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Selective degradation of BET proteins with dBET1, a proteolysis-targeting chimera, potently reduces pro-inflammatory responses in lipopolysaccharide-activated microglia

DeMars, Kelly M., Yang, Changjun, Castro-Rivera, Carolina I., Candelario-Jalil, Eduardo·2018·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Abstract

Bromodomain and extraterminal (BET) proteins are essential to pro-inflammatory gene transcription. The BET family proteins, BRD2, BRD3, BRD4, and testis-specific BRDT, couple chromatin remodeling to gene transcription, acting as histone acetyltransferases, scaffolds for transcription complexes, and markers of histone acetylation. To initiate an inflammatory response, cells undergo de novo gene transcription requiring histone-modifying proteins to make DNA wrapped around histones more or less readily available to transcription complexes. Because BET proteins are the gatekeepers of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB)-dependent gene transcription, we hypothesized that degradation of BET proteins, particularly BRD2 and BRD4, with the proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC) dBET1 would dampen the pro-inflammatory response in microglia subjected to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenge. Degradation of BRD2 and BRD4 was associated with significantly reduced expression of several pro-inflammatory genes: inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), interleukin (IL)-1β, tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-α), IL-6, chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 2 (CCL2), and matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9). This is the first study showing that dBET1-mediated targeted degradation of BET proteins robustly dampens pro-inflammatory responses in LPS-stimulated microglia. These data suggest that BET degradation with dBET1 will likely reduce expression of pro-inflammatory genes in in vivo neuroinflammatory models associated with microglial/immune cell activation.

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Authors
DeMars, K. M., Yang, C., Castro-Rivera, C. I., & Candelario-Jalil, E.
Affiliations
University of Florida (US)
Venue
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-02
Volume
497
Issue
1
Pages
410-415
ISSN
0006-291X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2790815306
Cited by
66
References
38
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.94
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
University of Florida
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › NF-κB Signaling Pathways
Keywords
BET proteins, PROTACs, targeted protein degradation, BRD2, BRD4, microglia, lipopolysaccharide, neuroinflammation, pro-inflammatory gene expression, NF-κB signaling, histone acetylation, inducible nitric oxide synthase, cyclooxygenase-2, TNF-α, IL-1β, MCP-1, MMP-9
MeSH terms
Bromodomain Containing Proteins, Animals, Azepines, Cell Line, Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Inflammation, Lipopolysaccharides, Nuclear Proteins, Thalidomide, Transcription Factors, Treatment Outcome, Microglia, Inflammation Mediators, Mice, Proteolysis

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