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Chen Q, Zhang M, Pan X, Yuan X, Zhou L, Yan L, Zeng LH, Xu J, Yang B, Zhang L, Huang J, Lu W, Fukagawa T, Wang F, Yan H. Bub1 and CENP-U redundantly recruit Plk1 to stabilize kinetochore-microtubule attachments and ensure accurate chromosome segregation. Cell Rep 2021; 36:109740. [PMID: 34551298 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [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: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 06/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Bub1 is required for the kinetochore/centromere localization of two essential mitotic kinases Plk1 and Aurora B. Surprisingly, stable depletion of Bub1 by ∼95% in human cells marginally affects whole chromosome segregation fidelity. We show that CENP-U, which is recruited to kinetochores by the CENP-P and CENP-Q subunits of the CENP-O complex, is required to prevent chromosome mis-segregation in Bub1-depleted cells. Mechanistically, Bub1 and CENP-U redundantly recruit Plk1 to kinetochores to stabilize kinetochore-microtubule attachments, thereby ensuring accurate chromosome segregation. Furthermore, unlike its budding yeast homolog, the CENP-O complex does not regulate centromeric localization of Aurora B. Consistently, depletion of Bub1 or CENP-U sensitizes cells to the inhibition of Plk1 but not Aurora B kinase activity. Taken together, our findings provide mechanistic insight into the regulation of kinetochore function, which may have implications for targeted treatment of cancer cells with mutations perturbing kinetochore recruitment of Plk1 by Bub1 or the CENP-O complex.
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- Qinfu Chen
- Department of Pharmacology, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou 310015, China; The MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection, The Key Laboratory of Cancer Molecular Cell Biology of Zhejiang Province, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection, The Key Laboratory of Cancer Molecular Cell Biology of Zhejiang Province, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection, The Key Laboratory of Cancer Molecular Cell Biology of Zhejiang Province, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection, The Key Laboratory of Cancer Molecular Cell Biology of Zhejiang Province, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection, The Key Laboratory of Cancer Molecular Cell Biology of Zhejiang Province, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection, The Key Laboratory of Cancer Molecular Cell Biology of Zhejiang Province, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou 310015, China
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- Department of Gynecological Oncology, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310006, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection, The Key Laboratory of Cancer Molecular Cell Biology of Zhejiang Province, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection, The Key Laboratory of Cancer Molecular Cell Biology of Zhejiang Province, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection, The Key Laboratory of Cancer Molecular Cell Biology of Zhejiang Province, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Gynecological Oncology, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310006, China; Cancer Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection, The Key Laboratory of Cancer Molecular Cell Biology of Zhejiang Province, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Department of Gynecological Oncology, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310006, China; Cancer Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou 310015, China.
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Cheng L, Liu W, Zhong C, Ni P, Ni S, Wang Q, Zhang Q, Zhang J, Liu J, Xu M, Yao X, Cen X, Wang G, Jiang C, Zhou F. Remodeling the homeostasis of pro- and anti-angiogenic factors by Shenmai injection to normalize tumor vasculature for enhanced cancer chemotherapy. J Ethnopharmacol 2021; 270:113770. [PMID: 33388426 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2020.113770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Revised: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Normalization of the tumor vasculature can enhance tumor perfusion and the microenvironment, leading to chemotherapy potentiation. Shenmai injection (SMI) is a widely used traditional Chinese herbal medicine for the combination treatment of cancer in China. AIM OF THIS STUDY This study aimed to investigate whether SMI can regulate tumor vasculature to improve chemotherapy efficacy and identify the underlying mechanism. MATERIALS AND METHODS The antitumor effect of SMI combined with 5-florouracil (5-FU) was investigated in xenograft tumor mice. Two-photon microscopy, laser speckle contrast imaging and immunofluorescence staining were used to investigate the effects of SMI on tumor vasculature in vivo. The mRNA and protein expression of pro- and anti-angiogenic factors were measured by Q-PCR and ELISA. Histone acetylation and transcriptional regulation were detected by Western blot and ChIP assay. RESULTS SMI promoted normalization of tumor microvessels within a certain time window, which was accompanied by enhanced blood perfusion and 5-FU distribution in tumors. SMI significantly increased the expression of antiangiogenic factor angiostatin and decreased the pro-angiogenic factors VEGF, FGF and PAI-1 by day 10. SMI combined with neoadjuvant chemotherapy in colorectal cancer patients also showed a significant increase in angiostatin and decrease in VEGF and FGF in surgically resected tumors when compared to the neoadjuvant chemotherapy group. Further in vitro and in vivo studies revealed that SMI downregulated VEGF, FGF and PAI-1 mRNA expression by inhibiting histone H3 acetylation at the promoter regions. The enhanced production of angiostatin was attributed to the regulation of the plasminogen proteolysis system via SMI-induced PAI-1 inhibition. CONCLUSION SMI can remodel the homeostasis of pro- and anti-angiogenic factors to promote tumor vessel normalization, and thus enhance drug delivery and anti-tumor effect. This study provides additional insights into the pharmacological mechanisms of SMI on tumors from the perspective of vascular regulation.
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- Lingge Cheng
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China; National Chengdu Center for Safety Evaluation of Drugs, State Key Lab of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210029, China.
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- Department of Digestive Tumor Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210029, China.
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- National Chengdu Center for Safety Evaluation of Drugs, State Key Lab of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
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- Department of Digestive Tumor Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210029, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
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Poria DK, Sheshadri N, Balamurugan K, Sharan S, Sterneck E. The STAT3 inhibitor Stattic acts independently of STAT3 to decrease histone acetylation and modulate gene expression. J Biol Chem 2021; 296:100220. [PMID: 33839684 PMCID: PMC7948742 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.016645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [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: 11/01/2020] [Revised: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is an important transcription factor involved in many physiological functions including embryonic development and immune responses and is often activated under pathological conditions such as cancer. Strategies to inactivate STAT3 are being pursued as potential anticancer therapies and have led to the identification of Stattic (6-nitrobenzo[b]thiophene-1,1-dioxide) as a "specific" STAT3 inhibitor that is often used to interrogate STAT3-mediated gene expression in vitro and in vivo. Here, we show that Stattic exerts many STAT3-independent effects on cancer cells, calling for reassessment of results previously ascribed to STAT3 functions. Studies of the STAT3-deficient prostate cancer cell line PC-3 (PC3) along with STAT3-proficient breast cancer cell lines (MDA-MB-231, SUM149) revealed that Stattic attenuated histone acetylation and neutralized effects of the histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor romidepsin. In PC3 cells, Stattic alone inhibited gene expression of CCL20 and CCL2, but activated expression of TNFA, CEBPD, SOX2, and MYC. In addition, we found that Stattic promoted autophagy and caused cell death. These data point to profound epigenetic effects of Stattic that are independent of its function as a STAT3 inhibitor. Our results demonstrate that Stattic directly or indirectly reduces histone acetylation and suggest reevaluation of Stattic and related compounds as polypharmacological agents through multipronged cytotoxic effects on cancer cells.
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- Dipak K Poria
- Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Signaling, Center for Cancer Research (CCR), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Signaling, Center for Cancer Research (CCR), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Signaling, Center for Cancer Research (CCR), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Signaling, Center for Cancer Research (CCR), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Signaling, Center for Cancer Research (CCR), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Frederick, Maryland, USA.
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The aims of this study were to compare diagnostic value of anti-ribosomal P protein antibody (anti-P), anti-Smith antibody (anti-Sm), anti-double-stranded DNA antibody (anti-dsDNA), anti-nucleosome antibody (ANuA), and anti-histone antibody (AHA) for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) as well as explore the correlation between anti-P and SLE.A retrospective study was performed with 487 SLE patients, 235 non-SLE rheumatic diseases, and 124 healthy subjects from January 2015 to December 2018. Clinical manifestations, laboratory results and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index (SLEDAI)-2000 scores were analyzed between anti-P/+/ and anti-P/-/ patients. SPSS19.0 statistical software was used for data analysis.The sensitivities of anti-P, anti-Sm, anti-dsDNA, ANuA, and AHA in SLE were 31.6%, 20.7%, 45.0%, 27.9%, and 14.6%, and the specificities were 99.2%, 99.4%, 98.9%, 98.3%, and 96.7%, respectively. Only 27.9% of SLE had a single positive anti-P while the other 4 antibodies were all negative. There were significant differences in the age of onset, skin erythema, urinary protein, creatinine and serum IgG, IgM, C3, C4 between anti-P/+/ and anti-P/-/ patients (P < .05). When anti-Sjogren syndrome A antibody, anti-P were positive and anti-dsDNA was negative, the incidence of skin erythema was the highest (35.1%). Compared with anti-P/-/ patients, anti-P/+/ patients had higher SLEDAI scores (P < .001).Anti-P, anti-Sm, anti-dsDNA, ANuA, and AHA have high specificity but poor sensitivity in the diagnosis of SLE; combined detection can greatly improve the detection rate. Anti-P is more valuable in the diagnosis of SLE when other specific autoantibodies are negative. SLE patients with positive anti-P have an earlier onset age and are more prone to skin erythema, lupus nephritis as well as higher disease activity.
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Chaudhary S, Mittra I. Cell-free chromatin: A newly described mediator of systemic inflammation. J Biosci 2019; 44:32. [PMID: 31180045] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Recent research has shown that cell-free chromatin (cfCh) particles that are released from the billions of cells that die in the body everyday can enter into healthy cells, integrate into their genomes and induce dsDNA breaks and apoptotic responses. Genomic integration of cfCh activates NF κ B suggesting a novel mechanism of induction of systemic inflammation. Since DNA damage and inflammation are underlying pathologies in multiple devastating acute and chronic disease conditions, the discovery of agents that can inactivate cfCh may provide therapeutic possibilities.
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- Shahid Chaudhary
- Translational Research Laboratory, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi-Mumbai 410 210, India
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Silvestre-Roig C, Braster Q, Wichapong K, Lee EY, Teulon JM, Berrebeh N, Winter J, Adrover JM, Santos GS, Froese A, Lemnitzer P, Ortega-Gómez A, Chevre R, Marschner J, Schumski A, Winter C, Perez-Olivares L, Pan C, Paulin N, Schoufour T, Hartwig H, González-Ramos S, Kamp F, Megens RTA, Mowen KA, Gunzer M, Maegdefessel L, Hackeng T, Lutgens E, Daemen M, von Blume J, Anders HJ, Nikolaev VO, Pellequer JL, Weber C, Hidalgo A, Nicolaes GAF, Wong GCL, Soehnlein O. Externalized histone H4 orchestrates chronic inflammation by inducing lytic cell death. Nature 2019; 569:236-240. [PMID: 31043745 PMCID: PMC6716525 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1167-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 242] [Impact Index Per Article: 48.4] [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: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The perpetuation of inflammation is an important pathophysiological contributor to the global medical burden. Chronic inflammation is promoted by non-programmed cell death1,2; however, how inflammation is instigated, its cellular and molecular mediators, and its therapeutic value are poorly defined. Here we use mouse models of atherosclerosis-a major underlying cause of mortality worldwide-to demonstrate that extracellular histone H4-mediated membrane lysis of smooth muscle cells (SMCs) triggers arterial tissue damage and inflammation. We show that activated lesional SMCs attract neutrophils, triggering the ejection of neutrophil extracellular traps that contain nuclear proteins. Among them, histone H4 binds to and lyses SMCs, leading to the destabilization of plaques; conversely, the neutralization of histone H4 prevents cell death of SMCs and stabilizes atherosclerotic lesions. Our data identify a form of cell death found at the core of chronic vascular disease that is instigated by leukocytes and can be targeted therapeutically.
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- Carlos Silvestre-Roig
- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU München, Munich, Germany.
- Department of Pathology, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany.
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU München, Munich, Germany
- Department of Pathology, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, CARIM, University Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, Grenoble, France
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU München, Munich, Germany
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- Area of Developmental and Cell Biology, Fundación Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Experimental Cardiovascular Research, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU München, Munich, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU München, Munich, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, LMU München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU München, Munich, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU München, Munich, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU München, Munich, Germany
- Department of Pathology, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- BMC, Metabolic Biochemistry, LMU München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU München, Munich, Germany
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, CARIM, University Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Experimental Immunology and Imaging, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
- Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany
- Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry, CARIM, University Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU München, Munich, Germany
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Experimental Cardiovascular Research, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU München, Munich, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
- Department of Biochemistry, CARIM, University Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU München, Munich, Germany
- Area of Developmental and Cell Biology, Fundación Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry, CARIM, University Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU München, Munich, Germany.
- Department of Pathology, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany.
- Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology (FyFa), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Histone methylation plays an important regulatory role in chromatin restructuring and RNA transcription. Arginine methylation that is enzymatically catalyzed by the family of protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) can either activate or repress gene expression depending on cellular contexts. Given the strong correlation of PRMTs with pathophysiology, great interest is seen in understanding molecular mechanisms of PRMTs in diseases and in developing potent PRMT inhibitors. Herein, we reviewed key research advances in the study of biochemical mechanisms of PRMT catalysis and their relevance to cell biology. We highlighted how a random binary, ordered ternary kinetic model for PRMT1 catalysis reconciles the literature reports and endorses a distributive mechanism that the enzyme active site utilizes for multiple turnovers of arginine methylation. We discussed the impacts of histone arginine methylation and its biochemical interplays with other key epigenetic marks. Challenges in developing small-molecule PRMT inhibitors were also discussed.
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- Melody D Fulton
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
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- Steven G DuBois
- From the Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston (S.G.D.); and the Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital and University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle (J.R.P.)
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- From the Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston (S.G.D.); and the Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital and University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle (J.R.P.)
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Zhang P, Branson OE, Freitas MA, Parthun MR. Identification of replication-dependent and replication-independent linker histone complexes: Tpr specifically promotes replication-dependent linker histone stability. BMC Biochem 2016; 17:18. [PMID: 27716023 PMCID: PMC5045598 DOI: 10.1186/s12858-016-0074-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND There are 11 variants of linker histone H1 in mammalian cells. Beyond their shared abilities to stabilize and condense chromatin, the H1 variants have been found to have non-redundant functions, the mechanisms of which are not fully understood. Like core histones, there are both replication-dependent and replication-independent linker histone variants. The histone chaperones and other factors that regulate linker histone dynamics in the cell are largely unknown. In particular, it is not known whether replication-dependent and replication-independent linker histones interact with distinct or common sets of proteins. To better understand linker histone dynamics and assembly, we used chromatography and mass spectrometry approaches to identify proteins that are associated with replication-dependent and replication-independent H1 variants. We then used a variety of in vivo analyses to validate the functional relevance of identified interactions. RESULTS We identified proteins that bind to all linker histone variants and proteins that are specific for only one class of variant. The factors identified include histone chaperones, transcriptional regulators, RNA binding proteins and ribosomal proteins. The nuclear pore complex protein Tpr, which was found to associate with only replication-dependent linker histones, specifically promoted their stability. CONCLUSION Replication-dependent and replication-independent linker histone variants can interact with both common and distinct sets of proteins. Some of these factors are likely to function as histone chaperones while others may suggest novel links between linker histones and RNA metabolism. The nuclear pore complex protein Tpr specifically interacts with histone H1.1 and H1.2 but not H1x and can regulate the stability of these replication-dependent linker histones.
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- Pei Zhang
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
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Fu Y, Lv P, Yan G, Fan H, Cheng L, Zhang F, Dang Y, Wu H, Wen B. MacroH2A1 associates with nuclear lamina and maintains chromatin architecture in mouse liver cells. Sci Rep 2015; 5:17186. [PMID: 26603343 PMCID: PMC4658601 DOI: 10.1038/srep17186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [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: 08/20/2015] [Accepted: 10/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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In the interphase nucleus, chromatin is organized into three-dimensional conformation to coordinate genome functions. The lamina-chromatin association is important to facilitate higher-order chromatin in mammalian cells, but its biological significances and molecular mechanisms remain poorly understood. One obstacle is that the list of lamina-associated proteins remains limited, presumably due to the inherent insolubility of lamina proteins. In this report, we identified 182 proteins associated with lamin B1 (a constitutive component of lamina) in mouse hepatocytes, by adopting virus-based proximity-dependent biotin identification. These proteins are functionally related to biological processes such as chromatin organization. As an example, we validated the association between lamin B1 and core histone macroH2A1, a histone associated with repressive chromatin. Furthermore, we mapped Lamina-associated domains (LADs) in mouse liver cells and found that boundaries of LADs are enriched for macroH2A. More interestingly, knocking-down of macroH2A1 resulted in the release of heterochromatin foci marked by histone lysine 9 trimethylation (H3K9me3) and the decondensation of global chromatin structure. However, down-regulation of lamin B1 led to redistribution of macroH2A1. Taken together, our data indicated that macroH2A1 is associated with lamina and is required to maintain chromatin architecture in mouse liver cells.
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- Yuhua Fu
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine of Ministry of Education and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine of Ministry of Education and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine of Ministry of Education and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine of Ministry of Education and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine of Ministry of Education and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine of Ministry of Education and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine of Ministry of Education and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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Alexanian AR, Huang YW. Specific combinations of the chromatin-modifying enzyme modulators significantly attenuate glioblastoma cell proliferation and viability while exerting minimal effect on normal adult stem cells growth. Tumour Biol 2015; 36:9067-72. [PMID: 26084611 DOI: 10.1007/s13277-015-3654-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 04/13/2015] [Accepted: 06/09/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The discoveries of recent decade showed that all critical changes in cancer cells, such as silencing of tumor-suppressor genes and activation of oncogenes, are caused not only by genetic but also by epigenetic mechanisms. Although epigenetic changes are somatically heritable, in contrast to genetic changes, they are potentially reversible, making them good targets for therapeutic intervention. Covalent modifications of chromatin such as methylation and acetylation of histones and methylation of DNA are the important components of epigenetic machinery. In this study, we investigated the effect of different modulators of DNA and histone covalent-modifying enzymes on the proliferation and viability of normal adult stem cells, such as human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs), and on malignant tumor cells, such as glioblastoma (GB) D54 cells. Results demonstrated that specific combinations of histone methyltransferases and deacetylases inhibitors significantly attenuated D54 cells viability but having only a small effect on hMSCs growth. Taken together, these studies suggest that specific combinations of histone covalent modifiers could be an effective treatment option for the most aggressive type of primary brain tumors such as glioblastoma multiforme.
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- Arshak R Alexanian
- Cell Reprogramming & Therapeutics LLC, W229 N1870 Westwood Drive, Waukesha, WI, 53186, USA.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 West Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53226-3522, USA.
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 West Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53226-3522, USA.
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Marques M, Laflamme L, Gaudreau L. Estrogen receptor α can selectively repress dioxin receptor-mediated gene expression by targeting DNA methylation. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 41:8094-106. [PMID: 23828038 PMCID: PMC3783176 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [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: 11/26/2012] [Revised: 05/16/2013] [Accepted: 06/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Selective inhibitory crosstalk has been known to occur within the signaling pathways of the dioxin (AhR) and estrogen (ERα) receptors. More specifically, ERα represses a cytochrome P450-encoding gene (CYP1A1) that converts cellular estradiol into a metabolite that inhibits the cell cycle, while it has no effect on a P450-encoding gene (CYP1B1) that converts estrodiol into a genotoxic product. Here we show that ERα represses CYP1A1 by targeting the Dnmt3B DNA methyltransferase and concomitant DNA methylation of the promoter. We also find that histone H2A.Z can positively contribute to CYP1A1 gene expression, and its presence at that gene is inversely correlated with DNA methylation. Taken together, our results provide a framework for how ERα can repress transcription, and how that impinges on the production of an enzyme that generates genotoxic estradiol metabolites, and potential breast cancer progression. Finally, our results reveal a new mechanism for how H2A.Z can positively influence gene expression, which is by potentially competing with DNA methylation events in breast cancer cells.
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- Département de biologie, Faculté des sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec J1K 2R1, Canada
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Laurenzana A, Balliu M, Cellai C, Romanelli MN, Paoletti F. Effectiveness of the histone deacetylase inhibitor (S)-2 against LNCaP and PC3 human prostate cancer cells. PLoS One 2013; 8:e58267. [PMID: 23469273 PMCID: PMC3587597 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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: 04/16/2012] [Accepted: 02/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) represent a promising class of epigenetic agents with anticancer properties. Here, we report that (S)-2, a novel hydroxamate-based HDACi, shown previously to be effective against acute myeloid leukemia cells, was also a potent inducer of apoptosis/differentiation in human prostate LNCaP and PC3 cancer cells. In LNCaP cells (S)-2 was capable of triggering H3/H4 histone acetylation, H2AX phosphorylation as a marker of DNA damage and producing G0/G1 cell cycle arrest. Consistently, (S)-2 led to enhanced expression of both the protein and mRNA p21 levels in LNCaP cells but, contrary to SAHA, not in normal non-tumorigenic prostate PNT1A cells. Mechanistic studies demonstrated that (S)-2-induced apoptosis in LNCaP cells developed through the cleavage of pro-caspase 9 and 3 and of poly(ADP-ribose)-polymerase accompanied by the dose-dependent loss of mitochondrial membrane potential. Indeed, the addition of the pan-caspase inhibitor Z-VAD-fmk greatly reduced drug-mediated apoptosis while the antioxidant N-acetyl-cysteine was virtually ineffective. Importantly, preliminary data with nude mice xenografted with LNCaP cells showed that (S)-2 prompted a decrease in the tumor volume and an increase in H2AX phosphorylation within the cancer cells. Moreover, the highly metastatic prostate cancer PC3 cells were also sensitive to (S)-2 that: i) induced growth arrest and moderate apoptosis; ii) steered cells towards differentiation and neutral lipid accumulation; iii) reduced cell invasiveness potential by decreasing the amount of MMP-9 activity and up-regulating TIMP-1 expression; and iv) inhibited cell motility and migration through the Matrigel. Overall, (S)-2 has proven to be a powerful HDACi capable of inducing growth arrest, cell death and/or differentiation of LNCaP and PC3 prostate cancer cells and, due to its low toxicity and efficacy in vivo, might also be of clinical interest to support conventional prostate cancer therapy.
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- Anna Laurenzana
- Department of Experimental Pathology and Oncology, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Pathology and Oncology, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
- * E-mail: (FP); (MB)
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- Department of Experimental Pathology and Oncology, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Pathology and Oncology, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
- * E-mail: (FP); (MB)
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Nemtseva NV. [Significance of hydrobiont persistent properties for symbiotic interactions]. Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol 2012:70-76. [PMID: 22937711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Significance of symbiotic relations formed by associative symbiosis type for autochthonous and allochthonous microflora of natural water bodies is shown. Generality of symbiotic interaction mechanisms of symbionts in limnetic and halophilous communities provided by secreted factors of natural resistance from the side of the host, and by factors of persistence from the side of symbionts is proven based on a set of examples. Features of operation of lysozyme-antilysozyme, histon-antihiston, hydrogen peroxide-catalase functional systems in symbiotic interactions of autotrophic and heterotrophic components of hydrobiocenosis with dominant and associative microflora are presented. Associative microflora of allochthonous origin was shown to actively use the ecologically formed system of interaction between hydrobionts that facilitates survival of these microorganisms and preservation of their persistent potential, and as a result leads to biocenosis disorders. The knowledge obtained open new possibilities and perspectives of research of sanitary and ecological aspects of vital activity of aquatic biocenoses.
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Selivanova EA, Nemtseva NV. [Persistent properties of microorganisms inhabiting highly mineralized water bodies]. Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol 2012:62-66. [PMID: 22937709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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AIM Study prevalence and intensity of persistent properties in bacteria inhabiting highly min eralized water bodies and determine their role in interaction with halophilous heterotrophic protozoa. MATERIALS AND METHODS 300 bacteria strains and 3 cultures of heterotrophic protozo isolated from water bodies with mineralization of 2-350 g/l were studied. Antilysozyme (ALA) antihistone (AHA) activity of bacteria, protozoa lysozyme were evaluated by dish and photometric methods. Protozoa histones were evaluated cytochemically. Interaction of protozoa and Escherichia coli was evaluated by experimental co-cultivation. RESULTS Presence of lysozyme an histones was shown in halophilous heterotrophic protozoa. Prevalence of ALA and AHA in bacteria was shown to increase as water body mineralization decreases. Intensity of E. colielimination from brine was determined to depend on the bacteria ALA level and phagocytic activity of protozoa. Participation of halotolerant protozoa in formation of heterogeneity of bacterial population by ALA was shown. CONCLUSION In biocenoses of highly mineralized water bodies functioning of lysozyme-antilysozyme, histone-antihistone systems was shown. Bacteria with high persistent potential may impair sanitary parameters of highly mineralized water bodies, process of self-purification of which depends directly on phagocytic activity of protozoa.
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MacroH2A1 is a histone H2A variant which contains a large non-histone C-terminal region of largely unknown function. Within this region is a macro domain which can bind ADP-ribose and related molecules. Most studies of macroH2A1 focus on the involvement of this variant in transcriptional repression. Studies in mouse embryos and in embryonic stem cells suggested that during early development macroH2A can be found at the centrosome. Centrosomal localization of macroH2A was later reported in somatic cells. Here we provide data showing that macroH2A1 does not localize to the centrosome and that the centrosomal signal observed with antibodies directed against the macroH2A1 non-histone region may be the result of antibody cross-reactivity.
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- Nathalie Friedman
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Pettazzoni P, Pizzimenti S, Toaldo C, Sotomayor P, Tagliavacca L, Liu S, Wang D, Minelli R, Ellis L, Atadja P, Ciamporcero E, Dianzani MU, Barrera G, Pili R. Induction of cell cycle arrest and DNA damage by the HDAC inhibitor panobinostat (LBH589) and the lipid peroxidation end product 4-hydroxynonenal in prostate cancer cells. Free Radic Biol Med 2011; 50:313-22. [PMID: 21078383 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2010.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [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] [Received: 09/03/2010] [Revised: 10/18/2010] [Accepted: 11/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACIs) are promising antineoplastic agents for the treatment of cancer. Here we report that the lipid peroxidation end product 4-hydroxynonenal (HNE) significantly potentiates the anti-tumor effects of the HDAC inhibitor panobinostat (LBH589) in the PC3 prostate cancer cell model. Panobinostat and HNE inhibited proliferation of PC3 cells and the combination of the two agents resulted in a significant combined effect. Cell cycle analysis revealed that both single agents and, to a greater extent, their combined treatment induced G2/M arrest, but cell death occurred in the combined treatment only. Furthermore, HNE and, to a greater extent, the combined treatment induced dephosphorylation of Cdc2 leading to progression into mitosis as confirmed by α-tubulin/DAPI staining and phospho-histone H3 (Ser10) analysis. To evaluate possible induction of DNA damage we utilized the marker phosphorylated histone H2A.X. Results showed that the combination of panobinostat and HNE induced significant DNA damage concomitant with the mitotic arrest. Then, by using androgen receptor (AR)-expressing PC3 cells we observed that the responsiveness to HNE and panobinostat was independent of the expression of functional AR. Taken together, our data suggest that HNE potentiates the antitumoral effect of the HDACI panobinostat in prostate cancer cells.
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- Piergiorgio Pettazzoni
- Department of Medicine and Experimental Oncology, Section of General Pathology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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Duensing S, Duensing A. Bortezomib: killing two birds with one stone in gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Oncotarget 2010; 1:6-8. [PMID: 21293050 PMCID: PMC3058762 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2010] [Accepted: 04/27/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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- Stefan Duensing
- Cancer Virology Program, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Cancer Virology Program, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Xu J, Lupu F, Esmon CT. Inflammation, innate immunity and blood coagulation. Hamostaseologie 2010; 30:5-9. [PMID: 20162248] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Inflammation drives arterial, venous and microvascular thrombosis. Chronic inflammation contributes to arterial thrombotic complications, whereas acute inflammation drives venous thrombosis and microvascular thrombosis. Mechanistically, inflammation modulates thrombotic responses by upregulating procoagulants, downregulating anticoagulants and suppressing fibrinolysis. The inflammatory response can also result in cell apoptosis or necrosis. Products released from the dead cells, particularly histones, propagate further inflammation, tissue death and organ failure. Inhibition of histone mediated cytotoxicity appears to be a new mechanism for protecting against this deadly cascade.
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- J Xu
- Cardiovascular Biology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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Sancho M, Diani E, Beato M, Jordan A. Depletion of human histone H1 variants uncovers specific roles in gene expression and cell growth. PLoS Genet 2008; 4:e1000227. [PMID: 18927631 PMCID: PMC2563032 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [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: 05/14/2008] [Accepted: 09/15/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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At least six histone H1 variants exist in somatic mammalian cells that bind to the linker DNA and stabilize the nucleosome particle contributing to higher order chromatin compaction. In addition, H1 seems to be actively involved in the regulation of gene expression. However, it is not well known whether the different variants have distinct roles or if they regulate specific promoters. We have explored this by inducible shRNA-mediated knock-down of each of the H1 variants in a human breast cancer cell line. Rapid inhibition of each H1 variant was not compensated for by changes of expression of other variants. Microarray experiments have shown a different subset of genes to be altered in each H1 knock-down. Interestingly, H1.2 depletion caused specific effects such as a cell cycle G1-phase arrest, the repressed expression of a number of cell cycle genes, and decreased global nucleosome spacing. On its side, H1.4 depletion caused cell death in T47D cells, providing the first evidence of the essential role of an H1 variant for survival in a human cell type. Thus, specific phenotypes are observed in breast cancer cells depleted of individual histone H1 variants, supporting the theory that distinct roles exist for the linker histone variants. Eukaryotic DNA is packaged into chromatin through its association with histone proteins. The linker histone H1 sits at the base of the nucleosome near the DNA entry and exit sites to stabilize two full turns of DNA. In particular, histone H1 participates in nucleosome spacing and formation of the higher-order chromatin structure. In addition, H1 seems to be actively involved in the regulation of gene expression. Histone H1 in mammals is a family of closely related, single-gene encoded proteins, including five somatic subtypes (from H1.1 to H1.5) and a terminally differentiated expressed isoform (H1.0). It is not well known whether the different variants have distinct roles or if they regulate specific promoters. We have explored this by inducible knock-down of each of the H1 variants in breast cancer cells. A different subset of genes is altered in each H1 knock-down, and depletion has different effects on cell survival. Interestingly, H1.2 and H1.4 depletion specifically caused arrest of cell proliferation. Concomitant with this, H1.2 depletion caused decreased global nucleosome spacing and repressed expression of a number of cell cycle genes. Thus, specific phenotypes are observed in breast cancer cells depleted of individual histone H1 variants.
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- Mónica Sancho
- Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG-UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG-UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG-UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG-UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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Marquard L, Gjerdrum LM, Christensen IJ, Jensen PB, Sehested M, Ralfkiaer E. Prognostic significance of the therapeutic targets histone deacetylase 1, 2, 6 and acetylated histone H4 in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Histopathology 2008; 53:267-77. [PMID: 18671804 PMCID: PMC2675007 DOI: 10.1111/j.0309-0167.2008.03109.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [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: 09/18/2007] [Accepted: 02/25/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIMS Aberrant histone acetylation has been associated with malignancy and histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors are currently being investigated in numerous clinical trials. So far, the malignancy most sensitive to HDAC inhibitors has been cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). The reason for this sensitivity is unclear and studies on HDAC expression and histone acetylation in CTCL are lacking. The aim of this study was to address this issue. METHODS AND RESULTS The immunohistochemical expression of HDAC1, HDAC2, HDAC6, and acetylated H4 was examined in 73 CTCLs and the results related to histological subtypes and overall survival. HDAC1 was most abundantly expressed (P < 0.0001), followed by HDAC2; HDAC6 and H4 acetylation were equally expressed. HDAC2 (P = 0.001) and H4 acetylation (P = 0.03) were significantly more common in aggressive than indolent CTCL subtypes. In contrast, no differences were observed for HDAC1 and HDAC6. In a Cox analysis, elevated HDAC6 was the only parameter showing significant influence on survival (P = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS High expression of HDAC2 and acetylated H4 is more common in aggressive than indolent CTCL. HDAC6 expression is associated with a favorable outcome independent of the subtype.
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- L Marquard
- Department of Pathology, Experimental Pathology Unit, Copenhagen Biocentre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen.
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Jin B, Tao Q, Peng J, Soo HM, Wu W, Ying J, Fields CR, Delmas AL, Liu X, Qiu J, Robertson KD. DNA methyltransferase 3B (DNMT3B) mutations in ICF syndrome lead to altered epigenetic modifications and aberrant expression of genes regulating development, neurogenesis and immune function. Hum Mol Genet 2008; 17:690-709. [PMID: 18029387 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddm341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [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: 12/19/2022] Open
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Genome-wide DNA methylation patterns are established and maintained by the coordinated action of three DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs), DNMT1, DNMT3A and DNMT3B. DNMT3B hypomorphic germline mutations are responsible for two-thirds of immunodeficiency, centromere instability, facial anomalies (ICF) syndrome cases, a rare recessive disease characterized by immune defects, instability of pericentromeric satellite 2-containing heterochromatin, facial abnormalities and mental retardation. The molecular defects in transcription, DNA methylation and chromatin structure in ICF cells remain relatively uncharacterized. In the present study, we used global expression profiling to elucidate the role of DNMT3B in these processes using cell lines derived from ICF syndrome and normal individuals. We show that there are significant changes in the expression of genes critical for immune function, development and neurogenesis that are highly relevant to the ICF phenotype. Approximately half the upregulated genes we analyzed were marked with low-level DNA methylation in normal cells that was lost in ICF cells, concomitant with loss of repressive histone modifications, particularly H3K27 trimethylation, and gains in transcriptionally active H3K9 acetylation and H3K4 trimethylation marks. In addition, we consistently observed loss of binding of the SUZ12 component of the PRC2 polycomb repression complex and DNMT3B to derepressed genes, including a number of homeobox genes critical for immune system, brain and craniofacial development. We also observed altered global levels of certain histone modifications in ICF cells, particularly ubiquitinated H2AK119. Therefore, this study provides important new insights into the role of DNMT3B in modulating gene expression and chromatin structure and reveals new connections between DNMT3B and polycomb-mediated repression.
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- Bilian Jin
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UF Shands Cancer Center Program in Cancer Genetics, Epigenetics, and Tumor Virology, University of Florida, PO Box 100245, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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Zykova TA, Zhu F, Lu C, Higgins L, Tatsumi Y, Abe Y, Bode AM, Dong Z. Lymphokine-activated killer T-cell-originated protein kinase phosphorylation of histone H2AX prevents arsenite-induced apoptosis in RPMI7951 melanoma cells. Clin Cancer Res 2007; 12:6884-93. [PMID: 17145805 PMCID: PMC2238807 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-06-0410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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PURPOSE Arsenic is a valuable therapeutic tool in cancer treatment. Lymphokine-activated killer T-cell-originated protein kinase (TOPK) is highly expressed in cancer cells, but its specific function is still unknown. We investigated the role of TOPK in arsenic-induced apoptosis in RPMI7951 human melanoma cells. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Expression of TOPK was evaluated in different melanoma cell lines, and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis was used to identify proteins binding with TOPK. Immunofluorescence, Western blot, and flow cytometry were used to assess the effect of arsenic on TOPK, histone H2AX, and apoptosis in RPMI7951 cells. RESULTS Melanoma cell lines expressing high levels of TOPK were more resistant to arsenite (As(3+))-induced apoptosis. As(3+) treatment induced phosphorylation of TOPK and histone H2AX in RPMI7951 human melanoma cells. Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry results indicated that TOPK could bind with histone H2AX, and in vitro and in vivo assays confirmed that TOPK binds with and phosphorylates histone H2AX. As(3+) treatment caused phosphorylation of TOPK, which colocalized with phosphorylated histone H2AX in the nucleus. TOPK small interfering RNA cells exhibited a decreased phosphorylation of histone H2AX with As(3+) treatment. As(3+)-induced apoptosis was decreased in H2AX(-/-) cells but increased in TOPK small interfering RNA cells. CONCLUSIONS TOPK binds with histone H2AX and inhibits As(3+)-induced apoptosis through phosphorylation of histone H2AX. Melanoma cell lines with high levels of TOPK are more resistant to As(3+)-induced apoptosis. Therefore, inhibition of TOPK activity combined with As(3+) treatment may be helpful in the treatment of melanomas.
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- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota, USA
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- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular Pathology, Ehime University School of Medicine, Toh-on, Ehime, Japan
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- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota, USA
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- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota, USA
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You JS, Kang JK, Lee EK, Lee JC, Lee SH, Jeon YJ, Koh DH, Ahn SH, Seo DW, Lee HY, Cho EJ, Han JW. Histone deacetylase inhibitor apicidin downregulates DNA methyltransferase 1 expression and induces repressive histone modifications via recruitment of corepressor complex to promoter region in human cervix cancer cells. Oncogene 2007; 27:1376-86. [PMID: 17828306 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [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: 12/31/2022]
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Dysregulation of DNA methyltransferase (DNMT)1 expression is associated with cellular transformation, and inhibition of DNMT1 exerts antitumorigenic effects. Here, we report that DNMT1 abnormally expressed in HeLa cells is downregulated by a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor apicidin, which is correlated with induction of repressive histone modifications on the promoter site. Apicidin selectively represses the expression of DNMT1 among DNMTs in HeLa cells, independent of cell cycle arrest at G0/G1. Furthermore, apicidin causes a significant reduction in the recruitment of RNA polymerase II into the promoter. Chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis shows that even though apicidin causes global hyperacetylation of histone H3 and H4, localized deacetylation of histone H3 and H4 occurs at the E2F binding site, which is accompanied by the recruitment of pRB and the replacement of P/CAF with HDAC1 into the sites. In addition, K4-trimethylated H3 on nucleosomes associated with the transcriptional start site is depleted following apicidin treatment, whereas repressive markers, K9- and K27-trimethylation of H3 are enriched on the site. The downregulation of DNMT1 expression seems to require de novo protein synthesis, because the apicidin effect is antagonized by cycloheximide treatment. Moreover, knock down of DNMT1 with siRNA induces the apoptosis of HeLa cells, indicating that downregulation of DNMT1 might be a good strategy for therapeutics of human cervix cancer. Collectively, our findings will provide a mechanistic rationale for the use of HDAC inhibitors in cancer therapeutics.
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- J S You
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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Murata K, Hamada M, Sugimoto K, Nakano T. A novel mechanism for drug-induced liver failure: inhibition of histone acetylation by hydralazine derivatives. J Hepatol 2007; 46:322-9. [PMID: 17156885 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2006.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2006] [Revised: 09/04/2006] [Accepted: 09/05/2006] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS The aim of this study was to investigate the precise mechanism of liver failure by hydralazine derivatives, with special reference to liver regeneration failure. METHODS Histone acetylation and proliferation of hepatocytes were evaluated by immunohistochemistry with anti-acetylated histone H4 and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). Inhibition of histone acetylation by drugs was determined by in vitro histone acetylation assay. Mice livers fed with todralazine for 1 or 4 months were subjected to immunohistochemistry and Western blotting. Todralazine-fed mice were challenged with anti-Fas to check liver regeneration failure. RESULTS On immunohistochemistry, histone acetylation in the hepatocytes was significantly impaired in patients with hydralazine derivatives. In an in vitro acetyl transferase assay, histone acetylation was inhibited by hydralazine derivatives in a dose-dependent manner. Mice fed with todralazine (3mg/day) for 4 months showed impairment of histone acetylation in hepatocytes whereas no inhibition was observed in mice fed with todralazine for 1 month. Anti-Fas challenge to todralazine-fed mice resulted in impairment of liver regeneration in respect of liver weight loss with impairment of histone acetylation in hepatocytes. CONCLUSIONS Todralazine could inhibit catalysis of histone acetyltransferase and long-term administration of todralazine may impair histone acetylation of the hepatocytes, resulting in liver regeneration failure.
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- Kazumoto Murata
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan.
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Cellular senescence is a tumor-suppressing mechanism that is accompanied by characteristic chromatin condensation called senescence-associated heterochromatic foci (SAHFs). We found that individual SAHFs originate from individual chromosomes. SAHFs do not show alterations of posttranslational modifications of core histones that mark condensed chromatin in mitotic chromosomes, apoptotic chromatin, or transcriptionally inactive heterochromatin. Remarkably, SAHF-positive senescent cells lose linker histone H1 and exhibit increased levels of chromatin-bound high mobility group A2 (HMGA2). The expression of N-terminally enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)–tagged histone H1 induces premature senescence phenotypes, including increased levels of phosphorylated p53, p21, and hypophosphorylated Rb, and a decrease in the chromatin-bound endogenous histone H1 level but not in p16 level accumulation or SAHF formation. However, the simultaneous ectopic expression of hemagglutinin-tagged HMGA2 and N-terminally EGFP-tagged histone H1 leads to significant SAHF formation (P < 0.001). It is known that histone H1 and HMG proteins compete for a common binding site, the linker DNA. These results suggest that SAHFs are a novel type of chromatin condensation involving alterations in linker DNA–binding proteins.
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- Ryo Funayama
- Laboratory of Cell Cycle Regulation, Department of Gene Mechanisms, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Ciurciu A, Komonyi O, Pankotai T, Boros IM. The Drosophila histone acetyltransferase Gcn5 and transcriptional adaptor Ada2a are involved in nucleosomal histone H4 acetylation. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:9413-23. [PMID: 17030603 PMCID: PMC1698533 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01401-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The histone acetyltransferase (HAT) Gcn5 plays a role in chromatin structure and gene expression regulation as a catalytic component of multiprotein complexes, some of which also contain Ada2-type transcriptional coactivators. Data obtained mostly from studies on yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) suggest that Ada2 potentiates Gcn5 activity and substrate recognition. dAda2b, one of two related Ada2 proteins of Drosophila melanogaster, was recently found to play a role in complexes acetylating histone 3 (H3). Evidence of an in vivo functional link between the related coactivator dAda2a and dGcn5, however, is lacking. Here we present data on the genetic interaction of dGcn5 and dAda2a. The loss of either dGcn5 or dAda2a function results in similar chromosome structural and developmental defects. In dAda2a mutants, the nucleosomal H4 acetylation at lysines 12 and 5 is significantly reduced, while the acetylation established by dAda2b-containing Gcn5 complexes at H3 lysines 9 and 14 is unaffected. The data presented here, together with our earlier data on the function of dAda2b, provide evidence that related Ada2 proteins of Drosophila, together with Gcn5 HAT, are involved in the acetylation of specific lysine residues in the N-terminal tails of nucleosomal H3 and H4. Our data suggest dAda2a involvement in both uniformly distributed H4 acetylation and gene-specific transcription regulation.
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- Anita Ciurciu
- Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Center, Temesvári krt, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary
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Alvarez D, Chou CJ, Latella L, Zeitlin SG, Ku S, Puri PL, Dervan PB, Gottesfeld JM. A Two-Hit Mechanism for Pre-Mitotic Arrest of Cancer Cell Proliferation by a Polyamide-Alkylator Conjugate. Cell Cycle 2006; 5:1537-48. [PMID: 16861886 DOI: 10.4161/cc.5.14.2913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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A polyamide-chlorambucil conjugate (1R-Chl) arrests a wide range of human cancer cell lines at the G2/M phase of the cell cycle and downregulates histone H4c gene expression. However, an siRNA against H4c mRNA causes G1/S arrest. Here, we report that 1R-Chl downregulates H4c prior to G2/M arrest. G2/M arrest is the result of extensive DNA damage by 1R-Chl, which leads to phosphorylation of H2A.X at serine 139, recruitment of the Nbs1 repair protein, and a cascade of unknown events culminating with cdc2 phosphorylation at tyrosine 15 and abolishment of cdc2 kinase activity. A control polyamide-Chl conjugate, which neither binds to the H4c gene nor has an anti-proliferative effect by itself, causes G2/M arrest when cells are treated with siRNAs specific for H3 or H4c.
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- David Alvarez
- Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Hellebrekers DMEI, Jair KW, Viré E, Eguchi S, Hoebers NTH, Fraga MF, Esteller M, Fuks F, Baylin SB, van Engeland M, Griffioen AW. Angiostatic activity of DNA methyltransferase inhibitors. Mol Cancer Ther 2006; 5:467-75. [PMID: 16505122 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-05-0417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Inhibitors of DNA methyltransferases (DNMT) and histone deacetylases can reactivate epigenetically silenced tumor suppressor genes and thereby decrease tumor cell growth. Little, however, is known on the effects of these compounds in endothelial cell biology and tumor angiogenesis. Here, we show that the DNMT inhibitors 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine and zebularine markedly decrease vessel formation in different tumor models. We show that DNMT inhibitors are antiproliferative for tumor-conditioned endothelial cells, without affecting endothelial cell apoptosis and migration. Furthermore, these compounds inhibit angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo as shown by inhibition of endothelial cells sprouting in a three-dimensional gel and inhibition of microvessel formation in the chorioallantoic membrane, respectively. 5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine, as well as the histone deacetylase inhibitor trichostatin A, reactivates the growth-inhibiting genes TSP1, JUNB, and IGFBP3, which are suppressed in tumor-conditioned endothelial cells. Despite enhanced DNMT activity and increased overall genomic methylation levels in tumor-conditioned endothelial cells, silencing of these genes seemed not to be regulated by direct promoter hypermethylation. For IGFBP3, gene expression in endothelial cells correlated with histone H3 acetylation patterns. In conclusion, our data show that DNMT inhibitors have angiostatic activity in addition to their inhibitory effects on tumor cells. This dual action of these compounds makes them promising anticancer therapeutics.
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- Debby M E I Hellebrekers
- Angiogenesis Laboratory, Research Institute for Growth and Development, Department of Pathology, Maastricht University and University Hospital, P.O. Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, the Netherlands
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It has been postulated that the progression of human pregnancy to term is, in part, the result of a relative maternal Th(2) immunological state. This can be activated in some cell types by modifying DNA methylation and histone acetylation status. We demonstrate that the molecular inhibition of histone deacetylation, using trichostatin A (TSA), in human choriodecidual explants leads to a massive increase in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated IL-1beta. The inhibition of histone deacetylation had no effect on LPS-stimulated TNF-alpha production or production of the other cytokines studied (IL-10, IL-1 receptor antagonist). The molecular inhibition of DNA methylation and histone deacetylation, using 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine and TSA, respectively, in human choriodecidual explants also results in an increase in the basal production of TNF-alpha but not that of IL-1beta. The differential response is unique, and the relative uncoupling of IL-1beta and TNF-alpha responsiveness may have importance in other biological systems and provide new therapeutic targets for pathologies where upregulation of IL-1beta is known to be a causative factor.
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- Timothy A Sato
- Liggins Institute, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Univ. of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand. )
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Jung FH, Pasquet G, Lambert-van der Brempt C, Lohmann JJM, Warin N, Renaud F, Germain H, De Savi C, Roberts N, Johnson T, Dousson C, Hill GB, Mortlock AA, Heron N, Wilkinson RW, Wedge SR, Heaton SP, Odedra R, Keen NJ, Green S, Brown E, Thompson K, Brightwell S. Discovery of novel and potent thiazoloquinazolines as selective Aurora A and B kinase inhibitors. J Med Chem 2006; 49:955-70. [PMID: 16451062 DOI: 10.1021/jm050786h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [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: 01/21/2023]
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The synthesis of a novel series of quinazolines substituted at C4 by five-membered ring aminoheterocycles is reported. Their in vitro structure-activity relationships versus Aurora A and B serine-threonine kinases is discussed. Our results demonstrate that quinazolines with a substituted aminothiazole at C4 possess potent Aurora A and B inhibitory activity and excellent selectivity against a panel of various serine-threonine and tyrosine kinases, as exemplified by compound 46. We found also that the position and nature of the substituent on the thiazole play key roles in cellular potency. Compounds with an acetanilide substituent at C5' have the greatest cellular activity. The importance of the C5' position for substitution has been rationalized by ab initio molecular orbital calculations. Results show that the planar conformation with the sulfur of the thiazole next to the quinazoline N-3 is strongly favored over the other possible planar conformation. Compound 46 is a potent suppressor of the expression of phospho-histone H3 in tumor cells in vitro as well as in vivo, where 46, administered as its phosphate prodrug 54, suppresses the expression of phospho-histone H3 in subcutaneously implanted tumors in nude mice.
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- Frédéric H Jung
- AstraZeneca, Centre de Recherches, Parc Industriel Pompelle, BP1050, Chemin de Vrilly, 51689 Reims Cedex 2, France.
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Jensen LH, Thougaard AV, Grauslund M, Søkilde B, Carstensen EV, Dvinge HK, Scudiero DA, Jensen PB, Shoemaker RH, Sehested M. Substituted Purine Analogues Define a Novel Structural Class of Catalytic Topoisomerase II Inhibitors. Cancer Res 2005; 65:7470-7. [PMID: 16103101 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-0707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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By screening 1,990 compounds from the National Cancer Institute diversity set library against human topoisomerase IIalpha, we identified a novel catalytic topoisomerase II inhibitor NSC35866, a S6-substituted analogue of thioguanine. In addition to inhibiting the DNA strand passage reaction of human topoisomerase IIalpha, NSC35866 also inhibited its ATPase reaction. NSC35866 primarily inhibited DNA-stimulated ATPase activity, whereas DNA-independent ATPase activity was less sensitive to inhibition. We compared the mode of topoisomerase II ATPase inhibition induced by NSC35866 with that of 12 other substituted purine analogues of different chemical classes. The ability of thiopurines with free SH functionalities to inhibit topoisomerase II ATPase activity was completely abolished by DTT, suggesting that these thiopurines inhibit topoisomerase II ATPase activity by covalently modifying free cysteine residues. In contrast, NSC35866 as well as two O6-substituted guanine analogues, O6-benzylguanine and NU2058, could inhibit topoisomerase II ATPase activity in the presence of DTT, indicating that they have a different mechanism of inhibition. NSC35866 did not increase the level of topoisomerase II covalent cleavable complexes with DNA, indicating that it is a catalytic inhibitor and not a poison. NSC35866 was also capable of inducing a salt-stable complex of topoisomerase II on closed circular DNA. In accordance with these biochemical data, NSC35866 could antagonize etoposide-induced cytotoxicity and DNA breaks in human and murine cancer cells, confirming that NSC35866 also functions as a catalytic topoisomerase II inhibitor in cells.
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- Lars H Jensen
- Department of Pathology, Diagnostic Centre, National University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Very little is known about the role of histone H3 phosphorylation in malignant transformation and cancer development. Here, we examine the function of H3 phosphorylation in cell transformation in vivo. Introduction of small interfering RNA-H3 into JB6 cells resulted in decreased epidermal growth factor (EGF)-induced cell transformation. In contrast, wild-type histone H3 (H3 WT)-overexpressing cells markedly stimulated EGF-induced cell transformation, whereas the H3 mutant S10A cells suppressed transformation. When H3 WT was overexpressed, EGF induction of c-fos and c-jun promoter activity was significantly increased compared with control cells but not in the H3 mutant S10A or S28A cells. In addition, activator protein-1 activity in H3 WT-overexpressing cells was markedly up-regulated by EGF in contrast to the H3 mutant S10A or S28A cells. These results indicate that the phosphorylation of histone H3 at Ser10 is an essential regulatory mechanism for EGF-induced neoplastic cell transformation.
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- Hong Seok Choi
- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota1, Austin, Minnesota 55912, USA
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- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota1, Austin, Minnesota 55912, USA
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- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota1, Austin, Minnesota 55912, USA
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- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota1, Austin, Minnesota 55912, USA
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- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota1, Austin, Minnesota 55912, USA
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- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota1, Austin, Minnesota 55912, USA
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- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota1, Austin, Minnesota 55912, USA
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The nuclear import of histones is a prerequisite for the downstream deposition of histones to form chromatin. However, the coordinate regulation of these processes remains poorly understood. Here we demonstrate that Kap114p, the primary karyopherin/importin responsible for the nuclear import of histones H2A and H2B, modulates the deposition of histones H2A and H2B by the histone chaperone Nap1p. We show that a complex comprising Kap114p, histones H2A and H2B, and Nap1p is present in the nucleus and that the presence of this complex is specifically promoted by Nap1p. This places Kap114p in a position to modulate Nap1p function, and we demonstrate by the use of two different assay systems that Kap114p inhibits Nap1p-mediated chromatin assembly. The inhibition of H2A and H2B deposition by Kap114p results in the concomitant inhibition of RCC1 loading onto chromatin. Biochemical evidence suggests that the mechanism by which Kap114p modulates histone deposition primarily involves direct histone binding, while the interaction between Kap114p and Nap1p plays a secondary role. Furthermore, we found that the inhibition of histone deposition by Kap114p is partially reversed by RanGTP. Our results indicate a novel mechanism by which cells can regulate histone deposition and establish a coordinate link between histone nuclear import and chromatin assembly.
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- Nima Mosammaparast
- Center for Cell Signaling, University of Virginia HSC, Box 800577, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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Taneja N, Davis M, Choy JS, Beckett MA, Singh R, Kron SJ, Weichselbaum RR. Histone H2AX Phosphorylation as a Predictor of Radiosensitivity and Target for Radiotherapy. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:2273-80. [PMID: 14561744 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m310030200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Based on the role of phosphorylation of the histone H2A variant H2AX in recruitment of DNA repair and checkpoint proteins to the sites of DNA damage, we have investigated gammaH2AX as a reporter of tumor radiosensitivity and a potential target to enhance the effectiveness of radiation therapy. Clinically relevant ionizing radiation (IR) doses induced similar patterns of gammaH2AX focus formation or immunoreactivity in radiosensitive and radioresistant human tumor cell lines and xenografted tumors. However, radiosensitive tumor cells and xenografts retained gammaH2AX for a greater duration than radioresistant cells and tumors. These results suggest that persistence of gammaH2AX after IR may predict tumor response to radiotherapy. We synthesized peptide mimics of the H2AX carboxyl-terminal tail to test whether antagonizing H2AX function affects tumor cell survival following IR. The peptides did not alter the viability of unirradiated tumor cells, but both blocked induction of gammaH2AX foci by IR and enhanced cell death in irradiated radioresistant tumor cells. These results suggest that H2AX is a potential molecular target to enhance the effects of radiotherapy.
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- Neelam Taneja
- Center for Molecular Oncology, Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Schild-Poulter C, Shih A, Yarymowich NC, Haché RJG. Down-regulation of histone H2B by DNA-dependent protein kinase in response to DNA damage through modulation of octamer transcription factor 1. Cancer Res 2003; 63:7197-205. [PMID: 14612514] [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: 04/27/2023]
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Cells respond to double-stranded DNA breaks (DSBs) by pausing cell cycle progression to allow the repair machinery to restore genomic integrity. DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK), comprising a large catalytic subunit (DNA-PK(cs)) and the Ku antigen regulatory subunit (Ku70/Ku80), is activated in response to DSBs and is required for DNA repair through the nonhomologous end-joining pathway. Here we provide evidence that DNA-PK participates in altering specific gene expression in response to DNA damage by modulating the stability and transcriptional regulatory potential of the essential transcription factor octamer transcription factor 1 (Oct-1). Histone H2B and U2 RNA, whose expression are highly dependent on Oct-1, were strongly decreased in response to ionizing radiation in a DNA-PK-dependent manner, and Oct-1-dependent reporter gene transcription was repressed. Furthermore, Oct-1 phosphorylation in response to ionizing radiation increased in a DNA-PK-dependent manner. Paradoxically, down-regulation of transactivation correlated with the rapid DNA-PK-dependent stabilization of Oct-1. Stabilization of Oct-1 was dependent on the NH(2)-terminal region of Oct-1, which contains a transcriptional activation domain and which was phosphorylated by DNA-PK in vitro. These results suggest a mechanism for the regulation of Oct-1 in response to DNA damage through specific phosphorylation within the NH(2)-terminal transcriptional regulatory domain.
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- Caroline Schild-Poulter
- Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Health Research Institute, 725 Parkdale Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4E9, Canada.
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Plotnikov AO, Nemtseva NV, Bukharin OV. [Persistent properties of protozoa-associated bacteria]. Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol 2002:60-2. [PMID: 12449703] [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: 02/27/2023]
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The species structure and persistent properties (antilysozyme and antihistone activity) of bacteria forming associations with protozoa is revealed. Among them, 68.9% of the isolates were enterobacteria, the remaining organisms belonged to the families Aeromonas, Alcaligenes, Pseudomonas, Vibrio, etc. Within the family Enterobacteriaceae bacteria of the Escherichia group prevailed. 50.4% of the isolates were found to have antilysozyme activity and 97%--antihistone activity. The level of persistent properties in the representatives of allochthonous microflora was higher than that in the representatives of autochthonous microflora. In addition to antilysozyme activity antihistone activity was noted in protozoa-associated bacteria, which could be of importance for the formation of symbiotic links in natural associations. These data may be used in sanitary and hygienic practice for microecological monitoring of the environment.
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- A O Plotnikov
- Institute of Cellular and Intracellular Symbiosis of the Urals Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Orenburg, Russia
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Hasselmayer O, Demirhan I, Chandra A, Bayer M, Müller R, Chandra P. Inhibition of histone-mediated gene transfer in eucaryotic cells by anti-histone IgG. Anticancer Res 2001; 21:2377-86. [PMID: 11724296] [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: 02/22/2023]
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In our laboratory, the gene transfer efficiency of some lipofection reagents (lipofectine, lipofectamine, DOTAP and Dosper) and histones H3 and H4 was compared to that of DEAE-Dextran (64). The histones H3 and H4 were found to have the highest transfection efficiency of all the agents tested. In the present study we have analyzed other parameters important for gene delivery by the histones H3 and H4. We transferred the HIV-1 tat gene to Jurkat cells and measured the transactivation of HIV-1-LTR by the transactivator protein, expressed in Jurkat cells. The expression of CAT as a reporter gene hybridized to LTR was a direct measure of transactivation potential. In order to investigate whether the transfection was only due to the positive ionic character of the histones H3 and H4 we tested other histones (H1 and H2A) and polylysine in our system. Under our experimental conditions, neither polylysine, nor the histones H1 and H2A were able to promote gene transfer in Jurkat cells. The inability of these reagents to promote gene transfer was not dependent on DNA condensation; in EMSA (Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay) all these reagents exhibited a strong retardation of DNA. In the presence of anti-histone-IgG the transfection potential of histones H3 and H4 was diminished in a concentration - dependent manner. To investigate whether the histone antibodies inhibited the condensation of DNA by histones we carried out gel retardation assays (EMSA) in the absence and in the presence of histone antibodies. Anti-histone-IgG had no effect on the retardation of histone-DNA complexes; on the contrary, retardation was increased. This observation has led us to postulate two models for the possible mechanism by which the histones H3 and H4 catalyze gene transfer in eucaryotic cells.
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- O Hasselmayer
- Gustav-Embden Center of Biological Chemistry, Department of Molecular Biology, Frankfurt University Medical School, Germany
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Tiulenev VI, Konoplich LA, Rudenko OA. [Inhibition of proteolysis of nuclear histones by metal ions]. Ukr Biokhim Zh (1999) 2000; 72:48-50. [PMID: 10979558] [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: 02/17/2023]
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3-5 hours incubation of calf thymus nuclei at 37 degrees C leads to the proteolysis of histones H1, H3 and H2B; 1-10 mM NiCl2 and ZnSO4 inhibits the proteolysis of the histones H1, H3 and H2B.
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- V I Tiulenev
- Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, Ukraine
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Varga F, Rumpler M, Luegmayr E, Fratzl-Zelman N, Glantschnig H, Klaushofer K. Triiodothyronine, a regulator of osteoblastic differentiation: depression of histone H4, attenuation of c-fos/c-jun, and induction of osteocalcin expression. Calcif Tissue Int 1997; 61:404-11. [PMID: 9351883 DOI: 10.1007/s002239900356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Thyroid hormones influence growth and differentiation of bone cells. In vivo and in vitro data indicate their importance for development and maintenance of the skeleton. Triiodothyronine (T3) inhibits proliferation and accelerates differentiation of osteoblasts. We studied the regulatory effect of T3 on markers of proliferation as well as on specific markers of the osteoblastic phenotype in cultured MC3T3-E1 cells at different time points. In parallel to the inhibitory effect on proliferation, T3 down-regulated histone H4 mRNA expression. Early genes (c-fos/c-jun) are highly expressed in proliferating cells and are down-regulated when the cells switch to differentiation. When MC3T3-E1 cells are cultured under serum-free conditions, basal c-fos/c-jun expressions are nearly undetectable. Under these conditions, c-fos/c-jun mRNAs can be stimulated by EGF, the effect of which is attenuated to about 46% by T3. In addition, T3 stimulated the expression at the mRNA and protein level of osteocalcin, a marker of mature osteoblasts and alkaline phosphatase activity. All these effects were more pronounced when cells were cultured for more than 6 days. These data indicate that T3 acts as a differentiation factor in osteoblasts by influencing the expression of cell cycle-regulated, of cell growth-regulated, and of phenotypic genes.
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- F Varga
- Ludwig Boltzmann-Institute of Osteology, 4th Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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You J, Bird RC. Selective induction of cell cycle regulatory genes cdk1 (p34cdc2), cyclins A/B, and the tumor suppressor gene Rb in transformed cells by okadaic acid. J Cell Physiol 1995; 164:424-33. [PMID: 7622588 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041640223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Genes encoding cdk1 (p34cdc2), cyclin A, cyclin B, and the tumor suppressor gene Rb are fundamental regulators of cell cycle progression which associate as a complex with the transcription factor E2F. Expression of many of these proteins has previously been shown to be repressed by okadaic acid, a specific inhibitor of protein phosphatases 1/2A (PP1/PP2A), resulting in growth arrest in nontransformed but immortalized cells. We have investigated levels of mRNA encoding cdk1 (p34cdc2), cyclin A, cyclin B, Rb, GAPDH, c-myc, and histone H4 genes for sensitivity to okadaic acid in HeLa cells to determine if transformation altered their regulation. Serum starvation slowed growth and diminished mRNA levels for all genes tested except c-myc and GAPDH. When starved cells were subsequently exposed to 19 nM okadaic acid or refed 10% serum, mRNA levels of cyclin A, cyclin B, cdk1, and Rb dramatically increased while mRNA levels for c-myc and GAPDH were largely unaffected. Histone H4 mRNA levels and the rate of DNA synthesis were greatly enhanced by serum addition but not affected appreciably by okadaic acid. Okadaic acid was also effective in blocking proliferation of exponentially growing HeLa cells at G2/M and S phase. Despite the cell cycle phase-specific block, elevated mRNA levels for cdk1, cyclin A, cyclin B, Rb, and suppression of H4 mRNA levels were detected and persisted for at least 12 hr following okadaic acid removal. The results demonstrate that cell cycle progression is blocked and several cell cycle regulatory genes, encoding transcription factor E2F-associated proteins, experience elevation of mRNA levels through mechanisms sensitive to okadaic acid likely through a PP1/PP2A-sensitive mechanism. Data from transformed cells contrast with data from immortalized but nontransformed cells in which okadaic acid also blocks cell cycle progression during G2/M phase but suppresses expression of these genes. Such contrasts may be correlated with reduced growth factor dependence and transformation.
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- J You
- Department of Pathobiology, Auburn University, Alabama 36849, USA
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Sokolov VI. [Microbiological criteria for assessing ecological risk]. Biull Eksp Biol Med 1994; 117:636-8. [PMID: 8068923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Sokolov VI. [Changes in the chromatin structure under the influence of intranuclear bacteria with antihistone activity]. Biull Eksp Biol Med 1993; 116:536-8. [PMID: 8312555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Computed TV morphodensitometry was used to examine the integration of bacteria into the human nuclear genome. The bacterial strains with antihistone activity were shown to be incorporated into the structure of chromatin structure of an epithelial cell with its network organization impaired. The microscopic analysis of cultured Hep 2 cells by manual scanning indicated that genetically active bacteria were incorporated into the nucleus and nucleolus.
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An experimental assay was developed to search for proteins capable of antagonizing histone H1-mediated general repression of transcription. T7 RNA polymerase templates containing an upstream scaffold-associated region (SAR) were highly selectively repressed by H1 relative to non-SAR control templates. This is due to the nucleation of H1 assembly into flanking DNA brought about by the numerous A-tracts (AT-rich sequences containing short homopolymeric runs of dA.dT base pairs) of the SAR. Partial, selective titration of these A-tracts by the high mobility group (HMG) protein HMG-I/Y led to the complete derepression of transcription from the SAR template by inducing the redistribution of H1 on to non-SAR templates. SARs are associated with many highly transcribed regulated genes where they may serve to facilitate the HMG-I/Y-mediated displacement of histone H1 in chromatin. Indeed, HMG-I/Y was found to be strongly enriched in the H1-depleted subfraction which can be isolated from chromatin.
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- K Zhao
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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Sokolov VI. [Antihistone activity of bacteria]. Biull Eksp Biol Med 1993; 115:180-3. [PMID: 8043802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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For the first time an anti-histone activity of bacteria has been revealed and a method of its determination has been suggested. Bacteria used in the study and isolated from anterior section of nasal mucosa of the children have been identified on a species level and characterized in terms of their antihistone activity. With employment of light microscopic technique different stages of interaction between bacteria and nuclei of epitheliocytes of anterior section of nasal mucous membrane of children under school age were studied. A biological significance of antihistone activity of bacteria as well as a possibility of its use in biotechnology, Medicine, Ecology is discussed.
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Hirai H, Natori S, Sekimizu K. Reversal by phosphatidylglycerol and cardiolipin of inhibition of transcription and replication by histones in vitro. Arch Biochem Biophys 1992; 298:458-63. [PMID: 1329658 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(92)90435-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 12/26/2022]
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We examined the effects of phospholipids on transcription and replication in vitro in the presence of histones. Phosphatidylglycerol and cardiolipin were shown to reverse the inhibitory effects of histones in both random RNA synthesis with purified RNA polymerase II and accurate transcription initiated from the adenovirus 2 major late promoter in a nuclear extract. Phosphatidylserine, phosphatidic acid, and phosphatidylcholine did not activate RNA synthesis although they bound as strongly as phosphatidylglycerol and cardiolipin to histones. Phosphatidylglycerol and cardiolipin also reversed the in vitro inhibition of SV40 DNA replication by histones. Unsaturation of the fatty acid residues was shown to be necessary for the restoration of transcription and replication by phosphatidylglycerol.
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- H Hirai
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Holers VM, Kotzin BL. Human peripheral blood monocytes display surface antigens recognized by monoclonal antinuclear antibodies. J Clin Invest 1985; 76:991-8. [PMID: 3876357 PMCID: PMC423964 DOI: 10.1172/jci112100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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We used monoclonal anti-nuclear autoantibodies and indirect immunofluorescence to examine normal human peripheral blood mononuclear leukocytes for the presence of cell surface nuclear antigens. Only one monoclonal anti-histone antibody (MH-2) was found to bind to freshly isolated PBL, staining approximately 10% of large cells. However, after cells were placed into culture for 16-24 h, a high percentage (up to 60%) of large-sized cells were recognized by an anti-DNA (BWD-1) and several different antihistone monoclonal antibodies (BWH-1, MH-1, and MH-2). These antibodies recognize separate antigenic determinants on chromatin and histones extracted from chromatin. None of the monoclonal autoantibodies appeared to bind to a significant percentage of cells of relatively small cell size, either before or after culture. The histone antigen-positive cells were viable, and the monoclonal antibodies could be shown to be binding to the cell surface and not to the nucleus. Further experiments, including those using aggregated Ig to block antibody binding, strongly indicated that anti-histone antibody binding was not Fc receptor mediated. Using monoclonal antibodies specific for monocytes and T cells, and complement-mediated cytotoxicity, the cells bearing histone antigens were shown to be primarily monocytes. The appearance of histone and DNA antigen-positive cells was nearly completely inhibited by the addition of low concentrations (0.25 micrograms/ml) of cycloheximide at initiation of the cultures. In contrast, little effect on the percentage of positive cells was detected if cells were exposed to high doses of gamma irradiation before culture. These data further support the existence of cell surface nuclear antigens on selected cell subsets, which may provide insight into the immunopathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus and related autoimmune diseases.
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alpha-Protein growth fraction (AGF) eliminates the 60- to 90-day adaptive phase required to establish actively growing cultures of HeLa (Gey), human heart (Girardi), KB (Eagle) and other established cell lines in serum-free chemically defined medium A3. AGF is effective at less than 0.4 microgram per ml. By using the procedures described in the text, it is possible to culture HeLa cells in very simple media such as Eagle's basal medium. The properties of AGF are such that it may be adsorbed on glass or plastic flasks. Glass flasks treated with AGF retain full activity after washing with acetone, and treatment with ethyl ether and chemically defined medium. Adsorbed AGF is destroyed by trypsin. AGF can detoxify protamines, polylysines or histones. It will reverse the aggregation response induced by adding complexes composed of carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) and basic proteins. The results support the contention that highly adsorptive AGF functions at the cell surface and is capable of modifying the response of the cell to its environment.
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Khillar M, Uong DS, Stolts D. [Mechanism of histone action on mitochondrial energetics. Proton and cation transport across membrane]. Biokhimiia 1977; 42:589-97. [PMID: 857919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The effect of lysine-rich histone on mitochondria was studied with respect to the cation transport and proton uptake across the membrane. Histone does not affect Ca2+ uptake or level in mitochondria. It extrudes Mg2+ by 30% with the utilization of substrates; in the presence of rotenone extrusion drops to about 18%. Dinitrophenol and ADP prevent the effect of histone. Mg2+ uptake is inhibited by 12% by histone. K+ extrusion by histone (by 50%) which depends on the oxidation of substrates, is enhanced by phosphate, and Mg2+ decreases (by 50%) the K+ extrusion. Histone prevents to some extent extrusion of K+ by Ca2+. Histone does not affect Na+ level in mitochondria, it blocks (by 50%) Na+ uptake in the presence of gramicidin, probably by forming a gramicidin-histone complex. Histone blocks proton uptake by mitochondria incubated in the presence of valinomycin or DNP. In the presence of DNP valinomycin-induced H+ uptake is not affected by histone. H+ uptake induced by nigericin is not affected by histone as well.
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Russell MW, Brooker BE, Reiter B. Inhibition of the bactericidal activity of bovine polymorphonuclear leucocytes and related systems by casein. Res Vet Sci 1976; 20:30-5. [PMID: 1257625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMN) obtained from lactating cows' udders were deficient in their ability to kill Staphylococcus aureus compared with PMN isolated from blood. However, blood PMN suspended in separated milk or in the presence of casein were similarly impaired. Casein was found to inhibit in vitro the bactericidal activities of histone, the lactoperoxidase-H2O2-KI system and PMN lysates. Electron microscopy showed that casein was ingested by PMN with the formation of phagocytic vacuoles. These observations provide the basis of a hypothesis explaining the bactericidal deficiency of milk PMN and the consequent susceptibility of the udder to infection.
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