Project description:PR-SET7-mediated histone-4 lysine-20 methylation has been implicated in mitotic condensation, DNA damage response and replication licencing. Here we show that PR-SET7 function in the liver is pivotal for maintaining genome integrity. Hepatocyte-specific deletion of PR-SET7 in mouse embryos resulted in G2 arrest followed by massive cell death and defect in liver organogenesis. Inactivation at postnatal stages caused cell duplication-dependent hepatocyte necrosis with unusual features of autophagy, termed "endonucleosis". Necrotic death was accompanied by inflammation, fibrosis and compensatory growth induction of neighboring hepatocytes and resident ductal progenitor cells. Prolonged necrotic-regenerative cycles coupled with oncogenic STAT3 activation replaced pre-existing hepatocytes with hepatocellular carcinoma derived entirely from ductal progenitor cells. Hepatocellular carcinoma in these mice displays a cancer stem cell gene signature specified by the co-expression of ductal progenitor markers and oncofetal genes. Mice carrying hepatocyte specific inactivation of PR-SET7 were generated in order to investigate the function of PR-SET7 histone methyl transferase in liver organogenesis, hepatocyte proliferation and liver regeneration. P15 WT mice were injected intra-peritoneally (ip) with 25ml per kg DEN (diethyl nitrosamine). Mice were examined for RNA expression at 8 months old.
Project description:PR-SET7-mediated histone-4 lysine-20 methylation has been implicated in mitotic condensation, DNA damage response and replication licencing. Here we show that PR-SET7 function in the liver is pivotal for maintaining genome integrity. Hepatocyte-specific deletion of PR-SET7 in mouse embryos resulted in G2 arrest followed by massive cell death and defect in liver organogenesis. Inactivation at postnatal stages caused cell duplication-dependent hepatocyte necrosis. Necrotic death was accompanied by inflammation, fibrosis and compensatory growth induction of neighboring hepatocytes and resident ductal progenitor cells. Prolonged necrotic-regenerative cycles coupled with oncogenic STAT3 activation replaced pre-existing hepatocytes with hepatocellular carcinoma derived entirely from cells with cancer stem cell characteristics. Hepatocellular carcinoma in these mice displays a cancer stem cell gene signature specified by the co-expression of ductal progenitor markers and oncofetal genes.
Project description:PR-SET7-mediated histone-4 lysine-20 methylation has been implicated in mitotic condensation, DNA damage response and replication licencing. Here we show that PR-SET7 function in the liver is pivotal for maintaining genome integrity. Hepatocyte-specific deletion of PR-SET7 in mouse embryos resulted in G2 arrest followed by massive cell death and defect in liver organogenesis. Inactivation at postnatal stages caused cell duplication-dependent hepatocyte necrosis with unusual features of autophagy, termed "endonucleosis". Necrotic death was accompanied by inflammation, fibrosis and compensatory growth induction of neighboring hepatocytes and resident ductal progenitor cells. Prolonged necrotic-regenerative cycles coupled with oncogenic STAT3 activation replaced pre-existing hepatocytes with hepatocellular carcinoma derived entirely from ductal progenitor cells. Hepatocellular carcinoma in these mice displays a cancer stem cell gene signature specified by the co-expression of ductal progenitor markers and oncofetal genes.
Project description:PR-SET7 inactivation causes hepatocyte necrosis and spontaneous development of hepatocellular carcinoma derived from ductal progenitor cells
Project description:The ability of neural stem cells (NSCs) to switch between quiescence and proliferation is crucial for brain development and homeostasis. Increasing evidence suggest that variants of histone lysine methyltransferases including KMT5A are associated with neurodevelopmental disorders. However, the function of KMT5A/Pr-set7/SETD8 in the central nervous system is not well established. Here, we show that Drosophila Pr-Set7 is a novel regulator of NSC reactivation. Loss-of-function of pr-set7 causes a delay in NSC reactivation and loss of H4K20 monomethylation in the brain. Through NSC-specific in vivo profiling, we demonstrate that Pr-set7 binds to the promoter region of cyclin dependent kinase 1 (cdk1) and Wnt pathway transcriptional co-activator earthbound1/jerky (ebd1). Further validation indicates that Pr-set7 is required for the expression of cdk1 and ebd1 in the brain. Similar to Pr-set7, Cdk1 and Ebd1 promote NSC reactivation. Moreover, Cdk1 upregulates the Ebd1 levels in NSCs, while Ebd1 appears to downregulate Cdk1 expression, suggesting a negative feedback regulation. Finally, overexpression of Cdk1 and Ebd1 significantly suppressed NSC reactivation defects observed in pr-set7-depleted brains. Therefore, Pr-set7, the sole H4K20 methyltransferase, promotes NSC reactivation through regulating Wnt signaling and cell-cycle progression. Given the conservation of Pr-set7, our findings may contribute to the understanding of mammalian KMT5A/PR-SET7/SETD8 in NSC proliferation and associated neurodevelopmental disorders.
Project description:To detect the gene profiles in WT and Pr-set7 KO mTSCs, mTSCs are collected and subjected to RNA-Seq. After aligned to mouse mm10 by HISAT2, RPKM value was calculated by Edger. Our results show that Pr-set7 as the key regulator for mTSCs. There are also some genes differentially expressed after Pr-set7 KO, some of the DEGs were further confirmed by qPCR, the DEGs were associated with viral mimic inflammatory activities, antiviral innate immune response, genomic instability, and programmed cell death, indicating the essential role of Pr-set7. This RNA-Seq data provides fundamental information for our further physiological study of Pr-set7.
Project description:To detect the gene profiles in si-NC and si-PR-SET7 KD hTSCs, hTSCs are collected and subjected to RNA-Seq. After aligned to mouse hg38 by HISAT2, RPKM value was calculated by Edger. Our results show that PR-SET7 as the key regulator for hTSCs. There are also some genes differentially expressed after PR-SET7 KD, some of the DEGs were further confirmed by qPCR, the DEGs were associated with viral mimic inflammatory activities, antiviral innate immune response, genomic instability, and programmed cell death, indicating the essential role of PR-SET7. This RNA-Seq data provides fundamental information for our further physiological study of PR-SET7.
Project description:E2Fâs are regulators of the cell cycle and are involved in development and hepatocellular carcinoma. In this study we examine transcriptional changes occurring the liver in E2f1 (1KI) and E2f3b (3bKI) knock in mice. These mice have E2f1 or E2f3b knocked into the E2F3a locus resulting in loss of E2f3a and expression of E2f1 or E2f3b from the E2f3a locus as originally described In Tsai et. al., Nature 2008. Microarrays were used to evaluate transcriptional changes in spontaneous hepatocellular carcinoma that arose due to alterations in E2F expression. Affymetrix microarrays were performed using mRNA samples from 12 month old livers from wildtype (wt), E2F3a knockout (3aKO) E2f1 knock-in (1KI) and E2f3b knock-in (3bKI) mice. Wt and 3aKO samples were from normal liver and 1KI and 3bKI samples were from spontaneously occurring hepatocellular carcinoma.
Project description:To detect the direct target genes of H4K20me1, H4K20me3, and H3K36me3 in hTSCs, hTSCs are collected and subjected to ChIP-Seq. After aligned to human hg38 by HISAT2, peaks are called by MACS2. Our results show that methylation of H4K20 mediated by PR-SET7 as the key regulator of hTSCs, indicating the essential role of PR-SET7. This ChIP-Seq data provides fundamental information for our further physiological study of PR-SET7.
Project description:To detect genes whose expression is signigicantly altered upon depletion of pr-SET7 Total RNA obtained from 4 days post-transfection of control pSuperior empty plasmid and pSuperior pr-SET7 shRNA plasmid