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Marchesi N, Linciano P, Campagnoli LIM, Fahmideh F, Rossi D, Costa G, Ambrosio FA, Barbieri A, Collina S, Pascale A. Short- and Long-Term Regulation of HuD: A Molecular Switch Mediated by Folic Acid? Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:12201. [PMID: 37569576 PMCID: PMC10418318 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241512201] [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: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
Abstract
The RNA-binding protein HuD has been shown to play a crucial role in gene regulation in the nervous system and is involved in various neurological and psychiatric diseases. In this study, through the creation of an interaction network on HuD and its potential targets, we identified a strong association between HuD and several diseases of the nervous system. Specifically, we focused on the relationship between HuD and the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), whose protein is implicated in several neuronal diseases and is involved in the regulation of neuronal development, survival, and function. To better investigate this relationship and given that we previously demonstrated that folic acid (FA) is able to directly bind HuD itself, we performed in vitro experiments in neuron-like human SH-SY5Y cells in the presence of FA, also known to be a pivotal environmental factor influencing the nervous system development. Our findings show that FA exposure results in a significant increase in both HuD and BDNF transcripts and proteins after 2 and 4 h of treatment, respectively. Similar data were obtained after 2 h of FA incubation followed by 2 h of washout. This increase was no longer detected upon 24 h of FA exposure, probably due to a signaling shutdown mechanism. Indeed, we observed that following 24 h of FA exposure HuD is methylated. These findings indicate that FA regulates BDNF expression via HuD and suggest that FA can behave as an epigenetic modulator of HuD in the nervous system acting via short- and long-term mechanisms. Finally, the present results also highlight the potential of BDNF as a therapeutic target for specific neurological and psychiatric diseases.
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- Nicoletta Marchesi
- Department of Drug Sciences, Pharmacology Section, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (L.I.M.C.); (F.F.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Drug Sciences, Medicinal Chemistry Section, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (P.L.); (D.R.); (S.C.)
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- Department of Drug Sciences, Pharmacology Section, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (L.I.M.C.); (F.F.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Drug Sciences, Medicinal Chemistry Section, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (P.L.); (D.R.); (S.C.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University “Magna Græcia” of Catanzaro, Campus “S. Venuta”, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (G.C.); (F.A.A.)
- Net4Science Academic Spin-Off, University “Magna Græcia” of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
- Associazione CRISEA-Centro di Ricerca e Servizi Avanzati per l’Innovazione Rurale, 88055 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University “Magna Græcia” of Catanzaro, Campus “S. Venuta”, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (G.C.); (F.A.A.)
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- Department of Drug Sciences, Pharmacology Section, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (L.I.M.C.); (F.F.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Drug Sciences, Medicinal Chemistry Section, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (P.L.); (D.R.); (S.C.)
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- Department of Drug Sciences, Pharmacology Section, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (L.I.M.C.); (F.F.); (A.B.)
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Wang K, Tong H, Gao Y, Xia L, Jin X, Li X, Zeng X, Boldogh I, Ke Y, Ba X. Cell-Penetrating Peptide TAT-HuR-HNS3 Suppresses Proinflammatory Gene Expression via Competitively Blocking Interaction of HuR with Its Partners. J Immunol 2022; 208:2376-2389. [PMID: 35444028 PMCID: PMC9125198 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2200002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Proinflammatory cytokines/chemokines are commonly regulated by RNA-binding proteins at posttranscriptional levels. Human Ag R (HuR)/embryonic lethal abnormal vision-like 1 (ELAVL1) is one of the well-characterized RNA-binding proteins that increases the stability of short-lived mRNAs, which encode proinflammatory mediators. HuR employs its nucleocytoplasmic shuttling sequence (HNS) domain, interacting with poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1), which accounts for the enhanced poly-ADP-ribosylation and cytoplasmic shuttling of HuR. Also by using its HNS domain, HuR undergoes dimerization/oligomerization, underlying the increased binding of HuR with proinflammatory cytokine/chemokine mRNAs and the disassociation of the miRNA-induced silencing complex from the targets. Therefore, competitively blocking the interactions of HuR with its partners may suppress proinflammatory mediator production. In this study, peptides derived from the sequence of the HuR-HNS domain were synthesized, and their effects on interfering HuR interacting with PARP1 and HuR itself were analyzed. Moreover, cell-penetrating TAT-HuR-HNS3 was delivered into human and mouse cells or administered into mouse lungs with or without exposure of TNF-α or LPS. mRNA levels of proinflammatory mediators as well as neutrophil infiltration were evaluated. We showed that TAT-HuR-HNS3 interrupts HuR-PARP1 interaction and therefore results in a lowered poly-ADP-ribosylation level and decreased cytoplasmic distribution of HuR. TAT-HuR-HNS3 also blocks HuR dimerization and promotes Argonaute 2-based miRNA-induced silencing complex binding to the targets. Moreover, TAT-HuR-HNS3 lowers mRNA stability of proinflammatory mediators in TNF-α-treated epithelial cells and macrophages, and it decreases TNF-α-induced inflammatory responses in lungs of experimental animals. Thus, TAT-HuR-HNS3 is a promising lead peptide for the development of inhibitors to treat inflammation-related diseases.
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- Ke Wang
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, China
- School of Life Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Water Environment and Marine Biological Resources Protection, College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, China; and
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Water Environment and Marine Biological Resources Protection, College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, China; and
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, China
- School of Life Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, China
- School of Life Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, China
- School of Life Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, China
- School of Life Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, China;
- School of Life Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, China;
- School of Life Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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Shi B, Zhang J, Heng J, Gong J, Zhang T, Li P, Sun BF, Yang Y, Zhang N, Zhao YL, Wang HL, Liu F, Zhang QC, Yang YG. RNA structural dynamics regulate early embryogenesis through controlling transcriptome fate and function. Genome Biol 2020; 21:120. [PMID: 32423473 PMCID: PMC7236375 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-020-02022-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [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: 11/16/2019] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Vertebrate early embryogenesis is initially directed by a set of maternal RNAs and proteins, yet the mechanisms controlling this program remain largely unknown. Recent transcriptome-wide studies on RNA structure have revealed its pervasive and crucial roles in RNA processing and functions, but whether and how RNA structure regulates the fate of the maternal transcriptome have yet to be determined. RESULTS Here we establish the global map of four nucleotide-based mRNA structures by icSHAPE during zebrafish early embryogenesis. Strikingly, we observe that RNA structurally variable regions are enriched in the 3' UTR and contain cis-regulatory elements important for maternal-to-zygotic transition (MZT). We find that the RNA-binding protein Elavl1a stabilizes maternal mRNAs by binding to the cis-elements. Conversely, RNA structure formation suppresses Elavl1a's binding leading to the decay of its maternal targets. CONCLUSIONS Our study finds that RNA structurally variable regions are enriched in mRNA 3' UTRs and contain cis-regulatory elements during zebrafish early embryogenesis. We reveal that Elavl1a regulates maternal RNA stability in an RNA structure-dependent fashion. Overall, our findings reveal a broad and fundamental role of RNA structure-based regulation in vertebrate early embryogenesis.
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- Boyang Shi
- CAS Key Laboratory of Genomic and Precision Medicine, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, College of Future Technology, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genomic and Precision Medicine, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, College of Future Technology, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genomic and Precision Medicine, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, College of Future Technology, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- Institute of Stem Cell and Regeneration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genomic and Precision Medicine, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, College of Future Technology, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- Institute of Stem Cell and Regeneration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genomic and Precision Medicine, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, College of Future Technology, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Institute of Stem Cell and Regeneration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genomic and Precision Medicine, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, College of Future Technology, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
- Institute of Stem Cell and Regeneration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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Autoimmune dementia and encephalopathies (ADE) are complex disorders that can cause immune-mediated cognitive deficits and have confusing nomenclature. Presentation varies from acute limbic encephalitis to subacute or chronic disorders of cognition mimicking neurodegenerative dementia. It may occur as a paraneoplastic phenomenon or an idiopathic autoimmune phenomenon. The presence of a personal/family history of autoimmunity, inflammatory spinal fluid, serologic evidence of autoimmunity (neural or nonorgan-specific), or mesial temporal magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities are clues to diagnosis. Bedside cognitive assessment and/or detailed neuropsychologic testing are useful. Neural-specific autoantibodies, mostly discovered in the past two decades, may bind antigens on the cell surface (e.g., N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor autoantibodies) and are likely to be pathogenic, with treatment aimed at antibody-depleting agents often with success, while antibodies binding intracellular antigens (e.g., antineuronal nuclear autoantibody type 1 (ANNA1 or anti-Hu)) are a marker of a T-cell-mediated process and treated with T-cell-depleting immunotherapies, with variable responses. Detection and treatment of cancer (when present) are essential. High-dose corticosteroids are the initial treatment in most patients and may serve as a diagnostic test when the diagnosis is uncertain. Repeat cognitive testing after immunotherapy helps document objective improvements. Maintenance immunotherapy is recommended in those at risk for relapse. Prognosis is variable, but paraneoplastic ADE with antibodies to intracellular antigens have a worse prognosis. The field is still developing and future studies should provide guidelines for diagnosis and treatments.
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Highly specific activity-dependent neuronal responses are necessary for modulating synapses to facilitate learning and memory. We present evidence linking a number of important processes involved in regulating synaptic plasticity, suggesting a mechanistic pathway whereby activity-dependent signaling, likely through protein kinase C (PKC)-mediated phosphorylation of HuD, can relieve basal repression of Bdnf mRNA translation in dendrites, allowing for increased TrkB signaling and synaptic remodeling. We demonstrate that the neuronal ELAV family of RNA binding proteins associates in vivo with several Bdnf mRNA isoforms present in the adult brain in an activity-dependent manner, and that one member, HuD, interacts directly with sequences in the long Bdnf 3' untranslated region (3'UTR) and co-localizes with Bdnf mRNA in dendrites of hippocampal neurons. Activation of PKC leads to increased dendritic translation of mRNAs containing the long Bdnf 3'UTR, a process that is dependent on the presence of HuD and its phosphorylation at threonine residues 149 and/or 165. Thus, we found a direct effect of HuD on regulating translation of dendritic Bdnf mRNAs to mediate local and activity-dependent increases in dendritic BDNF synthesis.
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- Filip Vanevski
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America
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Based on the observation that the tumor suppressor gene PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homolog) reduces regeneration after spinal cord injury (SCI) as evidenced in the PTEN knockout mouse, we have investigated the function of Ptena and Ptenb, the two zebrafish homologs of mammalian PTEN, in adult zebrafish after spinal cord injury with the aim to assess the contribution of the two zebrafish genes to functional recovery in an animal species that spontaneously recovers from central nervous system injury. The inhibition of Ptena expression by antisense morpholino (MO) application improved spinal cord regeneration through 4 to 5weeks after injury. Retrograde tracing showed regrowth of axons from neurons of the regeneration-competent nucleus of the medial longitudinal fascicle in the brainstem in the Ptena MO-treated fish. Ptenb MO-treated fish recovered as well as control MO-treated fish at 4 and 5weeks after SCI, with their locomotion being similar to that of sham-injured and non-injured fish. The mRNA levels of Ptena were upregulated after SCI at the early stage after injury (12h and 6days) caudal to the lesion site, compared to the non-injured control, while the levels of Ptenb were upregulated only at 12h after injury. In situ hybridization experiments were in agreement with the qPCR measurements. At the protein level, Ptena was found to be expressed in spinal motoneurons and immature neurons. These results indicate that Ptena, but not Ptenb, inhibits regeneration in zebrafish, thus sharing this feature with PTEN in mammals. The fact that zebrafish regenerate better than mammals despite the inhibitory presence of Ptena is likely due to regeneration-conducive molecules that tip the balance from inhibition to enhancement. Interestingly, although Ptena and Ptenb have been shown to be functionally redundant in promoting the development of the fish larval central nervous system, they are not functionally redundant in the adult, suggesting that regeneration in fish is not predominantly due to the overall recapitulation of development.
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- Dan Liu
- Center for Neuroscience, Shantou University Medical College, 22 Xin Ling Road, Shantou, Guangdong Province 515041, PR China
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- Center for Neuroscience, Shantou University Medical College, 22 Xin Ling Road, Shantou, Guangdong Province 515041, PR China
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- Center for Neuroscience, Shantou University Medical College, 22 Xin Ling Road, Shantou, Guangdong Province 515041, PR China.
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Jamalian A, Sneekes EJ, Wienk H, Dekker LJM, Ruttink PJA, Ursem M, Luider TM, Burgers PC. Identifying Ca2+-binding sites in proteins by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry using Ca2+-directed dissociations. Mol Cell Proteomics 2014; 13:3177-83. [PMID: 25023127 PMCID: PMC4223500 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m114.038182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2014] [Revised: 07/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Here we describe a new method to identify calcium-binding sites in proteins using high-resolution liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry in concert with calcium-directed collision-induced dissociations. Our method does not require any modifications to the liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry apparatus, uses standard digestion protocols, and can be applied to existing high-resolution MS data files. In contrast to NMR, our method is applicable to very small amounts of complex protein mixtures (femtomole level). Calcium-bound peptides can be identified using three criteria: (1) the calculated exact mass of the calcium containing peptide; (2) specific dissociations of the calcium-containing peptide from threonine and serine residues; and (3) the very similar retention times of the calcium-containing peptide and the free peptide.
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- Azadeh Jamalian
- From the ‡Department of Neurology, Laboratory of Neuro-Oncology, Erasmus Medical Center, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; §Thermo Fisher Scientific/Dionex, Abberdaan 114, 1046 AA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- From the ‡Department of Neurology, Laboratory of Neuro-Oncology, Erasmus Medical Center, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; §Thermo Fisher Scientific/Dionex, Abberdaan 114, 1046 AA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- ¶NMR Spectroscopy, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, P.O. Box 80.075, 3508 TB, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- From the ‡Department of Neurology, Laboratory of Neuro-Oncology, Erasmus Medical Center, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- ‖Theoretical Chemistry Group, University of Utrecht, 3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- §Thermo Fisher Scientific/Dionex, Abberdaan 114, 1046 AA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- From the ‡Department of Neurology, Laboratory of Neuro-Oncology, Erasmus Medical Center, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- From the ‡Department of Neurology, Laboratory of Neuro-Oncology, Erasmus Medical Center, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;
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Bazzini C, Benedetti L, Civello D, Zanoni C, Rossetti V, Marchesi D, Garavaglia ML, Paulmichl M, Francolini M, Meyer G, Rodighiero S. ICln: a new regulator of non-erythroid 4.1R localisation and function. PLoS One 2014; 9:e108826. [PMID: 25295618 PMCID: PMC4189953 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2014] [Accepted: 08/27/2014] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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To optimise the efficiency of cell machinery, cells can use the same protein (often called a hub protein) to participate in different cell functions by simply changing its target molecules. There are large data sets describing protein-protein interactions (“interactome”) but they frequently fail to consider the functional significance of the interactions themselves. We studied the interaction between two potential hub proteins, ICln and 4.1R (in the form of its two splicing variants 4.1R80 and 4.1R135), which are involved in such crucial cell functions as proliferation, RNA processing, cytoskeleton organisation and volume regulation. The sub-cellular localisation and role of native and chimeric 4.1R over-expressed proteins in human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells were examined. ICln interacts with both 4.1R80 and 4.1R135 and its over-expression displaces 4.1R from the membrane regions, thus affecting 4.1R interaction with ß-actin. It was found that 4.1R80 and 4.1R135 are differently involved in regulating the swelling activated anion current (ICl,swell) upon hypotonic shock, a condition under which both isoforms are dislocated from the membrane region and thus contribute to ICl,swell current regulation. Both 4.1R isoforms are also differently involved in regulating cell morphology, and ICln counteracts their effects. The findings of this study confirm that 4.1R plays a role in cell volume regulation and cell morphology and indicate that ICln is a new negative regulator of 4.1R functions.
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- Claudia Bazzini
- Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Fondazione Filarete for Biosciences and Innovation, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Department (DISFARM), University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Fondazione Filarete for Biosciences and Innovation, Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Fondazione Filarete for Biosciences and Innovation, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Fondazione Filarete for Biosciences and Innovation, Milan, Italy
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Skaggs K, Goldman D, Parent JM. Excitotoxic brain injury in adult zebrafish stimulates neurogenesis and long-distance neuronal integration. Glia 2014; 62:2061-79. [PMID: 25043622 DOI: 10.1002/glia.22726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [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: 03/13/2014] [Revised: 06/04/2014] [Accepted: 07/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Zebrafish maintain a greater capacity than mammals for central nervous system repair after injury. Understanding differences in regenerative responses between different vertebrate species may shed light on mechanisms to improve repair in humans. Quinolinic acid is an excitotoxin that has been used to induce brain injury in rodents for modeling Huntington's disease and stroke. When injected into the adult rodent striatum, this toxin stimulates subventricular zone neurogenesis and neuroblast migration to injury. However, most new neurons fail to survive and lesion repair is minimal. We used quinolinic acid to lesion the adult zebrafish telencephalon to study reparative processes. We also used conditional transgenic lineage mapping of adult radial glial stem cells to explore survival and integration of neurons generated after injury. Telencephalic lesioning with quinolinic acid, and to a lesser extent vehicle injection, produced cell death, microglial infiltration, increased cell proliferation, and enhanced neurogenesis in the injured hemisphere. Lesion repair was more complete with quinolinic acid injection than after vehicle injection. Fate mapping of her4-expressing radial glia showed injury-induced expansion of radial glial stem cells that gave rise to neurons which migrated to injury, survived at least 8 weeks and formed long-distance projections that crossed the anterior commissure and synapsed in the contralateral hemisphere. These findings suggest that quinolinic acid lesioning of the zebrafish brain stimulates adult neural stem cells to produce robust regeneration with long-distance integration of new neurons. This model should prove useful for elucidating reparative mechanisms that can be applied to restorative therapies for mammalian brain injury.
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- Kaia Skaggs
- Departments of Neurology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Zhang C, Luo H, Jiang Y. [Post-transcriptional regulation of dual-specificity phosphatase-1 by RNA-binding protein HuR T118 in heat shock]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2014; 34:766-770. [PMID: 24968827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the post-transcriptional regulation of dual-specificity phosphatase-1 (DUSP1) by the RNA- binding protein HuR in heat shock. METHODS The recombinant plasmids carrying wild-type (WT) HuR or its mutants at threonine 118 were constructed and transiently transfected into NIH 3T3 cells via liposome, and the changes in the expressions of DUSP1 mRNA and protein were detected by quantitative real-time PCR and Western blotting, respectively. RESULTS Heat shock caused significantly enhanced phosphorylation of HuR at the residue T118. In 3T3 cells transfected with the plasmids carrying wild-type HuR for its over-expression showed significantly up-regulated DUSP1 mRNA and protein expressions at 24 h after transfection. Over-expression of HuR(T118A) down-regulated DUSP1 mRNA and protein expressions in cells challenged with heat shock, while HuR(T118E) over-expression significantly increased DISP1 expression at both mRNA and protein levels. After heat shock, HuR(WT) translocated from the cell nucleus to the cytoplasm to form particles. HuR(T118E) was diffusely distributed in the cytoplasm before heat shock and formed particles after heat shock. HuR(T118A) did not undergo such translocation in response to heat shock challenge. CONCLUSION HuR regulates DUSP1 mRNA and protein expression at the post-transcriptional level to increase its expression after heat shock by enhancing the phosphorylation HuR T118.
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- Chuanli Zhang
- Department of Pathophysiology and Key Laboratory of Proteomics of Guangdong Province, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.E-mail:
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- Je-Hyun Yoon
- Laboratory of Genetics, National Institute on Aging-Intramural Research Program, NIH, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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Do MHT, Kim T, He F, Dave H, Intriago RE, Astorga UA, Jain S, Lawson MA. Polyribosome and ribonucleoprotein complex redistribution of mRNA induced by GnRH involves both EIF2AK3 and MAPK signaling. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2014; 382:346-357. [PMID: 24161835 PMCID: PMC4042833 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2013.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2013] [Revised: 10/02/2013] [Accepted: 10/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The neuropeptide gonadotropin-releasing hormone stimulates synthesis and secretion of the glycoprotein gonadotropic hormones and activates the unfolded protein response, which causes a transient reduction of endoplasmic reticulum-associated mRNA translation. Hormone-treated cell extracts were fractionated to resolve mRNA in active polyribosomes from mRNA in inactive complexes. Quantitative real-time PCR and expression array analysis were used to determine hormone-induced redistribution of mRNAs between fractions and individual mRNAs were found to be redistributed differentially. Among the affected mRNAs relevant to gonadotropin synthesis, the luteinizing hormone subunit genes Lhb and Cga were enriched in the ribonucleoprotein pool. The MAP kinase phosphatase Dusp1 was enriched in the polyribosome pool. Enrichment of Dusp1 mRNA in the polyribosome pool was independent of the unfolded protein response, sensitive to ERK inhibition, and dependent on the 3'untranslated region. The results show that GnRH exerts translational control to modulate physiologically relevant gene expression through two distinct signaling pathways.
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- Minh-Ha T Do
- Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
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- Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
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- Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States.
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Ebeling S, Naumann K, Pollok S, Wardecki T, Vidal-y-Sy S, Nascimento JM, Boerries M, Schmidt G, Brandner JM, Merfort I. From a traditional medicinal plant to a rational drug: understanding the clinically proven wound healing efficacy of birch bark extract. PLoS One 2014; 9:e86147. [PMID: 24465925 PMCID: PMC3899119 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2013] [Accepted: 12/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Birch bark has a long lasting history as a traditional medicinal remedy to accelerate wound healing. Recently, the efficacy of birch bark preparations has also been proven clinically. As active principle pentacyclic triterpenes are generally accepted. Here, we report a comprehensive study on the underlying molecular mechanisms of the wound healing properties of a well-defined birch bark preparation named as TE (triterpene extract) as well as the isolated single triterpenes in human primary keratinocytes and porcine ex-vivo wound healing models. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We show positive wound healing effects of TE and betulin in scratch assay experiments with primary human keratinocytes and in a porcine ex-vivo wound healing model (WHM). Mechanistical studies elucidate that TE and betulin transiently upregulate pro-inflammatory cytokines, chemokines and cyclooxygenase-2 on gene and protein level. For COX-2 and IL-6 this increase of mRNA is due to an mRNA stabilizing effect of TE and betulin, a process in which p38 MAPK and HuR are involved. TE promotes keratinocyte migration, putatively by increasing the formation of actin filopodia, lamellipodia and stress fibers. Detailed analyses show that the TE components betulin, lupeol and erythrodiol exert this effect even in nanomolar concentrations. Targeting the actin cytoskeleton is dependent on the activation of Rho GTPases. CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE Our results provide insights to understand the molecular mechanism of the clinically proven wound healing effect of birch bark. TE and betulin address the inflammatory phase of wound healing by transient up-regulation of several pro-inflammatory mediators. Further, they enhance migration of keratinocytes, which is essential in the second phase of wound healing. Our results, together with the clinically proven efficacy, identify birch bark as the first medical plant with a high potential to improve wound healing, a field which urgently needs effective remedies.
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- Sandra Ebeling
- Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Venerology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Venerology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany
- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Venerology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Krishnan N, Titus MA, Thapar R. The prolyl isomerase pin1 regulates mRNA levels of genes with short half-lives by targeting specific RNA binding proteins. PLoS One 2014; 9:e85427. [PMID: 24416409 PMCID: PMC3887067 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2012] [Accepted: 12/04/2013] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The peptidyl-prolyl isomerase Pin1 is over-expressed in several cancer tissues is a potential prognostic marker in prostate cancer, and Pin1 ablation can suppress tumorigenesis in breast and prostate cancers. Pin1 can co-operate with activated ErbB2 or Ras to enhance tumorigenesis. It does so by regulating the activity of proteins that are essential for gene expression and cell proliferation. Several targets of Pin1 such as c-Myc, the Androgen Receptor, Estrogen Receptor-alpha, Cyclin D1, Cyclin E, p53, RAF kinase and NCOA3 are deregulated in cancer. At the posttranscriptional level, emerging evidence indicates that Pin1 also regulates mRNA decay of histone mRNAs, GM-CSF, Pth, and TGFβ mRNAs by interacting with the histone mRNA specific protein SLBP, and the ARE-binding proteins AUF1 and KSRP, respectively. To understand how Pin1 may affect mRNA abundance on a genome-wide scale in mammalian cells, we used RNAi along with DNA microarrays to identify genes whose abundance is significantly altered in response to a Pin1 knockdown. Functional scoring of differentially expressed genes showed that Pin1 gene targets control cell adhesion, leukocyte migration, the phosphatidylinositol signaling system and DNA replication. Several mRNAs whose abundance was significantly altered by Pin1 knockdown contained AU-rich element (ARE) sequences in their 3' untranslated regions. We identified HuR and AUF1 as Pin1 interacting ARE-binding proteins in vivo. Pin1 was also found to stabilize all core histone mRNAs in this study, thereby validating our results from a previously published study. Statistical analysis suggests that Pin1 may target the decay of essential mRNAs that are inherently unstable and have short to medium half-lives. Thus, this study shows that an important biological role of Pin1 is to regulate mRNA abundance and stability by interacting with specific RNA-binding proteins that may play a role in cancer progression.
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- Nithya Krishnan
- Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, SUNY at Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, SUNY at Buffalo, New York, United States of America
- Department of Structural Biology, SUNY at Buffalo, New York, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Quintana-Urzainqui I, Rodríguez-Moldes I, Candal E. Developmental, tract-tracing and immunohistochemical study of the peripheral olfactory system in a basal vertebrate: insights on Pax6 neurons migrating along the olfactory nerve. Brain Struct Funct 2014; 219:85-104. [PMID: 23224251 PMCID: PMC3889696 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-012-0486-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [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: 09/18/2012] [Accepted: 11/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The olfactory system represents an excellent model for studying different aspects of the development of the nervous system ranging from neurogenesis to mechanisms of axon growth and guidance. Important findings in this field come from comparative studies. We have analyzed key events in the development of the olfactory system of the shark Scyliorhinus canicula by combining immunohistochemical and tract-tracing methods. We describe for the first time in a cartilaginous fish an early population of pioneer HuC/D-immunoreactive (ir) neurons that seemed to delaminate from the olfactory pit epithelium and migrate toward the telencephalon before the olfactory nerve was identifiable. A distinct, transient cell population, namely the migratory mass, courses later on in apposition to the developing olfactory nerve. It contains olfactory ensheathing glial (GFAP-ir) cells and HuC/D-ir neurons, some of which course toward an extrabulbar region. We also demonstrate that Pax6-ir cells coursing along the developing olfactory pathways in S. canicula are young migrating (HuC/D and DCX-ir) neurons of the migratory mass that do not form part of the terminal nerve pathway. Evidences that these Pax6 neurons originate in the olfactory epithelium are also reported. As Pax6 neurons in the olfactory epithelium show characteristics of olfactory receptor neurons, and migrating Pax6-ir neurons formed transient corridors along the course of olfactory axons at the entrance of the olfactory bulb, we propose that these neurons could play a role as guideposts for axons of olfactory receptor neurons growing toward the olfactory bulb.
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- Idoia Quintana-Urzainqui
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología, Edificio CIBUS Campus Vida, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología, Edificio CIBUS Campus Vida, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología, Edificio CIBUS Campus Vida, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Lewis MK, Jamison JT, Dunbar JC, DeGracia DJ. mRNA redistribution during permanent focal cerebral ischemia. Transl Stroke Res 2013; 4:604-17. [PMID: 24323415 PMCID: PMC3864703 DOI: 10.1007/s12975-013-0274-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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: 05/20/2013] [Revised: 07/18/2013] [Accepted: 07/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Translation arrest occurs in neurons following focal cerebral ischemia and is irreversible in penumbral neurons destined to die. Following global cerebral ischemia, mRNA is sequestered away from 40S ribosomal subunits as mRNA granules, precluding translation. Here, we investigated mRNA granule formation using fluorescence in situ histochemistry out to 8 h permanent focal cerebral ischemia using middle cerebral artery occlusion in Long Evans rats with and without diabetes. Neuronal mRNA granules colocalized with PABP, HuR, and NeuN, but not 40S or 60S ribosomal subunits, or organelle markers. The volume of brain with mRNA granule-containing neurons decreased exponentially with ischemia duration, and was zero after 8 h permanent focal cerebral ischemia or any duration of ischemia in diabetic rats. These results show that neuronal mRNA granule response has a limited range of insult intensity over which it is expressed. Identifying the limits of effective neuronal stress response to ischemia will be important for developing effective stroke therapies.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, Nuclear/metabolism
- Brain Ischemia/complications
- Brain Ischemia/metabolism
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/complications
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/metabolism
- ELAV Proteins/metabolism
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery/complications
- Male
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism
- Neurons/metabolism
- Poly(A)-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Long-Evans
- Ribosome Subunits, Large, Eukaryotic/metabolism
- Ribosome Subunits, Small, Eukaryotic/metabolism
- Time Factors
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- Monique K. Lewis
- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 4116 Scott Hall, 540 East Canfield Ave, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 4116 Scott Hall, 540 East Canfield Ave, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 4116 Scott Hall, 540 East Canfield Ave, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 4116 Scott Hall, 540 East Canfield Ave, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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Sharma A, Bhat AA, Krishnan M, Singh AB, Dhawan P. Trichostatin-A modulates claudin-1 mRNA stability through the modulation of Hu antigen R and tristetraprolin in colon cancer cells. Carcinogenesis 2013; 34:2610-21. [PMID: 23880304 PMCID: PMC3810835 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgt207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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: 12/04/2012] [Revised: 04/26/2013] [Accepted: 05/18/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Expression of claudin-1, a tight junction protein, is highly upregulated in colon cancer. We have reported that claudin-1 expression in colon cancer cells is epigenetically regulated as histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors decrease claudin-1 messenger RNA (mRNA) stability and thus expression. In this regard, our data suggested a role of the 3'-untranslated region (UTR) in the regulation of HDAC-dependent regulation of claudin-1 mRNA stability. In the current study, we demonstrate, based on our continued investigation, that the ELAV-like RNA-binding proteins (RBPs), human antigen R (HuR) and tristetraprolin (TTP) associate with the 3'-UTR of claudin-1 mRNA to modulate the latter's stability. Ribonomic and site-directed mutagenesis approaches were used to confirm the binding of HuR and TTP to the 3'-UTR of claudin-1. We further confirmed their roles in the stabilization of claudin-1 mRNA, under conditions of HDAC inhibition. In summary, we report that HuR and TTP are the critical regulators of the posttranscriptional regulation of claudin-1 expression in colon cancer cells. We also demonstrate that inhibition of HDACs by trichostatin treatment decreased the binding of HuR while increasing the binding of TTP to the 3'-UTR of claudin-1. Additionally, we provide data showing transcriptional regulation of claudin-1 expression, through the regulation of transcription factor Sp1. Taken together, we demonstrate epigenetic regulation of claudin-1 expression in colon cancer cells at the transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels.
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- Ashok Sharma
- Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, MCN, B-2211, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, MCN, B-2211, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, MCN, B-2211, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
- Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, MCN, B-2211, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
- Department of Medicine and
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- Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, MCN, B-2211, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
- Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, MCN, B-2211, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Subhadra B, Schaller K, Seeds NW. Neuroserpin up-regulation in the Alzheimer's disease brain is associated with elevated thyroid hormone receptor-β1 and HuD expression. Neurochem Int 2013; 63:476-81. [PMID: 24036060 PMCID: PMC3902180 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2013.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [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: 03/25/2013] [Revised: 07/31/2013] [Accepted: 08/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Neuroserpin, the major inhibitor of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) in brain, has been shown to be up-regulated in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Inhibition of tPA activity leads to reduced brain levels of plasmin, one of the main enzymes responsible for the degradation and clearance of amyloid-beta and its plaques from the brain. Thyroid hormone is one of the few factors known to enhance expression of neuroserpin in neurons. Thyroid hormone acts on neurons by binding to its receptors THR1α and THR1β, which then function in the nucleus to up-regulate the expression of numerous genes including the RNA-binding protein HuD. HuD acts post-transcriptionally to enhance expression of numerous proteins including neuroserpin by stabilizing their mRNAs. A series of Alzheimer's disease brain tissues were compared to age-matched control brains for their expression of neuroserpin, THRβ1 and HuD by western blotting. Alzheimer's disease brain tissues with elevated neuroserpin protein also showed increased expression of THRβ1 and HuD. Pair-wise analyses showed significant correlation p-values between neuroserpin, THRβ1 and HuD levels; suggesting that the up-regulation of neuroserpin in Alzheimer's disease brain may result from an activation of the thyroid hormone response system in these individuals. These findings provide evidence for a potential relationship between thyroid hormone disorders and Alzheimer's disease.
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- Bobban Subhadra
- Cell Biology & Physiology, University of New Mexico HSC, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado HSC, Denver, CO, USA
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- Cell Biology & Physiology, University of New Mexico HSC, Albuquerque, NM, USA
- Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado HSC, Denver, CO, USA
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Xu J, Su X, Shi JX, Sun H, Wu T, Shi Y. Mitogen-activated protein kinase-activated protein kinase 2 regulates tumor necrosis factor-induced interleukin-6 expression via human antigen R. Chin Med J (Engl) 2013; 126:4322-4326. [PMID: 24238522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Human antigen R (HuR) is a ubiquitously expressed member of the ELAV family, and has relatively high cytoplasmic abundance in lung tissue regenerating after injury. In this study, we investigated whether mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)-activated protein kinase 2 (MK2) and HuR participate in the tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-induced expression of interleukin-6 (IL-6). METHODS Human pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells were treated with TNF following short interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of MK2 or HuR. Cell supernatants were collected to detect the mRNA and protein expression of IL-6 at different time points. The expression and half-life of IL-6 mRNA were then determined in cells that had been treated with actinomycin D. Finally, after knockdown of MK2, the cytoplasmic expression of HuR protein was analyzed using Western blotting. RESULTS MK2 or HuR knockdown decreased both the mRNA and protein expression of IL-6 in TNF-stimulated cells. In MK2 knockdown cells, the half-life of IL-6 mRNA was reduced to 36 minutes, compared with 67 minutes in the control group. In HuR knockdown cells, the half-life of IL-6 mRNA decreased from 62 minutes to 24 minutes. Further analysis revealed that knockdown of MK2 resulted in reduced HuR protein expression in the cytoplasm. CONCLUSIONS MK2 regulates the TNF-induced expression of IL-6 by influencing the cytoplasmic levels of HuR.
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- Jin Xu
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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Ferreira PEB, Lopes CRP, Alves AMP, Alves &EPB, Linden DR, Zanoni JN, Buttow NC. Diabetic neuropathy: An evaluation of the use of quercetin in the cecum of rats. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19:6416-6426. [PMID: 24151360 PMCID: PMC3801312 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i38.6416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2013] [Revised: 05/10/2013] [Accepted: 06/20/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
AIM: To investigate the effect of quercetin supplementation on the myenteric neurons and glia in the cecum of diabetic rats.
METHODS: Total preparations of the muscular tunic were prepared from the ceca of twenty-four rats divided into the following groups: control (C), control supplemented with quercetin (200 mg/kg quercetin body weight) (CQ), diabetic (D) and diabetic supplemented with quercetin (DQ). Immunohistochemical double staining technique was performed with HuC/D (general population)/nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), HuC-D/S-100 and VIP. Density analysis of the general neuronal population HuC/D-IR, the nNOS-IR (nitrergic subpopulation) and the enteric glial cells (S-100) was performed, and the morphometry and the reduction in varicosity population (VIP-IR) in these populations were analyzed.
RESULTS: Diabetes promoted a significant reduction (25%) in the neuronal density of the HuC/D-IR (general population) and the nNOS-IR (nitrergic subpopulation) compared with the C group. Diabetes also significantly increased the areas of neurons, glial cells and VIP-IR varicosities. Supplementation with quercetin in the DQ group prevented neuronal loss in the general population and increased its area (P < 0.001) and the area of nitrergic subpopulation (P < 0.001), when compared to C group. Quercetin induced a VIP-IR and glial cells areas (P < 0.001) in DQ group when compared to C, CQ and D groups.
CONCLUSION: In diabetes, quercetin exhibited a neuroprotective effect by maintaining the density of the general neuronal population but did not affect the density of the nNOS subpopulation.
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Papadodima O, Chatziioannou A, Patrinou-Georgoula M, Kolisis FN, Pletsa V, Guialis A. HuR-regulated mRNAs associated with nuclear hnRNP A1-RNP complexes. Int J Mol Sci 2013; 14:20256-81. [PMID: 24152440 PMCID: PMC3821614 DOI: 10.3390/ijms141020256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2013] [Revised: 09/06/2013] [Accepted: 09/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Post-transcriptional regulatory networks are dependent on the interplay of many RNA-binding proteins having a major role in mRNA processing events in mammals. We have been interested in the concerted action of the two RNA-binding proteins hnRNP A1 and HuR, both stable components of immunoselected hnRNP complexes and having a major nuclear localization. Specifically, we present here the application of the RNA-immunoprecipitation (RIP)-Chip technology to identify a population of nuclear transcripts associated with hnRNP A1-RNPs as isolated from the nuclear extract of either HuR WT or HuR-depleted (KO) mouse embryonic fibroblast (MEF) cells. The outcome of this analysis was a list of target genes regulated via HuR for their association (either increased or reduced) with the nuclear hnRNP A1-RNP complexes. Real time PCR analysis was applied to validate a selected number of nuclear mRNA transcripts, as well as to identify pre-spliced transcripts (in addition to their mature mRNA counterpart) within the isolated nuclear hnRNP A1-RNPs. The differentially enriched mRNAs were found to belong to GO categories relevant to biological processes anticipated for hnRNP A1 and HuR (such as transport, transcription, translation, apoptosis and cell cycle) indicating their concerted function in mRNA metabolism.
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- Olga Papadodima
- Division of Biological Research and Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vas. Constantinou Avenue, Athens 11635, Greece; E-Mails: (O.P.); (A.C.); (M.P.-G.)
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- Division of Biological Research and Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vas. Constantinou Avenue, Athens 11635, Greece; E-Mails: (O.P.); (A.C.); (M.P.-G.)
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- Division of Biological Research and Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vas. Constantinou Avenue, Athens 11635, Greece; E-Mails: (O.P.); (A.C.); (M.P.-G.)
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens 15780, Greece; E-Mail:
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- Division of Biological Research and Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vas. Constantinou Avenue, Athens 11635, Greece; E-Mails: (O.P.); (A.C.); (M.P.-G.)
- Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mails: (V.P.); (A.G.); Tel.: +30-210-7273-754 (V.P. & A.G.); Fax: +30-210-7273-677 (V.P. & A.G.)
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- Division of Biological Research and Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vas. Constantinou Avenue, Athens 11635, Greece; E-Mails: (O.P.); (A.C.); (M.P.-G.)
- Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mails: (V.P.); (A.G.); Tel.: +30-210-7273-754 (V.P. & A.G.); Fax: +30-210-7273-677 (V.P. & A.G.)
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Najafabadi HS, Lu Z, MacPherson C, Mehta V, Adoue V, Pastinen T, Salavati R. Global identification of conserved post-transcriptional regulatory programs in trypanosomatids. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 41:8591-600. [PMID: 23877242 PMCID: PMC3794602 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2012] [Revised: 06/25/2013] [Accepted: 06/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
While regulatory programs are extensively studied at the level of transcription, elements that are involved in regulation of post-transcriptional processes are largely unknown, and methods for systematic identification of these elements are in early stages. Here, using a novel computational framework, we have integrated sequence information with several functional genomics data sets to characterize conserved regulatory programs of trypanosomatids, a group of eukaryotes that almost entirely rely on post-transcriptional processes for regulation of mRNA abundance. This analysis revealed a complex network of linear and structural RNA elements that potentially govern mRNA abundance across different life stages and environmental conditions. Furthermore, we show that the conserved regulatory network that we have identified is responsive to chemical perturbation of several biological functions in trypanosomatids. We have further characterized one of the most abundant regulatory RNA elements that we discovered, an AU-rich element (ARE) that can be found in 3' untranslated region of many trypanosomatid genes. Using bioinformatics approaches as well as in vitro and in vivo experiments, we have identified three ELAV-like homologs, including the developmentally critical protein TbRBP6, which regulate abundance of a large number of trypanosomatid ARE-containing transcripts. Together, these studies lay out a roadmap for characterization of mechanisms that modulate development and metabolic pathways in trypanosomatids.
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- Hamed S. Najafabadi
- Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Montreal, Quebec H9X 3V9, Canada, McGill Centre for Bioinformatics, McGill University, 3649 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, Quebec H3G 0B1, Canada, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada, McGill University and Genome Québec Innovation Centre, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A4, Canada, Department of Medical Genetics, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada and Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, McIntyre Medical Building, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Montreal, Quebec H9X 3V9, Canada, McGill Centre for Bioinformatics, McGill University, 3649 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, Quebec H3G 0B1, Canada, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada, McGill University and Genome Québec Innovation Centre, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A4, Canada, Department of Medical Genetics, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada and Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, McIntyre Medical Building, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Montreal, Quebec H9X 3V9, Canada, McGill Centre for Bioinformatics, McGill University, 3649 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, Quebec H3G 0B1, Canada, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada, McGill University and Genome Québec Innovation Centre, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A4, Canada, Department of Medical Genetics, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada and Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, McIntyre Medical Building, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Montreal, Quebec H9X 3V9, Canada, McGill Centre for Bioinformatics, McGill University, 3649 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, Quebec H3G 0B1, Canada, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada, McGill University and Genome Québec Innovation Centre, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A4, Canada, Department of Medical Genetics, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada and Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, McIntyre Medical Building, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Montreal, Quebec H9X 3V9, Canada, McGill Centre for Bioinformatics, McGill University, 3649 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, Quebec H3G 0B1, Canada, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada, McGill University and Genome Québec Innovation Centre, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A4, Canada, Department of Medical Genetics, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada and Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, McIntyre Medical Building, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Montreal, Quebec H9X 3V9, Canada, McGill Centre for Bioinformatics, McGill University, 3649 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, Quebec H3G 0B1, Canada, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada, McGill University and Genome Québec Innovation Centre, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A4, Canada, Department of Medical Genetics, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada and Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, McIntyre Medical Building, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Montreal, Quebec H9X 3V9, Canada, McGill Centre for Bioinformatics, McGill University, 3649 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, Quebec H3G 0B1, Canada, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada, McGill University and Genome Québec Innovation Centre, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A4, Canada, Department of Medical Genetics, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada and Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, McIntyre Medical Building, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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Zago M, Sheridan JA, Nair P, Rico de Souza A, Gallouzi IE, Rousseau S, Di Marco S, Hamid Q, Eidelman DH, Baglole CJ. Aryl hydrocarbon receptor-dependent retention of nuclear HuR suppresses cigarette smoke-induced cyclooxygenase-2 expression independent of DNA-binding. PLoS One 2013; 8:e74953. [PMID: 24086407 PMCID: PMC3785509 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2013] [Accepted: 08/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), a ligand-activated transcription factor that responds to man-made environmental toxicants, has emerged as an endogenous regulator of cyclooxygenase-2 (Cox-2) by a mechanism that is poorly understood. In this study, we first used AhR-deficient (AhR−/−) primary pulmonary cells, together with pharmacological tools to inhibit new RNA synthesis, to show that the AhR is a prominent factor in the destabilization of Cox-2 mRNA. The destabilization of Cox-2 mRNA and subsequent suppression of cigarette smoke-induced COX-2 protein expression by the AhR was independent of its ability to bind the dioxin response element (DRE), thereby differentiating the DRE-driven toxicological AhR pathway from its anti-inflammatory abilities. We further describe that the AhR destabilizes Cox-2 mRNA by sequestering HuR within the nucleus. The role of HuR in AhR stabilization of Cox-2 mRNA was confirmed by knockdown of HuR, which resulted in rapid Cox-2 mRNA degradation. Finally, in the lungs of AhR−/− mice exposed to cigarette smoke, there was little Cox-2 mRNA despite robust COX-2 protein expression, a finding that correlates with almost exclusive cytoplasmic HuR within the lungs of AhR−/− mice. Therefore, we propose that the AhR plays an important role in suppressing the expression of inflammatory proteins, a function that extends beyond the ability of the AhR to respond to man-made toxicants. These findings open the possibility that a DRE-independent AhR pathway may be exploited therapeutically as an anti-inflammatory target.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Azo Compounds/pharmacology
- Cell Nucleus/drug effects
- Cell Nucleus/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Cyclooxygenase 2/genetics
- Cyclooxygenase 2/metabolism
- DNA/metabolism
- ELAV Proteins/metabolism
- Fibroblasts/drug effects
- Fibroblasts/enzymology
- Fibroblasts/pathology
- Humans
- Lung/pathology
- Mice
- Models, Biological
- Prostaglandins/biosynthesis
- Protein Binding/drug effects
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Protein Transport/drug effects
- Pyrazoles/pharmacology
- RNA Stability/drug effects
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism
- Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon/chemistry
- Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon/deficiency
- Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon/metabolism
- Smoking/adverse effects
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- Michela Zago
- Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and the Goodman Cancer Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and the Goodman Cancer Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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D’Agostino VG, Adami V, Provenzani A. A novel high throughput biochemical assay to evaluate the HuR protein-RNA complex formation. PLoS One 2013; 8:e72426. [PMID: 23951323 PMCID: PMC3741180 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2013] [Accepted: 07/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
The RNA binding protein HuR/ELAVL1 binds to AU-rich elements (AREs) promoting the stabilization and translation of a number of mRNAs into the cytoplasm, dictating their fate. We applied the AlphaScreen technology using purified human HuR protein, expressed in a mammalian cell-based system, to characterize in vitro its binding performance towards a ssRNA probe whose sequence corresponds to the are present in TNFα 3’ untranslated region. We optimized the method to titrate ligands and analyzed the kinetic in saturation binding and time course experiments, including competition assays. The method revealed to be a successful tool for determination of HuR binding kinetic parameters in the nanomolar range, with calculated Kd of 2.5±0.60 nM, kon of 2.76±0.56*106 M-1 min-1, and koff of 0.007±0.005 min-1. We also tested the HuR-RNA complex formation by fluorescent probe-based RNA-EMSA. Moreover, in a 384-well plate format we obtained a Z-factor of 0.84 and an averaged coefficient of variation between controls of 8%, indicating that this biochemical assay fulfills criteria of robustness for a targeted screening approach. After a screening with 2000 small molecules and secondary verification with RNA-EMSA we identified mitoxantrone as an interfering compound with rHuR and TNFα probe complex formation. Notably, this tool has a large versatility and could be applied to other RNA Binding Proteins recognizing different RNA, DNA, or protein species. In addition, it opens new perspectives in the identification of small-molecule modulators of RNA binding proteins activity.
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- Vito G. D’Agostino
- Laboratory of Genomic Screening, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, Mattarello, Trento, Italy
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- High Throughput Screening core facility, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, Mattarello, Trento, Italy
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- Laboratory of Genomic Screening, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, Mattarello, Trento, Italy
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Precise control of messenger RNA (mRNA) processing and abundance are increasingly being recognized as critical for proper spatiotemporal gene expression, particularly in neurons. These regulatory events are governed by a large number of trans-acting factors found in neurons, most notably RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) and micro-RNAs (miRs), which bind to specific cis-acting elements or structures within mRNAs. Through this binding mechanism, trans-acting factors, particularly RBPs, control all aspects of mRNA metabolism, ranging from altering the transcription rate to mediating mRNA degradation. In this context the best-characterized neuronal RBP, the Hu/ELAVl family member HuD, is emerging as a key component in multiple regulatory processes--including pre-mRNA processing, mRNA stability, and translation--governing the fate of a substantial amount of neuronal mRNAs. Through its ability to regulate mRNA metabolism of diverse groups of functionally similar genes, HuD plays important roles in neuronal development and function. Furthermore, compelling evidence indicates supplementary roles for HuD in neuronal plasticity, in particular, recovery from axonal injury, learning and memory, and multiple neurological diseases. The purpose of this review is to provide a detailed overview of the current knowledge surrounding the expression and roles of HuD in the nervous system. Additionally, we outline the present understanding of the molecular mechanisms presiding over the localization, abundance, and function of HuD in neurons.
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Viiri J, Amadio M, Marchesi N, Hyttinen JMT, Kivinen N, Sironen R, Rilla K, Akhtar S, Provenzani A, D'Agostino VG, Govoni S, Pascale A, Agostini H, Petrovski G, Salminen A, Kaarniranta K. Autophagy activation clears ELAVL1/HuR-mediated accumulation of SQSTM1/p62 during proteasomal inhibition in human retinal pigment epithelial cells. PLoS One 2013; 8:e69563. [PMID: 23922739 PMCID: PMC3726683 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2013] [Accepted: 06/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common reason of visual impairment in the elderly in the Western countries. The degeneration of retinal pigment epithelial cells (RPE) causes secondarily adverse effects on neural retina leading to visual loss. The aging characteristics of the RPE involve lysosomal accumulation of lipofuscin and extracellular protein aggregates called “drusen”. Molecular mechanisms behind protein aggregations are weakly understood. There is intriguing evidence suggesting that protein SQSTM1/p62, together with autophagy, has a role in the pathology of different degenerative diseases. It appears that SQSTM1/p62 is a connecting link between autophagy and proteasome mediated proteolysis, and expressed strongly under the exposure to various oxidative stimuli and proteasomal inhibition. ELAVL1/HuR protein is a post-transcriptional factor, which acts mainly as a positive regulator of gene expression by binding to specific mRNAs whose corresponding proteins are fundamental for key cellular functions. We here show that, under proteasomal inhibitor MG-132, ELAVL1/HuR is up-regulated at both mRNA and protein levels, and that this protein binds and post-transcriptionally regulates SQSTM1/p62 mRNA in ARPE-19 cell line. Furthermore, we observed that proteasomal inhibition caused accumulation of SQSTM1/p62 bound irreversibly to perinuclear protein aggregates. The addition of the AMPK activator AICAR was pro-survival and promoted cleansing by autophagy of the former complex, but not of the ELAVL1/HuR accumulation, indeed suggesting that SQSTM1/p62 is decreased through autophagy-mediated degradation, while ELAVL1/HuR through the proteasomal pathway. Interestingly, when compared to human controls, AMD donor samples show strong SQSTM1/p62 rather than ELAVL1/HuR accumulation in the drusen rich macular area suggesting impaired autophagy in the pathology of AMD.
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- Johanna Viiri
- Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Drug Sciences, Pharmacology Section, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Drug Sciences, Pharmacology Section, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Department of Clinical Pathology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
- Biocenter Kuopio and Cancer Center of Eastern Finland, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory of Genomic Screening, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
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- Laboratory of Genomic Screening, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Drug Sciences, Pharmacology Section, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Drug Sciences, Pharmacology Section, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Eye Hospital, Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical and Health Science Center, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
- Stem Cells and Eye Research Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical and Health Science Center, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Department of Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Department of Ophthalmology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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Sahlberg AS, Ruuska M, Granfors K, Penttinen MA. Altered regulation of ELAVL1/HuR in HLA-B27-expressing U937 monocytic cells. PLoS One 2013; 8:e70377. [PMID: 23894643 PMCID: PMC3718773 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2012] [Accepted: 06/19/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To investigate the role of HLA-B27 expression in the regulation of RNA binding protein (RBP) Embryonic Lethal Abnormal Vision (ELAV) L1/Human antigen R (HuR) expression in Salmonella-infected or LPS-stimulated human monocytic cells, since HuR is a critical regulator of the post-transcriptional fate of many genes (e.g. TNFα) important in inflammatory response. METHODS U937 monocytic cells were stably transfected with pSV2neo resistant vector (mock), wild type HLA-B27, or mutated HLA-B27 with amino acid substitutions in the B pocket. Cells were differentiated, infected with Salmonella enteritidis or stimulated with lipopolysaccharide. The expression levels of HuR protein and cleavage products (CP1 and CP2) were detected by Western blotting and flow cytometry. Specific inhibitors were used to study the role of PKR and p38 in HuR expression and generation of CPs. TNFα and IL-10 secretion after p38 and PKR inhibition were measured by ELISA. RESULTS Full length HuR is overexpressed and HuR cleavage is disturbed in U937 monocytic cells expressing HLA-B27 heavy chains (HC). Increased full length HuR expression, disturbed cleavage and reduced dependence on PKR after infection correlate with the expression of glutamic acid 45 in the B pocket that is linked to the misfolding of HLA-B27. CONCLUSION Results show that the expression of HLA-B27 HCs modulates the intracellular environment of U937 monocyte/macrophages by altering HuR regulation. This phenomenon is at least partly dependent on the misfolding feature of the B27 molecule. Since HuR is an important regulator of multiple genes involved in inflammatory response observations offer an explanation how HLA-B27 may modulate inflammatory response.
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- Anna S Sahlberg
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
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Miyata Y, Watanabe SI, Sagara Y, Mitsunari K, Matsuo T, Ohba K, Sakai H. High expression of HuR in cytoplasm, but not nuclei, is associated with malignant aggressiveness and prognosis in bladder cancer. PLoS One 2013; 8:e59095. [PMID: 23516604 PMCID: PMC3596286 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2012] [Accepted: 02/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Human antigen R (HuR) regulates the stability of mRNA and is associated with cell proliferation, angiogenesis, and lymphangiogenesis. However, the clinical significance and pathological role of HuR in bladder cancer remains unclear. The main objective of this investigation was to clarify the relationships between HuR expression and clinical significance and cancer cell proliferation, angiogenesis, lymphangiogenesis, and expressions of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A, -C, and -D. METHODS All expressions were examined by immunohistochemical techniques in 122 formalin-fixed specimens of bladder cancer patients. HuR expression was evaluated separately with cytoplasmic and nuclear staining. Cell proliferation, angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis were measured as the percentage of Ki-67-positive cell (proliferation index, PI), CD34-stained vessels (microvessel density, MVD), and D2-40-stained vessels (lymph vessel density, LVD). Relationships between each HuR expression and clinicopathological features, prognosis, and expressions of COX-2 and VEGFs were analyzed by multi-variate analyses. HuR expression was also investigated in 10 mice of N-Butyl-N-[4-hydroxybutil] nitrosamine (BBN) induced bladder cancer model. RESULTS In human tissues, high cytoplasmic expression was seen in 5% and 25.4% of normal and cancer cells, respectively. Nuclear HuR expression bore no significant relationship to any pathological features. However, cytoplasmic HuR expression appeared positively associated with pT stage and grade (P<0.001). In mouse tissues, similar trends were confirmed. Cytoplasmic expression correlated with PI, MVD, and LVD, as well as expression of VEGF-A and -C, but not VEGF-D. High cytoplasmic expression of HuR was a significant predictor of metastasis and cause-specific survival, and was identified as a prognostic correlative factor for metastasis (hazard ratio, 4.75; P = 0.028) in a multivariate analysis model that included pathological features. CONCLUSIONS Cytoplasmic HuR appears to play important roles in cell proliferation, progression, and survival of bladder cancer patients. Its expression was associated with angiogenesis, lymphangiogenesis, and expressions of VEGF-A and -C.
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- Yasuyoshi Miyata
- Department of Nephro-Urology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
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Dassi E, Zuccotti P, Leo S, Provenzani A, Assfalg M, D’Onofrio M, Riva P, Quattrone A. Hyper conserved elements in vertebrate mRNA 3'-UTRs reveal a translational network of RNA-binding proteins controlled by HuR. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 41:3201-16. [PMID: 23376935 PMCID: PMC3597683 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2012] [Revised: 12/20/2012] [Accepted: 12/26/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Little is known regarding the post-transcriptional networks that control gene expression in eukaryotes. Additionally, we still need to understand how these networks evolve, and the relative role played in them by their sequence-dependent regulatory factors, non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) and RNA-binding proteins (RBPs). Here, we used an approach that relied on both phylogenetic sequence sharing and conservation in the whole mapped 3'-untranslated regions (3'-UTRs) of vertebrate species to gain knowledge on core post-transcriptional networks. The identified human hyper conserved elements (HCEs) were predicted to be preferred binding sites for RBPs and not for ncRNAs, namely microRNAs and long ncRNAs. We found that the HCE map identified a well-known network that post-transcriptionally regulates histone mRNAs. We were then able to discover and experimentally confirm a translational network composed of RNA Recognition Motif (RRM)-type RBP mRNAs that are positively controlled by HuR, another RRM-type RBP. HuR shows a preference for these RBP mRNAs bound in stem-loop motifs, confirming its role as a 'regulator of regulators'. Analysis of the transcriptome-wide HCE distribution revealed a profile of prevalently small clusters separated by unconserved intercluster RNA stretches, which predicts the formation of discrete small ribonucleoprotein complexes in the 3'-UTRs.
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- Erik Dassi
- Laboratory of Translational Genomics, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, Trento, via delle Regole, 101 38123 Mattarello (TN) Italy, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, via Viotti, 3/5 20133 Milano, Italy, Laboratory of Genomic Screening, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, Trento, via delle Regole, 101 38123 Mattarello (TN) Italy and Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Province of Verona, Ca' Vignal 1, Strada Le Grazie 15 37134 Verona, Italy
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- Laboratory of Translational Genomics, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, Trento, via delle Regole, 101 38123 Mattarello (TN) Italy, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, via Viotti, 3/5 20133 Milano, Italy, Laboratory of Genomic Screening, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, Trento, via delle Regole, 101 38123 Mattarello (TN) Italy and Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Province of Verona, Ca' Vignal 1, Strada Le Grazie 15 37134 Verona, Italy
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- Laboratory of Translational Genomics, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, Trento, via delle Regole, 101 38123 Mattarello (TN) Italy, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, via Viotti, 3/5 20133 Milano, Italy, Laboratory of Genomic Screening, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, Trento, via delle Regole, 101 38123 Mattarello (TN) Italy and Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Province of Verona, Ca' Vignal 1, Strada Le Grazie 15 37134 Verona, Italy
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- Laboratory of Translational Genomics, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, Trento, via delle Regole, 101 38123 Mattarello (TN) Italy, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, via Viotti, 3/5 20133 Milano, Italy, Laboratory of Genomic Screening, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, Trento, via delle Regole, 101 38123 Mattarello (TN) Italy and Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Province of Verona, Ca' Vignal 1, Strada Le Grazie 15 37134 Verona, Italy
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- Laboratory of Translational Genomics, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, Trento, via delle Regole, 101 38123 Mattarello (TN) Italy, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, via Viotti, 3/5 20133 Milano, Italy, Laboratory of Genomic Screening, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, Trento, via delle Regole, 101 38123 Mattarello (TN) Italy and Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Province of Verona, Ca' Vignal 1, Strada Le Grazie 15 37134 Verona, Italy
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- Laboratory of Translational Genomics, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, Trento, via delle Regole, 101 38123 Mattarello (TN) Italy, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, via Viotti, 3/5 20133 Milano, Italy, Laboratory of Genomic Screening, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, Trento, via delle Regole, 101 38123 Mattarello (TN) Italy and Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Province of Verona, Ca' Vignal 1, Strada Le Grazie 15 37134 Verona, Italy
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- Laboratory of Translational Genomics, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, Trento, via delle Regole, 101 38123 Mattarello (TN) Italy, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, via Viotti, 3/5 20133 Milano, Italy, Laboratory of Genomic Screening, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, Trento, via delle Regole, 101 38123 Mattarello (TN) Italy and Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Province of Verona, Ca' Vignal 1, Strada Le Grazie 15 37134 Verona, Italy
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- Laboratory of Translational Genomics, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, Trento, via delle Regole, 101 38123 Mattarello (TN) Italy, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, via Viotti, 3/5 20133 Milano, Italy, Laboratory of Genomic Screening, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, Trento, via delle Regole, 101 38123 Mattarello (TN) Italy and Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Province of Verona, Ca' Vignal 1, Strada Le Grazie 15 37134 Verona, Italy
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Lai SL, Miller MR, Robinson KJ, Doe CQ. The Snail family member Worniu is continuously required in neuroblasts to prevent Elav-induced premature differentiation. Dev Cell 2013; 23:849-57. [PMID: 23079601 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2012.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [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: 05/04/2012] [Revised: 07/17/2012] [Accepted: 09/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Snail family transcription factors are best known for regulating epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). The Drosophila Snail family member Worniu is specifically transcribed in neural progenitors (neuroblasts) throughout their lifespan, and worniu mutants show defects in neuroblast delamination (a form of EMT). However, the role of Worniu in neuroblasts beyond their formation is unknown. We performed RNA-seq on worniu mutant larval neuroblasts and observed reduced cell-cycle transcripts and increased neural differentiation transcripts. Consistent with these genomic data, worniu mutant neuroblasts showed a striking delay in prophase/metaphase transition by live imaging and increased levels of the conserved neuronal differentiation splicing factor Elav. Reducing Elav levels significantly suppressed the worniu mutant phenotype. We conclude that Worniu is continuously required in neuroblasts to maintain self-renewal by promoting cell-cycle progression and inhibiting premature differentiation.
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- Sen-Lin Lai
- Institute of Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
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The 5' and 3' untranslated regions (UTRs) of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) function as platforms that can determine the fate of each mRNA individually and in aggregate. Multiple mRNAs that encode proteins that are functionally related often interact with RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) and noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) that coordinate their expression in time and space as RNA regulons within the ribonucleoprotein (RNP) infrastructure we term the ribonome. Recent ribonomic methods have emerged that can determine which mRNAs are bound and regulated by RBPs and ncRNAs, some of which act in combination to determine global outcomes. ELAV/Hu proteins bind to AU-rich elements (ARE) in mRNAs and regulate their stability from splicing to translation, and the ubiquitous HuR protein has been implicated in cancerous cell growth. Recent work is focused on mechanistic models of how ELAV/Hu proteins increase mRNA stability and translation by repressing microRNAs (miRs) and the RNA induced silencing complex (RISC) via ARE-based ribonucleosomes that may affect global functions of mRNA regulons.
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- Laura E. Simone
- Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC 27710
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- Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC 27710
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Allen M, Bird C, Feng W, Liu G, Li W, Perrone-Bizzozero NI, Feng Y. HuD promotes BDNF expression in brain neurons via selective stabilization of the BDNF long 3'UTR mRNA. PLoS One 2013; 8:e55718. [PMID: 23383270 PMCID: PMC3561324 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2012] [Accepted: 12/29/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Complex regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) governs its intricate functions in brain development and neuronal plasticity. Besides tight transcriptional control from multiple distinct promoters, alternative 3′end processing of the BDNF transcripts generates either a long or a short 3′untranslated region (3′UTR). Previous reports indicate that distinct RNA sequence in the BDNF 3′UTRs differentially regulates BDNF production in the brain to accommodate neuronal activity changes, conceivably through differential interactions with undefined trans-acting factors that regulate stability and translation of these BDNF mRNA isoforms. In this study, we report that the neuronal RNA-binding protein (RBP) HuD interacts with a highly conserved AU-rich element (ARE) specifically located in the BDNF long 3′UTR. Such interaction is necessary and sufficient for selective stabilization of mRNAs that contain the BDNF long 3′UTR in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, in a HuD transgenic mouse model, the BDNF long 3′UTR mRNA is increased in the hippocampal dentate granule cells (DGCs), leading to elevated expression of BDNF protein that is transported and stored in the mossy fiber (MF) terminals. Our results identify HuD as the first trans-acting factor that enhances BDNF expression specifically through the long 3′UTR and a novel mechanism that regulates BDNF protein production in selected neuronal populations by HuD abundance.
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- Megan Allen
- Department of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
- * E-mail: (NIPB); (YF)
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- Department of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- * E-mail: (NIPB); (YF)
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Lee SH, Ju SK, Lee TY, Huh SH, Han KH. TIP30 directly binds p53 tumor suppressor protein in vitro. Mol Cells 2012; 34:495-500. [PMID: 23178973 PMCID: PMC3887794 DOI: 10.1007/s10059-012-0232-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 09/05/2012] [Revised: 10/08/2012] [Accepted: 10/09/2012] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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TIP30 (30 kDa HIV-1 TAT-interacting protein), also called HTATIP2 or CC3, is a tumor suppressor protein that acts as an angiogenesis inhibitor. TIP30 blocks nuclear import of the mRNA-binding protein HuR, and thereby promotes the cytoplasmic accumulation of HuR by binding to importin-β, which is known to facilitate the cytoplasm-tonuclear transport of HuR. Accumulation of HuR in the cytoplasm, in turn, enhances the expression of the transcription factor p53, a tumor suppressor that plays an essential role in preserving genome stability and inhibiting cancer growth. In addition to such a post-transcriptional mechanism via which TIP30 increases the p53 level, it has been proposed that TIP30 may regulate p53 protein at the protein level by directly binding to it. In order to investigate the possibility of direct interaction between p53 and TIP30, we have used on three functional regions in p53 and examined their interactions with TIP30 using GST pull-down assay and surface plasmon resonance technique. The results show that that TIP30 binds to the DNA-binding domain and the C-terminal domain of p53.
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- Si-Hyung Lee
- Biomedical Translational Research Center, Division of Convergent Biomedical Research, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon 305-806,
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- Department of Biochemistry, Graduate School, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764,
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764,
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- Viral Infectious Disease Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon 305-806,
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- Department of Biochemistry, Graduate School, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764,
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- Biomedical Translational Research Center, Division of Convergent Biomedical Research, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon 305-806,
Korea
- Department of Bioinformatics, University of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-333,
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de Heuvel E, Wallace L, Sharkey KA, Sigalet DL. Glucagon-like peptide 2 induces vasoactive intestinal polypeptide expression in enteric neurons via phophatidylinositol 3-kinase-γ signaling. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2012; 303:E994-1005. [PMID: 22895780 PMCID: PMC3469609 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00291.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Glucagon-like peptide 2 (GLP-2) is an enteroendocrine hormone trophic for intestinal mucosa; it has been shown to increase enteric neuronal expression of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) in vivo. We hypothesized that GLP-2 would regulate VIP expression in enteric neurons via a phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase-γ (PI3Kγ) pathway. The mechanism of action of GLP-2 was investigated using primary cultures derived from the submucosal plexus (SMP) of the rat and mouse colon. GLP-2 (10(-8) M) stimulation for 24 h increased the proportion of enteric neurons expressing VIP (GLP-2: 40 ± 6% vs. control: 22 ± 5%). GLP-2 receptor expression was identified by immunohistochemistry on neurons (HuC/D+) and glial cells (GFAP+) but not on smooth muscle or fibroblasts in culture. Over 1-4 h, GLP-2 stimulation of SMP increased phosphorylated Akt/Akt ratios 6.1-fold, phosphorylated ERK/ERK 2.5-fold, and p70S6K 2.2-fold but did not affect intracellular cAMP. PI3Kγ gene deletion or pharmacological blockade of PI3Kγ, mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), and MEK/ERK pathways blocked the increase in VIP expression by GLP-2. GLP-2 increased the expression of growth factors and their receptors in SMP cells in culture [IGF-1r (3.2-fold increase), EGFr (5-fold), and ErbB-2-4r (6- to 7-fold)] and ligands [IGF-I (1.5-fold), amphiregulin (2.5-fold), epiregulin (3.2-fold), EGF (7.5-fold), heparin-bound EGF (2.0-fold), β-cellulin (50-fold increase), and neuregulins 2-4 (300-fold increase) (by qRT-PCR)]. We conclude that GLP-2 acts on enteric neurons and glial cells in culture via a PI3Kγ/Akt pathway, stimulating neuronal differentiation via mTOR and ERK pathways, and expression of receptors and ligands for the IGF-I and ErbB pathways.
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- Elaine de Heuvel
- Gastrointestinal Research Group, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases
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Tiedje C, Ronkina N, Tehrani M, Dhamija S, Laass K, Holtmann H, Kotlyarov A, Gaestel M. The p38/MK2-driven exchange between tristetraprolin and HuR regulates AU-rich element-dependent translation. PLoS Genet 2012; 8:e1002977. [PMID: 23028373 PMCID: PMC3459988 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2012] [Accepted: 08/08/2012] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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TNF expression of macrophages is under stringent translational control that depends on the p38 MAPK/MK2 pathway and the AU–rich element (ARE) in the TNF mRNA. Here, we elucidate the molecular mechanism of phosphorylation-regulated translation of TNF. We demonstrate that translation of the TNF-precursor at the ER requires expression of the ARE–binding and -stabilizing factor human antigen R (HuR) together with either activity of the p38 MAPK/MK2 pathway or the absence of the ARE-binding and -destabilizing factor tristetraprolin (TTP). We show that phosphorylation of TTP by MK2 decreases its affinity to the ARE, inhibits its ability to replace HuR, and permits HuR-mediated initiation of translation of TNF mRNA. Since translation of TTP's own mRNA is also regulated by this mechanism, an intrinsic feedback control of the inflammatory response is ensured. The phosphorylation-regulated TTP/HuR exchange at target mRNAs provides a reversible switch between unstable/non-translatable and stable/efficiently translated mRNAs. For immediate response and better control of gene expression, eukaryotic cells have developed means to specifically regulate the stability and translation of pre-formed mRNA transcripts. This post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression is realized by a variety of mRNA-binding proteins, which target specific mRNA sequence elements in a signal-dependent manner. Here we describe a molecular switch mechanism where the exchange of two mRNA-binding proteins is regulated by stress and inflammatory signals. This switch operates between stabilization and efficient translation of the target mRNA, when the activator protein of translational initiation binds instead of the phosphorylated destabilizing protein, and translational arrest and degradation of the target, when the non-phosphorylated destabilizing protein replaces the activator. This mechanism is specific to the mRNA of the inflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and the mRNA of its regulator protein TTP and, hence, enables fast inflammatory response and its stringent feedback control.
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Yan W, Zhang Y, Zhang J, Cho SJ, Chen X. HuR is necessary for mammary epithelial cell proliferation and polarity at least in part via ΔNp63. PLoS One 2012; 7:e45336. [PMID: 23028944 PMCID: PMC3445479 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2012] [Accepted: 08/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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HuR, a RNA binding protein, is known to function as a tumor maintenance gene in breast cancer and associated with tumor growth and poor prognosis. However, the cellular function of this protein remains largely unknown in normal mammary epithelial cells. Here, we showed that in immortalized MCF10A mammary epithelial cells, HuR knockdown inhibits cell proliferation and enhances premature senescence. We also showed that in three-dimensional culture, MCF10A cells with HuR knockdown form abnormal acini with filled lumen and an aberrant expression pattern of the extracellular matrix protein laminin V. In addition, we showed that HuR knockdown increases ΔNp63, but decreases wild-type p53, expression in MCF10A cells. Moreover, we showed that ΔNp63 knockdown partially rescues the proliferative defect induced by HuR knockdown in MCF10A cells. Consistent with this, we identified two U-rich elements in the 3'-untranslated region of p63 mRNA, to which HuR specifically binds. Finally, we showed that HuR knockdown enhances ΔNp63 mRNA translation but has no effect on p63 mRNA turnover. Together, our data suggest that HuR maintains cell proliferation and polarity of mammary epithelial cells at least in part via ΔNp63.
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- Wensheng Yan
- Comparative Oncology Laboratory, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Comparative Oncology Laboratory, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Comparative Oncology Laboratory, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Comparative Oncology Laboratory, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Comparative Oncology Laboratory, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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Parker SJ, Meyerowitz J, James JL, Liddell JR, Nonaka T, Hasegawa M, Kanninen KM, Lim S, Paterson BM, Donnelly PS, Crouch PJ, White AR. Inhibition of TDP-43 accumulation by bis(thiosemicarbazonato)-copper complexes. PLoS One 2012; 7:e42277. [PMID: 22879928 PMCID: PMC3411774 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2012] [Accepted: 07/02/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive, fatal, motor neuron disease with no effective long-term treatment options. Recently, TDP-43 has been identified as a key protein in the pathogenesis of some cases of ALS. Although the role of TDP-43 in motor neuron degeneration is not yet known, TDP-43 has been shown to accumulate in RNA stress granules (SGs) in cell models and in spinal cord tissue from ALS patients. The SG association may be an early pathological change to TDP-43 metabolism and as such a potential target for therapeutic intervention. Accumulation of TDP-43 in SGs induced by inhibition of mitochondrial activity can be inhibited by modulation of cellular kinase activity. We have also found that treatment of cells and animal models of neurodegeneration, including an ALS model, with bioavailable bis(thiosemicarbazonato)copper(II) complexes (Cu(II)(btsc)s) can modulate kinase activity and induce neuroprotective effects. In this study we examined the effect of diacetylbis(-methylthiosemicarbazonato)copper(II) (Cu(II)(atsm)) and glyoxalbis(-methylthiosemicarbazonato)copper(II) (Cu(II)(gtsm)) on TDP-43-positive SGs induced in SH-SY5Y cells in culture. We found that the Cu(II)(btsc)s blocked formation of TDP-43-and human antigen R (HuR)-positive SGs induced by paraquat. The Cu(II)(btsc)s protected neurons from paraquat-mediated cell death. These effects were associated with inhibition of ERK phosphorylation. Co-treatment of cultures with either Cu(II)(atsm) or an ERK inhibitor, PD98059 both prevented ERK activation and blocked formation of TDP-43-and HuR-positive SGs. Cu(II)(atsm) treatment or ERK inhibition also prevented abnormal ubiquitin accumulation in paraquat-treated cells suggesting a link between prolonged ERK activation and abnormal ubiquitin metabolism in paraquat stress and inhibition by Cu. Moreover, Cu(II)(atsm) reduced accumulation of C-terminal (219-414) TDP-43 in transfected SH-SY5Y cells. These results demonstrate that Cu(II)(btsc) complexes could potentially be developed as a neuroprotective agent to modulate neuronal kinase function and inhibit TDP-43 aggregation. Further studies in TDP-43 animal models are warranted.
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- Sarah J Parker
- Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Kim G, Meriin AB, Gabai VL, Christians E, Benjamin I, Wilson A, Wolozin B, Sherman MY. The heat shock transcription factor Hsf1 is downregulated in DNA damage-associated senescence, contributing to the maintenance of senescence phenotype. Aging Cell 2012; 11:617-27. [PMID: 22510478 DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2012.00827.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [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] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Heat shock response (HSR) that protects cells from proteotoxic stresses is downregulated in aging, as well as upon replicative senescence of cells in culture. Here we demonstrate that HSR is suppressed in fibroblasts from the patients with segmental progerioid Werner Syndrome, which undergo premature senescence. Similar suppression of HSR was seen in normal fibroblasts, which underwent senescence in response to DNA damaging treatments. The major DNA-damage-induced signaling (DDS) pathways p53-p21 and p38-NF-kB-SASP contributed to the HSR suppression. The HSR suppression was associated with inhibition of both activity and transcription of the heat shock transcription factor Hsf1. This inhibition in large part resulted from the downregulation of SIRT1, which in turn was because of decrease in the expression of the translation regulator HuR. Importantly, we uncovered a positive feedback regulation, where suppression of Hsf1 further activates the p38-NF-κB-SASP pathway, which in turn promotes senescence. Overexpression of Hsf1 inhibited the p38-NFκB-SASP pathway and partially relieved senescence. Therefore, downregulation of Hsf1 plays an important role in the development or in the maintenance of DNA damage signaling-induced cell senescence.
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- Geunwon Kim
- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Lee EK, Kim W, Tominaga K, Martindale JL, Yang X, Subaran SS, Carlson OD, Mercken EM, Kulkarni RN, Akamatsu W, Okano H, Perrone-Bizzozero NI, de Cabo R, Egan JM, Gorospe M. RNA-binding protein HuD controls insulin translation. Mol Cell 2012; 45:826-35. [PMID: 22387028 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2012.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [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: 08/08/2011] [Revised: 11/21/2011] [Accepted: 01/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Although expression of the mammalian RNA-binding protein HuD was considered to be restricted to neurons, we report that HuD is present in pancreatic β cells, where its levels are controlled by the insulin receptor pathway. We found that HuD associated with a 22-nucleotide segment of the 5' untranslated region (UTR) of preproinsulin (Ins2) mRNA. Modulating HuD abundance did not alter Ins2 mRNA levels, but HuD overexpression decreased Ins2 mRNA translation and insulin production, and conversely, HuD silencing enhanced Ins2 mRNA translation and insulin production. Following treatment with glucose, HuD rapidly dissociated from Ins2 mRNA and enabled insulin biosynthesis. Importantly, HuD-knockout mice displayed higher insulin levels in pancreatic islets, while HuD-overexpressing mice exhibited lower insulin levels in islets and in plasma. In sum, our results identify HuD as a pivotal regulator of insulin translation in pancreatic β cells.
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- Eun Kyung Lee
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, National Institute on Aging-Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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Glycine and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) are depolarizing during early development but the purpose is unclear. We tested the effect of altering glycine signaling in zebrafish embryos by overexpressing the potassium-chloride co-transporter type 2 (KCC2) to reverse the chloride gradient or by blocking glycine receptors with strychnine or by selectively knocking down the embryonic glycine receptor (GlyR KD). Using a variety of markers we observed in all three cases a reduction of all types of spinal interneuron populations examined, indicating that glycine modulates their overall differentiation rather than choice of cell fate. Other cell populations (motor, sensory, and glial cells) were unaffected. As glycine appeared to act preceding neural and synaptic development, we examined the bandoneon (beo) mutant in which glycine receptors are functional but not clustered at synapses. Neural populations in beo embryos appeared normal, suggesting a paracrine action of circulating glycine in promoting interneuron differentiation.
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- Sebastien Côté
- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology and Groupe de recherche sur le système nerveux central, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada
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Agra Andrieu N, Motiño O, Mayoral R, Llorente Izquierdo C, Fernández-Alvarez A, Boscá L, Casado M, Martín-Sanz P. Cyclooxygenase-2 is a target of microRNA-16 in human hepatoma cells. PLoS One 2012; 7:e50935. [PMID: 23226427 PMCID: PMC3511388 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2012] [Accepted: 10/26/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression has been detected in human hepatoma cell lines and in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); however, the contribution of COX-2 to the development of HCC remains controversial. COX-2 expression is higher in the non-tumoral tissue and inversely correlates with the differentiation grade of the tumor. COX-2 expression depends on the interplay between different cellular pathways involving both transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation. The aim of this work was to assess whether COX-2 could be regulated by microRNAs in human hepatoma cell lines and in human HCC specimens since these molecules contribute to the regulation of genes implicated in cell growth and differentiation. Our results show that miR-16 silences COX-2 expression in hepatoma cells by two mechanisms: a) by binding directly to the microRNA response element (MRE) in the COX-2 3'-UTR promoting translational suppression of COX-2 mRNA; b) by decreasing the levels of the RNA-binding protein Human Antigen R (HuR). Furthermore, ectopic expression of miR-16 inhibits cell proliferation, promotes cell apoptosis and suppresses the ability of hepatoma cells to develop tumors in nude mice, partially through targeting COX-2. Moreover a reduced miR-16 expression tends to correlate to high levels of COX-2 protein in liver from patients affected by HCC. Our data show an important role for miR-16 as a post-transcriptional regulator of COX-2 in HCC and suggest the potential therapeutic application of miR-16 in those HCC with a high COX-2 expression.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Apoptosis/genetics
- Base Sequence
- Biopsy
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/enzymology
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/genetics
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/pathology
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Proliferation
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/pathology
- Cyclooxygenase 2/genetics
- Cyclooxygenase 2/metabolism
- Down-Regulation
- ELAV Proteins/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Humans
- Liver Neoplasms/enzymology
- Liver Neoplasms/genetics
- Liver Neoplasms/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Nude
- MicroRNAs/genetics
- MicroRNAs/metabolism
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Protein Biosynthesis/genetics
- Protein Stability
- RNA Stability/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
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- Noelia Agra Andrieu
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, (Centro Mixto Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, CSIC-UAM), Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, (Centro Mixto Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, CSIC-UAM), Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, (Centro Mixto Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, CSIC-UAM), Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, (Centro Mixto Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, CSIC-UAM), Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IBV-CSIC), Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, (Centro Mixto Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, CSIC-UAM), Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain
- Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IBV-CSIC), Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, (Centro Mixto Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, CSIC-UAM), Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain
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Gomez-Santos L, Vazquez-Chantada M, Mato JM, Martinez-Chantar ML. SAMe and HuR in liver physiology: usefulness of stem cells in hepatic differentiation research. Methods Mol Biol 2012; 826:133-49. [PMID: 22167646 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-468-1_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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S-Adenosylmethionine, abbreviated as SAM, SAMe or AdoMet, is the principal methyl group donor in the mammalian cell and the first step metabolite of the methionine cycle, being synthesized by MAT (methionine adenosyltransferase) from methionine and ATP. About 60 years after its identification, SAMe is admitted as a key hepatic regulator whose level needs to be maintained within a specific range in order to avoid liver damage. Recently, in vitro and in vivo studies have demonstrated the regulatory role of SAMe in HGF (hepatocyte growth factor)-mediated hepatocyte proliferation through a mechanism that implicates the activation of the non-canonical LKB1/AMPK/eNOS cascade and HuR function. Regarding hepatic differentiation, cellular SAMe content varies depending on the status of the cell, being lower in immature than in adult hepatocytes. This finding suggests a SAMe regulatory effect also in this cellular process, which very recently was reported and related to HuR activity. Although in the last years this and other discoveries contributed to throw light into the tangle of regulatory mechanisms that govern this complex process, an overall understanding is still a challenge. For this purpose, the in vitro hepatic differentiation culture systems by using stem cells or fetal hepatoblasts are considered as valuable tools which, in combination with the methods used in current days to elucidate cell signaling pathways, surely will help to clear up this question.
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- Laura Gomez-Santos
- Metabolomics Unit, CIC bioGUNE, Technology Park of Bizkaia, Bizkaia, Basque Country, Spain.
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Pastor T, Pagani F. Interaction of hnRNPA1/A2 and DAZAP1 with an Alu-derived intronic splicing enhancer regulates ATM aberrant splicing. PLoS One 2011; 6:e23349. [PMID: 21858080 PMCID: PMC3152568 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2011] [Accepted: 07/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We have previously identified an Alu-derived Intronic Splicing enhancer (ISE) in the Ataxia Teleangectasia Mutated gene (ATM) that facilitates intron pre-mRNA processing and leads to the inclusion of a cryptic exon in the final mRNA transcript. By using an RNA pull-down assay, we show here that hnRNPA1/A2, HuR and DAZAP1 splicing factors and DHX36 RNA helicase bind to the ISE. By functional studies (overexpression and siRNA experiments), we demonstrate that hnRNPA1 and DAZAP1 are indeed involved in ISE-dependent ATM cryptic exon activation, with hnRNPA1 acting negatively and DAZAP1 positively on splicing selection. On the contrary, HuR and DHX36 have no effect on ATM splicing pattern. These data suggest that splicing factors with both negative and positive effect can assemble on the intronic Alu repeats and regulate pre-mRNA splicing.
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- Tibor Pastor
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste, Italy
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste, Italy
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Mickoleit M, Banisch TU, Raz E. Regulation of hub mRNA stability and translation by miR430 and the dead end protein promotes preferential expression in zebrafish primordial germ cells. Dev Dyn 2011; 240:695-703. [PMID: 21337467 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The Hu proteins are RNA-binding proteins known to be involved in various aspects of RNA metabolism, such as nucleo-cytoplasmic shuttling, translation, and stability. These proteins are predominantly expressed in neuronal tissues and are important for neuronal differentiation and plasticity. Here, we report on the regulation over hub mRNA stability and function in zebrafish embryos. Using reporters encoding for fluorescent proteins, we show that hub RNA is a target of global miRNA-mediated repression, while the RNA-binding protein Dead end (Dnd) contributes to maintenance of the expression in the primordial germ cells (PGCs).
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Wiszniak SE, Dredge BK, Jensen KB. HuB (elavl2) mRNA is restricted to the germ cells by post-transcriptional mechanisms including stabilisation of the message by DAZL. PLoS One 2011; 6:e20773. [PMID: 21695151 PMCID: PMC3113899 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2011] [Accepted: 05/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The ability of germ cells to carry out a gene regulatory program distinct from the surrounding somatic tissue, and their capacity to specify an entire new organism has made them a focus of many studies that seek to understand how specific regulatory mechanisms, particularly post-transcriptional mechanisms, contribute to cell fate. In zebrafish, germ cells are specified through the inheritance of cytoplasmic determinants, termed the germ plasm, which contains a number of maternal mRNAs and proteins. Investigation of several of these messages has revealed that the restricted localisation of these mRNAs to the germ plasm and subsequent germ cells is due to cis-acting sequence elements present in their 3'UTRs. Here we show that a member of the Hu family of RNA-binding proteins, HuB, is maternally provided in the zebrafish embryo and exhibits germ cell specific expression during embryogenesis. Restriction of HuB mRNA to the germ cells is dependent on a number of sequence elements in its 3'UTR, which act to degrade the mRNA in the soma and stabilise it in the germ cells. In addition, we show that the germ cell specific RNA-binding protein DAZL is able to promote HuB mRNA stability and translation in germ cells, and further demonstrate that these activities require a 30 nucleotide element in the 3'UTR. Our study suggests that DAZL specifically binds the HuB 3'UTR and protects the message from degradation and/or enhances HuB translation, leading to the germ cell specific expression of HuB protein.
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- Sophie E. Wiszniak
- Discipline of Biochemistry, School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Discipline of Biochemistry, School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Discipline of Biochemistry, School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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Liu S, Gao N, Hu HZ, Wang X, Wang GD, Fang X, Gao X, Xia Y, Wood JD. Activation of corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 2 mediates the colonic motor coping response to acute stress in rodents. Gastroenterology 2011; 494:63-74. [PMID: 16304680 PMCID: PMC2582187 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Corticotropin-releasing factor receptor-1 (CRF(1)) mediates the stress-induced colonic motor activity. Less is known about the role of CRF(2) in the colonic response to stress. METHODS We studied colonic contractile activity in rats and CRF(2)-/-, CRF-overexpressing, and wild-type mice using still manometry; we analyzed defecation induced by acute partial-restraint stress (PRS), and/or intraperitoneal injection of CRF ligands. In rats, we monitored activation of the colonic longitudinal muscle myenteric plexus (LMMP) neurons and localization of CRF(1) and CRF(2) using immunohistochemical and immunoblot analyses. We measured phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 by CRF ligands in primary cultures of LMMP neurons (PC-LMMPn) and cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) production in human embryonic kidney-293 cells transfected with CRF(1) and/or CRF(2). RESULTS In rats, a selective agonist of CRF(2) (urocortin 2) reduced CRF-induced defecation (>50%), colonic contractile activity, and Fos expression in the colonic LMMP. A selective antagonist of CRF(2) (astressin(2)-B) increased these responses. Urocortin 2 reduced PRS-induced colonic contractile activity in wild-type and CRF-overexpressing mice, whereas disruption of CRF(2) increased PRS-induced colonic contractile activity and CRF-induced defecation. CRF(2) colocalized with CRF(1) and neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the rat colon, LMMP, and PC-LMMPn. CRF-induced phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase in PC-LMMPn; this was inhibited or increased by a selective antagonist of CRF(1) (NBI35965) or astressin(2)-B, respectively. The half maximal effective concentration, EC(50), for the CRF-induced cAMP response was 8.6 nmol/L in human embryonic kidney-293 cells that express only CRF(1); this response was suppressed 10-fold in cells that express CRF(1) and CRF(2). CONCLUSIONS In colon tissues of rodents, CRF(2) activation inhibits CRF(1) signaling in myenteric neurons and the stress-induced colonic motor responses. Disruption of CRF(2) function impairs colonic coping responses to stress.
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- Sumei Liu
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, College of Medicine and Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, 43210-1218, USA
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Takano A, Zochi R, Hibi M, Terashima T, Katsuyama Y. Function of strawberry notch family genes in the zebrafish brain development. Kobe J Med Sci 2011; 56:E220-E230. [PMID: 21937870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We previously reported embryonic expression pattern of strawberry notch (sbno) family genes, suggesting involvement in brain development. However function of sbno genes in the vertebrate development has not been known yet. Utilizing zebrafish embryos, we experimentally examined function of sbno genes during brain development in this report. Knockdown experiments of sbno1 and sbno2a disrupted brain morphology, and delayed developmental alteration of gene expression. The earliest effect of loss of function of sbno genes on the zebrafish embryogenesis that we found here was downregulation of otx2 expression. Knockdown of sbno1 specifically affects regionalization along the anterior-posterior axis of the brain. These results suggest essential roles of sbno genes in vertebrate brain development.
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- Ai Takano
- Division of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe 650-0017, Japan.
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Bartolomé N, Aspichueta P, Martínez MJ, Vázquez-Chantada M, Martínez-Chantar ML, Ochoa B, Chico Y. Biphasic adaptative responses in VLDL metabolism and lipoprotein homeostasis during Gram-negative endotoxemia. Innate Immun 2010; 18:89-99. [PMID: 21113081 DOI: 10.1177/1753425910390722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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: 11/15/2022] Open
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Dyslipidemia and hepatic overproduction of very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) are hallmarks of the septic response, yet the underlying mechanisms are not fully defined. We evaluated the lipoprotein subclasses profile and hepatic VLDL assembly machinery over 24 h in fasted LPS-treated rats. The response of serum non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) and glucose to endotoxin was biphasic, with increased levels of NEFA and hypoglycemia in the first 12 h-phase, and low NEFA and high glucose in the second 12 h-phase. Hypertriglyceridemia was more marked in the first 12 h (6.8-fold), when triglyceride abundance increased in all lipoprotein subclasses, and preferentially in large VLDL. The abundance of medium-sized VLDL and the increase in the number of VLDL particles was higher in the second phase (10-fold vs 5-fold in the first phase); however, apoB gene transcript abundance increased only in the second phase. Analysis of putative pre-translational mechanisms revealed that neither increased Apob transcription rate nor increased transcript binding to mRNA stabilizing HuR (Hu antigen R) protein paralleled the increase in apoB transcripts. In conclusion, endotoxin challenge induces increases in plasma NEFA and large, triglyceride-rich VLDL. After approximately 12 h, the triglyceride-rich VLDLs are replaced by medium-sized, triglyceride-poor VLDL particles. Hepatic apoB mRNA abundance also increases during the second period, suggesting a role for apoB protein expression in the acute reaction against sepsis.
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- Nerea Bartolomé
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Basque Country, Leioa, Spain
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Wang J, Wang B, Bi J, Zhang C. Cytoplasmic HuR expression correlates with angiogenesis, lymphangiogenesis, and poor outcome in lung cancer. Med Oncol 2010; 28 Suppl 1:S577-85. [PMID: 21046284 DOI: 10.1007/s12032-010-9734-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2010] [Accepted: 10/22/2010] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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HuR is a ubiquitously expressed RNA-binding protein that stabilizes the mRNAs of certain genes and regulates the translation to proteins. Elevated cytoplasmic expression of HuR has been suggested to be associated with reduced survival in a wide variety of human carcinomas. However, the clinical significance of HuR expression in lung cancer remains unknown. In this study, we examined HuR expression in 132 patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) by means of immunohistochemistry and correlated clinicopathologic data, lymphatic microvessel density (LVD), or microvessel density (MVD) with HuR immunostaining. HuR was expressed in 80.3% (106/132) of cases and was predominantly localized in the nucleus. Cytoplasmic HuR expression occurred in 40.9% (54/132) of NSCLC specimens and was associated with high MVD and LVD. In univariate analysis, cytoplasmic HuR, but not nuclear HuR expression was found to significantly influence the relapse-free survival and overall survival. In addition, cytoplasmic expression of HuR was identified as an independent prognostic factor for survival in multivariate analysis. Our data provide evidence for a clinically prognostic role of HuR in NSCLC and demonstrate an association between HuR expression, and angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis.
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- Jun Wang
- Department of Oncology, General Hospital, Jinan Command of the People's Liberation Army, 250031 Jinan, China.
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Toba G, Yamamoto D, White K. Life-span phenotypes of elav and Rbp9 in Drosophila suggest functional cooperation of the two ELAV-family protein genes. Arch Insect Biochem Physiol 2010; 74:261-265. [PMID: 20589912 DOI: 10.1002/arch.20377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The ELAV family of RNA-binding proteins is involved in various aspects of the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression, from alternative splicing to translation. The members of this family have been shown to interact with each other and have been suggested to function as homo- and/or hetero-multimers. However, the functional interactions among them have not been demonstrated in vivo. In this study, we examined the genetic interaction between elav and Rbp9, two of the three genes encoding ELAV-family proteins in Drosophila. Mutants of both elav and Rbp9 showed shorter life spans than the control, with elav showing a shorter life span than Rbp9. The survival curve of elav-Rbp9 double-mutant flies was indistinguishable from that of elav single-mutant flies, suggesting that both mutations affect longevity through the same pathway. Considering the fact that both genes are co-expressed in adult neurons, we hypothesize that ELAV and Rbp9 cooperate to maintain the functional integrity of the adult nervous system.
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- Gakuta Toba
- Department of Biology and Volen National Center for Complex Systems, MS008, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
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