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Ferdous S, Shelton DA, Getz TE, Chrenek MA, L’Hernault N, Sellers JT, Summers VR, Iuvone PM, Boss JM, Boatright JH, Nickerson JM. Deletion of histone demethylase Lsd1 (Kdm1a) during retinal development leads to defects in retinal function and structure. Front Cell Neurosci 2023; 17:1104592. [PMID: 36846208 PMCID: PMC9950115 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2023.1104592] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of Lysine specific demethylase 1 (Lsd1) in murine retinal development. LSD1 is a histone demethylase that can demethylate mono- and di-methyl groups on H3K4 and H3K9. Using Chx10-Cre and Rho-iCre75 driver lines, we generated novel transgenic mouse lines to delete Lsd1 in most retinal progenitor cells or specifically in rod photoreceptors. We hypothesize that Lsd1 deletion will cause global morphological and functional defects due to its importance in neuronal development. Methods We tested the retinal function of young adult mice by electroretinogram (ERG) and assessed retinal morphology by in vivo imaging by fundus photography and SD-OCT. Afterward, eyes were enucleated, fixed, and sectioned for subsequent hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) or immunofluorescence staining. Other eyes were plastic fixed and sectioned for electron microscopy. Results In adult Chx10-Cre Lsd1fl/fl mice, we observed a marked reduction in a-, b-, and c-wave amplitudes in scotopic conditions compared to age-matched control mice. Photopic and flicker ERG waveforms were even more sharply reduced. Modest reductions in total retinal thickness and outer nuclear layer (ONL) thickness were observed in SD-OCT and H&E images. Lastly, electron microscopy revealed significantly shorter inner and outer segments and immunofluorescence showed modest reductions in specific cell type populations. We did not observe any obvious functional or morphological defects in the adult Rho-iCre75 Lsd1fl/fl animals. Conclusion Lsd1 is necessary for neuronal development in the retina. Adult Chx10-Cre Lsd1fl/fl mice show impaired retinal function and morphology. These effects were fully manifested in young adults (P30), suggesting that Lsd1 affects early retinal development in mice.
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- Salma Ferdous
- Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
- Atlanta Veterans Administration Center for Visual and Neurocognitive Rehabilitation, Decatur, GA, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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Liu Q, Novak MK, Pepin RM, Maschhoff KR, Worner K, Chen X, Zhang S, Hu W. A congenital hydrocephalus-causing mutation in Trim71 induces stem cell defects via inhibiting Lsd1 mRNA translation. EMBO Rep 2023; 24:e55843. [PMID: 36573342 PMCID: PMC9900330 DOI: 10.15252/embr.202255843] [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: 07/22/2022] [Revised: 12/03/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Congenital hydrocephalus (CH) is a major cause of childhood morbidity. Mono-allelic mutations in Trim71, a conserved stem-cell-specific RNA-binding protein, cause CH; however, the molecular basis for pathogenesis mediated by these mutations remains unknown. Here, using mouse embryonic stem cells as a model, we reveal that the mouse R783H mutation (R796H in human) alters Trim71's mRNA substrate specificity and leads to accelerated stem-cell differentiation and neural lineage commitment. Mutant Trim71, but not wild-type Trim71, binds Lsd1 (Kdm1a) mRNA and represses its translation. Specific inhibition of this repression or a slight increase of Lsd1 in the mutant cells alleviates the defects in stem cell differentiation and neural lineage commitment. These results determine a functionally relevant target of the CH-causing Trim71 mutant that can potentially be a therapeutic target and provide molecular mechanistic insights into the pathogenesis of this disease.
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- Qiuying Liu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyMayo ClinicRochesterMNUSA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyMayo ClinicRochesterMNUSA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyMayo ClinicRochesterMNUSA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyMayo ClinicRochesterMNUSA
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- Department of Computer ScienceUniversity of Central FloridaOrlandoFLUSA
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- Department of Computer ScienceUniversity of Central FloridaOrlandoFLUSA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyMayo ClinicRochesterMNUSA
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Shao TL, Ting RT, Lee MC. Identification of Lsd1-interacting non-coding RNAs as regulators of fly oogenesis. Cell Rep 2022; 40:111294. [PMID: 36044841 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Revised: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Lysine-specific demethylase 1 (Lsd1) plays a key role in balancing cell proliferation and differentiation. Lsd1 has been recently reported to associate with specific long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) to account for oncogenic gene expression in cancer cells. However, how lncRNA-Lsd1 interplay affects cell-specific differentiation remains elusive in vivo. Here, through Lsd1 specific RNA immunopecipitation sequencing (RIP-seq) experiments, we identify three long hairpin RNAs as Lsd1-interacting non-coding RNAs (LINRs) from fly ovaries. Knocking out LINR-1 and LINR-2 affects fly egg production, while each of the LINR deletion mutant females produce eggs with reduced hatch rate, indicating important functions of LINRs in supporting oogenesis. At the cellular level, LINR-2 regulates the differentiation of germline stem cells and follicle progenitors likely though modulating the expression and function of Lsd1 in vivo. Our identification of ovarian LINRs presents a physiological example of dynamic lncRNA-Lsd1 interplay that regulates stem cell/progenitor differentiation.
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- Tzu-Ling Shao
- Department of Life Sciences and Institute of Genome Sciences, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences and Institute of Genome Sciences, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences and Institute of Genome Sciences, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Gahan JM, Leclère L, Hernandez-Valladares M, Rentzsch F. A developmental role for the chromatin-regulating CoREST complex in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis. BMC Biol 2022; 20:184. [PMID: 35999597 PMCID: PMC9400249 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-022-01385-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Chromatin-modifying proteins are key players in the regulation of development and cell differentiation in animals. Most chromatin modifiers, however, predate the evolution of animal multicellularity, and how they gained new functions and became integrated into the regulatory networks underlying development is unclear. One way this may occur is the evolution of new scaffolding proteins that integrate multiple chromatin regulators into larger complexes that facilitate coordinated deposition or removal of different chromatin modifications. We test this hypothesis by analyzing the evolution of the CoREST-Lsd1-HDAC complex. Results Using phylogenetic analyses, we show that a bona fide CoREST homolog is found only in choanoflagellates and animals. We then use the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis as a model for early branching metazoans and identify a conserved CoREST complex by immunoprecipitation and mass spectrometry of an endogenously tagged Lsd1 allele. In addition to CoREST, Lsd1 and HDAC1/2 this complex contains homologs of HMG20A/B and PHF21A, two subunits that have previously only been identified in mammalian CoREST complexes. NvCoREST expression overlaps fully with that of NvLsd1 throughout development, with higher levels in differentiated neural cells. NvCoREST mutants, generated using CRISPR-Cas9, fail to develop beyond the primary polyp stage, thereby revealing essential roles during development and for the differentiation of cnidocytes that phenocopy NvLsd1 mutants. We also show that this requirement is cell autonomous using a cell-type-specific rescue approach. Conclusions The identification of a Nematostella CoREST-Lsd1-HDAC1/2 complex, its similarity in composition with the vertebrate complex, and the near-identical expression patterns and mutant phenotypes of NvCoREST and NvLsd1 suggest that the complex was present before the last common cnidarian-bilaterian ancestor and thus represents an ancient component of the animal developmental toolkit.
Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12915-022-01385-1.
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- James M Gahan
- Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, Thormøhlensgate 55, 5006, Bergen, Norway.
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-Sur-Mer (LBDV), 06230, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Granada, Campus Fuentenueva s/n, 18071, Granada, Spain.,Proteomics Facility of the University of Bergen (PROBE), University of Bergen, 5020, Bergen, Norway
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- Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, Thormøhlensgate 55, 5006, Bergen, Norway. .,Department for Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Thormøhlensgate 53, 5006, Bergen, Norway.
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Wu M, Xu Y, Li J, Lian J, Chen Q, Meng P, Lu T, Xie H, Zhang W, Xu J, Zhang Y. Genetic and epigenetic orchestration of Gfi1aa- Lsd1-cebpa in zebrafish neutrophil development. Development 2021; 148:272043. [PMID: 34373913 DOI: 10.1242/dev.199516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Neutrophils are the most abundant vertebrate leukocytes and they are essential to host defense. Despite extensive investigation, the molecular network controlling neutrophil differentiation remains incompletely understood. GFI1 is associated with several myeloid disorders, but its role and the role of its co-regulators in granulopoiesis and pathogenesis are far from clear. Here, we demonstrate that zebrafish gfi1aa deficiency induces excessive neutrophil progenitor proliferation, accumulation of immature neutrophils from the embryonic stage, and some phenotypes similar to myelodysplasia syndrome in adulthood. Both genetic and epigenetic analyses demonstrate that immature neutrophil accumulation in gfi1aa-deficient mutants is due to upregulation of cebpa transcription. Increased transcription was associated with Lsd1-altered H3K4 methylation of the cebpa regulatory region. Taken together, our results demonstrate that Gfi1aa, Lsd1 and cebpa form a regulatory network that controls neutrophil development, providing a disease progression-traceable model for myelodysplasia syndrome. Use of this model could provide new insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying GFI1-related myeloid disorders as well as a means by which to develop targeted therapeutic approaches for treatment.
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- Mei Wu
- Division of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China
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- Division of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China
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- Division of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China
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- Division of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China
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- Biomedical Research Institute, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518036, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Developmental Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, People's Republic of China
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- Division of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China
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- Division of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China
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- Division of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China
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- Division of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China
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Yang F, Huang X, Zang R, Chen J, Fidalgo M, Sanchez-Priego C, Yang J, Caichen A, Ma F, Macfarlan T, Wang H, Gao S, Zhou H, Wang J. DUX-miR-344-ZMYM2-Mediated Activation of MERVL LTRs Induces a Totipotent 2C-like State. Cell Stem Cell 2021; 26:234-250.e7. [PMID: 32032525 DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2020.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Revised: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) sporadically express preimplantation two-cell-stage (2C) transcripts, including MERVL endogenous retrovirus and Zscan4 cluster genes. Such 2C-like cells (2CLCs) can contribute to both embryonic and extraembryonic tissues when reintroduced into early embryos, although the molecular mechanism underlying such an expanded 2CLC potency remains elusive. We examine global nucleosome occupancy and gene expression in 2CLCs and identified miR-344 as the noncoding molecule that positively controls 2CLC potency. We find that activation of endogenous MERVL or miR-344-2 alone is sufficient to induce 2CLCs with activation of 2C genes and an expanded potency. Mechanistically, miR-344 is activated by DUX and post-transcriptionally represses ZMYM2 and its partner LSD1, and ZMYM2 recruits LSD1/HDAC corepressor complex to MERVL LTR for transcriptional repression. Consistently, zygotic depletion of Zmym2 compromises the totipotency-to-pluripotency transition during early development. Our studies establish the previously unappreciated DUX-miR-344-Zmym2/Lsd1 axis that controls MERVL for expanded stem cell potency.
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- Fan Yang
- The Black Family Stem Cell Institute and Department of Cell, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Department of Animal Biotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- The Black Family Stem Cell Institute and Department of Cell, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- The Black Family Stem Cell Institute and Department of Cell, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Clinical and Translational Research Center of Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Frontier Science Center for Stem Cell Research, Ministry of Education of China, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Clinical and Translational Research Center of Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Frontier Science Center for Stem Cell Research, Ministry of Education of China, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- The Black Family Stem Cell Institute and Department of Cell, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; CiMUS, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela-Health Research Institute (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela 15782, Spain
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- The Black Family Stem Cell Institute and Department of Cell, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- The Black Family Stem Cell Institute and Department of Cell, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- The Black Family Stem Cell Institute and Department of Cell, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- The Black Family Stem Cell Institute and Department of Cell, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Department of Animal Biotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Animal Biotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- Clinical and Translational Research Center of Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Frontier Science Center for Stem Cell Research, Ministry of Education of China, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China.
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- The Black Family Stem Cell Institute and Department of Cell, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- The Black Family Stem Cell Institute and Department of Cell, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
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AlAbdi L, Saha D, He M, Dar MS, Utturkar SM, Sudyanti PA, McCune S, Spears BH, Breedlove JA, Lanman NA, Gowher H. Oct4-Mediated Inhibition of Lsd1 Activity Promotes the Active and Primed State of Pluripotency Enhancers. Cell Rep 2021; 30:1478-1490.e6. [PMID: 32023463 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.11.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Revised: 07/30/2019] [Accepted: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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An aberrant increase in pluripotency gene (PpG) expression due to enhancer reactivation could induce stemness and enhance the tumorigenicity of cancer stem cells. Silencing of PpG enhancers (PpGe) during embryonic stem cell differentiation involves Lsd1-mediated H3K4me1 demethylation and DNA methylation. Here, we observed retention of H3K4me1 and DNA hypomethylation at PpGe associated with a partial repression of PpGs in F9 embryonal carcinoma cells (ECCs) post-differentiation. H3K4me1 demethylation in F9 ECCs could not be rescued by Lsd1 overexpression. Given our observation that H3K4me1 demethylation is accompanied by strong Oct4 repression in P19 ECCs, we tested if Oct4 interaction with Lsd1 affects its catalytic activity. Our data show a dose-dependent inhibition of Lsd1 activity by Oct4 and retention of H3K4me1 at PpGe in Oct4-overexpressing P19 ECCs. These data suggest that Lsd1-Oct4 interaction in cancer stem cells could establish a "primed" enhancer state that is susceptible to reactivation, leading to aberrant PpG expression.
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- Lama AlAbdi
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Statistics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
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Marayati BF, Tucker JF, De La Cerda DA, Hou TC, Chen R, Sugiyama T, Pease JB, Zhang K. The Catalytic-Dependent and -Independent Roles of Lsd1 and Lsd2 Lysine Demethylases in Heterochromatin Formation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Cells 2020; 9:E955. [PMID: 32295063 PMCID: PMC7226997 DOI: 10.3390/cells9040955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2020] [Revised: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
In eukaryotes, heterochromatin plays a critical role in organismal development and cell fate acquisition, through regulating gene expression. The evolutionarily conserved lysine-specific demethylases, Lsd1 and Lsd2, remove mono- and dimethylation on histone H3, serving complex roles in gene expression. In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, null mutations of Lsd1 and Lsd2 result in either severe growth defects or inviability, while catalytic inactivation causes minimal defects, indicating that Lsd1 and Lsd2 have essential functions beyond their known demethylase activity. Here, we show that catalytic mutants of Lsd1 or Lsd2 partially assemble functional heterochromatin at centromeres in RNAi-deficient cells, while the C-terminal truncated alleles of Lsd1 or Lsd2 exacerbate heterochromatin formation at all major heterochromatic regions, suggesting that Lsd1 and Lsd2 repress heterochromatic transcripts through mechanisms both dependent on and independent of their catalytic activities. Lsd1 and Lsd2 are also involved in the establishment and maintenance of heterochromatin. At constitutive heterochromatic regions, Lsd1 and Lsd2 regulate one another and cooperate with other histone modifiers, including the class II HDAC Clr3 and the Sirtuin family protein Sir2 for gene silencing, but not with the class I HDAC Clr6. Our findings explore the roles of lysine-specific demethylases in epigenetic gene silencing at heterochromatic regions.
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- Bahjat F. Marayati
- Department of Biology, Center for Molecular Signaling, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA; (B.F.M.); (J.F.T.); (D.A.D.L.C.); (T.-C.H.); (J.B.P.)
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- Department of Biology, Center for Molecular Signaling, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA; (B.F.M.); (J.F.T.); (D.A.D.L.C.); (T.-C.H.); (J.B.P.)
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- Department of Biology, Center for Molecular Signaling, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA; (B.F.M.); (J.F.T.); (D.A.D.L.C.); (T.-C.H.); (J.B.P.)
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- Department of Biology, Center for Molecular Signaling, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA; (B.F.M.); (J.F.T.); (D.A.D.L.C.); (T.-C.H.); (J.B.P.)
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- Physiology and pharmacology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, USA;
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- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China;
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- Department of Biology, Center for Molecular Signaling, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA; (B.F.M.); (J.F.T.); (D.A.D.L.C.); (T.-C.H.); (J.B.P.)
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- Department of Biology, Center for Molecular Signaling, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA; (B.F.M.); (J.F.T.); (D.A.D.L.C.); (T.-C.H.); (J.B.P.)
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Hamidi T, Singh AK, Veland N, Vemulapalli V, Chen J, Hardikar S, Bao J, Fry CJ, Yang V, Lee KA, Guo A, Arrowsmith CH, Bedford MT, Chen T. Identification of Rpl29 as a major substrate of the lysine methyltransferase Set7/9. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:12770-12780. [PMID: 29959229 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.002890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2018] [Revised: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Set7/9 (also known as Set7, Set9, Setd7, and Kmt7) is a lysine methyltransferase that catalyzes the methylation of multiple substrates, including histone H3 and non-histone proteins. Although not essential for normal development and physiology, Set7/9-mediated methylation events play important roles in regulating cellular pathways involved in various human diseases, making Set7/9 a promising therapeutic target. Multiple Set7/9 inhibitors have been developed, which exhibit varying degrees of potency and selectivity in vitro However, validation of these compounds in vivo has been hampered by the lack of a reliable cellular biomarker for Set7/9 activity. Here, we report the identification of Rpl29, a ribosomal protein abundantly expressed in all cell types, as a major substrate of Set7/9. We show that Rpl29 lysine 5 (Rpl29K5) is methylated exclusively by Set7/9 and can be demethylated by Lsd1 (also known as Kdm1a). Rpl29 is not a core component of the ribosome translational machinery and plays a regulatory role in translation efficiency. Our results indicate that Rpl29 methylation has no effect on global protein synthesis but affects Rpl29 subcellular localization. Using an Rpl29 methylation-specific antibody, we demonstrate that Rpl29K5 methylation is present ubiquitously and validate that (R)-PFI-2, a Set7/9 inhibitor, efficiently reduces Rpl29K5 methylation in cell lines. Thus, Rpl29 methylation can serve as a specific cellular biomarker for measuring Set7/9 activity.
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- Tewfik Hamidi
- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; Center for Cancer Epigenetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; Center for Cancer Epigenetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; Center for Cancer Epigenetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; Program in Genetics and Epigenetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UT Health Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas 77030
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; Center for Cancer Epigenetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; Program in Genetics and Epigenetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UT Health Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas 77030
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; Center for Cancer Epigenetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; Program in Genetics and Epigenetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UT Health Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas 77030
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; Center for Cancer Epigenetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; Center for Cancer Epigenetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957
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- Cell Signaling Technology Inc., Danvers, Massachusetts 01923
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- Cell Signaling Technology Inc., Danvers, Massachusetts 01923
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- Cell Signaling Technology Inc., Danvers, Massachusetts 01923
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada; Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; Center for Cancer Epigenetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; Program in Genetics and Epigenetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UT Health Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas 77030
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; Center for Cancer Epigenetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; Program in Genetics and Epigenetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UT Health Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas 77030.
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Raimondi C, Jagla B, Proux C, Waxin H, Gangloff S, Arcangioli B. Molecular signature of the imprintosome complex at the mating-type locus in fission yeast. Microb Cell 2018; 5:169-183. [PMID: 29610759 PMCID: PMC5878685 DOI: 10.15698/mic2018.04.623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Genetic and molecular studies have indicated that an epigenetic imprint at mat1, the sexual locus of fission yeast, initiates mating type switching. The polar DNA replication of mat1 generates an imprint on the Watson strand. The process by which the imprint is formed and maintained through the cell cycle remains unclear. To understand better the mechanism of imprint formation and stability, we characterized the recruitment of early players of mating type switching at the mat1 region. We found that the switch activating protein 1 (Sap1) is preferentially recruited inside the mat1M allele on a sequence (SS13) that enhances the imprint. The lysine specific demethylases, Lsd1/2, that control the replication fork pause at MPS1 and the formation of the imprint are specifically drafted inside of mat1, regardless of the allele. The CENP-B homolog, Abp1, is highly enriched next to mat1 but it is not required in the process. Additionally, we established the computational signature of the imprint. Using this signature, we show that both sides of the imprinted molecule are bound by Lsd1/2 and Sap1, suggesting a nucleoprotein protective structure defined as imprintosome.
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- Célia Raimondi
- Genomes and Genetics department, Genome Dynamics Unit, UMR 3525 CNRS, Institut Pasteur, 25-28 rue du docteur Roux, Paris, France. Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Institut de Formation Doctorale, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Center for Human Immunology, CRT & Hub de Bioinformatique et Biostatistiques, C3BI, Institut Pasteur, 25-28 rue du Docteur Roux, Paris, France
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- Genomes and Genetics department, Plate-forme Transcriptome & Epigenome, Biomics, Centre d'Innovation et Recherche Technologique (Citech), Institut Pasteur, 25-28 rue du Docteur Roux, Paris, France
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- Enseignement, Institut Pasteur, 25-28 rue du Docteur Roux, Paris, France
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- Genomes and Genetics department, Genome Dynamics Unit, UMR 3525 CNRS, Institut Pasteur, 25-28 rue du docteur Roux, Paris, France. Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Institut de Formation Doctorale, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Genomes and Genetics department, Genome Dynamics Unit, UMR 3525 CNRS, Institut Pasteur, 25-28 rue du docteur Roux, Paris, France. Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Institut de Formation Doctorale, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Understanding development and maintenance of beige adipocytes provide exciting insights in establishing novel therapies against obesity and obesity-associated disorders. Lysine-specific demethylase 1 (Lsd1) is an epigenetic eraser required for differentiation and function of adipocytes. Lsd1 is involved in early commitment of preadipocytes, but dispensable for terminal differentiation of white adipose tissue (WAT). In mature adipocytes, Lsd1 responds to different environmental stimuli to alter metabolic function and enable proper thermogenic and oxidative response. Exposure to cold leads to Lsd1 upregulation and subsequent beiging of WAT. Oppositely, Lsd1 levels decline during aging resulting in a conversion of beige into white adipocytes, associated with loss of thermogenic properties of WAT. Lsd1 maintains beige adipocytes by controlling the expression of the nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α. In summary, our studies not only provided insights into the mechanism of age-related beige-to-white adipocyte transition, but also established Lsd1 as a sensor that enables thermogenic response in WAT.
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- Delphine Duteil
- Urologische Klinik und Zentrale Klinische Forschung, Klinikum der Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Urologische Klinik und Zentrale Klinische Forschung, Klinikum der Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Urologische Klinik und Zentrale Klinische Forschung, Klinikum der Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- BIOSS Centre of Biological Signalling Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany
- Deutsche Konsortium für Translationale Krebsforschung (DKTK), Standort Freiburg, Germany
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Duteil D, Tosic M, Willmann D, Georgiadi A, Kanouni T, Schüle R. Lsd1 prevents age-programed loss of beige adipocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:5265-70. [PMID: 28461471 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1702641114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Aging is accompanied by major changes in adipose tissue distribution and function. In particular, with time, thermogenic-competent beige adipocytes progressively gain a white adipocyte morphology. However, the mechanisms controlling the age-related transition of beige adipocytes to white adipocytes remain unclear. Lysine-specific demethylase 1 (Lsd1) is an epigenetic eraser enzyme positively regulating differentiation and function of adipocytes. Here we show that Lsd1 levels decrease in aging inguinal white adipose tissue concomitantly with beige fat cell decline. Accordingly, adipocyte-specific increase of Lsd1 expression is sufficient to rescue the age-related transition of beige adipocytes to white adipocytes in vivo, whereas loss of Lsd1 precipitates it. Lsd1 maintains beige adipocytes by controlling the expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (Ppara), and treatment with a Ppara agonist is sufficient to rescue the loss of beige adipocytes caused by Lsd1 ablation. In summary, our data provide insights into the mechanism controlling the age-related beige-to-white adipocyte transition and identify Lsd1 as a regulator of beige fat cell maintenance.
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Lee MC, Spradling AC. The progenitor state is maintained by lysine-specific demethylase 1-mediated epigenetic plasticity during Drosophila follicle cell development. Genes Dev 2015; 28:2739-49. [PMID: 25512561 PMCID: PMC4265677 DOI: 10.1101/gad.252692.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Progenitors are early lineage cells that proliferate before the onset of terminal differentiation. Although widespread, the epigenetic mechanisms that control the progenitor state and the onset of differentiation remain elusive. By studying Drosophila ovarian follicle cell progenitors, we identified lysine-specific demethylase 1 (lsd1) and CoRest as differentiation regulators using a GAL4∷GFP variegation assay. The follicle cell progenitors in lsd1 or CoRest heterozygotes prematurely lose epigenetic plasticity, undergo the Notch-dependent mitotic-endocycle transition, and stop dividing before a normal number of follicle cells can be produced. Simultaneously reducing the dosage of the histone H3K4 methyltransferase Trithorax reverses these effects, suggesting that an Lsd1/CoRest complex times progenitor differentiation by controlling the stability of H3K4 methylation levels. Individual cells or small clones initially respond to Notch; hence, a critical level of epigenetic stabilization is acquired cell-autonomously and initiates differentiation by making progenitors responsive to pre-existing external signals.
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- Ming-Chia Lee
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Laboratories, Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Laboratories, Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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Lin P, Chen X, Moktan H, Arrese EL, Duan L, Wang L, Soulages JL, Zhou DH. Membrane attachment and structure models of lipid storage droplet protein 1. Biochim Biophys Acta 2013; 1838:874-81. [PMID: 24333382 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2013.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2013] [Revised: 11/29/2013] [Accepted: 12/05/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Neutral lipid triglycerides, a main reserve for fat and energy, are stored in organelles called lipid droplets. The storage and release of triglycerides are actively regulated by several proteins specific to the droplet surface, one of which in insects is PLIN1. PLIN1 plays a key role in the activation of triglyceride hydrolysis upon phosphorylation. However, the structure of PLIN1 and its relation to functions remain elusive due to its insolubility and crystallization difficulty. Here we report the first solid-state NMR study on the Drosophila melanogaster PLIN1 in combination with molecular dynamics simulation to show the structural basis for its lipid droplet attachment. NMR spin diffusion experiments were consistent with the predicted membrane attachment motif of PLIN1. The data indicated that PLIN1 has close contact with the terminal methyl groups of the phospholipid acyl chains. Structure models for the membrane attachment motif were generated based on hydrophobicity analysis and NMR membrane insertion depth information. Simulated NMR spectra from a trans-model agreed with experimental spectra. In this model, lipids from the bottom leaflet were very close to the surface in the region enclosed by membrane attachment motif. This may imply that in real lipid droplet, triglyceride molecules might be brought close to the surface by the same mechanism, ready to leave the droplet in the event of lipolysis. Juxtaposition of triglyceride lipase structure to the trans-model suggested a possible interaction of a conserved segment with the lipase by electrostatic interactions, opening the lipase lid to expose the catalytic center.
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- Penghui Lin
- Department of Physics, 230 L Henry Bellmon Research Center, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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- Department of Physics, 230 L Henry Bellmon Research Center, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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- Department of Physics, 230 L Henry Bellmon Research Center, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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- Department of Physics, 230 L Henry Bellmon Research Center, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA; State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic Molecular Physics, Wuhan Center for Magnetic Resonance, Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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- Department of Physics, 230 L Henry Bellmon Research Center, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.
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Kerenyi MA, Shao Z, Hsu YJ, Guo G, Luc S, O'Brien K, Fujiwara Y, Peng C, Nguyen M, Orkin SH. Histone demethylase Lsd1 represses hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell signatures during blood cell maturation. eLife 2013; 2:e00633. [PMID: 23795291 PMCID: PMC3687337 DOI: 10.7554/elife.00633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2013] [Accepted: 05/09/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Here, we describe that lysine-specific demethylase 1 (Lsd1/KDM1a), which demethylates histone H3 on Lys4 or Lys9 (H3K4/K9), is an indispensible epigenetic governor of hematopoietic differentiation. Integrative genomic analysis, combining global occupancy of Lsd1, genome-wide analysis of its substrates H3K4 monomethylation and dimethylation, and gene expression profiling, reveals that Lsd1 represses hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell (HSPC) gene expression programs during hematopoietic differentiation. We found that Lsd1 acts at transcription start sites, as well as enhancer regions. Loss of Lsd1 was associated with increased H3K4me1 and H3K4me2 methylation on HSPC genes and gene derepression. Failure to fully silence HSPC genes compromised differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells as well as mature blood cell lineages. Collectively, our data indicate that Lsd1-mediated concurrent repression of enhancer and promoter activity of stem and progenitor cell genes is a pivotal epigenetic mechanism required for proper hematopoietic maturation. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00633.001.
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- Marc A Kerenyi
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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An enzyme called LSD1 that controls the development of blood cells by manipulating gene expression in progenitor cells could be a therapeutic target for leukemia.
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- Sharon Y R Dent
- is Chair of the Department of Molecular Carcinogenesis , MD Anderson Cancer Center , Texas , United States
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