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Silva-Santiago E, Rivera-Mulia JC, Aranda-Anzaldo A. The Set of Structural DNA-Nuclear Matrix Interactions in Neurons Is Cell-Type Specific and Rather Independent of Functional Constraints. J Cell Biochem 2017; 118:2151-2160. [DOI: 10.1002/jcb.25852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Evangelina Silva-Santiago
- Facultad de Medicina, Laboratorio de Biología Molecular y Neurociencias; Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México; Toluca 50180 Edo. Méx. Mexico
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- Facultad de Medicina, Laboratorio de Biología Molecular y Neurociencias; Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México; Toluca 50180 Edo. Méx. Mexico
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- Facultad de Medicina, Laboratorio de Biología Molecular y Neurociencias; Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México; Toluca 50180 Edo. Méx. Mexico
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Silva-Santiago E, Pardo JP, Hernández-Muñoz R, Aranda-Anzaldo A. The nuclear higher-order structure defined by the set of topological relationships between DNA and the nuclear matrix is species-specific in hepatocytes. Gene 2017; 597:40-48. [PMID: 27771449 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2016.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2016] [Revised: 10/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/18/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
During the interphase the nuclear DNA of metazoan cells is organized in supercoiled loops anchored to constituents of a nuclear substructure or compartment known as the nuclear matrix. The stable interactions between DNA and the nuclear matrix (NM) correspond to a set of topological relationships that define a nuclear higher-order structure (NHOS). Current evidence suggests that the NHOS is cell-type-specific. Biophysical evidence and theoretical models suggest that thermodynamic and structural constraints drive the actualization of DNA-NM interactions. However, if the topological relationships between DNA and the NM were the subject of any biological constraint with functional significance then they must be adaptive and thus be positively selected by natural selection and they should be reasonably conserved, at least within closely related species. We carried out a coarse-grained, comparative evaluation of the DNA-NM topological relationships in primary hepatocytes from two closely related mammals: rat and mouse, by determining the relative position to the NM of a limited set of target sequences corresponding to highly-conserved genomic regions that also represent a sample of distinct chromosome territories within the interphase nucleus. Our results indicate that the pattern of topological relationships between DNA and the NM is not conserved between the hepatocytes of the two closely related species, suggesting that the NHOS, like the karyotype, is species-specific.
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- Evangelina Silva-Santiago
- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular y Neurociencias, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, 50180, Edo. Méx., Mexico
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacan, 04510, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Desarrollo, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacan, 04510, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular y Neurociencias, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, 50180, Edo. Méx., Mexico.
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Aranda-Anzaldo A, Dent MAR. Why Cortical Neurons Cannot Divide, and Why Do They Usually Die in the Attempt? J Neurosci Res 2016; 95:921-929. [PMID: 27402311 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2016] [Revised: 03/25/2016] [Accepted: 04/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
Cortical neurons are prime examples of terminally differentiated, postmitotic cells. However, under experimental or pathological conditions, they can re-enter the cell cycle and replicate DNA but are unable to divide, dying by apoptosis or becoming either polyploid or aneuploid. Any cellular state that depends on the action of genes and their products can be reverted or bypassed by spontaneous or induced mutations, yet there are currently no reports of dividing cortical neurons. Thus, it seems unlikely that the remarkably stable postmitotic condition of cortical neurons depends on specific gene functions. This Review summarizes evidence that the postmitotic state of cortical neurons depends on the high stability of its underlying nuclear structure that results from an entropy-driven process aimed at dissipating the intrinsic structural stress present in chromosomal DNA in such a way that the structural stability of the neuronal nucleus becomes an insurmountable energy barrier for karyokinesis and mitosis. From this perspective, the integral properties of the nuclear higher order structure in neurons provide an explanation not only for why cortical neurons cannot divide but also for why they usually die if they happen to replicate their DNA. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Armando Aranda-Anzaldo
- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular y Neurociencias, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, Estado México, México
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular y Neurociencias, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, Estado México, México
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Aranda-Anzaldo A. The interphase mammalian chromosome as a structural system based on tensegrity. J Theor Biol 2016; 393:51-9. [PMID: 26780650 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2016.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2015] [Revised: 12/11/2015] [Accepted: 01/04/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Each mammalian chromosome is constituted by a DNA fiber of macroscopic length that needs to be fitted in a microscopic nucleus. The DNA fiber is subjected at physiological temperature to random thermal bending and looping that must be constrained so as achieve structural stability thus avoiding spontaneous rupturing of the fiber. Standard textbooks assume that chromatin proteins are primarily responsible for the packaging of DNA and so of its protection against spontaneous breakage. Yet the dynamic nature of the interactions between chromatin proteins and DNA is unlikely to provide the necessary long-term structural stability for the chromosomal DNA. On the other hand, longstanding evidence indicates that stable interactions between DNA and constituents of a nuclear compartment commonly known as the nuclear matrix organize the chromosomal DNA as a series of topologically constrained, supercoiled loops during interphase. This results in a primary level of DNA condensation and packaging within the nucleus, as well as in protection against spontaneous DNA breakage, independently of chromatin proteins which nevertheless increase and dynamically modulate the degree of DNA packaging and its role in the regulation of DNA function. Thus current evidence, presented hereunder, supports a model for the organization of the interphase chromosome as resilient system that satisfies the principles of structural tensegrity.
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- Armando Aranda-Anzaldo
- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular y Neurociencias, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Paseo Tollocan y Jesús Carranza s/n, Toluca, 50180 Edo. Méx., México.
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The higher-order structure in the cells nucleus as the structural basis of the post-mitotic state. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 114:137-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2014.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2013] [Accepted: 02/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Castillo-Mora RC, Aranda-Anzaldo A. Reorganization of the DNA-nuclear matrix interactions in a 210 kb genomic region centered on c-myc after DNA replication in vivo. J Cell Biochem 2012; 113:2451-63. [PMID: 22396210 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.24123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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In the interphase nucleus of metazoan cells DNA is organized in supercoiled loops anchored to a nuclear matrix (NM). DNA loops are operationally classified in structural and facultative. Varied evidence indicates that DNA replication occurs in replication foci organized upon the NM and that structural DNA loops may correspond to the replicons in vivo. In normal rat liver the hepatocytes are arrested in G0 but synchronously re-enter the cell cycle after partial-hepatectomy leading to liver regeneration. Using this model we have previously determined that the DNA loops corresponding to a gene-rich genomic region move in a sequential fashion towards the NM during replication and then return to their original configuration in newly quiescent cells, once liver regeneration has been achieved. In the present work we determined the organization into structural DNA loops of a gene-poor region centered on c-myc and tracked-down its movement at the peak of S phase and after the return to cellular quiescence during and after liver regeneration. The results confirmed that looped DNA moves towards the NM during replication but in this case the configuration of the gene-poor region into DNA loops becomes reorganized and after replication only the loop containing c-myc resembles the original in the control G0 hepatocytes. Our results suggest that the local chromatin configuration around potentially active genes constraints the formation of specific structural DNA loops after DNA replication, while in non-coding regions the structural DNA loops are only loosely determined after DNA replication by structural constraints that modulate the DNA-NM interactions.
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- Rebeca C Castillo-Mora
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Paseo Tollocan y Jesús Carranza s/n, Toluca, Edo. México, Mexico
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Aranda-Anzaldo A. The post-mitotic state in neurons correlates with a stable nuclear higher-order structure. Commun Integr Biol 2012; 5:134-9. [PMID: 22808316 PMCID: PMC3376047 DOI: 10.4161/cib.18761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Neurons become terminally differentiated (TD) post-mitotic cells very early during development yet they may remain alive and functional for decades. TD neurons preserve the molecular machinery necessary for DNA synthesis that may be reactivated by different stimuli but they never complete a successful mitosis. The non-reversible nature of the post-mitotic state in neurons suggests a non-genetic basis for it since no set of mutations has been able to revert it. Comparative studies of the nuclear higher-order structure in neurons and cells with proliferating potential suggest that the non-reversible nature of the post-mitotic state in neurons has a structural basis in the stability of the nuclear higher-order structure.
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- Armando Aranda-Anzaldo
- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular; Facultad de Medicina; Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México; Toluca, México
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Alva-Medina J, Maya-Mendoza A, Dent MAR, Aranda-Anzaldo A. Continued stabilization of the nuclear higher-order structure of post-mitotic neurons in vivo. PLoS One 2011; 6:e21360. [PMID: 21731716 PMCID: PMC3121788 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2011] [Accepted: 05/26/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background Cellular terminal differentiation (TD) correlates with a permanent exit from the cell cycle and so TD cells become stably post-mitotic. However, TD cells express the molecular machinery necessary for cell proliferation that can be reactivated by experimental manipulation, yet it has not been reported the stable proliferation of any type of reactivated TD cells. Neurons become post-mitotic after leaving the ventricular zone. When neurons are forced to reenter the cell cycle they invariably undergo cell death. Wider evidence indicates that the post-mitotic state cannot solely depend on gene products acting in trans, otherwise mutations in the corresponding genes may lead to reentry and completion of the cell cycle in TD cells, but this has not been observed. In the interphase, nuclear DNA of metazoan cells is organized in supercoiled loops anchored to a nuclear nuclear matrix (NM). The DNA-NM interactions define a higher-order structure in the cell nucleus (NHOS). We have previously compared the NHOS of aged rat hepatocytes with that of early post-mitotic rat neurons and our results indicated that a very stable NHOS is a common feature of both senescent and post-mitotic cells in vivo. Principal Findings In the present work we compared the NHOS in rat neurons from different post-natal ages. Our results show that the trend towards further stabilization of the NHOS in neurons continues throughout post-natal life. This phenomenon occurs in absence of overt changes in the post-mitotic state and transcriptional activity of neurons, suggesting that it is independent of functional constraints. Conclusions Apparently the continued stabilization of the NHOS as a function of time is basically determined by thermodynamic and structural constraints. We discuss how the resulting highly stable NHOS of neurons may be the structural, non-genetic basis of their permanent and irreversible post-mitotic state.
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- Janeth Alva-Medina
- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular y Neurociencias, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, Estado de México, México
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular y Neurociencias, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, Estado de México, México
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular y Neurociencias, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, Estado de México, México
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular y Neurociencias, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, Estado de México, México
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McClatchy DB, Liao L, Park SK, Xu T, Lu B, Yates III JR. Differential proteomic analysis of mammalian tissues using SILAM. PLoS One 2011; 6:e16039. [PMID: 21283754 PMCID: PMC3024400 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2010] [Accepted: 12/06/2010] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Differential expression of proteins between tissues underlies organ-specific functions. Under certain pathological conditions, this may also lead to tissue vulnerability. Furthermore, post-translational modifications exist between different cell types and pathological conditions. We employed SILAM (Stable Isotope Labeling in Mammals) combined with mass spectrometry to quantify the proteome between mammalian tissues. Using 15N labeled rat tissue, we quantified 3742 phosphorylated peptides in nuclear extracts from liver and brain tissue. Analysis of the phosphorylation sites revealed tissue specific kinase motifs. Although these tissues are quite different in their composition and function, more than 500 protein identifications were common to both tissues. Specifically, we identified an up-regulation in the brain of the phosphoprotein, ZFHX1B, in which a genetic deletion causes the neurological disorder Mowat–Wilson syndrome. Finally, pathway analysis revealed distinct nuclear pathways enriched in each tissue. Our findings provide a valuable resource as a starting point for further understanding of tissue specific gene regulation and demonstrate SILAM as a useful strategy for the differential proteomic analysis of mammalian tissues.
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- Daniel B. McClatchy
- Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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