Project description:WAC is a known positive regulator of (macro)autophagy. WAC also forms a complex with RNF20/RNF40 to promote H2B monoubiquitination and hence to affect transcriptional regulation. This study addresses whether the WAC/RNF20/RNF40 complex regulates autophagy through effects on gene expression. WAC, RNF20 and RNF40 were knocked-down using pools of siRNAs in HEK293A cells. Each knockdown was in triplicate and the control was RISCfree siRNA. mRNA expression profiles were investigated using an Illumina HT12v4 Bead Array.
Project description:WAC is a known positive regulator of (macro)autophagy. WAC also forms a complex with RNF20/RNF40 to promote H2B monoubiquitination and hence to affect transcriptional regulation. This study addresses whether the WAC/RNF20/RNF40 complex regulates autophagy through effects on gene expression.
Project description:We demonstrate the in vivo efficacy of the histone deacetylase inhibitor Panobinostat (LHB589) against MLL-rearranged ALL using xenograft mouse models of MLL-rearranged ALL cell lines and primary patient cells. Panobinostat monotherapy showed strong anti-leukaemic effects, extending survival and reducing overall disease burden. Comprehensive molecular analyses in vitro showed the anti-leukaemic activity in MLL-rearranged ALL to involve depletion of H2B ubiquitination via suppression of the RNF20/RNF40/WAC E3 ligase complex.
Project description:Cervical cancer treatments sometimes prove ineffective, indicating a need for personalized therapies. The present study demonstrate a strong correlation between high levels of the RNF20/RNF40 protein complex and aggressive cervical cancer. Our transcriptome analyzes uncovered a previously unknown role of this protein complex regulating peroxisomal pathway genes, which are crucial for lipid metabolism and the balance of reactive oxygen species. The loss of RNF20/RNF40 leads to reduced effectiveness of these genes, increasing lipid peroxidation and inducing a form of programmed cell death known as ferroptosis. These findings suggest that targeting the RNF20/RNF40 protein complex and its regulation capabilities could lead to new treatments for aggressive cervical cancer.
Project description:Intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) were isolated from the colon of Villin-CreERT2, Rnf20-flox and Rnf40-flox mice two weeks upon the Tamoxifen-induced, intestinal knockout of Rnf20 and Rnf40. ChIP-seq for H3K4me3 was performed using snap-frozen IECs.
Project description:Intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) were isolated from the colon of Villin-CreERT2, Rnf20-flox and Rnf40-flox mice two weeks upon the Tamoxifen-induced, intestinal knockout of Rnf20 and Rnf40. RNA was isolated from snap-frozen IECs to perform mRNA-seq.
Project description:Genomic analyses of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) have identified significant contribution from mutations affecting cilia genes and chromatin remodeling genes; however, the mechanism(s) connecting chromatin remodeling to CHD are unknown. Histone H2B mono-ubiquitination (H2Bub1) is catalyzed by the RNF20 complex consisting of RNF20, RNF40 and UBE2B. Here, we show significant enrichment of loss-of-function mutations affecting H2Bub1 in CHD patients (enrichment=6.01, p=1.67x10-03), some of whom had abnormal laterality associated with cilia dysfunction. In Xenopus, knockdown of rnf20 and rnf40 results in abnormal heart looping, defective development of left-right asymmetry and impaired cilia motility. Rnf20, Rnf40 and Ube2b affect LR patterning and cilia synergistically. Examination of global H2Bub1 level in Xenopus embryos shows that H2Bub1 is developmentally regulated and requires Rnf20. To examine gene-specific H2Bub1, we performed ChIP-seq of mouse ciliated and non-ciliated tissues and showed tissue-specific H2Bub1 marks significantly enriched at cilia genes including the transcription factor Rfx3. Rnf20 knockdown results in decreased levels of rfx3 mRNA in Xenopus, and exogenous rfx3 can rescue the Rnf20 depletion phenotype. These data suggest that Rnf20 functions at the Rfx3 locus regulating cilia motility and cardiac situs and identify H2Bub1 as an upstream transcriptional regulator controlling tissue-specific expression of cilia genes. Our findings mechanistically link the two functional gene ontologies that have been implicated in human CHD: chromatin remodeling and cilia function.
Project description:Genomic analyses of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) have identified significant contribution from mutations affecting cilia genes and chromatin remodeling genes; however, the mechanism(s) connecting chromatin remodeling to CHD are unknown. Histone H2B mono-ubiquitination (H2Bub1) is catalyzed by the RNF20 complex consisting of RNF20, RNF40 and UBE2B. Here, we show significant enrichment of loss-of-function mutations affecting H2Bub1 in CHD patients (enrichment=6.01, p=1.67x10-03), some of whom had abnormal laterality associated with cilia dysfunction. In Xenopus, knockdown of rnf20 and rnf40 results in abnormal heart looping, defective development of left-right asymmetry and impaired cilia motility. Rnf20, Rnf40 and Ube2b affect LR patterning and cilia synergistically. Examination of global H2Bub1 level in Xenopus embryos shows that H2Bub1 is developmentally regulated and requires Rnf20. To examine gene-specific H2Bub1, we performed ChIP-seq of mouse ciliated and non-ciliated tissues and showed tissue-specific H2Bub1 marks significantly enriched at cilia genes including the transcription factor Rfx3. Rnf20 knockdown results in decreased levels of rfx3 mRNA in Xenopus, and exogenous rfx3 can rescue the Rnf20 depletion phenotype. These data suggest that Rnf20 functions at the Rfx3 locus regulating cilia motility and cardiac situs and identify H2Bub1 as an upstream transcriptional regulator controlling tissue-specific expression of cilia genes. Our findings mechanistically link the two functional gene ontologies that have been implicated in human CHD: chromatin remodeling and cilia function.
Project description:Gene expression profiling of immortalized human mesenchymal stem cells with hTERT/E6/E7 transfected MSCs. hTERT may change gene expression in MSCs. Goal was to determine the gene expressions of immortalized MSCs.
Project description:We performed multiomic high-throughput sequencing to recapitulated the BMAL1-H2Bub1 loop in mesenchymal stem cells osteogenesis. We used lentiviruses to diminish RNF40 and WAC, which are parts of the obligate complex and monoubiquitinated histone H2B, in MSCs, and analysed the H2Bub1 and PolII CUT&Tag-seq.