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Yu X, Tao J, Wu Y, Chen Y, Li P, Yang F, Tang M, Sammad A, Tao Y, Xu Y, Li YX. Deficiency of ASGR1 Alleviates Diet-Induced Systemic Insulin Resistance via Improved Hepatic Insulin Sensitivity. Diabetes Metab J 2024; 48:802-815. [PMID: 38310881 DOI: 10.4093/dmj.2023.0124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/06/2024] Open
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BACKGRUOUND Insulin resistance (IR) is the key pathological basis of many metabolic disorders. Lack of asialoglycoprotein receptor 1 (ASGR1) decreased the serum lipid levels and reduced the risk of coronary artery disease. However, whether ASGR1 also participates in the regulatory network of insulin sensitivity and glucose metabolism remains unknown. METHODS The constructed ASGR1 knockout mice and ASGR1-/- HepG2 cell lines were used to establish the animal model of metabolic syndrome and the IR cell model by high-fat diet (HFD) or drug induction, respectively. Then we evaluated the glucose metabolism and insulin signaling in vivo and in vitro. RESULTS ASGR1 deficiency ameliorated systemic IR in mice fed with HFD, evidenced by improved insulin intolerance, serum insulin, and homeostasis model assessment of IR index, mainly contributed from increased insulin signaling in the liver, but not in muscle or adipose tissues. Meanwhile, the insulin signal transduction was significantly enhanced in ASGR1-/- HepG2 cells. By transcriptome analyses and comparison, those differentially expressed genes between ASGR1 null and wild type were enriched in the insulin signal pathway, particularly in phosphoinositide 3-kinase-AKT signaling. Notably, ASGR1 deficiency significantly reduced hepatic gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis. CONCLUSION The ASGR1 deficiency was consequentially linked with improved hepatic insulin sensitivity under metabolic stress, hepatic IR was the core factor of systemic IR, and overcoming hepatic IR significantly relieved the systemic IR. It suggests that ASGR1 is a potential intervention target for improving systemic IR in metabolic disorders.
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- Xiaorui Yu
- Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- Center for Health Research, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Health Research, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Health Research, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Health Research, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Health Research, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Ministry of Education CNS Regeneration Collaborative Joint Laboratory, Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Health Research, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Health Research, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Laboratory of Biomaterials and Translational Medicine Center for Nanomedicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Health Research, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Center for Health Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biocomputing, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou, China
- China-New Zealand Joint Laboratory on Biomedicine and Health, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Health Research, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Center for Health Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biocomputing, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou, China
- China-New Zealand Joint Laboratory on Biomedicine and Health, Guangzhou, China
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Itkonen A, Hakkola J, Rysä J. Adverse outcome pathway for pregnane X receptor-induced hypercholesterolemia. Arch Toxicol 2023; 97:2861-2877. [PMID: 37642746 PMCID: PMC10504106 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-023-03575-4] [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: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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Pharmaceuticals and environmental contaminants contribute to hypercholesterolemia. Several chemicals known to cause hypercholesterolemia, activate pregnane X receptor (PXR). PXR is a nuclear receptor, classically identified as a sensor of chemical environment and regulator of detoxification processes. Later, PXR activation has been shown to disrupt metabolic functions such as lipid metabolism and recent findings have shown PXR activation to promote hypercholesterolemia through multiple mechanisms. Hypercholesterolemia is a major causative risk factor for atherosclerosis and greatly promotes global health burden. Metabolic disruption by PXR activating chemicals leading to hypercholesterolemia represents a novel toxicity pathway of concern and requires further attention. Therefore, we constructed an adverse outcome pathway (AOP) by collecting the available knowledge considering the molecular mechanisms for PXR-mediated hypercholesterolemia. AOPs are tools of modern toxicology for systematizing mechanistic knowledge to assist health risk assessment of chemicals. AOPs are formalized and structured linear concepts describing a link between molecular initiating event (MIE) and adverse outcome (AO). MIE and AO are connected via key events (KE) through key event relationships (KER). We present a plausible route of how PXR activation (MIE) leads to hypercholesterolemia (AO) through direct regulation of cholesterol synthesis and via activation of sterol regulatory element binding protein 2-pathway.
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- Anna Itkonen
- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland
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- Research Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, Biocenter Oulu, Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland.
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Wang YD, Wu LL, Mai YN, Wang K, Tang Y, Wang QY, Li JY, Jiang LY, Liao ZZ, Hu C, Wang YY, Liu JJ, Liu JH, Xiao XH. miR-32-5p induces hepatic steatosis and hyperlipidemia by triggering de novo lipogenesis. Metabolism 2023:155660. [PMID: 37451670 DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2023.155660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES MicroRNA-dependent regulation of hepatic lipid metabolism has been recognized recently as a key pathological mechanism contributing to the development of NAFLD. However, whether miR-32-5p (miR-32) plays a role in lipid metabolism or contributes to NAFLD remains unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS A marked increase in miR-32 expression was observed in liver samples from patients and mice with NAFLD, as well as in palmitate-induced hepatocytes. Hepatocyte-specific miR-32 knockout (miR-32-HKO) dramatically ameliorated hepatic steatosis and metabolic disorders in high-fat diet-fed mice. Conversely, hepatic miR-32 overexpression markedly exacerbated the progression of these abnormalities. Further, combinational analysis of transcriptomics and lipidomics suggested that miR-32 was a key trigger for de novo lipogenesis in the liver. Mechanistically, RNA sequencing, luciferase assay and adenovirus-mediated downstream gene rescue assay demonstrated that miR-32 directly bound to INSIG1 and subsequently activated sterol regulatory element binding protein-mediated lipogenic gene programs, thereby promoting hepatic lipid accumulation and metabolic disorders. Notably, pharmacological administration of miR-32 antagonist significantly inhibited PA-induced triglyceride deposition in hepatocytes and markedly mitigated hepatic steatosis and metabolic abnormalities in obesity-associated NAFLD mice. CONCLUSION miR-32 is an important checkpoint for lipogenesis in the liver, and targeting miR-32 could be a promising therapeutic approach for NAFLD treatment.
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- Ya-Di Wang
- The First Affiliated Hospital, Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, China.
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, China.
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Xiong L, Pei J, Bao P, Wang X, Guo S, Cao M, Kang Y, Yan P, Guo X. The Effect of the Feeding System on Fat Deposition in Yak Subcutaneous Fat. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24087381. [PMID: 37108542 PMCID: PMC10138426 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24087381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Fat deposition is very important to the growth and reproduction of yaks. In this study, the effect of the feeding system on fat deposition in yaks was explored by transcriptomics and lipidomics. The thickness of the subcutaneous fat in yaks under stall (SF) and graze feeding (GF) was evaluated. The transcriptomes and lipidomes of the subcutaneous fat in yaks under different feeding systems were detected by RNA-sequencing (RNA-Seq) and non-targeted lipidomics based on ultrahigh-phase liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS), respectively. The differences in lipid metabolism were explored, and the function of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) was evaluated by gene ontology (GO) and Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genome (KEGG) analysis. Compared with GF yaks, SF yaks possessed stronger fat deposition capacity. The abundance of 12 triglycerides (TGs), 3 phosphatidylethanolamines (PEs), 3 diglycerides (DGs), 2 sphingomyelins (SMs) and 1 phosphatidylcholine (PC) in the subcutaneous fat of SF and GF yaks was significantly different. Under the mediation of the cGMP-PKG signaling pathway, the blood volume of SF and GF yaks may be different, which resulted in the different concentrations of precursors for fat deposition, including non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA), glucose (GLU), TG and cholesterol (CH). The metabolism of C16:0, C16:1, C17:0, C18:0, C18:1, C18:2 and C18:3 in yak subcutaneous fat was mainly realized under the regulation of the INSIG1, ACACA, FASN, ELOVL6 and SCD genes, and TG synthesis was regulated by the AGPAT2 and DGAT2 genes. This study will provide a theoretical basis for yak genetic breeding and healthy feeding.
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- Lin Xiong
- Animal Science Department, Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730050, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding on Tibetan Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Lanzhou 730050, China
- Key Laboratory for Yak Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction Engineering of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730050, China
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- Animal Science Department, Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730050, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding on Tibetan Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Lanzhou 730050, China
- Key Laboratory for Yak Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction Engineering of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730050, China
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- Animal Science Department, Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730050, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding on Tibetan Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Lanzhou 730050, China
- Key Laboratory for Yak Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction Engineering of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730050, China
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- Animal Science Department, Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730050, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding on Tibetan Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Lanzhou 730050, China
- Key Laboratory for Yak Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction Engineering of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730050, China
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- Animal Science Department, Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730050, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding on Tibetan Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Lanzhou 730050, China
- Key Laboratory for Yak Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction Engineering of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730050, China
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- Animal Science Department, Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730050, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding on Tibetan Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Lanzhou 730050, China
- Key Laboratory for Yak Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction Engineering of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730050, China
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- Animal Science Department, Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730050, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding on Tibetan Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Lanzhou 730050, China
- Key Laboratory for Yak Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction Engineering of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730050, China
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- Animal Science Department, Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730050, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding on Tibetan Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Lanzhou 730050, China
- Key Laboratory for Yak Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction Engineering of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730050, China
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- Animal Science Department, Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730050, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding on Tibetan Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Lanzhou 730050, China
- Key Laboratory for Yak Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction Engineering of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730050, China
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Che Y, Bai M, Lu K, Fu L. Splicing factor SRSF3 promotes the progression of cervical cancer through regulating DDX5. Mol Carcinog 2023; 62:210-223. [PMID: 36282044 DOI: 10.1002/mc.23477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2022] [Revised: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Aberrant alternative splicing (AS) profoundly affects tumorigenesis and cancer progression. Serine/arginine-rich splicing factor 3 (SRSF3) regulates the AS of precursor mRNAs and acts as a proto-oncogene in many tumors, but its function and potential mechanisms in cervical cancer remain unclear. Here, we found that SRSF3 was highly expressed in cervical cancer tissues and that SRSF3 expression was correlated with prognosis after analyses of the The Cancer Genome Atlas and GEO databases. Furthermore, knockdown of SRSF3 reduced the proliferation, migration, and invasion abilities of HeLa cells, while overexpression of SRSF3 promoted proliferation, migration, and invasion of CaSki cells. Further studies showed that SRSF3 mediated the variable splicing of exon 12 of the transcriptional cofactor DEAD-box helicase 5 (DDX5). Specifically, overexpression of SRSF3 promoted the production of the pro-oncogenic spliceosome DDX5-L and repressed the production of the repressive spliceosome DDX5-S. Ultimately, both SRSF3 and DDX5-L were able to upregulate oncogenic AKT expression, while DDX5-S downregulated AKT expression. In conclusion, we found that SRSF3 increased the production of DDX5-L and decreased the production of DDX5-S by regulating the variable splicing of DDX5. This, in turn promoted the proliferation, migration, and invasion of cervical cancer by upregulating the expression level of AKT. These results reveal the oncogenic role of SRSF3 in cervical cancer and emphasize the importance of the SRSF3-DDX5-AKT axis in tumorigenesis. SRSF3 and DDX5 are new potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets for cervical cancer.
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- Yingying Che
- School of Basic Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.,Weihai Ocean Vocational College, Weihai, China
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- School of Basic Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- School of Basic Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- School of Basic Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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Association of the Transmembrane Serine Protease-2 (TMPRSS2) Polymorphisms with COVID-19. Viruses 2022; 14:v14091976. [PMID: 36146782 PMCID: PMC9505830 DOI: 10.3390/v14091976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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SARS-CoV-2 uses the ACE2 receptor and the cellular protease TMPRSS2 for entry into target cells. The present study aimed to establish if the TMPRSS2 polymorphisms are associated with COVID-19 disease. The study included 609 patients with COVID-19 confirmed by RT-PCR test and 291 individuals negative for the SARS-CoV-2 infection confirmed by RT-PCR test and without antibodies anti-SARS-CoV-2. Four TMPRSS2 polymorphisms (rs12329760, rs2298659, rs456298, and rs462574) were determined using the 5′exonuclease TaqMan assays. Under different inheritance models, the rs2298659 (pcodominant2 = 0.018, precessive = 0.006, padditive = 0.019), rs456298 (pcodominant1 = 0.014, pcodominant2 = 0.004; pdominant = 0.009, precessive = 0.004, padditive = 0.0009), and rs462574 (pcodominant1 = 0.017, pcodominant2 = 0.004, pdominant = 0.041, precessive = 0.002, padditive = 0.003) polymorphisms were associated with high risk of developing COVID-19. Two risks (ATGC and GAAC) and two protectives (GAGC and GAGT) haplotypes were detected. High levels of lactic acid dehydrogenase (LDH) were observed in patients with the rs462574AA and rs456298TT genotypes (p = 0.005 and p = 0.020, respectively), whereas, high heart rate was present in patients with the rs462574AA genotype (p = 0.028). Our data suggest that the rs2298659, rs456298, and rs462574 polymorphisms independently and as haplotypes are associated with the risk of COVID-19. The rs456298 and rs462574 genotypes are related to high levels of LDH and heart rate.
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A Novel WT1 Mutation Identified in a 46,XX Testicular/Ovotesticular DSD Patient Results in the Retention of Intron 9. BIOLOGY 2021; 10:biology10121248. [PMID: 34943163 PMCID: PMC8698877 DOI: 10.3390/biology10121248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Revised: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Simple Summary Disorders/differences of sexual development are very diverse. Among them is a condition characterized by the presence of testicular tissue in people with female chromosomes, which is typically manifested by male or ambiguous genitalia. While genetic counseling is beneficial for these people and their families, the genetic causes of these cases are only partially understood. We describe a new mutation in the WT1 gene that results in the presence of testicular tissue in a child with a female karyotype. We propose molecular mechanisms disrupted by this mutation. This finding widened our understanding of processes that govern sexual development and can be used to develop diagnostic tests for disorders/differences of sexual development. Abstract The 46,XX testicular DSD (disorder/difference of sexual development) and 46,XX ovotesticular DSD (46,XX TDSD and 46,XX OTDSD) phenotypes are caused by genetic rearrangements or point mutations resulting in imbalance between components of the two antagonistic, pro-testicular and pro-ovarian pathways; however, the genetic causes of 46,XX TDSD/OTDSD are not fully understood, and molecular diagnosis for many patients with the conditions is unavailable. Only recently few mutations in the WT1 (WT1 transcription factor; 11p13) gene were described in a group of 46,XX TDSD and 46,XX OTDSD individuals. The WT1 protein contains a DNA/RNA binding domain consisting of four zinc fingers (ZnF) and a three-amino acid (KTS) motif that is present or absent, as a result of alternative splicing, between ZnF3 and ZnF4 (±KTS isoforms). Here, we present a patient with 46,XX TDSD/OTDSD in whom whole exome sequencing revealed a heterozygous de novo WT1 c.1437A>G mutation within an alternative donor splice site which is used for −KTS WT1 isoform formation. So far, no mutation in this splice site has been identified in any patient group. We demonstrated that the mutation results in the retention of intron 9 in the mature mRNA of the 46,XX TDSD/OTDSD patient. In cases when the erroneous mRNA is translated, exclusively the expression of a truncated WT1 +KTS protein lacking ZnF4 and no −KTS protein occurs from the mutated allele of the patient. We discuss potential mechanisms and pathways which can be disturbed upon two conditions: Absence of Zn4F and altered +KTS/−KTS ratio.
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Zandhuis ND, Nicolet BP, Wolkers MC. RNA-Binding Protein Expression Alters Upon Differentiation of Human B Cells and T Cells. Front Immunol 2021; 12:717324. [PMID: 34867946 PMCID: PMC8635512 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.717324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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B cells and T cells are key players in the defence against infections and malignancies. To exert their function, B cells and T cells differentiate into effector and memory cells. Tight regulation of these differentiation processes is key to prevent their malfunction, which can result in life-threatening disease. Lymphocyte differentiation relies on the appropriate timing and dosage of regulatory molecules, and post-transcriptional gene regulation (PTR) is a key player herein. PTR includes the regulation through RNA-binding proteins (RBPs), which control the fate of RNA and its translation into proteins. To date, a comprehensive overview of the RBP expression throughout lymphocyte differentiation is lacking. Using transcriptome and proteome analyses, we here catalogued the RBP expression for human B cells and T cells. We observed that even though the overall RBP expression is conserved, the relative RBP expression is distinct between B cells and T cells. Differentiation into effector and memory cells alters the RBP expression, resulting into preferential expression of different classes of RBPs. For instance, whereas naive T cells express high levels of translation-regulating RBPs, effector T cells preferentially express RBPs that modulate mRNA stability. Lastly, we found that cytotoxic CD8+ and CD4+ T cells express a common RBP repertoire. Combined, our study reveals a cell type-specific and differentiation-dependent RBP expression landscape in human lymphocytes, which will help unravel the role of RBPs in lymphocyte function.
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- Nordin D. Zandhuis
- Department of Hematopoiesis, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam University Medical Center (UMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Hematopoiesis, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam University Medical Center (UMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Hematopoiesis, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam University Medical Center (UMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Zhang X, Wang Z, Xu Q, Chen Y, Liu W, Zhong T, Li H, Quan C, Zhang L, Cui CP. Splicing factor Srsf5 deletion disrupts alternative splicing and causes noncompaction of ventricular myocardium. iScience 2021; 24:103097. [PMID: 34622152 PMCID: PMC8482499 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Revised: 07/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The serine/arginine-rich (SR) family of splicing factors plays important roles in mRNA splicing activation, repression, export, stabilization, and translation. SR-splicing factor 5 (SRSF5) is a glucose-inducible protein that promotes tumor cell growth. However, the functional role of SRSF5 in tissue development and disease remains unknown. Here, Srsf5 knockout (Srsf5−/−) mice were generated using CRISPR-Cas9. Mutant mice were perinatally lethal and exhibited cardiac dysfunction with noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium. The left ventricular internal diameter and volume were increased in Srsf5−/− mice during systole. Null mice had abnormal electrocardiogram patterns, indicative of a light atrioventricular block. Mechanistically, Srsf5 promoted the alternative splicing of Myom1 (myomesin-1), a protein that crosslinks myosin filaments to the sarcomeric M-line. The switch between embryonic and adult isoforms of Myom1 could not be completed in Srsf5-deficient heart. These findings indicate that Srsf5-regulated alternative splicing plays a critical role during heart development. Systemic loss of Srsf5 causes perinatal lethality in mice Srsf5 deficiency leads to cardiac dysfunction Alternative splicing of Myom1 in the heart around birth is regulated by Srsf5
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- Xiaoli Zhang
- The Key Laboratory of Pathobiology, Ministry of Education, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, 126 Xinmin Avenue, Changchun, Jilin 130021, China.,State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, 27 Taiping Road, Beijing 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, 27 Taiping Road, Beijing 100850, China
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- Core Facilities Centre, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, 27 Taiping Road, Beijing 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, 27 Taiping Road, Beijing 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, 27 Taiping Road, Beijing 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, 27 Taiping Road, Beijing 100850, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Pathobiology, Ministry of Education, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, 126 Xinmin Avenue, Changchun, Jilin 130021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, 27 Taiping Road, Beijing 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, 27 Taiping Road, Beijing 100850, China
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Xu Y, Tao J, Yu X, Wu Y, Chen Y, You K, Zhang J, Getachew A, Pan T, Zhuang Y, Yuan F, Yang F, Lin X, Li YX. Hypomorphic ASGR1 modulates lipid homeostasis via INSIG1-mediated SREBP signaling suppression. JCI Insight 2021; 6:147038. [PMID: 34622799 PMCID: PMC8525641 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.147038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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A population genetic study identified that the asialoglycoprotein receptor 1 (ASGR1) mutation carriers had substantially lower non–HDL-cholesterol (non–HDL-c) levels and reduced risks of cardiovascular diseases. However, the mechanism behind this phenomenon remained unclear. Here, we established Asgr1-knockout mice that represented a plasma lipid profile with significantly lower non–HDL-c and triglyceride (TG) caused by decreased secretion and increased uptake of VLDL/LDL. These 2 phenotypes were linked with the decreased expression of microsomal triglyceride transfer protein and proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9, 2 key targeted genes of sterol regulatory element–binding proteins (SREBPs). Furthermore, there were fewer nuclear SREBPs (nSREBPs) on account of more SREBPs being trapped in endoplasmic reticulum, which was caused by an increased expression of insulin-induced gene 1 (INSIG1), an anchor of SREBPs. Overexpression and gene knockdown interventions, in different models, were conducted to rescue the ASGR1-deficient phenotypes, and we found that INSIG1 knockdown independently reversed the ASGR1-mutated phenotypes with increased serum total cholesterol, LDL-c, TG, and liver cholesterol content accompanied by restored SREBP signaling. ASGR1 rescue experiments reduced INSIG1 and restored the SREBP network defect as manifested by improved apolipoprotein B secretion and reduced LDL uptake. Our observation demonstrated that increased INSIG1 is a critical factor responsible for ASGR1 deficiency–associated lipid profile changes and nSREBP suppression. This finding of an ASGR1/INSIG1/SREBP axis regulating lipid hemostasis may provide multiple potential targets for lipid-lowering drug development.
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- Yingying Xu
- Center for Health Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biocomputing, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Health Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biocomputing, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Center for Health Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biocomputing, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.,School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Center for Health Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biocomputing, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Health Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biocomputing, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Health Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biocomputing, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Health Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biocomputing, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Health Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biocomputing, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Health Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biocomputing, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Health Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biocomputing, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Health Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biocomputing, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.,School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Center for Health Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biocomputing, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Health Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biocomputing, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Health Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biocomputing, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Guangzhou, China.,Bioland Laboratory (Guangzhou Regenerative Medicine and Health Guangdong Laboratory), Guangzhou, China
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Karimi K, Farid AH, Myles S, Miar Y. Detection of selection signatures for response to Aleutian mink disease virus infection in American mink. Sci Rep 2021; 11:2944. [PMID: 33536540 PMCID: PMC7859209 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-82522-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Aleutian disease (AD) is the most significant health issue for farmed American mink. The objective of this study was to identify the genomic regions subjected to selection for response to infection with Aleutian mink disease virus (AMDV) in American mink using genotyping by sequencing (GBS) data. A total of 225 black mink were inoculated with AMDV and genotyped using a GBS assay based on the sequencing of ApeKI-digested libraries. Five AD-characterized phenotypes were used to assign animals to pairwise groups. Signatures of selection were detected using integrated measurement of fixation index (FST) and nucleotide diversity (θπ), that were validated by haplotype-based (hap-FLK) test. The total of 99 putatively selected regions harbouring 63 genes were detected in different groups. The gene ontology revealed numerous genes related to immune response (e.g. TRAF3IP2, WDR7, SWAP70, CBFB, and GPR65), liver development (e.g. SULF2, SRSF5) and reproduction process (e.g. FBXO5, CatSperβ, CATSPER4, and IGF2R). The hapFLK test supported two strongly selected regions that contained five candidate genes related to immune response, virus–host interaction, reproduction and liver regeneration. This study provided the first map of putative selection signals of response to AMDV infection in American mink, bringing new insights into genomic regions controlling the AD phenotypes.
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- Karim Karimi
- Department of Animal Science and Aquaculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS, Canada
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- Department of Animal Science and Aquaculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS, Canada
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- Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS, Canada
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- Department of Animal Science and Aquaculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS, Canada.
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Seo YA, Choi EK, Aring L, Paschall M, Iwase S. Transcriptome Analysis of the Cerebellum of Mice Fed a Manganese-Deficient Diet. Front Genet 2020; 11:558725. [PMID: 33408735 PMCID: PMC7780674 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.558725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Manganese (Mn), primarily acquired through diet, is required for brain function and development. Epidemiological studies have found an association between both low and high levels of Mn and impaired neurodevelopment in children. Recent genetic studies have revealed that patients with congenital Mn deficiency display severe psychomotor disability and cerebral and cerebellar atrophy. Although the impact of Mn on gene expression is beginning to be appreciated, Mn-dependent gene expression remains to be explored in vertebrate animals. The goal of this study was to use a mouse model to define the impact of a low-Mn diet on brain metal levels and gene expression. We interrogated gene expression changes in the Mn-deficient mouse brain at the genome-wide scale by RNA-seq analysis of the cerebellum of mice fed low or normal Mn diets. A total of 137 genes were differentially expressed in Mn-deficient cerebellums compared with Mn-adequate cerebellums (Padj < 0.05). Mn-deficient mice displayed downregulation of key pathways involved with "focal adhesion," "neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction," and "cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction" and upregulation of "herpes simplex virus 1 infection," "spliceosome," and "FoxO signaling pathway." Reactome pathway analysis identified upregulation of the splicing-related pathways and transcription-related pathways, as well as downregulation of "metabolism of carbohydrate," and "extracellular matrix organization," and "fatty acid metabolism" reactomes. The recurrent identifications of splicing-related pathways suggest that Mn deficiency leads to upregulation of splicing machineries and downregulation of diverse biological pathways.
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- Young Ah Seo
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Human Genetics, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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AbstractWe hypothesized that insulin-induced gene 1 (INSIG1) affects milk fat synthesis in buffalo. For this reason, the protein abundance of INSIG1 in the mammary tissue of buffalo during the peak period of lactation and dry-off period was evaluated. The results showed that the expression of INSIG1 at the peak of lactation was lower than that in the dry-off period. To explore the role of INSIG1 in milk fat synthesis, the buffalo mammary epithelial cells (BMECs) were isolated and purified from buffalo mammary tissue, andINSIG1gene were overexpressed and knocked down by constructing the recombinant lentivirus vector ofINSIG1gene and transfecting into BMECs. Results revealed thatINSIG1overexpression decreased the expression ofINSIG2,SREBP,PPARG,SCD,GPAM,DGAT2andAGPAT6, which led to reduction of triglycerides (TAG) content in the cell. In contrast, knockdown ofINSIG1had a positive effect on mRNA expression of the above genes. Overall, the data provide strong support for a key role of INSIG1 in the regulation of milk fat synthesis in BMECs.
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Cholesterol is an important component of lipids in animal membranes. All living cells can synthesize cholesterol, but the amount of synthesis is not sufficient, and therefore cholesterol synthesized in the liver is delivered to extrahepatic tissues as a form of LDL. The liver is a primary organ to not only synthesize but also catabolize cholesterol into bile acids, which ends up to excrete with the feces. The synthetic and catabolic pathways are precisely regulated under the negative-feedback control system under the transcriptional regulation driven by several transcription factors such as the sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs), the liver x receptor, and the farnesoid x receptor. This review summarizes various findings including our recent discoveries in the molecular mechanism of activation of SREBP that is involved in the regulation of hepatic cholesterol biosynthesis, and a novel function of the metabolic end product of cholesterol, bile acids, in skeletal muscles.
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- Ryuichiro Sato
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, The University of Tokyo , Tokyo, Japan
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Ouyang S, Mo Z, Sun S, Yin K, Lv Y. Emerging role of Insig-1 in lipid metabolism and lipid disorders. Clin Chim Acta 2020; 508:206-212. [PMID: 32461046 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2020.05.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2020] [Revised: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Growing evidence has demonstrated that Insig-1 is intricately involved in lipid metabolism regulation and the progression of lipid disorders. Our review summarizes updated information on the role and underlying mechanisms of Insig-1 in lipid metabolism dyshomeostasis and lipid disorders. As a member of the insulin-induced gene family, insulin-induced gene 1 (Insig-1) is a six-span transmembrane protein embedded in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane. Insig-1 is widely involved in the maintenance of intracellular lipid metabolism homeostasis by controlling the activation of sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs) and the degradation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (HMGR). Growing experimental and clinical data have identified that Insig-1 reduces lipid accumulation in hepatocytes to relieve the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), downregulates the plasma level of free cholesterol and protects β cells against lipotoxicity to alleviate diabetic dyslipidemia. In addition, Insig-1 suppresses adipogenesis and inhibits the differentiation of preadipocytes to prevent the occurrence of obesity. Insig-1 is a key regulatory factor that maintains intracellular lipid metabolism homeostasis and is a promising therapeutic target for lipid disorders.
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- Shuhui Ouyang
- Clinical Anatomy & Reproductive Medicine Application Institute, Hengyang Medical College, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, Hunan, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Diabetic Systems Medicine, Guilin Medical University, Guilin 541000, Guangxi, China
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- Clinical Anatomy & Reproductive Medicine Application Institute, Hengyang Medical College, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, Hunan, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Diabetic Systems Medicine, Guilin Medical University, Guilin 541000, Guangxi, China.
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- Clinical Anatomy & Reproductive Medicine Application Institute, Hengyang Medical College, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, Hunan, China; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Diabetic Systems Medicine, Guilin Medical University, Guilin 541000, Guangxi, China.
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Cellular lipid metabolism and homeostasis are controlled by sterol regulatory-element binding proteins (SREBPs). In addition to performing canonical functions in the transcriptional regulation of genes involved in the biosynthesis and uptake of lipids, genome-wide system analyses have revealed that these versatile transcription factors act as important nodes of convergence and divergence within biological signalling networks. Thus, they are involved in myriad physiological and pathophysiological processes, highlighting the importance of lipid metabolism in biology. Changes in cell metabolism and growth are reciprocally linked through SREBPs. Anabolic and growth signalling pathways branch off and connect to multiple steps of SREBP activation and form complex regulatory networks. In addition, SREBPs are implicated in numerous pathogenic processes such as endoplasmic reticulum stress, inflammation, autophagy and apoptosis, and in this way, they contribute to obesity, dyslipidaemia, diabetes mellitus, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, chronic kidney disease, neurodegenerative diseases and cancers. This Review aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the role of SREBPs in physiology and pathophysiology at the cell, organ and organism levels.
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- Hitoshi Shimano
- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
- International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS), University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
- Life Science Center, Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA), University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8577, Japan
- AMED-CREST, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004, Japan
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- AMED-CREST, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004, Japan
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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Fujita T, Higashitsuji H, Higashitsuji H, Liu Y, Itoh K, Sakurai T, Kojima T, Kandori S, Nishiyama H, Fukumoto M, Fukumoto M, Shibasaki K, Fujita J. TRPV4-dependent induction of a novel mammalian cold-inducible protein SRSF5 as well as CIRP and RBM3. Sci Rep 2017; 7:2295. [PMID: 28536481 PMCID: PMC5442135 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-02473-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2016] [Accepted: 04/11/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Cold-inducible RNA-binding protein (CIRP) and RNA-binding motif protein 3 (RBM3) are two evolutionarily conserved RNA-binding proteins that are structurally related to hnRNPs and upregulated in response to moderately low temperatures in mammalian cells. Although contributions of splicing efficiency, the gene promoters activated upon mild hypothermia and the transcription factor Sp1 to induction of CIRP have been reported, precise mechanisms by which hypothermia and other stresses induce the expression of mammalian cold-inducible proteins (CIPs) are poorly understood. By screening the serine/arginine-rich splicing factors (SRSFs), we report that the transcript and protein levels of SRSF5 were increased in mammalian cells cultured at 32 °C. Expression of SRSF5 as well as CIRP and RBM3 were also induced by DNA damage, hypoxia, cycloheximide and hypotonicity. Immunohistochemical studies demonstrated that SRSF5 was constitutively expressed in male germ cells and the level was decreased in human testicular germ cell tumors. SRSF5 facilitated production of p19 H-RAS, and increased sensitivity to doxorubicin in human U-2 OS cells. Induction of CIPs was dependent on transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) channel protein, but seemed independent of its ion channel activity. These findings indicate a previously unappreciated role for the TRP protein in linking environmental stress to splicing.
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- Takanori Fujita
- Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.,School of Economics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, 589-8511, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8575, Japan.,Department of Molecular Pathology, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8402, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan. .,Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Biwako-Chuo Hospital, Otsu, Shiga, 520-0834, Japan.
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Zhou A, Li M, He B, Feng W, Huang F, Xu B, Dunker AK, Balch C, Li B, Liu Y, Wang Y. Lipopolysaccharide treatment induces genome-wide pre-mRNA splicing pattern changes in mouse bone marrow stromal stem cells. BMC Genomics 2016; 17 Suppl 7:509. [PMID: 27557078 PMCID: PMC5001229 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2898-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a gram-negative bacterial antigen that triggers a series of cellular responses. LPS pre-conditioning was previously shown to improve the therapeutic efficacy of bone marrow stromal cells/bone-marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) for repairing ischemic, injured tissue. RESULTS In this study, we systematically evaluated the effects of LPS treatment on genome-wide splicing pattern changes in mouse BMSCs by comparing transcriptome sequencing data from control vs. LPS-treated samples, revealing 197 exons whose BMSC splicing patterns were altered by LPS. Functional analysis of these alternatively spliced genes demonstrated significant enrichment of phosphoproteins, zinc finger proteins, and proteins undergoing acetylation. Additional bioinformatics analysis strongly suggest that LPS-induced alternatively spliced exons could have major effects on protein functions by disrupting key protein functional domains, protein-protein interactions, and post-translational modifications. CONCLUSION Although it is still to be determined whether such proteome modifications improve BMSC therapeutic efficacy, our comprehensive splicing characterizations provide greater understanding of the intracellular mechanisms that underlie the therapeutic potential of BMSCs.
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- Ao Zhou
- Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.,Bioinformatics Program, Indiana University School of Informatics, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- College of Automation, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- College of Automation, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- College of Automation, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.,Department of Pharmacology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Bioscience Advising, Indianapolis, IN, 46227, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.,Department of Medical and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
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Matsumoto K, Yasuyoshi E, Nishi K, Honda Y, Nakaya M, Kitamura S. Resistant starch-rich wx/ae brown rice prevents insulin resistance and hypertriglyceridaemia in type 2 diabetic NSY mice. J Funct Foods 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2016.01.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Breig O, Baklouti F. Proteasome-mediated proteolysis of SRSF5 splicing factor intriguingly co-occurs with SRSF5 mRNA upregulation during late erythroid differentiation. PLoS One 2013; 8:e59137. [PMID: 23536862 PMCID: PMC3594168 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2012] [Accepted: 02/13/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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SR proteins exhibit diverse functions ranging from their role in constitutive and alternative splicing, to virtually all aspects of mRNA metabolism. These findings have attracted growing interest in deciphering the regulatory mechanisms that control the tissue-specific expression of these SR proteins. In this study, we show that SRSF5 protein decreases drastically during erythroid cell differentiation, contrasting with a concomitant upregulation of SRSF5 mRNA level. Proteasome chemical inhibition provided strong evidence that endogenous SRSF5 protein, as well as protein deriving from stably transfected SRSF5 cDNA, are both targeted to proteolysis as the cells undergo terminal differentiation. Consistently, functional experiments show that overexpression of SRSF5 enhances a specific endogenous pre-mRNA splicing event in proliferating cells, but not in differentiating cells, due to proteasome-mediated targeting of both endogenous and transfection-derived SRSF5. Further investigation of the relationship between SRSF5 structure and its post-translation regulation and function, suggested that the RNA recognition motifs of SRSF5 are sufficient to activate pre-mRNA splicing, whereas proteasome-mediated proteolysis of SRSF5 requires the presence of the C-terminal RS domain of the protein. Phosphorylation of SR proteins is a key post-translation regulation that promotes their activity and subcellular availability. We here show that inhibition of the CDC2-like kinase (CLK) family and mutation of the AKT phosphorylation site Ser86 on SRSF5, have no effect on SRSF5 stability. We reasoned that at least AKT and CLK signaling pathways are not involved in proteasome-induced turnover of SRSF5 during late erythroid development.
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- Osman Breig
- "mRNA Metabolism in Normal and Pathological Cells"; Centre de Génétique et de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS UMR, Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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- "mRNA Metabolism in Normal and Pathological Cells"; Centre de Génétique et de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS UMR, Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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HMG-CoA reductase (HMGR), a highly conserved, membrane-bound enzyme, catalyzes a rate-limiting step in sterol and isoprenoid biosynthesis and is the primary target of hypocholesterolemic drug therapy. HMGR activity is tightly regulated to ensure maintenance of lipid homeostasis, disruption of which is a major cause of human morbidity and mortality. HMGR regulation takes place at the levels of transcription, translation, post-translational modification and degradation. In this review, we discuss regulation of mammalian, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe HMGR and highlight recent advances in the field. We find that the general features of HMGR regulation, including a requirement for the HMGR-binding protein Insig, are remarkably conserved between mammals and ascomycetous fungi, including S. cerevisiae and S. pombe. However the specific details by which this regulation occurs differ in surprising ways, revealing the broad evolutionary themes underlying both HMGR regulation and Insig function.
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Sobinoff AP, Mahony M, Nixon B, Roman SD, McLaughlin EA. Understanding the Villain: DMBA-Induced Preantral Ovotoxicity Involves Selective Follicular Destruction and Primordial Follicle Activation through PI3K/Akt and mTOR Signaling. Toxicol Sci 2011; 123:563-75. [DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfr195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Fernández-Alvarez A, Soledad Alvarez M, Cucarella C, Casado M. Characterization of the human insulin-induced gene 2 (INSIG2) promoter: the role of Ets-binding motifs. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:11765-74. [PMID: 20145255 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.067447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Insulin-induced gene 2 (INSIG2) and its homolog INSIG1 encode closely related endoplasmic reticulum proteins that regulate the proteolytic activation of sterol regulatory element-binding proteins, transcription factors that activate the synthesis of cholesterol and fatty acids in animal cells. Several studies have been carried out to identify INSIG2 genetic variants associated with metabolic diseases. However, few data have been published regarding the regulation of INSIG2 gene expression. Two Insig2 transcripts have been described in rodents through the use of different promoters that produce different noncoding first exons that splice into a common second exon. Herein we report the cloning and characterization of the human INSIG2 promoter and the detection of an INSIG2-specific transcript homologous to the Insig2b mouse variant in human liver. Deletion analyses on 3 kb of 5'-flanking DNA of the human INSIG2 gene revealed the functional importance of a 350-bp region upstream of the transcription start site. Mutated analyses, chromatin immunoprecipitation assays, and RNA interference analyses unveiled the significance of an Ets-consensus motif in the proximal region and the interaction of the Ets family member SAP1a (serum response factor (SRF) accessory protein-1a) with this region of the human INSIG2 promoter. Moreover, our findings suggest that insulin activated the human INSIG2 promoter in a process mediated by phosphorylated SAP1a. Overall, these results map the functional elements in the human INSIG2 promoter sequence and suggest an unexpected regulation of INSIG2 gene expression in human liver.
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- Ana Fernández-Alvarez
- Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Valencia, Spain
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Smith EM, Zhang Y, Baye TM, Gawrieh S, Cole R, Blangero J, Carless MA, Curran JE, Dyer TD, Abraham LJ, Moses EK, Kissebah AH, Martin LJ, Olivier M. INSIG1 influences obesity-related hypertriglyceridemia in humans. J Lipid Res 2009; 51:701-8. [PMID: 19965593 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m001404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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In our analysis of a quantitative trait locus (QTL) for plasma triglyceride (TG) levels [logarithm of odds (LOD) = 3.7] on human chromosome 7q36, we examined 29 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across INSIG1, a biological candidate gene in the region. Insulin-induced genes (INSIGs) are feedback mediators of cholesterol and fatty acid synthesis in animals, but their role in human lipid regulation is unclear. In our cohort, the INSIG1 promoter SNP rs2721 was associated with TG levels (P = 2 x 10(-3) in 1,560 individuals of the original linkage cohort, P = 8 x 10(-4) in 920 unrelated individuals of the replication cohort, combined P = 9.9 x 10(-6)). Individuals homozygous for the T allele had 9% higher TG levels and 2-fold lower expression of INSIG1 in surgical liver biopsy samples when compared with individuals homozygous for the G allele. Also, the T allele showed additional binding of nuclear proteins from HepG2 liver cells in gel shift assays. Finally, the variant rs7566605 in INSIG2, the only homolog of INSIG1, enhances the effect of rs2721 (P = 0.00117). The variant rs2721 alone explains 5.4% of the observed linkage in our cohort, suggesting that additional, yet-undiscovered genes and sequence variants in the QTL interval also contribute to alterations in TG levels in humans.
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- E M Smith
- Human and Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Brown MS, Goldstein JL. Cholesterol feedback: from Schoenheimer's bottle to Scap's MELADL. J Lipid Res 2009; 50 Suppl:S15-27. [PMID: 18974038 PMCID: PMC2674699 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.r800054-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 359] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2008] [Revised: 10/29/2008] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Cholesterol biosynthesis is among the most intensely regulated processes in biology. Synthetic rates vary over hundreds of fold depending on the availability of an external source of cholesterol. Studies of this feedback regulatory process have a rich history. The field began 75 years ago when Rudolf Schoenheimer measured cholesterol balance in mice in a bottle. He found that cholesterol feeding led to decreased cholesterol synthesis, thereby introducing the general phenomenon by which end products of biosynthetic pathways inhibit their own synthesis. Recently, cholesterol feedback has been explained at a molecular level with the discovery of membrane-bound transcription factors called sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs), and an appreciation of the sterol-sensing role of their partner, an escort protein called Scap. The key element in Scap is a hexapeptide sequence designated MELADL (rhymes with bottle). Thus, over 75 years, Schoenheimer's bottle led to Scap's MELADL. In addition to their basic importance in membrane biology, these studies have implications for the regulation of plasma cholesterol levels and consequently for the development of atherosclerotic plaques, myocardial infarctions, and strokes. In this article we review the major milestones in the cholesterol feedback story.
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- Michael S. Brown
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9046
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9046
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Robison BD, Drew RE, Murdoch GK, Powell M, Rodnick KJ, Settles M, Stone D, Churchill E, Hill RA, Papasani MR, Lewis SS, Hardy RW. Sexual dimorphism in hepatic gene expression and the response to dietary carbohydrate manipulation in the zebrafish (Danio rerio). COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY D-GENOMICS & PROTEOMICS 2008; 3:141-54. [PMID: 20483215 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2008.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2007] [Revised: 01/28/2008] [Accepted: 01/28/2008] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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In this study, we tested for the presence of sexual dimorphism in the hepatic transcriptome of the adult zebrafish and examined the effect of long term manipulation of dietary carbohydrate on gene expression in both sexes. Zebrafish were fed diets comprised of 0%, 15%, 25%, or 35% carbohydrate from the larval stage through sexual maturity, then sampled for hepatic tissue, growth, proximate body composition, and retention efficiencies. Using Affymetrix microarrays and qRT-PCR, we observed substantial sexual dimorphism in the hepatic transcriptome. Males up-regulated genes associated with oxidative metabolism, carbohydrate metabolism, energy production, and amelioration of oxidative stress, while females had higher expression levels of genes associated with translation. Restriction of dietary carbohydrate (0% diet) significantly affected hepatic gene expression, growth performance, retention efficiencies of protein and energy, and percentages of moisture, lipid, and ash. The response of some genes to dietary manipulation varied by sex; with increased dietary carbohydrate, males up-regulated genes associated with oxidative metabolism (e.g. hadhbeta) while females up-regulated genes associated with glucose phosphorylation (e.g. glucokinase). Our data support the use of the zebrafish model for the study of fish nutritional genomics, but highlight the importance of accounting for sexual dimorphism in these studies.
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- Barrie D Robison
- Department of Biological Sciences and Center for Reproductive Biology, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, 83844-3051, USA
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Harada N, Yamada Y, Tsukiyama K, Yamada C, Nakamura Y, Mukai E, Hamasaki A, Liu X, Toyoda K, Seino Y, Inagaki N. A novel GIP receptor splice variant influences GIP sensitivity of pancreatic beta-cells in obese mice. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2008; 294:E61-8. [PMID: 17971513 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00358.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) is an incretin that potentiates insulin secretion from pancreatic beta-cells by binding to GIP receptor (GIPR) and subsequently increasing the level of intracellular adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP). We have identified a novel GIPR splice variant in mouse beta-cells that retains intron 8, resulting in a COOH-terminal truncated form (truncated GIPR). This isoform was coexpressed with full-length GIPR (wild-type GIPR) in normal GIPR-expressing tissues. In an experiment using cells transfected with both GIPRs, truncated GIPR did not lead to cAMP production induced by GIP but inhibited GIP-induced cAMP production through wild-type GIPR (n = 3-4, P < 0.05). Wild-type GIPR was normally located on the cell surface, but its expression was decreased in the presence of truncated GIPR, suggesting a dominant negative effect of truncated GIPR against wild-type GIPR. The functional relevance of truncated GIPR in vivo was investigated. In high-fat diet-fed obese mice (HFD mice), blood glucose levels were maintained by compensatory increased insulin secretion (n = 8, P < 0.05), and cAMP production (n = 6, P < 0.01) and insulin secretion (n = 10, P < 0.05) induced by GIP were significantly increased in isolated islets, suggesting hypersensitivity of the GIPR. Total GIPR mRNA expression was not increased in the islets of HFD mice, but the expression ratio of truncated GIPR to total GIPR was reduced by 32% compared with that of control mice (n = 6, P < 0.05). These results indicate that a relative reduction of truncated GIPR expression may be involved in hypersensitivity of GIPR and hyperinsulinemia in diet-induced obese mice.
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- Norio Harada
- Dept. Diabetes and Clinical Nutrition, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Hansen TVO, Borup R, Marstrand T, Rehfeld JF, Nielsen FC. Cholecystokinin-2 receptor mediated gene expression in neuronal PC12 cells. J Neurochem 2007; 104:1450-65. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.05076.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Liang H, Tuan RS, Norton PA. Overexpression of SR proteins and splice variants modulates chondrogenesis. Exp Cell Res 2007; 313:1509-17. [PMID: 16140295 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2005.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2005] [Revised: 07/26/2005] [Accepted: 07/26/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Fibronectin alternative exon EIIIA is largely included in undifferentiated mesenchymal cells of the developing limb bud, whereas the exon is excluded in differentiated chondrocytes. Inclusion of exon EIIIA in chondrocytic cells is increased by overexpression of SRp40, and, to a lesser extent, SRp75, but not SRp55. RT-PCR analysis using real-time PCR revealed that the levels of the mRNAs for these three proteins did not vary significantly in chick chondrocytes versus mesenchymal cells of the developing limb bud. However, a variant spliced form of SRp40, termed, SRp40LF, is detected preferentially in chondrocytes and in chondrifying mesenchymal cells. Forced overexpression of SRp40 or SRp75, but not SRp55, enhanced chondrogenic differentiation of chick limb mesenchymal cells in a high-density micromass assay. Overexpression of SRp40LF, which produces a truncated form of SRp40, also was strongly pro-chondrogenic. In a HeLa cell-based assay, SRp40LF fails to substitute for SRp40 in mediating an increase in exon EIIIA inclusion, suggesting that the latter event is not essential for the pro-chondrogenic effect. These results demonstrate the ability of these highly conserved splicing factors to modulate chondrogenesis and are consistent with earlier results that implicated exon EIIIA-containing isoforms of fibronectin in formation of chondrogenic condensations.
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- Hongyan Liang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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Krapivner S, Chernogubova E, Ericsson M, Ahlbeck-Glader C, Hamsten A, van 't Hooft FM. Human evidence for the involvement of insulin-induced gene 1 in the regulation of plasma glucose concentration. Diabetologia 2007; 50:94-102. [PMID: 17106696 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-006-0479-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2006] [Accepted: 08/14/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Insulin-induced gene 1 (INSIG1) is a protein that blocks proteolytic activation of sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs), transcription factors that activate genes regulating cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism and possibly genes involved in glucose homeostasis. In search of genetic regulation of these processes we examined human INSIG1 for common polymorphisms and analysed their associations with biochemical parameters related to lipid and glucose metabolism. METHODS Associations between common polymorphisms in INSIG1 and several biochemical parameters were analysed in a group of 618 healthy, 50-year-old men. A replication analysis was performed in a cohort of 472 healthy, middle-aged men. The impact of one promoter polymorphism on oral glucose tolerance was analysed in a subset of 181 subjects. Small interfering RNA (siRNA) inhibition was used to test the significance of INSIG1 for gene expression in human Huh7 hepatoma cells. RESULTS A potentially functional polymorphism, a C to T substitution at position -169, was discovered in a highly conserved section of the promoter. Significant relationships between the -169C>T polymorphism and plasma glucose concentration were found in two cohorts of healthy, middle-aged men (p < 0.01 and p < 0.02, respectively). The -169T allele was associated with significantly lower post-load plasma glucose concentrations. A significant (p = 0.02) reduction in expression of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PCK2) was observed following siRNA inhibition of INSIG1 in human Huh7 hepatoma cells. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Population studies demonstrate that INSIG1 plays a role in glucose homeostasis. Experiments with siRNA suggest that this action of INSIG1 is related to SREBP-mediated regulation of PCK2.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Blood Glucose/genetics
- Blood Glucose/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/pathology
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cohort Studies
- Homeostasis/physiology
- Humans
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism
- Liver Neoplasms/metabolism
- Liver Neoplasms/pathology
- Male
- Membrane Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Mice
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymorphism, Genetic/genetics
- Polymorphism, Genetic/physiology
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/physiology
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Small Interfering/pharmacology
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- S Krapivner
- Atherosclerosis Research Unit, King Gustaf V Research Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, 17176, Stockholm, Sweden
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Davis LM, Pei Z, Trush MA, Cheskin LJ, Contoreggi C, McCullough K, Watkins PA, Moran TH. Bromocriptine reduces steatosis in obese rodent models. J Hepatol 2006; 45:439-44. [PMID: 16780999 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2006.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2006] [Revised: 03/15/2006] [Accepted: 03/29/2006] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Obesity is a risk factor for glucose intolerance, steatosis, and oxidative stress, characteristics of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Bromocriptine may have anti-obesity, insulin-sensitizing, lipolytic, and antioxidant properties. We, therefore, hypothesized that bromocriptine would improve markers of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in obese rodent models. METHODS We performed a randomized, controlled experiment in genetically obese fatty Zucker rats and diet-induced obese rats to assess for behavioral and peripheral anti-obesity actions of bromocriptine (10mg/kg) that would improve nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. RESULTS Behaviorally, food intake decreased and locomotor activity increased in bromocriptine-treated fatty Zucker and dietary-induced obese rats. Peripherally, liver triglycerides were significantly reduced and hepatic manganese superoxide dismutase significantly increased in bromocriptine-treated fatty Zucker and diet-induced obese rats compared to controls. Blood glucose was significantly lower in bromocriptine-treated Zucker rats compared to fatty controls and was no different than that of lean controls. CONCLUSIONS Improvements in obesigenic behaviors, glucose tolerance, hepatic lipid accumulation, and mitochondrial oxidative stress observed in genetically obese and diet-induced obese rodents indicate that bromocriptine may be promising as a broad-based therapy for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
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- Lisa M Davis
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, Center for Human Nutrition, Baltimore, MD 21205-2179, USA.
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Péterfy M, Phan J, Reue K. Alternatively Spliced Lipin Isoforms Exhibit Distinct Expression Pattern, Subcellular Localization, and Role in Adipogenesis. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:32883-9. [PMID: 16049017 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m503885200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We recently identified mutations in the Lpin1 (lipin) gene to be responsible for lipodystrophy in the fatty liver dystrophy (fld) mouse strain. Previous studies revealed that lipin plays a critical role in adipogenesis, explaining the adipose-deficient phenotype of the fld mouse. In the current study, we demonstrate that alternative mRNA splicing generates two lipin isoforms, lipin-alpha and lipin-beta, which are differentially expressed during adipocyte differentiation. Lipin-alpha expression peaks at day 2 of 3T3-L1 cell differentiation, after which its levels gradually decrease. In contrast, lipin-beta expression is transiently elevated at 10 h, followed by a drop to background levels at 20 h and a gradual increase between days 2 and 6 of differentiation. The two lipin isoforms also exhibit differences in subcellular localization. Lipin-alpha is predominantly nuclear, whereas lipin-beta is primarily located in the cytoplasm of 3T3-L1 adipocytes, suggesting distinct cellular functions. Using primary mouse embryonic fibroblasts expressing either lipin-alpha or lipin-beta, we demonstrate functional differences between the two isoforms. Whereas lipin-alpha is required for adipocyte differentiation, the predominant effect of lipin-beta expression is the induction of lipogenic genes. In vivo, overexpression of lipin-beta specifically in mature adipocytes leads to elevated expression of lipogenic genes and adipocyte hypertrophy, confirming a role of lipin-beta in the regulation of lipogenesis. In conclusion, our data suggest that the two lipin isoforms have distinct, but complementary, functions in adipogenesis, with lipin-alpha playing a primary role in differentiation and lipin-beta being predominantly involved in lipogenesis.
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- Miklós Péterfy
- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Coffy S, Decaux JF, Girard J, de Keyzer Y, Asfari M. Identification of a novel rat hepatic gene induced early by insulin, independently of glucose. Biochem J 2005; 385:165-71. [PMID: 15344907 PMCID: PMC1134684 DOI: 10.1042/bj20040586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We used mRNA differential display to identify new genes induced early after exposure to insulin. Our screening strategy was based on the comparison of gene expression during the time course of insulin induction in the liver of 12-day-old suckling rats both in vivo and in vitro. A novel, early induced transcript, EIIH, was identified that encodes a 353-amino-acid protein with several features suggesting that it may be secreted or bound to membranes. EIIH is also distantly related to a variety of LRR (leucine-rich repeat) proteins. Insulin treatment increased EIIH mRNA levels in the hepatocytes of suckling, fasted adult and STZ (streptozotocin)-treated diabetic rats, where insulin was required to maintain the basal level of EIIH expression. EIIH expression was induced during the suckling/weaning transition, and remained detectable thereafter. Tissue distribution analysis in adult rats revealed a pattern of expression mainly in the liver, intestine and islets of Langerhans, closely following that of the Glut2 (glucose transporter 2), suggesting that it may play a role in carbohydrate metabolism. EIIH may be a primary target of the transcriptional regulation by insulin, and may therefore constitute a new model to study the mechanisms by which insulin acts on gene transcription.
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- Sandrine Coffy
- *Institut Cochin, INSERM U567, CNRS UMR8104, Département d'Endocrinologie, Université Paris 5, 24 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France
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- *Institut Cochin, INSERM U567, CNRS UMR8104, Département d'Endocrinologie, Université Paris 5, 24 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France
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- *Institut Cochin, INSERM U567, CNRS UMR8104, Département d'Endocrinologie, Université Paris 5, 24 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France
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- *Institut Cochin, INSERM U567, CNRS UMR8104, Département d'Endocrinologie, Université Paris 5, 24 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France
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- †Merck-Santé, Centre de Recherche, 4 Avenue du Président François Mitterand, 91384 Chilly-Mazarin, Cedex, France
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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Holtz WA, Turetzky JM, O'Malley KL. Microarray expression profiling identifies early signaling transcripts associated with 6-OHDA-induced dopaminergic cell death. Antioxid Redox Signal 2005; 7:639-48. [PMID: 15890008 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2005.7.639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The parkinsonian mimetic 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) has been shown to cause transcriptional changes associated with cellular stress and the unfolded protein response. As these cellular sequelae depend on upstream signaling events, the present study used functional genomics and proteomic approaches to aid in deciphering toxin-mediated regulatory pathways. Microarray analysis of RNA collected from multiple time points following 6-OHDA treatment was combined with data mining and clustering techniques to identify distinct functional subgroups of genes. Notably, stress-induced transcription factors such as ATF3, ATF4, CHOP, and C/EBP beta were robustly up-regulated, yet exhibited unique kinetic patterns. Genes involved in the synthesis and modification of proteins (various tRNA synthetases), protein degradation (e.g., ubiquitin, Herpud1, Sqstm1), and oxidative stress (Hmox1, Por) could be subgrouped into distinct kinetic profiles as well. Realtime PCR and/or two-dimensional electrophoresis combined with western blotting validated data derived from microarray analyses. Taken together, these data support the notion that oxidative stress and protein dysfunction play a role in Parkinson's disease, as well as provide a time course for many of the molecular events associated with 6-OHDA neurotoxicity.
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- William A Holtz
- Washington University School of Medicine, Anatomy and Neurobiology Department, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Baba Y, Doi K. MHC class II-related genes expression in porcine-serum-induced rat hepatic fibrosis. Exp Mol Pathol 2004; 77:214-21. [PMID: 15507239 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2004.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Genes, especially MHC class II-related genes, expression was examined in porcine-serum (PS)-induced hepatic fibrosis model. Brown-Norway (BN) and Wistar rats were injected intraperitoneally with 0.5 ml sterile porcine serum twice a week for 1, 2, 3, 4, and 8 weeks. Histopathologically, inflammation started at 2 weeks in BN and at 4 weeks in Wistar rats, and hepatic fibrosis developed at 4 weeks in BN rats and at 8 weeks in Wistar rats. Microarray analysis done at 2 and 4 weeks revealed that the expression of MHC class II-related genes and acute phase inflammation-related genes significantly increased at 2 weeks in BN and at 4 weeks in Wistar rats. On the other hand, the expression of some transcription-related genes was down-regulated in both strains. In BN rats, the results of semiquantitative RT-PCR analysis done on four MHC class II-related genes mRNAs corresponded well with those of microarray analysis. MHC class II is considered to be involved in the initiation of PS-induced hepatic fibrosis in rats.
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- Yasuko Baba
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
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Ohsugi M, Cras-Méneur C, Zhou Y, Warren W, Bernal-Mizrachi E, Permutt MA. Glucose and insulin treatment of insulinoma cells results in transcriptional regulation of a common set of genes. Diabetes 2004; 53:1496-508. [PMID: 15161754 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.53.6.1496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Glucose and insulin are important regulators of islet beta-cell growth and function by activating signaling pathways resulting in transcriptional changes that lead to adaptive responses. Several immediate early genes have been shown to be rapidly induced by glucose-activated depolarization in islet beta-cells. The current studies address aspects of glucose-regulated transcription: 1) the number and characteristics of these genes, 2) if depolarization is the major mechanism, and 3) if glucose-stimulated insulin secretion is responsible, because insulin per se can activate transcription. Here, the expression profiles of glucose-responsive insulinoma cells 45 min after the addition of glucose, KCl to induce depolarization, or insulin were assessed by endocrine pancreas cDNA microarrays. Glucose activated more than 90 genes, representing diverse gene ontology functions, and most were not previously known to be glucose responsive. KCl activated 80% of these same glucose-regulated genes and, along with the effects of pretreatment with diazoxide, suggested that glucose signaling is mediated primarily via depolarization. There were >150 genes activated by insulin, and remarkably 71% were also regulated by glucose. Preincubation with a phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase inhibitor resulted in almost total inhibition of depolarization and insulin-activated transcriptional responses. Thus, through gene expression profiling, these data demonstrate that glucose and insulin rapidly activate a PI 3-kinase pathway, resulting in transcription of a common set of genes. This is consistent with glucose activation of gene transcription either directly or indirectly through a paracrine/autocrine effect via insulin release. These results illustrate that expression gene profiling can contribute to the elucidation of important beta-cell biological functions.
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- Mitsuru Ohsugi
- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism,Lipid Research, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave., Campus Box 8127, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Kast-Woelbern HR, Dana SL, Cesario RM, Sun L, de Grandpre LY, Brooks ME, Osburn DL, Reifel-Miller A, Klausing K, Leibowitz MD. Rosiglitazone induction of Insig-1 in white adipose tissue reveals a novel interplay of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma and sterol regulatory element-binding protein in the regulation of adipogenesis. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:23908-15. [PMID: 15073165 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m403145200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Insulin-induced gene 1 (INSIG-1) is a key regulator in the processing of the sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs). We demonstrated that Insig-1 is regulated by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) providing a link between insulin sensitization/glucose homeostasis and lipid homeostasis. Insig-1 was identified as a PPARgamma target gene using microarray analysis of mRNA from the white adipose tissue of diabetic (db/db) animals treated with PPARgamma agonists. Insig-1 was induced in subcutaneous (9-fold) and epididymal (4-fold) fat pads from db/db mice treated for 8 days with the PPARgamma agonist rosiglitazone (30 mg/kg/day). This in vivo response was confirmed in differentiated C3H10T1/2 adipocytes treated with rosiglitazone. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms regulating INSIG-1 expression, we cloned and characterized the human INSIG-1 promoter. Co-expression of PPARgamma and RXRalpha transactivated the INSIG-1 promoter in the presence of PPARgamma agonists. This induction was attenuated when a dominant negative PPARgamma construct was transfected into cells. Furthermore, a PPARgamma antagonist repressed the transactivation of the INSIG-1 promoter-reporter construct. Truncations of the promoter resulted in the identification of a PPAR response element that mediated the regulation of the promoter. We demonstrated with recombinant proteins that the PPARgamma/RXRalpha heterodimer binds directly to this PPAR response element. In addition to regulation by PPARgamma/RXRalpha, we demonstrated that the INSIG-1 promoter is regulated by transcriptionally active SREBP. The sterol response element was identified 380 base pairs upstream of the transcriptional start site. These findings suggest that the regulation of Insig-1 by PPARgamma agonists could in turn regulate SREBP processing and thus couple insulin sensitizers with the regulation of lipid homeostasis.
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MESH Headings
- Adipocytes/metabolism
- Adipose Tissue/metabolism
- Animals
- CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins/biosynthesis
- Cells, Cultured
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- DNA-Binding Proteins/biosynthesis
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Epididymis/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Genes, Reporter
- Hypoglycemic Agents/pharmacology
- Insulin/metabolism
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
- Lipid Metabolism
- Liver/metabolism
- Male
- Membrane Proteins/biosynthesis
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- Models, Biological
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Protein Binding
- RNA/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Rosiglitazone
- Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1
- Thiazolidinediones/pharmacology
- Time Factors
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Transcription, Genetic
- Transcriptional Activation
- Transfection
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Affiliation(s)
- Heidi R Kast-Woelbern
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Diego, California 92121, USA.
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Massiello A, Salas A, Pinkerman RL, Roddy P, Roesser JR, Chalfant CE. Identification of two RNA cis-elements that function to regulate the 5' splice site selection of Bcl-x pre-mRNA in response to ceramide. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:15799-804. [PMID: 14734550 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m313950200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Two splice variants derived from the BCL-x gene, proapoptotic Bcl-x(s) and anti-apoptotic Bcl-x(L), are produced via alternative 5' splice site selection within exon 2 of Bcl-x pre-mRNA. In previous studies, our laboratory demonstrated that ceramide regulated this 5' splice site selection, inducing the production of Bcl-x(s) mRNA with a concomitant decrease in Bcl-x(L) correlating with sensitization to chemotherapy (Chalfant, C. E., Rathman, K., Pinkerman, R. L., Wood, R. E., Obeid, L. M., Ogretmen, B., and Hannun, Y. A. (2002) J. Biol. Chem. 277, 12587-12595). We have now identified several possible RNA cis-elements within exon 2 of Bcl-x pre-mRNA by sequence analysis. To study the possible roles of these RNA cis-elements in regulating the alternative 5' splice site selection of Bcl-x pre-mRNA, we developed a BCL-x minigene construct which conferred the same ratio of Bcl-x(L)/Bcl-x(s) mRNA as the endogenous Bcl-x and was responsive to ceramide treatment. Mutagenesis of either a purine-rich splicing enhancer or a pyrimidine tract element within exon 2 induced a change in the ratio of Bcl-x(L)/Bcl-x(s) mRNA from 7 to 1 and 0.23, thereby diminishing the selection of the Bcl-x(L) 5' splice site with a concomitant increase in Bcl-x(s) 5' splice site selection. Furthermore, mutagenesis of these cis-elements abolished the ability of ceramide to affect the 5' splice site selection. In vitro binding assays coupled with competitor studies demonstrated specific binding of RNA trans-activating proteins to these regions. SDS-PAGE analysis of cross-linked RNA trans-activating factors with these RNA cis-elements revealed the binding of 215-, 120-, and 30-kDa proteins to the purine-rich element and 120- and 76-kDa proteins to the pyrimidine tract element. In addition, exogenous treatment of A549 cells with ceramide increased the formation of protein complexes with these RNA cis-elements. Therefore, we have identified two ceramide-responsive RNA cis-elements within exon 2 of Bcl-x pre-mRNA, and this is the first report of an RNA cis-element responsive to a bioactive lipid.
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- Autumn Massiello
- Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virgina 23298, USA
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Bourgeois CF, Lejeune F, Stévenin J. Broad specificity of SR (serine/arginine) proteins in the regulation of alternative splicing of pre-messenger RNA. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2004; 78:37-88. [PMID: 15210328 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(04)78002-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Alternative splicing of pre-messenger RNA (pre-mRNA) is a highly regulated process that allows expansion of the potential of expression of the genome in higher eukaryotes and involves many factors. Among them, the family of the serine- and arginine-rich proteins (SR proteins) plays a pivotal role: it has essential functions during spliceosome assembly and also interacts with RNA regulatory sequences on the pre-mRNA as well as with multiple cofactors. Collectively, SR proteins, because of their capacity to recognize multiple RNA sequences with a broad specificity, are at the heart of the regulation pathways that lead to the choice of alternative splice sites. Moreover, a growing body of evidence shows that the mechanisms of splicing regulation are not limited to the basic involvement of cis- and trans-acting factors at the pre-mRNA level, but result from intricate pathways, initiated sometimes by stimuli that are external to the cell and integrate SR proteins (and other factors) within an extremely sophisticated network of molecular machines associated with one another. This review focuses on the molecular aspects of the functions of SR proteins. In particular, we discuss the different ways in which SR proteins manage to achieve a high level of specificity in splicing regulation, even though they are also involved in the constitutive reaction.
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- Cyril F Bourgeois
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS/INSERM/ULP, 67404 Illkirch, C.U. Strasbourg, France
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Animal cells coordinate lipid homeostasis by end-product feedback regulation of transcription. The control occurs through the proteolytic release of transcriptionally active sterol regulatory element binding proteins (SREBPs) from intracellular membranes. This feedback system has unexpected features that are found in all cells. Here, we consider recently discovered components of the regulatory machinery that govern SREBP processing, as well as studies in Drosophila that indicate an ancient role for the SREBP pathway in integrating membrane composition and lipid biosynthesis.
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- Robert B Rawson
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.
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Locker J, Tian J, Carver R, Concas D, Cossu C, Ledda-Columbano GM, Columbano A. A common set of immediate-early response genes in liver regeneration and hyperplasia. Hepatology 2003; 38:314-25. [PMID: 12883475 DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2003.50299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Partial hepatectomy (PH) and some tumor-promoting agents stimulate hepatocyte cell proliferation, but each treatment acts through distinct transcription factors. We compared mouse immediate-early gene expression changes after PH with those induced by 1,4-bis[2-(3,5-dichoropyridyloxy)]benzene (TCPOBOP), a tumor-promoting liver mitogen. PH activates nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B) and Stat3, whereas TCPOBOP is a ligand for the nuclear receptor, constitutive androstane receptor (CAR). RNA from 1 and 3 hours after each treatment was hybridized to a 9,000 complementary DNA (cDNA) microarray. Of about 6,000 messenger RNAs that had detectable expression, 127 showed reproducible up-regulation or down-regulation at a significant level. The TCPOBOP response was more discrete than the PH response; they amounted to 1% and 1.9% of positive hybridizations, respectively. Twenty-three genes were regulated only by TCPOBOP, 57 only by PH, and 59 by both treatments. More detailed analysis defined 16 clusters with common patterns of expression. These patterns and quantification of hybridization levels on the array were confirmed by Northern blots. TCPOBOP selectively activated expression of a number of detoxification enzymes. In conclusion, the genes that were regulated by both treatments suggest down-regulation of apoptosis, altered signal transduction, and early biogenesis of critical cell components.
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- Joseph Locker
- Department of Pathology and the Marion Bessin Liver Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA.
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Botolin D, Jump DB. Selective proteolytic processing of rat hepatic sterol regulatory element binding protein-1 (SREBP-1) and SREBP-2 during postnatal development. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:6959-62. [PMID: 12488438 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m212846200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c) plays a major role in hepatic lipogenic gene expression. In adult animals, insulin and oxysterols induce SREBP-1c gene transcription, whereas polyunsaturated fatty acids suppress the nuclear content of SREBP-1c through pre-translational regulatory mechanisms. A decline in nuclear SREBP-1 is associated with suppression of hepatic lipogenesis. In contrast to adult rats, hepatic lipogenesis in preweaned neonatal rats is low. Ingestion of milk fat by the neonate may contribute to low hepatic lipogenesis. In this report, we tested the hypothesis that low lipogenic gene expression prior to weaning correlates with low mRNA(SREBP-1c), as well as low precursor and nuclear forms of SREBP-1. In contrast to expectations, levels of mRNA(SREBP-1c) and the 125-kDa SREBP-1 precursor in livers of preweaned rats was comparable with adult levels. Despite high levels of SREBP-1 precursor, mature (65 kDa) SREBP-1 was not detected in rat liver nuclei prior to 18 days postpartum. Weaning rats at 21 days postpartum was accompanied by a rise in nuclear SREBP-1 levels as well as increased lipogenic gene expression. In contrast, SREBP-2 was present in rat liver nuclei, and its target gene, HMG-CoA reductase, was expressed above adult levels prior to weaning. These studies indicate that, prior to weaning, SREBP-2 but not SREBP-1 is proteolytically processed to the mature form. As such, SREBP-2-regulated genes are active. Failure of SREBP-1 to be processed to the mature form <18 days postpartum correlates with low hepatic lipogenic gene expression. This mechanism differs from the hormonal and fatty acid-mediated pre-translational control of SREBP-1c in adult liver.
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- Daniela Botolin
- Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Kuo BA, Uporova TM, Liang H, Bennett VD, Tuan RS, Norton PA. Alternative splicing during chondrogenesis: modulation of fibronectin exon EIIIA splicing by SR proteins. J Cell Biochem 2002; 86:45-55. [PMID: 12112015 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.10188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The alternative exon EIIIA of the fibronectin gene is included in mRNAs produced in undifferentiated mesenchymal cells but excluded from differentiated chondrocytes. As members of the SR protein family of splicing factors have been demonstrated to be involved in the alternative splicing of other mRNAs, the role of SR proteins in chondrogenesis-associated EIIIA splicing was investigated. SR proteins interacted with chick exon EIIIA sequences that are required for exon inclusion in a gel mobility shift assay. Addition of SR proteins to in vitro splicing reactions increased the rate and extent of exon EIIIA inclusion. Co-transfection studies employing cDNAs encoding individual SR proteins revealed that SRp20 decreased mRNA accumulation in HeLa cells, which make A+ mRNA, apparently by interfering with pre-mRNA splicing. Co-transfection studies also demonstrated that SRp40 increased exon EIIIA inclusion in chondrocytes, but not in HeLa cells, suggesting the importance of cellular context for SR protein activity. Immunoblot analysis did not reveal a relative depletion of SRp40 in chondrocytic cells. Possible mechanisms for regulation of EIIIA splicing in particular, and chondrogenesis associated splicing in general, are discussed.
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- Bruce A Kuo
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadephia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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Janowski BA. The hypocholesterolemic agent LY295427 up-regulates INSIG-1, identifying the INSIG-1 protein as a mediator of cholesterol homeostasis through SREBP. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:12675-80. [PMID: 12242342 PMCID: PMC130519 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.202471599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2002] [Accepted: 08/06/2002] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Oxysterols regulate cholesterol homeostasis through liver X receptor (LXR; cholesterol-lowering)- and sterol regulatory element-binding protein (SREBP; cholesterol-raising)-mediated signaling pathways. Previously we reported that the hypocholesterolemic agent LY295427 (4alpha-allylcholestan-3alpha-ol) reverses oxysterol-mediated suppression of SREBP processing. We now report that LY295427 increases expression of insulin-induced gene-1 (INSIG-1) and restores SREBP processing in cells treated with oxysterols. In cells overexpressing the INSIG-1 gene, by contrast, SREBP processing is suppressed and oxysterol regulation is disrupted. SREBP processing is not restored by addition of LY295427, but is restored by increasing the levels of SREBP cleavage-activating protein (SCAP). These findings suggest that the INSIG-1 protein alters sterol balance by modulating SREBP processing jointly with SCAP. To test whether the action of oxysterols on SREBP processing is mediated through endogenous INSIG-1 protein, we used RNAi to lower the expression of the INSIG-1 gene, and found that reduced INSIG-1 protein levels caused the loss of SREBP regulation by oxysterols. We conclude that: (i) INSIG-1 gene expression is suppressed by oxysterols; (ii) LY295427 treatment counters the suppressive effects of oxysterols on SREBP processing, resulting in the expression of the INSIG-1 gene; and (iii) INSIG-1 gene expression affects SREBP processing. Taken together, these data suggest that INSIG-1 plays a critical role in regulating cholesterol concentrations in the cell.
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- Bethany A Janowski
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9046, USA.
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Yang T, Espenshade PJ, Wright ME, Yabe D, Gong Y, Aebersold R, Goldstein JL, Brown MS. Crucial step in cholesterol homeostasis: sterols promote binding of SCAP to INSIG-1, a membrane protein that facilitates retention of SREBPs in ER. Cell 2002; 110:489-500. [PMID: 12202038 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(02)00872-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 752] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Using coimmunoprecipitation and tandem mass spectrometry, we identify INSIG-1 as an ER protein that binds the sterol-sensing domain of SREBP cleavage-activating protein (SCAP) and facilitates retention of the SCAP/SREBP complex in the ER. In sterol-depleted cells, SCAP escorts SREBPs from ER to Golgi for proteolytic processing, thereby allowing SREBPs to stimulate cholesterol synthesis. Sterols induce binding of SCAP to INSIG-1, as determined by blue native-PAGE, and this is correlated with the inhibition of SCAP exit from the ER. Overexpression of INSIG-1 increases the sensitivity of cells to sterol-mediated inhibition of SREBP processing. Mutant SCAP(Y298C) fails to bind INSIG-1 and is resistant to sterol-mediated inhibition of ER exit. By facilitating sterol-dependent ER retention of SCAP, INSIG-1 plays a central role in cholesterol homeostasis.
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- Tong Yang
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75390, USA
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Dance GSC, Sowden MP, Cartegni L, Cooper E, Krainer AR, Smith HC. Two proteins essential for apolipoprotein B mRNA editing are expressed from a single gene through alternative splicing. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:12703-9. [PMID: 11815617 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111337200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Apolipoprotein B (apoB) mRNA editing involves site-specific deamination of cytidine to form uridine, resulting in the production of an in-frame stop codon. Protein translated from edited mRNA is associated with a reduced risk of atherosclerosis, and hence the protein factors that regulate hepatic apoB mRNA editing are of interest. A human protein essential for apoB mRNA editing and an eight-amino acid-longer variant of no known function have been recently cloned. We report that both proteins, henceforth referred to as ACF64 and ACF65, supported APOBEC-1 (the catalytic subunit of the editosome) equivalently in editing of apoB mRNA. They are encoded by a single 82-kb gene on chromosome 10. The transcripts are encoded by 15 exons that are expressed from a tissue-specific promoter minimally contained within the -0.33-kb DNA sequence. ACF64 and ACF65 mRNAs are expressed in both liver and intestinal cells in an approximate 1:4 ratio. Exon 11 is alternatively spliced to include or exclude 24 nucleotides of exon 12, thereby encoding ACF65 and ACF64, respectively. Recognition motifs for the serine/arginine-rich (SR) proteins SC35, SRp40, SRp55, and SF2/ASF involved in alternative RNA splicing were predicted in exon 12. Overexpression of these SR proteins in liver cells demonstrated that alternative splicing of a minigene-derived transcript to express ACF65 was enhanced 6-fold by SRp40. The data account for the expression of two editing factors and provide a possible explanation for their different levels of expression.
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- Geoffrey S C Dance
- Departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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Patel NA, Chalfant CE, Watson JE, Wyatt JR, Dean NM, Eichler DC, Cooper DR. Insulin regulates alternative splicing of protein kinase C beta II through a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-dependent pathway involving the nuclear serine/arginine-rich splicing factor, SRp40, in skeletal muscle cells. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:22648-54. [PMID: 11283022 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m101260200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Insulin regulates the inclusion of the exon encoding protein kinase C (PKC) betaII mRNA. In this report, we show that insulin regulates this exon inclusion (alternative splicing) via the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) signaling pathway through the phosphorylation state of SRp40, a factor required for insulin-regulated splice site selection for PKCbetaII mRNA. By taking advantage of a well known inhibitor of PI 3-kinase, LY294002, we demonstrated that pretreatment of L6 myotubes with LY294002 blocked insulin-induced PKCbetaII exon inclusion as well as phosphorylation of SRp40. In the absence of LY294002, overexpression of SRp40 in L6 cells mimicked insulin-induced exon inclusion. When antisense oligonucleotides targeted to a putative SRp40-binding sequence in the betaII-betaI intron were transfected into L6 cells, insulin effects on splicing and glucose uptake were blocked. Taken together, these results demonstrate a role for SRp40 in insulin-mediated alternative splicing independent of changes in SRp40 concentration but dependent on serine phosphorylation of SRp40 via a PI 3-kinase signaling pathway. This switch in PKC isozyme expression is important for increases in the glucose transport effect of insulin. Significantly, insulin regulation of PKCbetaII exon inclusion occurred in the absence of cell growth and differentiation demonstrating that insulin-induced alternative splicing of PKCbetaII mRNA in L6 cells occurs in response to a metabolic change.
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- N A Patel
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
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Way JM, Harrington WW, Brown KK, Gottschalk WK, Sundseth SS, Mansfield TA, Ramachandran RK, Willson TM, Kliewer SA. Comprehensive messenger ribonucleic acid profiling reveals that peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma activation has coordinate effects on gene expression in multiple insulin-sensitive tissues. Endocrinology 2001; 142:1269-77. [PMID: 11181544 DOI: 10.1210/endo.142.3.8037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR gamma) agonists, including the glitazone class of drugs, are insulin sensitizers that reduce glucose and lipid levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. To more fully understand the molecular mechanisms underlying their therapeutic actions, we have characterized the effects of the potent, tyrosine-based PPAR gamma ligand GW1929 on serum glucose and lipid parameters and gene expression in Zucker diabetic fatty rats. In time-course studies, GW1929 treatment decreased circulating FFA levels before reducing glucose and triglyceride levels. We used a comprehensive and unbiased messenger RNA profiling technique to identify genes regulated either directly or indirectly by PPAR gamma in epididymal white adipose tissue, interscapular brown adipose tissue, liver, and soleus skeletal muscle. PPAR gamma activation stimulated the expression of a large number of genes involved in lipogenesis and fatty acid metabolism in both white adipose tissue and brown adipose tissue. In muscle, PPAR gamma agonist treatment decreased the expression of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4, which represses oxidative glucose metabolism, and also decreased the expression of genes involved in fatty acid transport and oxidation. These changes suggest a molecular basis for PPAR gamma-mediated increases in glucose utilization in muscle. In liver, PPAR gamma activation coordinately decreased the expression of genes involved in gluconeogenesis. We conclude from these studies that the antidiabetic actions of PPAR gamma agonists are probably the consequence of 1) their effects on FFA levels, and 2), their coordinate effects on gene expression in multiple insulin-sensitive tissues.
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- J M Way
- Department of Molecular Endocrinology, Glaxo Wellcome Inc., Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Yun CY, Fu XD. Conserved SR protein kinase functions in nuclear import and its action is counteracted by arginine methylation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Cell Biol 2000; 150:707-18. [PMID: 10952997 PMCID: PMC2175287 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.150.4.707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Mammalian serine and arginine-rich (SR) proteins play important roles in both constitutive and regulated splicing, and SR protein-specific kinases (SRPKs) are conserved from humans to yeast. Here, we demonstrate a novel function of the single conserved SR protein kinase Sky1p in nuclear import in budding yeast. The yeast SR-like protein Npl3p is known to enter the nucleus through a composite nuclear localization signal (NLS) consisting of a repetitive arginine- glycine-glycine (RGG) motif and a nonrepetitive sequence. We found that the latter is the site for phosphorylation by Sky1p and that this phosphorylation regulates nuclear import of Npl3p by modulating the interaction of the RGG motif with its nuclear import receptor Mtr10p. The RGG motif is also methylated on arginine residues, but methylation does not affect the Npl3p-Mtr10p interaction in vitro. Remarkably, arginine methylation interferes with Sky1p-mediated phosphorylation, thereby indirectly influencing the Npl3p-Mtr10p interaction in vivo and negatively regulating nuclear import of Npl3p. These results suggest that nuclear import of Npl3p is coordinately influenced by methylation and phosphorylation in budding yeast, which may represent conserved components in the dynamic regulation of RNA processing in higher eukaryotic cells.
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- Chi Y. Yun
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0651
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0651
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Li Y, Blencowe BJ. Distinct factor requirements for exonic splicing enhancer function and binding of U2AF to the polypyrimidine tract. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:35074-9. [PMID: 10574987 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.49.35074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Exonic splicing enhancer (ESE) sequences are important for the recognition of adjacent splice sites in pre-mRNA and for the regulation of splice site selection. It has been proposed that ESEs function by associating with one or more serine/arginine-repeat (SR) proteins which stabilize the binding of the U2 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle (snRNP) auxiliary factor (U2AF) to the polypyrimidine tract upstream of the 3' splice site. We have tested this model by analyzing the composition of splicing complexes assembled on an ESE-dependent pre-mRNA derived from the doublesex gene of Drosophila. Several SR proteins and hTra2beta, a human homolog of the Drosophila alternative splicing regulator Transformer-2, associate with this pre-mRNA in the presence, but not in the absence, of a purine-rich ESE. By contrast, the 65-kDa subunit of U2AF (U2AF-65 kDa) bound equally to the pre-mRNA in the presence and absence of the ESE. Time course experiments revealed differences in the levels and kinetics of association of individual SR proteins with the ESE-containing pre-mRNA, whereas U2AF-65 kDa bound prior to most SR proteins and hTra2beta and its level of binding did not change significantly during the course of the splicing reaction. Binding of U2AF-65 kDa to the ESE-dependent pre-mRNA was, however, dependent on U1 snRNP. The results indicate that an ESE promotes spliceosome formation through interactions that are distinct from those required for the binding of U2AF-65 kDa to the polypyrimidine tract.
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- Y Li
- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, C. H. Best Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L6, Canada
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