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Xu J, Zhang L, Xu Y, Zhang H, Gao J, Wang Q, Tian Z, Xuan L, Chen H, Wang Y. PP2A Facilitates Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Replication by Deactivating irf3 and Limiting Type I Interferon Production. Viruses 2019; 11:v11100948. [PMID: 31618847 PMCID: PMC6832233 DOI: 10.3390/v11100948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2019] [Revised: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A), a major serine/threonine phosphatase in mammalian cells, is known to regulate the kinase-driven intracellular signaling pathways. Emerging evidences have shown that the PP2A phosphatase functions as a bona-fide therapeutic target for anticancer therapy, but it is unclear whether PP2A affects a porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus infection. In the present study, we demonstrated for the first time that inhibition of PP2A activity by either inhibitor or small interfering RNA duplexes in target cells significantly reduced their susceptibility to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) infection. Further analysis revealed that inhibition of PP2A function resulted in augmented production of type I interferon (IFN). The mechanism is that inhibition of PP2A activity enhances the levels of phosphorylated interferon regulatory factor 3, which activates the transcription of IFN-stimulated genes. Moreover, inhibition of PP2A activity mainly blocked PRRSV replication in the early stage of viral life cycle, after virus entry but before virus release. Using type I IFN receptor 2 specific siRNA in combination with PP2A inhibitor, we confirmed that the effect of PP2A on viral replication within target cells was an interferon-dependent manner. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that PP2A serves as a negative regulator of host cells antiviral responses and provides a novel therapeutic target for virus infection.
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- Jiayu Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Laboratory Animal and Comparative Medicine, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150069, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Laboratory Animal and Comparative Medicine, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150069, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Laboratory Animal and Comparative Medicine, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150069, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Laboratory Animal and Comparative Medicine, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150069, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Laboratory Animal and Comparative Medicine, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150069, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Laboratory Animal and Comparative Medicine, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150069, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Laboratory Animal and Comparative Medicine, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150069, China
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- Department of public health policy, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Laboratory Animal and Comparative Medicine, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150069, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Laboratory Animal and Comparative Medicine, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150069, China.
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Javadpour P, Dargahi L, Ahmadiani A, Ghasemi R. To be or not to be: PP2A as a dual player in CNS functions, its role in neurodegeneration, and its interaction with brain insulin signaling. Cell Mol Life Sci 2019; 76:2277-2297. [PMID: 30874837 PMCID: PMC11105459 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-019-03063-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2018] [Revised: 02/16/2019] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Accumulating evidence has reached the consensus that the balance of phosphorylation state of signaling molecules is a pivotal point in the regulation of cell signaling. Therefore, characterizing elements (kinases-phosphatases) in the phosphorylation balance are at great importance. However, the role of phosphatase enzymes is less investigated than kinase enzymes. PP2A is a member of serine/threonine protein phosphatase that its imbalance has been reported in neurodegenerative diseases. Therefore, we reviewed the superfamily of phosphatases and more specifically PP2A, its regulation, and physiological functions participate in CNS. Thereafter, we discussed the latest findings about PP2A dysregulation in Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases and possible interplay between this phosphatase and insulin signaling pathways. Finally, activating/inhibitory modulators for PP2A activity as well as experimental methods for PP2A study have been reviewed.
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- Pegah Javadpour
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Neurobiology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
- Neurophysiology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Beck JR, Truong T, Stains CI. Temporal Analysis of PP2A Phosphatase Activity During Insulin Stimulation Using a Direct Activity Probe. ACS Chem Biol 2016; 11:3284-3288. [PMID: 27805358 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.6b00697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Protein serine/threonine phosphatases (PSPs) are ubiquitously expressed in mammalian cells. In particular, PP2A accounts for up to 1% of the total protein within cells. Despite clear evidence for the role of PP2A in cellular signaling, there is a lack of information concerning the magnitude and temporal dynamics of PP2A catalytic activity during insulin stimulation. Herein, we describe the development of a direct, fluorescent activity probe capable of reporting on global changes in PP2A enzymatic activity in unfractionated cell lysates. Utilizing this new probe, we profiled the magnitude as well as temporal dynamics of PP2A activity during insulin stimulation of liver hepatocytes. These results provide direct evidence for the rapid response of PP2A catalytic activity to extracellular stimulation, as well as insight into the complex regulation of phosphorylation levels by opposing kinase and phosphatase activities within the cell. This study provides a new tool for investigating the chemical biology of PSPs.
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- Jon R. Beck
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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Beg M, Srivastava A, Shankar K, Varshney S, Rajan S, Gupta A, Kumar D, Gaikwad AN. PPP2R5B, a regulatory subunit of PP2A, contributes to adipocyte insulin resistance. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2016; 437:97-107. [PMID: 27521959 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2016.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2016] [Revised: 07/04/2016] [Accepted: 08/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Insulin resistance is associated with deregulation of insulin signaling owing to the chronic exposure of insulin (hyperinsulinemia) to the tissues. Phosphorylation and dephosphorylation events in insulin signaling pathway play an essential role in signal transduction and glucose uptake. Amongst all, Akt protein is considered to be central to the overall insulin signaling proteins. In glucose responsive tissues like adipose and muscles, activation of Akt is responsible for triggering GLUT4 translocation and glucose transport. Several phosphatases such as PTEN, PP2A have been reported to be involved in dephosphorylation and inactivation of Akt protein. We have identified increased PP2A activity during state of chronic hyperinsulinemia exposure along-with development of adipocyte insulin resistance. This increased phosphatase activity leads activation of cAMP/PKA axis, which in turn increased cAMP levels in insulin resistant (IR) adipocytes. Okadaic acid, an inhibitor of PP2A restored and increased insulin stimulated glucose uptake in insulin resistant (IR) and insulin sensitive (IS) adipocytes respectively. In IS adipocyte, chemical activation of PP2A through MG132 and FTY720 showed decreased insulin sensitivity corroborated with decreased Akt phosphorylation and glucose uptake. We also observed an increased expression of PP2A-B (regulatory) subunit in IR adipocytes. We found PPP2R5B, a regulatory subunit of PP2A is responsible for the dephosphorylation and inactivation of Akt protein. Increased expression of PPP2R5B was also confirmed in white adipose tissue of high fat diet induced IR mice model. Overexpression and suppression strategies confirmed the role of PPP2R5B in regulating insulin signaling. Thus, we conclude that PPP2R5B, a B subunit of PP2A is a negative regulator of Akt phosphorylation contributing partly to the chronic hyperinsulinemia induced insulin resistance in adipocytes.
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- Muheeb Beg
- Division of Pharmacology, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, India
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- Division of Pharmacology, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-CDRI, India
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- Division of Pharmacology, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, India
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- Division of Pharmacology, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, India
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- Division of Pharmacology, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-CDRI, India
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- Division of Pharmacology, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, India
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- Division of Pharmacology, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-CDRI, India
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- Division of Pharmacology, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-CDRI, India.
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Pierucci F, Frati A, Squecco R, Lenci E, Vicenti C, Slavik J, Francini F, Machala M, Meacci E. Non-dioxin-like organic toxicant PCB153 modulates sphingolipid metabolism in liver progenitor cells: its role in Cx43-formed gap junction impairment. Arch Toxicol 2016; 91:749-760. [PMID: 27318803 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-016-1750-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2015] [Accepted: 06/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The non-dioxin-like environmental toxicant 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB153), member of a group of persistent organic pollutants wide-spread throughout the environment, reduces gap junction intercellular communication (GJIC), an event possibly associated with tumor promotion. Since very few studies have investigated the signaling effectors and mode(s) of action of PCB153, and it is known that the gap junction (GJ) protein Cx43 can be regulated by the bioactive sphingolipid (SL) sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P), this in vitro study mainly addresses whether SL metabolism is affected by PCB153 in rat liver epithelial WB-F344 cells. PCB153 treatment obtained significant changes in the S1P/ceramide (Cer) ratio, known to be crucial in determining cell fate. In particular, an increase in S1P at 30 min and a decrease of the bioactive lipid at 3 h were observed, whereas Cer level increased at 1 h and 24 h. Notably, a time-dependent modulation of sphingosine kinase (SphK), the enzyme responsible for S1P synthesis, and of its regulators, ERK1/2 and protein phosphatase PP2A, supports the involvement of these signaling effectors in PCB153 toxicity. Electrophysiological analyses, furthermore, indicated that the lipophilic environmental toxicant significantly reduced GJ biophysical properties, affecting both voltage-dependent (such as those formed by Cx43 and/or Cx32) and voltage-independent channels, thereby demonstrating that PCB153 may act differently on GJs formed by distinct Cx isoforms. SphK down-regulation alone induced GJIC impairment, and, when combined with PCB153, the acute effect on GJ suppression was additive. Moreover, after enzyme-specific gene silencing, the SphK1 isoform appears to be responsible for down-regulating Cx43 expression, while being the target of PCB153 at short-term exposure. In conclusion, we provide the first evidence of novel effectors in PCB153 toxic action in rat liver stem-like cells, leading us to consider SLs as potential markers for preventing GJIC deregulation and, thus, the tumorigenic action elicited by this environmental toxicant.
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- F Pierucci
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", Research Unit of Molecular and Applied Biology, University of Florence, Viale GB Morgagni 50, 50134, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", Research Unit of Molecular and Applied Biology, University of Florence, Viale GB Morgagni 50, 50134, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Physiological Sciences, University of Florence, Viale GB Morgagni 63, 50134, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", Research Unit of Molecular and Applied Biology, University of Florence, Viale GB Morgagni 50, 50134, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", Research Unit of Molecular and Applied Biology, University of Florence, Viale GB Morgagni 50, 50134, Florence, Italy
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- Veterinary Research Institute, Hudcova 70, 62100, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Physiological Sciences, University of Florence, Viale GB Morgagni 63, 50134, Florence, Italy
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- Veterinary Research Institute, Hudcova 70, 62100, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", Research Unit of Molecular and Applied Biology, University of Florence, Viale GB Morgagni 50, 50134, Florence, Italy.
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Liu SJ, Zheng P, Wright DK, Dezsi G, Braine E, Nguyen T, Corcoran NM, Johnston LA, Hovens CM, Mayo JN, Hudson M, Shultz SR, Jones NC, O'Brien TJ. Sodium selenate retards epileptogenesis in acquired epilepsy models reversing changes in protein phosphatase 2A and hyperphosphorylated tau. Brain 2016; 139:1919-38. [PMID: 27289302 DOI: 10.1093/brain/aww116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2015] [Accepted: 04/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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There are no treatments in clinical practice known to mitigate the neurobiological processes that convert a healthy brain into an epileptic one, a phenomenon known as epileptogenesis. Downregulation of protein phosphatase 2A, a protein that causes the hyperphosphorylation of tau, is implicated in neurodegenerative diseases commonly associated with epilepsy, such as Alzheimer's disease and traumatic brain injury. Here we used the protein phosphatase 2A activator sodium selenate to investigate the role of protein phosphatase 2A in three different rat models of epileptogenesis: amygdala kindling, post-kainic acid status epilepticus, and post-traumatic epilepsy. Protein phosphatase 2A activity was decreased, and tau phosphorylation increased, in epileptogenic brain regions in all three models. Continuous sodium selenate treatment mitigated epileptogenesis and prevented the biochemical abnormalities, effects which persisted after drug withdrawal. Our studies indicate that limbic epileptogenesis is associated with downregulation of protein phosphatase 2A and the hyperphosphorylation of tau, and that targeting this mechanism with sodium selenate is a potential anti-epileptogenic therapy.
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- Shi-Jie Liu
- 1 Department of Medicine, Melbourne Brain Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- 1 Department of Medicine, Melbourne Brain Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- 2 The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia 3 Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- 1 Department of Medicine, Melbourne Brain Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- 1 Department of Medicine, Melbourne Brain Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- 4 Department of Surgery, Melbourne Brain Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- 4 Department of Surgery, Melbourne Brain Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- 2 The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia 5 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- 4 Department of Surgery, Melbourne Brain Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- 1 Department of Medicine, Melbourne Brain Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- 1 Department of Medicine, Melbourne Brain Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- 1 Department of Medicine, Melbourne Brain Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- 1 Department of Medicine, Melbourne Brain Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- 1 Department of Medicine, Melbourne Brain Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 6 Department of Neurology, Melbourne Brain Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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Sangodkar J, Farrington C, McClinch K, Galsky MD, Kastrinsky DB, Narla G. All roads lead to PP2A: exploiting the therapeutic potential of this phosphatase. FEBS J 2016; 283:1004-24. [PMID: 26507691 PMCID: PMC4803620 DOI: 10.1111/febs.13573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 230] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2015] [Revised: 09/29/2015] [Accepted: 10/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is a serine/threonine phosphatase involved in the regulation of many cellular processes. A confirmed tumor suppressor protein, PP2A is genetically altered or functionally inactivated in many cancers highlighting a need for its therapeutic reactivation. In this review we discuss recent literature on PP2A: the elucidation of its structure and the functions of its subunits, and the identification of molecular lesions and post-translational modifications leading to its dysregulation in cancer. A final section will discuss the proteins and small molecules that modulate PP2A and how these might be used to target dysregulated forms of PP2A to treat cancers and other diseases.
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- Jaya Sangodkar
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Institute for Transformative Molecular Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Structural and Chemical Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Institute for Transformative Molecular Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Protein Phosphatase 2A Mediates Oxidative Stress Induced Apoptosis in Osteoblasts. Mediators Inflamm 2015; 2015:804260. [PMID: 26538836 PMCID: PMC4619977 DOI: 10.1155/2015/804260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2015] [Accepted: 08/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Osteoporosis is one of the most common bone diseases, which is characterized by a systemic impairment of bone mass and fragility fractures. Age-related oxidative stress is highly associated with impaired osteoblastic dysfunctions and subsequent osteoporosis. In osteoblasts (bone formation cells), reactive oxygen species (ROS) are continuously generated and further cause lipid peroxidation, protein damage, and DNA lesions, leading to osteoblastic dysfunctions, dysdifferentiations, and apoptosis. Although much progress has been made, the mechanism responsible for oxidative stress induced cellular alternations and osteoblastic toxicity is still not fully elucidated. Here, we demonstrate that protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A), a major protein phosphatase in mammalian cells, mediates oxidative stress induced apoptosis in osteoblasts. Our results showed that lipid peroxidation products (4-HNE) may induce dramatic oxidative stress, inflammatory reactions, and apoptosis in osteoblasts. These oxidative stress responses may ectopically activate PP2A phosphatase activity, which may be mediated by inactivation of AKT/mTOR pathway. Moreover, inhibition of PP2A activity by okadaic acid might partly prevent osteoblastic apoptosis under oxidative conditions. These findings may reveal a novel mechanism to clarify the role of oxidative stress for osteoblastic apoptosis and provide new possibilities for the treatment of related bone diseases, such as osteoporosis.
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Shultz SR, Wright DK, Zheng P, Stuchbery R, Liu SJ, Sashindranath M, Medcalf RL, Johnston LA, Hovens CM, Jones NC, O'Brien TJ. Sodium selenate reduces hyperphosphorylated tau and improves outcomes after traumatic brain injury. Brain 2015; 138:1297-313. [PMID: 25771151 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awv053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2014] [Accepted: 01/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury is a common and serious neurodegenerative condition that lacks a pharmaceutical intervention to improve long-term outcome. Hyperphosphorylated tau is implicated in some of the consequences of traumatic brain injury and is a potential pharmacological target. Protein phosphatase 2A is a heterotrimeric protein that regulates key signalling pathways, and protein phosphatase 2A heterotrimers consisting of the PR55 B-subunit represent the major tau phosphatase in the brain. Here we investigated whether traumatic brain injury in rats and humans would induce changes in protein phosphatase 2A and phosphorylated tau, and whether treatment with sodium selenate-a potent PR55 activator-would reduce phosphorylated tau and improve traumatic brain injury outcomes in rats. Ninety young adult male Long-Evans rats were administered either a fluid percussion injury or sham-injury. A proportion of rats were killed at 2, 24, and 72 h post-injury to assess acute changes in protein phosphatase 2A and tau. Other rats were given either sodium selenate or saline-vehicle treatment that was continuously administered via subcutaneous osmotic pump for 12 weeks. Serial magnetic resonance imaging was acquired prior to, and at 1, 4, and 12 weeks post-injury to assess evolving structural brain damage and axonal injury. Behavioural impairments were assessed at 12 weeks post-injury. The results showed that traumatic brain injury in rats acutely reduced PR55 expression and protein phosphatase 2A activity, and increased the expression of phosphorylated tau and the ratio of phosphorylated tau to total tau. Similar findings were seen in post-mortem brain samples from acute human traumatic brain injury patients, although many did not reach statistical significance. Continuous sodium selenate treatment for 12 weeks after sham or fluid percussion injury in rats increased protein phosphatase 2A activity and PR55 expression, and reduced the ratio of phosphorylated tau to total tau, attenuated brain damage, and improved behavioural outcomes in rats given a fluid percussion injury. Notably, total tau levels were decreased in rats 12 weeks after fluid percussion injury, and several other factors, including the use of anaesthetic, the length of recovery time, and that some brain injury and behavioural dysfunction still occurred in rats treated with sodium selenate must be considered in the interpretation of this study. However, taken together these data suggest protein phosphatase 2A and hyperphosphorylated tau may be involved in the neurodegenerative cascade of traumatic brain injury, and support the potential use of sodium selenate as a novel traumatic brain injury therapy.
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- Sandy R Shultz
- 1 Melbourne Brain Centre, Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3050, Australia
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- 2 Anatomy and Neuroscience, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- 1 Melbourne Brain Centre, Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3050, Australia
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- 3 Department of Surgery, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3050, Australia
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- 1 Melbourne Brain Centre, Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3050, Australia
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- 4 Australian Centre for Blood Disease, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia
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- 4 Australian Centre for Blood Disease, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia
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- 5 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- 3 Department of Surgery, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3050, Australia
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- 1 Melbourne Brain Centre, Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3050, Australia
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- 1 Melbourne Brain Centre, Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3050, Australia
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Arora DK, Machhadieh B, Matti A, Wadzinski BE, Ramanadham S, Kowluru A. High glucose exposure promotes activation of protein phosphatase 2A in rodent islets and INS-1 832/13 β-cells by increasing the posttranslational carboxylmethylation of its catalytic subunit. Endocrinology 2014; 155:380-91. [PMID: 24265448 PMCID: PMC3891936 DOI: 10.1210/en.2013-1773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Existing evidence implicates regulatory roles for protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) in a variety of cellular functions, including cytoskeletal remodeling, hormone secretion, and apoptosis. We report here activation of PP2A in normal rat islets and insulin-secreting INS-1 832/13 cells under the duress of hyperglycemic (HG) conditions. Small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of the catalytic subunit of PP2A (PP2Ac) markedly attenuated glucose-induced activation of PP2A. HG, but not nonmetabolizable 3-O-methyl glucose or mannitol (osmotic control), significantly stimulated the methylation of PP2Ac at its C-terminal Leu-309, suggesting a novel role for this posttranslational modification in glucose-induced activation of PP2A. Moreover, knockdown of the cytosolic leucine carboxymethyl transferase 1 (LCMT1), which carboxymethylates PP2Ac, significantly attenuated PP2A activation under HG conditions. In addition, HG conditions, but not 3-O-methyl glucose or mannitol, markedly increased the expression of LCMT1. Furthermore, HG conditions significantly increased the expression of B55α, a regulatory subunit of PP2A, which has been implicated in islet dysfunction under conditions of oxidative stress and diabetes. Thapsigargin, a known inducer of endoplasmic reticulum stress, failed to exert any discernible effects on the carboxymethylation of PP2Ac, expression of LCMT1 and B55α, or PP2A activity, suggesting no clear role for endoplasmic reticulum stress in HG-induced activation of PP2A. Based on these findings, we conclude that exposure of the islet β-cell to HG leads to accelerated PP2A signaling pathway, leading to loss in glucose-induced insulin secretion.
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- Daleep K Arora
- Beta-Cell Biochemistry Laboratory (D.K.A., A.K.), John D. Dingell Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (D.K.A., A.K.), Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201; Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (B.M.), University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612; Department of Engineering and Science (A.M.), University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan 48221; Department of Pharmacology (B.E.W.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232; and Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology (S.R.), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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Hyperactivation of protein phosphatase 2A in models of glucolipotoxicity and diabetes: potential mechanisms and functional consequences. Biochem Pharmacol 2012; 84:591-7. [PMID: 22583922 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2012.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2012] [Revised: 05/03/2012] [Accepted: 05/03/2012] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The protein phosphatase 2A [PP2A] family of enzymes has been implicated in the regulation of a variety of cellular functions including hormone secretion, growth, survival and apoptosis. PP2A accounts for ~1% of total cellular protein and ∼ 80% of total serine/threonine phosphatases, thus representing a major class of protein phosphatases in mammalian cells. Despite significant advances in our current understanding of regulation of cellular function by PP2A under physiological conditions, little is understood with regard to its regulation under various pathological conditions, such as diabetes. Emerging evidence suggests hyperactivation of PP2A in liver, muscle, retina and the pancreatic islet under the duress of glucolipotoxicity and diabetes. Interestingly, pharmacological inhibition of PP2A or siRNA-mediated depletion of the catalytic subunit of PP2A [PP2Ac] levels largely restored PP2A activity to near normal levels under these conditions. Herein, we provide an overview of PP2A subunit expression and activity in in vitro and in vivo models of glucolipotoxicity and diabetes, and revisit the existing data, which are suggestive of alterations in post-translational methylation, phosphorylation and nitration of PP2Ac under these conditions. Potential significance of hyperactive PP2A in the context of cell function, survival and apoptosis is also highlighted. It is hoped that this commentary will provide a basis for future studies to explore the potential for PP2Ac as a therapeutic target for the treatment of diabetes and other metabolic disorders.
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El Ayadi A, Zigmond MJ. Low concentrations of methamphetamine can protect dopaminergic cells against a larger oxidative stress injury: mechanistic study. PLoS One 2011; 6:e24722. [PMID: 22022363 PMCID: PMC3192034 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2010] [Accepted: 08/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Mild stress can protect against a larger insult, a phenomenon termed preconditioning or tolerance. To determine if a low intensity stressor could also protect cells against intense oxidative stress in a model of dopamine deficiency associated with Parkinson disease, we used methamphetamine to provide a mild, preconditioning stress, 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) as a source of potentially toxic oxidative stress, and MN9D cells as a model of dopamine neurons. We observed that prior exposure to subtoxic concentrations of methamphetamine protected these cells against 6-OHDA toxicity, whereas higher concentrations of methamphetamine exacerbated it. The protection by methamphetamine was accompanied by decreased uptake of both [(3)H] dopamine and 6-OHDA into the cells, which may have accounted for some of the apparent protection. However, a number of other effects of methamphetamine exposure suggest that the drug also affected basic cellular survival mechanisms. First, although methamphetamine preconditioning decreased basal pERK1/2 and pAkt levels, it enhanced the 6-OHDA-induced increase in these phosphokinases. Second, the apparent increase in pERK1/2 activity was accompanied by increased pMEK1/2 levels and decreased activity of protein phosphatase 2. Third, methamphetamine upregulated the pro-survival protein Bcl-2. Our results suggest that exposure to low concentrations of methamphetamine cause a number of changes in dopamine cells, some of which result in a decrease in their vulnerability to subsequent oxidative stress. These observations may provide insights into the development of new therapies for prevention or treatment of PD.
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- Amina El Ayadi
- Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Kashiwagi A, Fein MJ, Shimada M. Calpain modulates cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1B (p27(Kip1)) in cells of the osteoblast lineage. Calcif Tissue Int 2011; 89:36-42. [PMID: 21544553 PMCID: PMC3111891 DOI: 10.1007/s00223-011-9491-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2010] [Accepted: 04/15/2011] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The ubiquitously expressed calpains-1 and -2 belong to a family of calcium-dependent intracellular cysteine proteases. Both calpains are heterodimers consisting of a large catalytic subunit and a small regulatory subunit encoded by the gene Capn4. Ablation of the calpain small subunit eliminates calpain activity and leads to embryonic lethality. We previously created osteoblast-specific Capn4 knockout mice to investigate a physiological role for the calpain small subunit in cells of the osteoblast lineage. Deletion of Capn4 reduced trabecular and cortical bone, mainly due to impaired proliferation and differentiation of cells of the osteoblast lineage. To further investigate an underlining mechanism by which osteoblast-specific Capn4 knockout mice develop an osteoporotic bone phenotype, we established osteoblastic cell lines stably expressing either control or Capn4 RNA interference for this study. Capn4 knockdown cells showed reduced cell proliferation, accumulation of total and phosphorylated cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1B (p27(Kip1)) on serine 10, and reduced phosphorylation of retinoblastoma protein on threonine 821. Moreover, ablation of Capn4 increased 27 ( Kip1 ) mRNA levels, likely due to stabilized binding of Akt to protein phosphatase 2A, which presumably results in reduced phosphorylation of Akt on S473 and forkhead Box O (FoxO) 3A on T32. Collectively, calpain regulates cell proliferative function by modulating both transcription and degradation of p27(Kip1) in osteoblasts. In conclusion, calpain is a critical modulator for regulation of p27(Kip1) in cells of the osteoblast lineage.
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- Address correspondence to: Masako Shimada, MD, Ph.D, Thier 10, 50 Blossom Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA, Phone: 1-(617) 726-3966, Fax: 1-(617) 726-1703,
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de Los Ríos C, Egea J, Marco-Contelles J, León R, Samadi A, Iriepa I, Moraleda I, Gálvez E, García AG, López MG, Villarroya M, Romero A. Synthesis, inhibitory activity of cholinesterases, and neuroprotective profile of novel 1,8-naphthyridine derivatives. J Med Chem 2010; 53:5129-43. [PMID: 20575555 DOI: 10.1021/jm901902w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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1,8-Naphthyridine derivatives related to 17 (ITH4012), a neuroprotective compound reported by our research group, have been synthesized. In general, they have shown better inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) than most tacrine derivatives previously synthesized in our laboratory. The compounds presented an interesting neuroprotective profile in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells stressed with rotenone/oligomycin A. Moreover, compound 14 (ethyl 5-amino-2-methyl-6,7,8,9-tetrahydrobenzo[b][1,8]naphthyridine-3-carboxylate) also caused protection in cells stressed with okadaic acid (OA) or amyloid beta 1-42 peptide (Abeta(1-42)). Interestingly, compound 14 prevented the OA-induced PP2A inhibition, one of the enzymes implicated in tau dephosphorylation. This compound also exhibited neuroprotection against neurotoxicity elicited by oxygen and glucose deprivation in hippocampal slices. Because these stressors caused neuronal damage related to physiopathological hallmarks found in the brain of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, we conclude that compound 14 deserves further in vivo studies in AD models to test its therapeutic potential in this disease.
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- Cristóbal de Los Ríos
- Departamento de Farmacologia y Terapeutica, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto Teofilo Hernando, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, C/Arzobispo Morcillo 4, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
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BEX2 has a functional interplay with c-Jun/JNK and p65/RelA in breast cancer. Mol Cancer 2010; 9:111. [PMID: 20482821 PMCID: PMC2881879 DOI: 10.1186/1476-4598-9-111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2010] [Accepted: 05/19/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background We have previously demonstrated that BEX2 is differentially expressed in breast tumors and has a significant role in promoting cell survival and growth in breast cancer cells. BEX2 expression protects breast cancer cells against mitochondrial apoptosis and G1 cell cycle arrest. In this study we investigated the transcriptional regulation of BEX2 and feedback mechanisms mediating the cellular function of this gene in breast cancer. Results We found a marked induction of BEX2 promoter by c-Jun and p65/RelA using luciferase reporter assays in MCF-7 cells. Furthermore, we confirmed the binding of c-Jun and p65/RelA to the BEX2 promoter using a chromatin immunoprecipitation assay. Importantly, transfections of c-Jun or p65/RelA in MCF-7 cells markedly increased the expression of BEX2 protein. Overall, these results demonstrate that BEX2 is a target gene for c-Jun and p65/RelA in breast cancer. These findings were further supported by the presence of a strong correlation between BEX2 and c-Jun expression levels in primary breast tumors. Next we demonstrated that BEX2 has a feedback mechanism with c-Jun and p65/RelA in breast cancer. In this process BEX2 expression is required for the normal phosphorylation of p65 and IκBα, and the activation of p65. Moreover, it is necessary for the phosphorylation of c-Jun and JNK kinase activity in breast cancer cells. Furthermore, using c-Jun stable lines we showed that BEX2 expression is required for c-Jun mediated induction of cyclin D1 and cell proliferation. Importantly, BEX2 down-regulation resulted in a significant increase in PP2A activity in c-Jun stable lines providing a possible underlying mechanism for the regulatory effects of BEX2 on c-Jun and JNK. Conclusions This study shows that BEX2 has a functional interplay with c-Jun and p65/RelA in breast cancer. In this process BEX2 is a target gene for c-Jun and p65/RelA and in turn regulates the phosphorylation/activity of these proteins. These suggest that BEX2 is involved in a novel feedback mechanism with significant implications for the biology of breast cancer.
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Naderi A, Liu J, Bennett IC. BEX2 regulates mitochondrial apoptosis and G1 cell cycle in breast cancer. Int J Cancer 2010; 126:1596-610. [PMID: 19711341 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We have recently demonstrated that BEX2 is differentially expressed in primary breast tumors and BEX2 expression is required for the Nerve Growth factor inhibition of ceramide-induced apoptosis in breast cancer. In this study we investigate the functional role of BEX2 in the survival and growth of breast cancer cells. We demonstrate that BEX2 downregulation induces mitochondrial apoptosis and sensitizes breast cancer cells to the pro-apoptotic effects of ceramide, doxorubicin and staurosporine. In addition, BEX2 overexpression protects the breast cancer cells against mitochondrial apoptosis. We show that this effect of BEX2 is mediated through the modulation of Bcl-2 protein family, which involves the positive regulation of anti-apoptotic member Bcl-2 and the negative regulation of pro-apoptotic members BAD, BAK1 and PUMA. Moreover, our data suggests that BEX2 expression is required for the normal cell cycle progression during G1 in breast cancer cells through the regulation of cyclin D1 and p21. To further support the significance of BEX2 in the pathogenesis of breast cancer we demonstrate that BEX2 overexpression is associated with a higher activation of the Bcl-2/NF-kappaB pathway in primary breast tumors. Furthermore, we show that BEX2 downregulation results in a higher expression and activity of protein phosphatase 2A. The modulation of protein phosphatase 2A, which is also known to mediate the cellular response to ceramide, provides a possible mechanism to explain the BEX2-mediated cellular effects. This study demonstrates that BEX2 has a significant role in the regulation of mitochondrial apoptosis and G1 cell cycle in breast cancer.
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- Ali Naderi
- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane Qld 4102, Australia.
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Wu F, Wilson JX. Peroxynitrite-dependent activation of protein phosphatase type 2A mediates microvascular endothelial barrier dysfunction. Cardiovasc Res 2008; 81:38-45. [PMID: 18791203 PMCID: PMC2605194 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvn246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Aims We investigated the mechanism by which proinflammatory stimulation induces microvascular endothelial barrier dysfunction. Since protein phosphatase type 2A (PP2A) can mediate paracellular leak and can be inactivated by tyrosine phosphorylation in its catalytic subunit (PP2Ac), we hypothesized that microvascular endothelial cells exposed to proinflammatory stimulation produce peroxynitrite that nitrates PP2Ac, and this nitration inhibits tyrosine phosphorylation of PP2Ac and thereby increases PP2A activity to mediate endothelial barrier dysfunction. Methods and results Exposure of mouse skeletal muscle microvascular endothelial cell monolayers to a proinflammatory stimulus [lipopolysaccharide (LPS) + interferon (IFN)γ] increased permeability to albumin, and this barrier dysfunction was attenuated by PP2A inhibitor okadaic acid or by siRNA (small interfering ribonucleic acid) against PP2Ac. LPS + IFNγ increased synthesis of peroxynitrite precursors nitric oxide (NO) and superoxide by inducible NO synthase (iNOS) and NADPH oxidase, respectively. PP2Ac immunoprecipitates isolated from LPS + IFNγ- or peroxynitrite-treated cells showed increased tyrosine nitration, decreased tyrosine phosphorylation and increased phosphatase activity. 3-Nitrotyrosine immunoprecipitates from LPS + IFNγ-stimulated cells also exhibited increased PP2A activity. Further, iNOS inhibitor 1400W, iNOS deficiency, NADPH oxidase inhibitor apocynin, or p47phox deficiency prevented the increase in PP2A activity and preserved barrier function. Conclusion LPS + IFNγ stimulates endothelial cells to produce iNOS-derived NO and NADPH oxidase-derived superoxide, which form peroxynitrite that nitrates tyrosine residues in PP2Ac and inhibits their phosphorylation. This nitration in PP2Ac is correlated with PP2A activation that mediates endothelial barrier dysfunction.
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- Feng Wu
- Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, University at Buffalo, 3435 Main Street, G10 Farber Hall, Buffalo, NY 14214-8028, USA.
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- J Avila
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), C/ Nicolás Cabrera, 1 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain.
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Flynn MP, Maizels ET, Karlsson AB, McAvoy T, Ahn JH, Nairn AC, Hunzicker-Dunn M. Luteinizing hormone receptor activation in ovarian granulosa cells promotes protein kinase A-dependent dephosphorylation of microtubule-associated protein 2D. Mol Endocrinol 2008; 22:1695-710. [PMID: 18467524 DOI: 10.1210/me.2007-0457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The actions of LH to induce ovulation and luteinization of preovulatory follicles are mediated principally by activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) in granulosa cells. PKA activity is targeted to specific locations in many cells by A kinase-anchoring proteins (AKAPs). We previously showed that FSH induces expression of microtubule-associated protein (MAP) 2D, an 80-kDa AKAP, in rat granulosa cells, and that MAP2D coimmunoprecipitates with PKA-regulatory subunits in these cells. Here we report a rapid and targeted dephosphorylation of MAP2D at Thr256/Thr259 after treatment with human chorionic gonadotropin, an LH receptor agonist. This event is mimicked by treatment with forskolin or a cAMP analog and is blocked by the PKA inhibitor myristoylated-PKI, indicating a role for cAMP and PKA signaling in phosphoregulation of granulosa cell MAP2D. Furthermore, we show that Thr256/Thr259 dephosphorylation is blocked by the protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) inhibitor, okadaic acid, and demonstrate interactions between MAP2D and PP2A by coimmunoprecipitation and microcystin-agarose pull-down. We also show that MAP2D interacts with glycogen synthase kinase (GSK) 3beta and is phosphorylated at Thr256/Thr259 by this kinase in the basal state. Increased phosphorylation of GSK3beta at Ser9 and the PP2A B56delta subunit at Ser566 is observed after treatment with human chorionic gonadotropin and appears to result in LH receptor-mediated inhibition of GSK3beta and activation of PP2A, respectively. Taken together, these results show that the phosphorylation status of the AKAP MAP2D is acutely regulated by LH receptor-mediated modulation of kinase and phosphatase activities via PKA.
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- Maxfield P Flynn
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Harwood FC, Shu L, Houghton PJ. mTORC1 signaling can regulate growth factor activation of p44/42 mitogen-activated protein kinases through protein phosphatase 2A. J Biol Chem 2007; 283:2575-85. [PMID: 18056704 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m706173200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The mTORC1 complex (mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)-raptor) is modulated by mitogen-activated protein (p44/42 MAP) kinases (p44/42) through phosphorylation and inactivation of the tuberous sclerosis complex. However, a role for mTORC1 signaling in modulating activation of p44/42 has not been reported. We show that in two cancer cell lines regulation of the p44/42 MAPKs is mTORC1-dependent. In Rh1 cells rapamycin inhibited insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I)-stimulated phosphorylation of Thr(202) but not Tyr(204) and suppressed activation of p44/42 kinase activity. Down-regulation of raptor, which inhibits mTORC1 signaling, had a similar effect to rapamycin in blocking IGF-I-stimulated Tyr(204) phosphorylation. Rapamycin did not block maximal phosphorylation of Tyr(204) but retarded the rate of dephosphorylation of Tyr(204) following IGF-I stimulation. IGF-I stimulation of MEK1 phosphorylation (Ser(217/221)) was not inhibited by rapamycin. Higher concentrations of rapamycin (> or =100 ng/ml) were required to inhibit epidermal growth factor (EGF)-induced phosphorylation of p44/42 (Thr(202)). Rapamycin-induced inhibition of p44/42 (Thr(202)) phosphorylation by IGF-I was reversed by low concentrations of okadaic acid, suggesting involvement of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A). Both IGF-I and EGF caused dissociation of PP2A catalytic subunit (PP2Ac) from p42. Whereas low concentrations of rapamycin (1 ng/ml) inhibited dissociation of PP2Ac after IGF-I stimulation, it required higher concentrations (> or =100 ng/ml) to block EGF-induced dissociation, consistent with the ability for rapamycin to attenuate growth factor-induced activation of p44/42. The effect of rapamycin on IGF-I or insulin activation of p44/42 was recapitulated by amino acid deprivation. Rapamycin effects altering the kinetics of p44/42 phosphorylation were completely abrogated in Rh1mTORrr cells that express a rapamycin-resistant mTOR, whereas the effects of amino acid deprivation were similar in Rh1 and Rh1mTORrr cells. These results indicate complex regulation of p44/42 by phosphatases downstream of mTORC1. This suggests a model in which mTORC1 modulates the phosphorylation of Thr(202) on p44/42 MAPKs through direct or indirect regulation of PP2Ac.
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- Franklin C Harwood
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 N. Lauderdale Street, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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Shi K, Ugi S, Shimizu S, Sekine O, Ikeda K, Egawa K, Yoshizaki T, Nagai Y, Nishio Y, Takada T, Torii R, Kimura H, Kashiwagi A, Maegawa H. Membrane localization of protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1B is essential for its activation of sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1 gene expression. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 363:626-32. [PMID: 17897622 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2007] [Accepted: 09/10/2007] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1 (SREBP-1) is a key transcription factor in stimulating lipogenesis in the liver. Protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) induces SREBP-1 gene expression via protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) activation. PTP1B is reported to be anchored on the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) via its C-terminal tail, and change in intracellular localization of PTP1B by C-terminal-truncation did not alter its inhibitory effects on insulin signaling. In this study, we investigated whether the change in intracellular localization of PTP1B could influence SREBP-1 gene expression. Overexpression of C-terminal truncated PTP1B (PTP1BdeltaCT) in rat Fao cells did not induce SREBP-1 gene expression. Furthermore, PTP1BdeltaCT failed to bind PP2A, resulting in impaired PP2A activation, whereas overexpression of wild-type PTP1B (PTP1BWT) associated with PP2A. Moreover, a membrane-targeted PTP1BDeltaCT activated PP2A with restored PP2A binding, despite the absence of its C-terminal region. Finally, overexpression of PTP1BdeltaCT into mouse primary cultured hepatocytes failed to enhance SREBP-1c mRNA, whereas membrane-targeted PTP1BdeltaCT led to enhanced SREBP-1c mRNA in hepatocytes as well as PTP1BWT. In conclusion, membrane localization of PTP1B is essential for PP2A activation, which is crucial for its enhancement of SREBP-1 gene expression.
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- K Shi
- Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan
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Shan HB, Cai YC, Liu Y, Zeng WN, Chen HX, Fan BT, Liu XH, Xu ZL, Wang B, Xian LJ. Cytotoxicity of cantharidin analogues targeting protein phosphatase 2A. Anticancer Drugs 2007; 17:905-11. [PMID: 16940800 DOI: 10.1097/01.cad.0000217428.90325.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cantharidin is a natural toxin that possesses potent anti-tumor properties. Its clinical application, however, is limited due to severe side-effects. Its cytotoxicity is believed to be mediated by the inhibition of serine/threonine protein phosphatase 2A. In order to identify new compounds with potential clinical therapeutic use, a series of cantharidin analogues, including those with skeletal modifications at 1-C position (analogues 1-6) and those with anhydride modifications (analogues 7-13), were synthesized, and tested for their inhibitory effects on protein phosphatase 2A and their cytotoxicity to a panel of cancer cell lines. In addition, the mode of inhibition of cantharidin and analogue 13 on protein phosphatase 2A was determined by enzymatic kinetics assay. The data indicated that analogue 13 exhibited potent cytotoxicity to all cancer cell lines, and analogues 9, 11 and 12 showed relatively weak cytotoxicity to one or more cell lines, while other analogues showed little cytotoxicity. Accordingly, analogue 13 exhibited potent inhibitory activity on protein phosphatase 2A, and analogues 9, 11 and 12 showed weak inhibitory activity, while other analogues did not show any inhibitory activity. The findings indicate that the cytotoxicity of synthetic cantharidin analogues is likely to be associated with their protein phosphatase 2A inhibitory activity. The mode of inhibition of cantharidin and analogue 13 on protein phosphatase 2A is identified as noncompetitive inhibition by the Lineweaver-Burk plot.
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- Hong-bo Shan
- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PRC
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Faivre S, Kroemer G, Raymond E. Current development of mTOR inhibitors as anticancer agents. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2006; 5:671-88. [PMID: 16883305 DOI: 10.1038/nrd2062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 730] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a kinase that functions as a master switch between catabolic and anabolic metabolism and as such is a target for the design of anticancer agents. The most established mTOR inhibitors--rapamycin and its derivatives--showed long-lasting objective tumour responses in clinical trials, with CCI-779 being a first-in-class mTOR inhibitor that improved the survival of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma. This heralded the beginning of extensive clinical programmes to further evaluate mTOR inhibitors in several tumour types. Here we review the clinical development of this drug class and look at future prospects for incorporating these agents into multitarget or multimodality strategies against cancer.
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- Sandrine Faivre
- Service Inter Hospitalier de Cancrologie, Beaujon University Hospital, 100 Boulevard du General Leclerc, 92118 Clichy Cedex, France
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Sim ATR, Ludowyke RI, Verrills NM. Mast cell function: regulation of degranulation by serine/threonine phosphatases. Pharmacol Ther 2006; 112:425-39. [PMID: 16790278 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2006.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2006] [Accepted: 04/26/2006] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Mast cells play both effector and modulatory roles in a range of allergic and immune responses. The principal function of these cells is the release of inflammatory mediators from mast cells by degranulation, which involves a complex interplay of signalling molecules. Understanding the molecular architecture underlying mast cell signalling has attracted renewed interest as the capacity for therapeutic intervention through controlling mast cell degranulation is now accepted as a viable proposition. The dynamic regulation of signalling by protein phosphorylation is a well-established phenomenon and many of the early events involved in mast cell activation are well understood. Less well understood however are the events further downstream of receptor activation that allow movement of granules through the cytoskeletal barrier and docking and fusion of granules with the plasma membrane. Whilst a potential role for the protein phosphatase family of signalling enzymes in mast cell function has been accepted for some time, the evidence has largely been derived from the use of broad specificity pharmacological inhibitors and results often depend upon the experimental conditions, leading to conflicting views. In this review, we present and discuss the pharmacological and recent molecular evidence that protein phosphatases, and in particular the protein phosphatase serine/threonine phosphatase type 2A (PP2A), have major regulatory roles to play and may be potential targets for the design of new therapeutic agents.
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- Alistair T R Sim
- School of Biomedical Sciences and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Health, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
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Mounier C, Dumas V, Posner BI. Regulation of hepatic insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1 gene expression by insulin: central role for mammalian target of rapamycin independent of forkhead box O proteins. Endocrinology 2006; 147:2383-91. [PMID: 16455781 DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-0902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The expression of IGF-binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) is induced in rat liver by dexamethasone and glucagon and is completely inhibited by 100 nM insulin. Various studies have implicated phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, protein kinase B (Akt), phosphorylation of the transcription factors forkhead in rhabdomyosarcoma 1 (Foxo1)/Foxo3, and the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) in insulin's effect. In this study we examined insulin regulation of IGFBP-1 in both subconfluent and confluent hepatocytes. In subconfluent hepatocytes, insulin inhibition of IGFBP-1 mRNA levels was blocked by inhibiting PI3 kinase activation, and there was a corresponding inhibition of Foxo1/Foxo3 phosphorylation. In these same cells, inhibition of the insulin effect by rapamycin occurred in the presence of insulin-induced Foxo1/Foxo3 phosphorylation. In confluent hepatocytes, insulin could not activate the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3 kinase)-Akt-Foxo1/Foxo3 pathway, but still inhibited IGFBP-1 gene expression in an mTOR-dependent manner. In subconfluent hepatocytes, the serine/threonine phosphatase inhibitor okadaic acid (100 nM) partially inhibited IGFBP-1 gene expression by 40%, but did not produce phosphorylation of either Akt or Foxo proteins. In contrast, 1 nm insulin inhibited the IGFBP-1 mRNA level by 40% and correspondingly activated Akt and Foxo1/Foxo3 phosphorylation to a level comparable to that observed with 100 nM insulin. These results suggest a potential role for a serine/threonine phosphatase(s) in the regulation of IGFBP-1 gene transcription, which is not downstream of mTOR and is independent of Akt. In conclusion, we have found that in rat liver, insulin inhibition of IGFBP-1 mRNA levels can occur in the absence of the phosphorylation of Foxo1/Foxo3, whereas activation of the mTOR pathway is both necessary and sufficient.
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- Catherine Mounier
- Polypeptide Hormone Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Quebéc, Canada
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Lubomirov LT, Reimann K, Metzler D, Hasse V, Stehle R, Ito M, Hartshorne DJ, Gagov H, Pfitzer G, Schubert R. Urocortin-induced decrease in Ca2+ sensitivity of contraction in mouse tail arteries is attributable to cAMP-dependent dephosphorylation of MYPT1 and activation of myosin light chain phosphatase. Circ Res 2006; 98:1159-67. [PMID: 16574904 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.0000219904.43852.3e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Urocortin, a vasodilatory peptide related to corticotropin-releasing factor, may be an endogenous regulator of blood pressure. In vitro, rat tail arteries are relaxed by urocortin by a cAMP-mediated decrease in myofilament Ca2+ sensitivity through a still unclear mechanism. Here we show that contraction of intact mouse tail arteries induced with 42 mmol/L KCl or 0.5 micromol/L noradrenaline was associated with a approximately 2-fold increase in the phosphorylation of the regulatory subunit of myosin phosphatase (SMPP-1M), MYPT1, at Thr696, which was reversed in arteries relaxed with urocortin. Submaximally (pCa 6.1) contracted mouse tail arteries permeabilized with alpha-toxin were relaxed with urocortin by 39+/-3% at constant [Ca2+], which was associated with a decrease in myosin light chain (MLC20Ser19), MYPT1Thr696, and MYPT1Thr850 phosphorylation by 60%, 28%, and 52%, respectively. The Rho-associated kinase (ROK) inhibitor Y-27632 decreased MYPT1 phosphorylation by a similar extent. Inhibition of PP-2A with 3 nmol/L okadaic acid had no effect on MYPT1 phosphorylation, whereas inhibition of PP-1 with 3 micromol/L okadaic acid prevented dephosphorylation. Urocortin increased the rate of dephosphorylation of MLC20Ser19 approximately 2.2-fold but had no effect on the rate of contraction under conditions of, respectively, inhibited kinase and phosphatase activities. The effect of urocortin on MLC20Ser19 and MYPT1 phosphorylation was blocked by Rp-8-CPT-cAMPS and mimicked by Sp-5,6-DCl-cBIMPS. In summary, these results provide evidence that Ca(2+)-independent relaxation by urocortin can be attributed to a cAMP-mediated increased activity of SMPP-1M which at least in part is attributable to a decrease in the inhibitory phosphorylation of MYPT1.
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Peng X, Peng XM, Tehranian R, Dietrich P, Stefanis L, Perez RG. α-Synuclein activation of protein phosphatase 2A reduces tyrosine hydroxylase phosphorylation in dopaminergic cells. J Cell Sci 2005; 118:3523-30. [PMID: 16030137 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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α-Synuclein is an abundant presynaptic protein implicated in neuronal plasticity and neurodegenerative diseases. Although the function of α-synuclein is not thoroughly elucidated, we found that α-synuclein regulates dopamine synthesis by binding to and inhibiting tyrosine hydroxylase, the rate limiting enzyme in dopamine synthesis. Understanding α-synuclein function in dopaminergic cells should add to our knowledge of this key protein, which is implicated in Parkinson's disease and other disorders. Herein, we report a mechanism by which α-synuclein diminishes tyrosine hydroxylase phosphorylation and activity in stably transfected dopaminergic cells. Short-term regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase depends on the phosphorylation of key seryl residues in the amino-terminal regulatory domain of the protein. Of these, Ser40 contributes significantly to tyrosine hydroxylase activation and dopamine synthesis. We observed that α-synuclein overexpression caused reduced Ser40 phosphorylation in MN9D cells and inducible PC12 cells. Ser40 is phosphorylated chiefly by the cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase PKA and dephosphorylated almost exclusively by the protein phosphatase, PP2A. Therefore, we measured the impact of α-synuclein overexpression on levels and activity of PKA and PP2A in our cells. PKA was unaffected by α-synuclein. PP2A protein levels also were unchanged, however, the activity of PP2A increased in parallel with α-synuclein expression. Inhibition of PP2A dramatically increased Ser40 phosphorylation only in α-synuclein overexpressors in which α-synuclein was also found to co-immunoprecipitate with PP2A. Together the data reveal a functional interaction between α-synuclein and PP2A that leads to PP2A activation and underscores a key role for α-synuclein in protein phosphorylation.
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- Xiangmin Peng
- Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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Mao L, Yang L, Arora A, Choe ES, Zhang G, Liu Z, Fibuch EE, Wang JQ. Role of Protein Phosphatase 2A in mGluR5-regulated MEK/ERK Phosphorylation in Neurons. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:12602-10. [PMID: 15661743 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m411709200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The regulation of protein phosphorylation requires coordinated interaction between protein kinases and protein phosphatases (PPs). Recent evidence has shown that the Galphaq-protein-coupled metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) 5 up-regulates phosphorylation of MAPK/ERK1/2. However, signaling mechanisms linking mGluR5 to ERK are poorly understood. In this study, roles of a major serine/threonine PP, PP2A, in this event were evaluated in cultured neurons. We found that the PP1/2A inhibitors okadaic acid and calyculin A mimicked the effect of the mGluR5 agonists (RS)-3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine and (RS)-2-chloro-5-hydroxyphenylglycine in facilitating phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and its upstream kinase, MEK1/2, in a PP2A-dependent but not PP1-dependent manner. Co-administration of either inhibitor with an mGluR5 agonist produced additive phosphorylation of ERK1/2. Enzymatic assays showed a basal level of phosphatase activity of PP2A under normal conditions, and activation of mGluR5 selectively inhibited PP2A, but not PP1, activity. In addition, a physical association of the cytoplasmic C terminus of mGluR5 with PP2A was observed, and ligand activation of mGluR5 reduced mGluR5-PP2A binding. Additional mechanistic studies revealed that mGluR5 activation increased tyrosine (Tyr307) phosphorylation of PP2A, which was dependent on activation of a p60c-Src family tyrosine kinase, but not the epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase and resulted in dissociation of PP2A from mGluR5 and reduced PP2A activity. Together, we have identified a novel, mGluR5-triggered signaling mechanism involving use- and Src-dependent inactivation of PP2A, which contributes to mGluR5 activation of MEK1/2 and ERK1/2.
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- Limin Mao
- Department of Basic Medical Science, University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri 64108, USA
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Inoki K, Ouyang H, Li Y, Guan KL. Signaling by target of rapamycin proteins in cell growth control. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2005; 69:79-100. [PMID: 15755954 PMCID: PMC1082789 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.69.1.79-100.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 251] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Target of rapamycin (TOR) proteins are members of the phosphatidylinositol kinase-related kinase (PIKK) family and are highly conserved from yeast to mammals. TOR proteins integrate signals from growth factors, nutrients, stress, and cellular energy levels to control cell growth. The ribosomal S6 kinase 1 (S6K) and eukaryotic initiation factor 4E binding protein 1(4EBP1) are two cellular targets of TOR kinase activity and are known to mediate TOR function in translational control in mammalian cells. However, the precise molecular mechanism of TOR regulation is not completely understood. One of the recent breakthrough studies in TOR signaling resulted in the identification of the tuberous sclerosis complex gene products, TSC1 and TSC2, as negative regulators for TOR signaling. Furthermore, the discovery that the small GTPase Rheb is a direct downstream target of TSC1-TSC2 and a positive regulator of the TOR function has significantly advanced our understanding of the molecular mechanism of TOR activation. Here we review the current understanding of the regulation of TOR signaling and discuss its function as a signaling nexus to control cell growth during normal development and tumorigenesis.
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- Ken Inoki
- Life Science Institute, University of Michigan Medical School, 5450 Medical Science I Bldg., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0606, USA
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Hupfeld CJ, Resnik JL, Ugi S, Olefsky JM. Insulin-induced beta-arrestin1 Ser-412 phosphorylation is a mechanism for desensitization of ERK activation by Galphai-coupled receptors. J Biol Chem 2004; 280:1016-23. [PMID: 15520010 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m403674200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Beta-arrestin1 is an adapter/scaffold for many G protein-coupled receptors during mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling. Phosphorylation of beta-arrestin1 at position Ser-412 is a regulator of beta-arrestin1 function, and in the present study, we showed that insulin led to a time- and dose-dependent increase in beta-arrestin1 Ser-412 phosphorylation, which blocked isoproterenol- and lysophosphatidic acid-induced Ser-412 dephosphorylation and impaired ERK signaling by these G protein-coupled receptor ligands. Insulin treatment also led to accumulation of Ser-412-phosphorylated beta-arrestin1 at the insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor and prevented insulin-like growth factor 1/Src association. Insulin-induced Ser-412 phosphorylation was partially dependent on ERK as treatment with the MEK inhibitor PD98059 inhibited the insulin effect (62% reduction, p = 0.03). Inhibition of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase by wortmannin did not have a significant effect (9% reduction, p = 0.41). We also found that the protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) was in a molecular complex with beta-arrestin1 and that the PP2A inhibitor okadaic acid increased Ser-412 phosphorylation. Concomitant addition of insulin and okadaic acid did not produce an additive effect on Ser-412 phosphorylation, suggesting a common mechanism. Small t antigen specifically inhibited PP2A, and in HIRcB cells expressing small t antigen, beta-arrestin1 Ser-412 phosphorylation was increased, and insulin had no further effect. Insulin treatment caused increased beta-arrestin1 Ser-412 phosphorylation, which blocked mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling and internalization by beta-arrestin1-dependent receptors with no effect on beta-adrenergic receptor Gs-mediated cAMP production. These findings provide a new mechanism for insulin-induced desensitization of ERK activation by Galphai-coupled receptors.
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- Christopher J Hupfeld
- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093, USA
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Kalamidas SA, Kondomerkos DJ, Kotoulas OB, Hann AC. Electron microscopic and biochemical study of the effects of rapamycin on glycogen autophagy in the newborn rat liver. Microsc Res Tech 2004; 63:215-9. [PMID: 14988919 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The effects of rapamycin on glycogen autophagy in the newborn rat liver were studied using biochemical determinations, electron microscopy, and morphometric analysis. Rapamycin increased the fractional volume of hepatocytic autophagic vacuoles, the liver lysosomal glycogen-hydrolyzing activity of acid glucosidase, the degradation of glycogen inside the autophagic vacuoles, and decreased the activity of acid mannose 6-phosphatase. These findings suggest that rapamycin, a known inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling, induces glycogen autophagy in the newborn rat hepatocytes. mTOR may participate in the regulation of this process.
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- S A Kalamidas
- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
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Foukas LC, Beeton CA, Jensen J, Phillips WA, Shepherd PR. Regulation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase by its intrinsic serine kinase activity in vivo. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:966-75. [PMID: 14729945 PMCID: PMC321424 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.3.966-975.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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One potentially important mechanism for regulating class Ia phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) activity is autophosphorylation of the p85 alpha adapter subunit on Ser608 by the intrinsic protein kinase activity of the p110 catalytic subunit, as this downregulates the lipid kinase activity in vitro. Here we investigate whether this phosphorylation can occur in vivo. We find that p110 alpha phosphorylates p85 alpha Ser608 in vivo with significant stoichiometry. However, p110 beta is far less efficient at phosphorylating p85 alpha Ser608, identifying a potential difference in the mechanisms by which these two isoforms are regulated. The p85 alpha Ser608 phosphorylation was increased by treatment with insulin, platelet-derived growth factor, and the phosphatase inhibitor okadaic acid. The functional effects of this phosphorylation are highlighted by mutation of Ser608, which results in reduced lipid kinase activity and reduced association of the p110 alpha catalytic subunit with p85 alpha. The importance of this phosphorylation was further highlighted by the finding that autophosphorylation on Ser608 was impaired, while lipid kinase activity was increased, in a p85 alpha mutant recently discovered in human tumors. These results provide the first evidence that phosphorylation of Ser608 plays a role as a shutoff switch in growth factor signaling and contributes to the differences in functional properties of different PI 3-kinase isoforms in vivo.
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- Lazaros C Foukas
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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Glycogen autophagy, which includes the sequestration and degradation of cell glycogen in the autophagic vacuoles, is a selective process under conditions of demand for the massive hepatic production of glucose, as in the postnatal period. It represents a link between autophagy and glycogen metabolism. The formation of autophagic vacuoles in the hepatocytes of newborn animals is spatially and biochemically related to the degradation of cell glycogen. Many molecular elements and signaling pathways including the cyclic AMP/cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase and the phosphoinositides/TOR pathways are implicated in the control of this process. These two pathways may converge on the same target to regulate glycogen autophagy.
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- Othon B Kotoulas
- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina 451 10, Greece.
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The mammalian target of rapamycin, mTOR, is a protein Ser-Thr kinase that functions as a central element in a signaling pathway involved in the control of cell growth and proliferation. The activity of mTOR is controlled not only by amino acids, but also by hormones and growth factors that activate the protein kinase Akt. The signaling pathway downstream of Akt leading to mTOR involves the protein products of the genes mutated in tuberous sclerosis, TSC1 and TSC2, and the small guanosine triphosphatase, Rheb. In cells, mTOR is found in a complex with two other proteins, raptor and mLST8. In this review, we describe recent progress in understanding the control of the mTOR signaling pathway and the role of mTOR-interacting proteins.
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- Thurl E Harris
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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Sim ATR, Baldwin ML, Rostas JAP, Holst J, Ludowyke RI. The role of serine/threonine protein phosphatases in exocytosis. Biochem J 2003; 373:641-59. [PMID: 12749763 PMCID: PMC1223558 DOI: 10.1042/bj20030484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2003] [Revised: 05/09/2003] [Accepted: 05/16/2003] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Modulation of exocytosis is integral to the regulation of cellular signalling, and a variety of disorders (such as epilepsy, hypertension, diabetes and asthma) are closely associated with pathological modulation of exocytosis. Emerging evidence points to protein phosphatases as key regulators of exocytosis in many cells and, therefore, as potential targets for the design of novel therapies to treat these diseases. Diverse yet exquisite regulatory mechanisms have evolved to direct the specificity of these enzymes in controlling particular cell processes, and functionally driven studies have demonstrated differential regulation of exocytosis by individual protein phosphatases. This Review discusses the evidence for the regulation of exocytosis by protein phosphatases in three major secretory systems, (1) mast cells, in which the regulation of exocytosis of inflammatory mediators plays a major role in the respiratory response to antigens, (2) insulin-secreting cells in which regulation of exocytosis is essential for metabolic control, and (3) neurons, in which regulation of exocytosis is perhaps the most complex and is essential for effective neurotransmission.
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- Alistair T R Sim
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, and Clinical Neuroscience Program, Hunter Medical Research Institute, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.
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Pullar CE, Chen J, Isseroff RR. PP2A activation by beta2-adrenergic receptor agonists: novel regulatory mechanism of keratinocyte migration. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:22555-62. [PMID: 12697752 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m300205200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Understanding the mechanisms that regulate cell migration is important for devising novel therapies to control metastasis or enhance wound healing. Previously, we demonstrated that beta2-adrenergic receptor (beta2-AR) activation in keratinocytes inhibited their migration by decreasing the phosphorylation of a critical promigratory signaling component, the extracellular signal-related kinase (ERK). Here we demonstrate that beta2-AR-induced inhibition of migration is mediated by the activation of the serine/threonine phosphatase PP2A. Pretreating human keratinocytes with the PP2A inhibitor, okadaic acid, prevented the beta2-AR-induced inhibition of migration, either as isolated cells or as a confluent sheet of cells repairing an in vitro "wound" and also prevented the beta2-AR-induced reduction in ERK phosphorylation. Similar results were obtained with human corneal epithelial cells. In keratinocytes, immunoprecipitation studies revealed that beta2-AR activation resulted in the rapid association of beta2-AR with PP2A as well as a 37% increase in association of PP2A with ERK2. Finally, beta2-AR activation resulted in a rapid and transient 2-fold increase in PP2A activity. Thus, we provide the first evidence that beta2-AR activation in keratinocytes modulates migration via a novel pathway utilizing PP2A to alter the promigratory signaling cascade. Exploiting this pathway may result in novel therapeutic approaches for control of epithelial cell migration.
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- Christine E Pullar
- Department of Dermatology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Mita MM, Mita A, Rowinsky EK. Mammalian target of rapamycin: a new molecular target for breast cancer. Clin Breast Cancer 2003; 4:126-37. [PMID: 12864941 DOI: 10.3816/cbc.2003.n.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), a downstream effector of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt (protein kinase B) signaling pathway that mediates cell survival and proliferation, is a prime strategic target for anticancer therapeutic development. By targeting mTOR, the immunosuppressant and antiproliferative agent rapamycin inhibits signals required for cell cycle progression, cell growth, and proliferation. Both rapamycin and novel rapamycin analogues with more favorable pharmaceutical properties, such as CCI-779, RAD 001, and AP23573, are highly specific inhibitors of mTOR. In essence, these agents gain function by binding to the immunophilin FK506 binding protein 12 and the resultant complex inhibits the activity of mTOR. Because mTOR activates both the 40S ribosomal protein S6 kinase (p70s6k) and the eukaryotic initiation factor 4E-binding protein-1, rapamycin-like compounds block the actions of these downstream signaling elements, which results in cell cycle arrest in the G1 phase. Rapamycin and its analogues also prevent cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) activation, inhibit retinoblastoma protein phosphorylation, and accelerate the turnover of cyclin D1, leading to a deficiency of active CDK4/cyclin D1 complexes, all of which potentially contribute to the prominent inhibitory effects of rapamycin at the G1/S boundary of the cell cycle. Rapamycin and rapamycin analogues have demonstrated impressive growth-inhibitory effects against a broad range of human cancers, including breast cancer, in preclinical and early clinical evaluations. In breast cancer cells, PI3K/Akt and mTOR pathways seem to be critical for the proliferative responses mediated by the epidermal growth factor receptor, the insulin growth factor receptor, and the estrogen receptor. Furthermore, these pathways may be constitutively activated in cancers with many types of aberrations, including those with loss of PTEN suppressor gene function. Therefore, the development of inhibitors of mTOR and related pathways is a rational therapeutic strategy for breast and other malignancies that possess a wide range of aberrant molecular constituents. This review will summarize the principal mechanisms of action of rapamycin and rapamycin derivatives, as well as the potential utility of these agents as anticancer therapeutic agents with an emphasis on breast cancer. The preliminary results of early clinical evaluations with rapamycin analogues and the unique developmental challenges that lie ahead will also be discussed.
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- Monica M Mita
- Institute for Drug Development, Cancer Therapy and Research Center, San Antonio, TX, USA.
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Pertseva MN, Shpakov AO, Plesneva SA, Kuznetsova LA. A novel view on the mechanisms of action of insulin and other insulin superfamily peptides: involvement of adenylyl cyclase signaling system. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2003; 134:11-36. [PMID: 12524030 DOI: 10.1016/s1096-4959(02)00160-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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A new signaling mechanism common to mammalian insulin, insulin-like growth factor I, relaxin and mollusc insulin-like peptide, and involving receptor-tyrosine kinase==>G(i) protein (betagamma)==>phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase==>protein kinase Czeta==>adenylyl cyclase==>protein kinase A was discovered in the muscles and some other tissues of vertebrates and invertebrates. The authors' data were used to reconsider the problem of participation of the adenylyl cyclase-cAMP system in the regulatory effects of insulin superfamily peptides. A hypothesis has been put forward according to which the adenylyl cyclase signaling mechanism producing cAMP has a triple co-ordinating role in the regulatory action of insulin superfamily peptides on the main cell processes, inducing the mitogenic and antiapoptotic effects and inhibitory influence on some metabolic effects of the peptides. It is suggested that cAMP is a key regulator responsible for choosing the transduction pathway by concerted launching of one (proliferative) program and switching off (suppression) of two others, which lead to cell death and to the predomination of anabolic processes in a cell. The original data obtained give grounds to conclude that the adenylyl cyclase signaling system is a mechanism of signal transduction not only of hormones with serpentine receptors, but also of those with receptors of the tyrosine kinase type (insulin superfamily peptides and some growth factors).
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- M N Pertseva
- I.M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Thorez av. 44, 194223 St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Greif DM, Kou R, Michel T. Site-specific dephosphorylation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase by protein phosphatase 2A: evidence for crosstalk between phosphorylation sites. Biochemistry 2002; 41:15845-53. [PMID: 12501214 DOI: 10.1021/bi026732g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The endothelial isoform of nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) is a calcium/calmodulin-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of nitric oxide, a key mediator of vascular homeostasis. eNOS undergoes a variety of posttranslational modifications, including phosphorylation on at least three residues: serines 116 and 1179 and threonine 497. Although the agonist-modulated protein kinase pathways that lead to eNOS phosphorylation have been studied in detail, the signaling pathways governing eNOS dephosphorylation remain less well characterized. The present study identifies protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) as a key determinant of eNOS dephosphorylation and enzyme activity. We transfected bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAEC) with epitope-tagged cDNAs encoding wild-type eNOS or a series of phosphorylation-deficient eNOS mutants, immunoprecipitated [(32)P(i)] biosynthetically labeled recombinant proteins using antibodies directed against the epitope tag and treated the [(32)P(i)]-phosphorylated eNOS with protein phosphatases. We found that PP2A dephosphorylates eNOS residues threonine 497 and serine 1179 but not serine 116 and that an eNOS mutant lacking these three established phosphorylation sites is robustly labeled when expressed in BAEC and is dephosphorylated by PP2A. An inhibitor of PP2A increases eNOS enzymatic activity and augments overall levels of eNOS phosphorylation, specifically increasing phosphorylation of serines 116 and 1179. When transfected into BAEC or COS-7 cells, a "phospho-mimetic" eNOS mutant in which threonine 497 is changed to aspartate shows attenuated phosphorylation at serine 1179 as well as reduced enzyme activity in COS-7 cells. Our results indicate that regulation of eNOS dephosphorylation may be a key point for control of nitric oxide-dependent signaling pathways in vascular endothelial cells.
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- Daniel M Greif
- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Hartley D, Cooper GM. Role of mTOR in the degradation of IRS-1: regulation of PP2A activity. J Cell Biochem 2002; 85:304-14. [PMID: 11948686 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.10135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We have investigated the role of PI 3-kinase and mTOR in the degradation of IRS-1 induced by insulin. Inhibition of mTOR with rapamycin resulted in approximately 50% inhibition of the insulin-induced degradation of IRS-1. In contrast, inhibition of PI-3 kinase, an upstream activator of mTOR, leads to a complete block of the insulin-induced degradation. Inhibition of either PI-3 kinase or mTOR prevented the mobility shift in IRS-1 in response to insulin, a shift that is caused by Ser/Thr phosphorylation. These results indicate that insulin stimulates PI 3-kinase-mediated degradation of IRS-1 via both mTOR-dependent and -independent pathways. Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) stimulation leads to a lower level of degradation, but significant phosphorylation of IRS-1. Both the degradation and phosphorylation of IRS-1 in response to PDGF are completely inhibited by rapamycin, suggesting that PDGF stimulates IRS-1 degradation principally via the mTOR-dependent pathway. Inhibition of the serine/threonine phosphatase PP2A with okadaic acid also induced the phosphorylation and degradation of IRS-1. IRS-1 phosphorylation and degradation in response to okadaic acid were not inhibited by rapamycin, suggesting that the action of mTOR in the degradation of IRS-1 results from inhibition of PP2A. Consistent with this, treatment of cells with rapamycin stimulated PP2A activity. While the role of mTOR in the phosphorylation of IRS-1 appears to proceed primarily through the regulation of PP2A, we also provide evidence that the regulation of p70S6 kinase phosphorylation requires the direct activity of mTOR.
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- David Hartley
- Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Feschenko MS, Stevenson E, Nairn AC, Sweadner KJ. A novel cAMP-stimulated pathway in protein phosphatase 2A activation. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2002; 302:111-8. [PMID: 12065707 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.302.1.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Elevated cAMP in NRK-52E and L6 cells causes a marked reduction in the phosphorylation of numerous phosphoproteins, as detected initially with phosphoserine-specific antibodies. Here, we show that elevation of cAMP in NRK cells by forskolin/3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX) treatment decreased phosphorylation of substrates for different protein kinases, pointing to a common protein phosphatase as a target for cAMP-dependent regulation. Forskolin/IBMX treatment completely dephosphorylated a selective protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) substrate, elongation factor-2 (EF-2), at its Ca(2+) calmodulin-dependent kinase site, and decreased phosphorylation of substrates for cyclin-dependent kinases, including retinoblastoma (Rb) protein. As reported before, forskolin/IBMX also decreased phosphorylation of a protein kinase C substrate, the Na,K-ATPase. The cAMP-stimulated dephosphorylation was blocked by the protein phosphatases 1 (PP1) and PP2A inhibitor okadaic acid at concentrations selective for PP2A but was not blocked by tautomycin at concentrations selective for PP1. The data implicate PP2A as a cAMP-activated phosphatase. Contrary to expectation, we found evidence that cAMP-dependent activation of PP2A did not depend on protein kinase A (PKA). Pretreatment of cells with the PKA inhibitor H89 abolished PKA activity measured in cell extracts and significantly decreased cAMP-activated phosphorylation of a known PKA substrate, ARPP-19, in cells, but failed to block the cAMP-stimulated dephosphorylation of EF-2, Rb, and other proteins. This novel pathway of PP2A activation, acting on the time scale of minutes, represents yet another example of a cAMP-mediated, PKA-independent signaling mechanism. Because PP2A is active toward a variety of endogenous substrates, cAMP-stimulated dephosphorylation may have complicated the interpretation of many prior studies.
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- Marina S Feschenko
- Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Neuroscience Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, 149 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
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Nielsen JN, Vissing J, Wojtaszewski JFP, Haller RG, Begum N, Richter EA. Decreased insulin action in skeletal muscle from patients with McArdle's disease. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2002; 282:E1267-75. [PMID: 12006356 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00526.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Insulin action is decreased by high muscle glycogen concentrations in skeletal muscle. Patients with McArdle's disease have chronic high muscle glycogen levels and might therefore be at risk of developing insulin resistance. In this study, six patients with McArdle's disease and six matched control subjects were subjected to an oral glucose tolerance test and a euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp. The muscle glycogen concentration was 103 +/- 45% higher in McArdle patients than in controls. Four of six McArdle patients, but none of the controls, had impaired glucose tolerance. The insulin-stimulated glucose utilization and the insulin-stimulated increase in glycogen synthase activity during the clamp were significantly lower in the patients than in controls (51.3 +/- 6.0 vs. 72.6 +/- 13.1 micromol x min(-1) x kg lean body mass(-1), P < 0.05, and 53 +/- 15 vs. 79 +/- 9%, P < 0.05, n = 6, respectively). The difference in insulin-stimulated glycogen synthase activity between the pairs was significantly correlated (r = 0.96, P < 0.002) with the difference in muscle glycogen level. The insulin-stimulated increase in Akt phosphorylation was smaller in the McArdle patients than in controls (45 +/- 13 vs. 76 +/- 13%, P < 0.05, respectively), whereas basal and insulin-stimulated glycogen synthase kinase 3alpha and protein phosphatase-1 activities were similar in the two groups. Furthermore, the ability of insulin to decrease and increase fat and carbohydrate oxidation, respectively, was blunted in the patients. In conclusion, these data show that patients with McArdle's glycogen storage disease are insulin resistant in terms of glucose uptake, glycogen synthase activation, and alterations in fuel oxidation. The data further suggest that skeletal muscle glycogen levels play an important role in the regulation of insulin-stimulated glycogen synthase activity.
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- Jakob N Nielsen
- Copenhagen Muscle Research Center, Department of Human Physiology, Institute of Exercise and Sport Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-2400 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Ugi S, Imamura T, Ricketts W, Olefsky JM. Protein phosphatase 2A forms a molecular complex with Shc and regulates Shc tyrosine phosphorylation and downstream mitogenic signaling. Mol Cell Biol 2002; 22:2375-87. [PMID: 11884620 PMCID: PMC133677 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.22.7.2375-2387.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is a multimeric serine/threonine phosphatase that carries out multiple functions. Although numerous observations suggest that PP2A plays a major role in downregulation of the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase pathway, the precise mechanisms are unknown. To clarify the role of PP2A in growth factor (insulin, epidermal growth factor [EGF], and insulin-like growth factor 1 [IGF-1]) stimulation of the Ras/MAP kinase pathway, simian virus 40 small t antigen was expressed in Rat-1 fibroblasts which overexpress insulin receptors. Small t antigen is known to specifically inhibit PP2A by binding to the A PP2A regulatory subunit, interfering with the ability of PP2A to bind to its cellular substrates. Overexpressed small t protein was coimmunoprecipitated with PP2A and inhibited cellular PP2A activity but did not inhibit protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) activity. Insulin, IGF-1, and EGF stimulation also inhibited PP2A activity. Growth factor-stimulated Ras, Raf-1, MAP kinase, and mitogen-activated extracellular-signal-regulated kinase kinase (MEK) activities were elevated in small-t-antigen-expressing cells. Furthermore, Shc tyrosine phosphorylation and its association with Grb2 were also elevated in small-t-antigen-expressing cells. Expression levels of Shc, Ras, MEK, or MAP kinase and phosphorylation of insulin, EGF, and IGF-1 receptors were not altered. Interestingly, we found that PP2A associated with Shc in the basal state and dissociated in response to insulin and EGF and that this dissociation was inhibited by 65% in small-t-antigen-expressing cells. In addition, we found that PP2A associates with the phosphotyrosine-binding domain (PTB domain) of Shc and that phosphorylation of tyrosine 317 of Shc was required for PP2A-Shc dissociation. We conclude (i) that PP2A negatively regulates the Ras/MAP kinase pathway by binding to Shc, inhibiting tyrosine phosphorylation; (ii) that the Shc-PP2A association is mediated by the Shc PTB domain but the interaction is independent of phosphotyrosine binding, indicating a new molecular function for the PTB domain; (iii) that growth factor stimulation, or small-t-antigen expression, causes dissociation of the PP2A-Shc complex, facilitating Shc phosphorylation and downstream activations of the Ras/MAP kinase pathway; and (iv) that this defines a new mechanism of small-t-antigen action to promote mitogenesis.
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- Satoshi Ugi
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0673, USA
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McCluskey A, Sim ATR, Sakoff JA. Serine-threonine protein phosphatase inhibitors: development of potential therapeutic strategies. J Med Chem 2002; 45:1151-75. [PMID: 11881984 DOI: 10.1021/jm010066k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Adam McCluskey
- School of Biological & Chemical Science, Medicinal Chemistry Group, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.
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Lawrence JC, Brunn GJ. Insulin signaling and the control of PHAS-I phosphorylation. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR AND SUBCELLULAR BIOLOGY 2002; 26:1-31. [PMID: 11575163 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-56688-2_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- J C Lawrence
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908-0735, USA
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Kimball SR. Regulation of translation initiation by amino acids in eukaryotic cells. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR AND SUBCELLULAR BIOLOGY 2002; 26:155-84. [PMID: 11575165 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-56688-2_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The translation of mRNA in eukaryotic cells is regulated by amino acids through multiple mechanisms. One such mechanism involves activation of mTOR (Fig. 1). mTOR controls a myriad of downstream effectors, including RNA polymerase I, S6K1, 4E-BP1, and eEF2 kinase. In yeast, and probably in higher eukaryotes, mTOR signals through Tap42p/alpha 4 to regulate protein phosphatases. Through phosphorylation of Tap42p/alpha 4, mTOR abrogates dephosphorylation of the downstream effectors by PP2 A and/or PP6, resulting in their increased phosphorylation. Although at this time still speculative, in vitro results using mTOR immunoprecipitates suggest that mTOR, or an associated kinase, may also be directly involved in phosphorylating some effectors. Enhanced RNA polymerase I activity results in increased transcription of rDNA genes, whereas increased S6K1 activity promotes preferential translation of TOP mRNAs, such as those encoding ribosomal proteins. Together, stimulated RNA polymerase I and S6K1 activities enhance ribosome biogenesis, increasing the translational capacity of the cell. Phosphorylation of 4E-BP1 prohibits its association with eIF4E, allowing eIF4E to bind to eIF4G and form the active eIF4F complex. Increased eIF4F formation preferentially stimulates translation of mRNAs containing long, highly-structured 5' UTRs. Finally, amino acids cause inhibition of the eEF2 kinase, resulting in an increase in the proportion of eEF2 in the active, dephosphorylated form. By inhibiting eEF2 phosphorylation, amino acids may not only stimulate translation elongation, but may also prevent activation of GCN2 by enhancing the rate of removal of deacylated tRNA from the P-site on the ribosome; a potential activator of GCN2. GCN2 may also be regulated directly by the accumulation of deacylated-tRNA caused by treatment with inhibitors of tRNA synthetases or in cells incubated in the absence of essential amino acids. However, because the Km of the tRNA synthetases for amino acids is well above the amino acid concentrations found in plasma of fasted animals, such a mechanism may not be operative in mammals in vivo. Activation of GCN2 results in increased phosphorylation of the alpha-subunit of eIF2, which in turn causes inhibition of eIF2B. Thus, by preventing activation of GCN2, amino acids preserve eIF2B activity, which promotes translation of all mRNAs, i.e., global protein synthesis is enhanced.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
- Amino Acids, Essential/metabolism
- Animals
- Carrier Proteins/metabolism
- Cell Cycle Proteins
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2/metabolism
- Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2B/metabolism
- Fungal Proteins/genetics
- Humans
- Models, Biological
- Peptide Chain Initiation, Translational/physiology
- Phosphoproteins/metabolism
- Phosphorylation
- Protein Kinases/genetics
- Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
- RNA, Fungal/genetics
- RNA, Fungal/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer, Met/metabolism
- Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases/metabolism
- Ribosomes/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
- Signal Transduction
- eIF-2 Kinase/metabolism
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- S R Kimball
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA
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Cazzolli R, Carpenter L, Biden TJ, Schmitz-Peiffer C. A role for protein phosphatase 2A-like activity, but not atypical protein kinase Czeta, in the inhibition of protein kinase B/Akt and glycogen synthesis by palmitate. Diabetes 2001; 50:2210-8. [PMID: 11574400 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.50.10.2210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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We have shown previously that palmitate treatment of C2C12 skeletal muscle myotubes causes inhibition of the protein kinase B (PKB) pathway and hence reduces insulin-stimulated glycogen synthesis through the elevation of intracellular ceramide levels. Ceramide is known to activate both atypical protein kinase C (aPKC) zeta and protein phosphatase (PP) 2A, and each of these effectors has been reported to inhibit PKB. In the present study, palmitate pretreatment was found to elevate PP2A-like activity in myotubes and to prevent its inhibition by insulin. Incubation with the phosphatase inhibitor okadaic acid before insulin stimulation protected against the effect of the fatty acid on PKB phosphorylation. Palmitate was unable to inhibit PKB activity and glycogen synthesis in cells overexpressing the activated PKB mutant (T308D,S473D)-PKBalpha, which is unaffected by phosphatase. In contrast, PKB activity and glycogen synthesis were still inhibited by palmitate in cells overexpressing a membrane-targeted and, hence, activated PKB mutant that retains sensitivity to phosphatase. Although aPKC activity was also increased in palmitate-treated cells, overexpression of wild-type or kinase-dead aPKCzeta did not alter the inhibitory effects of the lipid on either stimulation of PKB or glycogen synthesis by insulin. We conclude that palmitate disrupts insulin signaling in C2C12 myotubes by promoting PP2A-like activity and, therefore, the dephosphorylation of PKB, which in turn reduces the stimulation of glycogen synthesis.
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- R Cazzolli
- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
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Zhang Y, Dong Z, Nomura M, Zhong S, Chen N, Bode AM, Dong Z. Signal transduction pathways involved in phosphorylation and activation of p70S6K following exposure to UVA irradiation. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:20913-23. [PMID: 11279232 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m009047200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Ultraviolet light A (UVA) plays an important role in the etiology of human skin cancer, and UVA-induced signal transduction has a critical role in UVA-induced skin carcinogenesis. The upstream signaling pathways leading to p70(S6K) phosphorylation and activation are not well understood. Here, we observed that UVA induces phosphorylation and activation of p70(S6K). Further, UVA-stimulated p70(S6K) activity and phosphorylation at Thr(389) were blocked by wortmannin, rapamycin, PD98059, SB202190, and dominant negative mutants of phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase p85 subunit (DNM-Deltap85), ERK2 (DNM-ERK2), p38 kinase (DNM-p38), and JNK1 (DNM-JNK1) and were absent in Jnk1-/- or Jnk2-/- knockout cells. The p70(S6K) phosphorylation at Ser(411) and Thr(421)/Ser(424) was inhibited by rapamycin, PD98059, or DNM-ERK2 but not by wortmannin, SB202190, DNM-Deltap85, or DNM-p38. However, Ser(411), but not Thr(421)/Ser(424) phosphorylation, was suppressed in DNM-JNK1 and abrogated in Jnk1-/- or Jnk2-/- cells. In vitro assays indicated that Ser(411) on immunoprecipitated p70(S6K) proteins is phosphorylated by active JNKs and ERKs, but not p38 kinase, and Thr(421)/Ser(424) is phosphorylated by ERK1, but not ERK2, JNKs, or p38 kinase. Moreover, p70(S6K) co-immunoprecipitated with PI 3-kinase and possibly PDK1. The complex possibly possessed a partial basal level of phosphorylation, but not at MAPK sites, which was available for its activation by MAPKs in vitro. Thus, these results suggest that activation of MAPKs, like PI 3-kinase/mTOR, may be involved in UVA-induced phosphorylation and activation of p70(S6K).
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- Y Zhang
- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota 55912, USA
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Yu ZW, Burén J, Enerbäck S, Nilsson E, Samuelsson L, Eriksson JW. Insulin can enhance GLUT4 gene expression in 3T3-F442A cells and this effect is mimicked by vanadate but counteracted by cAMP and high glucose--potential implications for insulin resistance. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1535:174-85. [PMID: 11342006 DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4439(00)00097-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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UNLABELLED It is well-established that high levels of cAMP or glucose can produce insulin resistance. The aim of this study was to characterize the interaction between these agents and insulin with respect to adipose tissue/muscle glucose transporter isoform (glucose transporter 4, GLUT4) gene regulation in cultured 3T3-F442A adipocytes and to further elucidate the GLUT4-related mechanisms in insulin resistance. Insulin (10(4) microU/ml) treatment for 16 h clearly increased GLUT4 mRNA level in cells cultured in medium containing 5.6 mM glucose but not in cells cultured in medium with high glucose (25 mM). 8-Bromo-cAMP (1 or 4 mM) or N(6)-monobutyryl cAMP, a hydrolyzable and a non-hydrolyzable cAMP analog, respectively, markedly decreased the GLUT4 mRNA level irrespective of glucose concentrations. In addition, these cAMP analogs also inhibited the upregulating effect of insulin on GLUT4 mRNA level. Interestingly, the tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor vanadate (1-50 microM) clearly increased GLUT4 mRNA level in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. Furthermore, cAMP-induced inhibition of the insulin effect was also prevented by vanadate. In parallel to the effects on GLUT4 gene expression, both insulin, vanadate and cAMP produced similar changes in cellular GLUT4 protein content and cAMP impaired the effect of insulin to stimulate (14)C-deoxyglucose uptake. In contrast, insulin, vanadate or cAMP did not alter insulin receptor (IR) mRNA or the cellular content of IR protein. IN CONCLUSION (1) Both insulin and vanadate elicit a stimulating effect on GLUT4 gene expression in 3T3-F442A cells, but a prerequisite is that the surrounding glucose concentration is low. (2) Cyclic AMP impairs the insulin effect on GLUT4 gene expression, but this is prevented by vanadate, probably by enhancing the tyrosine phosphorylation of signalling peptides and/or transcription factors. (3) IR gene and protein expression is not altered by insulin, vanadate or cAMP in this cell type. (4) The changes in GLUT4 gene expression produced by cAMP or vanadate are accompanied by similar alterations in GLUT4 protein expression and glucose uptake, suggesting a role of GLUT4 gene expression for the long-term regulation of cellular insulin action on glucose transport.
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- Z W Yu
- Department of Medicine, Umeå University Hospital, Sweden
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Janssens V, Goris J. Protein phosphatase 2A: a highly regulated family of serine/threonine phosphatases implicated in cell growth and signalling. Biochem J 2001; 353:417-39. [PMID: 11171037 PMCID: PMC1221586 DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3530417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 924] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) comprises a family of serine/threonine phosphatases, minimally containing a well conserved catalytic subunit, the activity of which is highly regulated. Regulation is accomplished mainly by members of a family of regulatory subunits, which determine the substrate specificity, (sub)cellular localization and catalytic activity of the PP2A holoenzymes. Moreover, the catalytic subunit is subject to two types of post-translational modification, phosphorylation and methylation, which are also thought to be important regulatory devices. The regulatory ability of PTPA (PTPase activator), originally identified as a protein stimulating the phosphotyrosine phosphatase activity of PP2A, will also be discussed, alongside the other regulatory inputs. The use of specific PP2A inhibitors and molecular genetics in yeast, Drosophila and mice has revealed roles for PP2A in cell cycle regulation, cell morphology and development. PP2A also plays a prominent role in the regulation of specific signal transduction cascades, as witnessed by its presence in a number of macromolecular signalling modules, where it is often found in association with other phosphatases and kinases. Additionally, PP2A interacts with a substantial number of other cellular and viral proteins, which are PP2A substrates, target PP2A to different subcellular compartments or affect enzyme activity. Finally, the de-regulation of PP2A in some specific pathologies will be touched upon.
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- V Janssens
- Afdeling Biochemie, Faculteit Geneeskunde, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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