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Markitantova Y, Fokin A, Boguslavsky D, Simirskii V, Kulikov A. Molecular Signatures Integral to Natural Reprogramming in the Pigment Epithelium Cells after Retinal Detachment in Pleurodeles waltl. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:16940. [PMID: 38069262 PMCID: PMC10707686 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242316940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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The reprogramming of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells into retinal cells (transdifferentiation) lies in the bases of retinal regeneration in several Urodela. The identification of the key genes involved in this process helps with looking for approaches to the prevention and treatment of RPE-related degenerative diseases of the human retina. The purpose of our study was to examine the transcriptome changes at initial stages of RPE cell reprogramming in adult newt Pleurodeles waltl. RPE was isolated from the eye samples of day 0, 4, and 7 after experimental surgical detachment of the neural retina and was used for a de novo transcriptome assembly through the RNA-Seq method. A total of 1019 transcripts corresponding to the differently expressed genes have been revealed in silico: the 83 increased the expression at an early stage, and 168 increased the expression at a late stage of RPE reprogramming. We have identified up-regulation of classical early response genes, chaperones and co-chaperones, genes involved in the regulation of protein biosynthesis, suppressors of oncogenes, and EMT-related genes. We revealed the growth in the proportion of down-regulated ribosomal and translation-associated genes. Our findings contribute to revealing the molecular mechanism of RPE reprogramming in Urodela.
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- Koltsov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia; (Y.M.); (A.K.)
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Jia X, Lin W, Wang W. Regulation of chromatin organization during animal regeneration. CELL REGENERATION (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2023; 12:19. [PMID: 37259007 DOI: 10.1186/s13619-023-00162-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Activation of regeneration upon tissue damages requires the activation of many developmental genes responsible for cell proliferation, migration, differentiation, and tissue patterning. Ample evidence revealed that the regulation of chromatin organization functions as a crucial mechanism for establishing and maintaining cellular identity through precise control of gene transcription. The alteration of chromatin organization can lead to changes in chromatin accessibility and/or enhancer-promoter interactions. Like embryogenesis, each stage of tissue regeneration is accompanied by dynamic changes of chromatin organization in regeneration-responsive cells. In the past decade, many studies have been conducted to investigate the contribution of chromatin organization during regeneration in various tissues, organs, and organisms. A collection of chromatin regulators were demonstrated to play critical roles in regeneration. In this review, we will summarize the progress in the understanding of chromatin organization during regeneration in different research organisms and discuss potential common mechanisms responsible for the activation of regeneration response program.
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- Xiaohui Jia
- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, 102206, China
- China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, 102206, China
- Tsinghua Institute of Multidisciplinary Biomedical Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, 102206, China.
- Tsinghua Institute of Multidisciplinary Biomedical Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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Niri F, Terpstra A, Lim KRQ, McDermid H. Chromatin remodeling factor CECR2 forms tissue-specific complexes with CCAR2 and LUZP1. Biochem Cell Biol 2021; 99:759-765. [PMID: 34197713 DOI: 10.1139/bcb-2021-0019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Chromatin remodeling complexes alter chromatin structure to control access to DNA and therefore control cellular processes such as transcription, DNA replication, and DNA repair. CECR2 is a chromatin remodeling factor that plays an important role in neural tube closure and reproduction. Loss-of-function mutations in Cecr2 result primarily in the perinatal lethal neural tube defect exencephaly, with non-penetrant mice that survive to adulthood exhibiting subfertility. CECR2 forms a complex with ISWI proteins SMARCA5 and/or SMARCA1, but further information on the structure and function of the complex is not known. We therefore have identified candidate components of the CECR2-containing remodeling factor (CERF) complex in embryonic stem (ES) cells through mass spectroscopy. Both SMARCA5 and SMARCA1 were confirmed to be present in CERF complexes in ES cells and testis. However, novel proteins CCAR2 and LUZP1 are CERF components in ES cells but not testis. This tissue specificity in mice suggests these complexes may also have functional differences. Furthermore, LUZP1, loss of which is also associated with exencephaly, appears to play a role in stabilizing the CERF complex in ES cells. Keywords: CECR2, LUZP1, CCAR2, Chromatin remodeling factor, Neural tube defects.
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- Farshad Niri
- University of Alberta, 3158, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2R3.,Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6E 1V3;
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Schoberleitner I, Mutti A, Sah A, Wille A, Gimeno-Valiente F, Piatti P, Kharitonova M, Torres L, López-Rodas G, Liu JJ, Singewald N, Schwarzer C, Lusser A. Role for Chromatin Remodeling Factor Chd1 in Learning and Memory. Front Mol Neurosci 2019; 12:3. [PMID: 30728766 PMCID: PMC6351481 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2019.00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2018] [Accepted: 01/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Precise temporal and spatial regulation of gene expression in the brain is a prerequisite for cognitive processes such as learning and memory. Epigenetic mechanisms that modulate the chromatin structure have emerged as important regulators in this context. While posttranslational modification of histones or the modification of DNA bases have been examined in detail in many studies, the role of ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling factors (ChRFs) in learning- and memory-associated gene regulation has largely remained obscure. Here we present data that implicate the highly conserved chromatin assembly and remodeling factor Chd1 in memory formation and the control of immediate early gene (IEG) response in the hippocampus. We used various paradigms to assess short-and long-term memory in mice bearing a mutated Chd1 gene that gives rise to an N-terminally truncated protein. Our data demonstrate that the Chd1 mutation negatively affects long-term object recognition and short- and long-term spatial memory. We found that Chd1 regulates hippocampal expression of the IEG early growth response 1 (Egr1) and activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated (Arc) but not cFos and brain derived neurotrophic factor (Bdnf), because the Chd1-mutation led to dysregulation of Egr1 and Arc expression in naive mice and in mice analyzed at different stages of object location memory (OLM) testing. Of note, Chd1 likely regulates Egr1 in a direct manner, because chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays revealed enrichment of Chd1 upon stimulation at the Egr1 genomic locus in the hippocampus and in cultured cells. Together these data support a role for Chd1 as a critical regulator of molecular mechanisms governing memory-related processes, and they show that this function involves the N-terminal serine-rich region of the protein.
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- Ines Schoberleitner
- Division of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Pharmacy and Centre for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Health Research, INCLIVA, and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Pharmacy and Centre for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Health Research, INCLIVA, and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Institute of Health Research, INCLIVA, and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Proteomics and Signal Transduction, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Pharmacy and Centre for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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H1.0 Linker Histone as an Epigenetic Regulator of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation. Genes (Basel) 2018; 9:genes9060310. [PMID: 29925815 PMCID: PMC6027317 DOI: 10.3390/genes9060310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2018] [Accepted: 06/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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H1 linker histones are a class of DNA-binding proteins involved in the formation of supra-nucleosomal chromatin higher order structures. Eleven non-allelic subtypes of H1 are known in mammals, seven of which are expressed in somatic cells, while four are germ cell-specific. Besides having a general structural role, H1 histones also have additional epigenetic functions related to DNA replication and repair, genome stability, and gene-specific expression regulation. Synthesis of the H1 subtypes is differentially regulated both in development and adult cells, thus suggesting that each protein has a more or less specific function. The somatic variant H1.0 is a linker histone that was recognized since long ago to be involved in cell differentiation. Moreover, it has been recently found to affect generation of epigenetic and functional intra-tumor heterogeneity. Interestingly, H1.0 or post-translational forms of it have been also found in extracellular vesicles (EVs) released from cancer cells in culture, thus suggesting that these cells may escape differentiation at least in part by discarding H1.0 through the EV route. In this review we will discuss the role of H1.0 in development, differentiation, and stem cell maintenance, also in relation with tumorigenesis, and EV production.
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Zhou B, Wang L, Zhang S, Bennett BD, He F, Zhang Y, Xiong C, Han L, Diao L, Li P, Fargo DC, Cox AD, Hu G. INO80 governs superenhancer-mediated oncogenic transcription and tumor growth in melanoma. Genes Dev 2017; 30:1440-53. [PMID: 27340176 PMCID: PMC4926866 DOI: 10.1101/gad.277178.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2015] [Accepted: 05/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Here, Zhou et al. investigated how oncogenic superenhancers (SE), which are found near oncogenes and control cancer gene expression, are regulated. The results demonstrate an essential role for INO80-dependent chromatin remodeling in SE function by showing that INO80 is required for SE-mediated oncogenic transcription and tumor growth in melanoma. Superenhancers (SEs) are large genomic regions with a high density of enhancer marks. In cancer, SEs are found near oncogenes and dictate cancer gene expression. However, how oncogenic SEs are regulated remains poorly understood. Here, we show that INO80, a chromatin remodeling complex, is required for SE-mediated oncogenic transcription and tumor growth in melanoma. The expression of Ino80, the SWI/SNF ATPase, is elevated in melanoma cells and patient melanomas compared with normal melanocytes and benign nevi. Furthermore, Ino80 silencing selectively inhibits melanoma cell proliferation, anchorage-independent growth, tumorigenesis, and tumor maintenance in mouse xenografts. Mechanistically, Ino80 occupies >90% of SEs, and its occupancy is dependent on transcription factors such as MITF and Sox9. Ino80 binding reduces nucleosome occupancy and facilitates Mediator recruitment, thus promoting oncogenic transcription. Consistently, genes co-occupied by Ino80 and Med1 are selectively expressed in melanomas compared with melanocytes. Together, our results reveal an essential role of INO80-dependent chromatin remodeling in SE function and suggest a novel strategy for disrupting SEs in cancer treatment.
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- Bingying Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China; Department of Pharmacology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China; Epigenetics and Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Integrative Bioinformatics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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- Department of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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- Family Planning Research Institute, Center of Reproductive Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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- Family Planning Research Institute, Center of Reproductive Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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- Epigenetics and Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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- Integrative Bioinformatics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Epigenetics and Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Wille A, Maurer V, Piatti P, Whittle N, Rieder D, Singewald N, Lusser A. Impaired Contextual Fear Extinction Learning is Associated with Aberrant Regulation of CHD-Type Chromatin Remodeling Factors. Front Behav Neurosci 2015; 9:313. [PMID: 26635563 PMCID: PMC4649039 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Accepted: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Successful attenuation of fearful memories is a cognitive process requiring initiation of highly coordinated transcription programs. Chromatin-modulating mechanisms such as DNA methylation and histone modifications, including acetylation, are key regulators of these processes. However, knowledge concerning the role of ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling factors (ChRFs) being required for successful fear extinction is lacking. Underscoring the potential importance of these factors that alter histone-DNA contacts within nucleosomes are recent genome-wide association studies linking several ChRFs to various human cognitive and psychiatric disorders. To better understand the role of ChRFs in the brain, and since to date little is known about ChRF expression in the brain, we performed a comprehensive survey of expression levels of 24 ATP-dependent remodelers across different brain areas, and we identified several distinct high molecular weight complexes by chromatographic methods. We next aimed to gain novel insight into the potential regulation of ChRFs in different brain regions in association with normal and impaired fear extinction learning. To this end, we established the 129S1/SvImJ (S1) laboratory mouse strain as a model for compromised contextual fear extinction learning that can be rescued by dietary zinc restriction (ZnR). Using this model along with genetically related but fear extinction-competent 129S6/SvEv (S6) mice as controls, we found that impaired fear extinction in S1 was associated with enhanced ventral hippocampal expression of CHD1 and reduced expression of CHD5 that was normalized following successful rescue of impaired fear extinction. Moreover, a select reduction in CHD3 expression was observed in the ventral hippocampus (vHC) following successful rescue of fear extinction in S1 mice. Taken together, these data provide novel insight into the regulation of specific ChRFs following an impaired cognitive process and its rescue, and they suggest that imbalance of CHD-type remodeler levels, which consequently may lead to changes of transcriptional programs, may be an underlying mechanism involved in impaired fear extinction learning and its therapeutic rescue.
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- Alexandra Wille
- Division of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Centre for Molecular Biosciences, Institute of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Centre for Molecular Biosciences, Institute of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Centre for Molecular Biosciences, Institute of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck Innsbruck, Austria
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Brettingham-Moore KH, Taberlay PC, Holloway AF. Interplay between Transcription Factors and the Epigenome: Insight from the Role of RUNX1 in Leukemia. Front Immunol 2015; 6:499. [PMID: 26483790 PMCID: PMC4586508 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2015] [Accepted: 09/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The genome has the ability to respond in a precise and co-ordinated manner to cellular signals. It achieves this through the concerted actions of transcription factors and the chromatin platform, which are targets of the signaling pathways. Our understanding of the molecular mechanisms through which transcription factors and the chromatin landscape each control gene activity has expanded dramatically over recent years, and attention has now turned to understanding the complex, multifaceted interplay between these regulatory layers in normal and disease states. It has become apparent that transcription factors as well as the components and modifiers of the epigenetic machinery are frequent targets of genomic alterations in cancer cells. Through the study of these factors, we can gain unique insight into the dynamic interplay between transcription factors and the epigenome, and how their dysregulation leads to aberrant gene expression programs in cancer. Here, we will highlight how these factors normally co-operate to establish and maintain the transcriptional and epigenetic landscape of cells, and how this is reprogramed in cancer, focusing on the RUNX1 transcription factor and oncogenic derivative RUNX1–ETO in leukemia as paradigms of transcriptional and epigenetic reprograming.
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- Genomics and Epigenetics Program, The Garvan Institute of Medical Research , Sydney, NSW , Australia
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- School of Medicine, University of Tasmania , Hobart, TAS , Australia
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Piatti P, Lim CY, Nat R, Villunger A, Geley S, Shue YT, Soratroi C, Moser M, Lusser A. Embryonic stem cell differentiation requires full length Chd1. Sci Rep 2015; 5:8007. [PMID: 25620209 PMCID: PMC4306112 DOI: 10.1038/srep08007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 12/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The modulation of chromatin dynamics by ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling factors has been recognized as an important mechanism to regulate the balancing of self-renewal and pluripotency in embryonic stem cells (ESCs). Here we have studied the effects of a partial deletion of the gene encoding the chromatin remodeling factor Chd1 that generates an N-terminally truncated version of Chd1 in mouse ESCs in vitro as well as in vivo. We found that a previously uncharacterized serine-rich region (SRR) at the N-terminus is not required for chromatin assembly activity of Chd1 but that it is subject to phosphorylation. Expression of Chd1 lacking this region in ESCs resulted in aberrant differentiation properties of these cells. The self-renewal capacity and ESC chromatin structure, however, were not affected. Notably, we found that newly established ESCs derived from Chd1(Δ2/Δ2) mutant mice exhibited similar differentiation defects as in vitro generated mutant ESCs, even though the N-terminal truncation of Chd1 was fully compatible with embryogenesis and post-natal life in the mouse. These results underscore the importance of Chd1 for the regulation of pluripotency in ESCs and provide evidence for a hitherto unrecognized critical role of the phosphorylated N-terminal SRR for full functionality of Chd1.
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- Paolo Piatti
- Division of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
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- Epithelial Epigenetics and Development Laboratory, Institute of Medical Biology, A*Star, Singapore
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- Institute for Neuroscience, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Developmental Immunology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Molecular Pathophysiology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
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- Epithelial Epigenetics and Development Laboratory, Institute of Medical Biology, A*Star, Singapore
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- Division of Developmental Immunology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
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Emelyanov AV, Rabbani J, Mehta M, Vershilova E, Keogh MC, Fyodorov DV. Drosophila TAP/p32 is a core histone chaperone that cooperates with NAP-1, NLP, and nucleophosmin in sperm chromatin remodeling during fertilization. Genes Dev 2014; 28:2027-40. [PMID: 25228646 PMCID: PMC4173154 DOI: 10.1101/gad.248583.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2014] [Accepted: 08/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Nuclear DNA in the male gamete of sexually reproducing animals is organized as sperm chromatin compacted primarily by sperm-specific protamines. Fertilization leads to sperm chromatin remodeling, during which protamines are expelled and replaced by histones. Despite our increased understanding of the factors that mediate nucleosome assembly in the nascent male pronucleus, the machinery for protamine removal remains largely unknown. Here we identify four Drosophila protamine chaperones that mediate the dissociation of protamine-DNA complexes: NAP-1, NLP, and nucleophosmin are previously characterized histone chaperones, and TAP/p32 has no known function in chromatin metabolism. We show that TAP/p32 is required for the removal of Drosophila protamine B in vitro, whereas NAP-1, NLP, and Nph share roles in the removal of protamine A. Embryos from P32-null females show defective formation of the male pronucleus in vivo. TAP/p32, similar to NAP-1, NLP, and Nph, facilitates nucleosome assembly in vitro and is therefore a histone chaperone. Furthermore, mutants of P32, Nlp, and Nph exhibit synthetic-lethal genetic interactions. In summary, we identified factors mediating protamine removal from DNA and reconstituted in a defined system the process of sperm chromatin remodeling that exchanges protamines for histones to form the nucleosome-based chromatin characteristic of somatic cells.
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- Alexander V Emelyanov
- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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Ganai N, Sengupta S, Menon GI. Chromosome positioning from activity-based segregation. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:4145-59. [PMID: 24459132 PMCID: PMC3985638 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt1417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Chromosomes within eukaryotic cell nuclei at interphase are not positioned at random, since gene-rich chromosomes are predominantly found towards the interior of the cell nucleus across a number of cell types. The physical mechanisms that could drive and maintain the spatial segregation of chromosomes based on gene density are unknown. Here, we identify a mechanism for such segregation, showing that the territorial organization of chromosomes, another central feature of nuclear organization, emerges naturally from our model. Our computer simulations indicate that gene density-dependent radial segregation of chromosomes arises as a robust consequence of differences in non-equilibrium activity across chromosomes. Arguing that such differences originate in the inhomogeneous distribution of ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling and transcription machinery on each chromosome, we show that a variety of non-random positional distributions emerge through the interplay of such activity, nuclear shape and specific interactions of chromosomes with the nuclear envelope. Results from our model are in reasonable agreement with experimental data and we make a number of predictions that can be tested in experiments.
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- Nirmalendu Ganai
- Department of Physics, Nabadwip Vidyasagar College, Nabadwip, Nadia 741302, India, TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, 21 Brundavan Colony, Narsingi, Hyderabad 500075, India, Centre for Advanced Materials, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, C.I.T. Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600 113, India, Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, T-Lab, #10-01, 5A Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117411, Singapore and Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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Sang Y, Silva-Ortega CO, Wu S, Yamaguchi N, Wu MF, Pfluger J, Gillmor CS, Gallagher KL, Wagner D. Mutations in two non-canonical Arabidopsis SWI2/SNF2 chromatin remodeling ATPases cause embryogenesis and stem cell maintenance defects. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2012; 72:1000-14. [PMID: 23062007 PMCID: PMC3561502 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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SWI2/SNF2 chromatin remodeling ATPases play important roles in plant and metazoan development. Whereas metazoans generally encode one or two SWI2/SNF2 ATPase genes, Arabidopsis encodes four such chromatin regulators: the well-studied BRAHMA and SPLAYED ATPases, as well as two closely related non-canonical SWI2/SNF2 ATPases, CHR12 and CHR23. No developmental role has as yet been described for CHR12 and CHR23. Here, we show that although strong single chr12 or chr23 mutants are morphologically indistinguishable from the wild type, chr12 chr23 double mutants cause embryonic lethality. The double mutant embryos fail to initiate root and shoot meristems, and display few and aberrant cell divisions. Weak double mutant embryos give rise to viable seedlings with dramatic defects in the maintenance of both the shoot and the root stem cell populations. Paradoxically, the stem cell defects are correlated with increased expression of the stem cell markers WUSCHEL and WOX5. During subsequent development, the meristem defects are partially overcome to allow for the formation of very small, bushy adult plants. Based on the observed morphological defects, we named the two chromatin remodelers MINUSCULE 1 and 2. Possible links between minu1 minu2 defects and defects in hormone signaling and replication-coupled chromatin assembly are discussed.
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- Yi Sang
- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, 415 S. University Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19104
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad (Langebio), CINVESTAV-IPN, Irapuato, Guanajuato, C.P 36821, MEXICO
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, 415 S. University Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19104
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, 415 S. University Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19104
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, 415 S. University Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19104
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, 415 S. University Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19104
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad (Langebio), CINVESTAV-IPN, Irapuato, Guanajuato, C.P 36821, MEXICO
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, 415 S. University Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19104
- authors for correspondence: Doris Wagner, tel: 215-898-0483, fax: 215 898-8780, ; Kimberly L. Gallagher, tel: 215 746-3605, fax: 215 898-8780,
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, 415 S. University Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19104
- authors for correspondence: Doris Wagner, tel: 215-898-0483, fax: 215 898-8780, ; Kimberly L. Gallagher, tel: 215 746-3605, fax: 215 898-8780,
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Huh MS, Price O'Dea T, Ouazia D, McKay BC, Parise G, Parks RJ, Rudnicki MA, Picketts DJ. Compromised genomic integrity impedes muscle growth after Atrx inactivation. J Clin Invest 2012; 122:4412-23. [PMID: 23114596 DOI: 10.1172/jci63765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2012] [Accepted: 09/06/2012] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
Abstract
ATR-X syndrome is a severe intellectual disability disorder caused by mutations in the ATRX gene. Many ancillary clinical features are attributed to CNS deficiencies, yet most patients have muscle hypotonia, delayed ambulation, or kyphosis, pointing to an underlying skeletal muscle defect. Here, we identified a cell-intrinsic requirement for Atrx in postnatal muscle growth and regeneration in mice. Mice with skeletal muscle-specific Atrx conditional knockout (Atrx cKO mice) were viable, but by 3 weeks of age presented hallmarks of underdeveloped musculature, including kyphosis, 20% reduction in body mass, and 34% reduction in muscle fiber caliber. Atrx cKO mice also demonstrated a marked regeneration deficit that was not due to fewer resident satellite cells or their inability to terminally differentiate. However, activation of Atrx-null satellite cells from isolated muscle fibers resulted in a 9-fold reduction in myoblast expansion, caused by delayed progression through mid to late S phase. While in S phase, Atrx colocalized specifically to late-replicating chromatin, and its loss resulted in rampant signs of genomic instability. These observations support a model in which Atrx maintains chromatin integrity during the rapid developmental growth of a tissue.
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- Michael S Huh
- Regenerative Medicine Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Sebald J, Morettini S, Podhraski V, Lass-Flörl C, Lusser A. CHD1 contributes to intestinal resistance against infection by P. aeruginosa in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One 2012; 7:e43144. [PMID: 22912810 PMCID: PMC3418260 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2012] [Accepted: 07/16/2012] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Drosophila SNF2-type ATPase CHD1 catalyzes the assembly and remodeling of nucleosomal arrays in vitro and is involved in H3.3 incorporation in viin vivo during early embryo development. Evidence for a role as transcriptional regulator comes from its colocalization with elongating RNA polymerase II as well as from studies of fly Hsp70 transcription. Here we used microarray analysis to identify target genes of CHD1. We found a fraction of genes that were misregulated in Chd1 mutants to be functionally linked to Drosophila immune and stress response. Infection experiments using different microbial species revealed defects in host defense in Chd1-deficient adults upon oral infection with P. aeruginosa but not upon septic injury, suggesting a so far unrecognized role for CHD1 in intestinal immunity. Further molecular analysis showed that gut-specific transcription of antimicrobial peptide genes was overactivated in the absence of infection in Chd1 mutant flies. Moreover, microbial colonization of the intestine was elevated in Chd1 mutants and oral infection resulted in strong enrichment of bacteria in the body cavity indicating increased microbial passage across intestinal epithelia. However, we did not detect enhanced epithelial damage or alterations of the intestinal stem cell population. Collectively, our data provide evidence that intestinal resistance against infection by P. aeruginosa in Drosophila is linked to maintaining proper balance of gut-microbe interactions and that the chromatin remodeler CHD1 is involved in regulating this aspect.
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- Johanna Sebald
- Division of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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