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Li N, Zhou Y, Cai J, Wang Y, Zhou X, Hu M, Li Y, Zhang H, Li J, Cai B, Yuan X. A novel trans-acting lncRNA of ACTG1 that induces the remodeling of ovarian follicles. Int J Biol Macromol 2023:125170. [PMID: 37276900 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.125170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
Previous studies have implicated the attractive role of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in the remodeling of mammalian tissues. The migration of granulosa cells (GCs), which are the main supporting cells in ovarian follicles, stimulates the follicular remodeling. Here, with the cultured GCs as the follicular model, the actin gamma 1 (ACTG1) was observed to significantly promote the migration and proliferation while inhibit the apoptosis of GCs, suggesting that ACTG1 was required for ovarian remodeling. Moreover, we identified the trans-regulatory lncRNA of ACTG1 (TRLA), which was epigenetically targeted by histone H3 lysine 4 acetylation (H3K4ac). Mechanistically, the 2-375 nt of TRLA bound to ACTG1's mRNA to increase the expression of ACTG1. Furthermore, TRLA facilitated the migration and proliferation while inhibited the apoptosis of GCs, thereby accelerating follicular remodeling. Besides, TRLA acted as a ceRNA for miR-26a to increase the expression of high-mobility group AT-hook 1 (HMGA1). Collectively, TRLA induces the remodeling of ovarian follicles via complementary to ACTG1's mRNA and regulating miR-26a/HMGA1 axis in GCs. These observations revealed a novel and promising trans-acting lncRNA mechanism mediated by H3K4ac, and TRLA might be a new target to restore follicular remodeling and development.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nian Li
- Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China
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- Reproductive Medical Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China
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- Reproductive Medical Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China.
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- Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China.
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Valproate Targets Mammalian Gastrulation Impairing Neural Tissue Differentiation and Development of the Placental Source In Vitro. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23168861. [PMID: 36012122 PMCID: PMC9408494 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23168861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2022] [Revised: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
The teratogenic activity of valproate (VPA), an antiepileptic and an inhibitor of histone deacetylase (HDACi), is dose-dependent in humans. Previous results showed that VPA impairs in vitro development and neural differentiation of the gastrulating embryo proper. We aimed to investigate the impact of a lower VPA dose in vitro and whether this effect is retained in transplants in vivo. Rat embryos proper (E9.5) and ectoplacental cones were separately cultivated at the air-liquid interface with or without 1 mM VPA. Embryos were additionally cultivated with HDACi Trichostatin A (TSA), while some cultures were syngeneically transplanted under the kidney capsule for 14 days. Embryos were subjected to routine histology, immunohistochemistry, Western blotting and pyrosequencing. The overall growth of VPA-treated embryos in vitro was significantly impaired. However, no differences in the apoptosis or proliferation index were found. Incidence of the neural tissue was lower in VPA-treated embryos than in controls. TSA also impaired growth and neural differentiation in vitro. VPA-treated embryos and their subsequent transplants expressed a marker of undifferentiated neural cells compared to controls where neural differentiation markers were expressed. VPA increased the acetylation of histones. Our results point to gastrulation as a sensitive period for neurodevelopmental impairment caused by VPA.
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Miller AL, Fuller-Carter PI, Masarini K, Samardzija M, Carter KW, Rashwan R, Lim XR, Brunet AA, Chopra A, Ram R, Grimm C, Ueffing M, Carvalho LS, Trifunović D. Increased H3K27 trimethylation contributes to cone survival in a mouse model of cone dystrophy. Cell Mol Life Sci 2022; 79:409. [PMID: 35810394 PMCID: PMC9271452 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-022-04436-6] [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: 02/11/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) are a heterogeneous group of blinding disorders, which result in dysfunction or death of the light-sensing cone and rod photoreceptors. Despite individual IRDs (Inherited retinal disease) being rare, collectively, they affect up to 1:2000 people worldwide, causing a significant socioeconomic burden, especially when cone-mediated central vision is affected. This study uses the Pde6ccpfl1 mouse model of achromatopsia, a cone-specific vision loss IRD (Inherited retinal disease), to investigate the potential gene-independent therapeutic benefits of a histone demethylase inhibitor GSK-J4 on cone cell survival. We investigated the effects of GSK-J4 treatment on cone cell survival in vivo and ex vivo and changes in cone-specific gene expression via single-cell RNA sequencing. A single intravitreal GSK-J4 injection led to transcriptional changes in pathways involved in mitochondrial dysfunction, endoplasmic reticulum stress, among other key epigenetic pathways, highlighting the complex interplay between methylation and acetylation in healthy and diseased cones. Furthermore, continuous administration of GSK-J4 in retinal explants increased cone survival. Our results suggest that IRD (Inherited retinal disease)-affected cones respond positively to epigenetic modulation of histones, indicating the potential of this approach in developing a broad class of novel therapies to slow cone degeneration.
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- Annie L Miller
- Retinal Genomics and Therapy Group, Lions Eye Institute Ltd, 2 Verdun Street, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia
- Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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- Retinal Genomics and Therapy Group, Lions Eye Institute Ltd, 2 Verdun Street, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia
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- Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Tübingen University, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 7, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Lab for Retinal Cell Biology, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zürich, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Analytical Computing Solutions, Willetton, WA, 6155, Australia
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- Retinal Genomics and Therapy Group, Lions Eye Institute Ltd, 2 Verdun Street, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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- Retinal Genomics and Therapy Group, Lions Eye Institute Ltd, 2 Verdun Street, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia
- Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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- Retinal Genomics and Therapy Group, Lions Eye Institute Ltd, 2 Verdun Street, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia
- Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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- Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Centre, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Lab for Retinal Cell Biology, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zürich, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Tübingen University, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 7, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Retinal Genomics and Therapy Group, Lions Eye Institute Ltd, 2 Verdun Street, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia.
- Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia.
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- Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Tübingen University, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 7, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
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Verhelst S, Van Puyvelde B, Willems S, Daled S, Cornelis S, Corveleyn L, Willems E, Deforce D, De Clerck L, Dhaenens M. A large scale mass spectrometry-based histone screening for assessing epigenetic developmental toxicity. Sci Rep 2022; 12:1256. [PMID: 35075221 PMCID: PMC8786925 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-05268-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Toxicoepigenetics is an emerging field that studies the toxicological impact of compounds on protein expression through heritable, non-genetic mechanisms, such as histone post-translational modifications (hPTMs). Due to substantial progress in the large-scale study of hPTMs, integration into the field of toxicology is promising and offers the opportunity to gain novel insights into toxicological phenomena. Moreover, there is a growing demand for high-throughput human-based in vitro assays for toxicity testing, especially for developmental toxicity. Consequently, we developed a mass spectrometry-based proof-of-concept to assess a histone code screening assay capable of simultaneously detecting multiple hPTM-changes in human embryonic stem cells. We first validated the untargeted workflow with valproic acid (VPA), a histone deacetylase inhibitor. These results demonstrate the capability of mapping the hPTM-dynamics, with a general increase in acetylations as an internal control. To illustrate the scalability, a dose–response study was performed on a proof-of-concept library of ten compounds (1) with a known effect on the hPTMs (BIX-01294, 3-Deazaneplanocin A, Trichostatin A, and VPA), (2) classified as highly embryotoxic by the European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM) (Methotrexate, and All-trans retinoic acid), (3) classified as non-embryotoxic by ECVAM (Penicillin G), and (4) compounds of abuse with a presumed developmental toxicity (ethanol, caffeine, and nicotine).
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- Sigrid Verhelst
- ProGenTomics, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- ProGenTomics, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Proteomics and Signal Transduction, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152, Martinsried, Germany
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- ProGenTomics, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- ProGenTomics, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- ProGenTomics, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- ProGenTomics, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- ProGenTomics, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- ProGenTomics, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- ProGenTomics, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
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Cozzolino F, Iacobucci I, Monaco V, Monti M. Protein-DNA/RNA Interactions: An Overview of Investigation Methods in the -Omics Era. J Proteome Res 2021; 20:3018-3030. [PMID: 33961438 PMCID: PMC8280749 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
Abstract
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The fields of application
of functional proteomics are not limited
to the study of protein–protein interactions; they also extend
to those involving protein complexes that bind DNA or RNA. These interactions
affect fundamental processes such as replication, transcription, and
repair in the case of DNA, as well as transport, translation, splicing,
and silencing in the case of RNA. Analytical or preparative experimental
approaches, both in vivo and in vitro, have been developed to isolate and identify DNA/RNA binding proteins
by exploiting the advantage of the affinity shown by these proteins
toward a specific oligonucleotide sequence. The present review proposes
an overview of the approaches most commonly employed in proteomics
applications for the identification of nucleic acid-binding proteins,
such as affinity purification (AP) protocols, EMSA, chromatin purification
methods, and CRISPR-based chromatin affinity purification, which are
generally associated with mass spectrometry methodologies for the
unbiased protein identification.
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- Flora Cozzolino
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University Federico II of Naples, Strada Comunale Cinthia, 26, 80126 Naples, Italy.,CEINGE Advanced Biotechnologies, Via G. Salvatore 486, 80145 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University Federico II of Naples, Strada Comunale Cinthia, 26, 80126 Naples, Italy.,CEINGE Advanced Biotechnologies, Via G. Salvatore 486, 80145 Naples, Italy
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- CEINGE Advanced Biotechnologies, Via G. Salvatore 486, 80145 Naples, Italy.,Interuniversity Consortium National Institute of Biostructures and Biosystems (INBB), Viale Medaglie d'Oro, 305-00136 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University Federico II of Naples, Strada Comunale Cinthia, 26, 80126 Naples, Italy.,CEINGE Advanced Biotechnologies, Via G. Salvatore 486, 80145 Naples, Italy
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