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Belanger KD, Yewdell WT, Barber MF, Russo AN, Pettit MA, Damuth EK, Hussain N, Geier SJ, Belanger KG. Exportin Crm1 is important for Swi6 nuclear shuttling and MBF transcription activation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. BMC Mol Cell Biol 2022; 23:10. [PMID: 35189816 PMCID: PMC8862259 DOI: 10.1186/s12860-022-00409-6] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Swi6 acts as a transcription factor in budding yeast, functioning in two different heterodimeric complexes, SBF and MBF, that activate the expression of distinct but overlapping sets of genes. Swi6 undergoes regulated changes in nucleocytoplasmic localization throughout the cell cycle that correlate with changes in gene expression. This study investigates how nucleocytoplasmic transport by multiple transport factors may influence specific Swi6 activities. RESULTS Here we show that the exportin Crm1 is important for Swi6 nuclear export and activity. Loss of a putative Crm1 NES or inhibition of Crm1 activity results in changes in nucleocytoplasmic Swi6 localization. Alteration of the Crm1 NES in Swi6 results in decreased MBF-mediated gene expression, but does not affect SBF reporter expression, suggesting that export of Swi6 by Crm1 regulates a subset of Swi6 transcription activation activity. Finally, alteration of the putative Crm1 NES in Swi6 results in cells that are larger than wild type, and this increase in cell size is exacerbated by deletion of Msn5. CONCLUSIONS These data provide evidence that Swi6 has at least two different exportins, Crm1 and Msn5, each of which interacts with a distinct nuclear export signal. We identify a putative nuclear export signal for Crm1 within Swi6, and observe that export by Crm1 or Msn5 independently influences Swi6-regulated expression of a different subset of Swi6-controlled genes. These findings provide new insights into the complex regulation of Swi6 transcription activation activity and the role of nucleocytoplasmic shuttling in regulated gene expression.
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- Department of Biology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY USA
- Present Address: Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY USA
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- Department of Biology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY USA
- Present Address: Department of Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR USA
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- Department of Biology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY USA
- Present Address: The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc., Mellville, NY USA
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- Department of Biology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY USA
- Present Address: Department of Emergency Medicine, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY USA
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- Department of Biology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY USA
- Present Address: Department of Emergency Medicine, Cooper University Health Care, Camden, NJ USA
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- Department of Biology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY USA
- Present Address: Kerry’s Place Autism Services, Aurora, ON Canada
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- Department of Biology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY USA
- Present Address: Department of Chemistry, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY USA
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- Department of Biology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY USA
- Present Address: Center for Learning, Teaching, and Research, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY USA
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Bury AE, Hellingwerf KJ. Development of a Light-Dependent Protein Histidine Kinase. Methods Mol Biol 2020; 2077:165-180. [PMID: 31707658 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9884-5_11] [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] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Phosphorylation plays a critical role in facilitating signal transduction in prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. Our study introduces a tool for investigation of signal diffusion in a biochemical regulation network through the design and characterization of a light-stimulated histidine kinase that consists of the LOV domain from YtvA from Bacillus subtilis and the histidine kinase domain Sln1 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We show that blue light can be used as a trigger for modulation of the phosphorylation events in this engineered two-component signal transduction pathway in a eukaryotic cell. At the same time, we demonstrate the robustness of LOV domains and their utility for designing fusion proteins for signal transduction that can be triggered with (blue) light, providing a ready toolkit to design blue light dependent two-component signalling pathways.
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- Aleksandra E Bury
- Molecular Microbial Physiology Group, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Molecular Microbial Physiology Group, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Bury A, Hellingwerf KJ. Design, characterization and in vivo functioning of a light-dependent histidine protein kinase in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. AMB Express 2018; 8:53. [PMID: 29611000 PMCID: PMC5880792 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-018-0582-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2018] [Accepted: 03/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Helical alignment of the α-helical linker of the LOV (light-oxygen-voltage) domain of YtvA from Bacillus subtilis with the α-helical linker of the histidine-protein kinase domain of the Sln1 kinase of the phospho-relay system for osmoregulation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been used to construct a light-modulatable histidine protein kinase. In vitro, illumination with blue light inhibits both the ATP-dependent phosphorylation of this hybrid kinase, as well as the phosphoryl transfer to Ypd1, the phosphoryl transfer domain of the Sln1 system. The helical alignment was carried out with conservation of the complete Jα helix of YtvA, as well as of the phosphorylatable histidine residue of the Sln1 kinase, with conservation of the hepta-helical motive of coiled-coil structures, recognizable in the helices of the two separate, constituent, proteins. Introduction of the gene encoding this hybrid histidine protein kinase into cells of S. cerevisiae in which the endogenous Sln1 kinase had been deleted, allowed us to modulate gene expression in the yeast cells with (blue) light. This was first demonstrated via the light-induced alteration of the expression level of the mannosyl-transferase OCH1, via a translational-fusion approach. As expected, illumination decreased the expression level of OCH1; the steady state decrease in saturating levels of blue light was about 40%. To visualize the in vivo functionality of this light-dependent regulation system, we fused the green fluorescent protein (GFP) to another regulatory protein, HOG1, which is also responsive to the Sln1 kinase. HOG1 is phosphorylated by the MAP-kinase-kinase Pbs2, which in turn is under control of the Sln1 kinase, via the phosphoryl transfer domain Ypd1. Fluorescence microscopy was used to show that illumination of cells that contained the combination of the hybrid kinase and the HOG1::GFP fusion protein, led to a persistent increase in the level of nuclear accumulation of HOG1, in contrast to salt stress, which-as expected-showed the well-characterized transient response. The system described in this study will be valuable in future studies on the role of cytoplasmic diffusion in signal transduction in eukaryotic cells.
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Grabrucker S, Proepper C, Mangus K, Eckert M, Chhabra R, Schmeisser MJ, Boeckers TM, Grabrucker AM. The PSD protein ProSAP2/Shank3 displays synapto- nuclear shuttling which is deregulated in a schizophrenia-associated mutation. Exp Neurol 2013; 253:126-37. [PMID: 24382453 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2013.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2013] [Revised: 12/12/2013] [Accepted: 12/20/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Recently, mutations in ProSAP2/Shank3 have been discovered as one of the genetic factors for schizophrenia (SCZ). Here, we show that the postsynaptic density protein ProSAP2/Shank3 undergoes activity dependent synapse-to-nucleus shuttling in hippocampal neurons. Our study shows that the de novo mutation (R1117X) in ProSAP2/Shank3 that was identified in a patient with SCZ leads to an accumulation of mutated ProSAP2/Shank3 within the nucleus independent of synaptic activity. Furthermore, we identified novel nuclear ProSAP2/Shank3 interaction partners. Nuclear localization of mutated ProSAP2/Shank3 alters transcription of several genes, among them already identified genetic risk factors for SCZ such as Synaptotagmin 1 and LRRTM1. Comparing the SCZ mutation of ProSAP2/Shank3 to the knockdown of ProSAP2/Shank3 we found some shared features such as reduced synaptic density in neuronal cultures. However, hippocampal neurons expressing the ProSAP2/Shank3 SCZ mutation furthermore show altered E/I ratio and reduced dendritic branching. Thus, we conclude that the uncoupling of ProSAP2/Shank3 nuclear shuttling from synaptic activity may represent a molecular mechanism that contributes to the pathology of SCZ in patients with mutations in ProSAP2/Shank3.
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- Stefanie Grabrucker
- WG Molecular Analysis of Synaptopathies, Neurology Dept., Neurocenter of Ulm University, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany; Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- WG Molecular Analysis of Synaptopathies, Neurology Dept., Neurocenter of Ulm University, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- WG Molecular Analysis of Synaptopathies, Neurology Dept., Neurocenter of Ulm University, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- WG Molecular Analysis of Synaptopathies, Neurology Dept., Neurocenter of Ulm University, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- WG Molecular Analysis of Synaptopathies, Neurology Dept., Neurocenter of Ulm University, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany; Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
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