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Anyetei-Anum CS, Evans RM, Back AM, Roggero VR, Allison LA. Acetylation modulates thyroid hormone receptor intracellular localization and intranuclear mobility. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2019; 495:110509. [PMID: 31319097 PMCID: PMC6708479 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2019.110509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2019] [Revised: 07/05/2019] [Accepted: 07/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
The thyroid hormone receptor (TR) undergoes nucleocytoplasmic shuttling, but is primarily nuclear-localized and mediates expression of genes involved in development and homeostasis. Given the proximity of TR acetylation and sumoylation sites to nuclear localization (NLS) and nuclear export signals, we investigated their role in regulating intracellular localization. The nuclear/cytosolic fluorescence ratio (N/C) of fluorescent protein-tagged acetylation mimic, nonacetylation mimic, and sumoylation-deficient TR was quantified in transfected mammalian cells. While nonacetylation mimic and sumoylation-deficient TRs displayed wild-type N/C, the acetylation mimic's N/C was significantly lower. Importins that interact with wild-type TR also interact with acetylation and nonacetylation mimics, suggesting factors other than reduced importin binding alter nuclear localization. FRAP analysis showed wild-type intranuclear dynamics of acetylation mimic and sumoylation-deficient TRs, whereas the nonacetylation mimic had significantly reduced mobility and transcriptional activity. Acetyltransferase CBP/p300 inhibition enhanced TR's nuclear localization, further suggesting that nonacetylation correlates with nuclear retention, while acetylation promotes cytosolic localization.
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- Cyril S Anyetei-Anum
- Department of Biology, College of William and Mary, 540 Landrum Drive, Integrated Science Center 3030, Williamsburg, VA, 23187, USA
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- Department of Biology, College of William and Mary, 540 Landrum Drive, Integrated Science Center 3030, Williamsburg, VA, 23187, USA
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- Department of Biology, College of William and Mary, 540 Landrum Drive, Integrated Science Center 3030, Williamsburg, VA, 23187, USA
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- Department of Biology, College of William and Mary, 540 Landrum Drive, Integrated Science Center 3030, Williamsburg, VA, 23187, USA
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- Department of Biology, College of William and Mary, 540 Landrum Drive, Integrated Science Center 3030, Williamsburg, VA, 23187, USA.
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Callegari A, Sieben C, Benke A, Suter DM, Fierz B, Mazza D, Manley S. Single-molecule dynamics and genome-wide transcriptomics reveal that NF-kB (p65)-DNA binding times can be decoupled from transcriptional activation. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1007891. [PMID: 30653501 PMCID: PMC6353211 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2018] [Revised: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Transcription factors (TFs) regulate gene expression in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes by recognizing and binding to specific DNA promoter sequences. In higher eukaryotes, it remains unclear how the duration of TF binding to DNA relates to downstream transcriptional output. Here, we address this question for the transcriptional activator NF-κB (p65), by live-cell single molecule imaging of TF-DNA binding kinetics and genome-wide quantification of p65-mediated transcription. We used mutants of p65, perturbing either the DNA binding domain (DBD) or the protein-protein transactivation domain (TAD). We found that p65-DNA binding time was predominantly determined by its DBD and directly correlated with its transcriptional output as long as the TAD is intact. Surprisingly, mutation or deletion of the TAD did not modify p65-DNA binding stability, suggesting that the p65 TAD generally contributes neither to the assembly of an "enhanceosome," nor to the active removal of p65 from putative specific binding sites. However, TAD removal did reduce p65-mediated transcriptional activation, indicating that protein-protein interactions act to translate the long-lived p65-DNA binding into productive transcription.
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- Andrea Callegari
- Institute of Physics, School of Basic Science, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.,Current address: EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, School of Basic Science, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.,Swiss National Centre for Competence in Research (NCCR) in Chemical Biology
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- Institute of Physics, School of Basic Science, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- UPSUTER, The Institute of Bioengineering (IBI), School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Swiss National Centre for Competence in Research (NCCR) in Chemical Biology.,Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), School of Basic Science, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Fondazione CEN, European Center for Nanomedicine Milano, Italy.,Experimental Imaging Center, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute Milano, Italy
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- Institute of Physics, School of Basic Science, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.,UPSUTER, The Institute of Bioengineering (IBI), School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Wang Z, Wong PK. Development of DNA Pair Biosensor for Quantization of Nuclear Factor Kappa B. BIOSENSORS-BASEL 2018; 8:bios8040126. [PMID: 30544696 PMCID: PMC6315435 DOI: 10.3390/bios8040126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2018] [Revised: 11/29/2018] [Accepted: 12/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB), regulating the expression of several genes that mediate the inflammatory responses and cell proliferation, is one of the therapeutic targets for chronic inflammatory disease and cancer. A novel molecular binding scheme for the detection of NF-κB was investigated for its affinity to Ig-κB DNA composed by dye and quencher fluorophores, and this specificity is confirmed by competing with the DNA sequence that is complementary to the Ig-κB DNA. We create a normalization equation to remove the negative effects from the various initial fluorophore concentrations and the background noise. We also found that a periodic shaking at a frequency could help to stabilize the DNA⁻protein binding. The calibration experiment, using purified p50 (NF-κB), shows that this molecular probe biosensor has a detection limit on the order of nanomolar. The limit of detection is determined by the binding performance of dye and quencher oligonucleotides, and only a small portion of probes are stabilized by DNA-binding protein NF-κB. The specificity experiment also shows that p50/p65 heterodimer has the highest affinity for Ig-κB DNA; p65 homodimer binds with intermediate affinity, whereas p50 shows the lowest binding affinity, and Ig-κB DNA is not sensitive to BSA (bovine albumin serum). The experiment of HeLa nuclear extract shows that TNF-α stimulated HeLa nuclear extract has higher affinity to Ig-κB DNA than non-TNF-stimulated HeLa nuclear extract (4-h serum response). Therefore, the molecular binding scheme provides a rapid, quantitative, high throughput, and automated measurement of the DNA-binding protein NF-κB at low cost, which is beneficial for automated drug screening systems.
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- Zhaohui Wang
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX 78363, USA.
- Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
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- Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
- Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
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Huang CY, Hsieh NT, Li CI, Weng YT, Liu HS, Lee MF. MED28 Regulates Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Through NFκB in Human Breast Cancer Cells. J Cell Physiol 2016; 232:1337-1345. [DOI: 10.1002/jcp.25610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2016] [Accepted: 09/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Chun-Yin Huang
- Department of Nutrition; China Medical University; Taichung Taiwan, R.O.C
- Department of Health and Nutrition Biotechnology; Asia University; Taichung Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Nutrition; China Medical University; Taichung Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences; Chang Jung Christian University; Tainan Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences; Chang Jung Christian University; Tainan Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology; National Cheng Kung University; Tainan Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences; Chang Jung Christian University; Tainan Taiwan, R.O.C
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SINKOVICS JOSEPHG. The cnidarian origin of the proto-oncogenes NF-κB/STAT and WNT-like oncogenic pathway drives the ctenophores (Review). Int J Oncol 2015; 47:1211-29. [PMID: 26239915 PMCID: PMC4583530 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2015.3102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2015] [Accepted: 06/26/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The cell survival pathways of the diploblastic early multicellular eukaryotic hosts contain and operate the molecular machinery resembling those of malignantly transformed individual cells of highly advanced multicellular hosts (including Homo). In the present review, the STAT/NF-κB pathway of the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis is compared with that of human tumors (malignant lymphomas, including Reed-Sternberg cells) pointing out similarities, including possible viral initiation in both cases. In the ctenophore genome and proteome, β-catenin gains intranuclear advantages due to a physiologically weak destructive complex in the cytoplasm, and lack of natural inhibitors (the dickkopfs). Thus, a scenario similar to what tumor cells initiate and achieve is presented through several constitutive loss-of-function type mutations in the destructive complex and in the elimination of inhibitors. Vice versa, malignantly transformed individual cells of advanced multicellular hosts assume pheno-genotypic resemblance to cells of unicellular or early multicellular hosts, and presumably to their ancient predecessors, by returning to the semblance of immortality and to the resumption of the state of high degree of resistance to physicochemical insults. Human leukemogenic and oncogenic pathways are presented for comparisons. The supreme bioengineers RNA/DNA complex encoded both the malignantly transformed immortal cell and the human cerebral cortex. The former generates molecules for the immortality of cellular life in the Universe. The latter invents the inhibitors of the process in order to gain control over it.
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- JOSEPH G. SINKOVICS
- St. Joseph Hospital's Cancer Institute Affiliated with the H.L. Moffitt Comprehensive Cancer Center; Department of Molecular Medicine, The University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA
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Groeneweg FL, van Royen ME, Fenz S, Keizer VIP, Geverts B, Prins J, de Kloet ER, Houtsmuller AB, Schmidt TS, Schaaf MJM. Quantitation of glucocorticoid receptor DNA-binding dynamics by single-molecule microscopy and FRAP. PLoS One 2014; 9:e90532. [PMID: 24632838 PMCID: PMC3954550 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2013] [Accepted: 02/02/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Recent advances in live cell imaging have provided a wealth of data on the dynamics of transcription factors. However, a consistent quantitative description of these dynamics, explaining how transcription factors find their target sequences in the vast amount of DNA inside the nucleus, is still lacking. In the present study, we have combined two quantitative imaging methods, single-molecule microscopy and fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, to determine the mobility pattern of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR), two ligand-activated transcription factors. For dexamethasone-activated GR, both techniques showed that approximately half of the population is freely diffusing, while the remaining population is bound to DNA. Of this DNA-bound population about half the GRs appeared to be bound for short periods of time (∼ 0.7 s) and the other half for longer time periods (∼ 2.3 s). A similar pattern of mobility was seen for the MR activated by aldosterone. Inactive receptors (mutant or antagonist-bound receptors) show a decreased DNA binding frequency and duration, but also a higher mobility for the diffusing population. Likely, very brief (≤ 1 ms) interactions with DNA induced by the agonists underlie this difference in diffusion behavior. Surprisingly, different agonists also induce different mobilities of both receptors, presumably due to differences in ligand-induced conformational changes and receptor complex formation. In summary, our data provide a consistent quantitative model of the dynamics of GR and MR, indicating three types of interactions with DNA, which fit into a model in which frequent low-affinity DNA binding facilitates the search for high-affinity target sequences.
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- Femke L. Groeneweg
- Department of Medical Pharmacology, Leiden University/LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Physics of Life Processes, Institute of Physics (LION), Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Cell & Developmental Biology, Biocenter, Würzburg University, Würzburg, Germany
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- Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology, Leiden University/LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology, Leiden University/LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Physics of Life Processes, Institute of Physics (LION), Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Van Royen ME, van Cappellen WA, Geverts B, Schmidt T, Houtsmuller AB, Schaaf MJM. Androgen receptor complexes probe DNA for recognition sequences by short random interactions. J Cell Sci 2014; 127:1406-16. [PMID: 24481814 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.135228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Owing to the tremendous progress in microscopic imaging of fluorescently labeled proteins in living cells, the insight into the highly dynamic behavior of transcription factors has rapidly increased over the past decade. However, a consistent quantitative scheme of their action is still lacking. Using the androgen receptor (AR) as a model system, we combined three different fluorescence microscopy assays: single-molecule microscopy, photobleaching and correlation spectroscopy, to provide a quantitative model of the action of this transcription factor. This approach enabled us to distinguish two types of AR-DNA binding: very brief interactions, in the order of a few hundred milliseconds, and hormone-induced longer-lasting interactions, with a characteristic binding time of several seconds. In addition, freely mobile ARs were slowed down in the presence of hormone, suggesting the formation of large AR-co-regulator complexes in the nucleoplasm upon hormone activation. Our data suggest a model in which mobile hormone-induced complexes of transcription factors and co-regulators probe DNA by briefly binding at random sites, only forming relatively stable transcription initiation complexes when bound to specific recognition sequences.
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Grimley R, Polyakova O, Vamathevan J, McKenary J, Hayes B, Patel C, Smith J, Bridges A, Fosberry A, Bhardwaja A, Mouzon B, Chung CW, Barrett N, Richmond N, Modha S, Solari R. Over expression of wild type or a catalytically dead mutant of Sirtuin 6 does not influence NFκB responses. PLoS One 2012; 7:e39847. [PMID: 22792191 PMCID: PMC3391194 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2012] [Accepted: 05/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
SIRT6 is involved in inflammation, aging and metabolism potentially by modulating the functions of both NFκB and HIF1α. Since it is possible to make small molecule activators and inhibitors of Sirtuins we wished to establish biochemical and cellular assays both to assist in drug discovery efforts and to validate whether SIRT6 represents a valid drug target for these indications. We confirmed in cellular assays that SIRT6 can deacetylate acetylated-histone H3 lysine 9 (H3K9Ac), however this deacetylase activity is unusually low in biochemical assays. In an effort to develop alternative assay formats we observed that SIRT6 overexpression had no influence on TNFα induced nuclear translocation of NFκB, nor did it have an effect on nuclear mobility of RelA/p65. In an effort to identify a gene expression profile that could be used to identify a SIRT6 readout we conducted genome-wide expression studies. We observed that overexpression of SIRT6 had little influence on NFκB-dependent genes, but overexpression of the catalytically inactive mutant affected gene expression in developmental pathways.
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- Rachel Grimley
- Platform Technology Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Platform Technology Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Computational Biology, GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
- Allergic Inflammation Discovery Performance Unit, GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Platform Technology Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Allergic Inflammation Discovery Performance Unit, GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Platform Technology Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Allergic Inflammation Discovery Performance Unit, GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Platform Technology Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Platform Technology Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Platform Technology Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Platform Technology Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Platform Technology Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Platform Technology Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Platform Technology Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Platform Technology Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Allergic Inflammation Discovery Performance Unit, GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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Othman S, Rahman NA, Yusof R. Induction of MHC Class I HLA-A2 promoter by dengue virus occurs at the NFκB binding domains of the Class I Regulatory Complex. Virus Res 2011; 163:238-45. [PMID: 22001567 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2011.09.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2011] [Revised: 09/28/2011] [Accepted: 09/30/2011] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
Abstract
Despite aggressive efforts in dengue research, the control of dengue diseases and discovery of therapeutics against them await complete elucidation of its complex immune-pathogenesis. Unlike many viruses that escape the host's immune responses by suppressing the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) Class I pathway, many Flaviviruses up-regulate the cell surface expression of MHC Class I complex. We recently reported MHC Class I HLA-A2 promoter activation by all serotypes of dengue virus (DV). The mechanism by which DV regulates this is further explored here in HepG2 human liver cell line. Using real-time PCR, evidence that, similar to infections by other Flaviviruses, DV infection has the ability to up-regulate the MHC Class I transcription and mRNA synthesis, is presented. The region responsive towards DV infection of all serotypes was mapped to the Class I Regulatory Complex (CRC) of the HLA-A2 promoter. Competition electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) with NFκB probe established the presence of specific DNA-protein complex in DV-infected nuclear extracts. Antibody-supershift assays identified the MHC Class I promoter activation by DV to occur through binding of p65/p50 heterodimers and p65 homodimers to κB1 and κB2 cis-acting elements, respectively, within the CRC, and not with the interferon consensus sequence (ICS). This study presents evidence of MHC Class I gene modulation by DV, hence providing a better understanding of dengue immune-pathogenesis that would consequently facilitate the discovery of antiviral therapeutics against dengue.
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- Shatrah Othman
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Elvenes J, Sjøttem E, Holm T, Bjørkøy G, Johansen T. Pax6 localizes to chromatin-rich territories and displays a slow nuclear mobility altered by disease mutations. Cell Mol Life Sci 2010; 67:4079-94. [PMID: 20577777 PMCID: PMC11115490 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-010-0429-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2010] [Revised: 05/26/2010] [Accepted: 06/01/2010] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Abstract
The transcription factor Pax6 is crucial for the embryogenesis of multiple organs, including the eyes, parts of the brain and the pancreas. Mutations in one allele of PAX6 lead to eye diseases including Peter's anomaly and aniridia. Here, we use fluorescence recovery after photobleaching to show that Pax6 and also other Pax family proteins display a strikingly low nuclear mobility compared to other transcriptional regulators. For Pax6, the slow mobility is largely due to the presence of two DNA-binding domains, but protein-protein interactions also contribute. Consistently, the subnuclear localization of Pax6 suggests that it interacts preferentially with chromatin-rich territories. Some aniridia-causing missense mutations in Pax6 have impaired DNA-binding affinity. Interestingly, when these mutants were analyzed by FRAP, they displayed a pronounced increased mobility compared to wild-type Pax6. Hence, our results support the conclusion that disease mutations result in proteins with impaired function because of altered DNA- and protein-interaction capabilities.
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- Julianne Elvenes
- Molecular Cancer Research Group, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, 9037 Tromso, Norway
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- Molecular Cancer Research Group, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, 9037 Tromso, Norway
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- Molecular Cancer Research Group, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, 9037 Tromso, Norway
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- Molecular Cancer Research Group, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, 9037 Tromso, Norway
- University College of Sør-Trøndelag, 7006 Trondheim, Norway
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- Molecular Cancer Research Group, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, 9037 Tromso, Norway
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Bishnoi M, Chopra K, Rongzhu L, Kulkarni SK. Protective Effect of Curcumin and its Combination with Piperine (Bioavailability Enhancer) Against Haloperidol-Associated Neurotoxicity: Cellular and Neurochemical Evidence. Neurotox Res 2010; 20:215-25. [DOI: 10.1007/s12640-010-9229-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2010] [Revised: 10/09/2010] [Accepted: 10/09/2010] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Corry GN, Raghuram N, Missiaen KK, Hu N, Hendzel MJ, Underhill DA. The PAX3 Paired Domain and Homeodomain Function as a Single Binding Module In Vivo to Regulate Subnuclear Localization and Mobility by a Mechanism That Requires Base-Specific Recognition. J Mol Biol 2010; 402:178-93. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2010] [Revised: 07/05/2010] [Accepted: 07/07/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Malnou CE, Brockly F, Favard C, Moquet-Torcy G, Piechaczyk M, Jariel-Encontre I. Heterodimerization with different Jun proteins controls c-Fos intranuclear dynamics and distribution. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:6552-62. [PMID: 20053986 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.032680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The c-Fos proto-oncogenic transcription factor defines a multigene family controlling many processes both at the cell and the whole organism level. To bind to its target AP-1/12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-responsive element or cAMP-responsive element DNA sequences in gene promoters and exert its transcriptional part, c-Fos must heterodimerize with other bZip proteins, its best studied partners being the Jun proteins (c-Jun, JunB, and JunD). c-Fos expression is regulated at many transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels, yet little is known on how its localization is dynamically regulated in the cell. Here we have investigated its intranuclear mobility using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, genetic, and biochemical approaches. Whereas monomeric c-Fos is highly mobile and distributed evenly with nucleolar exclusion in the nucleus, heterodimerization with c-Jun entails intranuclear redistribution and dramatic reduction in mobility of c-Fos caused by predominant association with the nuclear matrix independently of any binding to AP-1/12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-responsive element or cAMP-responsive element sequences. In contrast to c-Jun, dimerization with JunB does not detectably affect c-Fos mobility. However, dimerization with JunB affects intranuclear distribution with significant differences in the localization of c-Fos.c-Jun and c-Fos.JunB dimers. Moreover, c-Jun and JunB exert comparable effects on another Fos family member, Fra-1. Thus, we report a novel regulation, i.e. differentially regulated intranuclear mobility and distribution of Fos proteins by their Jun partners, and suggest the existence of intranuclear storage sites for latent c-Fos.c-Jun AP-1 complexes. This may affect the numerous physiopathological functions these transcription factors control.
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- Cécile E Malnou
- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, UMR5535, CNRS, 1919 route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Sung MH, Salvatore L, De Lorenzi R, Indrawan A, Pasparakis M, Hager GL, Bianchi ME, Agresti A. Sustained oscillations of NF-kappaB produce distinct genome scanning and gene expression profiles. PLoS One 2009; 4:e7163. [PMID: 19787057 PMCID: PMC2747007 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2009] [Accepted: 08/26/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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NF-kappaB is a prototypic stress-responsive transcription factor that acts within a complex regulatory network. The signaling dynamics of endogenous NF-kappaB in single cells remain poorly understood. To examine real time dynamics in living cells, we monitored NF-kappaB activities at multiple timescales using GFP-p65 knock-in mouse embryonic fibroblasts. Oscillations in NF-kappaB were sustained in most cells, with several cycles of transient nuclear translocation after TNF-alpha stimulation. Mathematical modeling suggests that NF-kappaB oscillations are selected over other non-oscillatory dynamics by fine-tuning the relative strengths of feedback loops like IkappaBalpha. The ability of NF-kappaB to scan and interact with the genome in vivo remained remarkably constant from early to late cycles, as observed by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP). Perturbation of long-term NF-kappaB oscillations interfered with its short-term interaction with chromatin and balanced transcriptional output, as predicted by the mathematical model. We propose that negative feedback loops do not simply terminate signaling, but rather promote oscillations of NF-kappaB in the nucleus, and these oscillations are functionally advantageous.
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- Myong-Hee Sung
- Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- * E-mail: Myong-Hee Sung, (MHS); (AA)
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- Chromatin Dynamics Unit, DIBIT, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Chromatin Dynamics Unit, DIBIT, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Chromatin Dynamics Unit, DIBIT, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- * E-mail: Myong-Hee Sung, (MHS); (AA)
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Zemach A, Paul LK, Stambolsky P, Efroni I, Rotter V, Grafi G. The C-terminal domain of the Arabidopsis AtMBD7 protein confers strong chromatin binding activity. Exp Cell Res 2009; 315:3554-62. [PMID: 19647732 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2009.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2009] [Revised: 07/26/2009] [Accepted: 07/27/2009] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The Arabidopsis MBD7 (AtMBD7) - a naturally occurring poly MBD protein - was previously found to be functional in binding methylated-CpG dinucleotides in vitro and localized to highly methylated chromocenters in vivo. Furthermore, AtMBD7 has significantly lower mobility within the nucleus conferred by cooperative activity of its three MBD motifs. Here we show that besides the MBD motifs, AtMBD7 possesses a strong chromatin binding domain located at its C-terminus designated sticky-C (StkC). Mutational analysis showed that a glutamic acid residue near the C-terminus is essential though not sufficient for the StkC function. Further analysis demonstrated that this motif can render nuclear proteins highly immobile both in plant and animal cells, without affecting their native subnuclear localization. Thus, the C-terminal, StkC motif plays an important role in fastening AtMBD7 to its chromosomal, CpG-methylated sites. It may be possible to utilize this motif for fastening nuclear proteins to their chromosomal sites both in plant and animal cells for research and gene therapy applications.
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- Assaf Zemach
- Department of Plant Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Differential striatal levels of TNF-alpha, NFkappaB p65 subunit and dopamine with chronic typical and atypical neuroleptic treatment: role in orofacial dyskinesia. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2008; 32:1473-8. [PMID: 18554768 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2008.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2008] [Revised: 05/05/2008] [Accepted: 05/06/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Long term use of typical neuroleptics such as haloperidol may be limited by unwanted motor side effects like tardive dyskinesia characterized by repetitive involuntary movements, involving the mouth, face and trunk. Atypical neuroleptics, such as clozapine and risperidone are devoid of these side effects. However the precise mechanisms of the neuronal toxicity induced by haloperidol are poorly understood. It is possible that typical and atypical antipsychotic differently affects neuronal survival and death and that these effects considerably contribute to the differences in the development of TD. The aim of the present study is to investigate the role of TNF-alpha and NFkappaB on the toxicity induced by chronic haloperidol administration in an animal model of tardive dyskinesia. Rats were treated for 21 days with: haloperidol (5 mg/kg), clozapine (5 and 10 mg/kg), risperidone (5 mg/kg) or saline. Orofacial dyskinetic movements and total locomotor activity was evaluated. Striatal levels of dopamine were measure by HPLC/ED whereas striatal levels of TNF-alpha and NFkappaB p65 subunit were measured by ELISA technique. Haloperidol increased orofacial dyskinetic movements and total locomotor activity (on day 22) (P<or=0.05). Clozapine and risperidone also increased the orofacial dyskinetic movements but that significantly less than haloperidol (P<or=0.05). Differential effect of haloperidol and atypical neuroleptics on striatal dopamine levels and striatal levels of TNF-alpha and NFkappaB p65 subunit was found out. Haloperidol significantly decreased the striatal dopamine levels whereas clozapine and risperidone did not. Haloperidol but not clozapine and risperidone significantly increased the levels of TNF-alpha and NFkappaB p65 subunit (P<or=0.05). The present study suggests the impossible involvement of striatal TNF-alpha and NFkappaB p65 subunit in haloperidol-induced orofacial dyskinesia in rats, an animal model for human tardive dyskinesia.
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Activation of striatal inflammatory mediators and caspase-3 is central to haloperidol-induced orofacial dyskinesia. Eur J Pharmacol 2008; 590:241-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.06.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2007] [Revised: 05/02/2008] [Accepted: 06/10/2008] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Corry GN, Hendzel MJ, Underhill DA. Subnuclear localization and mobility are key indicators of PAX3 dysfunction in Waardenburg syndrome. Hum Mol Genet 2008; 17:1825-37. [PMID: 18325909 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddn076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Mutations in the transcription factor PAX3 cause Waardenburg syndrome (WS) in humans and the mouse Splotch mutant, which display similar neural crest-derived defects. Previous characterization of disease-causing mutations revealed pleiotropic effects on PAX3 DNA binding and transcriptional activity. In this study, we evaluated the impact of disease alleles on PAX3 localization and mobility. Immunofluorescence analyses indicated that the majority of PAX3 occupies the interchromatin space, with only sporadic colocalization with sites of transcription. Interestingly, PAX3 disease alleles fell into two distinct categories when localization and dynamics in fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) were assessed. The first group (class I), comprising N47H, G81A and V265F exhibit a diffuse distribution and markedly increased mobility when compared with wild-type PAX3. In contrast, the G42R, F45L, S84F, Y90H and R271G mutants (class II) display evidence of subnuclear compartmentalization and mobility intermediate between wild-type PAX3 and class I proteins. However, unlike class I mutants, which retain DNA binding, class II proteins are deficient for this activity, indicating that DNA binding is not a primary determinant of PAX3 distribution and movement. Importantly, class I properties prevail when combined with a class II mutation, which taken with the proximity of the two mutant classes within the PAX3 protein, suggests class I mutants act by perturbing PAX3 conformation. Together, these results establish that altered localization and dynamics play a key role in PAX3 dysfunction and that loss of the underlying determinants represents the principal defect for a subset of Waardenburg mutations.
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- Gareth N Corry
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Angelelli C, Magli A, Ferrari D, Ganassi M, Matafora V, Parise F, Razzini G, Bachi A, Ferrari S, Molinari S. Differentiation-dependent lysine 4 acetylation enhances MEF2C binding to DNA in skeletal muscle cells. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 36:915-28. [PMID: 18086704 PMCID: PMC2241889 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm1114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Myocyte enhancer factor 2 (MEF2) proteins play a key role in promoting the expression of muscle-specific genes in differentiated muscle cells. MEF2 activity is regulated by the association with several transcriptional co-factors and by post-translational modifications. In the present report, we provide evidence for a novel regulatory mechanism of MEF2C activity, which occurs at the onset of skeletal muscle differentiation and is based on Lys4 acetylation. This covalent modification results in the enhancement of MEF2C binding to DNA and chromatin. In particular, we report that the kinetic parameters of MEF2/DNA association change substantially upon induction of differentiation to give a more stable complex and that this effect is mediated by Lys4 acetylation. We also show that Lys4 acetylation plays a prominent role in the p300-dependent activation of MEF2C.
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- Cecilia Angelelli
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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Paroni G, Fontanini A, Cernotta N, Foti C, Gupta MP, Yang XJ, Fasino D, Brancolini C. Dephosphorylation and caspase processing generate distinct nuclear pools of histone deacetylase 4. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:6718-32. [PMID: 17636017 PMCID: PMC2099224 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00853-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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From the nucleus, histone deacetylase 4 (HDAC4) regulates a variety of cellular processes, including growth, differentiation, and survival, by orchestrating transcriptional changes. Extracellular signals control its repressive influence mostly through regulating its nuclear-cytoplasmic shuttling. In particular, specific posttranslational modifications such as phosphorylation and caspase-mediated proteolytic processing operate on HDAC4 to promote its nuclear accumulation or export. To understand the signaling properties of this deacetylase, we investigated its cell death-promoting activity and the transcriptional repression potential of different mutants that accumulate in the nucleus. Here we show that, compared to that of other nuclear forms of HDAC4, a caspase-generated nuclear fragment exhibits a stronger cell death-promoting activity coupled with increased repressive effect on Runx2- or SRF-dependent transcription. However, this mutant displays reduced repressive action on MEF2C-driven transcription. Photobleaching experiments and quantitative analysis of the raw data, based on a two-binding-state compartmental model, demonstrate the existence of two nuclear pools of HDAC4 with different chromatin-binding properties. The caspase-generated fragment is weakly bound to chromatin, whereas an HDAC4 mutant defective in 14-3-3 binding or the wild-type HDAC5 protein forms a more stable complex. The tightly bound species show an impaired ability to induce cell death and repress Runx2- or SRF-dependent transcription less efficiently. We propose that, through specific posttranslation modifications, extracellular signals control two distinct nuclear pools of HDAC4 to differentially dictate cell death and differentiation. These two nuclear pools of HDAC4 are characterized by different repression potentials and divergent dynamics of chromatin interaction.
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- Gabriela Paroni
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biomediche, Sezione di Biologia, and MATI Center of Excellence, Università di Udine, Udine, Italy
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Vanden Berghe W, Ndlovu MN, Hoya-Arias R, Dijsselbloem N, Gerlo S, Haegeman G. Keeping up NF-κB appearances: Epigenetic control of immunity or inflammation-triggered epigenetics. Biochem Pharmacol 2006; 72:1114-31. [PMID: 16934762 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2006.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2006] [Revised: 07/13/2006] [Accepted: 07/17/2006] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Controlled expression of cytokine genes is an essential component of an immune response and is crucial for homeostasis. In order to generate an appropriate response to an infectious condition, the type of cytokine, as well as the cell type, dose range and the kinetics of its expression are of critical importance. The nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) family of transcription factors has a crucial role in rapid responses to stress and pathogens (innate immunity), as well as in development and differentiation of immune cells (acquired immunity). Although quite a number of genes contain NF-kappaB-responsive elements in their regulatory regions, their expression pattern can significantly vary from both a kinetic and quantitative point of view, reflecting the impact of environmental and differentiative cues. At the transcription level, selectivity is conferred by the expression of specific NF-kappaB subunits and their respective posttranslational modifications, and by combinatorial interactions between NF-kappaB and other transcription factors and coactivators, that form specific enhanceosome complexes in association with particular promoters. These enhanceosome complexes represent another level of signaling integration, whereby the activities of multiple upstream pathways converge to impress a distinct pattern of gene expression upon the NF-kappaB-dependent transcriptional network. Today, several pieces of evidence suggest that the chromatin structure and epigenetic settings are the ultimate integration sites of both environmental and differentiative inputs, determining proper expression of each NF-kappaB-dependent gene. We will therefore discuss in this review the multilayered interplay of NF-kappaB signaling and epigenome dynamics, in achieving appropriate gene expression responses and transcriptional activity.
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- Wim Vanden Berghe
- Laboratory for Eukaryotic Gene Expression and Signal Transduction (LEGEST), Department of Molecular Biology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.
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