scholarly journals Regulation of CCAAT/enhancer binding protein delta (C/EBP delta) transcriptional activity by PIASy

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
shanggen zhou ◽  
James Dewille
Blood ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 112 (11) ◽  
pp. 3577-3577
Author(s):  
Matthew Silver ◽  
Nirmalee Abayasekara ◽  
Dylan Perry ◽  
Hong Sun ◽  
Nancy Berliner ◽  
...  

Abstract CCAAT enhancer binding protein alpha (C/EBPα) is the founding member of a family of basic region/leucine zipper (bzip) transcription factors and has been shown to be a master regulator of granulopoiesis It is expressed at high levels throughout myeloid differentiation and has been shown to bind to the promoters of multiple myeloid- specific gene promoters at different stages of myeloid maturation. Profound hematopoietic abnormalities have been reported for mice nullizygous for including a selective early block in the differentiation of C/EBPα, granulocytes. Mutations in C/EBPα have been demonstrated in a subset of patients with AML presenting with a normal karyotype. These mutations can result in the expression of a 30kD dominant negative C/EBPα isoform which contributes to loss of C/EBPα function. We have sought to understand the molecular basis for this observation. We and others have demonstrated that C/EBPα is post-translationally modified by small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO) at a lysine residue (K159) that lies within a region of the C/EBPα protein that can negatively affect transcriptional activity. We have demonstrated that the levels of sumoylated p42C/EBPα decrease upon normal neutrophil maturation and that transactivation of the myeloid-specific lactoferrin (LF) promoter reporter is significantly enhanced by a p42 sumoylation mutant of C/EBPα (K159A). Additionally, in oligonucleotide pull down assays, we show that sumoylated p42C/EBPα binds to the C/EBP site in the LF promoter in immature myeloid cells (which do not express LF) while loss binding and LF of sumoylation correlates with loss of p42C/EBPα expression in more mature cells. Based on these observations we is associated with the negative conclude that sumoylated p42C/EBPα regulation of LF in early myeloid cells. We further demonstrate that sumoylated p42C/EBPα remains bound to the LF promoter following ATRA induction of the leukemic NB4 cells, which do not express LF despite induction of morphologic maturation. Based on these observations we conclude that during normal myeloid differentiation, sumoylated p42C/EBPα is associated with the negative regulation of LF in early myeloid cells, and that LF expression upon maturation is associated with loss of binding of sumoylated p42 C/EBPα In leukemic cells induced toward mature neutrophils, sumoylated p42C/EBPα remains bound to the LF promoter, contributing to the lack of expression of LF in these cells. We show in addition, that p30 C/EBPα can also be sumoylated. In transactivation assays, however, sumoylated p42C/EBPα suppresses LF promoter activity more efficiently than p30C/EBPα in 293 cells. In order to identify differential protein binding partners of p30 and p42C/EBPα that could account for the differential transcriptional activity of the two isoforms, we have used a one step purification method that allows isolation of biotinylated C/EBPα p30 and p42- containing complexes using magnetic-streptavidin beads. The K562 myelomonocytic cell line stably expressing a biotin ligase (BirA) plasmid was transfected with p30C/EBPα or p42C/EBPα each containing a 23 amino acid tag at the N-terminus that allows for in vivo biotinylation. Proteins complexed with the two C/EBP isofoms have been isolated and are currently being identified by LC- MS MS analysis. Their differential association with the two isofoms of C/EBPα will be confimed by coimmunoprecipitation assays in normal myeloid and in leukemic cells. The identification of differentially bound proteins to p30 and p42 C/EBPα may identify molecular targets for future drug development.


2017 ◽  
Vol 292 (21) ◽  
pp. 8918-8932 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziyi Song ◽  
Alus M. Xiaoli ◽  
Quanwei Zhang ◽  
Yi Zhang ◽  
Ellen S. T. Yang ◽  
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2010 ◽  
Vol 30 (9) ◽  
pp. 2293-2304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrin Zaragoza ◽  
Valérie Bégay ◽  
Anja Schuetz ◽  
Udo Heinemann ◽  
Achim Leutz

ABSTRACT The transcription factor CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein α (C/EBPα) coordinates proliferation arrest and the differentiation of myeloid progenitors, adipocytes, hepatocytes, keratinocytes, and cells of the lung and placenta. C/EBPα transactivates lineage-specific differentiation genes and inhibits proliferation by repressing E2F-regulated genes. The myeloproliferative C/EBPα BRM2 mutant serves as a paradigm for recurrent human C-terminal bZIP C/EBPα mutations that are involved in acute myeloid leukemogenesis. BRM2 fails to repress E2F and to induce adipogenesis and granulopoiesis. The data presented here show that, independently of pocket proteins, C/EBPα interacts with the dimerization partner (DP) of E2F and that C/EBPα-E2F/DP interaction prevents both binding of C/EBPα to its cognate sites on DNA and transactivation of C/EBP target genes. The BRM2 mutant, in addition, exhibits enhanced interaction with E2F-DP and reduced affinity toward DNA and yet retains transactivation potential and differentiation competence that becomes exposed when E2F/DP levels are low. Our data suggest a tripartite balance between C/EBPα, E2F/DP, and pocket proteins in the control of proliferation, differentiation, and tumorigenesis.


Endocrinology ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 154 (4) ◽  
pp. 1454-1464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Houssein-Salem Abdou ◽  
Ella Atlas ◽  
Robert J. G. Haché

Abstract Glucocorticoids promote adipogenesis and contribute to the metabolic syndrome through a number of mechanisms. One of the effectors of glucocorticoid action is the CCAAT/enhancer binding protein β (C/EBPβ). C/EBPβ is a basic leucine-zipper transcription factor involved in diverse processes including differentiation, cellular proliferation, and inflammation. C/EBPβ transcriptional activity is regulated, in part, by its acetylation profile resulting from its dynamic interaction with either acetylases general control nonrepressed protein 5/p300/CBP associated factor (GCN5/PCAF) or deacetylase complexes (mSin3A/histone deacetylase 1 [HDAC1]). Glucocorticoid treatment of preadipocytes promotes C/EBPβ acetylation, leading to mSin3A/HDAC1 dissociation from C/EBPβ and resulting in C/ebpα promoter activation at the onset of adipogenesis, thus increasing the differentiation rate. We recently showed that the regulatory domain 1 (RD1) of C/EBPβ contains four residues (153–156) required for its interaction with HDAC1, therefore supporting RD1 proposed inhibitory role. In an attempt to further elucidate the intrinsic regulatory property of RD1, we sought to characterize the regulatory potential of the N terminus region of RD1 (residues 141–149). In this study, we show that C/EBPβΔ141–149 transcriptional activity was compromised on the C/ebpα, but not on the Pparγ, promoter. Additionally, the ability of C/EBPβΔ141–149 to induce adipogenesis in NIH 3T3 cells was compromised when compared with C/EBPβwt owing to a delayed expression of C/ebpα at the onset of differentiation. Furthermore, the data suggest that the reduced expression of C/ebpα in cells expressing C/EBPβΔ141–149 was due to a persistent recruitment of HDAC1 to the C/ebpα promoter after glucocorticoid treatment. Together, these results suggest that amino acids 141–149 of C/EBPβ act as a positive regulatory domain required for maximum transcriptional activity.


Author(s):  
Takahiro Ikeda ◽  
Shun Watanabe ◽  
Takakazu Mitani

Abstract Genistein exerts anti-adipogenic effects, but its target molecules remain unclear. Here, we delineated the molecular mechanism underlying the anti-adipogenic effect of genistein. A pulldown assay using genistein-immobilized beads identified adenine nucleotide translocase-2 as a genistein-binding protein in adipocytes. Adenine nucleotide translocase-2 exchanges ADP/ATP through the mitochondrial inner membrane. Similar to the knockdown of adenine nucleotide translocase-2, genistein treatment decreased ADP uptake into the mitochondria and ATP synthesis. Genistein treatment and adenine nucleotide translocase-2 knockdown suppressed adipogenesis and increased phosphorylation of AMP-activated protein kinase. Adenine nucleotide translocase-2 knockdown reduced the transcriptional activity of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein β, whereas AMP-activated protein kinase inhibition restored the suppression of adipogenesis by adenine nucleotide translocase-2 knockdown. These results indicate that genistein interacts directly with adenine nucleotide translocase-2 to suppress its function. The downregulation of adenine nucleotide translocase-2 reduces the transcriptional activity of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein β via activation of AMP-activated protein kinase, which consequently represses adipogenesis.


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