Effects of PGRMC1 phosphorylation on genome integrity and epigenetics
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ABSTRACT: Progesterone receptor membrane component 1 (PGRMC1) is a protein that has been implicated in cancer biology and poor patient outcomes, which can be over-expressed in cancers, and exist in alternative states of phosphorylation.Here, we show that manipulation of PGRMC1 phosphorylation by mutagenesis results in altered cell metabolism. We examine the pathway by which nicotinamide-N-methyl transferase (NNMT) transfers a methyl group from S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) to produce 1-methylnicotinamide, lowering the levels of global methyl donor SAM. Hypothesizing that PGRMC1 phosphorylation status affects genome methylation, we discovered that each of several mutants elicited distinct patterns of CpG methylation.We conclude that PGRMC1 phosphorylation status, as controlled by unknown signaling processes, causes profound changes in cellular plasticity by affecting mechanisms also associated with early embryological tissue differentiation.
Project description:S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) is the principal biological methyl group donor for a diverse range of substrates. It is synthesised in the cytosolic methionine cycle and shuttled throughout the cell. The mitochondrial SAM (mitoSAM) pool depends on import through the inner-membrane S-adenosylmethionine carrier (SAMC) and supports the maturation of metabolites and mitochondrial RNAs. Mutations in SAMC in patients cause a severe metabolic crisis, however, the organellar regulation of mitoSAM and the protein methylation landscape within mitochondria are largely unknown. We developed a fly-compatible SILAC labelling technique and mapped mitochondrial protein methylation sites in Drosophila melanogaster, further showing that SAM is the sole methyl group donor for these modifications, with no contribution from folate-species. This dataset comprises MS-runs used for quality control of methyl-SILAF, the methylome mapping and exclusion of folates as protein methyl-group donors.
Project description:S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) is the principal cellular donor of methyl-moiety in methylation reaction and regulates gene expression by regulating methylation related cellular events, such as epigenetic regulation. Although SAM biosynthesis affects variety of biological phenomena including disease and aging, whether cell-specific SAM biosynthesis status present and how it contributes cellular function are largely unknow. Here, we firstly showed that Drosophila germline in gametogenesis has repressive SAM biosynthesis status through observation of SAM synthetase (Sam-S), a key enzyme for SAM biosynthesis. In addition, our study showed that germline-unique repressive SAM biosynthesis status contributes to inhibition of retrotransposon expression; enhancement of SAM biosynthesis in germline caused excessive expression of retrotransposons including HeT-A, a telomere-specific retroelement, as the most affected target. We found that promoter activity of HeT-A is enhanced in SAM increased condition with increased accumulation of 6mA DNA methylation, the major DNA methylation modification in Drosophila genome. Interestingly, the enhanced 6mA enrichment and gene expression in enriched loci was not correlated in neither other retrotransposons nor structural genes. Taken together, our results suggest SAM-deficient status in germline uniquely regulates HeT-A transcription via 6mA methylation modification. Thus, our study provides new understanding how germline unique metabolic status contributes to regulation of retrotransposon expression.
Project description:S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) is the principal cellular donor of methyl-moiety in methylation reaction and regulates gene expression by regulating methylation related cellular events, such as epigenetic regulation. Although SAM biosynthesis affects variety of biological phenomena including disease and aging, whether cell-specific SAM biosynthesis status present and how it contributes cellular function are largely unknow. Here, we firstly showed that Drosophila germline in gametogenesis has repressive SAM biosynthesis status through observation of SAM synthetase (Sam-S), a key enzyme for SAM biosynthesis. In addition, our study showed that germline-unique repressive SAM biosynthesis status contributes to inhibition of retrotransposon expression; enhancement of SAM biosynthesis in germline caused excessive expression of retrotransposons including HeT-A, a telomere-specific retroelement, as the most affected target. We found that promoter activity of HeT-A is enhanced in SAM increased condition with increased accumulation of 6mA DNA methylation, the major DNA methylation modification in Drosophila genome. Interestingly, the enhanced 6mA enrichment and gene expression in enriched loci was not correlated in neither other retrotransposons nor structural genes. Taken together, our results suggest SAM-deficient status in germline uniquely regulates HeT-A transcription via 6mA methylation modification. Thus, our study provides new understanding how germline unique metabolic status contributes to regulation of retrotransposon expression.
Project description:One-carbon metabolism is an essential branch of cellular metabolism that intersects with epigenetic regulation. Here, we show formaldehyde, a one-carbon unit derived from both endogenous sources and environmental exposure, regulates one-carbon metabolism by inhibiting the biosynthesis of S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), the major methyl donor in cells. Formaldehyde reacts with privileged, hyperreactive cysteine sites in the proteome, including Cys120 in S-adenosylmethionine synthase isoform type-1 (MAT1A). Formaldehyde exposure inhibited MAT1A activity and decreased SAM production with MAT-isoform specificity. A genetic mouse model of chronic formaldehyde overload showed a decrease in SAM and in methylation on selected histones and genes. Epigenetic and transcriptional regulation of Mat1a and related genes function as compensatory mechanisms for formaldehyde-dependent SAM depletion, revealing a biochemical feedback cycle between formaldehyde and SAM one-carbon units.
Project description:Dysregulation of chromatin methylation is strongly linked to defects in cellular differentiation as well as a variety of cancers. How cells regulate the opposing activities of histone methyltransferase and demethylase enzymes to set the methylation status of the epigenome for proper control of gene expression and metabolism remains poorly understood. Here, we show that loss of methylation of the major phosphatase PP2A in response to methionine starvation activates the demethylation of histones through hyperphosphorylation of specific demethylase enzymes. In parallel, this regulatory mechanism enables cells to preserve SAM by increasing SAH to limit SAM consumption by methyltransferase enzymes. Mutants lacking the H3K36 demethylase Rph1 exhibit elevated SAM levels and are dependent on cysteine due to reduced capacity to sink the methyl groups of SAM. Therefore, PP2A directs the methylation status of histones by regulating the phosphorylation status of histone demethylase enzymes in response to SAM levels.
Project description:This study examines the therapeutic plausibility of using universal methyl group donor S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) to block breast cancer development, growth, and metastasis. cancer. Anti-tumor and anti-metastatic activity of SAM was evaluated through a series of studies in vitro using two different human breast cancer cell lines and in vivo using a MDA-MB-231 xenograft model of breast cancer. The data shown in this array is obtained from control and SAM-treated MDA-MB-231 cell lines.
Project description:S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) is the methyl donor for biological methylation modifications that regulate protein and nucleic acid functions. Here we show that methylation of a phospholipid, phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), is the major consumer of SAM in budding yeast. The induction of phospholipid biosynthetic genes is accompanied by induction of the enzyme that hydrolyzes S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH), a product and inhibitor of methyltransferases. Beyond its function for the synthesis of phosphatidylcholine (PC), the methylation of PE facilitates the turnover of SAM for the synthesis of cysteine and glutathione. Strikingly, cells that lack PE methylation accumulate SAM, which leads to hypermethylation of histones and the major phosphatase PP2A, dependency on cysteine, and sensitivity to oxidative stress. Without PE methylation, particular sites on histones then become methyl sinks to enable the turnover of SAM. These findings reveal an unforeseen metabolic function for phospholipid and histone methylation intrinsic to the life of a cell.
Project description:Methionine adenosyltransferase (MAT), that catalyzes the synthesis of S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) from ATP and methionine, is involved in folate-mediated one-carbon metabolism (OCM) that is essential for preimplantation embryos in terms of both short-term periconceptional development and long-term phenotypic programming beyond the periconceptional period. SAM is the universal methyl donor for epigenetic methylation of DNA and histones. In the context of the long-term phenotypic programming by the modulation of OCM during periconceptional period, possible interactions between MAT2A and epigenetic status of specific genes during this period are of particular interest. MAT2A has been proposed to interact with many chromatin-related proteins and be recruited to their specific target genes to constitute gene-regulatory complexes. Thus, in the aim of addressing the possible interaction of MAT2A with specific genomic DNA regions in periconceptional period, we performed a ChIP-seq analysis using MAT2A antibody against bovine blastocysts.
Project description:Induction of the one-carbon cycle is an early hallmark of mitochondrial dysfunction and cancer metabolism. Vital intermediary steps are localized to mitochondria, but it remains unclear how one-carbon availability connects to mitochondrial function. Here, we show that the one-carbon metabolite and methyl group donor S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) is pivotal for energy metabolism. A gradual decline in mitochondrial SAM (mitoSAM) causes hierarchical defects in fly and mouse, comprising loss of mitoSAM-dependent metabolites and impaired assembly of the oxidative phosphorylation system. Complex I stability and iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis are directly controlled by mitoSAM levels, while other protein targets are predominantly methylated outside of the organelle before import. The mitoSAM pool follows its cytosolic production, establishing mitochondria as responsive receivers of one-carbon units. Thus, we demonstrate that cellular methylation potential is required for energy metabolism, with direct relevance for pathophysiology, aging, and cancer.
Project description:S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) is the principle biological methyl group donor for a diverse range of substrates. It is synthesised in the cytosolic methionine cycle and shuttled throughout the cell. The mitochondrial SAM (mitoSAM) pool depends on import through the inner-membrane SAMC and supports the maturation of metabolites and mitochondrial RNAs. Mutations in SAMC in patients cause a severe metabolic crisis, however, the organellar regulation of mitoSAM and the protein methylation landscape within mitochondria are largely unknown. We mapped mitochondrial protein methylation sites in Drosphila and, in a targeted screen, we find that methylated residues are highly conserved between fly, mouse and human. Unexpectedly, many methylation events occur outside of mitochondria, independent of the mitoSAM pool. Our results define the critical role of cytoplasmic SAM production for mitochondrial methylation events and highlight the indirect effect of one-carbon metabolism on cellular bioenergetics.