{"title":"Deciphering HMGB1: Across a spectrum of DNA and nucleosome dynamics.","authors":"Ishu Gupta, Ashok K Patel","doi":"10.1002/cbin.12260","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>HMGB1 is the most abundant nonhistone nuclear protein, which has been widely studied for its roles in the cytoplasm as an autophagy mediator and in the extracellular matrix as an inflammatory molecule. Studies concerning HMGB1's actual role and its binding within the nucleus are inadequate. Through this in vitro study, we aimed to discern the binding parameters of HMGB1 with various types of DNA, nucleosomes, and chromatin. HMGB1 binds differentially to different DNA, with a high affinity for altered DNA structures such as triplex and bulge DNA. Remodelling of nucleosome by CHD7 remodeller was negatively impacted by the binding of HMGB1. We also found that HMGB1 binds to the linker DNA of chromatin. Findings from this study shed light on the diverse roles HMGB1 may play in transcription, gene expression, viral replication, CHARGE syndrome and so forth.</p>","PeriodicalId":9806,"journal":{"name":"Cell Biology International","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Cell Biology International","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cbin.12260","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"CELL BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
HMGB1 is the most abundant nonhistone nuclear protein, which has been widely studied for its roles in the cytoplasm as an autophagy mediator and in the extracellular matrix as an inflammatory molecule. Studies concerning HMGB1's actual role and its binding within the nucleus are inadequate. Through this in vitro study, we aimed to discern the binding parameters of HMGB1 with various types of DNA, nucleosomes, and chromatin. HMGB1 binds differentially to different DNA, with a high affinity for altered DNA structures such as triplex and bulge DNA. Remodelling of nucleosome by CHD7 remodeller was negatively impacted by the binding of HMGB1. We also found that HMGB1 binds to the linker DNA of chromatin. Findings from this study shed light on the diverse roles HMGB1 may play in transcription, gene expression, viral replication, CHARGE syndrome and so forth.
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Each month, the journal publishes easy-to-assimilate, up-to-the minute reports of experimental findings by researchers using a wide range of the latest techniques. Promoting the aims of cell biologists worldwide, papers reporting on structure and function - especially where they relate to the physiology of the whole cell - are strongly encouraged. Molecular biology is welcome, as long as articles report findings that are seen in the wider context of cell biology. In covering all areas of the cell, the journal is both appealing and accessible to a broad audience. Authors whose papers do not appeal to cell biologists in general because their topic is too specialized (e.g. infectious microbes, protozoology) are recommended to send them to more relevant journals. Papers reporting whole animal studies or work more suited to a medical journal, e.g. histopathological studies or clinical immunology, are unlikely to be accepted, unless they are fully focused on some important cellular aspect.
These last remarks extend particularly to papers on cancer. Unless firmly based on some deeper cellular or molecular biological principle, papers that are highly specialized in this field, with limited appeal to cell biologists at large, should be directed towards journals devoted to cancer, there being very many from which to choose.