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ArticlePLoS biology2026

The histone methyltransferase complex subunit RBBP5 serves as a central epigenetic regulator of proteostasis dynamics.

Syeda Kubra, Michelle Sun, William Dion, Yu Bian, Ahmet Catak, Hannah Luong, Haokun Wang, Yinghong Pan, Jia-Jun Liu, Aishwarya Ponna and 6 more

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Syeda KubraAging Institute of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Michelle SunAging Institute of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
William DionAging Institute of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Yu BianAging Institute of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Ahmet CatakAging Institute of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Hannah LuongAging Institute of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Haokun WangAging Institute of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Yinghong PanUPMC Genome Center, UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Jia-Jun LiuPittsburgh Liver Research Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Aishwarya PonnaAging Institute of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Lijun LiuPittsburgh Liver Research Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Ian SipulaDivision of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Jian-Hua LuoPittsburgh Liver Research Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Michael J JurczakDivision of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Silvia LiuPittsburgh Liver Research Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Bokai ZhuAging Institute of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0827-5757

Funding

Pittsburgh Liver Research CenterP30DK120531 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Satdarshan Singh Monga · 2019 to 2026
$10.9M
Decoding the regulation and functions of mammalian 12h-clockDP2GM140924 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ZHU, BOKAI · 2020 to 2020
$2.4M
Decoding the functions of nuclear speckle in protein quality controlR35GM157978 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Bokai Zhu · 2025 to 2026
$890k
High-Throughput Computing for Genomics and Bioinformatics ResearchS10OD028483 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI LEE, ADRIAN V · 2021 to 2021
$574k
Ultradian to circadian transcriptome re-wiring underlies liver agingR21AG071893 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ZHU, BOKAI · 2022 to 2023
$437k
Nuclear speckle liquid-liquid phase separation dynamics in senescence and agingF31AG080998 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI DION, WILLIAM AARON · 2023 to 2025
$117k
NIA NIH HHS F31 AG080998NIA NIH HHS R21 AG071893NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK120531NIGMS NIH HHS DP2 GM140924NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM157978NIH HHS S10 OD028483
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Abstract

Proteostasis is essential for cellular health, with its disruption contributing to aging, neurodegeneration, and metabolic disorders. While the upstream proteotoxic stress-sensing and protein-folding mechanisms in the ER and cytosol are well studied, the transcriptional regulation of proteostasis remains incompletely understood, particularly concerning the temporal epigenome dynamics, chromatin landscapes, and co-regulatory networks underlying dynamic proteostasis control. Traditionally, proteotoxic stress responses were viewed as acute reactions to noxious stimuli, but recent evidence shows that many proteostasis genes exhibit ~12-hour ultradian rhythms under physiological conditions, driven by an XBP1s-dependent oscillator independent of the canonical circadian clock and cell cycle. By mapping the chromatin landscape of the murine 12-hour oscillator, we identified RBBP5-an essential subunit of the COMPASS complex responsible for H3K4 trimethylation-as a pivotal epigenetic regulator of proteostasis dynamics. In contrast, histone acetyltransferases and H3K9 acetylation were dispensable for dynamic proteostasis gene expression. RBBP5 is not only indispensable for the 12-hour oscillator but also essential for the transcriptional regulation of diverse proteotoxic stresses response, by coactivating XBP1s and promoting H3K4me3 deposition at the promoters of proteostasis genes. As a result, loss of RBBP5 sensitizes cells to proteotoxic stress in part due to impaired autophagy. Proximity labeling of H3K4me3 further uncovered a dynamic chromatin-associated proteomic architecture, including components of COMPASS, the Integrator complex and SWI/SNF remodelers, that constitutes the transcriptional response to proteotoxic stress. Together, these findings establish RBBP5 as a central regulator of proteostasis dynamics, essential for maintaining cellular resilience.

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Epigenesis, GeneticHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseProteostasisAcetylationAnimalsChromatinCircadian RhythmDNA-Binding ProteinsHistone MethyltransferasesHistonesMiceProteotoxic StressX-Box Binding Protein 1ChromatinDNA-Binding ProteinsHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHistone MethyltransferasesHistonesX-Box Binding Protein 1Xbp1 protein, mouse

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PMID42848836
PMCPMC13667922

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