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Khudayberdiev S, Weiss K, Heinze A, Colombaretti D, Trausch N, Linne U, Rust MB. The actin-binding protein CAP1 represses MRTF-SRF-dependent gene expression in mouse cerebral cortex. Sci Signal 2024; 17:eadj0032. [PMID: 38713765 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.adj0032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/09/2024]
Abstract
Serum response factor (SRF) is an essential transcription factor for brain development and function. Here, we explored how an SRF cofactor, the actin monomer-sensing myocardin-related transcription factor MRTF, is regulated in mouse cortical neurons. We found that MRTF-dependent SRF activity in vitro and in vivo was repressed by cyclase-associated protein CAP1. Inactivation of the actin-binding protein CAP1 reduced the amount of actin monomers in the cytoplasm, which promoted nuclear MRTF translocation and MRTF-SRF activation. This function was independent of cofilin1 and actin-depolymerizing factor, and CAP1 loss of function in cortical neurons was not compensated by endogenous CAP2. Transcriptomic and proteomic analyses of cerebral cortex lysates from wild-type and Cap1 knockout mice supported the role of CAP1 in repressing MRTF-SRF-dependent signaling in vivo. Bioinformatic analysis identified likely MRTF-SRF target genes, which aligned with the transcriptomic and proteomic results. Together with our previous studies that implicated CAP1 in axonal growth cone function as well as the morphology and plasticity of excitatory synapses, our findings establish CAP1 as a crucial actin regulator in the brain relevant for formation of neuronal networks.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sharof Khudayberdiev
- Molecular Neurobiology Group, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Philipps-University of Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany
- Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB), University of Marburg and Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 6, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Molecular Neurobiology Group, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Philipps-University of Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Molecular Neurobiology Group, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Philipps-University of Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Molecular Neurobiology Group, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Philipps-University of Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Molecular Neurobiology Group, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Philipps-University of Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Molecular Neurobiology Group, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Philipps-University of Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany
- Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB), University of Marburg and Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 6, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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Kawamukai M. Regulation of sexual differentiation initiation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2024; 88:475-492. [PMID: 38449372 DOI: 10.1093/bbb/zbae019] [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] [Received: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
Abstract
The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe is an excellent model organism to explore cellular events owing to rich tools in genetics, molecular biology, cellular biology, and biochemistry. Schizosaccharomyces pombe proliferates continuously when nutrients are abundant but arrests in G1 phase upon depletion of nutrients such as nitrogen and glucose. When cells of opposite mating types are present, cells conjugate, fuse, undergo meiosis, and finally form 4 spores. This sexual differentiation process in S. pombe has been studied extensively. To execute sexual differentiation, the glucose-sensing cAMP-PKA (cyclic adenosine monophosphate-protein kinase A) pathway, nitrogen-sensing TOR (target of rapamycin) pathway, and SAPK (stress-activating protein kinase) pathway are crucial, and the MAPK (mitogen-activating protein kinase) cascade is essential for pheromone sensing. These signals regulate ste11 at the transcriptional and translational levels, and Ste11 is modified in multiple ways. This review summarizes the initiation of sexual differentiation in S. pombe based on results I have helped to obtain, including the work of many excellent researchers.
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- Makoto Kawamukai
- D epartment of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shimane University, Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Japan
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Jin D, Li X, Cong H, You B, Ma Y, Hu Y, Zhang J. Role of serum CAP1 protein in the diagnosis of patients with first-time acute myocardial infarction. Medicine (Baltimore) 2023; 102:e34700. [PMID: 37773847 PMCID: PMC10545083 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000034700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/01/2023] Open
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The dysregulation of adenylate cyclase-associated protein 1 (CAP1) is associated with a variety of inflammatory conditions. Here, we aimed to assess the role of serum CAP1 protein in predicting acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and to explore its effect and mechanism in vascular endothelial cells injury. ELISA was utilized to detected CAP1 protein expression in serum from 70 patients with first-time AMI at 0, 6, 12, 24, 48 hours and 7 days of the onset of chest pain. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was administered to analyze the diagnostic power of CAP1 for AMI. The CCK-8 and 5-BrdU assays were applied to measure cell proliferation and inflammation in a model of oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) induced human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). Luciferase reporter gene assay and Western blotting were used to assess the activity of NF-κB pathway. Results showed that serum CAP1 protein expression was upregulated in patients with first-time AMI, its expression was highest at 12 hours of the onset of chest pain. CAP1 protein was positively associated with the levels of cTnI and ox-LDL. CAP1 showed a relatively high diagnostic accuracy in patients with first-time AMI compared with cTnI, and CAP1 combined with cTnI had superior diagnostic value than CAP1 and cTnI alone. The expression of CAP1 protein was increased in supernatants of ox-LDL induced HUVEC in a dose- and time-dependent manner. CAP1 inhibited cell proliferation but promoted inflammation, and induced the activation of NF-κB pathway in vitro. To sum up, increased serum CAP1 expression might serve as a novel diagnostic biomarker for patients with first-time AMI, the mechanism might be related to its induction of NF-κB pathway activation causing abnormal proliferation and inflammation and thus mediating vascular endothelial cell injury.
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- Dongxia Jin
- Clinical School of Thoracic, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, P.R. China
- Department of Cardiology, Chest Hospital of Tianjin University, Tianjin, P.R. China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Emergency and Critical Care, Tianjin, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Chest Hospital of Tianjin University, Tianjin, P.R. China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Emergency and Critical Care, Tianjin, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Chest Hospital of Tianjin University, Tianjin, P.R. China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Emergency and Critical Care, Tianjin, P.R. China
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- Clinical School of Thoracic, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Chest Hospital of Tianjin University, Tianjin, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Chest Hospital of Tianjin University, Tianjin, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Chest Hospital of Tianjin University, Tianjin, P.R. China
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Pizzoni A, Zhang X, Naim N, Altschuler DL. Soluble cyclase-mediated nuclear cAMP synthesis is sufficient for cell proliferation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2208749120. [PMID: 36656863 PMCID: PMC9942871 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2208749120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
Abstract
cAMP, a key player in many physiological processes, was classically considered to originate solely from the plasma membrane (PM). This view was recently challenged by observations showing that upon internalization GsPCRs can sustain signaling from endosomes and/or the trans-Golgi network (TGN). In this new view, after the first PM-generated cAMP wave, the internalization of GsPCRs and ACs generates a second wave that was strictly associated with nuclear transcriptional events responsible for triggering specific biological responses. Here, we report that the endogenously expressed TSHR, a canonical GsPCR, triggers an internalization-dependent, calcium-mediated nuclear sAC activation that drives PKA activation and CREB phosphorylation. Both pharmacological and genetic sAC inhibition, which did not affect the cytosolic cAMP levels, blunted nuclear cAMP accumulation, PKA activation, and cell proliferation, while an increase in nuclear sAC expression significantly enhanced cell proliferation. Furthermore, using novel nuclear-targeted optogenetic actuators, we show that light-stimulated nuclear cAMP synthesis can mimic the proliferative action of TSH by activating PKA and CREB. Therefore, based on our results, we propose a novel three-wave model in which the "third" wave of cAMP is generated by nuclear sAC. Despite being downstream of events occurring at the PM (first wave) and endosomes/TGN (second wave), the nuclear sAC-generated cAMP (third wave) is sufficient and rate-limiting for thyroid cell proliferation.
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- Alejandro Pizzoni
- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA15261
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA15261
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA15261
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA15261
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Kakurina G, Stakheeva M, Sereda E, Sidenko E, Cheremisina O, Choinzonov E, Kondakova I. A pilot study of the relative number of circulating tumor cells and leukocytes containing actin-binding proteins in head and neck cancer patients. J Biomed Res 2022; 37:213-224. [PMID: 37226274 PMCID: PMC10226087 DOI: 10.7555/jbr.36.20220182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Revised: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2023] Open
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Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) play an important role in tumor metastases, which is positively correlated with an increased risk of death. Actin-binding proteins, including cofilin (CFL1), profilin 1 (PFN1), and adenylate cyclase-associated protein 1 (CAP1), are thought to be involved in tumor cell motility and metastasis, specifically in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). However, currently, there are no published studies on CFL1, PFN1, and CAP1 in CTCs and leukocytes in HNSCC patients. We assessed serum levels of CFL1, PFN1, and CAP1 and the number of CTCs and leukocytes containing these proteins in blood from 31 HNSCC patients (T1-4N0-2M0). The analysis used flow cytometry and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit. We found that CAP1 + CTCs and CAP1 + leukocyte subpopulations were prevalent in these HNSCC patient samples, while the prevalence rates of CFL1 + and PFN1 + CTCs were relatively low. Patients with stage T2-4N1-2M0 had CFL1 + and PFN1 + CTCs with an elevated PFN1 serum level, compared with the T1-3N0M0 group. In summary, the PFN1 serum level and the relative number of PFN1 +CD326 + CTCs could be valuable prognostic markers for HNSCC metastases. The current study is the first to obtain data regarding the contents of actin-binding proteins (ABPs) in CTCs, and leukocytes in blood from HNSCC patients. This is also the first to assess the relationship between the number of CTCs subgroups and disease characteristics.
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- Gelena Kakurina
- Cancer Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk 634009, Russia
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Biology, Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk 634050, Russia
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- Cancer Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk 634009, Russia
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Biology, Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk 634050, Russia
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- Cancer Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk 634009, Russia
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Biology, Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk 634050, Russia
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- Cancer Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk 634009, Russia
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- Cancer Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk 634009, Russia
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- Cancer Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk 634009, Russia
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- Cancer Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk 634009, Russia
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Gurunathan S, Sebastian J, Baker J, Abdel-Hamid HZ, West SC, Feingold B, Peche V, Reyes-Múgica M, Madan-Khetarpal S, Field J. A homozygous CAP2 pathogenic variant in a neonate presenting with rapidly progressive cardiomyopathy and nemaline rods. Am J Med Genet A 2021; 188:970-977. [PMID: 34862840 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Revised: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Nemaline Myopathy (NM) is a disorder of skeletal muscles caused by mutations in sarcomere proteins and characterized by accumulation of microscopic rod or thread-like structures (nemaline bodies) in skeletal muscles. Patients diagnosed with both NM and infantile cardiomyopathy are very rare. A male infant presented, within the first few hours of life, with severe dilated cardiomyopathy, biventricular dysfunction and left ventricular noncompaction. A muscle biopsy on the 8th day of life from the right sternocleidomastoid muscle identified nemaline rods. Whole exome sequencing identified a c.1288 delT (homozygous pathogenic variant) in the CAP2 gene (NM_006366), yielding a CAP2 protein (NP_006357.1) with a p.C430fs. Both parents were heterozygous for the same variant but have no history of heart or muscle disease. Analysis of patient derived fibroblasts and cardiomyocytes derived from induced pluripotent stem cells confirmed the p.C430fs mutation (pathogenic variant), which appears to cause loss of both CAP2 protein and mRNA. The CAP2 gene encodes cyclase associated protein 2, an actin monomer binding and filament depolymerizing protein and CAP2 knockout mice develop severe dilated cardiomyopathy and muscle weakness. The patient underwent a heart transplant at 1 year of age. Heart tissue explanted at that time also showed nemaline rods and additionally disintegration of the myofibrillar structure. Other extra cardiac concerns include mild hypotonia, atrophic and widened scarring. This is the first description of a patient presenting with nemaline myopathy associated with a pathogenic variant of CAP2.
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- Sharavana Gurunathan
- Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Clinical and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Pathology, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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