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Patel R, Onyema A, Tang PK, Loverde SM. Conformational Dynamics of the Nucleosomal Histone H2B Tails Revealed by Molecular Dynamics Simulations. J Chem Inf Model 2024; 64:4709-4726. [PMID: 38865599 PMCID: PMC11200259 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.4c00059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Revised: 05/31/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024]
Abstract
Epigenetic modifications of histone N-terminal tails play a critical role in regulating the chromatin structure and biological processes such as transcription and DNA repair. One of the key post-translational modifications (PTMs) is the acetylation of lysine residues on histone tails. Epigenetic modifications are ubiquitous in the development of diseases, such as cancer and neurological disorders. Histone H2B tails are critical regulators of nucleosome dynamics, biological processes, and certain diseases. Here, we report all-atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of the nucleosome to demonstrate that acetylation of the histone tails changes their conformational space and interaction with DNA. We perform simulations of H2B tails, critical regulators of gene regulation, in both the lysine-acetylated (ACK) and unacetylated wild type (WT) states. To explore the effects of salt concentration, we use two different NaCl concentrations to perform simulations at microsecond time scales. Salt can modulate the effects of electrostatic interactions between the DNA phosphate backbone and histone tails. Upon acetylation, H2B tails shift their secondary structure helical propensity. The number of contacts between the DNA and the H2B tail decreases. We characterize the conformational dynamics of the H2B tails by principal component analysis (PCA). The ACK tails become more compact at increased salt concentrations, but conformations from the WT tails display the most contacts with DNA at both salt concentrations. Mainly, H2B acetylation may increase the DNA accessibility for regulatory proteins to bind, which can aid in gene regulation and NCP stability.
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- Rutika Patel
- Ph.D.
Program in Biochemistry, The Graduate Center
of the City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, College of Staten Island, The City University of New York, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, New
York, New York 10314, United States
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- Ph.D.
Program in Biochemistry, The Graduate Center
of the City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, College of Staten Island, The City University of New York, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, New
York, New York 10314, United States
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- Ph.D.
Program in Biochemistry, The Graduate Center
of the City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, College of Staten Island, The City University of New York, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, New
York, New York 10314, United States
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- Ph.D.
Program in Biochemistry, The Graduate Center
of the City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, College of Staten Island, The City University of New York, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, New
York, New York 10314, United States
- Ph.D.
Program in Chemistry, The Graduate Center
of the City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, United States
- Ph.D.
Program in Physics, The Graduate Center
of the City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, United States
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Guzenko VV, Bachurin SS, Dzreyan VA, Khaitin AM, Kalyuzhnaya YN, Demyanenko SV. Acetylation of c-Myc at Lysine 148 Protects Neurons After Ischemia. Neuromolecular Med 2024; 26:8. [PMID: 38546874 DOI: 10.1007/s12017-024-08777-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
Abstract
This study focuses on understanding the role of c-Myc, a cancer-associated transcription factor, in the penumbra following ischemic stroke. While its involvement in cell death and survival is recognized, its post-translational modifications, particularly acetylation, remain understudied in ischemia models. Investigating these modifications could have significant clinical implications for controlling c-Myc activity in the central nervous system. Although previous studies on c-Myc acetylation have been limited to non-neuronal cells, our research examines its expression in perifocal cells during stroke recovery to explore regulatory mechanisms via acetylation. We found that in peri-infarct neurons, c-Myc is upregulated with acetylation at K148 but not K323 during the acute phase of stroke, with SIRT2 deacetylase primarily affecting K148 acetylation. Molecular dynamics simulations suggest that lysine 148 plays a crucial role in stabilizing c-Myc spatial structure. Increased acetylation at K148 reduces c-Myc compaction, potentially limiting its nuclear penetration, promoting calpain-mediated cleavage, and decreasing nuclear localization. Additionally, cytoplasmic acetylation at K148 may alter c-Myc's interaction with unidentified proteins, potentially influencing its pro-apoptotic effects and promoting cytoplasmic accumulation. Targeting SIRT2 with selective inhibitors could be a promising avenue for future stroke therapy strategies.
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- V V Guzenko
- Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Southern Federal University, 194/1 Stachky Ave., Rostov-on-Don, 344090, Russia
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- Department of General and Clinical Biochemistry No.2, Rostov State Medical University, 29 Nakhichevansky Lane, Rostov-on-Don, 344022, Russia
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- Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Southern Federal University, 194/1 Stachky Ave., Rostov-on-Don, 344090, Russia
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- Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Southern Federal University, 194/1 Stachky Ave., Rostov-on-Don, 344090, Russia
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- Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Southern Federal University, 194/1 Stachky Ave., Rostov-on-Don, 344090, Russia
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- Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Southern Federal University, 194/1 Stachky Ave., Rostov-on-Don, 344090, Russia.
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Sauer PV, Pavlenko E, Cookis T, Zirden LC, Renn J, Singhal A, Hunold P, Hoehne MN, van Ray O, Hänsel-Hertsch R, Sanbonmatsu KY, Nogales E, Poepsel S. Activation of automethylated PRC2 by dimerization on chromatin. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.10.12.562141. [PMID: 37873121 PMCID: PMC10592840 DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.12.562141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
Abstract
Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) is an epigenetic regulator that trimethylates lysine 27 of histone 3 (H3K27me3) and is essential for embryonic development and cellular differentiation. H3K27me3 is associated with transcriptionally repressed chromatin and is established when PRC2 is allosterically activated upon methyl-lysine binding by the regulatory subunit EED. Automethylation of the catalytic subunit EZH2 stimulates its activity by an unknown mechanism. Here, we show that PRC2 forms a dimer on chromatin in which an inactive, automethylated PRC2 protomer is the allosteric activator of a second PRC2 that is poised to methylate H3 of a substrate nucleosome. Functional assays support our model of allosteric trans-autoactivation via EED, suggesting a novel mechanism mediating context-dependent activation of PRC2. Our work showcases the molecular mechanism of auto-modification coupled dimerization in the regulation of chromatin modifying complexes.
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- Paul V. Sauer
- California Institute for Quantitative Biology (QB3), University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne, Germany
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- Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
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- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne, Germany
- Department of Translational Genomics, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931, Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne, Germany
- Department of Translational Genomics, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931, Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne, Germany
- Department of Translational Genomics, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931, Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne, Germany
- Department of Translational Genomics, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931, Cologne, Germany
- Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster for Cellular Stress Responses in Ageing-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Germany
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- Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
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- California Institute for Quantitative Biology (QB3), University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrative Bio-Imaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster for Cellular Stress Responses in Ageing-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Germany
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Singh S, Paul S, Brás NF, Kundu CN, Karthikeyan C, Moorthy NSHN. Design, synthesis, and anticancer activity of some novel 1H-benzo[d]imidazole-5-carboxamide derivatives as fatty acid synthase inhibitors. Bioorg Chem 2023; 138:106658. [PMID: 37331170 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2023.106658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Revised: 05/28/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023]
Abstract
Multiple malignancies exhibit aberrant FASN expression, associated with enhanced de novo lipogenesis to meet the metabolic demands of rapidly proliferating tumour cells. Furthermore, elevated FASN expression has been linked to tumour aggressiveness and poor prognosis in a variety of malignant tumours, making FASN is an attractive target for anticancer drug discovery. Herein, we report the de novo design and synthesis of (2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-5-yl)(piperazin-1-yl)methanone derivatives as novel FASN inhibitors with potential therapeutic applications in breast and colorectal cancers. Twelve (2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-5-yl)(piperazin-1-yl)methanone derivatives (CTL) were synthesized and evaluated for FASN inhibition and cytotoxicity against colon cancer (HCT-116, Caco-2 cell lines), breast cancer (MCF-7 cell line) and normal cell line (HEK-293). Compounds CTL-06 and CTL-12 were chosen as the most promising lead molecules based on FASN inhibition and selective cytotoxicity profiles against colon and breast cancer cell lines. Compounds CTL-06 and CTL-12 demonstrate promising FASN inhibitory activity at IC50 of 3 ± 0.25 µM and 2.5 ± 0.25 µM when compared to the FASN inhibitor orlistat, which has an IC50 of 13.5 ± 1.0 µM. Mechanistic investigations on HCT-116 revealed that CTL-06 and CTL-12 treatment led to cell cycle arrest in Sub-G1/S phase along with apoptosis induction. Western blot studies indicated that CTL-06 and CTL-12 inhibited FASN expression in a dose-dependent manner. CTL-06 and CTL-12 treatment of HCT-116 cells enhanced caspase-9 expression in a dose-dependent manner, while upregulating proapoptotic marker Bax and downregulating antiapoptotic Bcl-xL. Molecular docking experiments of CTL-06 and CTL-12 with FASN enzyme revealed the mode of binding of these analogues in the KR domain of the enzyme.
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- Shailendra Singh
- Cancept Therapeutics Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Lalpur, Amarkantak, (MP) 484887, India.
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- School of Biotechnology, KIIT deemed to be University, Campus-11, Patia, Bhubaneswar, Orissa 751024, India.
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- LAQV, REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- School of Biotechnology, KIIT deemed to be University, Campus-11, Patia, Bhubaneswar, Orissa 751024, India.
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- Cancept Therapeutics Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Lalpur, Amarkantak, (MP) 484887, India.
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- Cancept Therapeutics Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Lalpur, Amarkantak, (MP) 484887, India.
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Papamokos GV, Kaxiras E. How to evict HP1 from H3: Using a complex salt bridge. Biophys Chem 2023; 300:107062. [PMID: 37302360 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2023.107062] [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: 04/26/2023] [Revised: 05/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
In an effort to unravel the unknown "binary switch" mechanisms underlying the "histone code" hypothesis of gene silencing and activation, we study the dynamics of Heterochromatin Protein 1 (HP1). We find in the literature that when HP1 is bound to tri-methylated Lysine9 (K9me3) of histone-H3 through an aromatic cage consisting of two tyrosines and one tryptophan, it is evicted upon phosphorylation of Serine10 (S10phos) during mitosis. In this work, the kick-off intermolecular interaction of the eviction process is proposed and described in detail on the basis of quantum mechanical calculations: specifically, an electrostatic interaction competes with the cation-π interaction and draws away K9me3 from the aromatic cage. An arginine, abundant in the histonic environment, can form an intermolecular "complex salt bridge" with S10phos and dislodge HP1. The study attempts to reveal the role of phosphorylation of Ser10 on the H3 tail in atomic detail.
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- George V Papamokos
- Department of Physics, Harvard University, 17 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA..
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, 17 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA..
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Sun Y, Zhang Y, Zhao T, Luan Y, Wang Y, Yang C, Shen B, Huang X, Li G, Zhao S, Zhao G, Wang Q. Acetylation coordinates the crosstalk between carbon metabolism and ammonium assimilation in Salmonella enterica. EMBO J 2023; 42:e112333. [PMID: 37183585 PMCID: PMC10308350 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2022112333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Enteric bacteria use up to 15% of their cellular energy for ammonium assimilation via glutamine synthetase (GS)/glutamate synthase (GOGAT) and glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) in response to varying ammonium availability. However, the sensory mechanisms for effective and appropriate coordination between carbon metabolism and ammonium assimilation have not been fully elucidated. Here, we report that in Salmonella enterica, carbon metabolism coordinates the activities of GS/GDH via functionally reversible protein lysine acetylation. Glucose promotes Pat acetyltransferase-mediated acetylation and activation of adenylylated GS. Simultaneously, glucose induces GDH acetylation to inactivate the enzyme by impeding its catalytic centre, which is reversed upon GDH deacetylation by deacetylase CobB. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations indicate that adenylylation is required for acetylation-dependent activation of GS. We show that acetylation and deacetylation occur within minutes of "glucose shock" to promptly adapt to ammonium/carbon variation and finely balance glutamine/glutamate synthesis. Finally, in a mouse infection model, reduced S. enterica growth caused by the expression of adenylylation-mimetic GS is rescued by acetylation-mimicking mutations. Thus, glucose-driven acetylation integrates signals from ammonium assimilation and carbon metabolism to fine-tune bacterial growth control.
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- Yunwei Sun
- Department of Gastroenterology of Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Institute of ImmunologyShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
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- Laboratory of Molecular Modeling and Design, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical PhysicsChinese Academy of SciencesDalianChina
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- Department of Gastroenterology of Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Institute of ImmunologyShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vascular Biology and Therapeutic ProgramYale University School of MedicineNew HavenCTUSA
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- Department of Gastroenterology of Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Institute of ImmunologyShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
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- CAS‐Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological SciencesChinese Academy of SciencesShanghaiChina
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- Department of Gastroenterology of Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Institute of ImmunologyShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
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- Department of Gastroenterology of Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Institute of ImmunologyShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
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- Laboratory of Molecular Modeling and Design, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical PhysicsChinese Academy of SciencesDalianChina
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- State Key Lab of Genetic Engineering & Institutes of Biomedical SciencesFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
- Department of Microbiology and Microbial Engineering, School of Life SciencesFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, West China HospitalSichuan UniversityChengduChina
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- CAS‐Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological SciencesChinese Academy of SciencesShanghaiChina
- State Key Lab of Genetic Engineering & Institutes of Biomedical SciencesFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
- Department of Microbiology and Microbial Engineering, School of Life SciencesFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
- Shanghai‐MOST Key Laboratory of Disease and Health GenomicsChinese National Human Genome Center at ShanghaiShanghaiChina
- Department of Microbiology and Li KaShing Institute of Health SciencesThe Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales HospitalShatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SARChina
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- Department of Gastroenterology of Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Institute of ImmunologyShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
- Department of Pharmacology, Vascular Biology and Therapeutic ProgramYale University School of MedicineNew HavenCTUSA
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Baweja L, Wereszczynski J. Conformational and Thermodynamic Differences Underlying Wild-Type and Mutant Eleven-Nineteen-Leukemia YEATS Domain Specificity for Epigenetic Marks. J Chem Inf Model 2023; 63:1229-1238. [PMID: 36786550 PMCID: PMC10332472 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.2c01660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
Abstract
Histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) are interpreted by multiple reader domains and proteins to regulate gene expression. The eleven-nineteen-leukemia (ENL) YEATS domain is a prototypical PTM reader that recognizes multiple lysine acetylation marks on the histone H3 tails as a way of recruiting chromatin remodellers. Two ENL YEATS mutations have been identified which have been linked with leukemia, Wilms tumor, and other forms of cancer and result in either an insertion or deletion of residues in the loop connecting beta sheets distant from the protein active site. In vitro experiments have shown that these mutations modulate the selectivities of YEATS domains for various lysine acetylation marks, although different experiments have provided contrasting views on the abilities of the insertion and deletion mutants to discern specific PTMs. Here, we have performed multiple molecular dynamics simulations of wild-type and insertion and deletion mutant YEATS domains free from and in complex with two PTM peptides: one that is acetylated at K9 of H3 and the other that is acetylated at residue K27 of H3. Results show that these two peptides have distinct flexibilities and binding energetics when bound to YEATS domains and that these properties are affected by interactions with residues within and outside of the peptide consensus motif. Furthermore, these properties are modulated by the YEATS insertion and deletion mutants, which results in disparate binding effects in these systems. Together, these results suggest that only the partial exposure of histone tails is sufficient in the context of nucleosomes for YEATS-mediated recognition of acetylation marks on histone tails. They also caution against the overinterpretation of results obtained from experiments on reader domain-histone peptide binding in isolation and not in the full-length nucleosome context.
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- Lokesh Baweja
- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, United States
- Center for Molecular Study of Condensed Soft Matter, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, United States
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- Departments of Physics and Biology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, United States
- Center for Molecular Study of Condensed Soft Matter, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, United States
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Padi2/3 Deficiency Alters the Epigenomic Landscape and Causes Premature Differentiation of Mouse Trophoblast Stem Cells. Cells 2022; 11:cells11162466. [PMID: 36010543 PMCID: PMC9406452 DOI: 10.3390/cells11162466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Revised: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Histone citrullination is a relatively poorly studied epigenetic modification that involves the irreversible conversion of arginine residues into citrulline. It is conferred by a small family of enzymes known as protein arginine deiminases (PADIs). PADI function supports the pluripotent state of embryonic stem cells, but in other contexts, also promotes efficient cellular differentiation. In the current study, we sought to gain deeper insights into the possible roles of PADIs in mouse trophoblast stem cells (TSCs). We show that Padi2 and Padi3 are the most highly expressed PADI family members in TSCs and are rapidly down-regulated upon differentiation. Padi2/3 double knockout (DKO) TSCs express lower levels of stem cell transcription factors CDX2 and SOX2 and are prone to differentiate into extremely large trophoblast giant cells, an effect that may be mediated by centrosome duplication defects. Interestingly, Padi2/3 DKO TSCs display alterations to their epigenomic landscape, with fewer H3K9me3-marked chromocentric foci and globally reduced 5-methylcytosine levels. DNA methylation profiling identifies that this effect is specifically evident at CpG islands of critical trophoblast genes, such as Gata3, Peg3, Socs3 and Hand1. As a consequence of the hypomethylated state, these factors are up-regulated in Padi2/3 DKO TSCs, driving their premature differentiation. Our data uncover a critical epigenetic role for PADI2/3 in safeguarding the stem cell state of TSCs by modulating the DNA methylation landscape to restrict precocious trophoblast differentiation.
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Márquez I, Pérez‐Mejías G, Guerra‐Castellano A, Olloqui‐Sariego JL, Andreu R, Calvente JJ, De la Rosa MA, Díaz‐Moreno I. Structural and functional insights into lysine acetylation of cytochrome c using mimetic point mutants. FEBS Open Bio 2021; 11:3304-3323. [PMID: 34455704 PMCID: PMC8634867 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.13284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Revised: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Post-translational modifications frequently modulate protein functions. Lysine acetylation in particular plays a key role in interactions between respiratory cytochrome c and its metabolic partners. To date, in vivo acetylation of lysines at positions 8 and 53 has specifically been identified in mammalian cytochrome c, but little is known about the structural basis of acetylation-induced functional changes. Here, we independently replaced these two residues in recombinant human cytochrome c with glutamine to mimic lysine acetylation and then characterized the structure and function of the resulting K8Q and K53Q mutants. We found that the physicochemical features were mostly unchanged in the two acetyl-mimetic mutants, but their thermal stability was significantly altered. NMR chemical shift perturbations of the backbone amide resonances revealed local structural changes, and the thermodynamics and kinetics of electron transfer in mutants immobilized on gold electrodes showed an increase in both protein dynamics and solvent involvement in the redox process. We also observed that the K8Q (but not the K53Q) mutation slightly increased the binding affinity of cytochrome c to its physiological electron donor, cytochrome c1 -which is a component of mitochondrial complex III, or cytochrome bc1 -thus suggesting that Lys8 (but not Lys53) is located in the interaction area. Finally, the K8Q and K53Q mutants exhibited reduced efficiency as electron donors to complex IV, or cytochrome c oxidase.
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- Inmaculada Márquez
- Institute for Chemical Research (IIQ)Scientific Research Centre Isla de la Cartuja (cicCartuja)University of Seville – CSICSpain
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- Institute for Chemical Research (IIQ)Scientific Research Centre Isla de la Cartuja (cicCartuja)University of Seville – CSICSpain
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- Institute for Chemical Research (IIQ)Scientific Research Centre Isla de la Cartuja (cicCartuja)University of Seville – CSICSpain
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- Departament of Physical ChemistryUniversity of SevilleSpain
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- Institute for Chemical Research (IIQ)Scientific Research Centre Isla de la Cartuja (cicCartuja)University of Seville – CSICSpain
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- Institute for Chemical Research (IIQ)Scientific Research Centre Isla de la Cartuja (cicCartuja)University of Seville – CSICSpain
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Fu I, Geacintov NE, Broyde S. Molecular dynamics simulations reveal how H3K56 acetylation impacts nucleosome structure to promote DNA exposure for lesion sensing. DNA Repair (Amst) 2021; 107:103201. [PMID: 34399316 PMCID: PMC8526387 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2021.103201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
The first order of DNA packaging is the nucleosome with the DNA wrapped around the histone octamer. This leaves the nucleosomal DNA with access restrictions, which impose a significant barrier to repair of damaged DNA. The efficiency of DNA repair has been related to nucleosome structure and chromatin status, which is modulated in part by post-translational modifications (PTMs) of histones. Numerous studies have suggested a role for acetylation of lysine at position 56 of the H3 histone (H3K56ac) in various DNA transactions, including the response to DNA damage and its association with human cancer. Biophysical studies have revealed that H3K56ac increases DNA accessibility by facilitating spontaneous and transient unwrapping motions of the DNA ends. However, how this acetylation mark modulates nucleosome structure and dynamics to promote accessibility to the damaged DNA for repair factors and other proteins is still poorly understood. Here, we utilize approximately 5-6 microseconds of atomistic molecular dynamics simulations to delineate the impact of H3K56 acetylation on the nucleosome structure and dynamics, and to elucidate how these nucleosome properties are further impacted when a bulky benzo[a]pyrene-derived DNA lesion is placed near the acetylation site. Our findings reveal that H3K56ac alone induces considerable disturbance to the histone-DNA/histone-histone interactions, and amplifies the distortions imposed by the presence of the lesion. Our work highlights the important role of H3K56 acetylation in response to DNA damage and depicts how access to DNA lesions by the repair machinery can be facilitated within the nucleosome via a key acetylation event.
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- Iwen Fu
- Department of Biology, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, NY, 10003, United States.
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, NY, 10003, United States.
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- Department of Biology, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, NY, 10003, United States.
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EZH2-induced lysine K362 methylation enhances TMPRSS2-ERG oncogenic activity in prostate cancer. Nat Commun 2021; 12:4147. [PMID: 34230470 PMCID: PMC8260656 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24380-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The TMPRSS2-ERG gene fusion is the most frequent alteration observed in human prostate cancer. However, its role in disease progression is still unclear. In this study, we uncover an important mechanism promoting ERG oncogenic activity. We show that ERG is methylated by Enhancer of zest homolog 2 (EZH2) at a specific lysine residue (K362) located within the internal auto-inhibitory domain. Mechanistically, K362 methylation modifies intra-domain interactions, favors DNA binding and enhances ERG transcriptional activity. In a genetically engineered mouse model of ERG fusion-positive prostate cancer (Pb-Cre4 Ptenflox/floxRosa26-ERG, ERG/PTEN), ERG K362 methylation is associated with PTEN loss and progression to invasive adenocarcinomas. In both ERG positive VCaP cells and ERG/PTEN mice, PTEN loss results in AKT activation and EZH2 phosphorylation at serine 21 that favors ERG methylation. We find that ERG and EZH2 interact and co-occupy several sites in the genome forming trans-activating complexes. Consistently, ERG/EZH2 co-regulated target genes are deregulated preferentially in tumors with concomitant ERG gain and PTEN loss and in castration-resistant prostate cancers. Collectively, these findings identify ERG methylation as a post-translational modification sustaining disease progression in ERG-positive prostate cancers. Although the TMPRSS2-ERG gene fusion is the most common alteration in human prostate cancer, its involvement in disease progression remains unclear. Here, the authors demonstrate that ERG is methylated by Enhancer of zest homolog 2 leading to enhanced transcriptional and oncogenic activity.
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Papamokos GV, Tziatzos G, Papageorgiou DG, Georgatos S, Kaxiras E, Politou AS. Progressive Phosphorylation Modulates the Self-Association of a Variably Modified Histone H3 Peptide. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:698182. [PMID: 34179102 PMCID: PMC8226166 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.698182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Protein phosphorylation is a key regulatory mechanism in eukaryotic cells. In the intrinsically disordered histone tails, phosphorylation is often a part of combinatorial post-translational modifications and an integral part of the “histone code” that regulates gene expression. Here, we study the association between two histone H3 tail peptides modified to different degrees, using fully atomistic molecular dynamics simulations. Assuming that the initial conformations are either α-helical or fully extended, we compare the propensity of the two peptides to associate with one another when both are unmodified, one modified and the other unmodified, or both modified. The simulations lead to the identification of distinct inter- and intramolecular interactions in the peptide dimer, highlighting a prominent role of a fine-tuned phosphorylation rheostat in peptide association. Progressive phosphorylation appears to modulate peptide charge, inducing strong and specific intermolecular interactions between the monomers, which do not result in the formation of amorphous or ordered aggregates, as documented by experimental evidence derived from Circular Dichroism and NMR spectroscopy. However, upon complete saturation of positive charges by phosphate groups, this effect is reversed: intramolecular interactions prevail and dimerization of zero-charge peptides is markedly reduced. These findings underscore the role of phosphorylation thresholds in the dynamics of intrinsically disordered proteins. Phosphorylation rheostats might account for the divergent effects of histone modifications on the modulation of chromatin structure.
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- George V Papamokos
- Biomedical Division, The Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, FORTH-ITE, Ioannina, Greece.,Department of Physics and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States.,Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Biomedical Division, The Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, FORTH-ITE, Ioannina, Greece.,Laboratory of Biology, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Physics and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States
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- Biomedical Division, The Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, FORTH-ITE, Ioannina, Greece.,Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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Leal JA, Estrada-Tobar ZM, Wade F, Mendiola AJP, Meza A, Mendoza M, Nerenberg PS, Zurita-Lopez CI. Phosphoserine inhibits neighboring arginine methylation in the RKS motif of histone H3. Arch Biochem Biophys 2021; 698:108716. [PMID: 33309545 PMCID: PMC11028399 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2020.108716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The effects of phosphorylation of histone H3 at serine 10 have been studied in the context of other posttranslational modifications such as lysine methylation. We set out to investigate the impact of phosphoserine-10 on arginine-8 methylation. We performed methylation reactions using peptides based on histone H3 that contain a phosphorylated serine and compared the extent of arginine methylation with unmodified peptides. Results obtained via fluorography indicate that peptides containing a phosphorylated serine-10 inhibit deposition of methyl groups to arginine-8 residues. To further explore the effects of phosphoserine on neighboring arginine residues, we physically characterized the non-covalent interactions between histone H3 phosphoserine-10 and arginine-8 using 31P NMR spectroscopy. A salt bridge was detected between the negatively charged phosphoserine-10 and the positively charged unmodified arginine-8 residue. This salt bridge was not detected when arginine-8 was symmetrically dimethylated. Finally, molecular simulations not only confirm the presence of a salt bridge but also identify a subset of electrostatic interactions present when arginine is replaced with alanine. Taken together, our work suggests that the negatively charged phosphoserine maximizes its interactions. By limiting its exposure and creating new contacts with neighboring residues, it will inhibit deposition of neighboring methyl groups, not through steric hindrance, but by forming intrapeptide interactions that may mask substrate recognition. Our work provides a mechanistic framework for understanding the role of phosphoserine on nearby amino acid residues and arginine methylation.
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- Juan A Leal
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, 90033, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, 90033, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, 90033, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, 90033, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, 90033, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, 90033, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, 90033, CA, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, 90033, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, 90033, CA, USA.
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Pokorná P, Krepl M, Šponer J. Residues flanking the ARK me3T/S motif allow binding of diverse targets to the HP1 chromodomain: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2020; 1865:129771. [PMID: 33153976 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2020.129771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Revised: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The chromodomain (CD) of HP1 proteins is an established H3K9me3 reader that also binds H1, EHMT2 and H3K23 lysine-methylated targets. Structural experiments have provided atomistic pictures of its recognition of the conserved ARKme3S/T motif, but structural dynamics' contribution to the recognition may have been masked by ensemble averaging. METHODS We acquired ~350 μs of explicit solvent molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of the CD domain interacting with several peptides using the latest AMBER force fields. RESULTS The simulations reproduced the experimentally observed static binding patterns well but also revealed visible structural dynamics at the interfaces. While the buried K0me3 and A-2 target residues are tightly bound, several flanking sidechains sample diverse sites on the CD surface. Different amino acid positions of the targets can substitute for each other by forming mutually replaceable interactions with CD, thereby explaining the lack of strict requirement for cationic H3 target residues at the -3 position. The Q-4 residue of H3 targets further stabilizes the binding. The recognition pattern of the H3K23 ATKme3A motif, for which no structure is available, is predicted. CONCLUSIONS The CD reads a longer target segment than previously thought, ranging from positions -7 to +3. The CD anionic clamp can be neutralized not only by the -3 and -1 residues, but also by -7, -6, -5 and +3 residues. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE Structural dynamics, not immediately apparent from the structural data, contribute to molecular recognition between the HP1 CD domain and its targets. Mutual replaceability of target residues increases target sequence flexibility.
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- Pavlína Pokorná
- Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Královopolská 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic; National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Královopolská 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Královopolská 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic.
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Shabane PS, Onufriev AV. Significant compaction of H4 histone tail upon charge neutralization by acetylation and its mimics, possible effects on chromatin structure. J Mol Biol 2020; 433:166683. [PMID: 33096105 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2020.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Revised: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The intrinsically disordered, positively charged H4 histone tail is important for chromatin structure and function. We have explored conformational ensembles of human H4 tail in solution, with varying levels of charge neutralization via acetylation or amino-acid substitutions such as K→Q. We have employed an explicit water model shown recently to be well suited for simulations of intrinsically disordered proteins. Upon progressive neutralization of the H4, its radius of gyration decreases linearly with the tail charge q, the trend is explained using a simple polymer model. While the wild type state (q=+8) is essentially a random coil, hyper-acetylated H4 (q=+3) is virtually as compact and stable as a globular protein of the same number of amino-acids. Conformational ensembles of acetylated H4 match the corresponding K→X substitutions only approximately: based on the ensemble similarity, we propose K→M as a possible alternative to the commonly used K→Q. Possible effects of the H4 tail compaction on chromatin structure are discussed within a qualitative model in which the chromatin is highly heterogeneous, easily inter-converting between various structural forms. We predict that upon progressive charge neutralization of the H4 tail, the least compact sub-states of chromatin de-condense first, followed by de-condensation of more compact structures, e.g. those that harbor a high fraction of stacked di-nucleosomes. The predicted hierarchy of DNA accessibility increase upon progressive acetylation of H4 might be utilized by the cell for selective DNA accessibility control.
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- Departments of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, United States; Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, United States; Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
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Identification of Inhibitors to Trypanosoma cruzi Sirtuins Based on Compounds Developed to Human Enzymes. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21103659. [PMID: 32455951 PMCID: PMC7279216 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21103659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Revised: 04/25/2020] [Accepted: 04/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Chagas disease is an illness caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, affecting more than 7 million people in the world. Benznidazole and nifurtimox are the only drugs available for treatment and in addition to causing several side effects, are only satisfactory in the acute phase of the disease. Sirtuins are NAD+-dependent deacetylases involved in several biological processes, which have become drug target candidates in various disease settings. T. cruzi presents two sirtuins, one cytosolic (TcSir2rp1) and the latter mitochondrial (TcSir2rp3). Here, we characterized the effects of human sirtuin inhibitors against T. cruzi sirtuins as an initial approach to develop specific parasite inhibitors. We found that, of 33 compounds tested, two inhibited TcSir2rp1 (15 and 17), while other five inhibited TcSir2rp3 (8, 12, 13, 30, and 32), indicating that specific inhibitors can be devised for each one of the enzymes. Furthermore, all inhibiting compounds prevented parasite proliferation in cultured mammalian cells. When combining the most effective inhibitors with benznidazole at least two compounds, 17 and 32, demonstrated synergistic effects. Altogether, these results support the importance of exploring T. cruzi sirtuins as drug targets and provide key elements to develop specific inhibitors for these enzymes as potential targets for Chagas disease treatment.
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Li Z, Bao J, Qi Y, Zhang JZH. Computational approaches to studying methylated H4K20 recognition by DNA repair factor 53BP1. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:6136-6144. [PMID: 32124883 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp05635a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Histone lysine methylation regulates the recruitment of mammalian DNA repair factor 53BP1 to the histone H4 lysine 20 (H4K20), through specific recognition of the tandem Tudor domain of 53BP1. The di- and mono-methylated H4K20 bind to 53BP1 with high affinity, but the non- and tri-methylated H4K20 do not. Here, we develop a new approach to carry out computational study to unravel the binding mechanism of methylated H4K20 by 53BP1 and to compute relative binding affinities of different methylations of H4K20 by 53BP1. First, hot spots in 53BP1 were predicted by computational alanine scanning and aromatic cages formed by W1495, Y1500, Y1502, and Y1523 are found to provide the dominant binding to di- and mono-methylated H4K20 in addition to D1521. Secondly, a de-methylation method is proposed to predict relative binding free energies between 53BP1 and different methylated states of H4K20. Finally, the tri-methylated and non-methylated H4K20/53BP1 complexes are found to be dynamically unstable, explaining the experimental finding that neither can bind to 53BP1. The present work provides an important theoretical basis for our understanding of histone methylations of H4K20 and their recognition mechanism by DNA repair factor 53BP1.
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- Zhendong Li
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Chemical Process, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China.
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Dobrovolska O, Brilkov M, Madeleine N, Ødegård-Fougner Ø, Strømland Ø, Martin SR, De Marco V, Christodoulou E, Teigen K, Isaksson J, Underhaug J, Reuter N, Aalen RB, Aasland R, Halskau Ø. The Arabidopsis (ASHH2) CW domain binds monomethylated K4 of the histone H3 tail through conformational selection. FEBS J 2020; 287:4458-4480. [PMID: 32083791 DOI: 10.1111/febs.15256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Revised: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Chromatin post-translational modifications are thought to be important for epigenetic effects on gene expression. Methylation of histone N-terminal tail lysine residues constitutes one of many such modifications, executed by families of histone lysine methyltransferase (HKMTase). One such protein is ASHH2 from the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana, equipped with the interaction domain, CW, and the HKMTase domain, SET. The CW domain of ASHH2 is a selective binder of monomethylation at lysine 4 on histone H3 (H3K4me1) and likely helps the enzyme dock correctly onto chromatin sites. The study of CW and related interaction domains has so far been emphasizing lock-key models, missing important aspects of histone-tail CW interactions. We here present an analysis of the ASHH2 CW-H3K4me1 complex using NMR and molecular dynamics, as well as mutation and affinity studies of flexible coils. β-augmentation and rearrangement of coils coincide with changes in the flexibility of the complex, in particular the η1, η3 and C-terminal coils, but also in the β1 and β2 strands and the C-terminal part of the ligand. Furthermore, we show that mutating residues with outlier dynamic behaviour affect the complex binding affinity despite these not being in direct contact with the ligand. Overall, the binding process is consistent with conformational selection. We propose that this binding mechanism presents an advantage when searching for the correct post-translational modification state among the highly modified and flexible histone tails, and also that the binding shifts the catalytic SET domain towards the nucleosome. DATABASES: Structural data are available in the PDB database under the accession code 6QXZ. Resonance assignments for CW42 in its apo- and holo-forms are available in the BMRB database under the accession code 27251.
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- Olena Dobrovolska
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Norway, Bergen
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Norway, Bergen
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Norway, Bergen.,Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Norway, Bergen
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Structural Biology Science Technology Platform, Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Norway, Bergen
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- Department of Chemistry, The Arctic University of Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bergen, Norway, Bergen
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bergen, Norway, Bergen
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Norway, Oslo
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Norway, Bergen
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Öztürk MA, De M, Cojocaru V, Wade RC. Chromatosome Structure and Dynamics from Molecular Simulations. Annu Rev Phys Chem 2020; 71:101-119. [PMID: 32017651 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-071119-040043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Chromatosomes are fundamental units of chromatin structure that are formed when a linker histone protein binds to a nucleosome. The positioning of the linker histone on the nucleosome influences the packing of chromatin. Recent simulations and experiments have shown that chromatosomes adopt an ensemble of structures that differ in the geometry of the linker histone-nucleosome interaction. In this article we review the application of Brownian, Monte Carlo, and molecular dynamics simulations to predict the structure of linker histone-nucleosome complexes, to study the binding mechanisms involved, and to predict how this binding affects chromatin fiber structure. These simulations have revealed the sensitivityof the chromatosome structure to variations in DNA and linker histone sequence, as well as to posttranslational modifications, thereby explaining the structural variability observed in experiments. We propose that a concerted application of experimental and computational approaches will reveal the determinants of chromatosome structural variability and how it impacts chromatin packing.
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- Mehmet Ali Öztürk
- Centre for Biological Signalling Studies (BIOSS) and Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies (CIBSS), University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany;
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- Molecular and Cellular Modeling Group, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS), 69118 Heidelberg, Germany; .,Department of Biophysics of Macromolecules, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; .,Faculty of Biosciences, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- In Silico Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, Hubrecht Institute, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands; .,Computational Structural Biology Group, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, 48149 Muenster, Germany
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- Molecular and Cellular Modeling Group, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS), 69118 Heidelberg, Germany; .,Faculty of Biosciences, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.,Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.,Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Pokorná P, Krepl M, Bártová E, Šponer J. Role of Fine Structural Dynamics in Recognition of Histone H3 by HP1γ(CSD) Dimer and Ability of Force Fields to Describe Their Interaction Network. J Chem Theory Comput 2019; 15:5659-5673. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.9b00434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Pavlína Pokorná
- Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Královopolská 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic
- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Královopolská 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Královopolská 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Královopolská 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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Yoshino H, Yin G, Kawaguchi R, Popov KI, Temple B, Sasaki M, Kofuji S, Wolfe K, Kofuji K, Okumura K, Randhawa J, Malhotra A, Majd N, Ikeda Y, Shimada H, Kahoud ER, Haviv S, Iwase S, Asara JM, Campbell SL, Sasaki AT. Identification of lysine methylation in the core GTPase domain by GoMADScan. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0219436. [PMID: 31390367 PMCID: PMC6685615 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 06/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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RAS is the founding member of a superfamily of GTPases and regulates signaling pathways involved in cellular growth control. While recent studies have shown that the activation state of RAS can be controlled by lysine ubiquitylation and acetylation, the existence of lysine methylation of the RAS superfamily GTPases remains unexplored. In contrast to acetylation, methylation does not alter the side chain charge and it has been challenging to deduce its impact on protein structure by conventional amino acid substitutions. Herein, we investigate lysine methylation on RAS and RAS-related GTPases. We developed GoMADScan (Go language-based Modification Associated Database Scanner), a new user-friendly application that scans and extracts posttranslationally modified peptides from databases. The GoMADScan search on PhosphoSitePlus databases identified methylation of conserved lysine residues in the core GTPase domain of RAS superfamily GTPases, including residues corresponding to RAS Lys-5, Lys-16, and Lys-117. To follow up on these observations, we immunoprecipitated endogenous RAS from HEK293T cells, conducted mass spectrometric analysis and found that RAS residues, Lys-5 and Lys-147, undergo dimethylation and monomethylation, respectively. Since mutations of Lys-5 have been found in cancers and RASopathies, we set up molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to assess the putative impact of Lys-5 dimethylation on RAS structure. Results from our MD analyses predict that dimethylation of Lys-5 does not significantly alter RAS conformation, suggesting that Lys-5 methylation may alter existing protein interactions or create a docking site to foster new interactions. Taken together, our findings uncover the existence of lysine methylation as a novel posttranslational modification associated with RAS and the RAS superfamily GTPases, and putative impact of Lys-5 dimethylation on RAS structure.
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- Hirofumi Yoshino
- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- University of North Carolina, R. L. Juliano Structural Bioinformatics Core Facility, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Harvard Medical School, Department of Medicine and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of Signal Transduction, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Harvard Medical School, Department of Medicine and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of Signal Transduction, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, 5815 Medical Science II, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Harvard Medical School, Department of Medicine and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of Signal Transduction, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- Department of Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio, United States of America
- Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Tumor Center at UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan
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Danilenko N, Lercher L, Kirkpatrick J, Gabel F, Codutti L, Carlomagno T. Histone chaperone exploits intrinsic disorder to switch acetylation specificity. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3435. [PMID: 31387991 PMCID: PMC6684614 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11410-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Histones, the principal protein components of chromatin, contain long disordered sequences, which are extensively post-translationally modified. Although histone chaperones are known to control both the activity and specificity of histone-modifying enzymes, the mechanisms promoting modification of highly disordered substrates, such as lysine-acetylation within the N-terminal tail of histone H3, are not understood. Here, to understand how histone chaperones Asf1 and Vps75 together promote H3 K9-acetylation, we establish the solution structural model of the acetyltransferase Rtt109 in complex with Asf1 and Vps75 and the histone dimer H3:H4. We show that Vps75 promotes K9-acetylation by engaging the H3 N-terminal tail in fuzzy electrostatic interactions with its disordered C-terminal domain, thereby confining the H3 tail to a wide central cavity faced by the Rtt109 active site. These fuzzy interactions between disordered domains achieve localization of lysine residues in the H3 tail to the catalytic site with minimal loss of entropy, and may represent a common mechanism of enzymatic reactions involving highly disordered substrates.
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- Nataliya Danilenko
- Leibniz University Hannover, Centre for Biomolecular Drug Research, Schneiderberg 38, D-30167, Hannover, Germany
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- Leibniz University Hannover, Centre for Biomolecular Drug Research, Schneiderberg 38, D-30167, Hannover, Germany
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- Leibniz University Hannover, Centre for Biomolecular Drug Research, Schneiderberg 38, D-30167, Hannover, Germany.,Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Group of Structural Chemistry, Inhoffenstrasse 7, D-38124, Braunschweig, Germany
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- University Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS IBS, 71 avenue des Martyrs, F-38044, Grenoble, France.,Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, F-38042, Grenoble, France
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- Leibniz University Hannover, Centre for Biomolecular Drug Research, Schneiderberg 38, D-30167, Hannover, Germany
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- Leibniz University Hannover, Centre for Biomolecular Drug Research, Schneiderberg 38, D-30167, Hannover, Germany. .,Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Group of Structural Chemistry, Inhoffenstrasse 7, D-38124, Braunschweig, Germany.
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Zubiete-Franco I, García-Rodríguez JL, Lopitz-Otsoa F, Serrano-Macia M, Simon J, Fernández-Tussy P, Barbier-Torres L, Fernández-Ramos D, Gutiérrez-de-Juan V, López de Davalillo S, Carlevaris O, Beguiristain Gómez A, Villa E, Calvisi D, Martín C, Berra E, Aspichueta P, Beraza N, Varela-Rey M, Ávila M, Rodríguez MS, Mato JM, Díaz-Moreno I, Díaz-Quintana A, Delgado TC, Martínez-Chantar ML. SUMOylation regulates LKB1 localization and its oncogenic activity in liver cancer. EBioMedicine 2018; 40:406-421. [PMID: 30594553 PMCID: PMC6412020 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2018.12.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2018] [Revised: 12/13/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Even though liver kinase B1 (LKB1) is usually described as a tumor suppressor in a wide variety of tissues, it has been shown that LKB1 aberrant expression is associated with bad prognosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC). Methods Herein we have overexpressed LKB1 in human hepatoma cells and by using histidine pull-down assay we have investigated the role of the hypoxia-related post-translational modification of Small Ubiquitin-related Modifier (SUMO)ylation in the regulation of LKB1 oncogenic role. Molecular modelling between LKB1 and its interactors, involved in regulation of LKB1 nucleocytoplasmic shuttling and LKB1 activity, was performed. Finally, high affinity SUMO binding entities-based technology were used to validate our findings in a pre-clinical mouse model and in clinical HCC. Findings We found that in human hepatoma cells under hypoxic stress, LKB1 overexpression increases cell viability and aggressiveness in association with changes in LKB1 cellular localization. Moreover, by using site-directed mutagenesis, we have shown that LKB1 is SUMOylated by SUMO-2 at Lys178 hampering LKB1 nucleocytoplasmic shuttling and fueling hepatoma cell growth. Molecular modelling of SUMO modified LKB1 further confirmed steric impedance between SUMOylated LKB1 and the STe20-Related ADaptor cofactor (STRADα), involved in LKB1 export from the nucleus. Finally, we provide evidence that endogenous LKB1 is modified by SUMO in pre-clinical mouse models of HCC and clinical HCC, where LKB1 SUMOylation is higher in fast growing tumors. Interpretation Overall, SUMO-2 modification of LKB1 at Lys178 mediates LKB1 cellular localization and its oncogenic role in liver cancer. Fund This work was supported by grants from NIH (US Department of Health and Human services)-R01AR001576-11A1 (J.M.M and M.L.M-C.), Gobierno Vasco-Departamento de Salud 2013111114 (to M.L.M.-C), ELKARTEK 2016, Departamento de Industria del Gobierno Vasco (to M.L.M.-C), MINECO: SAF2017–87301-R and SAF2014–52097-R integrado en el Plan Estatal de Investigación Cientifica y Técnica y Innovación 2013–2016 cofinanciado con Fondos FEDER (to M.L.M.-C and J.M.M., respectively), BFU2015–71017/BMC MINECO/FEDER, EU (to A.D.Q. and I.D.M.), BIOEF (Basque Foundation for Innovation and Health Research): EITB Maratoia BIO15/CA/014; Instituto de Salud Carlos III:PIE14/00031, integrado en el Plan Estatal de Investigación Cientifica y Técnica y Innovacion 2013–2016 cofinanciado con Fondos FEDER (to M.L.M.-C and J.M.M), Asociación Española contra el Cáncer (T.C.D, P·F-T and M.L.M-C), Daniel Alagille award from EASL (to T.C.D), Fundación Científica de la Asociación Española Contra el Cancer (AECC Scientific Foundation) Rare Tumor Calls 2017 (to M.L.M and M.A), La Caixa Foundation Program (to M.L.M), Programma di Ricerca Regione-Università 2007–2009 and 2011–2012, Regione Emilia-Romagna (to E.V.), Ramón Areces Foundation and the Andalusian Government (BIO-198) (A.D.Q. and I.D.M.), ayudas para apoyar grupos de investigación del sistema Universitario Vasco IT971–16 (P.A.), MINECO:SAF2015–64352-R (P.A.), Institut National du Cancer, FRANCE, INCa grant PLBIO16–251 (M.S.R.), MINECO - BFU2016–76872-R to (E.B.). Work produced with the support of a 2017 Leonardo Grant for Researchers and Cultural Creators, BBVA Foundation (M.V-R). Finally, Ciberehd_ISCIII_MINECO is funded by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III. We thank MINECO for the Severo Ochoa Excellence Accreditation to CIC bioGUNE (SEV-2016-0644). Funding sources had no involvement in study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the paper for publication. Overexpression of LKB1 in human hepatoma cells during hypoxic stress induces deregulated cell growth and survival. SUMO-2 modifications of LKB1 at Lys178 occur in human hepatoma cells hampering its nucleocytoplasmic shuttling. LKB1 SUMOylation is augmented in pre-clinical mouse models and clinical HCC, being a hallmark of more aggressive HCC tumors.
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- Imanol Zubiete-Franco
- Liver Disease and Liver Metabolism Lab, CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Liver Disease and Liver Metabolism Lab, CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Liver Disease and Liver Metabolism Lab, CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Liver Disease and Liver Metabolism Lab, CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Liver Disease and Liver Metabolism Lab, CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Liver Disease and Liver Metabolism Lab, CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Liver Disease and Liver Metabolism Lab, CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Liver Disease and Liver Metabolism Lab, CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Liver Disease and Liver Metabolism Lab, CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Liver Disease and Liver Metabolism Lab, CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Physiopathology of the Hypoxia-Signalling Pathway Lab, CIC bioGUNE, 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria & University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41124 Modena, Italy
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- Institute of Pathology, University Klinic of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Instituto Biofisika (CSIC, UPV/EHU) and Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, UPV/EHU, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- Physiopathology of the Hypoxia-Signalling Pathway Lab, CIC bioGUNE, 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Nursing, University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain; Biocruces Health Research Institute, 48093 Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Liver Disease and Liver Metabolism Lab, CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Liver Disease and Liver Metabolism Lab, CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Hepatology Department, Centro de Investigación Médica Aplicada (CIMA), Universidad de Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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- UbiCARE, Advanced Technology Institute in Life Sciences (ITAV)-CNRS-IPBS, 31106 Toulouse, France
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- Liver Disease and Liver Metabolism Lab, CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ) - Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Isla de la Cartuja (cicCartuja), Universidad de Sevilla - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ) - Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Isla de la Cartuja (cicCartuja), Universidad de Sevilla - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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- Liver Disease and Liver Metabolism Lab, CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain.
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- Liver Disease and Liver Metabolism Lab, CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain.
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Savoia M, Cencioni C, Mori M, Atlante S, Zaccagnini G, Devanna P, Di Marcotullio L, Botta B, Martelli F, Zeiher AM, Pontecorvi A, Farsetti A, Spallotta F, Gaetano C. P300/CBP‐associated factor regulates transcription and function of isocitrate dehydrogenase 2 during muscle differentiation. FASEB J 2018; 33:4107-4123. [DOI: 10.1096/fj.201800788r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Matteo Savoia
- Division of Cardiovascular EpigeneticsDepartment of CardiologyGoethe University Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Internal Medicine Clinic IIIDepartment of CardiologyGoethe University Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry, and PharmacyUniversity of Siena Siena Italy
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- Division of Cardiovascular EpigeneticsDepartment of CardiologyGoethe University Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Molecular Cardiology LaboratoryIstituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese Milan Italy
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- Neurogenetics of Vocal Communication GroupMax Plank Institute for Psycholinguistics Nijmegen The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular MedicineSapienza University of Rome Rome Italy
- Istituto Pasteur–Fondazione Cenci BolognettiUniversity La Sapienza Rome Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del FarmacoSapienza University of Rome Rome Italy
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- Molecular Cardiology LaboratoryIstituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese Milan Italy
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- Internal Medicine Clinic IIIDepartment of CardiologyGoethe University Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Institute of Medical PathologyUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Roma Rome Italy
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Rome Italy
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- National Research CouncilInstitute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Monterotondo Rome Italy
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- Division of Cardiovascular EpigeneticsDepartment of CardiologyGoethe University Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Laboratorio di EpigeneticaIstituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri Pavia Italy
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Latorre-Muro P, Baeza J, Armstrong EA, Hurtado-Guerrero R, Corzana F, Wu LE, Sinclair DA, López-Buesa P, Carrodeguas JA, Denu JM. Dynamic Acetylation of Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase Toggles Enzyme Activity between Gluconeogenic and Anaplerotic Reactions. Mol Cell 2018; 71:718-732.e9. [PMID: 30193097 PMCID: PMC6188669 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2018.07.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2017] [Revised: 06/01/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Cytosolic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PCK1) is considered a gluconeogenic enzyme; however, its metabolic functions and regulatory mechanisms beyond gluconeogenesis are poorly understood. Here, we describe that dynamic acetylation of PCK1 interconverts the enzyme between gluconeogenic and anaplerotic activities. Under high glucose, p300-dependent hyperacetylation of PCK1 did not lead to protein degradation but instead increased the ability of PCK1 to perform the anaplerotic reaction, converting phosphoenolpyruvate to oxaloacetate. Lys91 acetylation destabilizes the active site of PCK1 and favors the reverse reaction. At low energy input, we demonstrate that SIRT1 deacetylates PCK1 and fully restores the gluconeogenic ability of PCK1. Additionally, we found that GSK3β-mediated phosphorylation of PCK1 decreases acetylation and increases ubiquitination. Biochemical evidence suggests that serine phosphorylation adjacent to Lys91 stimulates SIRT1-dependent deacetylation of PCK1. This work reveals an unexpected capacity of hyperacetylated PCK1 to promote anaplerotic activity, and the intersection of post-translational control of PCK1 involving acetylation, phosphorylation, and ubiquitination.
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- Pedro Latorre-Muro
- Departamento de Producción Animal y Ciencia de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain; Instituto de Biocomputación y Física de Sistemas Complejos (BIFI), BIFIIQFR (CSIC) Joint Unit, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health-Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA
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- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health-Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA
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- Instituto de Biocomputación y Física de Sistemas Complejos (BIFI), BIFIIQFR (CSIC) Joint Unit, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain; Fundación ARAID, Government of Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Centro de Investigación en Síntesis Química, Universidad de La Rioja, 26006 Logroño, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; Department of Genetics, Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for the Biological Mechanisms of Aging, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Departamento de Producción Animal y Ciencia de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain; Instituto de Biocomputación y Física de Sistemas Complejos (BIFI), BIFIIQFR (CSIC) Joint Unit, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto de Biocomputación y Física de Sistemas Complejos (BIFI), BIFIIQFR (CSIC) Joint Unit, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain; Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; IIS Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain.
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- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health-Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA; Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, WI 53715, USA.
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Öztürk MA, Cojocaru V, Wade RC. Dependence of Chromatosome Structure on Linker Histone Sequence and Posttranslational Modification. Biophys J 2018; 114:2363-2375. [PMID: 29759374 PMCID: PMC6129471 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2018.04.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2018] [Revised: 03/18/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Linker histone (LH) proteins play a key role in higher-order structuring of chromatin for the packing of DNA in eukaryotic cells and in the regulation of genomic function. The common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) has a single somatic isoform of the LH (H1). It is thus a useful model organism for investigating the effects of the LH on nucleosome compaction and the structure of the chromatosome, the complex formed by binding of an LH to a nucleosome. The structural and mechanistic details of how LH proteins bind to nucleosomes are debated. Here, we apply Brownian dynamics simulations to compare the nucleosome binding of the globular domain of D. melanogaster H1 (gH1) and the corresponding chicken (Gallus gallus) LH isoform, gH5, to identify residues in the LH that critically affect the structure of the chromatosome. Moreover, we investigate the effects of posttranslational modifications on the gH1 binding mode. We find that certain single-point mutations and posttranslational modifications of the LH proteins can significantly affect chromatosome structure. These findings indicate that even subtle differences in LH sequence can significantly shift the chromatosome structural ensemble and thus have implications for chromatin structure and transcriptional regulation.
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- Mehmet Ali Öztürk
- Molecular and Cellular Modeling Group, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS), Heidelberg, Germany; The Hartmut Hoffmann-Berling International Graduate School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Computational Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Münster, Germany; Center for Multiscale Theory and Computation, Westfälische Wilhelms University, Münster, Germany
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- Molecular and Cellular Modeling Group, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS), Heidelberg, Germany; Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg, Germany.
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Dash RC, Zaino AM, Hadden MK. A metadynamic approach to understand the recognition mechanism of the histone H3 tail with the ATRX ADD domain. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2018; 1861:594-602. [PMID: 29730439 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2018.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2018] [Revised: 05/01/2018] [Accepted: 05/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The binding affinity between the histone 3 (H3) tail and the ADD domain of ATRX (ATRXADD) increases with the subsequent addition of methyl groups on lysine 9 on H3. To improve our understanding of how the difference in methylation state affects binding between H3 and the ATRXADD, we adopted a metadynamic approach to explore the recognition mechanism between the two proteins and identify the key intermolecular interactions that mediate this protein-peptide interaction (PPI). The non-methylated H3 peptide is recognized only by the PHD finger of ATRXADD while mono-, di-, and trimethylated H3 is recognized by both the PHD and GATA-like zinc finger of the domain. Furthermore, water molecules play an important role in orienting the lysine 9 anchor towards the GATA-like zinc finger, which results in stabilizing the lysine 9 binding pocket on ATRXADD. We compared our computational results against experimentally determined NMR and X-ray structures by demonstrating the RMSD, order parameter S2 and hydration number of the complex. The metadynamics data provide new insight into roles of water-bridges and the mechanisms through which K9 hydration stabilizes the H3K9me3:ATRXADD PPI, providing context for the high affinity demonstrated between this protein and peptide.
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- Radha Charan Dash
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut, 69 N Eagleville Rd, Unit 3092, Storrs, CT 06269-3092, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut, 69 N Eagleville Rd, Unit 3092, Storrs, CT 06269-3092, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut, 69 N Eagleville Rd, Unit 3092, Storrs, CT 06269-3092, USA.
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Morrison EA, Bowerman S, Sylvers KL, Wereszczynski J, Musselman CA. The conformation of the histone H3 tail inhibits association of the BPTF PHD finger with the nucleosome. eLife 2018; 7:31481. [PMID: 29648537 PMCID: PMC5953545 DOI: 10.7554/elife.31481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2017] [Accepted: 04/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Histone tails harbor a plethora of post-translational modifications that direct the function of chromatin regulators, which recognize them through effector domains. Effector domain/histone interactions have been broadly studied, but largely using peptide fragments of histone tails. Here, we extend these studies into the nucleosome context and find that the conformation adopted by the histone H3 tails is inhibitory to BPTF PHD finger binding. Using NMR spectroscopy and MD simulations, we show that the H3 tails interact robustly but dynamically with nucleosomal DNA, substantially reducing PHD finger association. Altering the electrostatics of the H3 tail via modification or mutation increases accessibility to the PHD finger, indicating that PTM crosstalk can regulate effector domain binding by altering nucleosome conformation. Together, our results demonstrate that the nucleosome context has a dramatic impact on signaling events at the histone tails, and highlights the importance of studying histone binding in the context of the nucleosome.
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- Emma A Morrison
- Department of Biochemistry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois.,Center for Molecular Study of Condensed Soft Matter, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Biochemistry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois.,Center for Molecular Study of Condensed Soft Matter, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Biochemistry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States
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Zhu L, Ding X. Molecular design of Stat3-derived peptide selectivity between BET proteins Brd2 and Brd4 in ovarian cancer. J Mol Recognit 2017; 31. [PMID: 28983974 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.2679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Revised: 09/14/2017] [Accepted: 09/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Stat3 signaling has been recognized as a potential therapeutic target of human ovarian cancer. The signaling is transducted through the peptide-medicated interaction of Stat3 with BET family members Brd2 and Brd4 -- 2 highly homologous proteins involved in differential downstream pathways. Here, we reported a successful design of peptide selectivity between the Brd2 and Brd4. The design resulted in 3 linear peptides SMSLQCXYLGVA, QSKVLTXSYWGA, and RQCNLGXLYMNY with high or moderate selectivity for Brd2 over Brd4 (S = 3.3-fold, 6.8-fold, and 4.2-fold, respectively) as compared with the native Stat3 peptide 281 HNLLRIXQFLQS292 (S = 2.5-fold). Structural analysis revealed that peptide N-terminus and hydrogen bonds play important roles in the peptide interaction stability and specificity with Brd2 and Brd4. This study would help to establish an integrated in silico-in vitro method for rational molecular design of peptide ligand selectivity between homologous protein receptors.
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- Lixia Zhu
- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, the First People's Hospital of Kunshan, Kunshan, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Dongtai, China
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Chaibva M, Jawahery S, Pilkington AW, Arndt JR, Sarver O, Valentine S, Matysiak S, Legleiter J. Acetylation within the First 17 Residues of Huntingtin Exon 1 Alters Aggregation and Lipid Binding. Biophys J 2017; 111:349-362. [PMID: 27463137 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2015] [Revised: 06/06/2016] [Accepted: 06/15/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Huntington's disease (HD) is a genetic neurodegenerative disorder caused by an expanded polyglutamine (polyQ) domain near the N-terminus of the huntingtin (htt) protein. Expanded polyQ leads to htt aggregation. The first 17 amino acids (Nt(17)) in htt comprise a lipid-binding domain that undergoes a number of posttranslational modifications that can modulate htt toxicity and subcellular localization. As there are three lysines within Nt(17), we evaluated the impact of lysine acetylation on htt aggregation in solution and on model lipid bilayers. Acetylation of htt-exon1(51Q) and synthetic truncated htt-exon 1 mimicking peptides (Nt(17)-Q35-P10-KK) was achieved using a selective covalent label, sulfo-N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHSA). With this treatment, all three lysine residues (K6, K9, and K15) in Nt(17) were significantly acetylated. N-terminal htt acetylation retarded fibril formation in solution and promoted the formation of larger globular aggregates. Acetylated htt also bound lipid membranes and disrupted the lipid bilayer morphology less aggressively compared with the wild-type. Computational studies provided mechanistic insights into how acetylation alters the interaction of Nt(17) with lipid membranes. Our results highlight that N-terminal acetylation influences the aggregation of htt and its interaction with lipid bilayers.
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- Maxmore Chaibva
- The C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
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- The C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
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- The C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
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- The C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
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- The C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland; Biophysics Program, Institute for Physical Chemistry and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
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- The C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia; NanoSAFE, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia; Center for Neurosciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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Hou X, Rooklin D, Fang H, Zhang Y. Resveratrol serves as a protein-substrate interaction stabilizer in human SIRT1 activation. Sci Rep 2016; 6:38186. [PMID: 27901083 PMCID: PMC5128864 DOI: 10.1038/srep38186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2016] [Accepted: 11/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Resveratrol is a natural compound found in red wine that has been suggested to exert its potential health benefit through the activation of SIRT1, a crucial member of the mammalian NAD+-dependent deacetylases. SIRT1 has emerged as an attractive therapeutic target for many aging related diseases, however, how its activity can only be activated toward some specific substrates by resveratrol has been poorly understood. Herein, by employing extensive molecular dynamics simulations as well as fragment-centric topographical mapping of binding interfaces, we have clarified current controversies in the literature and elucidated that resveratrol plays an important activation role by stabilizing SIRT1/peptide interactions in a substrate-specific manner. This new mechanism highlights the importance of the N-terminal domain in substrate recognition, explains the activity restoration role of resveratrol toward some “loose-binding” substrates of SIRT1, and has significant implications for the rational design of new substrate-specific SIRT1 modulators.
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- Xuben Hou
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Natural Products (MOE), School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, China.,Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York, 10003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York, 10003, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Natural Products (MOE), School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, China
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York, 10003, United States.,NYU-ECNU Center for Computational Chemistry at NYU Shanghai, Shanghai, 200062, China
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McAnany CE, Mura C. Claws, Disorder, and Conformational Dynamics of the C-Terminal Region of Human Desmoplakin. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:8654-67. [PMID: 27188911 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b03261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Multicellular organisms consist of cells that interact via elaborate adhesion complexes. Desmosomes are membrane-associated adhesion complexes that mechanically tether the cytoskeletal intermediate filaments (IFs) between two adjacent cells, creating a network of tough connections in tissues such as skin and heart. Desmoplakin (DP) is the key desmosomal protein that binds IFs, and the DP·IF association poses a quandary: desmoplakin must stably and tightly bind IFs to maintain the structural integrity of the desmosome. Yet, newly synthesized DP must traffic along the cytoskeleton to the site of nascent desmosome assembly without "sticking" to the IF network, implying weak or transient DP···IF contacts. Recent work reveals that these contacts are modulated by post-translational modifications (PTMs) in DP's C-terminal tail (DPCTT). Using molecular dynamics simulations, we have elucidated the structural basis of these PTM-induced effects. Our simulations, nearing 2 μs in aggregate, indicate that phosphorylation of S2849 induces an "arginine claw" in desmoplakin's C-terminal tail. If a key arginine, R2834, is methylated, the DPCTT preferentially samples conformations that are geometrically well-suited as substrates for processive phosphorylation by the cognate kinase GSK3. We suggest that DPCTT is a molecular switch that modulates, via its conformational dynamics, DP's overall efficacy as a substrate for GSK3. Finally, we show that the fluctuating DPCTT can contact other parts of DP, suggesting a competitive binding mechanism for the modulation of DP···IF interactions.
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- Charles E McAnany
- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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Velez G, Lin M, Christensen T, Faubion WA, Lomberk G, Urrutia R. Evidence supporting a critical contribution of intrinsically disordered regions to the biochemical behavior of full-length human HP1γ. J Mol Model 2015; 22:12. [PMID: 26680990 PMCID: PMC4683166 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-015-2874-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2015] [Accepted: 11/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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HP1γ, a non-histone chromatin protein, has elicited significant attention because of its role in gene silencing, elongation, splicing, DNA repair, cell growth, differentiation, and many other cancer-associated processes, including therapy resistance. These characteristics make it an ideal target for developing small drugs for both mechanistic experimentation and potential therapies. While high-resolution structures of the two globular regions of HP1γ, the chromo- and chromoshadow domains, have been solved, little is currently known about the conformational behavior of the full-length protein. Consequently, in the current study, we use threading, homology-based molecular modeling, molecular mechanics calculations, and molecular dynamics simulations to develop models that allow us to infer properties of full-length HP1γ at an atomic resolution level. HP1γ appears as an elongated molecule in which three Intrinsically Disordered Regions (IDRs, 1, 2, and 3) endow this protein with dynamic flexibility, intermolecular recognition properties, and the ability to integrate signals from various intracellular pathways. Our modeling also suggests that the dynamic flexibility imparted to HP1γ by the three IDRs is important for linking nucleosomes with PXVXL motif-containing proteins, in a chromatin environment. The importance of the IDRs in intermolecular recognition is illustrated by the building and study of both IDR2 HP1γ−importin-α and IDR1 and IDR2 HP1γ−DNA complexes. The ability of the three IDRs for integrating cell signals is demonstrated by combined linear motif analyses and molecular dynamics simulations showing that posttranslational modifications can generate a histone mimetic sequence within the IDR2 of HP1γ, which when bound by the chromodomain can lead to an autoinhibited state. Combined, these data underscore the importance of IDRs 1, 2, and 3 in defining the structural and dynamic properties of HP1γ, discoveries that have both mechanistic and potentially biomedical relevance.
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- Gabriel Velez
- Laboratory of Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics, Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Guggenheim 10, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.,Laboratory of Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics, Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Biophysics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.,Laboratory of Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics, Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.,Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Laboratory of Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics, Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Guggenheim 10, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.,Laboratory of Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics, Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Biophysics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.,Laboratory of Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics, Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Laboratory of Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics, Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Guggenheim 10, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.,Laboratory of Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics, Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Biophysics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.,Laboratory of Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics, Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Laboratory of Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics, Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Guggenheim 10, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.,Laboratory of Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics, Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Biophysics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.,Laboratory of Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics, Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Laboratory of Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics, Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Guggenheim 10, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA. .,Laboratory of Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics, Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Biophysics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. .,Laboratory of Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics, Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
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- Laboratory of Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics, Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Guggenheim 10, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA. .,Laboratory of Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics, Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Biophysics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. .,Laboratory of Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics, Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
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Collepardo-Guevara R, Portella G, Vendruscolo M, Frenkel D, Schlick T, Orozco M. Chromatin Unfolding by Epigenetic Modifications Explained by Dramatic Impairment of Internucleosome Interactions: A Multiscale Computational Study. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:10205-15. [PMID: 26192632 PMCID: PMC6251407 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b04086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Histone tails and their epigenetic modifications play crucial roles in gene expression regulation by altering the architecture of chromatin. However, the structural mechanisms by which histone tails influence the interconversion between active and inactive chromatin remain unknown. Given the technical challenges in obtaining detailed experimental characterizations of the structure of chromatin, multiscale computations offer a promising alternative to model the effect of histone tails on chromatin folding. Here we combine multimicrosecond atomistic molecular dynamics simulations of dinucleosomes and histone tails in explicit solvent and ions, performed with three different state-of-the-art force fields and validated by experimental NMR measurements, with coarse-grained Monte Carlo simulations of 24-nucleosome arrays to describe the conformational landscape of histone tails, their roles in chromatin compaction, and the impact of lysine acetylation, a widespread epigenetic change, on both. We find that while the wild-type tails are highly flexible and disordered, the dramatic increase of secondary-structure order by lysine acetylation unfolds chromatin by decreasing tail availability for crucial fiber-compacting internucleosome interactions. This molecular level description of the effect of histone tails and their charge modifications on chromatin folding explains the sequence sensitivity and underscores the delicate connection between local and global structural and functional effects. Our approach also opens new avenues for multiscale processes of biomolecular complexes.
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- Rosana Collepardo-Guevara
- Chemistry Department, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW UK
- Joint BSC-CRG-IRB Pro-gramme on Computational Biology. Institute for Research in Biomedicine. Baldiri i Reixac 19. 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Chemistry Department, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW UK
- Joint BSC-CRG-IRB Pro-gramme on Computational Biology. Institute for Research in Biomedicine. Baldiri i Reixac 19. 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Chemistry Department, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW UK
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- Chemistry Department, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW UK
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, NY 10003, USA
- Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, 251 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012, USA
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- Joint BSC-CRG-IRB Pro-gramme on Computational Biology. Institute for Research in Biomedicine. Baldiri i Reixac 19. 08028, Barcelona, Spain
- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular. Facultat de Biologia. Universitat de Barcelona. Avgda Diagonal 643, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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Ozer G, Luque A, Schlick T. The chromatin fiber: multiscale problems and approaches. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2015; 31:124-39. [PMID: 26057099 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2015.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2014] [Revised: 04/08/2015] [Accepted: 04/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The structure of chromatin, affected by many factors from DNA linker lengths to posttranslational modifications, is crucial to the regulation of eukaryotic cells. Combined experimental and computational methods have led to new insights into its structural and dynamical features, from interactions due to the flexible core histone tails or linker histones to the physical mechanism driving the formation of chromosomal domains. Here we present a perspective of recent advances in chromatin modeling techniques at the atomic, mesoscopic, and chromosomal scales with a view toward developing multiscale computational strategies to integrate such findings. Innovative modeling methods that connect molecular to chromosomal scales are crucial for interpreting experiments and eventually deciphering the complex dynamic organization and function of chromatin in the cell.
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- Gungor Ozer
- Department of Chemistry, 100 Washington Square East, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, 100 Washington Square East, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA; Current address: Department of Mathematics & Statistics and Viral Information Institute, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-7720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, 100 Washington Square East, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA; Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, 251 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012, USA; NYU-ECNU Center for Computational Chemistry at NYU Shanghai, 3663 Zhongshan Road North, Shanghai 200062, China.
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McGovern RE, Snarr BD, Lyons JA, McFarlane J, Whiting AL, Paci I, Hof F, Crowley PB. Structural study of a small molecule receptor bound to dimethyllysine in lysozyme. Chem Sci 2015; 6:442-449. [PMID: 25530835 PMCID: PMC4266562 DOI: 10.1039/c4sc02383h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Lysine is a ubiquitous residue on protein surfaces. Post translational modifications of lysine, including methylation to the mono-, di- or trimethylated amine result in chemical and structural alterations that have major consequences for protein interactions and signalling pathways. Small molecules that bind to methylated lysines are potential tools to modify such pathways. To make progress in this direction, detailed structural data of ligands in complex with methylated lysine is required. Here, we report a crystal structure of p-sulfonatocalix[4]arene (sclx4) bound to methylated lysozyme in which the lysine residues were chemically modified from Lys-NH3+ to Lys-NH(Me2)+. Of the six possible dimethyllysine sites, sclx4 selected Lys116-Me2 and the dimethylamino substituent was deeply buried in the calixarene cavity. This complex confirms the tendency for Lys-Me2 residues to form cation-π interactions, which have been shown to be important in protein recognition of histone tails bearing methylated lysines. Supporting data from NMR spectroscopy and MD simulations confirm the selectivity for Lys116-Me2 in solution. The structure presented here may serve as a stepping stone to the development of new biochemical reagents that target methylated lysines.
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- Róise E McGovern
- School of Chemistry, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3V6, Canada
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3V6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3V6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3V6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3V6, Canada
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- School of Chemistry, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland
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Vlachopanos A, Soupsana E, Politou AS, Papamokos GV. POTAMOS mass spectrometry calculator: computer aided mass spectrometry to the post-translational modifications of proteins. A focus on histones. Comput Biol Med 2014; 55:36-41. [PMID: 25450216 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2014.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2014] [Revised: 09/19/2014] [Accepted: 10/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Mass spectrometry is a widely used technique for protein identification and it has also become the method of choice in order to detect and characterize the post-translational modifications (PTMs) of proteins. Many software tools have been developed to deal with this complication. In this paper we introduce a new, free and user friendly online software tool, named POTAMOS Mass Spectrometry Calculator, which was developed in the open source application framework Ruby on Rails. It can provide calculated mass spectrometry data in a time saving manner, independently of instrumentation. In this web application we have focused on a well known protein family of histones whose PTMs are believed to play a crucial role in gene regulation, as suggested by the so called "histone code" hypothesis. The PTMs implemented in this software are: methylations of arginines and lysines, acetylations of lysines and phosphorylations of serines and threonines. The application is able to calculate the kind, the number and the combinations of the possible PTMs corresponding to a given peptide sequence and a given mass along with the full set of the unique primary structures produced by the possible distributions along the amino acid sequence. It can also calculate the masses and charges of a fragmented histone variant, which carries predefined modifications already implemented. Additional functionality is provided by the calculation of the masses of fragments produced upon protein cleavage by the proteolytic enzymes that are most widely used in proteomics studies.
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- A Vlachopanos
- Department of Informatics & Telecommunications Technology, Technological Educational Institute of Epirus, Kostakioi, Arta, Greece
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- Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Greece; Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas-Biomedical Research Institute, Ioannina, Greece
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- Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Greece; Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas-Biomedical Research Institute, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Informatics & Telecommunications Technology, Technological Educational Institute of Epirus, Kostakioi, Arta, Greece; Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Greece; Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas-Biomedical Research Institute, Ioannina, Greece; Department of Physics and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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Nicholas D, Tang H, Zhang Q, Rudra J, Xu F, Langridge W, Zhang K. Quantitative proteomics reveals a role for epigenetic reprogramming during human monocyte differentiation. Mol Cell Proteomics 2014; 14:15-29. [PMID: 25316709 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m113.035089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The differentiation of monocytes into macrophages and dendritic cells involves mechanisms for activation of the innate immune system in response to inflammatory stimuli, such as pathogen infection and environmental cues. Epigenetic reprogramming is thought to play an important role during monocyte differentiation. Complementary to cell surface markers, the characterization of monocytic cell lineages by mass spectrometry based protein/histone expression profiling opens a new avenue for studying immune cell differentiation. Here, we report the application of mass spectrometry and bioinformatics to identify changes in human monocytes during their differentiation into macrophages and dendritic cells. Our data show that linker histone H1 proteins are significantly down-regulated during monocyte differentiation. Although highly enriched H3K9-methyl/S10-phos/K14-acetyl tri-modification forms of histone H3 were identified in monocytes and macrophages, they were dramatically reduced in dendritic cells. In contrast, histone H4 K16 acetylation was found to be markedly higher in dendritic cells than in monocytes and macrophages. We also found that global hyperacetylation generated by the nonspecific histone deacetylase HDAC inhibitor Apicidin induces monocyte differentiation. Together, our data suggest that specific regulation of inter- and intra-histone modifications including H3 K9 methylation, H3 S10 phosphorylation, H3 K14 acetylation, and H4 K16 acetylation must occur in concert with chromatin remodeling by linker histones for cell cycle progression and differentiation of human myeloid cells into macrophages and dendritic cells.
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- Dequina Nicholas
- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California 92354
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- §Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, UTMB at Galveston, Texas 77554
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- ¶Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 117609
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- §Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, UTMB at Galveston, Texas 77554
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- ¶Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 117609
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- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California 92354
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- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California 92354; §Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, UTMB at Galveston, Texas 77554;
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Guan X, Lin P, Knoll E, Chakrabarti R. Mechanism of inhibition of the human sirtuin enzyme SIRT3 by nicotinamide: computational and experimental studies. PLoS One 2014; 9:e107729. [PMID: 25221980 PMCID: PMC4164625 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2014] [Accepted: 08/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Sirtuins are key regulators of many cellular functions including cell growth, apoptosis, metabolism, and genetic control of age-related diseases. Sirtuins are themselves regulated by their cofactor nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) as well as their reaction product nicotinamide (NAM), the physiological concentrations of which vary during the process of aging. Nicotinamide inhibits sirtuins through the so-called base exchange pathway, wherein rebinding of the reaction product to the enzyme accelerates the reverse reaction. We investigated the mechanism of nicotinamide inhibition of human SIRT3, the major mitochondrial sirtuin deacetylase, in vitro and in silico using experimental kinetic analysis and Molecular Mechanics-Poisson Boltzmann/Generalized Born Surface Area (MM-PB(GB)SA) binding affinity calculations with molecular dynamics sampling. Through experimental kinetic studies, we demonstrate that NAM inhibition of SIRT3 involves apparent competition between the inhibitor and the enzyme cofactor NAD+, contrary to the traditional characterization of base exchange as noncompetitive inhibition. We report a model for base exchange inhibition that relates such kinetic properties to physicochemical properties, including the free energies of enzyme-ligand binding, and estimate the latter through the first reported computational binding affinity calculations for SIRT3:NAD+, SIRT3:NAM, and analogous complexes for Sir2. The computational results support our kinetic model, establishing foundations for quantitative modeling of NAD+/NAM regulation of mammalian sirtuins during aging and the computational design of sirtuin activators that operate through alleviation of base exchange inhibition.
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- Xiangying Guan
- Division of Fundamental Research, PMC Advanced Technology, LLC, Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Division of Fundamental Research, PMC Advanced Technology, LLC, Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Division of Fundamental Research, PMC Advanced Technology, LLC, Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Division of Fundamental Research, PMC Advanced Technology, LLC, Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States of America
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Nishi H, Shaytan A, Panchenko AR. Physicochemical mechanisms of protein regulation by phosphorylation. Front Genet 2014; 5:270. [PMID: 25147561 PMCID: PMC4124799 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2014] [Accepted: 07/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Phosphorylation offers a dynamic way to regulate protein activity and subcellular localization, which is achieved through its reversibility and fast kinetics. Adding or removing a dianionic phosphate group somewhere on a protein often changes the protein’s structural properties, its stability and dynamics. Moreover, the majority of signaling pathways involve an extensive set of protein–protein interactions, and phosphorylation can be used to regulate and modulate protein–protein binding. Losses of phosphorylation sites, as a result of disease mutations, might disrupt protein binding and deregulate signal transduction. In this paper we focus on the effects of phosphorylation on protein stability, dynamics, and binding. We describe several physico-chemical mechanisms of protein regulation through phosphorylation and pay particular attention to phosphorylation in protein complexes and phosphorylation in the context of disorder–order and order–disorder transitions. Finally we assess the role of multiple phosphorylation sites in a protein molecule, their possible cooperativity and function.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hafumi Nishi
- Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University Yokohama Japan
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD USA
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD USA
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Lin JR, Liu Z, Hu J. Computational identification of post-translational modification-based nuclear import regulations by characterizing nuclear localization signal-import receptor interaction. Proteins 2014; 82:2783-96. [DOI: 10.1002/prot.24642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2014] [Revised: 06/18/2014] [Accepted: 06/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jhih-Rong Lin
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering; University of South Carolina; Columbia South Carolina 29208
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering; University of South Carolina; Columbia South Carolina 29208
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering; University of South Carolina; Columbia South Carolina 29208
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