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- Gene:
- RALGPS2 NIH gene
- Name:
- Ral GEF with PH domain and SH3 binding motif 2
- Previous symbol:
- -
- Synonyms:
- KIAA0351, FLJ10244, FLJ25604
- Chromosome:
- 1q25.2
- Locus Type:
- gene with protein product
- Date approved:
- 2004-06-28
- Date modifiied:
- 2016-10-05
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- Chromatin accessibility quantitative trait locus (caQTL) studies have identified regulatory elements that underlie genetic effects on gene expression and metabolic traits. However, caQTL discovery has been limited by small sample sizes. Here, we map caQTLs in liver tissue from 138 human donors and identify caQTLs for 35,361 regulatory elements, including population-specific caQTLs driven by differences in allele frequency across populations. We identify 2126 genetic signals associated with multiple, presumably coordinately regulated elements. Coordinately regulated elements link distal elements to target genes and are more likely to be associated with gene expression compared with single-element caQTLs. We predict driver and response elements at coordinated loci and find that driver elements are enriched for transcription factor binding sites of key liver regulators. We identify colocalized caQTLs at 667 genome-wide association (GWAS) signals for metabolic and liver traits, and annotate these loci with predicted target genes and disrupted transcription factor binding sites. CaQTLs identify threefold more GWAS colocalizations than liver expression QTLs (eQTLs) in a larger sample size, suggesting that caQTLs can detect mechanisms missed by eQTLs. At a GWAS signal colocalized with a caQTL and an eQTL for , we validated regulatory activity for a variant within a predicted driver element that is coordinately regulated with 39 other elements. At another locus, we validate a predicted enhancer of using CRISPR interference and demonstrate allelic effects on transcription for a haplotype within this enhancer. These results demonstrate the power of caQTLs to characterize regulatory mechanisms at GWAS loci. - Source: PubMed
Publication date: 2025/07/01
Currin Kevin WPerrin Hannah JPandey Gautam KAlkhawaja Abdalla AVadlamudi SwarooparaniMusser Annie EEtheridge Amy SBroadaway K AlaineRosen Jonathan DVarshney ArushiChaudhry Amarjit SGallins Paul JWright Fred AZhou Yi-HuiParker Stephen C JRaffield Laura MSchuetz Erin GInnocenti FedericoMohlke Karen L - RalGPS2 is a Ras-independent Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor for RalA GTPase that is involved in several cellular processes, including cytoskeletal organization. Previously, we demonstrated that RalGPS2 also plays a role in the formation of tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) in bladder cancer 5637 cells. In particular, TNTs are a novel mechanism of cell-cell communication in the tumor microenvironment, playing a central role in cancer progression and metastasis formation. However, the molecular mechanisms involved in TNTs formation still need to be fully elucidated. Here we demonstrate that mid and high-stage bladder cancer cell lines have functional TNTs, which can transfer mitochondria. Moreover, using confocal fluorescence time-lapse microscopy, we show in 5637 cells that TNTs mediate the trafficking of RalA protein and transmembrane MHC class III protein leukocyte-specific transcript 1 (LST1). Furthermore, we show that RalGPS2 is essential for nanotubes generation, and stress conditions boost its expression both in 5637 and HEK293 cell lines. Finally, we prove that RalGPS2 interacts with Akt and PDK1, in addition to LST1 and RalA, leading to the formation of a complex that promotes nanotubes formation. In conclusion, our findings suggest that in the tumor microenvironment, RalGPS2 orchestrates the assembly of multimolecular complexes that drive the formation of TNTs. - Source: PubMed
Publication date: 2021/12/16
D'Aloia AlessiaArrigoni EdoardoCosta BarbaraBerruti GiovannaMartegani EnzoSacco ElenaCeriani Michela - Increasing evidence has shown competitive endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs) play key roles in numerous cancers. Nevertheless, the ceRNA network that can predict the prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is still lacking. The aim of the present study was to identify the prognostic value of key ceRNAs in lung tumorigenesis. Differentially expressed (DE) RNAs were identified between LUAD and adjacent normal samples by limma package in R using The Cancer Genome Atlas database (TCGA). Gene ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway function enrichment analysis was performed using the clusterProfiler package in R. Subsequently, the LUAD ceRNA network was established in three steps based on ceRNA hypothesis. Hub RNAs were identified using degree analysis methods based on Cytoscape plugin cytoHubba. Multivariate Cox regression analysis was implemented to calculate the risk score using the candidate ceRNAs and overall survival information. The survival differences between the high-risk and low-risk ceRNA groups were determined by the Kaplan-Meier and log-rank test using survival and survminer package in R. A total of 2,989 mRNAs, 185 lncRNAs, and 153 miRNAs were identified. GO and KEGG pathway function enrichment analysis showed that DE mRNAs were mainly associated with "sister chromatid segregation," "regulation of angiogenesis," "cell adhesion molecules (CAMs)," "cell cycle," and "ECM-receptor interaction." LUAD-related ceRNA network was constructed, which comprised of 54 nodes and 78 edges. Top ten hub RNAs (hsa-miR-374a-5p, hsa-miR-374b-5p, hsa-miR-340-5p, hsa-miR-377-3p, hsa-miR-21-5p, hsa-miR-326, SNHG1, RALGPS2, and PITX2) were identified according to their degree. Kaplan-Meier survival analyses demonstrated that hsa-miR-21-5p and RALGPS2 had a significant prognostic value. Finally, we found that a high risk of three novel ceRNA interactions (SNHG1-hsa-miR-21-5p-RALGPS2, SNHG1-hsa-miR-326-RALGPS2, and SNHG1-hsa-miR-377-3p-RALGPS2) was positively associated with worse prognosis. Three novel ceRNAs (SNHG1-hsa-miR-21-5p-RALGPS2, SNHG1-hsa-miR-326-RALGPS2, and SNHG1-hsa-miR-377-3p-RALGPS2) might be potential biomarkers for the prognosis and treatment of LUAD. - Source: PubMed
Publication date: 2020/08/04
Tan JuanWang WeiminSong BinSong YingjianMeng Zili - RalGPS2 is a Ras-independent Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor (GEF) for RalA containing a PH domain and an SH3-binding region and it is involved in several cellular processes, such as cytokinesis, control of cell cycle progression, differentiation, cytoskeleton organization and rearrangement. Up to now, few data have been published regarding RalGPS2 role in cancer cells, and its involvement in bladder cancer is yet to be established. In this paper we demonstrated that RalGPS2 is expressed in urothelial carcinoma-derived 5637 cancer cells and is essential for cellular growth. These cells produces thin membrane protrusions that displayed the characteristics of actin rich tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) and here we show that RalGPS2 is involved in the formation of these cellular protrusions. In fact the overexpression of RalGPS2 or of its PH-domain increased markedly the number and the length of nanotubes, while the knock-down of RalGPS2 caused a strong reduction of these structures. Moreover, using a series of RalA mutants impaired in the interaction with different downstream components (Sec5, Exo84, RalBP1) we demonstrated that the interaction of RalA with Sec5 is required for TNTs formation. Furthermore, we found that RalGPS2 interacts with the transmembrane MHC class III protein leukocyte specific transcript 1 (LST1) and RalA, leading to the formation of a complex which promotes TNTs generation. These findings allow us to add novel elements to molecular models that have been previously proposed regarding TNTs formation. - Source: PubMed
Publication date: 2017/12/06
D'Aloia ABerruti GCosta BSchiller CAmbrosini RPastori VMartegani ECeriani M - During prolonged hypoxic conditions, endothelial cells change their gene expression to adjust to the low oxygen environment. This process is mainly regulated by the hypoxia-inducible factors, HIF-1α and HIF-2α. Although endothelial cells do not form sprouts during prolonged hypoxic culturing, silencing of HIF-2α partially restores sprout formation. The present study identifies novel HIF-2α-target genes that may regulate endothelial sprouting during prolonged hypoxia. The gene expression profile of primary human microvascular endothelial cells (hMVECs) that were cultured at 20 % oxygen was compared to hMVECs that were cultured at 1 % oxygen for 14 days by using genome-wide RNA-sequencing. The differentially regulated genes in hypoxia were compared to the genes that were differentially regulated upon silencing of HIF-2α in hypoxia. Surprisingly, KEGG pathway analysis showed that metabolic pathways were enriched within genes upregulated in response to hypoxia and enriched within genes downregulated upon HIF-2α silencing. Moreover, 51 HIF-2α-regulated genes were screened for their role in endothelial sprouting in hypoxia, of which four genes ARRDC3, MME, PPARG and RALGPS2 directly influenced endothelial sprouting during prolonged hypoxic culturing. The manipulation of specific downstream targets of HIF-2α provides a new, but to be further evaluated, perspective for restoring reduced neovascularization in several pathological conditions, such as diabetic ulcers or other chronic wounds, for improvement of vascularization of implanted tissue-engineered scaffolds. - Source: PubMed
Publication date: 2016/10/03
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