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Esteves de Lima J, Relaix F. Epigenetic Regulation of Myogenesis: Focus on the Histone Variants. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222312727. [PMID: 34884532 PMCID: PMC8657657 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222312727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Revised: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Skeletal muscle development and regeneration rely on the successive activation of specific transcription factors that engage cellular fate, promote commitment, and drive differentiation. Emerging evidence demonstrates that epigenetic regulation of gene expression is crucial for the maintenance of the cell differentiation status upon division and, therefore, to preserve a specific cellular identity. This depends in part on the regulation of chromatin structure and its level of condensation. Chromatin architecture undergoes remodeling through changes in nucleosome composition, such as alterations in histone post-translational modifications or exchange in the type of histone variants. The mechanisms that link histone post-translational modifications and transcriptional regulation have been extensively evaluated in the context of cell fate and differentiation, whereas histone variants have attracted less attention in the field. In this review, we discuss the studies that have provided insights into the role of histone variants in the regulation of myogenic gene expression, myoblast differentiation, and maintenance of muscle cell identity.
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Choi MH, Palanichamy Kala M, Ow JR, Rao VK, Suriyamurthy S, Taneja R. GLP inhibits heterochromatin clustering and myogenic differentiation by repressing MeCP2. J Mol Cell Biol 2019; 10:161-174. [PMID: 28992061 DOI: 10.1093/jmcb/mjx038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Myogenic differentiation is accompanied by alterations in the chromatin states, which permit or restrict the transcriptional machinery and thus impact distinctive gene expression profiles. The mechanisms by which higher-order chromatin remodeling is associated with gene activation and silencing during differentiation is not fully understood. In this study, we provide evidence that the euchromatic lysine methyltransferase GLP regulates heterochromatin organization and myogenic differentiation. Interestingly, GLP represses expression of the methyl-binding protein MeCP2 that induces heterochromatin clustering during differentiation. Consequently, MeCP2 and HP1γ localization at major satellites are altered upon modulation of GLP expression. In GLP knockdown cells, depletion of MeCP2 restored both chromatin organization and myogenic differentiation. These results identify a novel regulatory axis between a histone methylation writer and DNA methylation reader, which is important for heterochromatin organization during differentiation.
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- Min Hee Choi
- Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 117597, Singapore.,NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117456, Singapore
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- Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 117597, Singapore
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- Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 117597, Singapore.,NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117456, Singapore
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- Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 117597, Singapore
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- Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 117597, Singapore
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- Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 117597, Singapore.,NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117456, Singapore
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Yuan J, Zeng L, Sun Y, Wang N, Sun Q, Cheng Z, Wang Y. SH2B1 protects against OGD/R‑induced apoptosis in PC12 cells via activation of the JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway. Mol Med Rep 2018; 18:2613-2620. [PMID: 30015896 PMCID: PMC6102733 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2018.9265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2017] [Accepted: 04/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Apoptosis acts as the primary pathogenesis of cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Prior studies have revealed the effects of src homology 2 (SH2)B adaptor protein 1 (SH2B1) in myocardial infarction; however, involvement of SH2B1 in cerebral I/R injury and the underlying mechanisms remain to be investigated. In the present study, neural-like PC12 cells underwent 6 h of oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) followed by 24 h of reoxygenation (OGD/R). PC12 cells were pre-transfected with an adenovirus encoding for SH2B1 or GFP prior to exposure to OGD/R. Cell viability, LDH release and the apoptotic cascade were investigated. Reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction and western blotting were employed to analyze mRNA and protein expression levels, respectively. The results of the present study revealed that OGD/R reduced SH2B1 expression in PC12 cells, accompanied by suppressed cell viability and enhanced cell death. Adenovirus-mediated SH2B1 overexpression, however, resulted in increased viability, reduced LDH release and a reduction in the expression levels of proteins associated with the apoptotic cascade in PC12 cells under the OGD/R condition. A mechanistic explanation may be that the positive effects of SH2B1 on neurons were in part derived from the activation of the JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway. Furthermore, abolishment of JAK2/STAT3 signaling using a pharmacological inhibitor suppressed the inhibitory effects of SH2B1 under the OGD/R condition. The results of the present study suggested that SH2B1 may protect PC12 cells from OGD/R injury partially by the JAK2/STAT3-dependent inhibition of apoptosis and may provide a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of cerebral I/R injury.
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- Jiang Yuan
- Department of Neurology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei 442000, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Ren‑Min Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei 442000, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei 442000, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei 442000, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei 442000, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei 442000, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei 442000, P.R. China
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Peng XL, So KK, He L, Zhao Y, Zhou J, Li Y, Yao M, Xu B, Zhang S, Yao H, Hu P, Sun H, Wang H. MyoD- and FoxO3-mediated hotspot interaction orchestrates super-enhancer activity during myogenic differentiation. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:8785-8805. [PMID: 28575289 PMCID: PMC5587775 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 05/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Super-enhancers (SEs) are cis-regulatory elements enriching lineage specific key transcription factors (TFs) to form hotspots. A paucity of identification and functional dissection promoted us to investigate SEs during myoblast differentiation. ChIP-seq analysis of histone marks leads to the uncovering of SEs which remodel progressively during the course of differentiation. Further analyses of TF ChIP-seq enable the definition of SE hotspots co-bound by the master TF, MyoD and other TFs, among which we perform in-depth dissection for MyoD/FoxO3 interaction in driving the hotspots formation and SE activation. Furthermore, using Myogenin as a model locus, we elucidate the hierarchical and complex interactions among hotspots during the differentiation, demonstrating SE function is propelled by the physical and functional cooperation among hotspots. Finally, we show MyoD and FoxO3 are key in orchestrating the Myogenin hotspots interaction and activation. Altogether our results identify muscle-specific SEs and provide mechanistic insights into the functionality of SE.
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- Xianlu L Peng
- Department of Chemical Pathology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemical Pathology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemical Pathology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemical Pathology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemical Pathology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology, Joint School of Life Sciences, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology, Joint School of Life Sciences, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Chemical Pathology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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