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Chowdhury MAR, Haq MM, Lee JH, Jeong S. Multi-faceted regulation of CREB family transcription factors. Front Mol Neurosci 2024; 17:1408949. [PMID: 39165717 PMCID: PMC11333461 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2024.1408949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2024] [Accepted: 07/12/2024] [Indexed: 08/22/2024] Open
Abstract
cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) is a ubiquitously expressed nuclear transcription factor, which can be constitutively activated regardless of external stimuli or be inducibly activated by external factors such as stressors, hormones, neurotransmitters, and growth factors. However, CREB controls diverse biological processes including cell growth, differentiation, proliferation, survival, apoptosis in a cell-type-specific manner. The diverse functions of CREB appear to be due to CREB-mediated differential gene expression that depends on cAMP response elements and multi-faceted regulation of CREB activity. Indeed, the transcriptional activity of CREB is controlled at several levels including alternative splicing, post-translational modification, dimerization, specific transcriptional co-activators, non-coding small RNAs, and epigenetic regulation. In this review, we present versatile regulatory modes of CREB family transcription factors and discuss their functional consequences.
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- Md Arifur Rahman Chowdhury
- Department of Bioactive Material Sciences, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
- Department of Molecular Biology, and Research Center of Bioactive Materials, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bioactive Material Sciences, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
- Department of Molecular Biology, and Research Center of Bioactive Materials, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Life Sciences, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bioactive Material Sciences, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
- Department of Molecular Biology, and Research Center of Bioactive Materials, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
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Cox JR, Fox A, Lenahan C, Pivnik L, Manion M, Blazeck J. Engineering CREB-activated promoters for adenosine-induced gene expression. Biotechnol J 2024; 19:e2300446. [PMID: 38403442 PMCID: PMC10901447 DOI: 10.1002/biot.202300446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Revised: 12/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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Accumulation of the ribonucleoside, adenosine (ADO), triggers a cAMP response element binding protein (CREB)-mediated signaling pathway to suppress the function of immune cells in tumors. Here, we describe a collection of CREB-activated promoters that allow for strong and tunable ADO-induced gene expression in human cells. By optimizing number of CREB transcription factor binding sites and altering the core promoter region of CREB-based hybrid promoters, we created synthetic constructs that drive gene expression to higher levels than strong, endogenous mammalian promoters in the presence of ADO. These synthetic promoters are induced up to 47-fold by ADO, with minimal expression in their "off" state. We further determine that our CREB-based promoters are activated by other compounds that act as signaling analogs, and that combinatorial addition of ADO and these compounds has a synergistic impact on gene expression. Surprisingly, we also detail how background ADO degradation caused by the common cell culture media additive, fetal bovine serum (FBS), confounds experiments designed to determine ADO dose-responsiveness. We show that only after long-term heat deactivation of FBS can our synthetic promoters enable gene expression induction at physiologically relevant levels of ADO. Finally, we demonstrate that the strength of a CREB-based promoter is enhanced by incorporating other transcription factor binding sites.
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- John Robert Cox
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Mukherjee S, Sarkar AK, Lahiri A, Sengupta Bandyopadhyay S. Analysis of the interaction of a non-canonical twin half-site of Cyclic AMP-Response Element (CRE) with CRE-binding protein. Biochimie 2023; 211:25-34. [PMID: 36842626 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2023.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Revised: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
Abstract
Differential regulation of a gene having either canonical or non-canonical cyclic AMP response element (CRE) in its promoter is primarily accomplished by its interactions with CREB (cAMP-response element binding protein). The present study aims to delineate the mechanism of the CREB-CRE interactions at the Oncostatin-M (osm) promoter by in vitro and in silico approaches. The non-canonical CREosm consists of two half-CREs separated by a short intervening sequence of 9 base pairs. In this study, in vitro binding assays revealed that out of the two CRE half-sites, the right half-CRE was indispensable for binding of CREB, while the left sequence showed weaker binding ability and specificity. Genome-wide modeling and high throughput free energy calculations for the energy-minimized models containing CREB-CREosm revealed that there was no difference in the binding of CREB to the right half of CREosm site when compared to the entire CREosm. These results were in accordance with the in vitro studies, confirming the indispensable role of the right half-CREosm site in stable complex formation with the CREB protein. Additionally, conversion of the right half-CREosm site to a canonical CRE palindrome showed stronger CREB binding, irrespective of the presence or absence of the left CRE sequence. Thus, the present study establishes an interesting insight into the interaction of CREB with a CRE variant located at the far end of a TATA-less promoter of a cytokine-encoding gene, which in turn could be involved in the regulation of transcription under specific conditions.
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- Srimoyee Mukherjee
- Department of Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Calcutta, 92 A.P.C. Road, Kolkata, 700009, India
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- Department of Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Calcutta, 92 A.P.C. Road, Kolkata, 700009, India
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- Department of Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Calcutta, 92 A.P.C. Road, Kolkata, 700009, India
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- Department of Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Calcutta, 92 A.P.C. Road, Kolkata, 700009, India.
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Bentley EP, Scholl D, Wright PE, Deniz AA. Coupling of binding and differential subdomain folding of the intrinsically disordered transcription factor CREB. FEBS Lett 2023; 597:917-932. [PMID: 36480418 PMCID: PMC10089947 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The cyclic AMP response element binding protein (CREB) contains a basic leucine zipper motif (bZIP) that forms a coiled coil structure upon dimerization and specific DNA binding. Although this state is well characterized, key features of CREB bZIP binding and folding are not well understood. We used single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (smFRET) to probe conformations of CREB bZIP subdomains. We found differential folding of the basic region and leucine zipper in response to different binding partners; a strong and previously unreported DNA-independent dimerization affinity; folding upon binding to nonspecific DNA; and evidence of long-range interdomain interactions in full-length CREB that modulate DNA binding. These studies provide new insights into DNA binding and dimerization and have implications for CREB function.
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- Emily P. Bentley
- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA 92037
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA 92037
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA 92037
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA 92037
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Zhang D, Zhang Q, Wang L, Li J, Hao W, Sun Y, Liu D, Yang X. Alternative Splicing Isoforms of Porcine CREB Are Differentially Involved in Transcriptional Transactivation. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13081304. [PMID: 35893040 PMCID: PMC9331954 DOI: 10.3390/genes13081304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2022] [Revised: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
The cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB), a basic leucine zipper transcription factor, is involved in the activation of numerous genes in a variety of cell types. The CREB gene is rich in alternative splicing (AS) events. However, studies on the AS of CREB genes in pigs are limited, and few reports have compared the roles of isoforms in activating gene expression. Here, five AS transcripts, V1–5, were characterized by RT-PCR and two, V3 and V5, were new identifications. Both V1 and V2 have all the functional domains of the CREB protein, with similar tissue expression profiles and mRNA stability, suggesting that they have similar roles. The transcriptional transactivation activities of four isoforms encoding complete polypeptides were analyzed on the expression of the B-cell CLL/lymphoma 2-like protein 2 and the poly (A)-binding protein, nuclear 1 genes with a dual-luciferase reporter system, and differential activities were observed. Both V1 and V2 have promoting effects, but their roles are gene-specific. V3 has no effect on the promoter of the two genes, while V4 functions as a repressor. The mechanisms underlying the differential roles of V1 and V2 were analyzed with RNA-seq, and the genes specifically regulated by V1 and V2 were identified. These results will contribute to further revealing the role of CREB and to analyzing the significance of AS in genes.
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- Dongjie Zhang
- Institute of Animal Husbandry, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150086, China; (D.Z.); (L.W.)
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; (Q.Z.); (J.L.); (W.H.); (Y.S.)
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- Institute of Animal Husbandry, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150086, China; (D.Z.); (L.W.)
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; (Q.Z.); (J.L.); (W.H.); (Y.S.)
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; (Q.Z.); (J.L.); (W.H.); (Y.S.)
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; (Q.Z.); (J.L.); (W.H.); (Y.S.)
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- Institute of Animal Husbandry, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150086, China; (D.Z.); (L.W.)
- Correspondence: (D.L.); (X.Y.); Tel.: +86-451-86677458 (D.L.); +86-451-55191738 (X.Y.)
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; (Q.Z.); (J.L.); (W.H.); (Y.S.)
- Correspondence: (D.L.); (X.Y.); Tel.: +86-451-86677458 (D.L.); +86-451-55191738 (X.Y.)
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Contreras-Sanzón E, Palma-Flores C, Flores-Pérez A, M. Salinas-Vera Y, B. Silva-Cázares M, A. Marchat L, G. Avila-Bonilla R, N. Hernández de la Cruz O, E. Álvarez-Sánchez M, Pérez-Plasencia C, D. Campos-Parra A, López-Camarillo C. MicroRNA-204/CREB5 axis regulates vasculogenic mimicry in breast cancer cells. Cancer Biomark 2022; 35:47-56. [DOI: 10.3233/cbm-210457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Vasculogenic mimicry (VM) is characterized by formation of three-dimensional (3D) channels-like structures by tumor cells, supplying the nutrients needed for tumor growth. VM is stimulated by hypoxic tumor microenvironment, and it has been associated with increased metastasis and clinical poor outcome in cancer patients. cAMP responsive element (CRE)-binding protein 5 (CREB5) is a hypoxia-activated transcription factor involved in tumorigenesis. However, CREB5 functions in VM and if its regulated by microRNAs remains unknown in breast cancer. OBJECTIVE: We aim to study the functional relationships between VM, CREB5 and microRNA-204-5p (miR-204) in breast cancer cells. METHODS: CREB5 expression was evaluated by mining the public databases, and using RT-qPCR and Western blot assays. CREB5 expression was silenced using short-hairpin RNAs in MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 breast cancer cells. VM formation was analyzed using matrigel-based cultures in hypoxic conditions. MiR-204 expression was restored in cancer cells by transfection of RNA mimics. Luciferase reporter assays were performed to evaluate the binding of miR-204 to 3′UTR of CREB5. RESULTS: Our data showed that CREB5 mRNA expression was upregulated in a set of breast cancer cell lines and clinical tumors, and it was positively associated with poor prognosis in lymph nodes positive and grade 3 basal breast cancer patients. Silencing of CREB5 impaired the hypoxia-induced formation of 3D channels-like structures representative of the early stages of VM in MDA-MB-231 cells. In contrast, VM formation was not observed in MCF-7 cells. Interestingly, we found that CREB5 expression was negatively regulated by miR-204 mimics in breast cancer cells. Functional analysis confirmed that miR-204 binds to CREB5 3′-UTR indicating that it’s an ulterior effector. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggested that CREB5 could be a potential biomarker of disease progression in basal subtype of breast cancer, and that perturbations of the miR-204/CREB5 axis plays an important role in VM development in breast cancer cells.
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- Departamento de Bioquimica, Centro de Investigacion y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CDMX, México
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- Coordinación Academica Región Altiplano, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí. San Luis Potosí, México
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- Programa en Biomedicina Molecular y Red de Biotecnología. Instituto Politécnico Nacional. CDMX, México
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- Programa en Biomedicina Molecular y Red de Biotecnología. Instituto Politécnico Nacional. CDMX, México
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- Laboratorio de Genómica, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Tlalpan, CDMX, México
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- Posgrado en Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México, CDMX, México
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Tanaka J, Ishikawa F, Jinno T, Miyakita M, Miyamori H, Sasaki T, Yokokawa T, Goto T, Inoue K, Matsumura S. Disruption of CRTC1 and CRTC2 in Sim1 cells strongly increases high-fat diet intake in female mice but has a modest impact on male mice. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0262577. [PMID: 35020776 PMCID: PMC8754333 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
Abstract
cAMP responsive element binding protein (CREB)-regulated transcription coactivators (CRTCs) regulate gene transcription in response to an increase in intracellular cAMP or Ca2+ levels. To date, three isoforms of CRTC have been identified in mammals. All CRTCs are widely expressed in various regions of the brain. Numerous studies have shown the importance of CREB and CRTC in energy homeostasis. In the brain, the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVH) plays a critical role in energy metabolism, and CRTC1 and CRTC2 are highly expressed in PVH neuronal cells. The single-minded homolog 1 gene (Sim1) is densely expressed in PVH neurons and in some areas of the amygdala neurons. To determine the role of CRTCs in PVH on energy metabolism, we generated mice that lacked CRTC1 and CRTC2 in Sim1 cells using Sim-1 cre mice. We found that Sim1 cell-specific CRTC1 and CRTC2 double-knockout mice were sensitive to high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity. Sim1 cell-specific CRTC1 and CRTC2 double knockout mice showed hyperphagia specifically for the HFD, but not for the normal chow diet, increased fat mass, and no change in energy expenditure. Interestingly, these phenotypes were stronger in female mice than in male mice, and a weak phenotype was observed in the normal chow diet. The lack of CRTC1 and CRTC2 in Sim1 cells changed the mRNA levels of some neuropeptides that regulate energy metabolism in female mice fed an HFD. Taken together, our findings suggest that CRTCs in Sim1 cells regulate gene expression and suppress excessive fat intake, especially in female mice.
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- Jin Tanaka
- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Clinical Nutrition, Graduate School of Comprehensive Rehabilitation, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan
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Xu Y, Guo J, Liu J, Xie Y, Li X, Jiang H, Wang J, Peng Z, Wang J, Wang S, Wan C, Chen L, Zhong Y, Liu B, Liu Z. Hypoxia-induced CREB cooperates MMSET to modify chromatin and promote DKK1 expression in multiple myeloma. Oncogene 2021; 40:1231-1241. [PMID: 33420361 PMCID: PMC7892339 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-020-01590-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Myeloma cells produce excessive levels of dickkopf-1 (DKK1), which mediates the inhibition of Wnt signaling in osteoblasts, leading to multiple myeloma (MM) bone disease. Nevertheless, the precise mechanisms underlying DKK1 overexpression in myeloma remain incompletely understood. Herein, we provide evidence that hypoxia promotes DKK1 expression in myeloma cells. Under hypoxic conditions, p38 kinase phosphorylated cAMP-responsive element-binding protein (CREB) and drove its nuclear import to activate DKK1 transcription. In addition, high levels of DKK1 were associated with the presence of focal bone lesions in patients with t(4;14) MM, overexpressing the histone methyltransferase MMSET, which was identified as a downstream target gene of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α. Furthermore, we found that CREB could recruit MMSET, leading to the stabilization of HIF-1α protein and the increased dimethylation of histone H3 at lysine 36 on the DKK1 promoter. Knockdown of CREB in myeloma cells alleviated the suppression of osteoblastogenesis by myeloma-secreted DKK1 in vitro. Combined treatment with a CREB inhibitor and the hypoxia-activated prodrug TH-302 (evofosfamide) significantly reduced MM-induced bone destruction in vivo. Taken together, our findings reveal that hypoxia and a cytogenetic abnormality regulate DKK1 expression in myeloma cells, and provide an additional rationale for the development of therapeutic strategies that interrupt DKK1 to cure MM.
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- Yinyin Xu
- Clinical Laboratory of Yongchuan Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.,Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medical Diagnostics, Ministry of Education, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cellular Homeostasis and Human Diseases, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Tianjin Medical University, Heping, Tianjin, China
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- The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cellular Homeostasis and Human Diseases, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Tianjin Medical University, Heping, Tianjin, China
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- The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cellular Homeostasis and Human Diseases, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Tianjin Medical University, Heping, Tianjin, China
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- The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cellular Homeostasis and Human Diseases, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Tianjin Medical University, Heping, Tianjin, China
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- The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cellular Homeostasis and Human Diseases, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Tianjin Medical University, Heping, Tianjin, China
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- The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cellular Homeostasis and Human Diseases, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Tianjin Medical University, Heping, Tianjin, China
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- The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cellular Homeostasis and Human Diseases, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Tianjin Medical University, Heping, Tianjin, China
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- The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cellular Homeostasis and Human Diseases, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Tianjin Medical University, Heping, Tianjin, China
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- The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cellular Homeostasis and Human Diseases, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Tianjin Medical University, Heping, Tianjin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medical Diagnostics, Ministry of Education, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Hematology, Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Hematology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Clinical Laboratory of Yongchuan Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China. .,Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medical Diagnostics, Ministry of Education, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
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- The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cellular Homeostasis and Human Diseases, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Tianjin Medical University, Heping, Tianjin, China. .,Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
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Corsini M, Moroni E, Ravelli C, Grillo E, Presta M, Mitola S. In Situ DNA/Protein Interaction Assay to Visualize Transcriptional Factor Activation. Methods Protoc 2020; 3:mps3040080. [PMID: 33233345 PMCID: PMC7720131 DOI: 10.3390/mps3040080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) represents a powerful in vivo model to study several physiological and pathological processes including inflammation and tumor progression. Nevertheless, the possibility of deepening the molecular processes in the CAM system is biased by the absence/scarcity of chemical and biological reagents, designed explicitly for avian species. This is particularly true for transcriptional factors, proteinaceous molecules that regulate various cellular responses, including proliferation, survival, and differentiation. Here, we propose a detailed antibody-independent protocol to visualize the activation and nuclear translocation of transcriptional factors in cells or in tissues of different animal species. As a proof of concept, DNA/cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) interaction was characterized on the CAM tissue using oligonucleotides containing the palindromic binding sequence of CREB. Scrambled oligonucleotides were used as controls. In situ DNA/protein interaction protocol is a versatile method that is useful for the study of transcription factors in the cell and tissue of different origins.
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Steven A, Friedrich M, Jank P, Heimer N, Budczies J, Denkert C, Seliger B. What turns CREB on? And off? And why does it matter? Cell Mol Life Sci 2020; 77:4049-4067. [PMID: 32347317 PMCID: PMC7532970 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-020-03525-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2019] [Revised: 03/21/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Altered expression and function of the transcription factor cyclic AMP response-binding protein (CREB) has been identified to play an important role in cancer and is associated with the overall survival and therapy response of tumor patients. This review focuses on the expression and activation of CREB under physiologic conditions and in tumors of distinct origin as well as the underlying mechanisms of CREB regulation by diverse stimuli and inhibitors. In addition, the clinical relevance of CREB is summarized, including its use as a prognostic and/or predictive marker as well as a therapeutic target.
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- André Steven
- Institute for Medical Immunology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Str. 2, 06112, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute for Medical Immunology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Str. 2, 06112, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Philipps University Marburg, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Immunology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Str. 2, 06112, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Clinic Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Philipps University Marburg, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Immunology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Str. 2, 06112, Halle (Saale), Germany.
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Shimaoka T, Wang Y, Morishima M, Miyamoto S, Ono K. Magnesium Deficiency Causes Transcriptional Downregulation of Kir2.1 and Kv4.2 Channels in Cardiomyocytes Resulting in QT Interval Prolongation. Circ J 2020; 84:1244-1253. [DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-20-0310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Toru Shimaoka
- Department of Pathophysiology, Oita University School of Medicine
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Oita University School of Medicine
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Oita University School of Medicine
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Oita University School of Medicine
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Oita University School of Medicine
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Oita University School of Medicine
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Kaldun JC, Sprecher SG. Initiated by CREB: Resolving Gene Regulatory Programs in Learning and Memory. Bioessays 2019; 41:e1900045. [DOI: 10.1002/bies.201900045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2019] [Revised: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Jenifer C. Kaldun
- Department of BiologyUniversity of Fribourg1700 Fribourg Switzerland
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of Fribourg1700 Fribourg Switzerland
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Shnitkind S, Martinez-Yamout MA, Dyson HJ, Wright PE. Structural Basis for Graded Inhibition of CREB:DNA Interactions by Multisite Phosphorylation. Biochemistry 2018; 57:6964-6972. [PMID: 30507144 PMCID: PMC6474821 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b01092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Phosphorylation of the kinase inducible domain (KID) of the cyclic AMP response element binding transcription factor (CREB) regulates its function through several mechanisms. Transcriptional activation occurs following phosphorylation at serine 133, but multisite phosphorylation in a neighboring region termed the CK cassette, residues 108-117, results in inhibition of CREB-mediated transcription. A molecular-level understanding of the mechanism of these opposing reactions has been lacking, in part because of the difficulty of preparing multiply phosphorylated CREB in vitro. By substituting a single residue, we have generated an engineered mammalian CREB in which the CK cassette can be phosphorylated in vitro by casein kinases and have characterized its interactions with cyclic AMP response element DNA. Phosphorylation of the CK cassette promotes an intramolecular interaction between the KID domain and the site of DNA binding, the basic region of the C-terminal basic leucine zipper (bZip) domain. Competition between the phosphorylated KID domain and DNA for bZip binding results in a decreased affinity of CREB for DNA. The binding free energy calculated from the dissociation constant is directly proportional to the number of phosphate groups in the CK cassette, indicating that the DNA binding is regulated by a rheostat-like mechanism. The rheostat is modulated by variation of the concentration of cations such as Mg2+ and by alternative isoforms such as the natural CREB isoform that lacks residues 162-272. Multisite phosphorylation of CREB represents a versatile mechanism by which transcription can be tuned to meet the variable needs of the cell.
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- Sergey Shnitkind
- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology and Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla California 92037
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology and Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla California 92037
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology and Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla California 92037
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology and Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla California 92037
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FLP-18 Functions through the G-Protein-Coupled Receptors NPR-1 and NPR-4 to Modulate Reversal Length in Caenorhabditis elegans. J Neurosci 2018; 38:4641-4654. [PMID: 29712787 PMCID: PMC5965667 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1955-17.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2017] [Revised: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 03/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Animal behavior is critically dependent on the activity of neuropeptides. Reversals, one of the most conspicuous behaviors in Caenorhabditis elegans, plays an important role in determining the navigation strategy of the animal. Our experiments on hermaphrodite C. elegans show the involvement of a neuropeptide FLP-18 in modulating reversal length in these hermaphrodites. We show that FLP-18 controls the reversal length by regulating the activity of AVA interneurons through the G-protein-coupled neuropeptide receptors, NPR-4 and NPR-1. We go on to show that the site of action of these receptors is the AVA interneuron for NPR-4 and the ASE sensory neurons for NPR-1. We further show that mutants in the neuropeptide, flp-18, and its receptors show increased reversal lengths. Consistent with the behavioral data, calcium levels in the AVA neuron of freely reversing C. elegans were significantly higher and persisted for longer durations in flp-18, npr-1, npr-4, and npr-1 npr-4 genetic backgrounds compared with wild-type control animals. Finally, we show that increasing FLP-18 levels through genetic and physiological manipulations causes shorter reversal lengths. Together, our analysis suggests that the FLP-18/NPR-1/NPR-4 signaling is a pivotal point in the regulation of reversal length under varied genetic and environmental conditions. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT In this study, we elucidate the circuit and molecular machinery required for normal reversal behavior in hermaphrodite Caenorhabditis elegans. We delineate the circuit and the neuropeptide receptors required for maintaining reversal length in C. elegans. Our work sheds light on the importance of a single neuropeptide, FLP-18, and how change in levels in this one peptide could allow the animal to change the length of its reversal, thereby modulating how the C. elegans explores its environment. We also go on to show that FLP-18 functions to maintain reversal length through the neuropeptide receptors NPR-4 and NPR-1. Our study will allow for a better understanding of the complete repertoire of behaviors shown by freely moving animals as they explore their environment.
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Belgacem YH, Borodinsky LN. CREB at the Crossroads of Activity-Dependent Regulation of Nervous System Development and Function. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2017; 1015:19-39. [PMID: 29080019 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-62817-2_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The central nervous system is a highly plastic network of cells that constantly adjusts its functions to environmental stimuli throughout life. Transcription-dependent mechanisms modify neuronal properties to respond to external stimuli regulating numerous developmental functions, such as cell survival and differentiation, and physiological functions such as learning, memory, and circadian rhythmicity. The discovery and cloning of the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) responsive element binding protein (CREB) constituted a big step toward deciphering the molecular mechanisms underlying neuronal plasticity. CREB was first discovered in learning and memory studies as a crucial mediator of activity-dependent changes in target gene expression that in turn impose long-lasting modifications of the structure and function of neurons. In this chapter, we review the molecular and signaling mechanisms of neural activity-dependent recruitment of CREB and its cofactors. We discuss the crosstalk between signaling pathways that imprints diverse spatiotemporal patterns of CREB activation allowing for the integration of a wide variety of stimuli.
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- Yesser H Belgacem
- INMED, Aix-Marseille Univ, INSERM, Marseille, France and Aix-Marseille Université, IMéRA, F-13000, Marseille, France.
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- Department of Physiology & Membrane Biology and Institute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine and Shriners Hospital for Children Northern California, Sacramento, CA, USA
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Liu H, Jin X, Yin X, Jin N, Liu F, Qian W. PKA-CREB Signaling Suppresses Tau Transcription. J Alzheimers Dis 2016; 46:239-48. [PMID: 25720403 DOI: 10.3233/jad-142610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Accumulated and abnormally hyperphosphorylated tau aggregates into neurofibrillary tangles in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). cAMP response binding protein (CREB), a constitutively expressed nuclear transcription factor, is a critical component of the neuroprotective transcriptional network. Numerous studies have shown that cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA)-CREB signaling is down-regulated in AD brain. In the present study, we studied the regulation of tau expression by PKA-CREB signaling. We found that the promoter of human tau gene contains three potential cAMP response element (CRE)-like elements, CRE1, CRE2, and CRE3. Overexpression of CREB or activation of PKA significantly suppressed the expression of tau at mRNA and protein levels. ChIP (Chromatin immunoprecipitation) and EMSA (electrophoretic mobility shift assay) revealed that CREB interacted with these three CRE cis-element and that CRE1, among the three elements, plays the most important role in the suppression of tau expression. Furthermore, upregulation of PKA-CREB signaling suppressed expression of endogenous tau. Collectively, these results suggest that PKA-CREB signaling down-regulates tau expression by reducing tau transcription, which may provide a novel insight into the regulation of tau expression and a molecular mechanism involved in tau pathogenesis in AD.
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- Huanliang Liu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China.,Department of Neurochemistry, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, USA
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China.,Department of Neurochemistry, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
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Banerjee A, Herman E, Serif M, Maestre-Reyna M, Hepp S, Pokorny R, Kroth PG, Essen LO, Kottke T. Allosteric communication between DNA-binding and light-responsive domains of diatom class I aureochromes. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:5957-70. [PMID: 27179025 PMCID: PMC4937327 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2016] [Accepted: 05/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The modular architecture of aureochrome blue light receptors, found in several algal groups including diatoms, is unique by having the LOV-type photoreceptor domain fused to the C-terminus of its putative effector, an N-terminal DNA-binding bZIP module. The structural and functional understanding of aureochromes’ light-dependent signaling mechanism is limited, despite their promise as an optogenetic tool. We show that class I aureochromes 1a and 1c from the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum are regulated in a light-independent circadian rhythm. These aureochromes are capable to form functional homo- and heterodimers, which recognize the ACGT core sequence within the canonical ‘aureo box’, TGACGT, in a light-independent manner. The bZIP domain holds a more folded and less flexible but extended conformation in the duplex DNA-bound state. FT-IR spectroscopy in the absence and the presence of DNA shows light-dependent helix unfolding in the LOV domain, which leads to conformational changes in the bZIP region. The solution structure of DNA bound to aureochrome points to a tilted orientation that was further validated by molecular dynamics simulations. We propose that aureochrome signaling relies on an allosteric pathway from LOV to bZIP that results in conformational changes near the bZIP-DNA interface without major effects on the binding affinity.
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- Ankan Banerjee
- Structural Biochemistry - Department of Chemistry, Philipps University Marburg, Hans-Meerwein Straße 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Physical and Biophysical Chemistry - Department of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Plant Ecophysiology - Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Sec. 2 Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Structural Biochemistry - Department of Chemistry, Philipps University Marburg, Hans-Meerwein Straße 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, Department of Plant Physiology and Photobiology, Philipps-University Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Plant Ecophysiology - Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Structural Biochemistry - Department of Chemistry, Philipps University Marburg, Hans-Meerwein Straße 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Physical and Biophysical Chemistry - Department of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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Quantitative imaging of magnesium distribution at single-cell resolution in brain tumors and infiltrating tumor cells with secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). J Neurooncol 2015; 127:33-41. [PMID: 26703785 DOI: 10.1007/s11060-015-2022-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2015] [Accepted: 12/18/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the deadliest forms of human brain tumors. The infiltrative pattern of growth of these tumors includes the spread of individual and/or clusters of tumor cells at some distance from the main tumor mass in parts of the brain protected by an intact blood-brain-barrier. Pathophysiological studies of GBM could be greatly enhanced by analytical techniques capable of in situ single-cell resolution measurements of infiltrating tumor cells. Magnesium homeostasis is an area of active investigation in high grade gliomas. In the present study, we have used the F98 rat glioma as a model of human GBM and an elemental/isotopic imaging technique of secondary ion mass spectrometry, a CAMECA IMS-3f ion microscope, for studying Mg distribution with single-cell resolution in freeze-dried brain tissue cryosections. Quantitative observations were made on tumor cells in the main tumor mass, contiguous brain tissue, and infiltrating tumor cells in adjacent normal brain. The brain tissue contained a significantly lower total Mg concentration of 4.70 ± 0.93 mmol/kg wet weight (mean ± SD) in comparison to 11.64 ± 1.96 mmol/kg wet weight in tumor cells of the main tumor mass and 10.72 ± 1.76 mmol/kg wet weight in infiltrating tumor cells (p < 0.05). The nucleus of individual tumor cells contained elevated levels of bound Mg. These observations have established that there was enhanced influx and increased binding of Mg in tumor cells. They provide strong support for further investigation of altered Mg homeostasis and activation of Mg-transporting channels in GBMs as possible therapeutic targets.
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Yamanaka R, Shindo Y, Karube T, Hotta K, Suzuki K, Oka K. Neural depolarization triggers Mg2+ influx in rat hippocampal neurons. Neuroscience 2015; 310:731-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2015] [Revised: 09/26/2015] [Accepted: 10/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Sornaraj P, Luang S, Lopato S, Hrmova M. Basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors involved in abiotic stresses: A molecular model of a wheat bZIP factor and implications of its structure in function. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2015; 1860:46-56. [PMID: 26493723 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2015.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2015] [Revised: 09/19/2015] [Accepted: 10/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Basic leucine zipper (bZIP) genes encode transcription factors (TFs) that control important biochemical and physiological processes in plants and all other eukaryotic organisms. SCOPE OF REVIEW Here we present (i) the homo-dimeric structural model of bZIP consisting of basic leucine zipper and DNA binding regions, in complex with the synthetic Abscisic Acid-Responsive Element (ABREsyn); (ii) discuss homo- and hetero-dimerisation patterns of bZIP TFs; (iii) summarise the current progress in understanding the molecular mechanisms of function of bZIP TFs, including features determining the specificity of their binding to DNA cis-elements, and (iv) review information on interaction partners of bZIPs during plant development and stress response, as well as on types and roles of post-translational modifications, and regulatory aspects of protein-degradation mediated turn-over. Finally, we (v) recapitulate on the recent advances regarding functional roles of bZIP factors in major agricultural crops, and discuss the potential significance of bZIP-based genetic engineering in improving crop yield and tolerance to abiotic stresses. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS An accurate analysis and understanding of roles of plant bZIP TFs in different biological processes requires the knowledge of interacting partners, time and location of expression in plant organs, and the information on mechanisms of homo- and hetero-dimerisation of bZIP TFs. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE Studies on molecular mechanisms of plant bZIP TFs at the atomic levels will provide novel insights into the regulatory processes during plant development, and responses to abiotic and biotic stresses.
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- Pradeep Sornaraj
- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond, South Australia 5064, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond, South Australia 5064, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond, South Australia 5064, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond, South Australia 5064, Australia.
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Miao Y, Cui L, Chen Z, Zhang L. Gene expression profiling of DMU-212-induced apoptosis and anti-angiogenesis in vascular endothelial cells. PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY 2015; 54:660-666. [PMID: 26428916 DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2015.1071414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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CONTEXT trans-3,4,5,4'-Tetramethoxystilbene (DMU-212), an derivative of resveratrol, shows strong antiproliferative activities against many cancer cells. In our previous study, we demonstrated that DMU-212 possesses potent proapoptosis and antiangiogenesis effects on vascular endothelial cells (VECs), which made it a promising agent for the treatment of angiogenesis-related diseases. OBJECTIVE We studied the gene expression profile of DMU-212-treated VECs to gain further insight into the mechanisms by which DMU-212 exerts its potent pro-apoptosis and antiangiogenesis effects. MATERIALS AND METHODS The potential changes in the gene expression of VECs incubated with DMU-212 were identified and analyzed using the Affymetrix HG-U133 Plus 1.0 array. In addition, the gene expression profile was validated by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis for seven of those altered genes. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION DMU-212 was found to regulate a diverse range of genes, including cytokines (IL8, selectin E, MPZL2, EGR1, CCL20, ITGB8, CXCL1, VCAM1, KITLG, and AREG), transport proteins (TRPC4, SLC41A2, SLC17A5, and CREB5), metabolism (CYP1B1, CYP1A1, PDK4, CSNK1G1, MVK, TCEB3C, and CDKN3), enzymes (RAB23, SPHK1, CHSY3, PLAU, PLA2G4C, and MMP10), and genes involved in signal transduction (TMEM217, DUSP8, and SPRY4), chromosome organization (HIST1H2BH and GEM), cell migration and angiogenesis (ERRFI1, HBEGF, and NEDD9), and apoptosis (TNFSF15, TNFRSF9, CD274, BCL2L11, BIRC3, TNFAIP3, and TIFA), as well as other genes with unknown function (PGM5P2, SNORD1142, LOC151760, KRTAP5-2, C1orf110, SNORA14A, MIR31, C2CD4B, SCARNA4, C2orf66, SC4MOL, LOC644714, and LOC283392). This is the first application of microarray technique to investigate and analyze the profile of genes regulated by DMU-212 in VECs. Our results lead to an increased understanding of the signaling pathways involved in DMU-212-induced apoptosis and antiangiogenesis.
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- YiMing Miao
- a College of Bioengineering, Henan University of Technology , Zhengzhou , China
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- a College of Bioengineering, Henan University of Technology , Zhengzhou , China
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- a College of Bioengineering, Henan University of Technology , Zhengzhou , China
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- a College of Bioengineering, Henan University of Technology , Zhengzhou , China
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Chen YC, Hsu WL, Ma YL, Tai DJC, Lee EHY. CREB SUMOylation by the E3 ligase PIAS1 enhances spatial memory. J Neurosci 2014; 34:9574-89. [PMID: 25031400 PMCID: PMC6608321 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4302-13.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2013] [Revised: 05/25/2014] [Accepted: 06/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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cAMP-responsive element binding protein (CREB) phosphorylation and signaling plays an important role in long-term memory formation, but other posttranslational modifications of CREB are less known. Here, we found that CREB1Δ, the short isoform of CREB, could be sumoylated by the small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) E3 ligase protein inhibitor of activated STAT1 (PIAS1) at Lys271 and Lys290 and PIAS1 SUMOylation of CREB1Δ increased the expression level of CREB1Δ. CREB1Δ could also be sumoylated by other PIAS family proteins, but not by the E3 ligases RanBP2 and Pc2 or by the E2 ligase Ubc9. Furthermore, water maze training increased the level of endogenous CREB SUMOylation in rat CA1 neurons determined by in vitro SUMOylation assay, but this effect was not observed in other brain areas. Moreover, transduction of Lenti-CREBWT to rat CA1 area facilitated, whereas transduction of Lenti-CREB double sumo-mutant (CREBK271RK290R) impaired, spatial learning and memory performance. Transduction of Lenti-CREBWT-SUMO1 fusion vector to rat CA1 area showed a more significant effect in enhancing spatial learning and memory and CREB SUMOylation. Lenti-CREBWT transduction increased, whereas Lenti-CREBK271RK290R transduction decreased, CREB DNA binding to the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (bdnf) promoter and decreased bdnf mRNA expression. Knock-down of PIAS1 expression in CA1 area by PIAS1 siRNA transfection impaired spatial learning and memory and decreased endogenous CREB SUMOylation. In addition, CREB SUMOylation was CREB phosphorylation dependent and lasted longer. Therefore, CREB phosphorylation may be responsible for signal transduction during the early phase of long-term memory formation, whereas CREB SUMOylation sustains long-term memory.
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- Yan-Chu Chen
- Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, and
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, and Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Yin T, Li H, Yang N, Gao T, Sun L, Li G. Detection of CREB phosphorylation via Zr (IV) ion mediated signal amplification. Biosens Bioelectron 2013; 56:1-5. [PMID: 24445066 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2013.12.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2013] [Revised: 11/26/2013] [Accepted: 12/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Phosphorylation of protein plays a vital regulatory role in a variety of biological processes. We herein report a novel method to assay the level of phosphorylated cAMP-response element binding protein (CREB) via Zr(4+) mediated signal amplification using gold nanoparticle/DNA/methylene blue (GNP/DNA/MB) nanocomposites. In this method the probe DNA immobilized at a gold electrode surface can specifically and efficiently recognize the phosphorylated target protein CREB. Then Zr(4+) links the phosphorylated CREB with GNP/DNA/MB nanocomposites by coordinating the phosphate groups on both CREB and the nanocomposites. Since the nanocomposites can provide high sensitivity (limit of detection: 0.25 nM) for the detection, efficient and highly sensitive bioanalysis of the expression level of phosphorylated protein CREB in human placenta tissues has also been conducted in this work. Our method is reported which shows acceptable stability, reproducibility for assaying of the protein phosphorylation states in real biosamples under physiological and pathological conditions with great potential for clinical applications in future.
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- Tingting Yin
- Department of Obstetrics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, PR China; Department of Biochemistry and State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China
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- Department of Obstetrics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, PR China; Department of Biochemistry and State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China
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- Department of Obstetrics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, PR China.
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- Department of Biochemistry and State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China; Laboratory of Biosensing Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, PR China.
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Jin N, Qian W, Yin X, Zhang L, Iqbal K, Grundke-Iqbal I, Gong CX, Liu F. CREB regulates the expression of neuronal glucose transporter 3: a possible mechanism related to impaired brain glucose uptake in Alzheimer's disease. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 41:3240-56. [PMID: 23341039 PMCID: PMC3597642 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks1227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Impaired brain glucose uptake and metabolism precede the appearance of clinical symptoms in Alzheimer disease (AD). Neuronal glucose transporter 3 (GLUT3) is decreased in AD brain and correlates with tau pathology. However, what leads to the decreased GLUT3 is yet unknown. In this study, we found that the promoter of human GLUT3 contains three potential cAMP response element (CRE)-like elements, CRE1, CRE2 and CRE3. Overexpression of CRE-binding protein (CREB) or activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase significantly increased GLUT3 expression. CREB bound to the CREs and promoted luciferase expression driven by human GLUT3-promoter. Among the CREs, CRE2 and CRE3 were required for the promotion of GLUT3 expression. Full-length CREB was decreased and truncation of CREB was increased in AD brain. This truncation was correlated with calpain I activation in human brain. Further study demonstrated that calpain I proteolysed CREB at Gln28–Ala29 and generated a 41-kDa truncated CREB, which had less activity to promote GLUT3 expression. Importantly, human brain GLUT3 was correlated with full-length CREB positively and with activation of calpain I negatively. These findings suggest that overactivation of calpain I caused by calcium overload proteolyses CREB, resulting in a reduction of GLUT3 expression and consequently impairing glucose uptake and metabolism in AD brain.
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- Nana Jin
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Department of Neurochemistry, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, NY 10314, USA
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Heinrich A, der Heyde ASV, Böer U, Phu DT, Tzvetkov M, Oetjen E. Lithium enhances CRTC oligomer formation and the interaction between the CREB coactivators CRTC and CBP — Implications for CREB-dependent gene transcription. Cell Signal 2013; 25:113-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2012.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2012] [Revised: 09/11/2012] [Accepted: 09/13/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Mechanism of CREB recognition and coactivation by the CREB-regulated transcriptional coactivator CRTC2. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:20865-70. [PMID: 23213254 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1219028109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Basic leucine zipper (bZip) transcription factors regulate cellular gene expression in response to a variety of extracellular signals and nutrient cues. Although the bZip domain is widely known to play significant roles in DNA binding and dimerization, recent studies point to an additional role for this motif in the recruitment of the transcriptional apparatus. For example, the cAMP response element binding protein (CREB)-regulated transcriptional coactivator (CRTC) family of transcriptional coactivators has been proposed to promote the expression of calcium and cAMP responsive genes, by binding to the CREB bZip in response to extracellular signals. Here we show that the CREB-binding domain (CBD) of CRTC2 folds into a single isolated 28-residue helix that seems to be critical for its interaction with the CREB bZip. The interaction is of micromolar affinity on palindromic and variant half-site cAMP response elements (CREs). The CBD and CREB assemble on the CRE with 2:2:1 stoichiometry, consistent with the presence of one CRTC binding site on each CREB monomer. Indeed, the CBD helix and the solvent-exposed residues in the dimeric CREB bZip coiled-coil form an extended protein-protein interface. Because mutation of relevant bZip residues in this interface disrupts the CRTC interaction without affecting DNA binding, our results illustrate that distinct DNA binding and transactivation functions are encoded within the structural constraints of a canonical bZip domain.
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Yamashima T. ‘PUFA–GPR40–CREB signaling’ hypothesis for the adult primate neurogenesis. Prog Lipid Res 2012; 51:221-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2012.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Learning and nicotine interact to increase CREB phosphorylation at the jnk1 promoter in the hippocampus. PLoS One 2012; 7:e39939. [PMID: 22761932 PMCID: PMC3386232 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2012] [Accepted: 05/29/2012] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Nicotine is known to enhance long-term hippocampus dependent learning and memory in both rodents and humans via its activity at nicotinic acetylcholinergic receptors (nAChRs). However, the molecular basis for the nicotinic modulation of learning is incompletely understood. Both the mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPKs) and cAMP response element binding protein (CREB) are known to be integral to the consolidation of long-term memory and the disruption of MAPKs and CREB are known to abrogate some of the cognitive effects of nicotine. In addition, the acquisition of contextual fear conditioning in the presence of nicotine is associated with a β2-subunit containing nAChR-dependent increase in jnk1 (mapk8) transcription in the hippocampus. In the present study, chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) was used to examine whether learning and nicotine interact to alter transcription factor binding or histone acetylation at the jnk1 promoter region. The acquisition of contextual fear conditioning in the presence of nicotine resulted in an increase in phosphorylated CREB (pCREB) binding to the jnk1 promoter in the hippocampus in a β2-subunit containing nAChR dependent manner, but had no effect on CREB binding; neither fear conditioning alone nor nicotine administration alone altered transcription factor binding to the jnk1 promoter. In addition, there were no changes in histone H3 or H4 acetylation at the jnk1 promoter following fear conditioning in the presence of nicotine. These results suggest that contextual fear learning and nicotine administration act synergistically to produce a unique pattern of protein activation and gene transcription in the hippocampus that is not individually generated by fear conditioning or nicotine administration alone.
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Mitton B, Cho EC, Aldana-Masangkay GI, Sakamoto KM. The function of cyclic-adenosine monophosphate responsive element-binding protein in hematologic malignancies. Leuk Lymphoma 2011; 52:2057-63. [DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2011.584994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Ortiz V, Alemán G, Escamilla-Del-Arenal M, Recillas-Targa F, Torres N, Tovar AR. Promoter characterization and role of CRE in the basal transcription of the rat SNAT2 gene. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2011; 300:E1092-102. [PMID: 21386061 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00459.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Small neutral amino acid transporter 2 (SNAT2) is the most abundant and ubiquitous transporter for zwitterionic short-chain amino acids. The activity of this amino acid transporter is stimulated in vivo or in vitro by glucagon or cAMP analogs. However, it is not known whether the increase in activity at the protein level is due to an increase in SNAT2 gene transcription. Thus, the aim of the present work was to study whether cAMP was able to stimulate SNAT2 gene expression and to localize and characterize the presence of cAMP response elements (CRE) in the promoter that controls the expression of the rat SNAT2 gene. We found that consumption of a high-protein diet that increased serum glucagon concentration or the administration of glucagon or incubation of hepatocytes with forskolin increased the SNAT2 mRNA level. We then isolated the 5' regulatory region of the SNAT2 gene and determined that the transcriptional start site was located 970 bp upstream of the translation start codon. We identified two potential CRE sites located at -354 and -48 bp. Our results, using deletion analysis of the 5' regulatory region of the SNAT2 gene, revealed that the CRE site located at -48 bp was fully responsible for SNAT2 regulation by cAMP. This evidence was strongly supported by mutation of the CRE site and EMSA and ChIP analysis. Alignment of rat, mouse, and human sequences revealed that this CRE site is highly conserved among species, indicating its essential role in the regulation of SNAT2 gene expression.
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- Victor Ortiz
- Departamento de Fisiología de la Nutrición, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga 15, Mexico
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Banerjee A, Pirrone V, Wigdahl B, Nonnemacher MR. Transcriptional regulation of the chemokine co-receptor CCR5 by the cAMP/PKA/CREB pathway. Biomed Pharmacother 2011; 65:293-7. [PMID: 21719243 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2011.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2010] [Accepted: 03/01/2011] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)-dependent signaling pathway directs the expression of several genes involved in diverse neuroendocrine, immune, metabolic, and developmental pathways. The primary effectors of this pathway are members of the cAMP response element binding (CREB) family of transcription factors, in particular the CREB-1 and cAMP response element modulator (CREM). Both these genes encode alternative splice variants that serve as activators or repressors in a context- and position-specific manner. Although the β-chemokine receptor CC chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) has been identified on progenitor cells in the bone marrow, the regulatory mechanisms orchestrating its expression are not fully understood. Previous reports have identified putative cAMP response elements in the CCR5 promoter and have described a suppressive role of cAMP in CCR5 expression. In this study, the CD34+CD4+CCR5+ human bone marrow progenitor cell line TF-1 was used to investigate the detailed kinetics of CCR5 transcription in response to the elevation of intracellular cAMP levels and the underlying molecular events. We hypothesize that CCR5 transcription follows an asymmetrical sinusoidal pattern in TF-1 cells that parallels a protein kinase A-dependent alternating change in the ratio of activator pCREB-1-α,Δ to repressor pCREM-α,β isoforms. However, elevated CCR5 mRNA levels do not correlate with enhancement in infectivity with respect to the R5 human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) strain. Our results lend critical insight into the precise mechanism governing the cAMP-CCR5 axis in progenitor cells and pose interesting questions regarding its functional role in HIV-1 infection.
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- Anupam Banerjee
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Molecular Virology and Translational Neuroscience, Institute for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease, Drexel University College of Medicine, 245 N. 15th Street, MS# 1013A, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, USA
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Endo A, Sumi D, Iwamoto N, Kumagai Y. Inhibition of DNA binding activity of cAMP response element-binding protein by 1,2-naphthoquinone through chemical modification of Cys-286. Chem Biol Interact 2011; 192:272-7. [PMID: 21530497 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2011.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2011] [Revised: 04/10/2011] [Accepted: 04/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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1,2-Naphthoquinone (1,2-NQ) is an atmospheric electrophile that reacts covalently with protein thiols. Our previous study revealed that exposure of bovine aortic endothelial cells to 1,2-NQ causes covalent modification of cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB), thereby inhibiting its DNA binding activity and substantial gene expression of B-cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2) that is regulated by this transcription factor. In this study, we identified the modification sites of CREB that are associated with the decreased transcriptional activity. Matrix-assisted laser desorption and ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF/MS) analysis indicated that three amino acids (Cys-286, Lys-290, and Lys-319) were irreversibly modified by 1,2-NQ. Mutational analysis revealed that electrophilic modification of Cys-286, but not the other two amino acids, at the DNA binding domain is essential for the reduced CREB activity. Substitution of Cys-286 with tryptophan (C286W), which mimics CREB modification by 1,2-NQ, supported this notion. These results suggest that the covalent interaction of CREB with 1,2-NQ through Cys-286 blocks the DNA binding activity of CREB, resulting in the repression of CREB-regulated genes.
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- Akiko Endo
- Doctoral Programs in Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Tsukada J, Yoshida Y, Kominato Y, Auron PE. The CCAAT/enhancer (C/EBP) family of basic-leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors is a multifaceted highly-regulated system for gene regulation. Cytokine 2011; 54:6-19. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2010.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 231] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2010] [Revised: 12/19/2010] [Accepted: 12/22/2010] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Merz K, Herold S, Lie DC. CREB in adult neurogenesis - master and partner in the development of adult-born neurons? Eur J Neurosci 2011; 33:1078-86. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07606.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Park M, Matsuura H, Lamb RA, Barron AE, Jardetzky TS. A fluorescence polarization assay using an engineered human respiratory syncytial virus F protein as a direct screening platform. Anal Biochem 2011; 409:195-201. [PMID: 20971054 PMCID: PMC3462168 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2010.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2010] [Revised: 09/26/2010] [Accepted: 10/15/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) typically affects newborns and young children. Even though it can cause severe and, in some cases, lifelong respiratory infections, there are currently no Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved therapeutics that control this virus. The hRSV F protein facilitates viral fusion, a critical extracellular event that can be targeted for therapeutic intervention by disrupting the assembly of a postfusion 6-helix bundle (6HB) within the hRSV F protein. Here we report the development of a fluorescence polarization (FP) assay using an engineered hRSV F protein 5-helix bundle (5HB). We generated the 5HB and validated its ability to form a 6HB in an FP assay. To test the potential of 5HB as a screening tool, we then investigated a series of truncated peptides derived from the "missing" sixth helix. Using this FP-based 5HB system, we have successfully demonstrated that short peptides can prevent 6HB formation and serve as potential hRSV fusion inhibitors. We anticipate that this new 5HB system will provide an effective tool to identify and study potential antivirals to control hRSV infection.
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- Minyoung Park
- Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
- Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University School of Engineering and Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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Creb and Sp/Krüppel response elements cooperate to control rat TRH gene transcription in response to cAMP. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2011; 1809:191-9. [PMID: 21266205 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2011.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2010] [Revised: 01/18/2011] [Accepted: 01/20/2011] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Expression of hypophysiotropic TRH, that controls thyroid axis activity, is increased by cold exposure; this effect is mimicked in rat hypothalamic cells incubated with norepinephrine or cAMP analogs. TRH proximal promoter contains three putative CRE: Site-4 or CRE-1 that overlaps an element recognized by thyroid hormone receptors, CRE-2 with adjacent sequences GC box or CACCC recognized by Sp/Krüppel factors (extended CRE-2), and AP-1 sites flanking a GRE(1/2). To evaluate the role of each element in the cAMP response, these sites were mutated or deleted in rat TRH promoter linked to luciferase gene (TRH-luc) and co-transfected with β-gal expression vector in various cell lines; C6 cells gave the highest response to forskolin. Basal activity was most affected by mutations or deletion of CRE-2 site, or CACCC (50-75% of wild type-WT). Forskolin-induced 3× stimulation in WT which decreased 25% with CRE-1 or AP-1 deletions, but 50% when CRE-2 or its 5' adjacent GC box was altered. SH-SY5Y cells co-transfected with CREB-expression vector increased dB-cAMP response in the wild type but not in the CRE-2 mutated plasmid; cotransfecting CREB-A (a dominant negative expression vector) strongly diminished basal or cAMP response. Primary cultures of hypothalamic cells transfected with plasmids containing deletions of CRE-1, CRE-2, or extended CRE-2 failed to respond to forskolin when CRE-2 was modified. These results corroborate the CRE-2 site as the main cAMP-response element of rat TRH promoter, not exclusive of transcription factors of hypothalamic cells, and stress the relevance of adjacent Sp-1 sites, important mediators of some metabolic hormones.
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Thonpho A, Sereeruk C, Rojvirat P, Jitrapakdee S. Identification of the cyclic AMP responsive element (CRE) that mediates transcriptional regulation of the pyruvate carboxylase gene in HepG2 cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2010; 393:714-9. [PMID: 20171190 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.02.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2010] [Accepted: 02/11/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Pyruvate carboxylase (PC) catalyzes the first committed step in gluconeogenesis. Here we investigated the effect of various hormones including cAMP, dexamethasone and insulin on the abundance of PC mRNA in the human hepatocyte cell line, HepG2. Treatment of HepG2 cells with 1 microM of glucagon increased the expression of PC mRNA threefold within 72 h. Treatment with 1mM 8-Br-cAMP caused the abundance of PC mRNA to increase by 2-3-fold by 48 h, peak at fourfold at 72 h, and remain unchanged to 96 h. This is in contrast to phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) for which expression was decreased after 72 h, suggesting a distinct difference in the control of these two enzymes in the long term. Dexamethasone or insulin alone did not affect the abundance of PC mRNA whereas treatment of HepG2 cells with the combination of 1mM 8-Br-cAMP and 0.5 microM dexamethasone further increased the abundance of PC mRNA, suggesting the predominant role of 8-Br-cAMP over dexamethasone. Transient transfection of the luciferase reporter construct driven by a 1.95 kbp 5'-flanking sequence of the mouse PC gene and a plasmid encoding the human cAMP-responsive element binding protein increased luciferase reporter activity to 7-fold similar to that observed with a PEPCK promoter-luciferase reporter construct. Deletion of the 5'-flanking region of the PC gene to 781 bp resulted in the complete loss of CREB-mediated induction of reporter gene, suggesting the presence of the cAMP-responsive unit is located between 1.95 kbp and 781 bp upstream of the mouse PC gene. Electrophoretic mobility shifted and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays demonstrated that CREB bind to -1639/-1631 CRE of mouse PC gene in vitro and in vivo, respectively.
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- Ansaya Thonpho
- Molecular Metabolism Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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We have taken a synthetic biology approach to the generation and screening of transcription factor binding sites for activity in human cells. All possible 10-mer DNA sequences were printed on microarrays as 100-mers containing 10 repeats of the same sequence in tandem, yielding an oligonucleotide library of 52,429 unique sequences. This library of potential enhancers was introduced into a retroviral vector and screened in multiple cell lines for the ability to activate GFP transcription from a minimal CMV promoter. With this method, we isolated 100 bp synthetic enhancer elements that were as potent at activating transcription as the WT CMV immediate early enhancer. The activity of the recovered elements was strongly dependent on the cell line in which they were recovered. None of the elements were capable of achieving the same levels of transcriptional enhancement across all tested cell lines as the CMV enhancer. A second screen, for enhancers capable of synergizing with the elements from the original screen, yielded compound enhancers that were capable of twofold greater enhancement activity than the CMV enhancer, with higher levels of activity than the original synthetic enhancer across multiple cell lines. These findings suggest that the 10-mer synthetic enhancer space is sufficiently rich to allow the creation of synthetic promoters of all strengths in most, if not all, cell types.
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Yu Z, Kong Q, Kone BC. CREB trans-activation of disruptor of telomeric silencing-1 mediates forskolin inhibition of CTGF transcription in mesangial cells. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2010; 298:F617-24. [PMID: 20053791 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00636.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) participates in diverse fibrotic processes including glomerulosclerosis. The adenylyl cyclase agonist forskolin inhibits CTGF expression in mesangial cells by unclear mechanisms. We recently reported that the histone H3K79 methyltransferase disruptor of telomeric silencing-1 (Dot1) suppresses CTGF gene expression in collecting duct cells (J Clin Invest 117: 773-783, 2007) and HEK 293 cells (J Biol Chem In press). In the present study, we characterized the involvement of Dot1 in mediating the inhibitory effect of forskolin on CTGF transcription in mouse mesangial cells. Overexpression of Dot1 or treatment with forskolin dramatically suppressed basal CTGF mRNA levels and CTGF promoter-luciferase activity, while hypermethylating H3K79 in chromatin associated with the CTGF promoter. siRNA knockdown of Dot1 abrogated the inhibitory effect of forskolin on CTGF mRNA expression. Analysis of the Dot1 promoter sequence identified a CREB response element (CRE) at -384/-380. Overexpression of CREB enhanced forskolin-stimulated Dot1 promoter activity. A constitutively active CREB mutant (CREB-VP16) strongly induced Dot1 promoter-luciferase activity, whereas overexpression of CREBdLZ-VP16, which lacks the CREB DNA-binding domain, abolished this activation. Mutation of the -384/-380 CRE resulted in 70% lower levels of Dot1 promoter activity. ChIP assays confirmed CREB binding to the Dot1 promoter in chromatin. We conclude that forskolin stimulates CREB-mediated trans-activation of the Dot1 gene, which leads to hypermethylation of histone H3K79 at the CTGF promoter, and inhibition of CTGF transcription. These data are the first to describe regulation of the Dot1 gene, and disclose a complex network of genetic and epigenetic controls on CTGF transcription.
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- Zhiyuan Yu
- Department of Medicine, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas 77006, USA
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Xie Z, Geiger TR, Johnson EN, Nyborg JK, Druey KM. RGS13 acts as a nuclear repressor of CREB. Mol Cell 2008; 31:660-70. [PMID: 18775326 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2008.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2007] [Revised: 05/01/2008] [Accepted: 06/18/2008] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Cyclic AMP-induced phosphorylation of the transcription factor CREB elicits expression of genes mediating diverse biological functions. In lymphoid organs, the neurotransmitter norepinephrine stimulates beta(2)-adrenergic receptors on B lymphocytes to promote CREB-dependent expression of genes like the B cell Oct 2 coactivator (OCA-B). Although CREB phosphorylation recruits cofactors such as CBP/p300 to stimulate transcription, bona fide endogenous inhibitors of CREB-coactivator or CREB-DNA interactions have not emerged. Here, we identified RGS13, a member of the Regulator of G protein Signaling (RGS) protein family, as a nuclear factor that suppresses CREB-mediated gene expression. cAMP or Ca(2+) signaling promoted RGS13 accumulation in the nucleus, where it formed a complex with phosphorylated CREB and CBP/p300. RGS13 reduced the apparent affinity of pCREB for both the CRE and CBP. B lymphocytes from Rgs13(-/-) mice had more beta(2)-agonist-induced OCA-B expression. Thus, RGS13 inhibits CREB-dependent transcription of target genes through disruption of complexes formed at the promoter.
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- Zhihui Xie
- Molecular Signal Transduction Section, Laboratory of Allergic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Takemori H, Kajimura J, Okamoto M. TORC-SIK cascade regulates CREB activity through the basic leucine zipper domain. FEBS J 2007; 274:3202-9. [PMID: 17565599 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05889.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The transcription factor cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) plays important roles in gene expression induced by cAMP signaling and is believed to be activated when its Ser133 is phosphorylated. However, the discovery of Ser133-independent activation by the activation of transducer of regulated CREB activity coactivators (TORC) and repression by salt inducible kinase cascades suggests that Ser133-independent regulation of CREB is also important. The activation and repression are mediated by the basic leucine zipper domain of CREB. In this review, we focus on the basic leucine zipper domain in the regulation of transcriptional activity of CREB and describe the functions of TORC and salt inducible kinase.
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- Hiroshi Takemori
- Laboratory of Cell Signaling and Metabolism, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan.
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Piera-Velazquez S, Hawkins DF, Whitecavage M, Colter DC, Stokes DG, Jimenez SA. Regulation of the human SOX9 promoter by Sp1 and CREB. Exp Cell Res 2007; 313:1069-79. [PMID: 17289023 PMCID: PMC2118054 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2007.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2006] [Revised: 12/21/2006] [Accepted: 01/02/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The transcription factor SOX9 is essential for multiple steps during skeletal development, including mesenchymal cell chondrogenesis and endochondral bone formation. We recently reported that the human SOX9 proximal promoter region is regulated by the CCAAT-binding factor through two CCAAT boxes located within 100 bp of the transcriptional start site. Here we report that the human SOX9 proximal promoter is also regulated by the cyclic-AMP response element binding protein (CREB) and Sp1. We show by DNaseI protection and EMSA analysis that CREB and Sp1 interact with specific sites within the SOX9 proximal promoter region. By transient transfection analysis we also demonstrate that mutations of the CREB and Sp1 binding sites result in a profound reduction of SOX9 promoter activity. Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay demonstrated that both Sp1 and CREB interact with the SOX9 promoter in vivo. Finally, we demonstrate that IL-1beta treatment of chondrocytes isolated from human normal and osteoarthritic (OA) cartilage down-regulates SOX9 promoter activity, an effect accompanied by a reduction of Sp1 binding to the SOX9 proximal promoter.
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- *Address all correspondence to: Sergio A. Jimenez, M.D., Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Medicine. Division of Rheumatology, 233 S. 10 Street, Room 509 BLSB, Philadelphia, PA 19107-5541, Phone: 215-503-5042, Fax: 215-923-4649,
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Schimchowitsch S, Cassel JC. Polyamine and aminoguanidine treatments to promote structural and functional recovery in the adult mammalian brain after injury: a brief literature review and preliminary data about their combined administration. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 99:221-31. [PMID: 16646157 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2005.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The regeneration potential of the adult mammalian central nervous system (CNS) is very modest, due to, among other factors, the presence of either a glial scar, or myelin-associated regeneration inhibitors such as Nogo-A, MAG and OMgp, which all interact with the same receptor (NgR). After a brief review of the key proteins (Rho and PKC) implicated in NgR-mediated signalling cascades, we will tackle the implications of cAMP and Arginase I in overcoming myelin growth-inhibitory influence, and then will focus on the effects of polyamines and aminoguanidine to propose (and to briefly support this proposal by our own preliminary data) that their association might be a potent way to enable functionally-relevant regeneration in the adult mammalian CNS.
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- Sarah Schimchowitsch
- Laboratoire de Neurosciences Comportementales et Cognitives, UMR 7521 CNRS--Université Louis Pasteur, IFR 37 Neurosciences, Strasbourg, France
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Mohamed HA, Yao W, Fioravante D, Smolen PD, Byrne JH. cAMP-response elements in Aplysia creb1, creb2, and Ap-uch promoters: implications for feedback loops modulating long term memory. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:27035-43. [PMID: 15888447 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m502541200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Aplysia genes encoding for cAMP-response element-binding protein 1 (CREB1), CREB2, and ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase (Ap-uch) have been implicated in the formation of long term memory. However, nothing is known about the promoter regions of these genes or the transcription factors that regulate them. We cloned the promoter regions of creb1, creb2, and Ap-uch and identified a canonical cAMP-response element (CRE) in the promoter region of creb1. Variants of the canonical CRE were identified in all three promoters. TATA boxes and C/EBP-binding motifs are also present in the promoter regions of these genes. Promoter immunoprecipitation assays and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays indicated that CREB1 and CREB2 bind to the promoter regions of creb1 and creb2, suggesting that feedback loops modulate the formation of long term memory. In a positive feedback loop, phosphorylated CREB1 might induce its own gene via CREs. In support of this suggestion, treatment with serotonin enhanced binding of CREB1 to its promoter region and increased mRNA levels of creb1. Levels of Ap-uch mRNA also increased in response to serotonin; however, binding of CREB1 or CREB2 to the promoter region of Ap-uch was not detected. The finding that the promoter region of creb2 has a CRE raises the intriguing possibility that its expression is regulated by CREB1 and/or CREB2. CREB2 may repress its own gene, forming a negative feedback loop, and CREB2 up-regulation via CREB1 may limit the activity of the CREB1-mediated positive feedback loop.
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- Habib A Mohamed
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, W. M. Keck Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, the University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Gao Y, Deng K, Hou J, Bryson JB, Barco A, Nikulina E, Spencer T, Mellado W, Kandel ER, Filbin MT. Activated CREB is sufficient to overcome inhibitors in myelin and promote spinal axon regeneration in vivo. Neuron 2005; 44:609-21. [PMID: 15541310 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2004.10.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 268] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2003] [Revised: 06/07/2004] [Accepted: 10/14/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Inhibitors in myelin play a major role in preventing spontaneous axonal regeneration after CNS injury. Elevation of cAMP overcomes this inhibition, in a transcription-dependent manner, through the upregulation of Arginase I (Arg I) and increased synthesis of polyamines. Here, we show that the cAMP effect requires activation of the transcription factor cAMP response element binding protein (CREB) to overcome myelin inhibitors; a dominant-negative CREB abolishes the effect, and neurons expressing a constitutively active form of CREB are not inhibited. Activation of CREB is also required for cAMP to upregulate Arg I, and the ability of constitutively active CREB to overcome inhibition is blocked by an inhibitor of polyamine synthesis. Finally, expression of constitutively active CREB in DRG neurons is sufficient to promote regeneration of subsequently lesioned dorsal column axons. These results indicate that CREB plays a central role in overcoming myelin inhibitors and so encourages regeneration in vivo.
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- Ying Gao
- Biology Department, Hunter College, City University of New York, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Impey S, McCorkle SR, Cha-Molstad H, Dwyer JM, Yochum GS, Boss JM, McWeeney S, Dunn JJ, Mandel G, Goodman RH. Defining the CREB Regulon. Cell 2004; 119:1041-54. [PMID: 15620361 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2004.10.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 397] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2004] [Revised: 09/14/2004] [Accepted: 10/13/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The CREB transcription factor regulates differentiation, survival, and synaptic plasticity. The complement of CREB targets responsible for these responses has not been identified, however. We developed a novel approach to identify CREB targets, termed serial analysis of chromatin occupancy (SACO), by combining chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) with a modification of SAGE. Using a SACO library derived from rat PC12 cells, we identified approximately 41,000 genomic signature tags (GSTs) that mapped to unique genomic loci. CREB binding was confirmed for all loci supported by multiple GSTs. Of the 6302 loci identified by multiple GSTs, 40% were within 2 kb of the transcriptional start of an annotated gene, 49% were within 1 kb of a CpG island, and 72% were within 1 kb of a putative cAMP-response element (CRE). A large fraction of the SACO loci delineated bidirectional promoters and novel antisense transcripts. This study represents the most comprehensive definition of transcription factor binding sites in a metazoan species.
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- Soren Impey
- Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
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Cha-Molstad H, Keller DM, Yochum GS, Impey S, Goodman RH. Cell-type-specific binding of the transcription factor CREB to the cAMP-response element. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:13572-7. [PMID: 15342915 PMCID: PMC518796 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0405587101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The cAMP-response element-binding protein (CREB) transcription factor was initially identified as a mediator of cAMP-induced gene expression. CREB binds to a target sequence termed the cAMP-response element (CRE) found in many cellular and viral gene promoters. One of the best-characterized CREs resides in the promoter of the gene encoding the neuropeptide somatostatin, and this element has served as a model for studies of CREB function. Phosphorylation of CREB by protein kinase A allows recruitment of the coactivator CREB-binding protein (CBP). A central tenet of the CREB-CBP model is that CREB binds constitutively to the CRE and that regulation occurs through the phosphorylation-dependent recruitment of CBP. In this report, we use chromatin immunoprecipitation assays to show that CREB does not interact in vivo with the somatostatin CRE, or similar elements in several other genes, in PC12 cells, a standard model for studies of CREB function. Rather, CREB binding in vivo is regulated in a cell-specific manner, a finding that was confirmed by using in vivo genomic footprinting assays. The CREs in other genes were also found to interact differentially with CREB in PC12 cells, hepatoma cells, and cortical neurons. We conclude that the family of CREB target genes differs from one cell type to another and that the ability of CREB to bind to a particular CRE represents an important component of gene regulation.
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- Hyunjoo Cha-Molstad
- Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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Xu X, Zhang W, Kone BC. CREB trans-activates the murine H(+)-K(+)-ATPase alpha(2)-subunit gene. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2004; 287:C903-11. [PMID: 15163620 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00065.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Despite its key role in potassium homeostasis, transcriptional control of the H(+)-K(+)-ATPase alpha(2)-subunit (HKalpha(2)) gene in the collecting duct remains poorly characterized. cAMP increases H(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity in the collecting duct, but its role in activating HKalpha(2) transcription has not been explored. Previously, we demonstrated that the proximal 177 bp of the HKalpha(2) promoter confers basal collecting duct-selective expression. This region contains several potential cAMP/Ca(2+)-responsive elements (CRE). Accordingly, we examined the participation of CRE-binding protein (CREB) in HKalpha(2) transcriptional control in murine inner medullary collecting duct (mIMCD)-3 cells. Forskolin and vasopressin induced HKalpha(2) mRNA levels, and CREB overexpression stimulated the activity of HKalpha(2) promoter-luciferase constructs. Serial deletion analysis revealed that CREB inducibility was retained in a construct containing the proximal 100 bp of the HKalpha(2) promoter. In contrast, expression of a dominant negative inhibitor (A-CREB) resulted in 60% lower HKalpha(2) promoter-luciferase activity, suggesting that constitutive CREB participates in basal HKalpha(2) transcriptional activity. A constitutively active CREB mutant (CREB-VP16) strongly induced HKalpha(2) promoter-luciferase activity, whereas overexpression of CREBdLZ-VP16, which lacks the CREB DNA-binding domain, abolished this activation. In vitro DNase I footprinting and gel shift/supershift analysis of the proximal promoter with recombinant glutathione S-transferase (GST)-CREB-1 and mIMCD-3 cell nuclear extracts revealed sequence-specific DNA-CREB-1 complexes at -86/-60. Mutation at three CRE-like sequences within this region abolished CREB-1 DNA-binding activity and abrogated CREB-VP16 trans-activation of the HKalpha(2) promoter. In contrast, mutation of the neighboring -104/-94 kappabeta element did not alter CREB-VP16 trans-activation of the HKalpha(2) promoter. Thus CREB-1, binding to one or more CRE-like elements in the -86/-60 region, trans-activates the HKalpha(2) gene and may represent an important link between rapid and delayed effects of cAMP on HKalpha(2) activity.
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- Xiangyang Xu
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin Ave., MSB 1.150, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Magenta A, Cenciarelli C, De Santa F, Fuschi P, Martelli F, Caruso M, Felsani A. MyoD stimulates RB promoter activity via the CREB/p300 nuclear transduction pathway. Mol Cell Biol 2003; 23:2893-906. [PMID: 12665587 PMCID: PMC152540 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.23.8.2893-2906.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The induction of RB gene transcription by MyoD is a key event in the process of skeletal muscle differentiation, because elevated levels of the retinoblastoma protein are essential for myoblast cell cycle arrest as well as for the terminal differentiation and survival of postmitotic myocytes. We previously showed that MyoD stimulates transcription from the RB promoter independently of direct binding to promoter sequences. Here we demonstrate that stimulation by MyoD requires a cyclic AMP-responsive element (CRE) in the RB promoter, bound by the transcription factor CREB in differentiating myoblasts. We also show that both the CREB protein level and the level of phosphorylation of the CREB protein at Ser-133 rapidly increase at the onset of muscle differentiation and that both remain high throughout the myogenic process. Biochemical and functional evidence indicates that in differentiating myoblasts, MyoD becomes associated with CREB and is targeted to the RB promoter CRE in a complex also containing the p300 transcriptional coactivator. The resulting multiprotein complex stimulates transcription from the RB promoter. These and other observations strongly suggest that MyoD functions by promoting the efficient recruitment of p300 by promoter-bound, phosphorylated CREB.
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