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Yang X, He Z, Dong Q, Nai S, Duan X, Yu J, Zhao N, Du X, Chen L. Btbd8 deficiency reduces susceptibility to colitis by enhancing intestinal barrier function and suppressing inflammation. Front Immunol 2024; 15:1382661. [PMID: 38558797 PMCID: PMC10978791 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1382661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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Introduction BTBD8 has been identified as a susceptible gene for inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). However, the function of BTBD8 in normal development and IBD pathogenesis remains unknown. Methods We administered drinking water with 3% dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) to wild-type (WT) and Btbd8 knockout (KO) mice for seven consecutive days to induce IBD. Subsequently, we further examined whether Btbd8 KO affects intestinal barrier and inflammation. Results We demonstrated that Btbd8 deficiency partially protects mice from DSS-induced IBD, even though no obvious phenotypes were observed in Btbd8 KO mice. Btbd8 deletion leads to strengthened tight junctions between intestinal epithelial cells, elevated intestinal stem cell activity, and enhanced mucus layer. All these three mechanisms work together to improve the intestinal barrier integrity in Btbd8 KO mice. In addition, Btbd8 deficiency mitigates inflammation by reducing the expression of IL-1β and IL-6 by macrophages. Discussion Our studies validate the crucial role of Btbd8 in IBD pathogenesis, and reveal that Btbd8 deficiency may ameliorate DSS-induced IBD through improving the intestinal barrier integrity, as well as suppressing inflammatory response mediated by macrophages. These findings suggest that Btbd8 could be a promising therapeutic target for the treatment of IBD.
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Tianjin Union Medical Center, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Cell Responses, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biology Education and College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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Dong Q, Zhang Q, Yang X, Nai S, Du X, Chen L. Glycolysis-Stimulated Esrrb Lactylation Promotes the Self-Renewal and Extraembryonic Endoderm Stem Cell Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:2692. [PMID: 38473939 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25052692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2024] [Revised: 02/18/2024] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
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Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) favor glycolysis over oxidative phosphorylation for energy production, and glycolytic metabolism is critical for pluripotency establishment, maintenance, and exit. However, an understanding of how glycolysis regulates the self-renewal and differentiation of ESCs remains elusive. Here, we demonstrated that protein lactylation, regulated by intracellular lactate, contributes to the self-renewal of ESCs. We further showed that Esrrb, an orphan nuclear receptor involved in pluripotency maintenance and extraembryonic endoderm stem cell (XEN) differentiation, is lactylated on K228 and K232. The lactylation of Esrrb enhances its activity in promoting ESC self-renewal in the absence of the LIF and XEN differentiation of ESCs by increasing its binding at target genes. Our studies reveal the importance of protein lactylation in the self-renewal and XEN differentiation of ESCs, and the underlying mechanism of glycolytic metabolism regulating cell fate choice.
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- Qiman Dong
- Institute of Translational Medicine, Tianjin Union Medical Center, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Cell Responses, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biology Education and College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300074, China
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Tianjin Union Medical Center, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Cell Responses, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biology Education and College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300074, China
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Tianjin Union Medical Center, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Cell Responses, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biology Education and College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300074, China
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Tianjin Union Medical Center, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Cell Responses, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biology Education and College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300074, China
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Tianjin Union Medical Center, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Cell Responses, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biology Education and College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300074, China
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Tianjin Union Medical Center, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Cell Responses, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biology Education and College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300074, China
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Xu N, Liu Y, Nai S, Tao Y, Ding Y, Jia L, Geng Q, Li J, Bai Y, Wei GH, Dong MQ, Luo L, Zhao M, Xu X, Li XX, Li J, Huang L. UBE3D Is Involved in Blue Light-Induced Retinal Damage by Regulating Double-Strand Break Repair. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2022; 63:7. [PMID: 36094642 PMCID: PMC9482326 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.63.10.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Purpose Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is currently the leading cause of blindness worldwide. Previously, we identified ubiquitin-protein ligase E3D (UBE3D) as an AMD-associated protein for East Asian populations, and here we further demonstrate that UBE3D could be associated with DNA damage response. Methods The established I-SceI-inducible GFP reporter system was used to explore the effect of UBE3D on homologous recombination. Immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry (MS) was used to explore potential UBE3D-interacting proteins and validated with coimmunoprecipitation assays and the pulldown assays. Micrococcal nuclease (MNase) assays were used to investigate the function of UBE3D on heterochromatin de-condensation upon DNA damage. An aged mouse model of blue light-induced eye damage was constructed, and electroretinography (ERG) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) were performed to compare the differences between wild-type and UBE3D+/- mice. Results First, we show that GFP-UBE3D is recruited to damage sites by PCNA, through a PCNA-interacting protein (PIP) box. Furthermore, UBE3D interacts with KAP1 via R377R378 and oxidation of the AMD-associated V379M mutation abolishes KAP1-UBE3D binding. By MNase assays, UBE3D depletion reduces the chromatin relaxation levels upon DNA damage. In addition, UBE3D depletion renders less KAP1 recruitment. Compared with wild type, blue light induces less damage in UBE3D+/- mice as measured by ERG and OCT, consistent with our biochemical results. Conclusions Hence, we propose that one potential mechanism that UBE3D-V379M contributes to AMD pathogenesis might be via defective DNA damage repair linked with oxidative stress and our results offered a potential direction for the treatment of AMD.
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- Ningda Xu
- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Diseases and Optometry Institute, Beijing Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Therapy of Retinal and Choroid Diseases, College of Optometry, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University People's Hospital Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response and College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response and College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response and College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response and College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Diseases and Optometry Institute, Beijing Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Therapy of Retinal and Choroid Diseases, College of Optometry, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University People's Hospital Beijing, China
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- Biocenter Oulu, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Affiliated Dongguan Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Diseases and Optometry Institute, Beijing Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Therapy of Retinal and Choroid Diseases, College of Optometry, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University People's Hospital Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response and College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Genome Stability & Disease Prevention, Shenzhen University School of Medicine, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Diseases and Optometry Institute, Beijing Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Therapy of Retinal and Choroid Diseases, College of Optometry, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University People's Hospital Beijing, China
- Department of Ophthalmology, Xiamen Eye Center of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response and College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Diseases and Optometry Institute, Beijing Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Therapy of Retinal and Choroid Diseases, College of Optometry, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University People's Hospital Beijing, China
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Shi Y, Yan S, Shao GC, Wang J, Jian YP, Liu B, Yuan Y, Qin K, Nai S, Huang X, Wang Y, Chen Z, Chen X, Dong MQ, Geng Y, Xu ZX, Li J. O-GlcNAcylation stabilizes the autophagy-initiating kinase ULK1 by inhibiting chaperone-mediated autophagy upon HPV infection. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:102341. [PMID: 35931119 PMCID: PMC9436821 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2022] [Revised: 07/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) cause a subset of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs). Previously, we demonstrated that HPV16 oncogene E6 or E6/E7 transduction increases the abundance of O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) transferase (OGT), but OGT substrates affected by this increase are unclear. Here, we focus on the effects of O-GlcNAcylation on HPV-positive HNSCCs. We found that upon HPV infection, Unc-51-like kinase 1 (ULK1), an autophagy-initiating kinase, is hyper-O-GlcNAcylated, stabilized, and linked with autophagy elevation. Through mass spectrometry, we identified that ULK1 is O-GlcNAcylated at Ser409, which is distinct from the previously reported Thr635/Thr754 sites. It has been demonstrated that PKCα mediates phosphorylation of ULK1 at Ser423, which attenuates its stability by shunting ULK1 to the chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA) pathway. Using biochemical assays, we demonstrate that ULK1 Ser409Ser410 O-GlcNAcylation antagonizes its phosphorylation at Ser423. Moreover, mutations of Ser409A and its neighboring site Ser410A (2A) render ULK1 less stable by promoting interaction with the CMA chaperone HSC70 (heat shock cognate 70 kDa protein). Furthermore, ULK1-2A mutants attenuate the association of ULK1 with STX17, which is vital for the fusion between autophagosomes and lysosomes. Analysis of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database reveals that ULK1 is upregulated in HPV-positive HNSCCs, and its level positively correlates with HNSCC patient survival. Overall, our work demonstrates that O-GlcNAcylation of ULK1 is altered in response to environmental changes. O-GlcNAcylation of ULK1 at Ser409 and perhaps Ser410 stabilizes ULK1, which might underlie the molecular mechanism of HPV-positive HNSCC patient survival.
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- Yingxin Shi
- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response and College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response and College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing 102206, China
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- Qingdao University Medical College Affiliated Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan 475004, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response and College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, and Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response and College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, and Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China.
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- School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan 475004, China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response and College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China; State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.
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Cheng Z, Nai S, Song S, Chen L, Yu Z. Photoinduced directional domain sliding motion in peptide hydrogels promotes ectodermal differentiation of embryonic stem cells. Sci China Mater 2020; 63:467-478. [DOI: 10.1007/s40843-019-1184-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2019] [Accepted: 09/11/2019] [Indexed: 08/30/2023]
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Nai S, Shi Y, Ru H, Ding Y, Geng Q, Li Z, Dong MQ, Xu X, Li J. Chk2-dependent phosphorylation of myosin phosphatase targeting subunit 1 (MYPT1) regulates centrosome maturation. Cell Cycle 2019; 18:2651-2659. [PMID: 31416392 PMCID: PMC6773232 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2019.1654795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2019] [Revised: 07/17/2019] [Accepted: 08/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Checkpoint kinase 2 (Chk2) is a pivotal effector kinase in the DNA damage response, with an emerging role in mitotic chromosome segregation. In this study, we show that Chk2 interacts with myosin phosphatase targeting subunit 1 (MYPT1), the targeting subunit of protein phosphatase 1cβ (PP1cβ). Previous studies have shown that MYPT1 is phosphorylated by CDK1 at S473 during mitosis, and subsequently docks to the polo-binding domain of PLK1 and dephosphorylates PLK1. Herein we present data that Chk2 phosphorylates MYPT1 at S507 in vitro and in vivo, which antagonizes pS473. Chk2 inhibition results in failure of γ-tubulin recruitment to the centrosomes, phenocopying Plk1 inhibition defects. These aberrancies were also observed in the MYPT1-S507A stable transfectants, suggesting that Chk2 exerts its effect on centrosomes via MYPT1. Collectively, we have identified a Chk2-MYPT1-PLK1 axis in regulating centrosome maturation. Abbreviations: Chk2: checkpoint kinase 2; MYPT1: myosin phosphatase targeting subunit 1; PP1cβ: protein phosphatase 1c β; Noc: nocodazole; IP: immunoprecipitation; IB: immunoblotting; LC-MS/MS: liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry; Chk2: checkpoint kinase 2; KD: kinase domain; WT: wild type; Ub: ubiquitin; DAPI: 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole; IF: Immunofluorescence; IR: ionizing radiation; siCHK2: siRNA targeting CHK2.
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- Shanshan Nai
- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA damage Response, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA damage Response, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA damage Response, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA damage Response, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA damage Response, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA damage Response, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Genome Stability & Disease Prevention, Shenzhen University School of Medicine, Shenzhen, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA damage Response, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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Tian J, Shi Y, Nai S, Geng Q, Zhang L, Wei GH, Xu X, Li J. Ataxin-10 is involved in Golgi membrane dynamics. J Genet Genomics 2017; 44:549-552. [PMID: 29169923 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2017.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2017] [Revised: 11/06/2017] [Accepted: 11/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Jie Tian
- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China; Molecular & Environmental Plant Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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- MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100176, China
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- Biocenter Oulu, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu 90014, Finland
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Genome Stability & Disease Prevention, Shenzhen University School of Medicine, Shenzhen 518060, China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China.
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Li X, Nai S, Ding Y, Geng Q, Zhu B, Yu K, Zhu WG, Dong MQ, Su XD, Xu X, Li J. Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1)-dependent phosphorylation of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) regulates replication via histone methylation. Cell Cycle 2017; 16:1933-1942. [PMID: 28820331 PMCID: PMC5638376 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2017.1363942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2017] [Accepted: 07/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) is a key enzyme regulating the folate cycle and its genetic variations have been associated with various human diseases. Previously we identified that MTHFR is phosphorylated by cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (CDK1) at T34 and MTHFR underlies heterochromatin maintenance marked by H3K9me3 levels. Herein we demonstrate that pT34 creates a binding motif that docks MTHFR to the polo-binding domain (PBD) of polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1), a fundamental kinase that orchestrates many cell cycle events. We show that PLK1 phosphorylates MTHFR at T549 in vitro and in vivo. Further, we uncovered a role of MTHFR in replication. First, MTHFR depletion increased the fraction of cells in S phase. This defect could not be rescued by siRNA resistant plasmids harboring T549A, but could be restored by overproduction of Suv4-20H2, the H4K20 methyltransferase. Moreover, siMTHFR attenuated H4K20me3 levels, which could be rescued by Suv4-20H2 overproduction. More importantly, we also investigated MTHFR-E429A, the protein product of an MTHFR single nucleotide variant. MTHFR-E429A overexpression also increased S phase cells and decreased H4K20me3 levels, and it is linked to a poor glioma prognosis in the Chinese population. Collectively, we have unveiled a vital role of PLK1-dependent phosphorylation of MTHFR in replication via histone methylation, and implicate folate metabolism with glioma.
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- Xueyan Li
- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response and College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response and College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response and College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response and College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Biodynamic Optical Imaging Center (BIOPIC), School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Genome Stability & Disease Prevention, Shenzhen University School of Medicine, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Biodynamic Optical Imaging Center (BIOPIC), School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response and College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Genome Stability & Disease Prevention, Shenzhen University School of Medicine, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response and College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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Li Z, Li X, Nai S, Geng Q, Liao J, Xu X, Li J. Checkpoint kinase 1-induced phosphorylation of O-linked β- N-acetylglucosamine transferase regulates the intermediate filament network during cytokinesis. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:19548-19555. [PMID: 29021254 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.811646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2017] [Revised: 09/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Checkpoint kinase 1 (Chk1) is a kinase instrumental for orchestrating DNA replication, DNA damage checkpoints, the spindle assembly checkpoint, and cytokinesis. Despite Chk1's pivotal role in multiple cellular processes, many of its substrates remain elusive. Here, we identified O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc)-transferase (OGT) as one of Chk1's substrates. We found that Chk1 interacts with and phosphorylates OGT at Ser-20, which not only stabilizes OGT, but also is required for cytokinesis. Phospho-specific antibodies of OGT-pSer-20 exhibited specific signals at the midbody of the cell, consistent with midbody localization of OGT as reported previously. Moreover, phospho-deficient OGT (S20A) cells attenuated cellular O-GlcNAcylation levels and also reduced phosphorylation of Ser-71 in the cytoskeletal protein vimentin, a modification critical for severing vimentin filament during cytokinesis. Consequently, elongated vimentin bridges were observed in cells depleted of OGT via an siOGT-based approach. Lastly, expression of plasmids resistant to siOGT efficiently rescued the vimentin bridge phenotype, but the OGT-S20A rescue plasmids did not. Our results suggest a Chk1-OGT-vimentin pathway that regulates the intermediate filament network during cytokinesis.
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- Zhe Li
- From the Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response and College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China and
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- From the Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response and College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China and
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- From the Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response and College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China and
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- From the Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response and College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China and
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- From the Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response and College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China and
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- From the Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response and College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China and .,the Guangdong Key Laboratory of Genome Stability & Disease Prevention, Shenzhen University School of Medicine, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518060, China
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- From the Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response and College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China and
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