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Cai Q, Wang JJ, Xie JT, Jiang DH. Functional characterization of BbEaf6 in Beauveria bassiana: Implications for fungal virulence and stress response. Virulence 2024; 15:2387172. [PMID: 39082211 PMCID: PMC11299629 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2024.2387172] [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: 02/27/2024] [Revised: 06/26/2024] [Accepted: 07/28/2024] [Indexed: 08/03/2024] Open
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The Eaf6 protein, a conserved component of the NuA4 and NuA3 complexes in yeast and MOZ/MORF complexes in humans, plays crucial roles in transcriptional activation, gene regulation, and cell cycle control. Despite its significance in other organisms, the functional role of Eaf6 in entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) remained unexplored. Here, we investigate the function of BbEaf6, the Eaf6 homolog in the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana. We demonstrate that BbEaf6 is predominantly localized in nuclei, similar to its counterpart in other fungi. Deletion of BbEaf6 resulted in delayed conidiation, reduced conidial yield, and altered conidial properties. Transcriptomic analysis revealed dysregulation of the genes involved in asexual development and cell cycle progression in the ΔBbEaf6 mutant. Furthermore, the ΔBbEaf6 mutant exhibited decreased tolerance to various stresses, including ionic stress, cell wall perturbation, and DNA damage stress. Notably, the ΔBbEaf6 mutant displayed attenuated virulence in insect bioassays, accompanied by dysregulation of genes associated with cuticle penetration and haemocoel infection. Overall, our study elucidates the multifaceted role of BbEaf6 in stress response, development, and virulence in B. bassiana, providing valuable insights into the molecular mechanisms governing fungal pathogenesis and potential targets for pest management strategies.
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- Qing Cai
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- School of Biological Science and Biotechnology, University of Jinan, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Laframboise SJ, Deneault LF, Denoncourt A, Downey M, Baetz K. Uncovering the Role of the Yeast Lysine Acetyltransferase NuA4 in the Regulation of Nuclear Shape and Lipid Metabolism. Mol Cell Biol 2024; 44:273-288. [PMID: 38961766 PMCID: PMC11253884 DOI: 10.1080/10985549.2024.2366206] [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: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/19/2024] [Indexed: 07/05/2024] Open
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Here, we report a novel role for the yeast lysine acetyltransferase NuA4 in regulating phospholipid availability for organelle morphology. Disruption of the NuA4 complex results in 70% of cells displaying nuclear deformations and nearly 50% of cells exhibiting vacuolar fragmentation. Cells deficient in NuA4 also show severe defects in the formation of nuclear-vacuole junctions (NJV), as well as a decrease in piecemeal microautophagy of the nucleus (PMN). To determine the cause of these defects we focused on Pah1, an enzyme that converts phosphatidic acid into diacylglycerol, favoring accumulation of lipid droplets over phospholipids that are used for membrane expansion. NuA4 subunit Eaf1 was required for Pah1 localization to the inner nuclear membrane and artificially tethering of Pah1 to the nuclear membrane rescued nuclear deformation and vacuole fragmentation defects, but not defects related to the formation of NVJs. Mutation of a NuA4-dependent acetylation site on Pah1 also resulted in aberrant Pah1 localization and defects in nuclear morphology and NVJ. Our work suggests a critical role for NuA4 in organelle morphology that is partially mediated through the regulation of Pah1 subcellular localization.
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- Sarah Jane Laframboise
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Xuan F, Xuan H, Huang M, He W, Xu H, Shi X, Wen H. The Tudor-knot Domain of KAT5 Regulates Nucleosomal Substrate Acetylation. J Mol Biol 2024; 436:168414. [PMID: 38141874 PMCID: PMC10957329 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2023.168414] [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: 10/21/2023] [Revised: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/25/2023]
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The lysine acetyltransferase KAT5 is a pivotal enzyme responsible for catalyzing histone H4 acetylation in cells. In addition to its indispensable HAT domain, KAT5 also encompasses a conserved Tudor-knot domain at its N-terminus. However, the function of this domain remains elusive, with conflicting findings regarding its role as a histone reader. In our study, we have employed a CRISPR tiling array approach and unveiled the Tudor-knot motif as an essential domain for cell survival. The Tudor-knot domain does not bind to histone tails and is not required for KAT5's chromatin occupancy. However, its absence leads to a global reduction in histone acetylation, accompanied with genome-wide alterations in gene expression that consequently result in diminished cell viability. Mechanistically, we find that the Tudor-knot domain regulates KAT5's HAT activity on nucleosomes by fine-tuning substrate accessibility. In summary, our study uncovers the Tudor-knot motif as an essential domain for cell survival and reveals its critical role in modulating KAT5's catalytic efficiency on nucleosome and KAT5-dependent transcriptional programs critical for cell viability.
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- Fan Xuan
- Department of Epigenetics, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
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- Department of Epigenetics, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
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- Department of Epigenetics, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Epigenetics, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
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- Department of Epigenetics, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
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Barman P, Chakraborty P, Bhaumik R, Bhaumik SR. UPS writes a new saga of SAGA. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2023; 1866:194981. [PMID: 37657588 PMCID: PMC10843445 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2023.194981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Revised: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/03/2023]
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SAGA (Spt-Ada-Gcn5-Acetyltransferase), an evolutionarily conserved transcriptional co-activator among eukaryotes, is a large multi-subunit protein complex with two distinct enzymatic activities, namely HAT (Histone acetyltransferase) and DUB (De-ubiquitinase), and is targeted to the promoter by the gene-specific activator proteins for histone covalent modifications and PIC (Pre-initiation complex) formation in enhancing transcription (or gene activation). Targeting of SAGA to the gene promoter is further facilitated by the 19S RP (Regulatory particle) of the 26S proteasome (that is involved in targeted degradation of protein via ubiquitylation) in a proteolysis-independent manner. Moreover, SAGA is also recently found to be regulated by the 26S proteasome in a proteolysis-dependent manner via the ubiquitylation of its Sgf73/ataxin-7 component that is required for SAGA's integrity and DUB activity (and hence transcription), and is linked to various diseases including neurodegenerative disorders and cancer. Thus, SAGA itself and its targeting to the active gene are regulated by the UPS (Ubiquitin-proteasome system) with implications in diseases.
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- Priyanka Barman
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale IL-62901, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale IL-62901, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale IL-62901, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale IL-62901, USA.
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Fréchard A, Faux C, Hexnerova R, Crucifix C, Papai G, Smirnova E, McKeon C, Ping FLY, Helmlinger D, Schultz P, Ben-Shem A. The structure of the NuA4-Tip60 complex reveals the mechanism and importance of long-range chromatin modification. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2023; 30:1337-1345. [PMID: 37550452 DOI: 10.1038/s41594-023-01056-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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Histone acetylation regulates most DNA transactions and is dynamically controlled by highly conserved enzymes. The only essential histone acetyltransferase (HAT) in yeast, Esa1, is part of the 1-MDa NuA4 complex, which plays pivotal roles in both transcription and DNA-damage repair. NuA4 has the unique capacity to acetylate histone targets located several nucleosomes away from its recruitment site. Neither the molecular mechanism of this activity nor its physiological importance are known. Here we report the structure of the Pichia pastoris NuA4 complex, with its core resolved at 3.4-Å resolution. Three subunits, Epl1, Eaf1 and Swc4, intertwine to form a stable platform that coordinates all other modules. The HAT module is firmly anchored into the core while retaining the ability to stretch out over a long distance. We provide structural, biochemical and genetic evidence that an unfolded linker region of the Epl1 subunit is critical for this long-range activity. Specifically, shortening the Epl1 linker causes severe growth defects and reduced H4 acetylation levels over broad chromatin regions in fission yeast. Our work lays the foundations for a mechanistic understanding of NuA4's regulatory role and elucidates how its essential long-range activity is attained.
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- Alexander Fréchard
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Integrated Structural Biology Department, Illkirch, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1258, Illkirch, France
- Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
- Equipe labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Illkirch, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Biologie cellulaire de Montpellier (CRBM), Université de Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Integrated Structural Biology Department, Illkirch, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1258, Illkirch, France
- Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
- Equipe labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Integrated Structural Biology Department, Illkirch, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1258, Illkirch, France
- Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
- Equipe labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Integrated Structural Biology Department, Illkirch, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1258, Illkirch, France
- Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
- Equipe labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Integrated Structural Biology Department, Illkirch, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1258, Illkirch, France
- Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
- Equipe labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Illkirch, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Biologie cellulaire de Montpellier (CRBM), Université de Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Biologie cellulaire de Montpellier (CRBM), Université de Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Biologie cellulaire de Montpellier (CRBM), Université de Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France.
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Integrated Structural Biology Department, Illkirch, France.
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France.
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1258, Illkirch, France.
- Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France.
- Equipe labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Illkirch, France.
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Integrated Structural Biology Department, Illkirch, France.
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France.
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1258, Illkirch, France.
- Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France.
- Equipe labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Illkirch, France.
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Pan Y, Hu C, Hou LJ, Chen YL, Shi J, Liu JC, Zhou JQ. Swc4 protects nucleosome-free rDNA, tDNA and telomere loci to inhibit genome instability. DNA Repair (Amst) 2023; 127:103512. [PMID: 37230009 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2023.103512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In the baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, NuA4 and SWR1-C, two multisubunit complexes, are involved in histone acetylation and chromatin remodeling, respectively. Eaf1 is the assembly platform subunit of NuA4, Swr1 is the assembly platform and catalytic subunit of SWR1-C, while Swc4, Yaf9, Arp4 and Act1 form a functional module, and is present in both NuA4 and SWR1 complexes. ACT1 and ARP4 are essential for cell survival. Deletion of SWC4, but not YAF9, EAF1 or SWR1 results in a severe growth defect, but the underlying mechanism remains largely unknown. Here, we show that swc4Δ, but not yaf9Δ, eaf1Δ, or swr1Δ cells display defects in DNA ploidy and chromosome segregation, suggesting that the defects observed in swc4Δ cells are independent of NuA4 or SWR1-C integrity. Swc4 is enriched in the nucleosome-free regions (NFRs) of the genome, including characteristic regions of RDN5s, tDNAs and telomeres, independently of Yaf9, Eaf1 or Swr1. In particular, rDNA, tDNA and telomere loci are more unstable and prone to recombination in the swc4Δ cells than in wild-type cells. Taken together, we conclude that the chromatin associated Swc4 protects nucleosome-free chromatin of rDNA, tDNA and telomere loci to ensure genome integrity.
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- Yue Pan
- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China; The State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
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- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China; The State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China; Key Laboratory of Systems Health Science of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Science, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China.
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Prozzillo Y, Fattorini G, Ferreri D, Leo M, Dimitri P, Messina G. Knockdown of DOM/Tip60 Complex Subunits Impairs Male Meiosis of Drosophila melanogaster. Cells 2023; 12:1348. [PMID: 37408183 DOI: 10.3390/cells12101348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 04/22/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023] Open
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ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complexes are involved in nucleosome sliding and eviction and/or the incorporation of histone variants into chromatin to facilitate several cellular and biological processes, including DNA transcription, replication and repair. The DOM/TIP60 chromatin remodeling complex of Drosophila melanogaster contains 18 subunits, including the DOMINO (DOM), an ATPase that catalyzes the exchange of the canonical H2A with its variant (H2A.V), and TIP60, a lysine-acetyltransferase that acetylates H4, H2A and H2A.V histones. In recent decades, experimental evidence has shown that ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling factors, in addition to their role in chromatin organization, have a functional relevance in cell division. In particular, emerging studies suggested the direct roles of ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complex subunits in controlling mitosis and cytokinesis in both humans and D. melanogaster. However, little is known about their possible involvement during meiosis. The results of this work show that the knockdown of 12 of DOM/TIP60 complex subunits generates cell division defects that, in turn, cause total/partial sterility in Drosophila males, providing new insights into the functions of chromatin remodelers in cell division control during gametogenesis.
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- Yuri Prozzillo
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology "Charles Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology "Charles Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology (IBPM), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology "Charles Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Sciences and Technologies, University of Sannio, 82100 Benevento, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology "Charles Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology "Charles Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Pasteur Institute, Fondazione Cenci-Bolognetti, 00161 Rome, Italy
- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, Milano-Bicocca University, 20126 Milan, Italy
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Princová J, Salat-Canela C, Daněk P, Marešová A, de Cubas L, Bähler J, Ayté J, Hidalgo E, Převorovský M. Perturbed fatty-acid metabolism is linked to localized chromatin hyperacetylation, increased stress-response gene expression and resistance to oxidative stress. PLoS Genet 2023; 19:e1010582. [PMID: 36626368 PMCID: PMC9870116 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Oxidative stress is associated with cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, cancer, psychiatric disorders and aging. In order to counteract, eliminate and/or adapt to the sources of stress, cells possess elaborate stress-response mechanisms, which also operate at the level of regulating transcription. Interestingly, it is becoming apparent that the metabolic state of the cell and certain metabolites can directly control the epigenetic information and gene expression. In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the conserved Sty1 stress-activated protein kinase cascade is the main pathway responding to most types of stresses, and regulates the transcription of hundreds of genes via the Atf1 transcription factor. Here we report that fission yeast cells defective in fatty acid synthesis (cbf11, mga2 and ACC/cut6 mutants; FAS inhibition) show increased expression of a subset of stress-response genes. This altered gene expression depends on Sty1-Atf1, the Pap1 transcription factor, and the Gcn5 and Mst1 histone acetyltransferases, is associated with increased acetylation of histone H3 at lysine 9 in the corresponding gene promoters, and results in increased cellular resistance to oxidative stress. We propose that changes in lipid metabolism can regulate the chromatin and transcription of specific stress-response genes, which in turn might help cells to maintain redox homeostasis.
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- Jarmila Princová
- Laboratory of Microbial Genomics, Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Oxidative Stress and Cell Cycle Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, C/Dr. Aiguader, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Microbial Genomics, Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Microbial Genomics, Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Oxidative Stress and Cell Cycle Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, C/Dr. Aiguader, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Healthy Ageing and Department of Genetics, Evolution & Environment, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Oxidative Stress and Cell Cycle Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, C/Dr. Aiguader, Barcelona, Spain
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- Oxidative Stress and Cell Cycle Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, C/Dr. Aiguader, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Microbial Genomics, Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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Biochemical Characterization of the TINTIN Module of the NuA4 Complex Reveals Allosteric Regulation of Nucleosome Interaction. Mol Cell Biol 2022; 42:e0017022. [PMID: 36190236 PMCID: PMC9670870 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00170-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Trimer Independent of NuA4 involved in Transcription Interactions with Nucleosomes (TINTIN) is an integral module of the essential yeast lysine acetyltransferase complex NuA4 that plays key roles in transcription regulation and DNA repair. Composed of Eaf3, Eaf5, and Eaf7, TINTIN mediates targeting of NuA4 to chromatin through the chromodomain-containing subunit Eaf3 that is shared with the Rpd3S histone deacetylase complex. How Eaf3 mediates chromatin interaction in the context of TINTIN and how is it different from what has been observed in Rpd3S is unclear. Here, we reconstituted recombinant TINTIN and its subassemblies and characterized their biochemical and structural properties. Our coimmunoprecipitation, AlphaFold2 modeling, and hydrogen deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS) analyses revealed that the Eaf3 MRG domain contacts Eaf7 and this binding induces conformational changes throughout Eaf3. Nucleosome-binding assays showed that Eaf3 and TINTIN interact non-specifically with the DNA on nucleosomes. Furthermore, integration into TINTIN enhances the affinity of Eaf3 toward nucleosomes and this improvement is a result of allosteric activation of the Eaf3 chromodomain. Negative stain electron microscopy (EM) analysis revealed that TINTIN binds to the edge of nucleosomes with increased specificity in the presence of H3K36me3. Collectively, our work provides insights into the dynamics of TINTIN and the mechanism by which its interactions with chromatin are regulated.
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Lu PYT, Kirlin AC, Aristizabal MJ, Brewis HT, Lévesque N, Setiaputra DT, Avvakumov N, Benschop JJ, Groot Koerkamp M, Holstege FCP, Krogan NJ, Yip CK, Côté J, Kobor MS. A balancing act: interactions within NuA4/TIP60 regulate picNuA4 function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and humans. Genetics 2022; 222:iyac136. [PMID: 36066422 PMCID: PMC9630986 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyac136] [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: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The NuA4 lysine acetyltransferase complex acetylates histone and nonhistone proteins and functions in transcription regulation, cell cycle progression, and DNA repair. NuA4 harbors an interesting duality in that its catalytic module can function independently and distinctly as picNuA4. At the molecular level, picNuA4 anchors to its bigger brother via physical interactions between the C-terminus of Epl1 and the HSA domain of Eaf1, the NuA4 central scaffolding subunit. This is reflected at the regulatory level, as picNuA4 can be liberated genetically from NuA4 by disrupting the Epl1-Eaf1 interaction. As such, removal of either Eaf1 or the Epl1 C-terminus offers a unique opportunity to elucidate the contributions of Eaf1 and Epl1 to NuA4 biology and in turn their roles in balancing picNuA4 and NuA4 activities. Using high-throughput genetic and gene expression profiling, and targeted functional assays to compare eaf1Δ and epl1-CΔ mutants, we found that EAF1 and EPL1 had both overlapping and distinct roles. Strikingly, loss of EAF1 or its HSA domain led to a significant decrease in the amount of picNuA4, while loss of the Epl1 C-terminus increased picNuA4 levels, suggesting starkly opposing effects on picNuA4 regulation. The eaf1Δ epl1-CΔ double mutants resembled the epl1-CΔ single mutants, indicating that Eaf1's role in picNuA4 regulation depended on the Epl1 C-terminus. Key aspects of this regulation were evolutionarily conserved, as truncating an Epl1 homolog in human cells increased the levels of other picNuA4 subunits. Our findings suggested a model in which distinct aspects of the Epl1-Eaf1 interaction regulated picNuA4 amount and activity.
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- Phoebe Y T Lu
- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, British Columbia Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4, Canada
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- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, British Columbia Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4, Canada
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- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, British Columbia Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4, Canada
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- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, British Columbia Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4, Canada
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- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, British Columbia Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Medical Biochemistry, and Pathology, Laval University Cancer Research Center, CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center-Oncology Division, Quebec City, QC G1R 3S3, Canada
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- Center for Molecular Medicine, Molecular Cancer Research, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht 3584 CX, The Netherlands
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht 3584 CS, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Medical Biochemistry, and Pathology, Laval University Cancer Research Center, CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center-Oncology Division, Quebec City, QC G1R 3S3, Canada
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- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, British Columbia Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4, Canada
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Zukin SA, Marunde MR, Popova IK, Soczek KM, Nogales E, Patel AB. Structure and flexibility of the yeast NuA4 histone acetyltransferase complex. eLife 2022; 11:e81400. [PMID: 36263929 PMCID: PMC9643008 DOI: 10.7554/elife.81400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The NuA4 protein complex acetylates histones H4 and H2A to activate both transcription and DNA repair. We report the 3.1-Å resolution cryo-electron microscopy structure of the central hub of NuA4, which flexibly tethers the histone acetyltransferase (HAT) and Trimer Independent of NuA4 involved in Transcription Interactions with Nucleosomes (TINTIN) modules. The hub contains the large Tra1 subunit and a core that includes Swc4, Arp4, Act1, Eaf1, and the C-terminal region of Epl1. Eaf1 stands out as the primary scaffolding factor that interacts with the Tra1, Swc4, and Epl1 subunits and contributes the conserved HSA helix to the Arp module. Using nucleosome-binding assays, we find that the HAT module, which is anchored to the core through Epl1, recognizes H3K4me3 nucleosomes with hyperacetylated H3 tails, while the TINTIN module, anchored to the core via Eaf1, recognizes nucleosomes that have hyperacetylated H2A and H4 tails. Together with the known interaction of Tra1 with site-specific transcription factors, our data suggest a model in which Tra1 recruits NuA4 to specific genomic sites then allowing the flexible HAT and TINTIN modules to select nearby nucleosomes for acetylation.
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- Stefan A Zukin
- College of Chemistry, University of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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- EpiCypher, Inc, Research Triangle ParkDurhamUnited States
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- California Institute for Quantitative Biology, University of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of CaliforniaBerkeleyUnited States
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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- California Institute for Quantitative Biology, University of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of CaliforniaBerkeleyUnited States
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrative Bio-Imaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeleyUnited States
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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- California Institute for Quantitative Biology, University of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
- Biophysics Graduate Group, University of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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Structure of the NuA4 acetyltransferase complex bound to the nucleosome. Nature 2022; 610:569-574. [PMID: 36198799 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05303-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Deoxyribonucleic acid in eukaryotes wraps around the histone octamer to form nucleosomes1, the fundamental unit of chromatin. The N termini of histone H4 interact with nearby nucleosomes and play an important role in the formation of high-order chromatin structure and heterochromatin silencing2-4. NuA4 in yeast and its homologue Tip60 complex in mammalian cells are the key enzymes that catalyse H4 acetylation, which in turn regulates chromatin packaging and function in transcription activation and DNA repair5-10. Here we report the cryo-electron microscopy structure of NuA4 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae bound to the nucleosome. NuA4 comprises two major modules: the catalytic histone acetyltransferase (HAT) module and the transcription activator-binding (TRA) module. The nucleosome is mainly bound by the HAT module and is positioned close to a polybasic surface of the TRA module, which is important for the optimal activity of NuA4. The nucleosomal linker DNA carrying the upstream activation sequence is oriented towards the conserved, transcription activator-binding surface of the Tra1 subunit, which suggests a potential mechanism of NuA4 to act as a transcription co-activator. The HAT module recognizes the disk face of the nucleosome through the H2A-H2B acidic patch and nucleosomal DNA, projecting the catalytic pocket of Esa1 to the N-terminal tail of H4 and supporting its function in selective acetylation of H4. Together, our findings illustrate how NuA4 is assembled and provide mechanistic insights into nucleosome recognition and transcription co-activation by a HAT.
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Pham T, Walden E, Huard S, Pezacki J, Fullerton MD, Baetz K. Fine tuning Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase 1 activity through localization: Functional genomics reveal a role for the lysine acetyltransferase NuA4 and sphingolipid metabolism in regulating Acc1 activity and localization. Genetics 2022; 221:6591204. [PMID: 35608294 PMCID: PMC9339284 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyac086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase 1 catalyzes the conversion of acetyl-CoA to malonyl-CoA, the committed step of de novo fatty acid synthesis. As a master regulator of lipid synthesis, acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 has been proposed to be a therapeutic target for numerous metabolic diseases. We have shown that acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 activity is reduced in the absence of the lysine acetyltransferase NuA4 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This change in acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 activity is correlated with a change in localization. In wild-type cells, acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 is localized throughout the cytoplasm in small punctate and rod-like structures. However, in NuA4 mutants, acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 localization becomes diffuse. To uncover mechanisms regulating acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 localization, we performed a microscopy screen to identify other deletion mutants that impact acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 localization and then measured acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 activity in these mutants through chemical genetics and biochemical assays. Three phenotypes were identified. Mutants with hyper-active acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 form 1 or 2 rod-like structures centrally within the cytoplasm, mutants with mid-low acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 activity displayed diffuse acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1, while the mutants with the lowest acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 activity (hypomorphs) formed thick rod-like acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 structures at the periphery of the cell. All the acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 hypomorphic mutants were implicated in sphingolipid metabolism or very long-chain fatty acid elongation and in common, their deletion causes an accumulation of palmitoyl-CoA. Through exogenous lipid treatments, enzyme inhibitors, and genetics, we determined that increasing palmitoyl-CoA levels inhibits acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 activity and remodels acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 localization. Together this study suggests yeast cells have developed a dynamic feed-back mechanism in which downstream products of acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 can fine-tune the rate of fatty acid synthesis.
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- Trang Pham
- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1H 8M5 Canada.,Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1H 8M5 Canada
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- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1H 8M5 Canada.,Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1H 8M5 Canada
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- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1H 8M5 Canada.,Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1H 8M5 Canada
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- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1H 8M5 Canada.,Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1N6N5 Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1H 8M5 Canada
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- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1H 8M5 Canada.,Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1H 8M5 Canada.,Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Calgary, Calgary T2N 1N4, Canada
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Kubo T, Yoshimura A, Kurata N. Loss of OsEAF6, a Subunit of the Histone Acetyltransferase Complex, Causes Hybrid Breakdown in Intersubspecific Rice Crosses. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:866404. [PMID: 35350298 PMCID: PMC8957887 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.866404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Gene duplication plays an important role in genetic diversification, adaptive evolution, and speciation. Understanding the mechanisms and effects of postzygotic isolation genes is important for further studies of speciation and crop breeding. The duplicate recessive genes hwe1 and hwe2 cause hybrid breakdown, characterized by poor vegetative growth and reproductive dysgenesis in intersubspecific crosses between Oryza sativa ssp. indica and japonica. Using a map-based cloning strategy, we found that HWE1 and HWE2 encode the Esa1-associated factor 6 (EAF6) protein, a component of histone acetyltransferase complexes. The indica hwe1 and japonica hwe2 alleles lacked functional EAF6, demonstrating that the double recessive homozygote causes hybrid breakdown. Morphological and physiological observations showed that weak plants with double recessive homozygotes had serious morphological defects with a wide range of effects on development and organs, leading to leaves with reduced chlorophyll content, flower and pistil malformation, and anomalies of gametogenesis. These findings suggest that EAF6 plays a pivotal role in the transcriptional regulation of essential genes during the vegetative and reproductive development of rice.
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- Takahiko Kubo
- Plant Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan
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- Plant Breeding Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Plant Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan
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Tahmaz I, Shahmoradi Ghahe S, Topf U. Prefoldin Function in Cellular Protein Homeostasis and Human Diseases. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 9:816214. [PMID: 35111762 PMCID: PMC8801880 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.816214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Cellular functions are largely performed by proteins. Defects in the production, folding, or removal of proteins from the cell lead to perturbations in cellular functions that can result in pathological conditions for the organism. In cells, molecular chaperones are part of a network of surveillance mechanisms that maintains a functional proteome. Chaperones are involved in the folding of newly synthesized polypeptides and assist in refolding misfolded proteins and guiding proteins for degradation. The present review focuses on the molecular co-chaperone prefoldin. Its canonical function in eukaryotes involves the transfer of newly synthesized polypeptides of cytoskeletal proteins to the tailless complex polypeptide 1 ring complex (TRiC/CCT) chaperonin which assists folding of the polypeptide chain in an energy-dependent manner. The canonical function of prefoldin is well established, but recent research suggests its broader function in the maintenance of protein homeostasis under physiological and pathological conditions. Interestingly, non-canonical functions were identified for the prefoldin complex and also for its individual subunits. We discuss the latest findings on the prefoldin complex and its subunits in the regulation of transcription and proteasome-dependent protein degradation and its role in neurological diseases, cancer, viral infections and rare anomalies.
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- Ismail Tahmaz
- Laboratory of Molecular Basis of Aging and Rejuvenation, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Basis of Aging and Rejuvenation, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Basis of Aging and Rejuvenation, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Nakamura K, Reid BM, Chen A, Chen Z, Goode EL, Permuth JB, Teer JK, Tyrer J, Yu X, Kanetsky PA, Pharoah PD, Gayther SA, Sellers TA, Lawrenson K, Karreth FA. Functional analysis of the 1p34.3 risk locus implicates GNL2 in high-grade serous ovarian cancer. Am J Hum Genet 2022; 109:116-135. [PMID: 34965383 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) risk locus at chromosome 1p34.3 resides within a frequently amplified genomic region signifying the presence of an oncogene. Here, we integrate in silico variant-to-function analysis with functional studies to characterize the oncogenic potential of candidate genes in the 1p34.3 locus. Fine mapping of genome-wide association statistics identified candidate causal SNPs local to H3K27ac-demarcated enhancer regions that exhibit allele-specific binding for CTCF in HGSOC and normal fallopian tube secretory epithelium cells (FTSECs). SNP risk associations colocalized with eQTL for six genes (DNALI1, GNL2, RSPO1, SNIP1, MEAF6, and LINC01137) that are more highly expressed in carriers of the risk allele, and three (DNALI1, GNL2, and RSPO1) were upregulated in HGSOC compared to normal ovarian surface epithelium cells and/or FTSECs. Increased expression of GNL2 and MEAF6 was associated with shorter survival in HGSOC with 1p34.3 amplifications. Despite its activation of β-catenin signaling, RSPO1 overexpression exerted no effects on proliferation or colony formation in our study of ovarian cancer and FTSECs. Instead, GNL2, MEAF6, and SNIP1 silencing impaired in vitro ovarian cancer cell growth. Additionally, GNL2 silencing diminished xenograft tumor formation, whereas overexpression stimulated proliferation and colony formation in FTSECs. GNL2 influences 60S ribosomal subunit maturation and global protein synthesis in ovarian cancer and FTSECs, providing a potential mechanism of how GNL2 upregulation might promote ovarian cancer development and mediate genetic susceptibility of HGSOC.
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Razzaq I, Berg MD, Jiang Y, Genereaux J, Uthayakumar D, Kim GH, Agyare-Tabbi M, Halder V, Brandl CJ, Lajoie P, Shapiro RS. The SAGA and NuA4 component Tra1 regulates Candida albicans drug resistance and pathogenesis. Genetics 2021; 219:iyab131. [PMID: 34849885 PMCID: PMC8633099 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyab131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Candida albicans is the most common cause of death from fungal infections. The emergence of resistant strains reducing the efficacy of first-line therapy with echinocandins, such as caspofungin calls for the identification of alternative therapeutic strategies. Tra1 is an essential component of the SAGA and NuA4 transcriptional co-activator complexes. As a PIKK family member, Tra1 is characterized by a C-terminal phosphoinositide 3-kinase domain. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the assembly and function of SAGA and NuA4 are compromised by a Tra1 variant (Tra1Q3) with three arginine residues in the putative ATP-binding cleft changed to glutamine. Whole transcriptome analysis of the S. cerevisiae tra1Q3 strain highlights Tra1's role in global transcription, stress response, and cell wall integrity. As a result, tra1Q3 increases susceptibility to multiple stressors, including caspofungin. Moreover, the same tra1Q3 allele in the pathogenic yeast C. albicans causes similar phenotypes, suggesting that Tra1 broadly mediates the antifungal response across yeast species. Transcriptional profiling in C. albicans identified 68 genes that were differentially expressed when the tra1Q3 strain was treated with caspofungin, as compared to gene expression changes induced by either tra1Q3 or caspofungin alone. Included in this set were genes involved in cell wall maintenance, adhesion, and filamentous growth. Indeed, the tra1Q3 allele reduces filamentation and other pathogenesis traits in C. albicans. Thus, Tra1 emerges as a promising therapeutic target for fungal infections.
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- Iqra Razzaq
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G2W1, Canada
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Kim JH, Yoon CY, Jun Y, Lee BB, Lee JE, Ha SD, Woo H, Choi A, Lee S, Jeong W, Kim JH, Kim T. NuA3 HAT antagonizes the Rpd3S and Rpd3L HDACs to optimize mRNA and lncRNA expression dynamics. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:10753-10767. [PMID: 33010166 PMCID: PMC7641726 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Revised: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
In yeast, NuA3 histone acetyltransferase (NuA3 HAT) promotes acetylation of histone H3 lysine 14 (H3K14) and transcription of a subset of genes through interaction between the Yng1 plant homeodomain (PHD) finger and H3K4me3. Although NuA3 HAT has multiple chromatin binding modules with distinct specificities, their interdependence and combinatorial actions in chromatin binding and transcription remain unknown. Modified peptide pulldown assays reveal that the Yng1 N-terminal region is important for the integrity of NuA3 HAT by mediating the interaction between core subunits and two methyl-binding proteins, Yng1 and Pdp3. We further uncover that NuA3 HAT contributes to the regulation of mRNA and lncRNA expression dynamics by antagonizing the histone deacetylases (HDACs) Rpd3S and Rpd3L. The Yng1 N-terminal region, the Nto1 PHD finger and Pdp3 are important for optimal induction of mRNA and lncRNA transcription repressed by the Set2-Rpd3S HDAC pathway, whereas the Yng1 PHD finger–H3K4me3 interaction affects transcriptional repression memory regulated by Rpd3L HDAC. These findings suggest that NuA3 HAT uses distinct chromatin readers to compete with two Rpd3-containing HDACs to optimize mRNA and lncRNA expression dynamics.
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- Ji Hyun Kim
- Department of Life Science and the Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Department of Life Science and the Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Ewha-JAX Cancer Immunotherapy Research Center, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Department of Life Science and the Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Department of Life Science and the Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Department of Life Science and the Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Department of Life Science and the Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Department of Bio-Information Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, 03760, Korea
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- Ewha-JAX Cancer Immunotherapy Research Center, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea.,Department of Bio-Information Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, 03760, Korea
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- Department of Life Science and the Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
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- Department of Life Science and the Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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MEAF6 is essential for cell proliferation and plays a role in the assembly of KAT7 complexes. Exp Cell Res 2020; 396:112279. [PMID: 32918898 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2020.112279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Myst family genes encode lysine acetyltransferases that mainly mediate histone acetylation to control transcription, DNA replication and DNA damage response. They form tetrameric complexes with PHD-finger proteins (Brpfs or Jades) and small non-catalytic subunits Ing4/5 and Meaf6. Although all the components of the complex are well-conserved from yeast to mammals, the function of Meaf6 and its homologs has not been elucidated in any species. Here we revealed the role of Meaf6 utilizing inducible Meaf6 KO ES cells. By elimination of Meaf6, proliferation ceased although histone acetylations were largely unaffected. In the absence of Meaf6, one of the Myst family members Myst2/Kat7 increased the ability to interact with PHD-finger proteins. This study is the first indication of the function of Meaf6, which shows it is not essential for HAT activity but modulates the assembly of the Kat7 complex.
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Walden EA, Fong RY, Pham TT, Knill H, Laframboise SJ, Huard S, Harper ME, Baetz K. Phenomic screen identifies a role for the yeast lysine acetyltransferase NuA4 in the control of Bcy1 subcellular localization, glycogen biosynthesis, and mitochondrial morphology. PLoS Genet 2020; 16:e1009220. [PMID: 33253187 PMCID: PMC7728387 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2020] [Revised: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Cellular metabolism is tightly regulated by many signaling pathways and processes, including lysine acetylation of proteins. While lysine acetylation of metabolic enzymes can directly influence enzyme activity, there is growing evidence that lysine acetylation can also impact protein localization. As the Saccharomyces cerevisiae lysine acetyltransferase complex NuA4 has been implicated in a variety of metabolic processes, we have explored whether NuA4 controls the localization and/or protein levels of metabolic proteins. We performed a high-throughput microscopy screen of over 360 GFP-tagged metabolic proteins and identified 23 proteins whose localization and/or abundance changed upon deletion of the NuA4 scaffolding subunit, EAF1. Within this, three proteins were required for glycogen synthesis and 14 proteins were associated with the mitochondria. We determined that in eaf1Δ cells the transcription of glycogen biosynthesis genes is upregulated resulting in increased proteins and glycogen production. Further, in the absence of EAF1, mitochondria are highly fused, increasing in volume approximately 3-fold, and are chaotically distributed but remain functional. Both the increased glycogen synthesis and mitochondrial elongation in eaf1Δ cells are dependent on Bcy1, the yeast regulatory subunit of PKA. Surprisingly, in the absence of EAF1, Bcy1 localization changes from being nuclear to cytoplasmic and PKA activity is altered. We found that NuA4-dependent localization of Bcy1 is dependent on a lysine residue at position 313 of Bcy1. However, the glycogen accumulation and mitochondrial elongation phenotypes of eaf1Δ, while dependent on Bcy1, were not fully dependent on Bcy1-K313 acetylation state and subcellular localization of Bcy1. As NuA4 is highly conserved with the human Tip60 complex, our work may inform human disease biology, revealing new avenues to investigate the role of Tip60 in metabolic diseases.
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- Elizabeth A. Walden
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Ottawa, Canada
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Numata A, Kwok HS, Zhou QL, Li J, Tirado-Magallanes R, Angarica VE, Hannah R, Park J, Wang CQ, Krishnan V, Rajagopalan D, Zhang Y, Zhou S, Welner RS, Osato M, Jha S, Bohlander SK, Göttgens B, Yang H, Benoukraf T, Lough JW, Bararia D, Tenen DG. Lysine acetyltransferase Tip60 is required for hematopoietic stem cell maintenance. Blood 2020; 136:1735-1747. [PMID: 32542325 PMCID: PMC7544546 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2019001279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 05/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) have the potential to replenish the blood system for the lifetime of the organism. Their 2 defining properties, self-renewal and differentiation, are tightly regulated by the epigenetic machineries. Using conditional gene-knockout models, we demonstrated a critical requirement of lysine acetyltransferase 5 (Kat5, also known as Tip60) for murine HSC maintenance in both the embryonic and adult stages, which depends on its acetyltransferase activity. Genome-wide chromatin and transcriptome profiling in murine hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells revealed that Tip60 colocalizes with c-Myc and that Tip60 deletion suppress the expression of Myc target genes, which are associated with critical biological processes for HSC maintenance, cell cycling, and DNA repair. Notably, acetylated H2A.Z (acH2A.Z) was enriched at the Tip60-bound active chromatin, and Tip60 deletion induced a robust reduction in the acH2A.Z/H2A.Z ratio. These results uncover a critical epigenetic regulatory layer for HSC maintenance, at least in part through Tip60-dependent H2A.Z acetylation to activate Myc target genes.
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- Akihiko Numata
- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Haematology, Wellcome and Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, and
- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Hematology Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center, Birmingham, AL
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Leukaemia and Blood Cancer Research Unit, Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Haematology, Wellcome and Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, and
- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Discipline of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, NL, Canada
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- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, and the Cardiovascular Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; and
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Espinosa-Cores L, Bouza-Morcillo L, Barrero-Gil J, Jiménez-Suárez V, Lázaro A, Piqueras R, Jarillo JA, Piñeiro M. Insights Into the Function of the NuA4 Complex in Plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:125. [PMID: 32153620 PMCID: PMC7047200 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Chromatin remodeling plays a key role in the establishment and maintenance of gene expression patterns essential for plant development and responses to environmental factors. Post-translational modification of histones, including acetylation, is one of the most relevant chromatin remodeling mechanisms that operate in eukaryotic cells. Histone acetylation is an evolutionarily conserved chromatin signature commonly associated with transcriptional activation. Histone acetylation levels are tightly regulated through the antagonistic activity of histone acetyltransferases (HATs) and histone deacetylases (HDACs). In plants, different families of HATs are present, including the MYST family, which comprises homologs of the catalytic subunit of the Nucleosome Acetyltransferase of H4 (NuA4) complex in yeast. This complex mediates acetylation of histones H4, H2A, and H2A.Z, and is involved in transcriptional regulation, heterochromatin silencing, cell cycle progression, and DNA repair in yeast. In Arabidopsis and, other plant species, homologs for most of the yeast NuA4 subunits are present and although the existence of this complex has not been demonstrated yet, compelling evidence supports the notion that this type of HAT complex functions from mosses to angiosperms. Recent proteomic studies show that several Arabidopsis homologs of NuA4 components, including the assembly platform proteins and the catalytic subunit, are associated in vivo with additional members of this complex suggesting that a NuA4-like HAT complex is present in plants. Furthermore, the functional characterization of some Arabidopsis NuA4 subunits has uncovered the involvement of these proteins in the regulation of different plant biological processes. Interestingly, for most of the mutant plants deficient in subunits of this complex characterized so far, conspicuous defects in flowering time are observed, suggesting a role for NuA4 in the control of this plant developmental program. Moreover, the participation of Arabidopsis NuA4 homologs in other developmental processes, such as gametophyte development, as well as in cell proliferation and stress and hormone responses, has also been reported. In this review, we summarize the current state of knowledge on plant putative NuA4 subunits and discuss the latest progress concerning the function of this chromatin modifying complex.
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Qin J, Wu M, Zhou S. FgEaf6 regulates virulence, asexual/sexual development and conidial septation in Fusarium graminearum. Curr Genet 2019; 66:517-529. [PMID: 31728616 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-019-01043-0] [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: 08/26/2019] [Revised: 10/29/2019] [Accepted: 11/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Fusarium graminearum is a destructive fungal pathogen and a major cause of Fusarium head blight (FHB) which results in severe grain yield losses and quality reduction. Additionally, the pathogen produces mycotoxins during plant infection, which are harmful to the health of humans and livestock. As it is well known that lysine acetyltransferase complexes play important roles in pathogenesis, the roles of the Eaf6 homolog-containing complex have not been reported in fungal pathogen. In this study, a Eaf6 homolog FgEaf6 was identified in F. graminearum. To investigate the functions of FgEaf6, the gene was deleted using the split-marker method. ΔFgEaf6 mutant exhibited manifold defects in hyphal growth, conidial septation, asexual and sexual reproduction. Moreover, the virulence of the ΔFgEaf6 mutant was drastically reduced in both wheat heads and wheat coleoptiles. However, the FgEaf6 gene deletion did not impact DON production. An FgEaf6-gfp fusion localized to the nucleus and a conserved coiled-coil (C-C) domain was predicted in the sequence. Mutants with deletions in the C-C domain displayed similar defects during development and virulence as observed in the ΔFgEaf6 mutant. Moreover, the truncated gene was cytoplasm localized. In conclusion, the FgEaf6 encodes a nuclear protein, which plays key regulatory roles in hyphal growth, conidial septation, asexual/sexual reproduction, and the virulence of F. graminearum. The C-C is an indispensable domain in the gene. This is the first report on Eaf6 homolog functioning in virulence of fungal pathogen.
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- Jiaxing Qin
- College of Plant Health and Medicine, The Key Lab of Integrated Crop Pests Management of Shandong Province, Qingdao Agricultural University, No. 700 Changcheng Road, Chengyang, Qingdao, 266109, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Aeras, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Plant Health and Medicine, The Key Lab of Integrated Crop Pests Management of Shandong Province, Qingdao Agricultural University, No. 700 Changcheng Road, Chengyang, Qingdao, 266109, Shandong, China.
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Urban I, Kerimoglu C, Sakib MS, Wang H, Benito E, Thaller C, Zhou X, Yan J, Fischer A, Eichele G. TIP60/KAT5 is required for neuronal viability in hippocampal CA1. Sci Rep 2019; 9:16173. [PMID: 31700011 PMCID: PMC6838100 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-50927-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Aberrant histone acetylation contributes to age-dependent cognitive decline and neurodegenerative diseases. We analyze the function of lysine acetyltransferase TIP60/KAT5 in neurons of the hippocampus using an inducible mouse model. TIP60-deficiency in the adult forebrain leads within days to extensive transcriptional dysfunction characterized by the presence of a neurodegeneration-related signature in CA1. Cell cycle- and immunity-related genes are upregulated while learning- and neuronal plasticity-related genes are downregulated. The dysregulated genes seen under TIP60-deficiency overlap with those in the well-characterized CK-p25 neurodegeneration model. We found that H4K12 is hypoacetylated at the transcriptional start sites of those genes whose expression is dampened in TIP60-deficient mice. Transcriptional dysregulation is followed over a period of weeks by activation of Caspase 3 and fragmentation of β-actin in CA1 neurites, eventually leading to severe neuronal loss. TIP60-deficient mice also develop mild memory impairment. These phenotypes point to a central role of TIP60 in transcriptional networks that are critical for neuronal viability.
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- Inga Urban
- Genes and Behavior Department, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Epigenetics and Systems Medicine in Neurodegenerative Diseases, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Göttingen, 37075, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Epigenetics and Systems Medicine in Neurodegenerative Diseases, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Göttingen, 37075, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China
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- Department of Epigenetics and Systems Medicine in Neurodegenerative Diseases, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Göttingen, 37075, Göttingen, Germany.,European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Genes and Behavior Department, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Genes and Behavior Department, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077, Göttingen, Germany.,Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Epigenetics and Systems Medicine in Neurodegenerative Diseases, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Göttingen, 37075, Göttingen, Germany. .,Department for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37075, Göttingen, Germany.
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- Genes and Behavior Department, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077, Göttingen, Germany.
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Roles of the INO80 and SWR1 Chromatin Remodeling Complexes in Plants. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20184591. [PMID: 31533258 PMCID: PMC6770637 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20184591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2019] [Revised: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 09/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic genes are packed into a dynamic but stable nucleoprotein structure called chromatin. Chromatin-remodeling and modifying complexes generate a dynamic chromatin environment that ensures appropriate DNA processing and metabolism in various processes such as gene expression, as well as DNA replication, repair, and recombination. The INO80 and SWR1 chromatin remodeling complexes (INO80-c and SWR1-c) are ATP-dependent complexes that modulate the incorporation of the histone variant H2A.Z into nucleosomes, which is a critical step in eukaryotic gene regulation. Although SWR1-c has been identified in plants, plant INO80-c has not been successfully isolated and characterized. In this review, we will focus on the functions of the SWR1-c and putative INO80-c (SWR1/INO80-c) multi-subunits and multifunctional complexes in Arabidopsis thaliana. We will describe the subunit compositions of the SWR1/INO80-c and the recent findings from the standpoint of each subunit and discuss their involvement in regulating development and environmental responses in Arabidopsis.
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Noguchi C, Singh T, Ziegler MA, Peake JD, Khair L, Aza A, Nakamura TM, Noguchi E. The NuA4 acetyltransferase and histone H4 acetylation promote replication recovery after topoisomerase I-poisoning. Epigenetics Chromatin 2019; 12:24. [PMID: 30992049 PMCID: PMC6466672 DOI: 10.1186/s13072-019-0271-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Histone acetylation plays an important role in DNA replication and repair because replicating chromatin is subject to dynamic changes in its structures. However, its precise mechanism remains elusive. In this report, we describe roles of the NuA4 acetyltransferase and histone H4 acetylation in replication fork protection in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. RESULTS Downregulation of NuA4 subunits renders cells highly sensitive to camptothecin, a compound that induces replication fork breakage. Defects in NuA4 function or mutations in histone H4 acetylation sites lead to impaired recovery of collapsed replication forks and elevated levels of Rad52 DNA repair foci, indicating the role of histone H4 acetylation in DNA replication and fork repair. We also show that Vid21 interacts with the Swi1-Swi3 replication fork protection complex and that Swi1 stabilizes Vid21 and promotes efficient histone H4 acetylation. Furthermore, our genetic analysis demonstrates that loss of Swi1 further sensitizes NuA4 and histone H4 mutant cells to replication fork breakage. CONCLUSION Considering that Swi1 plays a critical role in replication fork protection, our results indicate that NuA4 and histone H4 acetylation promote repair of broken DNA replication forks.
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- Chiaki Noguchi
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, 245 N. 15th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, 245 N. 15th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA.,Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, 245 N. 15th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, 245 N. 15th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA.,University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, 245 N. 15th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, 245 N. 15th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA.
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Hodges AJ, Plummer DA, Wyrick JJ. NuA4 acetyltransferase is required for efficient nucleotide excision repair in yeast. DNA Repair (Amst) 2018; 73:91-98. [PMID: 30473425 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2018.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Revised: 10/02/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathway is critical for removing damage induced by ultraviolet (UV) light and other helix-distorting lesions from cellular DNA. While efficient NER is critical to avoid cell death and mutagenesis, NER activity is inhibited in chromatin due to the association of lesion-containing DNA with histone proteins. Histone acetylation has emerged as an important mechanism for facilitating NER in chromatin, particularly acetylation catalyzed by the Spt-Ada-Gcn5 acetyltransferase (SAGA); however, it is not known if other histone acetyltransferases (HATs) promote NER activity in chromatin. Here, we report that the essential Nucleosome Acetyltransferase of histone H4 (NuA4) complex is required for efficient NER in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Deletion of the non-essential Yng2 subunit of the NuA4 complex causes a general defect in repair of UV-induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) in yeast; in contrast, deletion of the Sas3 catalytic subunit of the NuA3 complex does not affect repair. Rapid depletion of the essential NuA4 catalytic subunit Esa1 using the anchor-away method also causes a defect in NER, particularly at the heterochromatic HML locus. We show that disrupting the Sds3 subunit of the Rpd3L histone deacetylase (HDAC) complex rescued the repair defect associated with loss of Esa1 activity, suggesting that NuA4-catalyzed acetylation is important for efficient NER in heterochromatin.
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- Amelia J Hodges
- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, United States
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- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, United States
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- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, United States; Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, United States.
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Wang X, Zhu W, Chang P, Wu H, Liu H, Chen J. Merge and separation of NuA4 and SWR1 complexes control cell fate plasticity in Candida albicans. Cell Discov 2018; 4:45. [PMID: 30109121 PMCID: PMC6089883 DOI: 10.1038/s41421-018-0043-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Revised: 04/11/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Phenotypic plasticity is common in development. Candida albicans, a polymorphic fungal pathogen of humans, possesses the unique ability to achieve rapid and reversible cell fate between unicellular form (yeast) and multicellular form (hypha) in response to environmental cues. The NuA4 histone acetyltransferase activity and Hda1 histone deacetylase activity have been reported to be required for hyphal initiation and maintenance. However, how Hda1 and NuA4 regulate hyphal elongation is not clear. NuA4 histone acetyltransferase and SWR1 chromatin remodeling complexes are conserved from yeast to human, which may have merged together to form a larger TIP60 complex since the origin of metazoan. In this study, we show a dynamic merge and separation of NuA4 and SWR1 complexes in C. albicans. NuA4 and SWR1 merge together in yeast state and separate into two distinct complexes in hyphal state. We demonstrate that acetylation of Eaf1 K173 controls the interaction between the two complexes. The YEATS domain of Yaf9 in C. albicans can recognize an acetyl-lysine of the Eaf1 and mediate the Yaf9-Eaf1 interaction. The reversible acetylation and deacetylation of Eaf1 by Esa1 and Hda1 control the merge and separation of NuA4 and SWR1, and this regulation is triggered by Brg1 recruitment of Hda1 to chromatin in response nutritional signals that sustain hyphal elongation. We have also observed an orchestrated promoter association of Esa1, Hda1, Swr1, and H2A.Z during the reversible yeast-hyphae transitions. This is the first discovery of a regulated merge of the NuA4 and SWR1 complexes that controls cell fate determination and this regulation may be conserved in polymorphic fungi.
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- Xiongjun Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai, 200031 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai, 200031 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai, 200031 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai, 200031 China
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai, 200031 China
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Zhao LJ, Loewenstein PM, Green M. Identification of a panel of MYC and Tip60 co-regulated genes functioning primarily in cell cycle and DNA replication. Genes Cancer 2018; 9:101-113. [PMID: 30108681 PMCID: PMC6086004 DOI: 10.18632/genesandcancer.175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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We recently reported that adenovirus E1A enhances MYC association with the NuA4/Tip60 histone acetyltransferase (HAT) complex to activate a panel of genes enriched for DNA replication and cell cycle. Genes from this panel are highly expressed in examined cancer cell lines when compared to normal fibroblasts. To further understand gene regulation in cancer by MYC and the NuA4 complex, we performed RNA-seq analysis of MD-MB231 breast cancer cells following knockdown of MYC or Tip60 - the HAT enzyme of the NuA4 complex. We identify here a panel of 424 genes, referred to as MYC-Tip60 co-regulated panel (MTcoR), that are dependent on both MYC and Tip60 for expression and likely co-regulated by MYC and the NuA4 complex. The MTcoR panel is most significantly enriched in genes involved in cell cycle and/or DNA replication. In contrast, genes repressed by shMYC but not by shTip60 (224 genes) have a low significance of enrichment in identifiable biological processes other than cell cycle and DNA replication. Genes repressed by shTip60 but not by shMYC (102 genes) have no significant identifiable gene enrichment. We propose that MYC cooperates with the NuA4 complex to activate the MTcoR panel of genes to promote DNA replication and cell cycle.
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- Ling-Jun Zhao
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Doisy Research Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Doisy Research Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Doisy Research Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Rust K, Tiwari MD, Mishra VK, Grawe F, Wodarz A. Myc and the Tip60 chromatin remodeling complex control neuroblast maintenance and polarity in Drosophila. EMBO J 2018; 37:embj.201798659. [PMID: 29997178 DOI: 10.15252/embj.201798659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Revised: 05/28/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Stem cells establish cortical polarity and divide asymmetrically to simultaneously maintain themselves and generate differentiating offspring cells. Several chromatin modifiers have been identified as stemness factors in mammalian pluripotent stem cells, but whether these factors control stem cell polarity and asymmetric division has not been investigated so far. We addressed this question in Drosophila neural stem cells called neuroblasts. We identified the Tip60 chromatin remodeling complex and its interaction partner Myc as regulators of genes required for neuroblast maintenance. Knockdown of Tip60 complex members results in loss of cortical polarity, symmetric neuroblast division, and premature differentiation through nuclear entry of the transcription factor Prospero. We found that aPKC is the key target gene of Myc and the Tip60 complex subunit Domino in regulating neuroblast polarity. Our transcriptome analysis further showed that Domino regulates the expression of mitotic spindle genes previously identified as direct Myc targets. Our findings reveal an evolutionarily conserved functional link between Myc, the Tip60 complex, and the molecular network controlling cell polarity and asymmetric cell division.
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- Katja Rust
- Molecular Cell Biology, Institute I for Anatomy, University of Cologne Medical School, Cologne, Germany .,Cluster of Excellence-Cellular Stress Response in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany.,Stem Cell Biology, Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.,Department of Anatomy and OB-GYN/RS, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Molecular Cell Biology, Institute I for Anatomy, University of Cologne Medical School, Cologne, Germany.,Cluster of Excellence-Cellular Stress Response in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany.,Stem Cell Biology, Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Molecular Cell Biology, Institute I for Anatomy, University of Cologne Medical School, Cologne, Germany
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- Molecular Cell Biology, Institute I for Anatomy, University of Cologne Medical School, Cologne, Germany .,Cluster of Excellence-Cellular Stress Response in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany.,Stem Cell Biology, Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Berg MD, Genereaux J, Karagiannis J, Brandl CJ. The Pseudokinase Domain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Tra1 Is Required for Nuclear Localization and Incorporation into the SAGA and NuA4 Complexes. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2018; 8:1943-1957. [PMID: 29626083 PMCID: PMC5982823 DOI: 10.1534/g3.118.200288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 04/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Tra1 is an essential component of the SAGA/SLIK and NuA4 complexes in S. cerevisiae, recruiting these co-activator complexes to specific promoters. As a PIKK family member, Tra1 is characterized by a C-terminal phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) domain. Unlike other PIKK family members (e.g., Tor1, Tor2, Mec1, Tel1), Tra1 has no demonstrable kinase activity. We identified three conserved arginine residues in Tra1 that reside proximal or within the cleft between the N- and C-terminal subdomains of the PI3K domain. To establish a function for Tra1's PI3K domain and specifically the cleft region, we characterized a tra1 allele where these three arginine residues are mutated to glutamine. The half-life of the Tra1[Formula: see text] protein is reduced but its steady state level is maintained at near wild-type levels by a transcriptional feedback mechanism. The tra1[Formula: see text] allele results in slow growth under stress and alters the expression of genes also regulated by other components of the SAGA complex. Tra1[Formula: see text] is less efficiently transported to the nucleus than the wild-type protein. Likely related to this, Tra1[Formula: see text] associates poorly with SAGA/SLIK and NuA4. The ratio of Spt7SLIK to Spt7SAGA increases in the tra1[Formula: see text] strain and truncated forms of Spt20 become apparent upon isolation of SAGA/SLIK. Intragenic suppressor mutations of tra1[Formula: see text] map to the cleft region further emphasizing its importance. We propose that the PI3K domain of Tra1 is directly or indirectly important for incorporating Tra1 into SAGA and NuA4 and thus the biosynthesis and/or stability of the intact complexes.
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- Matthew D Berg
- Department of Biochemistry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada N6A5C1
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- Department of Biochemistry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada N6A5C1
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- Department of Biology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada N6A5B7
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- Department of Biochemistry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada N6A5C1
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Architecture of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae NuA4/TIP60 complex. Nat Commun 2018; 9:1147. [PMID: 29559617 PMCID: PMC5861120 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03504-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2017] [Accepted: 02/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The NuA4/TIP60 acetyltransferase complex is required for gene regulation, DNA repair and cell cycle progression. The limited structural information impeded understanding of NuA4/TIP60 assembly and regulatory mechanism. Here, we report the 4.7 Å cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structure of a NuA4/TIP60 TEEAA assembly (Tra1, Eaf1, Eaf5, actin and Arp4) and the 7.6 Å cryo-EM structure of a TEEAA-piccolo assembly (Esa1, Epl1, Yng2 and Eaf6). The Tra1 and Eaf1 constitute the assembly scaffold. The Eaf1 SANT domain tightly binds to the LBE and FATC domains of Tra1 by ionic interactions. The actin/Arp4 peripherally associates with Eaf1 HSA domain. The Eaf5/7/3 (TINTIN) and piccolo modules largely pack against the FAT and HEAT repeats of Tra1 and their association depends on Eaf1 N-terminal and HSA regions, respectively. These structures elucidate the detailed architecture and molecular interactions between NuA4 subunits and offer exciting insights into the scaffolding and regulatory mechanisms of Tra1 pseudokinase. The NuA4 histone acetyltransferase complex is important for gene regulation, DNA repair processes and cell cycle progression. Here the authors give molecular insights into the NuA4 complex by presenting the cryo-EM structures of the NuA4 TEEAA (Tra1, Eaf1, Eaf5, actin, and Arp4) and TEEAA-piccolo NuA4 assemblies.
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Lee AR, Li Y, Xie N, Gleave ME, Cox ME, Collins CC, Dong X. Alternative RNA splicing of the MEAF6 gene facilitates neuroendocrine prostate cancer progression. Oncotarget 2018; 8:27966-27975. [PMID: 28427194 PMCID: PMC5438622 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.15854] [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: 11/25/2016] [Accepted: 02/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Although potent androgen receptor pathway inhibitors (ARPI) improve overall survival of metastatic prostate cancer patients, treatment-induced neuroendocrine prostate cancer (t-NEPC) as a consequence of the selection pressures of ARPI is becoming a more common clinical issue. Improved understanding of the molecular biology of t-NEPC is essential for the development of new effective management approaches for t-NEPC. In this study, we identify a splice variant of the MYST/Esa1-associated factor 6 (MEAF6) gene, MEAF6-1, that is highly expressed in both t-NEPC tumor biopsies and neuroendocrine cell lines of prostate and lung cancers. We show that MEAF6-1 splicing is stimulated by neuronal RNA splicing factor SRRM4. Rather than inducing neuroendocrine trans-differentiation of cells in prostate adenocarcinoma, MEAF6-1 upregulation stimulates cell proliferation, anchorage-independent cell growth, invasion and xenograft tumor growth. Gene microarray identifies that these MEAF6-1 actions are in part mediated by the ID1 and ID3 genes. These findings suggest that the MEAF6-1 variant does not induce neuroendocrine differentiation of prostate cancer cells, but rather facilitates t-NEPC progression by increasing the proliferation rate of cells that have acquired neuroendocrine phenotypes.
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- Ahn R Lee
- Vancouver Prostate Centre, Department of Urologic Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6H 3Z6, Canada
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- Vancouver Prostate Centre, Department of Urologic Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6H 3Z6, Canada
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- Vancouver Prostate Centre, Department of Urologic Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6H 3Z6, Canada
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- Vancouver Prostate Centre, Department of Urologic Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6H 3Z6, Canada
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- Vancouver Prostate Centre, Department of Urologic Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6H 3Z6, Canada
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- Vancouver Prostate Centre, Department of Urologic Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6H 3Z6, Canada
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- Vancouver Prostate Centre, Department of Urologic Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6H 3Z6, Canada
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A Lipid Transfer Protein Signaling Axis Exerts Dual Control of Cell-Cycle and Membrane Trafficking Systems. Dev Cell 2018; 44:378-391.e5. [PMID: 29396115 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2016] [Revised: 09/24/2017] [Accepted: 12/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Kes1/Osh4 is a member of the conserved, but functionally enigmatic, oxysterol binding protein-related protein (ORP) superfamily that inhibits phosphatidylinositol transfer protein (Sec14)-dependent membrane trafficking through the trans-Golgi (TGN)/endosomal network. We now report that Kes1, and select other ORPs, execute cell-cycle control activities as functionally non-redundant inhibitors of the G1/S transition when cells confront nutrient-poor environments and promote replicative aging. Kes1-dependent cell-cycle regulation requires the Greatwall/MASTL kinase ortholog Rim15, and is opposed by Sec14 activity in a mechanism independent of Kes1/Sec14 bulk membrane-trafficking functions. Moreover, the data identify Kes1 as a non-histone target for NuA4 through which this lysine acetyltransferase co-modulates membrane-trafficking and cell-cycle activities. We propose the Sec14/Kes1 lipid-exchange protein pair constitutes part of the mechanism for integrating TGN/endosomal lipid signaling with cell-cycle progression and hypothesize that ORPs define a family of stage-specific cell-cycle control factors that execute tumor-suppressor-like functions.
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Landscape of the regulatory elements for lysine 2-hydroxyisobutyrylation pathway. Cell Res 2017; 28:111-125. [PMID: 29192674 DOI: 10.1038/cr.2017.149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Revised: 08/02/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Short-chain fatty acids and their corresponding acyl-CoAs sit at the crossroads of metabolic pathways and play important roles in diverse cellular processes. They are also precursors for protein post-translational lysine acylation modifications. A noteworthy example is the newly identified lysine 2-hydroxyisobutyrylation (Khib) that is derived from 2-hydroxyisobutyrate and 2-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA. Histone Khib has been shown to be associated with active gene expression in spermatogenic cells. However, the key elements that regulate this post-translational lysine acylation pathway remain unknown. This has hindered characterization of the mechanisms by which this modification exerts its biological functions. Here we show that Esa1p in budding yeast and its homologue Tip60 in human could add Khib to substrate proteins both in vitro and in vivo. In addition, we have identified HDAC2 and HDAC3 as the major enzymes to remove Khib. Moreover, we report the first global profiling of Khib proteome in mammalian cells, identifying 6 548 Khib sites on 1 725 substrate proteins. Our study has thus discovered both the "writers" and "erasers" for histone Khib marks, and major Khib protein substrates. These results not only illustrate the landscape of this new lysine acylation pathway, but also open new avenues for studying diverse functions of cellular metabolites associated with this pathway.
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Wakabayashi H, Tucker C, Bethlendy G, Kravets A, Welle SL, Bulger M, Hayes JJ, Rustchenko E. NuA4 histone acetyltransferase activity is required for H4 acetylation on a dosage-compensated monosomic chromosome that confers resistance to fungal toxins. Epigenetics Chromatin 2017; 10:49. [PMID: 29061172 PMCID: PMC5653997 DOI: 10.1186/s13072-017-0156-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2017] [Accepted: 10/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The major human fungal pathogen Candida albicans possesses a diploid genome, but responds to growth in challenging environments by employing chromosome aneuploidy as an adaptation mechanism. For example, we have shown that C. albicans adapts to growth on the toxic sugar L-sorbose by transitioning to a state in which one chromosome (chromosome 5, Ch5) becomes monosomic. Moreover, analysis showed that while expression of many genes on the monosomic Ch5 is altered in accordance with the chromosome ploidy, expression of a large fraction of genes is increased to the normal diploid level, presumably compensating for gene dose. RESULTS In order to understand the mechanism of the apparent dosage compensation, we now report genome-wide ChIP-microarray assays for a sorbose-resistant strain harboring a monosomic Ch5. These data show a significant chromosome-wide elevation in histone H4 acetylation on the mCh5, but not on any other chromosome. Importantly, strains lacking subunits of the NuA4 H4 histone acetyltransferase complex, orthologous to a complex previously shown in Drosophila to be associated with a similar gene dosage compensation mechanism, did not show an increase in H4 acetylation. Moreover, loss of NuA4 subunits severely compromised the adaptation to growth on sorbose. CONCLUSIONS Our results are consistent with a model wherein chromosome-wide elevation of H4 acetylation mediated by the NuA4 complex plays a role in increasing gene expression in compensation for gene dose and adaption to growth in a toxic environment.
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- Hironao Wakabayashi
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Roche Diagnostics Corporation, Indianapolis, IN, USA.,Parabase Genomics, Dorchester, MA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Center for Pediatric Biochemical Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Center for Pediatric Biochemical Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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Searle NE, Pillus L. Critical genomic regulation mediated by Enhancer of Polycomb. Curr Genet 2017; 64:147-154. [PMID: 28884217 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-017-0742-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2017] [Revised: 08/21/2017] [Accepted: 08/22/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Enhancer of Polycomb (EPC) was first identified for its contributions to development in Drosophila and was soon-thereafter purified as a subunit of the NuA4/TIP60 acetyltransferase complex. Since then, EPC has often been left in the shadows as an essential, yet non-catalytic subunit of NuA4/TIP60; however, its deep conservation and disease association make clear that it warrants additional attention. In fact, recent studies in yeast demonstrated that its Enhancer of Polycomb, Epl1, was just as important for gene expression and acetylation as is the catalytic subunit of NuA4. Despite its conservation, studies of EPC have often remained siloed between organisms. Here, our goal is to provide a cohesive view of the current state of the EPC literature as it stands among the major model organisms in which it has been studied. EPC is involved in multiple processes, beginning with its cardinal role in regulating global and targeted histone acetylation. EPC also frequently serves as an important interaction partner in these basic cellular functions, as well as in multicellular development, such as in hematopoiesis and skeletal muscle differentiation, and in human disease. Taken together, a unifying theme from these studies highlights EPC as a critical genomic regulator.
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- Naomi E Searle
- Section of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0347, USA.,UC San Diego Biomedical Sciences, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0685, USA
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- Section of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0347, USA.
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Pardo M, Yu L, Shen S, Tate P, Bode D, Letney BL, Quelle DE, Skarnes W, Choudhary JS. Myst2/Kat7 histone acetyltransferase interaction proteomics reveals tumour-suppressor Niam as a novel binding partner in embryonic stem cells. Sci Rep 2017; 7:8157. [PMID: 28811661 PMCID: PMC5557939 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-08456-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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MYST histone acetyltransferases have crucial functions in transcription, replication and DNA repair and are hence implicated in development and cancer. Here we characterise Myst2/Kat7/Hbo1 protein interactions in mouse embryonic stem cells by affinity purification coupled to mass spectrometry. This study confirms that in embryonic stem cells Myst2 is part of H3 and H4 histone acetylation complexes similar to those described in somatic cells. We identify a novel Myst2-associated protein, the tumour suppressor protein Niam (Nuclear Interactor of ARF and Mdm2). Human NIAM is involved in chromosome segregation, p53 regulation and cell proliferation in somatic cells, but its role in embryonic stem cells is unknown. We describe the first Niam embryonic stem cell interactome, which includes proteins with roles in DNA replication and repair, transcription, splicing and ribosome biogenesis. Many of Myst2 and Niam binding partners are required for correct embryonic development, implicating Myst2 and Niam in the cooperative regulation of this process and suggesting a novel role for Niam in embryonic biology. The data provides a useful resource for exploring Myst2 and Niam essential cellular functions and should contribute to deeper understanding of organism early development and survival as well as cancer. Data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD005987.
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- Mercedes Pardo
- Proteomic Mass Spectrometry, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, United Kingdom.
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- Proteomic Mass Spectrometry, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
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- Stem Cell Engineering, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
- Cold Genesys Inc., Santa Ana, CA, USA
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- Stem Cell Engineering, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
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- Proteomic Mass Spectrometry, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
- Wellcome Trust PhD Program, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Pathology, The University of Iowa and Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Pathology, The University of Iowa and Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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- Stem Cell Engineering, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
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- Proteomic Mass Spectrometry, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
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NuA4 Lysine Acetyltransferase Complex Contributes to Phospholipid Homeostasis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2017; 7:1799-1809. [PMID: 28455416 PMCID: PMC5473759 DOI: 10.1534/g3.117.041053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Actively proliferating cells constantly monitor and readjust their metabolic pathways to ensure the replenishment of phospholipids necessary for membrane biogenesis and intracellular trafficking. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, multiple studies have suggested that the lysine acetyltransferase complex NuA4 plays a role in phospholipid homeostasis. For one, NuA4 mutants induce the expression of the inositol-3-phosphate synthase gene, INO1, which leads to excessive accumulation of inositol, a key metabolite used for phospholipid biosynthesis. Additionally, NuA4 mutants also display negative genetic interactions with sec14-1ts, a mutant of a lipid-binding gene responsible for phospholipid remodeling of the Golgi. Here, using a combination of genetics and transcriptional profiling, we explore the connections between NuA4, inositol, and Sec14. Surprisingly, we found that NuA4 mutants did not suppress but rather exacerbated the growth defects of sec14-1ts under inositol-depleted conditions. Transcriptome studies reveal that while loss of the NuA4 subunit EAF1 in sec14-1ts does derepress INO1 expression, it does not derepress all inositol/choline-responsive phospholipid genes, suggesting that the impact of Eaf1 on phospholipid homeostasis extends beyond inositol biosynthesis. In fact, we find that NuA4 mutants have impaired lipid droplet levels and through genetic and chemical approaches, we determine that the genetic interaction between sec14-1ts and NuA4 mutants potentially reflects a role for NuA4 in fatty acid biosynthesis. Altogether, our work identifies a new role for NuA4 in phospholipid homeostasis.
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Lysine acetyltransferase NuA4 and acetyl-CoA regulate glucose-deprived stress granule formation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PLoS Genet 2017; 13:e1006626. [PMID: 28231279 PMCID: PMC5344529 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2016] [Revised: 03/09/2017] [Accepted: 02/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Eukaryotic cells form stress granules under a variety of stresses, however the signaling pathways regulating their formation remain largely unknown. We have determined that the Saccharomyces cerevisiae lysine acetyltransferase complex NuA4 is required for stress granule formation upon glucose deprivation but not heat stress. Further, the Tip60 complex, the human homolog of the NuA4 complex, is required for stress granule formation in cancer cell lines. Surprisingly, the impact of NuA4 on glucose-deprived stress granule formation is partially mediated through regulation of acetyl-CoA levels, which are elevated in NuA4 mutants. While elevated acetyl-CoA levels suppress the formation of glucose-deprived stress granules, decreased acetyl-CoA levels enhance stress granule formation upon glucose deprivation. Further our work suggests that NuA4 regulates acetyl-CoA levels through the Acetyl-CoA carboxylase Acc1. Altogether this work establishes both NuA4 and the metabolite acetyl-CoA as critical signaling pathways regulating the formation of glucose-deprived stress granules.
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The Chromatin-Associated Phf12 Protein Maintains Nucleolar Integrity and Prevents Premature Cellular Senescence. Mol Cell Biol 2017; 37:MCB.00522-16. [PMID: 27956701 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00522-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Accepted: 12/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Pf1, also known as Phf12 (plant homeodomain [PHD] zinc finger protein 12), is a member of the PHD zinc finger family of proteins. Pf1 associates with a chromatin-interacting protein complex comprised of MRG15, Sin3B, and histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1) that functions as a transcriptional modulator. The biological function of Pf1 remains largely elusive. We undertook the generation of Pf1 knockout mice to elucidate its physiological role. We demonstrate that Pf1 is required for mid- to late gestation viability. Pf1 inactivation impairs the proliferative potential of mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) and is associated with a significant decrease in bromodeoxyuridine incorporation; an increase in senescence-associated β-galactosidase (SA-β-Gal) activity, a marker of cellular senescence; and elevated levels of phosphorylated H2AX (γ-H2A.X), a marker associated with DNA double-strand breaks. Analysis of transcripts differentially expressed in wild-type and Pf1-deficient cells revealed the impact of Pf1 in multiple regulatory arms of the ribosome biogenesis pathways. Strikingly, assessment of the morphology of the nucleoli exposed an abnormal nucleolar structure in Pf1-deficient cells. Finally, proteomic analysis of the Pf1-interacting complexes highlighted proteins involved in ribosome biogenesis. Taken together, our data reveal an unsuspected function for the Pf1-associated chromatin complex in the ribosomal biogenesis and senescence pathways.
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Chromatin Regulation by the NuA4 Acetyltransferase Complex Is Mediated by Essential Interactions Between Enhancer of Polycomb (Epl1) and Esa1. Genetics 2017; 205:1125-1137. [PMID: 28108589 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.116.197830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2016] [Accepted: 01/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Enzymes that modify and remodel chromatin act in broadly conserved macromolecular complexes. One key modification is the dynamic acetylation of histones and other chromatin proteins by opposing activities of acetyltransferase and deacetylase complexes. Among acetyltransferases, the NuA4 complex containing Tip60 or its Saccharomyces cerevisiae ortholog Esa1 is of particular significance because of its roles in crucial genomic processes including DNA damage repair and transcription. The catalytic subunit Esa1 is essential, as are five noncatalytic NuA4 subunits. We found that of the noncatalytic subunits, deletion of Enhancer of polycomb (Epl1), but not the others, can be bypassed by loss of a major deacetylase complex, a property shared by Esa1 Noncatalytic complex subunits can be critical for complex assembly, stability, genomic targeting, substrate specificity, and regulation. Understanding the essential role of Epl1 has been previously limited, a limitation now overcome by the discovery of its bypass suppression. Here, we present a comprehensive in vivo study of Epl1 using the powerful tool of suppression combined with transcriptional and mutational analyses. Our results highlight functional parallels between Epl1 and Esa1 and further illustrate that the structural role of Epl1 is important for promotion of Esa1 activity. This conclusion is strengthened by our dissection of Epl1 domains required in vivo for interaction with specific NuA4 subunits, histone acetylation, and chromatin targeting. These results provide new insights for the conserved, essential nature of Epl1 and its homologs, such as EPC1/2 in humans, which is frequently altered in cancers.
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Purification of Yeast Native Reagents for the Analysis of Chromatin Function-II: Multiprotein Complexes and Biochemical Assays. Methods Mol Biol 2016; 1528:53-67. [PMID: 27854015 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6630-1_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Post-translational modifications of histones play essential roles in regulating chromatin structure and function. These are tightly regulated in vivo and there is an intricate cross-talk between different marks as they are recognized by specific reader modules present in a large number of nuclear factors. In order to precisely dissect these processes in vitro native reagents like purified chromatin and histone modifying/remodeling enzymes are required to more accurately reproduce physiological conditions. The vast majority of these enzymes need to be part of stable multiprotein complexes with cofactors enabling them to act on chromatin substrates and/or read specific histone marks. In the accompanying chapter, we have described the protocol for purification of native chromatin from yeast cells (Chapter 3 ). Here, we present the methods to obtain highly purified native chromatin modifying complexes from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, based on Tandem Affinity Purification (TAP). We also present possible applications and useful functional assays that can be performed using these yeast native reagents.
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Combined Action of Histone Reader Modules Regulates NuA4 Local Acetyltransferase Function but Not Its Recruitment on the Genome. Mol Cell Biol 2016; 36:2768-2781. [PMID: 27550811 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00112-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2016] [Accepted: 08/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Recognition of histone marks by reader modules is thought to be at the heart of epigenetic mechanisms. These protein domains are considered to function by targeting regulators to chromosomal loci carrying specific histone modifications. This is important for proper gene regulation as well as propagation of epigenetic information. The NuA4 acetyltransferase complex contains two of these reader modules, an H3K4me3-specific plant homeodomain (PHD) within the Yng2 subunit and an H3K36me2/3-specific chromodomain in the Eaf3 subunit. While each domain showed a close functional interaction with the respective histone mark that it recognizes, at the biochemical level, genetic level (as assessed with epistatic miniarray profile screens), and phenotypic level, cells with the combined loss of both readers showed greatly enhanced phenotypes. Chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled with next-generation sequencing experiments demonstrated that the Yng2 PHD specifically directs H4 acetylation near the transcription start site of highly expressed genes, while Eaf3 is important downstream on the body of the genes. Strikingly, the recruitment of the NuA4 complex to these loci was not significantly affected. Furthermore, RNA polymerase II occupancy was decreased only under conditions where both PHD and chromodomains were lost, generally in the second half of the gene coding regions. Altogether, these results argue that methylated histone reader modules in NuA4 are not responsible for its recruitment to the promoter or coding regions but, rather, are required to orient its acetyltransferase catalytic site to the methylated histone 3-bearing nucleosomes in the surrounding chromatin, cooperating to allow proper transition from transcription initiation to elongation.
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Sathianathan A, Ravichandran P, Lippi JM, Cohen L, Messina A, Shaju S, Swede MJ, Ginsburg DS. The Eaf3/5/7 Subcomplex Stimulates NuA4 Interaction with Methylated Histone H3 Lys-36 and RNA Polymerase II. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:21195-21207. [PMID: 27535225 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.718742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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NuA4 is the only essential lysine acetyltransferase complex in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, where it has been shown to stimulate transcription initiation and elongation. Interaction with nucleosomes is stimulated by histone H3 Lys-4 and Lys-36 methylation, but the mechanism of this interaction is unknown. Eaf3, Eaf5, and Eaf7 form a subcomplex within NuA4 that may also function independently of the lysine acetyltransferase complex. The Eaf3/5/7 complex and the Rpd3C(S) histone deacetylase complex have both been shown to bind di- and trimethylated histone H3 Lys-36 stimulated by Eaf3. We investigated the role of the Eaf3/5/7 subcomplex in NuA4 binding to nucleosomes. Different phenotypes of eaf3/5/7Δ mutants support functions for the complex as both part of and independent of NuA4. Further evidence for Eaf3/5/7 within NuA4 came from mutations in the subcomplex leading to ∼40% reductions in H4 acetylation in bulk histones, probably caused by binding defects to both nucleosomes and RNA polymerase II. In vitro binding assays showed that Eaf3/5/7 specifically stimulates NuA4 binding to di- and trimethylated histone H3 Lys-36 and that this binding is important for NuA4 occupancy in transcribed ORFs. Consistent with the role of NuA4 in stimulating transcription elongation, loss of EAF5 or EAF7 resulted in a processivity defect. Overall, these results reveal the function of Eaf3/5/7 within NuA4 to be important for both NuA4 and RNA polymerase II binding.
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- Health Sciences Departments, LIU Post, Brookville, New York 11548
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Regulation of Antisense Transcription by NuA4 Histone Acetyltransferase and Other Chromatin Regulatory Factors. Mol Cell Biol 2016; 36:992-1006. [PMID: 26755557 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00808-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2015] [Accepted: 12/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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NuA4 histone lysine (K) acetyltransferase (KAT) promotes transcriptional initiation of TATA-binding protein (TBP)-associated factor (TAF)-dependent ribosomal protein genes. TAFs have also been recently found to enhance antisense transcription from the 3' end of the GAL10 coding sequence. However, it remains unknown whether, like sense transcription of the ribosomal protein genes, TAF-dependent antisense transcription of GAL10 also requires NuA4 KAT. Here, we show that NuA4 KAT associates with the GAL10 antisense transcription initiation site at the 3' end of the coding sequence. Such association of NuA4 KAT depends on the Reb1p-binding site that recruits Reb1p activator to the GAL10 antisense transcription initiation site. Targeted recruitment of NuA4 KAT to the GAL10 antisense transcription initiation site promotes GAL10 antisense transcription. Like NuA4 KAT, histone H3 K4/36 methyltransferases and histone H2B ubiquitin conjugase facilitate GAL10 antisense transcription, while the Swi/Snf and SAGA chromatin remodeling/modification factors are dispensable for antisense, but not sense, transcription of GAL10. Taken together, our results demonstrate for the first time the roles of NuA4 KAT and other chromatin regulatory factors in controlling antisense transcription, thus illuminating chromatin regulation of antisense transcription.
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Acetylation is a dynamic post-translational modification that is attached to protein substrates by lysine acetyltransferases (KATs) and removed by lysine deacetylases (KDACs). While these enzymes are best characterized as histone modifiers and regulators of gene transcription, work in a number of systems highlights that acetylation is a pervasive modification and suggests a broad scope for KAT and KDAC functions in the cell. As we move beyond generating lists of acetylated proteins, the acetylation field is in dire need of robust tools to connect acetylation and deacetylation machineries to their respective substrates and to dissect the function of individual sites. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae model system provides such a toolkit in the context of both tried and true genetic techniques and cutting-edge proteomic and cell imaging methods. Here, we review these methods in the context of their contributions to acetylation research thus far and suggest strategies for addressing lingering questions in the field.
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Gutin J, Sadeh A, Rahat A, Aharoni A, Friedman N. Condition-specific genetic interaction maps reveal crosstalk between the cAMP/PKA and the HOG MAPK pathways in the activation of the general stress response. Mol Syst Biol 2015; 11:829. [PMID: 26446933 PMCID: PMC4631200 DOI: 10.15252/msb.20156451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Cells must quickly respond and efficiently adapt to environmental changes. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has multiple pathways that respond to specific environmental insults, as well as a generic stress response program. The later is regulated by two transcription factors, Msn2 and Msn4, that integrate information from upstream pathways to produce fast, tunable, and robust response to different environmental changes. To understand this integration, we employed a systematic approach to genetically dissect the contribution of various cellular pathways to Msn2/4 regulation under a range of stress and growth conditions. We established a high-throughput liquid handling and automated flow cytometry system and measured GFP levels in 68 single-knockout and 1,566 double-knockout strains that carry an HSP12-GFP allele as a reporter for Msn2/4 activity. Based on the expression of this Msn2/4 reporter in five different conditions, we identified numerous genetic and epistatic interactions between different components in the network upstream to Msn2/4. Our analysis gains new insights into the functional specialization of the RAS paralogs in the repression of stress response and identifies a three-way crosstalk between the Mediator complex, the HOG MAPK pathway, and the cAMP/PKA pathway.
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- Jenia Gutin
- School of Computer Science & Engineering Institute of Life Sciences Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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- School of Computer Science & Engineering Institute of Life Sciences Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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- School of Computer Science & Engineering Institute of Life Sciences Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Life Science, National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
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- School of Computer Science & Engineering Institute of Life Sciences Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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Eaf1p Is Required for Recruitment of NuA4 in Targeting TFIID to the Promoters of the Ribosomal Protein Genes for Transcriptional Initiation In Vivo. Mol Cell Biol 2015; 35:2947-64. [PMID: 26100014 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01524-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2014] [Accepted: 05/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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NuA4 (nucleosome acetyltransferase of H4) promotes transcriptional initiation of TFIID (a complex of TBP and TBP-associated factors [TAFs])-dependent ribosomal protein genes involved in ribosome biogenesis. However, it is not clearly understood how NuA4 regulates the transcription of ribosomal protein genes. Here, we show that NuA4 is recruited to the promoters of ribosomal protein genes, such as RPS5, RPL2B, and RPS11B, for TFIID recruitment to initiate transcription, and the recruitment of NuA4 to these promoters is impaired in the absence of its Eaf1p component. Intriguingly, impaired NuA4 recruitment in a Δeaf1 strain depletes recruitment of TFIID (a TAF-dependent form of TBP) but not the TAF-independent form of TBP to the promoters of ribosomal protein genes. However, in the absence of NuA4, SAGA (Spt-Ada-Gcn5-acetyltransferase) is involved in targeting the TAF-independent form of TBP to the promoters of ribosomal protein genes for transcriptional initiation. Thus, NuA4 plays an important role in targeting TFIID to the promoters of ribosomal protein genes for transcriptional initiation in vivo. Such a function is mediated via its targeted histone acetyltransferase activity. In the absence of NuA4, ribosomal protein genes lose TFIID dependency and become SAGA dependent for transcriptional initiation. Collectively, these results provide significant insights into the regulation of ribosomal protein gene expression and, hence, ribosome biogenesis and functions.
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Eaf1 Links the NuA4 Histone Acetyltransferase Complex to Htz1 Incorporation and Regulation of Purine Biosynthesis. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2015; 14:535-44. [PMID: 25841019 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00004-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2015] [Accepted: 03/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Proper modulation of promoter chromatin architecture is crucial for gene regulation in order to precisely and efficiently orchestrate various cellular activities. Previous studies have identified the stimulatory effect of the histone-modifying complex NuA4 on the incorporation of the histone variant H2A.Z (Htz1) at the PHO5 promoter (A. Auger, L. Galarneau, M. Altaf, A. Nourani, Y. Doyon, R. T. Utley, D. Cronier, S. Allard, and J. Côté, Mol Cell Biol 28:2257-2270, 2008, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/MCB.01755-07). In vitro studies with a reconstituted system also indicated an intriguing cross talk between NuA4 and the H2A.Z-loading complex, SWR-C (M. Altaf, A. Auger, J. Monnet-Saksouk, J. Brodeur, S. Piquet, M. Cramet, N. Bouchard, N. Lacoste, R. T. Utley, L. Gaudreau, J. Côté, J Biol Chem 285:15966-15977, 2010, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M110.117069). In this work, we investigated the role of the NuA4 scaffold subunit Eaf1 in global gene expression and genome-wide incorporation of Htz1. We found that loss of Eaf1 affects Htz1 levels mostly at the promoters that are normally highly enriched in the histone variant. Analysis of eaf1 mutant cells by expression array unveiled a relationship between NuA4 and the gene network implicated in the purine biosynthesis pathway, as EAF1 deletion cripples induction of several ADE genes. NuA4 directly interacts with Bas1 activation domain, a key transcription factor of adenine genes. Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) experiments demonstrate that nucleosomes on the inactive ADE17 promoter are acetylated already by NuA4 and enriched in Htz1. Upon derepression, these poised nucleosomes respond rapidly to activate ADE gene expression in a mechanism likely reminiscent of the PHO5 promoter, leading to nucleosome disassembly. These detailed molecular events depict a specific case of cross talk between NuA4-dependent acetylation and incorporation of histone variant Htz1, presetting the chromatin structure over ADE promoters for subsequent chromatin remodeling and activated transcription.
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