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Staněk D. Coilin and Cajal bodies. Nucleus 2023; 14:2256036. [PMID: 37682044 PMCID: PMC10494742 DOI: 10.1080/19491034.2023.2256036] [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: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023] Open
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The nucleus of higher eukaryotes contains a number of structures that concentrate specific biomolecules and play distinct roles in nuclear metabolism. In recent years, the molecular mechanisms controlling their formation have been intensively studied. In this brief review, I focus on coilin and Cajal bodies. Coilin is a key scaffolding protein of Cajal bodies that is evolutionarily conserved in metazoans. Cajal bodies are thought to be one of the archetypal nuclear structures involved in the metabolism of several short non-coding nuclear RNAs. Yet surprisingly little is known about the structure and function of coilin, and a comprehensive model to explain the origin of Cajal bodies is also lacking. Here, I summarize recent results on Cajal bodies and coilin and discuss them in the context of the last three decades of research in this field.
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Affiliation(s)
- David Staněk
- Laboratory of RNA Biology, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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Lettin L, Erbay B, Blair GE. Viruses and Cajal Bodies: A Critical Cellular Target in Virus Infection? Viruses 2023; 15:2311. [PMID: 38140552 PMCID: PMC10747631 DOI: 10.3390/v15122311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Nuclear bodies (NBs) are dynamic structures present in eukaryotic cell nuclei. They are not bounded by membranes and are often considered biomolecular condensates, defined structurally and functionally by the localisation of core components. Nuclear architecture can be reorganised during normal cellular processes such as the cell cycle as well as in response to cellular stress. Many plant and animal viruses target their proteins to NBs, in some cases triggering their structural disruption and redistribution. Although not all such interactions have been well characterised, subversion of NBs and their functions may form a key part of the life cycle of eukaryotic viruses that require the nucleus for their replication. This review will focus on Cajal bodies (CBs) and the viruses that target them. Since CBs are dynamic structures, other NBs (principally nucleoli and promyelocytic leukaemia, PML and bodies), whose components interact with CBs, will also be considered. As well as providing important insights into key virus-host cell interactions, studies on Cajal and associated NBs may identify novel cellular targets for development of antiviral compounds.
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- Lucy Lettin
- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK (B.E.)
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- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK (B.E.)
- Moleküler Biyoloji ve Genetik Bölümü, Fen Fakültesi, Van Yuzuncu Yil University, Van 65140, Türkiye
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- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK (B.E.)
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Shepelev N, Dontsova O, Rubtsova M. Post-Transcriptional and Post-Translational Modifications in Telomerase Biogenesis and Recruitment to Telomeres. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:5027. [PMID: 36902458 PMCID: PMC10003056 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24055027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Revised: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023] Open
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Telomere length is associated with the proliferative potential of cells. Telomerase is an enzyme that elongates telomeres throughout the entire lifespan of an organism in stem cells, germ cells, and cells of constantly renewed tissues. It is activated during cellular division, including regeneration and immune responses. The biogenesis of telomerase components and their assembly and functional localization to the telomere is a complex system regulated at multiple levels, where each step must be tuned to the cellular requirements. Any defect in the function or localization of the components of the telomerase biogenesis and functional system will affect the maintenance of telomere length, which is critical to the processes of regeneration, immune response, embryonic development, and cancer progression. An understanding of the regulatory mechanisms of telomerase biogenesis and activity is necessary for the development of approaches toward manipulating telomerase to influence these processes. The present review focuses on the molecular mechanisms involved in the major steps of telomerase regulation and the role of post-transcriptional and post-translational modifications in telomerase biogenesis and function in yeast and vertebrates.
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- Nikita Shepelev
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117437, Russia
- Chemistry Department and Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow 121205, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117437, Russia
- Chemistry Department and Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow 121205, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117437, Russia
- Chemistry Department and Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
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Webster SF, Ghalei H. Maturation of small nucleolar RNAs: from production to function. RNA Biol 2023; 20:715-736. [PMID: 37796118 PMCID: PMC10557570 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2023.2254540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023] Open
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Small Nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) are an abundant group of non-coding RNAs with well-defined roles in ribosomal RNA processing, folding and chemical modification. Besides their classic roles in ribosome biogenesis, snoRNAs are also implicated in several other cellular activities including regulation of splicing, transcription, RNA editing, cellular trafficking, and miRNA-like functions. Mature snoRNAs must undergo a series of processing steps tightly regulated by transiently associating factors and coordinated with other cellular processes including transcription and splicing. In addition to their mature forms, snoRNAs can contribute to gene expression regulation through their derivatives and degradation products. Here, we review the current knowledge on mechanisms of snoRNA maturation, including the different pathways of processing, and the regulatory mechanisms that control snoRNA levels and complex assembly. We also discuss the significance of studying snoRNA maturation, highlight the gaps in the current knowledge and suggest directions for future research in this area.
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- Sarah F. Webster
- Biochemistry, Cell, and Developmental Biology Graduate Program, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Sakthivel D, Brown-Suedel A, Bouchier-Hayes L. The role of the nucleolus in regulating the cell cycle and the DNA damage response. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2023; 135:203-241. [PMID: 37061332 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apcsb.2023.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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The nucleolus has long been perceived as the site for ribosome biogenesis, but numerous studies suggest that the nucleolus carefully sequesters crucial proteins involved in multiple cellular functions. Among these, the role of nucleolus in cell cycle regulation is the most evident. The nucleolus is the first responder of growth-related signals to mediate normal cell cycle progression. The nucleolus also senses different cellular stress insults by activating diverse pathways that arrest the cell cycle, promote DNA repair, or initiate apoptosis. Here, we review the emerging concepts on how the ribosomal and nonribosomal nucleolar proteins mediate such cellular effects.
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Courchaine E, Gelles-Watnick S, Machyna M, Straube K, Sauyet S, Enright J, Neugebauer KM. The coilin N-terminus mediates multivalent interactions between coilin and Nopp140 to form and maintain Cajal bodies. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6005. [PMID: 36224177 PMCID: PMC9556525 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33434-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Cajal bodies (CBs) are ubiquitous nuclear membraneless organelles (MLOs) that concentrate and promote efficient biogenesis of snRNA-protein complexes involved in splicing (snRNPs). Depletion of the CB scaffolding protein coilin disperses snRNPs, making CBs a model system for studying the structure and function of MLOs. Although it is assumed that CBs form through condensation, the biomolecular interactions responsible remain elusive. Here, we discover the unexpected capacity of coilin’s N-terminal domain (NTD) to form extensive fibrils in the cytoplasm and discrete nuclear puncta in vivo. Single amino acid mutational analysis reveals distinct molecular interactions between coilin NTD proteins to form fibrils and additional NTD interactions with the nuclear Nopp140 protein to form puncta. We provide evidence that Nopp140 has condensation capacity and is required for CB assembly. From these observations, we propose a model in which coilin NTD–NTD mediated assemblies make multivalent contacts with Nopp140 to achieve biomolecular condensation in the nucleus. Cajal bodies are membraneless organelles scaffolded by coilin protein. Here, coilin–coilin and coilin–Nopp140 interaction sites are identified and perturbed, revealing coilin’s capacity to form long fibrils and be remodeled into spherical structures.
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- Edward Courchaine
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
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Rafat A, Dizaji Asl K, Mazloumi Z, Movassaghpour AA, Farahzadi R, Nejati B, Nozad Charoudeh H. Telomerase-based therapies in haematological malignancies. Cell Biochem Funct 2022; 40:199-212. [PMID: 35103334 DOI: 10.1002/cbf.3687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Telomeres are specialized genetic structures present at the end of all eukaryotic linear chromosomes. They progressively get shortened after each cell division due to end replication problems. Telomere shortening (TS) and chromosomal instability cause apoptosis and massive cell death. Following oncogene activation and inactivation of tumour suppressor genes, cells acquire mechanisms such as telomerase expression and alternative lengthening of telomeres to maintain telomere length (TL) and prevent initiation of cellular senescence or apoptosis. Significant TS, telomerase activation and alteration in expression of telomere-associated proteins are frequent features of different haematological malignancies that reflect on the progression, response to therapy and recurrence of these diseases. Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein enzyme that has a pivotal role in maintaining the TL. However, telomerase activity in most somatic cells is insufficient to prevent TS. In 85-90% of tumour cells, the critically short telomeric length is maintained by telomerase activation. Thus, overexpression of telomerase in most tumour cells is a potential target for cancer therapy. In this review, alteration of telomeres, telomerase and telomere-associated proteins in different haematological malignancies and related telomerase-based therapies are discussed.
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- Ali Rafat
- Stem Cell Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.,Department of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.,Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Stem Cell Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.,Department of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.,Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Stem Cell Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.,Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.,Department of Applied Cell Sciences, Faculty of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Hematology and Oncology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Hematology and Oncology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Faria JRC. A nuclear enterprise: zooming in on nuclear organization and gene expression control in the African trypanosome. Parasitology 2021; 148:1237-1253. [PMID: 33407981 PMCID: PMC8311968 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182020002437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2020] [Revised: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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African trypanosomes are early divergent protozoan parasites responsible for high mortality and morbidity as well as a great economic burden among the world's poorest populations. Trypanosomes undergo antigenic variation in their mammalian hosts, a highly sophisticated immune evasion mechanism. Their nuclear organization and mechanisms for gene expression control present several conventional features but also a number of striking differences to the mammalian counterparts. Some of these unorthodox characteristics, such as lack of controlled transcription initiation or enhancer sequences, render their monogenic antigen transcription, which is critical for successful antigenic variation, even more enigmatic. Recent technological developments have advanced our understanding of nuclear organization and gene expression control in trypanosomes, opening novel research avenues. This review is focused on Trypanosoma brucei nuclear organization and how it impacts gene expression, with an emphasis on antigen expression. It highlights several dedicated sub-nuclear bodies that compartmentalize specific functions, whilst outlining similarities and differences to more complex eukaryotes. Notably, understanding the mechanisms underpinning antigen as well as general gene expression control is of great importance, as it might help designing effective control strategies against these organisms.
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- Joana R. C. Faria
- The Wellcome Trust Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dow Street, DundeeDD1 5EH, UK
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Drosophila to Explore Nucleolar Stress. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22136759. [PMID: 34201772 PMCID: PMC8267670 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22136759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2021] [Revised: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Nucleolar stress occurs when ribosome production or function declines. Nucleolar stress in stem cells or progenitor cells often leads to disease states called ribosomopathies. Drosophila offers a robust system to explore how nucleolar stress causes cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, or autophagy depending on the cell type. We provide an overview of nucleolar stress in Drosophila by depleting nucleolar phosphoprotein of 140 kDa (Nopp140), a ribosome biogenesis factor (RBF) in nucleoli and Cajal bodies (CBs). The depletion of Nopp140 in eye imaginal disc cells generates eye deformities reminiscent of craniofacial deformities associated with the Treacher Collins syndrome (TCS), a human ribosomopathy. We show the activation of c-Jun N-terminal Kinase (JNK) in Drosophila larvae homozygous for a Nopp140 gene deletion. JNK is known to induce the expression of the pro-apoptotic Hid protein and autophagy factors Atg1, Atg18.1, and Atg8a; thus, JNK is a central regulator in Drosophila nucleolar stress. Ribosome abundance declines upon Nopp140 loss, but unusual cytoplasmic granules accumulate that resemble Processing (P) bodies based on marker proteins, Decapping Protein 1 (DCP1) and Maternal expression at 31B (Me31B). Wild type brain neuroblasts (NBs) express copious amounts of endogenous coilin, but coilin levels decline upon nucleolar stress in most NB types relative to the Mushroom body (MB) NBs. MB NBs exhibit resilience against nucleolar stress as they maintain normal coilin, Deadpan, and EdU labeling levels.
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Pten-NOLC1 fusion promotes cancers involving MET and EGFR signalings. Oncogene 2020; 40:1064-1076. [PMID: 33323972 PMCID: PMC7880894 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-020-01582-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Inactivation of Pten gene through deletions and mutations leading to excessive pro-growth signaling pathway activations frequently occurs in cancers. Here, we report a Pten derived pro-cancer growth gene fusion Pten-NOLC1 originated from a chr10 genome rearrangement and identified through a transcriptome sequencing analysis of human cancers. Pten-NOLC1 fusion is present in primary human cancer samples and cancer cell lines from different organs. The product of Pten-NOLC1 is a nuclear protein that interacts and activates promoters of EGFR, c-MET, and their signaling molecules. Pten-NOLC1 promotes cancer proliferation, growth, invasion, and metastasis, and reduces the survival of animals xenografted with Pten-NOLC1-expressing cancer cells. Genomic disruption of Pten-NOLC1 induces cancer cell death, while genomic integration of this fusion gene into the liver coupled with somatic Pten deletion produces spontaneous liver cancers in mice. Our studies indicate that Pten-NOLC1 gene fusion is a driver for human cancers.
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Yao Y, Tan HW, Liang ZL, Wu GQ, Xu YM, Lau ATY. The Impact of Coilin Nonsynonymous SNP Variants E121K and V145I on Cell Growth and Cajal Body Formation: The First Characterization. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11080895. [PMID: 32764415 PMCID: PMC7463897 DOI: 10.3390/genes11080895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2020] [Revised: 07/25/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Coilin is the main component of Cajal body (CB), a membraneless organelle that is involved in the biogenesis of ribonucleoproteins and telomerase, cell cycle, and cell growth. The disruption of CBs is linked to neurodegenerative diseases and potentially cancers. The coilin gene (COIL) contains two nonsynonymous SNPs: rs116022828 (E121K) and rs61731978 (V145I). Here, we investigated for the first time the functional impacts of these coilin SNPs on CB formation, coilin subcellular localization, microtubule formation, cell growth, and coilin expression and protein structure. We revealed that both E121K and V145I mutants could disrupt CB formation and result in various patterns of subcellular localization with survival motor neuron protein. Noteworthy, many of the E121K cells showed nucleolar coilin accumulation. The microtubule regrowth and cell cycle assays indicated that the E121K cells appeared to be trapped in the S and G2/M phases of cell cycle, resulting in reduced cell proliferation. In silico protein structure prediction suggested that the E121K mutation caused greater destabilization on the coilin structure than the V145I mutation. Additionally, clinical bioinformatic analysis indicated that coilin expression levels could be a risk factor for cancer, depending on the cancer types and races.
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- Yue Yao
- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Epigenetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, Guangdong, China; (Y.Y.); (H.W.T.); (Z.-L.L.); (G.-Q.W.)
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Epigenetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, Guangdong, China; (Y.Y.); (H.W.T.); (Z.-L.L.); (G.-Q.W.)
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Epigenetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, Guangdong, China; (Y.Y.); (H.W.T.); (Z.-L.L.); (G.-Q.W.)
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Epigenetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, Guangdong, China; (Y.Y.); (H.W.T.); (Z.-L.L.); (G.-Q.W.)
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, Guangdong, China
- Correspondence: (Y.-M.X.); (A.T.Y.L.); Tel.: +86-754-8890-0437 (Y.-M.X.); +86-754-8853-0052 (A.T.Y.L.)
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Epigenetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, Guangdong, China; (Y.Y.); (H.W.T.); (Z.-L.L.); (G.-Q.W.)
- Correspondence: (Y.-M.X.); (A.T.Y.L.); Tel.: +86-754-8890-0437 (Y.-M.X.); +86-754-8853-0052 (A.T.Y.L.)
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Telomerase Biogenesis and Activities from the Perspective of Its Direct Interacting Partners. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12061679. [PMID: 32599885 PMCID: PMC7352425 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12061679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2020] [Revised: 06/20/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT)—the catalytic subunit of telomerase—is reactivated in up to 90% of all human cancers. TERT is observed in heterogenous populations of protein complexes, which are dynamically regulated in a cell type- and cell cycle-specific manner. Over the past two decades, in vitro protein–protein interaction detection methods have discovered a number of endogenous TERT binding partners in human cells that are responsible for the biogenesis and functionalization of the telomerase holoenzyme, including the processes of TERT trafficking between subcellular compartments, assembly into telomerase, and catalytic action at telomeres. Additionally, TERT have been found to interact with protein species with no known telomeric functions, suggesting that these complexes may contribute to non-canonical activities of TERT. Here, we survey TERT direct binding partners and discuss their contributions to TERT biogenesis and functions. The goal is to review the comprehensive spectrum of TERT pro-malignant activities, both telomeric and non-telomeric, which may explain the prevalence of its upregulation in cancer.
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Moreno-Castro C, Prieto-Sánchez S, Sánchez-Hernández N, Hernández-Munain C, Suñé C. Role for the splicing factor TCERG1 in Cajal body integrity and snRNP assembly. J Cell Sci 2019; 132:jcs.232728. [PMID: 31636114 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.232728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2019] [Accepted: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Cajal bodies are nuclear organelles involved in the nuclear phase of small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP) biogenesis. In this study, we identified the splicing factor TCERG1 as a coilin-associated factor that is essential for Cajal body integrity. Knockdown of TCERG1 disrupts the localization of the components of Cajal bodies, including coilin and NOLC1, with coilin being dispersed in the nucleoplasm into numerous small foci, without affecting speckles, gems or the histone locus body. Furthermore, the depletion of TCERG1 affects the recruitment of Sm proteins to uridine-rich small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs) to form the mature core snRNP. Taken together, the results of this study suggest that TCERG1 plays an important role in Cajal body formation and snRNP biogenesis.
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- Cristina Moreno-Castro
- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine "López-Neyra" (IPBLN-CSIC), PTS, 18016 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine "López-Neyra" (IPBLN-CSIC), PTS, 18016 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine "López-Neyra" (IPBLN-CSIC), PTS, 18016 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology and Immunology, Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine "López-Neyra" (IPBLN-CSIC), PTS, 18016 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine "López-Neyra" (IPBLN-CSIC), PTS, 18016 Granada, Spain
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Bizarro J, Bhardwaj A, Smith S, Meier UT. Nopp140-mediated concentration of telomerase in Cajal bodies regulates telomere length. Mol Biol Cell 2019; 30:3136-3150. [PMID: 31664887 PMCID: PMC6938241 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e19-08-0429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Cajal bodies (CBs) are nuclear organelles concentrating two kinds of RNA–protein complexes (RNPs), spliceosomal small nuclear (sn), and small CB-specific (sca)RNPs. Whereas the CB marker protein coilin is responsible for retaining snRNPs, the tether for scaRNPs is not known. Here we show that Nopp140, an intrinsically disordered CB phosphoprotein, is required to recruit and retain all scaRNPs in CBs. Knockdown (KD) of Nopp140 releases all scaRNPs leading to an unprecedented reduction in size of CB granules, hallmarks of CB ultrastructure. The CB-localizing protein WDR79 (aka TCAB1), which is mutated in the inherited bone marrow failure syndrome dyskeratosis congenita, is a specific component of all scaRNPs, including telomerase. Whereas mislocalization of telomerase by mutation of WDR79 leads to critically shortened telomeres, mislocalization of telomerase by Nopp140 KD leads to gradual extension of telomeres. Our studies suggest that the dynamic distribution of telomerase between CBs and nucleoplasm uniquely impacts telomere length maintenance and identify Nopp140 as a novel player in telomere biology.
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- Jonathan Bizarro
- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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- Department of Pathology, Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016
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- Department of Pathology, Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016
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- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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Chen X, Tang WJ, Shi JB, Liu MM, Liu XH. Therapeutic strategies for targeting telomerase in cancer. Med Res Rev 2019; 40:532-585. [PMID: 31361345 DOI: 10.1002/med.21626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Revised: 07/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Telomere and telomerase play important roles in abnormal cell proliferation, metastasis, stem cell maintenance, and immortalization in various cancers. Therefore, designing of drugs targeting telomerase and telomere is of great significance. Over the past two decades, considerable knowledge regarding telomere and telomerase has been accumulated, which provides theoretical support for the design of therapeutic strategies such as telomere elongation. Therefore, the development of telomere-based therapies such as nucleoside analogs, non-nucleoside small molecules, antisense technology, ribozymes, and dominant negative human telomerase reverse transcriptase are being prioritized for eradicating a majority of tumors. While the benefits of telomere-based therapies are obvious, there is a need to address the limitations of various therapeutic strategies to improve the possibility of clinical applications. In this study, current knowledge of telomere and telomerase is discussed, and therapeutic strategies based on recent research are reviewed.
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- Xing Chen
- School of Pharmacy, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, People's Republic of China
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The Nopp140 gene in Drosophila melanogaster displays length polymorphisms in its large repetitive second exon. Mol Genet Genomics 2019; 294:1073-1083. [PMID: 31006039 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-019-01568-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2019] [Accepted: 04/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Nopp140, often called the nucleolar and Cajal body phosphoprotein (NOLC1), is an evolutionarily conserved chaperone for the transcription and processing of rRNA during ribosome subunit assembly. Metazoan Nopp140 contains an amino terminal LisH dimerization domain and a highly conserved carboxyl domain. A large central domain consists of alternating basic and acidic motifs of low sequence complexity. Orthologous versions of Nopp140 contain variable numbers of repeating basic-acidic units. While vertebrate Nopp140 genes use multiple exons to encode the central domain, the Nopp140 gene in Drosophila uses exclusively exon 2 to encode the central domain. Here, we define three overlapping repeat sequence patterns (P, P', and P″) within the central domain of D. melanogaster Nopp140. These repeat patterns are poorly conserved in other Drosophila species. We also describe a length polymorphism in exon 2 that pertains specifically to the P' pattern in D. melanogaster. The pattern displays either two or three 96 base pair repeats, respectively, referred to as Nopp140-Short and Nopp140-Long. Fly lines homozygous for one or the other allele, or heterozygous for both alleles, show no discernible phenotypes. PCR characterization of the long and short alleles shows a poorly defined, artifactual bias toward amplifying the long allele over the short allele. The significance of this polymorphism will be in discerning the largely unknown properties of Nopp140's large central domain in rDNA transcription and ribosome biogenesis.
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Fernández MN, Muñoz-Olivas R, Luque-Garcia JL. SILAC-based quantitative proteomics identifies size-dependent molecular mechanisms involved in silver nanoparticles-induced toxicity. Nanotoxicology 2019; 13:812-826. [DOI: 10.1080/17435390.2019.1579374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- M. N. Fernández
- Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Terns MP, Terns RM. Small nucleolar RNAs: versatile trans-acting molecules of ancient evolutionary origin. Gene Expr 2018; 10:17-39. [PMID: 11868985 PMCID: PMC5977530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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The small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) are an abundant class of trans-acting RNAs that function in ribosome biogenesis in the eukaryotic nucleolus. Elegant work has revealed that most known snoRNAs guide modification of pre-ribosomal RNA (pre-rRNA) by base pairing near target sites. Other snoRNAs are involved in cleavage of pre-rRNA by mechanisms that have not yet been detailed. Moreover, our appreciation of the cellular roles of the snoRNAs is expanding with new evidence that snoRNAs also target modification of small nuclear RNAs and messenger RNAs. Many snoRNAs are produced by unorthodox modes of biogenesis including salvage from introns of pre-mRNAs. The recent discovery that homologs of snoRNAs as well as associated proteins exist in the domain Archaea indicates that the RNA-guided RNA modification system is of ancient evolutionary origin. In addition, it has become clear that the RNA component of vertebrate telomerase (an enzyme implicated in cancer and cellular senescence) is related to snoRNAs. During its evolution, vertebrate telomerase RNA appears to have co-opted a snoRNA domain that is essential for the function of telomerase RNA in vivo. The unique properties of snoRNAs are now being harnessed for basic research and therapeutic applications.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Base Pairing
- Biological Transport
- Cell Nucleolus/metabolism
- Cell Nucleus/metabolism
- Eukaryotic Cells/metabolism
- Evolution, Molecular
- Methylation
- Prokaryotic Cells/metabolism
- Pseudouridine/metabolism
- RNA/metabolism
- RNA Precursors/metabolism
- RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional/genetics
- RNA, Archaeal/genetics
- RNA, Archaeal/physiology
- RNA, Catalytic/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal/biosynthesis
- RNA, Small Nucleolar/chemistry
- RNA, Small Nucleolar/classification
- RNA, Small Nucleolar/genetics
- RNA, Small Nucleolar/metabolism
- RNA, Small Nucleolar/physiology
- Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nucleolar/metabolism
- Ribosomes/metabolism
- Species Specificity
- Structure-Activity Relationship
- Telomerase/metabolism
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- Michael P Terns
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens 30602, USA.
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How Do We Study the Dynamic Structure of Unstructured Proteins: A Case Study on Nopp140 as an Example of a Large, Intrinsically Disordered Protein. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19020381. [PMID: 29382046 PMCID: PMC5855603 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19020381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2018] [Revised: 01/22/2018] [Accepted: 01/23/2018] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) represent approximately 30% of the human genome and play key roles in cell proliferation and cellular signaling by modulating the function of target proteins via protein-protein interactions. In addition, IDPs are involved in various human disorders, such as cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, and amyloidosis. To understand the underlying molecular mechanism of IDPs, it is important to study their structural features during their interactions with target proteins. However, conventional biochemical and biophysical methods for analyzing proteins, such as X-ray crystallography, have difficulty in characterizing the features of IDPs because they lack an ordered three-dimensional structure. Here, we present biochemical and biophysical studies on nucleolar phosphoprotein 140 (Nopp140), which mostly consists of disordered regions, during its interaction with casein kinase 2 (CK2), which plays a central role in cell growth. Surface plasmon resonance and electron paramagnetic resonance studies were performed to characterize the interaction between Nopp140 and CK2. A single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer study revealed conformational change in Nopp140 during its interaction with CK2. These studies on Nopp140 can provide a good model system for understanding the molecular function of IDPs.
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Zhu C, Zheng F, Zhu J, Liu M, Liu N, Li X, Zhang L, Deng Z, Zhao Q, Liu H. The interaction between NOLC1 and IAV NS1 protein promotes host cell apoptosis and reduces virus replication. Oncotarget 2017; 8:94519-94527. [PMID: 29212246 PMCID: PMC5706892 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.21785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2017] [Accepted: 09/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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NS1 of the influenza virus plays an important role in the infection ability of the influenza virus. Our previous research found that NS1 protein interacts with the NOLC1 protein of host cells, however, the function of the interaction is unknown. In the present study, the role of the interaction between the two proteins in infection was further studied. Several analyses, including the use of a pull-down assay, Co-IP, western blot analysis, overexpression, RNAi, flow cytometry, etc., were used to demonstrate that the NS1 protein of H3N2 influenza virus interacts with host protein NOLC1 and reduces the quantity of NOLC1. The interaction also promotes apoptosis in A549 host cells, while the suppression of NOLC1 protein reduces the proliferation of the H3N2 virus. Based on these data, it was concluded that during the process of infection, NS1 protein interacts with NOLC1 protein, reducing the level of NOLC1, and that the interaction between the two proteins promotes apoptosis of host cells, thus reducing the proliferation of the virus. These findings provide new information on the biological function of the interaction between NS1 and NOLC1.
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- Chunyu Zhu
- Key Laboratory of Animal Resource and Epidemic Disease Prevention, School of Life Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Resource and Epidemic Disease Prevention, School of Life Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Resource and Epidemic Disease Prevention, School of Life Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Resource and Epidemic Disease Prevention, School of Life Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Resource and Epidemic Disease Prevention, School of Life Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Resource and Epidemic Disease Prevention, School of Life Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Resource and Epidemic Disease Prevention, School of Life Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Resource and Epidemic Disease Prevention, School of Life Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
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- Research Center for Computer Simulating and Information Processing of Bio-Macromolecules of Liaoning, Shenyang 110036, China.,School of Mathematics, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Resource and Epidemic Disease Prevention, School of Life Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China.,Research Center for Computer Simulating and Information Processing of Bio-Macromolecules of Liaoning, Shenyang 110036, China
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Poole AR, Vicino I, Adachi H, Yu YT, Hebert MD. Regulatory RNPs: a novel class of ribonucleoproteins that potentially contribute to ribosome heterogeneity. Biol Open 2017; 6:1342-1354. [PMID: 28808137 PMCID: PMC5612246 DOI: 10.1242/bio.028092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Many ribonucleoproteins (RNPs), which are comprised of noncoding RNA and associated proteins, are involved in essential cellular processes such as translation and pre-mRNA splicing. One class of RNP is the small Cajal body-specific RNP (scaRNP), which contributes to the biogenesis of small nuclear RNPs (snRNPs) that are central components of the spliceosome. Three scaRNAs are internally processed, generating stable nucleolus-enriched RNAs of unknown function. Here, we provide data that show that these RNAs become part of RNPs we term regulatory RNPs (regRNPs). Most modifications within rRNA (predominantly pseudouridylation and ribose 2′-O-methylation) are conducted by small nucleolar RNPs (snoRNPs), and we provide evidence that the activity of at least some of these snoRNPs is under the control of regRNPs. Because modifications within rRNA can vary in different physiological or pathological situations, rRNA modifications are thought to be the major source of ribosome heterogeneity. Our identification of regRNPs thus provides a potential mechanism for how ribosome heterogeneity may be accomplished. This work also provides additional functional connections between the Cajal body and the nucleolus. Summary: Processed scaRNAs give rise to a novel regulatory RNP, which regulates the modification of ribosomal RNA. These findings provide insight into the mechanisms governing ribosome heterogeneity.
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- Aaron R Poole
- Department of Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216-4505, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216-4505, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216-4505, USA
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Tapia O, Narcís JO, Riancho J, Tarabal O, Piedrafita L, Calderó J, Berciano MT, Lafarga M. Cellular bases of the RNA metabolism dysfunction in motor neurons of a murine model of spinal muscular atrophy: Role of Cajal bodies and the nucleolus. Neurobiol Dis 2017; 108:83-99. [PMID: 28823932 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2017.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2017] [Revised: 08/01/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by a homozygous deletion or mutation in the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene that leads to reduced levels of SMN protein resulting in degeneration of motor neurons (MNs). The best known functions of SMN is the biogenesis of spliceosomal snRNPs. Linked to this function, Cajal bodies (CBs) are involved in the assembly of spliceosomal (snRNPs) and nucleolar (snoRNPs) ribonucleoproteins required for pre-mRNA and pre-rRNA processing. Recent studies support that the interaction between CBs and nucleoli, which are especially prominent in neurons, is essential for the nucleolar rRNA homeostasis. We use the SMN∆7 murine model of type I SMA to investigate the cellular basis of the dysfunction of RNA metabolism in MNs. SMN deficiency in postnatal MNs produces a depletion of functional CBs and relocalization of coilin, which is a scaffold protein of CBs, in snRNP-free perinucleolar caps or within the nucleolus. Disruption of CBs is the earliest nuclear sign of MN degeneration. We demonstrate that depletion of CBs, with loss of CB-nucleolus interactions, induces a progressive nucleolar dysfunction in ribosome biogenesis. It includes reorganization and loss of nucleolar transcription units, segregation of dense fibrillar and granular components, retention of SUMO-conjugated proteins in intranucleolar bodies and a reactive, compensatory, up-regulation of mature 18S rRNA and genes encoding key nucleolar proteins, such as upstream binding factor, fibrillarin, nucleolin and nucleophosmin. We propose that CB depletion and nucleolar alterations are essential components of the dysfunction of RNA metabolism in SMA.
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- Olga Tapia
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and "Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED)", University of Cantabria-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and "Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED)", University of Cantabria-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Service of Neurology, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL-CIBERNED, Santander, Spain
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Lleida and "Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida" (IRBLLEIDA), Lleida, Spain
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Lleida and "Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida" (IRBLLEIDA), Lleida, Spain
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Lleida and "Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida" (IRBLLEIDA), Lleida, Spain
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and "Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED)", University of Cantabria-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and "Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED)", University of Cantabria-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain.
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Yuan F, Zhang Y, Ma L, Cheng Q, Li G, Tong T. Enhanced NOLC1 promotes cell senescence and represses hepatocellular carcinoma cell proliferation by disturbing the organization of nucleolus. Aging Cell 2017; 16:726-737. [PMID: 28493459 PMCID: PMC5506443 DOI: 10.1111/acel.12602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The nucleolus is a key organelle that is responsible for the synthesis of rRNA and assembly of ribosomal subunits, which is also the center of metabolic control because of the critical role of ribosomes in protein synthesis. Perturbations of rRNA biogenesis are closely related to cell senescence and tumor progression; however, the underlying molecular mechanisms are not well understood. Here, we report that cellular senescence‐inhibited gene (CSIG) knockdown up‐regulated NOLC1 by stabilizing the 5′UTR of NOLC1 mRNA, and elevated NOLC1 induced the retention of NOG1 in the nucleolus, which is responsible for rRNA processing. Besides, the expression of NOLC1 was negatively correlated with CSIG in the aged mouse tissue and replicative senescent 2BS cells, and the down‐regulation of NOLC1 could rescue CSIG knockdown‐induced 2BS senescence. Additionally, NOLC1 expression was decreased in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissue, and the ectopic expression of NOLC1 repressed the proliferation of HCC cells and tumor growth in a HCC xenograft model.
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- Fuwen Yuan
- Peking University Research Center on Aging; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, Key Laboratory of Protein Posttranslational Modifications and Cell Function; Beijing 100191 China
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- Peking University Research Center on Aging; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, Key Laboratory of Protein Posttranslational Modifications and Cell Function; Beijing 100191 China
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- Peking University Research Center on Aging; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, Key Laboratory of Protein Posttranslational Modifications and Cell Function; Beijing 100191 China
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- Peking University Research Center on Aging; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, Key Laboratory of Protein Posttranslational Modifications and Cell Function; Beijing 100191 China
- Department of Hepatobilliary Surgery; Beijing, Key Surgical Basic Research Laboratory of Liver Cirrhosis and Liver Cancer; Peking University People's Hospital; Beijing 100044 China
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- Peking University Research Center on Aging; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, Key Laboratory of Protein Posttranslational Modifications and Cell Function; Beijing 100191 China
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- Peking University Research Center on Aging; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, Key Laboratory of Protein Posttranslational Modifications and Cell Function; Beijing 100191 China
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Massenet S, Bertrand E, Verheggen C. Assembly and trafficking of box C/D and H/ACA snoRNPs. RNA Biol 2017; 14:680-692. [PMID: 27715451 PMCID: PMC5519232 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2016.1243646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2016] [Revised: 09/09/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Box C/D and box H/ACA snoRNAs are abundant non-coding RNAs that localize in the nucleolus and mostly function as guides for nucleotide modifications. While a large pool of snoRNAs modifies rRNAs, an increasing number of snoRNAs could also potentially target mRNAs. ScaRNAs belong to a family of specific RNAs that localize in Cajal bodies and that are structurally similar to snoRNAs. Most scaRNAs are involved in snRNA modification, while telomerase RNA, which contains H/ACA motifs, functions in telomeric DNA synthesis. In this review, we describe how box C/D and H/ACA snoRNAs are processed and assembled with core proteins to form functional RNP particles. Their biogenesis involve several transport factors that first direct pre-snoRNPs to Cajal bodies, where some processing steps are believed to take place, and then to nucleoli. Assembly of core proteins involves the HSP90/R2TP chaperone-cochaperone system for both box C/D and H/ACA RNAs, but also several factors specific for each family. These assembly factors chaperone unassembled core proteins, regulate the formation and disassembly of pre-snoRNP intermediates, and control the activity of immature particles. The AAA+ ATPase RUVBL1 and RUVBL2 belong to the R2TP co-chaperones and play essential roles in snoRNP biogenesis, as well as in the formation of other macro-molecular complexes. Despite intensive research, their mechanisms of action are still incompletely understood.
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- Séverine Massenet
- Ingénierie Moléculaire et Physiopathologie Articulaire, UMR 7365 CNRS, 9 Avenue de la forêt de Haye, 54505 Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy Cedex, France, Université de Lorraine, Campus Biologie –Santé, CS 50184, 54505 Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy Cedex, France
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- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, UMR 5535 CNRS, 1919 route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier cedex 5, France, Université de Montpellier, 163 rue Auguste Broussonnet, 34090 Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, UMR 5535 CNRS, 1919 route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier cedex 5, France, Université de Montpellier, 163 rue Auguste Broussonnet, 34090 Montpellier, France
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Aside from nucleoli, Cajal bodies (CBs) are the best-characterized organelles of mammalian cell nuclei. Like nucleoli, CBs concentrate ribonucleoproteins (RNPs), in particular, spliceosomal small nuclear RNPs (snRNPs) and small nucleolar RNPs (snoRNPs). In one of the best-defined functions of CBs, most of the snoRNPs are involved in site-specific modification of snRNAs. The two major modifications are pseudouridylation and 2'-O-methylation that are guided by the box H/ACA and C/D snoRNPs, respectively. This review details the modifications, their function, the mechanism of modification, and the machineries involved. We dissect the different classes of noncoding RNAs that meet in CBs, guides and substrates. Open questions and conundrums, often raised and appearing due to experimental limitations, are pointed out and discussed. The emphasis of the review is on mammalian CBs and their function in modification of noncoding RNAs.
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- U Thomas Meier
- a Albert Einstein College of Medicine , Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology , Bronx , NY , USA
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Hebert MD, Poole AR. Towards an understanding of regulating Cajal body activity by protein modification. RNA Biol 2016; 14:761-778. [PMID: 27819531 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2016.1243649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The biogenesis of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs), small Cajal body-specific RNPs (scaRNPs), small nucleolar RNPs (snoRNPs) and the telomerase RNP involves Cajal bodies (CBs). Although many components enriched in the CB contain post-translational modifications (PTMs), little is known about how these modifications impact individual protein function within the CB and, in concert with other modified factors, collectively regulate CB activity. Since all components of the CB also reside in other cellular locations, it is also important that we understand how PTMs affect the subcellular localization of CB components. In this review, we explore the current knowledge of PTMs on the activity of proteins known to enrich in CBs in an effort to highlight current progress as well as illuminate paths for future investigation.
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- Michael D Hebert
- a Department of Biochemistry , The University of Mississippi Medical Center , Jackson , MS , USA
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- a Department of Biochemistry , The University of Mississippi Medical Center , Jackson , MS , USA
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Cajal is commonly regarded as the father of modern neuroscience in recognition of his fundamental work on the structure of the nervous system. But Cajal also made seminal contributions to the knowledge of nuclear structure in the early 1900s, including the discovery of the "accessory body" later renamed "Cajal body" (CB). This important nuclear structure has emerged as a center for the assembly of ribonucleoproteins (RNPs) required for splicing, ribosome biogenesis and telomere maintenance. The modern era of CB research started in the 1990s with the discovery of coilin, now known as a scaffold protein of CBs, and specific probes for small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). In this review, we summarize what we have learned in the recent decades concerning CBs in post-mitotic neurons, thereby ruling out dynamic changes in CB functions during the cell cycle. We show that CBs are particularly prominent in neurons, where they frequently associate with the nucleolus. Neuronal CBs are transcription-dependent nuclear organelles. Indeed, their number dynamically accommodates to support the high neuronal demand for splicing and ribosome biogenesis required for sustaining metabolic and bioelectrical activity. Mature neurons have canonical CBs enriched in coilin, survival motor neuron protein and snRNPs. Disruption and loss of neuronal CBs associate with severe neuronal dysfunctions in several neurological disorders such as motor neuron diseases. In particular, CB depletion in motor neurons seems to reflect a perturbation of transcription and splicing in spinal muscular atrophy, the most common genetic cause of infant mortality.
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- Miguel Lafarga
- a Departamento de Anatomía y Biología Celular and "Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED)" , Universidad de Cantabria-IDIVAL , Santander , Spain
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- a Departamento de Anatomía y Biología Celular and "Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED)" , Universidad de Cantabria-IDIVAL , Santander , Spain
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- a Departamento de Anatomía y Biología Celular and "Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED)" , Universidad de Cantabria-IDIVAL , Santander , Spain
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- a Departamento de Anatomía y Biología Celular and "Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED)" , Universidad de Cantabria-IDIVAL , Santander , Spain
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Hernández-Ibarra JA, Laredo-Cisneros MS, Mondragón-González R, Santamaría-Guayasamín N, Cisneros B. Localization of α-Dystrobrevin in Cajal Bodies and Nucleoli: A New Role for α-Dystrobrevin in the Structure/Stability of the Nucleolus. J Cell Biochem 2016; 116:2755-65. [PMID: 25959029 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.25218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 05/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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α-Dystrobrevin (α-DB) is a cytoplasmic component of the dystrophin-associated complex involved in cell signaling; however, its recently revealed nuclear localization implies a role for this protein in the nucleus. Consistent with this, we demonstrated, in a previous work that α-DB1 isoform associates with the nuclear lamin to maintain nuclei morphology. In this study, we show the distribution of the α-DB2 isoform in different subnuclear compartments of N1E115 neuronal cells, including nucleoli and Cajal bodies, where it colocalizes with B23/nucleophosmin and Nopp140 and with coilin, respectively. Recovery in a pure nucleoli fraction undoubtedly confirms the presence of α-DB2 in the nucleolus. α-DB2 redistributes in a similar fashion to that of fibrillarin and Nopp140 upon actinomycin-mediated disruption of nucleoli and to that of coilin after disorganization of Cajal bodies through ultraviolet-irradiation, with relocalization of the proteins to the corresponding reassembled structures after cessation of the insults, which implies α-DB2 in the plasticity of these nuclear bodies. That localization of α-DB2 in the nucleolus is physiologically relevant is demonstrated by the fact that downregulation of α-DB2 resulted in both altered nucleoli structure and decreased levels of B23/nucleophosmin, fibrillarin, and Nopp140. Since α-DB2 interacts with B23/nucleophosmin and overexpression of the latter protein favors nucleolar accumulation of α-DB2, it appears that targeting of α-DB2 to the nucleolus is dependent on B23/nucleophosmin. In conclusion, we show for the first time localization of α-DB2 in nucleoli and Cajal bodies and provide evidence that α-DB2 is involved in the structure of nucleoli and might modulate nucleolar functions.
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- Jose Anselmo Hernández-Ibarra
- Departamento de Gen, é, tica y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV- IPN), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Gen, é, tica y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV- IPN), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Gen, é, tica y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV- IPN), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida, Carrera de Ingeniería en Biotecnología, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas-ESPE, Sangolquí, Ecuador
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- Departamento de Gen, é, tica y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV- IPN), Mexico City, Mexico
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Telomerase activity is responsible for the maintenance of chromosome end structures (telomeres) and cancer cell immortality in most human malignancies, making telomerase an attractive therapeutic target. The rationale for targeting components of the telomerase holoenzyme has been strengthened by accumulating evidence indicating that these molecules have extra-telomeric functions in tumour cell survival and proliferation. This Review discusses current knowledge of the biogenesis, structure and multiple functions of telomerase-associated molecules intertwined with recent advances in drug discovery approaches. We also describe the fertile ground available for the pursuit of next-generation small-molecule inhibitors of telomerase.
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- Greg M Arndt
- Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) Drug Discovery Centre for Childhood Cancer, Children's Cancer Institute Australia, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Randwick, New South Wales 2031, Australia
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- Personalised Medicine Program, Children's Cancer Institute Australia, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Randwick, New South Wales 2031, Australia
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Koné MC, Fleurot R, Chebrout M, Debey P, Beaujean N, Bonnet-Garnier A. Three-Dimensional Distribution of UBF and Nopp140 in Relationship to Ribosomal DNA Transcription During Mouse Preimplantation Development. Biol Reprod 2016; 94:95. [PMID: 26984997 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.115.136366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2015] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The nucleolus is a dynamic nuclear compartment that is mostly involved in ribosome subunit biogenesis; however, it may also play a role in many other biological processes, such as stress response and the cell cycle. Mainly using electron microscopy, several studies have tried to decipher how active nucleoli are set up during early development in mice. In this study, we analyzed nucleologenesis during mouse early embryonic development using 3D-immunofluorescent detection of UBF and Nopp140, two proteins associated with different nucleolar compartments. UBF is a transcription factor that helps maintain the euchromatic state of ribosomal genes; Nopp140 is a phosphoprotein that has been implicated in pre-rRNA processing. First, using detailed image analyses and the in situ proximity ligation assay technique, we demonstrate that UBF and Nopp140 dynamic redistribution between the two-cell and blastocyst stages (time of implantation) is correlated with morphological and structural modifications that occur in embryonic nucleolar compartments. Our results also support the hypothesis that nucleoli develop at the periphery of nucleolar precursor bodies. Finally, we show that the RNA polymerase I inhibitor CX-5461: 1) disrupts transcriptional activity, 2) alters preimplantation development, and 3) leads to a complete reorganization of UBF and Nopp140 distribution. Altogether, our results underscore that highly dynamic changes are occurring in the nucleoli of embryos and confirm a close link between ribosomal gene transcription and nucleologenesis during the early stages of development.
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- UMR BDR, INRA, ENVA, Université Paris Saclay, Jouy en Josas, France
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- UMR BDR, INRA, ENVA, Université Paris Saclay, Jouy en Josas, France
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- Sorbonne-Universités, MNHN, CNRS, INSERM, Structure et instabilité des génomes, Paris, France
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Initially identified as a marker of coiled bodies (now Cajal bodies or CBs), the protein coilin was discovered a quarter of century ago. Coilin is now known to scaffold the CB, but its structure and function are poorly understood. Nearly devoid of predicted structural motifs, coilin has numerous reported molecular interactions that must underlie its role in the formation and function of CBs. In this review, we summarize what we have learned in the past 25 years about coilin's structure, post-transcriptional modifications, and interactions with RNA and proteins. We show that genes with homology to human coilin are found in primitive metazoans and comment on differences among model organisms. Coilin's function in Cajal body formation and RNP metabolism will be discussed in the light of these developments.
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- Martin Machyna
- a Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry ; Yale University ; New Haven , CT USA
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Zhu CY, Zheng FL, She XS, Zhao D, Gu Y, Duan YT, Chang AK, Liu HS. Identification of NS1 domains of avian H5N1 influenza virus which influence the interaction with the NOLC1 protein. Virus Genes 2015; 50:238-44. [DOI: 10.1007/s11262-015-1166-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2014] [Accepted: 01/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Deletion of Drosophila Nopp140 induces subcellular ribosomopathies. Chromosoma 2014; 124:191-208. [PMID: 25384888 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-014-0490-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2013] [Revised: 09/04/2014] [Accepted: 10/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The nucleolar and Cajal body phosphoprotein of 140 kDa (Nopp140) is considered a ribosome assembly factor, but its precise functions remain unknown. To approach this problem, we deleted the Nopp140 gene in Drosophila using FLP-FRT recombination. Genomic PCR, reverse transcriptase-PCR (RT-PCR), and immunofluorescence microscopy confirmed the loss of Nopp140, its messenger RNA (mRNA), and protein products from all tissues examined. Nopp140-/- larvae arrested in the second instar stage and most died within 8 days. While nucleoli appeared intact in Nopp140-/- cells, the C/D small nucleolar ribonucleoprotein (snoRNP) methyltransferase, fibrillarin, redistributed to the nucleoplasm in variable amounts depending on the cell type; RT-PCRs showed that 2'-O-methylation of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) in Nopp140-/- cells was reduced at select sites within both the 18S and 28S rRNAs. Ultrastructural analysis showed that Nopp140-/- cells were deficient in cytoplasmic ribosomes, but instead contained abnormal electron-dense cytoplasmic granules. Immunoblot analysis showed a loss of RpL34, and metabolic labeling showed a significant drop in protein translation, supporting the loss of functional ribosomes. Northern blots showed that pre-RNA cleavage pathways were generally unaffected by the loss of Nopp140, but that R2 retrotransposons that naturally reside within the 28S region of normally silent heterochromatic Drosophila ribosomal DNA (rDNA) genes were selectively expressed in Nopp140-/- larvae. Unlike copia elements and the related R1 retrotransposon, R2 expression appeared to be preferentially dependent on the loss of Nopp140 and not on environmental stresses. We believe the phenotypes described here define novel intracellular ribosomopathies resulting from the loss of Nopp140.
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Machyna M, Kehr S, Straube K, Kappei D, Buchholz F, Butter F, Ule J, Hertel J, Stadler PF, Neugebauer KM. The coilin interactome identifies hundreds of small noncoding RNAs that traffic through Cajal bodies. Mol Cell 2014; 56:389-399. [PMID: 25514182 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2014.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2014] [Revised: 08/25/2014] [Accepted: 10/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Coilin protein scaffolds Cajal bodies (CBs)-subnuclear compartments enriched in small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs)-and promotes efficient spliceosomal snRNP assembly. The molecular function of coilin, which is intrinsically disordered with no defined motifs, is poorly understood. We use UV crosslinking and immunoprecipitation (iCLIP) to determine whether mammalian coilin binds RNA in vivo and to identify targets. Robust detection of snRNA transcripts correlated with coilin ChIP-seq peaks on snRNA genes, indicating that coilin binding to nascent snRNAs is a site-specific CB nucleator. Surprisingly, several hundred small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) were identified as coilin interactors, including numerous unannotated mouse and human snoRNAs. We show that all classes of snoRNAs concentrate in CBs. Moreover, snoRNAs lacking specific CB retention signals traffic through CBs en route to nucleoli, consistent with the role of CBs in small RNP assembly. Thus, coilin couples snRNA and snoRNA biogenesis, making CBs the cellular hub of small ncRNA metabolism.
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- Martin Machyna
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, 01307 Dresden, Germany; Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science and Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, University of Leipzig, Haertelstrasse 16-18, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, 01307 Dresden, Germany; Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Ackermannweg 4, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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- Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science and Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, University of Leipzig, Haertelstrasse 16-18, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
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- Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science and Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, University of Leipzig, Haertelstrasse 16-18, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, 01307 Dresden, Germany; Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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Timing the window of implantation by nucleolar channel system prevalence matches the accuracy of the endometrial receptivity array. Fertil Steril 2014; 102:1477-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.07.1254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2014] [Revised: 07/28/2014] [Accepted: 07/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Smith CL, Matheson TD, Trombly DJ, Sun X, Campeau E, Han X, Yates JR, Kaufman PD. A separable domain of the p150 subunit of human chromatin assembly factor-1 promotes protein and chromosome associations with nucleoli. Mol Biol Cell 2014; 25:2866-81. [PMID: 25057015 PMCID: PMC4161520 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e14-05-1029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Chromatin assembly factor-1 contains a separable domain unrelated to histone deposition, which provides a previously unrecognized ability to maintain nucleolar protein and chromosome associations. Chromatin assembly factor-1 (CAF-1) is a three-subunit protein complex conserved throughout eukaryotes that deposits histones during DNA synthesis. Here we present a novel role for the human p150 subunit in regulating nucleolar macromolecular interactions. Acute depletion of p150 causes redistribution of multiple nucleolar proteins and reduces nucleolar association with several repetitive element–containing loci. Of note, a point mutation in a SUMO-interacting motif (SIM) within p150 abolishes nucleolar associations, whereas PCNA or HP1 interaction sites within p150 are not required for these interactions. In addition, acute depletion of SUMO-2 or the SUMO E2 ligase Ubc9 reduces α-satellite DNA association with nucleoli. The nucleolar functions of p150 are separable from its interactions with the other subunits of the CAF-1 complex because an N-terminal fragment of p150 (p150N) that cannot interact with other CAF-1 subunits is sufficient for maintaining nucleolar chromosome and protein associations. Therefore these data define novel functions for a separable domain of the p150 protein, regulating protein and DNA interactions at the nucleolus.
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- Corey L Smith
- Program in Gene Function and Expression, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605
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- Program in Gene Function and Expression, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605
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- Program in Gene Function and Expression, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605
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- Program in Gene Function and Expression, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605
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- Program in Gene Function and Expression, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605
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- Department of Chemical Physiology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037
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- Department of Chemical Physiology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037
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- Program in Gene Function and Expression, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605
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This review summarizes the current understanding of the role of nuclear bodies in regulating gene expression. The compartmentalization of cellular processes, such as ribosome biogenesis, RNA processing, cellular response to stress, transcription, modification and assembly of spliceosomal snRNPs, histone gene synthesis and nuclear RNA retention, has significant implications for gene regulation. These functional nuclear domains include the nucleolus, nuclear speckle, nuclear stress body, transcription factory, Cajal body, Gemini of Cajal body, histone locus body and paraspeckle. We herein review the roles of nuclear bodies in regulating gene expression and their relation to human health and disease.
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- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +1-604-875-2157; Fax: +1-604-875-2376
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Goto C, Tamura K, Fukao Y, Shimada T, Hara-Nishimura I. The Novel Nuclear Envelope Protein KAKU4 Modulates Nuclear Morphology in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2014; 26:2143-2155. [PMID: 24824484 PMCID: PMC4079374 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.122168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2013] [Revised: 04/16/2014] [Accepted: 04/23/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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In animals, the nuclear lamina is a fibrillar meshwork on the inner surface of the nuclear envelope, composed of coiled-coil lamin proteins and lamin binding membrane proteins. Plants also have a meshwork on the inner surface of the nuclear envelope, but little is known about its composition other than the presence of members of the CROWDED NUCLEI (CRWN) protein family, possible plant lamin analogs. Here, we describe a candidate lamina component, based on two Arabidopsis thaliana mutants (kaku2 and kaku4) with aberrant nuclear morphology. The responsible gene in kaku2 encodes CRWN1, and the responsible gene in kaku4 encodes a plant-specific protein of unknown function (KAKU4) that physically interacts with CRWN1 and its homolog CRWN4. Immunogold labeling revealed that KAKU4 localizes at the inner nuclear membrane. KAKU4 deforms the nuclear envelope in a dose-dependent manner, in association with nuclear membrane invagination and stack formation. The KAKU4-dependent nuclear envelope deformation was enhanced by overaccumulation of CRWN1, although KAKU4 can deform the nuclear envelope even in the absence of CRWN1 and/or CRWN4. Together, these results suggest that plants have evolved a unique lamina-like structure to modulate nuclear shape and size.
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- Chieko Goto
- Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma 630-0192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Enwerem II, Velma V, Broome HJ, Kuna M, Begum RA, Hebert MD. Coilin association with Box C/D scaRNA suggests a direct role for the Cajal body marker protein in scaRNP biogenesis. Biol Open 2014; 3:240-9. [PMID: 24659245 PMCID: PMC3988793 DOI: 10.1242/bio.20147443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Spliceosomal small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) are enriched in the Cajal body (CB). Guide RNAs, known as small Cajal body-specific RNAs (scaRNAs), direct modification of the small nuclear RNA (snRNA) component of the snRNP. The protein WRAP53 binds a sequence motif (the CAB box) found in many scaRNAs and the RNA component of telomerase (hTR) and targets these RNAs to the CB. We have previously reported that coilin, the CB marker protein, associates with certain non-coding RNAs. For a more comprehensive examination of the RNAs associated with coilin, we have sequenced the RNA isolated from coilin immunocomplexes. A striking preferential association of coilin with the box C/D scaRNAs 2 and 9, which lack a CAB box, was observed. This association varied by treatment condition and WRAP53 knockdown. In contrast, reduction of WRAP53 did not alter the level of coilin association with hTR. Additional studies showed that coilin degrades/processes scaRNA 2 and 9, associates with active telomerase and can influence telomerase activity. These findings suggest that coilin plays a novel role in the biogenesis of box C/D scaRNPs and telomerase.
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- Isioma I Enwerem
- Department of Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216-4505, USA
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Li Y, Fong KW, Tang M, Han X, Gong Z, Ma W, Hebert M, Songyang Z, Chen J. Fam118B, a newly identified component of Cajal bodies, is required for Cajal body formation, snRNP biogenesis and cell viability. J Cell Sci 2014; 127:2029-39. [PMID: 24569877 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.143453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cajal bodies are specialized and dynamic compartments in the nucleus that are involved in the biogenesis of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs). Because of the dynamic and varied roles of Cajal bodies, it is of great interest to identify the components of Cajal bodies to better understand their functions. We performed a genome-wide screen to identify proteins that colocalize with coilin, the marker protein of Cajal bodies. In this study, we identified and characterized Fam118B as a newly discovered component of Cajal bodies. Fam118B is widely expressed in a variety of cell lines derived from various origins. Overexpression of Fam118B changes the canonical morphology of Cajal bodies, whereas depletion of Fam118B disrupts the localization of components of Cajal bodies, including coilin, the survival of motor neuron protein (SMN) and the Sm protein D1 (SmD1, also known as SNRPD1). Moreover, depletion of Fam118B reduces splicing capacity and inhibits cell proliferation. In addition, Fam118B associates with coilin and SMN proteins. Fam118B depletion reduces symmetric dimethylarginine modification of SmD1, which in turn diminishes the binding of SMN to this Sm protein. Taken together, these data indicate that Fam118B, by regulating SmD1 symmetric dimethylarginine modification, plays an important role in Cajal body formation, snRNP biogenesis and cell viability.
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- Yujing Li
- State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol and Key Laboratory of Gene Engineering of Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-Sen University-Baylor College of Medicine Joint Research Center on Biomedical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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Ueshima S, Nagata K, Okuwaki M. Upstream binding factor-dependent and pre-rRNA transcription-independent association of pre-rRNA processing factors with rRNA gene. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2014; 443:22-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.11.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2013] [Accepted: 11/08/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Zapantis G, Szmyga M, Rybak E, Meier U. Premature formation of nucleolar channel systems indicates advanced endometrial maturation following controlled ovarian hyperstimulation. Hum Reprod 2013; 28:3292-300. [PMID: 24052503 PMCID: PMC3895983 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2013] [Revised: 08/07/2013] [Accepted: 08/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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STUDY QUESTION Is there a shift in the timing of nucleolar channel system (NCS) formation following controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH)? SUMMARY ANSWER NCSs appear prematurely following COH compared with natural cycles. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY During natural cycles, NCSs of endometrial epithelial cell (EEC) nuclei are exclusively present during the window of implantation and are uniformly distributed throughout the upper endometrial cavity. STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION Prospective two-cohort study. Cohorts I and II each consisted of seven volunteers for the duration of three menstrual study cycles that were separated by at least one wash-out or rest cycle, between December 2008 and May 2012. PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS Participants were recruited from a pool of healthy oocyte donors. Consecutive endometrial biopsies were obtained during the same luteal phase on cycle days (CD) 16, 20 and 26 for Cohort I, and on CD14, 22 and 24 for Cohort II, following random assignment to a natural cycle group, a COH cycle group (using a GnRH antagonist), or a COH cycle group receiving luteal phase hormonal supplementation (COH + S). The day of oocyte retrieval was designated CD14 in COH cycles and the day of the LH surge was designated CD13 in natural cycles. Prevalence of NCSs in the nuclei of EECs was quantified using indirect immunofluorescence with an antibody directed against a subset of related nuclear pore complex proteins that are major constituents of NCSs. Progesterone and estradiol levels were measured on the day of each endometrial biopsy. MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE The natural cycle group exhibited peak NCS prevalence on CD20 [53.3%; interquartile range (IQR) 28.5-55.8], which rapidly declined on CD22 (11.8%; IQR 6.3-17.6), CD24 (2.5%; IQR 0.0-9.2) and CD26 (0.3%; IQR 0.0-3.5), and no NCSs on CD14 and 16 defining a short NCS window around CD20. In contrast, in COH and COH + S cycles, NCS prevalence was high already on CD16 (40.4%; IQR 22.6-53.4 and 35.6%; IQR 26.4-44.5, respectively; P = 0.001 compared with CD16 of the natural cycle group, Mann-Whitney), whereas no significant difference in NCS prevalence was detected on any of the other five CDs between the three groups (P > 0.05). LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION The cohort size was small (n = 7) but was offset by the all-or-none presence of NCSs on CD16 in natural versus COH and COH + S cycles and the fact that each subject served as her own control. WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS Premature appearance of NCSs and hence maturation of the endometrium following COH is consistent with previous studies based on histological dating but contradicts studies based on mRNA expression profiling, which reported a lag in endometrial maturation. However, this is the first study of this kind that is based on consecutive endometrial biopsies within the same cycle and that reports such clear-cut differences: no versus robust NCS presence on CD16. Our observation of advanced endometrial maturation following COH may contribute to the reduced implantation rates seen in fresh compared with frozen and donor IVF-embryo transfer cycles. Therefore, the NCS window could serve as a sensitive guide for timing of embryo transfer in frozen and donor cycles. STUDY FUNDING/COMPETING INTEREST(S) The study was supported by the March of Dimes Birth Defects foundation (1-FY09-363 to U.T.M.); Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Parsippany, NJ; East Coast Fertility, Plainview, NY and the CMBG Training Program (T32 GM007491 to M.J.S.). We report no competing interests.
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- G. Zapantis
- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
- East Coast Fertility, Plainview, NY 11803, USA
- Present address: New York Reproductive Wellness, Jericho, NY 11753, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
- Present address: Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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Nallar SC, Kalvakolanu DV. Regulation of snoRNAs in cancer: close encounters with interferon. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2013; 33:189-98. [PMID: 23570385 DOI: 10.1089/jir.2012.0106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The interferon (IFN) family of cytokines regulates many cellular processes, such as transcription, translation, post-translational modifications, and protein degradation. IFNs induce growth inhibition and/or cell death, depending on the cell type, by employing different proteins. This review describes a novel growth-suppressive pathway employed by IFNs that affects rRNA levels. Maturation of rRNA involves numerous noncoding small regulatory RNA-guided processes. These regulatory RNAs, called small nucleolar RNA (snoRNAs), function as a ribonucleoprotein particle (RNP) in the nucleolus. The biogenesis of snoRNPs is dependent on core protein and assembly factors. Our laboratory recently isolated a growth-suppressive protein gene associated with retinoid-IFN-induced mortality (GRIM)-1 using a genetic screen. IFN-inducible GRIM-1 (SHQ1) is an assembly factor that controls one arm of the snoRNP machinery. GRIM-1 inhibits sno/scaRNP formation to induce growth suppression via reduction in mature rRNA levels. Loss of GRIM-1 observed in certain cancers implicates it to be a novel tumor suppressor. Certain snoRNAs have been reported to act as either oncogenes or tumor suppressors in vitro. Recent studies have shown that certain sno/scaRNAs are further processed into micro RNA-like molecules to control translation of protein-coding RNAs. We present a model as to how these small regulatory RNAs influence cell growth and a potential role for GRIM-1 in this process.
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- Shreeram C Nallar
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine , Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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James A, Cindass R, Mayer D, Terhoeve S, Mumphrey C, DiMario P. Nucleolar stress in Drosophila melanogaster: RNAi-mediated depletion of Nopp140. Nucleus 2013; 4:123-33. [PMID: 23412656 DOI: 10.4161/nucl.23944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Nucleolar stress results when ribosome biogenesis is disrupted. An excellent example is the human Treacher Collins syndrome in which the loss of the nucleolar chaperone, Treacle, leads to p53-dependent apoptosis in embryonic neural crest cells and ultimately to craniofacial birth defects. Here, we show that depletion of the related nucleolar phosphoprotein, Nopp140, in Drosophila melanogaster led to nucleolar stress and eventual lethality when multiple tissues were depleted of Nopp140. We used TEM, immuno-blot analysis and metabolic protein labeling to show the loss of ribosomes. Targeted loss of Nopp140 in larval wing discs caused Caspase-dependent apoptosis which eventually led to defects in the adult wings. These defects were not rescued by a p53 gene deletion, as the craniofacial defects were in the murine model of TCS, thus suggesting that apoptosis caused by nucleolar stress in Drosophila is induced by a p53-independent mechanism. Loss of Nopp140 in larval polyploid midgut cells induced premature autophagy as marked by the accumulation of mCherry-ATG8a into autophagic vesicles. We also found elevated phenoloxidase A3 levels in whole larval lysates and within the hemolymph of Nopp140-depleted larvae vs. hemolymph from parental genotype larvae. Phenoloxidase A3 enrichment was coincident with the appearance of melanotic tumors in the Nopp140-depleted larvae. The occurrence of apoptosis, autophagy and phenoloxidase A3 release to the hemolymph upon nucleolar stress correlated well with the demonstrated activation of Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) in Nopp140-depleted larvae. We propose that JNK is a central stress response effector that is activated by nucleolar stress in Drosophila larvae.
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- Allison James
- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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Broome HJ, Hebert MD. Coilin displays differential affinity for specific RNAs in vivo and is linked to telomerase RNA biogenesis. J Mol Biol 2012; 425:713-24. [PMID: 23274112 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2012] [Revised: 11/29/2012] [Accepted: 12/18/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Coilin is widely known as the protein marker of the Cajal body, a subnuclear domain important to the biogenesis of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins and telomerase, complexes that are crucial to pre-messenger RNA splicing and telomere maintenance, respectively. Extensive studies have characterized the interaction between coilin and the various other protein components of CBs and related subnuclear domains; however, only a few have examined interactions between coilin and nucleic acid. We have recently published that coilin is tightly associated with nucleic acid, displays RNase activity in vitro, and is redistributed to the ribosomal RNA (rRNA)-rich nucleoli in cells treated with the DNA-damaging agents cisplatin and etoposide. Here, we report a specific in vivo association between coilin and rRNA, U small nuclear RNA (snRNA), and human telomerase RNA, which is altered upon treatment with DNA-damaging agents. Using chromatin immunoprecipitation, we provide evidence of coilin interaction with specific regions of U snRNA gene loci. We have also utilized bacterially expressed coilin fragments in order to map the region(s) important for RNA binding and RNase activity in vitro. Additionally, we provide evidence of coilin involvement in the processing of human telomerase RNA both in vitro and in vivo.
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- Hanna J Broome
- Department of Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216-4505, USA.
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Tantos A, Szrnka K, Szabo B, Bokor M, Kamasa P, Matus P, Bekesi A, Tompa K, Han KH, Tompa P. Structural disorder and local order of hNopp140. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2012; 1834:342-50. [PMID: 22906532 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2012.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2012] [Revised: 08/02/2012] [Accepted: 08/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Human nucleolar phosphoprotein p140 (hNopp 140) is a highly phosphorylated protein inhibitor of casein kinase 2 (CK2). As in the case of many kinase-inhibitor systems, the inhibitor has been described to belong to the family of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), which often utilize transient structural elements to bind their cognate enzyme. Here we investigated the structural status of this protein both to provide distinct lines of evidence for its disorder and to point out its transient structure potentially involved in interactions and also its tendency to aggregate. Structural disorder of hNopp140 is apparent by its anomalous electrophoretic mobility, protease sensitivity, heat stability, hydrodynamic behavior on size-exclusion chromatography, (1)H NMR spectrum and differential scanning calorimetry scan. hNopp140 has a significant tendency to aggregate and the change of its circular dichroism spectrum in the presence of 0-80% TFE suggests a tendency to form local helical structures. Wide-line NMR measurements suggest the overall disordered character of the protein. In all, our data suggest that this protein falls into the pre-molten globule state of IDPs, with a significant tendency to become ordered in the presence of its partner as demonstrated in the presence of transcription factor IIB (TFIIB).
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- Agnes Tantos
- Institute of Enzymology, Biological Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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In the Caenorhabditis elegans nematode, the oocyte nucleolus disappears prior to fertilization. We have now investigated the re-formation of the nucleolus in the early embryo of this model organism by immunostaining for fibrillarin and DAO-5, a putative NOLC1/Nopp140 homolog involved in ribosome assembly. We find that labeled nucleoli first appear in somatic cells at around the 8-cell stage, at a time when transcription of the embryonic genome begins. Quantitative analysis of radial positioning showed the nucleolus to be localized at the nuclear periphery in a majority of early embryonic nuclei. At the ultrastructural level, the embryonic nucleolus appears to be composed of a relatively homogenous core surrounded by a crescent-shaped granular structure. Prior to embryonic genome activation, fibrillarin and DAO-5 staining is seen in numerous small nucleoplasmic foci. This staining pattern persists in the germline up to the ∼100-cell stage, until the P4 germ cell divides to give rise to the Z2/Z3 primordial germ cells and embryonic transcription is activated in this lineage. In the ncl-1 mutant, which is characterized by increased transcription of rDNA, DAO-5-labeled nucleoli are already present at the 2-cell stage. Our results suggest a link between the activation of transcription and the initial formation of nucleoli in the C. elegans embryo.
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Lee WK, Lee SY, Na JH, Jang SW, Park CR, Kim SY, Lee SH, Han KH, Yu YG. Mitoxantrone Binds to Nopp140, an Intrinsically Unstructured Protein, and Modulate its Interaction with Protein Kinase CK2. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2012. [DOI: 10.5012/bkcs.2012.33.6.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Dynamic force-induced direct dissociation of protein complexes in a nuclear body in living cells. Nat Commun 2012; 3:866. [PMID: 22643893 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2012] [Accepted: 04/26/2012] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Despite past progress in understanding mechanisms of cellular mechanotransduction, it is unclear whether a local surface force can directly alter nuclear functions without intermediate biochemical cascades. Here we show that a local dynamic force via integrins results in direct displacements of coilin and SMN proteins in Cajal bodies and direct dissociation of coilin-SMN associated complexes. Spontaneous movements of coilin increase more than those of SMN in the same Cajal body after dynamic force application. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer changes of coilin-SMN depend on force magnitude, an intact F-actin, cytoskeletal tension, Lamin A/C, or substrate rigidity. Other protein pairs in Cajal bodies exhibit different magnitudes of fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Dynamic cyclic force induces tiny phase lags between various protein pairs in Cajal bodies, suggesting viscoelastic interactions between them. These findings demonstrate that dynamic force-induced direct structural changes of protein complexes in Cajal bodies may represent a unique mechanism of mechanotransduction that impacts on nuclear functions involved in gene expression.
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Krastev DB, Slabicki M, Paszkowski-Rogacz M, Hubner NC, Junqueira M, Shevchenko A, Mann M, Neugebauer KM, Buchholz F. A systematic RNAi synthetic interaction screen reveals a link between p53 and snoRNP assembly. Nat Cell Biol 2011; 13:809-18. [PMID: 21642980 DOI: 10.1038/ncb2264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2010] [Accepted: 04/20/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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TP53 (tumour protein 53) is one of the most frequently mutated genes in human cancer and its role during cellular transformation has been studied extensively. However, the homeostatic functions of p53 are less well understood. Here, we explore the molecular dependency network of TP53 through an RNAi-mediated synthetic interaction screen employing two HCT116 isogenic cell lines and a genome-scale endoribonuclease-prepared short interfering RNA library. We identify a variety of TP53 synthetic interactions unmasking the complex connections of p53 to cellular physiology and growth control. Molecular dissection of the TP53 synthetic interaction with UNRIP indicates an enhanced dependency of TP53-negative cells on small nucleolar ribonucleoprotein (snoRNP) assembly. This dependency is mediated by the snoRNP chaperone gene NOLC1 (also known as NOPP140), which we identify as a physiological p53 target gene. This unanticipated function of TP53 in snoRNP assembly highlights the potential of RNAi-mediated synthetic interaction screens to dissect molecular pathways of tumour suppressor genes.
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- Dragomir B Krastev
- University of Technology Dresden, University Hospital and Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Department of Medical Systems Biology, Fetscherstraße 74, D-01307 Dresden, Germany
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