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Expression of α-Tubulin Acetyltransferase 1 and Tubulin Acetylation as Selective Forces in Cell Competition

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CELLS
卷 10, 期 2, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells10020390

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fibroblasts; primary cilia; tubulin acetylation; Atat1 expression; cultivation conditions; cell competition

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  1. ERASMUS fellowship
  2. DAAD/CONICYT BECAS Chile program
  3. Department of Developmental Biology, GZMB, Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen, Germany

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The study found that the ability of NIH3T3 fibroblasts to form cilia is related to the acetylation of cytoplasmic tubulin, mainly due to the reduced expression of alpha-tubulin acetyltransferase 1 (Atat1). Cells with decreased expression of Atat1 and tubulin acetylation proliferate faster, eventually gaining an advantage in cell competition.
The wound healing response of fibroblasts critically depends on the primary cilium, a sensory organelle protruding into the environment and comprising a stable axonemal structure. A characteristic marker for primary cilia is acetylation of axonemal tubulin. Although formation of primary cilia is under cell cycle control, the environmental cues affecting ciliation are not fully understood. Our purpose was, therefore, to study the impact of culture conditions on cilia formation in NIH3T3 fibroblasts. We quantified ciliation in different NIH3T3 sub-cell lines and culture conditions by immunodetection of primary cilia and counting. Quantitative Western blotting, qRT-PCR, and proliferation assays completed our investigation. We observed large differences between NIH3T3 sub-cell lines in their ability to generate acetylated primary cilia that correlated with cytoplasmic tubulin acetylation. We found no increased activity of the major tubulin deacetylase, HDAC6, but instead reduced expression of the alpha-tubulin acetyltransferase 1 (Atat1) as being causative. Our observations demonstrate that cells with reduced expression of Atat1 and tubulin acetylation proliferate faster, eventually displacing all other cells in the population. Expression of Atat1 and tubulin acetylation are therefore selective forces in cell competition.

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