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Transcription factor Yin-Yang 2 alters neuronal outgrowth in vitro.

ABSTRACT: The Yin-Yang 2 (YY2) protein is the most recently described member of the family of YY transcription factors. Despite its high structural and functional homology with the well-characterized YY1, less is known about its role in biological processes. In previous studies, we have found differential yy2 mRNA expression levels in various cell types of the murine brain. To investigate the functional implication of yy2 in neurons, we have examined the influence of altered cellular yy2 concentrations during neuronal differentiation. Our results indicate that both the up- and down-regulation of yy2 significantly impairs the outgrowth of the major neurite of primary hippocampal neurons and the numbers of neuronal processes in proximate extensions. Moreover, enhanced expression of wild-type yy2 results in increased cell death, whereas elevated expression levels of a yy2 DNA-binding mutant have no effect on cell viability. Therefore, stringent regulation of the cellular yy2 content might be needed to ensure proper neurite outgrowth and cell vitality.

SUBMITTER: Klar M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4657790 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Transcription factor Yin-Yang 2 alters neuronal outgrowth in vitro.

Klar Martin M Fenske Pascal P Vega Fanny Rezza FR Dame Christof C Bräuer Anja U AU

Cell and tissue research 20150909 2

The Yin-Yang 2 (YY2) protein is the most recently described member of the family of YY transcription factors. Despite its high structural and functional homology with the well-characterized YY1, less is known about its role in biological processes. In previous studies, we have found differential yy2 mRNA expression levels in various cell types of the murine brain. To investigate the functional implication of yy2 in neurons, we have examined the influence of altered cellular yy2 concentrations du ...[more]

PMID: 26350623

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Project description:BackgroundYin Yang-1 (YY1) is identified as a transcription factor with multiple functions. However, the role of YY1 in tumorigenesis remains controversial and its regulatory effects may depend upon not only cancer types, but also its interacting partners, chromatin structure, and the context in which it acts. It has been detected that YY1 was highly expressed in colorectal cancer (CRC). Intriguingly, many YY1-repressed genes exhibit tumor suppressive potential while YY1 silencing is related to chemotherapy resistance. Therefore, it is crucial to meticulously explore YY1 protein structure and the dynamic alteration of its interactome in each cancer type. This review attempts to describe the structure of YY1, summarize the mechanism that influence the expression level of YY1 and also highlight the recent advances in our understanding of regulatory insights of YY1 functions in CRC.MethodsRelated studies were identified through scoping search of PubMed, Web of science, Scopus and Emhase concerning the terms of "colorectal cancer", colorectal carcinoma" or CRC with "YY1". The retrieval strategy included title, abstract, and keywords with no language limitations. All the included articles were categorized depending on the mechanisms they explored.ResultsIn total, 170 articles were identified for further screening. After removing the duplication, not relevant outcomes and review articles, 34 were finally included in the review. Among them, 10 articles revealed the reasons of YY1 high expression in CRC, 13 articles explored YY1 function in CRC, and 11 articles fell into both aspects. In addition, we also summarized 10 clinical trials concerning the expression and activity of YY1 in various diseases, which offers a hint for future application.ConclusionsYY1 is highly expressed in CRC and broadly recognized as an oncogenic factor during the whole course of CRC. Sporadic controversial views are raised in term of CRC treatment, reminding us that future studies should take the influence of therapeutic regimens into concern.

Project description:BackgroundYin Yang 2 (YY2) is a zinc finger protein closely related to the well-characterized Yin Yang 1 (YY1). YY1 is a DNA-binding transcription factor, with defined functions in multiple developmental processes, such as implantation, cell differentiation, X inactivation, imprinting and organogenesis. Yy2 has been treated as a largely immaterial duplication of Yy1, as they share high homology in the Zinc Finger-region and similar if not identical in vitro binding sites. In contrast to these similarities, gene expression alterations in HeLa cells with attenuated levels of either Yy1 or Yy2 were to some extent gene-specific. Moreover, the chromatin binding sites for YY2, except for its association with transposable retroviral elements (RE) and Endogenous Retroviral Elements (ERVs), remain to be identified. As a first step towards defining potential Yy2 functions matching or complementary to Yy1, we considered in vivo DNA binding sites of YY2 in trophoblast stem (TS) cells.ResultsWe report the presence of YY2 protein in mouse-derived embryonic stem (ES) and TS cell lines. Following up on our previous report on ERV binding by YY2 in TS cells, we investigated the tissue-specificity of REX1 and YY2 binding and confirm binding to RE/ERV targets in both ES cells and TS cells. Because of the higher levels of expression, we chose TS cells to understand the role of Yy2 in gene and chromatin regulation. We used in vivo YY2 association as a measure to identify potential target genes. Sequencing of chromatin obtained in chromatin-immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays carried out with αYY2 serum allowed us to identify a limited number of chromatin targets for YY2. Some putative binding sites were validated in regular ChIP assays and gene expression of genes nearby was altered in the absence of Yy2.ConclusionsYY2 binding to ERVs is not confined to TS cells. In vivo binding sites share the presence of a consensus binding motif. Selected sites were uniquely bound by YY2 as opposed to YY1, suggesting that YY2 exerts unique contributions to gene regulation. YY2 binding was not generally associated with gene promoters. However, several YY2 binding sites are linked to long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) genes and we show that the expression levels of a few of those are Yy2-dependent.

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