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Kong X, Lin C, Yang C, Wang X, Li B, Yan D, Yang Y, Hu A, Chen Y, Xu X, Ma X. GLP-1 signaling-regulated SNAP25 is involved in improved insulin secretion in diabetic GK rats after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. Mol Biol Rep 2024; 51:123. [PMID: 38227062 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-023-09165-y] [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: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB) improves glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) in type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients. SNAP25 plays an essential role in GSIS. Clinical studies indicate that enhanced GLP-1 signaling is an important contributor to the improved β-cell function in T2D. We aimed to explore whether GLP-1-regulated SNAP25 is involved in the enhanced secretory function of β-cells in diabetic Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rats after RYGB. METHODS AND RESULTS RYGB or sham surgery was conducted in GK rats. mRNA and protein expression of SNAP25 was assessed by qPCR and Western blot, respectively. Occupancy of CREB and acetyltransferase CBP and acetylation of histone H3 (ACH3) at the Snap25 promoter were determined using ChIP assay. RYGB led to increased SNAP25 expression and CREB phosphorylation in islets from GK rats. Increased SNAP25 improved GSIS in β-cells cultured in high glucose conditions. Consistent with increased plasma GLP-1 after RYGB, GLP-1R agonist exendin4 increased SNAP25 expression and CREB phosphorylation in β-cells. Mechanistically, exendin4 promoted the recruitment of CREB and CBP, thereby increasing ACH3 at the Snap25 promoter. Consistently, inhibition of CBP attenuated the effect of exendin4 on SNAP25 expression. Furthermore, the knockdown of SNAP25 diminished the increase of GSIS potentiated by chronic GLP-1 culture in INS-1 832/13 cells. CONCLUSIONS Our findings unravel the novel mechanisms of RYGB-enhanced SNAP25 expression in β-cells, and SNAP25 may contribute to the improved β-cell secretory function induced by RYGB.
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- Xiangchen Kong
- School of Medicine, Shenzhen University Diabetes Institute, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
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- School of Medicine, Shenzhen University Diabetes Institute, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- School of Medicine, Shenzhen University Diabetes Institute, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- School of Medicine, Shenzhen University Diabetes Institute, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- School of Medicine, Shenzhen University Diabetes Institute, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- School of Medicine, Shenzhen University Diabetes Institute, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- School of Medicine, Shenzhen University Diabetes Institute, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- School of Medicine, Shenzhen University Diabetes Institute, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- School of Medicine, Shenzhen University Diabetes Institute, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Shenzhen University General Hospital, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- School of Medicine, Shenzhen University Diabetes Institute, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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Romero A, Heidenreich AC, Román CL, Algañarás M, Nazer E, Gagliardino JJ, Maiztegui B, Flores LE, Rodríguez-Seguí SA. Transcriptional signature of islet neogenesis-associated protein peptide-treated rat pancreatic islets reveals induction of novel long non-coding RNAs. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1226615. [PMID: 37842306 PMCID: PMC10570750 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1226615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Diabetes mellitus is characterized by chronic hyperglycemia with loss of β-cell function and mass. An attractive therapeutic approach to treat patients with diabetes in a non-invasive way is to harness the innate regenerative potential of the pancreas. The Islet Neogenesis-Associated Protein pentadecapeptide (INGAP-PP) has been shown to induce β-cell regeneration and improve their function in rodents. To investigate its possible mechanism of action, we report here the global transcriptional effects induced by the short-term INGAP-PP in vitro treatment of adult rat pancreatic islets. Methods and findings Rat pancreatic islets were cultured in vitro in the presence of INGAP-PP for 4 days, and RNA-seq was generated from triplicate treated and control islet samples. We performed a de novo rat gene annotation based on the alignment of RNA-seq reads. The list of INGAP-PP-regulated genes was integrated with epigenomic data. Using the new gene annotation generated in this work, we quantified RNA-seq data profiled in INS-1 cells treated with IL1β, IL1β+Calcipotriol (a vitamin D agonist) or vehicle, and single-cell RNA-seq data profiled in rat pancreatic islets. We found 1,669 differentially expressed genes by INGAP-PP treatment, including dozens of previously unannotated rat transcripts. Genes differentially expressed by the INGAP-PP treatment included a subset of upregulated transcripts that are associated with vitamin D receptor activation. Supported by epigenomic and single-cell RNA-seq data, we identified 9 previously unannotated long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) upregulated by INGAP-PP, some of which are also differentially regulated by IL1β and vitamin D in β-cells. These include Ri-lnc1, which is enriched in mature β-cells. Conclusions Our results reveal the transcriptional program that could explain the enhancement of INGAP-PP-mediated physiological effects on β-cell mass and function. We identified novel lncRNAs that are induced by INGAP-PP in rat islets, some of which are selectively expressed in pancreatic β-cells and downregulated by IL1β treatment of INS-1 cells. Our results suggest a relevant function for Ri-lnc1 in β-cells. These findings are expected to provide the basis for a deeper understanding of islet translational results from rodents to humans, with the ultimate goal of designing new therapies for people with diabetes.
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- Agustín Romero
- Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE), CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE), CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Endocrinología Experimental y Aplicada (CENEXA) - Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP) - CONICET- Centro Asociado a la Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CeAs CICPBA), Facultad de Ciencias Médicas UNLP, La Plata, Argentina
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- Centro de Endocrinología Experimental y Aplicada (CENEXA) - Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP) - CONICET- Centro Asociado a la Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CeAs CICPBA), Facultad de Ciencias Médicas UNLP, La Plata, Argentina
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- Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE), CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Endocrinología Experimental y Aplicada (CENEXA) - Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP) - CONICET- Centro Asociado a la Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CeAs CICPBA), Facultad de Ciencias Médicas UNLP, La Plata, Argentina
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- Centro de Endocrinología Experimental y Aplicada (CENEXA) - Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP) - CONICET- Centro Asociado a la Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CeAs CICPBA), Facultad de Ciencias Médicas UNLP, La Plata, Argentina
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- Centro de Endocrinología Experimental y Aplicada (CENEXA) - Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP) - CONICET- Centro Asociado a la Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CeAs CICPBA), Facultad de Ciencias Médicas UNLP, La Plata, Argentina
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- Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE), CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Hrovatin K, Bastidas-Ponce A, Bakhti M, Zappia L, Büttner M, Salinno C, Sterr M, Böttcher A, Migliorini A, Lickert H, Theis FJ. Delineating mouse β-cell identity during lifetime and in diabetes with a single cell atlas. Nat Metab 2023; 5:1615-1637. [PMID: 37697055 PMCID: PMC10513934 DOI: 10.1038/s42255-023-00876-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/13/2023]
Abstract
Although multiple pancreatic islet single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) datasets have been generated, a consensus on pancreatic cell states in development, homeostasis and diabetes as well as the value of preclinical animal models is missing. Here, we present an scRNA-seq cross-condition mouse islet atlas (MIA), a curated resource for interactive exploration and computational querying. We integrate over 300,000 cells from nine scRNA-seq datasets consisting of 56 samples, varying in age, sex and diabetes models, including an autoimmune type 1 diabetes model (NOD), a glucotoxicity/lipotoxicity type 2 diabetes model (db/db) and a chemical streptozotocin β-cell ablation model. The β-cell landscape of MIA reveals new cell states during disease progression and cross-publication differences between previously suggested marker genes. We show that β-cells in the streptozotocin model transcriptionally correlate with those in human type 2 diabetes and mouse db/db models, but are less similar to human type 1 diabetes and mouse NOD β-cells. We also report pathways that are shared between β-cells in immature, aged and diabetes models. MIA enables a comprehensive analysis of β-cell responses to different stressors, providing a roadmap for the understanding of β-cell plasticity, compensation and demise.
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- Karin Hrovatin
- Institute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
- TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany
- Medical Faculty, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
- Department of Mathematics, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany
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- Institute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
- Genomics and Immunoregulation, Life & Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Systems Medicine, Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany
- Medical Faculty, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany
- McEwen Stem Cell Institute, University Health Network (UHN), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany.
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany.
- Medical Faculty, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
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- Institute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany.
- TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany.
- Department of Mathematics, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany.
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Pike JW, Lee SM, Meyer MB. Molecular insights into mineralotropic hormone inter-regulation. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1213361. [PMID: 37441497 PMCID: PMC10334211 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1213361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
Abstract
The regulation of mineral homeostasis involves the three mineralotropic hormones PTH, FGF23 and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3). Early research efforts focused on PTH and 1,25(OH)2D3 and more recently on FGF23 have revealed that each of these hormones regulates the expression of the other two. Despite early suggestions of transcriptional processes, it has been only recently that research effort have begun to delineate the genomic mechanisms underpinning this regulation for 1,25(OH)2D3 and FGF23; the regulation of PTH by 1,25(OH)2D3, however, remains obscure. We review here our molecular understanding of how PTH induces Cyp27b1 expression, the gene encoding the enzyme responsible for the synthesis of 1,25(OH)2D3. FGF23 and 1,25(OH)2D3, on the other hand, function by suppressing production of 1,25(OH)2D3. PTH stimulates the PKA-induced recruitment of CREB and its coactivator CBP at CREB occupied sites within the kidney-specific regulatory regions of Cyp27b1. PKA activation also promotes the nuclear translocation of SIK bound coactivators such as CRTC2, where it similarly interacts with CREB occupied Cyp27b1 sites. The negative actions of both FGF23 and 1,25(OH)2D3 appear to suppress Cyp27b1 expression by opposing the recruitment of CREB coactivators at this gene. Reciprocal gene actions are seen at Cyp24a1, the gene encoding the enzyme that degrades 1,25(OH)2D3, thereby contributing to the overall regulation of blood levels of 1,25(OH)2D3. Relative to PTH regulation, we summarize what is known of how 1,25(OH)2D3 regulates PTH suppression. These studies suggest that it is not 1,25(OH)2D3 that controls PTH levels in healthy subjects, but rather calcium itself. Finally, we describe current progress using an in vivo approach that furthers our understanding of the regulation of Fgf23 expression by PTH and 1,25(OH)2D3 and provide the first evidence that P may act to induce Fgf23 expression via a complex transcriptional mechanism in bone. It is clear, however, that additional advances will need to be made to further our understanding of the inter-regulation of each of these hormonal genes.
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- J. Wesley Pike
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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Ramanadham S, Turk J, Bhatnagar S. Noncanonical Regulation of cAMP-Dependent Insulin Secretion and Its Implications in Type 2 Diabetes. Compr Physiol 2023; 13:5023-5049. [PMID: 37358504 PMCID: PMC10809800 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c220031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/27/2023]
Abstract
Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and β-cell dysfunction in insulin resistance associated with obesity lead to type 2 diabetes (T2D). Glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) from β-cells occurs via a canonical pathway that involves glucose metabolism, ATP generation, inactivation of K ATP channels, plasma membrane depolarization, and increases in cytosolic concentrations of [Ca 2+ ] c . However, optimal insulin secretion requires amplification of GSIS by increases in cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) signaling. The cAMP effectors protein kinase A (PKA) and exchange factor activated by cyclic-AMP (Epac) regulate membrane depolarization, gene expression, and trafficking and fusion of insulin granules to the plasma membrane for amplifying GSIS. The widely recognized lipid signaling generated within β-cells by the β-isoform of Ca 2+ -independent phospholipase A 2 enzyme (iPLA 2 β) participates in cAMP-stimulated insulin secretion (cSIS). Recent work has identified the role of a G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) activated signaling by the complement 1q like-3 (C1ql3) secreted protein in inhibiting cSIS. In the IGT state, cSIS is attenuated, and the β-cell function is reduced. Interestingly, while β-cell-specific deletion of iPLA 2 β reduces cAMP-mediated amplification of GSIS, the loss of iPLA 2 β in macrophages (MØ) confers protection against the development of glucose intolerance associated with diet-induced obesity (DIO). In this article, we discuss canonical (glucose and cAMP) and novel noncanonical (iPLA 2 β and C1ql3) pathways and how they may affect β-cell (dys)function in the context of impaired glucose intolerance associated with obesity and T2D. In conclusion, we provide a perspective that in IGT states, targeting noncanonical pathways along with canonical pathways could be a more comprehensive approach for restoring β-cell function in T2D. © 2023 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 13:5023-5049, 2023.
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- Sasanka Ramanadham
- Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Comprehensive Diabetes Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Comprehensive Diabetes Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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Zhao X, Ma Y, Shi M, Huang M, Xin J, Ci S, Chen M, Jiang T, Hu Z, He L, Pan F, Guo Z. Excessive iron inhibits insulin secretion via perturbing transcriptional regulation of SYT7 by OGG1. Cell Mol Life Sci 2023; 80:159. [PMID: 37209177 PMCID: PMC11072990 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-023-04802-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2023] [Revised: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
Abstract
Although iron overload is closely related to the occurrence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), the specific mechanism is unclear. Here, we found that excessive iron inhibited the secretion of insulin (INS) and impaired islet β cell function through downregulating Synaptotagmin 7 (SYT7) in iron overload model in vivo and in vitro. Our results further demonstrated that 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase (OGG1), a key protein in the DNA base excision repair, was an upstream regulator of SYT7. Interestingly, such regulation could be suppressed by excessive iron. Ogg1-null mice, iron overload mice and db/db mice exhibit reduced INS secretion, weakened β cell function and subsequently impaired glucose tolerance. Notably, SYT7 overexpression could rescue these phenotypes. Our data revealed an intrinsic mechanism by which excessive iron inhibits INS secretion through perturbing the transcriptional regulation of SYT7 by OGG1, which suggested that SYT7 was a potential target in clinical therapy for T2DM.
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- Xingqi Zhao
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 WenYuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 WenYuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 WenYuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 WenYuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 WenYuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210000, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210000, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 WenYuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 WenYuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 WenYuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 WenYuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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Liu JT, Sun ZX, Zhong R, Zhang YD, Wang T, Hou YD, Bao JH, Zhang L, Chen B. ZNRF2 as an oncogene is transcriptionally regulated by CREB1 in breast cancer models. Hum Cell 2023:10.1007/s13577-023-00913-7. [PMID: 37165255 DOI: 10.1007/s13577-023-00913-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 04/29/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
Abstract
E3 ubiquitin ligase Zinc and Ring Finger 2 (ZNRF2) has been demonstrated to be engaged in the development of multiple cancers. Nevertheless, the function of ZNRF2 in breast cancer (BC) still unclear. In this work, we firstly analyzed the differentially expressed genes in BC by bioinformatics and found that ZNRF2 was highly expressed in BC. Consistently, we further confirmed that ZNRF2 was upregulated in BC tissues compared with adjacent normal tissues, and this was positively correlated with the poor prognosis and the higher pathological grades of patients with BC. Functional assays performed on HCC1937 and MCF-7 cells indicated that silencing of ZNRF2 suppressed cell proliferation, as evidenced by the decrease in the expression of cyclin A, PCNA and cyclin D1. Flow cytometry and Hoechst staining showed that knockdown of ZNRF2 induced cell apoptosis, which was verified by the upregulation of apoptosis genes such as Bax, cleaved PARP and Bim. ZNRF2 knockdown also inhibited in vivo tumor growth. But, instead, ZNRF2-overexpressed BC cells exhibited obvious malignant phenotypes. Additionally, we observed that cAMP response element binding protein 1 (CREB1) directly bound to the promoter sequence of ZNRF2 and thus activating its transcription, suggesting that ZNRF2 is transcriptionally regulated by CREB1. Additionally, ZNRF2 knockdown could reverse the proliferation-promoting action of CREB1 on BC cells, Hence, this study demonstrated that ZNRF2 might serve as a prospective therapeutic target for BC.
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- Jin-Tao Liu
- Department of Thyroid Surgery, Dalian Municipal Central Hospital, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Graduate School, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Graduate School, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Graduate School, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Graduate School, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Graduate School, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Graduate School, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, No. 155, Nanjing North Street, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
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- Department of Breast Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, No. 155, Nanjing North Street, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
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Sporrij A, Choudhuri A, Prasad M, Muhire B, Fast EM, Manning ME, Weiss JD, Koh M, Yang S, Kingston RE, Tolstorukov MY, Clevers H, Zon LI. PGE 2 alters chromatin through H2A.Z-variant enhancer nucleosome modification to promote hematopoietic stem cell fate. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2220613120. [PMID: 37126722 PMCID: PMC10175842 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2220613120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023] Open
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Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and 16,16-dimethyl-PGE2 (dmPGE2) are important regulators of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell (HSPC) fate and offer potential to enhance stem cell therapies [C. Cutler et al. Blood 122, 3074-3081(2013); W. Goessling et al. Cell Stem Cell 8, 445-458 (2011); W. Goessling et al. Cell 136, 1136-1147 (2009)]. Here, we report that PGE2-induced changes in chromatin at enhancer regions through histone-variant H2A.Z permit acute inflammatory gene induction to promote HSPC fate. We found that dmPGE2-inducible enhancers retain MNase-accessible, H2A.Z-variant nucleosomes permissive of CREB transcription factor (TF) binding. CREB binding to enhancer nucleosomes following dmPGE2 stimulation is concomitant with deposition of histone acetyltransferases p300 and Tip60 on chromatin. Subsequent H2A.Z acetylation improves chromatin accessibility at stimuli-responsive enhancers. Our findings support a model where histone-variant nucleosomes retained within inducible enhancers facilitate TF binding. Histone-variant acetylation by TF-associated nucleosome remodelers creates the accessible nucleosome landscape required for immediate enhancer activation and gene induction. Our work provides a mechanism through which inflammatory mediators, such as dmPGE2, lead to acute transcriptional changes and modify HSPC behavior to improve stem cell transplantation.
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- Audrey Sporrij
- Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA02138
- Stem Cell Program and Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA02115
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- Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA02138
- Stem Cell Program and Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA02115
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- Stem Cell Program and Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA02115
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA02114
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- Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA02138
- Stem Cell Program and Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA02115
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- Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA02138
- Stem Cell Program and Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA02115
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- Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA02138
- Stem Cell Program and Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA02115
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- Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA02138
- Stem Cell Program and Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA02115
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- Stem Cell Program and Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA02115
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA02114
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- Oncode Institute, Hubrecht Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht3584 CT, The Netherlands
- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht3584 CS, The Netherlands
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- Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA02138
- Stem Cell Program and Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA02115
- HHMI, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, MA02115
- Harvard Medical School, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, MA02115
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Wortham M, Liu F, Harrington AR, Fleischman JY, Wallace M, Mulas F, Mallick M, Vinckier NK, Cross BR, Chiou J, Patel NA, Sui Y, McGrail C, Jun Y, Wang G, Jhala US, Schüle R, Shirihai OS, Huising MO, Gaulton KJ, Metallo CM, Sander M. Nutrient regulation of the islet epigenome controls adaptive insulin secretion. J Clin Invest 2023; 133:e165208. [PMID: 36821378 PMCID: PMC10104905 DOI: 10.1172/jci165208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
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Adaptation of the islet β cell insulin-secretory response to changing insulin demand is critical for blood glucose homeostasis, yet the mechanisms underlying this adaptation are unknown. Here, we have shown that nutrient-stimulated histone acetylation plays a key role in adapting insulin secretion through regulation of genes involved in β cell nutrient sensing and metabolism. Nutrient regulation of the epigenome occurred at sites occupied by the chromatin-modifying enzyme lysine-specific demethylase 1 (Lsd1) in islets. β Cell-specific deletion of Lsd1 led to insulin hypersecretion, aberrant expression of nutrient-response genes, and histone hyperacetylation. Islets from mice adapted to chronically increased insulin demand exhibited shared epigenetic and transcriptional changes. Moreover, we found that genetic variants associated with type 2 diabetes were enriched at LSD1-bound sites in human islets, suggesting that interpretation of nutrient signals is genetically determined and clinically relevant. Overall, these studies revealed that adaptive insulin secretion involves Lsd1-mediated coupling of nutrient state to regulation of the islet epigenome.
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- Matthew Wortham
- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Department of Bioengineering, UCSD, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Department of Urology, University of Freiburg Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, and Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, UCD, Davis, California, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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Elumalai S, Karunakaran U, Won KC, Chung SM, Moon JS. Perfluorooctane sulfonate-induced oxidative stress contributes to pancreatic β-cell apoptosis by inhibiting cyclic adenosine monophosphate pathway: Prevention by pentoxifylline. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 320:120959. [PMID: 36621715 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2022] [Revised: 12/18/2022] [Accepted: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Endocrine-disrupting chemical perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) acute exposure stimulates insulin secretion from pancreatic β-cells. However, chronic exposure to PFOS on pancreatic β-cells, its role in insulin secretion, and the underlying mechanisms have not been studied. We used rat insulinoma INS-1 and human 1.1b4 islet cells to investigate the chronic effects of PFOS on glucose-stimulated insulin secretion and toxicity implicated in the downregulation of β-cell functionality. Chronic exposure of INS-1 cells or human pancreatic 1.1b4 β-cells to PFOS stimulated the small G-protein RAC1-guanosine triphosphate-dependent nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase (NOX2/gp91phox) subunit expression and activation. Upregulated NOX2/gp91phox activation led to elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) production with a decrease in the cyclic adenosine monophosphate/protein kinase A (cAMP/PKA) pathway in both cell types. Inhibition of cAMP/PKA signaling induces β-cell mitochondrial dysfunction and endoplasmic stress via the loss of PDX1-SERCA2B and glucose-stimulated insulin release. Inhibiting RAC1-NOX2/gp91phox activation or elevating cAMP by pentoxifylline, a Food and Drug Administration-approved phosphodiesterase inhibitor, significantly reduced PFOS-induced ROS production and restored insulin secretory function of pancreatic β-cells. Enhanced secretory function in pentoxifylline-treated cells was associated with increased stability of PDX1-SERCA2B protein levels. Intriguingly, inhibition of cAMP/PKA signaling impaired pentoxifylline-induced insulin secretion caused by the activation of ROS production and mitochondrial dysfunction. Overall, our findings show that PFOS has a new and first-ever direct chronic effect on pancreatic β-cell failure through increased RAC1-NOX2/gp91phox activation and pentoxifylline-induced cAMP/PKA signaling, which inhibits PFOS-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction.
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- Suma Elumalai
- Innovative Center for Aging Research, Yeungnam University Medical Center, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Innovative Center for Aging Research, Yeungnam University Medical Center, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Innovative Center for Aging Research, Yeungnam University Medical Center, Daegu, Republic of Korea; Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Innovative Center for Aging Research, Yeungnam University Medical Center, Daegu, Republic of Korea; Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
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Phosphorylation Signals Downstream of Dopamine Receptors in Emotional Behaviors: Association with Preference and Avoidance. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231911643. [PMID: 36232945 PMCID: PMC9570387 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231911643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Dopamine regulates emotional behaviors, including rewarding and aversive behaviors, through the mesolimbic dopaminergic pathway, which projects dopamine neurons from the ventral tegmental area to the nucleus accumbens (NAc). Protein phosphorylation is critical for intracellular signaling pathways and physiological functions, which are regulated by neurotransmitters in the brain. Previous studies have demonstrated that dopamine stimulated the phosphorylation of intracellular substrates, such as receptors, ion channels, and transcription factors, to regulate neuronal excitability and synaptic plasticity through dopamine receptors. We also established a novel database called KANPHOS that provides information on phosphorylation signals downstream of monoamines identified by our kinase substrate screening methods, including dopamine, in addition to those reported in the literature. Recent advances in proteomics techniques have enabled us to clarify the mechanisms through which dopamine controls rewarding and aversive behaviors through signal pathways in the NAc. In this review, we discuss the intracellular phosphorylation signals regulated by dopamine in these two emotional behaviors.
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Zhou X, Torres VE. Emerging therapies for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease with a focus on cAMP signaling. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:981963. [PMID: 36120538 PMCID: PMC9478168 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.981963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), with an estimated genetic prevalence between 1:400 and 1:1,000 individuals, is the third most common cause of end stage kidney disease after diabetes mellitus and hypertension. Over the last 3 decades there has been great progress in understanding its pathogenesis. This allows the stratification of therapeutic targets into four levels, gene mutation and polycystin disruption, proximal mechanisms directly caused by disruption of polycystin function, downstream regulatory and signaling pathways, and non-specific pathophysiologic processes shared by many other diseases. Dysfunction of the polycystins, encoded by the PKD genes, is closely associated with disruption of calcium and upregulation of cyclic AMP and protein kinase A (PKA) signaling, affecting most downstream regulatory, signaling, and pathophysiologic pathways altered in this disease. Interventions acting on G protein coupled receptors to inhibit of 3′,5′-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) production have been effective in preclinical trials and have led to the first approved treatment for ADPKD. However, completely blocking cAMP mediated PKA activation is not feasible and PKA activation independently from cAMP can also occur in ADPKD. Therefore, targeting the cAMP/PKA/CREB pathway beyond cAMP production makes sense. Redundancy of mechanisms, numerous positive and negative feedback loops, and possibly counteracting effects may limit the effectiveness of targeting downstream pathways. Nevertheless, interventions targeting important regulatory, signaling and pathophysiologic pathways downstream from cAMP/PKA activation may provide additive or synergistic value and build on a strategy that has already had success. The purpose of this manuscript is to review the role of cAMP and PKA signaling and their multiple downstream pathways as potential targets for emergent therapies for ADPKD.
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- Xia Zhou
- *Correspondence: Xia Zhou, ; Vicente E. Torres,
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Rapid genomic changes by mineralotropic hormones and kinase SIK inhibition drive coordinated renal Cyp27b1 and Cyp24a1 expression via CREB modules. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:102559. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The ability to maintain normoglycaemia, through glucose-sensitive insulin release, is a key aspect of postnatal beta cell function. However, terminally differentiated beta cell identity does not necessarily imply functional maturity. Beta cell maturation is therefore a continuation of beta cell development, albeit a process that occurs postnatally in mammals. Although many important features have been identified in the study of beta cell maturation, as of yet no unified mechanistic model of beta cell functional maturity exists. Here, we review recent findings about the underlying mechanisms of beta cell functional maturation. These findings include systemic hormonal and nutritional triggers that operate through energy-sensing machinery shifts within beta cells, resulting in primed metabolic states that allow for appropriate glucose trafficking and, ultimately, insulin release. We also draw attention to the expansive synergistic nature of these pathways and emphasise that beta cell maturation is dependent on overlapping regulatory and metabolic networks.
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- Tom Barsby
- Stem Cells and Metabolism Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Stem Cells and Metabolism Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
- Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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A propolis-derived small molecule ameliorates metabolic syndrome in obese mice by targeting the CREB/CRTC2 transcriptional complex. Nat Commun 2022; 13:246. [PMID: 35017472 PMCID: PMC8752738 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27533-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2018] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The molecular targets and mechanisms of propolis ameliorating metabolic syndrome are not fully understood. Here, we report that Brazilian green propolis reduces fasting blood glucose levels in obese mice by disrupting the formation of CREB/CRTC2 transcriptional complex, a key regulator of hepatic gluconeogenesis. Using a mammalian two-hybrid system based on CREB-CRTC2, we identify artepillin C (APC) from propolis as an inhibitor of CREB-CRTC2 interaction. Without apparent toxicity, APC protects mice from high fat diet-induced obesity, decreases fasting glucose levels, enhances insulin sensitivity and reduces lipid levels in the serum and liver by suppressing CREB/CRTC2-mediated both gluconeogenic and SREBP transcriptions. To develop more potential drugs from APC, we designed and found a novel compound, A57 that exhibits higher inhibitory activity on CREB-CRTC2 association and better capability of improving insulin sensitivity in obese animals, as compared with APC. In this work, our results indicate that CREB/CRTC2 is a suitable target for developing anti-metabolic syndrome drugs.
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Jones-Tabah J, Martin RD, Chen JJ, Tanny JC, Clarke PBS, Hébert TE. A role for BET proteins in regulating basal, dopamine-induced and cAMP/PKA-dependent transcription in rat striatal neurons. Cell Signal 2021; 91:110226. [PMID: 34974082 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2021.110226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Revised: 12/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The activity of striatal medium-spiny projection neurons is regulated by D1 and D2 dopamine receptors. The D1 receptor (D1R) is a Gαs/olf-coupled GPCR which activates a cAMP/PKA/DARPP-32 signalling cascade that increases excitability and facilitates plasticity, partly through the regulation of transcription. Upon activation via D1R, PKA can translocate to the nucleus to regulate transcription through the phosphorylation of various targets. One candidate effector of PKA-dependent transcriptional regulation is the BET protein Brd4. It is known that when Brd4 is activated by phosphorylation, it binds more readily to acetylated histones at promoters and enhancers; moreover, in non-neuronal cells, PKA signalling has been shown to increase recruitment of Brd4 to chromatin. However, it is unknown whether BET proteins, or Brd4 specifically, are involved in transcriptional activation by cAMP/PKA in neurons. Here, we demonstrate that in adult rats, inhibition of BET proteins with the bromodomain inhibitor JQ1 suppressed the expression of ~25% of D1R-upregulated genes, while also increasing the expression of a subset of immediate-early genes. We further found that cAMP/PKA signalling promotes Brd4 recruitment to dopamine-induced genes in striatal neurons, and that knockdown of Brd4 attenuates D1R-induced gene expression. Finally, we report that JQ1 treatment downregulated expression of many GPCRs and also impaired ERK1/2 signalling in striatal neurons. Our findings identify the BET protein family, and Brd4 in particular, as novel regulators of basal and D1R-dependent transcription in rat striatal neurons, and delineate complex bi-directional effects of bromodomain inhibitors on neuronal transcription.
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- Jace Jones-Tabah
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3G 1Y6, Canada.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3G 1Y6, Canada.
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Brown MR, Sen SK, Mazzone A, Her TK, Xiong Y, Lee JH, Javeed N, Colwell CS, Rakshit K, LeBrasseur NK, Gaspar-Maia A, Ordog T, Matveyenko AV. Time-restricted feeding prevents deleterious metabolic effects of circadian disruption through epigenetic control of β cell function. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021; 7:eabg6856. [PMID: 34910509 PMCID: PMC8673777 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abg6856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Circadian rhythm disruption (CD) is associated with impaired glucose homeostasis and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). While the link between CD and T2DM remains unclear, there is accumulating evidence that disruption of fasting/feeding cycles mediates metabolic dysfunction. Here, we used an approach encompassing analysis of behavioral, physiological, transcriptomic, and epigenomic effects of CD and consequences of restoring fasting/feeding cycles through time-restricted feeding (tRF) in mice. Results show that CD perturbs glucose homeostasis through disruption of pancreatic β cell function and loss of circadian transcriptional and epigenetic identity. In contrast, restoration of fasting/feeding cycle prevented CD-mediated dysfunction by reestablishing circadian regulation of glucose tolerance, β cell function, transcriptional profile, and reestablishment of proline and acidic amino acid–rich basic leucine zipper (PAR bZIP) transcription factor DBP expression/activity. This study provides mechanistic insights into circadian regulation of β cell function and corresponding beneficial effects of tRF in prevention of T2DM.
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- Matthew R. Brown
- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Epigenomics Program, Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Epigenomics Program, Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Epigenomics Program, Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Epigenomics Program, Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA
- Epigenomics Program, Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA
- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, Diabetes, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA
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Hu X, Ono M, Chimge NO, Chosa K, Nguyen C, Melendez E, Lou CH, Lim P, Termini J, Lai KKY, Fueger PT, Teo JL, Higuchi Y, Kahn M. Differential Kat3 Usage Orchestrates the Integration of Cellular Metabolism with Differentiation. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13235884. [PMID: 34884992 PMCID: PMC8656857 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13235884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2021] [Revised: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Simple Summary The coupling of metabolism with cellular status is critically important and highly evolutionarily conserved. However, how cells coordinate metabolism with transcription as they change their status is not clear. Utilizing multiomic and functional studies, we now demonstrate the dichotomous roles of the Kat3 coactivators CBP and p300 and, in particular, their extreme N-termini, in coordinating cellular metabolism with cell differentiation. Using multiple in vitro and in vivo systems, our study sheds new light on metabolic regulation in homeostasis and disease, including cancer. Abstract The integration of cellular status with metabolism is critically important and the coupling of energy production and cellular function is highly evolutionarily conserved. This has been demonstrated in stem cell biology, organismal, cellular and tissue differentiation and in immune cell biology. However, a molecular mechanism delineating how cells coordinate and couple metabolism with transcription as they navigate quiescence, growth, proliferation, differentiation and migration remains in its infancy. The extreme N-termini of the Kat3 coactivator family members, CBP and p300, by far the least homologous regions with only 66% identity, interact with members of the nuclear receptor family, interferon activated Stat1 and transcriptionally competent β-catenin, a critical component of the Wnt signaling pathway. We now wish to report based on multiomic and functional investigations, utilizing p300 knockdown, N-terminal p300 edited and p300 S89A edited cell lines and p300 S89A knockin mice, that the N-termini of the Kat3 coactivators provide a highly evolutionarily conserved hub to integrate multiple signaling cascades to coordinate cellular metabolism with the regulation of cellular status and function.
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- Xiaohui Hu
- Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China;
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA; (N.-O.C.); (K.C.); (C.N.); (E.M.); (P.L.); (J.T.); (K.K.Y.L.); (J.-L.T.); (Y.H.)
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- Department of Clinical Proteomics, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan;
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA; (N.-O.C.); (K.C.); (C.N.); (E.M.); (P.L.); (J.T.); (K.K.Y.L.); (J.-L.T.); (Y.H.)
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA; (N.-O.C.); (K.C.); (C.N.); (E.M.); (P.L.); (J.T.); (K.K.Y.L.); (J.-L.T.); (Y.H.)
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA; (N.-O.C.); (K.C.); (C.N.); (E.M.); (P.L.); (J.T.); (K.K.Y.L.); (J.-L.T.); (Y.H.)
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA; (N.-O.C.); (K.C.); (C.N.); (E.M.); (P.L.); (J.T.); (K.K.Y.L.); (J.-L.T.); (Y.H.)
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- Gene Editing and Viral Vector Core, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA;
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA 91010, USA;
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA; (N.-O.C.); (K.C.); (C.N.); (E.M.); (P.L.); (J.T.); (K.K.Y.L.); (J.-L.T.); (Y.H.)
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA; (N.-O.C.); (K.C.); (C.N.); (E.M.); (P.L.); (J.T.); (K.K.Y.L.); (J.-L.T.); (Y.H.)
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA 91010, USA;
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA; (N.-O.C.); (K.C.); (C.N.); (E.M.); (P.L.); (J.T.); (K.K.Y.L.); (J.-L.T.); (Y.H.)
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA 91010, USA;
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- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA 91010, USA;
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA; (N.-O.C.); (K.C.); (C.N.); (E.M.); (P.L.); (J.T.); (K.K.Y.L.); (J.-L.T.); (Y.H.)
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA; (N.-O.C.); (K.C.); (C.N.); (E.M.); (P.L.); (J.T.); (K.K.Y.L.); (J.-L.T.); (Y.H.)
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA; (N.-O.C.); (K.C.); (C.N.); (E.M.); (P.L.); (J.T.); (K.K.Y.L.); (J.-L.T.); (Y.H.)
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA 91010, USA;
- Correspondence:
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Pike JW, Meyer MB. New Approaches to Assess Mechanisms of Action of Selective Vitamin D Analogues. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222212352. [PMID: 34830234 PMCID: PMC8619157 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222212352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Revised: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Recent studies of transcription have revealed an advanced set of overarching principles that govern vitamin D action on a genome-wide scale. These tenets of vitamin D transcription have emerged as a result of the application of now well-established techniques of chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled to next-generation DNA sequencing that have now been linked directly to CRISPR-Cas9 genomic editing in culture cells and in mouse tissues in vivo. Accordingly, these techniques have established that the vitamin D hormone modulates sets of cell-type specific genes via an initial action that involves rapid binding of the VDR-ligand complex to multiple enhancer elements at open chromatin sites that drive the expression of individual genes. Importantly, a sequential set of downstream events follows this initial binding that results in rapid histone acetylation at these sites, the recruitment of additional histone modifiers across the gene locus, and in many cases, the appearance of H3K36me3 and RNA polymerase II across gene bodies. The measured recruitment of these factors and/or activities and their presence at specific regions in the gene locus correlate with the emerging presence of cognate transcripts, thereby highlighting sequential molecular events that occur during activation of most genes both in vitro and in vivo. These features provide a novel approach to the study of vitamin D analogs and their actions in vivo and suggest that they can be used for synthetic compound evaluation and to select for novel tissue- and gene-specific features. This may be particularly useful for ligand activation of nuclear receptors given the targeting of these factors directly to genetic sites in the nucleus.
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- John Wesley Pike
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-(608)-262-8229; Fax: +1-(608)-263-7609
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Yoon YS, Liu W, Van de Velde S, Matsumura S, Wiater E, Huang L, Montminy M. Activation of the adipocyte CREB/CRTC pathway in obesity. Commun Biol 2021; 4:1214. [PMID: 34686752 PMCID: PMC8536733 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02735-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Obesity is a major risk factor for the development of type II diabetes. Increases in adipose tissue mass trigger insulin resistance via the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines from adipocytes and macrophages. CREB and the CRTC coactivators have been found to promote insulin resistance in obesity, although the mechanism is unclear. Here we show that high fat diet feeding activates the CREB/CRTC pathway in adipocytes by decreasing the expression of SIK2, a Ser/Thr kinase that phosphorylates and inhibits CRTCs. SIK2 levels are regulated by the adipogenic factor C/EBPα, whose expression is reduced in obesity. Exposure to PPARγ agonist rescues C/EBPα expression and restores SIK2 levels. CRTC2/3 promote insulin resistance via induction of the chemokines CXCL1/2. Knockout of CRTC2/3 in adipocytes reduces CXCL1/2 expression and improves insulin sensitivity. As administration of CXCL1/2 reverses salutary effects of CRTC2/3 depletion, our results demonstrate the importance of the CREB/CRTC pathway in modulating adipose tissue function.
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- Young-Sil Yoon
- Peptide Biology Laboratories, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Peptide Biology Laboratories, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Peptide Biology Laboratories, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, Osaka Prefecture University, Habikino, Habikino City, Osaka, Japan
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- Peptide Biology Laboratories, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- The Razavi Newman Integrative Genomics and Bioinformatics Core, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Peptide Biology Laboratories, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
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Zheng T, Huang J, Xiang X, Li S, Yu J, Qu K, Xu Z, Han P, Dong Z, Liu Y, Xu F, Yang H, Jäättelä M, Luo Y, Liu B. Systematical analysis reveals a strong cancer relevance of CREB1-regulated genes. Cancer Cell Int 2021; 21:530. [PMID: 34641874 PMCID: PMC8507136 DOI: 10.1186/s12935-021-02224-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
The transcription factor cyclic-AMP response element-binding protein 1 (CREB1) responds to cAMP level and controls the expression of target genes, which regulates nutrition partitioning. The promoters of CREB1-targeted genes responsive to cAMP have been extensively investigated and characterized with the presence of both cAMP response element and TATA box. Compelling evidence demonstrates that CREB1 also plays an essential role in promoting tumor development. However, only very few genes required for cell survival, proliferation and migration are known to be constitutively regulated by CREB1 in tumors. Their promoters mostly do not harbor any cAMP response element. Thus, it is very likely that CREB1 regulates the expressions of distinct sets of target genes in normal tissues and tumors. The whole gene network constitutively regulated by CREB1 in tumors has remained unrevealed. Here, we employ a systematical and integrative approach to decipher this gene network in the context of both tissue cultured cancer cells and patient samples. We combine transcriptomic, Rank-Rank Hypergeometric Overlap, and Chipseq analysis, to define and characterize CREB1-regulated genes in a multidimensional fashion. A strong cancer relevance of those top-ranked targets, which meet the most stringent criteria, is eventually verified by overall survival analysis of cancer patients. These findings strongly suggest the importance of genes constitutively regulated by CREB1 for their implicative involvement in promoting tumorigenesis.
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- Tianyu Zheng
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.,Lars Bolund Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Qingdao-Europe Advanced Institute for Life Sciences, BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen, Qingdao, 266555, China.,Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China, 518083.,Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark.,Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Lars Bolund Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Qingdao-Europe Advanced Institute for Life Sciences, BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen, Qingdao, 266555, China.,Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark
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- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.,Lars Bolund Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Qingdao-Europe Advanced Institute for Life Sciences, BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen, Qingdao, 266555, China
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- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.,Lars Bolund Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Qingdao-Europe Advanced Institute for Life Sciences, BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen, Qingdao, 266555, China
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- Lars Bolund Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Qingdao-Europe Advanced Institute for Life Sciences, BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen, Qingdao, 266555, China
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- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.,Lars Bolund Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Qingdao-Europe Advanced Institute for Life Sciences, BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen, Qingdao, 266555, China
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- Lars Bolund Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Qingdao-Europe Advanced Institute for Life Sciences, BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen, Qingdao, 266555, China
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- Lars Bolund Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Qingdao-Europe Advanced Institute for Life Sciences, BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen, Qingdao, 266555, China
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- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.,BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China, 518083
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- Lars Bolund Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Qingdao-Europe Advanced Institute for Life Sciences, BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen, Qingdao, 266555, China.,BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China, 518083
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- Cell Death and Metabolism, Center for Autophagy, Recycling and Disease, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Lars Bolund Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Qingdao-Europe Advanced Institute for Life Sciences, BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen, Qingdao, 266555, China. .,BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China, 518083. .,Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark. .,Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
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- Cell Death and Metabolism, Center for Autophagy, Recycling and Disease, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Hyun J, Park MH, Lee YH, Lee Y, Jeong SJ, Choi SS, Khim KW, Eom HJ, Hur JH, Park CY, Kim JI, Park J, Ryu HW, Jang HJ, Oh SR, Choi JH. Vernicia fordii (Hemsl.) Airy Shaw extract stimulates insulin secretion in pancreatic β-cells and improves insulin sensitivity in diabetic mice. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2021; 278:114238. [PMID: 34048878 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2021.114238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Revised: 04/15/2021] [Accepted: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Vernicia fordii (Hemsl.) Airy Shaw (V. fordii) is also known as the tung tree and its leaves and fruit are used as an oriental treatment for dyspepsia, edema, and skin diseases, which are known as diabetic complications. AIM OF THE STUDY In this study, we aimed to investigate the methanolic extract (VF5) of the leaves of V. fordii as an insulin secretagogue and its probable mechanism and verify the effect in HFD-fed mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS The insulin secretagogue activity of different doses of VF5 (0.1, 0.3 and 1.0 μg/ml) was assessed using in vitro insulin secretion assay and confirmed the anti-diabetic effect in mice fed HFD for 4 weeks with different doses of VF5 (10, 20 and 50 mg/kg oral) for another 6 weeks. Glbenclamide (30 mg/kg, oral) was used as positive control drug. The possible mechanisms were evaluated by using Gö6983 (10 μM), U73122 (10 μM) and nifedipine (10 μM). The major constituents of VF5 were analyzed by UPLC-QToF-MS and 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. RESULTS UPLC-QToF-MS and NMR spectroscopy analysis indicated that one of the main active components of VF5 was tigliane-diterpene esters. VF5 functioned as an insulin secretagogue and enhanced mitochondria respiration and insulin homeostasis. We confirmed that VF5 preserved the β-cell and reduced the β-cell expansion which caused by metabolic stress under HFD. The antidiabetic role of VF5 in HFD fed mice was assessed by glucose tolerance test (GTT) and insulin tolerance test (ITT), fasting plasma insulin level, fasting blood glucose level, AKT signal in peripheral tissue in the absence of toxic effects. Mechanistically, insulinotropic effect of VF5 was mediated by activation of PKCα via intracellular Ca2+ influx and enhanced mitochondria function. CONCLUSION VF5 exhibits potent insulin secretagogue function and improves insulin sensitivity and protection of pancreatic β-cells from metabolic stress without toxicity. Taken together, our study suggests that VF5 could be potentially used for treating diabetes and metabolic diseases through improving β-cell function.
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- Jimin Hyun
- Department of Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Cheong-ju Si, Chungcheongbuk-do, 28116, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- UNIST-Optical Biomed Imaging Center (UOBC), UNIST, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Cheong-ju Si, Chungcheongbuk-do, 28116, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea.
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- Natural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Cheong-ju Si, Chungcheongbuk-do, 28116, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea.
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Wortham M, Sander M. Transcriptional mechanisms of pancreatic β-cell maturation and functional adaptation. Trends Endocrinol Metab 2021; 32:474-487. [PMID: 34030925 PMCID: PMC8259463 DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2021.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Revised: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Pancreatic β-cells secrete insulin commensurate to circulating nutrient levels to maintain normoglycemia. The ability of β-cells to couple insulin secretion to nutrient stimuli is acquired during a postnatal maturation process. In mature β-cells the insulin secretory response adapts to changes in nutrient state. Both β-cell maturation and functional adaptation rely on the interplay between extracellular cues and cell type-specific transcriptional programs. Here we review emerging evidence that developmental and homeostatic regulation of β-cell function involves collaboration between lineage-determining and signal-dependent transcription factors (LDTFs and SDTFs, respectively). A deeper understanding of β-cell SDTFs and their cognate signals would delineate mechanisms of β-cell maturation and functional adaptation, which has direct implications for diabetes therapies and for generating mature β-cells from stem cells.
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- Matthew Wortham
- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
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Ostojić J, Yoon YS, Sonntag T, Nguyen B, Vaughan JM, Shokhirev M, Montminy M. Transcriptional co-activator regulates melanocyte differentiation and oncogenesis by integrating cAMP and MAPK/ERK pathways. Cell Rep 2021; 35:109136. [PMID: 34010639 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Revised: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
The cyclic AMP pathway promotes melanocyte differentiation by activating CREB and the cAMP-regulated transcription co-activators 1-3 (CRTC1-3). Differentiation is dysregulated in melanomas, although the contributions of CRTC proteins is unclear. We report a selective differentiation impairment in CRTC3 KO melanocytes and melanoma cells, due to downregulation of oculo-cutaneous albinism II (OCA2) and block of melanosome maturation. CRTC3 stimulates OCA2 expression by binding to CREB on a conserved enhancer, a regulatory site for pigmentation and melanoma risk. CRTC3 is uniquely activated by ERK1/2-mediated phosphorylation at Ser391 and by low levels of cAMP. Phosphorylation at Ser391 is constitutively elevated in human melanoma cells with hyperactivated ERK1/2 signaling; knockout of CRTC3 in this setting impairs anchorage-independent growth, migration, and invasiveness, whereas CRTC3 overexpression supports cell survival in response to the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitor vemurafenib. As melanomas expressing gain-of-function mutations in CRTC3 are associated with reduced survival, our results suggest that CRTC3 inhibition may provide therapeutic benefit in this setting.
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- Jelena Ostojić
- Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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- Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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