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Chen Y, Chen X, Pan L, Huang Y, Cai Y, Li J, Li Y, Wang S. RNA helicase DHX15 decreases cell apoptosis by NF-κB signaling pathway in Burkitt lymphoma. Cancer Cell Int 2022; 22:92. [PMID: 35193582 PMCID: PMC8862312 DOI: 10.1186/s12935-021-02426-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background DHX15 is one of the RNA helicase family members involving in several biological processes. Studies have reported that overexpression of DHX15 is related to cancer progression. However, the role of DHX15 in Burkitt lymphoma (BL) and latent Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection remains to be elucidated. Methods Expression of DHX15 was measured in BL patient by immunohistochemical staining. In vitro study, a CCK-8 assay was used to analyze cell proliferation and flow cytometry was performed to assess cell cycle, apoptosis and mitochondria membrane potential. Members of NF-κB signaling pathway and apoptotic-related proteins expression were measured by western-blot. EBV latent infection products and RNA polymerase III transcripts expression were determined by quantitative real-time PCR and western-blot. In vivo study, HE, IHC, TUNEL and ISH assays were used to analyze the effect of DHX15 on subcutaneous tumor nodes formation. Results DHX15 was overexpressed in Burkitt lymphoma patients and tends to be associated with poor progression-free survival and poor overall survival. Knockdown of DHX15 significantly inhibited BL tumor growth, reduced cell proliferation, induced cell cycle arrest and increased cell apoptosis. Further analysis showed that canonical NF-κB signaling and its downstream targets, mitochondria and Caspase were involved in the increased cell apoptosis after DHX15 gene knockdown. Furthermore, knockdown of DHX15 reduced EBV latent infection products expression and inhibited RNA polymerase III activity. Conclusion DHX15 may be an oncogene in the development of BL and a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of BL and latent EBV infection. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12935-021-02426-5.
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- Yuan Chen
- Union Clinical Medical College, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Union Clinical Medical College, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, Fujian Institute of Hematology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Xinquan Road, No.29, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Zhangzhou Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Zhangzhou, P.R. China
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- Union Clinical Medical College, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, Fujian Institute of Hematology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Xinquan Road, No.29, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Department of Hematology, Fujian Institute of Hematology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Xinquan Road, No.29, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Department of Hematology, Fujian Institute of Hematology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Xinquan Road, No.29, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
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DEAD/H-box helicases:Anti-viral and pro-viral roles during infections. Virus Res 2021; 309:198658. [PMID: 34929216 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2021.198658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Revised: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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DEAD/H-box RNA helicases make the prominent family of helicases super family-2 which take part in almost all RNA-related processes, from initiation of transcription to RNA decay pathways. In addition to these RNA-related activities, in recent years a certain number of these helicases are reported to play important roles in anti-viral immunity through various ways. Along with RLHs, endosomal TLRs, and cytosolic DNA receptors, many RNA helicases including DDX3, DHX9, DDX6, DDX41, DHX33, DDX60, DHX36 and DDX1-DDX21-DHX36 complex act as viral nucleic acid sensors or co-sensors. These helicases mostly follow RLHs-MAVS and STING mediated signaling cascades to trigger induction of type-I interferons and pro-inflammatory cytokines. Many of them also function as downstream adaptor molecules (DDX3), segments of stress and processing bodies (DDX3 and DDX6) or negative regulators (DDX19, DDX24, DDX25, DDX39A and DDX46). On the contrary, many studies indicated that several DEAD/H-box helicases such as DDX1, DDX3, DDX6, DDX24, and DHX9 could be exploited by viruses to evade innate immune responses, suggesting that these helicases seem to have a dual function as anti-viral innate immune mediators and viral replication cofactors. In this review, we summarized the current knowledge on several representative DEAD/H-box helicases, with an emphasis on their functions in innate immunity responses, involved in their anti-viral and pro-viral roles.
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Ribera J, Portolés I, Córdoba-Jover B, Rodríguez-Vita J, Casals G, González-de la Presa B, Graupera M, Solsona-Vilarrasa E, Garcia-Ruiz C, Fernández-Checa JC, Soria G, Tudela R, Esteve-Codina A, Espadas G, Sabidó E, Jiménez W, Sessa WC, Morales-Ruiz M. The loss of DHX15 impairs endothelial energy metabolism, lymphatic drainage and tumor metastasis in mice. Commun Biol 2021; 4:1192. [PMID: 34654883 PMCID: PMC8519955 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02722-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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DHX15 is a downstream substrate for Akt1, which is involved in key cellular processes affecting vascular biology. Here, we explored the vascular regulatory function of DHX15. Homozygous DHX15 gene deficiency was lethal in mouse and zebrafish embryos. DHX15-/- zebrafish also showed downregulation of VEGF-C and reduced formation of lymphatic structures during development. DHX15+/- mice depicted lower vascular density and impaired lymphatic function postnatally. RNAseq and proteome analysis of DHX15 silenced endothelial cells revealed differential expression of genes involved in the metabolism of ATP biosynthesis. The validation of these results demonstrated a lower activity of the Complex I in the mitochondrial membrane of endothelial cells, resulting in lower intracellular ATP production and lower oxygen consumption. After injection of syngeneic LLC1 tumor cells, DHX15+/- mice showed partially inhibited primary tumor growth and reduced lung metastasis. Our results revealed an important role of DHX15 in vascular physiology and pave a new way to explore its potential use as a therapeutical target for metastasis treatment.
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- Jordi Ribera
- Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Department, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Department, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Department, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Department, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain
- German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Department, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Department, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain
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- Vascular Signalling Laboratory, Program Against Cancer Therapeutic Resistance (ProCURE), Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL). CIBERonc, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cell Death and Proliferation, Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona (IIBB), Consejo Superior Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, 08036, Spain
- CIBERehd, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, 28029, Spain
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- Cell Death and Proliferation, Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona (IIBB), Consejo Superior Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, 08036, Spain
- CIBERehd, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, 28029, Spain
- USC Research Center for ALPD, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA
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- Cell Death and Proliferation, Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona (IIBB), Consejo Superior Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, 08036, Spain
- CIBERehd, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, 28029, Spain
- USC Research Center for ALPD, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA
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- Experimental 7T-MRI Unit, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBERbbn, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Experimental 7T-MRI Unit, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBERbbn, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- CNAG-CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- Proteomics Unit, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Proteomics Unit, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Department, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Biomedicine-Biochemistry Unit, School of Medicine University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology, Department of Cardiology, Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Department, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain.
- Department of Biomedicine-Biochemistry Unit, School of Medicine University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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RNA-binding proteins are important regulators of RNA metabolism and are of critical importance in all steps of the gene expression cascade. The role of aberrantly expressed RBPs in human disease is an exciting research field and the potential application of RBPs as a therapeutic target or a diagnostic marker represents a fast-growing area of research.Aberrant overexpression of the human RNA-binding protein La has been found in various cancer entities including lung, cervical, head and neck, and chronic myelogenous leukaemia. Cancer-associated La protein supports tumour-promoting processes such as proliferation, mobility, invasiveness and tumour growth. Moreover, the La protein maintains the survival of cancer cells by supporting an anti-apoptotic state that may cause resistance to chemotherapeutic therapy.The human La protein represents a multifunctional post-translationally modified RNA-binding protein with RNA chaperone activity that promotes processing of non-coding precursor RNAs but also stimulates the translation of selective messenger RNAs encoding tumour-promoting and anti-apoptotic factors. In our model, La facilitates the expression of those factors and helps cancer cells to cope with cellular stress. In contrast to oncogenes, able to initiate tumorigenesis, we postulate that the aberrantly elevated expression of the human La protein contributes to the non-oncogenic addiction of cancer cells. In this review, we summarize the current understanding about the implications of the RNA-binding protein La in cancer progression and therapeutic resistance. The concept of exploiting the RBP La as a cancer drug target will be discussed.
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- Gunhild Sommer
- Department for Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department for Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Pattabhi S, Knoll ML, Gale M, Loo YM. DHX15 Is a Coreceptor for RLR Signaling That Promotes Antiviral Defense Against RNA Virus Infection. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2019; 39:331-346. [PMID: 31090472 PMCID: PMC6590726 DOI: 10.1089/jir.2018.0163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 03/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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RNA helicases play an important role in the response to microbial infection. Retinoic acid inducible gene-I (RIG-I) and members of the RIG-I-like receptor (RLR) family of helicases function as cytoplasmic pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) whose actions are essential for recognition of RNA viruses. RIG-I association with pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) within viral RNA leads to its activation and signaling via the mitochondrial antiviral signaling (MAVS) adapter protein. This interaction mediates downstream signaling events that drive the innate immune response to virus infection. Here we identify the DEAH-box RNA helicase DHX15 as a RLR binding partner and signaling cofactor. In human cells, DHX15 is required for virus-induced RLR signaling of innate immune gene expression. Knockdown of DHX15 increased susceptibility to infection by RNA viruses of diverse genera, including Paramyxoviridae, Rhabdoviridae, and Picornaviridae. DHX15 associates with RIG-I caspase activation and recruitment domains (CARDs) through its amino terminus, in which the complex is recruited to MAVS on virus infection. Importantly, although DHX15 cannot substitute for RIG-I in innate immune signaling, DHX15 selectively binds PAMP RNA to promote RIG-I ATP hydrolysis and signaling activation in response to viral RNA. Our results define DHX15 as a coreceptor required for RLR innate immune responses to control RNA virus infection.
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- Sowmya Pattabhi
- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Immunology, Center for Innate Immunity and Immune Disease, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Immunology, Center for Innate Immunity and Immune Disease, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Immunology, Center for Innate Immunity and Immune Disease, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Immunology, Center for Innate Immunity and Immune Disease, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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Perčulija V, Ouyang S. Diverse Roles of DEAD/DEAH-Box Helicases in Innate Immunity and Diseases. HELICASES FROM ALL DOMAINS OF LIFE 2019. [PMCID: PMC7158350 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-814685-9.00009-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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DEAD/DEAH-box helicases are enzymes that belong to the DEAD/H-box family of SF2 helicase superfamily. These enzymes are essential in RNA metabolism, where they are involved in a number of processes that require manipulation of RNA structure. Recent studies have found that some DEAD/DEAH-box helicases play important roles in innate immunity, where they act as sensors of cytosolic DNA/RNA, as adaptor proteins, or as regulators of signaling and gene expression. In spite of their function in immunity, DEAD/DEAH-box helicases can also be hijacked and exploited by viruses to circumvent detection and aid in viral replication. These findings not only imply that DEAD/DEAH-box helicases have a broader function than previously thought, but also give us a much better understanding of immune mechanisms and diseases that arise due to the dysregulation or evasion thereof. In this chapter, we demonstrate the known scope of activities of human DEAD/DEAH-box helicases in innate immunity and interaction with viruses or other pathogens. Additionally, we give an outline of diseases in which they are, or may be, involved in the context of immunity.
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Xie C, Liao H, Zhang C, Zhang S. Overexpression and clinical relevance of the RNA helicase DHX15 in hepatocellular carcinoma. Hum Pathol 2018; 84:213-220. [PMID: 30339968 DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2018.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2018] [Revised: 09/29/2018] [Accepted: 10/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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DHX15 is an outstanding member of the DEAH-box RNA helicase family. A few studies suggest that DHX15 contributes to carcinogenesis in several tumor cell lines. However, whether DHX15 acts as an oncogene or tumor suppressor and its association with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) prognosis are still poorly understood. To address this question, we used immunohistochemistry to evaluate DHX15 expression patterns and their association with clinicopathological factors and the prognosis of patients with HCC. Our results showed that DHX15 expression was significantly higher in cancerous tissues than that in nontumor tissues (P < .0001). DHX15 expression in HCC patients was associated with differentiation status (P = .018), tumor number (P = .048), intrahepatic or extrahepatic metastasis (P = .001), serum α-fetoprotein (P = .006), hepatitis B virus level (P = .018), and recurrence (P < .001). In addition, the survival analysis revealed that the DHX15-high group had significantly decreased overall survival time (P = .004) and lower 1-year survival rates (P = .002) compared with the DHX15-low group. Furthermore, multivariate analysis identified DHX15 expression as an independent factor associated with poor prognosis in HCC (P = .036). In summary, these findings demonstrate, for the first time, that DHX15 is significantly upregulated in HCC and its high expression was correlated with poor prognosis, suggesting its pivotal role in the progression of HCC. The present results suggest that DHX15 may serve as a potential prognostic biomarker for HCC patients.
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- Chengrong Xie
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Chronic Liver Disease and Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Xiamen University Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital), Fujian, China
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- Department of Pathology, Xiamen University Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital, Fujian, China
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Fujian Medical University, Fujian, China
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- Department of Pathology, Hubei Cancer Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
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Asselin-Mullen P, Chauvin A, Dubois ML, Drissi R, Lévesque D, Boisvert FM. Protein interaction network of alternatively spliced NudCD1 isoforms. Sci Rep 2017; 7:12987. [PMID: 29021621 PMCID: PMC5636827 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13441-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Accepted: 09/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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NudCD1, also known as CML66 or OVA66, is a protein initially identified as overexpressed in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia. The mRNA of NudCD1 is expressed in heart and testis of normal tissues, and is overexpressed in several cancers. Previous studies have shown that the expression level of the protein correlates with tumoral phenotype, possibly interacting upstream of the Insulin Growth Factor - 1 Receptor (IGF-1R). The gene encoding the NudCD1 protein consists of 12 exons that can be alternative spliced, leading to the expression of three different isoforms. These isoforms possess a common region of 492 amino acids in their C-terminus region and have an isoform specific N-terminus. To determine the distinct function of each isoforms, we have localised the isoforms within the cells using immunofluorescence microscopy and used a quantitative proteomics approach (SILAC) to identify specific protein interaction partners for each isoforms. Localization studies showed a different subcellular distribution for the different isoforms, with the first isoform being nuclear, while the other two isoforms have distinct cytoplasmic and nuclear location. We found that the different NudCD1 isoforms have unique interacting partners, with the first isoform binding to a putative RNA helicase named DHX15 involved in mRNA splicing.
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- Patrick Asselin-Mullen
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Université de Sherbrooke, 3201 Jean-Mignault, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1E 4K8, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Université de Sherbrooke, 3201 Jean-Mignault, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1E 4K8, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Université de Sherbrooke, 3201 Jean-Mignault, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1E 4K8, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Université de Sherbrooke, 3201 Jean-Mignault, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1E 4K8, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Université de Sherbrooke, 3201 Jean-Mignault, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1E 4K8, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Université de Sherbrooke, 3201 Jean-Mignault, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1E 4K8, Canada.
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Jing Y, Nguyen MM, Wang D, Pascal LE, Guo W, Xu Y, Ai J, Deng FM, Masoodi KZ, Yu X, Zhang J, Nelson JB, Xia S, Wang Z. DHX15 promotes prostate cancer progression by stimulating Siah2-mediated ubiquitination of androgen receptor. Oncogene 2017; 37:638-650. [PMID: 28991234 PMCID: PMC5794523 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2017.371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2017] [Revised: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 08/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Androgen receptor (AR) activation is critical for prostate cancer development and progression, including castration-resistance. The nuclear export signal of AR (NESAR) plays an important role in AR intracellular trafficking and proteasome-dependent degradation. Here, we identified the RNA helicase DHX15 as a novel AR co-activator using a yeast mutagenesis screen and revealed that DHX15 regulates AR activity by modulating E3 ligase Siah2-mediated AR ubiquitination independent of its ATPase activity. DHX15 and Siah2 form a complex with AR, through NESAR. DHX15 stabilized Siah2 and enhanced its E3 ubiquitin ligase activity, resulting in AR activation. Importantly, DHX15 was upregulated in prostate cancer specimens and its expression was correlated with Gleason scores and PSA recurrence. Furthermore, DHX15 immunostaining correlated with Siah2. Finally, DHX15 knockdown inhibited the growth of C4-2 prostate tumor xenografts in mice. Collectively, our data argue that DHX15 enhances AR transcriptional activity and contributes to prostate cancer progression through Siah2.
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- Y Jing
- Department of Urology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, PR China.,Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.,Department of Pathology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.,Department of Urology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Hunan, China.,The third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.,Transcriptomics Lab, Division of Plant Biotechnology, SKUAST-K, Shalimar, Srinagar, J&K, India
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- Department of Geriatrics, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Geriatric Infection and Organ Function Support; Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Geriatric Infection and Organ Function Support; Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.,Cancer Center, Traditional Chinese Medicine-Integrated Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Center for Translational Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.,Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Urology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.,Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.,Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Memet I, Doebele C, Sloan KE, Bohnsack MT. The G-patch protein NF-κB-repressing factor mediates the recruitment of the exonuclease XRN2 and activation of the RNA helicase DHX15 in human ribosome biogenesis. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:5359-5374. [PMID: 28115624 PMCID: PMC5435916 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2016] [Accepted: 01/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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In eukaryotes, the synthesis of ribosomal subunits, which involves the maturation of the ribosomal (r)RNAs and assembly of ribosomal proteins, requires the co-ordinated action of a plethora of ribosome biogenesis factors. Many of these cofactors remain to be characterized in human cells. Here, we demonstrate that the human G-patch protein NF-κB-repressing factor (NKRF) forms a pre-ribosomal subcomplex with the DEAH-box RNA helicase DHX15 and the 5΄-3΄ exonuclease XRN2. Using UV crosslinking and analysis of cDNA (CRAC), we reveal that NKRF binds to the transcribed spacer regions of the pre-rRNA transcript. Consistent with this, we find that depletion of NKRF, XRN2 or DHX15 impairs an early pre-rRNA cleavage step (A’). The catalytic activity of DHX15, which we demonstrate is stimulated by NKRF functioning as a cofactor, is required for efficient A’ cleavage, suggesting that a structural remodelling event may facilitate processing at this site. In addition, we show that depletion of NKRF or XRN2 also leads to the accumulation of excised pre-rRNA spacer fragments and that NKRF is essential for recruitment of the exonuclease to nucleolar pre-ribosomal complexes. Our findings therefore reveal a novel pre-ribosomal subcomplex that plays distinct roles in the processing of pre-rRNAs and the turnover of excised spacer fragments.
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- Indira Memet
- Institute for Molecular Biology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg-August-University, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Biology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg-August-University, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Biology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg-August-University, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Biology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg-August-University, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.,Göttingen Centre for Molecular Biosciences, Georg-August-University, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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Chen Z, Gui B, Zhang Y, Xie G, Li W, Liu S, Xu B, Wu C, He L, Yang J, Yi X, Yang X, Sun L, Liang J, Shang Y. Identification of a 35S U4/U6.U5 tri-small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (tri-snRNP) complex intermediate in spliceosome assembly. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:18113-18128. [PMID: 28878014 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.797357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2017] [Revised: 08/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The de novo assembly and post-splicing reassembly of the U4/U6.U5 tri-snRNP remain to be investigated. We report here that ZIP, a protein containing a CCCH-type zinc finger and a G-patch domain, as characterized by us previously, regulates pre-mRNA splicing independent of RNA binding. We found that ZIP physically associates with the U4/U6.U5 tri-small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (tri-snRNP). Remarkably, the ZIP-containing tri-snRNP, which has a sedimentation coefficient of ∼35S, is a tri-snRNP that has not been described previously. We also found that the 35S tri-snRNP contains hPrp24, indicative of a state in which the U4/U6 di-snRNP is integrating with the U5 snRNP. We found that the 35S tri-snRNP is enriched in the Cajal body, indicating that it is an assembly intermediate during 25S tri-snRNP maturation. We showed that the 35S tri-snRNP also contains hPrp43, in which ATPase/RNA helicase activities are stimulated by ZIP. Our study identified, for the first time, a tri-snRNP intermediate, shedding new light on the de novo assembly and recycling of the U4/U6.U5 tri-snRNP.
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- Zhe Chen
- From the Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- From the Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- From the Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- From the Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- From the Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- From the Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- From the Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- From the Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- From the Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- From the Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- From the Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- From the Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- From the Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- From the Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- From the Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China, .,the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China, and.,the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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DHX15 is associated with poor prognosis in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and regulates cell apoptosis via the NF-kB signaling pathway. Oncotarget 2017; 8:89643-89654. [PMID: 29163777 PMCID: PMC5685698 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.20288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The role of DHX15, a newly identified DEAH-box RNA helicase, in leukemogenesis remains elusive. Here, we identified a recurrent mutation in DHX15 (NM_001358:c.664C>G: p.(R222G)) in one familial AML patient and 4/240 sporadic AML patients. Additionally, DHX15 was commonly overexpressed in AML patients and associated with poor overall survival (OS) (P=0.019) and relapse-free survival (RFS) (P=0.032). In addition, we found a distinct expression pattern of DHX15. DHX15 was highly expressed in hematopoietic stem cells and leukemia cells but was lowly expressed in mature blood cells. DHX15 was down-regulated when AML patients achieved disease remission or when leukemia cell lines were induced to differentiate. DHX15 silencing greatly inhibited leukemia cell proliferation and induced cell apoptosis and G1-phase arrest. In contrast, the restoration of DHX15 expression rescued cell viability and reduced cell apoptosis. In addition, we found that DHX15 was down-regulated when cell apoptosis was induced by ATO (arsenic trioxide); overexpression of DHX15 caused dramatic resistance to ATO-induced cell apoptosis, suggesting an important role for DHX15 in cell apoptosis. We further explored the mechanism of DHX15 in apoptosis and found that overexpression of DHX15 activated NF-kB transcription. Knockdown of DHX15 inhibited the nuclear translocation and activation of the NF-kB subunit P65 in leukemia cells. Several downstream targets of the NF-kB pathway were also down-regulated, and apoptosis-associated genes CASP3 and PARP were activated. In conclusion, this study represents the first demonstration that DHX15 plays an important role in leukemogenesis via the NF-kB signaling pathway and may serve as an independent prognostic marker for AML.
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Tauchert MJ, Fourmann JB, Lührmann R, Ficner R. Structural insights into the mechanism of the DEAH-box RNA helicase Prp43. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28092261 PMCID: PMC5262380 DOI: 10.7554/elife.21510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2016] [Accepted: 01/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The DEAH-box helicase Prp43 is a key player in pre-mRNA splicing as well as the maturation of rRNAs. The exact modus operandi of Prp43 and of all other spliceosomal DEAH-box RNA helicases is still elusive. Here, we report crystal structures of Prp43 complexes in different functional states and the analysis of structure-based mutants providing insights into the unwinding and loading mechanism of RNAs. The Prp43•ATP-analog•RNA complex shows the localization of the RNA inside a tunnel formed by the two RecA-like and C-terminal domains. In the ATP-bound state this tunnel can be transformed into a groove prone for RNA binding by large rearrangements of the C-terminal domains. Several conformational changes between the ATP- and ADP-bound states explain the coupling of ATP hydrolysis to RNA translocation, mainly mediated by a β-turn of the RecA1 domain containing the newly identified RF motif. This mechanism is clearly different to those of other RNA helicases. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21510.001
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- Marcel J Tauchert
- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, GZMB, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, GZMB, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Winden KD, Bragin A, Engel J, Geschwind DH. Molecular alterations in areas generating fast ripples in an animal model of temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurobiol Dis 2015; 78:35-44. [PMID: 25818007 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2014] [Revised: 01/26/2015] [Accepted: 02/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The molecular basis of epileptogenesis is poorly characterized. Studies in humans and animal models have identified an electrophysiological signature that precedes the onset of epilepsy, which has been termed fast ripples (FRs) based on its frequency. Multiple lines of evidence implicate regions generating FRs in epileptogenesis, and FRs appear to demarcate the seizure onset zone, suggesting a role in ictogenesis as well. We performed gene expression analysis comparing areas of the dentate gyrus that generate FRs to those that do not generate FRs in a well-characterized rat model of epilepsy. We identified a small cohort of genes that are differentially expressed in FR versus non-FR brain tissue and used quantitative PCR to validate some of those that modulate neuronal excitability. Gene expression network analysis demonstrated conservation of gene co-expression between non-FR and FR samples, but examination of gene connectivity revealed changes that were most pronounced in the cm-40 module, which contains several genes associated with synaptic function and the differentially expressed genes Kcna4, Kcnv1, and Npy1r that are down-regulated in FRs. We then demonstrate that the genes within the cm-40 module are regulated by seizure activity and enriched for the targets of the RNA binding protein Elavl4. Our data suggest that seizure activity induces co-expression of genes associated with synaptic transmission and that this pattern is attenuated in areas displaying FRs, implicating the failure of this mechanism in the generation of FRs.
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- Kellen D Winden
- Interdepartmental Program for Neuroscience, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Program in Neurogenetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; The Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Neurobiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; The Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Interdepartmental Program for Neuroscience, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Program in Neurogenetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Du C, Ma X, Meruvu S, Hugendubler L, Mueller E. The adipogenic transcriptional cofactor ZNF638 interacts with splicing regulators and influences alternative splicing. J Lipid Res 2014; 55:1886-96. [PMID: 25024404 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m047555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Increasing evidence indicates that transcription and alternative splicing are coordinated processes; however, our knowledge of specific factors implicated in both functions during the process of adipocyte differentiation is limited. We have previously demonstrated that the zinc finger protein ZNF638 plays a role as a transcriptional coregulator of adipocyte differentiation via induction of PPARγ in cooperation with CCAAT/enhancer binding proteins (C/EBPs). Here we provide new evidence that ZNF638 is localized in nuclear bodies enriched with splicing factors, and through biochemical purification of ZNF638's interacting proteins in adipocytes and mass spectrometry analysis, we show that ZNF638 interacts with splicing regulators. Functional analysis of the effects of ectopic ZNF638 expression on a minigene reporter demonstrated that ZNF638 is sufficient to promote alternative splicing, a function enhanced through its recruitment to the minigene promoter at C/EBP responsive elements via C/EBP proteins. Structure-function analysis revealed that the arginine/serine-rich motif and the C-terminal zinc finger domain required for speckle localization are necessary for the adipocyte differentiation function of ZNF638 and for the regulation of the levels of alternatively spliced isoforms of lipin1 and nuclear receptor co-repressor 1. Overall, our data demonstrate that ZNF638 participates in splicing decisions and that it may control adipogenesis through regulation of the relative amounts of differentiation-specific isoforms.
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- Chen Du
- Genetics of Development and Disease Branch of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Genetics of Development and Disease Branch of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Genetics of Development and Disease Branch of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Genetics of Development and Disease Branch of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Genetics of Development and Disease Branch of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Infection and autoimmunity in Sjogren's syndrome: A clinical study and comprehensive review. J Autoimmun 2014; 51:17-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2014.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2014] [Accepted: 02/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Mosallanejad K, Sekine Y, Ishikura-Kinoshita S, Kumagai K, Nagano T, Matsuzawa A, Takeda K, Naguro I, Ichijo H. The DEAH-box RNA helicase DHX15 activates NF-κB and MAPK signaling downstream of MAVS during antiviral responses. Sci Signal 2014; 7:ra40. [PMID: 24782566 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2004841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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During infection with an RNA virus, the DExD/H-box RNA helicases RIG-I (retinoic acid-inducible gene I) and MDA5 (melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5) activate the interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3), nuclear factor κB (NF-κB), c-Jun amino-terminal kinase (JNK), and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways through an unknown mechanism involving the adaptor protein MAVS (mitochondrial antiviral signaling). We used a Drosophila misexpression screen to identify DEAH-box polypeptide 15 (DHX15) as an activator of the p38 MAPK pathway. Human DHX15 contributed to the activation of the NF-κB, JNK, and p38 MAPK pathways, but not the IRF3 pathway, in response to the synthetic double-stranded RNA analog poly(I:C) (polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid), and DHX15 was required for optimal cytokine production in response to poly(I:C) and infection with RNA virus. DHX15 physically interacted with MAVS and mediated the MAVS-dependent activation of the NF-κB and MAPK pathways. Furthermore, DHX15 was required for poly(I:C)- and RNA virus-dependent, MAVS-mediated apoptosis. Thus, our findings indicate that, in RIG-I-like receptor signaling, DHX15 specifically stimulates the NF-κB and MAPK pathways downstream of MAVS and contributes to MAVS-mediated cytokine production and apoptosis.
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- Kenta Mosallanejad
- 1Laboratory of Cell Signaling, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Tariq A, Garncarz W, Handl C, Balik A, Pusch O, Jantsch MF. RNA-interacting proteins act as site-specific repressors of ADAR2-mediated RNA editing and fluctuate upon neuronal stimulation. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 41:2581-93. [PMID: 23275536 PMCID: PMC3575830 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks1353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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RNA editing by adenosine deaminases that act on RNA (ADARs) diversifies the transcriptome by changing adenosines to inosines. In mammals, editing levels vary in different tissues, during development, and also in pathogenic conditions. From a screen for repressors of editing we have isolated three proteins that repress ADAR2-mediated RNA editing. The three proteins RPS14, SFRS9 and DDX15 interact with RNA. Overexpression or depletion of these proteins can decrease or increase editing levels by 15%, thus allowing a modulation of RNA editing up to 30%. Interestingly, the three proteins alter RNA editing in a substrate-specific manner that correlates with their RNA binding preferences. In mammalian cells, SFRS9 significantly affects editing of the two substrates CFLAR and cyFIP2, while the ribosomal protein RPS14 mostly inhibits editing of cyFIP2 messenger RNA. The helicase DDX15, in turn, has a strong effect on editing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Expression of the three factors decreases during mouse brain development. Moreover, expression levels of SFRS9 and DDX15 respond strongly to neuronal stimulation or repression, showing an inverse correlation with editing levels. Colocalization and immunoprecipitation studies demonstrate a direct interaction of SFRS9 and RPS14 with ADAR2, while DDX15 associates with other helicases and splicing factors. Our data show that different editing sites can be specifically altered in their editing pattern by changing the local RNP landscape.
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- Aamira Tariq
- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Dr. Bohr Gasse 1, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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Niu Z, Jin W, Zhang L, Li X. Tumor suppressor RBM5 directly interacts with the DExD/H-box protein DHX15 and stimulates its helicase activity. FEBS Lett 2012; 586:977-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.02.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2011] [Revised: 02/11/2012] [Accepted: 02/21/2012] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Yoshimoto R, Kataoka N, Okawa K, Ohno M. Isolation and characterization of post-splicing lariat-intron complexes. Nucleic Acids Res 2008; 37:891-902. [PMID: 19103666 PMCID: PMC2647322 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn1002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Pre-mRNA splicing occurs in a large complex spliceosome. The steps of both spliceosome assembly and splicing reaction have been extensively analyzed, and many of the factors involved have been identified. However, the post-splicing intron turnover process, especially in vertebrates, remains to be examined. In this paper, we developed a two-tag affinity purification method for purifying lariat intron RNA-protein complexes obtained from an in vitro splicing reaction. Glycerol gradient sedimentation analyses revealed that there are at least two forms of post-splicing intron complexes, which we named the 'Intron Large (IL)' and the 'Intron Small (IS)' complexes. The IL complex contains U2, U5 and U6 snRNAs and other protein splicing factors, whereas the IS complex contains no such U snRNAs or proteins. We also showed that TFIP11, a human homolog of yeast Ntr1, is present in the IL complex and the TFIP11 mutant protein, which lacks the interaction domain with hPrp43 protein, caused accumulation of the IL complex and reduction of IS complex formation in vitro. Taken together, our results strongly suggest that TFIP11 in cooperation with hPrp43 mediates the transition from the IL complex to the IS complex, leading to efficient debranching and turnover of excised introns.
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- Rei Yoshimoto
- Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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Friend K, Lovejoy AF, Steitz JA. U2 snRNP binds intronless histone pre-mRNAs to facilitate U7-snRNP-dependent 3' end formation. Mol Cell 2008; 28:240-52. [PMID: 17964263 PMCID: PMC2149891 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2007.09.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2007] [Revised: 08/08/2007] [Accepted: 09/14/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In metazoa, pre-mRNA 3' end formation occurs via two pathways: cleavage/polyadenylation for the majority of RNA polymerase II transcripts and U7-snRNP-dependent cleavage for replication-dependent histone pre-mRNAs. An RNA element derived from a replication-dependent histone gene affects multiple steps of pre-mRNA processing. Here, we demonstrate that a portion of this RNA element, present in the majority of histone mRNAs, stimulates U7-snRNP-dependent cleavage. Surprisingly, this element binds U2 snRNP, although it is derived from an intronless mRNA. Specifically, SF3b, a U2 and U12-snRNP component, contacts the RNA element both in vitro and in vivo in conjunction with hPrp43, a DEAH-box helicase. Tethering either U2 or U12 snRNP to histone pre-mRNA substrates stimulates U7-snRNP-dependent cleavage in vitro and in vivo. Finally, we show that U2 snRNP associates with histone pre-mRNAs in vivo. We conclude that U2 snRNP plays a nonsplicing role in histone mRNA maturation.
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- Kyle Friend
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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Al-Ejeh F, Darby JM, Brown MP. The La autoantigen is a malignancy-associated cell death target that is induced by DNA-damaging drugs. Clin Cancer Res 2007; 13:5509s-5518s. [PMID: 17875783 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-07-0922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the La autoantigen as a target for specific monoclonal antibody (mAb) binding in dead cancer cells after use of DNA-damaging chemotherapy. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN In vitro studies of La-specific 3B9 mAb binding to malignant and normal primary cells with and without cytotoxic drug treatment were done using immunoblotting and flow cytometry. Chromatin-binding studies and immunofluorescence detection of gammaH2AX as a marker of DNA double-stranded breaks together with 3B9 binding assays were done to measure DNA damage responses. Incorporation of a transglutaminase 2 (TG2) substrate and TG2 inhibition were studied to measure protein cross-linking in dead cells. RESULTS La was overexpressed in human cancer cell lines with respect to normal primary cells. Within 3 h of the DNA-damaging stimulus, La became chromatin bound when it colocalized with gammaH2AX. Later, after the stimulus produced cell death, La-specific 3B9 mAb bound specifically and preferentially in the cytoplasm of dead cancer cells. Moreover, 3B9 binding to dead cancer cells increased with increasing DNA damage. Both La and 3B9 became cross-linked in dead cancer cells via TG2 activity. CONCLUSION La autoantigen represents a promising cancer cell death target to determine chemotherapy response because its expression was selectively induced in dead cancer cells after DNA-damaging chemotherapy.
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- Fares Al-Ejeh
- Experimental Therapeutics Laboratory, Hanson Institute, Department of Medical Oncology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia, Australia
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Liu Z, Kenworthy R, Green C, Tang H. Molecular determinants of nucleolar translocation of RNA helicase A. Exp Cell Res 2007; 313:3743-54. [PMID: 17822697 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2007.07.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2007] [Revised: 07/11/2007] [Accepted: 07/27/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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RNA helicase A (RHA) is a member of the DEAH-box family of DNA/RNA helicases involved in multiple cellular processes and the life cycles of many viruses. The subcellular localization of RHA is dynamic despite its steady-state concentration in the nucleoplasm. We have previously shown that it shuttles rapidly between the nucleus and the cytoplasm by virtue of a bidirectional nuclear transport domain (NTD) located in its carboxyl terminus. Here, we investigate the molecular determinants for its translocation within the nucleus and, more specifically, its redistribution from the nucleoplasm to nucleolus or the perinucleolar region. We found that low temperature treatment, transcription inhibition or replication of hepatitis C virus caused the intranuclear redistribution of the protein, suggesting that RHA shuttles between the nucleolus and nucleoplasm and becomes trapped in the nucleolus or the perinucleolar region upon blockade of transport to the nucleoplasm. Both the NTD and ATPase activity were essential for RHA's transport to the nucleolus or perinucleolar region. One of the double-stranded RNA binding domains (dsRBD II) was also required for this nucleolar translocation (NoT) phenotype. RNA interference studies revealed that RHA is essential for survival of cultured hepatoma cells and the ATPase activity appears to be important for this critical role.
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- Zhe Liu
- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4370, USA
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Chen YIG, Moore RE, Ge HY, Young MK, Lee TD, Stevens SW. Proteomic analysis of in vivo-assembled pre-mRNA splicing complexes expands the catalog of participating factors. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:3928-44. [PMID: 17537823 PMCID: PMC1919476 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Previous compositional studies of pre-mRNA processing complexes have been performed in vitro on synthetic pre-mRNAs containing a single intron. To provide a more comprehensive list of polypeptides associated with the pre-mRNA splicing apparatus, we have determined the composition of the bulk pre-mRNA processing machinery in living cells. We purified endogenous nuclear pre-mRNA processing complexes from human and chicken cells comprising the massive (>200S) supraspliceosomes (a.k.a. polyspliceosomes). As expected, RNA components include a heterogeneous mixture of pre-mRNAs and the five spliceosomal snRNAs. In addition to known pre-mRNA splicing factors, 5′ end binding factors, 3′ end processing factors, mRNA export factors, hnRNPs and other RNA binding proteins, the protein components identified by mass spectrometry include RNA adenosine deaminases and several novel factors. Intriguingly, our purified supraspliceosomes also contain a number of structural proteins, nucleoporins, chromatin remodeling factors and several novel proteins that were absent from splicing complexes assembled in vitro. These in vivo analyses bring the total number of factors associated with pre-mRNA to well over 300, and represent the most comprehensive analysis of the pre-mRNA processing machinery to date.
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- Yen-I G. Chen
- Graduate program in Microbiology, City of Hope Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA 91010, Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University, Station #A4800, Austin, TX 78712 and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA
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- Graduate program in Microbiology, City of Hope Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA 91010, Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University, Station #A4800, Austin, TX 78712 and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA
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- Graduate program in Microbiology, City of Hope Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA 91010, Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University, Station #A4800, Austin, TX 78712 and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA
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- Graduate program in Microbiology, City of Hope Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA 91010, Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University, Station #A4800, Austin, TX 78712 and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA
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- Graduate program in Microbiology, City of Hope Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA 91010, Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University, Station #A4800, Austin, TX 78712 and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA
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- Graduate program in Microbiology, City of Hope Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA 91010, Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University, Station #A4800, Austin, TX 78712 and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA
- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. +1-512-232-9303+1-512-232-3432
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Park JM, Intine RV, Maraia RJ. Mouse and human La proteins differ in kinase substrate activity and activation mechanism for tRNA processing. Gene Expr 2007; 14:71-81. [PMID: 18257391 PMCID: PMC6042041 DOI: 10.3727/105221607783417619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The La protein interacts with a variety of small RNAs as well as certain growth-associated mRNAs such as Mdm2 mRNA. Human La (hLa) phosphoprotein is so highly conserved that it can replace the tRNA processing function of the fission yeast La protein in vivo. We used this system, which is based on tRNA-mediated suppression (TMS) of ade6-704 in S. pombe, to compare the activities of mouse and human La proteins. Prior studies indicate that hLa is activated by phosphorylation of serine-366 by protein kinase CK2, neutralizing a negative effect of a short basic motif (SBM). First, we report the sequence mapping of the UGA stop codon that requires suppressor tRNA for TMS, to an unexpected site in S. pombe ade6-704. Next, we show that, unlike hLa, native mLa is unexpectedly inactive for TMS, although its intrinsic activity is revealed by deletion of its SBM. We then show that mLa is not phosphorylated by CK2, accounting for the mechanistic difference between mLa and hLa. We found a PKA/PKG target sequence in mLa (S199) that is not present in hLa, and show that PKA/PKG efficiently phosphorylates mLa S199 in vitro. A noteworthy conclusion that comes from this work is that this fission yeast system can be used to gain insight into differences in control mechanisms used by La proteins of different mammalian species. Finally, RNA binding assays indicate that while mutation of mLa S199 has little effect on pre-tRNA binding, it substantially decreases binding to a probe derived from Mdm2 mRNA. In closing, we note that species-specific signaling through La may be relevant to the La-dependent Mdm2 pathways of p53 metabolism and cancer progression in mice and humans.
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- Jung-Min Park
- Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Tsai RT, Fu RH, Yeh FL, Tseng CK, Lin YC, Huang YH, Cheng SC. Spliceosome disassembly catalyzed by Prp43 and its associated components Ntr1 and Ntr2. Genes Dev 2006; 19:2991-3003. [PMID: 16357217 PMCID: PMC1315403 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1377405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Two novel yeast splicing factors required for spliceosome disassembly have been identified. Ntr1 and Ntr2 (NineTeen complex-Related proteins) were identified for their weak association with components of the Prp19-associated complex. Unlike other Prp19-associated components, these two proteins were primarily associated with the intron-containing spliceosome during the splicing reaction. Extracts depleted of Ntr1 or Ntr2 exhibited full splicing activity, but accumulated large amounts of lariat-intron in the spliceosome after splicing, indicating that the normal function of the Prp19-associated complex in spliceosome activation was not affected, but spliceosome disassembly was hindered. Immunoprecipitation analysis revealed that Ntr1 and Ntr2 formed a stable complex with DExD/H-box RNA helicase Prp43 in the splicing extract. Ntr1 interacted with Prp43 through the N-terminal G-patch domain, with Ntr2 through a middle region, and with itself through the carboxyl half of the protein. The affinity-purified Ntr1-Ntr2-Prp43 complex could catalyze disassembly of the spliceosome in an ATP-dependent manner, separating U2, U5, U6, NTC (NineTeen Complex), and lariat-intron. This is the first demonstration of physical disassembly of the spliceosome, catalyzed by a complex containing a DExD/H-box RNA helicase and two accessory factors, which might function in targeting the helicase to the correct substrate.
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- Rong-Tzong Tsai
- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Combs DJ, Nagel RJ, Ares M, Stevens SW. Prp43p is a DEAH-box spliceosome disassembly factor essential for ribosome biogenesis. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:523-34. [PMID: 16382144 PMCID: PMC1346896 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.26.2.523-534.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2005] [Revised: 07/13/2005] [Accepted: 10/17/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The known function of the DEXH/D-box protein Prp43p is the removal of the U2, U5, and U6 snRNPs from the postsplicing lariat-intron ribonucleoprotein complex. We demonstrate that affinity-purified Prp43p-associated material includes the expected spliceosomal components; however, we also identify several preribosomal complexes that are specifically purified with Prp43p. Conditional prp43 mutant alleles confer a 35S pre-rRNA processing defect, with subsequent depletion of 27S and 20S precursors. Upon a shift to a nonpermissive temperature, both large and small-ribosomal-subunit proteins accumulate in the nucleolus of prp43 mutants. Pulse-chase analysis demonstrates delayed kinetics of 35S, 27S, and 20S pre-rRNA processing with turnover of these intermediates. Microarray analysis of pre-mRNA splicing defects in prp43 mutants shows a very mild effect, similar to that of nonessential pre-mRNA splicing factors. Prp43p is the first DEXH/D-box protein shown to function in both RNA polymerase I and polymerase II transcript metabolism. Its essential function is in its newly characterized role in ribosome biogenesis of both ribosomal subunits, positioning Prp43p to regulate both pre-mRNA splicing and ribosome biogenesis.
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- D Joshua Combs
- Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station #A4800, 2500 Speedway 2.448, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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Lebaron S, Froment C, Fromont-Racine M, Rain JC, Monsarrat B, Caizergues-Ferrer M, Henry Y. The splicing ATPase prp43p is a component of multiple preribosomal particles. Mol Cell Biol 2005; 25:9269-82. [PMID: 16227579 PMCID: PMC1265834 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.25.21.9269-9282.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Prp43p is a putative helicase of the DEAH family which is required for the release of the lariat intron from the spliceosome. Prp43p could also play a role in ribosome synthesis, since it accumulates in the nucleolus. Consistent with this hypothesis, we find that depletion of Prp43p leads to accumulation of 35S pre-rRNA and strongly reduces levels of all downstream pre-rRNA processing intermediates. As a result, the steady-state levels of mature rRNAs are greatly diminished following Prp43p depletion. We present data arguing that such effects are unlikely to be solely due to splicing defects. Moreover, we demonstrate by a combination of a comprehensive two-hybrid screen, tandem-affinity purification followed by mass spectrometry, and Northern analyses that Prp43p is associated with 90S, pre-60S, and pre-40S ribosomal particles. Prp43p seems preferentially associated with Pfa1p, a novel specific component of pre-40S ribosomal particles. In addition, Prp43p interacts with components of the RNA polymerase I (Pol I) transcription machinery and with mature 18S and 25S rRNAs. Hence, Prp43p might be delivered to nascent 90S ribosomal particles during pre-rRNA transcription and remain associated with preribosomal particles until their final maturation steps in the cytoplasm. Our data also suggest that the ATPase activity of Prp43p is required for early steps of pre-rRNA processing and normal accumulation of mature rRNAs.
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- Simon Lebaron
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Eucaryote, UMR5099 CNRS-Université Paul Sabatier, IFR109, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse cedex 09, France
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Alli Z, Nam EH, Beimnet K, Abdelhaleem M. The activation-induced expression of DHX32 in Jurkat T cells is specific and involves calcium and nuclear factor of activated T cells. Cell Immunol 2005; 237:141-6. [PMID: 16414036 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2005.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2005] [Revised: 12/12/2005] [Accepted: 12/13/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In this report, we studied DHX32 expression in human Jurkat T cells. Co-stimulation of CD3 and CD28 resulted in upregulation of DHX32. No significant changes in the expression of the closely related RNA helicases were seen. Ionomycin treatment alone was sufficient to upregulate the expression of DHX32 mRNA isoform transcribed from the proximal promoter. We cloned DHX32 proximal promoter and identified a 218bp fragment containing two potential binding sites for the transcription factor nuclear factor of activated T cells (NF-AT). Mutation of core sequence of NF-AT resulted in reduced transcriptional activity, with more reduction observed in the second NF-AT site. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay results were consistent with a specific binding of NF-AT from ionomycin stimulated nuclear extract of Jurkat cells to oligonucleotide probes from DHX32 proximal promoter. These results suggest that the DHX32 expression is modulated in Jurkat T cells via a pathway that involves NF-AT.
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- Zaman Alli
- Division of Haematopathology, Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8
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Brenet F, Dussault N, Borch J, Ferracci G, Delfino C, Roepstorff P, Miquelis R, Ouafik L. Mammalian peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase mRNA expression can be modulated by the La autoantigen. Mol Cell Biol 2005; 25:7505-21. [PMID: 16107699 PMCID: PMC1190315 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.25.17.7505-7521.2005] [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: 12/28/2004] [Revised: 01/17/2005] [Accepted: 05/17/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase (PAM; EC 1.14.17.3) catalyzes the COOH-terminal alpha-amidation of peptidylglycine substrates, yielding amidated products. We have previously reported a putative regulatory RNA binding protein (PAM mRNA-BP) that binds specifically to the 3' untranslated region (UTR) of PAM-mRNA. Here, the PAM mRNA-BP was isolated and revealed to be La protein using affinity purification onto a 3' UTR PAM RNA, followed by tandem mass spectrometry identification. We determined that the core binding sequence is approximately 15-nucleotides (nt) long and is located 471 nt downstream of the stop codon. Moreover, we identified the La autoantigen as a protein that specifically binds the 3' UTR of PAM mRNA in vivo and in vitro. Furthermore, La protein overexpression caused a nuclear retention of PAM mRNAs and resulted in the down-regulation of endogenous PAM activity. Most interestingly, the nuclear retention of PAM mRNA is lost upon expressing the La proteins that lack a conserved nuclear retention element, suggesting a direct association between PAM mRNA and La protein in vivo. Reporter assays using a chimeric mRNA that combined luciferase and the 3' UTR of PAM mRNA demonstrated a decrease of the reporter activity due to an increase in the nuclear localization of reporter mRNAs, while the deletion of the 15-nt La binding site led to their clear-cut cytoplasmic relocalization. The results suggest an important role for the La protein in the modulation of PAM expression, possibly by mechanisms that involve a nuclear retention and perhaps a processing of pre-PAM mRNA molecules.
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- Fabienne Brenet
- Université de la Méditerranée, Aix-Marseille II, Laboratoire de Cancérologie Expérimentale, Inserm EMI 0359, Faculté de Médecine Secteur Nord, IFR Jean Roche, Marseille, France
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Intine RV, Dundr M, Vassilev A, Schwartz E, Zhao Y, Zhao Y, Depamphilis ML, Maraia RJ. Nonphosphorylated human La antigen interacts with nucleolin at nucleolar sites involved in rRNA biogenesis. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:10894-904. [PMID: 15572691 PMCID: PMC533991 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.24.10894-10904.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2004] [Revised: 08/20/2004] [Accepted: 09/17/2004] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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La is a RNA-binding protein implicated in multiple pathways related to the production of tRNAs, ribosomal proteins, and other components of the translational machinery (D. J. Kenan and J. D. Keene, Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 11:303-305, 2004). While most La is phosphorylated and resides in the nucleoplasm, a fraction is in the nucleolus, the site of ribosome production, although the determinants of this localization are incompletely known. In addition to its conserved N-terminal domain, human La harbors a C-terminal domain that contains an atypical RNA recognition motif and a short basic motif (SBM) adjacent to phosphoserine-366. We report that nonphosphorylated La (npLa) is concentrated in nucleolar sites that correspond to the dense fibrillar component that harbors nascent pol I transcripts as well as fibrillarin and nucleolin, which function in early phases of rRNA maturation. Affinity purification and native immunoprecipitation of La and fluorescence resonance energy transfer in the nucleolus reveal close association with nucleolin. Moreover, La lacking the SBM does not localize to nucleoli. Lastly, La exhibits SBM-dependent, phosphorylation-sensitive interaction with nucleolin in a yeast two-hybrid assay. The data suggest that interaction with nucleolin is, at least in part, responsible for nucleolar accumulation of La and that npLa may be involved in ribosome biogenesis.
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- Robert V Intine
- Laboratory of Molecular Growth Regulation, National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, 6 Center Dr., Rm. 416, Bethesda, MD 20892-2753, USA
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Pudi R, Srinivasan P, Das S. La protein binding at the GCAC site near the initiator AUG facilitates the ribosomal assembly on the hepatitis C virus RNA to influence internal ribosome entry site-mediated translation. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:29879-88. [PMID: 15138264 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m403417200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Human La autoantigen has been shown to influence internal initiation of translation of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA. Previously, we have demonstrated that, among the three RRMs of La protein, the RRM2 interacts with HCV internal ribosome entry site (IRES) around the GCAC motif near the initiator AUG present in the stem region of stem-loop IV (SL IV) (Pudi, R., Abhiman, S., Srinivasan, N., and Das S. (2003) J. Biol. Chem. 278, 12231-12240). Here, we have demonstrated that the mutations in the GCAC motif, which altered the binding to RRM2, had drastic effect on HCV IRES-mediated translation, both in vitro and in vivo. The results indicated that the primary sequence of the stem region of SL IV plays an important role in mediating internal initiation. Furthermore, we have shown that the mutations also altered the ability to bind to ribosomal protein S5 (p25), through which 40 S ribosomal subunit is known to contact the HCV IRES RNA. Interestingly, binding of La protein to SL IV region induced significant changes in the circular dichroism spectra of the HCV RNA indicating conformational alterations that might assist correct positioning of the initiation complex. Finally, the ribosome assembly analysis using sucrose gradient centrifugation implied that the mutations within SL IV of HCV IRES impair the formation of functional ribosomal complexes. These observations strongly support the hypothesis that La protein binding near the initiator AUG facilitates the interactions with ribosomal protein S5 and 48 S ribosomal assembly and influences the formation of functional initiation complex on the HCV IRES RNA to mediate efficient internal initiation of translation.
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- Renuka Pudi
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Sir C.V. Raman Avenue, Bangalore 560012, India
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Dez C, Froment C, Noaillac-Depeyre J, Monsarrat B, Caizergues-Ferrer M, Henry Y. Npa1p, a component of very early pre-60S ribosomal particles, associates with a subset of small nucleolar RNPs required for peptidyl transferase center modification. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:6324-37. [PMID: 15226434 PMCID: PMC434229 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.14.6324-6337.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2004] [Revised: 02/08/2004] [Accepted: 04/09/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have identified a novel essential nucleolar factor required for the synthesis of 5.8S and 25S rRNAs termed Npa1p. In the absence of Npa1p, the pre-rRNA processing pathway leading to 5.8S and 25S rRNA production is perturbed such that the C2 cleavage within internal transcribed spacer 2 occurs prematurely. Npa1p accumulates in the immediate vicinity of the dense fibrillar component of the nucleolus and is predominantly associated with the 27SA2 pre-rRNA, the RNA component of the earliest pre-60S ribosomal particles. By mass spectrometry, we have identified the protein partners of Npa1p, which include eight putative helicases as well as the novel Npa2p factor. Strikingly, we also show that Npa1p can associate with a subset of H/ACA and C/D small nucleolar RNPs (snoRNPs) involved in the chemical modification of residues in the vicinity of the peptidyl transferase center. Our results suggest that 27SA2-containing pre-60S ribosomal particles are located at the interface between the dense fibrillar and the granular components of the nucleolus and that these particles can contain a subset of snoRNPs.
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- Christophe Dez
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Eucaryote, UMR5099 CNRS-Université Paul Sabatier, IFR 109, Toulouse, France
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Alfano C, Sanfelice D, Babon J, Kelly G, Jacks A, Curry S, Conte MR. Structural analysis of cooperative RNA binding by the La motif and central RRM domain of human La protein. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2004; 11:323-9. [PMID: 15004549 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2004] [Accepted: 02/19/2004] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The La protein is a conserved component of eukaryotic ribonucleoprotein complexes that binds the 3' poly(U)-rich elements of nascent RNA polymerase III (pol III) transcripts to assist folding and maturation. This specific recognition is mediated by the N-terminal domain (NTD) of La, which comprises a La motif and an RNA recognition motif (RRM). We have determined the solution structures of both domains and show that the La motif adopts an alpha/beta fold that comprises a winged-helix motif elaborated by the insertion of three helices. Chemical shift mapping experiments show that these insertions are involved in RNA interactions. They further delineate a distinct surface patch on each domain-containing both basic and aromatic residues-that interacts with RNA and accounts for the cooperative binding of short oligonucleotides exhibited by the La NTD.
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- Caterina Alfano
- Biophysics Laboratories, Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Portsmouth, St. Michael's Building, Portsmouth PO1 2DT, UK
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Van Eden ME, Byrd MP, Sherrill KW, Lloyd RE. Demonstrating internal ribosome entry sites in eukaryotic mRNAs using stringent RNA test procedures. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2004; 10:720-30. [PMID: 15037781 PMCID: PMC1370562 DOI: 10.1261/rna.5225204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2003] [Accepted: 01/13/2004] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The dicistronic assay for internal ribosome entry site (IRES) activity is the most widely used method for testing putative sequences that may drive cap-independent translation initiation. This assay typically involves the transfection of cells with dicistronic DNA test constructs. Many of the reports describing eukaryotic IRES elements have been criticized for the use of inadequate methods for the detection of aberrant RNAs that may form in transfected cells using this assay. Here we propose the combined use of a new RNAi-based method together with RT-PCR to effectively identify aberrant RNAs. We illustrate the use of these methods for analysis of RNAs generated in cells transfected with dicistronic test DNAs containing either the hepatitis C virus (HCV) IRES or the X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP) cellular IRES. Both analyses indicated aberrantly spliced transcripts occurred in cells transfected with the XIAP dicistronic DNA construct. This contributed to the unusually high levels of apparent IRES activity exhibited by the XIAP 5' UTR in vivo. Cells transfected directly with dicistronic RNA exhibited much lower levels of XIAP IRES activity, resembling the lower levels observed after translation of dicistronic RNA in rabbit reticulocyte lysates. No aberrantly spliced transcripts could be detected following direct RNA transfection of cells. Interestingly, transfection of dicistronic DNA or RNA containing the HCV IRES did not form aberrantly spliced transcripts. These observations stress the importance of using alternative test procedures (e.g., direct RNA transfection) in conjunction with a combination of sensitive RNA analyses for discerning IRES-containing sequences in eukaryotic mRNAs.
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- Marc E Van Eden
- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030-3498, USA
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Chakshusmathi G, Kim SD, Rubinson DA, Wolin SL. A La protein requirement for efficient pre-tRNA folding. EMBO J 2003; 22:6562-72. [PMID: 14657028 PMCID: PMC291820 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2003] [Revised: 10/22/2003] [Accepted: 10/23/2003] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The La protein protects the 3' ends of many nascent small RNAs from exonucleases. Here we report that La is required for efficient folding of certain pre-tRNAs. A mutation in pre-tRNA(Arg)(CCG) causes yeast cells to be cold-sensitive and to require the La protein Lhp1p for efficient growth. When the mutant cells are grown at low temperature, or when Lhp1p is depleted, mature tRNA(Arg)(CCG) is not efficiently aminoacylated. The mutation causes the anticodon stem of pre-tRNA(Arg)(CCG) to misfold into an alternative helix in vitro. Intragenic suppressor mutations that disrupt the misfolded helix or strengthen the correct helix alleviate the requirement for Lhp1p, providing evidence that the anticodon stem misfolds in vivo. Chemical and enzymatic footprinting experiments suggest a model in which Lhp1p stabilizes the correctly folded stem. Lhp1p is also required for efficient aminoacylation of two wild-type tRNAs when yeast are grown at low temperature. These experiments reveal that pre-tRNAs can require protein assistance for efficient folding in vivo.
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- Ghadiyaram Chakshusmathi
- Departments of Cell Biology and Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, 295 Congress Avenue, New Haven, CT 06536, USA
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Oshima Y, Ueda M, Yamashita Y, Choi YL, Ota J, Ueno S, Ohki R, Koinuma K, Wada T, Ozawa K, Fujimura A, Mano H. DNA microarray analysis of hematopoietic stem cell-like fractions from individuals with the M2 subtype of acute myeloid leukemia. Leukemia 2003; 17:1990-7. [PMID: 14513049 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2403098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) may develop de novo or secondarily to myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Although the clinical outcome of MDS-related AML is worse than that of de novo AML, it is not easy to differentiate between these two clinical courses without a record of prior MDS. Large-scale profiling of gene expression by DNA microarray analysis is a promising approach with which to identify molecular markers specific to de novo or MDS-related AML. This approach has now been adopted with AC133-positive hematopoietic stem cell-like fractions purified from 10 individuals, each with either de novo or MDS-related AML of the M2 subtype. Sets of genes whose activity was associated with either disease course were identified. Furthermore, on the basis of the expression profiles of these genes, it was possible to predict correctly the clinical diagnosis for 17 (85%) of the 20 cases in a cross-validation trial. Similarly, different sets of genes were identified whose expression level was associated with clinical outcome after induction chemotherapy. These data suggest that, at least in terms of gene expression profiles, de novo AML and MDS-related AML are distinct clinical entities.
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MESH Headings
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD34/genetics
- Base Sequence
- Blast Crisis/genetics
- Bone Marrow Cells/pathology
- DNA Primers
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/classification
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/pathology
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/drug therapy
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/genetics
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/pathology
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Predictive Value of Tests
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Transcription, Genetic
- Treatment Failure
- Treatment Outcome
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- Y Oshima
- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Jichi Medical School, Yakushiji, Kawachigun, Tochigi, Japan
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Members of the DExD/H-box family of RNA helicases are involved in many processes and complexes within the cell. While individual DExD/H helicase family members have been studied extensively, the mechanisms through which helicases affect multiprotein complexes are just beginning to be investigated. Because RNA helicases are both highly conserved and numerous in the cell, study of RNA helicase recruitment and modulation by cofactors is necessary for understanding the mechanisms of helicase action in vivo. This review will focus on cofactor-mediated regulation of helicase target specificity and activity.
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- Edward Silverman
- Division of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, 1450 E. Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
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Raats JMH, Roeffen WF, Litjens S, Bulduk I, Mans G, van Venrooij WJ, Pruijn GJM. Human recombinant anti-La (SS-B) autoantibodies demonstrate the accumulation of phosphoserine-366-containing la isoforms in nucleoplasmic speckles. Eur J Cell Biol 2003; 82:131-41. [PMID: 12691262 DOI: 10.1078/0171-9335-00304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Using the recombinant La (SS-B) protein or a phosphorylated peptide derived thereof 27 La-specific human recombinant autoantibodies were selected from anti-La-positive systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic sclerosis patient-derived combinatorial phage display antibody libraries. Binding of these anti-La antibodies to various isoforms of the La protein present in normal and apoptotic cell extracts was analysed by Western blotting. Twenty-four of the selected antibodies recognize most, if not all isoforms of La, whereas three are exclusively reactive with the protein phosphorylated at serine-366. Sequence analysis of the selected antibodies showed a restricted spectrum of diversity in their VH germline gene usage. Remarkably, the recombinant antibodies recognizing exclusively the phosphoserine-366-containing isoform of La displayed a spleckled nucleoplasmic staining pattern in immunofluorescence analysis of HeLa and HEp-2 cells. This pattern differed markedly from those obtained with anti-La antibodies recognizing all isoforms of the La protein. Colocalization experiments with marker antibodies for spliceosomal UsnRNPs and RNA polymerase III subunits revealed that the anti-phosphorylated La antibodies stain the same nucleoplasmic speckles as anti-UsnRNP antibodies. In contrast to anti-UsnRNP antibodies the anti-phosphorylated La antibodies did not stain the Cajal bodies. In addition, no colocalization of phosphorylated La with RNA polymerase III was observed. Potential functional implications of the accumulation of phosphorylated La in nucleoplasmic speckles are discussed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jos M H Raats
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen/The Netherlands.
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