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Prom1-deficiency effects on mouse primary hepatocyte transcriptomes in serum-free condition

ABSTRACT: Purpose: The function of Prom1, a penta-transmembrane glycoprotein which is a used as cancer stem cell marker, in the liver is unclear. The goal of this study is to examine the effect of Prom1 -/- in mouse primary hepatocyte transcriptomes. Prominin-1 (Prom1) is a major cell surface marker of cancer stem cells, but its physiological functions in the liver have not been elucidated. We analyzed the levels of mRNA transcripts in serum-starved primary Prom1+/+ and Prom1-/- mouse hepatocytes using RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) data, and found that CREB target genes were down-regulated. This initial observation led us to determine that the Prom1 deficiency inhibited cAMP response element binding protein (CREB) activation and gluconeogenesis, but not cyclic AMP (cAMP) accumulation, in glucagon-, epinephrine-, or forskolin-treated liver tissues and primary hepatocytes, and mitigated glucagon-induced hyperglycemia. Because Prom1 interacted with radixin, the Prom1 deficiency prevented radixin from localizing to the plasma membrane. Moreover, systemic adenoviral knockdown of radixin inhibited CREB activation and gluconeogenesis in glucagon-treated liver tissues and primary hepatocytes, and mitigated glucagon-elicited hyperglycemia. Based on these results, we conclude that Prom1 regulates hepatic PKA signaling via radixin functioning as an A kinase-anchored protein (AKAP).

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE144018 | GEO | 2020/01/22

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:During fasting, increases in circulating pancreatic glucagon maintain glucose balance by up-regulating hepatic gluconeogenesis. Triggering of the cAMP pathway stimulates the gluconeogenic program through the phosphorylation of CREB and via the de-phosphorylation of the CREB coactivator CRTC2. Hormonal and nutrient signals are also thought to modulate gluconeogenic genes by promoting epigenetic changes that facilitate assembly of the transcriptional machinery, although the nature of these modifications is unclear. Here we show that histone H3 acetylation at Lys 9 (H3K9Ac) is elevated over gluconeogenic genes during fasting and in diabetes, where it contributes to increases in hepatic glucose production. Following its dephosphorylation, CRTC2 promoted increases in H3K9Ac by mediating the recruitment of the lysine acetyltransferase 2B (KAT2B) and WD repeat-containing protein 5 (WDR5), a core subunit of histone methyltransferase (HMT) complexes. In turn, KAT2B and WDR5 stimulated the gluconeogenic program through a self-reinforcing cycle whereby increases in H3K9Ac further potentiated CRTC2 occupancy at CREB binding sites. Breaking this cycle, by depletion of KAT2B or WDR5, decreased gluconeogenic gene expression. As administration of a small molecule KAT2B antagonist lowered circulating blood glucose concentrations in insulin resistance, our results demonstrate how this enzyme may be a useful target for diabetes treatment. A subset of cAMP responsive genes depend on specific recruitment of KAT2B (pcaf), which in concert with WDR5 acetylates H3K9. By selectively depleting hepatocytes for KAT2B or WDR5 prior to glucagon stimulation we explore, which genes rely on KAT2B and WDR5 activity. mKAT2B or mWDR5 were knocked down in primary mouse hepatocytes using adenoviral transduction with appropriate shRNAs. Control cells were transduced with a non-specific (NS) shRNA. 72 hours post transduction some cells were stimulated for 90 minutes with 100nM glucagon and others with PBS. Total RNA was purified and subjected to micro-RNA analysis. All samples are pools of RNA from three sepearate dishes. One replicate is included for most samples.

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