Project description:CIC has recently been implicated as a negative prognostic factor in multiple cancers. CIC and ATXN1L have been reported as interactors in several cellular contexts including development and disease state. To investigate the relationship between CIC and ATXN1L on a transcriptomic level, CIC-KO and ATXN1L-KO cell lines were generated. Gene expression profiling of CIC-KO and ATXN1L-KO cell lines was performed by microarray and differentially expressed genes were compared. We found a high degree of overlap in differentially expressed genes in CIC-KO and ATXN1L-KO suggesting loss of either interacting partner to lead to similar transcriptomic changes.
Project description:CIC has recently been implicated as a negative prognostic factor in multiple cancers. CIC and ATXN1L have been reported as interactors in several cellular contexts including development and disease state. To investigate the relationship between CIC and ATXN1L on a transcriptomic level, CIC-KO and ATXN1L-KO cell lines were generated. Gene expression profiling of CIC-KO and ATXN1L-KO cell lines was performed by microarray and differentially expressed genes were compared. We found a high degree of overlap in differentially expressed genes in CIC-KO and ATXN1L-KO suggesting loss of either interacting partner to lead to similar transcriptomic changes.
Project description:Aberrations in Capicua (CIC) have recently been implicated as a negative prognostic factor in a multitude of cancer types through activation of the MAPK signalling cascade and derepression of oncogenic ETS transcription factors. The Ataxin-family protein ATXN1L has previously been reported to interact with CIC in developmental and disease contexts to facilitate the repression of CIC target genes. To further investigate this relationship, we performed functional in vitro studies utilizing ATXN1LKO and CICKO human cell lines and characterized a reciprocal functional relationship between CIC and ATXN1L.
Project description:Early detection of viral infection and rapid activation of host antiviral defenses are critical for limiting viral replication and spread. At a cellular level, this is achieved through host pattern recognition receptors that sense viral nucleic acid as foreign and initiate antiviral defenses through transcriptional upregulation of antiviral cytokines interferons (IFNs) and interferon stimulated genes (ISGs). However, aberrant production of IFN in the absence of viral infection leads to auto-inflammation and can be detrimental to the host. Here, we show that the DNA binding transcriptional repressor complex composed of Capicua (CIC) and Ataxin-1 like (ATXN1L) bind to 8-nucleotide motif near IFN and ISG promoters and block aberrant expression under homeostasis. However, during respiratory viral infections, this active repression is relieved by rapid degradation of the CIC-ATXN1L complex via the activation Mitogen‑activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, thereby priming the host cells ready to mount robust antiviral responses through canonical interferon regulatory factors (IRF), and signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) transcription factors. Importantly, murine Cic-Atxn1L also repress expression from IFN and ISGs promoters, demonstrating the conservation of this regulatory mechanism in murine species. Together, our studies define a new paradigm for regulation of IFN and ISGs through the evolutionarily conserved CIC-ATXN1L DNA binding transcription repressor complex under homeostasis and viral infection conditions.
Project description:Early detection of viral infection and rapid activation of host antiviral defenses are critical for limiting viral replication and spread. At a cellular level, this is achieved through host pattern recognition receptors that sense viral nucleic acid as foreign and initiate antiviral defenses through transcriptional upregulation of antiviral cytokines interferons (IFNs) and interferon stimulated genes (ISGs). However, aberrant production of IFN in the absence of viral infection leads to auto-inflammation and can be detrimental to the host. Here, we show that the DNA binding transcriptional repressor complex composed of Capicua (CIC) and Ataxin-1 like (ATXN1L) bind to 8-nucleotide motif near IFN and ISG promoters and block aberrant expression under homeostasis. However, during respiratory viral infections, this active repression is relieved by rapid degradation of the CIC-ATXN1L complex via the activation Mitogen‑activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, thereby priming the host cells ready to mount robust antiviral responses through canonical interferon regulatory factors (IRF), and signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) transcription factors. Importantly, murine Cic-Atxn1L also repress expression from IFN and ISGs promoters, demonstrating the conservation of this regulatory mechanism in murine species. Together, our studies define a new paradigm for regulation of IFN and ISGs through the evolutionarily conserved CIC-ATXN1L DNA binding transcription repressor complex under homeostasis and viral infection conditions.
Project description:Early detection of viral infection and rapid activation of host antiviral defenses are critical for limiting viral replication and spread. At a cellular level, this is achieved through host pattern recognition receptors that sense viral nucleic acid as foreign and initiate antiviral defenses through transcriptional upregulation of antiviral cytokines interferons (IFNs) and interferon stimulated genes (ISGs). However, aberrant production of IFN in the absence of viral infection leads to auto-inflammation and can be detrimental to the host. Here, we show that the DNA binding transcriptional repressor complex composed of Capicua (CIC) and Ataxin-1 like (ATXN1L) bind to 8-nucleotide motif near IFN and ISG promoters and block aberrant expression under homeostasis. However, during respiratory viral infections, this active repression is relieved by rapid degradation of the CIC-ATXN1L complex via the activation Mitogen‑activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, thereby priming the host cells ready to mount robust antiviral responses through canonical interferon regulatory factors (IRF), and signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) transcription factors. Importantly, murine Cic-Atxn1L also repress expression from IFN and ISGs promoters, demonstrating the conservation of this regulatory mechanism in murine species. Together, our studies define a new paradigm for regulation of IFN and ISGs through the evolutionarily conserved CIC-ATXN1L DNA binding transcription repressor complex under homeostasis and viral infection conditions.
Project description:Gene expression profiling of immortalized human mesenchymal stem cells with hTERT/E6/E7 transfected MSCs. hTERT may change gene expression in MSCs. Goal was to determine the gene expressions of immortalized MSCs.