在氨基酸限制下,协调的基因组甲基化损失和MYC激活促进了转化能力
Chen Cheng1, Trent Su1, Marco Morselli2,3
1Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
Cancer & metabolism
|June 16, 2025
概括
细胞通过改变色素来适应氨基酸缺乏,特别是减少H4K20me1并增加MYC. 这促进了蛋白质合成,以便在营养物质充足后快速恢复.
科学领域:
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 表观遗传学 在表观遗传学中,表观遗传学是指表观遗传学.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 细胞通过信号和表观遗传机制适应营养的波动.
- 氨基酸 (AA) 缺乏通过mTORC1无活化抑制蛋白质合成.
- 在AA限制期间支持细胞适应和恢复的表观遗传途径尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 调查在AA限制期间染色体和转录性变化如何保持翻译能力.
- 了解细胞如何在AA补充后为生长做准备.
主要方法:
- 在AA补充/贫乏条件下培养的人类细胞.
- 通过Westernblotting和ChIP-seq.评估了全球基因素甲基化 (H4K20me1).
- 评估基因表达和转录输出使用RNA-seq和chromRNA-seq.
- 通过核糖体分析和OPP合并试验测量蛋白质合成.
- 通过敲击/过度表达测试了SETD8和MYC的功能贡献.
主要成果:
- 缺少AA导致全基因组的H4K20me1丢失,并增加MYC表达,特别是在核糖体蛋白和转化因子的基因中.
- 细胞在AA限制期间表现出增加的翻译能力,在补充后的翻译增强.
- H4K20me1的丢失是独立于mTORC1的,部分是由SETD8的下调驱动的.
- 结合SETD8敲除和MYC过度表达诱导了翻译相关基因和增强的蛋白质合成.
结论:
- 一个基于色素的机制将代谢状态与转录调节相结合,以适应AA限制.
- H4K20me1的损失和MYC活动的增加在AA剥夺期间为快速恢复提供了转化机制.
- 这种机制有助于在营养物质波动下竞争性增长,并对MYC驱动的癌症产生影响.
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