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Patil NY, Tang H, Rus I, Zhang K, Joshi AD. Decoding Cinnabarinic Acid-Specific Stanniocalcin 2 Induction by Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor. Mol Pharmacol 2022; 101:45-55. [PMID: 34764210 PMCID: PMC8969126 DOI: 10.1124/molpharm.121.000376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a ligand-mediated transcription factor known for regulating response to xenobiotics, including prototypical 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) through the activation of CYP1A1 expression. Upon ligand-binding, AhR translocates to the nucleus, interacts with the AhR nuclear translocator, and binds to xenobiotic response elements (XREs; GCGTG) present in the promoter region of AhR-regulated genes. Recently, we identified a novel tryptophan catabolite, cinnabarinic acid (CA), as an endogenous AhR agonist capable of activating expression of AhR target gene stanniocalcin 2 (stc2). The CA-driven stc2 induction bestowed cytoprotection against hepatotoxicity in an AhR-dependent manner. Interestingly, only CA but not TCDD was able to induce stc2 expression in liver, and CA was unable to upregulate the TCDD responsive cyp1a1 gene. In this report, we identified CA-specific histone H4 lysine 5 acetylation and H3 lysine 79 methylation at the AhR-bound stc2 promoter. Moreover, histone H4 lysine 5 acetylation writer, activating transcription factor 2 (Atf2), and H3 lysine 79 methylation writer, disruptor of telomeric silencing 1-like histone lysine methyltransferase (Dot1l), were interacting with the AhR complex at the stc2 promoter exclusively in response to CA treatment concurrent with the histone epigenetic marks. Suppressing Atf2 and Dot1l expression using RNA interference confirmed their role in stc2 expression. CRISPR/Cas9-assisted replacement of cyp1a1 promoter-encompassing XREs with stc2 promoter XREs resulted in CA-dependent induction of cyp1a1, underlining a fundamental role of quaternary structure of XRE sequence in agonist-specific gene regulation. In conclusion, CA-driven recruitment of specific chromatin regulators to the AhR complex and resulting histone epigenetic modifications may serve as a molecular basis for agonist-specific stc2 regulation by AhR. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Results reported here provide a mechanistic explanation for the agonist-specific differential gene regulation by identifying interaction of aryl hydrogen receptor with specific chromatin regulators concomitant with unique histone epigenetic marks. This study also demonstrated that the agonist-specific target-gene expression can be transferred with the gene-specific promoter xenobiotic response element-sequence in the context of chromatin architecture.
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- Nikhil Y Patil
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (N.Y.P., I.R., A.D.J.); and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas (H.T., K.Z.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (N.Y.P., I.R., A.D.J.); and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas (H.T., K.Z.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (N.Y.P., I.R., A.D.J.); and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas (H.T., K.Z.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (N.Y.P., I.R., A.D.J.); and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas (H.T., K.Z.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (N.Y.P., I.R., A.D.J.); and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas (H.T., K.Z.)
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Cozzolino F, Iacobucci I, Monaco V, Monti M. Protein-DNA/RNA Interactions: An Overview of Investigation Methods in the -Omics Era. J Proteome Res 2021; 20:3018-3030. [PMID: 33961438 PMCID: PMC8280749 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The fields of application
of functional proteomics are not limited
to the study of protein–protein interactions; they also extend
to those involving protein complexes that bind DNA or RNA. These interactions
affect fundamental processes such as replication, transcription, and
repair in the case of DNA, as well as transport, translation, splicing,
and silencing in the case of RNA. Analytical or preparative experimental
approaches, both in vivo and in vitro, have been developed to isolate and identify DNA/RNA binding proteins
by exploiting the advantage of the affinity shown by these proteins
toward a specific oligonucleotide sequence. The present review proposes
an overview of the approaches most commonly employed in proteomics
applications for the identification of nucleic acid-binding proteins,
such as affinity purification (AP) protocols, EMSA, chromatin purification
methods, and CRISPR-based chromatin affinity purification, which are
generally associated with mass spectrometry methodologies for the
unbiased protein identification.
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- Flora Cozzolino
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University Federico II of Naples, Strada Comunale Cinthia, 26, 80126 Naples, Italy.,CEINGE Advanced Biotechnologies, Via G. Salvatore 486, 80145 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University Federico II of Naples, Strada Comunale Cinthia, 26, 80126 Naples, Italy.,CEINGE Advanced Biotechnologies, Via G. Salvatore 486, 80145 Naples, Italy
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- CEINGE Advanced Biotechnologies, Via G. Salvatore 486, 80145 Naples, Italy.,Interuniversity Consortium National Institute of Biostructures and Biosystems (INBB), Viale Medaglie d'Oro, 305-00136 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University Federico II of Naples, Strada Comunale Cinthia, 26, 80126 Naples, Italy.,CEINGE Advanced Biotechnologies, Via G. Salvatore 486, 80145 Naples, Italy
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Characterizing the composition of protein complexes bound to different genomic loci is essential for advancing our mechanistic understanding of transcriptional regulation. In their recent study, Krijgsveld and colleagues (Rafiee et al, 2016) report ChIP‐SICAP, a powerful tool for deciphering the chromatin proteome by combining chromatin immunoprecipitation, selective isolation of chromatin‐associated proteins and mass spectrometry.
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- Dalila Bensaddek
- Laboratory of Quantitative Proteomics, Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, School of Life Sciences University of Dundee Discovery Centre, Dundee, UK
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- Laboratory of Quantitative Proteomics, Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, School of Life Sciences University of Dundee Discovery Centre, Dundee, UK
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