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Ubiquitin-binding modules are constituents of cellular proteins that mediate the effects of ubiquitylation by making transient, non-covalent interactions with ubiquitin molecules. While some ubiquitin-binding modules bind single ubiquitin moieties, others are selective for specific ubiquitin chains of different linkage types and lengths. In recent years, functions of ubiquitin chains that are polymerized through their Lys or N-terminal Met (i.e. linear chains) residues have been linked to a variety of cellular processes. Selectivity of ubiquitin-binding modules for different ubiquitin chain types appears as a key to the distinct regulatory consequences during protein quality control pathways, receptor endocytosis, gene transcription, signaling via the NF-κB pathway, and autophagy.
The nuclear factor kappa beta (NFκB) signaling pathway plays an important role in liver homeostasis and cancer development. Tax1-binding protein 1 (Tax1BP1) is a regulator of the NFκB signaling pathway, but its role in the liver and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is presently unknown. Here we investigated the role of Tax1BP1 in liver cells and murine models of HCC and liver fibrosis. We applied the diethylnitrosamine (DEN) model of experimental hepatocarcinogenesis in Tax1BP1+/+ and Tax1BP1−/− mice. The amount and subsets of non-parenchymal liver cells in in Tax1BP1+/+ and Tax1BP1−/− mice were determined and activation of NFκB and stress induced signaling pathways were assessed. Differential expression of mRNA and miRNA was determined. Tax1BP1−/− mice showed increased numbers of inflammatory cells in the liver. Furthermore, a sustained activation of the NFκB signaling pathway was found in hepatocytes as well as increased transcription of proinflammatory cytokines in isolated Kupffer cells from Tax1BP1−/− mice. Several differentially expressed mRNAs and miRNAs in livers of Tax1BP1−/− mice were found, which are regulators of inflammation or are involved in cancer development or progression. Furthermore, Tax1BP1−/− mice developed more HCCs than their Tax1BP1+/+ littermates. We conclude that Tax1BP1 protects from liver cancer development by limiting proinflammatory signaling.
Linear Ubiquitin chain Assembly Complex (LUBAC) is an E3 ligase complex that generates linear ubiquitin chains and is important for tumour necrosis factor (TNF) signaling activation. Mice lacking Sharpin, a critical subunit of LUBAC, spontaneously develop inflammatory lesions in the skin and other organs. Here we show that TNF receptor 1 (TNFR1)-associated death domain (TRADD)-dependent TNFR1 signaling in epidermal keratinocytes drives skin inflammation in Sharpin-deficient mice. Epidermis-restricted ablation of Fas-associated protein with death domain (FADD) combined with receptor-interacting protein kinase 3 (RIPK3) deficiency fully prevented skin inflammation, while single RIPK3 deficiency only delayed and partly ameliorated lesion development in Sharpin-deficient mice, showing that inflammation is primarily driven by TRADD- and FADD-dependent keratinocyte apoptosis while necroptosis plays a minor role. At the cellular level, Sharpin deficiency sensitized primary murine keratinocytes, human keratinocytes, and mouse embryonic fibroblasts to TNF-induced apoptosis. Depletion of FADD or TRADD in Sharpin-deficient HaCaT cells suppressed TNF-induced apoptosis, indicating the importance of FADD and TRADD in Sharpin-dependent anti-apoptosis signaling in keratinocytes.
Background: Signal transduction pathways are important cellular processes to maintain the cell’s integrity. Their imbalance can cause severe pathologies. As signal transduction pathways feature complex regulations, they form intertwined networks. Mathematical models aim to capture their regulatory logic and allow an unbiased analysis of robustness and vulnerability of the signaling network. Pathway detection is yet a challenge for the analysis of signaling networks in the field of systems biology. A rigorous mathematical formalism is lacking to identify all possible signal flows in a network model.
Results: In this paper, we introduce the concept of Manatee invariants for the analysis of signal transduction networks. We present an algorithm for the characterization of the combinatorial diversity of signal flows, e.g., from signal reception to cellular response. We demonstrate the concept for a small model of the TNFR1-mediated NF- κB signaling pathway. Manatee invariants reveal all possible signal flows in the network. Further, we show the application of Manatee invariants for in silico knockout experiments. Here, we illustrate the biological relevance of the concept.
Conclusions: The proposed mathematical framework reveals the entire variety of signal flows in models of signaling systems, including cyclic regulations. Thereby, Manatee invariants allow for the analysis of robustness and vulnerability of signaling networks. The application to further analyses such as for in silico knockout was shown. The new framework of Manatee invariants contributes to an advanced examination of signaling systems.
Autophagy is a highly conserved catabolic process through which defective or otherwise harmful cellular components are targeted for degradation via the lysosomal route. Regulatory pathways, involving post-translational modifications such as phosphorylation, play a critical role in controlling this tightly orchestrated process. Here, we demonstrate that TBK1 regulates autophagy by phosphorylating autophagy modifiers LC3C and GABARAP-L2 on surface-exposed serine residues (LC3C S93 and S96; GABARAP-L2 S87 and S88). This phosphorylation event impedes their binding to the processing enzyme ATG4 by destabilizing the complex. Phosphorylated LC3C/GABARAP-L2 cannot be removed from liposomes by ATG4 and are thus protected from ATG4-mediated premature removal from nascent autoph-agosomes. This ensures a steady coat of lipidated LC3C/GABARAP-L2 throughout the early steps in autophagosome formation and aids in maintaining a unidirectional flow of the autophagosome to the lysosome. Taken together, we present a new regulatory mechanism of autophagy, which influences the conjugation and de-conjugation of LC3C and GABARAP-L2 to autophagosomes by TBK1-mediated phosphorylation.
Molecular recognition of M1-linked ubiquitin chains by native and phosphorylated UBAN domains
(2019)
Although the Ub-binding domain in ABIN proteins and NEMO (UBAN) is highly conserved, UBAN-containing proteins exhibit different Ub-binding properties, resulting in their diverse biological roles. Post-translational modifications further control UBAN domain specificity for poly-Ub chains. However, precisely, how the UBAN domain structurally confers such functional diversity remains poorly understood. Here we report crystal structures of ABIN-1 alone and in complex with one or two M1-linked di-Ub chains. ABIN-1 UBAN forms a homo-dimer that provides two symmetrical Ub-binding sites on either side of the coiled-coil structure. Moreover, crystal structures of ABIN1 UBAN in complex with di-Ub chains reveal a concentration-dependency of UBAN/di-Ub binding stoichiometry. Analysis of UBAN/M1-linked di-Ub binding characteristics indicates that phosphorylated S473 in OPTN and its corresponding phospho-mimetic residue in ABIN-1 (E484) are essential for high affinity interactions with M1-linked Ub chains. Also, a phospho-mimetic mutation of A303 in NEMO, corresponding to S473 of OPTN, increases binding affinity for M1-linked Ub chains. These findings are in line with the diverse physiological roles of UBAN domains, as phosphorylation of OPTN UBAN is required to enhance its binding to Ub during mitophagy.
Mathematical modeling of the molecular switch of TNFR1-mediated signaling pathways using Petri nets
(2021)
The paper describes a mathematical model of the molecular switch of cell survival, apoptosis, and necroptosis in cellular signaling pathways initiated by tumor necrosis factor 1. Based on experimental findings in the current literature, we constructed a Petri net model in terms of detailed molecular reactions for the molecular players, protein complexes, post-translational modifications, and cross talk. The model comprises 118 biochemical entities, 130 reactions, and 299 connecting edges. Applying Petri net analysis techniques, we found 279 pathways describing complete signal flows from receptor activation to cellular response, representing the combinatorial diversity of functional pathways.120 pathways steered the cell to survival, whereas 58 and 35 pathways led to apoptosis and necroptosis, respectively. For 65 pathways, the triggered response was not deterministic, leading to multiple possible outcomes. Based on the Petri net, we investigated the detailed in silico knockout behavior and identified important checkpoints of the TNFR1 signaling pathway in terms of ubiquitination within complex I and the gene expression dependent on NF-κB, which controls the caspase activity in complex II and apoptosis induction.
Functional genomics studies in model organisms and human cell lines provided important insights into gene functions and their context-dependent role in genetic circuits. However, our functional understanding of many of these genes and how they combinatorically regulate key biological processes, remains limited. To enable the SpCas9-dependent mapping of gene-gene interactions in human cells, we established 3Cs multiplexing for the generation of combinatorial gRNA libraries in a distribution-unbiased manner and demonstrate its robust performance. The optimal number for combinatorial hit calling was 16 gRNA pairs and the skew of a library’s distribution was identified as a critical parameter dictating experimental scale and data quality. Our approach enabled us to investigate 247,032 gRNA-pairs targeting 12,736 gene-interactions in human autophagy. We identified novel genes essential for autophagy and provide experimental evidence that gene-associated categories of phenotypic strengths exist in autophagy. Furthermore, circuits of autophagy gene interactions reveal redundant nodes driven by paralog genes. Our combinatorial 3Cs approach is broadly suitable to investigate unexpected gene-interaction phenotypes in unperturbed and diseased cell contexts.
Living cells constantly remodel the shape of their lipid membranes. In the endo-plasmic reticulum (ER), the reticulon homology domain (RHD) of the reticulophagy regulator 1 (RETR1/FAM134B) forms dense autophagic puncta that are associated with membrane removal by ER-phagy. In molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, we find that FAM134B-RHD spontaneously forms clusters, driven in part by curvature-mediated attraction. At a critical size, the FAM134B-RHD clusters induce the formation of membrane buds. The kinetics of budding depends sensitively on protein concentration and bilayer asymmetry. Our MD simulations shed light on the role of FAM134B-RHD in ER-phagy and show that membrane asymmetry can be used to modulate the kinetics barrier for membrane remodeling.
Ruijs-Aalfs syndrome is a segmental progeroid syndrome resulting from mutations in the SPRTN gene. Cells derived from patients with SPRTN mutations elicit genomic instability and people afflicted with this syndrome developed hepatocellular carcinoma. Here we describe the molecular mechanism by which SPRTN contributes to genome stability and normal cellular homeostasis. We show that SPRTN is a DNA-dependent mammalian protease required for resolving cytotoxic DNA-protein crosslinks (DPCs)— a function that had only been attributed to the metalloprotease Wss1 in budding yeast. We provide genetic evidence that SPRTN and Wss1 function distinctly in vivo to resolve DPCs. Upon DNA and ubiquitin binding, SPRTN can elicit proteolytic activity; cleaving DPC substrates and itself. SPRTN null cells or cells derived from patients with Ruijs-Aalfs syndrome are impaired in the resolution of covalent DPCs in vivo. Collectively, SPRTN is a mammalian protease required for resolving DNA-protein crosslinks in vivo whose function is compromised in Ruijs-Aalfs syndrome patients.