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Balaban C, Sztacho M, Antiga L, Miladinović A, Harata M, Hozák P. PIP2-Effector Protein MPRIP Regulates RNA Polymerase II Condensation and Transcription. Biomolecules 2023; 13:biom13030426. [PMID: 36979361 PMCID: PMC10046169 DOI: 10.3390/biom13030426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Revised: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2023] Open
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The specific post-translational modifications of the C-terminal domain (CTD) of the Rpb1 subunit of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) correlate with different stages of transcription. The phosphorylation of the Ser5 residues of this domain associates with the initiation condensates, which are formed through liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS). The subsequent Tyr1 phosphorylation of the CTD peaks at the promoter-proximal region and is involved in the pause-release of RNAPII. By implementing super-resolution microscopy techniques, we previously reported that the nuclear Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) associates with the Ser5-phosphorylated-RNAPII complex and facilitates the RNAPII transcription. In this study, we identified Myosin Phosphatase Rho-Interacting Protein (MPRIP) as a novel regulator of the RNAPII transcription that recruits Tyr1-phosphorylated CTD (Tyr1P-CTD) to nuclear PIP2-containing structures. The depletion of MPRIP increases the number of the initiation condensates, indicating a defect in the transcription. We hypothesize that MPRIP regulates the condensation and transcription through affecting the association of the RNAPII complex with nuclear PIP2-rich structures. The identification of Tyr1P-CTD as an interactor of PIP2 and MPRIP further points to a regulatory role in RNAPII pause-release, where the susceptibility of the transcriptional complex to leave the initiation condensate depends on its association with nuclear PIP2-rich structures. Moreover, the N-terminal domain of MPRIP, which is responsible for the interaction with the Tyr1P-CTD, contains an F-actin binding region that offers an explanation of how nuclear F-actin formations can affect the RNAPII transcription and condensation. Overall, our findings shed light on the role of PIP2 in RNAPII transcription through identifying the F-actin binding protein MPRIP as a transcription regulator and a determinant of the condensation of RNAPII.
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- Can Balaban
- Department of Biology of the Cell Nucleus, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology of the Cell Nucleus, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
- Correspondence: (M.S.); (P.H.)
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- Department of Biology of the Cell Nucleus, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology of the Cell Nucleus, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biochemistry, Division of Life Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1, Aramaki Aza Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-0845, Japan
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- Department of Biology of the Cell Nucleus, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
- Correspondence: (M.S.); (P.H.)
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Sen B, Xie Z, Howard S, Styner M, van Wijnen AJ, Uzer G, Rubin J. Mechanically Induced Nuclear Shuttling of β-Catenin Requires Co-transfer of Actin. Stem Cells 2022; 40:423-434. [PMID: 35278073 PMCID: PMC9633329 DOI: 10.1093/stmcls/sxac006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) respond to environmental forces with both cytoskeletal re-structuring and activation of protein chaperones of mechanical information, β-catenin, and yes-associated protein 1 (YAP1). To function, MSCs must differentiate between dynamic forces such as cyclic strains of extracellular matrix due to physical activity and static strains due to ECM stiffening. To delineate how MSCs recognize and respond differently to both force types, we compared effects of dynamic (200 cycles × 2%) and static (1 × 2% hold) strain on nuclear translocation of β-catenin and YAP1 at 3 hours after force application. Dynamic strain induced nuclear accumulation of β-catenin, and increased cytoskeletal actin structure and cell stiffness, but had no effect on nuclear YAP1 levels. Critically, both nuclear actin and nuclear stiffness increased along with dynamic strain-induced β-catenin transport. Augmentation of cytoskeletal structure using either static strain or lysophosphatidic acid did not increase nuclear content of β-catenin or actin, but induced robust nuclear increase in YAP1. As actin binds β-catenin, we considered whether β-catenin, which lacks a nuclear localization signal, was dependent on actin to gain entry to the nucleus. Knockdown of cofilin-1 (Cfl1) or importin-9 (Ipo9), which co-mediate nuclear transfer of G-actin, prevented dynamic strain-mediated nuclear transfer of both β-catenin and actin. In sum, dynamic strain induction of actin re-structuring promotes nuclear transport of G-actin, concurrently supporting nuclear access of β-catenin via mechanisms used for actin transport. Thus, dynamic and static strain activate alternative mechanoresponses reflected by differences in the cellular distributions of actin, β-catenin, and YAP1.
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- Buer Sen
- Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Vermont Medical School, Burlington, VT, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA
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- Corresponding author: Janet Rubin, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
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6-Substituted purines as ROCK inhibitors with anti-metastatic activity. Bioorg Chem 2019; 90:103005. [PMID: 31271944 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2019.103005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2018] [Revised: 03/31/2019] [Accepted: 05/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Rho-associated serine/threonine kinases (ROCKs) are principal regulators of the actin cytoskeleton that regulate the contractility, shape, motility, and invasion of cells. We explored the relationships between structure and anti-ROCK2 activity in a group of purine derivatives substituted at the C6 atom by piperidin-1-yl or azepan-1-yl groups. Structure-activity relationship (SAR) analyses suggested that anti-ROCK activity is retained, and may be further increased, by substitution of the parent compounds at the C2 atom or by expansion of the C6 side chain. These inhibitors of ROCK can reach effective concentrations within cells, as demonstrated by a decrease in phosphorylation of the ROCK target MLC, and by inhibition of the ROCK-dependent invasion of melanoma cells in the collagen matrix. Our study may be useful for further optimization of C6-substituted purine inhibitors of ROCKs and of other sensitive kinases identified by the screening of a broad panel of protein kinases.
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Hurst V, Shimada K, Gasser SM. Nuclear Actin and Actin-Binding Proteins in DNA Repair. Trends Cell Biol 2019; 29:462-476. [PMID: 30954333 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2019.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2019] [Revised: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Nuclear actin has been implicated in a variety of DNA-related processes including chromatin remodeling, transcription, replication, and DNA repair. However, the mechanistic understanding of actin in these processes has been limited, largely due to a lack of research tools that address the roles of nuclear actin specifically, that is, distinct from its cytoplasmic functions. Recent findings support a model for homology-directed DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair in which a complex of ARP2 and ARP3 (actin-binding proteins 2 and 3) binds at the break and works with actin to promote DSB clustering and homology-directed repair. Further, it has been reported that relocalization of heterochromatic DSBs to the nuclear periphery in Drosophila is ARP2/3 dependent and actin-myosin driven. Here we provide an overview of the role of nuclear actin and actin-binding proteins in DNA repair, critically evaluating the experimental tools used and potential indirect effects.
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- Verena Hurst
- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Faculty of Natural Sciences, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Faculty of Natural Sciences, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
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An actin-based nucleoskeleton involved in gene regulation and genome organization. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2018; 506:378-386. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.11.206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2017] [Accepted: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Fiore APZP, Spencer VA, Mori H, Carvalho HF, Bissell MJ, Bruni-Cardoso A. Laminin-111 and the Level of Nuclear Actin Regulate Epithelial Quiescence via Exportin-6. Cell Rep 2018; 19:2102-2115. [PMID: 28591581 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.05.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2016] [Revised: 03/19/2017] [Accepted: 05/12/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Nuclear actin (N-actin) is known to participate in the regulation of gene expression. We showed previously that N-actin levels mediate the growth and quiescence of mouse epithelial cells in response to laminin-111 (LN1), a component of the mammary basement membrane (BM). We know that BM is defective in malignant cells, and we show here that it is the LN1/N-actin pathway that is aberrant in human breast cancer cells, leading to continuous growth. Photobleaching assays revealed that N-actin exit in nonmalignant cells begins as early as 30 min after LN1 treatment. LN1 attenuates the PI3K pathway leading to upregulation of exportin-6 (XPO6) activity and shuttles actin out of the nucleus. Silencing XPO6 prevents quiescence. Malignant cells are impervious to LN1 signaling. These results shed light on the crucial role of LN1 in quiescence and differentiation and how defects in the LN1/PI3K/XPO6/N-actin axis explain the loss of tissue homeostasis and growth control that contributes to malignant progression.
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- Ana Paula Zen Petisco Fiore
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 05508-000, Brazil
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- Life Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- INFABiC - National Institute of Science and Technology on Photonics Applied to Cell Biology, Campinas, SP 13083-862, Brazil; Structural and Functional Biology Department, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP 13083-865, Brazil
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- Life Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 05508-000, Brazil; Life Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; INFABiC - National Institute of Science and Technology on Photonics Applied to Cell Biology, Campinas, SP 13083-862, Brazil.
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The Role of Actin Dynamics and Actin-Binding Proteins Expression in Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition and Its Association with Cancer Progression and Evaluation of Possible Therapeutic Targets. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 2018:4578373. [PMID: 29581975 PMCID: PMC5822767 DOI: 10.1155/2018/4578373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Metastasis causes death of 90% of cancer patients, so it is the most significant issue associated with cancer disease. Thus, it is no surprise that many researchers are trying to develop drugs targeting or preventing them. The secondary tumour site formation is closely related to phenomena like epithelial-to-mesenchymal and its reverse, mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition. The change of the cells' phenotype to mesenchymal involves the acquisition of migratory potential. Cancer cells movement is possible due to the development of invasive structures like invadopodia, lamellipodia, and filopodia. These changes are dependent on the reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton. In turn, the polymerization and depolymerization of actin are controlled by actin-binding proteins. In many tumour cells, the actin and actin-associated proteins are accumulated in the cell nucleus, suggesting that it may also affect the progression of cancer by regulating gene expression. Once the cancer cell reaches a new habitat it again acquires epithelial features and thus proliferative activity. Targeting of epithelial-to-mesenchymal or/and mesenchymal-to-epithelial transitions through regulation of their main components expression may be a potential solution to the problem of metastasis. This work focuses on the role of these processes in tumour progression and the assessment of therapeutic potential of agents targeting them.
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Cohen S, Kovari DT, Wei W, Keate R, Curtis JE, Nie S. Cdc42 regulates the cellular localization of Cdc42ep1 in controlling neural crest cell migration. J Mol Cell Biol 2017; 10:376-387. [PMID: 29040749 PMCID: PMC6692865 DOI: 10.1093/jmcb/mjx044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 10/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
The member of Rho family of small GTPases Cdc42 plays important and conserved roles in cell polarity and motility. The Cdc42ep family proteins have been identified to bind to Cdc42, yet how they interact with Cdc42 to regulate cell migration remains to be elucidated. In this study, we focus on Cdc42ep1, which is expressed predominantly in the highly migratory neural crest cells in frog embryos. Through morpholino-mediated knockdown, we show that Cdc42ep1 is required for the migration of cranial neural crest cells. Loss of Cdc42ep1 leads to rounder cell shapes and the formation of membrane blebs, consistent with the observed disruption in actin organization and focal adhesion alignment. As a result, Cdc42ep1 is critical for neural crest cells to apply traction forces at the correct place to migrate efficiently. We further show that Cdc42ep1 is localized to two areas in neural crest cells: in membrane protrusions together with Cdc42 and in perinuclear patches where Cdc42 is absent. Cdc42 directly interacts with Cdc42ep1 (through the CRIB domain) and changes in Cdc42 level shift the distribution of Cdc42ep1 between these two subcellular locations, controlling the formation of membrane protrusions and directionality of migration as a consequence. These results suggest that Cdc42ep1 elaborates Cdc42 activity in neural crest cells to promote their efficient migration.
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- Shlomi Cohen
- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA,School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA,Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA,Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA,Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA,Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA,Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA,Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA,Correspondence to: Shuyi Nie, E-mail:
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Uotila LM, Guenther C, Savinko T, Lehti TA, Fagerholm SC. Filamin A Regulates Neutrophil Adhesion, Production of Reactive Oxygen Species, and Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Release. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2017; 199:3644-3653. [PMID: 28986439 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1700087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2017] [Accepted: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
Neutrophils are of fundamental importance in the early immune response and use various mechanisms to neutralize invading pathogens. They kill endocytosed pathogens by releasing reactive oxygen species in the phagosome and release neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) into their surroundings to immobilize and kill invading micro-organisms. Filamin A (FlnA) is an important actin cross-linking protein that is required for cellular processes involving actin rearrangements, such cell migration. It has also been shown to negatively regulate integrin activation and adhesion. However, its role in the regulation of β2 integrin-dependent adhesion, as well as in other cellular functions in neutrophils, is poorly understood. Using a transgenic mouse model in which FlnA is selectively depleted in myeloid cells, such as neutrophils, we show that FlnA negatively regulates β2 integrin adhesion to complement component iC3b and ICAM-1 in shear-free, but not shear-flow, conditions. FlnA deletion does not affect phagocytosis of Escherichia coli or Staphylococcus aureus or their intracellular killing. However, FlnA negatively regulates production of reactive oxygen species upon cell activation. Conversely, neutrophil activation through TLR4, as well as through activation by the Gram-negative bacteria E. coli, results in reduced NET production in FlnA-depleted neutrophils. Thus, FlnA is a negative regulator of β2 integrin-dependent cell adhesion and reactive oxygen species production but is required for NET production in primary murine neutrophils.
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- Liisa M Uotila
- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; and
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; and
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; and
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; and
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; and .,Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Parisis N, Krasinska L, Harker B, Urbach S, Rossignol M, Camasses A, Dewar J, Morin N, Fisher D. Initiation of DNA replication requires actin dynamics and formin activity. EMBO J 2017; 36:3212-3231. [PMID: 28982779 DOI: 10.15252/embj.201796585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Revised: 08/28/2017] [Accepted: 09/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Nuclear actin regulates transcriptional programmes in a manner dependent on its levels and polymerisation state. This dynamics is determined by the balance of nucleocytoplasmic shuttling, formin- and redox-dependent filament polymerisation. Here, using Xenopus egg extracts and human somatic cells, we show that actin dynamics and formins are essential for DNA replication. In proliferating cells, formin inhibition abolishes nuclear transport and initiation of DNA replication, as well as general transcription. In replicating nuclei from transcriptionally silent Xenopus egg extracts, we identified numerous actin regulators, and disruption of actin dynamics abrogates nuclear transport, preventing NLS (nuclear localisation signal)-cargo release from RanGTP-importin complexes. Nuclear formin activity is further required to promote loading of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) onto chromatin, as well as initiation and elongation of DNA replication. Therefore, actin dynamics and formins control DNA replication by multiple direct and indirect mechanisms.
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- Nikolaos Parisis
- IGMM, CNRS Univ. Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,Laboratory of Functional Proteomics, INRA, Montpellier, France
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- Functional Proteomics Platform (FPP), Institute of Functional Genomics (IGF), CNRS UMR 5203 INSERM U661, Montpellier, France
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Kristó I, Bajusz C, Borsos BN, Pankotai T, Dopie J, Jankovics F, Vartiainen MK, Erdélyi M, Vilmos P. The actin binding cytoskeletal protein Moesin is involved in nuclear mRNA export. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2017; 1864:1589-1604. [PMID: 28554770 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2017.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2016] [Revised: 05/22/2017] [Accepted: 05/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
Current models imply that the evolutionarily conserved, actin-binding Ezrin-Radixin-Moesin (ERM) proteins perform their activities at the plasma membrane by anchoring membrane proteins to the cortical actin network. Here we show that beside its cytoplasmic functions, the single ERM protein of Drosophila, Moesin, has a novel role in the nucleus. The activation of transcription by heat shock or hormonal treatment increases the amount of nuclear Moesin, indicating biological function for the protein in the nucleus. The distribution of Moesin in the nucleus suggests a function in transcription and the depletion of mRNA export factors Nup98 or its interacting partner, Rae1, leads to the nuclear accumulation of Moesin, suggesting that the nuclear function of the protein is linked to mRNA export. Moesin localizes to mRNP particles through the interaction with the mRNA export factor PCID2 and knock down of Moesin leads to the accumulation of mRNA in the nucleus. Based on our results we propose that, beyond its well-known, manifold functions in the cytoplasm, the ERM protein of Drosophila is a new, functional component of the nucleus where it participates in mRNA export.
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- Ildikó Kristó
- Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
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- Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- University of Helsinki, Institute of Biotechnology, Helsinki, Finland
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- Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
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- Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
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- Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary.
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Oda H, Shirai N, Ura N, Ohsumi K, Iwabuchi M. Chromatin tethering to the nuclear envelope by nuclear actin filaments: a novel role of the actin cytoskeleton in the Xenopus blastula. Genes Cells 2017; 22:376-391. [PMID: 28318078 DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2017] [Accepted: 01/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The Xenopus oocyte is known to accumulate filamentous or F-actin in the nucleus, but it is currently unknown whether F-actin also accumulates in embryo nuclei. Using fluorescence-labeled actin reporters, we examined the actin distribution in Xenopus embryonic cells and found that F-actin accumulates in nuclei during the blastula stage but not during the gastrula stage. To further investigate nuclear F-actin, we devised a Xenopus egg extract that reproduces the formation of nuclei in which F-actin accumulates. Using this extract, we found that F-actin accumulates primarily at the subnuclear membranous region and is essential to maintain chromatin binding to the nuclear envelope in well-developed nuclei. We also provide evidence that nuclear F-actin increases the structural stability of nuclei and contributes to chromosome alignment on the mitotic spindle at the following M phase. These results suggest the physiological importance of nuclear F-actin accumulation in rapidly dividing large Xenopus blastula cells.
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- Haruka Oda
- Group of Developmental Cell Biology, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Group of Developmental Cell Biology, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Group of Developmental Cell Biology, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Group of Developmental Cell Biology, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Group of Developmental Cell Biology, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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Sen B, Xie Z, Uzer G, Thompson WR, Styner M, Wu X, Rubin J. Intranuclear Actin Regulates Osteogenesis. Stem Cells 2016; 33:3065-76. [PMID: 26140478 DOI: 10.1002/stem.2090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2015] [Revised: 06/02/2015] [Accepted: 06/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Depolymerization of the actin cytoskeleton induces nuclear trafficking of regulatory proteins and global effects on gene transcription. We here show that in mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), cytochalasin D treatment causes rapid cofilin-/importin-9-dependent transfer of G-actin into the nucleus. The continued presence of intranuclear actin, which forms rod-like structures that stain with phalloidin, is associated with induction of robust expression of the osteogenic genes osterix and osteocalcin in a Runx2-dependent manner, and leads to acquisition of osteogenic phenotype. Adipogenic differentiation also occurs, but to a lesser degree. Intranuclear actin leads to nuclear export of Yes-associated protein (YAP); maintenance of nuclear YAP inhibits Runx2 initiation of osteogenesis. Injection of cytochalasin into the tibial marrow space of live mice results in abundant bone formation within the space of 1 week. In sum, increased intranuclear actin forces MSC into osteogenic lineage through controlling Runx2 activity; this process may be useful for clinical objectives of forming bone.
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- Buer Sen
- Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy, University of Indiana-Purdue, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Verboon JM, Sugumar B, Parkhurst SM. Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome proteins in the nucleus: aWASH with possibilities. Nucleus 2016; 6:349-59. [PMID: 26305109 PMCID: PMC4915506 DOI: 10.1080/19491034.2015.1086051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Actin and proteins that regulate its dynamics or interactions have well-established roles in the cytoplasm where they function as key components of the cytoskeleton to control diverse processes, including cellular infrastructure, cellular motility, cell signaling, and vesicle transport. Recent work has also uncovered roles for actin and its regulatory proteins in the nucleus, primarily in mechanisms governing gene expression. The Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome (WAS) family of proteins, comprising the WASP/N-WASP, SCAR/WAVE, WHAMM/JMY/WHAMY, and WASH subfamilies, function in the cytoplasm where they activate the Arp2/3 complex to form branched actin filaments. WAS proteins are present in the nucleus and have been implicated as transcriptional regulators. We found that Drosophila Wash, in addition to transcriptional effects, is involved in global nuclear architecture. Here we summarize the regulation and function of nuclear WAS proteins, and highlight how our work with Wash expands the possibilities for the functions of these proteins in the nucleus.
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- Jeffrey M Verboon
- a Division of Basic Sciences; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ; Seattle , WA USA
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- a Division of Basic Sciences; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ; Seattle , WA USA
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- a Division of Basic Sciences; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ; Seattle , WA USA
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Schröder A, Rohrbeck A, Just I, Pich A. Proteome Alterations of Hippocampal Cells Caused by Clostridium botulinum C3 Exoenzyme. J Proteome Res 2015; 14:4721-33. [PMID: 26393427 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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C3bot from Clostridium botulinum is a bacterial mono-ADP-ribosylating enzyme, which transfers an ADP-ribose moiety onto the small GTPases Rho A/B/C. C3bot and the catalytic inactive mutant (C3E174Q) cause axonal and dendritic growth as well as branching in primary hippocampal neurons. In cultured murine hippocampal HT22 cells, protein abundances were analyzed in response to C3bot or C3E174Q treatment using a shotgun proteomics approach. Proteome analyses were performed at four time points over 6 days. More than 4000 protein groups were identified at each time point and quantified in triplicate analyses. On day one, 46 proteins showed an altered abundance, and after 6 days, more than 700 proteins responded to C3bot with an up- or down-regulation. In contrast, C3E174Q had no provable impact on protein abundance. Protein quantification was verified for several proteins by multiple reaction monitoring. Data analysis of altered proteins revealed different cellular processes that were affected by C3bot. They are particularly involved in mitochondrial and lysosomal processes, adhesion, carbohydrate and glucose metabolism, signal transduction, and nuclear proteins of translation and ribosome biogenesis. The results of this study gain novel insights into the function of C3bot in hippocampal cells.
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- Anke Schröder
- Institute of Toxicology, Hannover Medical School , Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Toxicology, Hannover Medical School , Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Toxicology, Hannover Medical School , Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Toxicology, Hannover Medical School , Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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Kalo A, Kanter I, Shraga A, Sheinberger J, Tzemach H, Kinor N, Singer RH, Lionnet T, Shav-Tal Y. Cellular Levels of Signaling Factors Are Sensed by β-actin Alleles to Modulate Transcriptional Pulse Intensity. Cell Rep 2015; 11:419-32. [PMID: 25865891 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.03.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2014] [Revised: 02/18/2015] [Accepted: 03/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The transcriptional response of β-actin to extra-cellular stimuli is a paradigm for transcription factor complex assembly and regulation. Serum induction leads to a precisely timed pulse of β-actin transcription in the cell population. Actin protein is proposed to be involved in this response, but it is not known whether cellular actin levels affect nuclear β-actin transcription. We perturbed the levels of key signaling factors and examined the effect on the induced transcriptional pulse by following endogenous β-actin alleles in single living cells. Lowering serum response factor (SRF) protein levels leads to loss of pulse integrity, whereas reducing actin protein levels reveals positive feedback regulation, resulting in elevated gene activation and a prolonged transcriptional response. Thus, transcriptional pulse fidelity requires regulated amounts of signaling proteins, and perturbations in factor levels eliminate the physiological response, resulting in either tuning down or exaggeration of the transcriptional pulse.
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- Alon Kalo
- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences and Institute of Nanotechnology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences and Institute of Nanotechnology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences and Institute of Nanotechnology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences and Institute of Nanotechnology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences and Institute of Nanotechnology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences and Institute of Nanotechnology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel
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- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA; Transcription Imaging Consortium, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA; Gruss Lipper Biophotonics Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA; Transcription Imaging Consortium, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences and Institute of Nanotechnology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel.
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Rajakylä EK, Vartiainen MK. Rho, nuclear actin, and actin-binding proteins in the regulation of transcription and gene expression. Small GTPases 2014; 5:e27539. [PMID: 24603113 DOI: 10.4161/sgtp.27539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Actin cytoskeleton is one of the main targets of Rho GTPases, which act as molecular switches on many signaling pathways. During the past decade, actin has emerged as an important regulator of gene expression. Nuclear actin plays a key role in transcription, chromatin remodeling, and pre-mRNA processing. In addition, the "status" of the actin cytoskeleton is used as a signaling intermediate by at least the MKL1-SRF and Hippo-pathways, which culminate in the transcriptional regulation of cytoskeletal and growth-promoting genes, respectively. Rho GTPases may therefore regulate gene expression by controlling either cytoplasmic or nuclear actin dynamics. Although the regulation of nuclear actin polymerization is still poorly understood, many actin-binding proteins, which are downstream effectors of Rho, are found in the nuclear compartment. In this review, we discuss the possible mechanisms and key proteins that may mediate the transcriptional regulation by Rho GTPases through actin.
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- Eeva Kaisa Rajakylä
- Program in Cell and Molecular Biology; Institute of Biotechnology; University of Helsinki; Helsinki, Finland
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- Program in Cell and Molecular Biology; Institute of Biotechnology; University of Helsinki; Helsinki, Finland
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HIV latency is a major barrier to viral eradication from infected individuals. Lusic et al. (2013) show that HIV latency is established by spatially positioning the proviral chromatin in close proximity to promyelocytic leukemia (PML) nuclear bodies, a reversible process that recruits the methyltransferase enzyme G9a to the latent viral promoter.
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- Melanie Ott
- Gladstone Institutes, University of California, San Francisco, 1650 Owens Street, San Francisco, CA 94941, USA.
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Formation of long and winding nuclear F-actin bundles by nuclear c-Abl tyrosine kinase. Exp Cell Res 2013; 319:3251-68. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2013.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2013] [Revised: 08/09/2013] [Accepted: 09/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Analysis of nuclear actin by overexpression of wild-type and actin mutant proteins. Histochem Cell Biol 2013; 141:123-35. [PMID: 24091797 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-013-1151-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/23/2013] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Compared to the cytoplasmic F-actin abundance in cells, nuclear F-actin levels are generally quite low. However, nuclear actin is present in certain cell types including oocytes and under certain cellular conditions including stress or serum stimulation. Currently, the architecture and polymerization status of nuclear actin networks has not been analyzed in great detail. In this study, we investigated the architecture and functions of such nuclear actin networks. We generated nuclear actin polymers by overexpression of actin proteins fused to a nuclear localization signal (NLS). Raising nuclear abundance of a NLS wild-type actin, we observed phalloidin- and LifeAct-positive actin bundles forming a nuclear cytoskeletal network consisting of curved F-actin. In contrast, a polymer-stabilizing actin mutant (NLS-G15S-actin) deficient in interacting with the actin-binding protein cofilin generated a nuclear actin network reminiscent of straight stress fiber-like microfilaments in the cytoplasm. We provide a first electron microscopic description of such nuclear actin polymers suggesting bundling of actin filaments. Employing different cell types from various species including neurons, we show that the morphology of and potential to generate nuclear actin are conserved. Finally, we demonstrate that nuclear actin affects cell function including morphology, serum response factor-mediated gene expression, and herpes simplex virus infection. Our data suggest that actin is able to form filamentous structures inside the nucleus, which share architectural and functional similarities with the cytoplasmic F-actin.
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Skarp KP, Huet G, Vartiainen MK. Steady-state nuclear actin levels are determined by export competent actin pool. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2013; 70:623-34. [PMID: 23749625 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2013] [Revised: 05/22/2013] [Accepted: 05/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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A number of studies in the last decade have irrevocably promoted actin into a fully fledged member of the nuclear compartment, where it, among other crucial tasks, facilitates transcription and chromatin remodeling. Changes in nuclear actin levels have been linked to different cellular processes: decreased nuclear actin to quiescence and increased nuclear actin to differentiation. Importin 9 and exportin 6 transport factors are responsible for the continuous nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of actin, but the mechanisms, which result in modulated actin levels, have not been characterized. We find that in cells growing under normal growth conditions, the levels of nuclear actin vary considerably from cell to cell. To understand the basis for this, we have extensively quantified several cellular parameters while at the same time recording the import and export rates of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged actin. Surprisingly, our dataset shows that the ratio of nuclear to cytoplasmic fluorescence intensity, but not nuclear shape, size, cytoplasm size, or their ratio, correlates negatively with both import and export rate of actin. This suggests that high-nuclear actin content is maintained by both diminished import and export. The high nuclear actin containing cells still show high mobility of actin, but it is not export competent, suggesting increased binding of actin to nuclear complexes. Creation of such export incompetent actin pool would ensure enough actin is retained in the nucleus and make it available for the various nuclear functions described for actin.
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- Kari-Pekka Skarp
- Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
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Porter K, Day B. Actin branches out to link pathogen perception and host gene regulation. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2013; 8:e23468. [PMID: 23333960 PMCID: PMC3676516 DOI: 10.4161/psb.23468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2012] [Accepted: 12/30/2012] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Cellular functions of actin, and associated actin binding proteins (ABPs), have been well characterized with respect to their dynamic cytosolic role as components of the complex cytoskeletal network. In this regard, the collective research in this field has vastly expanded our knowledge of the role of actin to more recently identify a key role within the nucleus as an integral part gene organization and expression. Herein, we describe the requirement of the ABP actin depolymerizing factor-4 (ADF4) as a regulator of resistance to Pseudomonas syringae DC3000 expressing the effector AvrPphB via ADF4's cytosolic and nuclear functions. In total, our work has identified significant alterations in the expression of the resistance protein RPS5 in an ADF4 phosphorylation dependent manner. In this mini-review, we provide compelling evidence in support of both a nuclear function for ADF4, as well as potential targeting of the actin cytoskeleton by the bacterial effector AvrPphB.
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- Katie Porter
- Graduate Program in Cell and Molecular Biology; Michigan State University; East Lansing, MI USA
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- Graduate Program in Cell and Molecular Biology; Michigan State University; East Lansing, MI USA
- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences; Michigan State University; East Lansing, MI USA
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Cellier MFM. Cell-Type Specific Determinants of NRAMP1 Expression in Professional Phagocytes. BIOLOGY 2013; 2:233-83. [PMID: 24832660 PMCID: PMC4009858 DOI: 10.3390/biology2010233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2012] [Revised: 01/15/2013] [Accepted: 01/15/2013] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The Natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1 (Nramp1 or Solute carrier 11 member 1, Slc11a1) transports divalent metals across the membrane of late endosomes and lysosomes in professional phagocytes. Nramp1 represents an ancient eukaryotic cell-autonomous defense whereas the gene duplication that yielded Nramp1 and Nramp2 predated the origin of Sarcopterygians (lobe-finned fishes and tetrapods). SLC11A1 genetic polymorphisms associated with human resistance to tuberculosis consist of potential regulatory variants. Herein, current knowledge of the regulation of SLC11A1 gene expression is reviewed and comprehensive analysis of ENCODE data available for hematopoietic cell-types suggests a hypothesis for the regulation of SLC11A1 expression during myeloid development and phagocyte functional polarization. SLC11A1 is part of a 34.6 kb CTCF-insulated locus scattered with predicted regulatory elements: a 3' enhancer, a large 5' enhancer domain and four elements spread around the transcription start site (TSS), including several C/EBP and PU.1 sites. SLC11A1 locus ends appear mobilized by ETS-related factors early during myelopoiesis; activation of both 5' and 3' enhancers in myelo-monocytic cells correlate with transcription factor binding at the TSS. Characterizing the corresponding cis/trans determinants functionally will establish the mechanisms involved and possibly reveal genetic variation that impacts susceptibility to infectious or immune diseases.
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- Mathieu F M Cellier
- Inrs-Institut Armand-Frappier, 531, Bd des prairies, Laval, QC H7V 1B7, Canada.
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Actin is a key player for nuclear structure and function regulating both chromosome organization and gene activity. In the cell nucleus actin interacts with many different proteins. Among these proteins several studies have identified classical nuclear factors involved in chromatin structure and function, transcription and RNA processing as well as proteins that are normally involved in controlling the actin cytoskeleton. These discoveries have raised the possibility that nuclear actin performs its multi task activities through tight interactions with different sets of proteins. This high degree of promiscuity in the spectrum of protein-to-protein interactions correlates well with the conformational plasticity of actin and the ability to undergo regulated changes in its polymerization states. Several of the factors involved in controlling head-to-tail actin polymerization have been shown to be in the nucleus where they seem to regulate gene activity. By focusing on the multiple tasks performed by actin and actin-binding proteins, possible models of how actin dynamics controls the different phases of the RNA polymerase II transcription cycle are being identified.
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