Smed-hippo(RNAi) RNA-Seq
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ORGANISM(S): Schmidtea mediterranea
PROVIDER: GSE95130 | GEO | 2018/01/23
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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Project description:The Hippo pathway regulates organ size by modulating cell proliferation and apoptosis. It is activated by myocardial stress and contributes to myocardial injury by promoting cardiomyocyte apoptosis. We investigated the role of the endogenous Hippo pathway in the stressed heart, using cardiac-specific WW45 knockout mice (WW45 cKO). Unexpectedly, chronic suppression of the Hippo pathway exacerbated the progression of heart failure induced by pressure overload (PO), despite reducing apoptosis and promoting cardiomyocyte proliferation. WW45 downregulation induced upregulation of YAP and TEF-1 target genes, including oncostatin M (OSM), and fetal-type genes involved in de-differentiation, as well as myofibrillar disorganization and dysfunction in cardiomyocytes. OSM upregulation further upregulated YAP/TEF-1, thereby potentiating de-differentiation. Suppression of any component of the amplification loop, namely YAP, TEF-1, or OSM, inhibited the effect of Hippo downregulation. Thus, cardiomyocytes under stress risk apoptotic death by activating the Hippo pathway in order to maintain differentiation and contraction against hemodynamic overload.
2019-03-01 | GSE92970 | GEO
Project description:Semaphorins play critical roles in the tumorigenesis of various organs. Originally identified as neuronal axonal guidance molecules and developmental regulators of the nervous and the vascular systems, class 3 Semaphorins (SEMA3s) act through their receptors Plexin As (PLXNAs) and co-receptors Neuropilins (NRPs) to control various processes such as axon growth cone directionality, cell cycle, and angiogenesis. Deletion or silencing of SEMA3B and SEMA3F genes has been observed in lung cancer, metastatic breast cancer, renal carcinoma, and many other malignancies; however, the downstream effectors of SEMA3 in tumorigenesis are still unclear. Here we show that the Hippo pathway is a key mediator of SEMA3’s tumor suppressive function. SEMA3 activates the Hippo pathway to control gene expression and inhibit cell growth. Restoration of SEMA3B expression in lung cancer cells that harbor SEMA3B deletion or silencing suppressed anchorage-independent growth and xenograft formation in a Hippo pathway-dependent manner. Mechanistically, PLXNA promotes the interaction and activation of p190RhoGAPs (ARHGAP5 and ARHGAP35) by the RND GTPase. Activated ARHGAP5/35 in turn act through RhoA and the Hippo kinase cascade to phosphorylate and inactivate YAP and TAZ, the transcriptional co-activators and key effectors of the Hippo pathway. Cancer-associated mutations of RND or ARHGAP5/35 compromised cellular responses to SEMA3, as indicated by YAP phosphorylation and cell growth inhibition. Our study defines a new role of the Hippo pathway in SEMA3 signaling as well as a mechanism for the tumor suppressive function of Semaphorins.
2022-06-21 | GSE139630 | GEO
Project description:Metastatic malignant melanoma is the deadliest skin cancer type, and it is characterized by its high resistance to apoptosis. The main driving mutations in melanoma cause hyperactivation of genes within the ERK pathway, with BRAF mutations being the most frequent ones, followed by NRAS, NF1 and MEK mutations. Increasing evidence shows that the MST2/Hippo pathway is also deregulated in this cancer type. While mutations are rare, MST2/Hippo pathway core proteins expression levels are often dysregulated in melanoma. The expression of the tumour suppressor RASSF1A, a bona fide activator of the pro-apoptotic MST2 pathway, is silenced by promoter methylation in over half of melanomas and correlates with poor prognosis. Here, using mass spectrometry-based interaction proteomics we identified Second Mitochondria-derived Activator of Caspases (SMAC) as a novel LATS1 interactor. We show that RASSF1A-dependent activation of the pro-apoptotic MST2 pathway promotes LATS1-SMAC interaction and negatively regulates the anti-apoptotic signal mediated by the members of the IAP family. Moreover, proteomic experiments identified a common cluster of the apoptotic regulator that bind to SMAC and LATS1. Mechanistic analysis show that the LATS1-SMAC complex promotes XIAP ubiquitination and its subsequent degradation which ultimately results apoptosis. Importantly, we show that the oncogenic BRAFV600E mutant prevents the pro-apoptotic signal mediated by the LAST1-SMAC complex while treatment of melanoma cell lines with BRAF inhibitors promotes this complex, indicating that inhibition of the LATS1-SMAC might be necessary for BRAFV600E-driven melanoma. Finally, we show that LATS1-SMAC interaction is regulated by the SMAC mimetic Birinapant which requires the inhibition of C-IAP1 and the degradation of XIAP, indicating that the MST2/Hippo pathway is part of the mechanism of action of Birinapant. Overall, the current work shows SMAC-dependent apoptosis is regulated by the LATS1 tumour suppressor and supports the idea that LATS1 is a signalling hub that regulates the crosstalk between the MST2 pathway, the apoptotic network and the RAF/ERK pathway.
2022-08-18 | PXD032781 | Pride
Project description:Although the Hippo transcriptional coactivator YAP is considered oncogenic in many tissues, its roles in intestinal homeostasis and colorectal cancer (CRC) remain controversial. Here, we demonstrate that the Hippo kinases LATS1/2 and MST1/2, which inhibit YAP activity, are required for maintaining Wnt signaling and canonical stem cell function. Hippo inhibition induces a distinct epithelial cell state marked by low Wnt signaling, a wound-healing response, and transcription factor Klf6 expression. Notably, loss of LATS1/2 or overexpression of YAP is sufficient to reprogram Lgr5+ cancer stem cells to this state and thereby suppress tumor growth in organoids, patient-derived xenografts, and mouse models of primary and metastatic CRC. Finally, we demonstrate that genetic deletion of YAP and its paralog TAZ promotes the growth of these tumors. Collectively, our results establish the role of YAP as a tumor suppressor in the adult colon and implicate Hippo kinases as therapeutic vulnerabilities in colorectal malignancies.
2020-06-24 | GSE152370 | GEO
Project description:Although the Hippo transcriptional coactivator YAP is considered oncogenic in many tissues, its roles in intestinal homeostasis and colorectal cancer (CRC) remain controversial. Here, we demonstrate that the Hippo kinases LATS1/2 and MST1/2, which inhibit YAP activity, are required for maintaining Wnt signaling and canonical stem cell function. Hippo inhibition induces a distinct epithelial cell state marked by low Wnt signaling, a wound-healing response, and transcription factor Klf6 expression. Notably, loss of LATS1/2 or overexpression of YAP is sufficient to reprogram Lgr5+ cancer stem cells to this state and thereby suppress tumor growth in organoids, patient-derived xenografts, and mouse models of primary and metastatic CRC. Finally, we demonstrate that genetic deletion of YAP and its paralog TAZ promotes the growth of these tumors. Collectively, our results establish the role of YAP as a tumor suppressor in the adult colon and implicate Hippo kinases as therapeutic vulnerabilities in colorectal malignancies.
2020-06-24 | GSE152374 | GEO
Project description:Although the Hippo transcriptional coactivator YAP is considered oncogenic in many tissues, its roles in intestinal homeostasis and colorectal cancer (CRC) remain controversial. Here, we demonstrate that the Hippo kinases LATS1/2 and MST1/2, which inhibit YAP activity, are required for maintaining Wnt signaling and canonical stem cell function. Hippo inhibition induces a distinct epithelial cell state marked by low Wnt signaling, a wound-healing response, and transcription factor Klf6 expression. Notably, loss of LATS1/2 or overexpression of YAP is sufficient to reprogram Lgr5+ cancer stem cells to this state and thereby suppress tumor growth in organoids, patient-derived xenografts, and mouse models of primary and metastatic CRC. Finally, we demonstrate that genetic deletion of YAP and its paralog TAZ promotes the growth of these tumors. Collectively, our results establish the role of YAP as a tumor suppressor in the adult colon and implicate Hippo kinases as therapeutic vulnerabilities in colorectal malignancies.
2020-06-24 | GSE152369 | GEO
Project description:The Hippo pathway is an emerging signaling cascade involved in the regulation of organ size control. It consists of evolutionally conserved protein kinases that are sequentially phosphorylated and activated. The active Hippo pathway subsequently phosphorylates a transcription coactivator, YAP, which precludes its nuclear localization and transcriptional activation. Identification of transcriptional targets of YAP in diverse cellular contexts is therefore critical to the understanding of the molecular mechanisms in which the Hippo pathway restricts tissue growth. We used microarrays to profile the gene expression patterns upon acute siRNA knockdown of Hippo pathway components in multiple mammalian cell lines and identified a set of genes representing immediate transcriptional targets of the Hippo/Yap signaling pathway. Three mammalian cell lines (HEK293T, HepG2, HaCaT) were transfected with scramble siRNA controls or siRNAs against NF2 and LATS2, two core components of the Hippo pathway, simultaneously. Total RNAs were harvested four days after transfection to reveal the gene expression pattern unsing microarry. YAP and TAZ siRNAs were also transfected along with NF2 and LATS2 siRNAs to identify YAP/TAZ-dependent transcriptional targets upon loss of NF2/LATS2.
2013-12-31 | E-GEOD-49384 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Skin inflammation and photosensitivity are common manifestations of cutaneous and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), yet the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Non-lesional SLE skin exhibits increased UVB-driven cell death that persists in culture, supporting a potential role for epigenetic modifications to sustain this phenotype. We thus examined differential DNA methylation of non-lesional SLE vs. healthy control keratinocytes (KC) and identified Hippo signaling as the top significantly differentially methylated pathway, likely driven by hypomethylation of WWC1, a scaffold protein and Hippo pathway regulator. Analysis of non-lesional SLE skin biopsies and SLE keratinocytes in culture confirmed WWC1 overexpression that led to enhanced phosphorylation of YAP resulting in a pro-apoptotic transcriptional profile reflective of decreased YAP/TEAD transcriptional coactivation. Functional studies of UV-mediated apoptosis confirmed a regulatory role for YAP/TEAD interactions, and blockade of overactive Hippo signaling via a LATS1/2 inhibitor abrogated enhanced apoptosis in SLE KCs. Thus, our work identifies a novel mechanistic paradigm in SLE KCs in which aberrant UVB-apoptosis is driven by Hippo signaling via promotion of YAP phosphorylation and restriction of YAP coactivation of TEAD transcriptional activity. Hippo modulation may be a novel target for photosensitivity in SLE and CLE.
2023-07-06 | GSE198972 | GEO
Project description:Aims: Hippo signalling is an evolutionarily conserved pathway that controls organ size by regulating apoptosis, cell proliferation and stem cell self-renewal. Recently, the pathway has been shown to exert powerful growth regulatory activity in cardiomyocytes. However, the functional role of this stress- and cell death-related pathway in the human heart and cardiomyocytes is not known. In this study, we investigated the role of the transcriptional co-activators of Hippo signalling, YAP and TAZ, in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CM) in response to cardiotoxic agents and investigated the effects of modulating the pathway on cardiomyocyte function and survival. Methods and Results: RNA sequencing analysis of human heart samples with doxorubicin-induced end-stage heart failure and healthy controls showed YAP and ERBB2 (HER2) as upstream regulators of differentially expressed genes correlated with doxorubicin treatment. Thus, we tested the effects of doxorubicin and/or small molecule inhibitor lapatinib on hiPSC-CM in vitro . Using an automated high contentscreen of 96 clinically relevant chemotherapeutic drugs, we showed that doxorubicin induced the highest activation of YAP/TAZ nuclear translocation in both hiPSC-CM and control MCF7 breast cancer cells. The overexpression of YAP rescued doxorubicin- induced cell loss in hiPSC-CM by inhibiting apoptosis and inducing proliferation. In contrast, silencing of YAP and TAZ by siRNAs resulted in elevated mitochondrial membrane potential loss in response to doxorubicin. Human iPSC-CM calcium transients did not change in response to YAP/TAZ silencing. Conclusions: Our results suggest that Hippo signalling is involved in clinical anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathy. Modelling with hiPSC-CM in vitro showed similar responses to doxorubicin as adult cardiomyocytes and revealed a potential cardioprotective effect of YAP in doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity.
2022-01-21 | GSE193861 | GEO
Project description:Bombesin receptor subtype-3 (BRS3) is an orphan G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) that involved in a range of pathological and physiological processes, while its biological functions and underlying regulatory mechanisms remain largely unknown. Quantitative phosphoproteomics approach was employed in this study to comprehensively decipher the signal transductions that occurred upon intracellular BRS3 activation. Lung cancer cell line H1299-BRS3 was treated with MK-5046, an agonist of BRS3, for different durations. Harvested cellular proteins were digested and phosphopeptides were enriched by immobilized titanium (IV) ion affinity chromatography (Ti4+-IMAC) for label-free quantification analysis. In total, 12,052 phosphopeptides were identified, corresponding to 4,015 phosphoproteins and 10,820 phosphosites. Data analysis revealed that 27 phosphopeptides corresponding to 6 proteins were involved in Hippo signaling pathway, which was significantly regulated by the activation of BRS3. Verification experiments demonstrated down-regulation of Hippo signaling pathway could induce the dephosphorylation and nucleus localization of Yes-associated protein (YAP), which further confirmed its association with cell migration through kinase inhibition. Our data collectively demonstrate that BRS3 activation contributes to cell migration through down-regulating Hippo signaling pathway.
2023-07-12 | PXD035666 | Pride