The Hippo pathway effector YAP controls mouse hepatic stellate cell activation
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE153703 | GEO | 2020/07/03
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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Project description:The Hippo pathway effector YAP controls mouse hepatic stellate cell activation
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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:Splicing dysregulations extensively occur in cancers, yet the biological consequences of such alterations are mostly undefined. Here we report that the Hippo-YAP signaling, a key pathway that regulates cell proliferation and organ size, is under control of a new splicing switch. We show that TEAD4, the transcription factor that mediates Hippo-YAP signaling, undergoes alternative splicing facilitated by the tumor suppressor RBM4, producing a truncated isoform, TEAD4-S, which lacks N-terminal DNA-binding domain but maintains YAP-interaction domain. TEAD4-S is located in both nucleus and cytoplasm, acting as a dominant negative isoform to YAP activity. Consistently, TEAD4-S is reduced in cancer cells, and its re-expression suppresses cancer cell proliferation and migration, inhibiting tumor growth in xenograft mouse model. Furthermore, TEAD4-S is reduced in human cancers, and patients with elevated TEAD4-S levels have improved survival. Altogether these data reveal a novel RBM4-mediated splicing switch that serves to fine-tune Hippo-YAP pathway. Cell lines stably expressing YAP, YAP/TEAD4-S, YAP/TEAD4-FL, YAP/RBM4 and control vector were created, and the total RNA was purified from the cells using TRIzol reagents. The polyadenylated RNAs were purified for construction of sequencing library using kapa TruSeq Total RNA Sample Prep kits (UNC High Throughput Sequencing Facility).
2016-06-16 | E-GEOD-80372 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:The Post-translational modification of Hippo/YAP pathway members plays an important role in regulating the activation of Hippo/YAP pathway and its effects in tumors. S-Palmitoylation, also known as S-acylation, is the most common protein Lipid modification, mainly composed of palmitoyl transferases (PATs) from the DHHC (Asp His His Cys) family Catalysis. The results showed that ZDHHC15 mediated palmitoylation of KIBRA up-regulated the expression of YAP downstream target genes, and regulated the invasion function of breast cancer and ovarian cancer cells. The research results will reveal new regulatory mechanisms of the Hippo pathway
2024-12-17 | GSE235258 | GEO
Project description:The Post-translational modification of Hippo/YAP pathway members plays an important role in regulating the activation of Hippo/YAP pathway and its effects in tumors. S-Palmitoylation, also known as S-acylation,is the most common protein Lipid modification, mainly composed of palmitoyl transferases (PATs) from the DHHC (Asp His His Cys) family Catalysis. The results showed that ZDHHC15 mediated palmitoylation of KIBRA up-regulated the expression of YAP downstream target genes, and regulated the invasion function of breast cancer and ovarian cancer cells. The research results will reveal new regulatory mechanisms of the Hippo pathway
2024-12-17 | GSE235254 | GEO
Project description:The Hippo pathway is crucial in organ size control and tumorigenesis. The dys-regulation of Hippo/YAP axis is vastly observed in gastric cancer, while the effective therapeutic targets for Hippo/YAP axis are still not clear. It is important and urgent to identify reliable drug targets and the underlying mechanisms, which could inhibit the activity of Hippo/YAP axis and gastric cancer progression. In our current study, we demonstrate the membrane receptor CXCR7 (C-X-C chemokine receptor 7) is an important modulator for Hippo/YAP axis. The activation of CXCR7 could stimulate gastric cancer cell progression through Hippo/YAP axis in vitro and in vivo, while pharmaceutical inhibition of CXCR7 via ACT-1004-1239 could block the tumorigenesis in gastric cancer. Molecular studies reveal that the activation of CXCR7 could dephosphorylate YAP, facilitate YAP nuclear accumulation and transcriptional activation in gastric cancer. CXCR7 functions via G-protein Gαq/11 and Rho GTPase to activate YAP activity. Interestingly, ChIP assay shows that YAP could bind to the promoter region of CXCR7 and facilitate its gene transcription, which indicates CXCR7 is both the upstream signaling and downstream target for Hippo/YAP axis in gastric cancer. In general, we identified a novel positive feedback loop between CXCR7 and Hippo/YAP axis, while blockade of CXCR7 could be a plausible strategy for gastric cancer.
2023-11-15 | GSE233094 | GEO
Project description:The Hippo pathway downstream effectors, Yap and Taz, play key roles in cell proliferation and tissue growth, regulating gene expression especially via interaction with Tead transcription factors. To investigate their role in skeletal muscle stem cells, we analysed gene expression changes driven by Taz and compared these to Yap mediated changes to the transcriptome by measurement of gene expression on Affymetrix microarrays. To interrogate overlapping and unique transcriptional changes driven by these Hippo effectors, satellite cell-derived myoblasts were transduced with constitutively active TAZ S89A or YAP S127A retrovirus for 24h or 48h, with empty retrovirus as control. Triplicate microarray analyses of empty vector controls, hYAP1 S127A and TAZ S89A transgenic primary myoblasts were conducted.
2017-06-20 | E-MTAB-5395 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:The Hippo pathway plays an important role in regulating tissue homeostasis, and its effectors YAP and TAZ are responsible for mediating the vast majority of its physiological functions. Although YAP and TAZ are thought to be largely redundant and similarly regulated by Hippo signaling, they have developmental, structural, and physiological differences which suggest there may be differences in their regulation and downstream functions. To better understand the functions of YAP and TAZ in the Hippo pathway, we generated knockout cells and evaluated them in response to many conditions and stimuli. Here, we used RNA-seq to identify and compare differences in the transcriptional profiles between the YAP and TAZ.
2018-05-25 | GSE111583 | GEO
Project description:The dys-regulation of Hippo signaling was observed in pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAAD), while the over-activation of YAP was crucial for tumor progression. It is unclear why YAP was hyper-activated in PAAD, although the inhibitory phospho-cascade was still functional. Recently studies revealed that the ubiquitin modification of YAP also play important roles in Hippo/YAP axis and cancer progression. In order to understand the potential mechanisms of ubiquitination and deubiquitination process in YAP function, we carried out siRNA screening for critical deubiquitinases in PAAD. Via the deubiquitinases (DUB) library, we identified Valosin Containing Protein Interacting Protein 1 (VCPIP1) as an important effector in YAP function and PAAD progression. Inhibition of VCPIP1 hampered PAAD progression via Hippo signaling. Clinical data revealed that VCPIP1 was elevated in PAAD and correlated with poor survival in PAAD patients. Biochemical assays showed that VCPIP1 could interact with YAP and inhibit K48-linked poly-ubiquitination, which subsequently increased YAP stability. Interestingly, YAP could direct bind to VCPIP1 promoter region and facilitate its transcription in PAAD. Our study revealed a forward feedback loop between VCPIP1 and Hippo signaling in PAAD, indicating VCPIP1 as a potential therapeutic drug targets in PAAD.
2024-12-19 | GSE284347 | GEO
Project description:Hippo effectors YAP/TAZ act as on-off mechanosensing switches by sensing modifications in extracellular matrix (ECM) composition and mechanics. The regulation of their activity has been described so far through a hierarchical model in which elements of Hippo pathway are under the control of Focal Adhesions (FAs). Here we unveiled the molecular mechanism by which cell spreading and RhoA GTPase control FA formation through YAP to stabilize the anchorage of actin cytoskeleton to cell membrane. This mechanism required YAP co-transcriptional function and involved the activation of genes encoding for integrins and FA docking proteins. Tuning YAP transcriptional activity led to the modification of cell mechanics, force development, adhesion strength, determined cell shaping, migration and differentiation. These results provide new insights into the mechanism of YAP mechanosensing activity and qualify Hippo effector as the key determinant of cell mechanics in response to ECM cues.
2017-05-17 | E-MTAB-5217 | biostudies-arrayexpress