Set7 mediated Gli3 methylation plays a positive role in the activation of Sonic Hedgehog pathway in mammal
- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- Nanjing Medical University, China
- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Abstract
Hedgehog signaling plays very important roles in development and cancers. Vertebrates have three transcriptional factors, Gli1, Gli2 and Gli3. Among them, Gli3 is a very special transcriptional factor which closely resembles Cubitus interruptus (Ci, in Drosophila) structurally and functionally as a 'double agent' for Shh target gene expression. Here we show that Gli3 full-length, but not the truncated form, can be methylated at K436 and K595. This methylation is specifically catalyzed by Set7, a lysine methyltransferase (KMT). Methylation at K436 and K595 respectively increases the stability and DNA binding ability of Gli3, resulting in an enhancement of Shh signaling activation. Furthermore, functional experiments indicate the Gli3 methylation contributes to the tumor growth and metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer in vitro and in vivo. Therefore, we propose that Set7 mediated methylation is a novel PTM of Gli3, which positively regulates the transactivity of Gli3 and the activation of Shh signaling.
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Animal experimentation: All procedures for animal experimentation were performed in accordance with the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee guidelines of the Animal Core Facility of the Institutes of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (SIBCB). The approval ID for using the animals was 087 by the Animal Core Facility of SIBCB.
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Set7 mediated Gli3 methylation plays a positive role in the activation of Sonic Hedgehog pathway in mammal
eLife 5:e15690.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.15690
