Victoria Mamontova, Barbara Trifault, Anne-Sophie Gribling-Burrer, Patrick Bohn, Lea Boten, Pit Preckwinkel, Peter Gallant, Daniel Solvie, Carsten P Ade, Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Martin Eilers, Tony Gutschner, Redmond P Smyth, Kaspar Burger
{"title":"NEAT1 promotes genome stability via m<sup>6</sup>A methylation-dependent regulation of CHD4.","authors":"Victoria Mamontova, Barbara Trifault, Anne-Sophie Gribling-Burrer, Patrick Bohn, Lea Boten, Pit Preckwinkel, Peter Gallant, Daniel Solvie, Carsten P Ade, Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Martin Eilers, Tony Gutschner, Redmond P Smyth, Kaspar Burger","doi":"10.1101/gad.351913.124","DOIUrl":"10.1101/gad.351913.124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Long noncoding (lnc)RNAs emerge as regulators of genome stability. The nuclear-enriched abundant transcript 1 (NEAT1) is overexpressed in many tumors and is responsive to genotoxic stress. However, the mechanism that links NEAT1 to DNA damage response (DDR) is unclear. Here, we investigate the expression, modification, localization, and structure of NEAT1 in response to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). DNA damage increases the levels and N6-methyladenosine (m<sup>6</sup>A) marks on NEAT1, which promotes alterations in NEAT1 structure, accumulation of hypermethylated NEAT1 at promoter-associated DSBs, and DSB signaling. The depletion of NEAT1 impairs DSB focus formation and elevates DNA damage. The genome-protective role of NEAT1 is mediated by the RNA methyltransferase 3 (METTL3) and involves the release of the chromodomain helicase DNA binding protein 4 (CHD4) from NEAT1 to fine-tune histone acetylation at DSBs. Our data suggest a direct role for NEAT1 in DDR.</p>","PeriodicalId":12591,"journal":{"name":"Genes & development","volume":" ","pages":"915-930"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11535147/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142371574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elizabeth A Repasky, Bonnie L Hylander, Hemn Mohammadpour
{"title":"Temperature matters: the potential impact of thermoregulatory mechanisms in brain-body physiology.","authors":"Elizabeth A Repasky, Bonnie L Hylander, Hemn Mohammadpour","doi":"10.1101/gad.352294.124","DOIUrl":"10.1101/gad.352294.124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Thermoregulation, responsible for maintaining a stable core temperature during wide fluctuations in external and internal thermal environments, is an iconic homeostatic process. However, we suggest that despite its fundamental physiological significance, the potential for required cool housing temperatures and thermoregulatory mechanisms to influence the interpretation of experimental data is not sufficiently appreciated. Moreover, although it is generally assumed that the major thermoregulatory pathways are well understood, here we discuss new research that suggests otherwise and reveals the emergence of a new wave of exciting ideas for this \"old\" field of research.</p>","PeriodicalId":12591,"journal":{"name":"Genes & development","volume":" ","pages":"817-819"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11535150/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142371575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interoceptive inference and prediction in food-related disorders.","authors":"Madhav Subramanian, Christoph A Thaiss","doi":"10.1101/gad.352301.124","DOIUrl":"10.1101/gad.352301.124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The brain's capacity to predict and anticipate changes in internal and external environments is fundamental to initiating efficient adaptive responses, behaviors, and reflexes that minimize disruptions to physiology. In the context of feeding control, the brain predicts and anticipates responses to the consumption of dietary substances, thus driving adaptive behaviors in the form of food choices, physiological preparation for meals, and engagement of defensive mechanisms. Here, we provide an integrative perspective on the multisensory computation between exteroceptive and interoceptive cues that guides feeding strategy and may result in food-related disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":12591,"journal":{"name":"Genes & development","volume":" ","pages":"808-813"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11535158/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142371573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Deciphering visceral instincts: a scientific quest to unravel food choices from molecules to mind.","authors":"Emily Alway, Naama Reicher, Diego V Bohórquez","doi":"10.1101/gad.352279.124","DOIUrl":"10.1101/gad.352279.124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The study of biological mechanisms, while crucial, cannot fully explain complex phenomena like the instinct to eat. The mind-body connection, as exemplified by the concept of \"voodoo death,\" highlights the profound influence of belief and cultural context on physiology. Indigenous knowledge systems further emphasize the interconnectedness of humans with their environment. Recent discoveries in gut-brain communication reveal the intricate neural circuits that drive our visceral desires, but a holistic approach that integrates both physiological mechanisms and the subjective experience of life, informed by diverse cultural perspectives, will be essential to truly understand what it means to be alive.</p>","PeriodicalId":12591,"journal":{"name":"Genes & development","volume":" ","pages":"798-801"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11535160/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142371570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Decoding biology with massively parallel reporter assays and machine learning.","authors":"Alyssa La Fleur, Yongsheng Shi, Georg Seelig","doi":"10.1101/gad.351800.124","DOIUrl":"10.1101/gad.351800.124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Massively parallel reporter assays (MPRAs) are powerful tools for quantifying the impacts of sequence variation on gene expression. Reading out molecular phenotypes with sequencing enables interrogating the impact of sequence variation beyond genome scale. Machine learning models integrate and codify information learned from MPRAs and enable generalization by predicting sequences outside the training data set. Models can provide a quantitative understanding of <i>cis</i>-regulatory codes controlling gene expression, enable variant stratification, and guide the design of synthetic regulatory elements for applications from synthetic biology to mRNA and gene therapy. This review focuses on <i>cis</i>-regulatory MPRAs, particularly those that interrogate cotranscriptional and post-transcriptional processes: alternative splicing, cleavage and polyadenylation, translation, and mRNA decay.</p>","PeriodicalId":12591,"journal":{"name":"Genes & development","volume":" ","pages":"843-865"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11535156/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142371571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Astrid Pold Vilstrup, Archica Gupta, Anna Jon Rasmussen, Anja Ebert, Sebastian Riedelbauch, Marie Vestergaard Lukassen, Rippei Hayashi, Peter Andersen
{"title":"A germline PAF1 paralog complex ensures cell type-specific gene expression","authors":"Astrid Pold Vilstrup, Archica Gupta, Anna Jon Rasmussen, Anja Ebert, Sebastian Riedelbauch, Marie Vestergaard Lukassen, Rippei Hayashi, Peter Andersen","doi":"10.1101/gad.351930.124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.351930.124","url":null,"abstract":"Animal germline development and fertility rely on paralogs of general transcription factors that recruit RNA polymerase II to ensure cell type-specific gene expression. It remains unclear whether gene expression processes downstream from such paralog-based transcription is distinct from that of canonical RNA polymerase II genes. In <em>Drosophila</em>, the testis-specific TBP-associated factors (tTAFs) activate over a thousand spermatocyte-specific gene promoters to enable meiosis and germ cell differentiation. Here, we show that efficient termination of tTAF-activated transcription relies on testis-specific paralogs of canonical polymerase-associated factor 1 complex (PAF1C) proteins, which form a testis-specific PAF1C (tPAF). Consequently, tPAF mutants show aberrant expression of hundreds of downstream genes due to read-in transcription. Furthermore, tPAF facilitates expression of Y-linked male fertility factor genes and thus serves to maintain spermatocyte-specific gene expression. Consistently, tPAF is required for the segregation of meiotic chromosomes and male fertility. Supported by comparative in vivo protein interaction assays, we provide a mechanistic model for the functional divergence of tPAF and the PAF1C and identify transcription termination as a developmentally regulated process required for germline-specific gene expression.","PeriodicalId":12591,"journal":{"name":"Genes & development","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142328633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ying-Jiun C Chen, Govinal Badiger Bhaskara, Yue Lu, Kevin Lin, Sharon Y R Dent
{"title":"The SAGA acetyltransferase module is required for the maintenance of MAF and MYC oncogenic gene expression programs in multiple myeloma.","authors":"Ying-Jiun C Chen, Govinal Badiger Bhaskara, Yue Lu, Kevin Lin, Sharon Y R Dent","doi":"10.1101/gad.351789.124","DOIUrl":"10.1101/gad.351789.124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite recent advances in therapeutic treatments, multiple myeloma (MM) remains an incurable malignancy. Epigenetic factors contribute to the initiation, progression, relapse, and clonal heterogeneity in MM, but our knowledge on epigenetic mechanisms underlying MM development is far from complete. The SAGA complex serves as a coactivator in transcription and catalyzes acetylation and deubiquitylation. Analyses of data sets in the Cancer Dependency Map Project revealed that many SAGA components are selective dependencies in MM. To define SAGA-specific functions, we focused on ADA2B, the only subunit in the lysine acetyltransferase (KAT) module that specifically functions in SAGA. Integration of RNA sequencing (RNA-seq), assay for transposase-accessible chromatin with sequencing (ATAC-seq), and cleavage under targets and release using nuclease assay (CUT&RUN) results identified pathways directly regulated by ADA2B including MTORC1 signaling and oncogenic programs driven by MYC, E2F, and MM-specific MAF. We discovered that ADA2B is recruited to MAF and MYC gene targets, and that MAF shares a majority of its targets with MYC in MM cells. Furthermore, we found that the SANT domain of ADA2B is required for interaction with both GCN5 and PCAF acetyltransferases, incorporation into SAGA, and ADA2B protein stability. Our findings uncover previously unknown SAGA KAT module-dependent mechanisms controlling MM cell growth, revealing a vulnerability that might be exploited for future development of MM therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":12591,"journal":{"name":"Genes & development","volume":" ","pages":"738-754"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11444170/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142016909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jodi L Bubenik, Marina M Scotti, Maurice S Swanson
{"title":"Therapeutic targeting of RNA for neurological and neuromuscular disease.","authors":"Jodi L Bubenik, Marina M Scotti, Maurice S Swanson","doi":"10.1101/gad.351612.124","DOIUrl":"10.1101/gad.351612.124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Neurological and neuromuscular diseases resulting from familial, sporadic, or de novo mutations have devasting personal, familial, and societal impacts. As the initial product of DNA transcription, RNA transcripts and their associated ribonucleoprotein complexes provide attractive targets for modulation by increasing wild-type or blocking mutant allele expression, thus relieving downstream pathological consequences. Therefore, it is unsurprising that many existing and under-development therapeutics have focused on targeting disease-associated RNA transcripts as a frontline drug strategy for these genetic disorders. This review focuses on the current range of RNA targeting modalities using examples of both dominant and recessive neurological and neuromuscular diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":12591,"journal":{"name":"Genes & development","volume":" ","pages":"698-717"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11444190/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141982089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Meagan N Esbin, Liza Dahal, Vinson B Fan, Joey McKenna, Eric Yin, Xavier Darzacq, Robert Tjian
{"title":"TFEB controls expression of human syncytins during cell-cell fusion.","authors":"Meagan N Esbin, Liza Dahal, Vinson B Fan, Joey McKenna, Eric Yin, Xavier Darzacq, Robert Tjian","doi":"10.1101/gad.351633.124","DOIUrl":"10.1101/gad.351633.124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>During human development, a temporary organ is formed, the placenta, which invades the uterine wall to support nutrient, oxygen, and waste exchange between the mother and fetus until birth. Most of the human placenta is formed by a syncytial villous structure lined by syncytialized trophoblasts, a specialized cell type that forms via cell-cell fusion of underlying progenitor cells. Genetic and functional studies have characterized the membrane protein fusogens Syncytin-1 and Syncytin-2, both of which are necessary and sufficient for human trophoblast cell-cell fusion. However, identification and characterization of upstream transcriptional regulators regulating their expression have been limited. Here, using CRISPR knockout in an in vitro cellular model of syncytiotrophoblast development (BeWo cells), we found that the transcription factor TFEB, mainly known as a regulator of autophagy and lysosomal biogenesis, is required for cell-cell fusion of syncytiotrophoblasts. TFEB translocates to the nucleus, exhibits increased chromatin interactions, and directly binds the Syncytin-1 and Syncytin-2 promoters to control their expression during differentiation. Although TFEB appears to play a critical role in syncytiotrophoblast differentiation, ablation of TFEB largely does not affect lysosomal gene expression or lysosomal biogenesis in differentiating BeWo cells, suggesting a previously uncharacterized role for TFEB in controlling the expression of human syncytins.</p>","PeriodicalId":12591,"journal":{"name":"Genes & development","volume":" ","pages":"718-737"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11444194/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142016907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An old dog with new tricks: TFEB promotes syncytin expression and cell fusion in the human placenta.","authors":"Stephen J Renaud","doi":"10.1101/gad.352198.124","DOIUrl":"10.1101/gad.352198.124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the human placenta, cell fusion is crucial for forming the syncytiotrophoblast, a multinucleated giant cell essential for maintaining pregnancy and ensuring fetal health. The formation of the syncytiotrophoblast is catalyzed by the evolutionarily modern fusogens syncytin-1 and syncytin-2. In this issue of <i>Genes & Development</i>, Esbin and colleagues (doi:10.1101/gad.351633.124) reveal a critical role for the transcription factor TFEB in the regulation of syncytin expression and the promotion of trophoblast fusion. Notably, TFEB's pro-fusion role operates independently of its well-known functions in lysosome biogenesis and autophagy, suggesting that TFEB has acquired additional functions to promote cell fusion in the human placenta.</p>","PeriodicalId":12591,"journal":{"name":"Genes & development","volume":" ","pages":"695-697"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11444176/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142035682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}