scholarly journals Histone Deacetylase 5 Acquires Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Kinase II Responsiveness by Oligomerization with Histone Deacetylase 4

2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 3437-3445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Backs ◽  
Thea Backs ◽  
Svetlana Bezprozvannaya ◽  
Timothy A. McKinsey ◽  
Eric N. Olson

ABSTRACT Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) phosphorylates histone deacetylase 4 (HDAC4), a class IIa HDAC, resulting in the cytosolic accumulation of HDAC4 and the derepression of the transcription factor myocyte enhancer factor 2. Phosphorylation by CaMKII requires docking of the kinase to a specific domain of HDAC4 not present in other HDACs. Paradoxically, however, CaMKII signaling can also promote the nuclear export of other class IIa HDACs, such as HDAC5. Here, we show that HDAC4 and HDAC5 form homo- and hetero-oligomers via a conserved coiled-coil domain near their amino termini. Whereas HDAC5 alone is unresponsive to CaMKII, it becomes responsive to CaMKII in the presence of HDAC4. The acquisition of CaMKII responsiveness by HDAC5 is mediated by HDAC5's direct association with HDAC4 and can occur by phosphorylation of HDAC4 or by transphosphorylation by CaMKII bound to HDAC4. Thus, HDAC4 integrates upstream Ca2+-dependent signals via its association with CaMKII and transmits these signals to HDAC5 by protein-protein interactions. We conclude that HDAC4 represents a point of convergence for CaMKII signaling to downstream HDAC-regulated genes, and we suggest that modulation of the interaction of CaMKII and HDAC4 represents a means of regulating CaMKII-dependent gene programs.

2007 ◽  
Vol 27 (11) ◽  
pp. 4105-4120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Lim ◽  
Min Luo ◽  
Mingshi Koh ◽  
Meng Yang ◽  
Mohammed Nizam bin Abdul Kadir ◽  
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ABSTRACT The gonadotropins luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) are produced in the embryonic pituitary in response to delivery of the hypothalamic gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH). GnRH has a pivotal role in reestablishing gonadotropin levels at puberty in primates, and for many species with extended reproductive cycles, these are reinitiated in response to central nervous system-induced GnRH release. Thus, a clear role is evident for GnRH in overcoming repression of these genes. Although the mechanisms through which GnRH actively stimulates LH and FSH β-subunit (FSHβ) gene transcription have been described in some detail, there is currently no information on how GnRH overcomes repression in order to terminate reproductively inactive stages. We show here that GnRH overcomes histone deacetylase (HDAC)-mediated repression of the gonadotropin β-subunit genes in immature gonadotropes. The repressive factors associated with each of these genes comprise distinct sets of HDACs and corepressors which allow for differentially regulated derepression of these two genes, produced in the same cell by the same regulatory hormone. We find that GnRH activation of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase I (CaMKI) plays a crucial role in the derepression of the FSHβ gene involving phosphorylation of several class IIa HDACs associated with both the FSHβ and Nur77 genes, and we propose a model for the mechanisms involved. In contrast, derepression of the LH β-subunit gene is not CaMK dependent. This demonstration of HDAC-mediated repression of these genes could explain the temporal shut-down of reproductive function at certain periods of the life cycle, which can easily be reversed by the actions of the hypothalamic regulatory hormone.


2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (19) ◽  
pp. 3911-3922 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongqiang Wang ◽  
Xinlei Zhang ◽  
Hong Zhang ◽  
Yi Lu ◽  
Haolong Huang ◽  
...  

The highly abundant α-helical coiled-coil motif not only mediates crucial protein–protein interactions in the cell but is also an attractive scaffold in synthetic biology and material science and a potential target for disease intervention. Therefore a systematic understanding of the coiled-coil interactions (CCIs) at the organismal level would help unravel the full spectrum of the biological function of this interaction motif and facilitate its application in therapeutics. We report the first identified genome-wide CCI network in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which consists of 3495 pair-wise interactions among 598 predicted coiled-coil regions. Computational analysis revealed that the CCI network is specifically and functionally organized and extensively involved in the organization of cell machinery. We further show that CCIs play a critical role in the assembly of the kinetochore, and disruption of the CCI network leads to defects in kinetochore assembly and cell division. The CCI network identified in this study is a valuable resource for systematic characterization of coiled coils in the shaping and regulation of a host of cellular machineries and provides a basis for the utilization of coiled coils as domain-based probes for network perturbation and pharmacological applications.


2009 ◽  
Vol 284 (24) ◽  
pp. 16369-16376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuebo Hu ◽  
Sungkwon Kang ◽  
Xiaoyue Chen ◽  
Charles B. Shoemaker ◽  
Moonsoo M. Jin

A quantitative in vivo method for detecting protein-protein interactions will enhance our understanding of protein interaction networks and facilitate affinity maturation as well as designing new interaction pairs. We have developed a novel platform, dubbed “yeast surface two-hybrid (YS2H),” to enable a quantitative measurement of pairwise protein interactions via the secretory pathway by expressing one protein (bait) anchored to the cell wall and the other (prey) in soluble form. In YS2H, the prey is released either outside of the cells or remains on the cell surface by virtue of its binding to the bait. The strength of their interaction is measured by antibody binding to the epitope tag appended to the prey or direct readout of split green fluorescence protein (GFP) complementation. When two α-helices forming coiled coils were expressed as a pair of prey and bait, the amount of the prey in complex with the bait progressively decreased as the affinity changes from 100 pm to 10 μm. With GFP complementation assay, we were able to discriminate a 6-log difference in binding affinities in the range of 100 pm to 100 μm. The affinity estimated from the level of antibody binding to fusion tags was in good agreement with that measured in solution using a surface plasmon resonance technique. In contrast, the level of GFP complementation linearly increased with the on-rate of coiled coil interactions, likely because of the irreversible nature of GFP reconstitution. Furthermore, we demonstrate the use of YS2H in exploring the nature of antigen recognition by antibodies and activation allostery in integrins and in isolating heavy chain-only antibodies against botulinum neurotoxin.


2009 ◽  
Vol 191 (8) ◽  
pp. 2815-2825 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark D. Gonzalez ◽  
Jon Beckwith

ABSTRACT Cell division in bacteria requires the coordinated action of a set of proteins, the divisome, for proper constriction of the cell envelope. Multiple protein-protein interactions are required for assembly of a stable divisome. Within the Escherichia coli divisome is a conserved subcomplex of inner membrane proteins, the FtsB/FtsL/FtsQ complex, which is necessary for linking the upstream division proteins, which are predominantly cytoplasmic, with the downstream division proteins, which are predominantly periplasmic. FtsB and FtsL are small bitopic membrane proteins with predicted coiled-coil motifs, which themselves form a stable subcomplex that can recruit downstream division proteins independently of FtsQ; however, the details of how FtsB and FtsL interact together and with other proteins remain to be characterized. Despite the small size of FtsB, we identified separate interaction domains of FtsB that are required for interaction with FtsL and FtsQ. The N-terminal half of FtsB is necessary for interaction with FtsL and sufficient, when in complex with FtsL, for recruitment of downstream division proteins, while a portion of the FtsB C terminus is necessary for interaction with FtsQ. These properties of FtsB support the proposal that its main function is as part of a molecular scaffold to allow for proper formation of the divisome.


2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley Boehringer ◽  
Krystine Garcia-Mansfield ◽  
Gurkaran Singh ◽  
Nadine Bakkar ◽  
Patrick Pirrotte ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 412 ◽  
pp. 198-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Mier ◽  
Gregorio Alanis-Lobato ◽  
Miguel A. Andrade-Navarro

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