Journal: Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
Article Title: β-arrestin1-E2F1-ac axis regulates physiological apoptosis and cell cycle exit in cellular models of early postnatal cerebellum
doi: 10.3389/fcell.2023.990711
Figure Lengend Snippet: Schematic model of ARRB1/E2F1-ac functions in GCPs and NSCs. Overview of roles played by ARRB1/E2F1-ac in normal cerebellar development. (A) : Committed neuronal precursors (i.e., NSCs grown in DFM, GCPs). In our previous works, we identified miR-326 as a miRNA necessary for maturation of granule cell progenitors (GCPs) into mature granule cells . Moreover, this miRNA is integrated into the first intron of the Arrb1 gene and shares the same regulatory regions as its host gene. miR-326 also contributes to ARRB1 functions by blunting proliferative signals mediated by E2F1, Hedgehog, and Notch, and by promoting cell differentiation ( ; ; ; ). Committed neuronal precursors express ARRB1 and mir-326, which regulate their development at multiple levels. Shh signaling upregulates ARRB1 levels and promotes its translocation to the nucleus. There ARRB1, in complex with P300, induces acetylation of E2F1 (E2F1-ac), redirecting the transcription factors activity from survival/proliferative gene targets towards those that promote apoptosis ( Trp73, Caspases 3 and 7 ). Interacting with CREB and P300, ARRB1 upregulates the expression and nuclear accumulation of P27, which eventually blocks cell cycle progression. miR-326 favors neuronal cell differentiations by inhibiting multiple survival/proliferative signaling: E2F1, Hedgehog (Hh) and Notch via direct binding of the 3′-UTRs of E2f1, Smo, Gli2, Notch1 and Notch2 . (B) : In NSCs, non-expression of ARRB1 and miR-326 promotes cell proliferation, survival, and stemness by favoring non-acetylated E2F1 activity and active Hedgehog (Hh) and Notch signaling.
Article Snippet: The following antibodies were used: anti-GLI1 (L42B10, Cell Signaling), anti-CASPASE-3 (D3R6Y, Cell Signaling), anti-β-ARRESTIN1 K-16 (sc-8182; Santa Cruz Biotechnology), anti-ACTIN I-19 (sc-1616; Santa Cruz Biotechnology), anti-E2F1 C-20 (sc-193; Santa Cruz Biotechnology), anti-E2F1 (acetyl K120/K125) (AP10555SU-N, Acris Antibodies); anti-ZIC1 (ab72694; Abcam); anti-PARP p85 Fragment (G7342; Promega), anti-SP1 1C6 (sc-420X; Santa Cruz Biotechnology), anti-PCNA (2586; Cell signaling), anti-H3 (ab 1971, Abcam), and anti-GAPDH (ab8245; Abcam).
Techniques: Cell Differentiation, Translocation Assay, Activity Assay, Expressing, Binding Assay