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Zhang D, Yang H, Jiang L, Zhao C, Wang M, Hu B, Yu C, Wei Z, Tse YC. Interaction between DLC-1 and SAO-1 facilitates CED-4 translocation during apoptosis in the Caenorhabditis elegans germline. Cell Death Dis 2022; 8:441. [PMID: 36323675 PMCID: PMC9630320 DOI: 10.1038/s41420-022-01233-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Revised: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 10/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
Apoptosis is one of the major forms of programmed cell death, and it serves vital biological functions in multicellular animal and plant cells. The core mechanism of apoptosis is highly conserved in metazoans, where the translocation of CED-4/Apaf-1 from mitochondria to the nuclear membrane is required to initiate and execute apoptosis. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms of this translocation are poorly understood. In this study, we showed that SAO-1 binds DLC-1 and prevents its degradation to promote apoptosis in C. elegans germ cells. We demonstrated that SAO-1 and DLC-1 regulate CED-4/Apaf-1 nuclear membrane accumulation during apoptosis. Isothermal titration calorimetry-based assay and high-resolution crystal structure analysis further revealed that SAO-1 interacted with DLC-1 to form a 2:4 complex: each of the two β-sheets in the SAO-1 peptide interacted with two DLC-1 dimers. Point mutations at the SAO-1-DLC-1 binding interface significantly inhibited apoptotic corpse formation and CED-4 nuclear membrane accumulation within C. elegans germ cells. In conclusion, our study provides a new perspective on the regulation of CED-4-mediated apoptosis.
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- Dandan Zhang
- grid.19373.3f0000 0001 0193 3564School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001 China ,grid.263817.90000 0004 1773 1790School of Life Sciences, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055 China ,grid.263817.90000 0004 1773 1790Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Cell Microenvironment and Disease Research, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055 China
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- grid.263817.90000 0004 1773 1790School of Life Sciences, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055 China ,grid.263817.90000 0004 1773 1790Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Cell Microenvironment and Disease Research, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055 China
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- grid.263817.90000 0004 1773 1790School of Life Sciences, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055 China ,grid.263817.90000 0004 1773 1790Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Cell Microenvironment and Disease Research, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055 China ,grid.194645.b0000000121742757School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- grid.263817.90000 0004 1773 1790School of Life Sciences, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055 China
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- grid.263817.90000 0004 1773 1790School of Life Sciences, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055 China ,grid.263817.90000 0004 1773 1790Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Cell Microenvironment and Disease Research, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055 China
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- grid.263817.90000 0004 1773 1790School of Life Sciences, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055 China ,grid.263817.90000 0004 1773 1790Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Cell Microenvironment and Disease Research, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055 China ,grid.221309.b0000 0004 1764 5980Department of Biology, State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
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- grid.263817.90000 0004 1773 1790School of Life Sciences, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055 China ,grid.263817.90000 0004 1773 1790Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Cell Microenvironment and Disease Research, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055 China
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- grid.263817.90000 0004 1773 1790School of Life Sciences, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055 China
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- grid.263817.90000 0004 1773 1790Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Cell Microenvironment and Disease Research, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055 China ,grid.263817.90000 0004 1773 1790Core Research Facilities, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055 China
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Kropp P, Rhodehouse K, Golden A. TUNEL Labeling to Detect Double-stranded DNA Breaks in Caenorhabditis elegans Gonads. Bio Protoc 2022; 12:e4351. [DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.4351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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de la Cruz Ruiz P, Romero-Bueno R, Askjaer P. Analysis of Nuclear Pore Complexes in Caenorhabditis elegans by Live Imaging and Functional Genomics. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2502:161-182. [PMID: 35412238 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2337-4_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are essential to communication of macromolecules between the cell nucleus and the surrounding cytoplasm. RNA synthesized in the nucleus is exported through NPCs to function in the cytoplasm, whereas transcription factors and other proteins are selectively and actively imported. In addition, many NPC constituents, known as nuclear pore proteins (nucleoporins or nups), also play critical roles in other processes, such as genome organization, gene expression, and kinetochore function. Thanks to its genetic amenability and transparent body, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is an attractive model to study NPC dynamics. We provide here an overview of available genome engineered strains and FLP/Frt-based tools to study tissue-specific functions of individual nucleoporins. We also present protocols for live imaging of fluorescently tagged nucleoporins in intact tissues of embryos, larvae, and adult and for analysis of interactions between nucleoporins and chromatin by DamID.
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- Patricia de la Cruz Ruiz
- Andalusian Center for Developmental Biology (CABD), CSIC/JA/Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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- Andalusian Center for Developmental Biology (CABD), CSIC/JA/Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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- Andalusian Center for Developmental Biology (CABD), CSIC/JA/Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain.
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Lindenboim L, Zohar H, Worman HJ, Stein R. The nuclear envelope: target and mediator of the apoptotic process. Cell Death Discov 2020; 6:29. [PMID: 32351716 PMCID: PMC7184752 DOI: 10.1038/s41420-020-0256-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Revised: 03/15/2020] [Accepted: 03/19/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Apoptosis is characterized by the destruction of essential cell organelles, including the cell nucleus. The nuclear envelope (NE) separates the nuclear interior from the cytosol. During apoptosis, the apoptotic machinery, in particular caspases, increases NE permeability by cleaving its proteins, such as those of the nuclear pore complex (NPC) and the nuclear lamina. This in turns leads to passive diffusion of cytosolic apoptogenic proteins, such as caspases and nucleases, through NPCs into the nucleus and the subsequent breakdown of the NE and destruction of the nucleus. However, NE leakiness at early stages of the apoptotic process can also occur in a caspase-independent manner, where Bax, by a non-canonical action, promotes transient and repetitive localized generation and subsequent rupture of nuclear protein-filled nuclear bubbles. This NE rupture leads to discharge of apoptogenic nuclear proteins from the nucleus to the cytosol, a process that can contribute to the death process. Therefore, the NE may play a role as mediator of cell death at early stages of apoptosis. The NE can also serve as a platform for assembly of complexes that regulate the death process. Thus, the NE should be viewed as both a mediator of the cell death process and a target.
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- Liora Lindenboim
- Department of Neurobiology, School of Neurobiology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Ramat Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Neurobiology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Ramat Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032 USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Neurobiology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Ramat Aviv, Israel
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Sidi S, Bouchier-Hayes L. Direct pro-apoptotic role for NPM1 as a regulator of PIDDosome formation. Mol Cell Oncol 2017; 4:e1348325. [PMID: 29057309 DOI: 10.1080/23723556.2017.1348325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Revised: 06/23/2017] [Accepted: 06/24/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Despite being frequently mutated or deregulated in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and many other cancers, the mechanisms by which nucleophosmin (NPM1) regulates oncogenesis remain elusive. We found that NPM1 plays a direct and conserved role in DNA damage-induced assembly of the PIDDosome complex, the activating platform for caspase-2. This function is carried in the nucleolus and is essential for caspase-2-mediated apoptosis in response to a variety of DNA injuries.
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- Samuel Sidi
- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.,Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.,Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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Brantley SJ, Cotten SW, Lamson DR, Smith GR, Liu R, Williams KP. Discovery of small molecule inhibitors for the C. elegans caspase CED-3 by high-throughput screening. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2017; 491:773-779. [PMID: 28733033 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.07.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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C. elegans has been widely used as a model organism for programmed cell death and apoptosis. Although the CED-3 caspase is the primary effector of cell death in C. elegans, no selective inhibitors have been identified. Utilizing high-throughput screening with recombinant C. elegans CED-3 protein, we have discovered and confirmed 21 novel small molecule inhibitors. Six compounds had IC50 values < 10 μM. From these, four distinct chemotypes were identified. The inhibitor scaffolds described here could lead to the development of selective molecular probes to facilitate our understanding of programmed cell death in this model organism.
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- Scott J Brantley
- Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise, Durham, NC 27707, USA
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- Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise, Durham, NC 27707, USA
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- Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Carolina Center for Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
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- Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise, Durham, NC 27707, USA; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27707, USA.
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