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Ruparelia AA, Montandon M, Merriner J, Huang C, Wong SFL, Sonntag C, Hardee JP, Lynch GS, Miles LB, Siegel A, Hall TE, Schittenhelm RB, Currie PD. Atrogin-1 promotes muscle homeostasis by regulating levels of endoplasmic reticulum chaperone BiP. JCI Insight 2024; 9:e167578. [PMID: 38530354 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.167578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024] Open
Abstract
Skeletal muscle wasting results from numerous pathological conditions affecting both the musculoskeletal and nervous systems. A unifying feature of these pathologies is the upregulation of members of the E3 ubiquitin ligase family, resulting in increased proteolytic degradation of target proteins. Despite the critical role of E3 ubiquitin ligases in regulating muscle mass, the specific proteins they target for degradation and the mechanisms by which they regulate skeletal muscle homeostasis remain ill-defined. Here, using zebrafish loss-of-function models combined with in vivo cell biology and proteomic approaches, we reveal a role of atrogin-1 in regulating the levels of the endoplasmic reticulum chaperone BiP. Loss of atrogin-1 resulted in an accumulation of BiP, leading to impaired mitochondrial dynamics and a subsequent loss in muscle fiber integrity. We further implicated a disruption in atrogin-1-mediated BiP regulation in the pathogenesis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. We revealed that BiP was not only upregulated in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, but its inhibition using pharmacological strategies, or by upregulating atrogin-1, significantly ameliorated pathology in a zebrafish model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Collectively, our data implicate atrogin-1 and BiP in the pathogenesis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy and highlight atrogin-1's essential role in maintaining muscle homeostasis.
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- Avnika A Ruparelia
- Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, and
- Centre for Muscle Research, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Monash Proteomics and Metabolomics Facility, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Muscle Research, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Muscle Research, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Monash Proteomics and Metabolomics Facility, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
- EMBL Australia, Victorian Node, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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Xu J, Zhang D, Ma Y, Du H, Wang Y, Luo W, Wang R, Yi F. ROS in diabetic atria regulate SK2 degradation by Atrogin-1 through the NF-κB signaling pathway. J Biol Chem 2024; 300:105735. [PMID: 38336298 PMCID: PMC10938124 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.105735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Revised: 01/13/2024] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
Abstract
One of the independent risk factors for atrial fibrillation is diabetes mellitus (DM); however, the underlying mechanisms causing atrial fibrillation in DM are unknown. The underlying mechanism of Atrogin-1-mediated SK2 degradation and associated signaling pathways are unclear. The aim of this study was to elucidate the relationship among reactive oxygen species (ROS), the NF-κB signaling pathway, and Atrogin-1 protein expression in the atrial myocardia of DM mice. We found that SK2 expression was downregulated comitant with increased ROS generation and enhanced NF-κB signaling activation in the atrial cardiomyocytes of DM mice. These observations were mimicked by exogenously applicating H2O2 and by high glucose culture conditions in HL-1 cells. Inhibition of ROS production by diphenyleneiodonium chloride or silencing of NF-κB by siRNA decreased the protein expression of NF-κB and Atrogin-1 and increased that of SK2 in HL-1 cells with high glucose culture. Moreover, chromatin immunoprecipitation assay demonstrated that NF-κB/p65 directly binds to the promoter of the FBXO32 gene (encoding Atrogin-1), regulating the FBXO32 transcription. Finally, we evaluated the therapeutic effects of curcumin, known as a NF-κB inhibitor, on Atrogin-1 and SK2 expression in DM mice and confirmed that oral administration of curcumin for 4 weeks significantly suppressed Atrogin-1 expression and protected SK2 expression against hyperglycemia. In summary, the results from this study indicated that the ROS/NF-κB signaling pathway participates in Atrogin-1-mediated SK2 regulation in the atria of streptozotocin-induced DM mice.
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- Jian Xu
- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China; Senior Department of Cardiology, The Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Vascular Disease, Shaanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Wuxi People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
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Quan J, Ma C. DNMT1-mediated regulating on FBXO32 promotes the progression of glioma cells through the regulation of SKP1 activity. Environ Toxicol 2024; 39:783-793. [PMID: 37782699 DOI: 10.1002/tox.23976] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2023] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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Glioma, a prevalent and serious form of brain cancer, is associated with dysregulation of DNA methylation, where DNA methyltransferase-1 (DNMT1) plays a significant role in glioma progression. However, the involvement of F-box protein 32 (FBXO32) in glioma and its regulation by DNMT1-mediated methylation remain poorly understood. In this study, we investigated FBXO32 expression in glioma cells with high DNMT1 expression using the online dataset and correlated it with patient survival. Then impact of elevated FBXO32 expression on cell proliferation, migration, and invasion was evaluated, along with the examination of EMT-related proteins. Furthermore, a xenograft model established by injecting glioma cells stably transfected with FBXO32 was used to evaluate tumor growth, volume, and weight. The ChIP assay was employed to study the interaction between DNMT1 and the FBXO32 promoter, revealing that DNMT1 negatively correlated with FBXO32 expression in glioma cells and promoted FBXO32 promoter methylation. Moreover, we investigated the interaction between FBXO32 and SKP1 using Co-IP and GST pulldown assays, discovering that FBXO32 acts as an E3 ubiquitin ligase and promotes SKP1 ubiquitination, leading to its degradation. Interestingly, our findings demonstrated that high FBXO32 expression was associated with improved overall survival in glioma patients. Knockdown of DNMT1 in glioma cells increased FBXO32 expression and suppressed malignant phenotypes, suggesting that FBXO32 functions as a tumor suppressor in glioma. In conclusion, this study reveals a novel regulatory mechanism involving DNMT1-mediated FBXO32 expression in glioma cells, where FBXO32 acts as an E3 ubiquitin ligase to degrade SKP1 via ubiquitination. This FBXO32-mediated regulation of SKP1 activity contributes to the progression of glioma cells. These findings provide important insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying glioma progression and may hold promise for the development of targeted therapies for glioma patients.
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- Junjie Quan
- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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Kong KYE, Shankar S, Rühle F, Khmelinskii A. Orphan quality control by an SCF ubiquitin ligase directed to pervasive C-degrons. Nat Commun 2023; 14:8363. [PMID: 38102142 PMCID: PMC10724198 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44096-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Selective protein degradation typically involves substrate recognition via short linear motifs known as degrons. Various degrons can be found at protein termini from bacteria to mammals. While N-degrons have been extensively studied, our understanding of C-degrons is still limited. Towards a comprehensive understanding of eukaryotic C-degron pathways, here we perform an unbiased survey of C-degrons in budding yeast. We identify over 5000 potential C-degrons by stability profiling of random peptide libraries and of the yeast C‑terminome. Combining machine learning, high-throughput mutagenesis and genetic screens reveals that the SCF ubiquitin ligase targets ~40% of degrons using a single F-box substrate receptor Das1. Although sequence-specific, Das1 is highly promiscuous, recognizing a variety of C-degron motifs. By screening for full-length substrates, we implicate SCFDas1 in degradation of orphan protein complex subunits. Altogether, this work highlights the variety of C-degron pathways in eukaryotes and uncovers how an SCF/C-degron pathway of broad specificity contributes to proteostasis.
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- Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Mainz, Germany
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Sano K, Miya F, Kato M, Omata T, Takanashi JI. Neurochemistry evaluated by magnetic resonance spectroscopy in a patient with FBXO28-related developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. Brain Dev 2023; 45:583-587. [PMID: 37543484 DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2023.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Revised: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Mutations in the FBXO28 gene, which encodes FBXO28, one of the F-box protein family, may cause developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE). FBXO28-related DEE is radiologically characterized by cerebral atrophy, delayed/abnormal myelination, and brain malformation; however, no neurochemical analyses have been reported. CASE REPORT A female Japanese infant presented with severe psychomotor delay, epileptic spasms, and visual impairment. Whole-exome sequencing revealed a de novo variant of the FBXO28 gene, leading to the diagnosis of FBXO28-related DEE. Magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy at 6, 12, and 32 months revealed decreased N-acetylaspartate and choline-containing compounds and increased levels of myoinositol. CONCLUSION MR spectroscopy revealed neurochemical derangement in FBXO28-related DEE, that is, disturbed myelination secondary to neuronal damage with astrogliosis.
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- Kentaro Sano
- Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Women's Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center, 477-96, Owada shinden, Yachiyo, Chiba 276-0046, Japan
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8, Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Women's Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center, 477-96, Owada shinden, Yachiyo, Chiba 276-0046, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Women's Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center, 477-96, Owada shinden, Yachiyo, Chiba 276-0046, Japan.
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Zhang H, Xia P, Yang Z, Liu J, Zhu Y, Huang Z, Zhang Z, Yuan Y. Cullin-associated and neddylation-dissociated 1 regulate reprogramming of lipid metabolism through SKP1-Cullin-1-F-box FBXO11 -mediated heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A2/B1 ubiquitination and promote hepatocellular carcinoma. Clin Transl Med 2023; 13:e1443. [PMID: 37837399 PMCID: PMC10576442 DOI: 10.1002/ctm2.1443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Revised: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/01/2023] [Indexed: 10/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Enhanced de novo lipogenesis is essential for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Abnormally high cullin-associated and neddylation-dissociated 1 (CAND1) expression is associated with poor clinical prognosis in HCC. The SKP1-Cullin-1-F-box (SCF) complex consists of the SKP1, Cullin-1 and F-box proteins (FBPs) and performs multiple functions including adipogenesis. SCF complex was modulated by CAND1, but Whether and how the CAND1 promotes HCC by regulating SCF complex and lipogenesis are unknown. METHODS HCC samples were used to analyze the correlations between CAND1 expression and clinicopathological characteristics such as survival and prognosis. The in vitro functions of CAND1, FBXO11 and heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A2/B1 (hnRNPA2B1) were measured by cell proliferation, colony formation and migration assays. The in vivo functions were tested in multiple mouse liver cancer models including patient-derived xenograft (PDX), cell line-derived xenograft and AKT/NRASV12-induced primary liver cancer models. Injections of adeno-associated virus targeting CAND1 (AAV-shCAND1) were performed to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of targeting CAND1. RNA-Seq and lipidomic assays followed by serial biochemical experiments including mass spectrometry, immunoprecipitation and GST pull-down were performed to dissect the underlying mechanisms. RESULTS CAND1 promoted the expression of lipid synthesis genes by disrupting SCF complex assembly and lipid accumulation. Furthermore, we identified hnRNPA2B1 as a novel F-box protein 11 (FBXO11)-binding partner. FBXO11 directly bound to hnRNPA2B1 and promoted hnRNPA2B1 ubiquitination and subsequent degradation. Our evaluations of the therapeutic efficacy of AAV-shCAND1 injections confirmed that targeting the CAND1-SCFFBXO11 -hnRNPA2B1A signalling axis was therapeutically effective. CAND1 downregulation significantly reduced the tumour burden in a primary mouse liver cancer model and a PDX model. CONCLUSIONS Our results highlight that CAND1 is associated with poor prognosis in HCC and regulates lipid metabolic reprogramming by dissociating the SCF complex. Targeting the CAND1-SCFFBXO11 -hnRNPA2B1 axis may be a novel strategy for HCC treatment.
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- Hao Zhang
- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic SurgeryZhongnan Hospital of Wuhan UniversityWuhanChina
- Clinical Medicine Research Center for Minimally Invasive Procedure of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases of Hubei ProvinceWuhanChina
- Department of Organ TransplantationQilu Hospital of Shandong UniversityJinanChina
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic SurgeryZhongnan Hospital of Wuhan UniversityWuhanChina
- Clinical Medicine Research Center for Minimally Invasive Procedure of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases of Hubei ProvinceWuhanChina
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic SurgeryZhongnan Hospital of Wuhan UniversityWuhanChina
- Clinical Medicine Research Center for Minimally Invasive Procedure of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases of Hubei ProvinceWuhanChina
- Department of Breast SurgeryAffiliated Hospital of Hebei UniversityBaodingChina
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic SurgeryZhongnan Hospital of Wuhan UniversityWuhanChina
- Clinical Medicine Research Center for Minimally Invasive Procedure of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases of Hubei ProvinceWuhanChina
- TaiKang Center for Life and Medical SciencesWuhan UniversityWuhanChina
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic SurgeryZhongnan Hospital of Wuhan UniversityWuhanChina
- Clinical Medicine Research Center for Minimally Invasive Procedure of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases of Hubei ProvinceWuhanChina
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- College of Life SciencesWuhan UniversityWuhanChina
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic SurgeryZhongnan Hospital of Wuhan UniversityWuhanChina
- Clinical Medicine Research Center for Minimally Invasive Procedure of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases of Hubei ProvinceWuhanChina
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic SurgeryZhongnan Hospital of Wuhan UniversityWuhanChina
- Clinical Medicine Research Center for Minimally Invasive Procedure of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases of Hubei ProvinceWuhanChina
- TaiKang Center for Life and Medical SciencesWuhan UniversityWuhanChina
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Qiao X, Lin J, Shen J, Chen Y, Zheng L, Ren H, Zhao X, Yang H, Li P, Wang Z. FBXO28 suppresses liver cancer invasion and metastasis by promoting PKA-dependent SNAI2 degradation. Oncogene 2023; 42:2878-2891. [PMID: 37596321 PMCID: PMC10516749 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-023-02809-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Revised: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/20/2023]
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FBXO28 is a member of F-box proteins that are the substrate receptors of SCF (SKP1, CULLIN1, F-box protein) ubiquitin ligase complexes. Despite the implications of its role in cancer, the function of FBXO28 in epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) process and metastasis for cancer remains largely unknown. Here, we report that FBXO28 is a critical negative regulator of migration, invasion and metastasis in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in vitro and in vivo. FBXO28 expression is upregulated in human epithelial cancer cell lines relative to mesenchymal counterparts. Mechanistically, by directly binding to SNAI2, FBXO28 functions as an E3 ubiquitin ligase that targets the substrate for degradation via ubiquitin proteasome system. Importantly, we establish a cooperative function for PKA in FBXO28-mediated SNAI2 degradation. In clinical HCC specimens, FBXO28 protein levels positively whereas negatively correlate with PKAα and SNAI2 levels, respectively. Low FBXO28 or PRKACA expression is associated with poor prognosis of HCC patients. Together, these findings elucidate the novel function of FBXO28 as a critical inhibitor of EMT and metastasis in cancer and provide a mechanistic rationale for its candidacy as a new prognostic marker and/or therapeutic target in human aggressive HCC.
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- Xinran Qiao
- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
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- Qilu Hospital of Shan Dong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
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Liu S, Liu P, Zhu C, Yang R, He Z, Li Y, Li Y, Fei X, Hou J, Wang X, Pan Y. FBXO28 promotes proliferation, invasion, and metastasis of pancreatic cancer cells through regulation of SMARCC2 ubiquitination. Aging (Albany NY) 2023; 15:5381-5398. [PMID: 37348029 PMCID: PMC10333084 DOI: 10.18632/aging.204780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
Abstract
The E3 ligase F-box only protein 28 (FBXO28) belongs to the F-box family of proteins that play a critical role in tumor development. However, the potential function of FBXO28 in pancreatic cancer (PC) and its molecular mechanism remain unclear. In this study, we examined FBXO28 expression in PC and its biological role and explored the mechanism of FBXO28-mediated proliferation, invasion, and metastasis of PC cells. Compared with paracancerous tissues and human normal pancreatic ductal epithelial cells, FBXO28 was highly expressed in PC tissues and cell lines. High expression of FBXO28 was negatively correlated with the survival prognosis of patients with PC. Functional assays indicated that FBXO28 promoted PC cell proliferation, invasion, and metastasis in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry was used to identify SMARCC2 as the target of FBXO28; upregulation of SMARCC2 can reverse the effect of overexpression of FBXO28 on promoting the proliferation, invasion, and metastasis of PC cells. Mechanistically, FBXO28 inhibited SMARCC2 expression in post-translation by increasing SMARCC2 ubiquitination and protein degradation. In conclusion, FBXO28 has a potential role in PC, possibly promoting PC progression through SMARCC2 ubiquitination. Thus, FBXO28 might be a potential treatment target in PC.
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- Songbai Liu
- Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550000, Guizhou, China
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- Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550000, Guizhou, China
- Department of Hepatic-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550000, Guizhou, China
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- Department of Hepatic-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550000, Guizhou, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Shenzhen Key Laboratory, Shenzhen University General Hospital, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Shenzhen Key Laboratory, Shenzhen University General Hospital, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Hepatic-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550000, Guizhou, China
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- Department of Hepatic-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550000, Guizhou, China
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- Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550000, Guizhou, China
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- Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550000, Guizhou, China
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- Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550000, Guizhou, China
- Department of Hepatic-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550000, Guizhou, China
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- Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550000, Guizhou, China
- Department of Hepatic-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550000, Guizhou, China
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Kim JH, Jung WJ, Kim MS, Seo YW. The wheat TaF-box3, SCF ubiquitin ligase component, participates in the regulation of flowering time in transgenic Arabidopsis. Plant Sci 2023; 331:111668. [PMID: 36858206 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2023.111668] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Histone methylation is actively involved in plant flowering time and is regulated by a myriad of genetic pathways that integrate endogenous and exogenous signals. We identified an F-box gene from wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and named it TaF-box3. Transcript expression analysis showed that TaF-box3 expression was gradually induced during the floret development and anthesis stages (WS2.5-10). Furthermore, ubiquitination assays have shown that TaF-box3 is a key component of the SCF ubiquitin ligase complex. TaF-box3 overexpression in Arabidopsis resulted in an early flowering phenotype and different cell sizes in leaves compared to the WT. Furthermore, the transcript level of a flowering time-related gene was significantly reduced in TaF-box3 overexpressing plants, which was linked with lower histone H3 Lys4 trimethylation (H3K4me3) and H3 Lys36 trimethylation (H3K36me3). Overexpression of TaF-box3 in Arabidopsis was shown to be involved in the regulation of flowering time by demethylating FLC chromatin, according to ChIP experiments. Protein analysis confirmed that TaMETS interacts with TaF-box3 and is ubiquitinated and degraded in a TaF-box3-dependnent manner. Based on these findings, we propose that TaF-box3 has a positive role in flowering time, which leads to a better understanding of TaF-box3 physiological mechanism in Arabidopsis.
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- Jae Ho Kim
- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, the Republic of Korea; Institute of Animal Molecular Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, the Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Life Science and Natural Resources, Korea University, Seoul, the Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, the Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, the Republic of Korea; Ojeong Plant Breeding Research Center, Korea University, Seoul, the Republic of Korea.
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Jain N, Khurana P, Khurana JP. AtTLP2, a Tubby-like protein, plays intricate roles in abiotic stress signalling. Plant Cell Rep 2023; 42:235-252. [PMID: 36437308 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-022-02953-z] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
The Arabidopsis Tubby-like protein (TLP) encoding gene, AtTLP2, plays intricate roles during ABA-dependent abiotic stress signalling, particularly salt and dehydration stress responses. TLPs (Tubby-like proteins) are a small group of eukaryotic proteins characterized by the presence of a Tubby domain. The plant TLPs have been widely shown to play important roles during abiotic stress signaling. In this study, we investigated the role of an Arabidopsis TLP, AtTLP2, in mediating abiotic stress responses. Both attlp2 null mutant and overexpression (OE) lines, in Arabidopsis, were studied which indicated the role of the gene also in development. The attlp2 mutant showed an overall dwarfism, while its overexpression caused enhanced growth. AtTLP2 localized to the plasma membrane (PM) and showed nuclear translocation in response to dehydration stress. The protein interacted with ASK1 and ASK2, but failed to show transactivation activity in yeast. AtTLP2 was transcriptionally induced by stress, caused by salt, dehydration and ABA. The attlp2 mutant was insensitive to ABA, but hypersensitive to oxidative stress at all stages of growth. ABA insensitivity conferred tolerance to salt and osmotic stresses at the germination and early seedling growth stages, but caused hypersensitivity to salt and drought stresses at advanced stages of growth. The OE lines were more sensitive to ABA, causing increased sensitivity to most stresses at the seed germination stage, but conferring tolerance to salt and osmotic stresses at more advanced stages of development. The stomata of the attlp2 mutant were less responsive to ABA and H2O2, while that of the OE lines exhibited greater sensitivity. Several ABA-regulated stress responsive marker genes were found to be downregulated in the mutant, but upregulated in the OE lines. The study establishes that AtTLP2 plays intricate roles in abiotic stress signaling, and the response may be largely ABA dependent.
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- Nitin Jain
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics & Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi, South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics & Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi, South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India.
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics & Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi, South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
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Sarikaya Bayram Ö, Bayram Ö, Karahoda B, Meister C, Köhler AM, Thieme S, Elramli N, Frawley D, McGowan J, Fitzpatrick DA, Schmitt K, de Assis LJ, Valerius O, Goldman GH, Braus GH. F-box receptor mediated control of substrate stability and subcellular location organizes cellular development of Aspergillus nidulans. PLoS Genet 2022; 18:e1010502. [PMID: 36508464 PMCID: PMC9744329 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Fungal growth and development are coordinated with specific secondary metabolism. This coordination requires 8 of 74 F-box proteins of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans. F-box proteins recognize primed substrates for ubiquitination by Skp1-Cul1-Fbx (SCF) E3 ubiquitin RING ligases and degradation by the 26S proteasome. 24 F-box proteins are found in the nuclear fraction as part of SCFs during vegetative growth. 43 F-box proteins interact with SCF proteins during growth, development or stress. 45 F-box proteins are associated with more than 700 proteins that have mainly regulatory roles. This corroborates that accurate surveillance of protein stability is prerequisite for organizing multicellular fungal development. Fbx23 combines subcellular location and protein stability control, illustrating the complexity of F-box mediated regulation during fungal development. Fbx23 interacts with epigenetic methyltransferase VipC which interacts with fungal NF-κB-like velvet domain regulator VeA that coordinates fungal development with secondary metabolism. Fbx23 prevents nuclear accumulation of methyltransferase VipC during early development. These results suggest that in addition to their role in protein degradation, F-box proteins also control subcellular accumulations of key regulatory proteins for fungal development.
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- Biology Department, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
- * E-mail: (ÖB); (GHB)
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- Biology Department, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Biology Department, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
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- Biology Department, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
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- Biology Department, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- * E-mail: (ÖB); (GHB)
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Casagrande F, Xie Q, Serino G. A useful toolbox for the detection of SCF E3 ligase activity. Mol Plant 2022; 15:1654-1655. [PMID: 36176194 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2022.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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- Federica Casagrande
- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "C. Darwin," Sapienza Università, di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "C. Darwin," Sapienza Università, di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
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Huang T, Li J, Liu X, Shi B, Li S, An HX. An integrative pan-cancer analysis revealing the difference in small ring finger family of SCF E3 ubiquitin ligases. Front Immunol 2022; 13:968777. [PMID: 36059474 PMCID: PMC9434121 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.968777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Background The SCF (Skp1-cullin-F-box proteins) complex is the largest family of E3 ubiquitin ligases that mediate multiple specific substrate proteins degradation. Two ring-finger family members RBX1/ROC1 and RBX2/RNF7/SAG are small molecular proteins necessary for ubiquitin ligation activity of the multimeric SCF complex. Accumulating evidence indicated the involvement of RBX proteins in the pathogenesis and development of cancers, but no research using pan-cancer analysis for evaluating their difference has been directed previously. Methods We investigated RBX1/2 expression patterns and the association with clinicopathological features, and survivals of cancer patients obtained from the TCGA pan-cancer data. The binding energies of RBX1/2-CUL1 complexes were preliminarily calculated by using molecular dynamics simulations. Meanwhile, we assessed their immune infiltration level across numerous databases, including TISIDB and Timer database. Results High expression levels of RBX1/2 were observed in most cancer types and correlated with poor prognosis of patients analyzed. Nonetheless, exceptions were observed: RBX2 expression in KICH was higher than normal renal tissues and played a detrimental role in KICH. The expression of RBX1 was not associated with the prognostic risk of KICH. Moreover, the combination of RBX1 and CUL1 expression is more stable than that of RBX2 and CUL1. RBX1/2 expression showed their own specific characteristics in tumor pathological stages and grades, copy number variation and immune components. Conclusions These findings not only indicated that the difference of RBX1/2 might result in varying degrees of tumor progression, but also suggested that they might serve as biomarkers for immune infiltration in cancers, shedding new light on therapeutics of cancers.
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- Tingting Huang
- Department of Medical Oncology, Xiang’an Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
- Department of Medical Oncology, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Endocrine-Related Cancer Precision Medicine, Xiamen, China
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- Department of Respiratory, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Xiang’an Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Xiang’an Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Putian University, Putian, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Xiamen Branch, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Xiamen, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Xiang’an Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
- *Correspondence: Hanxiang An,
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Liu H, Liu S, Yu H, Huang X, Wang Y, Jiang L, Meng X, Liu G, Chen M, Jing Y, Yu F, Wang B, Li J. An engineered platform for reconstituting functional multisubunit SCF E3 ligase in vitro. Mol Plant 2022; 15:1285-1299. [PMID: 35751381 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2022.06.011] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Revised: 03/13/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Multisubunit SKP1/Cullin1/F-box (SCF) E3 ligases play essential roles in regulating the stability of crucial regulatory factors and controlling growth and development in eukaryotes. Detecting E3 ligase activity in vitro is important for exploring the molecular mechanism of protein ubiquitination. However, in vitro ubiquitination assay systems for multisubunit E3 ligases remain difficult to achieve, especially in plants, mainly owing to difficulties in achieving active components of multisubunit E3 ligases with high purity and characterizing specific E2 and E3 pairs. In this study, we characterized components of the rice SCFDWARF3 (SCFD3) E3 ligase, screened the coordinated E2, and reconstituted active SCFD3 E3 ligase in vitro. We further engineered SCFD3 E3 ligase using a fused SKP1-Cullin1-RBX1 (eSCR) protein and found that both the wild-type SCFD3 E3 ligase and the engineered SCFD3 E3 ligase catalyzed ubiquitination of the substrate D53, which is the key transcriptional repressor in strigolactone signaling. Finally, we replaced D3 with other F-box proteins from rice and humans and reconstituted active eSCF E3 ligases, including eSCFGID2, eSCFFBXL18, and eSCFCDC4 E3 ligases. Our work reconstitutes functional SCF E3 ligases in vitro and generates an engineered system with interchangeable F-box proteins, providing a powerful platform for studying the mechanisms of multisubunit SCF E3 ligases in eukaryotes.
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- Huihui Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Guan Y, Lin H, Leu NA, Ruthel G, Fuchs SY, Busino L, Luo M, Wang PJ. SCF ubiquitin E3 ligase regulates DNA double-strand breaks in early meiotic recombination. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:5129-5144. [PMID: 35489071 PMCID: PMC9122608 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Revised: 04/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Homeostasis of meiotic DNA double strand breaks (DSB) is critical for germline genome integrity and homologous recombination. Here we demonstrate an essential role for SKP1, a constitutive subunit of the SCF (SKP1-Cullin-F-box) ubiquitin E3 ligase, in early meiotic processes. SKP1 restrains accumulation of HORMAD1 and the pre-DSB complex (IHO1-REC114-MEI4) on the chromosome axis in meiotic germ cells. Loss of SKP1 prior to meiosis leads to aberrant localization of DSB repair proteins and a failure in synapsis initiation in meiosis of both males and females. Furthermore, SKP1 is crucial for sister chromatid cohesion during the pre-meiotic S-phase. Mechanistically, FBXO47, a meiosis-specific F-box protein, interacts with SKP1 and HORMAD1 and targets HORMAD1 for polyubiquitination and degradation in HEK293T cells. Our results support a model wherein the SCF ubiquitin E3 ligase prevents hyperactive DSB formation through proteasome-mediated degradation of HORMAD1 and subsequent modulation of the pre-DSB complex during meiosis.
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- Yongjuan Guan
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Tissue and Embryology, Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Tissue and Embryology, Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Tal L, Palayam M, Ron M, Young A, Britt A, Shabek N. A conformational switch in the SCF-D3/MAX2 ubiquitin ligase facilitates strigolactone signalling. Nat Plants 2022; 8:561-573. [PMID: 35484202 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-022-01145-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
Abstract
Strigolactones (SLs) are a class of plant hormones that regulate numerous processes of growth and development. SL perception and signal activation involves interaction between F-box E3 ubiquitin ligase D3/MAX2 and DWARF14 (D14) α/β-hydrolase in a SL-dependent manner and targeting of D53/SMXL6/7/8 transcriptional repressors (SMXLs) for proteasome-mediated degradation. D3/MAX2 has been shown to exist in multiple conformational states in which the C-terminal helix (CTH) undergoes a closed-to-open dynamics and regulates D14 binding and SL perception. Despite the multiple modes of D3-D14 interactions found in vitro, the residues that regulate the conformational switch of D3/MAX2 CTH in targeting D53/SMXLs and the subsequent effect on SL signalling remain unclear. Here we elucidate the functional dynamics of ASK1-D3/MAX2 in SL signalling by leveraging conformational switch mutants in vitro and in plants. We report the crystal structure of a dislodged CTH of the ASK1-D3 mutant and demonstrate that disruptions in CTH plasticity via either CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing or expression of point mutation mutants result in impairment of SL signalling. We show that the conformational switch in ASK1-D3/MAX2 CTH directly regulates ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation. A dislodged conformation involved in D53/SMXLs SL-dependent recruitment and ubiquitination and an engaged conformation are required for the release of polyubiquitinated D53/SMXLs and subsequently D14 for proteasomal degradation. Finally, we uncovered an organic acid metabolite that can directly trigger the D3/MAX2 CTH conformational switch. Our findings unravel a new regulatory function of a SKP1-CUL1-F-box ubiquitin ligase in plant signalling.
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- Lior Tal
- Department of Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California - Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California - Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California - Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California - Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California - Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California - Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
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Umezu T, Nakamura S, Sato Y, Kobayashi T, Ito E, Abe T, Kaneko M, Nomura M, Yoshimura A, Oya A, Matsumoto M, Nakamura M, Kanaji A, Miyamoto T. Smad2 and Smad3 expressed in skeletal muscle promote immobilization-induced bone atrophy in mice. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2021; 582:111-117. [PMID: 34710825 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.10.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
Skeletal muscle is known to regulate bone homeostasis through muscle-bone interaction, although factors that control this activity remain unclear. Here, we newly established Smad3-flox mice, and then generated skeletal muscle-specific Smad2/Smad3 double conditional knockout mice (DcKO) by crossing Smad3-flox with skeletal muscle-specific Ckmm Cre and Smad2-flox mice. We show that immobilization-induced gastrocnemius muscle atrophy occurring due to sciatic nerve denervation was partially but significantly inhibited in DcKO mice, suggesting that skeletal muscle cell-intrinsic Smad2/3 is required for immobilization-induced muscle atrophy. Also, tibial bone atrophy seen after sciatic nerve denervation was partially but significantly inhibited in DcKO mice. Bone formation rate in wild-type mouse tibia was significantly inhibited by immobilization, but inhibition was abrogated in DcKO mice. We propose that skeletal muscle regulates immobilization-induced bone atrophy via Smad2/3, and Smad2/3 represent potential therapeutic targets to prevent both immobilization-induced bone and muscle atrophy.
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- Taro Umezu
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, International University of Health and Welfare Narita Hospital, 852 Hatakeda, Narita City, Chiba, 286-8520, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan; Department of Advanced Therapy for Musculoskeletal Disorders II, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan; Department of Musculoskeletal Reconstruction and Regeneration Surgery, Institute for Integrated Sports Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan; Department of Advanced Therapy for Musculoskeletal Disorders II, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan; Department of Musculoskeletal Reconstruction and Regeneration Surgery, Institute for Integrated Sports Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Sports Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
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- Laboratory for Animal Resources and Genetic Engineering, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, 2-2-3 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0047, Japan
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- Laboratory for Animal Resources and Genetic Engineering, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, 2-2-3 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0047, Japan
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- Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Science, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyushu University, Maidashi 3-1-1, Higashi Ward, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan; Department of Advanced Therapy for Musculoskeletal Disorders II, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan; Department of Musculoskeletal Reconstruction and Regeneration Surgery, Institute for Integrated Sports Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan.
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Oh S, Choi CH, Lee BJ, Park JH, Son KH, Byun K. Fermented Oyster Extract Attenuated Dexamethasone-Induced Muscle Atrophy by Decreasing Oxidative Stress. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26237128. [PMID: 34885708 PMCID: PMC8658907 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26237128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Revised: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
It is well known that oxidative stress induces muscle atrophy, which decreases with the activation of Nrf2/HO-1. Fermented oyster extracts (FO), rich in γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and lactate, have shown antioxidative effects. We evaluated whether FO decreased oxidative stress by upregulating Nrf2/HO-1 and whether it decreased NF-κB, leading to decreased IL-6 and TNF-α. Decreased oxidative stress led to the downregulation of Cbl-b ubiquitin ligase, which increased IGF-1 and decreased FoxO3, atrogin1, and Murf1, and eventually decreased muscle atrophy in dexamethasone (Dexa)-induced muscle atrophy animal model. For four weeks, mice were orally administered with FO, GABA, lactate, or GABA+Lactate, and then Dexa was subcutaneously injected for ten days. During Dexa injection period, FO, GABA, lactate, or GABA+Lactate were also administered, and grip strength test and muscle harvesting were performed on the day of the last Dexa injection. We compared the attenuation effect of FO with GABA, lactate, and GABA+lactate treatment. Nrf2 and HO-1 expressions were increased by Dexa but decreased by FO; SOD activity and glutathione levels were decreased by Dexa but increased by FO; NADPH oxidase activity was increased by Dexa but decreased by FO; NF-κB, IL-6, and TNF-α activities were increased by Dexa were decreased by FO; Cbl-b expression was increased by Dexa but restored by FO; IGF-1 expression was decreased by Dexa but increased by FO; FoxO3, Atrogin-1, and MuRF1 expressions were increased by Dexa but decreased by FO. The gastrocnemius thickness and weight were decreased by Dexa but increased by FO. The cross-sectional area of muscle fiber and grip strength were decreased by Dexa but increased by FO. In conclusion, FO decreased Dexa-induced oxidative stress through the upregulation of Nrf2/HO-1. Decreased oxidative stress led to decreased Cbl-b, FoxO3, atrogin1, and MuRF1, which attenuated muscle atrophy.
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- Seyeon Oh
- Functional Cellular Networks Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Graduate School and Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon 21999, Korea;
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Gachon University, Incheon 21565, Korea;
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- Marine Bioprocess Co., Ltd., Smart Marine BioCenter, Busan 46048, Korea; (B.-J.L.); (J.-H.P.)
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- Marine Bioprocess Co., Ltd., Smart Marine BioCenter, Busan 46048, Korea; (B.-J.L.); (J.-H.P.)
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Gachon University, Incheon 21565, Korea;
- Correspondence: (K.-H.S.); (K.B.); Tel.: +82-32-460-3666 (K.-H.S.); +82-32-899-6511 (K.B.)
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- Functional Cellular Networks Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Graduate School and Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon 21999, Korea;
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon 21936, Korea
- Correspondence: (K.-H.S.); (K.B.); Tel.: +82-32-460-3666 (K.-H.S.); +82-32-899-6511 (K.B.)
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Song S, Liu B, Zhai J, Zhang Y, Wang K, Qi T. The intragenic suppressor mutation Leu59Phe compensates for the effect of detrimental mutations in the jasmonate receptor COI1. Plant J 2021; 108:690-704. [PMID: 34396619 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15464] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 08/01/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The phytohormones jasmonates (JAs) control plant development, growth, and defense against insects and pathogens. The Arabidopsis JA receptor Coronatine Insensitive 1 (COI1) interacts with ARABIDOPSIS SKP-LIKE1 (ASK1)/ASK2 to form the SCFCOI1 E3 ligase and mediate JA responses. Here, we performed a genetic suppressor screen using the leaky coi1-2 (COI1Leu245Phe ) mutant for restored sensitivity to JA, and identified the intragenic suppressor mutation Leu59Phe, which was in the region connecting the F-box and leucine-rich repeats domains of COI1. The L59F substitution not only restores the COI1L245F function, but also the COI1Gly434Glu (coi1-22rsp ) function in JA responses, through recovering their interactions with ASK1 or ASK2 and their protein levels. The L59F change itself could not enhance the interactions between COI1 and ASK1/2, nor affect JA responses. The present study reveals that the Leu59Phe substitution compensates for the effect of some deleterious mutations in the JA receptor COI1.
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- Susheng Song
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Plant Gene Resources and Biotechnology for Carbon Reduction and Environmental Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
- Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Plant Gene Resources and Biotechnology for Carbon Reduction and Environmental Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Plant Gene Resources and Biotechnology for Carbon Reduction and Environmental Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Plant Gene Resources and Biotechnology for Carbon Reduction and Environmental Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
- Cangzhou Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Cangzhou, 061001, China
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- Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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Thompson LL, Rutherford KA, Lepage CC, McManus KJ. The SCF Complex Is Essential to Maintain Genome and Chromosome Stability. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:8544. [PMID: 34445249 PMCID: PMC8395177 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22168544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Revised: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The SKP1, CUL1, F-box protein (SCF) complex encompasses a group of 69 SCF E3 ubiquitin ligase complexes that primarily modify protein substrates with poly-ubiquitin chains to target them for proteasomal degradation. These SCF complexes are distinguishable by variable F-box proteins, which determine substrate specificity. Although the function(s) of each individual SCF complex remain largely unknown, those that have been characterized regulate a wide array of cellular processes, including gene transcription and the cell cycle. In this regard, the SCF complex regulates transcription factors that modulate cell signaling and ensures timely degradation of primary cell cycle regulators for accurate replication and segregation of genetic material. SCF complex members are aberrantly expressed in a myriad of cancer types, with altered expression or function of the invariable core SCF components expected to have a greater impact on cancer pathogenesis than that of the F-box proteins. Accordingly, this review describes the normal roles that various SCF complexes have in maintaining genome stability before discussing the impact that aberrant SCF complex expression and/or function have on cancer pathogenesis. Further characterization of the SCF complex functions is essential to identify and develop therapeutic approaches to exploit aberrant SCF complex expression and function.
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- Laura L. Thompson
- CancerCare Manitoba Research Institute, CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada; (L.L.T.); (K.A.R.); (C.C.L.)
- Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9, Canada
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- CancerCare Manitoba Research Institute, CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada; (L.L.T.); (K.A.R.); (C.C.L.)
- Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9, Canada
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- CancerCare Manitoba Research Institute, CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada; (L.L.T.); (K.A.R.); (C.C.L.)
- Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9, Canada
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- CancerCare Manitoba Research Institute, CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada; (L.L.T.); (K.A.R.); (C.C.L.)
- Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9, Canada
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Chaudhuri T, Chintalapati J, Hosur MV. Identification of 3'-UTR single nucleotide variants and prediction of select protein imbalance in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy patients. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0252475. [PMID: 34086756 PMCID: PMC8177469 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 05/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The genetic influence in epilepsy, characterized by unprovoked and recurrent seizures, is through variants in genes critical to brain development and function. We have carried out variant calling in Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (MTLE) patients by mapping the RNA-Seq data available at SRA, NCBI, USA onto human genome assembly hg-19. We have identified 1,75,641 SNVs in patient samples. These SNVs are distributed over 14700 genes of which 655 are already known to be associated with epilepsy. Large number of variants occur in the 3'-UTR, which is one of the regions involved in the regulation of protein translation through binding of miRNAs and RNA-binding proteins (RBP). We have focused on studying the structure-function relationship of the 3'-UTR SNVs that are common to at-least 10 of the 35 patient samples. For the first time we find SNVs exclusively in the 3'-UTR of FGF12, FAR1, NAPB, SLC1A3, SLC12A6, GRIN2A, CACNB4 and FBXO28 genes. Structural modelling reveals that the variant 3'-UTR segments possess altered secondary and tertiary structures which could affect mRNA stability and binding of RBPs to form proper ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes. Secondly, these SNVs have either created or destroyed miRNA-binding sites, and molecular modeling reveals that, where binding sites are created, the additional miRNAs bind strongly to 3'-UTR of only variant mRNAs. These two factors affect protein production thereby creating an imbalance in the amounts of select proteins in the cell. We suggest that in the absence of missense and nonsense variants, protein-activity imbalances associated with MTLE patients can be caused through 3'-UTR variants in relevant genes by the mechanisms mentioned above. 3'-UTR SNV has already been identified as causative variant in the neurological disorder, Tourette syndrome. Inhibition of these miRNA-mRNA bindings could be a novel way of treating drug-resistant MTLE patients. We also suggest that joint occurrence of these SNVs could serve as markers for MTLE. We find, in the present study, SNV-mediated destruction of miRNA binding site in the 3'-UTR of the gene encoding glutamate receptor subunit, and, interestingly, overexpression of one of this receptor subunit is also associated with Febrile Seizures.
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- Tanusree Chaudhuri
- Department of Natural Sciences and Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Studies, IISc campus, Bangalore, India
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- CDAC-Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Byappanahalli, Bangalore, India
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Yin H, Han S, Cui C, Wang Y, Li D, Zhu Q. Plectin regulates Wnt signaling mediated-skeletal muscle development by interacting with Dishevelled-2 and antagonizing autophagy. Gene 2021; 783:145562. [PMID: 33705811 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2021.145562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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: 06/07/2020] [Revised: 02/12/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Skeletal muscle is the most abundant tissue in the human and animal body, loss of its function can lead to muscle aging and various myogenic diseases. The skeletal muscle development is a complex and tightly regulated process, which is driven by a variety of many factors, signaling pathways and regulatory mechanisms. Plectin (Plec), a cytolinker protein, is ubiquitously expressed in various tissues such as skin, muscle, plasma membrane, and most types of cells. Although known isoforms of Plec is well-characterized in muscle dystrophy, very little is known on the function of Plec in the skeletal muscle development. Here, we found that Plec plays a vital role in promoting C2C12 myoblasts differentiation and proliferation, but inhibits their apoptosis. Also, Plec regulates the expression of atrophy-related genes (atrogin-1 and muRF-1) to rescue muscle atrophy. Furthermore, we have demonstrated that Plec binds to Dishevelled-2 (Dvl-2) and forms a protein complex, which is then activate the canonical Wnt signaling. We also observed that Plec resists ubiquitination by stabilizing Dvl-2 and reduces the level of LC3-labeled Dvl-2 and antagonizes the autophagy system. In conclusion, our findings suggest that Plec regulates canonical Wnt signaling mediated skeletal development by stabilizing Dvl-2 and downregulating the cellular autophagic degradation system.
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- Huadong Yin
- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China.
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Matsukawa S, Kai S, Seo H, Suzuki K, Fukuda K. Activation of the β-adrenergic receptor exacerbates lipopolysaccharide-induced wasting of skeletal muscle cells by increasing interleukin-6 production. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0251921. [PMID: 34003837 PMCID: PMC8130926 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The skeletal muscle mass has been shown to be affected by catecholamines, such as epinephrine (Epi), norepinephrine (NE), and isoproterenol (ISO). On the other hand, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), one of the causative substances of sepsis, induces muscle wasting via toll-like receptors expressed in skeletal muscle. Although catecholamines are frequently administered to critically ill patients, it is still incompletely understood how these drugs affect skeletal muscle during critical illness, including sepsis. Herein, we examined the direct effects of catecholamines on LPS-induced skeletal muscle wasting using the C2C12 myoblast cell line. Muscle wasting induced by catecholamines and/or LPS was analyzed by the use of the differentiated C2C12 myotubes, and its underlying mechanism was explored by immunoblotting analysis, quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and the TransAM kit for p-65 NF-κB. Epi augmented myosin heavy chain (MHC) protein loss and reduction of the myotube diameter induced by LPS. LPS induced C/EBPδ protein, Atrogin-1 and inteleukin-6 (IL-6), and these responses were potentiated by Epi. An IL-6 inhibitor, LMT28, suppressed the potentiating effect of Epi on the LPS-induced responses. NF-κB activity was induced by LPS, but was not affected by Epi and recombinant IL-6, and the NF-κB inhibitor, Bay 11–7082, abolished Atrogin-1 mRNA expression induced by LPS with or without Epi. NE and ISO also potentiated LPS-induced IL-6 and Atroign-1 mRNA expression. Carvedilol, a nonselective β-adrenergic receptor antagonist, suppressed the facilitating effects of Epi on the Atrogin-1 mRNA induction by LPS, and abolished the effects of Epi on the MHC protein loss in the presence of LPS. It was concluded that Epi activates the β-adrenergic receptors in C2C12 myotubes and the IL-6-STAT3 pathway, leading to the augmentation of LPS-induced activation of the NF-κB- C/EBPδ-Atrogin-1 pathway and to the exacerbation of myotube wasting.
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- Shino Matsukawa
- Department of Anesthesia, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesia, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesia, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesia, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesia, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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Seok YM, Yoo JM, Nam Y, Kim J, Kim JS, Son JH, Kim HJ. Mountain ginseng inhibits skeletal muscle atrophy by decreasing muscle RING finger protein-1 and atrogin1 through forkhead box O3 in L6 myotubes. J Ethnopharmacol 2021; 270:113557. [PMID: 33161026 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2020.113557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Revised: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Mountain ginseng (Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer) is a medicinal herb with immune effects, muscle damage protection and energy metabolism effects. However, the pharmacological role of mountain ginseng in dexamethasone (DEXA)-induced muscle atrophy through the forkhead box O (FOXO) family is not understood. Therefore, we hypothesized that mountain ginseng inhibits skeletal muscle atrophy by decreasing muscle RING finger protein-1 (MuRF1) and atrogin1 through FOXO3 in L6 myotubes. METHODS Rat myoblast (L6) cells or Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were exposed to DEXA and mountain ginseng. The expressions of muscle atrophy targets such as MuRF1, atrogin1, MyHC (myosin heavy chain), HSP90, p-Akt, Akt, p-ERK1/2, ERK, FOXO3a, FOXO1, myostatin, and follistatin were analyzed by using Western blot analysis or real-time PCR. The diameter of myotubes was measured. Recruitment of glucocorticoid receptor (GR) or FOXO3a was analyzed by performing a chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay. RESULTS Mountain ginseng treatment reduced muscle weight loss and collagen deposition in DEXA-induced rats. Mountain ginseng treatment led to decreases in MuRF1, atrogin1, p-ERK1/2, FOXO3a, FOXO1, and myostatin. Also, mountain ginseng treatment led to increases in the diameter of myotubes, MyHC, HSP90, p-Akt, and follistatin. Treatment with mountain ginseng reduced enrichment of GR, FOXO3a, and RNA polymerase II on the promoters. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that mountain ginseng inhibits skeletal muscle atrophy by decreasing MuRF1 and atrogin1 through FOXO3a in L6 myotubes.
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- Young Mi Seok
- Korean Medicine R&D Team 1, National Institute for Korean Medicine Development, Gyeongsan, 38540, Republic of Korea.
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- Korean Medicine R&D Team 1, National Institute for Korean Medicine Development, Gyeongsan, 38540, Republic of Korea.
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- Korean Medicine R&D Team 1, National Institute for Korean Medicine Development, Gyeongsan, 38540, Republic of Korea.
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- Korean Medicine R&D Team 1, National Institute for Korean Medicine Development, Gyeongsan, 38540, Republic of Korea.
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- Korean Medicine R&D Team 1, National Institute for Korean Medicine Development, Gyeongsan, 38540, Republic of Korea.
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- Korean Medicine R&D Team 1, National Institute for Korean Medicine Development, Gyeongsan, 38540, Republic of Korea.
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- Korean Medicine R&D Team 1, National Institute for Korean Medicine Development, Gyeongsan, 38540, Republic of Korea.
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Yin L, Chen X, Li N, Jia W, Wang N, Hou B, Yang H, Zhang L, Qiang G, Yang X, Du G. Puerarin ameliorates skeletal muscle wasting and fiber type transformation in STZ-induced type 1 diabetic rats. Biomed Pharmacother 2021; 133:110977. [PMID: 33249280 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2020.110977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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: 07/11/2020] [Revised: 10/15/2020] [Accepted: 10/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Puerarin is an isoflavonoid extracted from Pueraria lobate with extensive pharmacological effects in traditional Chinese medicine. The evidence implicates that puerarin mitigates hyperglycemia and various relevant complications. Here, the effect of puerarin on skeletal muscle wasting induced by type 1 diabetes (T1D) was explored. Streptozotocin (STZ)-induced T1D male Sprague Dawley (SD) rats were used in this study. Muscle strength, weight and size were measured. L6 rat skeletal muscle cells were applied for in vitro study. Our results showed that eight-week oral puerarin administration (100 mg/kg) increased muscle strengths and weights accompanied by enhanced skeletal muscle cross-sectional areas in diabetic rats. Simultaneously, puerarin also reduced expressions of several muscle wasting marker genes including F-box only protein 32 (Atrogin-1) and muscle-specific RING-finger 1 (Murf-1) in diabetic group both in vitro and in vivo. Transformation from type I fibers (slow muscle) to type II fibers (fast muscle) were also observed under puerarin administration in diabetic rats. Puerarin promoted Akt/mTOR while inhibited LC3/p62 signaling pathway in skeletal muscle cells. In conclusion, our study showed that puerarin mitigated skeletal muscle wasting in T1D rats and closely related with Akt/mTOR activation and autophagy inhibition. Whether this effect in murine applies to humans remains to be determined.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Blood Glucose/metabolism
- Cell Differentiation/drug effects
- Cell Line
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/blood
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/chemically induced
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/drug therapy
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/blood
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/chemically induced
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/drug therapy
- Isoflavones/pharmacology
- Male
- Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch/drug effects
- Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch/metabolism
- Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch/pathology
- Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch/drug effects
- Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch/metabolism
- Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch/pathology
- Muscle Proteins/genetics
- Muscle Proteins/metabolism
- Muscle Strength/drug effects
- Muscular Atrophy/etiology
- Muscular Atrophy/metabolism
- Muscular Atrophy/pathology
- Muscular Atrophy/prevention & control
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- SKP Cullin F-Box Protein Ligases/genetics
- SKP Cullin F-Box Protein Ligases/metabolism
- Streptozocin
- TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism
- Tripartite Motif Proteins/genetics
- Tripartite Motif Proteins/metabolism
- Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/genetics
- Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/metabolism
- Rats
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- Lin Yin
- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines and Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Target and Screening Research, Institute of Materia Medica of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines and Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Target and Screening Research, Institute of Materia Medica of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines and Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Target and Screening Research, Institute of Materia Medica of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines and Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Target and Screening Research, Institute of Materia Medica of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines and Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Target and Screening Research, Institute of Materia Medica of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines and Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Target and Screening Research, Institute of Materia Medica of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines and Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Target and Screening Research, Institute of Materia Medica of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines and Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Target and Screening Research, Institute of Materia Medica of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines and Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Target and Screening Research, Institute of Materia Medica of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines and Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Target and Screening Research, Institute of Materia Medica of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines and Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Target and Screening Research, Institute of Materia Medica of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, PR China.
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Chen L, Yang Q, Zhang H, Wan L, Xin B, Cao Y, Zhang J, Guo C. Cryptotanshinone prevents muscle wasting in CT26-induced cancer cachexia through inhibiting STAT3 signaling pathway. J Ethnopharmacol 2020; 260:113066. [PMID: 32505837 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2020.113066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Revised: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Salvia miltiorrhiza bunge (Danshen) has been extensively used to treat a wide variety of diseases including cancers. Cryptotanshinone is a major lipophilic compound extracted from the root of Danshen and has been reported to exert various pharmacological effects, however, its anti-cachectic remains unknown. AIM OF THE STUDY The present study aims to investigate the anti-cachectic efficacy of cryptotanshinone and elucidate the underlying mechanism. MATERIALS AND METHODS Prevention of muscle wasting by cryptotanshinone in colon adenocarcinoma CT26-induced cachexia and CT26 conditioned medium (TCM)-induced myotubes were investigated. Main features of cancer cachexia were determined after cryptotanshinone administration. The therapeutic effect of cryptotanshinone on myotube atrophy was assessed by morphological observation and myotube fiber width determination. E3 ubiquitin ligases muscle RING-finger containing protein 1 (MuRF1) and muscle atrophy Fbox protein (MAFbx/Atrogin-1) expression and STAT3 activation were examined using western blot, real-time qPCR and dual-luciferase reporter gene assays both in vitro and in vivo. The myotubes were infected with lentiviruses expressing STAT3 or GFP. RESULTS In CT26 tumor-bearing mice, cryptotanshinone (20 and 60 mg/kg) administration drastically prevented systemic cancer cachexia from whole body weight loss and wasting of multiple tissues including heart, fat and skeletal muscle, with a negligible effect on cancer growth at dose of 20 mg/kg cryptotanshinone administration prevented the induction of MuRF1 and MAFbx/Atrogin-1 in cachectic muscles. Moreover, cryptotanshinone (2.5-10 μM) dose-dependently reduced the elevated expression of MuRF1 and MAFbx/Atrogin-1 in C2C12 myotubes, and improved myotube atrophy. We showed that cryptotanshinone significantly suppressed the hyper-activated STAT3 in cachectic muscles and C2C12 myotubes and inhibited STAT3 transcriptional activity, but it did not repress the activation of STAT1. The inhibitory effect of cryptotanshinone on TCM-induced myotube atrophy was blocked by STAT3 overexpression. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that cryptotanshinone prevents muscle wasting in cancer cachexia through STAT3 inhibition, and it may be a promising candidate drug for the treatment of cancer cachexia.
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- Linlin Chen
- Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, 200233, PR China; School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao tong University, Shanghai, 200240, PR China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, 200233, PR China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, 200233, PR China; School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao tong University, Shanghai, 200240, PR China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, 200233, PR China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, 200233, PR China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200433, PR China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200433, PR China; College of Pharmacy, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350122, PR China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, 200233, PR China; School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao tong University, Shanghai, 200240, PR China.
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Nagata S, Kato A, Isobe S, Fujikura T, Ohashi N, Miyajima H, Yasuda H. Regular exercise and branched-chain amino acids prevent ischemic acute kidney injury-related muscle wasting in mice. Physiol Rep 2020; 8:e14557. [PMID: 32845566 PMCID: PMC7448801 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.14557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2020] [Revised: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) causes glucose and protein metabolism abnormalities that result in muscle wasting, thereby affecting the long-term prognosis of critical illness survivors. Here, we examined whether early intervention with treadmill exercise and branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) can prevent AKI-related muscle wasting and reduced physical performance in mice. Unilateral 15 min ischemia-reperfusion injury was induced in contralateral nephrectomized mice, and muscle histological and physiological changes were assessed and compared with those of pair-fed control mice, since AKI causes severe anorexia. Mice exercised for 30 min each day and received oral BCAA for 7 days after AKI insult. By day 7, ischemic AKI significantly decreased wet weight, myofiber cross-sectional area, and central mitochondrial volume density of the anterior tibialis muscle, and significantly reduced maximal exercise time. Regular exercise and BCAA prevented AKI-related muscle wasting and low physical performance by suppressing myostatin and atrogin-1 mRNA upregulation, and restoring reduced phosphorylated Akt and PGC-1α mRNA expression in the muscle. Ischemic AKI induces muscle wasting by accelerating muscle protein degradation and reducing protein synthesis; however, we found that regular exercise and BCAA prevented AKI-related muscle wasting without worsening kidney damage, suggesting that early rehabilitation with nutritional support could prevent AKI-related muscle wasting.
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- Soichiro Nagata
- Internal Medicine 1Hamamatsu University School of MedicineHamamatsuJapan
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- Blood Purification UnitHamamatsu University HospitalHamamatsuJapan
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- Internal Medicine 1Hamamatsu University School of MedicineHamamatsuJapan
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- Internal Medicine 1Hamamatsu University School of MedicineHamamatsuJapan
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- Internal Medicine 1Hamamatsu University School of MedicineHamamatsuJapan
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- Internal Medicine 1Hamamatsu University School of MedicineHamamatsuJapan
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- Internal Medicine 1Hamamatsu University School of MedicineHamamatsuJapan
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Belova SP, Mochalova EP, Kostrominova TY, Shenkman BS, Nemirovskaya TL. P38α-MAPK Signaling Inhibition Attenuates Soleus Atrophy during Early Stages of Muscle Unloading. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21082756. [PMID: 32326654 PMCID: PMC7215762 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21082756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2020] [Revised: 04/14/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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To test the hypothesis that p38α-MAPK plays a critical role in the regulation of E3 ligase expression and skeletal muscle atrophy during unloading, we used VX-745, a selective p38α inhibitor. Three groups of rats were used: non-treated control (C), 3 days of unloading/hindlimb suspension (HS), and 3 days HS with VX-745 inhibitor (HSVX; 10 mg/kg/day). Total weight of soleus muscle in HS group was reduced compared to C (72.3 ± 2.5 vs 83.0 ± 3 mg, respectively), whereas muscle weight in the HSVX group was maintained (84.2 ± 5 mg). The expression of muscle RING-finger protein-1 (MuRF1) mRNA was significantly increased in the HS group (165%), but not in the HSVX group (127%), when compared with the C group. The expression of muscle-specific E3 ubiquitin ligases muscle atrophy F-box (MAFbx) mRNA was increased in both HS and HSVX groups (294% and 271%, respectively) when compared with C group. The expression of ubiquitin mRNA was significantly higher in the HS (423%) than in the C and HSVX (200%) groups. VX-745 treatment blocked unloading-induced upregulation of calpain-1 mRNA expression (HS: 120%; HSVX: 107%). These results indicate that p38α-MAPK signaling regulates MuRF1 but not MAFbx E3 ligase expression and inhibits skeletal muscle atrophy during early stages of unloading.
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- Svetlana P. Belova
- Institute of Biomedical Problems, RAS, Moscow 123007, Russia; (S.P.B.); (E.P.M.); (B.S.S.)
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- Institute of Biomedical Problems, RAS, Moscow 123007, Russia; (S.P.B.); (E.P.M.); (B.S.S.)
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- Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine-Northwest, Gary, IN 46408, USA;
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- Institute of Biomedical Problems, RAS, Moscow 123007, Russia; (S.P.B.); (E.P.M.); (B.S.S.)
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- Institute of Biomedical Problems, RAS, Moscow 123007, Russia; (S.P.B.); (E.P.M.); (B.S.S.)
- Correspondence:
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Lee HW, Sharma P, Janssen BJ, Drummond RSM, Luo Z, Hamiaux C, Collier T, Allison JR, Newcomb RD, Snowden KC. Flexibility of the petunia strigolactone receptor DAD2 promotes its interaction with signaling partners. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:4181-4193. [PMID: 32071083 PMCID: PMC7105320 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.011509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Revised: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Strigolactones (SLs) are terpenoid-derived plant hormones that regulate various developmental processes, particularly shoot branching, root development, and leaf senescence. The SL receptor has an unusual mode of action. Upon binding SL, it hydrolyzes the hormone, and then covalently binds one of the hydrolytic products. These initial events enable the SL receptor DAD2 (in petunia) to interact with the F-box protein PhMAX2A of the Skp-Cullin-F-box (SCF) complex and/or a repressor of SL signaling, PhD53A. However, it remains unclear how binding and hydrolysis structurally alters the SL receptor to enable its engagement with signaling partners. Here, we used mutagenesis to alter DAD2 and affect SL hydrolysis or DAD2's ability to interact with its signaling partners. We identified three DAD2 variants whose hydrolytic activity had been separated from the receptor's interactions with PhMAX2A or PhD53A. Two variants, DAD2N242I and DAD2F135A, having substitutions in the core α/β hydrolase-fold domain and the hairpin, exhibited hormone-independent interactions with PhMAX2A and PhD53A, respectively. Conversely, the DAD2D166A variant could not interact with PhMAX2A in the presence of SL, but its interaction with PhD53A remained unaffected. Structural analyses of DAD2N242I and DAD2D166A revealed only small differences compared with the structure of the WT receptor. Results of molecular dynamics simulations of the DAD2N242I structure suggested that increased flexibility is a likely cause for its SL-independent interaction with PhMAX2A. Our results suggest that PhMAX2A and PhD53A have distinct binding sites on the SL receptor and that its flexibility is a major determinant of its interactions with these two downstream regulators.
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- Hui Wen Lee
- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Auckland, New Zealand; School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Auckland, New Zealand; School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Auckland, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Auckland, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Auckland, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Natural and Computational Sciences, Massey University Albany, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Digital Life Institute & Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Biomolecular Interaction Centre, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Auckland, New Zealand; School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Aravena J, Abrigo J, Gonzalez F, Aguirre F, Gonzalez A, Simon F, Cabello-Verrugio C. Angiotensin (1-7) Decreases Myostatin-Induced NF-κB Signaling and Skeletal Muscle Atrophy. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21031167. [PMID: 32050585 PMCID: PMC7037856 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21031167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [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: 01/19/2020] [Revised: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Myostatin is a myokine that regulates muscle function and mass, producing muscle atrophy. Myostatin induces the degradation of myofibrillar proteins, such as myosin heavy chain or troponin. The main pathway that mediates protein degradation during muscle atrophy is the ubiquitin proteasome system, by increasing the expression of atrogin-1 and MuRF-1. In addition, myostatin activates the NF-κB signaling pathway. Renin–angiotensin system (RAS) also regulates muscle mass. Angiotensin (1-7) (Ang-(1-7)) has anti-atrophic properties in skeletal muscle. In this paper, we evaluated the effect of Ang-(1-7) on muscle atrophy and signaling induced by myostatin. The results show that Ang-(1-7) prevented the decrease of the myotube diameter and myofibrillar protein levels induced by myostatin. Ang-(1-7) also abolished the increase of myostatin-induced reactive oxygen species production, atrogin-1, MuRF-1, and TNF-α gene expressions and NF-κB signaling activation. Ang-(1-7) inhibited the activity mediated by myostatin through Mas receptor, as is demonstrated by the loss of all Ang-(1-7)-induced effects when the Mas receptor antagonist A779 was used. Our results show that the effects of Ang-(1-7) on the myostatin-dependent muscle atrophy and signaling are blocked by MK-2206, an inhibitor of Akt/PKB. Together, these data indicate that Ang-(1-7) inhibited muscle atrophy and signaling induced by myostatin through a mechanism dependent on Mas receptor and Akt/PKB.
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- Javier Aravena
- Laboratory of Muscle Pathology, Fragility and Aging, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago 8370146, Chile
- Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, Santiago 8370146, Chile
- Center for the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA), Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago 8350709, Chile
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- Laboratory of Muscle Pathology, Fragility and Aging, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago 8370146, Chile
- Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, Santiago 8370146, Chile
- Center for the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA), Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago 8350709, Chile
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- Laboratory of Muscle Pathology, Fragility and Aging, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago 8370146, Chile
- Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, Santiago 8370146, Chile
- Center for the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA), Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago 8350709, Chile
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- Laboratory of Muscle Pathology, Fragility and Aging, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago 8370146, Chile
- Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, Santiago 8370146, Chile
- Center for the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA), Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago 8350709, Chile
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- Laboratory of Muscle Pathology, Fragility and Aging, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago 8370146, Chile
- Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, Santiago 8370146, Chile
- Center for the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA), Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago 8350709, Chile
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- Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, Santiago 8370146, Chile
- Millennium Nucleus of Ion Channels-Associated Diseases (MiNICAD), Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8370146, Chile
- Laboratory of Integrative Physiopathology, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago 8370146, Chile
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- Laboratory of Muscle Pathology, Fragility and Aging, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago 8370146, Chile
- Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, Santiago 8370146, Chile
- Center for the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA), Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago 8350709, Chile
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +5622-770-3665
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Valladares-Ide D, Peñailillo L, Collao N, Marambio H, Deldicque L, Zbinden-Foncea H. Activation of protein synthesis, regeneration, and MAPK signaling pathways following repeated bouts of eccentric cycling. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2019; 317:E1131-E1139. [PMID: 31593504 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00216.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The aim of this study was to examine the activation of skeletal muscle signaling pathways related to protein synthesis and the gene expression of regeneration/degradation markers following repeated bouts of eccentric cycling. Nine untrained men (25.4 ± 1.9 yr) performed two 30-min eccentric cycling bouts (ECC1, ECC2) at 85% of maximal concentric workload, separated by 2 wk. Muscle biopsies were taken from the vastus lateralis before and 2 h after each bout. Indirect markers of muscle damage were assessed before and 24-48 h after exercise. Changes in the Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)/rbosomal protein S6 kinase 1 (S6K1)/ribosomal protein S6 (rpS6) and MAPK signaling pathways were measured by Western blot and changes in mRNA expression of IL-6 and IL-1β, and myogenic regulatory factors (MRFs) were measured by real-time PCR. ECC1 induced greater increases in indirect markers of muscle damage compared with ECC2. Phosphorylation of S6K1 and rpS6 increased after both exercise bouts (P < 0.05), whereas phosphorylation of mTOR increased after ECC2 only (P = 0.03). Atrogin-1 mRNA expression decreased after ECC1 and ECC2 (P < 0.05) without changes in muscle RING-finger protein-1 mRNA. Basal mRNA levels of myoblast determination protein-1 (MyoD), MRF4, and myogenin were higher 2 wk after ECC1 (P < 0.05). MRF4 mRNA increased after ECC1 and ECC2 (P < 0.05), whereas MyoD mRNA expression increased only after ECC1 (P = 0.03). Phosphorylation of JNK and p38 MAPK increased after both exercise bouts (P < 0.05), similar to IL-6 and IL-1β mRNA expression. All together, these results suggest that differential regulation of the mTOR pathway and MRF expression could mediate the repeated bout effect observed between an initial and secondary bout of eccentric exercise.
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- Denisse Valladares-Ide
- Exercise Science Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Finis Terrae, Santiago, Chile
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- Exercise Science Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Finis Terrae, Santiago, Chile
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- Exercise Science Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Finis Terrae, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Salud Deportiva, Clínica Santa María, Santiago, Chile
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Exercise Science Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Finis Terrae, Santiago, Chile
- Centro de Salud Deportiva, Clínica Santa María, Santiago, Chile
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Burdova K, Yang H, Faedda R, Hume S, Chauhan J, Ebner D, Kessler BM, Vendrell I, Drewry DH, Wells CI, Hatch SB, Dianov GL, Buffa FM, D'Angiolella V. E2F1 proteolysis via SCF-cyclin F underlies synthetic lethality between cyclin F loss and Chk1 inhibition. EMBO J 2019; 38:e101443. [PMID: 31424118 PMCID: PMC6792013 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2018101443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2019] [Revised: 07/05/2019] [Accepted: 07/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Cyclins are central engines of cell cycle progression in conjunction with cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs). Among the different cyclins controlling cell cycle progression, cyclin F does not partner with a CDK, but instead forms via its F-box domain an SCF (Skp1-Cul1-F-box)-type E3 ubiquitin ligase module. Although various substrates of cyclin F have been identified, the vulnerabilities of cells lacking cyclin F are not known. Thus, we assessed viability of cells lacking cyclin F upon challenging them with more than 180 different kinase inhibitors. The screen revealed a striking synthetic lethality between Chk1 inhibition and cyclin F loss. Chk1 inhibition in cells lacking cyclin F leads to DNA replication catastrophe. Replication catastrophe depends on accumulation of the transcription factor E2F1 in cyclin F-depleted cells. We find that SCF-cyclin F controls E2F1 ubiquitylation and degradation during the G2/M phase of the cell cycle and upon challenging cells with Chk1 inhibitors. Thus, Cyclin F restricts E2F1 activity during the cell cycle and upon checkpoint inhibition to prevent DNA replication stress. Our findings pave the way for patient selection in the clinical use of checkpoint inhibitors.
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- Kamila Burdova
- Department of OncologyMedical Research Council Institute for Radiation OncologyUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Department of OncologyMedical Research Council Institute for Radiation OncologyUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Department of OncologyMedical Research Council Institute for Radiation OncologyUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Department of OncologyMedical Research Council Institute for Radiation OncologyUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical MedicineLudwig Institute for Cancer ResearchUniversity of OxfordHeadington, OxfordUK
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- Nuffield Department of MedicineTarget Discovery InstituteUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Nuffield Department of MedicineTarget Discovery InstituteUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Department of OncologyMedical Research Council Institute for Radiation OncologyUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
- Nuffield Department of MedicineTarget Discovery InstituteUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Structural Genomics ConsortiumUNC Eshelman School of PharmacyUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel HillNCUSA
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- Structural Genomics ConsortiumUNC Eshelman School of PharmacyUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel HillNCUSA
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- Nuffield Department of MedicineTarget Discovery InstituteUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Department of OncologyMedical Research Council Institute for Radiation OncologyUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
- Institute of Cytology and GeneticsRussian Academy of SciencesNovosibirskRussian Federation
- Novosibirsk State UniversityNovosibirskRussian Federation
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- Department of OncologyMedical Research Council Institute for Radiation OncologyUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Department of OncologyMedical Research Council Institute for Radiation OncologyUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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Zhu S, Tian Z, Torigoe D, Zhao J, Xie P, Sugizaki T, Sato M, Horiguchi H, Terada K, Kadomatsu T, Miyata K, Oike Y. Aging- and obesity-related peri-muscular adipose tissue accelerates muscle atrophy. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0221366. [PMID: 31442231 PMCID: PMC6707561 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Sarcopenia due to loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength leads to physical inactivity and decreased quality of life. The number of individuals with sarcopenia is rapidly increasing as the number of older people increases worldwide, making this condition a medical and social problem. Some patients with sarcopenia exhibit accumulation of peri-muscular adipose tissue (PMAT) as ectopic fat deposition surrounding atrophied muscle. However, an association of PMAT with muscle atrophy has not been demonstrated. Here, we show that PMAT is associated with muscle atrophy in aged mice and that atrophy severity increases in parallel with cumulative doses of PMAT. We observed severe muscle atrophy in two different obese model mice harboring significant PMAT relative to respective control non-obese mice. We also report that denervation-induced muscle atrophy was accelerated in non-obese young mice transplanted around skeletal muscle with obese adipose tissue relative to controls transplanted with non-obese adipose tissue. Notably, transplantation of obese adipose tissue into peri-muscular regions increased nuclear translocation of FoxO transcription factors and upregulated expression FoxO targets associated with proteolysis (Atrogin1 and MuRF1) and cellular senescence (p19 and p21) in muscle. Conversely, in obese mice, PMAT removal attenuated denervation-induced muscle atrophy and suppressed upregulation of genes related to proteolysis and cellular senescence in muscle. We conclude that PMAT accumulation accelerates age- and obesity-induced muscle atrophy by increasing proteolysis and cellular senescence in muscle.
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- Shunshun Zhu
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- * E-mail: (ZT); (YO)
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- Division of Laboratory Animal Science, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Department of Immunology, Allergy, and Vascular Biology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Center for Metabolic Regulation of Healthy Aging (CMHA), Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Division of Kumamoto Mouse Clinic, Institute of Resource Development and Analysis (IRDA), Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Center for Metabolic Regulation of Healthy Aging (CMHA), Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Center for Metabolic Regulation of Healthy Aging (CMHA), Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Department of Immunology, Allergy, and Vascular Biology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Center for Metabolic Regulation of Healthy Aging (CMHA), Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Center for Metabolic Regulation of Healthy Aging (CMHA), Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- * E-mail: (ZT); (YO)
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Williams C, Fernández-Calvo P, Colinas M, Pauwels L, Goossens A. Jasmonate and auxin perception: how plants keep F-boxes in check. J Exp Bot 2019; 70:3401-3414. [PMID: 31173086 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Phytohormones regulate the plasticity of plant growth and development, and responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. Many hormone signal transduction cascades involve ubiquitination and subsequent degradation of proteins by the 26S proteasome. The conjugation of ubiquitin to a substrate is facilitated by the E1 activating, E2 conjugating, and the substrate-specifying E3 ligating enzymes. The most prevalent type of E3 ligase in plants is the Cullin-RING ligase (CRL)-type, with F-box proteins (FBPs) as the substrate recognition component. The activity of these SKP-Cullin-F-box (SCF) complexes needs to be tightly regulated in time and place. Here, we review the regulation of SCF function in plants on multiple levels, with a focus on the auxin and jasmonate SCF-type receptor complexes. We discuss in particular the relevance of protein-protein interactions and post-translational modifications as mechanisms to keep SCF functioning under control. Additionally, we highlight the unique property of SCFTIR1/AFB and SCFCOI1 to recognize substrates by forming co-receptor complexes. Finally, we explore how engineered selective agonists can be used to study and uncouple the outcomes of the complex auxin and jasmonate signaling networks that are governed by these FBPs.
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- Clara Williams
- Ghent University, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
- Centre for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics, Parque Cientifico y Tecnologico, UPM Campus de Montegancedo, Madrid, Spain
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- Ghent University, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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Youn DY, Xiaoli AM, Kwon H, Yang F, Pessin JE. The subunit assembly state of the Mediator complex is nutrient-regulated and is dysregulated in a genetic model of insulin resistance and obesity. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:9076-9083. [PMID: 31028171 PMCID: PMC6556571 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.007850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Revised: 04/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The Mediator complex plays a critical role in the regulation of transcription by linking transcription factors to RNA polymerase II. By examining mouse livers, we have found that in the fasted state, the Mediator complex exists primarily as an approximately 1.2-MDa complex, consistent with the size of the large Mediator complex, whereas following feeding, it converts to an approximately 600-kDa complex, consistent with the size of the core Mediator complex. This dynamic change is due to the dissociation and degradation of the kinase module that includes the MED13, MED12, cyclin-dependent kinase 8 (CDK8), and cyclin C (CCNC) subunits. The dissociation and degradation of the kinase module are dependent upon nutrient activation of mTORC1 that is necessary for the induction of lipogenic gene expression because pharmacological or genetic inhibition of mTORC1 in the fed state restores the kinase module. The degradation but not dissociation of the kinase module depends upon the E3 ligase, SCFFBW7 In addition, genetically insulin-resistant and obese db/db mice in the fasted state displayed elevated lipogenic gene expression and loss of the kinase module that was reversed following mTORC1 inhibition. These data demonstrate that the assembly state of the Mediator complex undergoes physiologic regulation during normal cycles of fasting and feeding in the mouse liver. Furthermore, the assembly state of the Mediator complex is dysregulated in states of obesity and insulin resistance.
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- Dou Yeon Youn
- From the Departments of Medicine
- Molecular Pharmacology and
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- From the Departments of Medicine
- Developmental and Molecular Biology, and
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- the Department of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
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- From the Departments of Medicine
- Developmental and Molecular Biology, and
- the Fleischer Institute of Diabetes and Metabolism, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461 and
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- From the Departments of Medicine,
- Molecular Pharmacology and
- the Fleischer Institute of Diabetes and Metabolism, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461 and
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Bharadwaj N, Barthakur S, Biswas AD, Kumar Das M, Kour M, Ramteke A, Gogoi N. Transcript expression profiling in two contrasting cultivars and molecular cloning of a SKP-1 like gene, a component of SCF-ubiquitin proteasome system from mungbean Vigna radiate L. Sci Rep 2019; 9:8103. [PMID: 31147624 PMCID: PMC6542820 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-44034-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Accepted: 05/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Protein degradation and turnover under various environmental stresses is basically regulated by ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS), of which SKP1 is a very essential component. Isolation and cloning of an identified potential stress responsive candidate gene SKP1, was successfully done for the first time to fathom the role of SKP1 in drought tolerance at genetic level in drought tolerant mungbean cultivar Pratap, which was screened after a detailed physio-biochemical screening amongst seven popular mungbean cultivars. The cloned gene SKP1 (accession number KX881912) is 550 bp in length, encodes 114 amino acids. It shows high sequence homology with SKP1 from Zea mays (NP_001148633). The protein expression of isolated SKP1 was confirmed by GUS fused expression using a Histochemical assay under control as well as under drought stress. Further, up-regulation in relative expression level of SKP1 in different plant parts under drought stress confirmed its utility as a potential drought responsive candidate gene certainly demanding extensive genetic research for further incorporation in breeding programs. Moreover, the structure of VrSKP1 (Vigna radiata SKP1) has been modelled, validated and an Essential Dynamics (ED) was done on the Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulation trajectories for filtering large-scale concerted motions. Free-energy calculations on the ED revealed a complex free-energy landscape (FEL) implying the conformational diversity of the modelled VrSPK1 protein.
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- Nandita Bharadwaj
- Department of Environmental Science, Tezpur University, Tezpur, 784028, Assam, India.
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- ICAR-National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Piazza dei Cavalieri, 7, Pisa, 56126, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, 784028, India
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, 784028, India
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, 784028, India
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- Department of Environmental Science, Tezpur University, Tezpur, 784028, Assam, India
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Iwai K. Regulation of cellular iron metabolism: Iron-dependent degradation of IRP by SCF FBXL5 ubiquitin ligase. Free Radic Biol Med 2019; 133:64-68. [PMID: 30218771 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2018] [Revised: 09/10/2018] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Because of essentiality and toxicity of iron in our body, iron metabolism is tightly regulated in cells. In mammalian cells, iron regulatory protein 1 and 2 (IRP1 and IRP2) are the central regulators of cellular iron metabolism. IRPs regulate iron metabolism by interacting with the RNA stem-loop structures, iron-responsive elements (IREs), found on the transcripts encoding proteins involved in iron metabolism only in iron depleted condition. It is also well-known that the ubiquitin system plays central roles in cellular iron regulation because both IRPs having the IRE binding activity are recognized and ubiquitinated by the SCFFBXL5 ubiquitin ligase in condition of iron-replete. FBXL5, which is a substrate recognition subunit of SCFFBXL5, senses iron availability via its hemerythrin-like domain. In this small article, current understanding of the roles of SCFFBXL5-mediated degradation of IRPs played in cellular iron metabolism is discussed.
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- Kazuhiro Iwai
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
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Shenoy PS, Sen U, Kapoor S, Ranade AV, Chowdhury CR, Bose B. Sodium fluoride induced skeletal muscle changes: Degradation of proteins and signaling mechanism. Environ Pollut 2019; 244:534-548. [PMID: 30384060 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.10.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2018] [Revised: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 10/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Fluoride is a well-known compound for its usefulness in healing dental caries. Similarly, fluoride is also known for its toxicity to various tissues in animals and humans. It causes skeletal fluorosis leading to osteoporosis of the bones. We hypothesized that when bones are affected by fluoride, the skeletal muscles are also likely to be affected by underlying molecular events involving myogenic differentiation. Murine myoblasts C2C12 were cultured in differentiation media with or without NaF (1 ppm-5 ppm) for four days. The effects of NaF on myoblasts and myotubes when exposed to low (1.5 ppm) and high concentration (5 ppm) were assessed based on the proliferation, alteration in gene expression, ROS production, and production of inflammatory cytokines. Changes based on morphology, multinucleated myotube formation, expression of MyHC1 and signaling pathways were also investigated. Concentrations of NaF tested had no effects on cell viability. NaF at low concentration (1.5 ppm) caused myoblast proliferation and when subjected to myogenic differentiation it induced hypertrophy of the myotubes by activating the IGF-1/AKT pathway. NaF at higher concentration (5 ppm), significantly inhibited myotube formation, increased skeletal muscle catabolism, generated reactive oxygen species (ROS) and inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α and IL-6) in C2C12 cells. NaF also enhanced the production of muscle atrophy-related genes, myostatin, and atrogin-1. The data suggest that NaF at low concentration can be used as muscle enhancing factor (hypertrophy), and at higher concentration, it accelerates skeletal muscle atrophy by activating the ubiquitin-proteosome pathway.
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- P Sudheer Shenoy
- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Centre, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya Deemed to be University, University Road, Mangalore, 575018, Karnataka, India.
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- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Centre, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya Deemed to be University, University Road, Mangalore, 575018, Karnataka, India
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- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Centre, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya Deemed to be University, University Road, Mangalore, 575018, Karnataka, India
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- College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Oral Biology & Genomic Studies, A.B.Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University, Mangalore, 575018, Karnataka, India; School of Health and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Environmental Health Group, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom
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- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Centre, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya Deemed to be University, University Road, Mangalore, 575018, Karnataka, India.
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Aoyama S, Kojima S, Sasaki K, Ishikawa R, Tanaka M, Shimoda T, Hattori Y, Aoki N, Takahashi K, Hirooka R, Takizawa M, Haraguchi A, Shibata S. Day-Night Oscillation of Atrogin1 and Timing-Dependent Preventive Effect of Weight-Bearing on Muscle Atrophy. EBioMedicine 2018; 37:499-508. [PMID: 30391495 PMCID: PMC6286653 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2018.10.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 03/15/2018] [Revised: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Atrogin1, which is one of the key genes for the promotion of muscle atrophy, exhibits day-night variation. However, its mechanism and the role of its day-night variation are largely unknown in a muscle atrophic context. METHODS The mice were induced a muscle atrophy by hindlimb-unloading (HU). To examine a role of circadian clock, Wild-type (WT) and Clock mutant mice were used. To test the effects of a neuronal effects, an unilateral ablation of sciatic nerve was performed in HU mice. To test a timing-dependent effects of weight-bearing, mice were released from HU for 4 h in a day at early or late active phase (W-EAP and W-LAP groups, respectively). FINDINGS We found that the day-night oscillation of Atrogin1 expression was not observed in Clock mutant mice or in the sciatic denervated muscle. In addition, the therapeutic effects of weight-bearing were dependent on its timing with a better effect in the early active phase. INTERPRETATION These findings suggest that the circadian clock controls the day-night oscillation of Atrogin1 expression and the therapeutic effects of weight-bearing are dependent on its timing. FUND: Council for Science, Technology, and Innovation, SIP, "Technologies for creating next-generation agriculture, forestry, and fisheries".
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- Shinya Aoyama
- Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan,; Organization for University Research Initiatives, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan,; Organization for University Research Initiatives, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan,.
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Gagat M, Krajewski A, Grzanka D, Grzanka A. Potential role of cyclin F mRNA expression in the survival of skin melanoma patients: Comprehensive analysis of the pathways altered due to cyclin F upregulation. Oncol Rep 2018; 40:123-144. [PMID: 29767233 PMCID: PMC6059736 DOI: 10.3892/or.2018.6435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 12/20/2017] [Accepted: 05/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Cyclin F is a part of the Skp, Cullin, F-box containing ligase complex. The activity of cyclin F includes cell cycle control, centrosome duplication and response to DNA damage. The cyclin F expression pattern is very similar to cyclin A, but cyclin F is an orphan cyclin without its cyclin-dependent kinase partner. There is little evidence concerning the role of cyclin F in cancer. In the present study, for the first time, we present analysis from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) data in the context of expression of cyclin F mRNA in melanoma patients. Our original in silico analysis, not published elsewhere before, revealed that high expression of cyclin F in melanoma patients is associated with worse overall survival. Cyclin F and ribonucleotide reductase family member 2 (RRM2) compose a functional axis responsible for nucleotide metabolism. Impairment in this pathway may contribute to increased DNA damage repair and drug resistance. Additionally, we analyzed the expression of RRM2 mRNA and discovered that high expression of RRM2 is associated with worse overall survival. To shed more light on cyclin F overexpression in melanoma, we analyzed all protein data available in the TCGA melanoma dataset. It was found that in patients with upregulated cyclin F mRNA, we noted increased activity of pathways related to cell cycle and DNA damage repair. These data will support further in vitro and in vivo studies on the involvement of cyclin F in skin cutaneous melanoma.
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- Maciej Gagat
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, 85-092 Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, 85-092 Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Pathomorphology, Faculty of Medicine, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, 85-092 Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, 85-092 Bydgoszcz, Poland
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Chen Y, Chi Y, Meng Q, Wang X, Yu D. GmSK1, an SKP1 homologue in soybean, is involved in the tolerance to salt and drought. Plant Physiol Biochem 2018; 127:25-31. [PMID: 29544210 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2018.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2017] [Revised: 02/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/06/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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In plants, various proteins are regulated by the ubiquitin-mediated system in response to different environmental stresses, such as drought, cold and heat. The Skp1-Cullin-F-box (SCF) complex, one of the multisubunit E3 ligases, has been shown to be involved in abiotic response pathways. In this study, Glycine max SKP1-like 1 (GmSK1), which had the typical characteristics of an SKP1 protein, with an alpha/beta structure, targeted to the cytoplasm and nucleus, was isolated from soybean [Glycine max (L.)]. GmSK1 was constitutively expressed in all the tested tissues, especially in the roots. Furthermore, the expression of GmSK1 was simultaneously induced by abscisic acid (ABA), jasmonic acid (JA), salicylic acid (SA), NaCl, low temperatures and drought, which suggests important roles for GmSK1 in plant responses to hormone treatments and abiotic stress. GmSK1-overexpressing transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tobacum cv. Samsun) plants showed enhanced tolerance to high salinity and drought stress; exhibited significantly reduced inhibition of growth, greenness and water loss; and exhibited increased MDA accumulation compared with wild-type controls. Our results suggest that GmSK1 might play a role in the crosstalk between ubiquitination and abiotic stress responses in plants.
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- Yanping Chen
- College of Life Sciences/National Center for Soybean Improvement/Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China; Institute of Food Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- College of Life Sciences/National Center for Soybean Improvement/Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China; College of Agro-grassland Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Institute of Food Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- College of Life Sciences/National Center for Soybean Improvement/Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Life Sciences/National Center for Soybean Improvement/Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
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Eukaryotic chromosomes contain a specialised region known as the centromere, which forms the platform for kinetochore assembly and microtubule attachment. The centromere is distinguished by the presence of nucleosomes containing the histone H3 variant, CENP-A. In budding yeast, centromere establishment begins with the recognition of a specific DNA sequence by the CBF3 complex. This in turn facilitates CENP-ACse4 nucleosome deposition and kinetochore assembly. Here, we describe a 3.6 Å single-particle cryo-EM reconstruction of the core CBF3 complex, incorporating the sequence-specific DNA-binding protein Cep3 together with regulatory subunits Ctf13 and Skp1. This provides the first structural data on Ctf13, defining it as an F-box protein of the leucine-rich-repeat family, and demonstrates how a novel F-box-mediated interaction between Ctf13 and Skp1 is responsible for initial assembly of the CBF3 complex.
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- Vera Leber
- Structural Biology of Chromosome Segregation Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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- Structural Biology of Cells and Viruses Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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- Structural Biology of Chromosome Segregation Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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Duan Y, Li F, Guo Q, Wang W, Zhang L, Wen C, Chen X, Yin Y. β-Hydroxy-β-methyl Butyrate Is More Potent Than Leucine in Inhibiting Starvation-Induced Protein Degradation in C2C12 Myotubes. J Agric Food Chem 2018; 66:170-176. [PMID: 29227681 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b04841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Leucine (Leu) and its metabolites α-ketoisocaproate (KIC) and β-hydroxy-β-methyl butyrate (HMB) are potent regulators of protein turnover. The aim of this study was to compare the inhibitory effects of Leu, KIC, and HMB on protein degradation and to investigate the mechanisms involved. The results showed that the inhibitory effect of HMB (0.38 ± 0.04) was more potent than that of Leu (0.76 ± 0.04) and KIC (0.56 ± 0.04, P < 0.01), and was significantly abolished in the presence of LY294002 (1.48 ± 0.02) and rapamycin (1.96 ± 0.02, P < 0.01). In the presence of insulin, the inhibitory effect of HMB (0.34 ± 0.03) was still more effective than that of Leu (0.60 ± 0.04) and KIC (0.57 ± 0.08, P < 0.05). Interestingly, LY294002 treatment markedly attenuated the effect of HMB, while rapamycin treatment failed to exert the same effect. Thus, HMB appears to be more potent than Leu and KIC in inhibiting protein degradation in the absence or presence of insulin, and this inhibitory effect may be dependent on PI3K/Akt signaling pathway regardless of insulin, and mTOR signaling was only involved in this effect of HMB in the absence of insulin.
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- Yehui Duan
- Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture Chinese Academy of Sciences; Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region; Hunan Provincial Engineering Research Center for Healthy Livestock and Poultry Production; Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South-Central, Ministry of Agriculture , Changsha 410125, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture Chinese Academy of Sciences; Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region; Hunan Provincial Engineering Research Center for Healthy Livestock and Poultry Production; Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South-Central, Ministry of Agriculture , Changsha 410125, China
- Hunan Co-Innovation Center of Animal Production Safety, CICAPS; Hunan Collaborative Innovation Center for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Changsha, Hunan 410128, China
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- Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture Chinese Academy of Sciences; Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region; Hunan Provincial Engineering Research Center for Healthy Livestock and Poultry Production; Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South-Central, Ministry of Agriculture , Changsha 410125, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Human Health, School of Biology, Hunan Normal University , Changsha, Hunan 410018, China
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- Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture Chinese Academy of Sciences; Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region; Hunan Provincial Engineering Research Center for Healthy Livestock and Poultry Production; Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South-Central, Ministry of Agriculture , Changsha 410125, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Human Health, School of Biology, Hunan Normal University , Changsha, Hunan 410018, China
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- Hunan Shengshi Fenghua Biological Technology Co., Ltd., Longhui 422200, China
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- Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture Chinese Academy of Sciences; Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region; Hunan Provincial Engineering Research Center for Healthy Livestock and Poultry Production; Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South-Central, Ministry of Agriculture , Changsha 410125, China
- Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Human Health, School of Biology, Hunan Normal University , Changsha, Hunan 410018, China
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Liu HW, Chen YJ, Chang YC, Chang SJ. Oligonol, a Low-Molecular Weight Polyphenol Derived from Lychee, Alleviates Muscle Loss in Diabetes by Suppressing Atrogin-1 and MuRF1. Nutrients 2017; 9:nu9091040. [PMID: 28930190 PMCID: PMC5622800 DOI: 10.3390/nu9091040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2017] [Revised: 09/08/2017] [Accepted: 09/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Stimulation of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway-especially E3 ubiquitin ligases Atrogin-1 and MuRF1-is associated with muscle loss in diabetes. Elevated lipid metabolites impair myogenesis. Oligonol, a low molecular weight polyphenol derived from lychee, exhibited anti-diabetic and anti-obesity properties, suggesting it could be a proper supplement for attenuating muscle loss. Dietary (10 weeks) oligonol supplementation (20 or 200 mg/kg diet) on the skeletal muscle loss was investigated in diabetic db/db mice. Transcription factors NF-κB and FoxO3a involved in regulation of Atrogin-1 and MuRF1 were also investigated. Attenuation of muscle loss by oligonol (both doses) was associated with down-regulation of Atrogin-1 and MuRF1 gene expression. Oligonol supplementation decreased NF-κB expression in the nuclear fraction compared with db/db mice without oligonol supplement. Upregulation of sirtuin1 (SIRT1) expression prevented FoxO3a nuclear localization in db/db mice supplemented with oligonol. Marked increases in AMPKα activity and Ppara mRNA expression leading to lower lipid accumulation by oligonol provided additional benefits for attenuating muscle loss. Oligonol limited palmitate-induced senescent phenotype and cell cycle arrest and suppressed Atrogin-1 and MuRF1 mRNA expression in palmitate-treated C2C12 muscle cells, thus contributing to improving the impaired myotube formation. In conclusion, oligonol-mediated downregulation of Atrogin-1 and MuRF1 gene expression alleviates muscle loss and improves the impaired myotube formation, indicating that oligonol supplementation may be useful for the attenuation of myotube loss.
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- Hung-Wen Liu
- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan.
- Department of Physical Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan.
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan.
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan.
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Tu Y, Liu H, Zhu X, Shen H, Ma X, Wang F, Huang M, Gong J, Li X, Wang Y, Guo C, Tang TS. Ataxin-3 promotes genome integrity by stabilizing Chk1. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:4532-4549. [PMID: 28180282 PMCID: PMC5416811 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2016] [Accepted: 02/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The Chk1 protein is essential for genome integrity maintenance and cell survival in eukaryotic cells. After prolonged replication stress, Chk1 can be targeted for proteasomal degradation to terminate checkpoint signaling after DNA repair finishes. To ensure proper activation of DNA damage checkpoint and DNA repair signaling, a steady-state level of Chk1 needs to be retained under physiological conditions. Here, we report a dynamic signaling pathway that tightly regulates Chk1 stability. Under unperturbed conditions and upon DNA damage, ataxin-3 (ATX3) interacts with Chk1 and protects it from DDB1/CUL4A- and FBXO6/CUL1-mediated polyubiquitination and subsequent degradation, thereby promoting DNA repair and checkpoint signaling. Under prolonged replication stress, ATX3 dissociates from Chk1, concomitant with a stronger binding between Chk1 and its E3 ligase, which causes Chk1 proteasomal degradation. ATX3 deficiency results in pronounced reduction of Chk1 abundance, compromised DNA damage response, G2/M checkpoint defect and decreased cell survival after replication stress, which can all be rescued by ectopic expression of ATX3. Taken together, these findings reveal ATX3 to be a novel deubiquitinase of Chk1, providing a new mechanism of Chk1 stabilization in genome integrity maintenance.
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- Yingfeng Tu
- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- These authors contributed equally to the work as first authors
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- These authors contributed equally to the work as first authors
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- These authors contributed equally to the work as first authors
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genomics and Precision Medicine, Beijing Institute of Genomics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genomics and Precision Medicine, Beijing Institute of Genomics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genomics and Precision Medicine, Beijing Institute of Genomics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genomics and Precision Medicine, Beijing Institute of Genomics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +86 10 64807296; Fax: +86 10 64807313; . Correspondence may also be addressed to Caixia Guo. Tel: +86 10 84097646; Fax: +86 10 84097720;
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +86 10 64807296; Fax: +86 10 64807313; . Correspondence may also be addressed to Caixia Guo. Tel: +86 10 84097646; Fax: +86 10 84097720;
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Cheng C, Wang Z, Ren Z, Zhi L, Yao B, Su C, Liu L, Li X. SCFAtPP2-B11 modulates ABA signaling by facilitating SnRK2.3 degradation in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genet 2017; 13:e1006947. [PMID: 28787436 PMCID: PMC5560758 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2017] [Revised: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) is an essential part of the plant response to abiotic stressors such as drought. Upon the perception of ABA, pyrabactin resistance (PYR)/PYR1-like (PYL)/regulatory components of ABA receptor (RCAR) proteins interact with co-receptor protein phosphatase type 2Cs to permit activation Snf1-related protein kinase2 (SnRK2) kinases, which switch on ABA signaling by phosphorylating various target proteins. Thus, SnRK2 kinases are central regulators of ABA signaling. However, the mechanisms that regulate SnRK2 degradation remain elusive. Here, we show that SnRK2.3 is degradated by 26S proteasome system and ABA promotes its degradation. We found that SnRK2.3 interacts with AtPP2-B11 directly. AtPP2-B11 is an F-box protein that is part of a SKP1/Cullin/F-box E3 ubiquitin ligase complex that negatively regulates plant responses to ABA by specifically promoting the degradation of SnRK2.3. AtPP2-B11 was induced by ABA, and the knockdown of AtPP2-B11 expression markedly increased the ABA sensitivity of plants during seed germination and postgerminative development. Overexpression of AtPP2-B11 does not affect ABA sensitivity, but inhibits the ABA hypersensitive phenotypes of SnRK2.3 overexpression lines. These results reveal a novel mechanism through which AtPP2-B11 specifically degrades SnRK2.3 to attenuate ABA signaling and the abiotic stress response in Arabidopsis.
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- Chunhong Cheng
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P.R., China
- Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, P.R., China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R., China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P.R., China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P.R., China
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- Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, P.R., China
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- Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, P.R., China
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- Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, P.R., China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R., China
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- Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, P.R., China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R., China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P.R., China
- * E-mail:
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Salles J, Chanet A, Berry A, Giraudet C, Patrac V, Domingues-Faria C, Rocher C, Guillet C, Denis P, Pouyet C, Bonhomme C, Le Ruyet P, Rolland Y, Boirie Y, Walrand S. Fast digestive, leucine-rich, soluble milk proteins improve muscle protein anabolism, and mitochondrial function in undernourished old rats. Mol Nutr Food Res 2017; 61. [PMID: 28758352 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201700287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 03/27/2017] [Revised: 07/03/2017] [Accepted: 07/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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SCOPE One strategy to manage malnutrition in older patients is to increase protein and energy intake. Here, we evaluate the influence of protein quality during refeeding on improvement in muscle protein and energy metabolism. METHODS AND RESULTS Twenty-month-old male rats (n = 40) were fed 50% of their spontaneous intake for 12 weeks to induce malnutrition, then refed ad libitum with a standard diet enriched with casein or soluble milk proteins (22%) for 4 weeks. A 13C-valine was infused to measure muscle protein synthesis and expression of MuRF1, and MAFbx was measured to evaluate muscle proteolysis. mTOR pathway activation and mitochondrial function were assessed in muscle. Malnutrition was associated with a decrease in body weight, fat mass, and lean mass, particularly muscle mass. Malnutrition decreased muscle mTOR pathway activation and protein FSR associated with increased MuRF1 mRNA levels, and decreased mitochondrial function. The refeeding period partially restored fat mass and lean mass. Unlike the casein diet, the soluble milk protein diet improved muscle protein metabolism and mitochondrial function in old malnourished rats. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that providing better-quality proteins during refeeding may improve efficacy of renutrition in malnourished older patients.
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- Jérôme Salles
- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, UNH, Unité de Nutrition Humaine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, UNH, Unité de Nutrition Humaine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, UNH, Unité de Nutrition Humaine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, UNH, Unité de Nutrition Humaine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, UNH, Unité de Nutrition Humaine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, UNH, Unité de Nutrition Humaine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, UNH, Unité de Nutrition Humaine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, UNH, Unité de Nutrition Humaine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, UNH, Unité de Nutrition Humaine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Lactalis Nutrition Santé, Torcé, France
- Lactalis Research and Development, Retiers, France
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- Lactalis Nutrition Santé, Torcé, France
- Lactalis Research and Development, Retiers, France
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- Gérontopôle de Toulouse, Institut du Vieillissement, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse), Toulouse, France
- UMR INSERM 1027, University of Toulouse III, Toulouse, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, UNH, Unité de Nutrition Humaine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clinical Nutrition Department, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, UNH, Unité de Nutrition Humaine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Rojas F, Koszela J, Búa J, Llorente B, Burchmore R, Auer M, Mottram JC, Téllez-Iñón MT. The ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme CDC34 is essential for cytokinesis in contrast to putative subunits of a SCF complex in Trypanosoma brucei. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2017; 11:e0005626. [PMID: 28609481 PMCID: PMC5507466 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2016] [Revised: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 05/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The ubiquitin-proteasome system is a post-translational regulatory pathway for controlling protein stability and activity that underlies many fundamental cellular processes, including cell cycle progression. Target proteins are tagged with ubiquitin molecules through the action of an enzymatic cascade composed of E1 ubiquitin activating enzymes, E2 ubiquitin conjugating enzymes, and E3 ubiquitin ligases. One of the E3 ligases known to be responsible for the ubiquitination of cell cycle regulators in eukaryotes is the SKP1-CUL1-F-box complex (SCFC). In this work, we identified and studied the function of homologue proteins of the SCFC in the life cycle of Trypanosoma brucei, the causal agent of the African sleeping sickness. Depletion of trypanosomal SCFC components TbRBX1, TbSKP1, and TbCDC34 by RNAi resulted in decreased growth rate and contrasting cell cycle abnormalities for both procyclic (PCF) and bloodstream (BSF) forms. Depletion of TbRBX1 in PCF cells interfered with kinetoplast replication, whilst depletion of TbSKP1 arrested PCF and BSF cells in the G1/S transition. Silencing of TbCDC34 in BSF cells resulted in a block in cytokinesis and caused rapid clearance of parasites from infected mice. We also show that TbCDC34 is able to conjugate ubiquitin in vitro and in vivo, and that its activity is necessary for T. brucei infection progression in mice. This study reveals that different components of a putative SCFC have contrasting phenotypes once depleted from the cells, and that TbCDC34 is essential for trypanosome replication, making it a potential target for therapeutic intervention. African sleeping sickness is a neglected tropical disease caused by infection with the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei, which is transmitted to humans by tsetse flies (Glossina genus). Treatment of the disease is complex and relies on limited pharmaceutical options. Understanding how T. brucei regulates cell cycle progression at a molecular level when alternating between the mammalian host and the insect vector could lead to better therapies. In this study, we examined different T. brucei proteins with homology to components of the SKP1-CUL1-F-box ubiquitin ligase complex (SCFC), previously characterized in other eukaryotes as a regulator of cell cycle progression. We found that depletion of the homologues of a putative SCFC cause T. brucei to develop abnormally, generating different phenotypes of the mammalian and insect stages. Interestingly, depletion of the ubiquitin conjugating enzyme TbCDC34 arrest cells in a pre-cytokinesis stage, indicating that this protein is essential for cytokinesis. In addition to improving our fundamental understanding of the molecular regulation underlying the sophisticated life cycle of T. brucei, this work pinpoints a potential target for drug development against trypanosomiasis.
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- Federico Rojas
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular (INGEBI-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- * E-mail:
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- Institute of Quantitative Biology Biochemistry and Biotechnology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, King’s Buildings, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Instituto Nacional de Parasitología ‘Dr. M. Fatala Chabén’, A.N.L.I.S., ‘Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán’, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular (INGEBI-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Quantitative Biology Biochemistry and Biotechnology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, King’s Buildings, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Immunology and Infection, Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular (INGEBI-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Kang SH, Lee HA, Kim M, Lee E, Sohn UD, Kim I. Forkhead box O3 plays a role in skeletal muscle atrophy through expression of E3 ubiquitin ligases MuRF-1 and atrogin-1 in Cushing's syndrome. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2017; 312:E495-E507. [PMID: 28246104 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00389.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Revised: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cushing's syndrome is caused by overproduction of the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), which stimulates the adrenal grand to make cortisol. Skeletal muscle wasting occurs in pathophysiological response to Cushing's syndrome. The forkhead box (FOX) protein family has been implicated as a key regulator of muscle loss under conditions such as diabetes and sepsis. However, the mechanistic role of the FOXO family in ACTH-induced muscle atrophy is not understood. We hypothesized that FOXO3a plays a role in muscle atrophy through expression of the E3 ubiquitin ligases, muscle RING finger protein-1 (MuRF-1), and atrogin-1 in Cushing's syndrome. For establishment of a Cushing's syndrome animal model, Sprague-Dawley rats were implanted with osmotic minipumps containing ACTH (40 ng·kg-1·day-1). ACTH infusion significantly reduced muscle weight. In ACTH-infused rats, MuRF-1, atrogin-1, and FOXO3a were upregulated and the FOXO3a promoter was targeted by the glucocorticoid receptor (GR). Transcriptional activity and expression of FOXO3a were significantly decreased by the GR antagonist RU486. Treatment with RU486 reduced MuRF-1 and atrogin-1 expression in accordance with reduced enrichment of FOXO3a and Pol II on the promoters. Knockdown of FOXO3a prevented dexamethasone-induced MuRF-1 and atrogin-1 expression. These results indicate that FOXO3a plays a role in muscle atrophy through expression of MuRF-1 and atrogin-1 in Cushing's syndrome.
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MESH Headings
- Active Transport, Cell Nucleus/drug effects
- Animals
- Cell Line
- Chromatin Immunoprecipitation
- Cushing Syndrome/metabolism
- Cushing Syndrome/pathology
- Cushing Syndrome/physiopathology
- Disease Models, Animal
- Forkhead Box Protein O3/agonists
- Forkhead Box Protein O3/antagonists & inhibitors
- Forkhead Box Protein O3/genetics
- Forkhead Box Protein O3/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects
- Genes, Reporter/drug effects
- Glucocorticoids/pharmacology
- Hormone Antagonists/pharmacology
- Male
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/drug effects
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/pathology
- Muscle Proteins/agonists
- Muscle Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Muscle Proteins/genetics
- Muscle Proteins/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/drug effects
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/pathology
- Muscular Atrophy/etiology
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/drug effects
- RNA Interference
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, Glucocorticoid/agonists
- Receptors, Glucocorticoid/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Glucocorticoid/metabolism
- Response Elements/drug effects
- SKP Cullin F-Box Protein Ligases/antagonists & inhibitors
- SKP Cullin F-Box Protein Ligases/genetics
- SKP Cullin F-Box Protein Ligases/metabolism
- Tripartite Motif Proteins/agonists
- Tripartite Motif Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Tripartite Motif Proteins/genetics
- Tripartite Motif Proteins/metabolism
- Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/genetics
- Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/metabolism
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- Seol-Hee Kang
- Department of Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Cell and Matrix Research Institute, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea
- BK21 Plus Kyungpook National University Biomedical Convergence Program, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Cell and Matrix Research Institute, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Cell and Matrix Research Institute, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea
- BK21 Plus Kyungpook National University Biomedical Convergence Program, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Cell and Matrix Research Institute, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea
- BK21 Plus Kyungpook National University Biomedical Convergence Program, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; and
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- Department of Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Cell and Matrix Research Institute, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea;
- BK21 Plus Kyungpook National University Biomedical Convergence Program, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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Fagerholm R, Khan S, Schmidt MK, GarcClosas M, Heikkilä P, Saarela J, Beesley J, Jamshidi M, Aittomäki K, Liu J, Raza Ali H, Andrulis IL, Beckmann MW, Behrens S, Blows FM, Brenner H, Chang-Claude J, Couch FJ, Czene K, Fasching PA, Figueroa J, Floris G, Glendon G, Guo Q, Hall P, Hallberg E, Hamann U, Holleczek B, Hooning MJ, Hopper JL, Jager A, Kabisch M, Investigators KC, Keeman R, Kosma VM, Lambrechts D, Lindblom A, Mannermaa A, Margolin S, Provenzano E, Shah M, Southey MC, Dennis J, Lush M, Michailidou K, Wang Q, Bolla MK, Dunning AM, Easton DF, Pharoah PD., Chenevix-Trench G, Blomqvist C, Nevanlinna H. TP53-based interaction analysis identifies cis-eQTL variants for TP53BP2, FBXO28, and FAM53A that associate with survival and treatment outcome in breast cancer. Oncotarget 2017; 8:18381-18398. [PMID: 28179588 PMCID: PMC5392336 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.15110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Accepted: 01/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
Abstract
TP53 overexpression is indicative of somatic TP53 mutations and associates with aggressive tumors and poor prognosis in breast cancer. We utilized a two-stage SNP association study to detect variants associated with breast cancer survival in a TP53-dependent manner. Initially, a genome-wide study (n = 575 cases) was conducted to discover candidate SNPs for genotyping and validation in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC). The SNPs were then tested for interaction with tumor TP53 status (n = 4,610) and anthracycline treatment (n = 17,828). For SNPs interacting with anthracycline treatment, siRNA knockdown experiments were carried out to validate candidate genes.In the test for interaction between SNP genotype and TP53 status, we identified one locus, represented by rs10916264 (p(interaction) = 3.44 × 10-5; FDR-adjusted p = 0.0011) in estrogen receptor (ER) positive cases. The rs10916264 AA genotype associated with worse survival among cases with ER-positive, TP53-positive tumors (hazard ratio [HR] 2.36, 95% confidence interval [C.I] 1.45 - 3.82). This is a cis-eQTL locus for FBXO28 and TP53BP2; expression levels of these genes were associated with patient survival specifically in ER-positive, TP53-mutated tumors. Additionally, the SNP rs798755 was associated with survival in interaction with anthracycline treatment (p(interaction) = 9.57 × 10-5, FDR-adjusted p = 0.0130). RNAi-based depletion of a predicted regulatory target gene, FAM53A, indicated that this gene can modulate doxorubicin sensitivity in breast cancer cell lines.If confirmed in independent data sets, these results may be of clinical relevance in the development of prognostic and predictive marker panels for breast cancer.
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- Rainer Fagerholm
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Genetics, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Human Genetics Division, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
| | - Irene L. Andrulis
- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
| | - Matthias W. Beckmann
- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN, Erlangen, Germany
| | - Sabine Behrens
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Fiona M. Blows
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
| | - Hermann Brenner
- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Division of Preventive Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Jenny Chang-Claude
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- University Cancer Center Hamburg (UCCH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
| | - Fergus J. Couch
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
| | - Kamila Czene
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Peter A. Fasching
- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN, Erlangen, Germany
- David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Medicine Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Jonine Figueroa
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
- Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Giuseppe Floris
- Leuven Multidisciplinary Breast Center, Department of Oncology, KULeuven, Leuven Cancer Institute, University Hospitals Leuven
| | - Gord Glendon
- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
| | - Qi Guo
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
| | - Per Hall
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Emily Hallberg
- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
| | - Ute Hamann
- Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
| | | | - Maartje J. Hooning
- Department of Medical Oncology, Family Cancer Clinic, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
| | - John L. Hopper
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
| | - Agnes Jager
- Department of Medical Oncology, Family Cancer Clinic, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
| | - Maria Kabisch
- Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - Veli-Matti Kosma
- Cancer Center of Eastern Finland, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Imaging Center, Department of Clinical Pathology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
| | - Diether Lambrechts
- Vesalius Research Center, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory for Translational Genetics, Department of Oncology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
| | - Annika Lindblom
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Arto Mannermaa
- Cancer Center of Eastern Finland, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Imaging Center, Department of Clinical Pathology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
| | - Sara Margolin
- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Elena Provenzano
- Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Histopathology, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
- Cambridge Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK
| | - Mitul Shah
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
| | - Melissa C. Southey
- Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
| | - Joe Dennis
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
| | - Michael Lush
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
| | - Kyriaki Michailidou
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Electron Microscopy/Molecular Pathology, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus
| | - Qin Wang
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
| | - Manjeet K. Bolla
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
| | - Alison M. Dunning
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
| | - Douglas F. Easton
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
| | - Paul D.P . Pharoah
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
| | | | - Carl Blomqvist
- Department of Oncology, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Oncology, University of Örebro, Örebro, Sweden
| | - Heli Nevanlinna
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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