RNA Helicase DDX5 Inhibits Reprogramming to Pluripotency by Mirna-Based Repression of RYBP and Its PRC1-Dependent and -Independent Functions
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Article RNA Helicase DDX5 Inhibits Reprogramming to Pluripotency by miRNA-Based Repression of RYBP and its PRC1-Dependent and -Independent Functions Graphical Abstract Authors Huanhuan Li, Ping Lai, Jinping Jia, ..., Duanqing Pei, Andrew P. Hutchins, Hongjie Yao Correspondence [email protected] In Brief RNA-binding proteins have poorly defined roles in somatic cell reprogramming. Li et al. show that the RNA-binding protein DDX5 erects an epigenetic barrier to reprogramming. DDX5 controls RYBP through microRNA- 125b to suppress specific somatic genes through deposition of H2AK119ub1 while activating an OCT4-KDM2B pluripotent gene program. Highlights d DDX5 acts as a barrier to somatic cell reprogramming d DDX5 loss of function upregulates RYBP through microRNA-125b d Upregulated RYBP enhances H2AK119ub1 deposition at lineage-specific genes via PRC1 d DDX5 silencing activates the OCT4-KDM2B network through RYBP independently of PRC1 Li et al., 2017, Cell Stem Cell 20, 462–477 April 6, 2017 ª 2016 Elsevier Inc. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2016.12.002 Cell Stem Cell Article RNA Helicase DDX5 Inhibits Reprogramming to Pluripotency by miRNA-Based Repression of RYBP and its PRC1-Dependent and -Independent Functions Huanhuan Li,1,2,7 Ping Lai,1,7 Jinping Jia,3,7 Yawei Song,1 Qing Xia,1 Kaimeng Huang,1 Na He,4 Wangfang Ping,1 Jiayu Chen,5 Zhongzhou Yang,1 Jiao Li,1 Mingze Yao,1 Xiaotao Dong,1 Jicheng Zhao,6 Chunhui Hou,4 Miguel A. Esteban,1 Shaorong Gao,5 Duanqing Pei,1 Andrew P. Hutchins,4 and Hongjie Yao1,8,* 1CAS Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510530, China 2GZMU-GIBH Joint School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China 3Laboratory of Translational Genomics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA 4Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen 518055, China 5School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China 6National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China 7Co-first author 8Lead Contact *Correspondence: [email protected] http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2016.12.002 SUMMARY followed by the upregulation of pluripotency genes (Brambrink et al., 2008; Li et al., 2010; Samavarchi-Tehrani et al., 2010; RNA-binding proteins (RBPs), in addition to their Stadtfeld et al., 2008). The phased and timed nature of these functions in cellular homeostasis, play important transitions suggests tight regulation of the reprogramming pro- roles in lineage specification and maintaining cellular cess (Golipour et al., 2012; Polo et al., 2012). It is now clear identity. Despite their diverse and essential functions, that the OSKM factors need to overcome a series of epigenetic which touch on nearly all aspects of RNA metabolism, barriers and pass through a sequence of distinct molecular the roles of RBPs in somatic cell reprogramming are and cellular events. Tremendous effort has been focused on studying the roles of chromatin-binding proteins and modifying poorly understood. Here we show that the DEAD- enzymes in reprogramming and pluripotency (Apostolou and box RBP DDX5 inhibits reprogramming by repressing Hochedlinger, 2013; Rais et al., 2013). However, much less has the expression and function of the non-canonical pol- been reported regarding the roles of RNA-binding proteins ycomb complex 1 (PRC1) subunit RYBP. Disrupting (RBPs) in reprogramming, pluripotency, and differentiation Ddx5 expression improves the efficiency of iPSC gen- despite the ability of the RBP LIN28A, to replace KLF4 in human eration and impedes processing of miR-125b, leading reprogramming (Yu et al., 2007), suggesting that other RBPs to Rybp upregulation and suppression of lineage- may also have critical roles in regulating the reprogramming specific genes via RYBP-dependent ubiquitination process. of H2AK119. Furthermore, RYBP is required for RBPs are involved in a wide range of regulatory pathways, PRC1-independent recruitment of OCT4 to the pro- from RNA metabolism to epigenetic regulation (Guallar and moter of Kdm2b, a histone demethylase gene that Wang, 2014). Importantly, an increasing number of studies have demonstrated that RBPs not only play constitutive roles promotes reprogramming by reactivating endoge- but also have important functions in the maintenance of cell iden- nous pluripotency genes. Together, these results tity (Zhang et al., 2016). DEAD-box RBPs have essential roles in reveal important functions of DDX5 in regulating re- cellular RNA metabolism, including transcription, pre-mRNA programming and highlight the importance of a splicing, ribosome biogenesis, transport, translation, and RNA Ddx5-miR125b-Rybp axis in controlling cell fate. decay (Linder and Jankowsky, 2011). DEAD-box RBP DDX5 is a component of the Drosha complex and plays important roles in regulating microRNA processing INTRODUCTION (Dardenne et al., 2014; Gregory et al., 2004). DDX5 associates with the long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) RNA component of Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) provide a powerful in vitro mitochondrial RNAase P (RMRP) and modulates Th17 cell experimental model to investigate the mechanisms controlling effector functions (Huang et al., 2015) and regulates CCCTC- cell fate conversion. The transduction of the ‘‘Yamanaka factors’’ binding factor (CTCF) transcriptional insulation (Yao et al., OCT4, SOX2, KLF4, and c-MYC (OSKM) into somatic cells 2010). In addition, p53 and SMAD proteins can both modulate sets off a series of phased transitions, initiated by the reduction microRNA metabolism through their association with DDX5 of somatic genes, a mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET), (Davis et al., 2008; Suzuki et al., 2009). 462 Cell Stem Cell 20, 462–477, April 6, 2017 ª 2016 Elsevier Inc. AB C OSKM Ddx5 mRNA Ddx5 mRNA *** *** 1.2 shDdx5 #1 shDdx5 #2 10 *** shCtrl *** 1 level 8 0.8 AP staining 6 0.6 4 0.4 2 0.2 Oct4-GFP Oct4-GFP 12.4% Oct4-GFP Relative expression level 4.10% 13.7% Relative expression 0 0 FACS MEFs iPSCs shCtrl mESCs shDdx5 shDdx5 #1 #2 α-DDX5 α-DDX5 FSC GFP α-β-Actin α-β-Actin D E F OSKM OSKM Secondary MEFs +Dox +Vc Ctrl DDX5 *** 350 *** *** 600 *** 300 AP staining 250 400 200 150 5.45% 1.02% Oct4-GFP Oct4-GFP 100 200 FACS 50 Oct4-GFP colony number Oct4-GFP colony number 0 0 FSC #1 #2 #1 #2 shCtrl shCtrl GFP Ddx5 Ddx5 Ddx5 Ddx5 h sh sh sh s G OSKM HISecondary MEFs 100 OSKM +Dox +Vc ** OSKM+DDX5 ** 100 *** 80 180 80 ** 60 135 60 40 90 40 20 Oct4-GFP colony number *** 45 20 0 Oct4-GFP colony number Oct4-GFP colony number D0 D3 D6 D9 D12 0 0 Ctrl DDX5 rl 5 t X C D D J K MEFs MEFs OSKM+shCtrl 1000 OSKM 10000 OSKM+DDX5 OSKM+shDdx5 #1 *** *** *** 1000 OSKM+shDdx5 #2 *** level 100 100 *** *** ression level 10 xp Snai1 Zeb2 10 1 ** *** ee v Epcam Krt8 Snai1 Zeb2 ti 0.1 a Epithelial genes 1 Rel 0.01 Relative expression Epcam Cldn3 0.001 0.1 Mesenchymal genes Epithelial genes 0.0001 Mesenchymal genes Figure 1. DDX5 Loss of Function Promotes Somatic Cell Reprogramming (A) qRT-PCR and western blot analysis for endogenous Ddx5 mRNA and protein levels in MEFs, mESCs, and iPSCs. (B) qRT-PCR and western blot to test DDX5 knockdown efficiency in MEFs transduced with OSKM together with either control shRNA or two Ddx5 shRNAs. (C) Top: AP-stained wells of a representative reprogramming experiment transfected with OSKM and either a control or Ddx5-targeting shRNA on day 9. Bottom: GFP+ cells analyzed by fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) in reprogramming cells transfected with OSKM and either a control or Ddx5-targeting shRNA on day 12. (legend continued on next page) Cell Stem Cell 20, 462–477, April 6, 2017 463 In this study, we showed that DDX5 is a barrier for somatic cell Next, we transfected DDX5 along with OSKM into MEFs and reprogramming. DDX5 loss of function upregulates the non-ca- assessed the effects of DDX5 overexpression in MEFs (Fig- nonical PRC1 component RING1 and YY1 binding protein ure S1B). DDX5 significantly inhibited the formation of both (RYBP) through a mechanism involving microRNA (miRNA) AP+ and GFP+ colonies compared with the controls (Figures 125b, which leads to increased RYBP-mediated ubiquitination 1F and 1G). Furthermore, we observed that DDX5 overexpres- of histone H2A at K119 (H2AK119ub1) at lineage-specific loci sion significantly inhibited the timing of the appearance of iPSCs and repression of these genes. DDX5 loss of function enhances (Figure 1H). In addition, we observed a similar result with DDX5 reprogramming efficiency and facilitates RYBP-mediated OCT4 overexpression in the secondary MEF system (Figure 1I). The recruitment at the Kdm2b locus, which promotes reprogram- blocking effect of DDX5 during reprogramming was verified ming. This effect is independent of the RYBP-PRC1 complex with another overexpression system (pW-TRE tet-on inducible and, instead, an OCT4-RYBP complex forms, illustrating system) (Figures S1C–S1E). Consistent with the knockdown ex- the context-specific functions of RYBP. DDX5 loss of func- periments, exogenous DDX5 did not affect cell proliferation in the tion not only results in the enrichment of RYBP-stimulated presence of OSKM induction, indicating a growth-independent H2AK119ub1 at lineage-specific genes, thus suppressing effect of DDX5 on reprogramming efficiency (Figures S1F and the expression of these genes, but also activates the OCT4- S1G). In the early stage of reprogramming, the cells pass KDM2B pluripotent network and so assists reprogramming through a MET (Li et al., 2010; Samavarchi-Tehrani et al., cells to overcome an epigenetic barrier in the late phase of 2010).