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Nucleo-cytoplasmic shuttling of Drosophila Hairless/Su(H) heterodimer as a means of regulating Notch dependent transcription

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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2019.07.008

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Su(H); Nucleo-cytoplasmic transport; Notch signal transduction; Transcription repression

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  1. DFG [MA 1328/11-1, SFB 1074/A3, TRR81-A12, BO 1639/9-1]
  2. BMBF
  3. Excellence Cluster for Cardio Pulmonary System (ECCPS) in Giessen
  4. Von Behring-Rontgen-Foundation grant [BR2018-04]
  5. University of Hohenheim

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Activation and repression of Notch target genes is mediated by transcription factor CSL, known as Suppressor of Hairless (Su(H)) in Drosophila and CBF1 or RBPJ in human. CSL associates either with co-activator Notch or with co-repressors such as Drosophila Hairless. The nuclear translocation of transcription factor CSL relies on co-factor association, both in mammals and in Drosophila. The Drosophila CSL orthologue Su(H) requires Hairless for repressor complex formation. Based on its role in transcriptional silencing, H protein would be expected to be strictly nuclear. However, H protein is also cytosolic, which may relate to its role in the stabilization and nuclear translocation of Su(H) protein. Here, we investigate the function of the predicted nuclear localization signals (NLS 1-3) and single nuclear export signal (NES) of co-repressor Hairless using GFP-fusion proteins, reporter assays and in vivo analyses using Hairless wild type and shuttling-defective Hairless mutants. We identify NLS3 and NES to be critical for Hairless function. In fact, H*(NLS3) mutant flies match H null mutants, whereas H*(NLS3)*(NES) double mutants display weaker phenotypes in agreement with a crucial role for NES in H export. As expected for a transcriptional repressor, Notch target genes are deregulated in H*(NLS3) mutant cells, demonstrating nuclear requirement for its activity. Importantly, we reveal that Su(H) protein strictly follows Hairless protein localization. Together, we propose that shuttling between the nucleo-cytoplasmic compartments provides the possibility to fine tune the regulation of Notch target gene expression by balancing of Su(H) protein availability for Notch activation.

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