Project description:Ciliopathies are incurable, pleiotropic diseases that result from defective cilia. Several ciliopathic phenotypes arise from improper processing and activity of Gli transcription factors yet attempts to rescue these phenotypes by overexpressing activator or repressor Gli isoforms have proven unsuccessful. Gli proteins are regulated by Sufu, and Sufu-Gli complexes accumulate in ciliopathies, fundamentally altering the normal Sufu-Gli interaction dynamics. Herein, we investigated whether targeting Sufu-Gli interactions would provide a therapeutic benefit for ciliopathies. We introduced a single copy of SufuD159R, a point mutation that disrupts Sufu-Gli binding, into a ciliopathic mouse model. This genetic modification restored Gli3 binding to DNA and the subsequent transcription of target genes, and led to a significant rescue of numerous ciliopathic phenotypes. These findings suggest that modulating Sufu-Gli interactions may serve as a promising therapeutic approach for ameliorating ciliopathic pathologies.
Project description:SUFU is a negative regulator of the hedgehog signaling pathway and its abnormal expression has been found in several human cancers, whereas the role of SUFU in the malignant development of breast cancer has not been fully elucidated. We performed RNA-seq to determine the impact of SUFU overexpression and knockdown on global gene expression profile in SKBR3 and HCC1954 cells. Our results show that sufu affects ferroptosis phenotype via modulating yap-dependent ACSL4 in breast cancer cells.
Project description:Ciliopathies are incurable, pleiotropic diseases that result from defective cilia. Several ciliopathic phenotypes arise from improper processing and activity of Gli transcription factors yet attempts to rescue these phenotypes by overexpressing activator or repressor Gli isoforms have proven unsuccessful. Gli proteins are regulated by Sufu, and Sufu-Gli complexes accumulate in ciliopathies, fundamentally altering the normal Sufu-Gli interaction dynamics. Herein, we investigated whether targeting Sufu-Gli interactions would provide a therapeutic benefit for ciliopathies. We introduced a single copy of SufuD159R, a point mutation that disrupts Sufu-Gli binding, into a ciliopathic mouse model. This genetic modification restored Gli3 binding to DNA and the subsequent transcription of target genes, and led to a significant rescue of numerous ciliopathic phenotypes. These findings suggest that modulating Sufu-Gli interactions may serve as a promising therapeutic approach for ameliorating ciliopathic pathologies.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling to identify genes differentially regulated by Sufu during cerebellum development. Sufu was specifically deleted from the granule neuron compartment using Math1-driven Cre recombinase.
Project description:SUFU alterations are commonly detected in human SHH subgroup of medulloblastoma. Here we profile the gene expression of P13 wildtype and Sufu KO cerebellum, as well as Ptch1 KO MB in biological triplicate.
Project description:Sepsis is a potentially life-threatening condition caused by the body's response to a severe infection. However, the pathogenesis of sepsis remains unclear. Here, we found that Suppressor of Fused (Sufu), a classical negative regulator of Hedgehog signaling, is downregulated in patients with sepsis and in murine peritoneal macrophages treated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Deletion of Sufu aggravated LPS-induced lung injury and lethality in mice, and augmented LPS induced proinflammatory gene expression in cultured macrophages. By RNA-seq transcriptome profiling, we identified Sufu as a negative regulator of the TLR-triggered inflammatory response.
Project description:Neural tube defects (NTDs) are one of the most severe congenital abnormalities. Maternal folate deficiency could impact the occurrence of NTDs. Histone H3 methyltransferase disruptor of telomeric silencing 1-like (DOT1L) expression was significantly downregulated, and low levels of H3K79me2 were found in the corresponding NTDs samples with their maternal serum folate under low levels. Using ChIP-seq assays, we found that a decrease of H3K79me2 downregulates the expression of Shh and Sufu in mouse embryonic stem cells (mESC) under folate deficiency. Our results indicate that abnormal Shh and Sufu genes expression reduced by aberrant Dot1l-mediated H3K79me2 levels could be the cause of NTDs occurrence.
Project description:GLI2 overexpression is a hallmark in SHH subgroup of medulloblastoma (SHH MB). Here we identify the targetome of Gli2 in two mouse models of SHH MB: SmoM2 overexpression and Sufu;Spop double knockout MB.
