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Yu X, He T, Tong Z, Liao L, Huang S, Fakhouri WD, Edwards DP, Xu J. Molecular mechanisms of TWIST1-regulated transcription in EMT and cancer metastasis. EMBO Rep 2023; 24:e56902. [PMID: 37680145 PMCID: PMC10626429 DOI: 10.15252/embr.202356902] [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: 01/28/2023] [Revised: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023] Open
Abstract
TWIST1 induces epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) to drive cancer metastasis. It is yet unclear what determines TWIST1 functions to activate or repress transcription. We found that the TWIST1 N-terminus antagonizes TWIST1-regulated gene expression, cancer growth and metastasis. TWIST1 interacts with both the NuRD complex and the NuA4/TIP60 complex (TIP60-Com) via its N-terminus. Non-acetylated TWIST1-K73/76 selectively interacts with and recruits NuRD to repress epithelial target gene transcription. Diacetylated TWIST1-acK73/76 binds BRD8, a component of TIP60-Com that also binds histone H4-acK5/8, to recruit TIP60-Com to activate mesenchymal target genes and MYC. Knockdown of BRD8 abolishes TWIST1 and TIP60-Com interaction and TIP60-Com recruitment to TWIST1-activated genes, resulting in decreasing TWIST1-activated target gene expression and cancer metastasis. Both TWIST1/NuRD and TWIST1/TIP60-Com complexes are required for TWIST1 to promote EMT, proliferation, and metastasis at full capacity. Therefore, the diacetylation status of TWIST1-K73/76 dictates whether TWIST1 interacts either with NuRD to repress epithelial genes, or with TIP60-Com to activate mesenchymal genes and MYC. Since BRD8 is essential for TWIST1-acK73/76 and TIP60-Com interaction, targeting BRD8 could be a means to inhibit TWIST1-activated gene expression.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xiaobin Yu
- Department of Molecular and Cellular BiologyBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular BiologyBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA
- Present address:
Institute for Cancer MedicineSouthwest Medical UniversitySichuanChina
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular BiologyBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular BiologyBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA
- Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer CenterBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular BiologyBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA
- Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer CenterBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA
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- Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences, Center for Craniofacial Research, School of DentistryUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTXUSA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular BiologyBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA
- Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer CenterBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular BiologyBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA
- Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer CenterBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA
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Peluso G, Tian E, Abusleme L, Munemasa T, Mukaibo T, Ten Hagen KG. Loss of the disease-associated glycosyltransferase Galnt3 alters Muc10 glycosylation and the composition of the oral microbiome. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:1411-1425. [PMID: 31882545 PMCID: PMC6996895 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.009807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 06/14/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
The importance of the microbiome in health and its disruption in disease is continuing to be elucidated. However, the multitude of host and environmental factors that influence the microbiome are still largely unknown. Here, we examined UDP-GalNAc:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 3 (Galnt3)-deficient mice, which serve as a model for the disease hyperphosphatemic familial tumoral calcinosis (HFTC). In HFTC, loss of GALNT3 activity in the bone is thought to lead to altered glycosylation of the phosphate-regulating hormone fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), resulting in hyperphosphatemia and subdermal calcified tumors. However, GALNT3 is expressed in other tissues in addition to bone, suggesting that systemic loss could result in other pathologies. Using semiquantitative real-time PCR, we found that Galnt3 is the major O-glycosyltransferase expressed in the secretory cells of salivary glands. Additionally, 16S rRNA gene sequencing revealed that the loss of Galnt3 resulted in changes in the structure, composition, and stability of the oral microbiome. Moreover, we identified the major secreted salivary mucin, Muc10, as an in vivo substrate of Galnt3. Given that mucins and their O-glycans are known to interact with various microbes, our results suggest that loss of Galnt3 decreases glycosylation of Muc10, which alters the composition and stability of the oral microbiome. Considering that oral findings have been documented in HFTC patients, our study suggests that investigating GALNT3-mediated changes in the oral microbiome may be warranted.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Calcinosis/genetics
- Calcinosis/metabolism
- Calcinosis/microbiology
- Female
- Fibroblast Growth Factor-23
- Glycosylation
- Glycosyltransferases/metabolism
- Hyperostosis, Cortical, Congenital/genetics
- Hyperostosis, Cortical, Congenital/metabolism
- Hyperostosis, Cortical, Congenital/microbiology
- Hyperphosphatemia/genetics
- Hyperphosphatemia/metabolism
- Hyperphosphatemia/microbiology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Microbiota/genetics
- Mucins/chemistry
- Mucins/metabolism
- N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferases/genetics
- N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferases/metabolism
- Polysaccharides/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- Salivary Glands/metabolism
- Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
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Affiliation(s)
- Gabriella Peluso
- Developmental Glycobiology Section, NIDCR, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Developmental Glycobiology Section, NIDCR, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Laboratory of Oral Microbiology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Chile, Santiago 8380544, Chile
- Laboratory of Craniofacial Translational Research, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Chile, Santiago 8380544, Chile
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- Secretory Mechanisms and Dysfunctions Section, NIDCR, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
- Division of Oral Reconstruction and Rehabilitation, Kyushu Dental University, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 803-8580, Japan
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- Secretory Mechanisms and Dysfunctions Section, NIDCR, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
- Division of Oral Reconstruction and Rehabilitation, Kyushu Dental University, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 803-8580, Japan
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- Developmental Glycobiology Section, NIDCR, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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McNamar R, Abu-Adas Z, Rothblum K, Knutson BA, Rothblum LI. Conditional depletion of the RNA polymerase I subunit PAF53 reveals that it is essential for mitosis and enables identification of functional domains. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:19907-19922. [PMID: 31727736 PMCID: PMC6937585 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.009902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 06/21/2019] [Revised: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Our knowledge of the mechanism of rDNA transcription has benefited from the combined application of genetic and biochemical techniques in yeast. Nomura's laboratory (Nogi, Y., Vu, L., and Nomura, M. (1991) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 88, 7026-7030 and Nogi, Y., Yano, R., and Nomura, M. (1991) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 88, 3962-3966) developed a system in yeast to identify genes essential for ribosome biogenesis. Such systems have allowed investigators to determine whether a gene was essential and to determine its function in rDNA transcription. However, there are significant differences in both the structures and components of the transcription apparatus and the patterns of regulation between mammals and yeast. Thus, there are significant deficits in our understanding of mammalian rDNA transcription. We have developed a system combining CRISPR/Cas9 and an auxin-inducible degron that enables combining a "genetics-like"approach with biochemistry to study mammalian rDNA transcription. We now show that the mammalian orthologue of yeast RPA49, PAF53, is required for rDNA transcription and mitotic growth. We have studied the domains of the protein required for activity. We have found that the C-terminal, DNA-binding domain (tandem-winged helix), the heterodimerization, and the linker domain were essential. Analysis of the linker identified a putative helix-turn-helix (HTH) DNA-binding domain. This HTH constitutes a second DNA-binding domain within PAF53. The HTH of the yeast and mammalian orthologues is essential for function. In summary, we show that an auxin-dependent degron system can be used to rapidly deplete nucleolar proteins in mammalian cells, that PAF53 is necessary for rDNA transcription and cell growth, and that all three PAF53 domains are necessary for its function.
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- Rachel McNamar
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
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Hartel NG, Chew B, Qin J, Xu J, Graham NA. Deep Protein Methylation Profiling by Combined Chemical and Immunoaffinity Approaches Reveals Novel PRMT1 Targets. Mol Cell Proteomics 2019; 18:2149-2164. [PMID: 31451547 PMCID: PMC6823857 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.ra119.001625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [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: 06/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Protein methylation has been implicated in many important biological contexts including signaling, metabolism, and transcriptional control. Despite the importance of this post-translational modification, the global analysis of protein methylation by mass spectrometry-based proteomics has not been extensively studied because of the lack of robust, well-characterized techniques for methyl peptide enrichment. Here, to better investigate protein methylation, we compared two methods for methyl peptide enrichment: immunoaffinity purification (IAP) and high pH strong cation exchange (SCX). Using both methods, we identified 1720 methylation sites on 778 proteins. Comparison of these methods revealed that they are largely orthogonal, suggesting that the usage of both techniques is required to provide a global view of protein methylation. Using both IAP and SCX, we then investigated changes in protein methylation downstream of protein arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1). PRMT1 knockdown resulted in significant changes to 127 arginine methylation sites on 78 proteins. In contrast, only a single lysine methylation site was significantly changed upon PRMT1 knockdown. In PRMT1 knockdown cells, we found 114 MMA sites that were either significantly downregulated or upregulated on proteins enriched for mRNA metabolic processes. PRMT1 knockdown also induced significant changes in both asymmetric dimethyl arginine (ADMA) and symmetric dimethyl arginine (SDMA). Using characteristic neutral loss fragmentation ions, we annotated dimethylarginines as either ADMA or SDMA. Through integrative analysis of methyl forms, we identified 18 high confidence PRMT1 substrates and 12 methylation sites that are scavenged by other non-PRMT1 arginine methyltransferases in the absence of PRMT1 activity. We also identified one methylation site, HNRNPA1 R206, which switched from ADMA to SDMA upon PRMT1 knockdown. Taken together, our results suggest that deep protein methylation profiling by mass spectrometry requires orthogonal enrichment techniques to identify novel PRMT1 methylation targets and highlight the dynamic interplay between methyltransferases in mammalian cells.
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- Nicolas G Hartel
- Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089
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- Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089
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- Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089; Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089; Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089
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- Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089; Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089; Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089
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- Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089; Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089.
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Simon EJ, Linstedt AD. Site-specific glycosylation of Ebola virus glycoprotein by human polypeptide GalNAc-transferase 1 induces cell adhesion defects. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:19866-19873. [PMID: 30389789 PMCID: PMC6314128 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.005375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [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: 08/14/2018] [Revised: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
The surface glycoprotein (GP) of Ebola virus causes many of the virus's pathogenic effects, including a dramatic loss of endothelial cell adhesion associated with widespread hemorrhaging during infection. Although the GP-mediated deadhesion depends on its extracellular mucin-like domain, it is unknown whether any, or all, of this domain's densely clustered O-glycosylation sites are required. It is also unknown whether any of the 20 distinct polypeptide GalNAc-transferases (ppGalNAc-Ts) that initiate mucin-type O-glycosylation in human cells are functionally required. Here, using HEK293 cell lines lacking specific glycosylation enzymes, we demonstrate that GP requires extended O-glycans to exert its deadhesion effect. We also identified ppGalNAc-T1 as largely required for the GP-mediated adhesion defects. Despite its profound effect on GP function, the absence of ppGalNAc-T1 only modestly reduced the O-glycan mass of GP, indicating that even small changes in the bulky glycodomain can cause loss of GP function. Indeed, protein-mapping studies identified a small segment of the mucin-like domain critical for function and revealed that mutation of five glycan acceptor sites within this segment are sufficient to abrogate GP function. Together, these results argue against a mechanism of Ebola GP-induced cell detachment that depends solely on ectodomain bulkiness and identify a single host-derived glycosylation enzyme, ppGalNAc-T1, as a potential target for therapeutic intervention against Ebola virus disease.
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- Emily J Simon
- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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Kokoszka ME, Kall SL, Khosla S, McGinnis JE, Lavie A, Kay BK. Identification of two distinct peptide-binding pockets in the SH3 domain of human mixed-lineage kinase 3. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:13553-13565. [PMID: 29980598 PMCID: PMC6120190 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra117.000262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2017] [Revised: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Mixed-lineage kinase 3 (MLK3; also known as MAP3K11) is a Ser/Thr protein kinase widely expressed in normal and cancerous tissues, including brain, lung, liver, heart, and skeletal muscle tissues. Its Src homology 3 (SH3) domain has been implicated in MLK3 autoinhibition and interactions with other proteins, including those from viruses. The MLK3 SH3 domain contains a six-amino-acid insert corresponding to the n-Src insert, suggesting that MLK3 may bind additional peptides. Here, affinity selection of a phage-displayed combinatorial peptide library for MLK3's SH3 domain yielded a 13-mer peptide, designated "MLK3 SH3-interacting peptide" (MIP). Unlike most SH3 domain peptide ligands, MIP contained a single proline. The 1.2-Å crystal structure of the MIP-bound SH3 domain revealed that the peptide adopts a β-hairpin shape, and comparison with a 1.5-Å apo SH3 domain structure disclosed that the n-Src loop in SH3 undergoes an MIP-induced conformational change. A 1.5-Å structure of the MLK3 SH3 domain bound to a canonical proline-rich peptide from hepatitis C virus nonstructural 5A (NS5A) protein revealed that it and MIP bind the SH3 domain at two distinct sites, but biophysical analyses suggested that the two peptides compete with each other for SH3 binding. Moreover, SH3 domains of MLK1 and MLK4, but not MLK2, also bound MIP, suggesting that the MLK1-4 family may be differentially regulated through their SH3 domains. In summary, we have identified two distinct peptide-binding sites in the SH3 domain of MLK3, providing critical insights into mechanisms of ligand binding by the MLK family of kinases.
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois 60607
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois 60607
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- From the Departments of Biological Sciences and
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Laursen KB, Gudas LJ. Combinatorial knockout of RARα, RARβ, and RARγ completely abrogates transcriptional responses to retinoic acid in murine embryonic stem cells. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:11891-11900. [PMID: 29848550 PMCID: PMC6066298 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.001951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 01/16/2018] [Revised: 05/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
All-trans-retinoic acid (RA), a potent inducer of cellular differentiation, functions as a ligand for retinoic acid receptors (RARα, β, and γ). RARs are activated by ligand binding, which induces transcription of direct genomic targets. However, whether embryonic stem cells respond to RA through routes that do not involve RARs is unknown. Here, we used CRISPR technology to introduce biallelic frameshift mutations in RARα, RARβ, and RARγ, thereby abrogating all RAR functions in murine embryonic stem cells. We then evaluated RA-responsiveness of the RAR-null cells using RNA-Seq transcriptome analysis. We found that the RAR-null cells display no changes in transcripts in response to RA, demonstrating that the RARs are essential for the regulation of all transcripts in murine embryonic stem cells in response to RA. Our key finding, that in embryonic stem cells the transcriptional effects of RA all depend on RARs, addresses a long-standing topic of discussion in the field of retinoic acid signaling.
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- From the Departments of Pharmacology and
- Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College Cornell University, New York, New York 10065
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