Project description:We report the effects of silencing SRSF1 or ZMAT2 in human epidermal stem cells on the transcriptome of epidermal stem cells. We found that silencing ZMAT2 or SRSF1 affects global splicing, however, ZMAT2 seems to regulate splicing of a smaller more specific subset of genes.
Project description:We discovered that glucose directly bind to DDX21, induced the conformation change of the proteins and inhibit its helicase activity. Glucose also inhibits the dimerization of DDX21, re-localize DDX21 from nucleolus to nucleoplasm and reassemble DDX21 to RNA splicing complex. DDX21 is essential for epidermal differentiation while with normal glucose condition, DDX21 was re-localized from nucleolus to nucleoplasm, bind to splicing factors and mRNA introns more to regulate splicing of key differentiation factors and promote epidermal differentiation.
Project description:Glucose is an important cellular energy source, however, glucose’s function as a second messenger remains relatively unexplored. Here, we find that glucose binds directly to DDX21 to regulate its function during epidermal differentiation. Specifically, glucose binds to the ATP-binding domain of DDX21 to induce a conformational change and inhibit helicase activity. Glucose binding inhibits the dimerization of DDX21 leading to re-localization from the nucleolus to the nucleoplasm and reassembly of DDX21 into larger protein complexes, increasing its association with splicing factors. This occurs during keratinocyte differentiation, where glucose accumulation is necessary, and results in DDX21 binding to RNA processing proteins and mRNA introns. Consequently, DDX21 regulates the splicing of key differentiation factors and promotes epidermal differentiation in a glucose-dependent manner. These findings reveal a novel mechanism of glucose regulation of cell signaling.
Project description:Glucose is an important cellular energy source, however, glucose’s function as a second messenger remains relatively unexplored. Here, we find that glucose binds directly to DDX21 to regulate its function during epidermal differentiation. Specifically, glucose binds to the ATP-binding domain of DDX21 to induce a conformational change and inhibit helicase activity. Glucose binding inhibits the dimerization of DDX21 leading to re-localization from the nucleolus to the nucleoplasm and reassembly of DDX21 into larger protein complexes, increasing its association with splicing factors. This occurs during keratinocyte differentiation, where glucose accumulation is necessary, and results in DDX21 binding to RNA processing proteins and mRNA introns. Consequently, DDX21 regulates the splicing of key differentiation factors and promotes epidermal differentiation in a glucose-dependent manner. These findings reveal a novel mechanism of glucose regulation of cell signaling.
Project description:Glucose is an important cellular energy source, however, glucose’s function as a second messenger remains relatively unexplored. Here, we find that glucose binds directly to DDX21 to regulate its function during epidermal differentiation. Specifically, glucose binds to the ATP-binding domain of DDX21 to induce a conformational change and inhibit helicase activity. Glucose binding inhibits the dimerization of DDX21 leading to re-localization from the nucleolus to the nucleoplasm and reassembly of DDX21 into larger protein complexes, increasing its association with splicing factors. This occurs during keratinocyte differentiation, where glucose accumulation is necessary, and results in DDX21 binding to RNA processing proteins and mRNA introns. Consequently, DDX21 regulates the splicing of key differentiation factors and promotes epidermal differentiation in a glucose-dependent manner. These findings reveal a novel mechanism of glucose regulation of cell signaling.
Project description:Glucose is an important cellular energy source, however, glucose’s function as a second messenger remains relatively unexplored. Here, we find that glucose binds directly to DDX21 to regulate its function during epidermal differentiation. Specifically, glucose binds to the ATP-binding domain of DDX21 to induce a conformational change and inhibit helicase activity. Glucose binding inhibits the dimerization of DDX21 leading to re-localization from the nucleolus to the nucleoplasm and reassembly of DDX21 into larger protein complexes, increasing its association with splicing factors. This occurs during keratinocyte differentiation, where glucose accumulation is necessary, and results in DDX21 binding to RNA processing proteins and mRNA introns. Consequently, DDX21 regulates the splicing of key differentiation factors and promotes epidermal differentiation in a glucose-dependent manner. These findings reveal a novel mechanism of glucose regulation of cell signaling.
Project description:Glucose is an important cellular energy source, however, glucose’s function as a second messenger remains relatively unexplored. Here, we find that glucose binds directly to DDX21 to regulate its function during epidermal differentiation. Specifically, glucose binds to the ATP-binding domain of DDX21 to induce a conformational change and inhibit helicase activity. Glucose binding inhibits the dimerization of DDX21 leading to re-localization from the nucleolus to the nucleoplasm and reassembly of DDX21 into larger protein complexes, increasing its association with splicing factors. This occurs during keratinocyte differentiation, where glucose accumulation is necessary, and results in DDX21 binding to RNA processing proteins and mRNA introns. Consequently, DDX21 regulates the splicing of key differentiation factors and promotes epidermal differentiation in a glucose-dependent manner. These findings reveal a novel mechanism of glucose regulation of cell signaling.
Project description:Glucose is an important cellular energy source, however, glucose’s function as a second messenger remains relatively unexplored. Here, we find that glucose binds directly to DDX21 to regulate its function during epidermal differentiation. Specifically, glucose binds to the ATP-binding domain of DDX21 to induce a conformational change and inhibit helicase activity. Glucose binding inhibits the dimerization of DDX21 leading to re-localization from the nucleolus to the nucleoplasm and reassembly of DDX21 into larger protein complexes, increasing its association with splicing factors. This occurs during keratinocyte differentiation, where glucose accumulation is necessary, and results in DDX21 binding to RNA processing proteins and mRNA introns. Consequently, DDX21 regulates the splicing of key differentiation factors and promotes epidermal differentiation in a glucose-dependent manner. These findings reveal a novel mechanism of glucose regulation of cell signaling.
Project description:Glucose is an important cellular energy source, however, glucose’s function as a second messenger remains relatively unexplored. Here, we find that glucose binds directly to DDX21 to regulate its function during epidermal differentiation. Specifically, glucose binds to the ATP-binding domain of DDX21 to induce a conformational change and inhibit helicase activity. Glucose binding inhibits the dimerization of DDX21 leading to re-localization from the nucleolus to the nucleoplasm and reassembly of DDX21 into larger protein complexes, increasing its association with splicing factors. This occurs during keratinocyte differentiation, where glucose accumulation is necessary, and results in DDX21 binding to RNA processing proteins and mRNA introns. Consequently, DDX21 regulates the splicing of key differentiation factors and promotes epidermal differentiation in a glucose-dependent manner. These findings reveal a novel mechanism of glucose regulation of cell signaling.
Project description:It is becoming clear that interconnected functional gene networks, rather than single genes in isolation, govern stem cell self-renewal and differentiation. To identify potential epigenetic networks that impact on human epidermal stem cells we performed siRNA based genetic screens for 332 chromatin modifiers. We developed a Bayesian mixture model to predict putative functional interactions between those epigenetic modifiers that regulated differentiation. This allowed us to discover a network of genetic interactions involving EZH2, UHRF1 (both known to regulate epidermal self-renewal), ING5 (a MORF complex component), BPTF and SMARCA5 (NURF complex components). Genome-wide localisation and global mRNA expression analysis revealed that these factors impact two distinct but functionally related gene sets, including integrin extracellular matrix receptors that mediate anchorage of epidermal stem cells to their niche. Using a competitive epidermal reconstitution assay we confirmed that ING5, BPTF, SMARCA5, EZH2 and UHRF1 control differentiation under physiological conditions. Thus, regulation of distinct gene expression programs through the interplay between diverse epigenetic strategies protects epidermal stem cells from differentiation. Examination of genome-wide localisation of ING5 in primary human keratinocytes