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Brown IN, Levario A, Jiang C, Stachera W, Rodriguez E, Hao YH, Woodruff JB, Lafita-Navarro MC, Conacci-Sorrell M. ZNF692 regulates nucleolar morphology by interacting with NPM1 and modifying its self-assembly properties. J Biol Chem 2024; 300:105773. [PMID: 38382671 PMCID: PMC10956046 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.105773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Revised: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024] Open
Abstract
The nucleolus, a membrane-less organelle, is responsible for ribosomal RNA transcription, ribosomal RNA processing, and ribosome assembly. Nucleolar size and number are indicative of a cell's protein synthesis rate and proliferative capacity, and abnormalities in the nucleolus have been linked to neurodegenerative diseases and cancer. In this study, we demonstrated that the nucleolar protein ZNF692 directly interacts with nucleophosmin 1 (NPM1). Knocking down ZNF692 resulted in the nucleolar redistribution of NPM1 in ring-like structures and reduced protein synthesis. Purified NPM1 forms spherical condensates in vitro but mixing it with ZNF692 produces irregular condensates more closely resembling living cell nucleoli. Our findings indicate that ZNF692, by interacting with NPM1, plays a critical role in regulating nucleolar architecture and function in living cells.
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- Isabella N Brown
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA; Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA; Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
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Lafita-Navarro MC, Hao YH, Jiang C, Jang S, Chang TC, Brown IN, Venkateswaran N, Maurais E, Stachera W, Zhang Y, Mundy D, Han J, Tran VM, Mettlen M, Xu L, Woodruff JB, Grishin NV, Kinch L, Mendell JT, Buszczak M, Conacci-Sorrell M. ZNF692 organizes a hub specialized in 40S ribosomal subunit maturation enhancing translation in rapidly proliferating cells. Cell Rep 2023; 42:113280. [PMID: 37851577 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Revised: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023] Open
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Increased nucleolar size and activity correlate with aberrant ribosome biogenesis and enhanced translation in cancer cells. One of the first and rate-limiting steps in translation is the interaction of the 40S small ribosome subunit with mRNAs. Here, we report the identification of the zinc finger protein 692 (ZNF692), a MYC-induced nucleolar scaffold that coordinates the final steps in the biogenesis of the small ribosome subunit. ZNF692 forms a hub containing the exosome complex and ribosome biogenesis factors specialized in the final steps of 18S rRNA processing and 40S ribosome maturation in the granular component of the nucleolus. Highly proliferative cells are more reliant on ZNF692 than normal cells; thus, we conclude that effective production of small ribosome subunits is critical for translation efficiency in cancer cells.
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- M Carmen Lafita-Navarro
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Quantitative Biomedical Research Center, Department of Population & Data Sciences, Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA; Live Cell Imaging Core Facility, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Quantitative Biomedical Research Center, Department of Population & Data Sciences, Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA; Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA; Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA; Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA; Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA; Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA; Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
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Hao YH, Tang XB, Wang DZ. [Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors in adult patients: report of two cases]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2022; 51:1171-1173. [PMID: 36323552 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20220424-00326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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- Y H Hao
- Department of Pathology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- Department of Pathology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- Department of Pathology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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Perez-Castro L, Venkateswaran N, Garcia R, Hao YH, Lafita-Navarro MC, Kim J, Segal D, Saponzik E, Chang BJ, Fiolka R, Danuser G, Xu L, Brabletz T, Conacci-Sorrell M. The AHR target gene scinderin activates the WNT pathway by facilitating the nuclear translocation of β-catenin. J Cell Sci 2022; 135:jcs260028. [PMID: 36148682 PMCID: PMC10658791 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.260028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The ligand-activated transcription factor aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) regulates cellular detoxification, proliferation and immune evasion in a range of cell types and tissues, including cancer cells. In this study, we used RNA-sequencing to identify the signature of the AHR target genes regulated by the pollutant 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (TCDD) and the endogenous ligand kynurenine (Kyn), a tryptophan-derived metabolite. This approach identified a signature of six genes (CYP1A1, ALDH1A3, ABCG2, ADGRF1 and SCIN) as commonly activated by endogenous or exogenous ligands of AHR in multiple colon cancer cell lines. Among these, the actin-severing protein scinderin (SCIN) was necessary for cell proliferation; SCIN downregulation limited cell proliferation and its expression increased it. SCIN expression was elevated in a subset of colon cancer patient samples, which also contained elevated β-catenin levels. Remarkably, SCIN expression promoted nuclear translocation of β-catenin and activates the WNT pathway. Our study identifies a new mechanism for adhesion-mediated signaling in which SCIN, likely via its ability to alter the actin cytoskeleton, facilitates the nuclear translocation of β-catenin. This article has an associated First Person interview with the first authors of the paper.
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- Lizbeth Perez-Castro
- Department of Cell Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Quantitative Biomedical Research Center, Department of Population & Data Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
- Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
- Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Quantitative Biomedical Research Center, Department of Population & Data Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Nikolaus-Fiebiger Center for Molecular Medicine, University Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen 91054, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
- Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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Wang L, Hao YH, Bai Y. [Public health and clinical care integration to improve immunization of children with special health care needs]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2022; 56:673-678. [PMID: 35785850 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20220104-00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Immunization of children with special health care needs has always been one of the difficulties in community-level public health. In recent years the relevant consensus opinions on vaccination have been issued in China, but for a long time there is a lack of effective communication channels between disease prevention and clinical medical systems in China. Pediatricians play an unoccupied role in immunization, and community-level vaccinators face the difficulties including dilemma of disease identification, evidence-based evaluation and upward referral. These lead to the vaccination hesitancy, thus the multi-disciplinary management and three-level referral model of children with special health care needs should be improved urgently. It should strengthen the integration of public health and clinical care, with the active participation of pediatricians, to promote the immunization of children with special health care needs effectively.
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- L Wang
- Department of Child Health Care, Children's Hospital, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing 100020, China
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- Division of Immunization Programme, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
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- Chaoyang District Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Beijing 100021, China
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Hao YH, Luo SY, Tang XB. [The diagnosis value of real time fluorescence quantitative PCR for tuberculosis in paraffin embedded tissue]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2020; 49:1068-1070. [PMID: 32992427 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20200327-00263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Y H Hao
- Department of Pathology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Pathology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Pathology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, Hubei Province, China
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Hao YH, Liu P, Tang XB. [Nodular fasciitis with USP6 gene rupture and deletion: report of a case]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2020; 49:957-959. [PMID: 32892570 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20191211-00794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Y H Hao
- Department of Pathology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- Department of Pathology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- Department of Pathology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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Tang XB, Hao YH, Yao L, Li D, Yuan LL, Shen X, Wang DZ, Liu P, Wang TY, Luo SY, Zhou ML. [Clinicopathological features of invasive micropapillary salivary duct carcinoma]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2020; 49:479-481. [PMID: 32392934 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20190925-00528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- X B Tang
- Department of Pathology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine,Shiyan 442000, China
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- Department of Pathology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine,Shiyan 442000, China
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- Department of Pathology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine,Shiyan 442000, China
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- Department of Pathology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine,Shiyan 442000, China
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- Department of Pathology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine,Shiyan 442000, China
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- Department of Pathology, Danjiangkou People's Hospital of Hubei Province, Danjiangkou 442700, China
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- Department of Pathology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine,Shiyan 442000, China
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- Department of Pathology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine,Shiyan 442000, China
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- Department of Pathology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine,Shiyan 442000, China
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- Department of Pathology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine,Shiyan 442000, China
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- Department of Pathology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine,Shiyan 442000, China
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Hao YH, Lafita-Navarro MC, Zacharias L, Borenstein-Auerbach N, Kim M, Barnes S, Kim J, Shay J, DeBerardinis RJ, Conacci-Sorrell M. Induction of LEF1 by MYC activates the WNT pathway and maintains cell proliferation. Cell Commun Signal 2019; 17:129. [PMID: 31623618 PMCID: PMC6798382 DOI: 10.1186/s12964-019-0444-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/20/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Background While regulated WNT activity is required for normal development and stem cell maintenance, mutations that lead to constitutive activation of the WNT pathway cause cellular transformation and drive colorectal cancer. Activation of the WNT pathway ultimately leads to the nuclear translocation of β-catenin which, in complex with TCF/LEF factors, promotes the transcription of genes necessary for growth. The proto-oncogene MYC is one of the most critical genes activated downstream the WNT pathway in colon cancer. Here, we investigate the converse regulation of the WNT pathway by MYC. Methods We performed RNA-seq analyses to identify genes regulated in cells expressing MYC. We validated the regulation of genes in the WNT pathway including LEF1 by MYC using RT-qPCR, Western blotting, and ChIP-seq. We investigated the importance of LEF1 for the viability of MYC-expressing cells in in fibroblasts, epithelial cells, and colon cells. Bioinformatic analyses were utilized to define the expression of MYC-regulated genes in human colon cancer and metabolomics analyses were used to identify pathways regulated by LEF1 in MYC expressing cells. Results MYC regulates the levels of numerous WNT-related genes, including the β-catenin co-transcription factor LEF1. MYC activates the transcription of LEF1 and is required for LEF1 expression in colon cancer cells and in primary colonic cells transformed by APC loss of function, a common mutation in colon cancer patients. LEF1 caused the retention of β-catenin in the nucleus, leading to the activation of the WNT pathway in MYC-expressing cells. Consequently, MYC-expressing cells were sensitive to LEF1 inhibition. Moreover, we describe two examples of genes induced in MYC-expressing cells that require LEF1 activity: the peroxisome proliferator activated receptor delta (PPARδ) and the Acyl CoA dehydrogenase 9 (ACAD9). Conclusions We demonstrated that MYC is a transcriptional regulator of LEF1 in colonic cells. Our work proposes a novel pathway by which MYC regulates proliferation through activating LEF1 expression which in turn activates the WNT pathway. Graphical Abstract ![]()
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- Yi-Heng Hao
- Department of Cell Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Children's Research Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.,Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 76092, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Children's Research Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.,Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 76092, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA. .,Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 76092, Dallas, TX, USA. .,Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, 76092, TX, USA.
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Venkateswaran N, Lafita-Navarro MC, Hao YH, Kilgore JA, Perez-Castro L, Braverman J, Borenstein-Auerbach N, Kim M, Lesner NP, Mishra P, Brabletz T, Shay JW, DeBerardinis RJ, Williams NS, Yilmaz OH, Conacci-Sorrell M. MYC promotes tryptophan uptake and metabolism by the kynurenine pathway in colon cancer. Genes Dev 2019; 33:1236-1251. [PMID: 31416966 PMCID: PMC6719621 DOI: 10.1101/gad.327056.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 07/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
Tumors display increased uptake and processing of nutrients to fulfill the demands of rapidly proliferating cancer cells. Seminal studies have shown that the proto-oncogene MYC promotes metabolic reprogramming by altering glutamine uptake and metabolism in cancer cells. How MYC regulates the metabolism of other amino acids in cancer is not fully understood. Using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), we found that MYC increased intracellular levels of tryptophan and tryptophan metabolites in the kynurenine pathway. MYC induced the expression of the tryptophan transporters SLC7A5 and SLC1A5 and the enzyme arylformamidase (AFMID), involved in the conversion of tryptophan into kynurenine. SLC7A5, SLC1A5, and AFMID were elevated in colon cancer cells and tissues, and kynurenine was significantly greater in tumor samples than in the respective adjacent normal tissue from patients with colon cancer. Compared with normal human colonic epithelial cells, colon cancer cells were more sensitive to the depletion of tryptophan. Blocking enzymes in the kynurenine pathway caused preferential death of established colon cancer cells and transformed colonic organoids. We found that only kynurenine and no other tryptophan metabolite promotes the nuclear translocation of the transcription factor aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR). Blocking the interaction between AHR and kynurenine with CH223191 reduced the proliferation of colon cancer cells. Therefore, we propose that limiting cellular kynurenine or its downstream targets could present a new strategy to reduce the proliferation of MYC-dependent cancer cells.
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- Niranjan Venkateswaran
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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- Lydia Hill Department of Bioinformatics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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- Children's Medical Center Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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- Children's Medical Center Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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- Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Center for Molecular Medicine, University Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen 91054, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.,Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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- Children's Medical Center Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.,Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.,Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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Zhang YS, Weng WY, Xie BC, Meng Y, Hao YH, Liang YM, Zhou ZK. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and fracture risk: a network meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. Osteoporos Int 2018; 29:2639-2644. [PMID: 30083774 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-018-4649-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2018] [Accepted: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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UNLABELLED Our network meta-analysis analyzed the effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) on fracture risk. By combining data from randomized controlled trials, we found that GLP-1 RAs were associated with a decreased bone fracture risk, and exenatide is the best option agent with regard to the risk of fracture. This study is registered with PROSPERO (CRD42018094433). INTRODUCTION Data on the effects of GLP-1 RAs on fracture risk are conflicted. This study aimed to analyze the available evidence on the effects of GLP-1 RAs on fracture risk in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. METHODS Electronic databases were searched for relevant published articles, and unpublished studies presented at ClinicalTrials.gov were searched for relevant clinical data. All analyses were performed with STATA 12.0 and R software (Version 3.4.4). We estimated the risk ratio (RR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) by combining RRs for fracture effects of included trials. RESULTS There were 54 eligible random control trials (RCTs) with 49,602 participants, including 28,353 patients treated with GLP-1 RAs. Relative to placebo, exenatide (RR, 0.17; 95% CI 0.03-0.67) was associated with lowest risk of fracture among other GLP-1 RAs. Exenatide had the highest probability to be the safest option with regard to the risk of fracture (0.07 ‰), followed by dulaglutide (1.04%), liraglutide (1.39%), albiglutide (5.61%), lixisenatide (8.07%), and semaglutide (18.72%). A statistically significant inconsistency was observed in some comparisons. CONCLUSION The Bayesian network meta-analysis suggests that GLP-1 RAs were associated with a decreased bone fracture risk compared to users of placebo or other anti-hyperglycemic drugs in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients, and exenatide is the best option agent with regard to the risk of fracture.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Guangdong Medical University, No. 1, Xincheng Dadao, Songshan Lake Science and Technology Industry Park, Dongguan, 523808, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Guangdong Medical University, No. 1, Xincheng Dadao, Songshan Lake Science and Technology Industry Park, Dongguan, 523808, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Guangdong Medical University, No. 1, Xincheng Dadao, Songshan Lake Science and Technology Industry Park, Dongguan, 523808, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Guangdong Medical University, No. 1, Xincheng Dadao, Songshan Lake Science and Technology Industry Park, Dongguan, 523808, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Guangdong Medical University, No. 1, Xincheng Dadao, Songshan Lake Science and Technology Industry Park, Dongguan, 523808, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Guangdong Medical University, No. 1, Xincheng Dadao, Songshan Lake Science and Technology Industry Park, Dongguan, 523808, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Guangdong Medical University, No. 1, Xincheng Dadao, Songshan Lake Science and Technology Industry Park, Dongguan, 523808, China.
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Lafita-Navarro MC, Kim M, Borenstein-Auerbach N, Venkateswaran N, Hao YH, Ray R, Brabletz T, Scaglioni PP, Shay JW, Conacci-Sorrell M. The aryl hydrocarbon receptor regulates nucleolar activity and protein synthesis in MYC-expressing cells. Genes Dev 2018; 32:1303-1308. [PMID: 30254109 PMCID: PMC6169836 DOI: 10.1101/gad.313007.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2018] [Accepted: 08/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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MYC enhances protein synthesis by regulating genes involved in ribosome biogenesis and protein translation. Here, we show that MYC-induced protein translation is mediated by the transcription factor aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), which is induced by MYC in colonic cells. AHR promotes protein synthesis by activating the transcription of genes required for ribosome biogenesis and protein translation, including OGFOD1 and NOLC1. Using surface sensing of translation (SUnSET) to measure global protein translation, we found that silencing AHR or its targets diminishes protein synthesis. Therefore, targeting AHR or its downstream pathways could provide a novel approach to limit biomass production in MYC-driven tumors.
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- M Carmen Lafita-Navarro
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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- Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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- Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Center for Molecular Medicine, University Erlangen-Nurnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology Oncology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.,Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.,Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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Hao YH, Chen XW, Wang L, Tang XB. [Detection of fusion gene transcript in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded myxoid/round cell liposarcoma tissues by improved reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2017; 46:723-725. [PMID: 29050077 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-5807.2017.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Hao YH, Fountain MD, Fon Tacer K, Xia F, Bi W, Kang SHL, Patel A, Rosenfeld JA, Le Caignec C, Isidor B, Krantz ID, Noon SE, Pfotenhauer JP, Morgan TM, Moran R, Pedersen RC, Saenz MS, Schaaf CP, Potts PR. USP7 Acts as a Molecular Rheostat to Promote WASH-Dependent Endosomal Protein Recycling and Is Mutated in a Human Neurodevelopmental Disorder. Mol Cell 2015; 59:956-69. [PMID: 26365382 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.07.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2015] [Revised: 07/07/2015] [Accepted: 07/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Endosomal protein recycling is a fundamental cellular process important for cellular homeostasis, signaling, and fate determination that is implicated in several diseases. WASH is an actin-nucleating protein essential for this process, and its activity is controlled through K63-linked ubiquitination by the MAGE-L2-TRIM27 ubiquitin ligase. Here, we show that the USP7 deubiquitinating enzyme is an integral component of the MAGE-L2-TRIM27 ligase and is essential for WASH-mediated endosomal actin assembly and protein recycling. Mechanistically, USP7 acts as a molecular rheostat to precisely fine-tune endosomal F-actin levels by counteracting TRIM27 auto-ubiquitination/degradation and preventing overactivation of WASH through directly deubiquitinating it. Importantly, we identify de novo heterozygous loss-of-function mutations of USP7 in individuals with a neurodevelopmental disorder, featuring intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder. These results provide unanticipated insights into endosomal trafficking, illuminate the cooperativity between an ubiquitin ligase and a deubiquitinating enzyme, and establish a role for USP7 in human neurodevelopmental disease.
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- Yi-Heng Hao
- Departments of Physiology, Pharmacology, and Biochemistry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Departments of Physiology, Pharmacology, and Biochemistry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Service de Génétique Médicale, CHU de Nantes, Nantes 44093, France
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- Division of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Division of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Genomic Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI 96859, USA
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- Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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- Departments of Physiology, Pharmacology, and Biochemistry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
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In this issue of Molecular Cell, Yuan et al. (2014) report that the Cul3-KLHL20 E3 ubiquitin ligase regulates protein anterograde transport from the trans-Golgi network (TGN) by facilitating localized actin assembly at the TGN through K33-linked ubiquitination of coronin 7.
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- Yi-Heng Hao
- Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9040, USA
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- Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9040, USA.
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Hao YH, Doyle JM, Ramanathan S, Gomez TS, Jia D, Xu M, Chen ZJ, Billadeau DD, Rosen MK, Potts PR. Regulation of WASH-dependent actin polymerization and protein trafficking by ubiquitination. Cell 2013; 152:1051-64. [PMID: 23452853 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.01.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2012] [Revised: 11/29/2012] [Accepted: 01/24/2013] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Endosomal protein trafficking is an essential cellular process that is deregulated in several diseases and targeted by pathogens. Here, we describe a role for ubiquitination in this process. We find that the E3 RING ubiquitin ligase, MAGE-L2-TRIM27, localizes to endosomes through interactions with the retromer complex. Knockdown of MAGE-L2-TRIM27 or the Ube2O E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme significantly impaired retromer-mediated transport. We further demonstrate that MAGE-L2-TRIM27 ubiquitin ligase activity is required for nucleation of endosomal F-actin by the WASH regulatory complex, a known regulator of retromer-mediated transport. Mechanistic studies showed that MAGE-L2-TRIM27 facilitates K63-linked ubiquitination of WASH K220. Significantly, disruption of WASH ubiquitination impaired endosomal F-actin nucleation and retromer-dependent transport. These findings provide a cellular and molecular function for MAGE-L2-TRIM27 in retrograde transport, including an unappreciated role of K63-linked ubiquitination and identification of an activating signal of the WASH regulatory complex.
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- Yi-Heng Hao
- Department of Physiology, UT Southwestern Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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Potts PR, Doyle JM, Hao YH, Kleinschmidt E. Abstract 208: The MAGE family of cancer-testis antigens are potent oncogenes. Cancer Res 2012. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2012-208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Introduction: Cancer-testis antigens (CTAs), including the MAGE protein family, are genes whose expression is typically restricted to the germline, but are aberrantly expressed and presented as antigens in human tumors. Therefore, CTAs constitute excellent targets for cancer immunotherapy. Surprising recent evidence suggests that the aberrant expression of MAGE CTAs in tumors is not simply an inert consequence of widespread genomic deregulation, but rather an important functional event promoting tumorigenesis. Furthermore, the expression of MAGE CTAs correlates with poor prognosis in a variety of cancer types. However, the role of MAGE CTAs as oncogenes driving tumorigenesis has been unexplored and their biochemical activity of MAGEs has been enigmatic. Aims and Methods: In this study, we investigated the function of the large MAGE protein family. First we determined the oncogenic potential of more than 20 MAGE CTAs in 3T3 transformation assays, soft agar anchorage-independent growth assays, and matrigel transwell invasion assays. We then selected several of these oncogenic MAGE CTAs for further in-depth study to identify their biochemical and cellular functions. Using a variety of in vitro and cellular assays, we identified common binding partners of more than ten MAGE proteins, solved the crystal structure of one MAGE protein, and investigated the biochemical activity of several MAGE CTAs. Results and Conclusions: We found that the majority of MAGE CTAs (more than 15) have oncogenic activity in cell transformation, anchorage-independent growth, and/or invasion. Additionally, we showed that a common feature of MAGE proteins is their ability to bind to and enhance the activity of E3 RING ubiquitin ligases, such TRIM28/KAP1, through a conserved tandem winged-helix domain. Importantly, we discovered that several MAGE-TRIM28 ubiquitin ligase complexes directly ubiquitylate and degrade the critical p53 tumor suppressor in vitro and in cancer cells. Thus, our findings clearly establish that MAGE CTAs function as oncogenes through their ability to regulate the activity of E3 RING ubiquitin ligases, resulting in the deregulation of vulnerable signaling pathways (such as the p53 tumor suppressor). These results underscore the importance of MAGE proteins as therapeutic targets for cancer and highlight a novel germline signaling program co-opted by cancer cells to facilitate tumorigenesis.
Citation Format: {Authors}. {Abstract title} [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2012 Mar 31-Apr 4; Chicago, IL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2012;72(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 208. doi:1538-7445.AM2012-208
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Woolery AR, Hao YH, Luong P, Orth K. Testing the HYPE: Studies of the mammalian Fic protein. FASEB J 2012. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.26.1_supplement.761.23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Molecular BiologyUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterDallasTX
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- Molecular BiologyUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterDallasTX
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- Molecular BiologyUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterDallasTX
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Han LY, Wu QH, Jiao ML, Hao YH, Liang LB, Gao LJ, Legge DG, Quan H, Zhao MM, Ning N, Kang Z, Sun H. Associations between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (+45T>G, +276G>T, -11377C>G, -11391G>A) of adiponectin gene and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Diabetologia 2011; 54:2303-14. [PMID: 21638131 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-011-2202-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2010] [Accepted: 04/27/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS The associations between adiponectin polymorphisms and type 2 diabetes have been studied widely; however, results are inconsistent. METHODS We searched electronic literature databases and reference lists of relevant articles. A fixed or random effects model was used on the basis of heterogeneity. Sub-group and meta-regression analyses were conducted to explore the sources of heterogeneity. RESULTS There were no statistically significant associations between +45T>G (rs2241766), +276G>T (rs1501299), -11391G>A (rs17300539) and type 2 diabetes risk. However, for -11377C>G (rs266729), the pooled OR (95% CI) for G vs C allele was 1.07 (1.03-1.11, p = 0.001). Subgroup analysis by study design revealed that -11377C>G (rs266729) dominant model (CG+GG vs CC, p = 0.0008) and G vs C allele (p = 0.0004) might be associated with type 2 diabetes risk in population-based case-control studies. After stratification by ethnicity, we found that -11377C>G (rs266729) dominant model (CG+GG vs CC, p = 0.004) and G vs C allele (p = 0.001) might be associated with type 2 diabetes risk in white individuals. In individuals with a family history of diabetes, the presence of -11391G>A (rs17300539) dominant model (GA+AA vs GG) and A vs G allele might be associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION The presence of +45T>G (rs2241766), +276G>T (rs1501299) and -11391G>A (rs17300539) do not appear to influence the development of type 2 diabetes. However, G vs C allele of -11377C>G (rs266729) might be a risk factor for type 2 diabetes.
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- L Y Han
- Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150081, People's Republic of China
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Mukherjee S, Hao YH, Orth K. A newly discovered post-translational modification--the acetylation of serine and threonine residues. Trends Biochem Sci 2007; 32:210-6. [PMID: 17412595 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2007.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2006] [Revised: 03/02/2007] [Accepted: 03/27/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Recent studies on a bacterial virulence factor, YopJ of Yersinia, have led to the realization that the acetylation of serine and threonine residues could be an important form of post-translational modification in eukaryotes. Although the identification of the machinery used for the addition and removal of acetyl groups on serine or threonine residues is in its infancy, the enzymes thus-far studied provide early insight into the mechanism of this newly discovered post-translational modification, and hint at its potential importance. For example, acetylation can compete with phosphorylation targeted to the same residues and could, therefore, alter the course of signaling pathways. What are the implications for signal transduction in eukaryotes and how widespread could acetylation of serine and threonine prove to be?
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- Sohini Mukherjee
- Department of Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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Tu H, Nelson O, Bezprozvanny A, Wang Z, Lee SF, Hao YH, Serneels L, De Strooper B, Yu G, Bezprozvanny I. Presenilins form ER Ca2+ leak channels, a function disrupted by familial Alzheimer's disease-linked mutations. Cell 2006; 126:981-93. [PMID: 16959576 PMCID: PMC3241869 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2006.06.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 527] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2005] [Revised: 04/09/2006] [Accepted: 06/30/2006] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive and irreversible neurodegenerative disorder. Mutations in presenilins 1 and 2 (PS1 and PS2) account for approximately 40% of familial AD (FAD) cases. FAD mutations and genetic deletions of presenilins have been associated with calcium (Ca(2+)) signaling abnormalities. We demonstrate that wild-type presenilins, but not PS1-M146V and PS2-N141I FAD mutants, can form low-conductance divalent-cation-permeable ion channels in planar lipid bilayers. In experiments with PS1/2 double knockout (DKO) mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs), we find that presenilins account for approximately 80% of passive Ca(2+) leak from the endoplasmic reticulum. Deficient Ca(2+) signaling in DKO MEFs can be rescued by expression of wild-type PS1 or PS2 but not by expression of PS1-M146V or PS2-N141I mutants. The ER Ca(2+) leak function of presenilins is independent of their gamma-secretase activity. Our data suggest a Ca(2+) signaling function for presenilins and provide support for the "Ca(2+) hypothesis of AD."
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- Huiping Tu
- Department of Physiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Physiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Physiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Physiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Center for Basic Neuroscience, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Center for Basic Neuroscience, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Neuronal Cell Biology and Gene Transfer, Center for Human Genetics, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB4) and KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Neuronal Cell Biology and Gene Transfer, Center for Human Genetics, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB4) and KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Center for Basic Neuroscience, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Physiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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Hao YH, Yong HY, Murphy CN, Wax D, Samuel M, Rieke A, Lai L, Liu Z, Durtschi DC, Welbern VR, Price EM, McAllister RM, Turk JR, Laughlin MH, Prather RS, Rucker EB. Production of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) over-expressing piglets. Transgenic Res 2006; 15:739-50. [PMID: 17080303 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-006-9020-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2006] [Accepted: 06/20/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Vascular function, vascular structure, and homeostasis are thought to be regulated in part by nitric oxide (NO) released by endothelial cell nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), and NO released by eNOS plays an important role in modulating metabolism of skeletal and cardiac muscle in health and disease. The pig is an optimal model for human diseases because of the large number of important similarities between the genomic, metabolic and cardiovascular systems of pigs and humans. To gain a better understanding of cardiovascular regulation by eNOS we produced pigs carrying an endogenous eNOS gene driven by a Tie-2 promoter and tagged with a V5 His tag. Nuclear transfer was conducted to create these animals and the effects of two different oocyte activation treatments and two different culture systems were examined. Donor cells were electrically fused to the recipient oocytes. Electrical fusion/activation (1 mM calcium in mannitol: Treatment 1) and electrical fusion (0.1 mM calcium in mannitol)/chemical activation (200 microM Thimerosal for 10 min followed by 8 mM DTT for 30 min: Treatment 2) were used. Embryos were surgically transferred to the oviducts of gilts that exhibited estrus on the day of fusion or the day of transfer. Two cloned transgenic piglets were born from Treatment 1 and low oxygen, and another two from Treatment 2 and normal oxygen. PCR, RT-PCR, Western blotting and immunohistochemistry confirmed that the pigs were transgenic, made message, made the fusion protein and that the fusion protein localized to the endothelial cells of placental vasculature from the conceptuses as did the endogenous eNOS. Thus both activation conditions and culture systems are compatible with development to term. These pigs will serve as the founders for a colony of miniature pigs that will help to elucidate the function of eNOS in regulating muscle metabolism and the cardiorespiratory system.
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- Y H Hao
- Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, USA
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Shah S, Lee SF, Tabuchi K, Hao YH, Yu C, LaPlant Q, Ball H, Dann CE, Südhof T, Yu G. Nicastrin functions as a gamma-secretase-substrate receptor. Cell 2005; 122:435-47. [PMID: 16096062 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2005.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 357] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2004] [Revised: 02/14/2005] [Accepted: 05/18/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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gamma-secretase catalyzes the intramembrane cleavage of amyloid precursor protein (APP) and Notch after their extracellular domains are shed by site-specific proteolysis. Nicastrin is an essential glycoprotein component of the gamma-secretase complex but has no known function. We now show that the ectodomain of nicastrin binds the new amino terminus that is generated upon proteolysis of the extracellular APP and Notch domains, thereby recruiting the APP and Notch substrates into the gamma-secretase complex. Chemical- or antibody-mediated blocking of the free amino terminus, addition of purified nicastrin ectodomain, or mutations in the ectodomain markedly reduce the binding and cleavage of substrate by gamma-secretase. These results indicate that nicastrin is a receptor for the amino-terminal stubs that are generated by ectodomain shedding of type I transmembrane proteins. Our data are consistent with a model where nicastrin presents these substrates to gamma-secretase and thereby facilitates their cleavage via intramembrane proteolysis.
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- Sanjiv Shah
- Center for Basic Neuroscience, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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Lee SF, Shah S, Yu C, Wigley WC, Li H, Lim M, Pedersen K, Han W, Thomas P, Lundkvist J, Hao YH, Yu G. A conserved GXXXG motif in APH-1 is critical for assembly and activity of the gamma-secretase complex. J Biol Chem 2003; 279:4144-52. [PMID: 14627705 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m309745200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The multipass membrane protein APH-1, found in the gamma-secretase complex together with presenilin, nicastrin, and PEN-2, is essential for Notch signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos and is required for intramembrane proteolysis of Notch and beta-amyloid precursor protein in mammalian and Drosophila cells. In C. elegans, a mutation of the conserved transmembrane Gly123 in APH-1 (mutant or28) leads to a notch/glp-1 loss-of-function phenotype. In this study, we show that the corresponding mutation in mammalian APH-1aL (G122D) disrupts the physical interaction of APH-1aL with hypoglycosylated immature nicastrin and the presenilin holoprotein as well as with mature nicastrin, presenilin, and PEN-2. The G122D mutation also reduced gamma-secretase activity in intramembrane proteolysis of membrane-tethered Notch. Moreover, we found that the conserved transmembrane Gly122, Gly126, and Gly130 in the fourth transmembrane region of mammalian APH-1aL are part of the membrane helix-helix interaction GXXXG motif and are essential for the stable association of APH-1aL with presenilin, nicastrin, and PEN-2. These findings suggest that APH-1 plays a GXXXG-dependent scaffolding role in both the initial assembly and subsequent maturation and maintenance of the active gamma-secretase complex.
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- Sheu-Fen Lee
- Center for Basic Neuroscience, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9111, USA
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In vitro-hatched oncospheres of Taenia solium, prepared by the sodium hypochlorite method and adjusted to approximately 5 x 10(2)/2ml phosphate buffer saline, were injected intramuscularly or intravenously into normal Balb/c mice. When these mice were sacrificed 2 months later, all cysticerci were exclusively recovered in the lungs from the mice with intravenous inoculation, but not with intramuscular injection. A high infection rate of 76% was obtained and a total of 45 cysticerci were collected from 50 mice. Thirty-five cysticerci were mature and with normal appearance but the rest were either with abnormal appearance (4) or degenerated (6). These findings give strong evidence that T. solium oncospheres may migrate to the normal mouse lung through venous circulation and develop in this organ.
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- Y J Liu
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Peoples Republic of China.
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Normal human somatic cells can only divide for a limited number of times. This phenomenon has been regarded as a reflection of individual aging at the cellular level. Experimental evidences suggest that a cell's division potential is limited by the physical length of telomeres that gradually shorten through successive cell divisions. At present, it is not clear whether such a limit is imposed by the overall shortening of all telomeres or the shortening of certain critical ones. Computer simulations have suggested that among the 92 telomeres in human cells, two specific telomeres might be preferentially involved in such process. Recent experiment has shown that in a culture of male human cells, the length of the telomeres at the chromosome X(p) is reserved over the later passages during clonal proliferation. This unique feature, if can be further confirmed in other cells, implies a critical role of the telomeres at X(p) in limiting the proliferation capacity of human cells.
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- Y H Hao
- College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China
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The influence of cholesterol on the sphingomyelin (SM)/dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC) binary system was investigated in various respects. Electron spin resonance (ESR) measurements reveal that the order parameter of 5DS (5-doxyl stearic acid) in SM/DOPC bilayers increases notably when the concentration of cholesterol is over 30 mol%. Membrane potential measurements indicate that the K+ permeability of the SM/DOPC bilayer decreases steeply at 40 mol% cholesterol concentration. Both these experiments suggest that cholesterol reduces the motion amplitude of hydrocarbon chains abruptly above 30 mol%. In contrast to the ordering effects on the hydrocarbon chains, (31)P-NMR results indicate that cholesterol slightly increases the motion of phosphate groups of the lipids. (31)P-NMR also raises the possibility of domain formation in the presence of cholesterol. Fluorescence-quenching experiments verified that solid domains appear in the binary system when cholesterol is present, and percolation threshold occurs at 50 mol% cholesterol concentration. The solid domains bear the properties of liquid ordered phase, which is the basic structure of caveolae and functional rafts. So this work provides an artificial model for the study of rafts and caveolae on biological membranes.
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- Y H Hao
- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica, Beijing 100101, China
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Lu JZ, Hao YH, Chen JW. Effect of cholesterol on the formation of an interdigitated gel phase in lysophosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylcholine binary mixtures. J Biochem 2001; 129:891-8. [PMID: 11388903 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a002934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We previously reported that 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) forms an interdigitated gel phase in the presence of 1-palmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (16:0LPC) at concentrations below 30 mol%. In the present investigation, fluorescent probe 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH), X-ray diffraction, and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) were used to investigate the effect of cholesterol on the phase behavior of 16:0LPC/DPPC binary mixtures. At 25 degrees C, 30 mol% 16:0LPC significantly decreases the DPH fluorescence intensity during the transition of DPPC from the L(beta') phase to the L(betaI) phase. However, the addition of cholesterol to 16:0LPC/DPPC mixtures results in a substantial increase in fluorescence intensity. The changes in DPH fluorescence intensity reflect the probe's redistribution from an orientation parallel to the acyl chain to the center of the bilayer, suggesting a bilayer structure transition from interdigitation to noninterdigitation. The normal repeat period of small angle X-ray diffraction patterns can be restored and a reflection appears at 0.42 nm with a broad shoulder around 0.41 nm in wide angle X-ray diffraction patterns when 10 mol% cholesterol is incorporated into 30 mol% 16:0LPC/DPPC vesicles, indicating that the mixtures are in the gel phase (L(beta')). Moreover, DSC results demonstrate that 10 mol% cholesterol is sufficient to significantly decrease the main enthalpy, cooperativity and lipid chain melting of 30 mol% 16:0LPC/DPPC binary mixtures, which are L(betaI), indicating that the transition of the interdigitated phase is more sensitive to cholesterol than that of the noninterdigitated phase. Our data imply that the interdigitated gel phase induced by 16:0LPC is prevented in the presence of 10 mol% cholesterol, but unlike ethanol, an increasing concentration of 16:0LPC is not able to restore the interdigitation structure of the lipid mixtures.
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- J Z Lu
- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica, Beijing 100101, China
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The effects of phase transition from normal to interdigitated lipid bilayer on the function and structure of membrane proteins were studied using linear gramicidin (gramicidin A) as a model. Interdigitated bilayer structure of dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerol (DPPG) liposomes that was induced by atropine could not be changed notably by intercalating of gramicidin. The K+ transportation of gramicidin in both normal and interdigitated bilayer was assayed by measuring the membrane potential. Results showed that gramicidin in interdigitated bilayer exhibited lower transport capability. Intrinsic fluorescence spectrum of gramicidin in interdigitated bilayer blue-shifted 2.8 nm from the spectrum in normal bilayer, which means that interdigitation provides a more hydrophobic environment for gramicidin. Circular dichroism measurement results indicated that the conformation of gramicidin in interdigitated bilayer is not the typical beta6.3 helix as in the normal bilayer. The results suggested that the interdigitated lipid bilayer might largely affect the structure and function of membrane proteins.
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- Y H Hao
- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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X-ray diffraction and fluorescence methods have been carried out to examine the effects of a drug, atropine, on the structure of model membranes: dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerol(DPPG) multilamella vesicles(MLVs). A structural analysis by small angle x-ray diffraction shows that, with incorporation of atropine, the lamella repeating period of DPPG MLV is decreased from 5.89 nm to 4.52 nm. Using fluorescence probe 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene(DPH) we find that the fluorescence intensity of DPH reduces largely at a narrow scope of atropine concentration. The experiments of fluorescence polarization of n-(9-anthroyloxyl)-stearic acid (nAS) and 16-(9-anthroyloxyl)-palmiticacid (16AP) discover that the normal polarization gradient almost disappears in DPPG/atropine system. By colligating the above results, we can draw a conclusion that atropine induces the transition from non-interdigitated to interdigitated stricture of DPPG vesicles in gel phase, which provides a sound model of drug-lipid interaction.
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- Y H Hao
- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Academy Sinica, Beijing, China
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