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Mohan HM, Trzeciakiewicz H, Pithadia A, Crowley EV, Pacitto R, Safren N, Trotter B, Zhang C, Zhou X, Zhang Y, Basrur V, Paulson HL, Sharkey LM. RTL8 promotes nuclear localization of UBQLN2 to subnuclear compartments associated with protein quality control. Cell Mol Life Sci 2022; 79:176. [PMID: 35247097 PMCID: PMC9376861 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-022-04170-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Revised: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
The brain-expressed ubiquilins (UBQLNs) 1, 2 and 4 are a family of ubiquitin adaptor proteins that participate broadly in protein quality control (PQC) pathways, including the ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS). One family member, UBQLN2, has been implicated in numerous neurodegenerative diseases including ALS/FTD. UBQLN2 typically resides in the cytoplasm but in disease can translocate to the nucleus, as in Huntington's disease where it promotes the clearance of mutant Huntingtin. How UBQLN2 translocates to the nucleus and clears aberrant nuclear proteins, however, is not well understood. In a mass spectrometry screen to discover UBQLN2 interactors, we identified a family of small (13 kDa), highly homologous uncharacterized proteins, RTL8, and confirmed the interaction between UBQLN2 and RTL8 both in vitro using recombinant proteins and in vivo using mouse brain tissue. Under endogenous and overexpressed conditions, RTL8 localizes to nucleoli. When co-expressed with UBQLN2, RTL8 promotes nuclear translocation of UBQLN2. RTL8 also facilitates UBQLN2's nuclear translocation during heat shock. UBQLN2 and RTL8 colocalize within ubiquitin-enriched subnuclear structures containing PQC components. The robust effect of RTL8 on the nuclear translocation and subnuclear localization of UBQLN2 does not extend to the other brain-expressed ubiquilins, UBQLN1 and UBQLN4. Moreover, compared to UBQLN1 and UBQLN4, UBQLN2 preferentially stabilizes RTL8 levels in human cell lines and in mouse brain, supporting functional heterogeneity among UBQLNs. As a novel UBQLN2 interactor that recruits UBQLN2 to specific nuclear compartments, RTL8 may regulate UBQLN2 function in nuclear protein quality control.
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- Harihar Milaganur Mohan
- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2200, USA.,Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2200, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2200, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2200, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2200, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2200, USA.,Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2200, USA
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- Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2200, USA
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- Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2200, USA
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- Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2200, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2200, USA. .,Michigan Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2200, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2200, USA. .,Michigan Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2200, USA.
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Nuclear Organization during Hepatogenesis in Zebrafish Requires Uhrf1. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:genes12071081. [PMID: 34356097 PMCID: PMC8304062 DOI: 10.3390/genes12071081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2021] [Revised: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Acquisition of cellular fate during development is initiated and maintained by well-coordinated patterns of gene expression that are dictated by the epigenetic landscape and genome organization in the nucleus. While the epigenetic marks that mediate developmental gene expression patterns during organogenesis have been well studied, less is known about how epigenetic marks influence nuclear organization during development. This study examines the relationship between nuclear structure, chromatin accessibility, DNA methylation, and gene expression during hepatic outgrowth in zebrafish larvae. We investigate the relationship between these features using mutants that lack DNA methylation. Hepatocyte nuclear morphology was established coincident with hepatocyte differentiation at 80 h post-fertilization (hpf), and nuclear shape and size continued to change until the conclusion of outgrowth and morphogenesis at 120 hpf. Integrating ATAC-Seq analysis with DNA methylation profiling of zebrafish livers at 120 hpf showed that closed and highly methylated chromatin occupies most transposable elements and that open chromatin correlated with gene expression. DNA hypomethylation, due to mutation of genes encoding ubiquitin-like, containing PHD and RING Finger Domains 1 (uhrf1) and DNA methyltransferase (dnmt1), did not block hepatocyte differentiation, but had dramatic effects on nuclear organization. Hepatocytes in uhrf1 mutants have large, deformed nuclei with multiple nucleoli, downregulation of nucleolar genes, and a complete lack of the nuclear lamina. Loss of lamin B2 staining was phenocopied by dnmt1 mutation. Together, these data show that hepatocyte nuclear morphogenesis coincides with organ morphogenesis and outgrowth, and that DNA methylation directs chromatin organization, and, in turn, hepatocyte nuclear shape and size during liver development.
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Ertekin A, Atay E, Bozkurt E, Aslan E. Effect of buscopan, a compound that alleviates cramps, on the developing nervous system of the chick embryo. Birth Defects Res 2021; 113:1140-1151. [PMID: 34050726 DOI: 10.1002/bdr2.1929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2021] [Revised: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Buscopan is used to treat stomach cramps including those resulting from irritable bowel syndrome, bladder cramps, and pain related to menstruation. Its pregnancy category is determined as C. It has been shown in experimental animal studies that the drug has a negative effect on the embryo, but sufficient and well-controlled studies have not been conducted in humans. The aim of this study is to investigate effects of buscopan on the development of the neural tube (NT) in chick embryos. METHODS Sixty specific pathogen-free (SPF) fertilized eggs were used. SPF eggs were placed in an incubator and divided into six groups at 28 hr of incubation. Five different doses (low to high) of buscopan were injected sub-blastodermally. At the end of 48 hr, the embryos were evaluated morphologically and histopathologically. The argyrophilic nucleolar-organizing region (AgNOR) method was used in this study to determine the proliferation activity of cells in NT development in chick embryos. AgNOR number and total AgNOR area/nuclear area (TAA/NA) were detected for each embryo. RESULTS Depending on the dose, the embryo's crown-rump length and somite number decreased (p < .05). Significant differences were detected among all groups for mean AgNOR number (p < .05) and TAA/NA ratio (p < .05). CONCLUSIONS Considering the average count of AgNOR cells and TAA/NA ratio, it was found that there was a decrease in cell division depending on the dose. It was determined that buscopan treatment on chick embryos adversely affected early nervous system and NT development.
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- Ayşe Ertekin
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
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- Department of Histology Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
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p53 activation during ribosome biogenesis regulates normal erythroid differentiation. Blood 2021; 137:89-102. [PMID: 32818241 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2019003439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The role of ribosome biogenesis in erythroid development is supported by the recognition of erythroid defects in ribosomopathies in both Diamond-Blackfan anemia and 5q- syndrome. Whether ribosome biogenesis exerts a regulatory function on normal erythroid development is still unknown. In the present study, a detailed characterization of ribosome biogenesis dynamics during human and murine erythropoiesis showed that ribosome biogenesis is abruptly interrupted by the decline in ribosomal DNA transcription and the collapse of ribosomal protein neosynthesis. Its premature arrest by the RNA Pol I inhibitor CX-5461 targeted the proliferation of immature erythroblasts. p53 was activated spontaneously or in response to CX-5461, concomitant to ribosome biogenesis arrest, and drove a transcriptional program in which genes involved in cell cycle-arrested, negative regulation of apoptosis, and DNA damage response were upregulated. RNA Pol I transcriptional stress resulted in nucleolar disruption and activation of the ATR-CHK1-p53 pathway. Our results imply that the timing of ribosome biogenesis extinction and p53 activation is crucial for erythroid development. In ribosomopathies in which ribosome availability is altered by unbalanced production of ribosomal proteins, the threshold downregulation of ribosome biogenesis could be prematurely reached and, together with pathological p53 activation, prevents a normal expansion of erythroid progenitors.
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Benc M, Strejcek F, Morovic M, Bartkova A, Murin M, Gad A, Bonnet-Garnier A, Percinic FP, Laurincik J. Improving the Quality of Oocytes with the Help of Nucleolotransfer Therapy. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2021; 14:ph14040328. [PMID: 33918523 PMCID: PMC8066131 DOI: 10.3390/ph14040328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2021] [Revised: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The nucleolus is an important nucleus sub-organelle found in almost all eukaryotic cells. On the one hand, it is known as a differentiated active site of ribosome biogenesis in somatic cells, but on the other hand, in fully grown oocytes, zygotes, and early embryos (up to the major embryonic genome activation), it is in the form of a particular homogenous and compact structure called a fibrillar sphere. Nowadays, thanks to recent studies, we know many important functions of this, no doubt, interesting membraneless nucleus sub-organelle involved in oocyte maturation, embryonic genome activation, rRNA synthesis, etc. However, many questions are still unexplained and remain a mystery. Our aim is to create a comprehensive overview of the recent knowledge on the fibrillar sphere and envision how this knowledge could be utilized in further research in the field of biotechnology and nucleolotransfer therapy.
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- Michal Benc
- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nabrezie mladeze 91, 94974 Nitra, Slovakia; (M.B.); (M.M.); (A.B.); (J.L.)
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nabrezie mladeze 91, 94974 Nitra, Slovakia; (M.B.); (M.M.); (A.B.); (J.L.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +421-037-6408-584
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nabrezie mladeze 91, 94974 Nitra, Slovakia; (M.B.); (M.M.); (A.B.); (J.L.)
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nabrezie mladeze 91, 94974 Nitra, Slovakia; (M.B.); (M.M.); (A.B.); (J.L.)
- Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, The Czech Academy of Sciences, 27721 Libechov, Czech Republic; (M.M.); (A.G.)
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- Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, The Czech Academy of Sciences, 27721 Libechov, Czech Republic; (M.M.); (A.G.)
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- Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, The Czech Academy of Sciences, 27721 Libechov, Czech Republic; (M.M.); (A.G.)
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- Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France;
- Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, BREED, 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, St. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia;
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nabrezie mladeze 91, 94974 Nitra, Slovakia; (M.B.); (M.M.); (A.B.); (J.L.)
- Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, The Czech Academy of Sciences, 27721 Libechov, Czech Republic; (M.M.); (A.G.)
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Enukashvily NI, Dobrynin MA, Chubar AV. RNA-seeded membraneless bodies: Role of tandemly repeated RNA. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2021; 126:151-193. [PMID: 34090614 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apcsb.2020.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2023]
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Membraneless organelles (bodies, granules, etc.) are spatially distinct sub-nuclear and cytoplasmic foci involved in all the processes in a living cell, such as development, cell death, carcinogenesis, proliferation, and differentiation. Today the list of the membraneless organelles includes a wide spectrum of intranuclear and cytoplasmic bodies. Proteins with intrinsically disordered regions are the key players in the membraneless body assembly. However, recent data assume an important role of RNA molecules in the process of the liquid-liquid phase separation. High-level expression of RNA above a critical concentration threshold is mandatory to nucleate interactions with specific proteins and for seeding membraneless organelles. RNA components are considered by many authors as the principal determinants of organelle identity. Tandemly repeated (TR) DNA of big satellites (a TR family that includes centromeric and pericentromeric DNA sequences) was believed to be transcriptionally silent for a long period. Now we know about the TR transcription upregulation during gameto- and embryogenesis, carcinogenesis, stress response. In the review, we summarize the recent data about the involvement of TR RNA in the formation of nuclear membraneless granules, bodies, etc., with different functions being in some cases an initiator of the structures assembly. These RNP structures sequestrate and inactivate different proteins and transcripts. The TR induced sequestration is one of the key principles of nuclear architecture and genome functioning. Studying the role of the TR-based membraneless organelles in stress and disease will bring some new ideas for translational medicine.
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- Natella I Enukashvily
- Institute of Cytology RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia; North-Western Medical State University named after I.I. Mechnikov, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Rivas-Manzano P, Ramírez-Escoto MM, De la Rosa-Rugerio C, Rugerio-Vargas C, Ortiz-Hernández R, Torres-Ramírez N. Argentic staining reveals changes in cerebellar tissue organisation by prenatal glucocorticoid administration in rats. Histol Histopathol 2020; 36:195-205. [PMID: 33331648 DOI: 10.14670/hh-18-291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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It was almost 150 years ago that Golgi revolutionised histology with silver-based stains. Major advances in knowledge of the nervous system became possible because of silver impregnations. Silver staining combined with classical histological staining, cytochemistry methods, and electron microscopy is useful for studying mechanisms and components at subcellular, cellular, and tissue levels. Despite the advantages of silver staining, its use has decreased over time. The aim of this work was to use argentic staining to study the cerebellar effects of controversial prenatal glucocorticoid (GC) therapy. At postnatal day 12 (P12), the cerebellum of corticosterone (CC)-treated rats impregnated with AgNOR staining exhibited diminished thickness of the external granule layer (EGL) and irregular Purkinje cell arrangement. There was a greater number of nucleoli and nucleolar organiser regions (NORs) in 24% of Purkinje cells. Cerebellar granule neuron progenitor (CGNP) cells of the EGL showed a decrease in cellular density (confirmed by proliferating cell nuclear antigen [PCNA] immunolocalization) and NORs. At postnatal day 6 (P6), the Golgi-Kopsch technique allowed us to observe disturbances in the distribution pattern of CGNP cells (during proliferation, migration, and differentiation) and premature growth of the Bergmann glia. Our findings reveal disturbances in the cerebellar development program with early cellular and tissue changes.
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- Patricia Rivas-Manzano
- Departament of Comparative Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, DF, México
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- Departament of Cell and Tissue Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, DF, México
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- Departament of Cell and Tissue Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, DF, México
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- Departament of Cell and Tissue Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, DF, México
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- Departament of Cell Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, DF, México.
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- Departament of Cell Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, DF, México.
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Korček M, Sekerešová M, Makarevich AV, Gavurová H, Olexíková L, Pivko J, Barreto L. Morphological and functional alterations of the prostate tissue during clinical progression in hormonally-naïve, hormonally-treated and castration-resistant patients with metastatic prostate cancer. Oncol Lett 2020; 20:201. [PMID: 32963607 PMCID: PMC7491063 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2020.12064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Since commony used tools in oncological practice for the diagnosis of castration-resistent prostatic acinar adenocarcinoma are based on clinical criteria, such as castrate testosterone level, continuous rise in serum prostate-specific antigen, progression of preexisting disease or appearance of new metastases, it is important to identify reliable histopathological markers for the identification of this disease. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to determine the association between results from histological analysis, ultrastructural analysis and apoptosis in the prostate of patients with metastatic acinar prostatic adenocarcinoma (mPC). Patients were treated with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), abiraterone acetate (Abi) therapy or received no treatment. Prostate tissue samples were divided into four groups as follows: i) Group 1, tissues from patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (adenocarcinoma negative); ii) group 2, tissues from patients with metastatic hormone naïve prostate cancer; iii) group 3, tissues from patients with mPC treated with ADT; and iv) group 4, tissues from patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer treated with ADT and Abi. Immunohistochemical, terminal deoxynucleotidyl-transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labelling (TUNEL) and ultrastructural assays using light, fluorescence and transmission electron microscopy, respectively, were used to analyze prostate tissue samples. The results demonstrated that ADT and Abi therapy caused histological and ultrastructural changes in prostate tissues. In groups 3 and 4, benign and malignant tissues were affected by the hormonal therapy. Histologically, the malignant epithelium after ADT therapy in groups 3 and 4 presented with a loss of glandular architecture, nuclear and nucleolar shrinkage, chromatin condensation and cytoplasmic clearing. At the ultrastructural level, compact hypertrophic and hyperchromatic nuclei with numerous invaginations were observed in groups 2, 3 and 4. In addition, the incidence of abnormal mitochondria in malignant cells of these groups was high. Group 4 was characterized by the presence of malignant mesenchyme-like cells in the prostatic stroma, arranged in small groups surrounded by collagen fibrils. Furthermore, the cytoplasm of these cells contained filaments. A decrease in the number of apoptotic cells using TUNEL assays in the examined samples was observed with increasing disease progression. The findings from the present study suggest that the duration of treatment with ADT and progression of the disease were associated with apoptosis dysregulation.
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- Michal Korček
- Department of Urology, Faculty Hospital Nitra, 94901 Nitra, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty Hospital Nitra, 94901 Nitra, Slovak Republic
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- Research Institute for Animal Production Nitra, National Agricultural and Food Centre, 95141 Lužianky-near-Nitra, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty Hospital Nitra, 94901 Nitra, Slovak Republic
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- Research Institute for Animal Production Nitra, National Agricultural and Food Centre, 95141 Lužianky-near-Nitra, Slovak Republic
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- Research Institute for Animal Production Nitra, National Agricultural and Food Centre, 95141 Lužianky-near-Nitra, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Urology, Faculty Hospital Nitra, 94901 Nitra, Slovak Republic
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Elsharawy KA, Mohammed OJ, Aleskandarany MA, Hyder A, El-Gammal HL, Abou-Dobara MI, Green AR, Dalton LW, Rakha EA. The nucleolar-related protein Dyskerin pseudouridine synthase 1 (DKC1) predicts poor prognosis in breast cancer. Br J Cancer 2020; 123:1543-1552. [PMID: 32868896 PMCID: PMC7653035 DOI: 10.1038/s41416-020-01045-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Revised: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background Hypertrophy of the nucleolus is a distinctive cytological feature of malignant cells and corresponds to aggressive behaviour. This study aimed to identify the key gene associated with nucleolar prominence (NP) in breast cancer (BC) and determine its prognostic significance. Methods From The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) cohort, digital whole slide images identified cancers having NP served as label and an information theory algorithm was applied to find which mRNA gene best explained NP. Dyskerin Pseudouridine Synthase 1 (DKC1) was identified. DKC1 expression was assessed using mRNA data of Molecular Taxonomy of Breast Cancer International Consortium (METABRIC, n = 1980) and TCGA (n = 855). DKC1 protein expression was assessed using immunohistochemistry in Nottingham BC cohort (n = 943). Results Nuclear and nucleolar expressions of DKC1 protein were significantly associated with higher tumour grade (p < 0.0001), high nucleolar score (p < 0.001) and poor Nottingham Prognostic Index (p < 0.0001). High DKC1 expression was associated with shorter BC-specific survival (BCSS). In multivariate analysis, DKC1 mRNA and protein expressions were independent risk factors for BCSS (p < 0.01). Conclusion DKC1 expression is strongly correlated with NP and its overexpression in BC is associated with unfavourable clinicopathological characteristics and poor outcome. This has been a detailed example in the correlation of phenotype with genotype.
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- Khloud A Elsharawy
- Nottingham Breast Cancer Research Centre, Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham Biodiscovery Institute, University Park, Nottingham, UK.,Faculty of Science, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt
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- Nottingham Breast Cancer Research Centre, Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham Biodiscovery Institute, University Park, Nottingham, UK
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- Nottingham Breast Cancer Research Centre, Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham Biodiscovery Institute, University Park, Nottingham, UK
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- Faculty of Science, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt
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- Nottingham Breast Cancer Research Centre, Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham Biodiscovery Institute, University Park, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Histopathology, South Austin Hospital, Austin, TX, USA
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- Nottingham Breast Cancer Research Centre, Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham Biodiscovery Institute, University Park, Nottingham, UK.
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Nisari M, Eröz R. Does capsaicin have therapeutic benefits in human colon adenocarcinoma? Selection of the most reliable dose via AgNOR. Turk J Med Sci 2020; 50:1076-1081. [PMID: 32490651 PMCID: PMC7379404 DOI: 10.3906/sag-2003-251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background/aim To determine the effect of different doses of capsaicin on AgNOR protein synthesis in human colon adenocarcinoma derivate from colon cancer (Caco-2 cell). Materials and methods In this experimental study, after the cultured of Caco-2 cell line, the cells are divided into 4 groups as control and different capsaicin exposed doses (25uµ, 50uµ, and 75uµ). Mean AgNOR number and total AgNOR area/nuclear area (TAA/NA) were calculated. Results A significant differences were detected between control and capsaicin (50uµ) (P = 0.001), between control and capsaicin (75uµ) (P = 0.000), between capsaicin (25uµ) and capsaicin (50uµ) (P = 0.001) and between capsaicin (25uµ) and capsaicin (75uµ) (P = 0.000) for TAA/NA. Also, there were significant differences between control and capsaicin (50uµ) (P = 0.001), between control and capsaicin (75uµ) (P = 0.000), between capsaicin (25uµ) and capsaicin (50uµ) (P = 0.000) and between capsaicin (25uµ) and capsaicin (75uµ) (P = 0.000) for mean AgNOR number.Conclusion: A certain amount of capsaicin has a protective effect against colon adenocarcinoma and the dose concentrations are important for the most reliable treatment.
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- Mustafa Nisari
- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Science, Nuh Naci Yazgan University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Medical School, Düzce University, Düzce, Turkey
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Razin SV, Gavrilov AA. The Role of Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation in the Compartmentalization of Cell Nucleus and Spatial Genome Organization. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2020; 85:643-650. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006297920060012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Elsharawy KA, Toss MS, Raafat S, Ball G, Green AR, Aleskandarany MA, Dalton LW, Rakha EA. Prognostic significance of nucleolar assessment in invasive breast cancer. Histopathology 2020; 76:671-684. [PMID: 31736094 DOI: 10.1111/his.14036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Revised: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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AIMS Nucleolar morphometric features have a potential role in the assessment of the aggressiveness of many cancers. However, the role of nucleoli in invasive breast cancer (BC) is still unclear. The aims of this study were to investigate the optimal method for scoring nucleoli in IBC and their prognostic significance, and to refine the grading of breast cancer (BC) by incorporating nucleolar score. METHODS AND RESULTS Digital images acquired from haematoxylin and eosin-stained sections from a large BC cohort were divided into training (n = 400) and validation (n = 1200) sets for use in this study. Four different assessment methods were evaluated in the training set to identify the optimal method associated with the best performance and significant prognostic value. These were: (i) a modified Helpap method; (ii) counting prominent nucleoli (size ≥2.5 µm) in 10 field views (FVs); (iii) counting prominent nucleoli in five FVs; and (iv) counting prominent nucleoli in one FV. The optimal method was applied to the validation set and to an external validation set, i.e. data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (n = 743). Scoring prominent nucleoli in five FVs showed the highest interobserver concordance rate (intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.8) and a significant association with BC-specific survival (P < 0.0001). A high nucleolar score was associated with younger age, larger tumour size, and higher grade. Incorporation of nucleolar score in the Nottingham grading system resulted in a higher significant association with survival than the conventional grade. CONCLUSIONS Quantification of nucleolar prominence in five FVs is a cost-efficient and reproducible morphological feature that can predict BC behaviour and can provide an alternative to pleomorphism to improve BC grading performance.
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- Khloud A Elsharawy
- Academic Pathology, Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.,Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt
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- Academic Pathology, Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Academic Pathology, Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK
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- Academic Pathology, Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Academic Pathology, Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Histopathology, South Austin Hospital, Austin, TX, USA
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- Academic Pathology, Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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Bartholomé O, Franck C, Piscicelli P, Lalun N, Defourny J, Renauld J, Thelen N, Lamaye F, Ploton D, Thiry M. Relationships between the structural and functional organization of the turtle cell nucleolus. J Struct Biol 2019; 208:107398. [PMID: 31585176 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2019.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Revised: 09/21/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The nucleolus is a multifunctional structure of the eukaryotic cell nucleus. However, its primary role is ribosome formation. Although the factors and mechanisms involved in ribogenesis are well conserved in eukaryotes, two types of nucleoli have been observed under the electron microscope: a tricompartmentalized nucleolus in amniotes and a bicompartmentalized nucleolus in other species. A recent study has also revealed that turtles, although belonging to amniotes, displayed a nucleolus with bipartite organization, suggesting that this reptile group may have carried out a reversion phenomenon during evolution. In this study, we examine in great detail the functional organization of the turtle nucleolus. In liver and spleen cells cultured in vitro, we confirm that the turtle nucleolus is mainly formed by two components: a fibrillar zone surrounded by a granular zone. We further show that the fibrillar zone includes densely-contrasted strands, which are positive after silver-stained Nucleolar Organizer Region (Ag-NOR) staining and DNA labelling. We also reveal that the dense strands condensed into a very compact mass within the fibrillar zone after a treatment with actinomycin D or 5,6-dichlorobenzimidazole riboside. Finally, by using pulse-chase experiments with BrUTP, three-dimensional image reconstructions of confocal optical sections, and electron microscopy analysis of ultrathin sections, we show that the topological and spatial dynamics of rRNA within the nucleolus extend from upstream binding factor (UBF)-positive sites in the fibrillar zone to the granular zone, without ever releasing the positive sites for the UBF. Together, these results seem to clearly indicate that the compartmentalization of the turtle nucleolus into two main components reflects a less orderly organization of ribosome formation.
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- Odile Bartholomé
- Unit of Cell Biology, GIGA-Neurosciences, University of Liege, CHU Sart-Tilman, B36, 4000 Liege, Belgium
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- Unit of Cell Biology, GIGA-Neurosciences, University of Liege, CHU Sart-Tilman, B36, 4000 Liege, Belgium
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- Unit of Cell Biology, GIGA-Neurosciences, University of Liege, CHU Sart-Tilman, B36, 4000 Liege, Belgium
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- UMRCNRS 6237, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, 51 rue Cognacq-Jay, 51095 Reims Cedex, France
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- Unit of Cell Biology, GIGA-Neurosciences, University of Liege, CHU Sart-Tilman, B36, 4000 Liege, Belgium
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- Unit of Cell Biology, GIGA-Neurosciences, University of Liege, CHU Sart-Tilman, B36, 4000 Liege, Belgium
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- Unit of Cell Biology, GIGA-Neurosciences, University of Liege, CHU Sart-Tilman, B36, 4000 Liege, Belgium
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- Unit of Cell Biology, GIGA-Neurosciences, University of Liege, CHU Sart-Tilman, B36, 4000 Liege, Belgium
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- UMRCNRS 6237, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, 51 rue Cognacq-Jay, 51095 Reims Cedex, France
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- Unit of Cell Biology, GIGA-Neurosciences, University of Liege, CHU Sart-Tilman, B36, 4000 Liege, Belgium.
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Kim TK, Lee BW, Fujii F, Kim JK, Pack CG. Physicochemical Properties of Nucleoli in Live Cells Analyzed by Label-Free Optical Diffraction Tomography. Cells 2019; 8:cells8070699. [PMID: 31295945 PMCID: PMC6679011 DOI: 10.3390/cells8070699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2019] [Revised: 06/27/2019] [Accepted: 07/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The cell nucleus is three-dimensionally and dynamically organized by nuclear components with high molecular density, such as chromatin and nuclear bodies. The structure and functions of these components are represented by the diffusion and interaction of related factors. Recent studies suggest that the nucleolus can be assessed using various protein probes, as the probes are highly mobile in this organelle, although it is known that they have a densely packed structure. However, physicochemical properties of the nucleolus itself, such as molecular density and volume when cellular conditions are changed, are not yet fully understood. In this study, physical parameters such as the refractive index (RI) and volume of the nucleoli in addition to the diffusion coefficient (D) of fluorescent probe protein inside the nucleolus are quantified and compared by combining label-free optical diffraction tomography (ODT) with confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM)-based fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS). 3D evaluation of RI values and corresponding RI images of nucleoli in live HeLa cells successfully demonstrated varying various physiological conditions. Our complimentary method suggests that physical property of the nucleolus in live cell is sensitive to ATP depletion and transcriptional inhibition, while it is insensitive to hyper osmotic pressure when compared with the cytoplasm and nucleoplasm. The result demonstrates that the nucleolus has unique physicochemical properties when compared with other cellular components.
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- Tae-Keun Kim
- Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 05505, Korea
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- Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 05505, Korea
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- Division of Physical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe 650-8586, Japan
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- Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 05505, Korea.
- Department of Convergence Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Korea.
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- Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 05505, Korea.
- Department of Convergence Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Korea.
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Rašković B, Cruzeiro C, Poleksić V, Rocha E. Estimating volumes from common carp hepatocytes using design-based stereology and examining correlations with profile areas: Revisiting a nutritional assay and unveiling guidelines to microscopists. Microsc Res Tech 2019; 82:861-871. [PMID: 30730589 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.23228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2018] [Revised: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Assessing fish liver status is common in aquaculture nutrition assays. This often implies determining hepatocytes profile areas in routine thin (5-7 μm) histological sections. However, there are theoretical problems using planar morphometry in thin sections: inherent sampling cells biases, too small numbers of sampled cells, under/overestimation of size, measuring size as areas when cells are three-dimensional (3D) entities. The gold standard for assessing/validate cell size is stereology using thick sections (20-40 μm). Here, we estimated the volume of hepatocytes and their nuclei by the nucleator and optical disector stereological probes (in thick sections), and, innovatively, in thin sections too (using single-section disectors). The liver of common carp eating feed containing either low or high level of lipids was targeted. Results were compared with prior profile areas from planar morphometry using thin sections, and with profile areas estimated here with the two-dimensional (2D) nucleator. Ratios between nucleus and cell/cytoplasm (N/C) areas and volumes were calculated and compared. There was high positive correlation between volumes in thin and thick sections (r = .85 to .89; p < .001), empirically validating the single-section disector. Strong correlations existed between profile-derived versus 2D-nucleator areas (r = .74 to .83; p < .001). There was systematic underestimation of cells and nucleus size using planar morphometry. The N/C ratios derived from the 2D-nucleator data were higher than those from planar morphometry. Despite theoretical premises for using simple planar morphometry in thin sections are flawed, our results support that such morphometry on carp/fish hepatocytes may offer some valid biological conclusions. Anyway, we advanced guidelines for implementing proper methods.
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- Božidar Rašković
- University of Belgrade - Faculty of Agriculture, Institute of Animal Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Laboratory of Histology and Embryology, Department of Microscopy, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto (U.Porto), Porto, Portugal.,Histomorphology, Physiopathology, and Applied Toxicology Group, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), University of Porto (U.Porto), Matosinhos, Portugal
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- University of Belgrade - Faculty of Agriculture, Institute of Animal Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Laboratory of Histology and Embryology, Department of Microscopy, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto (U.Porto), Porto, Portugal.,Histomorphology, Physiopathology, and Applied Toxicology Group, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), University of Porto (U.Porto), Matosinhos, Portugal
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Gunes H, Saritas A, Eroz R, Colakoglu S. Use of argyrophilic nucleolar–organizer region-associated protein synthesis in skeletal muscle cells for prediction of chronic carbon monoxide exposure. TOXIN REV 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/15569543.2018.1525401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Harun Gunes
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Duzce University School of Medicine, Duzce, Turkey
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Duzce University School of Medicine, Duzce, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Duzce University School of Medicine, Duzce, Turkey
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- Department of Anatomy, Duzce University School of Medicine, Duzce, Turkey
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The Nucleolar Protein LYAR Facilitates Ribonucleoprotein Assembly of Influenza A Virus. J Virol 2018; 92:JVI.01042-18. [PMID: 30209172 PMCID: PMC6232469 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01042-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2018] [Accepted: 09/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Influenza A viral ribonucleoprotein (vRNP) is responsible for transcription and replication of the viral genome in infected cells and depends on host factors for its functions. Identification of the host factors interacting with vRNP not only improves understanding of virus-host interactions but also provides insights into novel mechanisms of viral pathogenicity and the development of new antiviral strategies. Here, we have identified 80 host factors that copurified with vRNP using affinity purification followed by mass spectrometry. LYAR, a cell growth-regulating nucleolar protein, has been shown to be important for influenza A virus replication. During influenza A virus infection, LYAR expression is increased and partly translocates from the nucleolus to the nucleoplasm and cytoplasm. Furthermore, LYAR interacts with RNP subunits, resulting in enhancing viral RNP assembly, thereby facilitating viral RNA synthesis. Taken together, our studies identify a novel vRNP binding host partner important for influenza A virus replication and further reveal the mechanism of LYAR regulating influenza A viral RNA synthesis by facilitating viral RNP assembly.IMPORTANCE Influenza A virus (IAV) must utilize the host cell machinery to replicate, but many of the mechanisms of IAV-host interaction remain poorly understood. Improved understanding of interactions between host factors and vRNP not only increases our basic knowledge of the molecular mechanisms of virus replication and pathogenicity but also provides insights into possible novel antiviral targets that are necessary due to the widespread emergence of drug-resistant IAV strains. Here, we have identified LYAR, a cell growth-regulating nucleolar protein, which interacts with viral RNP components and is important for efficient replication of IAVs and whose role in the IAV life cycle has never been reported. In addition, we further reveal the role of LYAR in viral RNA synthesis. Our results extend and improve current knowledge on the mechanisms of IAV transcription and replication.
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Moujaber O, Stochaj U. Cytoplasmic RNA Granules in Somatic Maintenance. Gerontology 2018; 64:485-494. [PMID: 29847814 DOI: 10.1159/000488759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 03/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Cytoplasmic RNA granules represent subcellular compartments that are enriched in protein-bound RNA species. RNA granules are produced by evolutionary divergent eukaryotes, including yeast, mammals, and plants. The functions of cytoplasmic RNA granules differ widely. They are dictated by the cell type and physiological state, which in turn is determined by intrinsic cell properties and environmental factors. RNA granules provide diverse cellular functions. However, all of the granules contribute to aspects of RNA metabolism. This is exemplified by transcription, RNA storage, silencing, and degradation, as well as mRNP remodeling and regulated translation. Several forms of cytoplasmic mRNA granules are linked to normal physiological processes. For instance, they may coordinate protein synthesis and thereby serve as posttranscriptional "operons". RNA granules also participate in cytoplasmic mRNA trafficking, a process particularly well understood for neurons. Many forms of RNA granules support the preservation of somatic cell performance under normal and stress conditions. On the other hand, severe insults or disease can cause the formation and persistence of RNA granules that contribute to cellular dysfunction, especially in the nervous system. Neurodegeneration and many other diseases linked to RNA granules are associated with aging. Nevertheless, information related to the impact of aging on the various types of RNA granules is presently very limited. This review concentrates on cytoplasmic RNA granules and their role in somatic cell maintenance. We summarize the current knowledge on different types of RNA granules in the cytoplasm, their assembly and function under normal, stress, or disease conditions. Specifically, we discuss processing bodies, neuronal granules, stress granules, and other less characterized cytoplasmic RNA granules. Our focus is primarily on mammalian and yeast models, because they have been critical to unravel the physiological role of various RNA granules. RNA granules in plants and pathogens are briefly described. We conclude our viewpoint by summarizing the emerging concepts for RNA granule biology and the open questions that need to be addressed in future studies.
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Hassan S, Mansy SS, Tabak SA, AbdelFattah AS, Abdel-Aziz AM, Hamam O, Seleem MI, Abdelaal A. Immunohistochemical and electron microscopic morphometric image analysis of hepatocellular carcinoma in association of HCV infection. Ultrastruct Pathol 2018; 42:97-107. [PMID: 29424576 DOI: 10.1080/01913123.2017.1422065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is crucial for successful therapy. The present work examined the value of ultrastructural morphometric image analysis of hepatocyte nuclei in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) versus HCC cases with chronic HCV and the corresponding surgical tumor-free safe margins (TFMs), to highlight any early predictive signs of neoplastic cellular transformation. This work also performed an immunohistochemical assessment of cytokeratin 19 (CK19) and Ki-67-positive cells to visualize any associated proliferative activity in the examined groups. The results showed significant decrease in the hepatocyte nuclear surface areas in the HCC and TFMs versus those in the HCV cases. The hepatocyte nucleolar surface area was significantly increased in the HCC cases versus that in the HCV cases. This increase was associated with a significant increase in Ki-67-positive cells in the HCC cases compared to those in the other groups. Conversely, the mean number of CK 19-positive cells was significantly reduced in the HCC cases compared to the cell numbers in TFMs and HCV cases with severe hepatic fibrosis. Liver progenitor cells (LPCs) were discerned in the reactive ductules and canaliculo-ductular junctions that characterized TFMs. LPCs were sporadically distributed in the liver lobules and reactive bile ductules in the HCC samples. In conclusion, CK 19 represents an important marker for distinguishing between dysplastic and malignant liver nodules. Electron microscopic morphometric image analysis may be considered as adjunct factor for assessing hepatocyte malignant transformation. Wider scale studies are needed to authenticate these results.
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- Sarah Hassan
- a Electron Microscopy Research Department (Pathology) , Theodor Bilharz Research Institute , Cairo , Egypt
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- a Electron Microscopy Research Department (Pathology) , Theodor Bilharz Research Institute , Cairo , Egypt
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- b Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine , Cairo University , Egypt
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- c Hepatogastroenterology Department , Theodor Bilharz Research Institute , Cairo , Egypt
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- d Pathology Department , Theodor Bilharz Research Institute , Cairo , Egypt
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- e Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation , National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute , Cairo , Egypt
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- f Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine , Ain Shams University , Cairo , Egypt
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Jha MK, Kim JH, Song GJ, Lee WH, Lee IK, Lee HW, An SSA, Kim S, Suk K. Functional dissection of astrocyte-secreted proteins: Implications in brain health and diseases. Prog Neurobiol 2017; 162:37-69. [PMID: 29247683 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2017.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2017] [Revised: 10/23/2017] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Astrocytes, which are homeostatic cells of the central nervous system (CNS), display remarkable heterogeneity in their morphology and function. Besides their physical and metabolic support to neurons, astrocytes modulate the blood-brain barrier, regulate CNS synaptogenesis, guide axon pathfinding, maintain brain homeostasis, affect neuronal development and plasticity, and contribute to diverse neuropathologies via secreted proteins. The identification of astrocytic proteome and secretome profiles has provided new insights into the maintenance of neuronal health and survival, the pathogenesis of brain injury, and neurodegeneration. Recent advances in proteomics research have provided an excellent catalog of astrocyte-secreted proteins. This review categorizes astrocyte-secreted proteins and discusses evidence that astrocytes play a crucial role in neuronal activity and brain function. An in-depth understanding of astrocyte-secreted proteins and their pathways is pivotal for the development of novel strategies for restoring brain homeostasis, limiting brain injury/inflammation, counteracting neurodegeneration, and obtaining functional recovery.
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- Mithilesh Kumar Jha
- Department of Pharmacology, Brain Science and Engineering Institute, BK21 Plus KNU Biomedical Convergence Program, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea; Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Brain Science and Engineering Institute, BK21 Plus KNU Biomedical Convergence Program, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, Brain Science and Engineering Institute, BK21 Plus KNU Biomedical Convergence Program, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- School of Life Sciences, BK21 Plus KNU Creative BioResearch Group, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Brain Science and Engineering Institute, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of BioNano Technology, Gachon University, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, Brain Science and Engineering Institute, BK21 Plus KNU Biomedical Convergence Program, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
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Liu Y, Mattila J, Ventelä S, Yadav L, Zhang W, Lamichane N, Sundström J, Kauko O, Grénman R, Varjosalo M, Westermarck J, Hietakangas V. PWP1 Mediates Nutrient-Dependent Growth Control through Nucleolar Regulation of Ribosomal Gene Expression. Dev Cell 2017; 43:240-252.e5. [PMID: 29065309 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2016] [Revised: 08/01/2017] [Accepted: 09/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ribosome biogenesis regulates animal growth and is controlled by nutrient-responsive mTOR signaling. How ribosome biogenesis is regulated during the developmental growth of animals and how nutrient-responsive signaling adjusts ribosome biogenesis in this setting have remained insufficiently understood. We uncover PWP1 as a chromatin-associated regulator of developmental growth with a conserved role in RNA polymerase I (Pol I)-mediated rRNA transcription. We further observed that PWP1 epigenetically maintains the rDNA loci in a transcription-competent state. PWP1 responds to nutrition in Drosophila larvae via mTOR signaling through gene expression and phosphorylation, which controls the nucleolar localization of dPWP1. Our data further imply that dPWP1 acts synergistically with mTOR signaling to regulate the nucleolar localization of TFIIH, a known elongation factor of Pol I. Ribosome biogenesis is often deregulated in cancer, and we demonstrate that high PWP1 levels in human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma tumors are associated with poor prognosis.
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- Ying Liu
- Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, 00790 Helsinki, Finland; Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, 00790 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, 00790 Helsinki, Finland; Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, 00790 Helsinki, Finland
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- Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland
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- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, 00790 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, 00790 Helsinki, Finland; Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, 00790 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, 00790 Helsinki, Finland; Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, 00790 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland; Department of Pathology, Turku University Hospital, 20521 Turku, Finland
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- Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland; Department of Pathology, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery and Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, 20521 Turku, Finland
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- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, 00790 Helsinki, Finland
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- Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland; Department of Pathology, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, 00790 Helsinki, Finland; Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, 00790 Helsinki, Finland.
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A Pair of Maternal Chromosomes Derived from Meiotic Nondisjunction in Trisomy 21 Affects Nuclear Architecture and Transcriptional Regulation. Sci Rep 2017; 7:764. [PMID: 28396582 PMCID: PMC5429678 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-00714-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2016] [Accepted: 03/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic genomes are organised into complex higher-order structures within the nucleus, and the three-dimensional arrangement of chromosomes is functionally important for global gene regulation. The existence of supernumerary chromosome 21 in Down syndrome may perturb the nuclear architecture at different levels, which is normally optimised to maintain the physiological balance of gene expression. However, it has not been clearly elucidated whether and how aberrant configuration of chromosomes affects gene activities. To investigate the effects of trisomy 21 on nuclear organisation and gene expression, we performed three-dimensional fluorescent imaging analysis of chromosome-edited human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which enabled identification of the parental origin of the three copies of chromosome 21. We found that two copies of maternal chromosomes resulting from meiotic nondisjunction had a higher tendency to form an adjacent pair and were located relatively distant from the nuclear membrane, suggesting the conserved interaction between these homologous chromosomes. Transcriptional profiling of parental-origin-specific corrected disomy 21 iPSC lines indicated upregulated expression of the maternal alleles for a group of genes, which was accompanied by a fluctuating expression pattern. These results suggest the unique effects of a pair of maternal chromosomes in trisomy 21, which may contribute to the pathological phenotype.
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Atger F, Mauvoisin D, Weger B, Gobet C, Gachon F. Regulation of Mammalian Physiology by Interconnected Circadian and Feeding Rhythms. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2017; 8:42. [PMID: 28337174 PMCID: PMC5340782 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2017.00042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2016] [Accepted: 02/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Circadian clocks are endogenous timekeeping systems that adapt in an anticipatory fashion the physiology and behavior of most living organisms. In mammals, the master pacemaker resides in the suprachiasmatic nucleus and entrains peripheral clocks using a wide range of signals that differentially schedule physiology and gene expression in a tissue-specific manner. The peripheral clocks, such as those found in the liver, are particularly sensitive to rhythmic external cues like feeding behavior, which modulate the phase and amplitude of rhythmic gene expression. Consequently, the liver clock temporally tunes the expression of many genes involved in metabolism and physiology. However, the circadian modulation of cellular functions also relies on multiple layers of posttranscriptional and posttranslational regulation. Strikingly, these additional regulatory events may happen independently of any transcriptional oscillations, showing that complex regulatory networks ultimately drive circadian output functions. These rhythmic events also integrate feeding-related cues and adapt various metabolic processes to food availability schedules. The importance of such temporal regulation of metabolism is illustrated by metabolic dysfunctions and diseases resulting from circadian clock disruption or inappropriate feeding patterns. Therefore, the study of circadian clocks and rhythmic feeding behavior should be of interest to further advance our understanding of the prevention and therapy of metabolic diseases.
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- Florian Atger
- Department of Diabetes and Circadian Rhythms, Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Diabetes and Circadian Rhythms, Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences, Lausanne, Switzerland
- School of Life Sciences, Institute of Bioengineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Diabetes and Circadian Rhythms, Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Diabetes and Circadian Rhythms, Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences, Lausanne, Switzerland
- School of Life Sciences, Institute of Bioengineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Diabetes and Circadian Rhythms, Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences, Lausanne, Switzerland
- School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- *Correspondence: Frédéric Gachon,
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Saritas A, Gunes H, Colakoglu S, Eroz R, Akoz A, Oktay M, Buyukkaya A, Kandis H, Ozkan A. Are there any effects of chronic carbon monoxide exposure on argyrophilic nucleolar-organizing region–associated protein synthesis in rat myocardium? Hum Exp Toxicol 2016; 35:921-8. [DOI: 10.1177/0960327115608929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The aims of the study are to detect whether there are any possible effects of chronic carbon monoxide (CO) exposure on the argyrophilic nucleolar-organizing region (AgNOR)–associated protein synthesis and evaluate any possible relationship between the amount of AgNOR protein and the level of myocardial injury also and between AgNOR and histopathological evaluation methods. Adult male albino Wistar rats ( n = 18) were randomly divided into three groups (groups A, B, and C). Group A served as control, while groups B and C were rats exposed to CO gas chronically (1000 and 3000 ppm CO concentration with a flow rate of 4 L/min for 30 min/day for 7 days, respectively). Total AgNOR area/nuclear area (TAA/NA) and the mean AgNOR numbers for each myocyte nucleus were determined. There were significant differences among all groups for TAA/NA ratio. These differences were not significant for mean AgNOR numbers. According to the histopathological evaluation scores, there were significant differences between the groups. The differences were significant among the groups for loss of sarcomere pattern. A strong positive correlation between histopathological injury scores and TAA/NA ratio was found ( Rsq = 0.48; p = 0.002), however, the correlation was not significant for mean AgNOR numbers ( Rsq = 0.08; p = 0.25). In conclusion, TAA/NA ratio can be used as an indicator for obtaining information about the level of myocardial damage instead of histopathological evaluation scores.
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- A Saritas
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Duzce University School of Medicine, Duzce, Turkey
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Duzce University School of Medicine, Duzce, Turkey
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- Department of Anatomy, Duzce University School of Medicine, Duzce, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Duzce University School of Medicine, Duzce, Turkey
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Ataturk University School of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Duzce University School of Medicine, Duzce, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, Duzce State Hospital, Duzce, Turkey
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Duzce University School of Medicine, Duzce, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Duzce University School of Medicine, Duzce, Turkey
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Spagnol ST, Armiger TJ, Dahl KN. Mechanobiology of Chromatin and the Nuclear Interior. Cell Mol Bioeng 2016; 9:268-276. [PMID: 28163791 PMCID: PMC5289645 DOI: 10.1007/s12195-016-0444-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2015] [Accepted: 05/03/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The view of the cell nucleus has evolved from an isolated, static organelle to a dynamic structure integrated with other mechanical elements of the cell. Both dynamics and integration appear to contribute to a mechanical regulation of genome expression. Here, we review physical structures inside the nucleus at different length scales and the dynamic reorganization modulated by cellular forces. First, we discuss nuclear organization focusing on self-assembly and disassembly of DNA structures and various nuclear bodies. We then discuss the importance of connections from the chromatin fiber through the nuclear envelope to the rest of the cell as they relate to mechanobiology. Finally, we discuss how cell stimulation, both chemical and physical, can alter nuclear structures and ultimately cellular function in healthy cells and in some model diseases. The view of chromatin and nuclear bodies as mechanical entities integrated with force generation from the cytoskeleton combines polymer physics with cell biology and medicine.
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- Stephen T. Spagnol
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
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Koné MC, Fleurot R, Chebrout M, Debey P, Beaujean N, Bonnet-Garnier A. Three-Dimensional Distribution of UBF and Nopp140 in Relationship to Ribosomal DNA Transcription During Mouse Preimplantation Development. Biol Reprod 2016; 94:95. [PMID: 26984997 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.115.136366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2015] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The nucleolus is a dynamic nuclear compartment that is mostly involved in ribosome subunit biogenesis; however, it may also play a role in many other biological processes, such as stress response and the cell cycle. Mainly using electron microscopy, several studies have tried to decipher how active nucleoli are set up during early development in mice. In this study, we analyzed nucleologenesis during mouse early embryonic development using 3D-immunofluorescent detection of UBF and Nopp140, two proteins associated with different nucleolar compartments. UBF is a transcription factor that helps maintain the euchromatic state of ribosomal genes; Nopp140 is a phosphoprotein that has been implicated in pre-rRNA processing. First, using detailed image analyses and the in situ proximity ligation assay technique, we demonstrate that UBF and Nopp140 dynamic redistribution between the two-cell and blastocyst stages (time of implantation) is correlated with morphological and structural modifications that occur in embryonic nucleolar compartments. Our results also support the hypothesis that nucleoli develop at the periphery of nucleolar precursor bodies. Finally, we show that the RNA polymerase I inhibitor CX-5461: 1) disrupts transcriptional activity, 2) alters preimplantation development, and 3) leads to a complete reorganization of UBF and Nopp140 distribution. Altogether, our results underscore that highly dynamic changes are occurring in the nucleoli of embryos and confirm a close link between ribosomal gene transcription and nucleologenesis during the early stages of development.
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- UMR BDR, INRA, ENVA, Université Paris Saclay, Jouy en Josas, France
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- UMR BDR, INRA, ENVA, Université Paris Saclay, Jouy en Josas, France
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- Sorbonne-Universités, MNHN, CNRS, INSERM, Structure et instabilité des génomes, Paris, France
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Ciechonska M, Grob A, Isalan M. From noise to synthetic nucleoli: can synthetic biology achieve new insights? Integr Biol (Camb) 2016; 8:383-93. [PMID: 26751735 DOI: 10.1039/c5ib00271k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Synthetic biology aims to re-organise and control biological components to make functional devices. Along the way, the iterative process of designing and testing gene circuits has the potential to yield many insights into the functioning of the underlying chassis of cells. Thus, synthetic biology is converging with disciplines such as systems biology and even classical cell biology, to give a new level of predictability to gene expression, cell metabolism and cellular signalling networks. This review gives an overview of the contributions that synthetic biology has made in understanding gene expression, in terms of cell heterogeneity (noise), the coupling of growth and energy usage to expression, and spatiotemporal considerations. We mainly compare progress in bacterial and mammalian systems, which have some of the most-developed engineering frameworks. Overall, one view of synthetic biology can be neatly summarised as "creating in order to understand."
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- Marta Ciechonska
- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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West DWD, Baehr LM, Marcotte GR, Chason CM, Tolento L, Gomes AV, Bodine SC, Baar K. Acute resistance exercise activates rapamycin-sensitive and -insensitive mechanisms that control translational activity and capacity in skeletal muscle. J Physiol 2015; 594:453-68. [PMID: 26548696 DOI: 10.1113/jp271365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2015] [Accepted: 10/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS Ribosome biogenesis is the primary determinant of translational capacity, but its regulation in skeletal muscle following acute resistance exercise is poorly understood. Resistance exercise increases muscle protein synthesis acutely, and muscle mass with training, but the role of translational capacity in these processes is unclear. Here, we show that acute resistance exercise activated pathways controlling translational activity and capacity through both rapamycin-sensitive and -insensitive mechanisms. Transcription factor c-Myc and its downstream targets, which are known to regulate ribosome biogenesis in other cell types, were upregulated after resistance exercise in a rapamycin-independent manner and may play a role in determining translational capacity in skeletal muscle. Local inhibition of myostatin was also not affected by rapamycin and may contribute to the rapamycin-independent effects of resistance exercise. ABSTRACT This study aimed to determine (1) the effect of acute resistance exercise on mechanisms of ribosome biogenesis, and (2) the impact of mammalian target of rapamycin on ribosome biogenesis, and muscle protein synthesis (MPS) and degradation. Female F344BN rats underwent unilateral electrical stimulation of the sciatic nerve to mimic resistance exercise in the tibialis anterior (TA) muscle. TA muscles were collected at intervals over the 36 h of exercise recovery (REx); separate groups of animals were administered rapamycin pre-exercise (REx+Rapamycin). Resistance exercise led to a prolonged (6-36 h) elevation (30-50%) of MPS that was fully blocked by rapamycin at 6 h but only partially at 18 h. REx also altered pathways that regulate protein homeostasis and mRNA translation in a manner that was both rapamycin-sensitive (proteasome activity; phosphorylation of S6K1 and rpS6) and rapamycin-insensitive (phosphorylation of eEF2, ERK1/2 and UBF; gene expression of the myostatin target Mighty as well as c-Myc and its targets involved in ribosome biogenesis). The role of c-Myc was tested in vitro using the inhibitor 10058-F4, which, over time, decreased basal RNA and MPS in a dose-dependent manner (correlation of RNA and MPS, r(2) = 0.98), even though it had no effect on the acute stimulation of protein synthesis. In conclusion, acute resistance exercise stimulated rapamycin-sensitive and -insensitive mechanisms that regulate translation activity and capacity.
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- Daniel W D West
- Department of Physiology & Membrane Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Membrane Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Membrane Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Membrane Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.,Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Membrane Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.,Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.,VA Northern California Health Care System, Mather, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Membrane Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.,Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.,VA Northern California Health Care System, Mather, CA, USA
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Popken J, Schmid VJ, Strauss A, Guengoer T, Wolf E, Zakhartchenko V. Stage-dependent remodeling of the nuclear envelope and lamina during rabbit early embryonic development. J Reprod Dev 2015; 62:127-35. [PMID: 26640117 PMCID: PMC4848569 DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2015-100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Utilizing 3D structured illumination microscopy, we investigated the quality and quantity of nuclear
invaginations and the distribution of nuclear pores during rabbit early embryonic development and identified
the exact time point of nucleoporin 153 (NUP153) association with chromatin during mitosis. Contrary to bovine
early embryonic nuclei, featuring almost exclusively nuclear invaginations containing a small volume of
cytoplasm, nuclei in rabbit early embryonic stages show additionally numerous invaginations containing a large
volume of cytoplasm. Small-volume invaginations frequently emanated from large-volume nuclear invaginations
but not vice versa, indicating a different underlying mechanism. Large- and small-volume
nuclear envelope invaginations required the presence of chromatin, as they were restricted to
chromatin-positive areas. The chromatin-free contact areas between nucleolar precursor bodies (NPBs) and
large-volume invaginations were free of nuclear pores. Small-volume invaginations were not in contact with
NPBs. The number of invaginations and isolated intranuclear vesicles per nucleus peaked at the 4-cell stage.
At this stage, the nuclear surface showed highly concentrated clusters of nuclear pores surrounded by areas
free of nuclear pores. Isolated intranuclear lamina vesicles were usually NUP153 negative. Cytoplasmic,
randomly distributed NUP153-positive clusters were highly abundant at the zygote stage and decreased in number
until they were almost absent at the 8-cell stage and later. These large NUP153 clusters may represent a
maternally provided NUP153 deposit, but they were not visible as clusters during mitosis. Major genome
activation at the 8- to 16-cell stage may mark the switch from a necessity for a deposit to on-demand
production. NUP153 association with chromatin is initiated during metaphase before the initiation of the
regeneration of the lamina. To our knowledge, the present study demonstrates for the first time major
remodeling of the nuclear envelope and its underlying lamina during rabbit preimplantation development.
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- Jens Popken
- Division of Anthropology and Human Genetics, Biocenter, LMU Munich, D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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Courtney J, Woods E, Scholz D, Hall WW, Gautier VW. MATtrack: A MATLAB-Based Quantitative Image Analysis Platform for Investigating Real-Time Photo-Converted Fluorescent Signals in Live Cells. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0140209. [PMID: 26485569 PMCID: PMC4616565 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2015] [Accepted: 09/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We introduce here MATtrack, an open source MATLAB-based computational platform developed to process multi-Tiff files produced by a photo-conversion time lapse protocol for live cell fluorescent microscopy. MATtrack automatically performs a series of steps required for image processing, including extraction and import of numerical values from Multi-Tiff files, red/green image classification using gating parameters, noise filtering, background extraction, contrast stretching and temporal smoothing. MATtrack also integrates a series of algorithms for quantitative image analysis enabling the construction of mean and standard deviation images, clustering and classification of subcellular regions and injection point approximation. In addition, MATtrack features a simple user interface, which enables monitoring of Fluorescent Signal Intensity in multiple Regions of Interest, over time. The latter encapsulates a region growing method to automatically delineate the contours of Regions of Interest selected by the user, and performs background and regional Average Fluorescence Tracking, and automatic plotting. Finally, MATtrack computes convenient visualization and exploration tools including a migration map, which provides an overview of the protein intracellular trajectories and accumulation areas. In conclusion, MATtrack is an open source MATLAB-based software package tailored to facilitate the analysis and visualization of large data files derived from real-time live cell fluorescent microscopy using photoconvertible proteins. It is flexible, user friendly, compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux, and a wide range of data acquisition software. MATtrack is freely available for download at eleceng.dit.ie/courtney/MATtrack.zip.
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- Jane Courtney
- Dublin Institute of Technology, Kevin St, Dublin, Ireland
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- UCD Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin, Ireland
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- UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research, School of Medicine and Biomedical Science University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin, Ireland
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- UCD Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin, Ireland
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- UCD Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin, Ireland
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Kardos GR, Robertson GP. Therapeutic interventions to disrupt the protein synthetic machinery in melanoma. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res 2015; 28:501-19. [PMID: 26139519 PMCID: PMC4716672 DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 06/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Control of the protein synthetic machinery is deregulated in many cancers, including melanoma, to increase the protein production. Tumor suppressors and oncogenes play key roles in protein synthesis from the transcription of rRNA and ribosome biogenesis to mRNA translation initiation and protein synthesis. Major signaling pathways are altered in melanoma to modulate the protein synthetic machinery, thereby promoting tumor development. However, despite the importance of this process in melanoma development, involvement of the protein synthetic machinery in this cancer type is an underdeveloped area of study. Here, we review the coupling of melanoma development to deregulation of the protein synthetic machinery. We examine existing knowledge regarding RNA polymerase I inhibition and mRNA translation focusing on their inhibition for therapeutic applications in melanoma. Furthermore, the contribution of amino acid biosynthesis and involvement of ribosomal proteins are also reviewed as future therapeutic strategies to target deregulated protein production in melanoma.
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- Gregory R. Kardos
- Department of Pharmacology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, USA, 17033
- The Melanoma and Skin Cancer Center, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, USA, 17033
- The Melanoma Therapeutics Program, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, USA, 17033
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- Department of Pharmacology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, USA, 17033
- Department of Pathology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, USA, 17033
- Department of Dermatology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, USA, 17033
- Department of Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, USA, 17033
- The Melanoma and Skin Cancer Center, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, USA, 17033
- The Melanoma Therapeutics Program, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, USA, 17033
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Ollion J, Loll F, Cochennec J, Boudier T, Escudé C. Proliferation-dependent positioning of individual centromeres in the interphase nucleus of human lymphoblastoid cell lines. Mol Biol Cell 2015; 26:2550-60. [PMID: 25947134 PMCID: PMC4571307 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e14-05-1002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2014] [Accepted: 04/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Centromeres are not randomly distributed in interphase nuclei. High-throughput imaging provides an accurate characterization of how their organization varies as a function of the proliferation state in human lymphoblastoid cells. The results suggest the existence of mechanisms that drive the nuclear positioning of centromeres. The cell nucleus is a highly organized structure and plays an important role in gene regulation. Understanding the mechanisms that sustain this organization is therefore essential for understanding genome function. Centromeric regions (CRs) of chromosomes have been known for years to adopt specific nuclear positioning patterns, but the significance of this observation is not yet completely understood. Here, using a combination of fluorescence in situ hybridization and immunochemistry on fixed human cells and high-throughput imaging, we directly and quantitatively investigated the nuclear positioning of specific human CRs. We observe differential attraction of individual CRs toward both the nuclear border and the nucleoli, the former being enhanced in nonproliferating cells and the latter being enhanced in proliferating cells. Similar positioning patterns are observed in two different lymphoblastoid cell lines. Moreover, the positioning of CRs differs from that of noncentromeric regions, and CRs display specific orientations within chromosome territories. These results suggest the existence of not-yet-characterized mechanisms that drive the nuclear positioning of CRs and therefore pave the way toward a better understanding of how CRs affect nuclear organization.
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- Jean Ollion
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1154, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR7196, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 75231 Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1154, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR7196, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 75231 Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1154, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR7196, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 75231 Paris, France
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Sorbonne Universités, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1154, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR7196, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 75231 Paris, France
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Tasdemir S, Eroz R, Cucer N, Oktay M, Türkeli M. Comparison of fine needle aspiration biopsy and paraffin embedded tissue sections for measuring AgNOR proteins. Biotech Histochem 2015; 90:395-9. [DOI: 10.3109/10520295.2015.1013989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Reduction of the argyrophilic nucleolar organizing region associated protein synthesis with age in buccal epithelial cells of healthy individuals. Aging Clin Exp Res 2015; 27:201-8. [PMID: 25082567 DOI: 10.1007/s40520-014-0263-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2014] [Accepted: 07/22/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) consist of the rRNA coding gene family (rDNA) in the cell nucleus. The argyrophilic proteins are selectively stained with silver nitrate and bind these regions. It was reported that NOR (rDNA) activity decreases in human lymphocytes, fibroblasts and bone marrow with age. However, to our knowledge there have not been any studies related to the NORs in oral epithelial cells of healthy individuals. AIM Our aim is to detect any correlation between age and Total AgNOR area/Total nucleus area (TAA/TNA) values in buccal epithelial cells of healthy individuals. METHODS Oral epithelial cells from 50 healthy individuals (age range of 2-80 years old) were spread onto a clean glass slide, air dried and fixed. Then the AgNOR staining protocol was performed on these cells. TAA/TNA ratio and AgNOR dots were calculated using software. From each person 50 oral epithelial cells were evaluated. RESULTS Statistically significant correlations were found between mean TAA/TNA values and age (Rsq = 0.534, p < 0.001 for linear and Rsq = 0.728, p < 0.0001 for polynominal regression), and between AgNOR number and age (Rsq = 0.621, p < 0.001 for linear and Rsq = 0.693, p < 0.0001 for polynominal regression). CONCLUSION There is a significant correlation between age and AgNOR amount (ribosome biosynthesis rate) in buccal epithelial cells of healthy individuals. AgNORs in buccal epithelial cells may be used for detection of age.
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A charge-dependent mechanism is responsible for the dynamic accumulation of proteins inside nucleoli. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2015; 1853:101-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2014.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2014] [Revised: 10/02/2014] [Accepted: 10/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Park H, Han SS, Sako Y, Pack CG. Dynamic and unique nucleolar microenvironment revealed by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. FASEB J 2014; 29:837-48. [PMID: 25404711 DOI: 10.1096/fj.14-254110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Organization and functions of the nucleolus is maintained by mobilities and interactions of nucleolar factors. Because the nucleolus is a densely packed structure, molecular crowding effects determined by the molecular concentrations and mobilities in the nucleolus should also be important for regulating nucleolar organization and functions. However, such molecular property of nucleolar organization is not fully understood. To understand the biophysical property of nucleolar organization, the diffusional behaviors of inert green fluorescent protein (GFP) oligomers with or without nuclear localization signals (NLSs) were analyzed under various conditions by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. Our result demonstrates that the mobility of GFPs inside the nucleolus and the nucleoplasm can be represented by single free diffusion under normal conditions, even though the mobility in the nucleolus is considerably slower than that in the chromatin region. Moreover, the free diffusion of GFPs is found to be significantly size- and NLS-dependent only in the nucleolus. Interestingly, the mobility in the nucleolus is highly sensitive to ATP depletion, as well as actinomycin D (ActD) treatment. In contrast, the ultra-structure of the nucleolus was not significantly changed by ATP depletion but was changed by ActD treatment. These results suggest that the nucleolus behaves similarly to an open aqueous-phase medium with an increased molecular crowding effect that depends on both energy and transcription.
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- Hweon Park
- *Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Cellular Informatics Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, Japan; and Asan Institute for Life Sciences, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- *Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Cellular Informatics Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, Japan; and Asan Institute for Life Sciences, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- *Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Cellular Informatics Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, Japan; and Asan Institute for Life Sciences, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- *Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Cellular Informatics Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, Japan; and Asan Institute for Life Sciences, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Muro E, Gébrane-Younès J, Jobart-Malfait A, Louvet E, Roussel P, Hernandez-Verdun D. The traffic of proteins between nucleolar organizer regions and prenucleolar bodies governs the assembly of the nucleolus at exit of mitosis. Nucleus 2014. [DOI: 10.4161/nucl.11334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Bai B, Yegnasubramanian S, Wheelan SJ, Laiho M. RNA-Seq of the nucleolus reveals abundant SNORD44-derived small RNAs. PLoS One 2014; 9:e107519. [PMID: 25203660 PMCID: PMC4159348 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2014] [Accepted: 08/18/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Small non-coding RNAs represent RNA species that are not translated to proteins, but which have diverse and broad functional activities in physiological and pathophysiological states. The knowledge of these small RNAs is rapidly expanding in part through the use of massive parallel (deep) sequencing efforts. We present here the first deep sequencing of small RNomes in subcellular compartments with particular emphasis on small RNAs (sRNA) associated with the nucleolus. The vast majority of the cellular, cytoplasmic and nuclear sRNAs were identified as miRNAs. In contrast, the nucleolar sRNAs had a unique size distribution consisting of 19-20 and 25 nt RNAs, which were predominantly composed of small snoRNA-derived box C/D RNAs (termed as sdRNA). Sequences from 47 sdRNAs were identified, which mapped to both 5' and 3' ends of the snoRNAs, and retained conserved box C or D motifs. SdRNA reads mapping to SNORD44 comprised 74% of all nucleolar sdRNAs, and were confirmed by Northern blotting as comprising both 20 and 25 nt RNAs. A novel 120 nt SNORD44 form was also identified. The expression of the SNORD44 sdRNA and 120 nt form was independent of Dicer/Drosha-mediated processing pathways but was dependent on the box C/D snoRNP proteins/sno-ribonucleoproteins fibrillarin and NOP58. The 120 nt SNORD44-derived RNA bound to fibrillarin suggesting that C/D sno-ribonucleoproteins are involved in regulating the stability or processing of SNORD44. This study reveals sRNA cell-compartment specific expression and the distinctive unique composition of the nucleolar sRNAs.
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- Baoyan Bai
- Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Woods E, Courtney J, Scholz D, Hall WW, Gautier VW. Tracking protein dynamics with photoconvertible Dendra2 on spinning disk confocal systems. J Microsc 2014; 256:197-207. [PMID: 25186063 DOI: 10.1111/jmi.12172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2014] [Accepted: 07/31/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Understanding the dynamic properties of cellular proteins in live cells and in real time is essential to delineate their function. In this context, we introduce the Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching-Photoactivation unit (Andor) combined with the Nikon Eclipse Ti E Spinning Disk (Andor) confocal microscope as an advantageous and robust platform to exploit the properties of the Dendra2 photoconvertible fluorescent protein (Evrogen) and analyse protein subcellular trafficking in living cells. A major advantage of the spinning disk confocal is the rapid acquisition speed, enabling high temporal resolution of cellular processes. Furthermore, photoconversion and imaging are less invasive on the spinning disk confocal as the cell exposition to illumination power is reduced, thereby minimizing photobleaching and increasing cell viability. We have tested this commercially available platform using experimental settings adapted to track the migration of fast trafficking proteins such as UBC9, Fibrillarin and have successfully characterized their differential motion between subnuclear structures. We describe here step-by-step procedures, with emphasis on cellular imaging parameters, to successfully perform the dynamic imaging and photoconversion of Dendra2-fused proteins at high spatial and temporal resolutions necessary to characterize the trafficking pathways of proteins.
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- Elena Woods
- Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin, Ireland
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Allen KD, Gourov AV, Harte C, Gao P, Lee C, Sylvain D, Splett JM, Oxberry WC, van de Nes PS, Troy-Regier MJ, Wolk J, Alarcon JM, Hernández AI. Nucleolar integrity is required for the maintenance of long-term synaptic plasticity. PLoS One 2014; 9:e104364. [PMID: 25089620 PMCID: PMC4121280 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2014] [Accepted: 07/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Long-term memory (LTM) formation requires new protein synthesis and new gene expression. Based on our work in Aplysia, we hypothesized that the rRNA genes, stimulation-dependent targets of the enzyme Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1), are primary effectors of the activity-dependent changes in synaptic function that maintain synaptic plasticity and memory. Using electrophysiology, immunohistochemistry, pharmacology and molecular biology techniques, we show here, for the first time, that the maintenance of forskolin-induced late-phase long-term potentiation (L-LTP) in mouse hippocampal slices requires nucleolar integrity and the expression of new rRNAs. The activity-dependent upregulation of rRNA, as well as L-LTP expression, are poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation (PAR) dependent and accompanied by an increase in nuclear PARP-1 and Poly(ADP) ribose molecules (pADPr) after forskolin stimulation. The upregulation of PARP-1 and pADPr is regulated by Protein kinase A (PKA) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)--two kinases strongly associated with long-term plasticity and learning and memory. Selective inhibition of RNA Polymerase I (Pol I), responsible for the synthesis of precursor rRNA, results in the segmentation of nucleoli, the exclusion of PARP-1 from functional nucleolar compartments and disrupted L-LTP maintenance. Taken as a whole, these results suggest that new rRNAs (28S, 18S, and 5.8S ribosomal components)--hence, new ribosomes and nucleoli integrity--are required for the maintenance of long-term synaptic plasticity. This provides a mechanistic link between stimulation-dependent gene expression and the new protein synthesis known to be required for memory consolidation.
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- Kim D. Allen
- Department of Pathology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
- Department of Biology, School of Science, Health and Technology, City University of New York, Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
- The Robert F. Furchgott Center for Neural and Behavioral Science, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
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- Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
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- Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
- The Robert F. Furchgott Center for Neural and Behavioral Science, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
- * E-mail: (JMA); (AIH)
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- Department of Pathology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
- The Robert F. Furchgott Center for Neural and Behavioral Science, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
- * E-mail: (JMA); (AIH)
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Lian HY, Jiao GZ, Wang HL, Tan XW, Wang TY, Zheng LL, Kong QQ, Tan JH. Role of cytoskeleton in regulating fusion of nucleoli: a study using the activated mouse oocyte model. Biol Reprod 2014; 91:56. [PMID: 25061094 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.114.120188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Although fusion of nucleoli was observed during pronuclear development of zygotes and the behavior of nucleoli in pronuclei has been suggested as an indicator of embryonic developmental potential, the mechanism for nucleolar fusion is unclear. Although both cytoskeleton and the nucleolus are important cellular entities, there are no special reports on the relationship between the two. Role of cytoskeleton in regulating fusion of nucleoli was studied using the activated mouse oocyte model. Mouse oocytes were cultured for 6 h in activating medium (Ca²⁺-free CZB medium containing 10 mM SrCl₂) supplemented with or without inhibitors for cytoskeleton or protein synthesis before pronuclear formation, nucleolar fusion, and the activity of maturation-promoting factor (MPF) were examined. Whereas treatment with microfilament inhibitor cytochalasin D or B or intermediate filament inhibitor acrylamide suppressed nucleolar fusion efficiently, treatment with microtubule inhibitor demecolcine or nocodazole or protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide had no effect. The cytochalasin D- or acrylamide-sensitive temporal window coincided well with the reported temporal window for nucleolar fusion in activated oocytes. Whereas a continuous incubation with demecolcine prevented pronuclear formation, pronuclei formed normally when demecolcine was excluded during the first hour of activation treatment when the MPF activity dropped dramatically. The results suggest that 1) microfilaments and intermediate filaments but not microtubules support nucleolar fusion, 2) proteins required for nucleolar fusion including microfilaments and intermediate filaments are not de novo synthesized, and 3) microtubule disruption prevents pronuclear formation by activating MPF.
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- Hua-Yu Lian
- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-an City, P.R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-an City, P.R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-an City, P.R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-an City, P.R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-an City, P.R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-an City, P.R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-an City, P.R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-an City, P.R. China
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The nucleolar size is associated to the methylation status of ribosomal DNA in breast carcinomas. BMC Cancer 2014; 14:361. [PMID: 24884608 PMCID: PMC4062283 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2013] [Accepted: 04/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Background There is a body of evidence that shows a link between tumorigenesis and ribosome biogenesis. The precursor of mature 18S, 28S and 5.8S ribosomal RNAs is transcribed from the ribosomal DNA gene (rDNA), which exists as 300–400 copies in the human diploid genome. Approximately one half of these copies are epigenetically silenced, but the exact role of epigenetic regulation on ribosome biogenesis is not completely understood. In this study we analyzed the methylation profiles of the rDNA promoter and of the 5’ regions of 18S and 28S in breast cancer. Methods We analyzed rDNA methylation in 68 breast cancer tissues of which the normal counterpart was partially available (45/68 samples) using the MassARRAY EpiTYPER assay, a sensitive and quantitative method with single base resolution. Results We found that rDNA locus tended to be hypermethylated in tumor compared to matched normal breast tissues and that the DNA methylation level of several CpG units within the rDNA locus was associated to nuclear grade and to nucleolar size of tumor tissues. In addition we identified a subgroup of samples in which large nucleoli were associated with very limited or absent rDNA hypermethylation in tumor respect to matched normal tissue. Conclusions In conclusion, we suggest that rDNA is an important target of epigenetic regulation in breast tumors and that rDNA methylation level is associated to nucleolar size.
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Çolakoğlu S, Saritas A, Eroz R, Oktay M, Yaykasli KO, Akoz A, Kaya E, Kandis H. Is one-time carbon monoxide intoxication harmless? Evaluation by argyrophilic nucleolar-organizing regions staining method. Hum Exp Toxicol 2014; 34:24-31. [DOI: 10.1177/0960327114531994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, CO affects the oxygen-carrying capacity of the hemoglobin molecule. Nucleolar-organizing regions (NORs) are genetic loci on chromosomes that are composed of ribosomal DNA and proteins. NORs can be stained with silver. A total of 18 rats were exposed to CO in three different concentrations (1000, 3000, and 5000 ppm) with 6 rats as controls. The animals were euthanized 7 days after CO intoxication. Lung tissues were taken, embedded in paraffin blocks, and sectioned at 5 μm thickness. Argyrophilic nucleolar-organizing region (AgNOR) staining was carried out. One hundred nuclei per individual were evaluated, and total AgNOR number per total nuclear number and total AgNOR area per nuclear area (TAA/NA) for each nucleus were analyzed. The CO exposure groups had significantly higher TAA/NA values and AgNOR numbers than the control group ( p < 0.05). Although the differences between 1000 ppm and the other two CO-exposed groups were meaningful ( p < 0.05) in the TAA/NA values, there were no differences among the CO exposure groups for the AgNOR number ( p > 0.05). The increase in TAA/NA value depends on the increase in the CO exposure. Significant correlations between both the AgNOR values and histopathological scoring methods were found. Therefore, AgNOR staining method may be used as an indirect indicator for evaluating the degree of cell damage rate.
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- S Çolakoğlu
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Duzce University, Düzce, Turkey
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Duzce University, Düzce, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Duzce University, Düzce, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Duzce University, Düzce, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Duzce University, Düzce, Turkey
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Duzce University, Düzce, Turkey
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Duzce University, Düzce, Turkey
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Louvet E, Yoshida A, Kumeta M, Takeyasu K. Probing the stiffness of isolated nucleoli by atomic force microscopy. Histochem Cell Biol 2014; 141:365-81. [PMID: 24297448 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-013-1167-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In eukaryotic cells, ribosome biogenesis occurs in the nucleolus, a membraneless nuclear compartment. Noticeably, the nucleolus is also involved in several nuclear functions, such as cell cycle regulation, non-ribosomal ribonucleoprotein complex assembly, aggresome formation and some virus assembly. The most intriguing question about the nucleolus is how such dynamics processes can occur in such a compact compartment. We hypothesized that its structure may be rather flexible. To investigate this, we used atomic force microscopy (AFM) on isolated nucleoli. Surface topography imaging revealed the beaded structure of the nucleolar surface. With the AFM's ability to measure forces, we were able to determine the stiffness of isolated nucleoli. We could establish that the nucleolar stiffness varies upon drastic morphological changes induced by transcription and proteasome inhibition. Furthermore, upon ribosomal proteins and LaminB1 knockdowns, the nucleolar stiffness was increased. This led us to propose a model where the nucleolus has steady-state stiffness dependent on ribosome biogenesis activity and requires LaminB1 for its flexibility.
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- Emilie Louvet
- Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan,
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Reňák D, Gibalová A, Solcová K, Honys D. A new link between stress response and nucleolar function during pollen development in Arabidopsis mediated by AtREN1 protein. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2014; 37:670-83. [PMID: 23961845 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Heat shock transcription factors (Hsfs) are involved in multiple aspects of stress response and plant growth. However, their role during male gametophyte development is largely unknown, although the generative phase is the most sensitive and critical period in the plant life cycle. Based on a wide screen of T-DNA mutant lines, we identified the atren1 mutation (restricted to nucleolus1) in early male gametophytic gene At1g77570, which has the closest homology to HSFA5 gene, the member of a heat shock transcription factor (HSF) gene family. The mutation causes multiple defects in male gametophyte development in both structure and function. Because the mutation disrupts an early acting (AtREN1) gene, these pollen phenotype abnormalities appear from bicellular pollen stage to pollen maturation. Moreover, the consequent progamic phase is compromised as well as documented by pollen germination defects and limited transmission via male gametophyte. In addition, atren1/- plants are defective in heat stress (HS) response and produce notably higher proportion of aberrant pollen grains. AtREN1 protein is targeted specifically to the nucleolus that, together with the increased size of the nucleolus in atren1 pollen, suggests that it is likely to be involved in ribosomal RNA biogenesis or other nucleolar functions.
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- David Reňák
- Laboratory of Pollen Biology, Institute of Experimental Botany v.v.i. ASCR, Rozvojová 263, Prague 6, 165 02, Czech Republic
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Newhart A, Janicki SM. Seeing is believing: visualizing transcriptional dynamics in single cells. J Cell Physiol 2014; 229:259-65. [PMID: 23929405 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.24445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2013] [Accepted: 08/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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For a gene to be expressed, the functions of multiple molecular machines must be coordinated at the site of transcription. To understand the role of nuclear organization in transcription, it is necessary to visualize the dynamic interactions of regulatory factors with chromatin and RNA. It is currently possible to localize individual transcription sites in single living mammalian cells by engineering reporter gene constructs to include sequence elements which permit the visualization of nucleic acids in vivo. Upon stable integration, these transgenes form chromatinized arrays, which can be imaged during activation to obtain high-resolution quantitative information about transcriptional dynamics. Modeling can suggest new hypotheses about gene regulation, which can be tested both in the single-cell imaging system and at endogenous genes. This gene-specific imaging strategy has the potential to reveal regulatory mechanisms, which would be difficult to imagine outside of single living cells.
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- Alyshia Newhart
- Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Grob A, McStay B. Construction of synthetic nucleoli and what it tells us about propagation of sub-nuclear domains through cell division. Cell Cycle 2014; 13:2501-8. [PMID: 25486191 PMCID: PMC4614152 DOI: 10.4161/15384101.2014.949124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2014] [Revised: 07/16/2014] [Accepted: 07/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The cell nucleus is functionally compartmentalized into numerous membraneless and dynamic, yet defined, bodies. The cell cycle inheritance of these nuclear bodies (NBs) is poorly understood at the molecular level. In higher eukaryotes, their propagation is challenged by cell division through an "open" mitosis, where the nuclear envelope disassembles along with most NBs. A deeper understanding of the mechanisms involved can be achieved using the engineering principles of synthetic biology to construct artificial NBs. Successful biogenesis of such synthetic NBs demonstrates knowledge of the basic mechanisms involved. Application of this approach to the nucleolus, a paradigm of nuclear organization, has highlighted a key role for mitotic bookmarking in the cell cycle propagation of NBs.
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Key Words
- 1°, primary
- 2°, secondary
- CBs, Cajal bodies
- CDK, cyclin-dependent kinase
- DFC, dense fibrillar component
- DJ, distal junction
- FCs, fibrillar centers
- GC, granular component
- HLBs, histone locus bodies
- HMG, high mobility group
- IGS, intergenic spacers
- NBs, nuclear bodies
- NORs, nucleolar organizer regions
- Nucleolar Organizer Region (NOR)
- PJ, proximal junction
- PML, promyelocytic leukemia
- PNBs, pre-nucleolar bodies
- TFs, transcription factors
- UBF
- UBF, Upstream binding factor
- XEn, Xenopus enhancer
- cell cycle
- mitotic bookmarking
- neo-NOR
- neonucleoli
- nuclear bodies
- nucleolus
- pol, RNA polymerase
- pre-rRNA, precursor rRNA
- pseudo-NOR
- rDNA, ribosomal genes
- rRNA, ribosomal RNA; RNP, ribonucleoprotein
- synthetic biology
- t-UTPs, transcription U 3 proteins
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- Alice Grob
- Center for Chromosome Biology; School of Natural Sciences; National University of Ireland; Galway, Ireland
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- Center for Chromosome Biology; School of Natural Sciences; National University of Ireland; Galway, Ireland
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Salzler HR, Tatomer DC, Malek PY, McDaniel SL, Orlando AN, Marzluff WF, Duronio RJ. A sequence in the Drosophila H3-H4 Promoter triggers histone locus body assembly and biosynthesis of replication-coupled histone mRNAs. Dev Cell 2013; 24:623-34. [PMID: 23537633 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2013.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2012] [Revised: 12/18/2012] [Accepted: 02/22/2013] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Compartmentalization of RNA biosynthetic factors into nuclear bodies (NBs) is a ubiquitous feature of eukaryotic cells. How NBs initially assemble and ultimately affect gene expression remains unresolved. The histone locus body (HLB) contains factors necessary for replication-coupled histone messenger RNA transcription and processing and associates with histone gene clusters. Using a transgenic assay for ectopic Drosophila HLB assembly, we show that a sequence located between, and transcription from, the divergently transcribed H3-H4 genes nucleates HLB formation and activates other histone genes in the histone gene cluster. In the absence of transcription from the H3-H4 promoter, "proto-HLBs" (containing only a subset of HLB components) form, and the adjacent histone H2a-H2b genes are not expressed. Proto-HLBs also transiently form in mutant embryos with the histone locus deleted. We conclude that HLB assembly occurs through a stepwise process involving stochastic interactions of individual components that localize to a specific sequence in the H3-H4 promoter.
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- Harmony R Salzler
- Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Wang F, Ying C, Shang G, Jiao M, Hongfang Z. The new evidence of nucleolar ultrastructural dynamic change: fibrillar centre (FC) fusion in G1 phase and regeneration in S phase. Micron 2013; 49:15-20. [PMID: 23602556 DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2013.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2012] [Revised: 02/12/2013] [Accepted: 02/21/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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In higher eukaryotes ribosome production starts at the end of mitosis, increases during G1, is maximal in G2 (Sirri et al., 2000) and stops during prophase (Gébrane-Younès et al., 1997). But the mechanism of the change is still uncovered. Especially in the actively growing mammalian somatic cells usually contain one or several giant fibrillar centres (GFCs) with many tiny fibrillar centre (FCs) (Koberna et al., 2002; Raška et al., 2004; Casafont et al., 2007). The process how the giant fibrillar centre (GFC) and the many tiny fibrillar centres (FCs) were formed is unknown. The present results showed there were processes of FCs fusion in G1 phase and FCs regeneration in S phase respectively in the nucleoli of A 375 cells. A few FCs fused each other in late G1 phase when the process of nucleoli fusion was completed. In S phase, a lot of tiny FCs were regenerated from the periphery of GFC, separated and scattered into nucleolar matrix in late S phase and early G2 phase. The GFC was found to be coexisted with numerous tiny FCs in the nucleolus in G2 phase. The present study provided a new evidence of nucleolar dynamic change during interphase: fibrillar centre (FC) was not to be a stable state subunit of nucleolar compartment but a highly dynamic process that may be the bases of nucleolar morphological architecture organization and its function taking place.
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- Fengcai Wang
- Jiu Jiang University, Jiangxi Province 332000, China
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Remodeling of three-dimensional organization of the nucleus during terminal keratinocyte differentiation in the epidermis. J Invest Dermatol 2013; 133:2191-201. [PMID: 23407401 DOI: 10.1038/jid.2013.66] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2012] [Revised: 12/19/2012] [Accepted: 01/09/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
The nucleus of epidermal keratinocytes (KCs) is a complex and highly compartmentalized organelle, whose structure is markedly changed during terminal differentiation and transition of the genome from a transcriptionally active state seen in the basal and spinous epidermal cells to a fully inactive state in the keratinized cells of the cornified layer. Here, using multicolor confocal microscopy, followed by computational image analysis and mathematical modeling, we demonstrate that in normal mouse footpad epidermis, transition of KCs from basal epidermal layer to the granular layer is accompanied by marked differences in nuclear architecture and microenvironment including the following: (i) decrease in the nuclear volume; (ii) decrease in expression of the markers of transcriptionally active chromatin; (iii) internalization and decrease in the number of nucleoli; (iv) increase in the number of pericentromeric heterochromatic clusters; and (v) increase in the frequency of associations between the pericentromeric clusters, chromosomal territory 3, and nucleoli. These data suggest a role for nucleoli and pericentromeric heterochromatin clusters as organizers of nuclear microenvironment required for proper execution of gene expression programs in differentiating KCs, and provide important background information for further analyses of alterations in the topological genome organization seen in pathological skin conditions, including disorders of epidermal differentiation and epidermal tumors.
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