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de Abreu da Silva IC, Vicentino ARR, Dos Santos RC, da Fonseca RN, de Mendonça Amarante A, Carneiro VC, de Amorim Pinto M, Aguilera EA, Mohana-Borges R, Bisch PM, da Silva-Neto MAC, Fantappié MR. Molecular and functional characterization of single-box high-mobility group B (HMGB) chromosomal protein from Aedes aegypti. Gene 2018; 671:152-160. [PMID: 29859286 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2018.05.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2018] [Revised: 05/24/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
High-mobility group B (HMGB) proteins have highly conserved, unique DNA-binding domains, HMG boxes, that can bind non-B-type DNA structures, such as bent, kinked and unwound structures, with high affinity. HMGB proteins also promote DNA bending, looping and unwinding. In this study, we determined the role of the Aedes aegypti single HMG-box domain protein AaHMGB; characterized its structure, spatiotemporal expression levels, subcellular localization, and nucleic acid binding activities; and compared these properties with those of its double-HMG-box counterpart protein, AaHMGB1. Via qRT-PCR, we showed that AaHMGB is expressed at much higher levels than AaHMGB1 throughout mosquito development. In situ hybridization results suggested a role for AaHMGB and AaHMGB1 during embryogenesis. Immunolocalization in the midgut revealed that AaHMGB is exclusively nuclear. Circular dichroism and fluorescence spectroscopy analyses showed that AaHMGB exhibits common features of α-helical structures and is more stably folded than AaHMGB1, likely due to the presence of one or two HMG boxes. Using several DNA substrates or single-stranded RNAs as probes, we observed significant differences between AaHMGB and AaHMGB1 in terms of their binding patterns, activity and/or specificity. Importantly, we showed that the phosphorylation of AaHMGB plays a critical role in its DNA-binding activity. Our study provides additional insight into the roles of single- versus double-HMG-box-containing proteins in nucleic acid interactions for better understanding of mosquito development, physiology and homeostasis.
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- Isabel Caetano de Abreu da Silva
- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular - INCT-EM, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular - INCT-EM, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular - INCT-EM, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular - INCT-EM, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular - INCT-EM, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular - INCT-EM, Brazil.
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Kang R, Chen R, Zhang Q, Hou W, Wu S, Cao L, Huang J, Yu Y, Fan XG, Yan Z, Sun X, Wang H, Wang Q, Tsung A, Billiar TR, Zeh HJ, Lotze MT, Tang D. HMGB1 in health and disease. Mol Aspects Med 2014; 40:1-116. [PMID: 25010388 PMCID: PMC4254084 DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2014.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 683] [Impact Index Per Article: 68.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2014] [Accepted: 05/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Complex genetic and physiological variations as well as environmental factors that drive emergence of chromosomal instability, development of unscheduled cell death, skewed differentiation, and altered metabolism are central to the pathogenesis of human diseases and disorders. Understanding the molecular bases for these processes is important for the development of new diagnostic biomarkers, and for identifying new therapeutic targets. In 1973, a group of non-histone nuclear proteins with high electrophoretic mobility was discovered and termed high-mobility group (HMG) proteins. The HMG proteins include three superfamilies termed HMGB, HMGN, and HMGA. High-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), the most abundant and well-studied HMG protein, senses and coordinates the cellular stress response and plays a critical role not only inside of the cell as a DNA chaperone, chromosome guardian, autophagy sustainer, and protector from apoptotic cell death, but also outside the cell as the prototypic damage associated molecular pattern molecule (DAMP). This DAMP, in conjunction with other factors, thus has cytokine, chemokine, and growth factor activity, orchestrating the inflammatory and immune response. All of these characteristics make HMGB1 a critical molecular target in multiple human diseases including infectious diseases, ischemia, immune disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, metabolic disorders, and cancer. Indeed, a number of emergent strategies have been used to inhibit HMGB1 expression, release, and activity in vitro and in vivo. These include antibodies, peptide inhibitors, RNAi, anti-coagulants, endogenous hormones, various chemical compounds, HMGB1-receptor and signaling pathway inhibition, artificial DNAs, physical strategies including vagus nerve stimulation and other surgical approaches. Future work further investigating the details of HMGB1 localization, structure, post-translational modification, and identification of additional partners will undoubtedly uncover additional secrets regarding HMGB1's multiple functions.
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- Rui Kang
- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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- Department of Oncology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA; Department of Neurology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, China
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- Key Laboratory for Major Obstetric Diseases of Guangdong Province, Key Laboratory of Reproduction and Genetics of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Experimental Department of Institute of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510510, China
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- Laboratory of Emergency Medicine, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
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Stott K, Watson M, Bostock MJ, Mortensen SA, Travers A, Grasser KD, Thomas JO. Structural insights into the mechanism of negative regulation of single-box high mobility group proteins by the acidic tail domain. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:29817-26. [PMID: 25190813 PMCID: PMC4207994 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.591115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The Drosophila and plant (maize) functional counterparts of the abundant vertebrate chromosomal protein HMGB1 (HMG-D and ZmHMGB1, respectively) differ from HMGB1 in having a single HMG box, as well as basic and acidic flanking regions that vary greatly in length and charge. We show that despite these variations, HMG-D and ZmHMGB1 exist in dynamic assemblies in which the basic HMG boxes and linkers associate with their intrinsically disordered, predominantly acidic, tails in a manner analogous to that observed previously for HMGB1. The DNA-binding surfaces of the boxes and linkers are occluded in “auto-inhibited” forms of the protein, which are in equilibrium with transient, more open structures that are “binding-competent.” This strongly suggests that the mechanism of auto-inhibition may be a general one. HMG-D and ZmHMGB1 differ from HMGB1 in having phosphorylation sites in their tail and linker regions. In both cases, in vitro phosphorylation of serine residues within the acidic tail stabilizes the assembled form, suggesting another level of regulation for interaction with DNA, chromatin, and other proteins that is not possible for the uniformly acidic (hence unphosphorylatable) tail of HMGB1.
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- Katherine Stott
- From the Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom and
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- the Department of Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom and
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- the Department of Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom and
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Yang Z, Guo G, Zhang M, Liu CY, Hu Q, Lam H, Cheng H, Xue Y, Li J, Li N. Stable isotope metabolic labeling-based quantitative phosphoproteomic analysis of Arabidopsis mutants reveals ethylene-regulated time-dependent phosphoproteins and putative substrates of constitutive triple response 1 kinase. Mol Cell Proteomics 2013; 12:3559-82. [PMID: 24043427 PMCID: PMC3861708 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m113.031633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2013] [Revised: 08/27/2013] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Ethylene is an important plant hormone that regulates numerous cellular processes and stress responses. The mode of action of ethylene is both dose- and time-dependent. Protein phosphorylation plays a key role in ethylene signaling, which is mediated by the activities of ethylene receptors, constitutive triple response 1 (CTR1) kinase, and phosphatase. To address how ethylene alters the cellular protein phosphorylation profile in a time-dependent manner, differential and quantitative phosphoproteomics based on (15)N stable isotope labeling in Arabidopsis was performed on both one-minute ethylene-treated Arabidopsis ethylene-overly-sensitive loss-of-function mutant rcn1-1, deficient in PP2A phosphatase activity, and a pair of long-term ethylene-treated wild-type and loss-of-function ethylene signaling ctr1-1 mutants, deficient in mitogen-activated kinase kinase kinase activity. In total, 1079 phosphopeptides were identified, among which 44 were novel. Several one-minute ethylene-regulated phosphoproteins were found from the rcn1-1. Bioinformatic analysis of the rcn1-1 phosphoproteome predicted nine phosphoproteins as the putative substrates for PP2A phosphatase. In addition, from CTR1 kinase-enhanced phosphosites, we also found putative CTR1 kinase substrates including plastid transcriptionally active protein and calcium-sensing receptor. These regulatory proteins are phosphorylated in the presence of ethylene. Analysis of ethylene-regulated phosphosites using the group-based prediction system with a protein-protein interaction filter revealed a total of 14 kinase-substrate relationships that may function in both CTR1 kinase- and PP2A phosphatase-mediated phosphor-relay pathways. Finally, several ethylene-regulated post-translational modification network models have been built using molecular systems biology tools. It is proposed that ethylene regulates the phosphorylation of arginine/serine-rich splicing factor 41, plasma membrane intrinsic protein 2A, light harvesting chlorophyll A/B binding protein 1.1, and flowering bHLH 3 proteins in a dual-and-opposing fashion.
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- Zhu Yang
- From the ‡Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- From the ‡Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- From the ‡Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- From the ‡Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- From the ‡Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- ¶Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- ‖Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- ‖Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- **State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- From the ‡Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Ladrech S, Mathieu M, Puel JL, Lenoir M. Supporting cells regulate the remodelling of aminoglycoside-injured organ of Corti, through the release of high mobility group box 1. Eur J Neurosci 2013; 38:2962-72. [DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2012] [Revised: 05/29/2013] [Accepted: 06/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Wiśniewski JR, Nagaraj N, Zougman A, Gnad F, Mann M. Brain phosphoproteome obtained by a FASP-based method reveals plasma membrane protein topology. J Proteome Res 2010; 9:3280-9. [PMID: 20415495 DOI: 10.1021/pr1002214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 217] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Taking advantage of the recently developed Filter Assisted Sample Preparation (FASP) method for sample preparation, we performed an in-depth analysis of phosphorylation sites in mouse brain. To maximize the number of detected phosphorylation sites, we fractionated proteins by size exclusion chromatography (SEC) or separated tryptic peptides on an anion exchanger (SAX) prior or after the TiO(2)-based phosphopeptide enrichment, respectively. SEC allowed analysis of minute tissue samples (1 mg total protein), and resulted in identification of more than 4000 sites in a single experiment, comprising eight fractions. SAX in a pipet tip format offered a convenient and rapid way to fractionate phosphopeptides and mapped more than 5000 sites in a single six fraction experiment. To enrich peptides containing phosphotyrosine residues, we describe a filter aided antibody capturing and elution (FACE) method that requires only the uncoupled instead of resin-immobilized capture reagent. In total, we identified 12,035 phosphorylation sites on 4579 brain proteins of which 8446 are novel. Gene Ontology annotation reveals that 23% of identified sites are located on plasma membrane proteins, including a large number of ion channels and transporters. Together with the glycosylation sites from a recent large-scale study, they can confirm or correct predicted membrane topologies of these proteins, as we show for the examples calcium channels and glutamate receptors.
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- Jacek R Wiśniewski
- Department of Proteomics and Signal Transduction, Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, Martinsried near Munich, Germany.
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Libault M, Zhang XC, Govindarajulu M, Qiu J, Ong YT, Brechenmacher L, Berg RH, Hurley-Sommer A, Taylor CG, Stacey G. A member of the highly conserved FWL (tomato FW2.2-like) gene family is essential for soybean nodule organogenesis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2010; 62:852-64. [PMID: 20230508 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2010.04201.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A soybean homolog of the tomato FW2.2 gene, here named GmFWL1 (Glycine max FW2.2-like 1), was found to respond strongly to inoculation with the nitrogen-fixing symbiotic bacterium Bradyrhizobium japonicum. In tomato, the FW2.2 gene is hypothesized to control 30% of the variance in fruit weight by negatively regulating cell division. In the present study, the induction of GmFWL1 expression in root hair cells and nodules in response to B. japonicum inoculation was documented using quantitative RT-PCR and transcriptional fusions to both beta-glucuronidase (GUS) and green fluorescent protein (GFP). RNAi-mediated silencing of GmFWL1 expression resulted in a significant reduction in nodule number, with a concomitant reduction in nuclear size and changes in chromatin structure. The reduction in nuclear size is probably due to a change in DNA heterochromatinization, as the ploidy level of wild-type and RNAi-silenced nodule cells was similar. GmFWL1 was localized to the plasma membrane. The data suggest that GmFWL1 probably acts indirectly, perhaps through a cellular cascade, to affect chromatin structure/nuclei architecture. As previously proposed in tomato, this function may be a result of effects on plant cell division.
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- Marc Libault
- Division of Plant Sciences, National Center for Soybean Biotechnology, Division of Biochemistry, C.S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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Kim JM, To TK, Nishioka T, Seki M. Chromatin regulation functions in plant abiotic stress responses. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2010; 33:604-11. [PMID: 19930132 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.02076.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Plants respond and adapt to drought, cold and high-salinity stress in order to survive. Molecular and genomic studies have revealed that many stress-inducible genes with various functions and signalling factors, such as transcription factors, protein kinases and protein phosphatases, are involved in the stress responses. Recent studies have revealed the coordination of the gene expression and chromatin regulation in response to the environmental stresses. Several histone modifications are dramatically altered on the stress-responsive gene regions under drought stress conditions. Several chromatin-related proteins such as histone modification enzymes, linker histone H1 and components of chromatin remodeling complex influence the gene regulation in the stress responses. This review briefly describes chromatin regulation in response to drought, cold and high-salinity stress.
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- Jong-Myong Kim
- RIKEN Plant Science Center, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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Pelovsky P, Pashev IG, Pasheva E. Interplay between in vitro acetylation and phosphorylation of tailless HMGB1 protein. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009; 380:138-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.01.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2009] [Accepted: 01/13/2009] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Wiśniewski JR, Zougman A, Krüger S, Ziółkowski P, Pudełko M, Bębenek M, Mann M. Constitutive and dynamic phosphorylation and acetylation sites on NUCKS, a hypermodified nuclear protein, studied by quantitative proteomics. Proteins 2008; 73:710-8. [DOI: 10.1002/prot.22104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Topalova D, Ugrinova I, Pashev IG, Pasheva EA. HMGB1 protein inhibits DNA replication in vitro: a role of the acetylation and the acidic tail. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2007; 40:1536-42. [PMID: 18191612 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2007.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2007] [Revised: 11/27/2007] [Accepted: 11/28/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The high mobility group box (HMGB) 1 protein is a very abundant and conserved protein that is implicated in many key cellular events but its functions within the nucleus remain elusive. The role of this protein in replication of closed circular DNA containing a eukaryotic origin of replication has been studied in vitro by using native and recombinant HMGB1 as well as various modified HMGB1 preparations such as truncated protein, lacking its C-terminal tail, in vivo acetylated protein, and recombinant HMGB1 phosphorylated in vitro by protein kinase C (PKC). Native HMGB1 extracted from tumour cells inhibits replication and this effect is reduced upon acetylation and completely abolished upon removal of the acidic C-terminal tail. Recombinant HMGB1, however, fails to inhibit replication but it acquires such a property following in vitro phosphorylation by PKC.
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- Dessislava Topalova
- Institute of Molecular Biology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Zhang Q, Wang Y. Homeodomain-interacting protein kinase-2 (HIPK2) phosphorylates HMGA1a at Ser-35, Thr-52, and Thr-77 and modulates its DNA binding affinity. J Proteome Res 2007; 6:4711-9. [PMID: 17960875 DOI: 10.1021/pr700571d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The chromosomal high-mobility group A (HMGA) proteins, composed of HMGA1a, HMGA1b and HMGA2, play important roles in the regulation of numerous processes in eukaryotic cells, such as transcriptional regulation, DNA repair, RNA processing, and chromatin remodeling. The biological activities of HMGA1 proteins are highly regulated by their post-translational modifications (PTMs), including acetylation, methylation, and phosphorylation. Recently, it was found that the homeodomain-interacting protein kinase-2 (HIPK2), a newly identified serine/threonine kinase, co-immunoprecipitated with, and phosphorylated, HMGA1 proteins. However, the sites and the biological significance of the phosphorylation have not been elucidated. Here, we found that HIPK2 phosphorylates HMGA1a at Ser-35, Thr-52, and Thr-77, and HMGA1b at Thr-41 and Thr-66. In addition, we demonstrated that cdc2, which is known to phosphorylate HMGA1 proteins, could induce the phosphorylation of HMGA1 proteins at the same Ser/Thr sites. The two kinases, however, exhibited different site preferences for the phosphorylation: The preference for HIPK2 phosphorylation followed the order of Thr-77 > Thr-52 > Ser-35, whereas the order for cdc2 phosphorylation was Thr-52 > Thr-77 > Ser-35. Moreover, we found that the HIPK2-phosphorylated HMGA1a reduced the binding affinity of HMGA1a to human germ line promoter, and the drop in binding affinity induced by HIPK2 phosphorylation was lower than that introduced by cdc2 phosphorylation, which is consistent with the notion that the second AT-hook in HMGA1a is more important for DNA binding than the third AT-hook.
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Ito I, Fukazawa J, Yoshida M. Post-translational methylation of high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) causes its cytoplasmic localization in neutrophils. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:16336-44. [PMID: 17403684 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m608467200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) protein plays multiple roles in transcription, replication, and cellular differentiation. HMGB1 is also secreted by activated monocytes and macrophages and passively released by necrotic or damaged cells, stimulating inflammation. HMGB1 is a novel antigen of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) observed in the sera of patients with ulcerative colitis and autoimmune hepatitis, suggesting that HMGB1 is secreted from neutrophils to the extracellular milieu. However, the actual distribution of HMGB1 in the cytoplasm of neutrophils and the mechanisms responsible for it are obscure. Here we show that HMGB1 in neutrophils is post-translationally mono-methylated at Lys42. The methylation alters the conformation of HMGB1 and weakens its DNA binding activity, causing it to become largely distributed in the cytoplasm by passive diffusion out of the nucleus. Thus, post-translational methylation of HMGB1 causes its cytoplasmic localization in neutrophils. This novel pathway explains the distribution of nuclear HMGB1 to the cytoplasm and is important for understanding how neutrophils release HMGB1 to the extracellular milieu.
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MESH Headings
- Active Transport, Cell Nucleus/immunology
- Animals
- Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic/blood
- Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic/immunology
- Cell Nucleus/immunology
- Cell Nucleus/metabolism
- Cell Nucleus/pathology
- Colitis, Ulcerative/blood
- Colitis, Ulcerative/immunology
- Colitis, Ulcerative/pathology
- Cytoplasm/immunology
- Cytoplasm/metabolism
- Cytoplasm/pathology
- DNA/immunology
- DNA/metabolism
- HL-60 Cells
- HMGB1 Protein/immunology
- HMGB1 Protein/metabolism
- HeLa Cells
- Hepatitis, Autoimmune/blood
- Hepatitis, Autoimmune/immunology
- Hepatitis, Autoimmune/pathology
- Humans
- Macrophages/immunology
- Macrophages/metabolism
- Macrophages/pathology
- Methylation
- Neutrophils/immunology
- Neutrophils/metabolism
- Neutrophils/pathology
- Protein Binding/immunology
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational/immunology
- Swine
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Affiliation(s)
- Ichiaki Ito
- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Science University of Tokyo, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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Grasser KD, Launholt D, Grasser M. High mobility group proteins of the plant HMGB family: dynamic chromatin modulators. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 1769:346-57. [PMID: 17316841 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbaexp.2006.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2006] [Revised: 12/29/2006] [Accepted: 12/31/2006] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In plants, the chromosomal high mobility group (HMG) proteins of the HMGB family typically contain a central HMG-box DNA-binding domain that is flanked by a basic N-terminal and an acidic C-terminal domain. The HMGB proteins are abundant and highly mobile proteins in the cell nucleus that influence chromatin structure and enhance the accessibility of binding sites to regulatory factors. Due to their remarkable DNA bending activity, HMGB proteins can increase the structural flexibility of DNA, promoting the assembly of nucleoprotein complexes that control DNA-dependent processes including transcription. Therefore, members of the HMGB family act as versatile modulators of chromatin function.
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- Klaus D Grasser
- Department of Life Sciences, Aalborg University, Sohngaardsholmsvej 49, DK-9000 Aalborg, Denmark.
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Villar-Garea A, Imhof A. The analysis of histone modifications. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2006; 1764:1932-9. [PMID: 17015046 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2006.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2006] [Revised: 08/22/2006] [Accepted: 08/23/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The biological function of many proteins is often regulated through posttranslational modifications (PTMs). Frequently different modifications influence each other and lead to an intricate network of interdependent modification patterns that affect protein-protein interactions, enzymatic activities and sub-cellular localizations. One of the best-studied class of proteins that is affected by PTMs and combinations thereof are the histone molecules. Histones are very abundant, small basic proteins that package DNA in the eukaryotic nucleus to form chromatin. The four core-histones are densely modified within their first 20-40 N-terminal amino acids, which are highly evolutionary conserved despite playing no structural role. The modifications are thought to constitute a histone code that is used by the cell to encrypt various chromatin conformations and gene expression states. The analysis of modified histones can be used as a model to dissect complex modification patterns and to investigate their molecular functions. Here we review techniques that have been used to decipher complex histone modification patterns and discuss the implication of these findings for chromatin structure and function.
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- Ana Villar-Garea
- Histone modifications group, Adolf-Butenandt Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Schillerstr 44, 80336 Munich, Germany
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Lin CY, Navarro S, Reddy S, Comai L. CK2-mediated stimulation of Pol I transcription by stabilization of UBF-SL1 interaction. Nucleic Acids Res 2006; 34:4752-66. [PMID: 16971462 PMCID: PMC1635259 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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High levels of rRNA synthesis by RNA polymerase I are important for cell growth and proliferation. In vitro studies have indicated that the formation of a stable complex between the HMG box factor [Upstream binding factor (UBF)] and SL1 at the rRNA gene promoter is necessary to direct multiple rounds of Pol I transcription initiation. The recruitment of SL1 to the promoter occurs through protein interactions with UBF and is regulated by phosphorylation of UBF. Here we show that the protein kinase CK2 co-immunoprecipitates with the Pol I complex and is associated with the rRNA gene promoter. Inhibition of CK2 kinase activity reduces Pol I transcription in cultured cells and in vitro. Significantly, CK2 regulates the interaction between UBF and SL1 by counteracting the inhibitory effect of HMG boxes five and six through the phosphorylation of specific serines located at the C-terminus of UBF. Transcription reactions with immobilized templates indicate that phosphorylation of CK2 phosphoacceptor sites in the C-terminal domain of UBF is important for promoting multiple rounds of Pol I transcription. These data demonstrate that CK2 is recruited to the rRNA gene promoter and directly regulates Pol I transcription re-initiation by stabilizing the association between UBF and SL1.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California2250 Alcazar Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 323 442 3950; Fax: +1 323 441 2764;
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Bonet C, Fernández I, Aran X, Bernués J, Giralt E, Azorín F. The GAGA Protein of Drosophila is Phosphorylated by CK2. J Mol Biol 2005; 351:562-72. [PMID: 16023138 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.06.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2005] [Revised: 06/02/2005] [Accepted: 06/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The GAGA factor of Drosophila is a sequence-specific DNA-binding protein that contributes to multiple processes from the regulation of gene expression to the structural organisation of heterochromatin and chromatin remodelling. GAGA is known to interact with various other proteins (tramtrack, pipsqueak, batman and dSAP18) and protein complexes (PRC1, NURF and FACT). GAGA functions are likely regulated at the level of post-translational modifications. Little is known, however, about its actual pattern of modification. It was proposed that GAGA can be O-glycosylated. Here, we report that GAGA519 isoform is a phosphoprotein that is phosphorylated by CK2 at the region of the DNA-binding domain. Our results indicate that phosphorylation occurs at S388 and, to a lesser extent, at S378. These two residues are located in a region of the DNA-binding domain that makes no direct contact with DNA, being dispensable for sequence-specific recognition. Phosphorylation at these sites does not abolish DNA binding but reduces the affinity of the interaction. These results are discussed in the context of the various functions and interactions that GAGA supports.
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- Carles Bonet
- Departament de Biologia Molecular i Cel.lular, Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona, IBMB-CSIC, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Josep Samitier, 1-5. 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Lewis BA, Sims RJ, Lane WS, Reinberg D. Functional characterization of core promoter elements: DPE-specific transcription requires the protein kinase CK2 and the PC4 coactivator. Mol Cell 2005; 18:471-81. [PMID: 15893730 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2005.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2005] [Revised: 04/05/2005] [Accepted: 04/13/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Downstream core promoter elements are an expanding class of regulatory sequences that add considerable diversity to the promoter architecture of RNA polymerase II-transcribed genes. We set out to determine the factors necessary for downstream promoter element (DPE)-dependent transcription and find that, against expectations, TFIID and the GTFs are not sufficient. Instead, the protein kinase CK2 and the coactivator PC4 establish DPE-specific transcription in an in vitro transcription system containing TFIID, Mediator, and the GTFs. Chromatin immunoprecipitation analyses using the DPE-dependent IRF-1 and TAF7 promoters demonstrated that CK2, and PC4 are present on these promoters in vivo. In contrast, neither PC4 nor CK2 were detected on the TAF1-dependent cyclin D promoter, which contains a DCE type of downstream element. Our findings also demonstrate that CK2 activity alters TFIID-dependent recognition of DCE sequences. These data establish that CK2 acts as a switch, converting the transcriptional machinery from functioning on one type of downstream element to another.
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- Brian A Lewis
- Division of Nucleic Acids Enzymology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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Kumar R, Thompson EB. Gene regulation by the glucocorticoid receptor: structure:function relationship. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2005; 94:383-94. [PMID: 15876404 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2004.12.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2004] [Accepted: 12/30/2004] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) belongs to the superfamily of ligand-activated transcription factors, the nuclear hormone receptors. Like other members of the family, the GR possesses a modular structure consisting of three major domains-the N-terminal (NTD), DNA binding (DBD), and ligand binding (LBD). Although the structures of independently expressed GR DBD and LBD are known, the structures of the NTD and of full-length GR are lacking. Both DBD and LBD possess overall globular structures. Not much is known about the structure of the NTD, which contains the powerful AF1/tau1/enh2 transactivation region. Several studies have shown that AF1 region is mostly unstructured and that it can acquire folded functional conformation under certain potentially physiological conditions, namely in the presence of osmolytes, when the GR DBD is bound to glucocorticoid response element (GRE), and when AF1 binds other transcription factor proteins. These conditions are discussed here. The functions of the GR will be fully understood only when its working three-dimensional structure is known. Based on the available data, we propose a model to explain data which are not adequately accounted for in the classical models of GR action. In this review, we summarize and discuss current information on the structure of the GR in the context of its functional aspects, such as protein:DNA and protein:protein interactions. Because of the close similarities in modular organization among the members of the nuclear hormone receptors, the principles discussed here for the GR should be applicable to many other receptors in the family as well.
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- Raj Kumar
- Department of Human Biological Chemistry and Genetics, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-1068, USA
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Karandikar UC, Trott RL, Yin J, Bishop CP, Bidwai AP. Drosophila CK2 regulates eye morphogenesis via phosphorylation of E(spl)M8. Mech Dev 2004; 121:273-86. [PMID: 15003630 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2004.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2003] [Revised: 12/19/2003] [Accepted: 01/06/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The Notch effector E(spl)M8 is phosphorylated at Ser159 by CK2, a highly conserved Ser/Thr protein kinase. We have used the Gal4-UAS system to assess the role of M8 phosphorylation during bristle and eye morphogenesis by employing a non-phosphorylatable variant (M8SA) or one predicted to mimic the 'constitutively' phosphorylated protein (M8SD). We find that phosphorylation of M8 does not appear to be critical during bristle morphogenesis. In contrast, only M8SD elicits a severe 'reduced eye' phenotype when it is expressed in the morphogenetic furrow of the eye disc. M8SD elicits neural hypoplasia in eye discs, elicits loss of phase-shifted Atonal-positive cells, i.e. the 'founding' R8 photoreceptors, and consequently leads to apoptosis. The ommatidial phenotype of M8SD is similar to that in Nspl/Y; E(spl)D/+ flies. E(spl)D, an allele of m8, encodes a truncated protein known as M8*, which, unlike wild type M8, displays exacerbated antagonism of Atonal via direct protein-protein interactions. In line with this, we find that the M8SD-Atonal interaction appears indistinguishable from that of M8*-Atonal, whereas interaction of M8 or M8SA appears marginal, at best. These results raise the possibility that phosphorylation of M8 (at Ser159) might be required for its ability to mediate 'lateral inhibition' within proneural clusters in the developing retina. This is the first identification of a dominant allele encoding a phosphorylation-site variant of an E(spl) protein. Our studies uncover a novel functional domain that is conserved amongst a subset of E(spl)/Hes repressors in Drosophila and mammals, and suggests a potential role for CK2 during retinal patterning.
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- Umesh C Karandikar
- Department of Biology, Life Sciences Building, P.O. Box 6057, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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Chromosomal HMG-box proteins. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7306(03)39005-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
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Di Agostino S, Fedele M, Chieffi P, Fusco A, Rossi P, Geremia R, Sette C. Phosphorylation of high-mobility group protein A2 by Nek2 kinase during the first meiotic division in mouse spermatocytes. Mol Biol Cell 2003; 15:1224-32. [PMID: 14668482 PMCID: PMC363112 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e03-09-0638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is required for maintaining the chromatin condensed during the two meiotic divisions and to avoid a second round of DNA duplication. However, molecular targets of the MAPK pathway on chromatin have not yet been identified. Here, we show that the architectural chromatin protein HMGA2 is highly expressed in male meiotic cells. Furthermore, Nek2, a serine-threonine kinase activated by the MAPK pathway in mouse pachytene spermatocytes, directly interacts with HMGA2 in vitro and in mouse spermatocytes. The interaction does not depend on the activity of Nek2 and seems constitutive. On progression from pachytene to metaphase, Nek2 is activated and HMGA2 is phosphorylated in an MAPK-dependent manner. We also show that Nek2 phosphorylates in vitro HMGA2 and that this phosphorylation decreases the affinity of HMGA2 for DNA and might favor its release from the chromatin. Indeed, we find that most HMGA2 associates with chromatin in mouse pachytene spermatocytes, whereas it is excluded from the chromatin upon the G2/M progression. Because hmga2-/- mice are sterile and show a dramatic impairment of spermatogenesis, it is possible that the functional interaction between HMGA2 and Nek2 plays a crucial role in the correct process of chromatin condensation in meiosis.
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- Silvia Di Agostino
- Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Biologia Cellulare, University of Rome "Tor Vergata," 00133 Rome, Italy
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Cayuela ML, Elías-Arnanz M, Peñalver-Mellado M, Padmanabhan S, Murillo FJ. The Stigmatella aurantiaca homolog of Myxococcus xanthus high-mobility-group A-type transcription factor CarD: insights into the functional modules of CarD and their distribution in bacteria. J Bacteriol 2003; 185:3527-37. [PMID: 12775690 PMCID: PMC156215 DOI: 10.1128/jb.185.12.3527-3537.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2003] [Accepted: 03/25/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Transcriptional factor CarD is the only reported prokaryotic analog of eukaryotic high-mobility-group A (HMGA) proteins, in that it has contiguous acidic and AT hook DNA-binding segments and multifunctional roles in Myxococcus xanthus carotenogenesis and fruiting body formation. HMGA proteins are small, randomly structured, nonhistone, nuclear architectural factors that remodel DNA and chromatin structure. Here we report on a second AT hook protein, CarD(Sa), that is very similar to CarD and that occurs in the bacterium Stigmatella aurantiaca. CarD(Sa) has a C-terminal HMGA-like domain with three AT hooks and a highly acidic adjacent region with one predicted casein kinase II (CKII) phosphorylation site, compared to the four AT hooks and five CKII sites in CarD. Both proteins have a nearly identical 180-residue N-terminal segment that is absent in HMGA proteins. In vitro, CarD(Sa) exhibits the specific minor-groove binding to appropriately spaced AT-rich DNA that is characteristic of CarD or HMGA proteins, and it is also phosphorylated by CKII. In vivo, CarD(Sa) or a variant without the single CKII phosphorylation site can replace CarD in M. xanthus carotenogenesis and fruiting body formation. These two cellular processes absolutely require that the highly conserved N-terminal domain be present. Thus, three AT hooks are sufficient, the N-terminal domain is essential, and phosphorylation in the acidic region by a CKII-type kinase can be dispensed with for CarD function in M. xanthus carotenogenesis and fruiting body development. Whereas a number of hypothetical proteins homologous to the N-terminal region occur in a diverse array of bacterial species, eukaryotic HMGA-type domains appear to be confined primarily to myxobacteria.
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- María L Cayuela
- Departamento de Genética y Microbiología, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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Barz T, Ackermann K, Dubois G, Eils R, Pyerin W. Genome-wide expression screens indicate a global role for protein kinase CK2 in chromatin remodeling. J Cell Sci 2003; 116:1563-77. [PMID: 12640040 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Protein kinase CK2, a vital, pleiotropic and highly conserved serine/threonine phosphotransferase is involved in transcription-directed signaling, gene control and cell cycle regulation and is suspected to play a role in global processes. Searching for these global roles, we analyzed the involvement of CK2 in gene expression at cell cycle entry by using genome-wide screens. Comparing expression profiles of Saccharomyces cerevisiae wild-type strains with strains with regulatory or catalytic subunits of CK2 deleted, we found significant alterations in the expression of genes at all cell cycle phases and often in a subunit- and isoform-specific manner. Roughly a quarter of the genes known to be regulated by the cell cycle are affected. Functionally, the genes are involved with cell cycle entry, progression and exit, including spindle pole body formation and dynamics. Strikingly, most CK2-affected genes exhibit no common transcriptional control features, and a considerable proportion of temporarily altered genes encodes proteins involved in chromatin remodeling and modification, including chromatin assembly, (anti-)silencing and histone (de-)acetylation. In addition, various metabolic pathway and nutritional supply genes are affected. Our data are compatible with the idea that CK2 acts at different levels of cellular organization and that CK2 has a global role in transcription-related chromatin remodeling.
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- Thomas Barz
- Biochemische Zellphysiologie (B0200) and Intelligente Bioinformatiksysteme (H0900), Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Krohn NM, Stemmer C, Fojan P, Grimm R, Grasser KD. Protein kinase CK2 phosphorylates the high mobility group domain protein SSRP1, inducing the recognition of UV-damaged DNA. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:12710-5. [PMID: 12571244 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m300250200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The structure-specific recognition protein SSRP1 plays a role in transcription and replication in the chromatin context. Mediated by its C-terminal high mobility group (HMG) box domain, SSRP1 binds DNA non-sequence specifically but recognizes certain DNA structures. Using acetic acid urea polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry, we have examined the phosphorylation of maize SSRP1 by protein kinase CK2 alpha. The kinase phosphorylated several amino acid residues in the C-terminal part of the SSRP1 protein. Two phosphorylation sites were mapped in the very C-terminal region next to the HMG box domain, and about seven sites are localized within the acidic domain. Circular dichroism showed that the phosphorylation of the two C-terminal sites by CK2 alpha resulted in a structural change in the region of HMG box domain, because the negative peak of the CD spectrum at 222 nm was decreased by approximately 10%. In parallel, the phosphorylation induced the recognition of UV-damaged DNA, whereas the non-phosphorylated protein does not discriminate between UV-damaged DNA and control DNA. The affinity of CK2 alpha-phosphorylated SSRP1 for the DNA correlates with the degree of UV-induced DNA damage. Moreover, maize SSRP1 can restore the increased UV-sensitivity of a yeast strain lacking the NHP6A/B HMG domain proteins to levels of the control strain. Collectively, these findings indicate a role for SSRP1 in the UV response of eukaryotic cells.
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- Nicholas M Krohn
- Institute of Life Sciences, Aalborg University, Sohngaardsholmsvej 49, DK-9000 Aalborg, Denmark
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Poser I, Golob M, Buettner R, Bosserhoff AK. Upregulation of HMG1 leads to melanoma inhibitory activity expression in malignant melanoma cells and contributes to their malignancy phenotype. Mol Cell Biol 2003; 23:2991-8. [PMID: 12665595 PMCID: PMC152547 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.23.8.2991-2998.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Malignant transformation of melanocytes to melanoma cells closely parallels activation of melanoma inhibitory activity (MIA) expression. We have previously shown that upregulation of MIA occurs on a transcriptional level and involves the highly conserved region (HCR) promoter element. We further observed that the HCR element interacts with the melanoma-associated transcription factor (MATF) and thereby confers strong promoter activation. In this study we identify the peptide sequence of MATF and show that it is identical with the transcription factor HMG1. HMG1 was upregulated in malignant melanoma cells and further activated by hypophosphorylation. Stable antisense-HMG1 expression in melanoma cells led to the reduction of MIA promoter activity and protein expression, indicating that HMG1 is a potent regulator of MIA expression. Interestingly, chromatin immunoprecipitation and electrophoretic mobility shift experiments indicated that HMG1 and the NF-kappa B family member p65 both interact and bind to the HCR promoter element. In summary, our study proves HMG1 and p65 to be important factors in MIA regulation and melanoma progression.
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- Ina Poser
- Institute of Pathology, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Rusconi F, Guillonneau F, Praseuth D. Contributions of mass spectrometry in the study of nucleic acid-binding proteins and of nucleic acid-protein interactions. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2002; 21:305-348. [PMID: 12645088 DOI: 10.1002/mas.10036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Nucleic-acid-protein (NA-P) interactions play essential roles in a variety of biological processes-gene expression regulation, DNA repair, chromatin structure regulation, transcription regulation, RNA processing, and translation-to cite only a few. Such biological processes involve a broad spectrum of NA-P interactions as well as protein-protein (P-P) interactions. These interactions are dynamic, in terms of the chemical composition of the complexes involved and in terms of their mere existence, which may be restricted to a given cell-cycle phase. In this review, the contributions of mass spectrometry (MS) to the deciphering of these intricate networked interactions are described along with the numerous applications in which it has proven useful. Such applications include, for example, the identification of the partners involved in NA-P or P-P complexes, the identification of post-translational modifications that (may) regulate such complexes' activities, or even the precise molecular mapping of the interaction sites in the NA-P complex. From a biological standpoint, we felt that it was worth the reader's time to be as informative as possible about the functional significance of the analytical methods reviewed herein. From a technical standpoint, because mass spectrometry without proper sample preparation would serve no purpose, each application described in this review is detailed by duly emphasizing the sample preparation-whenever this step is considered innovative-that led to significant analytical achievements.
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- Filippo Rusconi
- UMR CNRS 8646, U INSERM 565, USM MNHN 0503-43, rue Cuvier, F-75231, Paris Cedex 05, France
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Pandey S, Tiwari SB, Tyagi W, Reddy MK, Upadhyaya KC, Sopory SK. A Ca2+/CaM-dependent kinase from pea is stress regulated and in vitro phosphorylates a protein that binds to AtCaM5 promoter. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:3193-204. [PMID: 12084059 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.02994.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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An immuno-homologue of maize Ca2+/calmodulin (CaM)-dependent protein kinase with a molecular mass of 72 kDa was identified in pea. The pea kinase (PsCCaMK) was upregulated in roots in response to low temperature and increased salinity. Exogenous Ca2+ application increased the kinase level and the response was faster than that obtained following stress application. Low temperature-mediated, but not salinity-mediated stress kinase increase was inhibited by the application of EGTA and W7, a CaM inhibitor. The purification of PsCCaMK using immuno-affinity chromatography resulted in coelution of the kinase with another polypeptide of molecular mass 40 kDa (p40). Western blot revealed the presence of PsCCaMK in nuclear protein extracts and was found to phosphorylate p40 in vitro. Gel mobility shift and South-Western analysis showed that p40 is a DNA-binding protein and it interacted specifically with one of the cis acting elements of the Arabidopsis CaM5 gene (AtCaM5) promoter. The binding of p40 to the specific elements in the AtCaM5 promoter was dependent of its dephosphorylated state. Our results suggest that p40 could be an upstream signal component of the stress responses.
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- Sona Pandey
- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
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Stemmer C, Schwander A, Bauw G, Fojan P, Grasser KD. Protein kinase CK2 differentially phosphorylates maize chromosomal high mobility group B (HMGB) proteins modulating their stability and DNA interactions. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:1092-8. [PMID: 11694523 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109503200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The high mobility group (HMG) proteins of the HMGB family are architectural factors in eukaryotic chromatin, which are involved in the regulation of various DNA-dependent processes. We have examined the post-translational modifications of five HMGB proteins from maize suspension cultured cells, revealing that HMGB1 and HMGB2/3, but not HMGB4 and HMGB5, are phosphorylated by protein kinase CK2. The phosphorylation sites have been mapped to the acidic C-terminal domains by analysis of tryptic peptides derived from HMGB1 and HMGB2/3 using nanospray ion trap mass spectrometry. In native HMGB1, Ser(149) is constitutively phosphorylated, whereas Ser(133) and Ser(136) are differentially phosphorylated. The functional significance of the CK2-mediated phosphorylation of HMGB proteins was analyzed by circular dichroism measurements showing that the phosphorylation increases the thermal stability of the HMGB proteins. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays demonstrate that the phosphorylation reduces the affinity of the HMGB proteins for linear DNA. The specific recognition of DNA minicircles is not affected by the phosphorylation, but a different pattern of protein-DNA complexes is formed. Collectively, these findings show that phosphorylation of residues within the acidic C-terminal domain of the HMGB proteins can modulate protein stability and the DNA binding properties of the HMGB proteins.
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- Christian Stemmer
- Department of Life Science, Aalborg University, Sohngaardsholmsvej 49, DK-9000 Aalborg, Denmark
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Ner SS, Blank T, Pérez-Paralle ML, Grigliatti TA, Becker PB, Travers AA. HMG-D and histone H1 interplay during chromatin assembly and early embryogenesis. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:37569-76. [PMID: 11473125 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m105635200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [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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HMG-D is an abundant chromosomal protein associated with condensed chromatin during the first nuclear cleavage cycles of the developing Drosophila embryo. We previously suggested that HMG-D might substitute for the linker histone H1 in the preblastoderm embryo and that this substitution might result in the characteristic less compacted chromatin. We have now studied the association of HMG-D with chromatin using a cell-free system for chromatin reconstitution derived from Drosophila embryos. Association of HMG-D with chromatin, like that of histone H1, increases the nucleosome spacing indicative of binding to the linker DNA between nucleosomes. HMG-D interacts with DNA during the early phases of nucleosome assembly but is gradually displaced as chromatin matures. By contrast, purified chromatin can be loaded with stoichiometric amounts of HMG-D, and this can be displaced upon addition of histone H1. A direct physical interaction between HMG-D and histone H1 was observed in a Far Western analysis. The competitive nature of this interaction is reminiscent of the apparent replacement of HMG-D by H1 during mid-blastula transition. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that HMG-D functions as a specialized linker protein prior to appearance of histone H1.
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- S S Ner
- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH, United Kingdom.
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Sakamoto R, Okano M, Takena H, Ohtsuki K. Inhibitory effect of glycyrrhizin on the phosphorylation and DNA-binding abilities of high mobility group proteins 1 and 2 in vitro. Biol Pharm Bull 2001; 24:906-11. [PMID: 11510483 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.24.906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The physiological correlation between glycyrrhizin (GL) and high mobility group proteins I and 2 (HMG1/2) and the inhibitory effect of GL on their phosphorylation by three protein kinases (CK-I, CK-II and PKC) were investigated biochemically in vitro. It was found that GL binds directly to HMG1/2, because (i) HMG1/2 have a high affinity with a GL-affinity column; and (ii) GL induces the conformational changes in HMG1/2. Both purified HMG1/2 functioned as phosphate acceptors for these two protein kinases (CK-I and PKC), but not phosphorylated by CK-II. Phosphorylation of HMG1/2 by two protein kinases (CK-I and PKC) was completely inhibited by a glycyrrhetinic acid derivative (oGA) at one-tenth the concentration of GL. Also, the DNA-binding abilities of HNG1/2 were reduced by GL in a dose-dependent manner. These results show that the binding of GL to HMG1/2 results in the inhibition of their physiological activities (DNA-binding ability and phosphorylation by PKC or CK-I) in vitro. The GL-induced inhibition of the physiological activities of HMG1/2 may be involved in the anti-inflammatory effect of GL in vivo.
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- R Sakamoto
- Laboratory of Genetical Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan
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Schwanbeck R, Gymnopoulos M, Petry I, Piekiełko A, Szewczuk Z, Heyduk T, Zechel K, Wiśniewski JR. Consecutive steps of phosphorylation affect conformation and DNA binding of the chironomus high mobility group A protein. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:26012-21. [PMID: 11335713 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m011053200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The high mobility group (HMG) proteins of the AT-hook family (HMGA) lie downstream in regulatory networks with protein kinase C, Cdc2 kinase, MAP kinase, and casein kinase 2 (CK2) as final effectors. In the cells of the midge Chironomus, almost all of the HMGA protein (cHMGA) is phosphorylated by CK2 at two adjacent sites. 40% of the protein population is additionally modified by MAP kinase. Using spectroscopic and protein footprinting techniques, we analyzed how individual and consecutive steps of phosphorylation change the conformation of an HMGA protein and affect its contacts with poly(dA-dT).poly(dA-dT) and a fragment of the interferon-beta promoter. We demonstrate that phosphorylation of cHMGA by CK2 alters its conformation and modulates its DNA binding properties such that a subsequent phosphorylation by Cdc2 kinase changes the organization of the protein-DNA complex. In contrast, consecutive phosphorylation by MAP kinase, which results in a dramatic change in cHMGA conformation, has no direct effect on the complex. Because the phosphorylation of the HMGA proteins attenuates binding affinity and reduces the extent of contacts between the DNA and protein, it is likely that this process mirrors the dynamics and diversity of regulatory processes in chromatin.
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- R Schwanbeck
- III. Zoologisches Institut-Entwicklungsbiologie, Universität Göttingen, Göttingen D 37073, Germany
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Pukrop T, Gradl D, Henningfeld KA, Knochel W, Wedlich D, Kuhl M. Identification of two regulatory elements within the high mobility group box transcription factor XTCF-4. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:8968-78. [PMID: 11124256 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m007533200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Some members of the Wnt family of extracellular glycoproteins regulate target gene expression by inducing stabilization and nuclear accumulation of beta-catenin, which functions as a transcriptional activator after binding to transcription factors of the T-cell factor/lymphoid enhancer factor (TCF/LEF) family. Three different members of this family have been identified in Xenopus laevis thus far that differ in their ability to influence mesodermal differentiation and to activate expression of the Wnt target gene fibronectin. Here we report on the isolation and characterization of additional variants of XTCF-4. We show that the differential ability of these proteins and other members of the TCF family to activate target genes is neither due to preferential interaction with transcriptional cofactors of the groucho family or SMAD4 nor to different DNA binding affinities. Expression of these proteins in an epithelial cell line reveals differences in their ability to form a ternary complex with DNA and beta-catenin. Interestingly, formation of this ternary complex was not sufficient to activate target gene expression as previously thought. Our experiments identify two amino acid sequence motifs, LVPQ and SFLSS, in the central domain of XTCF-4 that regulate the formation of the DNA-TCF-beta-catenin complex or activation of target genes, respectively. Biochemical studies reveal that the phosphorylation state of these XTCF-4 variants correlates with their ability to form a ternary complex with beta-catenin and DNA but not to activate target gene expression. The described variants of XTFC-4 with their different properties in complex formation provide strong evidence that in addition to the regulation of beta-catenin stability the isoforms of TCF/LEF transcription factors and their posttranslational modifications define the cellular response of a Wnt/wingless signal.
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- T Pukrop
- Abteilung Biochemie, Universität Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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Okano M, Kano S, Munakata H, Ohtsuki K. Biochemical characterization of cholesterol-3-sulfate as the sole effector for the phosphorylation of HMG1 by casein kinase I in vitro. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 281:1325-30. [PMID: 11243881 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Phosphorylation of high mobility group protein 1 (HMG1) by casein kinase I (CK-I) and potent effectors (inhibitors and activators) of this phosphorylation were investigated in vitro. We found that (i) CK-I phosphorylates specifically threonine residues on HMG1 when incubated with cholesterol-3-sulfate (CH-3S), but no phosphorylation of HMG1 is detected in the presence of other cholesterol related compounds or their sulfated derivatives; (ii) this phosphorylation is selectively inhibited by heparin, but stimulated significantly by 3',4',7-trihydroxy-isofavone at low doses (0.1-3 microM); and (iii) CH-3S directly induces a drastic conformational change in HMG1. The latter finding provides a mechanism to explain how CH-3S alone can induce the phosphorylation of HMG1 by CK-I in vitro.
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- M Okano
- Laboratory of Genetical Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University, Kitasato 1-15-1, Sagamihara, 228-8555, Japan
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Klenova EM, Chernukhin IV, El-Kady A, Lee RE, Pugacheva EM, Loukinov DI, Goodwin GH, Delgado D, Filippova GN, León J, Morse HC, Neiman PE, Lobanenkov VV. Functional phosphorylation sites in the C-terminal region of the multivalent multifunctional transcriptional factor CTCF. Mol Cell Biol 2001; 21:2221-34. [PMID: 11238955 PMCID: PMC86856 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.21.6.2221-2234.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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CTCF is a widely expressed and highly conserved multi-Zn-finger (ZF) nuclear factor. Binding to various CTCF target sites (CTSs) is mediated by combinatorial contributions of different ZFs. Different CTSs mediate distinct CTCF functions in transcriptional regulation, including promoter repression or activation and hormone-responsive gene silencing. In addition, the necessary and sufficient core sequences of diverse enhancer-blocking (insulator) elements, including CpG methylation-sensitive ones, have recently been pinpointed to CTSs. To determine whether a posttranslational modification may modulate CTCF functions, we studied CTCF phosphorylation. We demonstrated that most of the modifications that occur at the carboxy terminus in vivo can be reproduced in vitro with casein kinase II (CKII). Major modification sites map to four serines within the S(604)KKEDS(609)S(610)DS(612)E motif that is highly conserved in vertebrates. Specific mutations of these serines abrogate phosphorylation of CTCF in vivo and CKII-induced phosphorylation in vitro. In addition, we showed that completely preventing phosphorylation by substituting all serines within this site resulted in markedly enhanced repression of the CTS-bearing vertebrate c-myc promoters, but did not alter CTCF nuclear localization or in vitro DNA-binding characteristics assayed with c-myc CTSs. Moreover, these substitutions manifested a profound effect on negative cell growth regulation by wild-type CTCF. CKII may thus be responsible for attenuation of CTCF activity, either acting on its own or by providing the signal for phosphorylation by other kinases and for CTCF-interacting protein partners.
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- E M Klenova
- Genetics Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
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Piekielko A, Drung A, Rogalla P, Schwanbeck R, Heyduk T, Gerharz M, Bullerdiek J, Wiśniewski JR. Distinct organization of DNA complexes of various HMGI/Y family proteins and their modulation upon mitotic phosphorylation. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:1984-92. [PMID: 11034995 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m004065200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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High mobility group (HMG) proteins HMGI, HMGY, HMGI-C, and Chironomus HMGI are DNA-binding proteins thought to modulate the assembly and the function of transcriptional complexes. Each of these proteins contains three DNA-binding domains (DBD), properties of which appear to be regulated by phosphorylation. High levels of these proteins are characteristic for rapidly dividing cells in embryonic tissues and tumors. On the basis of their occurrence, specific functions for each of these proteins have been postulated. In this study we demonstrate differences in the nature of contacts of these proteins with promoter region of the interferon-beta gene. We show that HMGI and HMGY interact with this DNA via three DBDs, whereas HMGI-C and Chironomus HMGI bind to this DNA using only two domains. Phosphorylation of HMGY protein by Cdc2 kinase leads to impairing of contacts between the N-terminally located DBD and a single promoter element. The perturbations in the architecture of the protein.DNA complexes involve changes in the degree of unbending of the intrinsically bent IFNbeta promoter. Our results provide first insights into the molecular basis of functional specificity of proteins of the HMGI/Y family and their regulation by phosphorylation.
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- A Piekielko
- III. Zoologisches Institut-Entwicklungsbiologie, Universität Göttingen, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany
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Dow LK, Jones DN, Wolfe SA, Verdine GL, Churchill ME. Structural studies of the high mobility group globular domain and basic tail of HMG-D bound to disulfide cross-linked DNA. Biochemistry 2000; 39:9725-36. [PMID: 10933789 DOI: 10.1021/bi000723v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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HMG-D is an abundant high mobility group chromosomal protein present during early embryogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster. It is a non-sequence-specific member of a protein family that uses the HMG domain for binding to DNA in the minor groove. The highly charged C-terminal tail of HMG-D contains AK motifs that contribute to high-affinity non-sequence-specific DNA binding. To understand the interactions of the HMG domain and C-terminal tail of HMG-D with DNA in solution, a complex between a high-affinity truncated form of the protein and a disulfide cross-linked DNA fragment was studied using heteronuclear NMR techniques. Despite its relatively high affinity for the single "prebent" site on the DNA, K(d) = 1.4 nM, HMG-D forms a non-sequence-specific complex with the DNA as indicated by exchange broadening of the protein resonances at the DNA interface in solution. The secondary structural elements of the protein are preserved when the protein is complexed with the DNA, and the DNA-binding interface maps to the regions of the protein where the largest chemical shift differences occur. The C-terminal tail of HMG-D confers high-affinity DNA binding, has an undefined structure, and appears to make direct contacts in the major groove of DNA via residues that are potentially regulated by phosphorylation. We conclude that while the HMG domain of HMG-D recognizes DNA with a mode of binding similar to that used by the sequence-specific HMG domain transcription factors, there are noteworthy differences in the structure and interactions of the C-terminal end of the DNA-binding domain and the C-terminal tail.
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- L K Dow
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, C236, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
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Renner U, Ghidelli S, Schäfer MA, Wiśniewski JR. Alterations in titer and distribution of high mobility group proteins during embryonic development of Drosophila melanogaster. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1475:99-108. [PMID: 10806344 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4165(00)00054-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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High mobility group proteins are thought to have an architectural function in chromatin. Here we describe changes in titers, extent of phosphorylation, and cellular distribution of the three abundant HMG proteins during embryonic development of Drosophila. The titers of the HMG proteins HMGD, HMGZ, and D1 are highest in ovaries and at the beginning of embryonic development. They decrease continuously until cellularization of the embryo. Relative to the histone H1 titer, the levels of HMGD and D1 remain almost constant during gastrulation and organogenesis, whereas the titer of HMGZ increases during late organogenesis. Up to gastrulation, the development is accompanied by dephosphorylation of D1. In contrast, HMGD and HMGZ appear to be constitutively phosphorylated. As the high extent of phosphorylation of D1 is also characteristic in ovaries, it is likely that the posttranslational modifications of this protein observed in early embryonic stages are of maternal origin. Using site specific antibodies against helices I and III of HMGD and HMGZ and against the AT-hook motif of D1, protein-specific staining patterns have been observed during embryonic development. Despite high levels of HMG proteins at the beginning of embryonic development, we were unable to detect any of these proteins in nuclei of stage 2 embryos. The accumulation of the HMG proteins correlates with the onset of transcription in stage 3. Our results argue against a proposal of a shared role of HMGD and histone H1 in Drosophila chromatin.
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- U Renner
- III. Zoologisches Institut-Entwicklungsbiologie, Universität Göttingen, D-37073, Göttingen, Germany
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Schwanbeck R, Manfioletti G, Wiśniewski JR. Architecture of high mobility group protein I-C.DNA complex and its perturbation upon phosphorylation by Cdc2 kinase. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:1793-801. [PMID: 10636877 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.3.1793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The high mobility group I-C (HMGI-C) protein is an abundant component of rapidly proliferating undifferentiated cells. High level expression of this protein is characteristic for early embryonic tissue and diverse tumors. HMGI-C can function as an architectural factor enhancing the activity of transcription factor NF-kappaB on the beta-interferon promoter. The protein has three minor groove DNA-binding domains (AT-hooks). Here, we describe the complex of HMGI-C with a fragment of the beta-interferon promoter. We show that the protein binds to NRDI and PRDII elements of the promoter with its first and second AT-hook, respectively. Phosphorylation by Cdc2 kinase leads to a partial derailing of the AT-hooks from the minor groove, affecting mainly the second binding domain. In contrast, binding to long AT stretches of DNA involves contacts with all three AT-hooks and is marginally sensitive to phosphorylation. Our data stress the importance of conformation of the DNA binding site and protein phosphorylation for its function.
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- R Schwanbeck
- III Zoologisches Institut, Entwicklungsbiologie, Universität Göttingen, Humboldtallee 34A, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany
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