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Manning SA, Kroeger B, Deng Q, Brooks E, Fonseka Y, Hinde E, Harvey KF. The Drosophila Hippo pathway transcription factor Scalloped and its co-factors alter each other's chromatin binding dynamics and transcription in vivo. Dev Cell 2024; 59:1640-1654.e5. [PMID: 38670104 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Revised: 02/12/2024] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
Abstract
The Hippo pathway is an important regulator of organ growth and cell fate. The major mechanism by which Hippo is known to control transcription is by dictating the nucleo-cytoplasmic shuttling rate of Yorkie, a transcription co-activator, which promotes transcription with the DNA binding protein Scalloped. The nuclear biophysical behavior of Yorkie and Scalloped, and whether this is regulated by the Hippo pathway, remains unexplored. Using multiple live-imaging modalities on Drosophila tissues, we found that Scalloped interacts with DNA on a broad range of timescales, and enrichment of Scalloped at sites of active transcription is mediated by longer DNA dwell times. Further, Yorkie increased Scalloped's DNA dwell time, whereas the repressors Nervous fingers 1 (Nerfin-1) and Tondu-domain-containing growth inhibitor (Tgi) decreased it. Therefore, the Hippo pathway influences transcription not only by controlling nuclear abundance of Yorkie but also by modifying the DNA binding kinetics of the transcription factor Scalloped.
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- Samuel A Manning
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia; Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, 305 Grattan St, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia; Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, 305 Grattan St, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, 305 Grattan St, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia; Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, 305 Grattan St, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia; Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia; Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, 305 Grattan St, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia; Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.
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Darmasaputra GS, van Rijnberk LM, Galli M. Functional consequences of somatic polyploidy in development. Development 2024; 151:dev202392. [PMID: 38415794 PMCID: PMC10946441 DOI: 10.1242/dev.202392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
Abstract
Polyploid cells contain multiple genome copies and arise in many animal tissues as a regulated part of development. However, polyploid cells can also arise due to cell division failure, DNA damage or tissue damage. Although polyploidization is crucial for the integrity and function of many tissues, the cellular and tissue-wide consequences of polyploidy can be very diverse. Nonetheless, many polyploid cell types and tissues share a remarkable similarity in function, providing important information about the possible contribution of polyploidy to cell and tissue function. Here, we review studies on polyploid cells in development, underlining parallel functions between different polyploid cell types, as well as differences between developmentally-programmed and stress-induced polyploidy.
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- Gabriella S. Darmasaputra
- Hubrecht Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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DeBerardine M, Booth GT, Versluis PP, Lis JT. The NELF pausing checkpoint mediates the functional divergence of Cdk9. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2762. [PMID: 37179384 PMCID: PMC10182999 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38359-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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Promoter-proximal pausing by RNA Pol II is a rate-determining step in gene transcription that is hypothesized to be a prominent point at which regulatory factors act. The pausing factor NELF is known to induce and stabilize pausing, but not all kinds of pausing are NELF-mediated. Here, we find that NELF-depleted Drosophila melanogaster cells functionally recapitulate the NELF-independent pausing we previously observed in fission yeast (which lack NELF). Critically, only NELF-mediated pausing establishes a strict requirement for Cdk9 kinase activity for the release of paused Pol II into productive elongation. Upon inhibition of Cdk9, cells with NELF efficiently shutdown gene transcription, while in NELF-depleted cells, defective, non-productive transcription continues unabated. By introducing a strict checkpoint for Cdk9, the evolution of NELF was likely critical to enable increased regulation of Cdk9 in higher eukaryotes, as Cdk9 availability can be restricted to limit gene transcription without inducing wasteful, non-productive transcription.
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- Michael DeBerardine
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
- Kanvas Biosciences, Monmouth Junction, NJ, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
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Waters PD, Graves JAM, Whiteley SL, Georges A, Ruiz-Herrera A. Three dimensions of thermolabile sex determination. Bioessays 2023; 45:e2200123. [PMID: 36529688 DOI: 10.1002/bies.202200123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2022] [Revised: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The molecular mechanism of temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) is a long-standing mystery. How is the thermal signal sensed, captured and transduced to regulate key sex genes? Although there is compelling evidence for pathways via which cells capture the temperature signal, there is no known mechanism by which cells transduce those thermal signals to affect gene expression. Here we propose a novel hypothesis we call 3D-TSD (the three dimensions of thermolabile sex determination). We postulate that the genome has capacity to remodel in response to temperature by changing 3D chromatin conformation, perhaps via temperature-sensitive transcriptional condensates. This could rewire enhancer-promoter interactions to alter the expression of key sex-determining genes. This hypothesis can accommodate monogenic or multigenic thermolabile sex-determining systems, and could be combined with upstream thermal sensing and transduction to the epigenome to commit gonadal fate.
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- Paul D Waters
- Faculty of Science, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Environment and Genetics, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia.,Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia
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- Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia
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- Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia
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- Departament de Biologia Cellular, Fisiologia i Immunologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.,Genome Integrity and Instability Group, Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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Kinetic principles underlying pioneer function of GAGA transcription factor in live cells. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2022; 29:665-676. [PMID: 35835866 PMCID: PMC10177624 DOI: 10.1038/s41594-022-00800-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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How pioneer factors interface with chromatin to promote accessibility for transcription control is poorly understood in vivo. Here, we directly visualize chromatin association by the prototypical GAGA pioneer factor (GAF) in live Drosophila hemocytes. Single-particle tracking reveals that most GAF is chromatin bound, with a stable-binding fraction showing nucleosome-like confinement residing on chromatin for more than 2 min, far longer than the dynamic range of most transcription factors. These kinetic properties require the full complement of GAF's DNA-binding, multimerization and intrinsically disordered domains, and are autonomous from recruited chromatin remodelers NURF and PBAP, whose activities primarily benefit GAF's neighbors such as Heat Shock Factor. Evaluation of GAF kinetics together with its endogenous abundance indicates that, despite on-off dynamics, GAF constitutively and fully occupies major chromatin targets, thereby providing a temporal mechanism that sustains open chromatin for transcriptional responses to homeostatic, environmental and developmental signals.
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Xue C, Yu W, Song H, Huang X, Ren J. A study of protein–drug interaction based on solvent-induced protein aggregation by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. Analyst 2022; 147:1357-1366. [DOI: 10.1039/d2an00031h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Based on the inhibition of protein aggregation by drugs in organic solvent systems, we developed an effective method to study protein–drug interaction by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy.
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- Caining Xue
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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Gradilla AC, Guerrero I. Hedgehog on track: Long-distant signal transport and transfer through direct cell-to-cell contact. Curr Top Dev Biol 2022; 150:1-24. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2022.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Wang Z, Deng W. Dynamic transcription regulation at the single-molecule level. Dev Biol 2021; 482:67-81. [PMID: 34896367 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2021.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Revised: 11/14/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Cell fate changes during development, differentiation, and reprogramming are largely controlled at the transcription level. The DNA-binding transcription factors (TFs) often act in a combinatorial fashion to alter chromatin states and drive cell type-specific gene expression. Recent advances in fluorescent microscopy technologies have enabled direct visualization of biomolecules involved in the process of transcription and its regulatory events at the single-molecule level in living cells. Remarkably, imaging and tracking individual TF molecules at high temporal and spatial resolution revealed that they are highly dynamic in searching and binding cognate targets, rather than static and binding constantly. In combination with investigation using techniques from biochemistry, structure biology, genetics, and genomics, a more well-rounded view of transcription regulation is emerging. In this review, we briefly cover the technical aspects of live-cell single-molecule imaging and focus on the biological relevance and interpretation of the single-molecule dynamic features of transcription regulatory events observed in the native chromatin environment of living eukaryotic cells. We also discuss how these dynamic features might shed light on mechanistic understanding of transcription regulation.
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- Zuhui Wang
- Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center (BIOPIC), Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China; Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center (BIOPIC), Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China; Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Genomics (ICG), Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China; Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences (CLS), Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China; School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
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Biswas J, Li W, Singer RH, Coleman RA. Imaging Organization of RNA Processing within the Nucleus. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2021; 13:a039453. [PMID: 34127450 PMCID: PMC8635003 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a039453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Within the nucleus, messenger RNA is generated and processed in a highly organized and regulated manner. Messenger RNA processing begins during transcription initiation and continues until the RNA is translated and degraded. Processes such as 5' capping, alternative splicing, and 3' end processing have been studied extensively with biochemical methods and more recently with single-molecule imaging approaches. In this review, we highlight how imaging has helped understand the highly dynamic process of RNA processing. We conclude with open questions and new technological developments that may further our understanding of RNA processing.
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- Jeetayu Biswas
- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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Hasegawa Y, Struhl K. Different SP1 binding dynamics at individual genomic loci in human cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:e2113579118. [PMID: 34764224 PMCID: PMC8609546 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2113579118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Using a tamoxifen-inducible time-course ChIP-sequencing (ChIP-seq) approach, we show that the ubiquitous transcription factor SP1 has different binding dynamics at its target sites in the human genome. SP1 very rapidly reaches maximal binding levels at some sites, but binding kinetics at other sites is biphasic, with rapid half-maximal binding followed by a considerably slower increase to maximal binding. While ∼70% of SP1 binding sites are located at promoter regions, loci with slow SP1 binding kinetics are enriched in enhancer and Polycomb-repressed regions. Unexpectedly, SP1 sites with fast binding kinetics tend to have higher quality and more copies of the SP1 sequence motif. Different cobinding factors associate near SP1 binding sites depending on their binding kinetics and on their location at promoters or enhancers. For example, NFY and FOS are preferentially associated near promoter-bound SP1 sites with fast binding kinetics, whereas DNA motifs of ETS and homeodomain proteins are preferentially observed at sites with slow binding kinetics. At promoters but not enhancers, proteins involved in sumoylation and PML bodies associate more strongly with slow SP1 binding sites than with the fast binding sites. The speed of SP1 binding is not associated with nucleosome occupancy, and it is not necessarily coupled to higher transcriptional activity. These results with SP1 are in contrast to those of human TBP, indicating that there is no common mechanism affecting transcription factor binding kinetics. The biphasic kinetics at some SP1 target sites suggest the existence of distinct chromatin states at these loci in different cells within the overall population.
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- Yuko Hasegawa
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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Boka AP, Mukherjee A, Mir M. Single-molecule tracking technologies for quantifying the dynamics of gene regulation in cells, tissue and embryos. Development 2021; 148:272071. [PMID: 34490887 DOI: 10.1242/dev.199744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
For decades, we have relied on population and time-averaged snapshots of dynamic molecular scale events to understand how genes are regulated during development and beyond. The advent of techniques to observe single-molecule kinetics in increasingly endogenous contexts, progressing from in vitro studies to living embryos, has revealed how much we have missed. Here, we provide an accessible overview of the rapidly expanding family of technologies for single-molecule tracking (SMT), with the goal of enabling the reader to critically analyse single-molecule studies, as well as to inspire the application of SMT to their own work. We start by overviewing the basics of and motivation for SMT experiments, and the trade-offs involved when optimizing parameters. We then cover key technologies, including fluorescent labelling, excitation and detection optics, localization and tracking algorithms, and data analysis. Finally, we provide a summary of selected recent applications of SMT to study the dynamics of gene regulation.
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- Alan P Boka
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Center for Computational and Genomic Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Center for Computational and Genomic Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.,Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Simon E, Jiménez-Jiménez C, Seijo-Barandiarán I, Aguilar G, Sánchez-Hernández D, Aguirre-Tamaral A, González-Méndez L, Ripoll P, Guerrero I. Glypicans define unique roles for the Hedgehog co-receptors boi and ihog in cytoneme-mediated gradient formation. eLife 2021; 10:64581. [PMID: 34355694 PMCID: PMC8410076 DOI: 10.7554/elife.64581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
The conserved family of Hedgehog (Hh) signaling proteins plays a key role in cell–cell communication in development, tissue repair, and cancer progression, inducing distinct concentration-dependent responses in target cells located at short and long distances. One simple mechanism for long distance dispersal of the lipid modified Hh is the direct contact between cell membranes through filopodia-like structures known as cytonemes. Here we have analyzed in Drosophila the interaction between the glypicans Dally and Dally-like protein, necessary for Hh signaling, and the adhesion molecules and Hh coreceptors Ihog and Boi. We describe that glypicans are required to maintain the levels of Ihog, but not of Boi. We also show that the overexpression of Ihog, but not of Boi, regulates cytoneme dynamics through their interaction with glypicans, the Ihog fibronectin III domains being essential for this interaction. Our data suggest that the regulation of glypicans over Hh signaling is specifically given by their interaction with Ihog in cytonemes. Contrary to previous data, we also show that there is no redundancy of Ihog and Boi functions in Hh gradient formation, being Ihog, but not of Boi, essential for the long-range gradient.
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- Eléanor Simon
- Tissue and Organ Homeostasis, Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CSIC-UAM), Nicolás Cabrera 1, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Spain
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- Tissue and Organ Homeostasis, Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CSIC-UAM), Nicolás Cabrera 1, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Spain
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- Tissue and Organ Homeostasis, Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CSIC-UAM), Nicolás Cabrera 1, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Spain
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- Tissue and Organ Homeostasis, Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CSIC-UAM), Nicolás Cabrera 1, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Spain.,Growth and Development, University of Basel, Biozentrum, Switzerland
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- Tissue and Organ Homeostasis, Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CSIC-UAM), Nicolás Cabrera 1, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Spain
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- Tissue and Organ Homeostasis, Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CSIC-UAM), Nicolás Cabrera 1, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Spain
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- Tissue and Organ Homeostasis, Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CSIC-UAM), Nicolás Cabrera 1, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Spain
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- Tissue and Organ Homeostasis, Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CSIC-UAM), Nicolás Cabrera 1, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Spain
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- Tissue and Organ Homeostasis, Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CSIC-UAM), Nicolás Cabrera 1, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Spain
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Occhigrossi L, D’Eletto M, Barlev N, Rossin F. The Multifaceted Role of HSF1 in Pathophysiology: Focus on Its Interplay with TG2. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22126366. [PMID: 34198675 PMCID: PMC8232231 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22126366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Revised: 06/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
The cellular environment needs to be strongly regulated and the maintenance of protein homeostasis is crucial for cell function and survival. HSF1 is the main regulator of the heat shock response (HSR), the master pathway required to maintain proteostasis, as involved in the expression of the heat shock proteins (HSPs). HSF1 plays numerous physiological functions; however, the main role concerns the modulation of HSPs synthesis in response to stress. Alterations in HSF1 function impact protein homeostasis and are strongly linked to diseases, such as neurodegenerative disorders, metabolic diseases, and different types of cancers. In this context, type 2 Transglutaminase (TG2), a ubiquitous enzyme activated during stress condition has been shown to promote HSF1 activation. HSF1-TG2 axis regulates the HSR and its function is evolutionary conserved and implicated in pathological conditions. In this review, we discuss the role of HSF1 in the maintenance of proteostasis with regard to the HSF1-TG2 axis and we dissect the stress response pathways implicated in physiological and pathological conditions.
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- Luca Occhigrossi
- Department of Biology, University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, 00133 Rome, Italy; (L.O.); (M.D.)
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, 00133 Rome, Italy; (L.O.); (M.D.)
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- Institute of Cytology, 194064 Saint-Petersburg, Russia;
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), 141701 Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology, 194064 Saint-Petersburg, Russia;
- Correspondence:
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Auer JMT, Stoddart JJ, Christodoulou I, Lima A, Skouloudaki K, Hall HN, Vukojević V, Papadopoulos DK. Of numbers and movement - understanding transcription factor pathogenesis by advanced microscopy. Dis Model Mech 2020; 13:dmm046516. [PMID: 33433399 PMCID: PMC7790199 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.046516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Transcription factors (TFs) are life-sustaining and, therefore, the subject of intensive research. By regulating gene expression, TFs control a plethora of developmental and physiological processes, and their abnormal function commonly leads to various developmental defects and diseases in humans. Normal TF function often depends on gene dosage, which can be altered by copy-number variation or loss-of-function mutations. This explains why TF haploinsufficiency (HI) can lead to disease. Since aberrant TF numbers frequently result in pathogenic abnormalities of gene expression, quantitative analyses of TFs are a priority in the field. In vitro single-molecule methodologies have significantly aided the identification of links between TF gene dosage and transcriptional outcomes. Additionally, advances in quantitative microscopy have contributed mechanistic insights into normal and aberrant TF function. However, to understand TF biology, TF-chromatin interactions must be characterised in vivo, in a tissue-specific manner and in the context of both normal and altered TF numbers. Here, we summarise the advanced microscopy methodologies most frequently used to link TF abundance to function and dissect the molecular mechanisms underlying TF HIs. Increased application of advanced single-molecule and super-resolution microscopy modalities will improve our understanding of how TF HIs drive disease.
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- Julia M T Auer
- MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 1XU, UK
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 1XU, UK
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 1XU, UK
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 1XU, UK
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- Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden
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Price RM, Budzyński MA, Kundra S, Teves SS. Advances in visualizing transcription factor - DNA interactions. Genome 2020; 64:449-466. [PMID: 33113335 DOI: 10.1139/gen-2020-0086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
At the heart of the transcription process is the specific interaction between transcription factors (TFs) and their target DNA sequences. Decades of molecular biology research have led to unprecedented insights into how TFs access the genome to regulate transcription. In the last 20 years, advances in microscopy have enabled scientists to add imaging as a powerful tool in probing two specific aspects of TF-DNA interactions: structure and dynamics. In this review, we examine how applications of diverse imaging technologies can provide structural and dynamic information that complements insights gained from molecular biology assays. As a case study, we discuss how applications of advanced imaging techniques have reshaped our understanding of TF behavior across the cell cycle, leading to a rethinking in the field of mitotic bookmarking.
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- Rachel M Price
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Life Sciences Institute, The University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Life Sciences Institute, The University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Life Sciences Institute, The University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Life Sciences Institute, The University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Life Sciences Institute, The University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Life Sciences Institute, The University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Life Sciences Institute, The University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Life Sciences Institute, The University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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de Jonge WJ, Brok M, Lijnzaad P, Kemmeren P, Holstege FCP. Genome-wide off-rates reveal how DNA binding dynamics shape transcription factor function. Mol Syst Biol 2020; 16:e9885. [PMID: 33280256 PMCID: PMC7586999 DOI: 10.15252/msb.20209885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Revised: 09/06/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Protein-DNA interactions are dynamic, and these dynamics are an important aspect of chromatin-associated processes such as transcription or replication. Due to a lack of methods to study on- and off-rates across entire genomes, protein-DNA interaction dynamics have not been studied extensively. Here, we determine in vivo off-rates for the Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromatin organizing factor Abf1, at 191 sites simultaneously across the yeast genome. Average Abf1 residence times span a wide range, varying between 4.2 and 33 min. Sites with different off-rates are associated with different functional characteristics. This includes their transcriptional dependency on Abf1, nucleosome positioning and the size of the nucleosome-free region, as well as the ability to roadblock RNA polymerase II for termination. The results show how off-rates contribute to transcription factor function and that DIVORSEQ (Determining In Vivo Off-Rates by SEQuencing) is a meaningful way of investigating protein-DNA binding dynamics genome-wide.
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- Wim J de Jonge
- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric OncologyUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric OncologyUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric OncologyUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric OncologyUtrechtThe Netherlands
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Long-term association of a transcription factor with its chromatin binding site can stabilize gene expression and cell fate commitment. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:15075-15084. [PMID: 32532919 PMCID: PMC7334453 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2000467117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Some kinds of transcription factor proteins are very important in initiating and guiding cell fate differentiation. Overexpression of these factors can force many other kinds of cells to become muscle or nerve. Examples are MyoD for muscle and Ascl1 for nerve. It is not known how long such a factor must remain bound to its binding site for it to have its function; this could be seconds, minutes, hours, or days. We have developed a procedure to determine the required residence time for the Ascl1 nerve factor to have its function. This factor remains closely associated with its chromatin binding site for hours or days. This may be a general characteristic of such factors in nondividing (adult) cells. Some lineage-determining transcription factors are overwhelmingly important in directing embryonic cells to a particular differentiation pathway, such as Ascl1 for nerve. They also have an exceptionally strong ability to force cells to change from an unrelated pathway to one preferred by their action. Transcription factors are believed to have a very short residence time of only a few seconds on their specific DNA or chromatin-binding sites. We have developed a procedure in which DNA containing one copy of the binding site for the neural-inducing factor Ascl1 is injected directly into a Xenopus oocyte nucleus which has been preloaded with a limiting amount of the Ascl1 transcription factor protein. This is followed by a further injection of DNA as a competitor, either in a plasmid or in chromosomal DNA, containing the same binding site but with a different reporter. Importantly, expression of the reporter provides a measure of the function of the transcription factor in addition to its residence time. The same long residence time and resistance to competition are seen with the estrogen receptor and its DNA response elements. We find that in this nondividing oocyte, the nerve-inducing factor Ascl1 can remain bound to a specific chromatin site for hours or days and thereby help to stabilize gene expression. This stability of transcription factor binding to chromatin is a necessary part of its action because removal of this factor causes discontinuation of its effect on gene expression. Stable transcription factor binding may be a characteristic of nondividing cells.
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Cavalieri V. Histones, Their Variants and Post-translational Modifications in Zebrafish Development. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:456. [PMID: 32582716 PMCID: PMC7289917 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Complex multi-cellular organisms are shaped starting from a single-celled zygote, owing to elaborate developmental programs. These programs involve several layers of regulation to orchestrate the establishment of progressively diverging cell type-specific gene expression patterns. In this scenario, epigenetic modifications of chromatin are central in influencing spatiotemporal patterns of gene transcription. In fact, it is generally recognized that epigenetic changes of chromatin states impact on the accessibility of genomic DNA to regulatory proteins. Several lines of evidence highlighted that zebrafish is an excellent vertebrate model for research purposes in the field of developmental epigenetics. In this review, I focus on the dynamic roles recently emerged for histone post-translational modifications (PTMs), histone modifying enzymes, histone variants and histone themselves in the coordination between the precise execution of transcriptional programs and developmental progression in zebrafish. In particular, I first outline a synopsis of the current state of knowledge in this field during early embryogenesis. Then, I present a survey of histone-based epigenetic mechanisms occurring throughout morphogenesis, with a stronger emphasis on cardiac formation. Undoubtedly, the issues addressed in this review take on particular importance in the emerging field of comparative biology of epigenetics, as well as in translational research.
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- Vincenzo Cavalieri
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics, Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.,Zebrafish Laboratory, Advanced Technologies Network (ATeN) Center, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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Ray J, Munn PR, Vihervaara A, Lewis JJ, Ozer A, Danko CG, Lis JT. Chromatin conformation remains stable upon extensive transcriptional changes driven by heat shock. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:19431-19439. [PMID: 31506350 PMCID: PMC6765289 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1901244116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Heat shock (HS) initiates rapid, extensive, and evolutionarily conserved changes in transcription that are accompanied by chromatin decondensation and nucleosome loss at HS loci. Here we have employed in situ Hi-C to determine how heat stress affects long-range chromatin conformation in human and Drosophila cells. We found that compartments and topologically associating domains (TADs) remain unchanged by an acute HS. Knockdown of Heat Shock Factor 1 (HSF1), the master transcriptional regulator of the HS response, identified HSF1-dependent genes and revealed that up-regulation is often mediated by distal HSF1 bound enhancers. HSF1-dependent genes were usually found in the same TAD as the nearest HSF1 binding site. Although most interactions between HSF1 binding sites and target promoters were established in the nonheat shock (NHS) condition, a subset increased contact frequency following HS. Integrating information about HSF1 binding strength, RNA polymerase abundance at the HSF1 bound sites (putative enhancers), and contact frequency with a target promoter accurately predicted which up-regulated genes were direct targets of HSF1 during HS. Our results suggest that the chromatin conformation necessary for a robust HS response is preestablished in NHS cells of diverse metazoan species.
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- Judhajeet Ray
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Baker Institute for Animal Health, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Baker Institute for Animal Health, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853;
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- Baker Institute for Animal Health, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853;
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Proteotoxic stress, that is, stress caused by protein misfolding and aggregation, triggers the rapid and global reprogramming of transcription at genes and enhancers. Genome-wide assays that track transcriptionally engaged RNA polymerase II (Pol II) at nucleotide resolution have provided key insights into the underlying molecular mechanisms that regulate transcriptional responses to stress. In addition, recent kinetic analyses of transcriptional control under heat stress have shown how cells 'prewire' and rapidly execute genome-wide changes in transcription while concurrently becoming poised for recovery. The regulation of Pol II at genes and enhancers in response to heat stress is coupled to chromatin modification and compartmentalization, as well as to co-transcriptional RNA processing. These mechanistic features seem to apply broadly to other coordinated genome-regulatory responses.
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Single-Molecule Nanoscopy Elucidates RNA Polymerase II Transcription at Single Genes in Live Cells. Cell 2019; 178:491-506.e28. [PMID: 31155237 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2018] [Revised: 12/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Transforming the vast knowledge from genetics, biochemistry, and structural biology into detailed molecular descriptions of biological processes inside cells remains a major challenge-one in sore need of better imaging technologies. For example, transcription involves the complex interplay between RNA polymerase II (Pol II), regulatory factors (RFs), and chromatin, but visualizing these dynamic molecular transactions in their native intracellular milieu remains elusive. Here, we zoom into single tagged genes using nanoscopy techniques, including an active target-locking, ultra-sensitive system that enables single-molecule detection in addressable sub-diffraction volumes, within crowded intracellular environments. We image, track, and quantify Pol II with single-molecule resolution, unveiling its dynamics during the transcription cycle. Further probing multiple functionally linked events-RF-chromatin interactions, Pol II dynamics, and nascent transcription kinetics-reveals detailed operational parameters of gene-regulatory mechanisms hitherto-unseen in vivo. Our approach sets the stage for single-molecule studies of complex molecular processes in live cells.
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Choi A, Wang M, Hrizo S, Buckley MS. Visualizing cellular stress: A hypothesis-driven confocal laboratory exercise to identify compounds that activate heat shock factor binding at Hsp70 loci. BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY EDUCATION : A BIMONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 46:445-452. [PMID: 30204283 DOI: 10.1002/bmb.21163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2018] [Revised: 06/11/2018] [Accepted: 07/10/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Exposure of organisms to high temperatures and various chemical and physical stressors can cause protein misfolding and aggregation. In turn, this can disrupt the functions of proteins, threatening both development and homeostasis. To overcome this, cells can initiate the highly conserved heat shock (HS) stress response pathway. In eukaryotes, this is a coordinated cellular response, in which the master HS activator, heat shock factor (HSF), is rapidly recruited to the HS protein genes, and triggers the recruitment of additional coactivator proteins that facilitate gene expression. This results in the production of HS proteins that function as nuclear and cytosolic molecular chaperones, to promote refolding of proteins and prevent aggregation and increase protein degradation pathways. Here, we describe a laboratory exercise in which students visualize and quantify Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)-tagged HSF binding to the HS protein genes in living Drosophila salivary gland nuclei as an output of chemically induced protein misfolding. Students are assigned an array of chemicals, and using the scientific literature, predict impacts of these chemicals on protein folding. Students then test the effects of their chemicals by measuring GFP-tagged HSF binding to the HS genes in salivary glands using confocal microscopy. Designed for junior and senior level students in a cell/molecular biology course, this is a two-part lab, in which student work closely with an instructor to help familiarize them with developing hypotheses supported by scientific literature and testing these hypotheses by quantitating the levels of GFP-HSF binding, using confocal microscopy of living Drosophila cells. © 2018 International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 46(5):445-452, 2018.
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- Annette Choi
- Department of Biology, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, 16057
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- Department of Biology, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, 16057
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- Department of Biology, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, 16057
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15261
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- Department of Biology, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, 16057
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15261
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Fábián T, Gótai L, Beck A, Fábián G, Fejérdy P. The Role of Molecular Chaperones (Hspas/Hsp70S) in Oral Health and Oral Inflammatory Diseases: A Review. EUR J INFLAMM 2017. [DOI: 10.1177/1721727x0900700201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Heat shock proteins of the 70kDa family (HSPAs/HSP70s) are major molecular chaperones and cytokines of most cells and microbes, extracellular and interstitial fluids, blood, synovial fluids and secretory body fluids like saliva. The induction of human HSPAs plays an important role at cellular level under most stress conditions; whereas microbial HSPAs improve microbial tolerance to environmental changes, and improve virulence and resistance against antimicrobial peptides. Extracellular HSPAs reveal cytoprotective properties and are involved in numerous physiological and pathological events, including modulation of cytokine release and immunity. Accordingly, HSPAs play a role in the maintenance of pulpal health, and the repair of injured dental hard tissues. HSPAs also play a role in stress adaptation of periodontal tissues, and in the maintenance of periodontal and mucosal health including defense against microbes, prevention of mucosal allergic reactions, and facilitation of healing of ulcers and wounds. Despite their advantageous effects maintaining health of several oral tissues, HSPAs are likely to play a role in the disadvantageous amplification of pulpal inflammatory response to bacteria, and in the formation of several periapical inflammatory lesions. HSPAs may also induce gingivitis under certain conditions, and play a role in the progression of periodontal bone defects. HSPAs may also play a role in atopic-type allergic reactions, autoimmune disorders, and haptenation in certain cases. Based on the above data, it can be assumed that HSPAs play an important role in oral defense under healthy conditions; however, their role is somewhat “Janus-faced” under pathological conditions.
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- T.K. Fábián
- Semmelweis University Budapest, Faculty of Dentistry, Clinic of Prosthetic Dentistry, Budapest
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- Semmelweis University Budapest, Faculty of Dentistry, Clinic of Prosthetic Dentistry, Budapest
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- Semmelweis University Budapest, Faculty of Dentistry, Clinic of Prosthetic Dentistry, Budapest
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- Semmelweis University Budapest, Faculty of Dentistry, Clinic of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Budapest, Hungary, EU
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- Semmelweis University Budapest, Faculty of Dentistry, Clinic of Prosthetic Dentistry, Budapest
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Tsai A, Muthusamy AK, Alves MR, Lavis LD, Singer RH, Stern DL, Crocker J. Nuclear microenvironments modulate transcription from low-affinity enhancers. eLife 2017; 6:28975. [PMID: 29095143 PMCID: PMC5695909 DOI: 10.7554/elife.28975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2017] [Accepted: 10/29/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Transcription factors bind low-affinity DNA sequences for only short durations. It is not clear how brief, low-affinity interactions can drive efficient transcription. Here, we report that the transcription factor Ultrabithorax (Ubx) utilizes low-affinity binding sites in the Drosophila melanogaster shavenbaby (svb) locus and related enhancers in nuclear microenvironments of high Ubx concentrations. Related enhancers colocalize to the same microenvironments independently of their chromosomal location, suggesting that microenvironments are highly differentiated transcription domains. Manipulating the affinity of svb enhancers revealed an inverse relationship between enhancer affinity and Ubx concentration required for transcriptional activation. The Ubx cofactor, Homothorax (Hth), was co-enriched with Ubx near enhancers that require Hth, even though Ubx and Hth did not co-localize throughout the nucleus. Thus, microenvironments of high local transcription factor and cofactor concentrations could help low-affinity sites overcome their kinetic inefficiency. Mechanisms that generate these microenvironments could be a general feature of eukaryotic transcriptional regulation.
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- Albert Tsai
- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States.,Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, United States
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States.,European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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Activity-Dependent Dynamics of the Transcription Factor of cAMP-Response Element Binding Protein in Cortical Neurons Revealed by Single-Molecule Imaging. J Neurosci 2017; 37:1-10. [PMID: 28053025 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0943-16.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2016] [Revised: 10/25/2016] [Accepted: 10/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Transcriptional regulation is crucial for neuronal activity-dependent processes that govern neuronal circuit formation and synaptic plasticity. An intriguing question is how neuronal activity influences the spatiotemporal interactions between transcription factors and their target sites. Here, using a single-molecule imaging technique, we investigated the activity dependence of DNA binding and dissociation events of cAMP-response element binding protein (CREB), a principal factor in activity-dependent transcription, in mouse cortical neurons. To visualize CREB at the single-molecule level, fluorescent-tagged CREB in living dissociated cortical neurons was observed by highly inclined and laminated optical sheet microscopy. We found that a significant fraction of CREB spots resided in the restricted locations in the nucleus for several seconds (dissociation rate constant: 0.42 s-1). In contrast, two mutant CREBs, which cannot bind to the cAMP-response element, scarcely exhibited long-term residence. To test the possibility that CREB dynamics depends on neuronal activity, pharmacological treatments and an optogenetic method involving channelrhodopsin-2 were applied to cultured cortical neurons. Increased neuronal activity did not appear to influence the residence time of CREB spots, but markedly increased the number of restricted locations (hot spots) where CREB spots frequently resided with long residence times (>1 s). These results suggest that neuronal activity promotes CREB-dependent transcription by increasing the frequency of CREB binding to highly localized genome locations. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT The transcription factor, cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) is known to regulate gene expression in neuronal activity-dependent processes. However, its spatiotemporal interactions with the genome remain unknown. Single-molecule imaging in cortical neurons revealed that fluorescent-tagged CREB spots frequently reside at fixed nuclear locations in the time range of several seconds. Neuronal activity had little effect on the CREB residence time, but increased the rapid and frequent reappearance of long-residence CREB spots at the same nuclear locations. Thus, activity-dependent transcription is attributable to frequent binding of CREB to specific genome loci.
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Vishnoi N, Yao J. Single-cell, single-mRNA analysis of Ccnb1 promoter regulation. Sci Rep 2017; 7:2065. [PMID: 28522800 PMCID: PMC5437063 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-02240-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Accepted: 04/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Promoter activation drives gene transcriptional output. Here we report generating site-specifically integrated single-copy promoter transgenes and measuring their expression to indicate promoter activities at single-mRNA level. mRNA counts, Pol II density and Pol II firing rates of the Ccnb1 promoter transgene resembled those of the native Ccnb1 gene both among asynchronous cells and during the cell cycle. We observed distinct activation states of the Ccnb1 promoter among G1 and G2/M cells, suggesting cell cycle-independent origin of cell-to-cell variation in Ccnb1 promoter activation. Expressing a dominant-negative mutant of NF-YA, a key transcriptional activator of the Ccnb1 promoter, increased its “OFF”/“ON” time ratios but did not alter Pol II firing rates during the “ON” period. Furthermore, comparing H3K4me2 and H3K79me2 levels at the Ccnb1 promoter transgene and the native Ccnb1 gene indicated that the enrichment of these two active histone marks did not predispose higher transcriptional activities. In summary, this experimental system enables bridging transcription imaging with molecular analysis to provide novel insights into eukaryotic transcriptional regulation.
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- Nidhi Vishnoi
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.
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Liang W, Liao Y, Zhang J, Huang Q, Luo W, Yu J, Gong J, Zhou Y, Li X, Tang B, He S, Yang J. Heat shock factor 1 inhibits the mitochondrial apoptosis pathway by regulating second mitochondria-derived activator of caspase to promote pancreatic tumorigenesis. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL & CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH : CR 2017; 36:64. [PMID: 28482903 PMCID: PMC5422968 DOI: 10.1186/s13046-017-0537-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2017] [Accepted: 05/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Background As a relatively conservative transcriptional regulator in biological evolution, heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) is activated by, and regulates the expression of heat shock proteins (HSPs) in response to a variety of stress conditions. HSF1 also plays a key role in regulating the development of various tumors; however, its role in pancreatic cancer and the specific underlying mechanism are not clear. Methods We first examined HSF1 expression in pancreatic cancer tissues by immunohistochemistry, and then studied its clinical significance. We then constructed HSF1-siRNA to investigate the potential of HSF1 to regulate apoptosis, proliferation and the cell cycle of pancreatic cancer cells and the underlying mechanism both in vitro and in vivo. Protein chip analysis was used subsequently to explore the molecular regulation pathway. Finally, second mitochondria-derived activator of caspase (SMAC)-siRNA was used to validate the signaling pathway. Results HSF1 was highly expressed in pancreatic cancer tissues and the level of upregulation was found to be closely related to the degree of pancreatic cancer differentiation and poor prognosis. After HSF1-silencing, we found that pancreatic cancer cell proliferation decreased both in vitro and in vivo and the apoptotic cell ratio increased, while the mitochondrial membrane potential decreased, and the cells were arrested at the G0/G1 phase. In terms of the molecular mechanism, we confirmed that HSF1 regulated SMAC to inhibit mitochondrial apoptosis in pancreatic cancer cells, and to promote the occurrence of pancreatic tumors. SMAC silencing reversed the effects of HSF1 silencing. Conclusion Our study provides evidence that HSF1 functions as a novel oncogene in pancreatic tumors and is implicated as a target for the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13046-017-0537-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Wenjin Liang
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Guilin Medical University, Affiliated Hospital, Guilin, 541004, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Guilin Medical University, Affiliated Hospital, Guilin, 541004, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Guilin Medical University, Affiliated Hospital, Guilin, 541004, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Guilin Medical University, Affiliated Hospital, Guilin, 541004, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Guilin Medical University, Affiliated Hospital, Guilin, 541004, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Guilin Medical University, Affiliated Hospital, Guilin, 541004, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Guilin Medical University, Affiliated Hospital, Guilin, 541004, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Guilin Medical University, Affiliated Hospital, Guilin, 541004, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Guilin Medical University, Affiliated Hospital, Guilin, 541004, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Guilin Medical University, Affiliated Hospital, Guilin, 541004, Guangxi, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Guilin Medical University, Affiliated Hospital, Guilin, 541004, Guangxi, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Guilin Medical University, Affiliated Hospital, Guilin, 541004, Guangxi, People's Republic of China.
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Bigley RB, Payumo AY, Alexander JM, Huang GN. Insights into nuclear dynamics using live-cell imaging approaches. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS. SYSTEMS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2017; 9:10.1002/wsbm.1372. [PMID: 28078793 PMCID: PMC5315593 DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.1372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Revised: 10/27/2016] [Accepted: 10/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The nucleus contains the genetic blueprint of the cell and myriad interactions within this subcellular structure are required for gene regulation. In the current scientific era, characterization of these gene regulatory networks through biochemical techniques coupled with systems-wide 'omic' approaches has become commonplace. However, these strategies are limited because they represent a mere snapshot of the cellular state. To obtain a holistic understanding of nuclear dynamics, relevant molecules must be studied in their native contexts in living systems. Live-cell imaging approaches are capable of providing quantitative assessment of the dynamics of gene regulatory interactions within the nucleus. We survey recent insights into what live-cell imaging approaches have provided the field of nuclear dynamics. In this review, we focus on interactions of DNA with other DNA loci, proteins, RNA, and the nuclear envelope. WIREs Syst Biol Med 2017, 9:e1372. doi: 10.1002/wsbm.1372 For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website.
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- Rachel B. Bigley
- Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco CA 94158, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco CA 94158, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco CA 94158, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco CA 94158, USA
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Yao J. Imaging Transcriptional Regulation of Eukaryotic mRNA Genes: Advances and Outlook. J Mol Biol 2017; 429:14-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2016] [Revised: 11/03/2016] [Accepted: 11/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Kafri P, Hasenson SE, Kanter I, Sheinberger J, Kinor N, Yunger S, Shav-Tal Y. Quantifying β-catenin subcellular dynamics and cyclin D1 mRNA transcription during Wnt signaling in single living cells. eLife 2016; 5. [PMID: 27879202 PMCID: PMC5161448 DOI: 10.7554/elife.16748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2016] [Accepted: 11/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Signal propagation from the cell membrane to a promoter can induce gene expression. To examine signal transmission through sub-cellular compartments and its effect on transcription levels in individual cells within a population, we used the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway as a model system. Wnt signaling orchestrates a response through nuclear accumulation of β-catenin in the cell population. However, quantitative live-cell measurements in individual cells showed variability in nuclear β-catenin accumulation, which could occur in two waves, followed by slow clearance. Nuclear accumulation dynamics were initially rapid, cell cycle independent and differed substantially from LiCl stimulation, presumed to mimic Wnt signaling. β-catenin levels increased simultaneously at adherens junctions and the centrosome, and a membrane-centrosome transport system was revealed. Correlating β-catenin nuclear dynamics to cyclin D1 transcriptional activation showed that the nuclear accumulation rate of change of the signaling factor, and not actual protein levels, correlated with the transcriptional output of the pathway. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.16748.001 Cells in an animal’s body must communicate with one another to coordinate many processes that are essential to life. One way that cells do this is by releasing molecules that bind to receptors located on the surface of others cells; this binding then triggers a signaling pathway in the receiving cell that passes information from the surface of the cell to its interior. The last stage of these pathways typically involves specific genes being activated, which changes the cell’s overall activity. Wnt is one protein that animal cells release to control how nearby cells grow and divide. One arm of the Wnt signaling pathway involves a protein called β-catenin. In the absence of a Wnt signal, there is little β-catenin in the cell. When Wnt binds to its receptor, β-catenin accumulates and enters the cell’s nucleus to activate its target genes. One of these genes, called cyclin D1, controls cell division. However it was not understood how β-catenin builds up in response to a Wnt signal and influences the activity of genes. Using microscopy, Kafri et al. have now examined how the activities of β-catenin and the cyclin D1 gene change in living human cells. These analyses were initially performed in a population of cells, and confirmed that β-catenin rapidly accumulates after a Wnt signal and that the cyclin D1 gene becomes activated. Individual cells in a population can respond differently to signaling events. To assess whether human cells differ in their responses to Wnt, Kafri et al. examined the dynamics of β-catenin in single cells in real time. In most cells, β-catenin accumulated after Wnt activation. However, the time taken to accumulate β-catenin, and this protein’s levels, varied between individual cells. Most cells showed the “average” response, with one major wave of accumulation that peaked about two hours after the Wnt signal. Notably, in some cells, β-catenin accumulated in the cell’s nucleus in two waves; in other words, the levels in this compartment of the cell increased, dropped slightly and then increased again. So how does β-catenin in the nucleus activate target genes? Kafri et al. saw that the absolute number of β-catenin molecules in the nucleus did not affect the activity of cyclin D1. Instead, cells appeared to sense how quickly the amount of β-catenin in the nucleus changes over time, and this rate influences the activation of cyclin D1. Importantly, problems with Wnt signaling have been linked to diseases in humans; and different components of the Wnt signaling pathway are mutated in many cancers. An important next challenge will be to uncover how the dynamics of this pathway change during disease. Furthermore, a better understanding of Wnt signaling may in future help efforts to develop new drugs that can target the altered pathway in cancer cells. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.16748.002
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- Pinhas Kafri
- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.,Institute of Nanotechnology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.,Institute of Nanotechnology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.,Institute of Nanotechnology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.,Institute of Nanotechnology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.,Institute of Nanotechnology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.,Institute of Nanotechnology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.,Institute of Nanotechnology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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Gierisch ME, Pfistner F, Lopez-Garcia LA, Harder L, Schäfer BW, Niggli FK. Proteasomal Degradation of the EWS-FLI1 Fusion Protein Is Regulated by a Single Lysine Residue. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:26922-26933. [PMID: 27875302 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.752063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2016] [Revised: 11/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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E-26 transformation-specific (ETS) proteins are transcription factors directing gene expression through their conserved DNA binding domain. They are implicated as truncated forms or interchromosomal rearrangements in a variety of tumors including Ewing sarcoma, a pediatric tumor of the bone. Tumor cells express the chimeric oncoprotein EWS-FLI1 from a specific t(22;11)(q24;12) translocation. EWS-FLI1 harbors a strong transactivation domain from EWSR1 and the DNA-binding ETS domain of FLI1 in the C-terminal part of the protein. Although Ewing cells are crucially dependent on continuous expression of EWS-FLI1, its regulation of turnover has not been characterized in detail. Here, we identify the EWS-FLI1 protein as a substrate of the ubiquitin-proteasome system with a characteristic polyubiquitination pattern. Using a global protein stability approach, we determined the half-life of EWS-FLI1 to lie between 2 and 4 h, whereas full-length EWSR1 and FLI1 were more stable. By mass spectrometry, we identified two ubiquitin acceptor lysine residues of which only mutation of Lys-380 in the ETS domain of the FLI1 part abolished EWS-FLI1 ubiquitination and stabilized the protein posttranslationally. Expression of this highly stable mutant protein in Ewing cells while simultaneously depleting the endogenous wild type protein differentially modulates two subgroups of target genes to be either EWS-FLI1 protein-dependent or turnover-dependent. The majority of target genes are in an unaltered state and cannot be further activated. Our study provides novel insights into EWS-FLI1 turnover, a critical pathway in Ewing sarcoma pathogenesis, and lays new ground to develop novel therapeutic strategies in Ewing sarcoma.
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- Maria E Gierisch
- From the Department of Oncology and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital, Steinwiesstrasse 32, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland
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- From the Department of Oncology and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital, Steinwiesstrasse 32, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland
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- From the Department of Oncology and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital, Steinwiesstrasse 32, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland
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- From the Department of Oncology and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital, Steinwiesstrasse 32, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland
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- From the Department of Oncology and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital, Steinwiesstrasse 32, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland
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- From the Department of Oncology and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital, Steinwiesstrasse 32, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland
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Ma L, Rajshekhar G, Wang R, Bhaduri B, Sridharan S, Mir M, Chakraborty A, Iyer R, Prasanth S, Millet L, Gillette MU, Popescu G. Phase correlation imaging of unlabeled cell dynamics. Sci Rep 2016; 6:32702. [PMID: 27615512 PMCID: PMC5018886 DOI: 10.1038/srep32702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2016] [Accepted: 08/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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We present phase correlation imaging (PCI) as a novel approach to study cell dynamics in a spatially-resolved manner. PCI relies on quantitative phase imaging time-lapse data and, as such, functions in label-free mode, without the limitations associated with exogenous markers. The correlation time map outputted in PCI informs on the dynamics of the intracellular mass transport. Specifically, we show that PCI can extract quantitatively the diffusion coefficient map associated with live cells, as well as standard Brownian particles. Due to its high sensitivity to mass transport, PCI can be applied to studying the integrity of actin polymerization dynamics. Our results indicate that the cyto-D treatment blocking the actin polymerization has a dominant effect at the large spatial scales, in the region surrounding the cell. We found that PCI can distinguish between senescent and quiescent cells, which is extremely difficult without using specific markers currently. We anticipate that PCI will be used alongside established, fluorescence-based techniques to enable valuable new studies of cell function.
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- Lihong Ma
- Quantitative Light Imaging Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- Institute of Information Optics, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, 321004, China
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- Quantitative Light Imaging Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Quantitative Light Imaging Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Quantitative Light Imaging Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Quantitative Light Imaging Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Quantitative Light Imaging Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- Biological and Nanoscale Systems Group, Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- Neuroscience Program, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign IL 61801, USA
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- Quantitative Light Imaging Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Kawasaki F, Koonce NL, Guo L, Fatima S, Qiu C, Moon MT, Zheng Y, Ordway RW. Small heat shock proteins mediate cell-autonomous and -nonautonomous protection in a Drosophila model for environmental-stress-induced degeneration. Dis Model Mech 2016; 9:953-64. [PMID: 27483356 PMCID: PMC5047692 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.026385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2016] [Accepted: 07/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Cell and tissue degeneration, and the development of degenerative diseases, are influenced by genetic and environmental factors that affect protein misfolding and proteotoxicity. To better understand the role of the environment in degeneration, we developed a genetic model for heat shock (HS)-stress-induced degeneration in Drosophila. This model exhibits a unique combination of features that enhance genetic analysis of degeneration and protection mechanisms involving environmental stress. These include cell-type-specific failure of proteostasis and degeneration in response to global stress, cell-nonautonomous interactions within a simple and accessible network of susceptible cell types, and precise temporal control over the induction of degeneration. In wild-type flies, HS stress causes selective loss of the flight ability and degeneration of three susceptible cell types comprising the flight motor: muscle, motor neurons and associated glia. Other motor behaviors persist and, accordingly, the corresponding cell types controlling leg motor function are resistant to degeneration. Flight motor degeneration was preceded by a failure of muscle proteostasis characterized by diffuse ubiquitinated protein aggregates. Moreover, muscle-specific overexpression of a small heat shock protein (HSP), HSP23, promoted proteostasis and protected muscle from HS stress. Notably, neurons and glia were protected as well, indicating that a small HSP can mediate cell-nonautonomous protection. Cell-autonomous protection of muscle was characterized by a distinct distribution of ubiquitinated proteins, including perinuclear localization and clearance of protein aggregates associated with the perinuclear microtubule network. This network was severely disrupted in wild-type preparations prior to degeneration, suggesting that it serves an important role in muscle proteostasis and protection. Finally, studies of resistant leg muscles revealed that they sustain proteostasis and the microtubule cytoskeleton after HS stress. These findings establish a model for genetic analysis of degeneration and protection mechanisms involving contributions of environmental factors, and advance our understanding of the protective functions and therapeutic potential of small HSPs. Summary: A Drosophila model for environmental-stress-induced degeneration exhibits key features for genetic analysis of degenerative disease mechanisms and reveals new forms of protection mediated by small heat shock proteins.
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- Fumiko Kawasaki
- Department of Biology and Center for Molecular Investigation of Neurological Disorders, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Biology and Center for Molecular Investigation of Neurological Disorders, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Biology and Center for Molecular Investigation of Neurological Disorders, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Biology and Center for Molecular Investigation of Neurological Disorders, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Biology and Center for Molecular Investigation of Neurological Disorders, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Biology and Center for Molecular Investigation of Neurological Disorders, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Biology and Center for Molecular Investigation of Neurological Disorders, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Biology and Center for Molecular Investigation of Neurological Disorders, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Akira Nakai
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Japan
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The transcription cycle can be roughly divided into three stages: initiation, elongation, and termination. Understanding the molecular events that regulate all these stages requires a dynamic view of the underlying processes. The development of techniques to visualize and quantify transcription in single living cells has been essential in revealing the transcription kinetics. They have revealed that (a) transcription is heterogeneous between cells and (b) transcription can be discontinuous within a cell. In this review, we discuss the progress in our quantitative understanding of transcription dynamics in living cells, focusing on all parts of the transcription cycle. We present the techniques allowing for single-cell transcription measurements, review evidence from different organisms, and discuss how these experiments have broadened our mechanistic understanding of transcription regulation.
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- Tineke L Lenstra
- Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892;
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- Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892;
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- Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892;
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- Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892;
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Chen X, Wei M, Zheng MM, Zhao J, Hao H, Chang L, Xi P, Sun Y. Study of RNA Polymerase II Clustering inside Live-Cell Nuclei Using Bayesian Nanoscopy. ACS NANO 2016; 10:2447-2454. [PMID: 26855123 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b07257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Nanoscale spatiotemporal clustering of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) plays an important role in transcription regulation. However, dynamics of individual Pol II clusters in live-cell nuclei has not been measured directly, prohibiting in-depth understanding of their working mechanisms. In this work, we studied the dynamics of Pol II clustering using Bayesian nanoscopy in live mammalian cell nuclei. With 50 nm spatial resolution and 4 s temporal resolution, Bayesian nanoscopy allows direct observation of the assembly and disassembly dynamics of individual Pol II clusters. The results not only provide quantifications of Pol II clusters but also shed light on the understanding of cluster formation and regulation. Our study suggests that transcription factories form on-demand and recruit Pol II molecules in their pre-elongation phase. The assembly and disassembly of individual Pol II clusters take place asynchronously. Overall, the methods developed herein are also applicable to studying a wide realm of real-time nanometer-scale nuclear processes in live cells.
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- Xuanze Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Biodynamic Optical Imaging Center (BIOPIC), School of Life Sciences, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Biodynamic Optical Imaging Center (BIOPIC), School of Life Sciences, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Biodynamic Optical Imaging Center (BIOPIC), School of Life Sciences, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
- School of Physics, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Biodynamic Optical Imaging Center (BIOPIC), School of Life Sciences, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Biodynamic Optical Imaging Center (BIOPIC), School of Life Sciences, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Biodynamic Optical Imaging Center (BIOPIC), School of Life Sciences, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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Coleman RA, Liu Z, Darzacq X, Tjian R, Singer RH, Lionnet T. Imaging Transcription: Past, Present, and Future. COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY 2016; 80:1-8. [PMID: 26763984 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2015.80.027201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Transcription, the first step of gene expression, is exquisitely regulated in higher eukaryotes to ensure correct development and homeostasis. Traditional biochemical, genetic, and genomic approaches have proved successful at identifying factors, regulatory sequences, and potential pathways that modulate transcription. However, they typically only provide snapshots or population averages of the highly dynamic, stochastic biochemical processes involved in transcriptional regulation. Single-molecule live-cell imaging has, therefore, emerged as a complementary approach capable of circumventing these limitations. By observing sequences of molecular events in real time as they occur in their native context, imaging has the power to derive cause-and-effect relationships and quantitative kinetics to build predictive models of transcription. Ongoing progress in fluorescence imaging technology has brought new microscopes and labeling technologies that now make it possible to visualize and quantify the transcription process with single-molecule resolution in living cells and animals. Here we provide an overview of the evolution and current state of transcription imaging technologies. We discuss some of the important concepts they uncovered and present possible future developments that might solve long-standing questions in transcriptional regulation.
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- Robert A Coleman
- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461
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- HHMI Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, Virginia 20147
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- HHMI Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, Virginia 20147 Department of MCB, LKS Biomedical and Health Sciences Center, CIRM Center of Excellence, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- HHMI Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, Virginia 20147 Department of MCB, LKS Biomedical and Health Sciences Center, CIRM Center of Excellence, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461 HHMI Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, Virginia 20147
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Guichón RA, Buikstra JE, Stone AC, Harkins KM, Suby JA, Massone M, Prieto Lglesias A, Wilbur A, Constantinescu F, Rodríguez Martín C. Pre-Columbian tuberculosis in Tierra del Fuego? Discussion of the paleopathological and molecular evidence. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PALEOPATHOLOGY 2015; 11:92-101. [PMID: 28802973 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2015.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2015] [Revised: 09/18/2015] [Accepted: 09/21/2015] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This work contributes to ongoing discussions about the nature of tuberculosis in the Western Hemisphere prior to the time of European contact. Our example, from the extreme south of South America was, at the time of our study, without firm temporal association or molecular characterization. In Tierra del Fuego, Constantinescu (1999) briefly described vertebral bone lesions compatible with TB in an undated skeleton from Myren 1 site (Chile). The remains of Myren are estimated to represent a man between 18 and 23 years old at the time of death. The objectives of this research are to extend this description, to present molecular results, to establish a radiocarbon date, and to report stable isotopic values for the remains. We provide further description of the remains, including tuberculosis-like skeletal pathology. Radiocarbon dating of 640±20 years BP attributes this individual to the precontact fourteenth-fifteenth centuries. Isotopic ratios for nitrogen and carbon from bone collagen suggest a mixed diet. Molecular results were positive for the rpoB quantitative PCR (qPCR) assays but negative for two independent IS6110 and IS1081 qPCR assays. Further testing using genomic methods to target any mycobacteria for specific identification are needed.
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- Ricardo A Guichón
- CONICET, Laboratorio de Ecología Evolutiva Humana (FACSO, UNCPBA), Dpto. Biología (FCEyN,UNMDP), Argentina.
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- School of Human Evolution and Social Change, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, USA
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- School of Human Evolution and Social Change, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, USA
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- School of Human Evolution and Social Change, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, USA
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- CONICET, Laboratorio de Ecología Evolutiva Humana (FACSO, UNCPBA), Dpto. Biología (FCEyN,UNMDP), Argentina
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- Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos (DIBAM), Museo de Historia Natural de Concepción, Chile
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- University of Washington, National Primate Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Instituto de Bioantropología, Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre, Tenerife, Islas Canarias, Spain
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Scheidegger A, Nechaev S. RNA polymerase II pausing as a context-dependent reader of the genome. Biochem Cell Biol 2015; 94:82-92. [PMID: 26555214 DOI: 10.1139/bcb-2015-0045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The RNA polymerase II (Pol II) transcribes all mRNA genes in eukaryotes and is among the most highly regulated enzymes in the cell. The classic model of mRNA gene regulation involves recruitment of the RNA polymerase to gene promoters in response to environmental signals. Higher eukaryotes have an additional ability to generate multiple cell types. This extra level of regulation enables each cell to interpret the same genome by committing to one of the many possible transcription programs and executing it in a precise and robust manner. Whereas multiple mechanisms are implicated in cell type-specific transcriptional regulation, how one genome can give rise to distinct transcriptional programs and what mechanisms activate and maintain the appropriate program in each cell remains unclear. This review focuses on the process of promoter-proximal Pol II pausing during early transcription elongation as a key step in context-dependent interpretation of the metazoan genome. We highlight aspects of promoter-proximal Pol II pausing, including its interplay with epigenetic mechanisms, that may enable cell type-specific regulation, and emphasize some of the pertinent questions that remain unanswered and open for investigation.
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- Adam Scheidegger
- Department of Basic Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks, ND 58201, USA.,Department of Basic Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks, ND 58201, USA
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- Department of Basic Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks, ND 58201, USA.,Department of Basic Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks, ND 58201, USA
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The heat shock response restricts virus infection in Drosophila. Sci Rep 2015; 5:12758. [PMID: 26234525 PMCID: PMC4522674 DOI: 10.1038/srep12758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2015] [Accepted: 07/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Innate immunity is the first line of defence against pathogens and is essential for survival of the infected host. The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is an emerging model to study viral pathogenesis, yet antiviral defence responses remain poorly understood. Here, we describe the heat shock response, a cellular mechanism that prevents proteotoxicity, as a component of the antiviral immune response in Drosophila. Transcriptome analyses of Drosophila S2 cells and adult flies revealed strong induction of the heat shock response upon RNA virus infection. Dynamic induction patterns of heat shock pathway components were characterized in vitro and in vivo following infection with different classes of viruses. The heat shock transcription factor (Hsf), as well as active viral replication, were necessary for the induction of the response. Hsf-deficient adult flies were hypersensitive to virus infection, indicating a role of the heat shock response in antiviral defence. In accordance, transgenic activation of the heat shock response prolonged survival time after infection and enabled long-term control of virus replication to undetectable levels. Together, our results establish the heat shock response as an important constituent of innate antiviral immunity in Drosophila.
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Heat shock-induced interactions among nuclear HSFs detected by fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2015; 463:303-8. [PMID: 26003728 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.05.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2015] [Accepted: 05/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The cellular response to stress is primarily controlled in cells via transcriptional activation by heat shock factor 1 (HSF1). HSF1 is well-known to form homotrimers for activation upon heat shock and subsequently bind to target DNAs, such as heat-shock elements, by forming stress granules. A previous study demonstrated that nuclear HSF1 and HSF2 molecules in live cells interacted with target DNAs on the stress granules. However, the process underlying the binding interactions of HSF family in cells upon heat shock remains unclear. This study demonstrate for the first time that the interaction kinetics among nuclear HSF1, HSF2, and HSF4 upon heat shock can be detected directly in live cells using dual color fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS). FCCS analyses indicated that the binding between HSFs was dramatically changed by heat shock. Interestingly, the recovery kinetics of interaction between HSF1 molecules after heat shock could be represented by changes in the relative interaction amplitude and mobility.
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Koster M, Snel B, Timmers H. Genesis of Chromatin and Transcription Dynamics in the Origin of Species. Cell 2015; 161:724-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.04.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Samarakkody A, Abbas A, Scheidegger A, Warns J, Nnoli O, Jokinen B, Zarns K, Kubat B, Dhasarathy A, Nechaev S. RNA polymerase II pausing can be retained or acquired during activation of genes involved in the epithelial to mesenchymal transition. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 43:3938-49. [PMID: 25820424 PMCID: PMC4417172 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2015] [Accepted: 03/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Promoter-proximal RNA polymerase II (Pol II) pausing is implicated in the regulation of gene transcription. However, the mechanisms of pausing including its dynamics during transcriptional responses remain to be fully understood. We performed global analysis of short capped RNAs and Pol II Chromatin Immunoprecipitation sequencing in MCF-7 breast cancer cells to map Pol II pausing across the genome, and used permanganate footprinting to specifically follow pausing during transcriptional activation of several genes involved in the epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT). We find that the gene for EMT master regulator Snail (SNAI1), but not Slug (SNAI2), shows evidence of Pol II pausing before activation. Transcriptional activation of the paused SNAI1 gene is accompanied by a further increase in Pol II pausing signal, whereas activation of non-paused SNAI2 gene results in the acquisition of a typical pausing signature. The increase in pausing signal reflects increased transcription initiation without changes in Pol II pausing. Activation of the heat shock HSP70 gene involves pausing release that speeds up Pol II turnover, but does not change pausing location. We suggest that Pol II pausing is retained during transcriptional activation and can further undergo regulated release in a signal-specific manner.
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- Ann Samarakkody
- Department of Basic Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA
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- Department of Basic Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA
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- Department of Basic Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA
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- Department of Basic Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA
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- Department of Basic Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA
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- Department of Computer Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA
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- Department of Computer Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA
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- Department of Basic Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA
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- Department of Basic Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA
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- Department of Basic Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA
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Jonkers I, Lis JT. Getting up to speed with transcription elongation by RNA polymerase II. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2015; 16:167-77. [PMID: 25693130 PMCID: PMC4782187 DOI: 10.1038/nrm3953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 572] [Impact Index Per Article: 63.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Recent advances in sequencing techniques that measure nascent transcripts and that reveal the positioning of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) have shown that the pausing of Pol II in promoter-proximal regions and its release to initiate a phase of productive elongation are key steps in transcription regulation. Moreover, after the release of Pol II from the promoter-proximal region, elongation rates are highly dynamic throughout the transcription of a gene, and vary on a gene-by-gene basis. Interestingly, Pol II elongation rates affect co-transcriptional processes such as splicing, termination and genome stability. Increasing numbers of factors and regulatory mechanisms have been associated with the steps of transcription elongation by Pol II, revealing that elongation is a highly complex process. Elongation is thus now recognized as a key phase in the regulation of transcription by Pol II.
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- Iris Jonkers
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Genetics, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, 416 Biotechnology Building, 14853, Ithaca, New York, USA
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Zhen CY, Duc HN, Kokotovic M, Phiel CJ, Ren X. Cbx2 stably associates with mitotic chromosomes via a PRC2- or PRC1-independent mechanism and is needed for recruiting PRC1 complex to mitotic chromosomes. Mol Biol Cell 2014; 25:3726-39. [PMID: 25232004 PMCID: PMC4230780 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e14-06-1109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Cbx2 is immobilized at mitotic chromosomes, and the immobilization is independent of PRC1 or PRC2. Cbx2 plays important roles in recruiting PRC1 complex to mitotic chromosomes. This study provides novel insights into the PcG epigenetic memory passing down through cell divisions. Polycomb group (PcG) proteins are epigenetic transcriptional factors that repress key developmental regulators and maintain cellular identity through mitosis via a poorly understood mechanism. Using quantitative live-cell imaging in mouse ES cells and tumor cells, we demonstrate that, although Polycomb repressive complex (PRC) 1 proteins (Cbx-family proteins, Ring1b, Mel18, and Phc1) exhibit variable capacities of association with mitotic chromosomes, Cbx2 overwhelmingly binds to mitotic chromosomes. The recruitment of Cbx2 to mitotic chromosomes is independent of PRC1 or PRC2, and Cbx2 is needed to recruit PRC1 complex to mitotic chromosomes. Quantitative fluorescence recovery after photobleaching analysis indicates that PRC1 proteins rapidly exchange at interphasic chromatin. On entry into mitosis, Cbx2, Ring1b, Mel18, and Phc1 proteins become immobilized at mitotic chromosomes, whereas other Cbx-family proteins dynamically bind to mitotic chromosomes. Depletion of PRC1 or PRC2 protein has no effect on the immobilization of Cbx2 on mitotic chromosomes. We find that the N-terminus of Cbx2 is needed for its recruitment to mitotic chromosomes, whereas the C-terminus is required for its immobilization. Thus these results provide fundamental insights into the molecular mechanisms of epigenetic inheritance.
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- Chao Yu Zhen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO 80217-3364
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO 80217-3364
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO 80217-3364
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO 80217-3364
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO 80217-3364
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Transvection-based gene regulation in Drosophila is a complex and plastic trait. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2014; 4:2175-87. [PMID: 25213691 PMCID: PMC4232543 DOI: 10.1534/g3.114.012484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Transvection, a chromosome pairing-dependent form of trans-based gene regulation, is potentially widespread in the Drosophila melanogaster genome and varies across cell types and within tissues in D. melanogaster, characteristics of a complex trait. Here, we demonstrate that the trans-interactions at the Malic enzyme (Men) locus are, in fact, transvection as classically defined and are plastic with respect to both genetic background and environment. Using chromosomal inversions, we show that trans-interactions at the Men locus are eliminated by changes in chromosomal architecture that presumably disrupt somatic pairing. We further show that the magnitude of transvection at the Men locus is modified by both genetic background and environment (temperature), demonstrating that transvection is a plastic phenotype. Our results suggest that transvection effects in D. melanogaster are shaped by a dynamic interplay between environment and genetic background. Interestingly, we find that cis-based regulation of the Men gene is more robust to genetic background and environment than trans-based. Finally, we begin to uncover the nonlocal factors that may contribute to variation in transvection overall, implicating Abd-B in the regulation of Men in cis and in trans in an allele-specific and tissue-specific manner, driven by differences in expression of the two genes across genetic backgrounds and environmental conditions.
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Rebollo E, Karkali K, Mangione F, Martín-Blanco E. Live imaging in Drosophila: The optical and genetic toolkits. Methods 2014; 68:48-59. [PMID: 24814031 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2014.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2014] [Revised: 04/27/2014] [Accepted: 04/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Biological imaging based on light microscopy comes at the core of the methods that let us understanding morphology and its dynamics in synergy to the spatiotemporal distribution of cellular and molecular activities as the organism develops and becomes functional. Non-linear optical tools and superesolution methodologies are under constant development and their applications to live imaging of whole organisms keep improving as we speak. Genetically coded biosensors, multicolor clonal methods and optogenetics in different organisms and, in particular, in Drosophila follow equivalent paths. We anticipate a brilliant future for live imaging providing the roots for the holistic understanding, rather than for individual parts, of development and function at the whole-organism level.
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- Elena Rebollo
- Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Parc Cientific de Barcelona, Baldiri Reixac 10, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Parc Cientific de Barcelona, Baldiri Reixac 10, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Parc Cientific de Barcelona, Baldiri Reixac 10, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Parc Cientific de Barcelona, Baldiri Reixac 10, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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Imaging RNA Polymerase II transcription sites in living cells. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2014; 25:126-30. [PMID: 24794700 DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2014.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2013] [Revised: 01/05/2014] [Accepted: 01/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Over the past twenty years, exciting developments in optical and molecular imaging approaches have allowed researchers to examine with unprecedented resolution the spatial organization of transcription sites in the nucleus. An attractive model that has developed from these studies is that active genes cluster to preformed transcription factories that contain multiple active RNA polymerases and transcription factor proteins required for efficient mRNA biogenesis. However, this model has been extensively debated in part due to the fact transcription factories and their features have only been documented in fixed cells. In this review, we will focus on recent live-cell imaging studies that are changing our understanding of transcription factories.
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Sato Y, Mukai M, Ueda J, Muraki M, Stasevich TJ, Horikoshi N, Kujirai T, Kita H, Kimura T, Hira S, Okada Y, Hayashi-Takanaka Y, Obuse C, Kurumizaka H, Kawahara A, Yamagata K, Nozaki N, Kimura H. Genetically encoded system to track histone modification in vivo. Sci Rep 2014; 3:2436. [PMID: 23942372 PMCID: PMC3743053 DOI: 10.1038/srep02436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2013] [Accepted: 07/29/2013] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Post-translational histone modifications play key roles in gene regulation, development, and differentiation, but their dynamics in living organisms remain almost completely unknown. To address this problem, we developed a genetically encoded system for tracking histone modifications by generating fluorescent modification-specific intracellular antibodies (mintbodies) that can be expressed in vivo. To demonstrate, an H3 lysine 9 acetylation specific mintbody (H3K9ac-mintbody) was engineered and stably expressed in human cells. In good agreement with the localization of its target acetylation, H3K9ac-mintbody was enriched in euchromatin, and its kinetics measurably changed upon treatment with a histone deacetylase inhibitor. We also generated transgenic fruit fly and zebrafish stably expressing H3K9ac-mintbody for in vivo tracking. Dramatic changes in H3K9ac-mintbody localization during Drosophila embryogenesis could highlight enhanced acetylation at the start of zygotic transcription around mitotic cycle 7. Together, this work demonstrates the broad potential of mintbody and lays the foundation for epigenetic analysis in vivo.
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- Yuko Sato
- 1] Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita. 565-0871, Japan [2] JST, CREST, Suita. 565-0871, Japan
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Liu H, Dong C, Ren J. Tempo-Spatially Resolved Scattering Correlation Spectroscopy under Dark-Field Illumination and Its Application to Investigate Dynamic Behaviors of Gold Nanoparticles in Live Cells. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:2775-85. [DOI: 10.1021/ja410284j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Heng Liu
- College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, People’s Republic of China
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