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Oot RA, Wilkens S. Human V-ATPase function is positively and negatively regulated by TLDc proteins. Structure 2024:S0969-2126(24)00091-1. [PMID: 38593795 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2024.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Revised: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
Abstract
Proteins that contain a highly conserved TLDc domain (Tre2/Bub2/Cdc16 LysM domain catalytic) offer protection against oxidative stress and are widely implicated in neurological health and disease. How this family of proteins exerts their function, however, is poorly understood. We have recently found that the yeast TLDc protein, Oxr1p, inhibits the proton pumping vacuolar ATPase (V-ATPase) by inducing disassembly of the pump. While loss of TLDc protein function in mammals shares disease phenotypes with V-ATPase defects, whether TLDc proteins impact human V-ATPase activity directly is unclear. Here we examine the effects of five human TLDc proteins, TLDC2, NCOA7, OXR1, TBC1D24, and mEAK7 on the activity of the human V-ATPase. We find that while TLDC2, TBC1D24, and the TLDc domains of OXR1 and NCOA7 inhibit V-ATPase by inducing enzyme disassembly, mEAK7 activates the pump. The data thus shed new light both on mammalian TLDc protein function and V-ATPase regulation.
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- Rebecca A Oot
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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Chang I, Loo YL, Patel J, Nguyen JT, Kim JK, Krebsbach PH. Targeting of lysosomal-bound protein mEAK-7 for cancer therapy. Front Oncol 2024; 14:1375498. [PMID: 38532930 PMCID: PMC10963491 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1375498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
Abstract
mEAK-7 (mammalian EAK-7 or MTOR-associated protein, eak-7 homolog), is an evolutionarily conserved lysosomal membrane protein that is highly expressed in several cancer cells. Multiple recent studies have identified mEAK-7 as a positive activator of mTOR (mammalian/mechanistic target of rapamycin) signaling via an alternative mTOR complex, implying that mEAK-7 plays an important role in the promotion of cancer proliferation and migration. In addition, structural analyses investigating interactions between mEAK-7 and V-ATPase, a protein complex responsible for regulating pH homeostasis in cellular compartments, have suggested that mEAK-7 may contribute to V-ATPase-mediated mTORC1 activation. The C-terminal α-helix of mEAK-7 binds to the D and B subunits of the V-ATPase, creating a pincer-like grip around its B subunit. This binding undergoes partial disruption during ATP hydrolysis, potentially enabling other proteins such as mTOR to bind to the α-helix of mEAK-7. mEAK-7 also promotes chemoresistance and radiation resistance by sustaining DNA damage-mediated mTOR signaling through interactions with DNA-PKcs (DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit). Taken together, these findings indicate that mEAK-7 may be a promising therapeutic target against tumors. However, the precise molecular mechanisms and signal transduction pathways of mEAK-7 in cancer remain largely unknown, motivating the need for further investigation. Here, we summarize the current known roles of mEAK-7 in normal physiology and cancer development by reviewing the latest studies and discuss potential future developments of mEAK-7 in targeted cancer therapy.
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- Insoon Chang
- Section of Endodontics, Division of Regenerative and Reconstructive Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
- Oral Immunobiology Unit, National Institutes of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Division of Oral and Systemic Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Division of Oral and Systemic Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Khan MM, Lee S, Couoh-Cardel S, Oot RA, Kim H, Wilkens S, Roh SH. Oxidative stress protein Oxr1 promotes V-ATPase holoenzyme disassembly in catalytic activity-independent manner. EMBO J 2021; 41:e109360. [PMID: 34918374 PMCID: PMC8804929 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2021109360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Revised: 10/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The vacuolar ATPase (V-ATPase) is a rotary motor proton pump that is regulated by an assembly equilibrium between active holoenzyme and autoinhibited V1 -ATPase and Vo proton channel subcomplexes. Here, we report cryo-EM structures of yeast V-ATPase assembled in vitro from lipid nanodisc reconstituted Vo and mutant V1 . Our analysis identified holoenzymes in three active rotary states, indicating that binding of V1 to Vo provides sufficient free energy to overcome Vo autoinhibition. Moreover, the structures suggest that the unequal spacing of Vo 's proton-carrying glutamic acid residues serves to alleviate the symmetry mismatch between V1 and Vo motors, a notion that is supported by mutagenesis experiments. We also uncover a structure of free V1 bound to Oxr1, a conserved but poorly characterized factor involved in the oxidative stress response. Biochemical experiments show that Oxr1 inhibits V1 -ATPase and causes disassembly of the holoenzyme, suggesting that Oxr1 plays a direct role in V-ATPase regulation.
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- Md Murad Khan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
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- School of Biological Science, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
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- School of Biological Science, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
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- School of Biological Science, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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