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Casalin I, Ceneri E, Ratti S, Manzoli L, Cocco L, Follo MY. Nuclear Phospholipids and Signaling: An Update of the Story. Cells 2024; 13:713. [PMID: 38667329 PMCID: PMC11048846 DOI: 10.3390/cells13080713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2024] [Revised: 04/10/2024] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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In the last three decades, the presence of phospholipids in the nucleus has been shown and thoroughly investigated. A considerable amount of interest has been raised about nuclear inositol lipids, mainly because of their role in signaling acting. Here, we review the main issues of nuclear phospholipid localization and the role of nuclear inositol lipids and their related enzymes in cellular signaling, both in physiological and pathological conditions.
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- Cellular Signaling Laboratory, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy; (I.C.); (E.C.); (S.R.); (L.M.); (M.Y.F.)
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Wang YH, Sheetz MP. When PIP2 Meets p53: Nuclear Phosphoinositide Signaling in the DNA Damage Response. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:903994. [PMID: 35646908 PMCID: PMC9136457 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.903994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The mechanisms that maintain genome stability are critical for preventing tumor progression. In the past decades, many strategies were developed for cancer treatment to disrupt the DNA repair machinery or alter repair pathway selection. Evidence indicates that alterations in nuclear phosphoinositide lipids occur rapidly in response to genotoxic stresses. This implies that nuclear phosphoinositides are an upstream element involved in DNA damage signaling. Phosphoinositides constitute a new signaling interface for DNA repair pathway selection and hence a new opportunity for developing cancer treatment strategies. However, our understanding of the underlying mechanisms by which nuclear phosphoinositides regulate DNA damage repair, and particularly the dynamics of those processes, is rather limited. This is partly because there are a limited number of techniques that can monitor changes in the location and/or abundance of nuclear phosphoinositide lipids in real time and in live cells. This review summarizes our current knowledge regarding the roles of nuclear phosphoinositides in DNA damage response with an emphasis on the dynamics of these processes. Based upon recent findings, there is a novel model for p53’s role with nuclear phosphoinositides in DNA damage response that provides new targets for synthetic lethality of tumors.
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Ratti S, Marvi MV, Mongiorgi S, Obeng EO, Rusciano I, Ramazzotti G, Morandi L, Asioli S, Zoli M, Mazzatenta D, Suh PG, Manzoli L, Cocco L. Impact of phospholipase C β1 in glioblastoma: a study on the main mechanisms of tumor aggressiveness. Cell Mol Life Sci 2022; 79:195. [PMID: 35303162 PMCID: PMC8933313 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-022-04198-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Glioblastoma represents the most lethal brain tumor in adults. Several studies have shown the key role of phospholipase C β1 (PLCβ1) in the regulation of many mechanisms within the central nervous system suggesting PLCβ1 as a novel signature gene in the molecular classification of high-grade gliomas. This study aims to determine the pathological impact of PLCβ1 in glioblastoma, confirming that PLCβ1 gene expression correlates with glioma's grade, and it is lower in 50 glioblastoma samples compared to 20 healthy individuals. PLCβ1 silencing in cell lines and primary astrocytes, leads to increased cell migration and invasion, with the increment of mesenchymal transcription factors and markers, as Slug and N-Cadherin and metalloproteinases. Cell proliferation, through increased Ki-67 expression, and the main survival pathways, as β-catenin, ERK1/2 and Stat3 pathways, are also affected by PLCβ1 silencing. These data suggest a potential role of PLCβ1 in maintaining a normal or less aggressive glioma phenotype.
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- Stefano Ratti
- Cellular Signalling Laboratory, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Cellular Signalling Laboratory, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Cellular Signalling Laboratory, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Cellular Signalling Laboratory, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Cellular Signalling Laboratory, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Cellular Signalling Laboratory, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Functional and Molecular Neuroimaging Unit, IRCCS Istituto Delle Scienze Neurologiche Di Bologna, 40139, Bologna, Italy.,Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126, Bologna, Italy.,Anatomic Pathology Unit, Azienda USL Di Bologna, 40124, Bologna, Italy.,Pituitary Unit, IRCCS Istituto Delle Scienze Neurologiche Di Bologna, 40139, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126, Bologna, Italy.,Pituitary Unit, IRCCS Istituto Delle Scienze Neurologiche Di Bologna, 40139, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126, Bologna, Italy.,Pituitary Unit, IRCCS Istituto Delle Scienze Neurologiche Di Bologna, 40139, Bologna, Italy
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- Korea Brain Research Institute, Daegu, 41062, Korea.,School of Life Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 689-798, Korea
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- Cellular Signalling Laboratory, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
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- Cellular Signalling Laboratory, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
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Nuclear Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-Trisphosphate Interactome Uncovers an Enrichment in Nucleolar Proteins. Mol Cell Proteomics 2021; 20:100102. [PMID: 34048982 PMCID: PMC8255942 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2021.100102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Polyphosphoinositides (PPIns) play essential roles as lipid signaling molecules, and many of their functions have been elucidated in the cytoplasm. However, PPIns are also intranuclear where they contribute to chromatin remodeling, transcription, and mRNA splicing. The PPIn, phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate (PtdIns(3,4,5)P3), has been mapped to the nucleus and nucleoli, but its role remains unclear in this subcellular compartment. To gain further insights into the nuclear functions of PtdIns(3,4,5)P3, we applied a previously developed quantitative MS-based approach to identify the targets of PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 from isolated nuclei. We identified 179 potential PtdIns(3,4,5)P3-interacting partners, and gene ontology analysis for the biological functions of this dataset revealed an enrichment in RNA processing/splicing, cytokinesis, protein folding, and DNA repair. Interestingly, about half of these interactors were common to nucleolar protein datasets, some of which had dual functions in rRNA processes and DNA repair, including poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1, now referred as ADP-ribosyltransferase 1). PARP1 was found to interact directly with PPIn via three polybasic regions in the DNA-binding domain and the linker located N-terminal of the catalytic region. PARP1 was shown to bind to PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 as well as phosphatidylinositol 3,4-bisphosphate in vitro and to colocalize with PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 in the nucleolus and with phosphatidylinositol 3,4-bisphosphate in nucleoplasmic foci. In conclusion, the PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 interactome reported here will serve as a resource to further investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying PtdIns(3,4,5)P3-mediated interactions in the nucleus and nucleolus. Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate (PtdIns(3,4,5)P3) localizes to nucleoli. PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 interactomics from isolated nuclei identifies nucleolar proteins. PARP1 interacts directly with polyphosphoinositides via several polybasic regions. PARP1 colocalizes with PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 in the nucleolus.
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Hoboth P, Sztacho M, Šebesta O, Schätz M, Castano E, Hozák P. Nanoscale mapping of nuclear phosphatidylinositol phosphate landscape by dual-color dSTORM. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2021; 1866:158890. [PMID: 33513445 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2021.158890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Revised: 01/10/2021] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Current models of gene expression, which are based on single-molecule localization microscopy, acknowledge protein clustering and the formation of transcriptional condensates as a driving force of gene expression. However, these models largely omit the role of nuclear lipids and amongst them nuclear phosphatidylinositol phosphates (PIPs) in particular. Moreover, the precise distribution of nuclear PIPs in the functional sub-nuclear domains remains elusive. The direct stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (dSTORM) provides an unprecedented resolution in biological imaging. Therefore, its use for imaging in the densely crowded cell nucleus is desired but also challenging. Here we present a dual-color dSTORM imaging and image analysis of nuclear PI(4,5)P2, PI(3,4)P2 and PI(4)P distribution while preserving the context of nuclear architecture. In the nucleoplasm, PI(4,5)P2 and PI(3,4)P2 co-pattern in close proximity with the subset of RNA polymerase II foci. PI(4,5)P2 is surrounded by fibrillarin in the nucleoli and all three PIPs are dispersed within the matrix formed by the nuclear speckle protein SON. PI(4,5)P2 is the most abundant nuclear PIP, while PI(4)P is a precursor for the biosynthesis of PI(4,5)P2 and PI(3,4)P2. Therefore, our data are relevant for the understanding the roles of nuclear PIPs and provide further evidence for the model in which nuclear PIPs represent a localization signal for the formation of lipo-ribonucleoprotein hubs in the nucleus. The discussed experimental pipeline is applicable for further functional studies on the role of other nuclear PIPs in the regulation of gene expression and beyond.
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- Peter Hoboth
- Department of Biology of the Cell Nucleus, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology of the Cell Nucleus, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 6, 128 00 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 6, 128 00 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology of the Cell Nucleus, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic; Biochemistry and Molecular Plant Biology Department, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, A.C. Calle 43 No. 130, Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, Mérida C.P. 97200, Yucatán, Mexico
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- Department of Biology of the Cell Nucleus, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Epigenetics of the Cell Nucleus, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, division BIOCEV, Průmyslová 595, 252 20 Vestec, Czech Republic; Microscopy Centre, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic.
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Rusciano I, Marvi MV, Owusu Obeng E, Mongiorgi S, Ramazzotti G, Follo MY, Zoli M, Morandi L, Asioli S, Fabbri VP, McCubrey JA, Suh PG, Manzoli L, Cocco L, Ratti S. Location-dependent role of phospholipase C signaling in the brain: Physiology and pathology. Adv Biol Regul 2020; 79:100771. [PMID: 33303387 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbior.2020.100771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Phosphoinositide-specific phospholipases C (PI-PLCs) are a class of enzymes involved in the phosphatidylinositol metabolism, which is implicated in the activation of several signaling pathways and which controls several cellular processes. The scientific community has long accepted the existence of a nuclear phosphoinositide (PI) metabolism, independent from the cytoplasmic one, critical in nuclear function control. Indeed, nuclear PIs are involved in many activities, such as cell cycle regulation, cell proliferation, cell differentiation, membrane transport, gene expression and cytoskeletal dynamics. There are several types of PIs and enzymes implicated in brain activities and among these enzymes, PI-PLCs contribute to a specific and complex network in the developing nervous system. Moreover, considering the abundant presence of PI-PLCβ1, PI-PLCγ1 and PI-PLCβ4 in the brain, a specific role for each PLC subtype has been suggested in the control of neuronal activity, which is important for synapse function, development and other mechanisms. The focus of this review is to describe the latest research about the involvement of PI-PLC signaling in the nervous system, both physiologically and in pathological conditions. Indeed, PI-PLC signaling imbalance seems to be also linked to several brain disorders including epilepsy, movement and behavior disorders, neurodegenerative diseases and, in addition, some PI-PLC subtypes could become potential novel signature genes for high-grade gliomas.
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- Isabella Rusciano
- Cellular Signalling Laboratory, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Cellular Signalling Laboratory, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Cellular Signalling Laboratory, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Cellular Signalling Laboratory, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Cellular Signalling Laboratory, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Cellular Signalling Laboratory, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypothalamic-Pituitary Diseases - Pituitary Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna), Bologna, Italy; Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Italy
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- Functional MR Unit, Bellaria Hospital, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40139, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie, U.O.C. Anatomia Patologica, AUSL, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Programma Neurochirurgia Ipofisi, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
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- Korea Brain Research Institute, Daegu, Republic of Korea; School of Life Sciences, UNIST, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
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- Cellular Signalling Laboratory, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Cellular Signalling Laboratory, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Cellular Signalling Laboratory, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
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Nuclear Phosphoinositides: Their Regulation and Roles in Nuclear Functions. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20122991. [PMID: 31248120 PMCID: PMC6627530 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20122991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Polyphosphoinositides (PPIns) are a family of seven lipid messengers that regulate a vast array of signalling pathways to control cell proliferation, migration, survival and differentiation. PPIns are differentially present in various sub-cellular compartments and, through the recruitment and regulation of specific proteins, are key regulators of compartment identity and function. Phosphoinositides and the enzymes that synthesise and degrade them are also present in the nuclear membrane and in nuclear membraneless compartments such as nuclear speckles. Here we discuss how PPIns in the nucleus are modulated in response to external cues and how they function to control downstream signalling. Finally we suggest a role for nuclear PPIns in liquid phase separations that are involved in the formation of membraneless compartments within the nucleus.
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Fu P, Ebenezer DL, Ha AW, Suryadevara V, Harijith A, Natarajan V. Nuclear lipid mediators: Role of nuclear sphingolipids and sphingosine-1-phosphate signaling in epigenetic regulation of inflammation and gene expression. J Cell Biochem 2018; 119:6337-6353. [PMID: 29377310 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.26707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2017] [Accepted: 01/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Phospholipids, sphingolipids, and cholesterol are integral components of eukaryotic cell organelles, including the nucleus. Recent evidence shows characteristic features of nuclear lipid composition and signaling, which are distinct from that of the cytoplasm and plasma membrane. While the nuclear phosphoinositol lipid signaling in cell cycle regulation and differentiation has been well described, there is a paucity on the role of nuclear sphingolipids and sphingolipid signaling in different physiological and pathophysiological human conditions. In this prospective, we describe the role of sphingolipids and specifically focus on the sphingoid bases, such as sphingosine, ceramide, and sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) generation and catabolism in nuclear signaling and function. Particularly, S1P generated in the nucleus by phosphorylation of SPHK2 modulates HDAC activity either by direct binding or through activation of nuclear reactive oxygen species and regulates cell cycle and pro-inflammatory gene expression. Potential implication of association of SPHK2 with the co-repressor complexes and generation of S1P in the nucleus on chromatin remodeling under normal and pathological conditions is discussed. A better understanding of sphingolipid signaling in the nucleus will facilitate the design and development of new and novel therapeutic approaches to modulate expression of pro-inflammatory and cell cycle dependent genes in human pathologies such as cancer, bacterial lung infection, neurodegeneration, and cystic fibrosis.
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- Panfeng Fu
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.,Department of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
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Nuclear lipid signaling is an established, widespread mechanism that operates in multiple cellular processes including proliferative and differentiative responses to a variety of stimuli. In this literature review with key references highlighted, we put forward the hypothesis that differential flow through various intracrine mechanisms can dictate resultant cellular actions such as mitosis, differentiation, or apoptosis.
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- R S Gilmour
- Liggins Institute and Department of Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology, University of Auckland, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, New Zealand
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A polybasic motif in ErbB3-binding protein 1 (EBP1) has key functions in nucleolar localization and polyphosphoinositide interaction. Biochem J 2016; 473:2033-47. [PMID: 27118868 PMCID: PMC4941749 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20160274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2016] [Accepted: 04/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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We reveal the identification of a polybasic motif necessary for polyphosphoinositide interaction and nucleolar targeting of ErbB3 binding protein 1 (EBP1). EBP1 interacts directly with phosphatidylinositol(3,4,5)-triphosphate and their association is detected in the nucleolus, implying regulatory roles of nucleolar processes. Polyphosphoinositides (PPIns) are present in the nucleus where they participate in crucial nuclear processes, such as chromatin remodelling, transcription and mRNA processing. In a previous interactomics study, aimed to gain further insight into nuclear PPIns functions, we identified ErbB3 binding protein 1 (EBP1) as a potential nuclear PPIn-binding protein in a lipid pull-down screen. EBP1 is a ubiquitous and conserved protein, located in both the cytoplasm and nucleolus, and associated with cell proliferation and survival. In the present study, we show that EBP1 binds directly to several PPIns via two distinct PPIn-binding sites consisting of clusters of lysine residues and positioned at the N- and C-termini of the protein. Using interaction mutants, we show that the C-terminal PPIn-binding motif contributes the most to the localization of EBP1 in the nucleolus. Importantly, a K372N point mutation, located within the C-terminal motif and found in endometrial tumours, is sufficient to alter the nucleolar targeting of EBP1. Our study reveals also the presence of the class I phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) catalytic subunit p110β and its product PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 together with EBP1 in the nucleolus. Using NMR, we further demonstrate an association between EBP1 and PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 via both electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions. Taken together, these results show that EBP1 interacts directly with PPIns and associate with PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 in the nucleolus. The presence of p110β and PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 in the nucleolus indicates their potential role in regulating nucleolar processes, at least via EBP1.
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Fiume R, Stijf-Bultsma Y, Shah ZH, Keune WJ, Jones DR, Jude JG, Divecha N. PIP4K and the role of nuclear phosphoinositides in tumour suppression. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2015; 1851:898-910. [PMID: 25728392 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2015.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2014] [Revised: 02/03/2015] [Accepted: 02/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Phosphatidylinositol-5-phosphate (PtdIns5P)-4-kinases (PIP4Ks) are stress-regulated lipid kinases that phosphorylate PtdIns5P to generate PtdIns(4,5)P₂. There are three isoforms of PIP4Ks: PIP4K2A, 2B and 2C, which localise to different subcellular compartments with the PIP4K2B isoform being localised predominantly in the nucleus. Suppression of PIP4K expression selectively prevents tumour cell growth in vitro and prevents tumour development in mice that have lost the tumour suppressor p53. p53 is lost or mutated in over 70% of all human tumours. These studies suggest that inhibition of PIP4K signalling constitutes a novel anti-cancer therapeutic target. In this review we will discuss the role of PIP4K in tumour suppression and speculate on how PIP4K modulates nuclear phosphoinositides (PPIns) and how this might impact on nuclear functions to regulate cell growth. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Phosphoinositides.
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- Roberta Fiume
- Cellular Signalling Laboratory, DIBINEM, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
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- Inositide Laboratory, Centre for Biological Sciences, Faculty of Natural & Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences Building 85, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Inositide Laboratory, Centre for Biological Sciences, Faculty of Natural & Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences Building 85, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam 1066CX, The Netherlands
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- Oncology iMED, AstraZeneca, Alderley Park, Macclesfield SK10 4TF, UK
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- IMP - Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna Biocenter, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 7, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Inositide Laboratory, Centre for Biological Sciences, Faculty of Natural & Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences Building 85, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.
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Fiume R, Keune WJ, Faenza I, Bultsma Y, Ramazzotti G, Jones DR, Martelli AM, Somner L, Follo MY, Divecha N, Cocco L. Nuclear phosphoinositides: location, regulation and function. Subcell Biochem 2012; 59:335-361. [PMID: 22374096 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-3015-1_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Lipid signalling in human disease is an important field of investigation and stems from the fact that phosphoinositide signalling has been implicated in the control of nearly all the important cellular pathways including metabolism, cell cycle control, membrane trafficking, apoptosis and neuronal conduction. A distinct nuclear inositide signalling metabolism has been identified, thus defining a new role for inositides in the nucleus, which are now considered essential co-factors for several nuclear processes, including DNA repair, transcription regulation, and RNA dynamics. Deregulation of phoshoinositide metabolism within the nuclear compartment may contribute to disease progression in several disorders, such as chronic inflammation, cancer, metabolic, and degenerative syndromes. In order to utilize these very druggable pathways for human benefit there is a need to identify how nuclear inositides are regulated specifically within this compartment and what downstream nuclear effectors process and integrate inositide signalling cascades in order to specifically control nuclear function. Here we describe some of the facets of nuclear inositide metabolism with a focus on their relationship to cell cycle control and differentiation.
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- Roberta Fiume
- Cellular Signalling Laboratory, Department of Human Anatomical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy,
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Nuclear lipid metabolism is implicated in various processes, including transcription, splicing, and DNA repair. Sphingolipids play roles in numerous cellular functions, and an emerging body of literature has identified roles for these lipid mediators in distinct nuclear processes. Different sphingolipid species are localized in various subnuclear domains, including chromatin, the nuclear matrix, and the nuclear envelope, where sphingolipids exert specific regulatory and structural functions. Sphingomyelin, the most abundant nuclear sphingolipid, plays both structural and regulatory roles in chromatin assembly and dynamics in addition to being an integral component of the nuclear matrix. Sphingosine-1-phosphate modulates histone acetylation, sphingosine is a ligand for steroidogenic factor 1, and nuclear accumulation of ceramide has been implicated in apoptosis. Finally, nuclear membrane-associated ganglioside GM1 plays a pivotal role in Ca(2+) homeostasis. This review highlights research on the factors that control nuclear sphingolipid metabolism and summarizes the roles of these lipids in various nuclear processes.
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- Natasha C Lucki
- School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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Lewis AE, Sommer L, Arntzen MØ, Strahm Y, Morrice NA, Divecha N, D'Santos CS. Identification of nuclear phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate-interacting proteins by neomycin extraction. Mol Cell Proteomics 2010; 10:M110.003376. [PMID: 21048195 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m110.003376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Considerable insight into phosphoinositide-regulated cytoplasmic functions has been gained by identifying phosphoinositide-effector proteins. Phosphoinositide-regulated nuclear functions however are fewer and less clear. To address this, we established a proteomic method based on neomycin extraction of intact nuclei to enrich for nuclear phosphoinositide-effector proteins. We identified 168 proteins harboring phosphoinositide-binding domains. Although the vast majority of these contained lysine/arginine-rich patches with the following motif, K/R-(X(n= 3-7)-K-X-K/R-K/R, we also identified a smaller subset of known phosphoinositide-binding proteins containing pleckstrin homology or plant homeodomain modules. Proteins with no prior history of phosphoinositide interaction were identified, some of which have functional roles in RNA splicing and processing and chromatin assembly. The remaining proteins represent potentially other novel nuclear phosphoinositide-effector proteins and as such strengthen our appreciation of phosphoinositide-regulated nuclear functions. DNA topology was exemplar among these: Biochemical assays validated our proteomic data supporting a direct interaction between phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate and DNA Topoisomerase IIα. In addition, a subset of neomycin extracted proteins were further validated as phosphatidyl 4,5-bisphosphate-interacting proteins by quantitative lipid pull downs. In summary, data sets such as this serve as a resource for a global view of phosphoinositide-regulated nuclear functions.
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- Aurélia E Lewis
- PROBE Proteomics Platform, Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Keune WJ, Bultsma Y, Sommer L, Jones D, Divecha N. Phosphoinositide signalling in the nucleus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 51:91-9. [PMID: 21035491 DOI: 10.1016/j.advenzreg.2010.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2010] [Accepted: 09/14/2010] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Alcázar-Román AR, Wente SR. Inositol polyphosphates: a new frontier for regulating gene expression. Chromosoma 2007; 117:1-13. [DOI: 10.1007/s00412-007-0126-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2007] [Revised: 09/12/2007] [Accepted: 09/13/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Cocco L, Manzoli L, Barnabei O, Gilmour RS, Martelli AM. Re-examination of the significance of nuclear localization of PLCbeta1 in the likelihood of its involvement in neoplastic cell growth. ADVANCES IN ENZYME REGULATION 2004; 43:1-13. [PMID: 12791378 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2571(02)00025-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- Lucio Cocco
- Department of Anatomical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 48, I-40126, Bologna, Italy.
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Struchkov VA, Strazhevskaya NB, Zhdanov RI. DNA-bound lipids of normal and tumor cells: retrospective and outlooks for functional genomics. Bioelectrochemistry 2002; 58:23-30. [PMID: 12401567 DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5394(02)00129-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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By very soft phenol method, the high-molecular-mass natural DNA complexes (10(8)-10(9) Da), which contain 1-3% specific lipids, were isolated from different eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. Two pools of DNA-bound lipids were isolated: loosely bound (extracted with 35% ethanol) and tightly bound lipids (extracted after additional treatment DNAse I). The composition of these two lipid pools of different sources (rat thymus, liver, regenerating liver, loach sperm, pigeon erythrocytes, Zajdel ascites hepatoma, Ehrlich ascites carcinoma, sarcoma 37, Escherichia coli B, T2 phage) was studied. The DNA-bound lipid pools consist of neutral lipids (NL) and phospholipids (PL), moreover NL is always in a few fold more than PL. The composition of these lipid pools of eukaryotes distinguishes between themselves, mainly, by free cholesterol (minor fraction), cardiolipin (major fraction), and by phosphatidylcholine. Only the tightly bound lipid pool was present in T2 phage DNA. The dramatic redistribution effect between all fractions of NL pools (free and ester cholesterol, free fatty acids, diglycerides) was observed in DNA synthesis phase of cell cycle on the background of the unchanged composition of PL pools. Comparative analysis of DNA-bound lipid pools of normal and cancer cells was carried out. The DNA-bound lipid pools of transformed cells significantly differ from the same normal cells both by PL composition (cardiolipin) and by the presence of additional fractions (mono- and triglycerides) as well. The possible functions of DNA-bound lipid pools, especially of cardiolipin and cholesterol at the attachment of DNA loops to the nuclear matrix, DNA replicon organization, replication, and transcription are discussed.
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- V A Struchkov
- N N Blokhin Russian Oncological Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, 24, Kashirskoe Shaussee, 115478, Moscow, Russia
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Miguel BG, Calcerrada MC, Martín L, Catalán RE, Martínez AM. Increase of phosphoinositide hydrolysis and diacylglycerol production by PAF in isolated rat liver nuclei. Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat 2001; 65:159-66. [PMID: 11444588 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-6980(01)00124-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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When isolated rat liver nuclei were treated with platelet-activating factor (PAF), a rapid increase in the mass of diacylglycerol (DAG) occurred. This effect was dose- and time-dependent. The maximum effect was observed after 1 min of 10(-7) M PAF treatment. A concomitant decrease of polyphosphoinositides and phosphatidic acid (PA) levels was observed. PAF-induced DAG accumulation was inhibited by the treatment with WEB 2086 or PCA-4248, specific PAF-receptor antagonists. This result may suggest that PAF exerts its action in the nucleus through specific nuclear PAF binding sites. The findings described herein are due to the activation of phospholipase C, as the results from experiments using U73122, a phospholipase C inhibitor, indicate. These are the first data on the action of
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- B G Miguel
- in isolated nuclei, and they suggest a modulation by PAF of intranuclear signal transduction within the nucleus, possibly by specific PAF receptors
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Raben DM, Baldassare JJ. Phospholipid metabolism and nuclear envelope signaling. ADVANCES IN ENZYME REGULATION 2000; 40:97-123. [PMID: 10828348 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2571(99)00023-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- D M Raben
- Department of Physiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 735 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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An increasing body of evidence shows that many of the key inositol lipids and enzymes responsible for their metabolism reside in nuclei. Moreover, the association of the nuclear phosphoinositide cycle with progression through the cell cycle and commitment toward differentiation has built a wider picture of the implications of phosphoinositides in the control of nuclear functions. This article reviews a central aspect of inositide nuclear signaling, i.e., the spatial organization of the signaling system within the nucleus in relationship to the nuclear organization in functional domains. Most of the evidence obtained with a variety of confocal and electron microscopy immunocytochemical techniques indicates that the phosphoinositides, the enzymes required for their synthesis and hydrolysis, and the targets of the lipid second messengers are localized at ribonucleoprotein structures involved in the transcript processing in the interchromatin domains. These findings demonstrate that nuclear inositol lipids exist in a nonmembranous form, linked to structural nuclear proteins of the inner nuclear matrix. They also suggest that the inositol signaling in the nucleus is completely independent of that at the cell surface and that it probably preceded in evolution the systems that are present at the cytoskeletal and cell membrane level.
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- N M Maraldi
- Institute of Normal and Pathological Cytomorphology, C.N.R., Laboratory of Cell Biology, IOR, Bologna, Italy.
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D'Santos CS, Clarke JH, Divecha N. Phospholipid signalling in the nucleus. Een DAG uit het leven van de inositide signalering in de nucleus. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1436:201-32. [PMID: 9838115 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2760(98)00146-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Diverse methodologies, ranging from activity measurements in various nuclear subfractions to electron microscopy, have been used to demonstrate and establish that many of the key lipids and enzymes responsible for the metabolism of inositol lipids are resident in nuclei. PtdIns(4)P, PtdIns(4,5)P2 and PtdOH are all present in nuclei, as well as the corresponding enzyme activities required to synthesise and metabolise these compounds. In addition other non-inositol containing phospholipids such as phosphatidylcholine constitute a significant percentage of the total nuclear phospholipid content. We feel that it is pertinent to include this lipid in our discussion as it provides an alternative source of 1, 2-diacylglycerol (DAG) in addition to the hydrolysis of PtdIns(4, 5)P2. We discuss at length data related to the sources and possible consequences of nuclear DAG production as this lipid appears to be increasingly central to a number of general physiological functions. Data relating to the existence of alternative pathways of inositol phospholipid synthesis, the role of 3-phosphorylated inositol lipids and lipid compartmentalisation and transport are reviewed. The field has also expanded to a point where we can now also begin to address what role these lipids play in cellular proliferation and differentiation and hopefully provide avenues for further research.
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- C S D'Santos
- The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Cocco L, Capitani S, Maraldi NM, Mazzotti G, Barnabei O, Rizzoli R, Gilmour RS, Wirtz KW, Rhee SG, Manzoli FA. Inositides in the nucleus: taking stock of PLC beta 1. ADVANCES IN ENZYME REGULATION 1998; 38:351-63. [PMID: 9762362 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2571(97)00014-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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The nucleus was shown to be a site for inositol lipid cycle which can be affected by treatment of quiescent cells with growth factors such as IGF-I. In fact, the exposure of Swiss 3T3 cells to IGF-I results in a rapid and transient increase in nuclear PLC beta 1 activity. In addition, several other reports have shown the involvement of PLC beta 1 in nuclear signalling in different cell types. Indeed, PLC beta 1 differs from the PLC gamma and della isozymes in that it has a long COOH-terminal sequence which contains a cluster of lysine residues that are critical for association with the nucleus. Although the demonstration of PtInsP and PtdInsP2 hydrolysis by nuclear PLC beta 1 established the existence of nuclear PLC signalling, the significance of this autonomous pathway in the nucleus has yet to be thoroughly clarified. By inducing both the inhibition of PLC beta 1 expression by antisense RNA and its overexpression we show that this nuclear PLC is essential for the onset of DNA synthesis following IGF-I stimulation of quiescent Swiss 3T3 cells. Moreover, using a different cell system, i.e. Friend erythroleukemia cells induced to differentiate towards erythrocytes, it has been evidenced that there is a relationship between the expression and activity of nuclear PLC beta 1 and the association of PI-PT alpha with the nucleus in that, when PLC activity ceases, in differentiated and resting cells at the same time there is a dramatic decrease of the association of PI-PT alpha with the nucleus.
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- L Cocco
- Institute of Human Anatomy, University of Bologna, Italy
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Neri LM, Ricci D, Carini C, Marchisio M, Capitani S, Bertagnolo V. Changes of nuclear PI-PLC gamma1 during rat liver regeneration. Cell Signal 1997; 9:353-62. [PMID: 9376214 DOI: 10.1016/s0898-6568(96)00178-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We have previously demonstrated that rat liver nuclei contain PI-PLC beta1 and gamma1 in the inner nuclear matrix and lamina associated with specific phosphodiesterase activity (Bertagnolo et al., 1995, Cell Signall. 7, 669-678). Since compensatory hepatic growth is an informative and well characterized model for natural cell proliferation, the presence of specific PI-PLC isoforms and their activity as well as PIP2 recovery were studied at various regenerating times, ranging from 3 to 22 h after partial hepatectomy. Three PI-PLC isoforms (beta1, gamma1, delta1) were examined in control and regenerating liver cells by using specific antibodies. By means of in situ immunocytochemistry and confocal microscopy, PI-PLC beta1 was found mainly in the nucleoplasm and this pattern was not modified after hepatectomy. On the contrary, the nuclear gamma1 isoform showed a marked decrease at 3 and 16 h after hepatectomy, but a clear increase at 22 h covering with bright intensity the whole nucleus. The PI-PLC delta1 isoform, which is exclusively cytoplasmic, was not altered during rat liver regeneration. By western blotting analysis on whole cell homogenates, none of the PI-PLC isozymes under study showed proliferation-linked modification. However, analyses of isolated nuclei identified changes in the nucleus associated PI-PLC gamma1 that paralleled the in situ observation whereas the beta1 isoform was unmodified at all the times examined. Nuclear phosphodiesterase activity on PIP2 was lower at 3 and 16 h, in comparison with sham operated rats, increased at 6 h and reached the highest value after 22 h. Consistently, the recovery of PIP2, obtained in conditions that optimise PIP-kinase activity, showed a marked decrease at 3 h and an increase up to 16 h of liver regeneration, followed by a further decrease at 22 h. These data are consistent with a close relationship between cell proliferation and the nuclear inositide cycle, depending, in rat liver, predominantly on the modulation of the gamma1 isoform of PI-PLC.
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- L M Neri
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Institute of Human Anatomy, University of Ferrara, Italy
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Cataldi A, Caracino A, Di Baldassarre A, Robuffo I, Miscia S. Interferon beta mediated intracellular signalling traffic in human lymphocytes. Cell Signal 1995; 7:627-33. [PMID: 8588979 DOI: 10.1016/0898-6568(95)00030-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The early molecular mechanisms activated by the treatment of human lymphocytes with human interferon beta have been studied. These identify an early increase with respect to control, in diacylglycerol (DG) levels as response to interferon treatment. Such a DG production was derived from the rapid and sequential activation of phosphoinositide specific phospholipase C and phospholipase D pathway. This suggests that a synergistic involvement of phosphatidylinositol-bis-phosphate (PIP2) hydrolysis and phosphatidylcholine (PC) breakdown provide early molecular events upon the interaction between interferon beta and its cell surface receptors. This finally leads to the slowing down of cell growth.
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- A Cataldi
- Istituto di Morfologia Umana Normale, Università G. D'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy
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Zini N, Martelli AM, Neri LM, Bavelloni A, Sabatelli P, Santi S, Maraldi NM. Immunocytochemical evaluation of protein kinase C translocation to the inner nuclear matrix in 3T3 mouse fibroblasts after IGF-I treatment. Histochem Cell Biol 1995; 103:447-57. [PMID: 7584551 DOI: 10.1007/bf01457544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The complex pathway which links the agonist-cell membrane receptor binding to the response at the genome level involves, among other elements, protein kinase C (PKC). Agonists acting at the cell membrane can affect an autonomous nuclear polyphosphoinositide signaling system inducing an activation of nuclear phosphoinositidase activity and a subsequent translocation of PKC to the nuclear region. The fine localization of PKC has been investigated by means of electron microscopy quantitative immunogold labeling in 3T3 mouse fibroblasts, mitogenically stimulated by IGF-I. The enzyme, which in untreated cells is present in the cytoplasm, except for the organelles, and in the nucleoplasm, after IGF-I treatment is reduced in the cytoplasm and almost doubled in the nucleus. The PKC isoform translocated to the nucleus is the alpha isozyme, which is found not only associated with the nuclear envelope but mainly with the interchromatin domains. By using in situ matrix preparations, PKC appears to be retained at the nuclear matrix level, both at the nuclear lamina and at the inner nuclear matrix, suggesting a direct involvement in the phosphorylation of nuclear proteins which are responsible for the regulation of DNA replication.
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- N Zini
- Institute of Citomorfologia Normale e Patologica, C.N.R., Bologna, Italy
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Cataldi A, Di Pietro R, Antonucci A, Di Baldassarre A, Miscia S. Phosphoinositidase C beta 1 isoform expression is modulated by interferon alpha in Burkitt lymphoma cells. Cell Signal 1995; 7:105-12. [PMID: 7794682 DOI: 10.1016/0898-6568(94)00070-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The expression of phosphoinositidase C (PIC) at nuclear and cytoplasmic level has been revealed in control and interferon treated Burkitt lymphoma cells by means of western blotting and immunocytochemical analysis employing specific monoclonal antibodies against beta 1, gamma 1 and delta 1 isozymes. Results have indicated that PIC isoform beta 1, mainly detectable in the nucleus, undergoes transient modifications early after interferon treatment. PIC delta 1 has been found only at cytoplasmic level, apparently insensitive to interferon treatment, while PIC gamma 1 was scarcely or not detected either in the cytoplasmic or in the nuclear compartment. These results suggest that interferon may exert its antiproliferative effect activating at least two distinct pathways of signal transduction, at cytoplasmic and nuclear level, involving inositol lipid cycle mainly in the nucleus by modulation of PIC beta 1 expression.
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- A Cataldi
- Istituto di Morfologia Umana Normale, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Chieti, Italy
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Martelli AM, Cataldi A, Manzoli L, Billi AM, Rubbini S, Gilmour RS, Cocco L. Inositides in nuclei of Friend cells: changes of polyphosphoinositide and diacylglycerol levels accompany cell differentiation. Cell Signal 1995; 7:53-6. [PMID: 7756111 DOI: 10.1016/0898-6568(94)00062-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Friend erythroleukemia cells were labelled with high levels of [3H]myo-inositol and the radioactivity in PI, PIP and PIP2, extracted from isolated nuclei, was measured. A parallel analysis employing a picomole sensitive assay for both PIP and DAG has been carried out. The results indicate that the differentiation process is characterised by an accumulation of nuclear PIP and PIP2 and by a decrease of DAG mass. We suggest that as differentiation proceeds toward erythrocytes in Friend cells, this is accompanied by a reduction in the amount of these messengers in the nucleus.
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- A M Martelli
- Dipartimento di Morfologia Umana Normale dell'Università, Trieste, Italy
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Bothmer J, Markerink M, Jolles J. Phosphoinositide kinase activities in synaptosomes prepared from brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease and controls. Neurosci Lett 1994; 176:169-72. [PMID: 7830939 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(94)90074-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Previously, phosphatidylinositol (PI) kinase activity in cytosolic fractions prepared from postmortem tissue of the cerebral cortex from patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) appeared to be lower than that of age-matched controls [Jolles et al., J. Neurochem., 58 (1992) 2326-2329]. In the study presented here, PI and PIP (phosphatidylinositol phosphate) kinase activities were studied in synaptosomes prepared from postmortem brain tissue of AD patients and age-matched controls. Firstly, PI kinase activity in synaptosomes prepared from the frontal superior gyrus of AD brain was 30% lower than in synaptosomes prepared from postmortem tissue of control brain. PIP kinase activity was the same in AD and control synaptosomes. Secondly, the yield of synaptosomal protein (micrograms protein per mg tissue wet weight) was lower in preparations from AD brain than in preparations from control brain, which could be a manifestation of a loss of presynaptic terminals in the frontal cortex. These results suggest that the difference in PI kinase activity between AD and control brain tissue may originate from differences in intact neurons in view of the fact that synaptosomes can originate only from intact neurons.
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- J Bothmer
- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- L Cocco
- Institute of Human Anatomy, University of Bologna
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Neri LM, Billi AM, Manzoli L, Rubbini S, Gilmour RS, Cocco L, Martelli AM. Selective nuclear translocation of protein kinase C alpha in Swiss 3T3 cells treated with IGF-I, PDGF and EGF. FEBS Lett 1994; 347:63-8. [PMID: 8013664 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)00508-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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To determine the subcellular distribution of PKC after GFs treatment we have employed a combined immunochemical and in situ confocal microscopy analysis. In quiescent Swiss 3T3 cells only a faint PKC positivity was observable in the nucleus while a strong reaction was seen in the cytoplasm. IGF-I and to a lesser extent PDGF and EGF induced, after 45 min of treatment, a nuclear translocation of PKC detected by a pan-anti-PKC antibody and nuclear fluorescence was distributed in the nuclear interior except for the nucleolar regions. Bombesin and FGF did not affect the sub-cellular distribution of the enzyme. To further the understanding of which PKC isoform was involved in the translocation process, we have tested nine isozyme-specific anti-PKC antibodies. Immunoblotting analysis revealed the presence in Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts of alpha, beta I, epsilon and zeta isoforms. In isolated nuclei from GF-exposed cells only the alpha isozyme was detected: immunostaining was very intense after IGF-I treatment and clearly observable after PDGF and EGF stimulation. This result was strongly supported by the in situ confocal microscopy which parallels the Western blot analysis. These data demonstrate that several, but not all, GFs acting through tyrosine kinase receptor induce the intranuclear translocation of PKC alpha and, because of the dramatic effect of IGF-I, strengthen the case for a link between the activation of nuclear inositol lipid cycle and PKC translocation induced by this GF.
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- L M Neri
- Istituto di Anatomia Umana Normale, Università di Ferrara, Italy
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Previati M, Bertagnolo V, Mazzoni M, Osti F, Borgatti P, Capitani S. Diacylglycerol kinase activity in rat liver nuclei. Cell Signal 1994; 6:393-403. [PMID: 7946964 DOI: 10.1016/0898-6568(94)90086-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Membrane-depleted rat liver nuclei contain diacylglycerol (DAG) kinase showing a specific activity which doubles that of the whole homogenate. In contrast, cytoplasmic and plasma membrane marker enzymes attain a specific activity of 0.4% at the most, when nuclear DAG kinase approaches 4.5% of the total tissue activity. The enzyme shows a Km of 161 and 200 microM for ATP in both nuclei and microsomes whereas the Km for DAG is 75 microM in nuclei and 658 microM in microsomes. Octylglucoside, CHAPS and Triton X-100 behave mainly as inhibitors, while deoxycholate stimulates the enzyme activity in both cellular fractions, increasing specific activity (3.2-fold in nuclei and 29.1-fold in microsomes) and decreasing Km for DAG (39 microM in nuclei and 237 microM in microsomes). Phospholipids and ceramide stimulate the enzyme activity in isolated nuclei, while no effect occurs in the microsomal fraction. At variance, sphingosine behaves as an inhibitor in both cellular fractions. DAG kinase also utilizes endogenous substrates mobilized by Bacillus cereus phospholipase C, which hydrolyses nuclear phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine and by phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C, which hydrolyses nuclear PI and PIP. These data indicate that nuclear DAG can be controlled by converting it into phosphatidic acid by the action of a nuclear enzyme and support the contention that protein kinase C activity can be modulated at the nuclear level by a discrete system involving phospholipase C and DAG kinase that could operate independently from the cytoplasm.
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- M Previati
- Istituto di Anatomia Umana Normale, Università di Ferrara, Italy
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Marmiroli S, Ognibene A, Bavelloni A, Cinti C, Cocco L, Maraldi N. Interleukin 1 alpha stimulates nuclear phospholipase C in human osteosarcoma SaOS-2 cells. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)42300-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Insulinlike growth factors (IGFs) express anabolic and mitogenic activity on wide variety of cells. Besides endocrine effects, IGFs have major autocrine and paracrine effects on many cellular functions. Two factors that significantly affect the extent of cellular response to IGFs include the membrane receptors for IGFs and the soluble binding proteins (BPs), which modulate the action of IGFs at the receptor level. IGFs, IGF receptors, and IGFs and their BPs (IGF-BPs) thus constitute three components of the IGF system. A role of IGFs in the transformation and proliferation of cancer cells has become increasingly evident in the past few years. Studies from several laboratories show that all three components of the IGF system may play an important role in the proliferation of colon cancers. It was recently shown that the relative expression of IGFs and IGF/BPs may critically control the metastatic potential of colon cancers. The purpose of this article is to summarize our current knowledge of the IGF system and to present support for a significant role of IGFs in the initiation and growth of colon cancers. The expression and structural aspects of IGFs, their receptors, and BPs are outlined first, followed by a discussion of the role of IGFs in gastrointestinal functions and in colon cancers.
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- P Singh
- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
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Cataldi A, Rana R, Bareggi R, Lisio R, Robuffo I, di Valerio V, Miscia S. Evidence for nuclear phosphoinositidase C activity in the antiproliferative signals produced by interferon in Burkitt lymphoma cells. Cytokine 1993; 5:235-9. [PMID: 8218936 DOI: 10.1016/1043-4666(93)90010-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The influence of interferon alpha on nuclear phosphoinositidase C (PIC) in Daudi cells has been analysed. Results showed an early increase of PIC activity detectable within 90 min of interferon treatment concomitant with an increase of diacylglcerol (DAG) levels. Since the interferon-induced DAG production is not modified by the addition of propranolol, a compound known to inhibit production of DAG from phosphatidylcholine hydrolysis, it is suggested that the interferon antiproliferative signal is transduced into the nucleus via the inositol lipid pathway. A parallel analysis performed on intact cells showed a rapid inhibition of PIC activity accompanied by an increase of DAG level thus suggesting that interferon-generated signals at plasma-membrane level use pathways different from that of inositol lipids. A selected clone of Daudi cells resistant to interferon action provided a control for specificity of results.
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- A Cataldi
- Istituto di Morfologia Umana Normale, Università di Chieti, Italy
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Crouch MF, Hendry IA. Growth factor second messenger systems: oncogenes and the heterotrimeric GTP-binding protein connection. Med Res Rev 1993; 13:105-23. [PMID: 8416262 DOI: 10.1002/med.2610130105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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We feel that there is now compelling evidence that the GTP-binding proteins play more than just a coordinating role in the actions of both tyrosine kinase and nontyrosine kinase receptor signal transduction. These similarities appear to represent just a small component of the convergence in the signaling pathways for structurally dissimilar receptor subsets. Future years will see further understanding of the intricacies of these G-protein-proto-oncogene interactions, and the extension into the potential role in growth factor action played by the expanding number of known members of this G-protein family.
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- M F Crouch
- Division of Neuroscience, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra
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Cocco L, Martelli AM, Capitani S, Maraldi NM, Mazzotti G, Barnabei O, Manzoli FA. Nuclear phosphoinositidase C during growth factor stimulation. ADVANCES IN ENZYME REGULATION 1993; 33:157-69. [PMID: 8395135 DOI: 10.1016/0065-2571(93)90015-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The existence of phosphoinositidase C beta is demonstrated in the nucleus of Swiss 3T3 cells. Moreover, we show that this isoform is specific for the nucleus while the gamma isoform is confined to the cytoplasm of these cells. When Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts are treated with Insulin-like Growth Factor I a rapid and transient activation of the beta isoform occurs at the nucleus whilst the cytoplasmic phosphoinositidase C is unaffected. These results seem to explain the mechanism by which the decrease in the mass of polyphosphoinositol lipids occurs in the nucleus after stimulation with Insulin-like Growth Factor I and actually point out the existence of a nuclear polyphosphoinositide signalling system distinct from the plasma membrane localized system and constituted not only by the previously demonstrated lipid kinases but also by a specific phosphoinositidase C.
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- L Cocco
- Institute of Human Anatomy, University of Bologna, Italy
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Bothmer J, Markerink M, Jolles J. Evidence for a new inositol phospholipid in rat brain mitochondria. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1992; 187:1077-82. [PMID: 1326948 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(92)91307-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Phosphorylation of phosphatidylinositol (PI), phosphatidylinositol monophosphate (PIP) and diacylglycerol (DAG) was studied in rat brain cortex myelin, synaptosomal and mitochondrial fractions, with ATP as phosphate donor and endogenous phospholipids as substrate. All fractions had PI, PIP and DAG phosphorylating activity with their own characteristic subcellular distribution. However, in the mitochondrial fraction an unidentified lipid was phosphorylated, which had a slower Rf value than PIP2 on TLC. After hydrolysis of the polar head group of the lipid and separation on anion exchange columns, it appeared to be a phosphoinositide. The elution profile showed that it was not phosphatidylinositol trisphosphate, or a lyso-compound. The available evidence suggests that the unknown inositol phospholipid in rat brain mitochondria is a phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate isomer, although the possibility of it being a glycosyl-phosphoinositide cannot be excluded.
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- J Bothmer
- Dept. of Neuropsychology and Psychobiology, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Mazzoni M, Bertagnolo V, Neri LM, Carini C, Marchisio M, Milani D, Manzoli FA, Capitani S. Discrete subcellular localization of phosphoinositidase C beta, gamma and delta in PC12 rat pheochromocytoma cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1992; 187:114-20. [PMID: 1325785 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(05)81466-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Phosphoinositidase C activity was revealed in nuclei isolated from PC12 rat pheochromocytoma cells incubated with tritiated phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate. Phosphoinositide breakdown was found to be optimal at neutral pH and Ca++ concentrations ranging from endogenous levels to millimolar values. To characterize the enzymes involved, three monoclonal antibodies directed against the beta, gamma and delta phosphoinositidase C isoforms were employed. A combination of Western blot immunochemical analysis on cytoplasmic and nuclear fractions and of in situ immunocytochemistry on intact cells and isolated nuclei indicated that phosphoinositidase C gamma, though predominantly cytoplasmic, was present in both cell compartments. On the contrary, phosphoinositidase C beta was exclusively localized in the nucleus, whereas phosphoinositidase C delta was restricted to the cytoplasm. These data suggest that inositol lipid breakdown is controlled by different phosphoinositidase C isozymes in the various cell compartments, and support the notion that a separate phosphoinositide signalling system is located in the nucleus.
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- M Mazzoni
- Instituto di Anatomia Umana Normale, Università di Ferrara, Rome, Italy
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Martelli AM, Gilmour RS, Bertagnolo V, Neri LM, Manzoli L, Cocco L. Nuclear localization and signalling activity of phosphoinositidase C beta in Swiss 3T3 cells. Nature 1992; 358:242-5. [PMID: 1321347 DOI: 10.1038/358242a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 254] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PtdInsP2) is a widespread receptor-coupled signalling system at the plasma membrane of most eukaryotic cells. The existence of an entirely separate nuclear phosphoinositide signalling system is suggested from evidence that purified nuclei synthesize PtdInsP2 and phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PtdInsP) in vitro and that a transient decrease in the mass of these lipids occurs when Swiss 3T3 cells are cultured in the presence of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1). These IGF-1-dependent changes in inositol lipids coincide with an increase in nuclear diacyglycerol and precede translocation to the nucleus and activation of protein kinase C (refs 5, 6). Circumstantial evidence that links these changes with mitosis comes from the isolation of a 3T3 clone that expresses the type-1 IGF receptor and binds IGF-1 peptide but does not respond mitogenically or show transient mass changes in nuclear inositol lipids. A key question is how IGF-1 initiates the rapid breakdown of PtdInsP and PtdInsP2 in the nucleus. Here we present evidence that nuclei of 3T3 cells contain the beta-isozyme of phosphoinositidase C, whereas the gamma-isozyme is confined to the cytoplasm and that IGF-1 treatment stimulates exclusively the activity of nuclear phosphoinositidase C.
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- A M Martelli
- Institutes of Human Anatomy, University of Bologna, Italy
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Santi P, Martelli AM, Gilmour RS, Falcieri E, Rana R, Cataldi A, Lattanzi G, Bareggi R, Cocco L. Changes in polyphosphoinositide levels in rat liver nuclei in response to prolactin, a known hepatic mitogen. Cell Signal 1992; 4:385-91. [PMID: 1329898 DOI: 10.1016/0898-6568(92)90033-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The effect of prolactin action on nuclear polyphosphoinositide synthesis was investigated in isolated rat liver nuclei. An increased uptake of phosphate from [gamma 32P] adenosinetriphosphate was observed in both phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate with a maximum response at 10(-12) M concentration of hormone. Pulse-chase experiments in isolated nuclei following prolactin treatment indicate that the observed increase in accumulation of phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate is mainly due to a decrease in their rate of turnover possibly induced by a change in activity of polyphosphoinositide-specific monoesterases. In vitro prolactin also reduces the activity of nuclear phospholipase C specific for phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate. Moreover, this feature is strongly supported by the concomitant decrease in nuclear diacylglycerol mass. Thus these data suggest that once prolactin reaches the nucleus an intranuclear signalling is evoked through inositol lipid metabolism.
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- P Santi
- Istituto di Anatomia Umana Normale, Università di Bologna, Italy
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Rana R, Di Pietro R, Antonucci A, Cataldi A, Miscia S, Vitale M, Cocco L. Age-related events in active T subpopulation. Changes in polyphosphoinositide metabolism during mitogenic activation. Mech Ageing Dev 1992; 64:61-7. [PMID: 1321313 DOI: 10.1016/0047-6374(92)90096-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The active E rosette test allows the characterisation of a lymphocyte subset with high affinity receptors for sheep red blood cells. In this study, we compared active T lymphocytes of healthy subjects over 65 and under 30 years of age after mitogenic stimulation. Active E rosettes increased in both age groups after 48 h of phytohemoagglutinin (PHA) stimulation, mainly in young subjects. In addition, analysing the in vitro phosphorylation of inositol lipids, changes occurred in the incorporation of radioactivity in both phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PIP) and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bis phosphate (PIP2) in the early steps of the mitotic response in the elderly subjects as compared to young ones, hinting that modifications of this signal transduction system are related to mitogenic stimulation in this peculiar T subpopulation.
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- R Rana
- Institute of Normal Human Morphology, Faculty of Medicine, Chieti, Italy
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Maraldi NM, Mazzotti G, Capitani S, Rizzoli R, Zini N, Squarzoni S, Manzoli FA. Morphological evidence of function-related localization of phospholipids in the cell nucleus. ADVANCES IN ENZYME REGULATION 1992; 32:73-90. [PMID: 1496925 DOI: 10.1016/0065-2571(92)90009-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The evidence accumulated in recent years on the presence of phospholipids inside the interphase nucleus needs a precise localization of the nuclear sites of accumulation, transport and degradation of these molecules. A very useful approach for monitoring the fine localization of nuclear phospholipids is represented by a recently developed technique using gold-conjugated phospholipases. In fact, in addition to the phospholipids organized in bilayers in the membrane, this technique identifies amorphous lipoprotein complexes present in different cell areas as well as in the nucleus. In this way and using sample preparation systems which reduce lipid removal and translocation, such as cryofixation, cryosectioning, embedding in hydrophylic resins and cryofracturing, we have analyzed the subnuclear localization of phospholipids in different experimental conditions. The results indicate that: in interphase the nuclear phospholipids are localized mainly in the interchromatin spaces and in the nucleolar domain; the observed co-localization of phospholipids and ribonucleoproteins suggests that phospholipids are involved in the mechanism of transport and release of the transcripts; the demonstrated release of ribonucleoproteins after phospholipase digestion suggests that phospholipids mediate the binding between ribonucleoproteins and the nuclear matrix; significant changes of the phospholipid localization occur in the different phases of the cell cycle or in the course of induced cell differentiation.
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- N M Maraldi
- Institute of Cytomorphology, I.O.R., Bologna, Italy
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Cocco L, Martelli AM, Gilmour RS, Rana RA, Barnabei O, Manzoli FA. Changes in inositol lipid metabolism and protein kinase C translocation in nuclei of mitogen stimulated Swiss 3T3 cells. ADVANCES IN ENZYME REGULATION 1992; 32:91-103. [PMID: 1323206 DOI: 10.1016/0065-2571(92)90010-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The correlation between changes in nuclear polyphosphoinositide levels preceding PKC translocation to the nucleus and the onset of DNA synthesis has been discussed. Using two different clones of Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts belonging to the same original cell line, one of which is unresponsive to mitogenic stimulation with IGF-I on its own or in combination with bombesin, it has been observed that a rapid and transient breakdown of nuclear PIP and PIP2 occurs only in responsive cells and this precedes the translocation of PKC to the nucleus, as evidenced by immunochemical analysis as well as by enzymatic activity. Therefore, it seems that a direct link exists between nuclear polyphosphoinositide metabolism, PKC translocation to the nucleus and cell division. Since IGF-I acts at the plasma membrane through a tyrosine kinase receptor it seems that the mitogenic stimulation induced by this factor utilizes different signalling pathways at the plasma membrane and at the nucleus. Because of the evidence that type I IGF receptor is expressed in both responsive and unresponsive cells and that the receptor machinery at the plasma membrane is active the lack of the transient changes in nuclear inositol lipids and of PKC translocation in unresponsive cells further suggests that the cell nucleus is capable of an autonomous signalling system based on polyphosphoinositide metabolism.
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- L Cocco
- Institute of Human Anatomy, University of Bologna, Italy
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Perletti G, Ghessi A, Raffaldoni E, Piccinini F. The activity of a beta subtype of protein kinase C purified from nuclei of human neutrophils is enhanced by treatment with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1991; 181:348-52. [PMID: 1659812 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(05)81425-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Two protein kinase C isoenzymes were partially purified from the nuclei of human neutrophils, and identified as beta and alpha subtypes. Treatment of neutrophils with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) caused a 3.8-fold increase of nuclear beta PKC activity, while a minor increase of alpha PKC was observed. This selective activation of beta PKC could help to understand the molecular events involved in phorbol ester-induced cellular modifications.
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- G Perletti
- Istituto di Farmacologia, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
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