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El Osmani N, Prévostel C, Picque Lasorsa L, El Harakeh M, Radwan Z, Mawlawi H, El Sabban M, Shirinian M, Dassouki Z. Vitamin C enhances co-localization of novel TET1 nuclear bodies with both Cajal and PML bodies in colorectal cancer cells. Epigenetics 2024; 19:2337142. [PMID: 38583183 PMCID: PMC11000620 DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2024.2337142] [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: 08/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024] Open
Abstract
Deregulation of ten-eleven Translocation protein 1 (TET1) is commonly reported to induce imbalances in gene expression and subsequently to colorectal cancer development (CRC). On the other hand, vitamin C (VitC) improves the prognosis of colorectal cancer by reprogramming the cancer epigenome and limiting chemotherapeutic drug resistance events. In this study, we aimed to characterize TET1-specific subcellular compartments and evaluate the effect of VitC on TET1 compartmentalization in colonic tumour cells. We demonstrated that TET1 is concentrated in coarse nuclear bodies (NB) and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) in foci in colorectal cancer cells (HCT116, Caco-2, and HT-29). To our knowledge, this is the first report of a novel intracellular localization profile of TET1 and its demethylation marker, 5hmC, in CRC cells. Interestingly, we found that TET1-NBs frequently interacted with Cajal bodies, but not with promyelocytic leukaemia (PML) bodies. In addition, we report that VitC treatment of HCT116 cells induces 5hmC foci biogenesis and triggers 5hmC marks to form active complexes with nuclear body components, including both Cajal and PML proteins. Our data highlight novel NB-concentrating TET1 in CRC cells and demonstrate that VitC modulates TET1-NBs' interactions with other nuclear structures. These findings reveal novel TET1-dependent cellular functions and potentially provide new insights for CRC management.
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- Nour El Osmani
- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
- Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
- Laboratory of Applied Biotechnology (LBA3B), AZM Center for Research in Biotechnology and its Applications, Doctoral School for Sciences and Technology, Tripoli, Lebanon
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
- Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
- INSERM, Montpellier, France
- ICM, Institut régional du Cancer de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
- Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
- INSERM, Montpellier, France
- ICM, Institut régional du Cancer de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology, and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology, and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Laboratory of Applied Biotechnology (LBA3B), AZM Center for Research in Biotechnology and its Applications, Doctoral School for Sciences and Technology, Tripoli, Lebanon
- Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli, Lebanon
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- Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology, and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Experiment Pathology, Immunology, and Microbiology, American University of Beirut, Faculty of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Laboratory of Applied Biotechnology (LBA3B), AZM Center for Research in Biotechnology and its Applications, Doctoral School for Sciences and Technology, Tripoli, Lebanon
- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Balamand, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tripoli, Lebanon
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Chakraborty S, Mishra J, Roy A, Niharika, Manna S, Baral T, Nandi P, Patra S, Patra SK. Liquid-liquid phase separation in subcellular assemblages and signaling pathways: Chromatin modifications induced gene regulation for cellular physiology and functions including carcinogenesis. Biochimie 2024; 223:74-97. [PMID: 38723938 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2024.05.007] [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: 12/06/2023] [Revised: 03/08/2024] [Accepted: 05/04/2024] [Indexed: 05/24/2024]
Abstract
Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) describes many biochemical processes, including hydrogel formation, in the integrity of macromolecular assemblages and existence of membraneless organelles, including ribosome, nucleolus, nuclear speckles, paraspeckles, promyelocytic leukemia (PML) bodies, Cajal bodies (all exert crucial roles in cellular physiology), and evidence are emerging day by day. Also, phase separation is well documented in generation of plasma membrane subdomains and interplay between membranous and membraneless organelles. Intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) of biopolymers/proteins are the most critical sticking regions that aggravate the formation of such condensates. Remarkably, phase separated condensates are also involved in epigenetic regulation of gene expression, chromatin remodeling, and heterochromatinization. Epigenetic marks on DNA and histones cooperate with RNA-binding proteins through their IDRs to trigger LLPS for facilitating transcription. How phase separation coalesces mutant oncoproteins, orchestrate tumor suppressor genes expression, and facilitated cancer-associated signaling pathways are unravelling. That autophagosome formation and DYRK3-mediated cancer stem cell modification also depend on phase separation is deciphered in part. In view of this, and to linchpin insight into the subcellular membraneless organelle assembly, gene activation and biological reactions catalyzed by enzymes, and the downstream physiological functions, and how all these events are precisely facilitated by LLPS inducing organelle function, epigenetic modulation of gene expression in this scenario, and how it goes awry in cancer progression are summarized and presented in this article.
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- Subhajit Chakraborty
- Epigenetics and Cancer Research Laboratory, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Group, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India
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- Epigenetics and Cancer Research Laboratory, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Group, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India
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- Epigenetics and Cancer Research Laboratory, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Group, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India
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- Epigenetics and Cancer Research Laboratory, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Group, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India
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- Epigenetics and Cancer Research Laboratory, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Group, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India
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- Epigenetics and Cancer Research Laboratory, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Group, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India
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- Epigenetics and Cancer Research Laboratory, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Group, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India
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- Epigenetics and Cancer Research Laboratory, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Group, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India.
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Mohallem R, Aryal UK. Nuclear Phosphoproteome Reveals Prolyl Isomerase PIN1 as a Modulator of Oncogene-Induced Senescence. Mol Cell Proteomics 2024; 23:100715. [PMID: 38216124 PMCID: PMC10864342 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2024.100715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/14/2024] Open
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Mammalian cells possess intrinsic mechanisms to prevent tumorigenesis upon deleterious mutations, including oncogene-induced senescence (OIS). The molecular mechanisms underlying OIS are, however, complex and remain to be fully characterized. In this study, we analyzed the changes in the nuclear proteome and phosphoproteome of human lung fibroblast IMR90 cells during the progression of OIS induced by oncogenic RASG12V activation. We found that most of the differentially regulated phosphosites during OIS contained prolyl isomerase PIN1 target motifs, suggesting PIN1 is a key regulator of several promyelocytic leukemia nuclear body proteins, specifically regulating several proteins upon oncogenic Ras activation. We showed that PIN1 knockdown promotes cell proliferation, while diminishing the senescence phenotype and hallmarks of senescence, including p21, p16, and p53 with concomitant accumulation of the protein PML and the dysregulation of promyelocytic leukemia nuclear body formation. Collectively, our data demonstrate that PIN1 plays an important role as a tumor suppressor in response to oncogenic ER:RasG12V activation.
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- Rodrigo Mohallem
- Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA; Purdue Proteomics Facility, Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
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- Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA; Purdue Proteomics Facility, Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA.
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Lettin L, Erbay B, Blair GE. Viruses and Cajal Bodies: A Critical Cellular Target in Virus Infection? Viruses 2023; 15:2311. [PMID: 38140552 PMCID: PMC10747631 DOI: 10.3390/v15122311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Nuclear bodies (NBs) are dynamic structures present in eukaryotic cell nuclei. They are not bounded by membranes and are often considered biomolecular condensates, defined structurally and functionally by the localisation of core components. Nuclear architecture can be reorganised during normal cellular processes such as the cell cycle as well as in response to cellular stress. Many plant and animal viruses target their proteins to NBs, in some cases triggering their structural disruption and redistribution. Although not all such interactions have been well characterised, subversion of NBs and their functions may form a key part of the life cycle of eukaryotic viruses that require the nucleus for their replication. This review will focus on Cajal bodies (CBs) and the viruses that target them. Since CBs are dynamic structures, other NBs (principally nucleoli and promyelocytic leukaemia, PML and bodies), whose components interact with CBs, will also be considered. As well as providing important insights into key virus-host cell interactions, studies on Cajal and associated NBs may identify novel cellular targets for development of antiviral compounds.
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- Lucy Lettin
- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK (B.E.)
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- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK (B.E.)
- Moleküler Biyoloji ve Genetik Bölümü, Fen Fakültesi, Van Yuzuncu Yil University, Van 65140, Türkiye
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- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK (B.E.)
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Egelberg M, De Marchi T, Pekar G, Tran L, Bendahl P, Tullberg AS, Holmberg E, Karlsson P, Farnebo M, Killander F, Nimeús E. Low levels of WRAP53 predict decreased efficacy of radiotherapy and are prognostic for local recurrence and death from breast cancer: a long-term follow-up of the SweBCG91RT randomized trial. Mol Oncol 2023; 17:2029-2040. [PMID: 36975842 PMCID: PMC10552889 DOI: 10.1002/1878-0261.13426] [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: 11/08/2022] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
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Downregulation of the DNA repair protein WD40-encoding RNA antisense to p53 (WRAP53) has been associated with radiotherapy resistance and reduced cancer survival. The aim of this study was to evaluate WRAP53 protein and RNA levels as prognostic and predictive markers in the SweBCG91RT trial, in which breast cancer patients were randomized for postoperative radiotherapy. Using tissue microarray and microarray-based gene expression, 965 and 759 tumors were assessed for WRAP53 protein and RNA levels, respectively. Correlation with local recurrence and breast cancer-related death was assessed for prognosis, and the interaction between WRAP53 and radiotherapy in relation to local recurrence was assessed for radioresistance prediction. Tumors with low WRAP53 protein levels had a higher subhazard ratio (SHR) for local recurrence [1.76 (95% CI 1.10-2.79)] and breast cancer-related death [1.55 (1.02-2.38)]. Low WRAP53 RNA levels were associated with almost a three-fold decreased effect of radiotherapy in relation to ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence [IBTR; SHR 0.87 (95% CI 0.44-1.72)] compared with high RNA levels [0.33 (0.19-0.55)], with a significant interaction (P = 0.024). In conclusion, low WRAP53 protein is prognostic for local recurrence and breast cancer-related death. Low WRAP53 RNA is a potential marker for radioresistance.
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- Moa Egelberg
- Division of Surgery, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Faculty of MedicineLund UniversitySweden
- Division of Oncology and Pathology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Faculty of MedicineLund UniversitySweden
- Department of RadiologyKristianstad HospitalSweden
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- Division of Oncology and Pathology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Faculty of MedicineLund UniversitySweden
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- Division of Oncology and Pathology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Faculty of MedicineLund UniversitySweden
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- Division of Oncology and Pathology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Faculty of MedicineLund UniversitySweden
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- Division of Oncology and Pathology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Faculty of MedicineLund UniversitySweden
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- Department of Oncology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, Sahlgrenska University HospitalUniversity of GothenburgSweden
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- Department of Oncology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, Sahlgrenska University HospitalUniversity of GothenburgSweden
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- Department of Oncology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, Sahlgrenska University HospitalUniversity of GothenburgSweden
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- Department of Bioscience and Nutrition & Department of Cell and Molecular BiologyKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
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- Division of Oncology and Pathology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Faculty of MedicineLund UniversitySweden
- Division of Oncology and Pathology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Faculty of MedicineSkåne University HospitalLundSweden
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- Division of Surgery, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Faculty of MedicineLund UniversitySweden
- Division of Oncology and Pathology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Faculty of MedicineLund UniversitySweden
- Division of Surgery, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Faculty of MedicineSkåne University HospitalLundSweden
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Kanno T, Chiou P, Wu MT, Lin WD, Matzke A, Matzke M. A GFP splicing reporter in a coilin mutant background reveals links between alternative splicing, siRNAs, and coilin function in Arabidopsis thaliana. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2023; 13:jkad175. [PMID: 37539868 PMCID: PMC10542627 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad175] [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: 02/25/2023] [Revised: 02/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023]
Abstract
Coilin is a scaffold protein essential for the structure of Cajal bodies, which are nucleolar-associated, nonmembranous organelles that coordinate the assembly of nuclear ribonucleoproteins (RNPs) including spliceosomal snRNPs. To study coilin function in plants, we conducted a genetic suppressor screen using a coilin (coi1) mutant in Arabidopsis thaliana and performed an immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry analysis on coilin protein. The coi1 mutations modify alternative splicing of a GFP reporter gene, resulting in a hyper-GFP phenotype in young coi1 seedlings relative to the intermediate wild-type level. As shown here, this hyper-GFP phenotype is extinguished in older coi1 seedlings by posttranscriptional gene silencing triggered by siRNAs derived from aberrant splice variants of GFP pre-mRNA. In the coi1 suppressor screen, we identified suppressor mutations in WRAP53, a putative coilin-interacting protein; SMU2, a predicted splicing factor; and ZCH1, an incompletely characterized zinc finger protein. These suppressor mutations return the hyper-GFP fluorescence of young coi1 seedlings to the intermediate wild-type level. Additionally, coi1 zch1 mutants display more extensive GFP silencing and elevated levels of GFP siRNAs, suggesting the involvement of wild-type ZCH1 in siRNA biogenesis or stability. The immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry analysis reinforced the roles of coilin in pre-mRNA splicing, nucleolar chromatin structure, and rRNA processing. The participation of coilin in these processes, at least some of which incorporate small RNAs, supports the hypothesis that coilin provides a chaperone for small RNA trafficking. Our study demonstrates the usefulness of the GFP splicing reporter for investigating alternative splicing, ribosome biogenesis, and siRNA-mediated silencing in the context of coilin function.
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- Tatsuo Kanno
- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115201, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115201, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115201, Taiwan
- Genenet Technology (UK) Limited, 128 City Road, London EC1V 2NX, UK
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115201, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115201, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115201, Taiwan
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Zhu Y, Sun W, Jiang X, Bai R, Luo Y, Gao Y, Li S, Huang Z, Gong Y, Xie C. Differential effects of WRAP53 transcript variants on non-small cell lung cancer cell behaviors. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0281132. [PMID: 36706151 PMCID: PMC9882892 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The WD40-encoding RNA antisense to p53 (WRAP53) is an antisense gene of TP53 with three transcriptional start sites producing three transcript variants involved in the progression of non-small cell lung cancer. However, the mechanism by which these different transcript variants regulate non-small cell lung cancer cell behaviors is to be elucidated. METHODS Two non-small cell lung cancer cell lines, A549 cells with wild-type p53 and H1975 with mutated p53, were transfected with WRAP53-1α and WRAP53-1β siRNA. The biological effects were assessed via colony formation, cell viability, apoptosis, cell cycle, wound healing and cell invasion assays, as well as immunoblotting. RESULTS Knockdown of WRAP53-1α increased the mRNA and protein levels of p53; suppressed colony formation and proliferation of A549 cells but promoted them in H1975 cells; increased the proportion of cells in the G0/G1 phase in A549 cells but decreased that in H1975 cells; and suppressed migration and invasion in A549 cells but not in H1975 cells. Conversely, knockdown of WRAP53-1β had no effect on p53 expression; promoted the growth of A549 cells but not of H1975 cells; decreased the proportion of cells in the G0/G1 phase in A549 cells but not in H1975 cells; and promoted migration and invasion in A549 cells but not in H1975 cells. Knockdown of both WRAP53-1α and WRAP53-1β promoted apoptosis in A549 cells but not in H1975 cells. CONCLUSIONS WRAP53 transcript variants exerted different functions in non-small cell lung cancer cells and regulated non-small cell lung cancer cell behaviors depending on the p53 expression.
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- Yan Zhu
- Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, China
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- Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Department of Biological Repositories, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Biological Repositories, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- * E-mail: (CX); (YG)
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- Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Tumour Biological Behaviors, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- * E-mail: (CX); (YG)
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Gadelha RB, Machado CB, Pessoa FMCDP, Pantoja LDC, Barreto IV, Ribeiro RM, de Moraes Filho MO, de Moraes MEA, Khayat AS, Moreira-Nunes CA. The Role of WRAP53 in Cell Homeostasis and Carcinogenesis Onset. Curr Issues Mol Biol 2022; 44:5498-5515. [PMID: 36354684 PMCID: PMC9688736 DOI: 10.3390/cimb44110372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 08/30/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2023] Open
Abstract
The WD repeat containing antisense to TP53 (WRAP53) gene codifies an antisense transcript for tumor protein p53 (TP53), stabilization (WRAP53α), and a functional protein (WRAP53β, WDR79, or TCAB1). The WRAP53β protein functions as a scaffolding protein that is important for telomerase localization, telomere assembly, Cajal body integrity, and DNA double-strand break repair. WRAP53β is one of many proteins known for containing WD40 domains, which are responsible for mediating a variety of cell interactions. Currently, WRAP53 overexpression is considered a biomarker for a diverse subset of cancer types, and in this study, we describe what is known about WRAP53β's multiple interactions in cell protein trafficking, Cajal body formation, and DNA double-strand break repair and its current perspectives as a biomarker for cancer.
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- Renan Brito Gadelha
- Pharmacogenetics Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Drug Research and Development Center (NPDM), Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza 60430-275, CE, Brazil
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- Pharmacogenetics Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Drug Research and Development Center (NPDM), Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza 60430-275, CE, Brazil
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- Pharmacogenetics Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Drug Research and Development Center (NPDM), Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza 60430-275, CE, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics, Octávio Lobo Children’s Hospital, Belém 60430-275, PA, Brazil
- Department of Biological Sciences, Oncology Research Center, Federal University of Pará, Belém 66073-005, PA, Brazil
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- Pharmacogenetics Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Drug Research and Development Center (NPDM), Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza 60430-275, CE, Brazil
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- Pharmacogenetics Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Drug Research and Development Center (NPDM), Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza 60430-275, CE, Brazil
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- Pharmacogenetics Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Drug Research and Development Center (NPDM), Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza 60430-275, CE, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Oncology Research Center, Federal University of Pará, Belém 66073-005, PA, Brazil
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- Pharmacogenetics Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Drug Research and Development Center (NPDM), Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza 60430-275, CE, Brazil
- Department of Biological Sciences, Oncology Research Center, Federal University of Pará, Belém 66073-005, PA, Brazil
- Northeast Biotechnology Network (RENORBIO), Itaperi Campus, Ceará State University, Fortaleza 60740-903, CE, Brazil
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Chakravarty AK, McGrail DJ, Lozanoski TM, Dunn BS, Shih DJ, Cirillo KM, Cetinkaya SH, Zheng WJ, Mills GB, Yi SS, Jarosz DF, Sahni N. Biomolecular Condensation: A New Phase in Cancer Research. Cancer Discov 2022; 12:2031-2043. [PMID: 35852417 PMCID: PMC9437557 DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-21-1605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Multicellularity was a watershed development in evolution. However, it also meant that individual cells could escape regulatory mechanisms that restrict proliferation at a severe cost to the organism: cancer. From the standpoint of cellular organization, evolutionary complexity scales to organize different molecules within the intracellular milieu. The recent realization that many biomolecules can "phase-separate" into membraneless organelles, reorganizing cellular biochemistry in space and time, has led to an explosion of research activity in this area. In this review, we explore mechanistic connections between phase separation and cancer-associated processes and emerging examples of how these become deranged in malignancy. SIGNIFICANCE One of the fundamental functions of phase separation is to rapidly and dynamically respond to environmental perturbations. Importantly, these changes often lead to alterations in cancer-relevant pathways and processes. This review covers recent advances in the field, including emerging principles and mechanisms of phase separation in cancer.
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- Anupam K. Chakravarty
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Center for Immunotherapy and Precision Immuno-Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon
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- Department of Oncology, Livestrong Cancer Institutes, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs (ILSGP) and Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES), The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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- Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
- Program in Quantitative and Computational Biosciences (QCB), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Ranhem C, Larsson GL, Lindqvist D, Sorbe B, Karlsson MG, Farnebo M, Hellman K, Kovaleska L, Kashuba E, Andersson S. Evaluation of dyskerin expression and the Cajal body protein WRAP53β as potential prognostic markers for patients with primary vaginal carcinoma. Oncol Lett 2021; 23:30. [PMID: 34868367 PMCID: PMC8630817 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2021.13148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Primary vaginal cancer (PVC) is a rare gynaecological malignancy, which, at present, lacks appropriate biomarkers for prognosis. The proteins dyskerin and WD repeat containing antisense to TP53 (WRAP53β), both of which exert their functions in the telomerase holoenzyme complex, have been shown to be upregulated in different cancer types. These proteins have also been proposed as prognostic markers in some types of cancer. The aim of the present study was to examine the expression patterns of dyskerin and WRAP53β in patients with PVC. Moreover, as part of a search for effective biomarkers to evaluate prognosis in PVC, the expression of these two proteins and their potential association with clinical variables and survival were also evaluated. The expression of dyskerin and WRAP53β was assessed in PVC tumour samples from 68 patients using immunohistochemistry. The majority of tumour samples showed low and moderate expression levels of dyskerin. Upregulation of dyskerin in tumour samples was significantly associated with a shorter survival time and a poorer cancer-specific survival rate. WRAP53β was also expressed in most of the cells but was not significantly associated with clinical variables or survival. This study demonstrates that upregulation of dyskerin is significantly associated with poor prognosis. Thus, dyskerin may serve as a promising prognostic marker and a potential putative therapeutic target in PVC.
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- Cecilia Ranhem
- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.,Centre for Clinical Research Region Västmanland, Uppsala University, Västmanlands Hospital Västerås, 721 89 Västerås, Sweden
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- School of Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Campus USÖ, 701 82 Örebro, Sweden.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, Örebro University Hospital, 701 85 Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Sciences, Umeå Universitet, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology, Örebro University Hospital, 701 85 Örebro, Sweden
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- School of Medical Sciences, Örebro University, 701 85 Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Bioscience and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, 141 83 Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 171 64 Stockholm, Sweden
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- R.E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 03022 Kiev, Ukraine
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- R.E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 03022 Kiev, Ukraine.,Department of Microbiology, Tumour and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 171 65 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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Maqsood Q, Sumrin A, Mahnoor M, Waseem M, Tabassum N, Bhattacharya R, Saraf D, Bose D. Tumor suppressor protein p53 and association of its gene TP53 with schizophrenia patients. GENE REPORTS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.genrep.2021.101402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Telomerase ( hTERT) Overexpression Reveals a Promising Prognostic Biomarker and Therapeutical Target in Different Clinical Subtypes of Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:genes12101632. [PMID: 34681025 PMCID: PMC8535500 DOI: 10.3390/genes12101632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Revised: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) is a neoplasm of the hematopoietic system defined as a clonal expansion of an abnormal lymphoid precursor cell. It mostly affects children under five years of age and is the most common tumor to afflict pediatric patients. The expression of the human telomerase gene (hTERT) in patients with ALL has been studied as a biomarker and could become a new therapeutic target. We evaluate the role of hTERT gene expression in ALL pediatric patients, through quantitative real-time PCR technique, and the possible correlation between hTERT expression and clinical variables: gender, age, white blood cells (WBC), gene fusions, and immunophenotyping. The analysis between healthy controls and ALL patients (N = 244) was statistically significant (p < 0.001), demonstrating hTERT overexpression in these patients. In comparison with the usual set of clinical variables, the data were not statistically significant (p > 0.05), indicating that hTERT is equally overexpressed among patients regardless of gender, age, gene fusions, and immunophenotyping. Moreover, patients who presented a higher hTERT expression level had a significant (p < 0.0001) lower overall survival rate. In summary, hTERT expression emerges as an important molecular pathway in leukemogenesis regardless patient's clinical variables, thus, the data here presented pointed it as a valuable biomarker in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia and a promising target for new therapeutic and prognostic measures.
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Klaric JA, Wüst S, Panier S. New Faces of old Friends: Emerging new Roles of RNA-Binding Proteins in the DNA Double-Strand Break Response. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:668821. [PMID: 34026839 PMCID: PMC8138124 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.668821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are highly cytotoxic DNA lesions. To protect genomic stability and ensure cell homeostasis, cells mount a complex signaling-based response that not only coordinates the repair of the broken DNA strand but also activates cell cycle checkpoints and, if necessary, induces cell death. The last decade has seen a flurry of studies that have identified RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) as novel regulators of the DSB response. While many of these RBPs have well-characterized roles in gene expression, it is becoming increasingly clear that they also have non-canonical functions in the DSB response that go well beyond transcription, splicing and mRNA processing. Here, we review the current understanding of how RBPs are integrated into the cellular response to DSBs and describe how these proteins directly participate in signal transduction, amplification and repair at damaged chromatin. In addition, we discuss the implications of an RBP-mediated DSB response for genome instability and age-associated diseases such as cancer and neurodegeneration.
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- Julie A Klaric
- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.,Cologne Cluster of Excellence in Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD) Research Center, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Imada T, Shimi T, Kaiho A, Saeki Y, Kimura H. RNA polymerase II condensate formation and association with Cajal and histone locus bodies in living human cells. Genes Cells 2021; 26:298-312. [PMID: 33608942 PMCID: PMC8252594 DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2020] [Revised: 02/14/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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In eukaryotic nuclei, a number of phase‐separated nuclear bodies (NBs) are present. RNA polymerase II (Pol II) is the main player in transcription and forms large condensates in addition to localizing at numerous transcription foci. Cajal bodies (CBs) and histone locus bodies (HLBs) are NBs that are involved in transcriptional and post‐transcriptional regulation of small nuclear RNA and histone genes. By live‐cell imaging using human HCT116 cells, we here show that Pol II condensates (PCs) nucleated near CBs and HLBs, and the number of PCs increased during S phase concomitantly with the activation period of histone genes. Ternary PC–CB–HLB associates were formed via three pathways: nucleation of PCs and HLBs near CBs, interaction between preformed PC–HLBs with CBs and nucleation of PCs near preformed CB–HLBs. Coilin knockout increased the co‐localization rate between PCs and HLBs, whereas the number, nucleation timing and phosphorylation status of PCs remained unchanged. Depletion of PCs did not affect CBs and HLBs. Treatment with 1,6‐hexanediol revealed that PCs were more liquid‐like than CBs and HLBs. Thus, PCs are dynamic structures often nucleated following the activation of gene clusters associated with other NBs.
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- Takashi Imada
- School of Life Science and TechnologyTokyo Institute of TechnologyYokohamaJapan
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- World Research Hub InitiativeInstitute of Innovative ResearchTokyo Institute of TechnologyYokohamaJapan
- Cell Biology CenterInstitute of Innovative ResearchTokyo Institute of TechnologyYokohamaJapan
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- Protein Metabolism ProjectTokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ScienceTokyoJapan
- Institute for Advanced Life SciencesHoshi UniversityTokyoJapan
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- Protein Metabolism ProjectTokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ScienceTokyoJapan
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- School of Life Science and TechnologyTokyo Institute of TechnologyYokohamaJapan
- World Research Hub InitiativeInstitute of Innovative ResearchTokyo Institute of TechnologyYokohamaJapan
- Cell Biology CenterInstitute of Innovative ResearchTokyo Institute of TechnologyYokohamaJapan
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Olkova MV, Petrushenko VS, Ponomarev GY. Analysis of 13 TP53 and WRAP53 polymorphism frequencies in russian populations. BULLETIN OF RUSSIAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY 2021. [DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2021.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In the last decade the search for and annotation of human genome polymorphisms associated with phenotype have become particularly important concerning the opportunity of their use in medical and population genetics, pharmacogenomics and evolutionary biology. The study was aimed to calculate the frequencies and analyze the prevalence of 13 germline polymorphisms of two genes, ТР53 encoding the genome-keeper p53 protein and WRAP53 involved in regulation of p53 production, in 28 Russian populations. We obtained data on 9 exonic ТР53 variants (rs587781663, rs17882252, rs150293825, rs112431538, rs149633775, rs144340710, rs1042522, rs1800371, rs201753350), one intronic polymorphism (rs17881850), and three variants of WRAP53 (rs17880282, rs2287499, rs34067256). In the majority of populations the sample size was over 50 people (except five populations with 30–49 surveyed people). The alternative alleles’ population frequencies for studies genetic variants in most Russian populations were close to appropriate allele frequencies in European and Asian populations of similar origin taken from global databases. The exceptions were six populations ("Central Caucasus", "Dagestan", "northern Russians", "southeastern Russians", "Tatars" and "Transcaucasia") with increased alternative alleles’ population frequencies. All listed populations except the population of “southeastern Russians” are characterized by polymorphisms with high allele frequencies not satisfying the Hardy–Weinberg principle.
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- MV Olkova
- Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Jiang X, Xing L, Chen Y, Qin R, Song S, Lu Y, Xie S, Wang L, Pu H, Gui X, Li T, Xu J, Li J, Jia S, Lu D. CircMEG3 inhibits telomerase activity by reducing Cbf5 in human liver cancer stem cells. MOLECULAR THERAPY. NUCLEIC ACIDS 2020; 23:310-323. [PMID: 33425489 PMCID: PMC7779543 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2020.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Circular RNA (CircRNA) is a newly identified special class of non-coding RNA (ncRNA) that plays an important regulatory role in the progression of certain diseases. Herein, our results indicate that CircMEG3 is downregulated expression and negatively correlated with the expression of telomerase-related gene Cbf5 in human liver cancer. Moreover, CircMEG3 inhibits the growth of human liver cancer stem cells in vivo and in vitro. CircMEG3 inhibits the expression of m6A methyltransferase METTL3 dependent on HULC. Moreover, CircMEG3 inhibits the expression of Cbf5, a component of telomere synthetase H/ACA ribonucleoprotein (RNP; catalyst RNA pseudouracil modification) through METTL3 dependent on HULC. Thereby, CircMEG3 inhibits telomerase activity and shortens telomere lifespan dependent on HULC and Cbf5 in human liver cancer stem cell. Strikingly, increased Cbf5 abrogates the ability of CircMEG3 to inhibit malignant differentiation of human liver cancer stem cells. In summary, these observations provide important basic information for finding effective liver cancer therapeutic targets.
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- Xiaoxue Jiang
- Shanghai Putuo District People's Hospital, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Shanghai Putuo District People's Hospital, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Shanghai Putuo District People's Hospital, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Shanghai Putuo District People's Hospital, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Shanghai Putuo District People's Hospital, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Shanghai Putuo District People's Hospital, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Shanghai Putuo District People's Hospital, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Shanghai Putuo District People's Hospital, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Shanghai Putuo District People's Hospital, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Shanghai Putuo District People's Hospital, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Shanghai Putuo District People's Hospital, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Shanghai Putuo District People's Hospital, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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Sánchez-Morán I, Rodríguez C, Lapresa R, Agulla J, Sobrino T, Castillo J, Bolaños JP, Almeida A. Nuclear WRAP53 promotes neuronal survival and functional recovery after stroke. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:6/41/eabc5702. [PMID: 33028529 PMCID: PMC7541066 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc5702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
Abstract
Failure of neurons to efficiently repair DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) contributes to cerebral damage after stroke. However, the molecular machinery that regulates DNA repair in this neurological disorder is unknown. Here, we found that DSBs in oxygen/glucose-deprived (OGD) neurons spatiotemporally correlated with the up-regulation of WRAP53 (WD40-encoding p53-antisense RNA), which translocated to the nucleus to activate the DSB repair response. Mechanistically, OGD triggered a burst in reactive oxygen species that induced both DSBs and translocation of WRAP53 to the nucleus to promote DNA repair, a pathway that was confirmed in an in vivo mouse model of stroke. Noticeably, nuclear translocation of WRAP53 occurred faster in OGD neurons expressing the Wrap53 human nonsynonymous single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs2287499 (c.202C>G). Patients carrying this SNP showed less infarct volume and better functional outcome after stroke. These results indicate that WRAP53 fosters DNA repair and neuronal survival to promote functional recovery after stroke.
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- Irene Sánchez-Morán
- Institute of Functional Biology and Genomics, CSIC, University of Salamanca, Calle Zacarías González 2, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca, University Hospital of Salamanca, University of Salamanca, CSIC, Calle Zacarías González 2, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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- Institute of Functional Biology and Genomics, CSIC, University of Salamanca, Calle Zacarías González 2, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca, University Hospital of Salamanca, University of Salamanca, CSIC, Calle Zacarías González 2, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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- Institute of Functional Biology and Genomics, CSIC, University of Salamanca, Calle Zacarías González 2, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca, University Hospital of Salamanca, University of Salamanca, CSIC, Calle Zacarías González 2, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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- Institute of Functional Biology and Genomics, CSIC, University of Salamanca, Calle Zacarías González 2, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca, University Hospital of Salamanca, University of Salamanca, CSIC, Calle Zacarías González 2, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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- Clinical Neurosciences Research Laboratory, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Clinical Neurosciences Research Laboratory, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Institute of Functional Biology and Genomics, CSIC, University of Salamanca, Calle Zacarías González 2, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca, University Hospital of Salamanca, University of Salamanca, CSIC, Calle Zacarías González 2, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
- CIBERFES, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Functional Biology and Genomics, CSIC, University of Salamanca, Calle Zacarías González 2, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.
- Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca, University Hospital of Salamanca, University of Salamanca, CSIC, Calle Zacarías González 2, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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Awad A, Glousker G, Lamm N, Tawil S, Hourvitz N, Smoom R, Revy P, Tzfati Y. Full length RTEL1 is required for the elongation of the single-stranded telomeric overhang by telomerase. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:7239-7251. [PMID: 32542379 PMCID: PMC7367169 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2019] [Revised: 05/29/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Telomeres cap the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes and distinguish them from broken DNA ends to suppress DNA damage response, cell cycle arrest and genomic instability. Telomeres are elongated by telomerase to compensate for incomplete replication and nuclease degradation and to extend the proliferation potential of germ and stem cells and most cancers. However, telomeres in somatic cells gradually shorten with age, ultimately leading to cellular senescence. Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndrome (HHS) is characterized by accelerated telomere shortening and diverse symptoms including bone marrow failure, immunodeficiency, and neurodevelopmental defects. HHS is caused by germline mutations in telomerase subunits, factors essential for its biogenesis and recruitment to telomeres, and in the helicase RTEL1. While diverse phenotypes were associated with RTEL1 deficiency, the telomeric role of RTEL1 affected in HHS is yet unknown. Inducible ectopic expression of wild-type RTEL1 in patient fibroblasts rescued the cells, enabled telomerase-dependent telomere elongation and suppressed the abnormal cellular phenotypes, while silencing its expression resulted in gradual telomere shortening. Our observations reveal an essential role of the RTEL1 C-terminus in facilitating telomerase action at the telomeric 3′ overhang. Thus, the common etiology for HHS is the compromised telomerase action, resulting in telomere shortening and reduced lifespan of telomerase positive cells.
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- Aya Awad
- Department of Genetics, The Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Department of Genetics, The Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Department of Genetics, The Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Department of Genetics, The Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Department of Genetics, The Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Department of Genetics, The Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- INSERM UMR 1163, Laboratory of Genome Dynamics in the Immune System, Equipe Labellisée Ligue contre le Cancer and Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Department of Genetics, The Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Yao Y, Tan HW, Liang ZL, Wu GQ, Xu YM, Lau ATY. The Impact of Coilin Nonsynonymous SNP Variants E121K and V145I on Cell Growth and Cajal Body Formation: The First Characterization. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11080895. [PMID: 32764415 PMCID: PMC7463897 DOI: 10.3390/genes11080895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2020] [Revised: 07/25/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Coilin is the main component of Cajal body (CB), a membraneless organelle that is involved in the biogenesis of ribonucleoproteins and telomerase, cell cycle, and cell growth. The disruption of CBs is linked to neurodegenerative diseases and potentially cancers. The coilin gene (COIL) contains two nonsynonymous SNPs: rs116022828 (E121K) and rs61731978 (V145I). Here, we investigated for the first time the functional impacts of these coilin SNPs on CB formation, coilin subcellular localization, microtubule formation, cell growth, and coilin expression and protein structure. We revealed that both E121K and V145I mutants could disrupt CB formation and result in various patterns of subcellular localization with survival motor neuron protein. Noteworthy, many of the E121K cells showed nucleolar coilin accumulation. The microtubule regrowth and cell cycle assays indicated that the E121K cells appeared to be trapped in the S and G2/M phases of cell cycle, resulting in reduced cell proliferation. In silico protein structure prediction suggested that the E121K mutation caused greater destabilization on the coilin structure than the V145I mutation. Additionally, clinical bioinformatic analysis indicated that coilin expression levels could be a risk factor for cancer, depending on the cancer types and races.
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- Yue Yao
- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Epigenetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, Guangdong, China; (Y.Y.); (H.W.T.); (Z.-L.L.); (G.-Q.W.)
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Epigenetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, Guangdong, China; (Y.Y.); (H.W.T.); (Z.-L.L.); (G.-Q.W.)
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Epigenetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, Guangdong, China; (Y.Y.); (H.W.T.); (Z.-L.L.); (G.-Q.W.)
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Epigenetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, Guangdong, China; (Y.Y.); (H.W.T.); (Z.-L.L.); (G.-Q.W.)
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, Guangdong, China
- Correspondence: (Y.-M.X.); (A.T.Y.L.); Tel.: +86-754-8890-0437 (Y.-M.X.); +86-754-8853-0052 (A.T.Y.L.)
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Epigenetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, Guangdong, China; (Y.Y.); (H.W.T.); (Z.-L.L.); (G.-Q.W.)
- Correspondence: (Y.-M.X.); (A.T.Y.L.); Tel.: +86-754-8890-0437 (Y.-M.X.); +86-754-8853-0052 (A.T.Y.L.)
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Marcos AT, Martín‐Doncel E, Morejón‐García P, Marcos‐Alcalde I, Gómez‐Puertas P, Segura‐Puimedon M, Armengol L, Navarro‐Pando JM, Lazo PA. VRK1 (Y213H) homozygous mutant impairs Cajal bodies in a hereditary case of distal motor neuropathy. Ann Clin Transl Neurol 2020; 7:808-818. [PMID: 32365420 PMCID: PMC7261760 DOI: 10.1002/acn3.51050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2020] [Revised: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Distal motor neuropathies with a genetic origin have a heterogeneous clinical presentation with overlapping features affecting distal nerves and including spinal muscular atrophies and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. This indicates that their genetic background is heterogeneous. PATIENT AND METHODS In this work, we have identified and characterized the genetic and molecular base of a patient with a distal sensorimotor neuropathy of unknown origin. For this study, we performed whole-exome sequencing, molecular modelling, cloning and expression of mutant gene, and biochemical and cell biology analysis of the mutant protein. RESULTS A novel homozygous recessive mutation in the human VRK1 gene, coding for a chromatin kinase, causing a substitution (c.637T > C; p.Tyr213His) in exon 8, was detected in a patient presenting since childhood a progressive distal sensorimotor neuropathy and spinal muscular atrophy syndrome, with normal intellectual development. Molecular modelling predicted this mutant VRK1 has altered the kinase activation loop by disrupting its interaction with the C-terminal regulatory region. The p.Y213H mutant protein has a reduced kinase activity with different substrates, including histones H3 and H2AX, proteins involved in DNA damage responses, such as p53 and 53BP1, and coilin, the scaffold for Cajal bodies. The mutant VRK1(Y213H) protein is unable to rescue the formation of Cajal bodies assembled on coilin, in the absence of wild-type VRK1. CONCLUSION The VRK1(Y213H) mutant protein alters the activation loop, impairs the kinase activity of VRK1 causing a functional insufficiency that impairs the formation of Cajal bodies assembled on coilin, a protein that regulates SMN1 and Cajal body formation.
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- Ana T. Marcos
- Unidad de GenéticaInstituto para el Estudio de la Biología de la Reproducción Humana (INEBIR)SevillaSpain
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- Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer ProgramInstituto de Biología Molecular y Celular del CáncerConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Universidad de SalamancaSalamancaSpain
- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL)Hospital Universitario de SalamancaSalamancaSpain
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- Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer ProgramInstituto de Biología Molecular y Celular del CáncerConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Universidad de SalamancaSalamancaSpain
- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL)Hospital Universitario de SalamancaSalamancaSpain
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- Molecular Modelling GroupCentro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa”CSIC‐Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, CantoblancoMadridSpain
- School of Experimental SciencesBiosciences Research InstituteUniversidad Francisco de VitoriaPozuelo de Alarcón, MadridSpain
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- Molecular Modelling GroupCentro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa”CSIC‐Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, CantoblancoMadridSpain
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- Quantitative Genomic Medicine Laboratories, qGenomicsEspluges de LlobregatBarcelonaSpain
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- Quantitative Genomic Medicine Laboratories, qGenomicsEspluges de LlobregatBarcelonaSpain
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- Unidad de GenéticaInstituto para el Estudio de la Biología de la Reproducción Humana (INEBIR)SevillaSpain
- Cátedra de Reproducción y Genética HumanaFacultad de Ciencias de la SaludUniversidad Europea del AtlánticoSantanderSpain
- Fundación Universitaria Iberoamericana (FUNIBER)BarcelonaSpain
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- Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer ProgramInstituto de Biología Molecular y Celular del CáncerConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Universidad de SalamancaSalamancaSpain
- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL)Hospital Universitario de SalamancaSalamancaSpain
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Haplotype and linkage disequilibrium of TP53-WRAP53 locus in Iranian-Azeri women with breast cancer. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0220727. [PMID: 31387111 PMCID: PMC6684289 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2019] [Accepted: 07/22/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Among the cancer susceptibility genes, TP53 is one of the crucial genes involved in cell cycle regulations and, therefore, it greatly affects breast cancer initiation and progression. In addition, WRAP53—a natural antisense transcript—regulates TP53 transcription and, as a protein, modulates the normal cell cycle, which results in breast cancer susceptibility. In this study, we aimed to analyze a haplotype comprising four SNPs, including rs1042522, rs17878362, rs2287499, and rs2287498, which are located at 5′ regions of the TP53 and WRAP53 genes, in 118 patients and 110 healthy controls of the Iranian-Azeri population. In silico studies were conducted using the SIFT, Polyphen2, Fanthmm, RNAsnp, and SNP&GO online servers. Linkage disequilibrium (LD) and D′ for each combination of the markers were calculated via the Haploview program. Our results showed that the GA1CC haplotype was the most frequent in the studied population. Additionally, no significant LD between any pairwise haplotypes was observed. The GA1CC and CA2GC haplotypes were significantly associated with breast cancer susceptibility. Moreover, the in silico analysis revealed the negative effects of rs2287499 and rs1042522 on WRAP53 and P53, respectively. In conclusion, the CA1GC haplotype was strongly identified as a breast cancer risk factor, and the GA1CC haplotype was assumed to be a protective factor against breast cancer risk. Hence, these markers may potentially be used as molecular prognostic and predictive biomarkers for breast cancer.
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Paredes-Céspedes DM, Herrera-Moreno JF, Bernal-Hernández YY, Medina-Díaz IM, Salazar AM, Ostrosky-Wegman P, Barrón-Vivanco BS, Rojas-García AE. Pesticide Exposure Modifies DNA Methylation of Coding Region of WRAP53α, an Antisense Sequence of p53, in a Mexican Population. Chem Res Toxicol 2019; 32:1441-1448. [PMID: 31243981 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The influence of pesticide exposure in alteration of DNA methylation patterns of specific genes is still limited, specifically in natural antisense transcripts (NAT), such as the WRAP53α gene. The aim of this study was to determine the methylation of the WRAP53α gene in mestizo and indigenous populations as well as its relationship with internal (age, sex, and body mass index) and external factors (pesticide exposure and micronutrient intake). A cross-sectional study was conducted including 91 mestizo individuals without occupational exposure to pesticides, 164 mestizo urban sprayers and 189 indigenous persons without occupational exposure to pesticides. Acute pesticide exposure was evaluated by measurement of urinary dialkylphosphate (DAP) concentration by gas chromatograph coupled to a mass spectrometer. Anthropometric characteristics, unhealthy habits, and chronic pesticide exposure were assessed using a structured questionnaire. The frequency of macro- and micronutrient intake was determined using SNUT software. DNA methylation of the WRAP53α gene was determined by pyrosequencing of bisulfite-modified DNA. The mestizo sprayers group had the higher values of %5mC. In addition, this group had the most DAP urinary concentration with respect to the indigenous and reference groups. Bivariate analysis showed an association between %5mC of the WRAP53α gene with micronutrient intake and pesticide exposure in mestizo sprayers, whereas changes in %5mC of the WRAP53α gene was associated with body mass index in the indigenous group. These data suggest that the %5mC of the WRAP53α gene can be influenced by pesticide exposure and ethnicity in the study population, and changes in the WRAP53α gene might cause an important cell process disturbance.
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- Diana M Paredes-Céspedes
- Laboratorio de Contaminación y Toxicología Ambiental, Secretaría de Investigación y Posgrado , Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit , 63155, Ciudad de la Cultura s/n. Col. Centro, C.P. 63000 , Tepic , Nayarit , México.,Posgrado en Ciencias Biológico Agropecuarias , Unidad Académica de Agricultura , Km. 9 Carretera Tepic-Compostela, Xalisco , Nayarit , México
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- Laboratorio de Contaminación y Toxicología Ambiental, Secretaría de Investigación y Posgrado , Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit , 63155, Ciudad de la Cultura s/n. Col. Centro, C.P. 63000 , Tepic , Nayarit , México.,Posgrado en Ciencias Biológico Agropecuarias , Unidad Académica de Agricultura , Km. 9 Carretera Tepic-Compostela, Xalisco , Nayarit , México
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- Laboratorio de Contaminación y Toxicología Ambiental, Secretaría de Investigación y Posgrado , Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit , 63155, Ciudad de la Cultura s/n. Col. Centro, C.P. 63000 , Tepic , Nayarit , México
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- Laboratorio de Contaminación y Toxicología Ambiental, Secretaría de Investigación y Posgrado , Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit , 63155, Ciudad de la Cultura s/n. Col. Centro, C.P. 63000 , Tepic , Nayarit , México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) , P.O. Box 70228, Ciudad Universitaria, México DF 04510 , México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) , P.O. Box 70228, Ciudad Universitaria, México DF 04510 , México
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- Laboratorio de Contaminación y Toxicología Ambiental, Secretaría de Investigación y Posgrado , Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit , 63155, Ciudad de la Cultura s/n. Col. Centro, C.P. 63000 , Tepic , Nayarit , México
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- Laboratorio de Contaminación y Toxicología Ambiental, Secretaría de Investigación y Posgrado , Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit , 63155, Ciudad de la Cultura s/n. Col. Centro, C.P. 63000 , Tepic , Nayarit , México
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Bergstrand S, O'Brien EM, Farnebo M. The Cajal Body Protein WRAP53β Prepares the Scene for Repair of DNA Double-Strand Breaks by Regulating Local Ubiquitination. Front Mol Biosci 2019; 6:51. [PMID: 31334247 PMCID: PMC6624377 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2019.00051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 06/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Proper repair of DNA double-strand breaks is critical for maintaining genome integrity and avoiding disease. Modification of damaged chromatin has profound consequences for the initial signaling and regulation of repair. One such modification involves ubiquitination by E3 ligases RNF8 and RNF168 within minutes after DNA double-strand break formation, altering chromatin structure and recruiting factors such as 53BP1 and BRCA1 for repair via non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) and homologous recombination (HR), respectively. The WD40 protein WRAP53β plays an essential role in localizing RNF8 to DNA breaks by scaffolding its interaction with the upstream factor MDC1. Loss of WRAP53β impairs ubiquitination at DNA lesions and reduces downstream repair by both NHEJ and HR. Intriguingly, WRAP53β depletion attenuates repair of DNA double-strand breaks more than depletion of RNF8, indicating functions other than RNF8-mediated ubiquitination. WRAP53β plays key roles with respect to the nuclear organelles Cajal bodies, including organizing the genome to promote associated transcription and collecting factors involved in maturation of the spliceosome and telomere elongation within these organelles. It is possible that similar functions may aid also in DNA repair. Here we describe the involvement of WRAP53β in Cajal bodies and DNA double-strand break repair in detail and explore whether and how these processes may be linked. We also discuss the possibility that the overexpression of WRAP53β detected in several cancer types may reflect its normal participation in the DNA damage response rather than oncogenic properties.
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- Sofie Bergstrand
- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Chaytow H, Huang YT, Gillingwater TH, Faller KME. The role of survival motor neuron protein (SMN) in protein homeostasis. Cell Mol Life Sci 2018; 75:3877-3894. [PMID: 29872871 PMCID: PMC6182345 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-018-2849-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2018] [Revised: 05/30/2018] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Ever since loss of survival motor neuron (SMN) protein was identified as the direct cause of the childhood inherited neurodegenerative disorder spinal muscular atrophy, significant efforts have been made to reveal the molecular functions of this ubiquitously expressed protein. Resulting research demonstrated that SMN plays important roles in multiple fundamental cellular homeostatic pathways, including a well-characterised role in the assembly of the spliceosome and biogenesis of ribonucleoproteins. More recent studies have shown that SMN is also involved in other housekeeping processes, including mRNA trafficking and local translation, cytoskeletal dynamics, endocytosis and autophagy. Moreover, SMN has been shown to influence mitochondria and bioenergetic pathways as well as regulate function of the ubiquitin-proteasome system. In this review, we summarise these diverse functions of SMN, confirming its key role in maintenance of the homeostatic environment of the cell.
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- Helena Chaytow
- Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
- Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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- Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Zhu Y, Ding L, Chen BF, Song JG, Yao YS. Oncogenic Activity of Wrap53 in Human Colorectal Cancer In Vitro and in Nude Mouse Xenografts. Med Sci Monit 2018; 24:6129-6136. [PMID: 30175821 PMCID: PMC6131976 DOI: 10.12659/msm.910214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Background WD40-encoding RNA antisense to p53 (Wrap53) has been implicated in cancer development. However, the role of Wrap53 remains unknown in colorectal cancer. The aim of this study was to elucidate the function of Wrap53 in colorectal cancer tumorigenesis and development. Material/Methods This study analyzed Wrap53 expression in colorectal cancer tissue specimens using The Cancer Genome Atlas data and tumor cell lines and assessed the effects of Wrap53 knockdown on regulation of cancer cell malignant phenotypes in vitro and in nude mouse xenografts. Results Wrap53 expression was upregulated in colorectal cancer tissue specimens and cell lines. Knockdown of Wrap53 expression induced colorectal cancer cell line apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in the G1 phase, but reduced tumor cell line proliferation and invasion in vitro. Knockdown of Wrap53 in a nude mouse xenograft assay inhibited tumor cell line xenograft formation and growth. Conclusions Wrap53 is likely a potential oncogene or possesses oncogenic activity in colorectal cancer, promoting colorectal tumorigenesis. Targeting Wrap53 expression may represent a novel strategy for the control of colorectal cancer.
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- Yu Zhu
- School of Public Health, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui, China (mainland)
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- School of Public Health, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui, China (mainland)
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- School of Public Health, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui, China (mainland)
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- School of Public Health, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui, China (mainland)
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- School of Public Health, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui, China (mainland)
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The p53 gene is pivotal for oncogenesis in a combination of mutations in oncogenes and antioncogenes. The ubiquitous loss of the p53 pathway in human cancers has generated considerable interest in developing p53-targeted cancer therapies, but current ideas and approaches targeting p53 are conflicting. Current researches focus on cancer-selective drugs with therapeutic strategies that both activate and inhibit p53. As p53 is ubiquitously lost in human cancers, the strategy of exogenous p53 addition is reasonable. However, p53 acts not equally in all cell types; thus, individualized p53 therapy is the direction of future research. To clarify the controversies on p53 for improvement of future antitumor studies, the review focuses on the available technological protocols, including their advantages and limitations in terms of future therapeutic use of p53 in the management of tumors.
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Cao T, Rajasingh S, Samanta S, Dawn B, Bittel DC, Rajasingh J. Biology and clinical relevance of noncoding sno/scaRNAs. Trends Cardiovasc Med 2017; 28:81-90. [PMID: 28869095 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2017.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Revised: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 08/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) are a group of noncoding RNAs that perform various biological functions, including biochemical modifications of other RNAs, precursors of miRNA, splicing, and telomerase activity. The small Cajal body-associated RNAs (scaRNAs) are a subset of the snoRNA family and collect in the Cajal body where they perform their canonical function to biochemically modify spliceosomal RNAs prior to maturation. Failure of sno/scaRNAs have been implicated in pathology such as congenital heart anomalies, neuromuscular disorders, and various malignancies. Thus, understanding of sno/scaRNAs demonstrates the clinical value.
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- Thuy Cao
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Kansas City, KS
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- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Kansas City, KS
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- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Kansas City, KS
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- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Kansas City, KS
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- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Kansas City, KS; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS.
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Tiefenböck-Hansson K, Haapaniemi A, Farnebo L, Palmgren B, Tarkkanen J, Farnebo M, Munck-Wikland E, Mäkitie A, Garvin S, Roberg K. WRAP53β, survivin and p16INK4a expression as potential predictors of radiotherapy/chemoradiotherapy response in T2N0-T3N0 glottic laryngeal cancer. Oncol Rep 2017; 38:2062-2068. [PMID: 28849066 PMCID: PMC5652956 DOI: 10.3892/or.2017.5898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The current treatment recommendation for T2-3N0M0 glottic squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in the Nordic countries comprises of radiotherapy (RT) and chemoradiotherapy (CRT). Tumor radiosensitivity varies and another option is primary surgical treatment, which underlines the need for predictive markers in this patient population. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relation of the proteins WRAP53β, survivin and p16INK4a to RT/CRT response and ultimate outcome of patients with T2-T3N0 glottic SCC. Protein expression was determined using immunohistochemistry on tumors from 149 patients consecutively treated with RT or CRT at Helsinki University Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, and Linköping University Hospital during 1999–2010. Our results demonstrate a significantly better 5-year relapse-free survival, disease-free survival (DFS), disease-specific survival and overall survival of patients with T3N0 tumors treated with CRT compared with RT alone. Patients with tumors showing a cytoplasmic staining of WRAP53β revealed significantly worse DFS compared with those with nuclear staining. For survivin, we observed a trend towards better 5-year DFS in patients with strong nuclear survivin expression compared with those with weak nuclear survivin expression (P=0.091). Eleven (7%) tumors showed p16 positivity, with predilection to younger patients, and this age group of patients with p16-positive SCC had a significantly better DFS compared with patients with p16-negative SCC. Taken together, our results highlight WRAP53β as a potential biomarker for predicting RT/CRT response in T2-T3N0 glottic SCC. p16 may identify a small but distinct group of glottic SCC with favorable outcome. Furthermore, for T3N0 patients better outcome was observed following CRT compared to RT alone.
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- Katharina Tiefenböck-Hansson
- Division of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Division of ENT Diseases, Department of Clinical Sciences, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Pathology, HUSLAB, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Cancer Centrum Karolinska (CCK), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of ENT Diseases, Department of Clinical Sciences, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Pathology and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Di Giorgio ML, Esposito A, Maccallini P, Micheli E, Bavasso F, Gallotta I, Vernì F, Feiguin F, Cacchione S, McCabe BD, Di Schiavi E, Raffa GD. WDR79/TCAB1 plays a conserved role in the control of locomotion and ameliorates phenotypic defects in SMA models. Neurobiol Dis 2017; 105:42-50. [PMID: 28502804 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2017.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2017] [Revised: 04/19/2017] [Accepted: 05/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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SMN (Survival Motor Neuron) deficiency is the predominant cause of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a severe neurodegenerative disorder that can lead to progressive paralysis and death. Although SMN is required in every cell for proper RNA metabolism, the reason why its loss is especially critical in the motor system is still unclear. SMA genetic models have been employed to identify several modifiers that can ameliorate the deficits induced by SMN depletion. Here we focus on WDR79/TCAB1, a protein important for the biogenesis of several RNA species that has been shown to physically interact with SMN in human cells. We show that WDR79 depletion results in locomotion defects in both Drosophila and Caenorhabditis elegans similar to those elicited by SMN depletion. Consistent with this observation, we find that SMN overexpression rescues the WDR79 loss-of-function phenotype in flies. Most importantly, we also found that WDR79 overexpression ameliorates the locomotion defects induced by SMN depletion in both flies and worms. Our results collectively suggest that WDR79 and SMN play evolutionarily conserved cooperative functions in the nervous system and suggest that WDR79/TCAB1 may have the potential to modify SMA pathogenesis.
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- Maria Laura Di Giorgio
- Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Genetics and Biophysics - ABT, CNR, Naples, Italy
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- Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste, Italy
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- Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Genetics and Biophysics - ABT, CNR, Naples, Italy; Institute of Bioscience and Bioresources, CNR, Naples, Italy
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- Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.
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Singh RN, Howell MD, Ottesen EW, Singh NN. Diverse role of survival motor neuron protein. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2017; 1860:299-315. [PMID: 28095296 PMCID: PMC5325804 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2016.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2016] [Revised: 12/23/2016] [Accepted: 12/30/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The multifunctional Survival Motor Neuron (SMN) protein is required for the survival of all organisms of the animal kingdom. SMN impacts various aspects of RNA metabolism through the formation and/or interaction with ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes. SMN regulates biogenesis of small nuclear RNPs, small nucleolar RNPs, small Cajal body-associated RNPs, signal recognition particles and telomerase. SMN also plays an important role in DNA repair, transcription, pre-mRNA splicing, histone mRNA processing, translation, selenoprotein synthesis, macromolecular trafficking, stress granule formation, cell signaling and cytoskeleton maintenance. The tissue-specific requirement of SMN is dictated by the variety and the abundance of its interacting partners. Reduced expression of SMN causes spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a leading genetic cause of infant mortality. SMA displays a broad spectrum ranging from embryonic lethality to an adult onset. Aberrant expression and/or localization of SMN has also been associated with male infertility, inclusion body myositis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and osteoarthritis. This review provides a summary of various SMN functions with implications to a better understanding of SMA and other pathological conditions.
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- Ravindra N Singh
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, United States.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, United States
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Coucoravas C, Dhanjal S, Henriksson S, Böhm S, Farnebo M. Phosphorylation of the Cajal body protein WRAP53β by ATM promotes its involvement in the DNA damage response. RNA Biol 2016; 14:804-813. [PMID: 27715493 PMCID: PMC5519231 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2016.1243647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The cellular response to DNA double-strand breaks is orchestrated by the protein kinase ATM, which phosphorylates key actors in the DNA repair network. WRAP53β is a multifunctional protein that controls trafficking of factors to Cajal bodies, telomeres and DNA double-strand breaks but what regulates the involvement of WRAP53β in these separate processes remains unclear. Here, we show that in response to various types of DNA damage, including IR and UV, WRAP53β is phosphorylated on serine residue 64 by ATM with a time-course that parallels its accumulation at DNA lesions. Interestingly, recruitment of phosphorylated WRAP53β (pWRAP53βS64) to sites of such DNA damage promotes its interaction with γH2AX at these locations. Moreover, pWRAP53βS64 stimulates the accumulation of the repair factor 53BP1 at DNA double-strand breaks and enhances repair of this type of damage via homologous recombination and non-homologous end joining. At the same time, phosphorylation of WRAP53β is dispensable for its localization to Cajal bodies, where it accumulates even in unstressed cells. These findings not only reveal ATM to be an upstream regulator of WRAP53β, but also indicates that phosphorylation of WRAP53β at serine 64 controls its involvement in the DNA damage response and may also restrict its other functions.
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- Christos Coucoravas
- a Department of Oncology-Pathology , Cancer Centrum Karolinska (CCK), Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden
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- a Department of Oncology-Pathology , Cancer Centrum Karolinska (CCK), Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden
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- a Department of Oncology-Pathology , Cancer Centrum Karolinska (CCK), Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden
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- a Department of Oncology-Pathology , Cancer Centrum Karolinska (CCK), Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden
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- a Department of Oncology-Pathology , Cancer Centrum Karolinska (CCK), Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden
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Vogan JM, Zhang X, Youmans DT, Regalado SG, Johnson JZ, Hockemeyer D, Collins K. Minimized human telomerase maintains telomeres and resolves endogenous roles of H/ACA proteins, TCAB1, and Cajal bodies. eLife 2016; 5. [PMID: 27525486 PMCID: PMC5005035 DOI: 10.7554/elife.18221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2016] [Accepted: 08/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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We dissected the importance of human telomerase biogenesis and trafficking pathways for telomere maintenance. Biological stability of human telomerase RNA (hTR) relies on H/ACA proteins, but other eukaryotes use other RNP assembly pathways. To investigate additional rationale for human telomerase assembly as H/ACA RNP, we developed a minimized cellular hTR. Remarkably, with only binding sites for telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT), minimized hTR assembled biologically active enzyme. TERT overexpression was required for cellular interaction with minimized hTR, indicating that H/ACA RNP assembly enhances endogenous hTR-TERT interaction. Telomere maintenance by minimized telomerase was unaffected by the elimination of the telomerase holoenzyme Cajal body chaperone TCAB1 or the Cajal body scaffold protein Coilin. Surprisingly, wild-type hTR also maintained and elongated telomeres in TCAB1 or Coilin knockout cells, with distinct changes in telomerase action. Overall, we elucidate trafficking requirements for telomerase biogenesis and function and expand mechanisms by which altered telomere maintenance engenders human disease. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.18221.001 Most cells in the human body can only divide a certain number of times before they die. This is because regions called telomeres at the ends of the cell’s DNA get shorter every time the cell divides, to the point that they disappear and halt cell growth. Particular types of cells – including some stem cells and cancer cells – can avoid death and continue to divide indefinitely because they produce an enzyme called telomerase that extends the telomere regions. The process by which the telomerase enzyme binds to and lengthens the DNA has several stages and involves many different proteins. One of the stages involves moving telomerase from the sites where it is assembled within the cell to a place where it can find telomeres in need of elongation (different areas within the cell compartment called the nucleus). Structures inside the nucleus called Cajal bodies were thought to help the enzyme bind to the telomeres. It is not clear why the process of extending telomeres is so complex. Vogan et al. engineered altered versions of telomerase that use simpler pathways to bind to and act on telomeres and inserted them into ‘pluripotent’ stem cells and cancer cells from humans. The experiments show that a pathway that helps to move the enzyme from its normal storage place in the nucleus is less important for extending telomeres in cancer cells than in pluripotent stem cells. Unexpectedly, Cajal bodies are not critical for bringing telomerase into contact with the telomeres in either cell type. The findings show that many of the proteins involved in extending telomeres in cells are not strictly essential. The simplified pathway developed by Vogan et al. opens up new opportunities to study the details of how telomerase extends telomeres. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.18221.002
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- Jacob M Vogan
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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Overexpression of the scaffold WD40 protein WRAP53β enhances the repair of and cell survival from DNA double-strand breaks. Cell Death Dis 2016; 7:e2267. [PMID: 27310875 PMCID: PMC5143398 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2016.172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2016] [Revised: 05/17/2016] [Accepted: 05/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Altered expression of the multifunctional protein WRAP53β (WD40 encoding RNA Antisense to p53), which targets repair factors to DNA double-strand breaks and factors involved in telomere elongation to Cajal bodies, is linked to carcinogenesis. While loss of WRAP53β function has been shown to disrupt processes regulated by this protein, the consequences of its overexpression remain unclear. Here we demonstrate that overexpression of WRAP53β disrupts the formation of and impairs the localization of coilin to Cajal bodies. At the same time, the function of this protein in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks is enhanced. Following irradiation, cells overexpressing WRAP53β exhibit more rapid clearance of phospho-histone H2AX (γH2AX), and more efficient homologous recombination and non-homologous end-joining, in association with fewer DNA breaks. Moreover, in these cells the ubiquitylation of damaged chromatin, which is known to facilitate the recruitment of repair factors and subsequent repair, is elevated. Knockdown of the ubiquitin ligase involved, ring-finger protein 8 (RNF8), which is recruited to DNA breaks by WRAP53β, attenuated this effect, suggesting that overexpression of WRAP53β leads to more rapid repair, as well as improved cell survival, by enhancing RNF8-mediated ubiquitylation at DNA breaks. Our present findings indicate that WRAP53β and RNF8 are rate-limiting factors in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks and raise the possibility that upregulation of WRAP53β may contribute to genomic stability in and survival of cancer cells.
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Sun Y, Yang C, Chen J, Song X, Li Z, Duan M, Li J, Hu X, Wu K, Yan G, Yang C, Liu J, Tan W, Ye M. Overexpression of WDR79 in non-small cell lung cancer is linked to tumour progression. J Cell Mol Med 2016; 20:698-709. [PMID: 26849396 PMCID: PMC5125931 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.12759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2015] [Accepted: 11/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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WD-repeat protein 79 (WDR79), a member of the WD-repeat protein family, acts as a scaffold protein, participating in telomerase assembly, Cajal body formation and DNA double-strand break repair. Here, we first report that WDR79 is frequently overexpressed in cell lines and tissues derived from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Knockdown of WDR79 significantly inhibited the proliferation of NSCLC cells in vitro and in vivo by inducing cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. WD-repeat protein 79 -induced cell cycle arrest at the G0/G1 phase was associated with the expression of G0/G1-related cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinase complexes. We also provide evidence that WDR79 knockdown induces apoptosis via a mitochondrial pathway. Collectively, these results suggest that WDR79 is involved in the tumorigenesis of NSCLC and is a potential novel diagnostic marker and therapeutic target for NSCLC.
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- Yang Sun
- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Molecular Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Molecular Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, China.,College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Molecular Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Cancer Biotherapy Center, Tumor Hospital of Yunnan Province Affiliated with Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Cancer Biotherapy Center, Tumor Hospital of Yunnan Province Affiliated with Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Molecular Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Molecular Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Molecular Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Molecular Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Molecular Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Molecular Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics & School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Molecular Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Molecular Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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Han KJ, Foster D, Harhaj EW, Dzieciatkowska M, Hansen K, Liu CW. Monoubiquitination of survival motor neuron regulates its cellular localization and Cajal body integrity. Hum Mol Genet 2016; 25:1392-405. [PMID: 26908624 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddw021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2015] [Accepted: 01/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Low levels of the survival motor neuron (SMN) protein cause spinal muscular atrophy, the leading genetic disorder for infant mortality. SMN is ubiquitously expressed in various cell types and localizes in both the cytoplasm and the nucleus, where it concentrates in two subnuclear structures termed Cajal body (CB) and gems. In addition, SMN can also be detected in the nucleolus of neurons. Mechanisms that control SMN sorting in the cell remain largely unknown. Here, we report that the ubiquitin (Ub) ligase Itch directly interacts with and monoubiquitinates SMN. Monoubiquitination of SMN has a mild effect on promoting proteasomal degradation of SMN. We generated two SMN mutants, SMN(K0), in which all lysines are mutated to arginines and thereby abolishing SMN ubiquitination, and Ub-SMN(K0), in which a single Ub moiety is fused at the N-terminus of SMN(K0) and thereby mimicking SMN monoubiquitination. Immunostaining assays showed that SMN(K0) mainly localizes in the nucleus, whereas Ub-SMN(K0) localizes in both the cytoplasm and the nucleolus in neuronal SH-SY5Y cells. Interestingly, canonical CB foci and coilin/small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP) co-localization are significantly impaired in SH-SY5Y cells stably expressing SMN(K0) or Ub-SMN(K0). Thus, our studies discover that Itch monoubiquitinates SMN and monoubiquitination of SMN plays an important role in regulating its cellular localization. Moreover, mislocalization of SMN disrupts CB integrity and likely impairs snRNP maturation.
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- Ke-Jun Han
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80015, USA and
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80015, USA and
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- Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80015, USA and
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80015, USA and
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80015, USA and
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The importance of telomere function for human health is exemplified by a collection of Mendelian disorders referred to as the telomere biology disorders (TBDs), telomeropathies, or syndromes of telomere shortening. Collectively, the TBDs cover a spectrum of conditions from multisystem disease presenting in infancy to isolated disease presentations in adulthood, most notably idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Eleven genes have been found mutated in the TBDs to date, each of which is linked to some aspect of telomere maintenance. This review summarizes the molecular defects that result from mutations in these genes, highlighting recent advances, including the addition of PARN to the TBD gene family and the discovery of heterozygous mutations in RTEL1 as a cause of familial pulmonary fibrosis.
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- Alison A Bertuch
- a Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular & Human Genetics , Baylor College of Medicine , Houston , TX , USA
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