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Vorreiter C, Robaa D, Sippl W. Exploring Aromatic Cage Flexibility Using Cosolvent Molecular Dynamics Simulations─An In-Silico Case Study of Tudor Domains. J Chem Inf Model 2024; 64:4553-4569. [PMID: 38771194 PMCID: PMC11167732 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.4c00298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2024] [Revised: 05/02/2024] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
Abstract
Cosolvent molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have proven to be powerful in silico tools to predict hotspots for binding regions on protein surfaces. In the current study, the method was adapted and applied to two Tudor domain-containing proteins, namely Spindlin1 (SPIN1) and survival motor neuron protein (SMN). Tudor domains are characterized by so-called aromatic cages that recognize methylated lysine residues of protein targets. In the study, the conformational transitions from closed to open aromatic cage conformations were investigated by performing MD simulations with cosolvents using six different probe molecules. It is shown that a trajectory clustering approach in combination with volume and atomic distance tracking allows a reasonable discrimination between open and closed aromatic cage conformations and the docking of inhibitors yields very good reproducibility with crystal structures. Cosolvent MDs are suitable to capture the flexibility of aromatic cages and thus represent a promising tool for the optimization of inhibitors.
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- Christopher Vorreiter
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry,
Institute of Pharmacy, Martin-Luther-University
of Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle, Saale, Germany
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry,
Institute of Pharmacy, Martin-Luther-University
of Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle, Saale, Germany
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry,
Institute of Pharmacy, Martin-Luther-University
of Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle, Saale, Germany
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Xiong Y, Greschik H, Johansson C, Seifert L, Gamble V, Park KS, Fagan V, Li F, Chau I, Vedadi M, Arrowsmith CH, Brennan P, Fedorov O, Jung M, Farnie G, Liu J, Oppermann U, Schüle R, Jin J. Discovery of a Potent, Selective, and Cell-Active SPIN1 Inhibitor. J Med Chem 2024; 67:5837-5853. [PMID: 38533580 PMCID: PMC11022035 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c00121] [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: 03/28/2024]
Abstract
The methyl-lysine reader protein SPIN1 plays important roles in various human diseases. However, targeting methyl-lysine reader proteins has been challenging. Very few cellularly active SPIN1 inhibitors have been developed. We previously reported that our G9a/GLP inhibitor UNC0638 weakly inhibited SPIN1. Here, we present our comprehensive structure-activity relationship study that led to the discovery of compound 11, a dual SPIN1 and G9a/GLP inhibitor, and compound 18 (MS8535), a SPIN1 selective inhibitor. We solved the cocrystal structure of SPIN1 in complex with 11, confirming that 11 occupied one of the three Tudor domains. Importantly, 18 displayed high selectivity for SPIN1 over 38 epigenetic targets, including G9a/GLP, and concentration dependently disrupted the interactions of SPIN1 and H3 in cells. Furthermore, 18 was bioavailable in mice. We also developed 19 (MS8535N), which was inactive against SPIN1, as a negative control of 18. Collectively, these compounds are useful chemical tools to study biological functions of SPIN1.
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- Yan Xiong
- Mount Sinai Center for Therapeutics Discovery, Departments of Pharmacological Sciences, Oncological Sciences and Neuroscience, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, United States
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- Department of Urology and Center for Clinical Research, University Freiburg Medical Center, Freiburg 79106, Germany
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, Botnar Research Center, NIHR Oxford BRU, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LD, U.K
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79104, Germany
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, Botnar Research Center, NIHR Oxford BRU, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LD, U.K
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- Mount Sinai Center for Therapeutics Discovery, Departments of Pharmacological Sciences, Oncological Sciences and Neuroscience, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, United States
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- Centre for Medicines Discovery, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7FZ, U.K.; Target Discovery Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7FZ, U.K
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada
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- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, 661 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A3, Canada
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada
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- Centre for Medicines Discovery, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7FZ, U.K.; Target Discovery Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7FZ, U.K
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- Centre for Medicines Discovery, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7FZ, U.K.; Target Discovery Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7FZ, U.K
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79104, Germany
- German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), Heidelberg 69120, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Freiburg 79104, Germany
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- Centre for Medicines Discovery, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7FZ, U.K.; Target Discovery Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7FZ, U.K
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- Mount Sinai Center for Therapeutics Discovery, Departments of Pharmacological Sciences, Oncological Sciences and Neuroscience, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, United States
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, Botnar Research Center, NIHR Oxford BRU, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LD, U.K
- Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LD, U.K
- Oxford Translational Myeloma Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LD, U.K
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- Department of Urology and Center for Clinical Research, University Freiburg Medical Center, Freiburg 79106, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Freiburg 79104, Germany
- CIBSS Centre of Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany
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- Mount Sinai Center for Therapeutics Discovery, Departments of Pharmacological Sciences, Oncological Sciences and Neuroscience, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, United States
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Zhao F, Deng Y, Yang F, Yan Y, Feng F, Peng B, Gao J, Bedford MT, Li H. Molecular Basis for SPINDOC-Spindlin1 Engagement and Its Role in Transcriptional Attenuation. J Mol Biol 2024; 436:168371. [PMID: 37977297 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2023.168371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Revised: 11/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
Abstract
Spindlin1 is a histone reader with three Tudor-like domains and its transcriptional co-activator activity could be attenuated by SPINDOC. The first two Tudors are involved in histone methylation readout, while the function of Tudor 3 is largely unknown. Here our structural and binding studies revealed an engagement mode of SPINDOC-Spindlin1, in which a hydrophobic motif of SPINDOC, DOCpep3, stably interacts with Spindlin1 Tudor 3, and two neighboring K/R-rich motifs, DOCpep1 and DOCpep2, bind to the acidic surface of Spindlin1 Tudor 2. Although DOCpep3-Spindlin1 engagement is compatible with histone readout, an extended SPINDOC fragment containing the K/R-rich region attenuates histone or TCF4 binding by Spindlin1 due to introduced competition. This inhibitory effect is more pronounced for weaker binding targets but not for strong ones such as H3 "K4me3-K9me3" bivalent mark. Further ChIP-seq and RT-qPCR indicated that SPINDOC could promote genomic relocation of Spindlin1, thus modulate downstream gene transcription. Collectively, we revealed multivalent engagement between SPINDOC and Spindlin1, in which a hydrophobic motif acts as the primary binding site for stable SPINDOC-Spindlin1 association, while K/R-rich region modulates the target selectivity of Spindlin1 via competitive inhibition, therefore attenuating the transcriptional co-activator activity of Spindlin1.
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- Fan Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78957, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Bioinformatics Division, Center for Synthetic and System Biology, Department of Automation, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Bioinformatics Division, Center for Synthetic and System Biology, Department of Automation, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78957, USA.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; SXMU-Tsinghua Collaborative Innovation Center for Frontier Medicine, MOE Key Laboratory of Coal Environmental Pathogenesis and Prevention, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030001, China; Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing 100084, China.
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Liu W, Yao Q, Su X, Deng Y, Yang M, Peng B, Zhao F, Du C, Zhang X, Zhu J, Wang D, Li W, Li H. Molecular insights into Spindlin1-HBx interplay and its impact on HBV transcription from cccDNA minichromosome. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4663. [PMID: 37537164 PMCID: PMC10400593 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40225-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023] Open
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Molecular interplay between host epigenetic factors and viral proteins constitutes an intriguing mechanism for sustaining hepatitis B virus (HBV) life cycle and its chronic infection. HBV encodes a regulatory protein, HBx, which activates transcription and replication of HBV genome organized as covalently closed circular (ccc) DNA minichromosome. Here we illustrate how HBx accomplishes its task by hijacking Spindlin1, an epigenetic reader comprising three consecutive Tudor domains. Our biochemical and structural studies have revealed that the highly conserved N-terminal 2-21 segment of HBx (HBx2-21) associates intimately with Tudor 3 of Spindlin1, enhancing histone H3 "K4me3-K9me3" readout by Tudors 2 and 1. Functionally, Spindlin1-HBx engagement promotes gene expression from the chromatinized cccDNA, accompanied by an epigenetic switch from an H3K9me3-enriched repressive state to an H3K4me3-marked active state, as well as a conformational switch of HBx that may occur in coordination with other HBx-binding factors, such as DDB1. Despite a proposed transrepression activity of HBx2-21, our study reveals a key role of Spindlin1 in derepressing this conserved motif, thereby promoting HBV transcription from its chromatinized genome.
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- Wei Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, SXMU-Tsinghua Collaborative Innovation Center for Frontier Medicine, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, 100084, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, 102206, China
- Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100730, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, SXMU-Tsinghua Collaborative Innovation Center for Frontier Medicine, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, SXMU-Tsinghua Collaborative Innovation Center for Frontier Medicine, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
- Chemical Biology Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, 1050 Boyles Str., Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, SXMU-Tsinghua Collaborative Innovation Center for Frontier Medicine, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, SXMU-Tsinghua Collaborative Innovation Center for Frontier Medicine, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, SXMU-Tsinghua Collaborative Innovation Center for Frontier Medicine, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
- Suzhou Puxin Life Science Technology, Ltd, Suzhou, 215124, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, SXMU-Tsinghua Collaborative Innovation Center for Frontier Medicine, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, 102206, China.
- Tsinghua Institute of Multidisciplinary Biomedical Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, SXMU-Tsinghua Collaborative Innovation Center for Frontier Medicine, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, 100084, China.
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Lui JC, Wagner J, Zhou E, Dong L, Barnes KM, Jee YH, Baron J. Loss-of-function variant in SPIN4 causes an X-linked overgrowth syndrome. JCI Insight 2023; 8:e167074. [PMID: 36927955 PMCID: PMC10243798 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.167074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Overgrowth syndromes can be caused by pathogenic genetic variants in epigenetic writers, such as DNA and histone methyltransferases. However, no overgrowth disorder has previously been ascribed to variants in a gene that acts primarily as an epigenetic reader. Here, we studied a male individual with generalized overgrowth of prenatal onset. Exome sequencing identified a hemizygous frameshift variant in Spindlin 4 (SPIN4), with X-linked inheritance. We found evidence that SPIN4 binds specific histone modifications, promotes canonical WNT signaling, and inhibits cell proliferation in vitro and that the identified frameshift variant had lost all of these functions. Ablation of Spin4 in mice recapitulated the human phenotype with generalized overgrowth, including increased longitudinal bone growth. Growth plate analysis revealed increased cell proliferation in the proliferative zone and an increased number of progenitor chondrocytes in the resting zone. We also found evidence of decreased canonical Wnt signaling in growth plate chondrocytes, providing a potential explanation for the increased number of resting zone chondrocytes. Taken together, our findings provide strong evidence that SPIN4 is an epigenetic reader that negatively regulates mammalian body growth and that loss of SPIN4 causes an overgrowth syndrome in humans, expanding our knowledge of the epigenetic regulation of human growth.
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- Julian C. Lui
- Section on Growth and Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and
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- Section on Growth and Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and
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- Section on Growth and Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and
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- Genetic Engineering Core, National Eye Institute, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Section on Growth and Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and
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- Section on Growth and Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and
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- Section on Growth and Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and
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Liu X, Zhang Y, Wen Z, Hao Y, Banks CAS, Lange JJ, Cesare J, Bhattacharya S, Slaughter BD, Unruh JR, Florens L, Workman JL, Washburn MP. Serial Capture Affinity Purification and Integrated Structural Modeling of the H3K4me3 Binding and DNA Damage Related WDR76:SPIN1 Complex. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.01.31.526478. [PMID: 36778327 PMCID: PMC9915617 DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.31.526478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
WDR76 is a multifunctional protein involved in many cellular functions. With a diverse and complicated protein interaction network, dissecting the structure and function of specific WDR76 complexes is needed. We previously demonstrated the ability of the Serial Capture Affinity Purification (SCAP) method to isolate specific complexes by introducing two proteins of interest as baits at the same time. Here, we applied SCAP to dissect a subpopulation of WDR76 in complex with SPIN1, a histone marker reader that specifically recognizes trimethylated histone H3 lysine4 (H3K4me3). In contrast to the SCAP analysis of the SPIN1:SPINDOC complex, H3K4me3 was copurified with the WDR76:SPIN1 complex. In combination with crosslinking mass spectrometry, we built an integrated structural model of the complex which revealed that SPIN1 recognized the H3K4me3 epigenetic mark while interacting with WDR76. Lastly, interaction network analysis of copurifying proteins revealed the potential role of the WDR76:SPIN1 complex in the DNA damage response. Teaser In contrast to the SPINDOC/SPIN1 complex, analyses reveal that the WDR76/SPIN1 complex interacts with core histones and is involved in DNA damage.
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Revealing the role of miRNA-489 as a new onco-suppressor factor in different cancers based on pre-clinical and clinical evidence. Int J Biol Macromol 2021; 191:727-737. [PMID: 34562537 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.09.089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Revised: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Recently, microRNAs (miRNAs) have shown to be potential therapeutic, diagnostic and prognostic targets in disease therapy. These endogenous non-coding RNAs contribute to regulation of different cellular events that are necessary for maintaining physiological condition. Dysregulation of miRNAs is correlated with development of various pathological events such as neurological disorders, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer. miRNA-489 is a new emerging miRNA and studies are extensively investigating its role in pathological conditions. Herein, potential function of miRNA-489 as tumor-suppressor in various cancers is described. miRNA-489 is able to sensitize cancer cells into chemotherapy by disrupting molecular pathways involved in cancer growth such as PI3K/Akt, and induction of apoptosis. The PROX1 and SUZ12 as oncogenic pathways, are affected by miRNA-489 in suppressing metastasis of cancer cells. Wnt/β-catenin as an oncogenic factor ensuring growth and malignancy of tumors is inhibited via miRNA-489 function. For enhancing drug sensitivity of tumors, restoring miRNA-489 expression is a promising strategy. The lncRNAs can modulate miRNA-489 expression in tumors and studies about circRNA role in miRNA-489 modulation should be performed. The expression level of miRNA-489 is a diagnostic tool for tumor detection. Besides, down-regulation of miRNA-489 in tumors provides unfavorable prognosis.
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Jiang X, Zhu X, Cheng Y, Azhar M, Xing X, Li W, Cao Y, Shi Q, Bao J. The Spin1 interactor, Spindoc, is dispensable for meiotic division, but essential for haploid spermatid development in mice. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2021; 19:144. [PMID: 34526015 PMCID: PMC8442334 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-021-00828-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
In mammals, germline development undergoes dramatic morphological and molecular changes and is epigenetically subject to intricate yet exquisite regulation. Which epigenetic players and how they participate in the germline developmental process are not fully characterized. Spin1 is a multifunctional epigenetic protein reader that has been shown to recognize H3 "K4me3-R8me2a" histone marks, and more recently the non-canonical bivalent H3 "K4me3-K9me3/2" marks as well. As a robust Spin1-interacting cofactor, Spindoc has been identified to enhance the binding of Spin1 to its substrate histone marks, thereby modulating the downstream signaling; However, the physiological role of Spindoc in germline development is unknown. We generated two Spindoc knockout mouse models through CRISPR/Cas9 strategy, which revealed that Spindoc is specifically required for haploid spermatid development, but not essential for meiotic divisions in spermatocytes. This study unveiled a new epigenetic player that participates in haploid germline development.
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- Xue Jiang
- Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, Anhui, 230001, People's Republic of China
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- Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, Anhui, 230001, People's Republic of China
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- Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, Anhui, 230001, People's Republic of China
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- Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, Anhui, 230001, People's Republic of China
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- Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, Anhui, 230001, People's Republic of China
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- Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, Anhui, 230001, People's Republic of China
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- Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, Anhui, 230001, People's Republic of China.
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- Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, Anhui, 230001, People's Republic of China.
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- Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, Anhui, 230001, People's Republic of China.
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Li D, Guo J, Jia R. Histone code reader SPIN1 is a promising target of cancer therapy. Biochimie 2021; 191:78-86. [PMID: 34492335 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2021.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Revised: 08/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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SPIN1 is a histone methylation reader, which can epigenetically control multiple tumorigenesis-associated signaling pathways, including the Wnt, PI3K/AKT, and RET pathways. Considerable evidence has shown that SPIN1 is overexpressed in many cancers, which can promote cell proliferation, transformation, metastasis, and chemical or radiation resistance. With the growing understanding of the SPIN1 protein structure, some inhibitors have been developed to interfere with the recognition between SPIN1 and histone H3K4me3 and H3R8me2a methylation and block the oncogenic functions of SPIN1. Therefore, SPIN1 is a potential target of cancer therapy. However, the mechanism by which SPIN1-transformed cells overcome the significant mitotic spindle defects and the factors promoting SPIN1 overexpression in cancers remain unclear. In this review, we described the current understanding of the SPIN1 protein structure and its expression, functions, and regulatory mechanisms in carcinogenesis, and discussed the challenges faced in the mechanisms of SPIN1 overexpression and oncogenic functions, and the potential application of anti-SPIN1 treatment in human cancers.
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- Di Li
- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; Department of Endodontics, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
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- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
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Luise C, Robaa D, Sippl W. Exploring aromatic cage flexibility of the histone methyllysine reader protein Spindlin1 and its impact on binding mode prediction: an in silico study. J Comput Aided Mol Des 2021; 35:695-706. [PMID: 34081238 PMCID: PMC8213585 DOI: 10.1007/s10822-021-00391-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
Abstract
Some of the main challenges faced in drug discovery are pocket flexibility and binding mode prediction. In this work, we explored the aromatic cage flexibility of the histone methyllysine reader protein Spindlin1 and its impact on binding mode prediction by means of in silico approaches. We first investigated the Spindlin1 aromatic cage plasticity by analyzing the available crystal structures and through molecular dynamic simulations. Then we assessed the ability of rigid docking and flexible docking to rightly reproduce the binding mode of a known ligand into Spindlin1, as an example of a reader protein displaying flexibility in the binding pocket. The ability of induced fit docking was further probed to test if the right ligand binding mode could be obtained through flexible docking regardless of the initial protein conformation. Finally, the stability of generated docking poses was verified by molecular dynamic simulations. Accurate binding mode prediction was obtained showing that the herein reported approach is a highly promising combination of in silico methods able to rightly predict the binding mode of small molecule ligands in flexible binding pockets, such as those observed in some reader proteins.
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- Chiara Luise
- Institute of Pharmacy, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Str.3, 06120, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Str.3, 06120, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Str.3, 06120, Halle/Saale, Germany.
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Structure-Based Design, Docking and Binding Free Energy Calculations of A366 Derivatives as Spindlin1 Inhibitors. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22115910. [PMID: 34072837 PMCID: PMC8199216 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22115910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Revised: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The chromatin reader protein Spindlin1 plays an important role in epigenetic regulation, through which it has been linked to several types of malignant tumors. In the current work, we report on the development of novel analogs of the previously published lead inhibitor A366. In an effort to improve the activity and explore the structure-activity relationship (SAR), a series of 21 derivatives was synthesized, tested in vitro, and investigated by means of molecular modeling tools. Docking studies and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were performed to analyze and rationalize the structural differences responsible for the Spindlin1 activity. The analysis of MD simulations shed light on the important interactions. Our study highlighted the main structural features that are required for Spindlin1 inhibitory activity, which include a positively charged pyrrolidine moiety embedded into the aromatic cage connected via a propyloxy linker to the 2-aminoindole core. Of the latter, the amidine group anchor the compounds into the pocket through salt bridge interactions with Asp184. Different protocols were tested to identify a fast in silico method that could help to discriminate between active and inactive compounds within the A366 series. Rescoring the docking poses with MM-GBSA calculations was successful in this regard. Because A366 is known to be a G9a inhibitor, the most active developed Spindlin1 inhibitors were also tested over G9a and GLP to verify the selectivity profile of the A366 analogs. This resulted in the discovery of diverse selective compounds, among which 1s and 1t showed Spindlin1 activity in the nanomolar range and selectivity over G9a and GLP. Finally, future design hypotheses were suggested based on our findings.
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Zhao F, Liu Y, Su X, Lee JE, Song Y, Wang D, Ge K, Gao J, Zhang MQ, Li H. Molecular basis for histone H3 "K4me3-K9me3/2" methylation pattern readout by Spindlin1. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:16877-16887. [PMID: 32994220 PMCID: PMC7864079 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.013649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Revised: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Histone recognition by "reader" modules serves as a fundamental mechanism in epigenetic regulation. Previous studies have shown that Spindlin1 is a reader of histone H3K4me3 as well as "K4me3-R8me2a" and promotes transcription of rDNA or Wnt/TCF4 target genes. Here we show that Spindlin1 also acts as a potent reader of histone H3 "K4me3-K9me3/2" bivalent methylation pattern. Calorimetric titration revealed a binding affinity of 16 nm between Spindlin1 and H3 "K4me3-K9me3" peptide, which is one to three orders of magnitude stronger than most other histone readout events at peptide level. Structural studies revealed concurrent recognition of H3K4me3 and H3K9me3/2 by aromatic pockets 2 and 1 of Spindlin1, respectively. Epigenomic profiling studies showed that Spindlin1 colocalizes with both H3K4me3 and H3K9me3 peaks in a subset of genes enriched in biological processes of transcription and its regulation. Moreover, the distribution of Spindlin1 peaks is primarily associated with H3K4me3 but not H3K9me3, which suggests that Spindlin1 is a downstream effector of H3K4me3 generated in heterochromatic regions. Collectively, our work calls attention to an intriguing function of Spindlin1 as a potent H3 "K4me3-K9me3/2" bivalent mark reader, thereby balancing gene expression and silencing in H3K9me3/2-enriched regions.
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- Fan Zhao
- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics Division, Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, BNRist, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Adipocyte Biology and Gene Regulation Section, Laboratory of Endocrinology and Receptor Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland USA
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Adipocyte Biology and Gene Regulation Section, Laboratory of Endocrinology and Receptor Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland USA
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics Division, Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, BNRist, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics Division, Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, BNRist, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; Department of Biological Sciences Center for Systems Biology, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Determining the three-dimensional structures of protein complexes is critically important to guide biological research. Structural models of complexes can be built using powerful integrative approaches that combine emerging technologies in mass spectrometry, molecular modeling, and protein docking; however, preparing enriched biochemical samples suitable for analysis remains a major challenge. Here we describe serial capture affinity purification (SCAP), which can be used for the study of protein interactions in live cells and, when combined with cross-linking mass spectrometry, contribute distance restraints for integrative structural modeling. This broadly applicable technology can be used to study any protein complex in human tissue culture cells. We demonstrate SCAP capabilities on a poorly characterized epigenetic protein complex with roles in human cancer. Streamlined characterization of protein complexes remains a challenge for the study of protein interaction networks. Here we describe serial capture affinity purification (SCAP), in which two separate proteins are tagged with either the HaloTag or the SNAP-tag, permitting a multistep affinity enrichment of specific protein complexes. The multifunctional capabilities of this protein-tagging system also permit in vivo validation of interactions using acceptor photobleaching Förster resonance energy transfer and fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy quantitative imaging. By coupling SCAP to cross-linking mass spectrometry, an integrative structural model of the complex of interest can be generated. We demonstrate this approach using the Spindlin1 and SPINDOC protein complex, culminating in a structural model with two SPINDOC molecules docked on one SPIN1 molecule. In this model, SPINDOC interacts with the SPIN1 interface previously shown to bind a lysine and arginine methylated sequence of histone H3. Our approach combines serial affinity purification, live cell imaging, and cross-linking mass spectrometry to build integrative structural models of protein complexes.
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Lv BB, Ma RR, Chen X, Zhang GH, Song L, Wang SX, Wang YW, Liu HT, Gao P. E2F1-activated SPIN1 promotes tumor growth via a MDM2-p21-E2F1 feedback loop in gastric cancer. Mol Oncol 2020; 14:2629-2645. [PMID: 32767629 PMCID: PMC7530787 DOI: 10.1002/1878-0261.12778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2019] [Revised: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common cancers around the world. Searching for specific gene expression changes during the development of GC could help identify potential therapy targets. We previously showed that the histone code reader SPIN1 may act as an oncogene in breast cancer. At present, the biological function and regulation of SPIN1 in GC remain unclear. Here, we demonstrate that SPIN1 is upregulated in GC tissues, compared with nontumorous gastric tissues. Increased expression of SPIN1 is closely associated with poor prognosis for patients with GC. Increased SPIN1 expression enhances GC cell proliferation, migration, and invasion and promotes cell cycle progression. Mechanically, SPIN1 sustains GC cell proliferation via activation of the MDM2-p21-E2F1 signaling pathway by binding to H3K4me3 of the MDM2 promoter region. Interestingly, E2F1 could directly bind to the SPIN1 promoter and activate its transcription, thus forming a positive feedback loop. Our data suggest that SPIN1 plays an important role in the development of GC and could be used as a promising prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target for GC.
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- Bei-Bei Lv
- Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of Ministry of Education, Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.,Department of Pathology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China.,Department of Pathology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of Ministry of Education, Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.,Department of Pathology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of Ministry of Education, Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.,Department of Pathology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of Ministry of Education, Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of Ministry of Education, Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.,Department of Pathology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China.,Department of Pathology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of Ministry of Education, Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.,Department of Pathology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, General Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of Ministry of Education, Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.,Department of Pathology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of Ministry of Education, Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.,Department of Pathology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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Xiong Y, Greschik H, Johansson C, Seifert L, Bacher J, Park KS, Babault N, Martini M, Fagan V, Li F, Chau I, Christott T, Dilworth D, Barsyte-Lovejoy D, Vedadi M, Arrowsmith CH, Brennan P, Fedorov O, Jung M, Farnie G, Liu J, Oppermann U, Schüle R, Jin J. Discovery of a Potent and Selective Fragment-like Inhibitor of Methyllysine Reader Protein Spindlin 1 (SPIN1). J Med Chem 2019; 62:8996-9007. [PMID: 31260300 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b00522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
By screening an epigenetic compound library, we identified that UNC0638, a highly potent inhibitor of the histone methyltransferases G9a and GLP, was a weak inhibitor of SPIN1 (spindlin 1), a methyllysine reader protein. Our optimization of this weak hit resulted in the discovery of a potent, selective, and cell-active SPIN1 inhibitor, compound 3 (MS31). Compound 3 potently inhibited binding of trimethyllysine-containing peptides to SPIN1, displayed high binding affinity, was highly selective for SPIN1 over other epigenetic readers and writers, directly engaged SPIN1 in cells, and was not toxic to nontumorigenic cells. The crystal structure of the SPIN1-compound 3 complex indicated that it selectively binds tudor domain II of SPIN1. We also designed a structurally similar but inactive compound 4 (MS31N) as a negative control. Our results have demonstrated for the first time that potent, selective, and cell-active fragment-like inhibitors can be generated by targeting a single tudor domain.
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- Yan Xiong
- Mount Sinai Center for Therapeutics Discovery, Departments of Pharmacological Sciences and Oncological Sciences, Tisch Cancer Institute , Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , New York , New York 10029 , United States
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- Department of Urology and Center for Clinical Research , University Freiburg Medical Center , Freiburg 79106 , Germany
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, Botnar Research Center, NIHR Oxford BRU , University of Oxford , Oxford OX37LD , U.K
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Freiburg , Freiburg 79104 , Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Freiburg , Freiburg 79104 , Germany
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- Mount Sinai Center for Therapeutics Discovery, Departments of Pharmacological Sciences and Oncological Sciences, Tisch Cancer Institute , Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , New York , New York 10029 , United States
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- Mount Sinai Center for Therapeutics Discovery, Departments of Pharmacological Sciences and Oncological Sciences, Tisch Cancer Institute , Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , New York , New York 10029 , United States
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- Mount Sinai Center for Therapeutics Discovery, Departments of Pharmacological Sciences and Oncological Sciences, Tisch Cancer Institute , Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , New York , New York 10029 , United States
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- Structural Genomics Consortium & Target Discovery Institute , University of Oxford , Oxford OX37DQ and OX37FZ, U.K
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- Structural Genomics Consortium & Target Discovery Institute , University of Oxford , Oxford OX37DQ and OX37FZ, U.K
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology , University of Toronto , Toronto , Ontario M5S 1A8 , Canada
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- Structural Genomics Consortium & Target Discovery Institute , University of Oxford , Oxford OX37DQ and OX37FZ, U.K
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- Structural Genomics Consortium & Target Discovery Institute , University of Oxford , Oxford OX37DQ and OX37FZ, U.K
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Freiburg , Freiburg 79104 , Germany
- German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ) , Heidelberg 69120 , Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) , Freiburg 79106 , Germany
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- Structural Genomics Consortium & Target Discovery Institute , University of Oxford , Oxford OX37DQ and OX37FZ, U.K
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- Mount Sinai Center for Therapeutics Discovery, Departments of Pharmacological Sciences and Oncological Sciences, Tisch Cancer Institute , Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , New York , New York 10029 , United States
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, Botnar Research Center, NIHR Oxford BRU , University of Oxford , Oxford OX37LD , U.K
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- Department of Urology and Center for Clinical Research , University Freiburg Medical Center , Freiburg 79106 , Germany
- BIOSS Centre of Biological Signalling Studies , University of Freiburg , Freiburg 79106 , Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) , Freiburg 79106 , Germany
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- Mount Sinai Center for Therapeutics Discovery, Departments of Pharmacological Sciences and Oncological Sciences, Tisch Cancer Institute , Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , New York , New York 10029 , United States
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Richa K, Karmaker R, Longkumer N, Das V, Bhuyan PJ, Pal M, Sinha UB. Synthesis, In Vitro Evaluation, Molecular Docking and DFT Studies of Some Phenyl Isothiocyanates as Anticancer Agents. Anticancer Agents Med Chem 2019; 19:2211-2222. [PMID: 31566135 DOI: 10.2174/1871520619666190930122137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Revised: 06/11/2019] [Accepted: 06/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Isothiocyanates (ITCs) are small molecules that are important in synthetic organic chemistry, but their actual importance lies in their potential as anti-carcinogens. Through this piece of work, an effort was made to assess the anti-cancer activity of some simple ITCs which can be synthesized through easy greener pathways. METHODS Cell proliferation assay was performed on ovarian cancer cells (PA-1) and non-tumorigenic ovarian epithelial cells (IOSE-364). Furthermore, qRT-PCR for transcript expression levels of Spindlin1 and caspases in ovarian cancer cells and cell cycle analysis was performed. In silico studies were incorporated to understand the mode of ligand-protein interaction, ADME/Toxicity and drug-likeliness parameters. Density functional theory studies have been also been employed on the ITCs to assess their efficiency in anticancer activity. RESULTS An inexpensive, environmentally benign pathway has been developed for synthesizing a series of ITCs. Among the synthesized ITCs, NC6 showed better cytotoxic effects as compared to its counterparts. Novel findings revealed that NC6 had 5-folds lower transcript expression levels of Spindlin1 and induced caspases 3 and 7 expressions assessed by qRT-PCR in ovarian cancer cells. Furthermore, flow cytometry assay showed the cell cycle arrest at G1/S phase of cell cycle. The molecular docking studies revealed favorable binding affinities and the physiochemical parameters were predicted to be compatible with drug-likeliness. CONCLUSION The results demonstrated the possibility that small isothiocyanate molecules which can be synthesized by a simple green methodology, can pose as promising candidates for their application as anticancer agents.
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- Kikoleho Richa
- Department of Chemistry, Nagaland University, Lumami-798627, Nagaland, India.,Bioinformatics Facility Centre, Nagaland University, Lumami-798627, Nagaland, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Nagaland University, Lumami-798627, Nagaland, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Nagaland University, Lumami-798627, Nagaland, India
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- Biological Sciences and Technology Division, Biotechnology Group, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (NEIST), Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Jorhat, Assam-785006, India
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- Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR- North East Institute of Science and Technology (NEIST), Jorhat, Assam-785006, India
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- Biological Sciences and Technology Division, Biotechnology Group, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (NEIST), Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Jorhat, Assam-785006, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Nagaland University, Lumami-798627, Nagaland, India
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Wang C, Zhan L, Wu M, Ma R, Yao J, Xiong Y, Pan Y, Guan S, Zhang X, Zang J. Spindlin-1 recognizes methylations of K20 and R23 of histone H4 tail. FEBS Lett 2018; 592:4098-4110. [PMID: 30381828 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2018] [Revised: 10/24/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Using methods combining cross-linking, pull-down assays, and stable isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture with mass spectrometry, we identified that the Tudor domain-containing protein Spindlin-1 recognizes trimethylation of histone H4 lysine 20 (H4K20me3). The binding affinity of Spindlin-1 to H4K20me3 is weaker than that to H3K4me3, indicating H4K20me3 as a secondary substrate for Spindlin-1. Structural studies of Spindlin-1 in complex with the H4K20me3 peptide indicate that Spindlin-1 attains a distinct binding mode for H4K20me3 recognition. Further biochemical analysis identified that Spindlin-1 also binds methylated R23 of H4, providing new clues for the function of Spindlin-1.
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- Chengliang Wang
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.,Key Laboratory of Structural Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.,Key Laboratory of Structural Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.,Key Laboratory of Structural Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Structural Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.,Key Laboratory of Structural Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.,Key Laboratory of Structural Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.,Key Laboratory of Structural Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China
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Choi JW, Zhou W, Nie ZW, Niu YJ, Shin KT, Cui XS. Spindlin1 alters the metaphase to anaphase transition in meiosis I through regulation of BUB3 expression in porcine oocytes. J Cell Physiol 2018; 234:8963-8974. [PMID: 30317618 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.27566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 09/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Spindlin 1 (SPIN1), which contains Tudor-like domains, regulates maternal transcripts via interaction with a messenger RNA (mRNA)-binding protein. SPIN1 is involved in tumorigenesis in somatic cells and is highly expressed in cancer cells. Nevertheless, the role of SPIN1 in porcine oocyte maturation remains totally unknown. To explore the function of SPIN1 in porcine oocyte maturation, knockdown, and overexpression techniques were used. SPIN1 mRNA was identified in maternal stages ranging from GV to MII. SPIN1 was localized in the cytoplasm and to chromosomes during meiosis. SPIN1 knockdown accelerated first polar body extrusion. Oocytes with overexpressed SPIN1 were arrested at the MI stage. SPIN1 depletion caused meiotic spindle defects and chromosome instability. The BUB3 signal was investigated, confirming that SPIN1 affects the stability of Bub3 mRNA as well as BUB3 expression. Further, overexpression of SPIN1 inhibited the degradation and regulation of G2/mitotic-specific cyclin-B1. In summation, SPIN1 regulates the meiotic cell cycle by modulating the activation of the spindle assembly checkpoint.
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- Jeong-Woo Choi
- Department of Animal Science, Chungbuk National University, Chungdae-ro 1, Seowon-Gu, Cheongju, Chungbuk, South Korea
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- Department of Animal Science, Chungbuk National University, Chungdae-ro 1, Seowon-Gu, Cheongju, Chungbuk, South Korea
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- Department of Animal Science, Chungbuk National University, Chungdae-ro 1, Seowon-Gu, Cheongju, Chungbuk, South Korea
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- Department of Animal Science, Chungbuk National University, Chungdae-ro 1, Seowon-Gu, Cheongju, Chungbuk, South Korea
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- Department of Animal Science, Chungbuk National University, Chungdae-ro 1, Seowon-Gu, Cheongju, Chungbuk, South Korea
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- Department of Animal Science, Chungbuk National University, Chungdae-ro 1, Seowon-Gu, Cheongju, Chungbuk, South Korea
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Zhang X, Zhu G, Su X, Li H, Wu W. Nucleolar localization signal and histone methylation reader function is required for SPIN1 to promote rRNA gene expression. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2018; 505:325-332. [PMID: 30249398 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.09.098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Accepted: 09/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Spindlin1 (SPIN1), a histone modification reader protein, was enriched in the cell nucleolus and facilitated rRNA expression. However, how SPIN1 localizes to the nucleolus and its functional role in rRNA gene expression remain unresolved. Here, we identified a nucleolar localization signal in the N-terminal region of SPIN1 that is essential for its enrichment and function in the nucleolus. We also discovered that, in addition to its H3K4me3 recognizing activity, the H3R8me2a-recognizing capacity of SPIN1 is also indispensable for stimulating rRNA expression. Chromatin immunoprecipitation results indicated that SPIN1 is required for the association or assembly of selective factor 1 (SL1) complex, probably facilitating the initiation of rDNA transcription through its H3 K4me3-R8me2a reader function.
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- Xiaolei Zhang
- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Center for Structural Biology, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China; Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Center for Structural Biology, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China; Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, 100084, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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Janecki DM, Sajek M, Smialek MJ, Kotecki M, Ginter-Matuszewska B, Kuczynska B, Spik A, Kolanowski T, Kitazawa R, Kurpisz M, Jaruzelska J. SPIN1 is a proto-oncogene and SPIN3 is a tumor suppressor in human seminoma. Oncotarget 2018; 9:32466-32477. [PMID: 30197756 PMCID: PMC6126697 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.25977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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SPIN1 is necessary for normal meiotic progression in mammals. It is overexpressed in human ovarian cancers and some cancer cell lines. Here, we examined the functional significance and regulation of SPIN1 and SPIN3 in the TCam-2 human seminoma cell line. We found that while SPIN1 overexpression reduced apoptosis in these cells, SPIN3 overexpression induced it. Similarly, SPIN1 upregulated and SPIN3 downregulated CYCD1, which is a downstream target of the PI3K/AKT pathway and contributes to apoptosis resistance in cancer cell lines. It appears that SPIN1 is pro-oncogenic and SPIN3 acts as a tumor suppressor in TCam-2 cells. To our knowledge, this is the first report of SPIN3 tumor suppressor activity. However, both SPIN1 and SPIN3 stimulated cell cycle progression. In addition, using luciferase reporters carrying SPIN1 or SPIN3 mRNA 3′UTRs, we found that PUM1 and PUM2 targeted and repressed SPINs. We also found that PUM1 itself strongly stimulated apoptosis and moderately slowed cell cycle progression in TCam-2 cells, suggesting that PUM1, like SPIN3, is a tumor suppressor. Our findings suggest that acting, at least in part, through SPIN1 and SPIN3, PUM proteins contribute to a mechanism promoting normal human male germ cell apoptotic status and thus preventing cancer.
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland.,Department of Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biology, Tufts University Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland.,Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, Ehime University, Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Toon City, Ehime, Japan
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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Luise C, Robaa D. Application of Virtual Screening Approaches for the Identification of Small Molecule Inhibitors of the Methyllysine Reader Protein Spindlin1. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1824:347-370. [PMID: 30039418 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8630-9_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Computer-based approaches represent a powerful tool which helps to identify and optimize lead structures in the process of drug discovery. Computer-aided drug design techniques (CADD) encompass a large variety of methods which are subdivided into structure-based (SBDD) and ligand-based drug design (LBDD) methods. Several approaches have been successfully used over the last three decades in different fields. Indeed also in the field of epigenetics, virtual screening (VS) studies and structure-based approaches have been applied to identify novel chemical modulators of epigenetic targets as well as to predict the binding mode of active ligands and to study the protein dynamics.In this chapter, an iterative VS approach using both SBDD and LBDD methods, which was successful in identifying Spindlin1 inhibitors, will be described. All protocol steps, starting from structure-based pharmacophore modeling, protein and database preparation along with docking and similarity search, will be explained in details.
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- Chiara Luise
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Martin-Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Martin-Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany.
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Bae N, Gao M, Li X, Premkumar T, Sbardella G, Chen J, Bedford MT. A transcriptional coregulator, SPIN·DOC, attenuates the coactivator activity of Spindlin1. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:20808-20817. [PMID: 29061846 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.814913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2017] [Revised: 10/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Spindlin1 (SPIN1) is a transcriptional coactivator with critical functions in embryonic development and emerging roles in cancer. SPIN1 harbors three Tudor domains, two of which engage the tail of histone H3 by reading the H3-Lys-4 trimethylation and H3-Arg-8 asymmetric dimethylation marks. To gain mechanistic insight into how SPIN1 functions as a transcriptional coactivator, here we purified its interacting proteins. We identified an uncharacterized protein (C11orf84), which we renamed SPIN1 docking protein (SPIN·DOC), that directly binds SPIN1 and strongly disrupts its histone methylation reading ability, causing it to disassociate from chromatin. The Spindlin family of coactivators has five related members (SPIN1, 2A, 2B, 3, and 4), and we found that all of them bind SPIN·DOC. It has been reported previously that SPIN1 regulates gene expression in the Wnt signaling pathway by directly interacting with transcription factor 4 (TCF4). We observed here that SPIN·DOC associates with TCF4 in a SPIN1-dependent manner and dampens SPIN1 coactivator activity in TOPflash reporter assays. Furthermore, knockdown and overexpression experiments indicated that SPIN·DOC represses the expression of a number of SPIN1-regulated genes, including those encoding ribosomal RNA and the cytokine IL1B. In conclusion, we have identified SPIN·DOC as a transcriptional repressor that binds SPIN1 and masks its ability to engage the H3-Lys-4 trimethylation activation mark.
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- Narkhyun Bae
- From the Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957
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- the Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, and
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- the Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, and
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- From the Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957
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- the Dipartimento di Farmacia, Epigenetic Med Chem Lab, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy
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- the Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, and
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- From the Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957,
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Lee N, Kim DK, Han SH, Ryu HG, Park SJ, Kim KT, Choi KY. Comparative Interactomes of VRK1 and VRK3 with Their Distinct Roles in the Cell Cycle of Liver Cancer. Mol Cells 2017; 40:621-631. [PMID: 28927264 PMCID: PMC5638770 DOI: 10.14348/molcells.2017.0108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Vaccinia-related kinase 1 (VRK1) and VRK3 are members of the VRK family of serine/threonine kinases and are principally localized in the nucleus. Despite the crucial roles of VRK1/VRK3 in physiology and disease, the molecular and functional interactions of VRK1/VRK3 are poorly understood. Here, we identified over 200 unreported VRK1/VRK3-interacting candidate proteins by affinity purification and LC-MS/MS. The networks of VRK1 and VRK3 interactomes were found to be associated with important biological processes such as the cell cycle, DNA repair, chromatin assembly, and RNA processing. Interactions of interacting proteins with VRK1/VRK3 were confirmed by biochemical assays. We also found that phosphorylations of XRCC5 were regulated by both VRK1/VRK3, and that of CCNB1 was regulated by VRK3. In liver cancer cells and tissues, VRK1/VRK3 were highly upregulated and its depletion affected cell cycle progression in the different phases. VRK3 seemed to affect S phase progression and G2 or M phase entry and exit, whereas VRK1 affects G1/S transition in the liver cancer, which could be explained by different interacting candidate proteins. Thus, this study not only provides a resource for investigating the unidentified functions of VRK1/VRK3, but also an insight into the regulatory roles of VRK1/VRK3 in biological processes.
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- Namgyu Lee
- Department of Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673,
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- Donnelly Centre, Departments of Molecular Genetics and Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto,
Canada
- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto,
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- Department of Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673,
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- Department of Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673,
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- Department of Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673,
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- Department of Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673,
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- Department of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673,
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- Department of Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673,
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- Department of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673,
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Shanle EK, Shinsky SA, Bridgers JB, Bae N, Sagum C, Krajewski K, Rothbart SB, Bedford MT, Strahl BD. Histone peptide microarray screen of chromo and Tudor domains defines new histone lysine methylation interactions. Epigenetics Chromatin 2017; 10:12. [PMID: 28293301 PMCID: PMC5348760 DOI: 10.1186/s13072-017-0117-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/01/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Histone posttranslational modifications (PTMs) function to regulate chromatin structure and function in part through the recruitment of effector proteins that harbor specialized "reader" domains. Despite efforts to elucidate reader domain-PTM interactions, the influence of neighboring PTMs and the target specificity of many reader domains is still unclear. The aim of this study was to use a high-throughput histone peptide microarray platform to interrogate 83 known and putative histone reader domains from the chromo and Tudor domain families to identify their interactions and characterize the influence of neighboring PTMs on these interactions. RESULTS Nearly a quarter of the chromo and Tudor domains screened showed interactions with histone PTMs by peptide microarray, revealing known and several novel methyllysine interactions. Specifically, we found that the CBX/HP1 chromodomains that recognize H3K9me also recognize H3K23me2/3-a poorly understood histone PTM. We also observed that, in addition to their interaction with H3K4me3, Tudor domains of the Spindlin family also recognized H4K20me3-a previously uncharacterized interaction. Several Tudor domains also showed novel interactions with H3K4me as well. CONCLUSIONS These results provide an important resource for the epigenetics and chromatin community on the interactions of many human chromo and Tudor domains. They also provide the basis for additional studies into the functional significance of the novel interactions that were discovered.
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- Erin K Shanle
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Longwood University, Farmville, VA 23909 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA.,Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA.,Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78957 USA
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78957 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
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- Center for Epigenetics, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 USA
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78957 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA.,Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
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Chen X, Wang YW, Xing AY, Xiang S, Shi DB, Liu L, Li YX, Gao P. Suppression of SPIN1-mediated PI3K-Akt pathway by miR-489 increases chemosensitivity in breast cancer. J Pathol 2016; 239:459-72. [DOI: 10.1002/path.4743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2015] [Revised: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 05/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Xu Chen
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine; Shandong University; Jinan People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine; Shandong University; Jinan People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine; Shandong University; Jinan People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine; Shandong University; Jinan People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine; Shandong University; Jinan People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine; Shandong University; Jinan People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine; Shandong University; Jinan People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine; Shandong University; Jinan People's Republic of China
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Franz H, Greschik H, Willmann D, Ozretić L, Jilg CA, Wardelmann E, Jung M, Buettner R, Schüle R. The histone code reader SPIN1 controls RET signaling in liposarcoma. Oncotarget 2016; 6:4773-89. [PMID: 25749382 PMCID: PMC4467114 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.3000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2014] [Accepted: 12/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The histone code reader Spindlin1 (SPIN1) has been implicated in tumorigenesis and tumor growth, but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here, we show that reducing SPIN1 levels strongly impairs proliferation and increases apoptosis of liposarcoma cells in vitro and in xenograft mouse models. Combining signaling pathway, genome-wide chromatin binding, and transcriptome analyses, we found that SPIN1 directly enhances expression of GDNF, an activator of the RET signaling pathway, in cooperation with the transcription factor MAZ. Accordingly, knockdown of SPIN1 or MAZ results in reduced levels of GDNF and activated RET explaining diminished liposarcoma cell proliferation and survival. In line with these observations, levels of SPIN1, GDNF, activated RET, and MAZ are increased in human liposarcoma compared to normal adipose tissue or lipoma. Importantly, a mutation of SPIN1 within the reader domain interfering with chromatin binding reduces liposarcoma cell proliferation and survival. Together, our data describe a molecular mechanism for SPIN1 function in liposarcoma and suggest that targeting SPIN1 chromatin association with small molecule inhibitors may represent a novel therapeutic strategy.
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- Henriette Franz
- Urologische Klinik und Zentrale Klinische Forschung, Klinikum der Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Urologische Klinik und Zentrale Klinische Forschung, Klinikum der Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Urologische Klinik und Zentrale Klinische Forschung, Klinikum der Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Köln, Institut für Pathologie, Köln, Germany
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- Urologische Klinik und Zentrale Klinische Forschung, Klinikum der Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Münster, Gerhard-Domagk-Insitut für Pathologie, Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmazeutische Wissenschaften, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Deutsches Konsortium für Translationale Krebsforschung (DKTK), Standort Freiburg, Germany
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- Urologische Klinik und Zentrale Klinische Forschung, Klinikum der Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,BIOSS Centre of Biological Signaling Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany.,Deutsches Konsortium für Translationale Krebsforschung (DKTK), Standort Freiburg, Germany
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Brasil JN, Cabral LM, Eloy NB, Primo LMF, Barroso-Neto IL, Grangeiro LPP, Gonzalez N, Inzé D, Ferreira PCG, Hemerly AS. AIP1 is a novel Agenet/Tudor domain protein from Arabidopsis that interacts with regulators of DNA replication, transcription and chromatin remodeling. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 15:270. [PMID: 26538092 PMCID: PMC4634149 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-015-0641-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2015] [Accepted: 10/08/2015] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND DNA replication and transcription are dynamic processes regulating plant development that are dependent on the chromatin accessibility. Proteins belonging to the Agenet/Tudor domain family are known as histone modification "readers" and classified as chromatin remodeling proteins. Histone modifications and chromatin remodeling have profound effects on gene expression as well as on DNA replication, but how these processes are integrated has not been completely elucidated. It is clear that members of the Agenet/Tudor family are important regulators of development playing roles not well known in plants. METHODS Bioinformatics and phylogenetic analyses of the Agenet/Tudor Family domain in the plant kingdom were carried out with sequences from available complete genomes databases. 3D structure predictions of Agenet/Tudor domains were calculated by I-TASSER server. Protein interactions were tested in two-hybrid, GST pulldown, semi-in vivo pulldown and Tandem Affinity Purification assays. Gene function was studied in a T-DNA insertion GABI-line. RESULTS In the present work we analyzed the family of Agenet/Tudor domain proteins in the plant kingdom and we mapped the organization of this family throughout plant evolution. Furthermore, we characterized a member from Arabidopsis thaliana named AIP1 that harbors Agenet/Tudor and DUF724 domains. AIP1 interacts with ABAP1, a plant regulator of DNA replication licensing and gene transcription, with a plant histone modification "reader" (LHP1) and with non modified histones. AIP1 is expressed in reproductive tissues and its down-regulation delays flower development timing. Also, expression of ABAP1 and LHP1 target genes were repressed in flower buds of plants with reduced levels of AIP1. CONCLUSIONS AIP1 is a novel Agenet/Tudor domain protein in plants that could act as a link between DNA replication, transcription and chromatin remodeling during flower development.
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- Juliana Nogueira Brasil
- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular e Molecular, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Ghent, Belgium.
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Programa de Biologia Celular, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Ghent, Belgium.
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Ghent, Belgium.
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Ducroux A, Benhenda S, Rivière L, Semmes OJ, Benkirane M, Neuveut C. The Tudor domain protein Spindlin1 is involved in intrinsic antiviral defense against incoming hepatitis B Virus and herpes simplex virus type 1. PLoS Pathog 2014; 10:e1004343. [PMID: 25211330 PMCID: PMC4161474 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2014] [Accepted: 07/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Hepatitis B virus infection (HBV) is a major risk factor for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma. HBV replicates from a covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) that remains as an episome within the nucleus of infected cells and serves as a template for the transcription of HBV RNAs. The regulatory protein HBx has been shown to be essential for cccDNA transcription in the context of infection. Here we identified Spindlin1, a cellular Tudor-domain protein, as an HBx interacting partner. We further demonstrated that Spindlin1 is recruited to the cccDNA and inhibits its transcription in the context of infection. Spindlin1 knockdown induced an increase in HBV transcription and in histone H4K4 trimethylation at the cccDNA, suggesting that Spindlin1 impacts on epigenetic regulation. Spindlin1-induced transcriptional inhibition was greater for the HBV virus deficient for the expression of HBx than for the HBV WT virus, suggesting that HBx counteracts Spindlin1 repression. Importantly, we showed that the repressive role of Spindlin1 is not limited to HBV transcription but also extends to other DNA virus that replicate within the nucleus such as Herpes Simplex Virus type 1 (HSV-1). Taken together our results identify Spindlin1 as a critical component of the intrinsic antiviral defense and shed new light on the function of HBx in HBV infection.
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- Aurélie Ducroux
- Unité des Hépacivirus et Immunité Innée, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- UMR CNRS 3569, Paris, France
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- Unité des Hépacivirus et Immunité Innée, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- UMR CNRS 3569, Paris, France
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- Unité des Hépacivirus et Immunité Innée, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- UMR CNRS 3569, Paris, France
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- The Leroy T. Canoles Jr Cancer Research Center and Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS UPR 1142, Laboratoire de Virologie Moléculaire, Montpellier, France
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- Unité des Hépacivirus et Immunité Innée, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- UMR CNRS 3569, Paris, France
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Su X, Zhu G, Ding X, Lee SY, Dou Y, Zhu B, Wu W, Li H. Molecular basis underlying histone H3 lysine-arginine methylation pattern readout by Spin/Ssty repeats of Spindlin1. Genes Dev 2014; 28:622-36. [PMID: 24589551 PMCID: PMC3967050 DOI: 10.1101/gad.233239.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2013] [Accepted: 01/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
Histone modification patterns and their combinatorial readout have emerged as a fundamental mechanism for epigenetic regulation. Here we characterized Spindlin1 as a histone effector that senses a cis-tail histone H3 methylation pattern involving trimethyllysine 4 (H3K4me3) and asymmetric dimethylarginine 8 (H3R8me2a) marks. Spindlin1 consists of triple tudor-like Spin/Ssty repeats. Cocrystal structure determination established concurrent recognition of H3K4me3 and H3R8me2a by Spin/Ssty repeats 2 and 1, respectively. Both H3K4me3 and H3R8me2a are recognized using an "insertion cavity" recognition mode, contributing to a methylation state-specific layer of regulation. In vivo functional studies suggest that Spindlin1 activates Wnt/β-catenin signaling downstream from protein arginine methyltransferase 2 (PRMT2) and the MLL complex, which together are capable of generating a specific H3 "K4me3-R8me2a" pattern. Mutagenesis of Spindlin1 reader pockets impairs activation of Wnt target genes. Taken together, our work connects a histone "lysine-arginine" methylation pattern readout by Spindlin1-to-Wnt signaling at the transcriptional level.
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- Xiaonan Su
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Center for Structural Biology, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing 100084, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Center for Structural Biology, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing 102206, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Center for Structural Biology, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Comptour A, Moretti C, Serrentino ME, Auer J, Ialy-Radio C, Ward MA, Touré A, Vaiman D, Cocquet J. SSTY proteins co-localize with the post-meiotic sex chromatin and interact with regulators of its expression. FEBS J 2014; 281:1571-84. [PMID: 24456183 DOI: 10.1111/febs.12724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2013] [Revised: 12/07/2013] [Accepted: 01/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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In mammals, X- and Y-encoded genes are transcriptionally shut down during male meiosis, but expression of many of them is (re)activated in spermatids after meiosis. Post-meiotic XY gene expression is regulated by active epigenetic marks, which are de novo incorporated in the sex chromatin of spermatids, and by repressive epigenetic marks inherited during meiosis; alterations in this process lead to male infertility. In the mouse, post-meiotic XY gene expression is known to depend on genetic information carried by the male-specific region of the Y chromosome long arm (MSYq). The MSYq gene Sly has been shown to be a key regulator of post-meiotic sex chromosome gene expression and is necessary for the maintenance/recruitment of repressive epigenetic marks on the sex chromatin, but studies suggest that another MSYq gene may also be required. The best candidate to date is Ssty, an MSYq multi-copy gene of unknown function. Here, we show that SSTY proteins are specifically expressed in round and elongating spermatids, and co-localize with post-meiotic sex chromatin. Moreover, SSTY proteins interact with SLY protein and its X-linked homolog SLX/SLXL1, and may be required for localization of SLX/SLY proteins in the spermatid nucleus and sex chromatin. Our data suggest that SSTY is a second MSYq factor involved in the control of XY gene expression during sperm differentiation. As Slx/Slxl1 and Sly genes have been shown to be involved in the XY intra-genomic conflict, which affects the offspring sex ratio, Ssty may constitute another player in this conflict.
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- Aurélie Comptour
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR8104, Paris, France; Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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Wagner T, Robaa D, Sippl W, Jung M. Mind the Methyl: Methyllysine Binding Proteins in Epigenetic Regulation. ChemMedChem 2014; 9:466-83. [DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201300422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Kim WJ, Son WS, Ahn DH, Im H, Ahn HC, Lee BJ. Solution structure of Rv0569, potent hypoxic signal transduction protein, from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2013; 94:43-50. [PMID: 24275361 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2013.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2013] [Revised: 08/29/2013] [Accepted: 08/29/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The latent infection is unique characteristic of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to overcome human immune response for its survival. The M. tb develops adaptation to extreme stress conditions to increase the viability, thus easily acquires drug resistance than any other bacteria and maintains a long-term infection status without any symptoms. Rv0569 is a conserved hypothetical protein that overexpresses under dormant state induced by hypoxia, starvation, and medication. To study function and structure in detail, we determined the solution structure of Rv0569 by NMR. NOE and RDC restraints were used to calculate the structure, which was further refined with AMBER. Rv0569 is composed of five antiparallel β-sheets and one α-helix. Rv0569 shows structural similarity with its homolog Rv2302, yet there is a big difference in the orientation of C-terminal α-helix between Rv0569 and Rv2302. According to previous studies, Rv0569 might comprise a hypoxia induced operon with the Rv0570 which is located 29 bp downstream of the Rv0569 and Rv0570 plays an important role in the latent infection. From our structure and bioinformatics research, we suggest that Rv0569 contributes to signaling transduction in hypoxic condition by binding with DNA for upregulation of Rv0570 or supporting Rv0570 for binding ATP during dormancy of tuberculosis.
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- Won-Je Kim
- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Gwanak-Gu, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, CHA University, 120 Haeryong-ro, Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do 487-010, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Gwanak-Gu, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Gwanak-Gu, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Dongguk University, 32 Dongguk-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si 410-820, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Gwanak-Gu, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea.
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Lu R, Wang GG. Tudor: a versatile family of histone methylation 'readers'. Trends Biochem Sci 2013; 38:546-55. [PMID: 24035451 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2013.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2013] [Revised: 08/07/2013] [Accepted: 08/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The Tudor domain comprises a family of motifs that mediate protein-protein interactions required for various DNA-templated biological processes. Emerging evidence demonstrates a versatility of the Tudor family domains by identifying their specific interactions to a wide variety of histone methylation marks. Here, we discuss novel functions of a number of Tudor-containing proteins [including Jumonji domain-containing 2A (JMJD2A), p53-binding protein 1 (53BP1), SAGA-associated factor 29 (SGF29), Spindlin1, ubiquitin-like with PHD and RING finger domains 1 (UHRF1), PHD finger protein 1 (PHF1), PHD finger protein 19 (PHF19), and SAWADEE homeodomain homolog 1 (SHH1)] in 'reading' unique methylation events on histones in order to facilitate DNA damage repair or regulate transcription. This review covers our recent understanding of the molecular bases for histone-Tudor interactions and their biological outcomes. As deregulation of Tudor-containing proteins is associated with certain human disorders, pharmacological targeting of Tudor interactions could provide new avenues for therapeutic intervention.
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- Rui Lu
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Chew TG, Peaston A, Lim AK, Lorthongpanich C, Knowles BB, Solter D. A tudor domain protein SPINDLIN1 interacts with the mRNA-binding protein SERBP1 and is involved in mouse oocyte meiotic resumption. PLoS One 2013; 8:e69764. [PMID: 23894536 PMCID: PMC3718791 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2013] [Accepted: 06/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Mammalian oocytes are arrested at prophase I of meiosis, and resume meiosis prior to ovulation. Coordination of meiotic arrest and resumption is partly dependent on the post-transcriptional regulation of maternal transcripts. Here, we report that, SPINDLIN1 (SPIN1), a maternal protein containing Tudor-like domains, interacts with a known mRNA-binding protein SERBP1, and is involved in regulating maternal transcripts to control meiotic resumption. Mouse oocytes deficient for Spin1 undergo normal folliculogenesis, but are defective in resuming meiosis. SPIN1, via its Tudor-like domain, forms a ribonucleoprotein complex with SERBP1, and regulating mRNA stability and/or translation. The mRNA for the cAMP-degrading enzyme, PDE3A, is reduced in Spin1 mutant oocytes, possibly contributing to meiotic arrest. Our study demonstrates that Spin1 regulates maternal transcripts post-transcriptionally and is involved in meiotic resumption.
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- Ting Gang Chew
- Mammalian Development Laboratory, Institute of Medical Biology, A-STAR, Singapore, Singapore.
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Distinct mode of methylated lysine-4 of histone H3 recognition by tandem tudor-like domains of Spindlin1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:17954-9. [PMID: 23077255 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1208517109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Recognition of methylated histone tail lysine residues by tudor domains plays important roles in epigenetic control of gene expression and DNA damage response. Previous studies revealed the binding of methyllysine in a cage of aromatic residues, but the molecular mechanism by which the sequence specificity for surrounding histone tail residues is achieved remains poorly understood. In the crystal structure of a trimethylated histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4) peptide bound to the tudor-like domains of Spindlin1 presented here, an atypical mode of methyllysine recognition by an aromatic pocket of Spindlin1 is observed. Furthermore, the histone sequence is recognized in a distinct manner involving the amino terminus and a pair of arginine residues of histone H3, and disruption of the binding impaired stimulation of pre-RNA expression by Spindlin1. Our analysis demonstrates considerable diversities of methyllysine recognition and sequence-specific binding of histone tails by tudor domains, and the revelation furthers the understanding of tudor domain proteins in deciphering epigenetic marks on histone tails.
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Wang JX, Zeng Q, Chen L, Du JC, Yan XL, Yuan HF, Zhai C, Zhou JN, Jia YL, Yue W, Pei XT. SPINDLIN1 Promotes Cancer Cell Proliferation through Activation of WNT/TCF-4 Signaling. Mol Cancer Res 2012; 10:326-35. [DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-11-0440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Wang W, Chen Z, Mao Z, Zhang H, Ding X, Chen S, Zhang X, Xu R, Zhu B. Nucleolar protein Spindlin1 recognizes H3K4 methylation and stimulates the expression of rRNA genes. EMBO Rep 2011; 12:1160-6. [PMID: 21960006 DOI: 10.1038/embor.2011.184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2011] [Revised: 08/24/2011] [Accepted: 08/24/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The tandem Tudor-like domain-containing protein Spindlin1 has been reported to be a meiotic spindle-associated protein. Here we report that Spindlin1 is not associated with the spindle in mouse embryonic fibroblast cells during mitotic divisions. In interphase cells, Spindlin1 specifically localizes to the nucleoli. Moreover, Spindlin1 is a histone methylation effector protein that specifically recognizes H3K4 methylation. Finally, Spindlin1 localizes to the active ribosomal DNA (rDNA) repeats, and Spindlin1 facilitates the expression of rRNA genes.
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- Weixiang Wang
- Chromatin Lab, National Institute of Biological Sciences, 7 Science Park Road, Zhong Guan Cun Life Science Park, Beijing 102206, China
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Sulpizio M, Falone S, Amicarelli F, Marchisio M, Di Giuseppe F, Eleuterio E, Di Ilio C, Angelucci S. Molecular basis underlying the biological effects elicited by extremely low-frequency magnetic field (ELF-MF) on neuroblastoma cells. J Cell Biochem 2011; 112:3797-806. [DOI: 10.1002/jcb.23310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Bartke T, Vermeulen M, Xhemalce B, Robson SC, Mann M, Kouzarides T. Nucleosome-interacting proteins regulated by DNA and histone methylation. Cell 2010; 143:470-84. [PMID: 21029866 PMCID: PMC3640253 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2010.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 443] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2010] [Revised: 09/28/2010] [Accepted: 10/08/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Modifications on histones or on DNA recruit proteins that regulate chromatin function. Here, we use nucleosomes methylated on DNA and on histone H3 in an affinity assay, in conjunction with a SILAC-based proteomic analysis, to identify "crosstalk" between these two distinct classes of modification. Our analysis reveals proteins whose binding to nucleosomes is regulated by methylation of CpGs, H3K4, H3K9, and H3K27 or a combination thereof. We identify the origin recognition complex (ORC), including LRWD1 as a subunit, to be a methylation-sensitive nucleosome interactor that is recruited cooperatively by DNA and histone methylation. Other interactors, such as the lysine demethylase Fbxl11/KDM2A, recognize nucleosomes methylated on histones, but their recruitment is disrupted by DNA methylation. These data establish SILAC nucleosome affinity purifications (SNAP) as a tool for studying the dynamics between different chromatin modifications and provide a modification binding "profile" for proteins regulated by DNA and histone methylation.
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- Till Bartke
- The Gurdon Institute and Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QN, UK
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- Department of Proteomics and Signal Transduction, Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- The Gurdon Institute and Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QN, UK
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- The Gurdon Institute and Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QN, UK
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- Department of Proteomics and Signal Transduction, Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- The Gurdon Institute and Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QN, UK
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Yap KL, Zhou MM. Keeping it in the family: diverse histone recognition by conserved structural folds. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2010; 45:488-505. [PMID: 20923397 DOI: 10.3109/10409238.2010.512001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Epigenetic regulation of gene transcription relies on an array of recurring structural domains that have evolved to recognize post-translational modifications on histones. The roles of bromodomains, PHD fingers, and the Royal family domains in the recognition of histone modifications to direct transcription have been well characterized. However, only through recent structural studies has it been realized that these basic folds are capable of interacting with increasingly more complex histone modification landscapes, illuminating how nature has concocted a way to accomplish more with less. Here we review the recent biochemical and structural studies of several conserved folds that recognize modified as well as unmodified histone sequences, and discuss their implications on gene expression.
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- Kyoko L Yap
- Department of Structural and Chemical Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY, USA
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CONG B, ZHANG P, WANG JX, ZENG Q, CHEN L, YUE W, PEI XT. Ser84 is The Key Point of Spindlin1 Nuclear Localization and Function*. PROG BIOCHEM BIOPHYS 2009. [DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1206.2008.00365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Adams-Cioaba MA, Min J. Structure and function of histone methylation binding proteins. Biochem Cell Biol 2009; 87:93-105. [PMID: 19234526 DOI: 10.1139/o08-129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Chromatin structure is regulated by chromatin remodeling factors, histone exchange, linker histone association, and histone modification. Covalent modification of histones is an important factor in the regulation of the associated processes. The implementation and removal of various histone modifications have been implicated in DNA replication, repair, recombination, and transcription, and in RNA processing. In recent years, histone methylation has emerged as one of the key modifications regulating chromatin function. However, the mechanisms involved are complex and not well understood. A large volume of structural and biochemical information has been recently amassed for the Tudor, plant homeodomain (PHD), and malignant brain tumor (MBT) protein families. This review summarizes current knowledge of the structures and modes of recognition employed by the PHD, Tudor, and MBT domains in their interactions with target histone peptides.
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Zhang P, Cong B, Yuan H, Chen L, Lv Y, Bai C, Nan X, Shi S, Yue W, Pei X. Overexpression of spindlin1 induces metaphase arrest and chromosomal instability. J Cell Physiol 2008; 217:400-8. [PMID: 18543248 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Spin/Ssty gene family is high conserved and very abundant transcript involved in gametogenesis, which was repeatedly detected in early embryo. Nevertheless, the biologic roles of the members are still largely unknown. Previously we have identified human gene spindlin1 as a homologue of the family from ovarian cancer cells, and reported that stable overexpression of spindlin1 could transform NIH3T3 cells and induce tumorigenesis in nude mouse. Here, we showed that spindlin1, as a nuclear protein, was relocated during mitosis. A fraction of spindlin1 proteins was dynamic distributed along mitotic spindle tubulin and enriched at midzone following anaphase entering. We also showed that transient overexpression of spindlin1 induced cell cycle delay in metaphase, caused mitotic spindle defects, and resulted in chromosome instability, micronucleus and multinuclear giant cells formation. Moreover, time-lapse microscopy revealed that these cells arrested at metaphase for more than 3 h with chromosome nondisjunction or missegregation. Furthermore, Mad2 up-regulation in these cells suggested that overexpression of spindlin1 may affect the bipolar spindle correctly attachment to chromosomes and activate spindle checkpoint. Taken together, these data demonstrated that excess spindlin1 protein may be detrimental for spindle microtubule organization, chromosomal stability and can potentially contribute to the development of cancer.
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- Peng Zhang
- Laboratory of Stem Cell & Regeneration Medicine, Beijing Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Beijing, China
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Hossain MJ, Korde R, Singh S, Mohmmed A, Dasaradhi PVN, Chauhan VS, Malhotra P. Tudor domain proteins in protozoan parasites and characterization of Plasmodium falciparum tudor staphylococcal nuclease. Int J Parasitol 2007; 38:513-26. [PMID: 18035357 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2007] [Revised: 09/13/2007] [Accepted: 09/18/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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RNA-binding proteins play key roles in post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. In eukaryotic cells, a multitude of RNA-binding proteins with several RNA-binding domains/motifs have been described. Here, we show the existence of two Tudor domain containing proteins, a survival of motor neuron (SMN)-like protein and a Staphylococcus aureus nuclease homologue referred to as TSN, in Plasmodium and other protozoan parasites. Activity analysis shows that Plasmodium falciparum TSN (PfTSN) possesses nuclease activity and Tudor domain is the RNA-binding domain. A specific inhibitor of micrococcal nucleases, 3',5'-deoxythymidine bisphosphate (pdTp) inhibits the nuclease as well as RNA-binding activities of the protein. PfTSN shows a predominant nuclear localization. Treatment of P. falciparum with pdTp, inhibited in vitro growth of both chloroquine-sensitive and chloroquine-resistant strains of P. falciparum, while a four fold concentration of pdTp did not have any significant effect on the mammalian cell line, Huh-7D12. Altogether, these results suggest that PfTSN is an essential enzyme in the parasite's life cycle.
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- Manzar J Hossain
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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