells; and (5) the appearance of certain intracellular proteins confined to the centripetal demilune-domain of centrifuged ganglion cells which is occupied with strand-lattices of a substantial compactness. From these findings, questions now arise as to the biological significance of the individual strand itself in the microtrabecular lattices in PEG-EM. In addition, it may be that the appearance of strand-lattices in a given biological domain represents the presence of soluble proteins; the lattice-compactness indicates the concentration of soluble proteins in the domain, and the aqueous cytoplasm is equivalent to the aqueous solution. Further, the appearance of two contiguous lattice domains exhibiting differing degrees of compactness in a given cell indicates that cytoplasmic proteins are solated in a domain with less compact lattices, whereas they are gelated in the other domain. These proposed interpretations need to be confirmed by further studies. If confirmed, the control mechanisms of the localization and movement of intracellular organelles could then be understood on the basis not only of information about the cytoskeletons but also of cell ultrastructure-related information on the concentration and sol-gel states of intracellular proteins. In addition, possible interpretations of the significance of strand-lattices in PEG-EM are also applicable to the nucleoplasm, especially extra-heterochromatin (euchromatin) areas. Finally, several potential uses/advantages of PEG-EM in the cell-ultrastructure have also been demonstrated, especially in three-dimensional reconstructions of nonmembranous structures including stereo-viewing using a pair of EM images with appropriate tilting as well as electron microscopic tomography.
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- Hisatake Kondo
- Division of Histology, Department of Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
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Silió V, Marqués M, Cortés I, Zuluaga S, Carrera AC. A cascade involving p85, Cdc42 and septin 2 regulates cytokinesis. Biochem Soc Trans 2007; 35:222-4. [PMID: 17371243 DOI: 10.1042/bst0350222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Mitosis, the final phase of cell division, includes the processes of nuclear division and cytosolic division (cytokinesis). Cytokinesis occurs when DNA separation terminates, and involves a number of proteins that induce furrowing at the region of cell separation, formation of new membrane, and abscission. This process is remarkably complex, and the list of proteins that regulate it is long. Our understanding is limited as to how these players are organized in space and time to ensure that the cytosol divides equally, and only after nuclear division. Class I(A) PI3K (phosphoinositide 3-kinase) is an enzyme activated by growth factor receptor stimulation, but it is re-activated in early mitosis and regulates mitosis entry. By the end of mitosis, PI3K activity is low; at this point, the class I(A) PI3K regulatory subunit p85 contributes to co-ordination of the cytoskeletal changes required for cytokinesis. The impact of these observations on current models of cytokinesis execution is discussed here.
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- V Silió
- Department of Immunology and Oncology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología/CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Darwin 3, Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
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Chen CT, Peli-Gulli MP, Simanis V, McCollum D. S. pombe FEAR protein orthologs are not required for release of Clp1/Flp1 phosphatase from the nucleolus during mitosis. J Cell Sci 2006; 119:4462-6. [PMID: 17032733 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cdc14 family phosphatases are highly conserved regulators of cell-cycle progression. Two of the best studied members of this family are budding yeast Cdc14p and its fission yeast homolog Clp1p/Flp1p. The function of both Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cdc14p and Schizosaccharomyces pombe Clp1p/Flp1p are controlled in part by their regulated sequestration and release from the nucleolus. In the budding yeast S. cerevisiae a set of proteins collectively termed the FEAR network promote nucleolar and telomeric DNA segregation by triggering the release of the conserved Cdc14 phosphatase from the nucleolus. Here we show that FEAR homologs in S. pombe do not promote release of the Cdc14 homolog Clp1p/Flp1p from the nucleolus, and that Clp1p/Flp1p is not required for nucleolar and telomeric DNA segregation suggesting that this aspect of Cdc14 regulation and function may not be universally conserved.
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- Chun-Ti Chen
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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Broers JLV, Ramaekers FCS, Bonne G, Yaou RB, Hutchison CJ. Nuclear Lamins: Laminopathies and Their Role in Premature Ageing. Physiol Rev 2006; 86:967-1008. [PMID: 16816143 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00047.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 441] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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It has been demonstrated that nuclear lamins are important proteins in maintaining cellular as well as nuclear integrity, and in maintaining chromatin organization in the nucleus. Moreover, there is growing evidence that lamins play a prominent role in transcriptional control. The family of laminopathies is a fast-growing group of diseases caused by abnormalities in the structure or processing of the lamin A/C ( LMNA) gene. Mutations or incorrect processing cause more than a dozen different inherited diseases, ranging from striated muscular diseases, via fat- and peripheral nerve cell diseases, to progeria. This broad spectrum of diseases can only be explained if the responsible A-type lamin proteins perform multiple functions in normal cells. This review gives an overview of current knowledge on lamin structure and function and all known diseases associated with LMNA abnormalities. Based on the knowledge of the different functions of A-type lamins and associated proteins, explanations for the observed phenotypes are postulated. It is concluded that lamins seem to be key players in, among others, controlling the process of cellular ageing, since disturbance in lamin protein structure gives rise to several forms of premature ageing.
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- J L V Broers
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Maastricht, Research Institutes CARIM, GROW, and EURON, The Netherlands
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Jackson DA, Juranek S, Lipps HJ. Designing nonviral vectors for efficient gene transfer and long-term gene expression. Mol Ther 2006; 14:613-26. [PMID: 16784894 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2006.03.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2005] [Revised: 03/20/2006] [Accepted: 03/20/2006] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Although the genetic therapy of human diseases has been conceptually possible for many years we still lack a vector system that allows safe and reproducible genetic modification of eukaryotic cells and ensures faithful long-term expression of transgenes. There is increasing agreement that vectors that are based exclusively on chromosomal elements, which replicate autonomously in human cells, could fulfill these criteria. The rational construction of such vectors is still hindered by our limited knowledge of the factors that regulate chromatin function in eukaryotic cells. This review sets out to summarize how our current knowledge of nuclear organization can be applied to the design of extrachromosomal gene expression vectors that can be used for human gene therapy. Within the past years a number of episomal nonviral constructs have been designed and their replication strategies, expression of transgenes, mitotic stability, and delivery strategies and the mechanisms required for their stable establishment will be discussed. To date, these nonviral vectors have not been used in clinical trials. Even so, many compelling arguments can be developed to support the view that nonviral vector systems will play a major role in future gene therapy protocols.
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- Dean A Jackson
- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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Carrero G, Hendzel MJ, de Vries G. Modelling the compartmentalization of splicing factors. J Theor Biol 2006; 239:298-312. [PMID: 16162356 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2005] [Revised: 05/06/2005] [Accepted: 07/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Splicing factor (SF) compartments, also known as speckles, are heterogeneously distributed compartments within the nucleus of eukaryotic cells that are enriched in pre-mRNA SFs. We derive a fourth-order aggregation-diffusion model that describes a possible mechanism underlying the organization of SFs into speckles. The model incorporates two hypotheses, namely (1) that self-organization of dephosphorylated SFs, modulated by a phosphorylation-dephosphorylation cycle, is responsible for the formation and disappearance of speckles, and (2) that an underlying nuclear structure plays a major role in the organization of SFs. A linear stability analysis about homogeneous steady-state solutions of the model reveals how the self-interaction among dephosphorylated SFs can result in the onset of spatial patterns. A detailed bifurcation analysis of the model describes how phosphorylation and dephosphorylation modulate the onset of the compartmentalization of SFs.
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- G Carrero
- Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2G1
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Samaniego R, Jeong SY, de la Torre C, Meier I, Moreno Díaz de la Espina S. CK2 phosphorylation weakens 90 kDa MFP1 association to the nuclear matrix in Allium cepa. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2006; 57:113-24. [PMID: 16291799 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erj010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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MFP1 is a conserved plant coiled-coil protein located on the stroma side of the chloroplast thylakoids, as well as in the nuclear matrix. It displays species-specific variability in the number of genes, proteins, and expression. Allium cepa has two nuclear proteins antigenically related to MFP1 with different M(r), pI, distribution, and expression, but only the 90 kDa MFP1 protein is a nuclear matrix component that associates with both the nucleoskeletal filaments and a new category of nuclear bodies. The 90 kDa AcMFP1 migrates in two-dimensional blots as two sets of spots. The hypo-phosphorylated forms (pI approximately 9.5) are tightly bound to the nuclear matrix, while high ionic strength buffers release the more acidic hyper-phosphorylated ones (pI approximately 8.5), suggesting that the protein is post-translationally modified, and that these modifications control its attachment to the nuclear matrix. Dephosphorylation by exogenous alkaline phosphatase and phosphorylation by exogenous CK2, as well as specific inhibition and stimulation of endogenous CK2 with heparin and spermine and spermidine, respectively, revealed that the protein is an in vitro and in vivo substrate of this enzyme, and that CK2 phosphorylation weakens the strength of its binding to the nuclear matrix. In synchronized cells, the nuclear 90 kDa AcMFP1 phosphorylation levels vary during the cell cycle with a moderate peak in G2. These results provide the first evidence for AcMFP1 in vivo phosphorylation, and open up further research on its nuclear functions.
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- Rafael Samaniego
- Nuclear Matrix Laboratory, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, 28040-Madrid, Spain
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Simpson-Holley M, Colgrove RC, Nalepa G, Harper JW, Knipe DM. Identification and functional evaluation of cellular and viral factors involved in the alteration of nuclear architecture during herpes simplex virus 1 infection. J Virol 2005; 79:12840-51. [PMID: 16188986 PMCID: PMC1235858 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.20.12840-12851.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) replicates in the nucleus of host cells and radically alters nuclear architecture as part of its replication process. Replication compartments (RCs) form, and host chromatin is marginalized. Chromatin is later dispersed, and RCs spread past it to reach the nuclear edge. Using a lamin A-green fluorescent protein fusion, we provide direct evidence that the nuclear lamina is disrupted during HSV-1 infection and that the UL31 and UL34 proteins are required for this. We show nuclear expansion from 8 h to 24 h postinfection and place chromatin rearrangement and disruption of the lamina in the context of this global change in nuclear architecture. We show HSV-1-induced disruption of the localization of Cdc14B, a cellular protein and component of a putative nucleoskeleton. We also show that UL31 and UL34 are required for nuclear expansion. Studies with inhibitors of globular actin (G-actin) indicate that G-actin plays an essential role in nuclear expansion and chromatin dispersal but not in lamina alterations induced by HSV-1 infection. From analyses of HSV infections under various conditions, we conclude that nuclear expansion and chromatin dispersal are dispensable for optimal replication, while lamina rearrangement is associated with efficient replication.
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- Martha Simpson-Holley
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02115, USA
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Foster HA, Bridger JM. The genome and the nucleus: a marriage made by evolution. Genome organisation and nuclear architecture. Chromosoma 2005; 114:212-29. [PMID: 16133352 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-005-0016-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2005] [Revised: 06/29/2005] [Accepted: 07/04/2005] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Genomes are housed within cell nuclei as individual chromosome territories. Nuclei contain several architectural structures that interact and influence the genome. In this review, we discuss how the genome may be organised within its nuclear environment with the position of chromosomes inside nuclei being either influenced by gene density or by chromosomes size. We compare interphase genome organisation in diverse species and reveal similarities and differences between evolutionary divergent organisms. Genome organisation is also discussed with relevance to regulation of gene expression, development and differentiation and asks whether large movements of whole chromosomes are really observed during differentiation. Literature and data describing alterations to genome organisation in disease are also discussed. Further, the nuclear structures that are involved in genome function are described, with reference to what happens to the genome when these structures contain protein from mutant genes as in the laminopathies.
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- Helen A Foster
- Laboratory of Nuclear and Genomic Health, Cell and Chromosome Biology Group, Division of Biosciences, School of Health Sciences and Social Care, Brunel University, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, UK
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Cho HP, Liu Y, Gomez M, Dunlap J, Tyers M, Wang Y. The dual-specificity phosphatase CDC14B bundles and stabilizes microtubules. Mol Cell Biol 2005; 25:4541-51. [PMID: 15899858 PMCID: PMC1140622 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.25.11.4541-4551.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Cdc14 dual-specificity phosphatases regulate key events in the eukaryotic cell cycle. However, little is known about the function of mammalian CDC14B family members. Here, we demonstrate that subcellular localization of CDC14B protein is cell cycle regulated. CDC14B can bind, bundle, and stabilize microtubules in vitro independently of its catalytic activity. Basic amino acid residues within the nucleolar targeting domain are important for both retaining CDC14B in the nucleolus and preventing microtubule bundling. Overexpression of CDC14B resulted in the formation of cytoplasmic CDC14B and microtubule bundles in interphase cells. These microtubule bundles were resistant to microtubule depolymerization reagents and enriched in acetylated alpha-tubulin. Expression of cytoplasmic forms of CDC14B impaired microtubule nucleation from the microtubule organization center. CDC14B is thus a novel microtubule-bundling and -stabilizing protein, whose regulated subcellular localization may help modulate spindle and microtubule dynamics in mitosis.
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- Hyekyung P Cho
- Life Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Bethel Valley Rd., Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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Ho TH, Savkur RS, Poulos MG, Mancini MA, Swanson MS, Cooper TA. Colocalization of muscleblind with RNA foci is separable from mis-regulation of alternative splicing in myotonic dystrophy. J Cell Sci 2005; 118:2923-33. [PMID: 15961406 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Myotonic dystrophy type I (DM1), which is caused by a non-coding CTG-repeat expansion in the dystrophia myotonica-protein kinase (DMPK) gene, is an RNA-mediated disease. Expanded CUG repeats in transcripts of mutant DMPK form nuclear foci that recruit muscleblind-like (MBNL) proteins, a family of alternative splicing factors. Although transcripts of mutant DMPK and MBNL proteins accumulate in nuclear RNA foci, it is not clear whether foci formation is required for splicing mis-regulation. Here, we use a co-transfection strategy to show that both CUG and CAG repeats form RNA foci that colocalize with green fluorescent protein (GFP)-MBNL1 and endogenous MBNL1. However, only CUG repeats alter splicing of the two tested pre-mRNAs, cardiac troponin T (cTNT) and insulin receptor (IR). Using FRAP, we demonstrate that GFP-MBNL1 in CUG and CAG foci have similar half-times of recovery and fractions of immobile molecules, suggesting that GFP-MBNL1 is bound by both CUG and CAG repeats. We also find an immobile fraction of GFP-MBNL1 in DM1 fibroblasts and a similar rapid exchange in endogenous CUG RNA foci. Therefore, formation of RNA foci and disruption of MBNL1-regulated splicing are separable events.
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- Thai H Ho
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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