PUBLICATION

Defects of cohesin loader lead to bone dysplasia associated with transcriptional disturbance

Authors
Gu, W., Wang, L., Gu, R., Ouyang, H., Bao, B., Zheng, L., Xu, B.
ID
ZDB-PUB-210629-7
Date
2021
Source
Journal of Cellular Physiology   236(12): 8208-8225 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Keywords
Nipbl, bone dysplasia, cellular senescence, cohesin, integrated stress response (ISR), skeleton development
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Bone Diseases, Developmental/genetics*
  • Bone Diseases, Developmental/metabolism
  • Chromosome Segregation/genetics
  • De Lange Syndrome/genetics*
  • De Lange Syndrome/metabolism*
  • Fibroblasts/metabolism*
  • Heterozygote
  • Mutation/genetics
  • Osteogenesis/genetics*
  • Phenotype
  • Transcription, Genetic/genetics
  • Zebrafish/genetics
PubMed
34170011 Full text @ J. Cell. Physiol.
Abstract
Cohesin loader nipped-B-like protein (Nipbl) is increasingly recognized for its important role in development and cancer. Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS), mostly caused by heterozygous mutations of Nipbl, is an autosomal dominant disease characterized by multiorgan malformations. However, the regulatory role and underlying mechanism of Nipbl in skeletal development remain largely elusive. In this study, we constructed a Nipbl-a Cas9-knockout (KO) zebrafish, which appeared with severe retardation of global growth and skeletal development. Deficiency of Nipbl remarkably compromised cell growth and survival, and osteogenic differentiation of mammalian osteoblast precursors. Furthermore, Nipbl depletion impaired the cell cycle process, and caused DNA damage accumulation and cellular senescence. In addition, nucleolar fibrillarin expression, global rRNA biogenesis, and protein translation were defective in the Nipbl-depleted osteoblast precursors. Interestingly, an integrated stress response inhibitor (ISRIB), partially rescued Nipbl depletion-induced cellular defects in proliferation and apoptosis, osteogenesis, and nucleolar function. Simultaneously, we performed transcriptome analysis of Nipbl deficiency on human neural crest cells and mouse embryonic fibroblasts in combination with Nipbl ChIP-Seq. We found that Nipbl deficiency caused thousands of differentially expressed genes including some important genes in bone and cartilage development. In conclusion, Nipbl deficiency compromised skeleton development through impairing osteoblast precursor cell proliferation and survival, and osteogenic differentiation, and also disturbing the expression of some osteogenesis-regulatory genes. Our study elucidated that Nipbl played a pivotal role in skeleton development, and supported the fact that treatment of ISRIB may provide an early intervention strategy to alleviate the bone dysplasia of CdLS.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping