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Ma Y, Hua Y, Yin X, Jiao Y, Xu E, Yan T, Yang J, Zhang L. MBIP promotes ESCC metastasis by activating MAPK pathway. Cell Signal 2024; 115:111040. [PMID: 38199596 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2024.111040] [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: 09/30/2023] [Revised: 12/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/06/2024] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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MBIP is a component of the Ada2A containing complex (ATAC) and has been identified as a susceptibility gene in several cancers. However, the role and molecular mechanism of MBIP in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) remain unclear. Our finding indicated that the expression level of MBIP in ESCC was higher than that in normal tissue (P < 0.05) based on the data from the Cancer Gene Atlas (TCGA) and Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO). Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that high MBIP expression was closely associated with deeper invasion and worse prognosis. Transwell assay and mouse xenograft assay demonstrated that MBIP overexpression promoted migration and invasion in vitro and in vivo, while MBIP knockdown played the opposite role. Furthermore, the results of RNA-seq, qRT-PCR, western blotting and rescue experiments revealed that MBIP promoted epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) via the phosphorylation JNK/p38 in ESCC. Our study indicates that MBIP plays a significant role in the prognosis and metastasis of ESCC, suggesting that MBIP might serve as an ESCC prognostic biomarker.
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- Yanchun Ma
- Translational Medicine Research Center, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, China; Department of Pathology, College of Basic Medicine, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, P.R. China.
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- Department of Pathology, College of Basic Medicine, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, College of Basic Medicine, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, College of Basic Medicine, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, Shanxi Cancer Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, China
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- Translational Medicine Research Center, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, China; Department of Pathology, College of Basic Medicine, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, P.R. China
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- Translational Medicine Research Center, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, China; Department of Pathology, College of Basic Medicine, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, College of Basic Medicine, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, P.R. China
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Suganuma T, Workman JL. Chromatin balances cell redox and energy homeostasis. Epigenetics Chromatin 2023; 16:46. [PMID: 38017471 PMCID: PMC10683155 DOI: 10.1186/s13072-023-00520-8] [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: 08/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023] Open
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Chromatin plays a central role in the conversion of energy in cells: alteration of chromatin structure to make DNA accessible consumes energy, and compaction of chromatin preserves energy. Alteration of chromatin structure uses energy sources derived from carbon metabolism such as ATP and acetyl-CoA; conversely, chromatin compaction and epigenetic modification feedback to metabolism and energy homeostasis by controlling gene expression and storing metabolites. Coordination of these dual chromatin events must be flexibly modulated in response to environmental changes such as during development and exposure to stress. Aging also alters chromatin structure and the coordination of metabolism, chromatin dynamics, and other cell processes. Noncoding RNAs and other RNA species that associate directly with chromatin or with chromatin modifiers contribute to spatiotemporal control of transcription and energy conversion. The time required for generating the large amounts of RNAs and chromatin modifiers observed in super-enhancers may be critical for regulation of transcription and may be impacted by aging. Here, taking into account these factors, we review alterations of chromatin that are fundamental to cell responses to metabolic changes due to stress and aging to maintain redox and energy homeostasis. We discuss the relationship between spatiotemporal control of energy and chromatin function, as this emerging concept must be considered to understand how cell homeostasis is maintained.
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- Tamaki Suganuma
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 E. 50th Street, Kansas City, MO, 64110, USA.
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 E. 50th Street, Kansas City, MO, 64110, USA
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Yayli G, Bernardini A, Mendoza Sanchez PK, Scheer E, Damilot M, Essabri K, Morlet B, Negroni L, Vincent SD, Timmers HTM, Tora L. ATAC and SAGA co-activator complexes utilize co-translational assembly, but their cellular localization properties and functions are distinct. Cell Rep 2023; 42:113099. [PMID: 37682711 PMCID: PMC10591836 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Revised: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
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To understand the function of multisubunit complexes, it is of key importance to uncover the precise mechanisms that guide their assembly. Nascent proteins can find and bind their interaction partners during their translation, leading to co-translational assembly. Here, we demonstrate that the core modules of ATAC (ADA-two-A-containing) and SAGA (Spt-Ada-Gcn5-acetyltransferase), two lysine acetyl transferase-containing transcription co-activator complexes, assemble co-translationally in the cytoplasm of mammalian cells. In addition, a SAGA complex containing all of its modules forms in the cytoplasm and acetylates non-histone proteins. In contrast, ATAC complex subunits cannot be detected in the cytoplasm of mammalian cells. However, an endogenous ATAC complex containing two functional modules forms and functions in the nucleus. Thus, the two related co-activators, ATAC and SAGA, assemble using co-translational pathways, but their subcellular localization, cytoplasmic abundance, and functions are distinct.
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- Gizem Yayli
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1258, Illkirch, France; Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1258, Illkirch, France; Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) Partner Site Freiburg, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Freiburg, Germany; Department of Urology, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1258, Illkirch, France; Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1258, Illkirch, France; Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1258, Illkirch, France; Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1258, Illkirch, France; Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1258, Illkirch, France; Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1258, Illkirch, France; Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) Partner Site Freiburg, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Freiburg, Germany; Department of Urology, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1258, Illkirch, France; Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France.
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Yayli G, Bernardini A, Sanchez PKM, Scheer E, Damilot M, Essabri K, Morlet B, Negroni L, Vincent SD, Timmers HTM, Tora L. ATAC and SAGA coactivator complexes utilize co-translational assembly, but their cellular localization properties and functions are distinct. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.08.03.551787. [PMID: 37577620 PMCID: PMC10418265 DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.03.551787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
Abstract
To understand the function of multisubunit complexes it is of key importance to uncover the precise mechanisms that guide their assembly. Nascent proteins can find and bind their interaction partners during their translation, leading to co-translational assembly. Here we demonstrate that the core modules of ATAC (ADA-Two-A-Containing) and SAGA (Spt-Ada-Gcn5-acetyltransferase), two lysine acetyl transferase-containing transcription coactivator complexes, assemble co-translationally in the cytoplasm of mammalian cells. In addition, SAGA complex containing all of its modules forms in the cytoplasm and acetylates non-histones proteins. In contrast, fully assembled ATAC complex cannot be detected in the cytoplasm of mammalian cells. However, endogenous ATAC complex containing two functional modules forms and functions in the nucleus. Thus, the two related coactivators, ATAC and SAGA, assemble by using co-translational pathways, but their subcellular localization, cytoplasmic abundance and functions are distinct.
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- Gizem Yayli
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale, U1258, Illkirch, France
- Universite de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale, U1258, Illkirch, France
- Universite de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site Freiburg, German Cancer Research, Center (DKFZ) and Department of Urology, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale, U1258, Illkirch, France
- Universite de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale, U1258, Illkirch, France
- Universite de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale, U1258, Illkirch, France
- Universite de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale, U1258, Illkirch, France
- Universite de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale, U1258, Illkirch, France
- Universite de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale, U1258, Illkirch, France
- Universite de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site Freiburg, German Cancer Research, Center (DKFZ) and Department of Urology, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale, U1258, Illkirch, France
- Universite de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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Beyond Moco Biosynthesis-Moonlighting Roles of MoaE and MOCS2. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27123733. [PMID: 35744859 PMCID: PMC9228816 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27123733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Revised: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Molybdenum cofactor (Moco) biosynthesis requires iron, copper, and ATP. The Moco-containing enzyme sulfite oxidase catalyzes terminal oxidation in oxidative cysteine catabolism, and another Moco-containing enzyme, xanthine dehydrogenase, functions in purine catabolism. Thus, molybdenum enzymes participate in metabolic pathways that are essential for cellular detoxication and energy dynamics. Studies of the Moco biosynthetic enzymes MoaE (in the Ada2a-containing (ATAC) histone acetyltransferase complex) and MOCS2 have revealed that Moco biosynthesis and molybdenum enzymes align to regulate signaling and metabolism via control of transcription and translation. Disruption of these functions is involved in the onset of dementia and neurodegenerative disease. This review provides an overview of the roles of MoaE and MOCS2 in normal cellular processes and neurodegenerative disease, as well as directions for future research.
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Suganuma T, Workman JL. MPTAC links alkylation damage signaling to sterol biosynthesis. Redox Biol 2022; 51:102270. [PMID: 35189552 PMCID: PMC8866156 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2022.102270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Revised: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) drives inflammation and mutagenesis. However, the role of the DNA damage response in immune responses remains largely unknown. Here we found that stabilization of the mismatch repair (MMR) protein MSH6 in response to alkylation damage requires interactions with the molybdopterin synthase associating complex (MPTAC) and Ada2a-containing histone acetyltransferase complex (ATAC). Furthermore, MSH6 promotes sterol biosynthesis via the mevalonate pathway in a MPTAC- and ATAC-dependent manner. MPTAC reduces the source of alkylating agents (ROS). Therefore, the association between MMR proteins, MPTAC, and ATAC promotes anti-inflammation response and reduces alkylating agents. The inflammatory responses measured by xanthine oxidase activity are elevated in Lymphoblastoid Cell Lines (LCLs) from some Fragile X-associated disorders (FXD) patients, suggesting that alkylating agents are increased in these FXD patients. However, MPTAC is disrupted in LCLs from some FXD patients. In LCLs from other FXD patients, interaction between MSH6 and ATAC was lost, destabilizing MSH6. Thus, impairment of MPTAC and ATAC may cause alkylation damage resistance in some FXD patients.
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- Tamaki Suganuma
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 E. 50th Street, Kansas City, MO, 64110, USA.
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 E. 50th Street, Kansas City, MO, 64110, USA.
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Birladeanu AM, Rogalska M, Potiri M, Papadaki V, Andreadou M, Kontoyiannis DL, Lewis JD, Erpapazoglou Z, Kafasla P. The scaffold protein IQGAP1 links heat-induced stress signals to alternative splicing regulation in gastric cancer cells. Oncogene 2021; 40:5518-5532. [PMID: 34294847 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-021-01963-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In response to oncogenic signals, Alternative Splicing (AS) regulators such as SR and hnRNP proteins show altered expression levels, subnuclear distribution and/or post-translational modification status, but the link between signals and these changes remains unknown. Here, we report that a cytosolic scaffold protein, IQGAP1, performs this task in response to heat-induced signals. We show that in gastric cancer cells, a nuclear pool of IQGAP1 acts as a tethering module for a group of spliceosome components, including hnRNPM, a splicing factor critical for the response of the spliceosome to heat-shock. IQGAP1 controls hnRNPM's sumoylation, subnuclear localisation and the relevant response of the AS machinery to heat-induced stress. Genome-wide analyses reveal that IQGAP1 and hnRNPM co-regulate the AS of a cell cycle-related RNA regulon in gastric cancer cells, thus favouring the accelerated proliferation phenotype of gastric cancer cells. Overall, we reveal a missing link between stress signals and AS regulation.
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- Andrada-Maria Birladeanu
- Institute for Fundamental Biomedical Research, B.S.R.C. "Alexander Fleming", 34 Fleming st. 16672 Vari, Athens, Greece
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- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, 08003, Spain
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- Institute for Fundamental Biomedical Research, B.S.R.C. "Alexander Fleming", 34 Fleming st. 16672 Vari, Athens, Greece
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- Institute for Fundamental Biomedical Research, B.S.R.C. "Alexander Fleming", 34 Fleming st. 16672 Vari, Athens, Greece
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- Institute for Fundamental Biomedical Research, B.S.R.C. "Alexander Fleming", 34 Fleming st. 16672 Vari, Athens, Greece
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- Institute for Fundamental Biomedical Research, B.S.R.C. "Alexander Fleming", 34 Fleming st. 16672 Vari, Athens, Greece.,Department of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Fundamental Biomedical Research, B.S.R.C. "Alexander Fleming", 34 Fleming st. 16672 Vari, Athens, Greece
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- Institute for Fundamental Biomedical Research, B.S.R.C. "Alexander Fleming", 34 Fleming st. 16672 Vari, Athens, Greece.
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The GCN5: its biological functions and therapeutic potentials. Clin Sci (Lond) 2021; 135:231-257. [PMID: 33443284 DOI: 10.1042/cs20200986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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General control non-depressible 5 (GCN5) or lysine acetyltransferase 2A (KAT2A) is one of the most highly studied histone acetyltransferases. It acts as both histone acetyltransferase (HAT) and lysine acetyltransferase (KAT). As an HAT it plays a pivotal role in the epigenetic landscape and chromatin modification. Besides, GCN5 regulates a wide range of biological events such as gene regulation, cellular proliferation, metabolism and inflammation. Imbalance in the GCN5 activity has been reported in many disorders such as cancer, metabolic disorders, autoimmune disorders and neurological disorders. Therefore, unravelling the role of GCN5 in different diseases progression is a prerequisite for both understanding and developing novel therapeutic agents of these diseases. In this review, we have discussed the structural features, the biological function of GCN5 and the mechanical link with the diseases associated with its imbalance. Moreover, the present GCN5 modulators and their limitations will be presented in a medicinal chemistry perspective.
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Chromatin phosphoproteomics unravels a function for AT-hook motif nuclear localized protein AHL13 in PAMP-triggered immunity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2004670118. [PMID: 33419940 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2004670118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In many eukaryotic systems during immune responses, mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) link cytoplasmic signaling to chromatin events by targeting transcription factors, chromatin remodeling complexes, and the RNA polymerase machinery. So far, knowledge on these events is scarce in plants and no attempts have been made to focus on phosphorylation events of chromatin-associated proteins. Here we carried out chromatin phosphoproteomics upon elicitor-induced activation of Arabidopsis The events in WT were compared with those in mpk3, mpk4, and mpk6 mutant plants to decipher specific MAPK targets. Our study highlights distinct signaling networks involving MPK3, MPK4, and MPK6 in chromatin organization and modification, as well as in RNA transcription and processing. Among the chromatin targets, we characterized the AT-hook motif containing nuclear localized (AHL) DNA-binding protein AHL13 as a substrate of immune MAPKs. AHL13 knockout mutant plants are compromised in pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP)-induced reactive oxygen species production, expression of defense genes, and PAMP-triggered immunity. Transcriptome analysis revealed that AHL13 regulates key factors of jasmonic acid biosynthesis and signaling and affects immunity toward Pseudomonas syringae and Botrytis cinerea pathogens. Mutational analysis of the phosphorylation sites of AHL13 demonstrated that phosphorylation regulates AHL13 protein stability and thereby its immune functions.
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Ochieng JK, Kundu ST, Bajaj R, Leticia Rodriguez B, Fradette JJ, Gibbons DL. MBIP (MAP3K12 binding inhibitory protein) drives NSCLC metastasis by JNK-dependent activation of MMPs. Oncogene 2020; 39:6719-6732. [PMID: 32963352 PMCID: PMC7584762 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-020-01463-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Revised: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Metastasis is the cause for 90% of cancer-related mortalities. Identification of genetic drivers promoting dissemination of tumor cells may provide opportunities for novel therapeutic strategies. We previously reported an in vivo gain-of-function screen that identified ~30 genes with a functional role in metastasis promotion and characterized detailed mechanistic functions of two hits. In this study, we characterized the contribution of one of the identified genes, MBIP (MAP3K12 binding inhibitory protein), towards driving tumor invasion and metastasis. We demonstrate that expression of MBIP significantly enhances the cellular proliferation, migration and invasion of NSCLC cells in vitro and metastasis in vivo. We functionally characterized that MBIP mediates activation of the JNK pathway and induces expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), which are necessary for the invasive and metastatic phenotype. Our findings establish a novel mechanistic role of MBIP as a driver of NSCLC progression and metastasis.
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- Joshua Kapere Ochieng
- Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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- Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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Torres-Zelada EF, Weake VM. The Gcn5 complexes in Drosophila as a model for metazoa. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2020; 1864:194610. [PMID: 32735945 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2020.194610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The histone acetyltransferase Gcn5 is conserved throughout eukaryotes where it functions as part of large multi-subunit transcriptional coactivator complexes that stimulate gene expression. Here, we describe how studies in the model insect Drosophila melanogaster have provided insight into the essential roles played by Gcn5 in the development of multicellular organisms. We outline the composition and activity of the four different Gcn5 complexes in Drosophila: the Spt-Ada-Gcn5 Acetyltransferase (SAGA), Ada2a-containing (ATAC), Ada2/Gcn5/Ada3 transcription activator (ADA), and Chiffon Histone Acetyltransferase (CHAT) complexes. Whereas the SAGA and ADA complexes are also present in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, ATAC has only been identified in other metazoa such as humans, and the CHAT complex appears to be unique to insects. Each of these Gcn5 complexes is nucleated by unique Ada2 homologs or splice isoforms that share conserved N-terminal domains, and differ only in their C-terminal domains. We describe the common and specialized developmental functions of each Gcn5 complex based on phenotypic analysis of mutant flies. In addition, we outline how gene expression studies in mutant flies have shed light on the different biological roles of each complex. Together, these studies highlight the key role that Drosophila has played in understanding the expanded biological function of Gcn5 in multicellular eukaryotes.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
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Pearson AJ, Fullwood P, Toro Tapia G, Prise I, Smith MP, Xu Q, Jordan A, Giurisato E, Whitmarsh AJ, Francavilla C, Tournier C. Discovery of a Gatekeeper Residue in the C-Terminal Tail of the Extracellular Signal-Regulated Protein Kinase 5 (ERK5). Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E929. [PMID: 32023819 PMCID: PMC7037328 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21030929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2019] [Revised: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase 5 (ERK5) is a non-redundant mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) that exhibits a unique C-terminal extension which comprises distinct structural and functional properties. Here, we sought to elucidate the significance of phosphoacceptor sites in the C-terminal transactivation domain of ERK5. We have found that Thr732 acted as a functional gatekeeper residue controlling C-terminal-mediated nuclear translocation and transcriptional enhancement. Consistently, using a non-bias quantitative mass spectrometry approach, we demonstrated that phosphorylation at Thr732 conferred selectivity for binding interactions of ERK5 with proteins related to chromatin and RNA biology, whereas a number of metabolic regulators were associated with full-length wild type ERK5. Additionally, our proteomic analysis revealed that phosphorylation of the Ser730-Glu-Thr732-Pro motif could occur independently of dual phosphorylation at Thr218-Glu-Tyr220 in the activation loop. Collectively, our results firmly establish the significance of C-terminal phosphorylation in regulating ERK5 function. The post-translational modification of ERK5 on its C-terminal tail might be of particular relevance in cancer cells where ERK5 has be found to be hyperphosphoryated.
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- Adam J. Pearson
- Division of Cancer Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK; (A.J.P.); (Q.X.); (E.G.)
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- Division of Molecular and Cellular Function, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK; (P.F.); (G.T.T.); (M.P.S.); (A.J.W.); (C.F.)
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- Division of Molecular and Cellular Function, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK; (P.F.); (G.T.T.); (M.P.S.); (A.J.W.); (C.F.)
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- Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK;
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- Division of Molecular and Cellular Function, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK; (P.F.); (G.T.T.); (M.P.S.); (A.J.W.); (C.F.)
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK; (A.J.P.); (Q.X.); (E.G.)
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- Drug Discovery Unit, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK;
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK; (A.J.P.); (Q.X.); (E.G.)
- Department of Biotechnology Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- Division of Molecular and Cellular Function, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK; (P.F.); (G.T.T.); (M.P.S.); (A.J.W.); (C.F.)
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- Division of Molecular and Cellular Function, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK; (P.F.); (G.T.T.); (M.P.S.); (A.J.W.); (C.F.)
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK; (A.J.P.); (Q.X.); (E.G.)
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Pimsler ML, Sze S, Saenz S, Fu S, Tomberlin JK, Tarone AM. Gene expression correlates of facultative predation in the blow fly Chrysomya rufifacies (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Ecol Evol 2019; 9:8690-8701. [PMID: 31410272 PMCID: PMC6686648 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Revised: 05/26/2019] [Accepted: 05/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Effects of intraguild predation (IGP) on omnivores and detritivores are relatively understudied when compared to work on predator guilds. Functional genetic work in IGP is even more limited, but its application can help answer a range of questions related to ultimate and proximate causes of this behavior. Here, we integrate behavioral assays and transcriptomic analysis of facultative predation in a blow fly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) to evaluate the prevalence, effect, and correlated gene expression of facultative predation by the invasive species Chrysomya rufifacies. Field work observing donated human cadavers indicated facultative predation by C. rufifacies on the native blow fly Cochliomyia macellaria was rare under undisturbed conditions, owing in part to spatial segregation between species. Laboratory assays under conditions of starvation showed predation had a direct fitness benefit (i.e., survival) to the predator. As a genome is not available for C. rufifacies, a de novo transcriptome was developed and annotated using sequence similarity to Drosophila melanogaster. Under a variety of assembly parameters, several genes were identified as being differentially expressed between predators and nonpredators of this species, including genes involved in cell-to-cell signaling, osmotic regulation, starvation responses, and dopamine regulation. Results of this work were integrated to develop a model of the processes and genetic regulation controlling facultative predation.
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- Meaghan L. Pimsler
- Department of EntomologyTexas A&M UniversityCollege StationTexasUSA
- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of AlabamaTuscaloosaAlabamaUSA
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- Department of Computer Science and EngineeringTexas A&M UniversityCollege StationTexasUSA
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- Department of EntomologyTexas A&M UniversityCollege StationTexasUSA
- Federal Aviation AdministrationFederal Government OfficeTulsaOklahomaUSA
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- Department of Biochemistry & BiophysicsTexas A&M UniversityCollege StationTexasUSA
- Department of Developmental BiologyWashington University School of Medicine in St. LouisSt. LouisMissouriUSA
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- Department of EntomologyTexas A&M UniversityCollege StationTexasUSA
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Cloud V, Thapa A, Morales-Sosa P, Miller TM, Miller SA, Holsapple D, Gerhart PM, Momtahan E, Jack JL, Leiva E, Rapp SR, Shelton LG, Pierce RA, Martin-Brown S, Florens L, Washburn MP, Mohan RD. Ataxin-7 and Non-stop coordinate SCAR protein levels, subcellular localization, and actin cytoskeleton organization. eLife 2019; 8:e49677. [PMID: 31348003 PMCID: PMC6693919 DOI: 10.7554/elife.49677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2019] [Accepted: 07/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Atxn7, a subunit of SAGA chromatin remodeling complex, is subject to polyglutamine expansion at the amino terminus, causing spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA7), a progressive retinal and neurodegenerative disease. Within SAGA, the Atxn7 amino terminus anchors Non-stop, a deubiquitinase, to the complex. To understand the scope of Atxn7-dependent regulation of Non-stop, substrates of the deubiquitinase were sought. This revealed Non-stop, dissociated from Atxn7, interacts with Arp2/3 and WAVE regulatory complexes (WRC), which control actin cytoskeleton assembly. There, Non-stop countered polyubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of WRC subunit SCAR. Dependent on conserved WRC interacting receptor sequences (WIRS), Non-stop augmentation increased protein levels, and directed subcellular localization, of SCAR, decreasing cell area and number of protrusions. In vivo, heterozygous mutation of SCAR did not significantly rescue knockdown of Atxn7, but heterozygous mutation of Atxn7 rescued haploinsufficiency of SCAR.
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- Veronica Cloud
- University of Missouri - Kansas CityKansas CityUnited States
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- University of Missouri - Kansas CityKansas CityUnited States
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- University of Missouri - Kansas CityKansas CityUnited States
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- University of Missouri - Kansas CityKansas CityUnited States
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- University of Missouri - Kansas CityKansas CityUnited States
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- University of Missouri - Kansas CityKansas CityUnited States
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- University of Missouri - Kansas CityKansas CityUnited States
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- University of Missouri - Kansas CityKansas CityUnited States
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- University of Missouri - Kansas CityKansas CityUnited States
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- Stowers Institute for Medical ResearchKansas CityUnited States
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory MedicineUniversity of Kansas Medical CenterKansas CityUnited States
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- University of Missouri - Kansas CityKansas CityUnited States
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Suganuma T, Swanson SK, Gogol M, Garrett TJ, Conkright-Fincham J, Florens L, Washburn MP, Workman JL. MPTAC Determines APP Fragmentation via Sensing Sulfur Amino Acid Catabolism. Cell Rep 2018; 24:1585-1596. [PMID: 30089268 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2017] [Revised: 03/12/2018] [Accepted: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Metabolic disorder has been suggested to underlie Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the decisive molecular linkages remain unclear. We discovered that human Molybdopterin Synthase Associating Complex, MPTAC, promotes sulfur amino acid catabolism to prevent oxidative damage from excess sulfur amino acids, which, in turn, advances fatty acid oxidation and acetyl coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA) synthesis. The association of MPTAC with Protein arginine (R) Methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) complex and small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (SNRP) splicing factors enables SNRPs to sense metabolic states through their methylation. This promotes the splicing fidelity of amyloid precursor protein (APP) pre-mRNA and proper APP fragmentation, abnormalities of which have been observed in the platelets of AD patients. The functions of MPTAC are crucial to maintain expression of drebrin 1, which is required for synaptic plasticity, through prevention from oxidative damage. Thus, adjustment of sulfur amino acid catabolism by MPTAC prevents events that occur early in the onset of AD.
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- Tamaki Suganuma
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 E. 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA.
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 E. 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 E. 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, College of Medicine, P.O. Box 100275, Gainesville, FL 32610-0275, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 E. 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 E. 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 E. 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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Marelja Z, Leimkühler S, Missirlis F. Iron Sulfur and Molybdenum Cofactor Enzymes Regulate the Drosophila Life Cycle by Controlling Cell Metabolism. Front Physiol 2018; 9:50. [PMID: 29491838 PMCID: PMC5817353 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2017] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Iron sulfur (Fe-S) clusters and the molybdenum cofactor (Moco) are present at enzyme sites, where the active metal facilitates electron transfer. Such enzyme systems are soluble in the mitochondrial matrix, cytosol and nucleus, or embedded in the inner mitochondrial membrane, but virtually absent from the cell secretory pathway. They are of ancient evolutionary origin supporting respiration, DNA replication, transcription, translation, the biosynthesis of steroids, heme, catabolism of purines, hydroxylation of xenobiotics, and cellular sulfur metabolism. Here, Fe-S cluster and Moco biosynthesis in Drosophila melanogaster is reviewed and the multiple biochemical and physiological functions of known Fe-S and Moco enzymes are described. We show that RNA interference of Mocs3 disrupts Moco biosynthesis and the circadian clock. Fe-S-dependent mitochondrial respiration is discussed in the context of germ line and somatic development, stem cell differentiation and aging. The subcellular compartmentalization of the Fe-S and Moco assembly machinery components and their connections to iron sensing mechanisms and intermediary metabolism are emphasized. A biochemically active Fe-S core complex of heterologously expressed fly Nfs1, Isd11, IscU, and human frataxin is presented. Based on the recent demonstration that copper displaces the Fe-S cluster of yeast and human ferredoxin, an explanation for why high dietary copper leads to cytoplasmic iron deficiency in flies is proposed. Another proposal that exosomes contribute to the transport of xanthine dehydrogenase from peripheral tissues to the eye pigment cells is put forward, where the Vps16a subunit of the HOPS complex may have a specialized role in concentrating this enzyme within pigment granules. Finally, we formulate a hypothesis that (i) mitochondrial superoxide mobilizes iron from the Fe-S clusters in aconitase and succinate dehydrogenase; (ii) increased iron transiently displaces manganese on superoxide dismutase, which may function as a mitochondrial iron sensor since it is inactivated by iron; (iii) with the Krebs cycle thus disrupted, citrate is exported to the cytosol for fatty acid synthesis, while succinyl-CoA and the iron are used for heme biosynthesis; (iv) as iron is used for heme biosynthesis its concentration in the matrix drops allowing for manganese to reactivate superoxide dismutase and Fe-S cluster biosynthesis to reestablish the Krebs cycle.
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- Zvonimir Marelja
- Imagine Institute, Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Department of Molecular Enzymology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Biofísica y Neurociencias, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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Mi W, Guan H, Lyu J, Zhao D, Xi Y, Jiang S, Andrews FH, Wang X, Gagea M, Wen H, Tora L, Dent SYR, Kutateladze TG, Li W, Li H, Shi X. YEATS2 links histone acetylation to tumorigenesis of non-small cell lung cancer. Nat Commun 2017; 8:1088. [PMID: 29057918 PMCID: PMC5651844 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01173-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2016] [Accepted: 08/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Recognition of modified histones by “reader” proteins constitutes a key mechanism regulating diverse chromatin-associated processes important for normal and neoplastic development. We recently identified the YEATS domain as a novel acetyllysine-binding module; however, the functional importance of YEATS domain-containing proteins in human cancer remains largely unknown. Here, we show that the YEATS2 gene is highly amplified in human non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and is required for cancer cell growth and survival. YEATS2 binds to acetylated histone H3 via its YEATS domain. The YEATS2-containing ATAC complex co-localizes with H3K27 acetylation (H3K27ac) on the promoters of actively transcribed genes. Depletion of YEATS2 or disruption of the interaction between its YEATS domain and acetylated histones reduces the ATAC complex-dependent promoter H3K9ac levels and deactivates the expression of essential genes. Taken together, our study identifies YEATS2 as a histone H3K27ac reader that regulates a transcriptional program essential for NSCLC tumorigenesis. Histone modification recognition is an important mechanism for gene expression regulation in cancer. Here, the authors identify YEATS2 as a histone H3K27ac reader, regulating a transcriptional program essential for tumorigenesis in human non-small cell lung cancer.
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- Wenyi Mi
- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Center for Cancer Epigenetics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.,Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.,Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Center for Cancer Epigenetics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Center for Cancer Epigenetics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Center for Cancer Epigenetics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 67404, Illkirch, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, 67404, Illkirch, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U964, 67404, Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, 67404, Illkirch, France
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Center for Cancer Epigenetics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Genes and Development and Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis Graduate Programs, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China. .,Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. .,Center for Cancer Epigenetics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. .,Genes and Development and Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis Graduate Programs, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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Kharbanda M, Hermanns P, Jones J, Pohlenz J, Horrocks I, Donaldson M. A further case of brain-lung-thyroid syndrome with deletion proximal to NKX2-1. Eur J Med Genet 2017; 60:257-260. [PMID: 28286255 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2017.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2016] [Revised: 02/27/2017] [Accepted: 03/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
Abstract
Brain-lung-thyroid syndrome (OMIM #610978) is associated with mutations in the NK2 homeobox 1 (NKX2-1) gene, a transcription factor important in development. 50% of patients are affected by the full triad, comprising congenital hypothyroidism, benign hereditary chorea and infant respiratory distress syndrome. Four cases have previously been reported where a patient has features consistent with brain-lung-thyroid syndrome and a chromosome 14q13 deletion adjacent to, but not disrupting, NKX2-1. We present a patient who has a phenotype consistent with brain-lung-thyroid syndrome, featuring congenital hypothyroidism and choreoathetoid movements with gross motor delay. Thyroid ultrasound showed a small-normal gland and spontaneous resolution of hypothyroidism. Array CGH revealed a de novo 14q13.2-3 deletion adjacent to but not directly involving NKX2-1. Sequencing of NKX2-1 was normal. This report highlights a further case of chromosomal deletion adjacent to NXK2-1 in a patient with a phenotype consistent with brain-lung-thyroid syndrome, and confirms that array-CGH is a useful test in the investigation of congenital hypothyroidism. Deletion of the adjacent gene MBIP in most reported cases so far may be relevant to the pathogenesis of brain-lung-thyroid syndrome. Deletion of nearby promoter or enhancer elements acting on NKX2-1 could also be an important factor. However, further work is needed to elucidate the pathogenesis of the brain-lung-thyroid phenotype in such cases.
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- Mira Kharbanda
- West of Scotland Department of Clinical Genetics, Level 2A Laboratory Medicine Building, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
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- Children's Hospital, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
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Rousset R, Carballès F, Parassol N, Schaub S, Cérézo D, Noselli S. Signalling crosstalk at the leading edge controls tissue closure dynamics in the Drosophila embryo. PLoS Genet 2017; 13:e1006640. [PMID: 28231245 PMCID: PMC5344535 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2017] [Revised: 03/09/2017] [Accepted: 02/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Tissue morphogenesis relies on proper differentiation of morphogenetic domains, adopting specific cell behaviours. Yet, how signalling pathways interact to determine and coordinate these domains remains poorly understood. Dorsal closure (DC) of the Drosophila embryo represents a powerful model to study epithelial cell sheet sealing. In this process, JNK (JUN N-terminal Kinase) signalling controls leading edge (LE) differentiation generating local forces and cell shape changes essential for DC. The LE represents a key morphogenetic domain in which, in addition to JNK, a number of signalling pathways converges and interacts (anterior/posterior -AP- determination; segmentation genes, such as Wnt/Wingless; TGFβ/Decapentaplegic). To better characterize properties of the LE morphogenetic domain, we sought out new JNK target genes through a genomic approach: 25 were identified of which 8 are specifically expressed in the LE, similarly to decapentaplegic or puckered. Quantitative in situ gene profiling of this new set of LE genes reveals complex patterning of the LE along the AP axis, involving a three-way interplay between the JNK pathway, segmentation and HOX genes. Patterning of the LE into discrete domains appears essential for coordination of tissue sealing dynamics. Loss of anterior or posterior HOX gene function leads to strongly delayed and asymmetric DC, due to incorrect zipping in their respective functional domain. Therefore, in addition to significantly increasing the number of JNK target genes identified so far, our results reveal that the LE is a highly heterogeneous morphogenetic organizer, sculpted through crosstalk between JNK, segmental and AP signalling. This fine-tuning regulatory mechanism is essential to coordinate morphogenesis and dynamics of tissue sealing.
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Shen AL, Moran SA, Glover EA, Drinkwater NR, Swearingen RE, Teixeira LB, Bradfield CA. Association of a Chromosomal Rearrangement Event with Mouse Posterior Polymorphous Corneal Dystrophy and Alterations in Csrp2bp, Dzank1, and Ovol2 Gene Expression. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0157577. [PMID: 27310661 PMCID: PMC4910986 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2015] [Accepted: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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We have previously described a mouse model of human posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy (PPCD) and localized the causative mutation to a 6.2 Mbp region of chromosome 2, termed Ppcd1. We now show that the gene rearrangement linked to mouse Ppcd1 is a 3.9 Mbp chromosomal inversion flanked by 81 Kbp and 542 bp deletions. This recombination event leads to deletion of Csrp2bp Exons 8 through 11, Dzank1 Exons 20 and 21, and the pseudogene Znf133. In addition, we identified translocation of novel downstream sequences to positions adjacent to Csrp2bp Exon 7 and Dzank1 Exon 20. Twelve novel fusion transcripts involving Csrp2bp or Dzank1 linked to downstream sequences have been identified. Eight are expressed at detectable levels in PPCD1 but not wildtype eyes. Upregulation of two Csrp2bp fusion transcripts, as well as upregulation of the adjacent gene, Ovol2, was observed. Absence of the PPCD1 phenotype in animals haploinsufficient for Csrp2bp or both Csrp2bp and Dzank1 rules out haploinsufficiency of these genes as a cause of mouse PPCD1. Complementation experiments confirm that PPCD1 embryonic lethality is due to disruption of Csrp2bp expression. The ocular expression pattern of Csrp2bp is consistent with a role for this protein in corneal development and pathogenesis of PPCD1.
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- Anna L. Shen
- The McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States of America
- McPherson Eye Research Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- * E-mail: (CAB); (ALS)
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- The McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States of America
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- The McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States of America
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- The McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States of America
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- The McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States of America
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- Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States of America
- McPherson Eye Research Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- The McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States of America
- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States of America
- McPherson Eye Research Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- * E-mail: (CAB); (ALS)
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Zhao D, Guan H, Zhao S, Mi W, Wen H, Li Y, Zhao Y, Allis CD, Shi X, Li H. YEATS2 is a selective histone crotonylation reader. Cell Res 2016; 26:629-32. [PMID: 27103431 PMCID: PMC4856769 DOI: 10.1038/cr.2016.49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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- Dan Zhao
- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.,College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Epigenetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Epigenetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.,Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Ben May Department of Cancer Research, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Laboratory of Chromatin Biology and Epigenetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Epigenetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Genes and Development and Molecular Carcinogenesis Graduate Programs, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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The proto-oncogene c-Jun plays crucial roles in tumorigenesis, and its aberrant expression has been implicated in many cancers. Previous studies have shown that the c-Jun gene is positively autoregulated by its product. Notably, it has also been reported that c-Jun proteins are enriched in its gene body region. However, the role of c-Jun proteins in its gene body region has yet to be uncovered. HP1a is an evolutionarily conserved heterochromatin-associated protein, which plays an essential role in heterochromatin-mediated gene silencing. Interestingly, accumulating evidence shows that HP1a is also localized to euchromatic regions to positively regulate gene transcription. However, the underlying mechanism has not been defined. In this study, we demonstrate that HP1a is involved in the positive autoregulatory loop of the Jra gene, the c-Jun homolog in Drosophila. Jra recruits the HP1a/KDM4A complex to its gene body region upon osmotic stress to reduce H3K36 methylation levels and disrupt H3K36 methylation-dependent histone deacetylation, resulting in high levels of histone acetylation in the Jra gene body region, thus promoting gene transcription. These results not only expand our knowledge toward the mechanism of c-Jun regulation, but also reveal the mechanism by which HP1a exerts its positive regulatory function in gene expression.
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- Yan Liu
- a College of Life Sciences; Hebei United University ; Tangshan , China
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Suganuma T, Swanson SK, Florens L, Washburn MP, Workman JL. Moco biosynthesis and the ATAC acetyltransferase engage translation initiation by inhibiting latent PKR activity. J Mol Cell Biol 2015; 8:44-50. [DOI: 10.1093/jmcb/mjv070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2015] [Accepted: 10/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Gronkiewicz KM, Giuliano EA, Sharma A, Mohan RR. Molecular mechanisms of suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid in the inhibition of TGF-β1-mediated canine corneal fibrosis. Vet Ophthalmol 2015; 19:480-487. [PMID: 26559782 DOI: 10.1111/vop.12331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate molecular mechanisms mediating anti-fibrotic effect of SAHA in the canine cornea using an in vitro model. We hypothesized that SAHA attenuates corneal fibrosis by modulating Smad-dependent and, to a lesser extent, Smad-independent signaling pathways activated by TGF-β1, as well as matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activity. METHODS Cultured canine corneal fibroblasts (CCF) were incubated in the presence/absence of TGF-β1 (5 ng/mL) and SAHA (2.5 μm) for 24 h. Western blot analysis was used to quantify non-phosphorylated and phosphorylated isoforms of Smad2/3, p38 MAP kinase (MAPK), ERK1/2, and JNK1. Real-time PCR and zymography were utilized to quantify MMP1, MMP2, MMP8, and MMP9 mRNA expressions and MMP2 and MMP9 protein activities, respectively. RESULTS TGF-β1 treatment caused a significant increase in phospho-Smad2/3 and phospho-p38 MAPK. SAHA treatment reduced TGF-β1-induced phosphorylation of Smad2/3 but not of p38 MAPK. TGF-β1 did not modulate the phosphorylation of ERK1/2 or JNK1. SAHA caused a significant reduction in phospho-ERK1/2 expression regardless of concurrent TGF-β1 treatment. Neither SAHA alone nor in combination with TGF-β1 altered phospho-JNK1 expression. TGF-β1 significantly increased MMP1 and MMP9 mRNA expressions but did not alter MMP2 mRNA. SAHA treatment attenuated TGF-β1-induced MMP9 mRNA expression while significantly enhancing TGF-β1-induced MMP1 mRNA expression. Zymography detected reduced expression of MMP2 and MMP9 proteins in untreated control CCF. TGF-β1 treatment did not alter their expression, but SAHA treatment +/-TGF-β1 significantly increased MMP2 and MMP9 protein expressions. CONCLUSIONS The corneal anti-fibrotic effects of SAHA involve multiple mechanisms including modulation of canonical and non-canonical components of TGF-β1 intracellular signaling and MMP activity.
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- Kristina M Gronkiewicz
- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA.,Harry S. Truman Memorial Veteran Hospital, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA. .,Harry S. Truman Memorial Veteran Hospital, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA. .,Mason Eye Institute, School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA.
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van Vugt JJFA, Hoedjes KM, van de Geest HC, Schijlen EWGM, Vet LEM, Smid HM. Differentially expressed genes linked to natural variation in long-term memory formation in Cotesia parasitic wasps. Front Behav Neurosci 2015; 9:255. [PMID: 26557061 PMCID: PMC4617343 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Even though learning and memory are universal traits in the Animal Kingdom, closely related species reveal substantial variation in learning rate and memory dynamics. To determine the genetic background of this natural variation, we studied two congeneric parasitic wasp species, Cotesia glomerata and C. rubecula, which lay their eggs in caterpillars of the large and small cabbage white butterfly. A successful egg laying event serves as an unconditioned stimulus (US) in a classical conditioning paradigm, where plant odors become associated with the encounter of a suitable host caterpillar. Depending on the host species, the number of conditioning trials and the parasitic wasp species, three different types of transcription-dependent long-term memory (LTM) and one type of transcription-independent, anesthesia-resistant memory (ARM) can be distinguished. To identify transcripts underlying these differences in memory formation, we isolated mRNA from parasitic wasp heads at three different time points between induction and consolidation of each of the four memory types, and for each sample three biological replicates, where after strand-specific paired-end 100 bp deep sequencing. Transcriptomes were assembled de novo and differential expression was determined for each memory type and time point after conditioning, compared to unconditioned wasps. Most differentially expressed (DE) genes and antisense transcripts were only DE in one of the LTM types. Among the DE genes that were DE in two or more LTM types, were many protein kinases and phosphatases, small GTPases, receptors and ion channels. Some genes were DE in opposing directions between any of the LTM memory types and ARM, suggesting that ARM in Cotesia requires the transcription of genes inhibiting LTM or vice versa. We discuss our findings in the context of neuronal functioning, including RNA splicing and transport, epigenetic regulation, neurotransmitter/peptide synthesis and antisense transcription. In conclusion, these brain transcriptomes provide candidate genes that may be involved in the observed natural variation in LTM in closely related Cotesia parasitic wasp species.
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- Joke J F A van Vugt
- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Applied Bioinformatics, Plant Research International Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) Wageningen, Netherlands ; Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University Wageningen, Netherlands
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de Nadal E, Posas F. Osmostress-induced gene expression--a model to understand how stress-activated protein kinases (SAPKs) regulate transcription. FEBS J 2015; 282:3275-85. [PMID: 25996081 PMCID: PMC4744689 DOI: 10.1111/febs.13323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2015] [Revised: 04/27/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Adaptation is essential for maximizing cell survival and for cell fitness in response to sudden changes in the environment. Several aspects of cell physiology change during adaptation. Major changes in gene expression are associated with cell exposure to environmental changes, and several aspects of mRNA biogenesis appear to be targeted by signaling pathways upon stress. Exhaustive reviews have been written regarding adaptation to stress and regulation of gene expression. In this review, using osmostress in yeast as a prototypical case study, we highlight those aspects of regulation of gene induction that are general to various environmental stresses as well as mechanistic aspects that are potentially conserved from yeast to mammals.
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- Eulàlia de Nadal
- Cell Signaling Unit, Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cell Signaling Unit, Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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Cellular responses to environmental cues involve the mobilization of GTPases, protein kinases and phosphoprotein phosphatases. The spatial organization of these signalling enzymes by scaffold proteins helps to guide the flow of molecular information. Allosteric modulation of scaffolded enzymes can alter their catalytic activity or sensitivity to second messengers in a manner that augments, insulates or terminates local cellular events. This Review examines the features of scaffold proteins and highlights examples of locally organized groups of signalling enzymes that drive essential physiological processes, including hormone action, heart rate, cell division, organelle movement and synaptic transmission.
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Mohan RD, Dialynas G, Weake VM, Liu J, Martin-Brown S, Florens L, Washburn MP, Workman JL, Abmayr SM. Loss of Drosophila Ataxin-7, a SAGA subunit, reduces H2B ubiquitination and leads to neural and retinal degeneration. Genes Dev 2014; 28:259-72. [PMID: 24493646 PMCID: PMC3923968 DOI: 10.1101/gad.225151.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The SAGA chromatin-modifying complex plays a critical role in gene regulation and has been implicated in processes such as carcinogenesis and neurodegeneration. SAGA bears both acetyltransferase and deubiquitinase activities, and Ataxin-7 anchors the deubiquitinase activity to the larger complex. Workman and colleagues now show that in contrast to yeast, loss of Drosophila Ataxin-7 results in a global reduction in H2B ubiquitination, an effect conserved in human cells. Furthermore, reduced Ataxin-7 results in neural and retinal degeneration, impaired movement, and decreased life span. The Spt–Ada–Gcn5–acetyltransferase (SAGA) chromatin-modifying complex possesses acetyltransferase and deubiquitinase activities. Within this modular complex, Ataxin-7 anchors the deubiquitinase activity to the larger complex. Here we identified and characterized Drosophila Ataxin-7 and found that reduction of Ataxin-7 protein results in loss of components from the SAGA complex. In contrast to yeast, where loss of Ataxin-7 inactivates the deubiquitinase and results in increased H2B ubiquitination, loss of Ataxin-7 results in decreased H2B ubiquitination and H3K9 acetylation without affecting other histone marks. Interestingly, the effect on ubiquitination was conserved in human cells, suggesting a novel mechanism regulating histone deubiquitination in higher organisms. Consistent with this mechanism in vivo, we found that a recombinant deubiquitinase module is active in the absence of Ataxin-7 in vitro. When we examined the consequences of reduced Ataxin-7 in vivo, we found that flies exhibited pronounced neural and retinal degeneration, impaired movement, and early lethality.
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- Ryan D Mohan
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA
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Pedram A, Razandi M, Narayanan R, Dalton JT, McKinsey TA, Levin ER. Estrogen regulates histone deacetylases to prevent cardiac hypertrophy. Mol Biol Cell 2013; 24:3805-18. [PMID: 24152730 PMCID: PMC3861078 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e13-08-0444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Angiotensin II stimulation of HDAC2 production, phosphorylation by CK2, and resulting modulation of target genes, which promote cardiac hypertrophy, are opposed by estrogen/ERβ. Angiotensin II also represses class II HDAC4 and 5 production and stimulates their phosphorylation, which expels them from the nucleus, and estrogen prevents this. The development and progression of cardiac hypertrophy often leads to heart failure and death, and important modulators of hypertrophy include the histone deacetylase proteins (HDACs). Estrogen inhibits cardiac hypertrophy and progression in animal models and humans. We therefore investigated the influence of 17-β-estradiol on the production, localization, and functions of prohypertrophic (class I) and antihypertrophic (class II) HDACs in cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. 17-β-Estradiol or estrogen receptor β agonists dipropylnitrile and β-LGND2 comparably suppressed angiotensin II–induced HDAC2 (class I) production, HDAC-activating phosphorylation, and the resulting prohypertrophic mRNA expression. In contrast, estrogenic compounds derepressed the opposite effects of angiotensin II on the same parameters for HDAC4 and 5 (class II), resulting in retention of these deacetylases in the nucleus to inhibit hypertrophic gene expression. Key aspects were confirmed in vivo from the hearts of wild-type but not estrogen receptor β (ERβ) gene–deleted mice administered angiotensin II and estrogenic compounds. Our results identify a novel dual regulation of cardiomyocyte HDACs, shown here for the antihypertrophic sex steroid acting at ERβ. This mechanism potentially supports using ERβ agonists as HDAC modulators to treat cardiac disease.
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- Ali Pedram
- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92717 Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, CA 90822 GTx, Inc., Memphis, TN 38163 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045
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Tarayrah L, Chen X. Epigenetic regulation in adult stem cells and cancers. Cell Biosci 2013; 3:41. [PMID: 24172544 PMCID: PMC3852361 DOI: 10.1186/2045-3701-3-41] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2013] [Accepted: 09/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Adult stem cells maintain tissue homeostasis by their ability to both self-renew and differentiate to distinct cell types. Multiple signaling pathways have been shown to play essential roles as extrinsic cues in maintaining adult stem cell identity and activity. Recent studies also show dynamic regulation by epigenetic mechanisms as intrinsic factors in multiple adult stem cell lineages. Emerging evidence demonstrates intimate crosstalk between these two mechanisms. Misregulation of adult stem cell activity could lead to tumorigenesis, and it has been proposed that cancer stem cells may be responsible for tumor growth and metastasis. However, it is unclear whether cancer stem cells share commonalities with normal adult stem cells. In this review, we will focus on recent discoveries of epigenetic regulation in multiple adult stem cell lineages. We will also discuss how epigenetic mechanisms regulate cancer stem cell activity and probe the common and different features between cancer stem cells and normal adult stem cells.
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- Lama Tarayrah
- Department of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
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Miotto B. Kinases and chromatin structure: who regulates whom? Epigenetics 2013; 8:1008-12. [PMID: 23917692 PMCID: PMC3891680 DOI: 10.4161/epi.25909] [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: 06/30/2013] [Revised: 07/21/2013] [Accepted: 07/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Chromatin structure is regulated by families of proteins that are able to covalently modify the histones and the DNA, as well as to regulate the spacing of nucleosomes along the DNA. Over the years, these chromatin remodeling factors have been proven to be essential to a variety of processes, including gene expression, DNA replication, and chromosome cohesion. The function of these remodeling factors is regulated by a number of chemical and developmental signals and, in turn, changes in the chromatin structure eventually contribute to the response to changes in the cellular environment. Exciting new research findings by the laboratories of Sharon Dent and Steve Jackson indicate, in two different contexts, that changes in the chromatin structure may, in reverse, signal to intracellular signaling pathways to regulate cell fate. The discoveries clearly challenge our traditional view of 'epigenetics', and may have important implications in human health.
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- Benoit Miotto
- Université Paris Diderot; Sorbonne Paris Cité; Epigenetics and Cell Fate; UMR 7216 CNRS; Paris, France
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Acetylation regulates Jun protein turnover in Drosophila. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2013; 1829:1218-24. [PMID: 23891849 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2013.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2013] [Revised: 07/15/2013] [Accepted: 07/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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C-Jun is a major transcription factor belonging to the activating protein 1 (AP-1) family. Phosphorylation has been shown to be critical for c-Jun activation and stability. Here, we report that Jra, the Drosophila Jun protein, is acetylated in vivo. We demonstrate that the acetylation of Jra leads to its rapid degradation in response to osmotic stress. Intriguingly, we also found that Jra phosphorylation antagonized its acetylation, indicating the opposite roles of acetylation and phosphorylation in Jra degradation process under osmotic stress. Our results provide new insights into how c-Jun proteins are precisely regulated by the interplay of different posttranslational modifications.
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Ma Y, Chen Z, Jin Y, Liu W. Identification of a histone acetyltransferase as a novel regulator of Drosophila
intestinal stem cells. FEBS Lett 2013; 587:1489-95. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2013.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2012] [Revised: 03/11/2013] [Accepted: 03/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Klein AM, Zaganjor E, Cobb MH. Chromatin-tethered MAPKs. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2013; 25:272-7. [PMID: 23434067 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2013.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2012] [Revised: 12/27/2012] [Accepted: 01/02/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are a family of protein kinases that are essential nodes in many cellular regulatory circuits including those that take place on DNA. Most members of the four MAPK subgroups that exist in canonical three kinase cascades-extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2), ERK5, c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNK1-3), and p38 (α, β, γ, and δ) families-have been shown to perform regulatory functions on chromatin. This review offers a brief update on the variety of processes that involve MAPKs and available mechanisms garnered in the last two years.
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- Aileen M Klein
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 6001 Forest Park Road, Dallas, TX 75390-9041, United States
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Yang SH, Sharrocks AD, Whitmarsh AJ. MAP kinase signalling cascades and transcriptional regulation. Gene 2012; 513:1-13. [PMID: 23123731 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.10.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 313] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2012] [Revised: 10/08/2012] [Accepted: 10/18/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The MAP kinase (MAPK) signalling pathways play fundamental roles in a wide range of cellular processes and are often deregulated in disease states. One major mode of action for these pathways is in controlling gene expression, in particular through regulating transcription. In this review, we discuss recent significant advances in this area. In particular we focus on the mechanisms by which MAPKs are targeted to the nucleus and chromatin, and once there, how they impact on chromatin structure and subsequent gene regulation. We also discuss how systems biology approaches have contributed to our understanding of MAPK signaling networks, and also how the MAPK pathways intersect with other regulatory pathways in the nucleus. Finally, we summarise progress in studying the physiological functions of key MAPK transcriptional targets.
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- Shen-Hsi Yang
- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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Lam KC, Mühlpfordt F, Vaquerizas JM, Raja SJ, Holz H, Luscombe NM, Manke T, Akhtar A. The NSL complex regulates housekeeping genes in Drosophila. PLoS Genet 2012; 8:e1002736. [PMID: 22723752 PMCID: PMC3375229 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2011] [Accepted: 04/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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MOF is the major histone H4 lysine 16-specific (H4K16) acetyltransferase in mammals and Drosophila. In flies, it is involved in the regulation of X-chromosomal and autosomal genes as part of the MSL and the NSL complexes, respectively. While the function of the MSL complex as a dosage compensation regulator is fairly well understood, the role of the NSL complex in gene regulation is still poorly characterized. Here we report a comprehensive ChIP-seq analysis of four NSL complex members (NSL1, NSL3, MBD-R2, and MCRS2) throughout the Drosophila melanogaster genome. Strikingly, the majority (85.5%) of NSL-bound genes are constitutively expressed across different cell types. We find that an increased abundance of the histone modifications H4K16ac, H3K4me2, H3K4me3, and H3K9ac in gene promoter regions is characteristic of NSL-targeted genes. Furthermore, we show that these genes have a well-defined nucleosome free region and broad transcription initiation patterns. Finally, by performing ChIP-seq analyses of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) in NSL1- and NSL3-depleted cells, we demonstrate that both NSL proteins are required for efficient recruitment of Pol II to NSL target gene promoters. The observed Pol II reduction coincides with compromised binding of TBP and TFIIB to target promoters, indicating that the NSL complex is required for optimal recruitment of the pre-initiation complex on target genes. Moreover, genes that undergo the most dramatic loss of Pol II upon NSL knockdowns tend to be enriched in DNA Replication-related Element (DRE). Taken together, our findings show that the MOF-containing NSL complex acts as a major regulator of housekeeping genes in flies by modulating initiation of Pol II transcription.
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- Kin Chung Lam
- Max-Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- EMBL European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Max-Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- EMBL European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa, Japan
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- Max-Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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Lim YM, Hayashi S, Tsuda L. Ebi/AP-1 suppresses pro-apoptotic genes expression and permits long-term survival of Drosophila sensory neurons. PLoS One 2012; 7:e37028. [PMID: 22666340 PMCID: PMC3364243 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2012] [Accepted: 04/11/2012] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Sensory organs are constantly exposed to physical and chemical stresses that collectively threaten the survival of sensory neurons. Failure to protect stressed neurons leads to age-related loss of neurons and sensory dysfunction in organs in which the supply of new sensory neurons is limited, such as the human auditory system. Transducin β-like protein 1 (TBL1) is a candidate gene for ocular albinism with late-onset sensorineural deafness, a form of X-linked age-related hearing loss. TBL1 encodes an evolutionarily conserved F-box–like and WD40 repeats–containing subunit of the nuclear receptor co-repressor/silencing mediator for retinoid and thyroid hormone receptor and other transcriptional co-repressor complexes. Here we report that a Drosophila homologue of TBL1, Ebi, is required for maintenance of photoreceptor neurons. Loss of ebi function caused late-onset neuronal apoptosis in the retina and increased sensitivity to oxidative stress. Ebi formed a complex with activator protein 1 (AP-1) and was required for repression of Drosophila pro-apoptotic and anti-apoptotic genes expression. These results suggest that Ebi/AP-1 suppresses basal transcription levels of apoptotic genes and thereby protects sensory neurons from degeneration.
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- Young-Mi Lim
- Animal Models of Aging, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Gengo, Obu, Aichi, Japan
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- Laboratory for Morphogenetic Signaling, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
- Department of Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Science, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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- Animal Models of Aging, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Gengo, Obu, Aichi, Japan
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Spedale G, Timmers HTM, Pijnappel WWMP. ATAC-king the complexity of SAGA during evolution. Genes Dev 2012; 26:527-41. [PMID: 22426530 DOI: 10.1101/gad.184705.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The yeast SAGA (Spt-Ada-Gcn5-acetyltransferase) coactivator complex exerts functions in gene expression, including activator interaction, histone acetylation, histone deubiquitination, mRNA export, chromatin recognition, and regulation of the basal transcription machinery. These diverse functions involve distinct modules within this multiprotein complex. It has now become clear that yeast SAGA has diverged during metazoan evolution into two related complexes, SAGA and ATAC, which exist in two flavors in vertebrates. The compositions of metazoan ATAC and SAGA complexes have been characterized, and functional analyses indicate that these complexes have important but distinct roles in transcription, histone modification, signaling pathways, and cell cycle regulation.
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- Gianpiero Spedale
- Molecular Cancer Research, Netherlands Proteomics Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Sun M, Isaacs GD, Hah N, Heldring N, Fogarty EA, Kraus WL. Estrogen regulates JNK1 genomic localization to control gene expression and cell growth in breast cancer cells. Mol Endocrinol 2012; 26:736-47. [PMID: 22446103 DOI: 10.1210/me.2011-1158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Steroid hormone and MAPK signaling pathways functionally intersect, but the molecular mechanisms of this cross talk are unclear. Here, we demonstrate a functional convergence of the estrogen and c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1 (JNK1) signaling pathways at the genomic level in breast cancer cells. We find that JNK1 binds to many promoters across the genome. Although most of the JNK1-binding sites are constitutive, a subset is estrogen regulated (either induced on inhibited). At the estrogen-induced sites, estrogen receptor (ER)α is required for the binding of JNK1 by promoting its recruitment to estrogen response elements or other classes of DNA elements through a tethering mechanism, which in some cases involves activating protein-1. At estrogen-regulated promoters, JNK1 functions as a transcriptional coregulator of ERα in a manner that is dependent on its kinase activity. The convergence of ERα and JNK1 at target gene promoters regulates estrogen-dependent gene expression outcomes, as well as downstream estrogen-dependent cell growth responses. Analysis of existing gene expression profiles from breast cancer biopsies suggests a role for functional interplay between ERα and JNK1 in the progression and clinical outcome of breast cancers.
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- Miao Sun
- Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-8511, USA
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Suganuma T, Mushegian A, Swanson SK, Florens L, Washburn MP, Workman JL. A metazoan ATAC acetyltransferase subunit that regulates mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling is related to an ancient molybdopterin synthase component. Mol Cell Proteomics 2012; 11:90-9. [PMID: 22345504 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m111.015818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Molybdopterin (MPT) synthase is an essential enzyme involved in the synthesis of the molybdenum cofactor precursor molybdopterin. The molybdenum cofactor biosynthetic pathway is conserved from prokaryotes to Metazoa. CG10238 is the Drosophila homolog of the MoaE protein, a subunit of MPT synthase, and is found in a fusion with the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)-upstream protein kinase-binding inhibitory protein (MBIP). This fused protein inhibits the activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). dMoaE (CG10238) carries out this function as a subunit of the ATAC histone acetyltransferase complex. In this study, we demonstrate that Drosophila MoaE (CG10238) also interacts with Drosophila MoaD and with itself to form a complex with stoichiometry identical to the MPT synthase holoenzyme in addition to its function in ATAC. We also show that sequence determinants that regulate MAPK signaling are located within the MoaE region of dMoaE (CG10238). Analysis of other metazoan MBIPs reveals that MBIP protein sequences have an N-terminal region that appears to have been derived from the MoaE protein, although it has lost residues responsible for catalytic activity. Thus, intact and modified copies of the MoaE protein may have been conscripted to play a new, noncatalytic role in MAPK signaling in Metazoa as part of the ATAC complex.
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- Tamaki Suganuma
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA.
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Steinberg XP, Hepp MI, Fernández García Y, Suganuma T, Swanson SK, Washburn M, Workman JL, Gutiérrez JL. Human CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein β interacts with chromatin remodeling complexes of the imitation switch subfamily. Biochemistry 2012; 51:952-62. [PMID: 22242598 DOI: 10.1021/bi201593q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Transcription factor C/EBPβ is involved in several cellular processes, such as proliferation, differentiation, and energy metabolism. This factor exerts its activity through recruitment of different proteins or protein complexes, including the ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complex SWI/SNF. The C/EBPβ protein is found as three major isoforms, C/EBPβ1, -2, and -3. They are generated by translation at alternative AUG initiation codons of a unique mRNA, C/EBPβ1 being the full-length isoform. It has been found that C/EBPβ1 participates in terminal differentiation processes. Conversely, C/EBPβ2 and -3 promote cell proliferation and are involved in malignant progression in a number of tissues. The mechanisms by which C/EBPβ2 and -3 promote cell proliferation and tumor progression are not fully understood. In this work, we sought to identify proteins interacting with hC/EBPβ using a proteomics approach. We found that all three isoforms interact with hSNF2H and hACF, components of ACF and CHRAC chromatin remodeling complexes, which belong to the imitation switch subfamily. Additional protein-protein interaction studies confirmed this finding and also showed that hC/EBPβ directly interacts with hACF1. By overexpressing hC/EBPβ, hSNF2H, and hACF1 in HepG2 cells and analyzing variations in expression of cyclin D1 and other C/EBPβ target genes, we observed a functional interaction between C/EBPβ and SNF2H/ACF1, characterized mainly by suppression of C/EBPβ transactivation activity in the presence of SNF2H and ACF1. Consistent with these findings, induction of differentiation of HepG2 cells by 1% DMSO was accompanied by a reduction in the level of cyclin D1 expression and the appearance of hC/EBPβ, hSNF2H, and hACF1 on the promoter region of this gene.
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- Ximena P Steinberg
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad de Concepción, Barrio Universitario s/n, Concepción, Chile 4070043
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Fogarty EA, Matulis CK, Kraus WL. Activation of estrogen receptor α by raloxifene through an activating protein-1-dependent tethering mechanism in human cervical epithelial cancer cells: a role for c-Jun N-terminal kinase. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2012; 348:331-8. [PMID: 21964465 PMCID: PMC3217792 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.09.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2011] [Revised: 09/14/2011] [Accepted: 09/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Nuclear estrogen receptor α (ERα) regulates target gene expression in response to ligands through two distinct mechanisms: direct binding to DNA and indirect tethering through other DNA-bound transcription factors, such as AP-1. In the studies described herein, we examined the molecular mechanisms underlying the activation of ERα in the AP-1 tethering pathway by the selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) raloxifene (Ral). Our results with the MMP1 and PRUNE genes indicate that the c-Fos component of the AP-1 tethering factor and the c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1 (JNK1) are constitutively bound at the promoter regions prior to Ral exposure. Ral then promotes the binding of ERα at the promoter in a c-Fos-dependent manner. Interestingly, we found that JNK1 enzymatic activity is required for Ral-dependent gene activation through ERα. Our results suggest that one role for Ral-dependent recruitment of ERα to the AP-1 binding site is to stimulate JNK1 enzymatic activity. Alternatively, Ral-occupied ERα might recruit protein substrates to promoter-bound JNK1 without any change in JNK1 activity. Collectively, our studies have revealed a new role for JNK1 in determining gene regulatory outcomes by ERα.
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- Elizabeth A. Fogarty
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390-8511
- Division of Basic Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390-8511
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
- Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390-8511
- Division of Basic Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390-8511
- Address correspondence to: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D., Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390-8511, Phone: 214-648-2388, Fax: 214-648-0383,
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Krebs AR, Karmodiya K, Lindahl-Allen M, Struhl K, Tora L. SAGA and ATAC histone acetyl transferase complexes regulate distinct sets of genes and ATAC defines a class of p300-independent enhancers. Mol Cell 2011; 44:410-423. [PMID: 22055187 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2011.08.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2011] [Revised: 05/30/2011] [Accepted: 08/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Histone acetyltransferase (HAT) complexes are coactivators that are important for transcriptional activation by modifying chromatin. Metazoan SAGA and ATAC are distinct multisubunits complexes that share the same catalytic HAT subunit (GCN5 or PCAF). Here, we show that these human HAT complexes are targeted to different genomic loci representing functionally distinct regulatory elements both at broadly expressed and tissue-specific genes. While SAGA can principally be found at promoters, ATAC is recruited to promoters and enhancers, yet only its enhancer binding is cell-type specific. Furthermore, we show that ATAC functions at a set of enhancers that are not bound by p300, revealing a class of enhancers not yet identified. These findings demonstrate important functional differences between SAGA and ATAC coactivator complexes at the level of the genome and define a role for the ATAC complex in the regulation of a set of enhancers.
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- Arnaud R Krebs
- Program of Functional Genomics and Cancer, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 7104, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U964, Université de Strasbourg, BP 10142, 67404 Illkirch Cedex, CU de Strasbourg, France
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- Program of Functional Genomics and Cancer, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 7104, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U964, Université de Strasbourg, BP 10142, 67404 Illkirch Cedex, CU de Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, C-315240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, C-315240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Program of Functional Genomics and Cancer, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 7104, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U964, Université de Strasbourg, BP 10142, 67404 Illkirch Cedex, CU de Strasbourg, France
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Alkhatib SG, Landry JW. The nucleosome remodeling factor. FEBS Lett 2011; 585:3197-207. [PMID: 21920360 PMCID: PMC4839296 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2011] [Revised: 09/02/2011] [Accepted: 09/02/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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An essential component of the chromatin remodeling machinery is NURF (Nucleosome Remodeling Factor), the founding member of the ISWI family of chromatin remodeling complexes. In vertebrates and invertebrates alike, NURF has many important functions in chromatin biology including regulating transcription, establishing boundary elements, and promoting higher order chromatin structure. Since NURF is essential to many aspects of chromatin biology, knowledge of its function is required to fully understand how the genome is regulated. This review will summarize what is currently known of its biological functions, conservation in the most prominent model organisms, biochemical functions as a nucleosome remodeling enzyme, and its possible relevance to human cancer.
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- Suehyb G. Alkhatib
- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 23298, United States
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- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 23298, United States
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Alterations of chromatin structure have been shown to be crucial for response to cell signaling and for programmed gene expression in development. Posttranslational histone modifications influence changes in chromatin structure both directly and by targeting or activating chromatin-remodeling complexes. Histone modifications intersect with cell signaling pathways to control gene expression and can act combinatorially to enforce or reverse epigenetic marks in chromatin. Through their recognition by protein complexes with enzymatic activities cross talk is established between different modifications and with other epigenetic pathways, including noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) and DNA methylation. Here, we review the functions of histone modifications and their exploitation in the programming of gene expression during several events in development.
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- Tamaki Suganuma
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA.
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Zhang Z, Song L, Maurer K, Bagashev A, Sullivan KE. Monocyte polarization: the relationship of genome-wide changes in H4 acetylation with polarization. Genes Immun 2011; 12:445-56. [PMID: 21451557 PMCID: PMC3757344 DOI: 10.1038/gene.2011.17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2010] [Revised: 12/17/2010] [Accepted: 01/17/2011] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The character of monocytes is both molded by and contributes to ongoing immune responses. We hypothesized that monocyte polarization could have durable qualities and these would be mediated partly by changes in the chromatin. We defined genome-wide expression and histone H4 acetylation (H4ac) changes after γ-interferon (IFN), α-IFN and interleukin-4 treatment. To identify genes with altered potential for expression, we stimulated polarized monocytes and identified genes up- or downregulated after polarization and stimulation but not either treatment alone. We also defined durability after an 18-h or 3-day washout. Genes uniquely regulated after the combination of polarization and stimulus were durably altered, with 51% of the effects being durable. This gene set was highly enriched for cytokine-induced alterations in H4ac, with P-values ranging from 10(-24) to 10(-37). Certain regulons defined by patterns of expression were also associated with altered H4ac, with P-values ranging from 10(-4) to 10(-29). Networking software revealed a high density of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase nodes in these clusters. Therefore, some changes in monocyte gene expression were sustained over a 3-day period. These durably altered gene sets were enriched for changes in H4ac and were associated with potential MAP kinase effects.
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- Z Zhang
- Center for Bioinformatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Allergy Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Allergy Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Allergy Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Allergy Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Lysine (K) acetylation refers to transfer of the acetyl moiety from acetyl-CoA to the ε-amino group of a lysine residue. This is posttranslational and reversible, with its level dynamically maintained by lysine acetyltransferases (KATs) and deacetylases (KDACs). Traditionally, eukaryotic KDACs have been referred to as HDACs (histone deacetylases). Recent proteomic studies have revealed that hundreds of bacterial proteins and thousands of eukaryotic proteins contain acetyl-lysine (AcK) residues, indicating that K-acetylomes are comparable to phosphoproteomes. The current challenges are to assign enzymes that execute specific acetylation events, to determine the impact of these events, and to relate this modification to other posttranslational modifications, cell signaling networks, and pathophysiology under different cellular and developmental contexts. In this chapter, we provide a brief overview about the acetylomes, KATs, HDACs, AcK-recognizing protein domains, and acetylation-modulating therapeutics, and emphasize the latest developments in related areas. The remaining chapters of the book focus on and cover various aspects of HDACs (both the Rpd3/Hda1 and sirtuin families), which shall provide novel insights into how to utilize these enzymes for developing a new generation of HDAC-related therapeutics.
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Wang J, Tang R, Lv M, Wang Q, Zhang X, Guo Y, Chang H, Qiao C, Xiao H, Li X, Li Y, Shen B, Zhang J. Defective anchoring of JNK1 in the cytoplasm by MKK7 in Jurkat cells is associated with resistance to Fas-mediated apoptosis. Mol Biol Cell 2010; 22:117-27. [PMID: 21148294 PMCID: PMC3016969 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e10-06-0492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The c-Jun N-terminal protein kinase (JNK) plays a context-dependent role in tumorigenesis. Stress-induced redistribution of JNK from the cytoplasm to the nucleus has been demonstrated as essential for stress-induced cell death. However, accumulation of basal JNK activity in the nucleus has frequently been seen in tumor cells. Our previous report revealed aberrant nuclear entry of JNK protein in Jurkat human leukemic T-cells even without JNK hyperactivation. Because inhibition of JNK activity, especially JNK1 activity, in Jurkat cells results in augmented Fas-mediated apoptosis, it is possible that aberrant subcellular localization of JNK, especially the JNK1 isoform, contributes to the resistance to Fas-mediated apoptosis. Here we report that MKK7 works as a cytoplasmic anchoring protein for JNK1 in various types of cells, including human peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) T-cells, but exhibits aberrant nuclear entry in Jurkat cells. Ectopic expression of a JNK1 mutant defective of nuclear entry or a nuclear JNK inhibitor leads to impaired UV-induced apoptosis in both PBMC T- and Jurkat cells. The same treatment shows no effect on Fas-mediated apoptosis of PBMC T-cells but sensitizes Jurkat cells to Fas-mediated apoptosis. Taken together, our work suggests that aberrant subcellular organization of the JNK pathway might render certain tumor cells resistant to Fas-mediated apoptosis.
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- Jing Wang
- Department of Molecular Immunology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
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