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Xiao H, Liu L, Huang S. STK32C modulates doxorubicin resistance in triple-negative breast cancer cells via glycolysis regulation. Mol Cell Biochem 2024:10.1007/s11010-024-04989-z. [PMID: 38507019 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-024-04989-z] [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: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
Abstract
Understanding the mechanisms underlying doxorubicin resistance in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) holds paramount clinical significance. In our study, we investigate the potential of STK32C, a little-explored kinase, to impact doxorubicin sensitivity in TNBC cells. Our findings reveal elevated STK32C expression in TNBC specimens, associated with unfavorable prognosis in doxorubicin-treated TNBC patients. Subsequent experiments highlighted that STK32C depletion significantly augmented the sensitivity of doxorubicin-resistant TNBC cells to doxorubicin. Mechanistically, we unveiled that the cytoplasmic subset of STK32C plays a pivotal role in mediating doxorubicin sensitivity, primarily through the regulation of glycolysis. Furthermore, the kinase activity of STK32C proved to be essential for its mediation of doxorubicin sensitivity, emphasizing its role as a kinase. Our study suggests that targeting STK32C may represent a novel therapeutic approach with the potential to improve doxorubicin's efficacy in TNBC treatment.
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- Huawei Xiao
- Department of Medical Oncology, Yantaishan Hospital, Yantai, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Yantaishan Hospital, Yantai, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Yantaishan Hospital, Yantai, Shandong Province, China.
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Liu T, Wang Z, Ye L, Duan Y, Jiang H, He H, Xiao L, Wu Q, Xia Y, Yang M, Wu K, Yan M, Ji G, Shen Y, Wang L, Li L, Zheng P, Dong B, Shao F, Qian X, Yu R, Zhang Z, Lu Z, Xu D. Nucleus-exported CLOCK acetylates PRPS to promote de novo nucleotide synthesis and liver tumour growth. Nat Cell Biol 2023; 25:273-284. [PMID: 36646788 DOI: 10.1038/s41556-022-01061-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
Abstract
Impairment of the circadian clock is linked to cancer development. However, whether the circadian clock is modulated by oncogenic receptor tyrosine kinases remains unclear. Here we demonstrated that receptor tyrosine kinase activation promotes CK2-mediated CLOCK S106 phosphorylation and subsequent disassembly of the CLOCK-BMAL1 dimer and suppression of the downstream gene expression in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells. In addition, CLOCK S106 phosphorylation exposes its nuclear export signal to bind Exportin1 for nuclear exportation. Cytosolic CLOCK acetylates PRPS1/2 K29 and blocks HSC70-mediated and lysosome-dependent PRPS1/2 degradation. Stabilized PRPS1/2 promote de novo nucleotide synthesis and HCC cell proliferation and liver tumour growth. Furthermore, CLOCK S106 phosphorylation and PRPS1/2 K29 acetylation are positively correlated in human HCC specimens and with HCC poor prognosis. These findings delineate a critical mechanism by which oncogenic signalling inhibits canonical CLOCK transcriptional activity and simultaneously confers CLOCK with instrumental moonlighting functions to promote nucleotide synthesis and tumour growth.
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- Tong Liu
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Cancer Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Department of Breast Surgery, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Cell Transplantation, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Cancer Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China.,, Harbin, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University and Qingdao Cancer Institute, Qingdao, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Cancer Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Cancer Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Cancer Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Pathology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University and Qingdao Cancer Institute, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital), Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Cell Transplantation, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. .,Cancer Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. .,Cancer Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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Nakano K, Watanabe T. Tuning Rex rules HTLV-1 pathogenesis. Front Immunol 2022; 13:959962. [PMID: 36189216 PMCID: PMC9523361 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.959962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
HTLV-1 is an oncovirus causing ATL and other inflammatory diseases such as HAM/TSP and HU in about 5% of infected individuals. It is also known that HTLV-1-infected cells maintain a disease-free, immortalized, latent state throughout the lifetimes of about 95% of infected individuals. We believe that the stable maintenance of disease-free infected cells in the carrier is an intrinsic characteristic of HTLV-1 that has been acquired during its evolution in the human life cycle. We speculate that the pathogenesis of the virus is ruled by the orchestrated functions of viral proteins. In particular, the regulation of Rex, the conductor of viral replication rate, is expected to be closely related to the viral program in the early active viral replication followed by the stable latency in HTLV-1 infected T cells. HTLV-1 and HIV-1 belong to the family Retroviridae and share the same tropism, e.g., human CD4+ T cells. These viruses show significant similarities in the viral genomic structure and the molecular mechanism of the replication cycle. However, HTLV-1 and HIV-1 infected T cells show different phenotypes, especially in the level of virion production. We speculate that how the activity of HTLV-1 Rex and its counterpart HIV-1 Rev are regulated may be closely related to the properties of respective infected T cells. In this review, we compare various pathological aspects of HTLV-1 and HIV-1. In particular, we investigated the presence or absence of a virally encoded “regulatory valve” for HTLV-1 Rex or HIV-1 Rev to explore its importance in the regulation of viral particle production in infected T cells. Finally, wereaffirm Rex as the key conductor for viral replication and viral pathogenesis based on our recent study on the novel functional aspects of Rex. Since the activity of Rex is closely related to the viral replication rate, we hypothesize that the “regulatory valve” on the Rex activity may have been selectively evolved to achieve the “scenario” with early viral particle production and the subsequent long, stable deep latency in HTLV-1 infected cells.
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- Kazumi Nakano
- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- *Correspondence: Kazumi Nakano,
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- Department of Practical Management of Medical Information, Graduate School of Medicine, St. Marianna University, Kawasaki, Japan
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Zhou GF, Chen CX, Cai QC, Yan X, Peng NN, Li XC, Cui JH, Han YF, Zhang Q, Meng JH, Tang HM, Cai CH, Long J, Luo KJ. Bracovirus Sneaks Into Apoptotic Bodies Transmitting Immunosuppressive Signaling Driven by Integration-Mediated eIF5A Hypusination. Front Immunol 2022; 13:901593. [PMID: 35664011 PMCID: PMC9156803 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.901593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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A typical characteristics of polydnavirus (PDV) infection is a persistent immunosuppression, governed by the viral integration and expression of virulence genes. Recently, activation of caspase-3 by Microplitis bicoloratus bracovirus (MbBV) to cleave Innexins, gap junction proteins, has been highlighted, further promoting apoptotic cell disassembly and apoptotic body (AB) formation. However, whether ABs play a role in immune suppression remains to be determined. Herein, we show that ABs transmitted immunosuppressive signaling, causing recipient cells to undergo apoptosis and dismigration. Furthermore, the insertion of viral–host integrated motif sites damaged the host genome, stimulating eIF5A nucleocytoplasmic transport and activating the eIF5A-hypusination translation pathway. This pathway specifically translates apoptosis-related host proteins, such as P53, CypA, CypD, and CypJ, to drive cellular apoptosis owing to broken dsDNA. Furthermore, translated viral proteins, such Vank86, 92, and 101, known to complex with transcription factor Dip3, positively regulated DHYS and DOHH transcription maintaining the activation of the eIF5A-hypusination. Mechanistically, MbBV-mediated extracellular vesicles contained inserted viral fragments that re-integrated into recipients, potentially via the homologous recombinant repair system. Meanwhile, this stimulation regulated activated caspase-3 levels via PI3K/AKT 308 and 473 dephosphorylation to promote apoptosis of granulocyte-like recipients Sf9 cell; maintaining PI3K/AKT 473 phosphorylation and 308 dephosphorylation inhibited caspase-3 activation leading to dismigration of plasmatocyte-like recipient High Five cells. Together, our results suggest that integration-mediated eIF5A hypusination drives extracellular vesicles for continuous immunosuppression.
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- Gui-Fang Zhou
- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.,Key Laboratory of the University in Yunnan Province for International Cooperation in Intercellular Communications and Regulations, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.,Key Laboratory of the University in Yunnan Province for International Cooperation in Intercellular Communications and Regulations, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.,Key Laboratory of the University in Yunnan Province for International Cooperation in Intercellular Communications and Regulations, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.,Key Laboratory of the University in Yunnan Province for International Cooperation in Intercellular Communications and Regulations, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.,Key Laboratory of the University in Yunnan Province for International Cooperation in Intercellular Communications and Regulations, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.,Key Laboratory of the University in Yunnan Province for International Cooperation in Intercellular Communications and Regulations, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.,Key Laboratory of the University in Yunnan Province for International Cooperation in Intercellular Communications and Regulations, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.,Key Laboratory of the University in Yunnan Province for International Cooperation in Intercellular Communications and Regulations, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.,Key Laboratory of the University in Yunnan Province for International Cooperation in Intercellular Communications and Regulations, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.,Key Laboratory of the University in Yunnan Province for International Cooperation in Intercellular Communications and Regulations, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.,Key Laboratory of the University in Yunnan Province for International Cooperation in Intercellular Communications and Regulations, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.,Key Laboratory of the University in Yunnan Province for International Cooperation in Intercellular Communications and Regulations, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.,Key Laboratory of the University in Yunnan Province for International Cooperation in Intercellular Communications and Regulations, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.,Key Laboratory of the University in Yunnan Province for International Cooperation in Intercellular Communications and Regulations, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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Hanson HM, Willkomm NA, Yang H, Mansky LM. Human Retrovirus Genomic RNA Packaging. Viruses 2022; 14:1094. [PMID: 35632835 PMCID: PMC9142903 DOI: 10.3390/v14051094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Revised: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 05/14/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Two non-covalently linked copies of the retrovirus genome are specifically recruited to the site of virus particle assembly and packaged into released particles. Retroviral RNA packaging requires RNA export of the unspliced genomic RNA from the nucleus, translocation of the genome to virus assembly sites, and specific interaction with Gag, the main viral structural protein. While some aspects of the RNA packaging process are understood, many others remain poorly understood. In this review, we provide an update on recent advancements in understanding the mechanism of RNA packaging for retroviruses that cause disease in humans, i.e., HIV-1, HIV-2, and HTLV-1, as well as advances in the understanding of the details of genomic RNA nuclear export, genome translocation to virus assembly sites, and genomic RNA dimerization.
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- Heather M. Hanson
- Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology, and Genetics Graduate Program, University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA;
- Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; (N.A.W.); (H.Y.)
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- Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; (N.A.W.); (H.Y.)
- DDS-PhD Dual Degree Program, University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; (N.A.W.); (H.Y.)
- Comparative Molecular Biosciences Graduate Program, University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, St. Paul, MN 55455, USA
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- Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology, and Genetics Graduate Program, University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA;
- Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; (N.A.W.); (H.Y.)
- DDS-PhD Dual Degree Program, University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
- Comparative Molecular Biosciences Graduate Program, University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, St. Paul, MN 55455, USA
- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
- Division of Basic Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Kachaev ZM, Ivashchenko SD, Kozlov EN, Lebedeva LA, Shidlovskii YV. Localization and Functional Roles of Components of the Translation Apparatus in the Eukaryotic Cell Nucleus. Cells 2021; 10:3239. [PMID: 34831461 PMCID: PMC8623629 DOI: 10.3390/cells10113239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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: 09/28/2021] [Revised: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Components of the translation apparatus, including ribosomal proteins, have been found in cell nuclei in various organisms. Components of the translation apparatus are involved in various nuclear processes, particularly those associated with genome integrity control and the nuclear stages of gene expression, such as transcription, mRNA processing, and mRNA export. Components of the translation apparatus control intranuclear trafficking; the nuclear import and export of RNA and proteins; and regulate the activity, stability, and functional recruitment of nuclear proteins. The nuclear translocation of these components is often involved in the cell response to stimulation and stress, in addition to playing critical roles in oncogenesis and viral infection. Many components of the translation apparatus are moonlighting proteins, involved in integral cell stress response and coupling of gene expression subprocesses. Thus, this phenomenon represents a significant interest for both basic and applied molecular biology. Here, we provide an overview of the current data regarding the molecular functions of translation factors and ribosomal proteins in the cell nucleus.
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- Zaur M. Kachaev
- Department of Gene Expression Regulation in Development, Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia; (Z.M.K.); (S.D.I.); (E.N.K.); (L.A.L.)
- Center for Genetics and Life Science, Sirius University of Science and Technology, 354340 Sochi, Russia
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- Department of Gene Expression Regulation in Development, Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia; (Z.M.K.); (S.D.I.); (E.N.K.); (L.A.L.)
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- Department of Gene Expression Regulation in Development, Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia; (Z.M.K.); (S.D.I.); (E.N.K.); (L.A.L.)
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- Department of Gene Expression Regulation in Development, Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia; (Z.M.K.); (S.D.I.); (E.N.K.); (L.A.L.)
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- Department of Gene Expression Regulation in Development, Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia; (Z.M.K.); (S.D.I.); (E.N.K.); (L.A.L.)
- Center for Genetics and Life Science, Sirius University of Science and Technology, 354340 Sochi, Russia
- Department of Biology and General Genetics, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), 119992 Moscow, Russia
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Smeltzer S, Quadri Z, Miller A, Zamudio F, Hunter J, Stewart NJF, Saji S, Lee DC, Chaput D, Selenica MLB. Hypusination of Eif5a regulates cytoplasmic TDP-43 aggregation and accumulation in a stress-induced cellular model. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2021; 1867:165939. [PMID: 32882370 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2020.165939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Revised: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) is a nuclear RNA/DNA binding protein involved in mRNA metabolism. Aberrant mislocalization to the cytoplasm and formation of phosphorylated/aggregated TDP-43 inclusions remains the hallmark pathology in a spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases, including frontotemporal disorders and Alzheimer's disease. Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 5A undergoes a unique post-translation modification of lysine to hypusine (K50), which determines eIF5A binding partners. We used a sodium arsenite-induced cellular stress model to investigate the role of hypusinated eIF5A (eIF5AHypK50) in governing TDP-43 cytoplasmic mislocalization and accumulation in stress granule. Our proteomics and functional data provide evidence that eIF5A interacts with TDP-43 in a hypusine-dependent manner. Additionally, we showed that following stress TDP-43 interactions with eIF5AHypK50 were induced both in the cytoplasm and stress granules. Pharmacological reduction of hypusination or mutations of lysine residues within the hypusine loop decreased phosphorylated and insoluble TDP-43 levels. The proteomic and biochemical analysis also identified nuclear pore complex importins KPNA1/2, KPNB1, and RanGTP as interacting partners of eIF5AHypK50. These findings are the first to provide a novel pathway and potential therapeutic targets that require further investigation in models of TDP-43 proteinopathies.
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- Shayna Smeltzer
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA; Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, KY, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA; Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, KY, USA
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- Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Core Facility, Florida Center of Excellence for Drug Discovery and Innovation (CDDI), University of South Florida, 3720 Spectrum Blvd, Suite 303, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA; Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, KY, USA.
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Balukoff NC, Ho JJD, Theodoridis PR, Wang M, Bokros M, Llanio LM, Krieger JR, Schatz JH, Lee S. A translational program that suppresses metabolism to shield the genome. Nat Commun 2020; 11:5755. [PMID: 33188200 PMCID: PMC7666154 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19602-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Translatome reprogramming is a primary determinant of protein levels during stimuli adaptation. This raises the question: what are the translatome remodelers that reprogram protein output to activate biochemical adaptations. Here, we identify a translational pathway that represses metabolism to safeguard genome integrity. A system-wide MATRIX survey identified the ancient eIF5A as a pH-regulated translation factor that responds to fermentation-induced acidosis. TMT-pulse-SILAC analysis identified several pH-dependent proteins, including the mTORC1 suppressor Tsc2 and the longevity regulator Sirt1. Sirt1 operates as a pH-sensor that deacetylates nuclear eIF5A during anaerobiosis, enabling the cytoplasmic export of eIF5A/Tsc2 mRNA complexes for translational engagement. Tsc2 induction inhibits mTORC1 to suppress cellular metabolism and prevent acidosis-induced DNA damage. Depletion of eIF5A or Tsc2 leads to metabolic re-initiation and proliferation, but at the expense of incurring substantial DNA damage. We suggest that eIF5A operates as a translatome remodeler that suppresses metabolism to shield the genome.
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- Nathan C Balukoff
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- The SickKids Proteomics, Analytics, Robotics & Chemical Biology Centre (SPARC Biocentre), The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1×8, Canada
- Bioinformatics Solutions Inc., Waterloo, ON, N2L 6J2, Canada
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 33136, USA.
- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 33136, USA.
- Department of Urology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 33136, USA.
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Li JY, Chen WZ, Yang SH, Xu CL, Huang X, Chen C, Xie H. Screening of reference genes in real-time PCR for Radopholus similis. PeerJ 2019; 7:e6253. [PMID: 30671304 PMCID: PMC6339476 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 12/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Six candidate reference genes were chosen from the transcriptome database of Radopholus similis using the bioinformatics method, including four conventional reference genes (actin, Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF5A), Tubulin alpha (a-tubulin), ubiquitin (UBI)) and two new candidate reference genes (Ribosomal protein S21 (Rps21) and Serine/threonine protein phosphatase PP1-β catalytic subunit (β-PP1)). In addition, a traditional reference gene 18S ribosomal RNA (18S rRNA) obtained from NCBI databases was also added to the analysis. Real-time PCR was used to detect the expression of seven candidate reference genes in six populations of R. similis and four developmental stages (female, male, larva and egg) of a population. The stability of the expression of candidate genes was evaluated by three software programs, BestKeeper, geNorm and NormFinder. The results showed that eIF5A is the most suitable reference gene for gene functional research of different populations, while both Rps21 and eIF5A are the most suitable reference genes for different developmental stages of a population. Therefore, eIF5A is the best reference gene for studying R. similis. However, one defect of this study is that only seven candidate reference genes were analyzed; ideally, more genes should be tested.
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- Jun-Yi Li
- Laboratory of Plant Nematology and Research Center of Nematodes of Plant Quarantine, Department of Plant Pathology, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Plant Nematology and Research Center of Nematodes of Plant Quarantine, Department of Plant Pathology, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Plant Nematology and Research Center of Nematodes of Plant Quarantine, Department of Plant Pathology, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Plant Nematology and Research Center of Nematodes of Plant Quarantine, Department of Plant Pathology, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Plant Nematology and Research Center of Nematodes of Plant Quarantine, Department of Plant Pathology, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Plant Nematology and Research Center of Nematodes of Plant Quarantine, Department of Plant Pathology, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Plant Nematology and Research Center of Nematodes of Plant Quarantine, Department of Plant Pathology, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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Olsen ME, Connor JH. Hypusination of eIF5A as a Target for Antiviral Therapy. DNA Cell Biol 2017; 36:198-201. [PMID: 28080131 PMCID: PMC5346904 DOI: 10.1089/dna.2016.3611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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- Michelle E Olsen
- Department of Microbiology, Boston University , Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Microbiology, Boston University , Boston, Massachusetts
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Nuclear Export Signal Masking Regulates HIV-1 Rev Trafficking and Viral RNA Nuclear Export. J Virol 2017; 91:JVI.02107-16. [PMID: 27852860 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02107-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2016] [Accepted: 11/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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HIV-1's Rev protein forms a homo-oligomeric adaptor complex linking viral RNAs to the cellular CRM1/Ran-GTP nuclear export machinery through the activity of Rev's prototypical leucine-rich nuclear export signal (NES). In this study, we used a functional fluorescently tagged Rev fusion protein as a platform to study the effects of modulating Rev NES identity, number, position, or strength on Rev subcellular trafficking, viral RNA nuclear export, and infectious virion production. We found that Rev activity was remarkably tolerant of diverse NES sequences, including supraphysiological NES (SNES) peptides that otherwise arrest CRM1 transport complexes at nuclear pores. Rev's ability to tolerate a SNES was both position and multimerization dependent, an observation consistent with a model wherein Rev self-association acts to transiently mask the NES peptide(s), thereby biasing Rev's trafficking into the nucleus. Combined imaging and functional assays also indicated that NES masking underpins Rev's well-known tendency to accumulate at the nucleolus, as well as Rev's capacity to activate optimal levels of late viral gene expression. We propose that Rev multimerization and NES masking regulates Rev's trafficking to and retention within the nucleus even prior to RNA binding. IMPORTANCE HIV-1 infects more than 34 million people worldwide causing >1 million deaths per year. Infectious virion production is activated by the essential viral Rev protein that mediates nuclear export of intron-bearing late-stage viral mRNAs. Rev's shuttling into and out of the nucleus is regulated by the antagonistic activities of both a peptide-encoded N-terminal nuclear localization signal and C-terminal nuclear export signal (NES). How Rev and related viral proteins balance strong import and export activities in order to achieve optimal levels of viral gene expression is incompletely understood. We provide evidence that multimerization provides a mechanism by which Rev transiently masks its NES peptide, thereby biasing its trafficking to and retention within the nucleus. Targeted pharmacological disruption of Rev-Rev interactions should perturb multiple Rev activities, both Rev-RNA binding and Rev's trafficking to the nucleus in the first place.
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He T, Sa J, Zhong PS, Cui Y. Statistical dissection of cyto-nuclear epistasis subject to genomic imprinting in line crosses. PLoS One 2014; 9:e91702. [PMID: 24643065 PMCID: PMC3958389 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2013] [Accepted: 02/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Cytoplasm contains important metabolism reaction organelles such as mitochondria and chloroplast (in plant). In particular, mitochondria contains special DNA information which can be passed to offsprings through maternal gametes, and has been confirmed to play a pivotal role in nuclear activities. Experimental evidences have documented the importance of cyto-nuclear interactions in affecting important biological traits. While studies have also pointed out the role of interaction between imprinting nuclear DNA and cytoplasm, no statistical method has been developed to efficiently model such effect and further quantify its effect size. In this work, we developed an efficient statistical model for genome-wide estimating and testing the cytoplasmic effect, nuclear DNA imprinting effect as well as the interaction between them under reciprocal backcross and F2 designs derived from inbred lines. Parameters are estimated under maximum likelihood framework implemented with the EM algorithm. Extensive simulations show good performance in a variety of scenarios. The utility of the method is demonstrated by analyzing a published data set in an F2 family derived from C3H/HeJBir and C57BL/6 J mouse strains. Important cyto-nuclear interactions were identified. Our approach provides a quantitative framework for identifying and estimating cyto-nuclear interactions subject to genomic imprinting involved in the genetic control of complex traits.
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- Tao He
- Department of Statistics and Probability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Statistics and Probability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
- Division of Medical Statistics, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Statistics and Probability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Statistics and Probability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
- Division of Medical Statistics, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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Rossi D, Kuroshu R, Zanelli CF, Valentini SR. eIF5A and EF-P: two unique translation factors are now traveling the same road. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS. RNA 2014; 5:209-22. [PMID: 24402910 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2013] [Revised: 11/01/2013] [Accepted: 11/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Translational control is extremely important in all organisms, and some of its aspects are highly conserved among all primary kingdoms, such as those related to the translation elongation step. The previously classified translation initiation factor 5A (eIF5A) and its bacterial homologue elongation factor P (EF-P) were discovered in the late 70's and have recently been the object of many studies. eIF5A and EF-P are the only cellular proteins that undergo hypusination and lysinylation, respectively, both of which are unique posttranslational modifications. Herein, we review all the important discoveries related to the biochemical and functional characterization of these factors, highlighting the implication of eIF5A in translation elongation instead of initiation. The findings that eIF5A and EF-P are important for specific cellular processes and play a role in the relief of ribosome stalling caused by specific amino acid sequences, such as those containing prolines reinforce the hypothesis that these factors are involved in specialized translation. Although there are some divergences between these unique factors, recent studies have clarified that they act similarly during protein synthesis. Further studies may reveal their precise mechanism of ribosome activity modulation as well as the mRNA targets that require eIF5A and EF-P for their proper translation.
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- Danuza Rossi
- Department of Biological Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Univ Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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Badding MA, Lapek JD, Friedman AE, Dean DA. Proteomic and functional analyses of protein-DNA complexes during gene transfer. Mol Ther 2012; 21:775-85. [PMID: 23164933 DOI: 10.1038/mt.2012.231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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One of the barriers to successful nonviral gene delivery is the crowded cytoplasm, which plasmids need to actively traverse for gene expression. Relatively little is known about how this process occurs, but our lab and others have shown that the microtubule network and motors are required for plasmid movement to the nucleus. To further investigate how plasmids exploit normal physiological processes to transfect cells, we have taken a proteomics approach to identify the proteins that comprise the plasmid-trafficking complex. We have developed a live cell DNA-protein pull-down assay to isolate complexes at certain time points post-transfection (15 minutes to 4 hours) for analysis by mass spectrometry (MS). Plasmids containing promoter sequences bound hundreds of unique proteins as early as 15 minutes post-electroporation, while a plasmid lacking any eukaryotic sequences failed to bind many of the proteins. Specific proteins included microtubule-based motor proteins (e.g., kinesin and dynein), proteins involved in protein nuclear import (e.g., importin 1, 2, 4, and 7, Crm1, RAN, and several RAN-binding proteins), a number of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP)- and mRNA-binding proteins, and transcription factors. The significance of several of the proteins involved in protein nuclear localization and plasmid trafficking was determined by monitoring movement of microinjected fluorescently labeled plasmids via live cell particle tracking in cells following protein knockdown by small-interfering RNA (siRNA) or through the use of specific inhibitors. While importin β1 was required for plasmid trafficking and subsequent nuclear import, importin α1 played no role in microtubule trafficking but was required for optimal plasmid nuclear import. Surprisingly, the nuclear export protein Crm1 also was found to complex with the transfected plasmids and was necessary for plasmid trafficking along microtubules and nuclear import. Our results show that various proteins involved in nuclear import and export influence intracellular trafficking of plasmids and subsequent nuclear accumulation.
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- Melissa A Badding
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
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Zhao L, Zheng C. The first identified nucleocytoplasmic shuttling herpesviral capsid protein: herpes simplex virus type 1 VP19C. PLoS One 2012; 7:e41825. [PMID: 22927916 PMCID: PMC3425543 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2012] [Accepted: 06/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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VP19C is a structural protein of herpes simplex virus type 1 viral particle, which is essential for assembly of the capsid. In this study, a nuclear export signal (NES) of VP19C is for the first time identified and mapped to amino acid residues 342 to 351. Furthermore, VP19C is demonstrated to shuttle between the nucleus and the cytoplasm through the NES in a chromosomal region maintenance 1 (CRM1)-dependent manner involving RanGTP hydrolysis. This makes VP19C the first herpesviral capsid protein with nucleocytoplasmic shuttling property and adds it to the list of HSV-1 nucleocytoplasmic shuttling proteins.
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- Lei Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Division of Scientific Research, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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Cubeddu L, Joseph S, Richard DJ, Matthews JM. Contribution of DEAF1 structural domains to the interaction with the breast cancer oncogene LMO4. PLoS One 2012; 7:e39218. [PMID: 22723967 PMCID: PMC3378519 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2012] [Accepted: 05/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The proteins LMO4 and DEAF1 contribute to the proliferation of mammary epithelial cells. During breast cancer LMO4 is upregulated, affecting its interaction with other protein partners. This may set cells on a path to tumour formation. LMO4 and DEAF1 interact, but it is unknown how they cooperate to regulate cell proliferation. In this study, we identify a specific LMO4-binding domain in DEAF1. This domain contains an unstructured region that directly contacts LMO4, and a coiled coil that contains the DEAF1 nuclear export signal (NES). The coiled coil region can form tetramers and has the typical properties of a coiled coil domain. Using a simple cell-based assay, we show that LMO4 modulates the activity of the DEAF NES, causing nuclear accumulation of a construct containing the LMO4-interaction region of DEAF1.
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- Liza Cubeddu
- School of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- * E-mail: (LC); (JM)
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- School of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- * E-mail: (LC); (JM)
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A nuclear export signal in the matrix protein of Influenza A virus is required for efficient virus replication. J Virol 2012; 86:4883-91. [PMID: 22345442 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.06586-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The influenza A virus matrix 1 protein (M1) shuttles between the cytoplasm and the nucleus during the viral life cycle and plays an important role in the replication, assembly, and budding of viruses. Here, a leucine-rich nuclear export signal (NES) was identified specifically for the nuclear export of the M1 protein. The predicted NES, designated the Flu-A-M1 NES, is highly conserved among all sequences from the influenza A virus subtype, but no similar NES motifs are found in the M1 sequences of influenza B or C viruses. The biological function of the Flu-A-M1 NES was demonstrated by its ability to translocate an enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)-NES fusion protein from the nucleus to the cytoplasm in transfected cells, compared to the even nuclear and cytoplasmic distribution of EGFP. The translocation of EGFP-NES from the nucleus to the cytoplasm was not inhibited by leptomycin B. NES mutations in M1 caused a nuclear retention of the protein and an increased nuclear accumulation of NEP during transfection. Indeed, as shown by rescued recombinant viruses, the mutation of the NES impaired the nuclear export of M1 and significantly reduced the virus titer compared to titers of wild-type viruses. The NES-defective M1 protein was retained in the nucleus during infection, accompanied by a lowered efficiency of the nuclear export of viral RNPs (vRNPs). In conclusion, M1 nuclear export was specifically dependent on the Flu-A-M1 NES and critical for influenza A virus replication.
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Cai M, Wang S, Long J, Zheng C. Probing of the nuclear import and export signals and subcellular transport mechanism of varicella-zoster virus tegument protein open reading frame 10. Med Microbiol Immunol 2012; 201:103-11. [PMID: 21755366 DOI: 10.1007/s00430-011-0211-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2011] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Varicella-zoster virus open reading frame 10 (ORF10), a tegument protein present in the virion, is a member of the alphaherpesvirus UL48 gene family that shares considerable amino acid sequence homology with the UL48 prototype, herpes simplex virus type 1 VP16. VP16 serves multiple functions, including transcriptional activation of viral immediate-early genes. Furthermore, VP16 has been shown to be involved in some aspects of virus assembly and/or maturation. However, little is known concerning the function of ORF10. Here, we found that transient expression of ORF10 fused to enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (EYFP) in COS-7 cells showed the predominantly nuclear localization in the absence of other viral proteins. By constructing a series of ORF10 variants fused to EYFP, a bona fide bipartite nuclear localization signal of ORF10 was, for the first time, determined and mapped to amino acids (aa) 302-347. Additionally, the nuclear export signal (NES) was identified and found to be in a leucine-rich region at aa 226-236. Finally, ORF10 was demonstrated to be targeted to the cytoplasm through the functional NES by chromosomal region maintenance 1-dependent pathway, and to the nucleus via Ran and importin β1-dependent pathway that does not require importin α5.
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- Mingsheng Cai
- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuchang, Wuhan, China
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Xu J, Zhang B, Jiang C, Ming F. RceIF5A, encoding an eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A in Rosa chinensis, can enhance thermotolerance, oxidative and osmotic stress resistance of Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2011; 75:167-78. [PMID: 21107886 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-010-9716-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2010] [Accepted: 11/15/2010] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF5A) is the only cellular protein known to contain the unusual amino acid hypusine. It is a highly conserved protein found in all eukaryotic organisms. Although originally identified as a translation initiation factor, recent studies suggest that eIF5A is mainly involved in translation elongation, mRNA turnover and decay, cell proliferation, and programmed cell death. However, the precise cellular function of eIF5A remains largely unknown, especially in plants. Here, we report the identification and characterization of RceIF5A from Rosa chinensis. RceIF5A expression is up-regulated in Rosa chinensis under high temperature, and oxidative and osmotic stress conditions. We produced transgenic Arabidopsis that constitutively enhanced or suppressed expression of RceIF5A. The RceIF5A over-expression plants exhibited increased resistance to heat, and oxidative and osmotic stresses, while the suppressed expression plants (three AteIF5A isoforms in Arabidopsis were down-regulated) showed more susceptibility to these stresses. These results reveal a new physiological role for eIF5A in plants and contribute to the elucidation of the molecular mechanisms involved in the stress response pathway.
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- Jianyao Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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Robbins RD, Tersey SA, Ogihara T, Gupta D, Farb TB, Ficorilli J, Bokvist K, Maier B, Mirmira RG. Inhibition of deoxyhypusine synthase enhances islet {beta} cell function and survival in the setting of endoplasmic reticulum stress and type 2 diabetes. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:39943-52. [PMID: 20956533 PMCID: PMC3000976 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.170142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2010] [Revised: 10/04/2010] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Islet β cell dysfunction resulting from inflammation, ER stress, and oxidative stress is a key determinant in the progression from insulin resistance to type 2 diabetes mellitus. It was recently shown that the enzyme deoxyhypusine synthase (DHS) promotes early cytokine-induced inflammation in the β cell. DHS catalyzes the conversion of lysine to hypusine, an amino acid that is unique to the translational elongation factor eIF5A. Here, we sought to determine whether DHS activity contributes to β cell dysfunction in models of type 2 diabetes in mice and β cell lines. A 2-week treatment of obese diabetic C57BLKS/J-db/db mice with the DHS inhibitor GC7 resulted in improved glucose tolerance, increased insulin release, and enhanced β cell mass. Thapsigargin treatment of β cells in vitro induces a picture of ER stress and apoptosis similar to that seen in db/db mice; in this setting, DHS inhibition led to a block in CHOP (CAAT/enhancer binding protein homologous protein) production despite >30-fold activation of Chop gene transcription. Blockage of CHOP translation resulted in reduction of downstream caspase-3 cleavage and near-complete protection of cells from apoptotic death. DHS inhibition appeared to prevent the cytoplasmic co-localization of eIF5A with the ER, possibly precluding the participation of eIF5A in translational elongation at ER-based ribosomes. We conclude that hypusination by DHS is required for the ongoing production of proteins, particularly CHOP, in response to ER stress in the β cell.
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- Reiesha D. Robbins
- From the Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904
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- the Department of Pediatrics and the Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
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- the Department of Pediatrics and the Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
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- the Department of Pediatrics and the Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
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- the Lilly Research Labs, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana 46285, and
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- the Lilly Research Labs, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana 46285, and
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- the Lilly Research Labs, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana 46285, and
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- the Department of Pediatrics and the Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
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- the Department of Pediatrics and the Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
- the Departments of Medicine and of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
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Na H, Huisman W, Ellestad KK, Phillips TR, Power C. Domain- and nucleotide-specific Rev response element regulation of feline immunodeficiency virus production. Virology 2010; 404:246-60. [PMID: 20570310 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2010.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2009] [Revised: 02/23/2010] [Accepted: 04/09/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Computational analysis of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) RNA sequences indicated that common FIV strains contain a rev response element (RRE) defined by a long unbranched hairpin with 6 stem-loop sub-domains, termed stem-loop A (SLA). To examine the role of the RNA secondary structure of the RRE, mutational analyses were performed in both an infectious FIV molecular clone and a FIV CAT-RRE reporter system. These studies disclosed that the stems within SLA (SA1, 2, 3, 4, and 5) of the RRE were critical but SA6 was not essential for FIV replication and CAT expression. These studies also revealed that the secondary structure rather than an antisense protein (ASP) mediates virus expression and replication in vitro. In addition, a single synonymous mutation within the FIV-RRE, SA3/45, reduced viral reverse transcriptase activity and p24 expression after transfection but in addition also showed a marked reduction in viral expression and production following infection.
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- Hong Na
- Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2S2
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Maier B, Ogihara T, Trace AP, Tersey SA, Robbins RD, Chakrabarti SK, Nunemaker CS, Stull ND, Taylor CA, Thompson JE, Dondero RS, Lewis EC, Dinarello CA, Nadler JL, Mirmira RG. The unique hypusine modification of eIF5A promotes islet beta cell inflammation and dysfunction in mice. J Clin Invest 2010; 120:2156-70. [PMID: 20501948 PMCID: PMC2877928 DOI: 10.1172/jci38924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2009] [Accepted: 03/10/2010] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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In both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, pancreatic islet dysfunction results in part from cytokine-mediated inflammation. The ubiquitous eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF5A), which is the only protein to contain the amino acid hypusine, contributes to the production of proinflammatory cytokines. We therefore investigated whether eIF5A participates in the inflammatory cascade leading to islet dysfunction during the development of diabetes. As described herein, we found that eIF5A regulates iNOS levels and that eIF5A depletion as well as the inhibition of hypusination protects against glucose intolerance in inflammatory mouse models of diabetes. We observed that following knockdown of eIF5A expression, mice were resistant to beta cell loss and the development of hyperglycemia in the low-dose streptozotocin model of diabetes. The depletion of eIF5A led to impaired translation of iNOS-encoding mRNA within the islet. A role for the hypusine residue of eIF5A in islet inflammatory responses was suggested by the observation that inhibition of hypusine synthesis reduced translation of iNOS-encoding mRNA in rodent beta cells and human islets and protected mice against the development of glucose intolerance the low-dose streptozotocin model of diabetes. Further analysis revealed that hypusine is required in part for nuclear export of iNOS-encoding mRNA, a process that involved the export protein exportin1. These observations identify the hypusine modification of eIF5A as a potential therapeutic target for preserving islet function under inflammatory conditions.
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- Bernhard Maier
- Department of Pediatrics and Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and
Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine and Strelitz Diabetes Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Senesco Technologies Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Department of Medicine and Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and
Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine and Strelitz Diabetes Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Senesco Technologies Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Department of Medicine and Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and
Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine and Strelitz Diabetes Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Senesco Technologies Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Department of Medicine and Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and
Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine and Strelitz Diabetes Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Senesco Technologies Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Department of Medicine and Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and
Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine and Strelitz Diabetes Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Senesco Technologies Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Department of Medicine and Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and
Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine and Strelitz Diabetes Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Senesco Technologies Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Department of Medicine and Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and
Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine and Strelitz Diabetes Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Senesco Technologies Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Department of Medicine and Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and
Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine and Strelitz Diabetes Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Senesco Technologies Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Department of Medicine and Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and
Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine and Strelitz Diabetes Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Senesco Technologies Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Department of Medicine and Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and
Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine and Strelitz Diabetes Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Senesco Technologies Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Department of Medicine and Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and
Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine and Strelitz Diabetes Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Senesco Technologies Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Department of Medicine and Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and
Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine and Strelitz Diabetes Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Senesco Technologies Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Department of Medicine and Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and
Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine and Strelitz Diabetes Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Senesco Technologies Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Department of Medicine and Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and
Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine and Strelitz Diabetes Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Senesco Technologies Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Department of Medicine and Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and
Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine and Strelitz Diabetes Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Senesco Technologies Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Department of Medicine and Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Ding Q, Guo H, Lin F, Pan W, Ye B, Zheng AC. Characterization of the nuclear import and export mechanisms of bovine herpesvirus-1 infected cell protein 27. Virus Res 2010; 149:95-103. [PMID: 20109505 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2010.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2009] [Accepted: 01/19/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In previous study, we have identified a nuclear localization signal (NLS) and a nucleolar localization signal (NoLS) in bovine herpesvirus-1 (BHV-1) infected cell protein 27 (BICP27), which targets predominantly to the nucleolus. Furthermore, the C-terminal 300 amino acid residues targets exclusively to the cytoplasm, suggesting that BICP27 might contain a nuclear export signal (NES). Amino acid sequence analysis revealed that there is a cluster of leucine-rich residues resembling a NES. Heterokaryon assays demonstrated that BICP27 is capable of shuttling between the nucleus and the cytoplasm of the BHV-1 infected, BICP27 and BICP27-EYFP transfected cells. Deletion mutant analysis revealed that this property is attributed to the leucine-rich NES 299LEELCAARRLSL310. Moreover, the functional NES could mediate transport of a monomer EYFP and a dimer EYFP to the cytoplasm. The nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of BICP27 and the nuclear export of NES-EYFP and NES-dEYFP could be blocked by leptomycin LMB, an inhibitor of the chromosomal region maintenance 1 (CRM1), which is the receptor for exportin-1-dependent nuclear export. In addition, the nuclear import of BICP27 was inhibited by a dominant negative Ran-GTP, namely Ran-GTP Q69L, indicating that BICP27 localized to the nucleus by means of a classic Ran dependent nuclear import mechanism. In conclusion, these results demonstrate that BICP27 shuttles between the nucleus and the cytoplasm by the functional NES and NLS through a CRM1-dependent nuclear export pathway and a Ran dependent nuclear import pathway.
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- Qiong Ding
- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Molecular Virology and Viral Immunology Research Group, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, PR China
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Hoque M, Hanauske-Abel HM, Palumbo P, Saxena D, D'Alliessi Gandolfi D, Park MH, Pe'ery T, Mathews MB. Inhibition of HIV-1 gene expression by Ciclopirox and Deferiprone, drugs that prevent hypusination of eukaryotic initiation factor 5A. Retrovirology 2009; 6:90. [PMID: 19825182 PMCID: PMC2770518 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-90] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2009] [Accepted: 10/13/2009] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF5A has been implicated in HIV-1 replication. This protein contains the apparently unique amino acid hypusine that is formed by the post-translational modification of a lysine residue catalyzed by deoxyhypusine synthase and deoxyhypusine hydroxylase (DOHH). DOHH activity is inhibited by two clinically used drugs, the topical fungicide ciclopirox and the systemic medicinal iron chelator deferiprone. Deferiprone has been reported to inhibit HIV-1 replication in tissue culture. RESULTS Ciclopirox and deferiprone blocked HIV-1 replication in PBMCs. To examine the underlying mechanisms, we investigated the action of the drugs on eIF5A modification and HIV-1 gene expression in model systems. At early times after drug exposure, both drugs inhibited substrate binding to DOHH and prevented the formation of mature eIF5A. Viral gene expression from HIV-1 molecular clones was suppressed at the RNA level independently of all viral genes. The inhibition was specific for the viral promoter and occurred at the level of HIV-1 transcription initiation. Partial knockdown of eIF5A-1 by siRNA led to inhibition of HIV-1 gene expression that was non-additive with drug action. These data support the importance of eIF5A and hypusine formation in HIV-1 gene expression. CONCLUSION At clinically relevant concentrations, two widely used drugs blocked HIV-1 replication ex vivo. They specifically inhibited expression from the HIV-1 promoter at the level of transcription initiation. Both drugs interfered with the hydroxylation step in the hypusine modification of eIF5A. These results have profound implications for the potential therapeutic use of these drugs as antiretrovirals and for the development of optimized analogs.
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- Mainul Hoque
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, NJ 07103, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women's Health, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, NJ 07103, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, NJ 07103, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, NJ 07103, USA
- Current Address: Section of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Dartmouth Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, NJ 07103, USA
- Current Address: Section of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Dartmouth Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
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- National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, NJ 07103, USA
- Department of Medicine, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, NJ 07103, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, NJ 07103, USA
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The stability of AID and its function in class-switching are critically sensitive to the identity of its nuclear-export sequence. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:6736-41. [PMID: 19351893 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0810808106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The carboxyterminal region of activation-induced deaminase (AID) is required for its function in Ig class switch recombination (CSR) and also contains a nuclear-export sequence (NES). Here, based on an extensive fine-structure mutation analysis of the AID NES, as well as from AID chimeras bearing heterologous NESs, we show that while a functional NES is indeed essential for CSR, it is not sufficient. The precise nature of the NES is critical both for AID stabilization and CSR function: minor changes in the NES can perturb stabilization and CSR without jeopardizing nuclear export. The results indicate that the AID NES fulfills a function beyond simply providing a signal for nuclear export and suggest the possibility that the quality of exportin-binding may be critical to the stabilization of AID and its activity in CSR.
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Luchessi AD, Cambiaghi TD, Alves AS, Parreiras-E-Silva LT, Britto LRG, Costa-Neto CM, Curi R. Insights on eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF5A) in the brain and aging. Brain Res 2008; 1228:6-13. [PMID: 18606156 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.06.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2008] [Revised: 05/28/2008] [Accepted: 06/13/2008] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Long-term memory, a persistent form of synaptic plasticity, requires translation of a subset of mRNA present in neuronal dendrites during a short and critical period through a mechanism not yet fully elucidated. Western blotting analysis revealed a high content of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF5A) in the brain of neonatal rats, a period of intense neurogenesis rate, differentiation and synaptic establishment, when compared to adult rats. Immunohistochemistry analysis revealed that eIF5A is present in the whole brain of adult rats showing a variable content among the cells from different areas (e.g. cortex, hippocampus and cerebellum). A high content of eIF5A in the soma and dendrites of Purkinje cells, key neurons in the control of motor long-term memory in the cerebellum, was observed. Detection of high eIF5A content was revealed in dendritic varicosities of Purkinje cells. Evidence is presented herein that a reduction of eIF5A content is associated to brain aging.
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- Augusto D Luchessi
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Av Prof Lineu Prestes, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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Marín MP, Tomas M, Esteban-Pretel G, Megías L, López-Iglesias C, Egea G, Renau-Piqueras J. Chronic ethanol exposure induces alterations in the nucleocytoplasmic transport in growing astrocytes. J Neurochem 2008; 106:1914-28. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05514.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Chan JYH, Huang SM, Liu ST, Huang CH. The transactivation domain of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K overlaps its nuclear shuttling domain. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2008; 40:2078-89. [PMID: 18346927 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2008.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2007] [Revised: 01/24/2008] [Accepted: 02/11/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K (hnRNP K) protein is a versatile molecule that interacts with RNA, DNA, and a number of transcription factors, implicating it in transcription, splicing, and translation processes. The underlying mechanism of transcription stimulation by hnRNP K is not well understood. To explore the possibility of a putative transactivation activity of hnRNP K, we produced constructs in which the yeast Gal4 DNA-binding domain was fused to various hnRNP K fragments in one-hybrid mammalian cells. Our results reveal that the K nuclear shuttling (KNS) domain, a well-known signal for nuclear import and export, is also responsible for the transactivation activity of hnRNP K protein. Importin alpha and beta proteins are involved in the regulation of the transactivation activity of the KNS domain via their competition for the nuclear pore complex. Site-directed mutants of serine residue 353 to alanine or aspartic acid or a series of truncated mutants of amino acids 338-363 of hnRNP K suggest the transactivation activity of KNS is primarily dependent on its amino acid composition and intact structure. Our results suggest that endogenous p53 is not required for the activity of the KNS domain, but that overexpression of exogenous p53 might affect its activity in a dose-dependent manner. We thus demonstrate the existence of a strong transactivation domain in hnRNP K and define the regulatory mechanism involved in its protein-protein interaction within the KNS domain in cells.
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- James Yi-Hsin Chan
- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, 161, Section 6, MinChuan East Road, Taipei 114, Taiwan, ROC.
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Dissection of cytonuclear interactions is fundamentally important for understanding the genetic architecture of complex traits. Here we propose a mating design based on reciprocal crosses and extend the existing QTL mapping method to evaluate the contribution of cytoplasm and QTL x cytoplasm interactions to the phenotypic variation. Efficiency of the design and method is demonstrated via simulated data.
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- Zaixiang Tang
- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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Prechtel AT, Steinkasserer A. CD83: an update on functions and prospects of the maturation marker of dendritic cells. Arch Dermatol Res 2007; 299:59-69. [PMID: 17334966 DOI: 10.1007/s00403-007-0743-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2007] [Accepted: 02/12/2007] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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CD83 is one of the most characteristic cell surface markers for fully matured dendritic cells (DCs). In their function as antigen presenting cells they induce T-cell mediated immune responses. In this review we provide an overview on well described and proposed functions of this molecule as well as on very recent insights and new hypothesis. Already the CD83 messenger RNA processing differs remarkably from the processing of other cellular mRNAs: instead of the usual TAP mRNA export pathway, the CD83 mRNA is exported by the specific CRM1-mediated pathway, utilized only by a minority of cellular mRNAs. On the protein level, two different isoforms of CD83 exist: a membrane-bound and a soluble form. The isoforms are generated by different subsets of cells, including DCs, T-cells and B-cells, and also differ in their biological function. While the membrane-bound CD83 is of immune stimulatory capacity, activates T-cells and is important for the generation of thymocytes, the soluble CD83 has the opposite effect and has an immune inhibitory capacity. Due to its immune inhibitory function, CD83 has great potential for treatment of autoimmune diseases, for organ transplantations, and for immunotherapy, just to name a few examples. Moreover, some viruses prevent recognition by the host's immune system by specifically targeting CD83 surface expression.
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- Alexander T Prechtel
- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Erlangen, Hartmannstrasse 14, 91052, Erlangen, Germany.
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Felber BK, Zolotukhin AS, Pavlakis GN. Posttranscriptional Control of HIV‐1 and Other Retroviruses and Its Practical Applications. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY 2007; 55:161-97. [PMID: 17586315 DOI: 10.1016/s1054-3589(07)55005-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Barbara K Felber
- Human Retrovirus Pathogenesis Section, Vaccine Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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Chang DF, Belaguli NS, Chang J, Schwartz RJ. LIM-only protein, CRP2, switched on smooth muscle gene activity in adult cardiac myocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 104:157-62. [PMID: 17185421 PMCID: PMC1765427 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0605635103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Smooth muscle alpha-actin gene activity appears in promyocardial cells well before cardiac myocyte differentiation and is down-regulated during the onset of rhythmic contractility and cardiac morphogenesis. The levels of LIM-only CRP2 correlated well with smooth muscle gene activity. Cardiomyocyte-specific expression of CRP2 in transgenic mice showed robust expression of smooth muscle cell-specific transcripts and protein filaments in the adult heart. Protein transduction of a recombinant CRP2 protein, fused to the protein transduction domain of HIV, into neonatal heart cells induced de novo synthesis of smooth muscle cell-specific transcripts and proteins. The LIM zinc fingers in CRP2 were found to collaborate with Brg1 of the SNF/SWI complexes, recruited serum response factor, and remodeled smooth muscle target gene chromatin through histone acetylation. CRP2 may have a cytoskeletal role, but as a nuclear protein, CRP2 acted as a potent transcription coadaptor that remodeled silent cardiac myocyte chromatin and directed serum response factor-dependent smooth muscle gene activity.
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- David F. Chang
- *Center for Cardiovascular Development and
- Departments of Medicine and
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- Center for Molecular Development and Diseases, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX 77030
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- Center for Molecular Development and Diseases, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX 77030
- To whom correspondence should be addressed at:
Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Center for Molecular Development and Diseases, Texas A&M University, 2121 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77030-3303. E-mail:
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Lischka P, Rauh C, Mueller R, Stamminger T. Human cytomegalovirus UL84 protein contains two nuclear export signals and shuttles between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. J Virol 2006; 80:10274-80. [PMID: 17005707 PMCID: PMC1617278 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00995-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2006] [Accepted: 07/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Previous studies defined pUL84 of human cytomegalovirus as an essential regulatory protein with nuclear localization that was proposed to act during initiation of viral-DNA synthesis. Recently, we demonstrated that a complex domain of 282 amino acids within pUL84 functions as a nonconventional nuclear localization signal. Sequence inspection of this domain revealed the presence of motifs with homology to leucine-rich nuclear export signals. Here, we report the identification of two functional, autonomous nuclear export signals and show that pUL84 acts as a CRM-1-dependent nucleocytoplasmic shuttling protein. This suggests an unexpected cytoplasmic role for this essential viral regulatory protein.
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- Peter Lischka
- Institut für Klinische und Molekulare Virologie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schlossgarten 4, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany
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Gatza ML, Marriott SJ. Genotoxic stress and cellular stress alter the subcellular distribution of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 tax through a CRM1-dependent mechanism. J Virol 2006; 80:6657-68. [PMID: 16775353 PMCID: PMC1488944 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02270-05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2005] [Accepted: 04/14/2006] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 Tax is a predominantly nuclear viral oncoprotein that colocalizes with cellular proteins in nuclear foci known as Tax speckled structures (TSS). Tax is also diffusely distributed throughout the cytoplasm, where it interacts with and affects the functions of cytoplasmic cellular proteins. Mechanisms that regulate the distribution of Tax between the cytoplasm and nucleus remain to be identified. Since Tax has been shown to promote genome instability by perturbing cell cycle progression and DNA repair mechanisms following DNA damage, we examined the effect of genotoxic stress on the subcellular distribution and interacting partners of Tax. Tax localization was altered in response to various forms of cellular stress, resulting in an increase in cytoplasmic Tax and a decrease in Tax speckled structures. Concomitantly, colocalization of Tax with sc35 (a TSS protein) decreased following stress. Tax translocation required the CRM1 nuclear export pathway, and a transient interaction between Tax and CRM1 was observed following stress. These results suggest that the subcellular distribution of Tax and the interactions between Tax and cellular proteins respond dynamically to cellular stress. Changes in Tax distribution and interacting partners are likely to affect cellular processes that regulate cellular transformation.
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- Michael L Gatza
- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza MS-385, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Graf M, Ludwig C, Kehlenbeck S, Jungert K, Wagner R. A quasi-lentiviral green fluorescent protein reporter exhibits nuclear export features of late human immunodeficiency virus type 1 transcripts. Virology 2006; 352:295-305. [PMID: 16777165 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2006.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2005] [Revised: 02/23/2006] [Accepted: 05/02/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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We have previously shown that Rev-dependent expression of HIV-1 Gag from CMV immediate early promoter critically depends on the AU-rich codon bias of the gag gene. Here, we demonstrate that adaptation of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) reporter gene to HIV codon bias is sufficient to turn this hivGFP RNA into a quasi-lentiviral message following the rules of late lentiviral gene expression. Accordingly, GFP expression was significantly decreased in transfected cells strictly correlating with reduced RNA levels. In the presence of the HIV 5' major splice donor, the hivGFP RNAs were stabilized in the nucleus and efficiently exported to the cytoplasm following fusion of the 3' Rev-responsive element (RRE) and coexpression of HIV-1 Rev. This Rev-dependent translocation was specifically inhibited by leptomycin B suggesting export via the CRM1-dependent pathway used by late lentiviral transcripts. In conclusion, this quasi-lentiviral reporter system may provide a new platform for developing sensitive Rev screening assays.
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- Marcus Graf
- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Molecular Microbiology and Gene Therapy, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Jacob J, Sebastian KS, Devassy S, Priyadarsini L, Farook MF, Shameem A, Mathew D, Sreeja S, Thampan RV. Membrane estrogen receptors: genomic actions and post transcriptional regulation. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2006; 246:34-41. [PMID: 16423448 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2005.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The primary cellular location of the nuclear estrogen receptor II (nER II) is the plasma membrane. A number of reports that have appeared in the recent past indicate that plasma membrane localized estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha) also exists. Whether the membrane localized ERalpha represents the receptor that binds to the estrogen responsive element (ERE) remains to be known. The mechanisms that underlie the internalization of nER II (non-activated estrogen receptor, deglycosylated) have been identified to a certain extent. The question remains: is the primary location of the ERalpha also the plasma membrane? If that is the case, it will be a challenging task to identify the molecular events that underlie the plasma membrane-to-nucleus movement of ERalpha. The internalization mechanisms for the two 66kDa plasma membrane ERs, following hormone binding, appear to be distinct and without any overlaps. Interestingly, while the major gene regulatory role for ERalpha appears to be at the level of transcription, the nER II has its major functional role in post transcriptional mechanisms. The endoplasmic reticulum associated anchor protein-55 (ap55) that was recently reported from the author's laboratory needs a closer look. It is a high affinity estrogen binding protein that anchors the estrogen receptor activation factor (E-RAF) in an estrogen-mediated event. It will be interesting to examine whether ap55 bears any structural similarity with either ERalpha or ERbeta.
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- Julie Jacob
- Division of Molecular Endocrinology, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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AMENDOLA ALESSANDRA, RODOLFO CARLO, CARO ANTONINO, CICCOSANTI FABIOLA, FALASCA LAURA, PIACENTINI MAURO. “Tissue” Transglutaminase Expression in HIV‐Infected Cells. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb03906.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- ALESSANDRA AMENDOLA
- Laboratory of Virology, “Lazzaro Spallanzani”—IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Laboratory of Cell Biology and Electronic Microscopy, “Lazzaro Spallanzani”—IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata,” Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Virology, “Lazzaro Spallanzani”—IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology and Electronic Microscopy, “Lazzaro Spallanzani”—IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology and Electronic Microscopy, “Lazzaro Spallanzani”—IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology and Electronic Microscopy, “Lazzaro Spallanzani”—IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Department of Biology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata,” Rome, Italy
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Li L, Li HS, Pauza CD, Bukrinsky M, Zhao RY. Roles of HIV-1 auxiliary proteins in viral pathogenesis and host-pathogen interactions. Cell Res 2005; 15:923-34. [PMID: 16354571 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cr.7290370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Active host-pathogen interactions take place during infection of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Outcomes of these interactions determine the efficiency of viral infection and subsequent disease progression. HIV-infected cells respond to viral invasion with various defensive strategies such as innate, cellular and humoral immune antiviral mechanisms. On the other hand, the virus has also developed various offensive tactics to suppress these host cellular responses. Among many of the viral offensive strategies, HIV-1 viral auxiliary proteins (Tat, Rev, Nef, Vif, Vpr and Vpu) play important roles in the host-pathogen interaction and thus have significant impacts on the outcome of HIV infection. One of the best examples is the interaction of Vif with a host cytidine deaminase APOBEC3G. Although specific roles of other auxiliary proteins are not as well described as Vif-APOBEC3G interaction, it is the goal of this brief review to summarize some of the preliminary findings with the hope to stimulate further discussion and investigation in this exhilarating area of research.
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- Lin Li
- Department of Pathology, Institute of Human Virology,University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Flint SJ, Huang W, Goodhouse J, Kyin S. A peptide inhibitor of exportin1 blocks shuttling of the adenoviral E1B 55 kDa protein but not export of viral late mRNAs. Virology 2005; 337:7-17. [PMID: 15914216 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2005.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2004] [Revised: 12/20/2004] [Accepted: 04/01/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The human subgroup C adenoviral E1B 55 kDa and E4 Orf6 proteins are required for efficient nuclear export of viral late mRNAs, but the cellular pathway that mediates such export has not been identified. As a first step to develop a general approach to address this issue, we have assessed the utility of cell-permeable peptide inhibitors of cellular export receptors. As both E1B and E4 proteins have been reported to contain a leucine-rich nuclear export signal (NES), we synthesized a cell-permeable peptide containing such an NES. This peptide induced substantial inhibition of export of the E1B protein, whereas a control, non-functional peptide did not. However, under the same conditions, the NES peptide had no effect on export of viral late mRNAs. These observations establish that viral late mRNAs are not exported by exportin1, as well as the value of peptide inhibitors in investigation of mRNA export regulation in adenovirus-infected cells.
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- S J Flint
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, NJ 08544, USA.
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Kramer-Hämmerle S, Ceccherini-Silberstein F, Bickel C, Wolff H, Vincendeau M, Werner T, Erfle V, Brack-Werner R. Identification of a novel Rev-interacting cellular protein. BMC Cell Biol 2005; 6:20. [PMID: 15847701 PMCID: PMC1097722 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2121-6-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2004] [Accepted: 04/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Human cell types respond differently to infection by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Defining specific interactions between host cells and viral proteins is essential in understanding how viruses exploit cellular functions and the innate strategies underlying cellular control of HIV replication. The HIV Rev protein is a post-transcriptional inducer of HIV gene expression and an important target for interaction with cellular proteins. Identification of Rev-modulating cellular factors may eventually contribute to the design of novel antiviral therapies. RESULTS Yeast-two hybrid screening of a T-cell cDNA library with Rev as bait led to isolation of a novel human cDNA product (16.4.1). 16.4.1-containing fusion proteins showed predominant cytoplasmic localization, which was dependent on CRM1-mediated export from the nucleus. Nuclear export activity of 16.4.1 was mapped to a 60 amino acid region and a novel transport signal identified. Interaction of 16.4.1 with Rev in human cells was shown in a mammalian two-hybrid assay and by colocalization of Rev and 16.4.1 in nucleoli, indicating that Rev can recruit 16.4.1 to the nucleus/nucleoli. Rev-dependent reporter expression was inhibited by overexpressing 16.4.1 and stimulated by siRNAs targeted to 16.4.1 sequences, demonstrating that 16.4.1 expression influences the transactivation function of Rev. CONCLUSION These results suggest that 16.4.1 may act as a modulator of Rev activity. The experimental strategies outlined in this study are applicable to the identification and biological characterization of further novel Rev-interacting cellular factors.
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- Susanne Kramer-Hämmerle
- Institute of Molecular Virology, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, Rome 00133, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Genomatix Software GmbH, Landsbergerstr. 6, D-80339 München, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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Perales C, Carrasco L, González ME. Regulation of HIV-1 env mRNA translation by Rev protein. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2005; 1743:169-75. [PMID: 15777852 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2004.09.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2003] [Revised: 07/20/2004] [Accepted: 09/24/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We have examined the effect of Rev on the regulation of the expression of RRE containing mRNAs when they were synthesised in the nucleus or directly in the cytoplasm. In the nuclear expression system, Rev enhanced env mRNA transport by about 1.6-fold, while translation of this mRNA was increased more than a 100-fold. These findings indicate that the target of Rev activity is located mainly at the translational level. Synthesis of Env using a recombinant vaccinia virus system, which synthesised env mRNA directly in the cytoplasm, is also enhanced by Rev. Finally, RRE functioning was examined using a luciferase mRNA bearing this element. Rev stimulated the synthesis of Luciferase both when the luc mRNA was made in the nucleus or in cytoplasm. Our results indicate that the effect of Rev on env mRNA transport is low compared with the enhancement of translation of this mRNA.
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- Celia Perales
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Younis I, Green PL. The human T-cell leukemia virus Rex protein. FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE : A JOURNAL AND VIRTUAL LIBRARY 2005; 10:431-45. [PMID: 15574380 PMCID: PMC2659543 DOI: 10.2741/1539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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A critical step in the life cycle of complex retroviruses, including HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 is the ability of these viruses to adopt a mechanism by which the genome-length unspliced mRNA as well as the partially spliced mRNAs are exported from the nucleus instead of being subjected to splicing or degradation. In HTLV, this is accomplished through the expression of the viral Rex, which recognizes a specific response element on the incompletely spliced mRNAs, stabilizes them, inhibits their splicing, and utilizes the CRM1-dependent cellular pathway for transporting them from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. Rex itself is regulated by phosphorylation, which implies that proper activation of the protein in response to certain cellular cues is an important tool for the virus to ensure that specific viral gene expression is allowed only when the host cell can provide the best conditions for virion production. Having such a critical role in HTLV life cycle, Rex is indispensable for efficient viral replication, infection and spread. Indeed, Rex is considered to regulate the switch between the latent and productive phases of the HTLV life cycle. Without a functional Rex, the virus would still produce regulatory and some accessory gene products; however, structural and enzymatic post-transcriptional gene expression would be severely repressed, essentially leading to non-productive viral replication. More detailed understanding of the exact molecular mechanism of action of Rex will thus allow for better design of therapeutic drugs against Rex function and ultimately HTLV replication. Herein we summarize the progress made towards understanding Rex function and its role in the HTLV life cycle.
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- Ihab Younis
- Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
- Center for Retrovirus Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
- Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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- Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
- Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
- Center for Retrovirus Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
- Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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Bennett EM, Lever AML, Allen JF. Human immunodeficiency virus type 2 Gag interacts specifically with PRP4, a serine-threonine kinase, and inhibits phosphorylation of splicing factor SF2. J Virol 2004; 78:11303-12. [PMID: 15452250 PMCID: PMC521795 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.20.11303-11312.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2004] [Accepted: 06/10/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Using a yeast two-hybrid screen of a T-cell cDNA library to identify cellular proteins that bind to the human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) Gag polyprotein, we identified PRP4, a serine-threonine protein kinase. Specific interaction of PRP4 and HIV-2 Gag was confirmed in in vitro and in vivo assays. The interacting region of HIV-2 Gag is located in the conserved matrix and capsid domains, while both the RS (arginine-serine-rich) domain and the KS (kinase) domain of PRP4 are able to bind to HIV-2 Gag. PRP4 is not incorporated into virus particles. HIV-2 Gag is able to inhibit PRP4-mediated phosphorylation of the splicing factor SF2. This is also observed with Gag from simian immunodeficiency virus, a closely related virus, but not with Gag from human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1. Our results provide evidence for a novel interaction between Gag and a cellular protein kinase involved in the control of constitutive splicing in two closely related retroviruses. We hypothesize that as Gag accumulates in the cell, down regulation of splicing occurs through reduced phosphorylation of SF2. At late stages of infection, this interaction may replace the function of the early viral regulatory protein Rev.
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- Erin M Bennett
- Department of Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, United Kingdom
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Sommer MN, Bevec D, Klebl B, Flicke B, Hölscher K, Freudenreich T, Hauber I, Hauber J, Mett H. Screening assay for the identification of deoxyhypusine synthase inhibitors. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR SCREENING 2004; 9:434-8. [PMID: 15296643 DOI: 10.1177/1087057104264031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The 1st step in the posttranslational hypusine [N(epsilon)-(4-amino-2-hydroxybutyl)lysine] modification of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF5A) is catalyzed by deoxyhypusine synthase (DHS). The eIF5A intermediate is subsequently hydroxylated by deoxyhypusine hydroxylase (DHH), thereby converting the eIF5A precursor into a biologically active protein. Depletion of eIF5A causes inhibition of cell growth, and the identification of eIF5A as a cofactor of the HIV Rev protein turns this host protein and therefore DHS into an interesting target for drugs against abnormal cell growth and/or HIV replication. The authors developed a 96-well format DHS assay applicable for the screening of DHS inhibitors. Using this assay, they demonstrate DHS inhibition by AXD455 (Semapimod, CNI-1493). This assay represents a powerful tool for the identification of new DHS inhibitors with potency against cancer and HIV.
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- Marc-Nicola Sommer
- Department of Assay Development and Screening, Axxima Pharmaceuticals AG, Max-Lebsche-Platz 32, D-81377 München, Germany.
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Samuilova O, Krogerus C, Pöyry T, Hyypiä T. Specific interaction between human parechovirus nonstructural 2A protein and viral RNA. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:37822-31. [PMID: 15226313 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m314203200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The functional properties of the nonstructural 2A protein are variable among different picornaviruses. The 2A protein of the human parechovirus 1 (HPEV1) has been shown to lack the proteolytic activity found in many other picornaviruses, but no particular function has been identified for HPEV1 2A. To obtain information about the role of HPEV1 2A in the viral life cycle, the protein was expressed in Escherichia coli. A polyclonal antibody was then raised against the protein and employed to investigate its subcellular localization in the infected cells by immunofluorescence microscopy. Typically, a diffuse cytoplasmic staining pattern, concentrated to the perinuclear area, was observed in the infected cells. However, at late stages of infection some infected cells also exhibited diffuse nuclear staining. Viral RNA, visualized by fluorescent in situ hybridization, partly colocalized with 2A in the perinuclear region. Three experimental approaches including Northwestern blot, UV cross-linking, and gel retardation demonstrated that 2A possesses RNA binding activity. Competition experiments with various single-stranded RNA molecules addressed the specificity of 2A binding. These studies revealed that the 2A protein bound RNA corresponding to the 3'-untranslated region (UTR) of the viral genome with highest affinity. At the N- and C-terminal ends of the protein, two regions, necessary for RNA binding, were identified by mutagenesis. In addition, we demonstrated that 2A has affinity to double-stranded RNA containing 3'UTR(+)-3'UTR(-). In conclusion, our experiments showed that HPEV1 2A binds to viral 3'UTR RNA, a feature that could be important for the function of the protein during HPEV1 replication.
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- Olga Samuilova
- Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, P. O. Box 21, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Klaus Strebel
- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Viral Biochemistry Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Building-Room 310, 4 Center Drive, MSC 0460, Bethesda, MD 20892-0460, USA.
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Thompson JE, Hopkins MT, Taylor C, Wang TW. Regulation of senescence by eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A: implications for plant growth and development. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2004; 9:174-9. [PMID: 15063867 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2004.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Regulation of protein synthesis is increasingly being recognized as an important determinant of cell proliferation and senescence. In particular, recent evidence indicates that eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF-A) plays a pivotal role in this determination. Separate isoforms of eIF-5A appear to facilitate the translation of mRNAs required for cell division and cell death. This raises the possibility that eIF-5A isoforms are elements of a biological switch that is in one position in dividing cells and in another position in dying cells. Changes in the position of this putative switch in response to physiological and environmental cues are likely to have a significant impact on plant growth and development.
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- John E Thompson
- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1.
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Franc BL, Mandl SJ, Siprashvili Z, Wender P, Contag CH. Breaching Biological Barriers: Protein Translocation Domains as Tools for Molecular Imaging and Therapy. Mol Imaging 2003; 2:313-23. [PMID: 14717330 DOI: 10.1162/15353500200303148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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The lipid bilayer of a cell presents a significant barrier for the delivery of many molecular imaging reagents into cells at target sites in the body. Protein translocation domains (PTDs) are peptides that breach this barrier. Conjugation of PTDs to imaging agents can be utilized to facilitate the delivery of these agents through the cell wall, and in some cases, into the cell nucleus, and have potential for in vitro and in vivo applications. PTD imaging conjugates have included small molecules, peptides, proteins, DNA, metal chelates, and magnetic nanoparticles. The full potential of the use of PTDs in novel in vivo molecular probes is currently under investigation. Cells have been labeled in culture using magnetic nanoparticles derivatized with a PTD and monitored in vivo to assess trafficking patterns relative to cells expressing a target antigen. In vivo imaging of PTD-mediated gene transfer to cells of the skin has been demonstrated in living animals. Here we review several natural and synthetic PTDs that have evolved in the quest for easier translocation across biological barriers and the application of these peptide domains to in vivo delivery of imaging agents.
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- Benjamin L Franc
- Department of Radiology, Nuclear Medicine Program, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0252, USA.
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Xiao Z, Brownawell AM, Macara IG, Lodish HF. A novel nuclear export signal in Smad1 is essential for its signaling activity. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:34245-52. [PMID: 12821673 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m301596200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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To investigate the subcellular distributions of Smad proteins, the intracellular mediators of transforming growth factor-beta family cytokines, we examined their sequences for nuclear export signals (NES). We found a leucine-rich NES-like motif (termed NES2) in the central linker region of the receptor-regulated Smads that is absent from the other two classes of Smads (Co-Smads and I-Smads). In microinjection assays, NES2 peptide caused nuclear export of a fused glutathione S-transferase protein. Mutations in NES2 converted Smad1 from an even distribution throughout the cells into an exclusive nuclear localization in both transiently and stably expressing cell lines, and this nuclear enrichment was more pronounced than that induced by mutations in NES1. Furthermore, overexpression of CRM1, the cellular export receptor, transforms Smad1 into a mostly cytoplasmic profile by enhancing its nuclear export. The Smad1 NES2 mutant but not the Smad1 NES1 mutant is mostly resistant to this cytoplasmic targeting, indicating that NES2, not NES1, is the major target for CRM1 in Smad1. We further confirmed the functionality of NES2 by a heterokaryon assay. The Smad1 NES1 mutant displays good ligand responsiveness and moderately lowered transcriptional activity compared with wild type Smad1. In contrast, the Smad1 NES2 mutant shows a severe disruption in reporter gene activation, minimal response to bone morphogenetic protein stimulation, and significantly lowered bone morphogenetic protein-induced phosphorylation, which may be the reason for its deficient transcription activity. Thus, we have defined a major NES in Smad1 that is essential for its ligand-induced coupling with cell surface receptors and hence, transcriptional activity. Our study, along with recent studies of the nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of Smad2 and Smad3 proteins, demonstrate that continued nucleocytoplasmic shuttling is a common requisite for the active signaling of R-Smads. Although conserved in other R-Smads such as Smad3, NES2 is not functional in these R-Smads because CRM1 overexpression fails to target them to cytoplasm. Possible reasons for this discrepancy are discussed.
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- Zhan Xiao
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA
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Böhm M, Sawicka K, Siebrasse JP, Brehmer-Fastnacht A, Peters R, Klempnauer KH. The transformation suppressor protein Pdcd4 shuttles between nucleus and cytoplasm and binds RNA. Oncogene 2003; 22:4905-10. [PMID: 12894233 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1206710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The Pdcd4 gene has originally been isolated in a search for genes that are activated in cells undergoing apoptosis. Independent of these studies, the Pdcd4 gene has been implicated in the suppression of tumor-promoter-mediated transformation of keratinocytes and as a downstream target of Myb in hematopoietic cells. The Pdcd4 protein has weak homology to the eucaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4G and has been shown to interact with certain translation initiation factors. To explore the molecular function of the Pdcd4 protein, we have studied its subcellular localization. We show that the Pdcd4 protein is a predominantly nuclear protein under normal growth conditions and that it is exported from the nucleus by a leptomycin B-sensitive mechanism upon serum withdrawal. The protein contains two nuclear export signals, one of which is very potent. In addition, we demonstrate that the Pdcd4 protein has RNA-binding activity and that the sequences involved in RNA-binding are located in the amino-terminal part of the protein. Taken together, our data raise the possibility that Pdcd4 is involved in some aspect of nuclear RNA metabolism in addition to its suspected role in protein translation.
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- Maret Böhm
- Institut für Biochemie, Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 2, D-48149 Münster1, Germany
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