DDIT3/CHOP and the sarcoma fusion oncoprotein FUS-DDIT3/TLS-CHOP bind cyclin-dependent kinase 2

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Background

The DDIT3 gene encodes a transcription factor belonging to the CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP) family. It is normally expressed at very low levels but is activated by cellular stress conditions and induces G1 arrest and, in some cell types, apoptosis. DDIT3 is found as a part of the fusion oncogene FUS-DDIT3 that is causal for the development of myxoid/round-cell liposarcomas (MLS/RCLS).

Results

In the present study, we searched for putative interaction partners of DDIT3 and the oncogenic FUS-DDIT3 among G1 cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases. We found that FUS-DDIT3 and the normal DDIT3 bind CDK2. In addition, CDK2 showed an increased affinity for cytoskeletal proteins in cells expressing FUS-DDIT3 and DDIT3.

Conclusions

We conclude that DDIT3 binds CDK2 and that many of the observed biological effects of DDIT3 may involve interaction with CDK2.

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CHOP is implicated in programmed cell death in response to impaired function of the endoplasmic reticulum.

H Zinszner, M Kuroda, X. Wang … (1998)

Cellular stress, particularly in response to toxic and metabolic insults that perturb function of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER stress), is a powerful inducer of the transcription factor CHOP. The role of CHOP in the response of cells to injury associated with ER stress was examined in a murine deficiency model obtained by homologous recombination at the chop gene. Compared with the wild type, mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) derived from chop -/- animals exhibited significantly less programmed cell death when challenged with agents that perturb ER function. A similar deficit in programmed cells death in response to ER stress was also observed in MEFs that lack CHOP's major dimerization partner, C/EBPbeta, implicating the CHOP-C/EBP pathway in programmed cell death. An animal model for studying the effects of chop on the response to ER stress was developed. It entailed exposing mice with defined chop genotypes to a single sublethal intraperitoneal injection of tunicamycin and resulted in a severe illness characterized by transient renal insufficiency. In chop +/+ and chop +/- mice this was associated with the early expression of CHOP in the proximal tubules followed by the development of a histological picture similar to the human condition known as acute tubular necrosis, a process that resolved by cellular regeneration. In the chop -/- animals, in spite of the severe impairment in renal function, evidence of cellular death in the kidney was reduced compared with the wild type. The proximal tubule epithelium of chop -/- animals exhibited fourfold lower levels of TUNEL-positive cells (a marker for programmed cell death), and significantly less evidence for subsequent regeneration. CHOP therefore has a role in the induction of cell death under conditions associated with malfunction of the ER and may also have a role in cellular regeneration under such circumstances.

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Chop deletion reduces oxidative stress, improves beta cell function, and promotes cell survival in multiple mouse models of diabetes.

Benbo Song, Donalyn Scheuner, David Ron … (2008)

The progression from insulin resistance to type 2 diabetes is caused by the failure of pancreatic beta cells to produce sufficient levels of insulin to meet the metabolic demand. Recent studies indicate that nutrient fluctuations and insulin resistance increase proinsulin synthesis in beta cells beyond the capacity for folding of nascent polypeptides within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) lumen, thereby disrupting ER homeostasis and triggering the unfolded protein response (UPR). Chronic ER stress promotes apoptosis, at least in part through the UPR-induced transcription factor C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP). We assessed the effect of Chop deletion in multiple mouse models of type 2 diabetes and found that Chop-/- mice had improved glycemic control and expanded beta cell mass in all conditions analyzed. In both genetic and diet-induced models of insulin resistance, CHOP deficiency improved beta cell ultrastructure and promoted cell survival. In addition, we found that isolated islets from Chop-/- mice displayed increased expression of UPR and oxidative stress response genes and reduced levels of oxidative damage. These findings suggest that CHOP is a fundamental factor that links protein misfolding in the ER to oxidative stress and apoptosis in beta cells under conditions of increased insulin demand.

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CHOP, a novel developmentally regulated nuclear protein that dimerizes with transcription factors C/EBP and LAP and functions as a dominant-negative inhibitor of gene transcription.

D Ron, J F Habener (1992)

We report on the identification of a nuclear protein that serves as a dominant-negative inhibitor of the transcription factors C/EBP and LAP. A 32P-labeled LAP DNA-binding and dimerization domain "zipper probe" was used to isolate a clone that encodes a new C/EBP-homologous protein: CHOP-10. CHOP-10 has strong sequence similarity to C/EBP-like proteins within the bZIP region corresponding to the DNA-binding domain consisting of a leucine zipper and a basic region. Notably, however, CHOP-10 contains 2 prolines substituting for 2 residues in the basic region, critical for binding to DNA. Thus, heterodimers of CHOP-10 and C/EBP-like proteins are unable to bind their cognate DNA enhancer element. CHOP-10 mRNA is expressed in many different rat tissues. Antisera raised against CHOP-10 recognize a nuclear protein with an apparent molecular mass of 29 kD. CHOP-10 is induced upon differentiation of 3T3-L1 fibroblasts to adipocytes, and cytokine-induced dedifferentiation of adipocytes is preceded by the loss of nuclear CHOP-10. Coimmunoprecipitation of CHOP-10 and LAP from transfected COS-1 cells demonstrated a direct interaction between the two proteins, in vivo. Consistent with the structure of its defective basic region, bacterially expressed CHOP-10 inhibits the DNA-binding activity of C/EBP and LAP by forming heterodimers that cannot bind DNA. In transfected HepG2 cells, expression of CHOP-10 attenuates activation of C/EBP- and LAP-driven promoters. We suggest that CHOP-10 is a negative modulator of the activity of C/EBP-like proteins in certain terminally differentiated cells, similar to the regulatory function of Id on the activity of MyoD and MyoD-related proteins important in the development of muscle cells.

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): BMC Cell Biol

Title: BMC Cell Biology

Publisher: BioMed Central

ISSN (Electronic): 1471-2121

Publication date Collection: 2009

Publication date (Electronic): 17 December 2009

Volume: 10

Page: 89

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[1 ]Lundberg Laboratory for Cancer Research, Department of Pathology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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Publisher ID: 1471-2121-10-89

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2121-10-89

PMC ID: 2804592

PubMed ID: 20017906

SO-VID: 5f3590a2-b107-407b-b6e4-dd39592b47c8

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DDIT3/CHOP and the sarcoma fusion oncoprotein FUS-DDIT3/TLS-CHOP bind cyclin-dependent kinase 2

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CHOP is implicated in programmed cell death in response to impaired function of the endoplasmic reticulum.

Chop deletion reduces oxidative stress, improves beta cell function, and promotes cell survival in multiple mouse models of diabetes.

CHOP, a novel developmentally regulated nuclear protein that dimerizes with transcription factors C/EBP and LAP and functions as a dominant-negative inhibitor of gene transcription.

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