The neuronal transcription factor MEIS2 is a calpain-2 protease target

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Tight control over transcription factor activity is necessary for a sensible balance between cellular proliferation and differentiation in the embryo and during tissue homeostasis by adult stem cells, but mechanistic details have remained incomplete. The homeodomain transcription factor MEIS2 is an important regulator of neurogenesis in the ventricular-subventricular zone (V-SVZ) adult stem cell niche in mice. We here identify MEIS2 as direct target of the intracellular protease calpain-2 (composed of the catalytic subunit CAPN2 and the regulatory subunit CAPNS1). Phosphorylation at conserved serine and/or threonine residues, or dimerization with PBX1, reduced the sensitivity of MEIS2 towards cleavage by calpain-2. In the adult V-SVZ, calpain-2 activity is high in stem and progenitor cells, but rapidly declines during neuronal differentiation, which is accompanied by increased stability of MEIS2 full-length protein. In accordance with this, blocking calpain-2 activity in stem and progenitor cells, or overexpression of a cleavage-insensitive form of MEIS2, increased the production of neurons, whereas overexpression of a catalytically active CAPN2 reduced it. Collectively, our results support a key role for calpain-2 in controlling the output of adult V-SVZ neural stem and progenitor cells through cleavage of the neuronal fate determinant MEIS2.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:137

Enthalten in:

Journal of cell science - 137(2024), 4 vom: 15. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Müller, Tanja [VerfasserIn]
Reichlmeir, Marina [VerfasserIn]
Hau, Ann-Christin [VerfasserIn]
Wittig, Ilka [VerfasserIn]
Schulte, Dorothea [VerfasserIn]

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Adult neurogenesis
Calpain
Capn2 protein, mouse
EC 3.4.-
EC 3.4.22.-
EC 3.4.22.53
Endopeptidases
Journal Article
MEIS homeodomain protein
Mrg1 protein, mouse
Peptide Hydrolases
Stem cell
Subventricular zone
Transcription Factors
Transcription factor

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Date Completed 29.02.2024

Date Revised 17.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1242/jcs.261482

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367950928