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Musket A, Moorman JP, Zhang J, Jiang Y. PKIB, a Novel Target for Cancer Therapy. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:4664. [PMID: 38731883 PMCID: PMC11083500 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25094664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2024] [Revised: 04/18/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024] Open
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The serine-threonine kinase protein kinase A (PKA) is a cyclic AMP (cAMP)-dependent intracellular protein with multiple roles in cellular biology including metabolic and transcription regulation functions. The cAMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor β (PKIB) is one of three known endogenous protein kinase inhibitors of PKA. The role of PKIB is not yet fully understood. Hormonal signaling is correlated with increased PKIB expression through genetic regulation, and increasing PKIB expression is associated with decreased cancer patient prognosis. Additionally, PKIB impacts cancer cell behavior through two mechanisms; the first is the nuclear modulation of transcriptional activation and the second is the regulation of oncogenic AKT signaling. The limited research into PKIB indicates the oncogenic potential of PKIB in various cancers. However, some studies suggest a role of PKIB in non-cancerous disease states. This review aims to summarize the current literature and background of PKIB regarding cancer and related issues. In particular, we will focus on cancer development and therapeutic possibilities, which are of paramount interest in PKIB oncology research.
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- Anna Musket
- Department of Internal Medicine, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA; (A.M.); (J.P.M.)
- Center of Excellence in Inflammation, Infectious Disease and Immunity, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA; (A.M.); (J.P.M.)
- Center of Excellence in Inflammation, Infectious Disease and Immunity, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA
- Hepatitis (HCV/HBV/HIV) Program, James H. Quillen VA Medical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA; (A.M.); (J.P.M.)
- Center of Excellence in Inflammation, Infectious Disease and Immunity, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA; (A.M.); (J.P.M.)
- Center of Excellence in Inflammation, Infectious Disease and Immunity, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA
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Fan W, Yuan Z, Li M, Zhang Y, Nan F. Decreased oocyte quality in patients with endometriosis is closely related to abnormal granulosa cells. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1226687. [PMID: 37664845 PMCID: PMC10469306 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1226687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023] Open
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Infertility and menstrual abnormalities in endometriosis patients are frequently caused by aberrant follicular growth or a reduced ovarian reserve. Endometriosis typically does not directly harm the oocyte, but rather inhibits the function of granulosa cells, resulting in a decrease in oocyte quality. Granulosa cells, as oocyte nanny cells, can regulate meiosis, provide the most basic resources required for oocyte development, and influence ovulation. Endometriosis affects oocyte development and quality by causing granulosa cells apoptosis, inflammation, oxidative stress, steroid synthesis obstacle, and aberrant mitochondrial energy metabolism. These aberrant states frequently interact with one another, however there is currently relatively little research in this field to understand the mechanism of linkage between abnormal states.
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- Weisen Fan
- The First Clinical Medical College, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- College of Acupuncture and Tuina, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- The First Clinical Medical College, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Chan GKL, Maisel S, Hwang YC, Pascual BC, Wolber RRB, Vu P, Patra KC, Bouhaddou M, Kenerson HL, Lim HC, Long D, Yeung RS, Sethupathy P, Swaney DL, Krogan NJ, Turnham RE, Riehle KJ, Scott JD, Bardeesy N, Gordan JD. Oncogenic PKA signaling increases c-MYC protein expression through multiple targetable mechanisms. eLife 2023; 12:e69521. [PMID: 36692000 PMCID: PMC9925115 DOI: 10.7554/elife.69521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Genetic alterations that activate protein kinase A (PKA) are found in many tumor types. Yet, their downstream oncogenic signaling mechanisms are poorly understood. We used global phosphoproteomics and kinase activity profiling to map conserved signaling outputs driven by a range of genetic changes that activate PKA in human cancer. Two signaling networks were identified downstream of PKA: RAS/MAPK components and an Aurora Kinase A (AURKA)/glycogen synthase kinase (GSK3) sub-network with activity toward MYC oncoproteins. Findings were validated in two PKA-dependent cancer models: a novel, patient-derived fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC) line that expresses a DNAJ-PKAc fusion and a PKA-addicted melanoma model with a mutant type I PKA regulatory subunit. We identify PKA signals that can influence both de novo translation and stability of the proto-oncogene c-MYC. However, the primary mechanism of PKA effects on MYC in our cell models was translation and could be blocked with the eIF4A inhibitor zotatifin. This compound dramatically reduced c-MYC expression and inhibited FLC cell line growth in vitro. Thus, targeting PKA effects on translation is a potential treatment strategy for FLC and other PKA-driven cancers.
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- Gary KL Chan
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUnited States
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer CenterBostonUnited States
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- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUnited States
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer CenterBostonUnited States
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- J. David Gladstone InstituteSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Department of Surgery and Northwest Liver Research Program, University of WashingtonSeattleUnited States
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell UniversityNew YorkUnited States
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- Department of Surgery and Northwest Liver Research Program, University of WashingtonSeattleUnited States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell UniversityNew YorkUnited States
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- J. David Gladstone InstituteSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Department of Surgery and Northwest Liver Research Program, University of WashingtonSeattleUnited States
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington Medical CenterSeattleUnited States
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- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUnited States
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer CenterBostonUnited States
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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Animals and plants interact with microbes by engaging specific surveillance systems, regulatory networks, and response modules that allow for accommodation of mutualists and defense against antagonists. Antimicrobial defense responses are mediated in both animals and plants by innate immunity systems that owe their functional similarities to convergent evolution. Like animals and plants, fungi interact with bacteria. However, the principles governing these relations are only now being discovered. In a study system of host and nonhost fungi interacting with a bacterium isolated from the host, we found that bacteria used a common gene repertoire to engage both partners. In contrast, fungal responses to bacteria differed dramatically between the host and nonhost. These findings suggest that as in animals and plants, the genetic makeup of the fungus determines whether bacterial partners are perceived as mutualists or antagonists and what specific regulatory networks and response modules are initiated during each encounter. Fungal-bacterial symbioses range from antagonisms to mutualisms and remain one of the least understood interdomain interactions despite their ubiquity as well as ecological and medical importance. To build a predictive conceptual framework for understanding interactions between fungi and bacteria in different types of symbioses, we surveyed fungal and bacterial transcriptional responses in the mutualism between Rhizopus microsporus (Rm) (ATCC 52813, host) and its Mycetohabitans (formerly Burkholderia) endobacteria versus the antagonism between a nonhost Rm (ATCC 11559) and Mycetohabitans isolated from the host, at two time points, before and after partner physical contact. We found that bacteria and fungi sensed each other before contact and altered gene expression patterns accordingly. Mycetohabitans did not discriminate between the host and nonhost and engaged a common set of genes encoding known as well as novel symbiosis factors. In contrast, responses of the host versus nonhost to endobacteria were dramatically different, converging on the altered expression of genes involved in cell wall biosynthesis and reactive oxygen species (ROS) metabolism. On the basis of the observed patterns, we formulated a set of hypotheses describing fungal-bacterial interactions and tested some of them. By conducting ROS measurements, we confirmed that nonhost fungi increased production of ROS in response to endobacteria, whereas host fungi quenched their ROS output, suggesting that ROS metabolism contributes to the nonhost resistance to bacterial infection and the host ability to form a mutualism. Overall, our study offers a testable framework of predictions describing interactions of early divergent Mucoromycotina fungi with bacteria.
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Feitosa WB, Lopes E, Visintin JA, Assumpção MEOD. Endoplasmic reticulum distribution during bovine oocyte activation is regulated by protein kinase C via actin filaments. J Cell Physiol 2020; 235:5823-5834. [PMID: 31960444 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.29516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Fertilization-induced [Ca2+ ]i oscillations generally depend on the release of calcium ions from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Since ER is the main store of calcium ions, it plays an important role in oocyte fertilization. However, the mechanism of ER organization at oocyte activation is unknown. Here, we show that protein kinase C (PKC) is involved in ER distribution during bovine oocyte activation, but not involved in cell cycle resumption and spindle organization. Actin filaments were affected by PKC pharmacological inhibition. In addition, similar to PKC results, the actin-depolymerizing drug cytochalasin B affected the ER distribution during oocyte activation. Specifically, we have demonstrated that ER organization during bovine oocyte activation is regulated by PKC possibly through its action on actin filaments regulation. Taken together, the results presented here provide further information on the pathway involved in the regulation of ER organization during oocyte activation and new insight into the functional role of PKC and actin filaments during this process.
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- Weber Beringui Feitosa
- Department of Animal Reproduction, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Reproduction, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Reproduction, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Transcription Profiles of Age-at-Maturity-Associated Genes Suggest Cell Fate Commitment Regulation as a Key Factor in the Atlantic Salmon Maturation Process. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2020; 10:235-246. [PMID: 31740454 PMCID: PMC6945027 DOI: 10.1534/g3.119.400882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Despite recent taxonomic diversification in studies linking genotype with phenotype, follow-up studies aimed at understanding the molecular processes of such genotype-phenotype associations remain rare. The age at which an individual reaches sexual maturity is an important fitness trait in many wild species. However, the molecular mechanisms regulating maturation timing processes remain obscure. A recent genome-wide association study in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) identified large-effect age-at-maturity-associated chromosomal regions including genes vgll3, akap11 and six6, which have roles in adipogenesis, spermatogenesis and the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis, respectively. Here, we determine expression patterns of these genes during salmon development and their potential molecular partners and pathways. Using Nanostring transcription profiling technology, we show development- and tissue-specific mRNA expression patterns for vgll3, akap11 and six6. Correlated expression levels of vgll3 and akap11, which have adjacent chromosomal location, suggests they may have shared regulation. Further, vgll3 correlating with arhgap6 and yap1, and akap11 with lats1 and yap1 suggests that Vgll3 and Akap11 take part in actin cytoskeleton regulation. Tissue-specific expression results indicate that vgll3 and akap11 paralogs have sex-dependent expression patterns in gonads. Moreover, six6 correlating with slc38a6 and rtn1, and Hippo signaling genes suggests that Six6 could have a broader role in the HPG neuroendrocrine and cell fate commitment regulation, respectively. We conclude that Vgll3, Akap11 and Six6 may influence Atlantic salmon maturation timing via affecting adipogenesis and gametogenesis by regulating cell fate commitment and the HPG axis. These results may help to unravel general molecular mechanisms behind maturation.
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Robker RL, Hennebold JD, Russell DL. Coordination of Ovulation and Oocyte Maturation: A Good Egg at the Right Time. Endocrinology 2018; 159:3209-3218. [PMID: 30010832 PMCID: PMC6456964 DOI: 10.1210/en.2018-00485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ovulation is the appropriately timed release of a mature, developmentally competent oocyte from the ovary into the oviduct, where fertilization occurs. Importantly, ovulation is tightly linked with oocyte maturation, demonstrating the interdependency of these two parallel processes, both essential for female fertility. Initiated by pituitary gonadotropins, the ovulatory process is mediated by intrafollicular paracrine factors from the theca, mural, and cumulus granulosa cells, as well as the oocyte itself. The result is the induction of cumulus expansion, proteolysis, angiogenesis, inflammation, and smooth muscle contraction, which are each required for follicular rupture. These complex intercellular communication networks and the essential ovulatory genes have been well defined in mouse models and are highly conserved in primates, including humans. Importantly, recent discoveries in regulation of ovulation highlight new areas of investigation.
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- Rebecca L Robker
- Robinson Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Correspondence: Rebecca L. Robker, PhD, Robinson Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia. E-mail:
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- Division of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Beaverton, Oregon
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Robinson Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Robichaux WG, Cheng X. Intracellular cAMP Sensor EPAC: Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Therapeutics Development. Physiol Rev 2018; 98:919-1053. [PMID: 29537337 PMCID: PMC6050347 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00025.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2017] [Revised: 09/05/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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This review focuses on one family of the known cAMP receptors, the exchange proteins directly activated by cAMP (EPACs), also known as the cAMP-regulated guanine nucleotide exchange factors (cAMP-GEFs). Although EPAC proteins are fairly new additions to the growing list of cAMP effectors, and relatively "young" in the cAMP discovery timeline, the significance of an EPAC presence in different cell systems is extraordinary. The study of EPACs has considerably expanded the diversity and adaptive nature of cAMP signaling associated with numerous physiological and pathophysiological responses. This review comprehensively covers EPAC protein functions at the molecular, cellular, physiological, and pathophysiological levels; and in turn, the applications of employing EPAC-based biosensors as detection tools for dissecting cAMP signaling and the implications for targeting EPAC proteins for therapeutic development are also discussed.
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- William G Robichaux
- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, Texas Therapeutics Institute, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center , Houston, Texas
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, Texas Therapeutics Institute, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center , Houston, Texas
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Nakatsuka Y, Kawakita F, Yasuda R, Umeda Y, Toma N, Sakaida H, Suzuki H. Preventive effects of cilostazol against the development of shunt-dependent hydrocephalus after subarachnoid hemorrhage. J Neurosurg 2016; 127:319-326. [PMID: 27494819 DOI: 10.3171/2016.5.jns152907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Chronic hydrocephalus develops in association with the induction of tenascin-C (TNC), a matricellular protein, after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The aim of this study was to examine if cilostazol, a selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterase Type III, suppresses the development of chronic hydrocephalus by inhibiting TNC induction in aneurysmal SAH patients. METHODS The authors retrospectively reviewed the factors influencing the development of chronic shunt-dependent hydrocephalus in 87 patients with Fisher Grade 3 SAH using multivariate logistic regression analyses. Cilostazol (50 or 100 mg administered 2 or 3 times per day) was administered from the day following aneurysmal obliteration according to the preference of the attending neurosurgeon. As a separate study, the effects of different dosages of cilostazol on the serum TNC levels were chronologically examined from Days 1 to 12 in 38 SAH patients with Fisher Grade 3 SAH. RESULTS Chronic hydrocephalus occurred in 12 of 36 (33.3%), 5 of 39 (12.8%), and 1 of 12 (8.3%) patients in the 0 mg/day, 100 to 200 mg/day, and 300 mg/day cilostazol groups, respectively. The multivariate analyses showed that older age (OR 1.10, 95% CI 1.13-1.24; p = 0.012), acute hydrocephalus (OR 23.28, 95% CI 1.75-729.83; p = 0.016), and cilostazol (OR 0.23, 95% CI 0.05-0.93; p = 0.038) independently affected the development of chronic hydrocephalus. Higher dosages of cilostazol more effectively suppressed the serum TNC levels through Days 1 to 12 post-SAH. CONCLUSIONS Cilostazol may prevent the development of chronic hydrocephalus and reduce shunt surgery, possibly by the inhibition of TNC induction after SAH.
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- Center for Vessels and Heart, Mie University Hospital, Tsu, Japan
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- Innovative Neuro-Intervention Radiology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine; and
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Eymery A, Liu Z, Ozonov EA, Stadler MB, Peters AHFM. The methyltransferase Setdb1 is essential for meiosis and mitosis in mouse oocytes and early embryos. Development 2016; 143:2767-79. [PMID: 27317807 DOI: 10.1242/dev.132746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2015] [Accepted: 06/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Oocytes develop the competence for meiosis and early embryogenesis during their growth. Setdb1 is a histone H3 lysine 9 (H3K9) methyltransferase required for post-implantation development and has been implicated in the transcriptional silencing of genes and endogenous retroviral elements (ERVs). To address its role in oogenesis and pre-implantation development, we conditionally deleted Setdb1 in growing oocytes. Loss of Setdb1 expression greatly impaired meiosis. It delayed meiotic resumption, altered the dynamics of chromatin condensation, and impaired kinetochore-spindle interactions, bipolar spindle organization and chromosome segregation in more mature oocytes. The observed phenotypes related to changes in abundance of specific transcripts in mutant oocytes. Setdb1 maternally deficient embryos arrested during pre-implantation development and showed comparable defects during cell cycle progression and in chromosome segregation. Finally, transcriptional profiling data indicate that Setdb1 downregulates rather than silences expression of ERVK and ERVL-MaLR retrotransposons and associated chimearic transcripts during oogenesis. Our results identify Setdb1 as a newly discovered meiotic and embryonic competence factor safeguarding genome integrity at the onset of life.
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- Angeline Eymery
- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel 4058, Switzerland
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel 4058, Switzerland
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel 4058, Switzerland
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel 4058, Switzerland Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Basel 4058, Switzerland
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel 4058, Switzerland Faculty of Sciences, University of Basel, Basel 4056, Switzerland
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Dupré A, Daldello EM, Nairn AC, Jessus C, Haccard O. Phosphorylation of ARPP19 by protein kinase A prevents meiosis resumption in Xenopus oocytes. Nat Commun 2015; 5:3318. [PMID: 24525567 PMCID: PMC4014304 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2013] [Accepted: 01/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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During oogenesis, oocytes are arrested in prophase and resume meiosis by activating the kinase Cdk1 upon hormonal stimulation. In all vertebrates, release from prophase arrest relies on protein kinase A (PKA) downregulation and on the dephosphorylation of a long-sought but still unidentified substrate. Here we show that ARPP19 is the PKA substrate whose phosphorylation at serine 109 is necessary and sufficient for maintaining Xenopus oocytes arrested in prophase. By downregulating PKA, progesterone, the meiotic inducer in Xenopus, promotes partial dephosphorylation of ARPP19 that is required for the formation of a threshold level of active Cdk1. Active Cdk1 then initiates MPF autoamplification loop that occurs independently of both PKA and ARPP19 phosphorylation at serine 109 but requires the Greatwall-dependent phosphorylation of ARPP19 at serine 67. Therefore, ARPP19 stands at a crossroads in the meiotic M-phase control network by integrating differential effects of PKA and Greatwall, two essential kinases for meiosis resumption.
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- Aude Dupré
- 1] Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris F-75005, France [2] CNRS, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris F-75005, France [3]
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- 1] Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris F-75005, France [2] CNRS, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris F-75005, France [3] Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, IFD, 4 Place Jussieu, cedex 05, Paris 75252, France [4]
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06508, USA
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- 1] Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris F-75005, France [2] CNRS, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris F-75005, France
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- 1] Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris F-75005, France [2] CNRS, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris F-75005, France
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Sahin IH, Iacobuzio-Donahue CA, O'Reilly EM. Molecular signature of pancreatic adenocarcinoma: an insight from genotype to phenotype and challenges for targeted therapy. Expert Opin Ther Targets 2015; 20:341-59. [PMID: 26439702 PMCID: PMC4985526 DOI: 10.1517/14728222.2016.1094057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Pancreatic adenocarcinoma remains one of the most clinically challenging cancers despite an in-depth characterization of the molecular underpinnings and biology of this disease. Recent whole-genome-wide studies have elucidated the diverse and complex genetic alterations which generate a unique oncogenic signature for an individual pancreatic cancer patient and which may explain diverse disease behavior in a clinical setting. AREAS COVERED In this review article, we discuss the key oncogenic pathways of pancreatic cancer including RAS-MAPK, PI3KCA and TGF-β signaling, as well as the impact of these pathways on the disease behavior and their potential targetability. The role of tumor suppressors particularly BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes and their role in pancreatic cancer treatment are elaborated upon. We further review recent genomic studies and their impact on future pancreatic cancer treatment. EXPERT OPINION Targeted therapies inhibiting pro-survival pathways have limited impact on pancreatic cancer outcomes. Activation of pro-apoptotic pathways along with suppression of cancer-stem-related pathways may reverse treatment resistance in pancreatic cancer. While targeted therapy or a 'precision medicine' approach in pancreatic adenocarcinoma remains an elusive challenge for the majority of patients, there is a real sense of optimism that the strides made in understanding the molecular underpinnings of this disease will translate into improved outcomes.
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- Ibrahim H Sahin
- a 1 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center , NY, USA
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- b 2 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center , NY, USA
- c 3 Weill Medical College of Cornell University, David M. Rubenstein Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research , 300 East 66th street, office 1021, NY 10065, USA ;
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Cell division relies on coordinated regulation of the cell cycle. A process including a well-defined series of strictly regulated molecular mechanisms involving cyclin-dependent kinases, retinoblastoma protein, and polo-like kinases. Dysfunctions in cell cycle regulation are associated with disease such as cancer, diabetes, and neurodegeneration. Compartmentalization of cellular signaling is a common strategy used to ensure the accuracy and efficiency of cellular responses. Compartmentalization of intracellular signaling is maintained by scaffolding proteins, such as A-kinase anchoring proteins (AKAPs). AKAPs are characterized by their ability to anchor the regulatory subunits of protein kinase A (PKA), and thereby achieve guidance to different cellular locations via various targeting domains. Next to PKA, AKAPs also associate with several other signaling elements including receptors, ion channels, protein kinases, phosphatases, small GTPases, and phosphodiesterases. Taking the amount of possible AKAP signaling complexes and their diverse localization into account, it is rational to believe that such AKAP-based complexes regulate several critical cellular events of the cell cycle. In fact, several AKAPs are assigned as tumor suppressors due to their vital roles in cell cycle regulation. Here, we first briefly discuss the most important players of cell cycle progression. After that, we will review our recent knowledge of AKAPs linked to the regulation and progression of the cell cycle, with special focus on AKAP12, AKAP8, and Ezrin. At last, we will discuss this specific AKAP subset in relation to diseases with focus on a diverse subset of cancer.
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- B Han
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. .,Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, GRIAC, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.,Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, GRIAC, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.,Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, GRIAC, Groningen, The Netherlands
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PCTK1 regulates integrin-dependent spindle orientation via protein kinase A regulatory subunit KAP0 and myosin X. Mol Cell Biol 2015; 35:1197-208. [PMID: 25605337 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01017-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Integrin-dependent cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) adhesion is a determinant of spindle orientation. However, the signaling pathways that couple integrins to spindle orientation remain elusive. Here, we show that PCTAIRE-1 kinase (PCTK1), a member of the cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) whose function is poorly characterized, plays an essential role in this process. PCTK1 regulates spindle orientation in a kinase-dependent manner. Phosphoproteomic analysis together with an RNA interference screen revealed that PCTK1 regulates spindle orientation through phosphorylation of Ser83 on KAP0, a regulatory subunit of protein kinase A (PKA). This phosphorylation is dispensable for KAP0 dimerization and for PKA binding but is necessary for its interaction with myosin X, a regulator of spindle orientation. KAP0 binds to the FERM domain of myosin X and enhances the association of myosin X-FERM with β1 integrin. This interaction between myosin X-FERM and β1 integrin appeared to be crucial for spindle orientation control. We propose that PCTK1-KAP0-myosin X-β1 integrin is a functional module providing a link between ECM and the actin cytoskeleton in the ECM-dependent control of spindle orientation.
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Cordek DG, Croom-Perez TJ, Hwang J, Hargittai MRS, Subba-Reddy CV, Han Q, Lodeiro MF, Ning G, McCrory TS, Arnold JJ, Koc H, Lindenbach BD, Showalter SA, Cameron CE. Expanding the proteome of an RNA virus by phosphorylation of an intrinsically disordered viral protein. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:24397-416. [PMID: 25031324 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.589911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The human proteome contains myriad intrinsically disordered proteins. Within intrinsically disordered proteins, polyproline-II motifs are often located near sites of phosphorylation. We have used an unconventional experimental paradigm to discover that phosphorylation by protein kinase A (PKA) occurs in the intrinsically disordered domain of hepatitis C virus non-structural protein 5A (NS5A) on Thr-2332 near one of its polyproline-II motifs. Phosphorylation shifts the conformational ensemble of the NS5A intrinsically disordered domain to a state that permits detection of the polyproline motif by using (15)N-, (13)C-based multidimensional NMR spectroscopy. PKA-dependent proline resonances were lost in the presence of the Src homology 3 domain of c-Src, consistent with formation of a complex. Changing Thr-2332 to alanine in hepatitis C virus genotype 1b reduced the steady-state level of RNA by 10-fold; this change was lethal for genotype 2a. The lethal phenotype could be rescued by changing Thr-2332 to glutamic acid, a phosphomimetic substitution. Immunofluorescence and transmission electron microscopy showed that the inability to produce Thr(P)-2332-NS5A caused loss of integrity of the virus-induced membranous web/replication organelle. An even more extreme phenotype was observed in the presence of small molecule inhibitors of PKA. We conclude that the PKA-phosphorylated form of NS5A exhibits unique structure and function relative to the unphosphorylated protein. We suggest that post-translational modification of viral proteins containing intrinsic disorder may be a general mechanism to expand the viral proteome without a corresponding expansion of the genome.
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- the Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimri-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, 133-791, Korea
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- the Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06536, and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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- the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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- the Department of Pharmaceutical Science and Research, Marshall University School of Pharmacy, Huntington, West Virginia 25755
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- the Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06536, and
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- the Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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Sheppard CL, Lee LCY, Hill EV, Henderson DJP, Anthony DF, Houslay DM, Yalla KC, Cairns LS, Dunlop AJ, Baillie GS, Huston E, Houslay MD. Mitotic activation of the DISC1-inducible cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase-4D9 (PDE4D9), through multi-site phosphorylation, influences cell cycle progression. Cell Signal 2014; 26:1958-74. [PMID: 24815749 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2014.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2014] [Revised: 04/28/2014] [Accepted: 04/29/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In Rat-1 cells, the dramatic decrease in the levels of both intracellular cyclic 3'5' adenosine monophosphate (cyclic AMP; cAMP) and in the activity of cAMP-activated protein kinase A (PKA) observed in mitosis was paralleled by a profound increase in cAMP hydrolyzing phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4) activity. The decrease in PKA activity, which occurs during mitosis, was attributable to PDE4 activation as the PDE4 selective inhibitor, rolipram, but not the phosphodiesterase-3 (PDE3) inhibitor, cilostamide, specifically ablated this cell cycle-dependent effect. PDE4 inhibition caused Rat-1 cells to move from S phase into G2/M more rapidly, to transit through G2/M more quickly and to remain in G1 for a longer period. Inhibition of PDE3 elicited no observable effects on cell cycle dynamics. Selective immunopurification of each of the four PDE4 sub-families identified PDE4D as being selectively activated in mitosis. Subsequent analysis uncovered PDE4D9, an isoform whose expression can be regulated by Disrupted-In-Schizophrenia 1 (DISC1)/activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4) complex, as the sole PDE4 species activated during mitosis in Rat-1 cells. PDE4D9 becomes activated in mitosis through dual phosphorylation at Ser585 and Ser245, involving the combined action of ERK and an unidentified 'switch' kinase that has previously been shown to be activated by H2O2. Additionally, in mitosis, PDE4D9 also becomes phosphorylated at Ser67 and Ser81, through the action of MK2 (MAPKAPK2) and AMP kinase (AMPK), respectively. The multisite phosphorylation of PDE4D9 by all four of these protein kinases leads to decreased mobility (band-shift) of PDE4D9 on SDS-PAGE. PDE4D9 is predominantly concentrated in the perinuclear region of Rat-1 cells but with a fraction distributed asymmetrically at the cell margins. Our investigations demonstrate that the diminished levels of cAMP and PKA activity that characterise mitosis are due to enhanced cAMP degradation by PDE4D9. PDE4D9, was found to locate primarily not only in the perinuclear region of Rat-1 cells but also at the cell margins. We propose that the sequestration of PDE4D9 in a specific complex together with AMPK, ERK, MK2 and the H2O2-activatable 'switch' kinase allows for its selective multi-site phosphorylation, activation and regulation in mitosis.
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- Catherine L Sheppard
- Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, Wolfson Link and Davidson Buildings, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, Wolfson Link and Davidson Buildings, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, Wolfson Link and Davidson Buildings, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, Wolfson Link and Davidson Buildings, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, Wolfson Link and Davidson Buildings, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, Wolfson Link and Davidson Buildings, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, Wolfson Link and Davidson Buildings, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, Wolfson Link and Davidson Buildings, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, Wolfson Link and Davidson Buildings, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, Wolfson Link and Davidson Buildings, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, 5th Floor, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, 5th Floor, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK.
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Chandrasekhar A, Kalmykov EA, Polusani SR, Mathis SA, Zucker SN, Nicholson BJ. Intercellular redistribution of cAMP underlies selective suppression of cancer cell growth by connexin26. PLoS One 2013; 8:e82335. [PMID: 24312655 PMCID: PMC3849486 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [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: 08/30/2013] [Accepted: 10/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Connexins (Cx), which constitute gap junction intercellular channels in vertebrates, have been shown to suppress transformed cell growth and tumorigenesis, but the mechanism(s) still remain largely speculative. Here, we define the molecular basis by which Cx26, but less frequently Cx43 or Cx32, selectively confer growth suppression on cancer cells. Functional intercellular coupling is shown to be required, producing partial blocks of the cell cycle due to prolonged activation of several mitogenic kinases. PKA is both necessary and sufficient for the Cx26 induced growth inhibition in low serum and the absence of anchorage. Activation of PKA was not associated with elevated cAMP levels, but appeared to result from a redistribution of cAMP throughout the cell population, eliminating the cell cycle oscillations in cAMP required for efficient cell cycle progression. Cx43 and Cx32 fail to mediate this redistribution as, unlike Cx26, these channels are closed during the G2/M phase of the cell cycle when cAMP levels peak. Comparisons of tumor cell lines indicate that this is a general pattern, with growth suppression by connexins occurring whenever cAMP oscillates with the cell cycle, and the gap junction remain open throughout the cell cycle. Thus, gap junctional coupling, in the absence of any external signals, provides a general means to limit the mitotic rate of cell populations.
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- Anjana Chandrasekhar
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmaceutical, Social and Administrative Sciences, D'Youville College School of Pharmacy,Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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Hörmanseder E, Tischer T, Mayer TU. Modulation of cell cycle control during oocyte-to-embryo transitions. EMBO J 2013; 32:2191-203. [PMID: 23892458 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2013.164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2013] [Accepted: 07/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Ex ovo omnia--all animals come from eggs--this statement made in 1651 by the English physician William Harvey marks a seminal break with the doctrine that all essential characteristics of offspring are contributed by their fathers, while mothers contribute only a material substrate. More than 360 years later, we now have a comprehensive understanding of how haploid gametes are generated during meiosis to allow the formation of diploid offspring when sperm and egg cells fuse. In most species, immature oocytes are arrested in prophase I and this arrest is maintained for few days (fruit flies) or for decades (humans). After completion of the first meiotic division, most vertebrate eggs arrest again at metaphase of meiosis II. Upon fertilization, this second meiotic arrest point is released and embryos enter highly specialized early embryonic divisions. In this review, we discuss how the standard somatic cell cycle is modulated to meet the specific requirements of different developmental stages. Specifically, we focus on cell cycle regulation in mature vertebrate eggs arrested at metaphase II (MII-arrest), the first mitotic cell cycle, and early embryonic divisions.
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- Eva Hörmanseder
- Department of Biology and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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Guo Y, Wilderman A, Zhang L, Taylor SS, Insel PA. Quantitative proteomics analysis of the cAMP/protein kinase A signaling pathway. Biochemistry 2012; 51:9323-32. [PMID: 23110364 PMCID: PMC3503394 DOI: 10.1021/bi301282k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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To define the proteins whose expression is regulated
by cAMP and
protein kinase A (PKA), we used a quantitative proteomics approach
in studies of wild-type (WT) and kin- (PKA-null) S49 murine T lymphoma
cells. We also compared the impact of endogenous increases in the
level of cAMP [by forskolin (Fsk) and the phosphodiesterase inhibitor
isobutylmethylxanthine (IBMX)] or by a cAMP analogue (8-CPT-cAMP).
We identified 1056 proteins in WT and kin- S49 cells and found that
8-CPT-cAMP and Fsk with IBMX produced differences in protein expression.
WT S49 cells had a correlation coefficient of 0.41 between DNA microarray
data and the proteomics analysis in cells incubated with 8-CPT-cAMP
for 24 h and a correlation coefficient of 0.42 between the DNA microarray
data obtained at 6 h and the changes in protein expression after incubation
with 8-CPT-cAMP for 24 h. Glutathione reductase (Gsr) had a higher
level of basal expression in kin- S49 cells than in WT cells. Consistent
with this finding, kin- cells are less sensitive to cell killing and
generation of malondialdehyde than are WT cells incubated with H2O2. Cyclic AMP acting via PKA thus has a broad
impact on protein expression in mammalian cells, including in the
regulation of Gsr and oxidative stress.
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- Yurong Guo
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0654, United States
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Ten paths of PKA signaling pathway regulate hepatocyte proliferation in rat liver regeneration. Genes Genomics 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s13258-011-0195-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Gloerich M, Vliem MJ, Prummel E, Meijer LAT, Rensen MGA, Rehmann H, Bos JL. The nucleoporin RanBP2 tethers the cAMP effector Epac1 and inhibits its catalytic activity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 193:1009-20. [PMID: 21670213 PMCID: PMC3115801 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201011126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Direct interaction between the catalytic domain of Epac1 and the nuclear pore component RanBP2 blocks Epac1 catalytic activity and downstream cAMP signaling. Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) is a second messenger that relays a wide range of hormone responses. In this paper, we demonstrate that the nuclear pore component RanBP2 acts as a negative regulator of cAMP signaling through Epac1, a cAMP-regulated guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Rap. We show that Epac1 directly interacts with the zinc fingers (ZNFs) of RanBP2, tethering Epac1 to the nuclear pore complex (NPC). RanBP2 inhibits the catalytic activity of Epac1 in vitro by binding to its catalytic CDC25 homology domain. Accordingly, cellular depletion of RanBP2 releases Epac1 from the NPC and enhances cAMP-induced Rap activation and cell adhesion. Epac1 also is released upon phosphorylation of the ZNFs of RanBP2, demonstrating that the interaction can be regulated by posttranslational modification. These results reveal a novel mechanism of Epac1 regulation and elucidate an unexpected link between the NPC and cAMP signaling.
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- Martijn Gloerich
- Molecular Cancer Research, Centre for Biomedical Genetics and Cancer Genomics Centre, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, Netherlands
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Takeda K, Mori A, Yanagida M. Identification of genes affecting the toxicity of anti-cancer drug bortezomib by genome-wide screening in S. pombe. PLoS One 2011; 6:e22021. [PMID: 21760946 PMCID: PMC3132776 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2011] [Accepted: 06/12/2011] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Bortezomib/PS-341/Velcade, a proteasome inhibitor, is widely used to treat multiple myeloma. While several mechanisms of the cytotoxicity of the drug were proposed, the actual mechanism remains elusive. We aimed to identify genes affecting the cytotoxicity of Bortezomib in the fission yeast S.pombe as the drug inhibits this organism's cell division cycle like proteasome mutants. Among the 2815 genes screened (covering 56% of total ORFs), 19 genes, whose deletions induce strong synthetic lethality with Bortezomib, were identified. The products of the 19 genes included four ubiquitin enzymes and one nuclear proteasome factor, and 13 of them are conserved in humans. Our results will provide useful information for understanding the actions of Bortezomib within cells.
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- Kojiro Takeda
- G0 Cell Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan.
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Xiao J, Liu C, Hou J, Cui C, Wu D, Fan H, Sun X, Meng J, Yang F, Wang E, Yu B. Ser149 is another potential PKA phosphorylation target of Cdc25B in G2/M transition of fertilized mouse eggs. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:10356-66. [PMID: 21212267 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.150524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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It is well documented that protein kinase A (PKA) acts as a negative regulator of M phase promoting factor (MPF) by phosphorylating cell division cycle 25 homolog B (Cdc25B) in mammals. However, the molecular mechanism remains unclear. In this study, we identified PKA phosphorylation sites in vitro by LC-MS/MS analysis, including Ser(149), Ser(229), and Ser(321) of Cdc25B, and explored the role of Ser(149) in G(2)/M transition of fertilized mouse eggs. The results showed that the overexpressed Cdc25B-S149A mutant initiated efficient MPF activation by direct dephosphorylation of Cdc2-Tyr(15), resulting in triggering mitosis prior to Cdc25B-WT. Conversely, overexpression of the phosphomimic Cdc25B-S149D mutant showed no significant difference in comparison with the control groups. Furthermore, we found that Cdc25B-Ser(149) was phosphorylated at G(1) and S phases, whereas dephosphorylated at G(2) and M phases, and the phosphorylation of Cdc25B-Ser(149) was modulated by PKA in vivo. In addition, we examined endogenous and exogenous Cdc25B, which were expressed mostly in the cytoplasm at the G(1) and S phases and translocated to the nucleus at the G(2) phase. Collectively, our findings provide evidence that Ser(149) may be another potential PKA phosphorylation target of Cdc25B in G(2)/M transition of fertilized mouse eggs and Cdc25B as a direct downstream substrate of PKA in mammals, which plays important roles in the regulation of early development of mouse embryos.
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- Jianying Xiao
- Institute of Pathology and Pathopysiology, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province 110001, China
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Serine dephosphorylation of receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase alpha in mitosis induces Src binding and activation. Mol Cell Biol 2010; 30:2850-61. [PMID: 20385765 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01202-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase alpha (RPTPalpha) is the mitotic activator of the protein tyrosine kinase Src. RPTPalpha serine hyperphosphorylation was proposed to mediate mitotic activation of Src. We raised phosphospecific antibodies to the two main serine phosphorylation sites, and we discovered that RPTPalpha Ser204 was almost completely dephosphorylated in mitotic NIH 3T3 and HeLa cells, whereas Ser180 and Tyr789 phosphorylation were only marginally reduced in mitosis. Concomitantly, Src pTyr527 and pTyr416 were dephosphorylated, resulting in 2.3-fold activation of Src in mitosis. Using inhibitors and knockdown experiments, we demonstrated that dephosphorylation of RPTPalpha pSer204 in mitosis was mediated by PP2A. Mutation of Ser204 to Ala did not activate RPTPalpha, and intrinsic catalytic activity of RPTPalpha was not affected in mitosis. Interestingly, binding of endogenous Src to RPTPalpha was induced in mitosis. GRB2 binding to RPTPalpha, which was proposed to compete with Src binding to RPTPalpha, was only modestly reduced in mitosis, which could not account for enhanced Src binding. Moreover, we demonstrate that Src bound to mutant RPTPalpha-Y789F, lacking the GRB2 binding site, and mutant Src with an impaired Src homology 2 (SH2) domain bound to RPTPalpha, illustrating that Src binding to RPTPalpha is not mediated by a pTyr-SH2 interaction. Mutation of RPTPalpha Ser204 to Asp, mimicking phosphorylation, reduced coimmunoprecipitation with Src, suggesting that phosphorylation of Ser204 prohibits binding to Src. Based on our results, we propose a new model for mitotic activation of Src in which PP2A-mediated dephosphorylation of RPTPalpha pSer204 facilitates Src binding, leading to RPTPalpha-mediated dephosphorylation of Src pTyr527 and pTyr416 and hence modest activation of Src.
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Alberghina L, Coccetti P, Orlandi I. Systems biology of the cell cycle of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: From network mining to system-level properties. Biotechnol Adv 2009; 27:960-978. [PMID: 19465107 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2009.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Following a brief description of the operational procedures of systems biology (SB), the cell cycle of budding yeast is discussed as a successful example of a top-down SB analysis. After the reconstruction of the steps that have led to the identification of a sizer plus timer network in the G1 to S transition, it is shown that basic functions of the cell cycle (the setting of the critical cell size and the accuracy of DNA replication) are system-level properties, detected only by integrating molecular analysis with modelling and simulation of their underlying networks. A detailed network structure of a second relevant regulatory step of the cell cycle, the exit from mitosis, derived from extensive data mining, is constructed and discussed. To reach a quantitative understanding of how nutrients control, through signalling, metabolism and transcription, cell growth and cycle is a very relevant aim of SB. Since we know that about 900 gene products are required for cell cycle execution and control in budding yeast, it is quite clear that a purely systematic approach would require too much time. Therefore lines for a modular SB approach, which prioritises molecular and computational investigations for faster cell cycle understanding, are proposed. The relevance of the insight coming from the cell cycle SB studies in developing a new framework for tackling very complex biological processes, such as cancer and aging, is discussed.
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- Lilia Alberghina
- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, P.zza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milano, Italy.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, P.zza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, P.zza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milano, Italy
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Aivatiadou E, Ripolone M, Brunetti F, Berruti G. cAMP-Epac2-mediated activation of Rap1 in developing male germ cells: RA-RhoGAP as a possible direct down-stream effector. Mol Reprod Dev 2009; 76:407-16. [PMID: 18937323 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Rap1 is a small GTPase that functions as a positional signal and organizer of cell architecture. Recently Rap1 is emerged to play a critical role during sperm differentiation since its inactivation in haploid cells leads to a premature release of spermatids from the supporting Sertoli cell resulting in male infertility. How Rap1 is activated in spermatogenic cells has not yet been determined. Our objective was to investigate on a possible cAMP-mediated activation of Rap1 employing a cAMP analogue selective to Epac, the Rap1 activator directly responsive to cAMP, for stimulating cultured testis germ cells. Here we provide biochemical, cellular and functional evidence that the Epac variant known as Epac2 is expressed as both a transcript and a protein and that it is able to promote Rap1 activation in the cultured cells. A time course immunofluorescence analysis carried out on stimulated cells revealed the translocation of endogenous Epac2, which is cytosolic, towards the site where Rap1 is located, i.e., the Golgi complex, thus documenting the effective Rap1-Epac2 protein interaction 'in vivo' leading to Rap1-GTP loading. A combination of biochemical and molecular techniques supported the immunofluorescence data. The search for the presence of a putative Rap1 downstream effector, described in differentiating somatic cells as a target of cAMP-Epac-activated Rap1, revealed the presence in spermatogenic cells of RA-RhoGAP, a Rap1-activated Rho GTPase-activating protein. Taken together, our results, obtained with endogenously expressed proteins, are consistent with a cAMP/Epac2/Rap1-mediated signaling that could exert its action, among others, through RA-RhoGAP to promote the progression of spermatogenesis.
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- Evanthia Aivatiadou
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology of Reproduction, Department of Biology, University of Milan, Italy
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Zhang Y, Zhang Z, Xu XY, Li XS, Yu M, Yu AM, Zong ZH, Yu BZ. Protein kinase a modulates Cdc25B activity during meiotic resumption of mouse oocytes. Dev Dyn 2008; 237:3777-86. [DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Papazyan R, Doche M, Waldron RT, Rozengurt E, Moyer MP, Rey O. Protein kinase D isozymes activation and localization during mitosis. Exp Cell Res 2008; 314:3057-68. [PMID: 18692497 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2008.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2008] [Revised: 07/01/2008] [Accepted: 07/15/2008] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The protein kinase D (PKD) family consists of three serine/threonine protein kinases involved in the regulation of fundamental biological processes in response to their activation and intracellular redistribution. Although a substantial amount of information is available describing the mechanisms regulating the activation and intracellular distribution of the PKD isozymes during interphase, nothing is known of their activation status, localization and role during mitosis. The results presented in this study indicate that during mitosis, PKD3 and PKD are phosphorylated at Ser(731) and Ser(744) within their activation loop by a mechanism that requires protein kinase C. Mitosis-associated PKD3 Ser(731) and PKD Ser(744) phosphorylation is related to the catalytic activation of these kinases as evidenced by in vivo phosphorylation of histone deacetylase 5, a substrate of PKD and PKD3. Activation loop-phosphorylated PKD3 and PKD, as well as PKD2, associate with centrosomes, spindles and midbody suggesting that these activated kinases establish dynamic interactions with the mitotic apparatus. Thus, this study reveals a connection between the PKD isozymes and cell division, suggesting a novel role for this family of serine/threonine kinases.
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- Romeo Papazyan
- Unit of Signal Transduction and Gastrointestinal Cancer, Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, 90095-1786, USA
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Rodriguez-Collazo P, Snyder SK, Chiffer RC, Bressler EA, Voss TC, Anderson EP, Genieser HG, Smith CL. cAMP signaling regulates histone H3 phosphorylation and mitotic entry through a disruption of G2 progression. Exp Cell Res 2008; 314:2855-69. [PMID: 18644368 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2008.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2008] [Revised: 06/28/2008] [Accepted: 06/30/2008] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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cAMP signaling is known to have significant effects on cell growth, either inhibitory or stimulatory depending on the cell type. Study of cAMP-induced growth inhibition in mammalian somatic cells has focused mainly on the combined role of protein kinase A (PKA) and mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases in regulation of progression through the G1 phase of the cell cycle. Here we show that cAMP signaling regulates histone H3 phosphorylation in a cell cycle-dependent fashion, increasing it in quiescent cells but dramatically reducing it in cycling cells. The latter is due to a rapid and dramatic loss of mitotic histone H3 phosphorylation caused by a disruption in G2 progression, as evidenced by the inhibition of mitotic entry and decreased activity of the CyclinB/Cdk1 kinase. The inhibition of G2 progression induced through cAMP signaling is dependent on expression of the catalytic subunit of PKA and is highly sensitive to intracellular cAMP concentration. The mechanism by which G2 progression is inhibited is independent of both DNA damage and MAP kinase signaling. Our results suggest that cAMP signaling activates a G2 checkpoint by a unique mechanism and provide new insight into normal cellular regulation of G2 progression.
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- Pedro Rodriguez-Collazo
- Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Yu A, Zhang Z, Bi Q, Sun B, Su W, Guan Y, Mu R, Miao C, Zhang J, Yu B. Regulation of cAMP on the first mitotic cell cycle of mouse embryos. Mol Reprod Dev 2008; 75:489-95. [PMID: 18022836 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Mitosis promoting factor (MPF) plays a central role during the first mitosis of mouse embryo. We demonstrated that MPF activity increased when one-cell stage mouse embryo initiated G2/M transition following the decrease of cyclic adenosine 3', 5'-monophosphate (cAMP) and cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) activity. When cAMP and PKA activity increases again, MPF activity decreases and mouse embryo starts metaphase-anaphase transition. In the downstream of cAMP/PKA, there are some effectors such as polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1), Cdc25, Mos (mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase), MEK (mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase), mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), Wee1, anaphase-promoting complex (APC), and phosphoprotein phosphatase that are involved in the regulation of MPF activity. Here, we demonstrated that following activation of MPF, MAPK activity was steady, whereas Plk1 activity fluctuated during the first cell cycle. Plk1 activity was the highest at metaphase and decreased at metaphase-anaphase transition. Further, we established a mathematical model using Gepasi algorithm and the simulation was in agreement with the experimental data. Above all the evidences, we suggested that cAMP and PKA might be the upstream factors which were included in the regulation of the first cell cycle development of mouse embryo.
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- Aiming Yu
- Department of Biochemical and Molecular Biology, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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Iwasaki T, Koretomo Y, Fukuda T, Paronetto MP, Sette C, Fukami Y, Sato KI. Expression, phosphorylation, and mRNA-binding of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K in Xenopus oocytes, eggs, and early embryos. Dev Growth Differ 2007; 50:23-40. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.2007.00974.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ceccarini M, Grasso M, Veroni C, Gambara G, Artegiani B, Macchia G, Ramoni C, Torreri P, Mallozzi C, Petrucci TC, Macioce P. Association of Dystrobrevin and Regulatory Subunit of Protein Kinase A: A New Role for Dystrobrevin as a Scaffold for Signaling Proteins. J Mol Biol 2007; 371:1174-87. [PMID: 17610895 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2007] [Revised: 06/06/2007] [Accepted: 06/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The dystrophin-related and -associated protein dystrobrevin is a component of the dystrophin-associated protein complex, which directly links the cytoskeleton to the extracellular matrix. It is now thought that this complex also serves as a dynamic scaffold for signaling proteins, and dystrobrevin may play a role in this context. Since dystrobrevin involvement in signaling pathways seems to be dependent on its interaction with other proteins, we sought new insights and performed a two-hybrid screen of a mouse brain cDNA library using beta-dystrobrevin, the isoform expressed in non-muscle tissues, as bait. Among the positive clones characterized after the screen, one encodes the regulatory subunit RIalpha of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA). We confirmed the interaction by in vitro and in vivo association assays, and mapped the binding site of beta-dystrobrevin on RIalpha to the amino-terminal region encompassing the dimerization/docking domain of PKA regulatory subunit. We also found that the domain of interaction for RIalpha is contained in the amino-terminal region of beta-dystrobrevin. We obtained evidence that beta-dystrobrevin also interacts directly with RIIbeta, and that not only beta-dystrobrevin but also alpha-dystrobrevin interacts with PKA regulatory subunits. We show that both alpha and beta-dystrobrevin are specific phosphorylation substrates for PKA and that protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is associated with dystrobrevins. Our results suggest a new role for dystrobrevin as a scaffold protein that may play a role in different cellular processes involving PKA signaling.
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- Marina Ceccarini
- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Roma, Italy
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D'Angiolella V, Palazzo L, Santarpia C, Costanzo V, Grieco D. Role for non-proteolytic control of M-phase-promoting factor activity at M-phase exit. PLoS One 2007; 2:e247. [PMID: 17327911 PMCID: PMC1803016 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2006] [Accepted: 01/29/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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M-phase Promoting Factor (MPF; the cyclin B-cdk 1 complex) is activated at M-phase onset by removal of inhibitory phosphorylation of cdk1 at thr-14 and tyr-15. At M-phase exit, MPF is destroyed by ubiquitin-dependent cyclin proteolysis. Thus, control of MPF activity via inhibitory phosphorylation is believed to be particularly crucial in regulating transition into, rather than out of, M-phase. Using the in vitro cell cycle system derived form Xenopus eggs, here we show, however, that inhibitory phosphorylation of cdk1 contributes to control MPF activity during M-phase exit. By sampling extracts at very short intervals during both meiotic and mitotic exit, we found that cyclin B1-associated cdk1 underwent transient inhibitory phosphorylation at tyr-15 and that cyclin B1-cdk1 activity fell more rapidly than the cyclin B1 content. Inhibitory phosphorylation of MPF correlated with phosphorylation changes of cdc25C, the MPF phosphatase, and physical interaction of cdk1 with wee1, the MPF kinase, during M-phase exit. MPF down-regulation required Ca++/calmodulin-dependent kinase II (CaMKII) and cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) activities at meiosis and mitosis exit, respectively. Treatment of M-phase extracts with a mutant cyclin B1-cdk1AF complex, refractory to inhibition by phosphorylation, impaired binding of the Anaphase Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C) to its co-activator Cdc20 and altered M-phase exit. Thus, timely M-phase exit requires a tight coupling of proteolysis-dependent and proteolysis-independent mechanisms of MPF inactivation.
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- Vincenzo D'Angiolella
- Faculty of Biotechnological Sciences and Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare “L. Califano,” University of Napoli Federico II, Italy
- Department of Pathology, New York University, New York, United States of America
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- Faculty of Biotechnological Sciences and Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare “L. Califano,” University of Napoli Federico II, Italy
- CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Napoli, Italy
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- Faculty of Biotechnological Sciences and Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare “L. Califano,” University of Napoli Federico II, Italy
- CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Napoli, Italy
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- Clare Hall Laboratories, London Research Institute, London, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Biotechnological Sciences and Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare “L. Califano,” University of Napoli Federico II, Italy
- CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Napoli, Italy
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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De Gregorio G, Coppa A, Cosentino C, Ucci S, Messina S, Nicolussi A, D'Inzeo S, Di Pardo A, Avvedimento EV, Porcellini A. The p85 regulatory subunit of PI3K mediates TSH-cAMP-PKA growth and survival signals. Oncogene 2006; 26:2039-47. [PMID: 17043656 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) is necessary for thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)-induced cell cycle progression. To determine the molecular mechanism linking PI3K to TSH, we have identified a serine residue in p85alpha(PI3K) phosphorylated by protein kinase A (PKA) in vitro and in vivo. Expression of an alanine mutant (p85A) abolished cyclic AMP/TSH-induced cell cycle progression and was lethal in thyroid cells (FRTL-5). The aspartic version of the p85alpha(PI3K) (p85D) inhibited apoptosis following TSH withdrawal. The p85alpha(PI3K) wild type not the p85A bound PKA regulatory subunit RIIbeta in cells stimulated with cAMP or TSH. The binding of the aspartic version of p85alpha(PI3K) to RIIbeta was independent of cAMP or TSH stimulation. Similarly, binding of PI3K to p21Ras and activation of AKT, a downstream PI3K target, were severely impaired in cells expressing the p85A mutant. Finally, we found that the catalytic activity of PI3K was stimulated by TSH in cells expressing the wild-type p85alpha(PI3K) but not in cells expressing p85A. This latter mutant did not affect the epidermal growth factor-stimulated PI3K activity. We suggest that (1) TSH-cAMP-induced PKA phosphorylates p85alpha(PI3K) at serine 83, (2) phosphorylated p85alpha(PI3K) binds RIIbeta-PKA and targets PKAII to the membrane, and (3) PI3K activity and p21Ras binding to PI3K increase and activate PI3K downstream targets. This pathway is essential for the transmission of TSH-cAMP growth signals.
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- G De Gregorio
- Dipartimento di Patologia Molecolare IRCCS Neuromed, Località Camerelle, Pozzilli, Italy
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Zhao ZS, Lim JP, Ng YW, Lim L, Manser E. The GIT-associated kinase PAK targets to the centrosome and regulates Aurora-A. Mol Cell 2006; 20:237-49. [PMID: 16246726 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2005.08.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2005] [Revised: 07/13/2005] [Accepted: 08/31/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Previously, we showed PAK-PIX-GIT targets and regulates focal adhesions; here, we uncover a different function for the complex at the centrosome. Active PAK1 is particularly evident in mitosis and phosphorylates the centrosomal adaptor GIT1 on serine 517. Interestingly, direct centrosome targeting activates the kinase via a process not requiring Rho GTPases; excision of the centrosome prevents this activation. Once activated, PAK1 dissociates from PIX/GIT but can bind to and phosphorylate the important centrosomal kinase Aurora-A. PAK1 promotes phosphorylation of Aurora-A on Thr288 and Ser342, which are key sites for kinase activation in mitosis. In vivo PAK activation causes an accumulation of activated Aurora-A; conversely, when betaPIX is depleted or PAK is inhibited, there is a delay in centrosome maturation. These observations may underlie reported effects of active PAK on cells, including histone H3 phosphorylation, alterations in centrosome number, and progression through mitosis.
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- Zhuo-Shen Zhao
- GSK-IMCB Group, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Proteos Building, 61 Biopolis Drive, Singapore 138673
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Ferrari S, Marin O, Pagano M, Meggio F, Hess D, El-Shemerly M, Krystyniak A, Pinna L. Aurora-A site specificity: a study with synthetic peptide substrates. Biochem J 2005; 390:293-302. [PMID: 16083426 PMCID: PMC1188270 DOI: 10.1042/bj20050343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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AurA (Aurora-A) is a ubiquitous protein kinase regulating entry into mitosis and shown to promote transformation upon overexpression. In order to gain information on the structural features determining its substrate specificity, we assayed human recombinant AurA on a variety of phosphoacceptor peptide substrates including a series of properly modified derivatives of the Kemptide (ALRRASLGAA). The data presented here show that AurA is a basophilic Ser/Thr protein kinase recognizing the consensus R/K/N-R-X-S/T-B, where B denotes any hydrophobic residue with the exception of Pro. We show that the presence of a Pro at position n+1 fully abrogates phosphorylation of the peptide substrate. Although the consensus for AurA is reminiscent of that of PKA (protein kinase A), it significantly differs from the latter for a much more stringent dependence on the hydrophobic residue at n+1 and for its tolerance of residues other than Arg at position n-3. Based on the finding that the peptide ALKRASLGAA is not a substrate of PKA while still providing a sensitive assay of AurA activity, we suggest that this peptide may be used for differential screening of the two kinases. We have further validated the AurA consensus by generating a peptide (APSSRRTT288LCGT) that comprises the main AurA autophosphorylation site and by showing that AurA phosphorylated this peptide exclusively at one site fulfilling its consensus (Thr288). Moreover, we show that AurA could autophosphorylate at Thr288 through an intermolecular mechanism of reaction and that, in vivo, PKA was not involved with Thr288 phosphorylation. The evidence obtained in the present study provides a rational tool for predicting AurA sites in potential substrates of physiological significance.
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- Stefano Ferrari
- *Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
- Correspondence may be addressed to either of the authors (email and )
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- †Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Padova, Viale G. Colombo 3, I-35121 Padova, Italy
- ‡Venetian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Via Orus 2, I-35129 Padova, Italy
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- †Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Padova, Viale G. Colombo 3, I-35121 Padova, Italy
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- †Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Padova, Viale G. Colombo 3, I-35121 Padova, Italy
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- §Friedrich Miescher Institute, Maulbeerstrasse 66, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- *Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- *Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- †Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Padova, Viale G. Colombo 3, I-35121 Padova, Italy
- ‡Venetian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Via Orus 2, I-35129 Padova, Italy
- Correspondence may be addressed to either of the authors (email and )
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Stanford JS, Ruderman JV. Changes in regulatory phosphorylation of Cdc25C Ser287 and Wee1 Ser549 during normal cell cycle progression and checkpoint arrests. Mol Biol Cell 2005; 16:5749-60. [PMID: 16195348 PMCID: PMC1289418 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e05-06-0541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Entry into mitosis is catalyzed by cdc2 kinase. Previous work identified the cdc2-activating phosphatase cdc25C and the cdc2-inhibitory kinase wee1 as targets of the incomplete replication-induced kinase Chk1. Further work led to the model that checkpoint kinases block mitotic entry by inhibiting cdc25C through phosphorylation on Ser287 and activating wee1 through phosphorylation on Ser549. However, almost all conclusions underlying this idea were drawn from work using recombinant proteins. Here, we report that in the early Xenopus egg cell cycles, phosphorylation of endogenous cdc25C Ser287 is normally high during interphase and shows no obvious increase after checkpoint activation. By contrast, endogenous wee1 Ser549 phosphorylation is low during interphase and increases after activation of either the DNA damage or replication checkpoints; this is accompanied by a slight increase in wee1 kinase activity. Blocking mitotic entry by adding the catalytic subunit of PKA also results in increased wee1 Ser549 phosphorylation and maintenance of cdc25C Ser287 phosphorylation. These results argue that in response to checkpoint activation, endogenous wee1 is indeed a critical responder that functions by repressing the cdc2-cdc25C positive feedback loop. Surprisingly, endogenous wee1 Ser549 phosphorylation is highest during mitosis just after the peak of cdc2 activity. Treatments that block inactivation of cdc2 result in further increases in wee1 Ser549 phosphorylation, suggesting a previously unsuspected role for wee1 in mitosis.
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Yang S, Rogers KM, Johnson DA. MgATP-induced conformational change of the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase. Biophys Chem 2005; 113:193-9. [PMID: 15617827 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2004.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 08/31/2004] [Accepted: 08/31/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Conformational changes of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) catalytic (C) subunit are critical for the catalysis of gamma-phosphate transfer from adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) to target proteins. Time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy (TRFA) was used to investigate the respective roles of Mg(2+), ATP, MgATP, and the inhibitor peptide (IP20) in the conformational changes of a 5,6-carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester (CF) labeled C subunit ((CF)C). TRFA decays were fit to a biexponential equation incorporating the fast and slow rotational correlation times phi(F) and phi(S). The (CF)C apoenzyme exhibited the rotational correlation times phi(F)=1.8+/-0.3 ns and phi(S)=20.1+/-0.6 ns which were reduced to phi(F)=1.1+/-0.2 ns and phi(S)=13.3+/-0.9 ns in the presence of MgATP. The reduction in rotational correlation times indicated that the (CF)C subunit adopted a more compact shape upon formation of a (CF)C.MgATP binary complex. Neither Mg(2+) (1-3 mM) nor ATP (0.4 mM) alone induced changes in the (CF)C subunit conformation equivalent to those induced by MgATP. The effect of MgATP was removed in the presence of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA). The addition of IP20 and MgATP to form the (CF)C x MgATP x IP20 ternary complex produced rotational correlation times similar to those of the (CF)C x MgATP binary complex. However, IP20 alone did not elicit an equivalent reduction in rotational correlation times. The results indicate that binding of MgATP to the C subunit may induce conformation changes in the C subunit necessary for the proper stereochemical alignment of substrates in the subsequent phosphorylation.
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- Shumei Yang
- Department of Chemistry, California State University, San Bernardino, CA 92407, USA.
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Takakura I, Naito K, Iwamori N, Yamashita M, Kume S, Tojo H. Inhibition of mitogen activated protein kinase activity induces parthenogenetic activation and increases cyclin B accumulation during porcine oocyte maturation. J Reprod Dev 2005; 51:617-26. [PMID: 16034193 DOI: 10.1262/jrd.17034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The inhibition of mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation during porcine oocyte maturation leads to decreased maturation promoting factor (MPF) activity and to the induction of parthenogenetic activation. In the present study, in order to analyze the mechanism underlying the suppression of MPF activity in MAPK-inhibited porcine oocytes, we injected mRNA of SASA-MEK, a dominant negative MAPK kinase, or antisense RNA of c-mos, a MAPK kinase kinase, into immature porcine oocyte cytoplasm. The injection of SASA-MEK mRNA or c-mos antisense RNA inhibited the MAPK activity partially or completely, respectively, decreased the MPF activity slightly or significantly, respectively, and induced parthenogenetic activation in 17.1% or 96.6% of mature oocytes, respectively, although no parthenogenetic activation was observed in the control oocytes. Immunoblotting experiments revealed that cyclin B accumulation in these MAPK-suppressed porcine oocytes was increased significantly after 50 h of culture and that a considerable amount of MPF was converted into inactive pre-MPF by hyperphosphorylation. These results indicate that the inhibition of MAPK activity in porcine oocytes did not promote cyclin B degradation but rather suppressed it; also the decrease in MPF activity in MAPK-suppressed porcine oocytes correlated with the conversion of active MPF into inactive pre-MPF.
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- Ikuko Takakura
- Department of Applied Genetics, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Science University of Tokyo, Japan
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Yu B, Wang Y, Liu Y, Liu Y, Li X, Wu D, Zong Z, Zhang J, Yu D. Protein kinase A regulates cell cycle progression of mouse fertilized eggs by means of MPF. Dev Dyn 2005; 232:98-105. [PMID: 15580572 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Cell cycle of one-cell stage mouse fertilized eggs was accompanied by fluctuation in the concentration of adenosine 3'5'-monophosphate (cAMP) and in the activity of free catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA). The concentration of cAMP and the activity of free catalytic subunit of PKA decreased at the onset of mitosis and increased at the transition between mitosis and G1 phase. Stimulation of PKA by microinjection of cAMP into one-cell stage mouse embryos at G2 phase induced interphase arrest and prevented the activation of M-phase promoting factor (MPF). Upon blockage of the activation of PKA by microinjecting a thermostable PKA inhibitor (PKI) into one-cell stage mouse embryos at G2 phase, the increase in the MPF activity occurred 30 min earlier than in control group. When a high dose of PKI was microinjected, a transition into interphase was prevented, and the activity of MPF remained high. Western blot analysis showed that Cdc2 remained phosphorylated in cAMP microinjected embryos by the time when control embryos were at metaphase and showed dephosphorylated Cdc2; conversely, Cdc2 dephosphorylation was accelerated in PKI-microinjected embryos. At the same time, Cdc2 was phosphorylated at Tyr15 at G2 phase and even at M phase when cAMP was microinjected but was dephosphorylated when PKI was microinjected. PKI microinjection also prevented cyclin B degradation and sustained MPF activity, thus delaying the transition from metaphase to anaphase. Our results show that PKA, by inhibiting MPF, regulates cell cycle progression of fertilized eggs.
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- Bingzhi Yu
- Department of Biochemical and Molecular Biology, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China.
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Eyers PA, Liu J, Hayashi NR, Lewellyn AL, Gautier J, Maller JL. Regulation of the G(2)/M transition in Xenopus oocytes by the cAMP-dependent protein kinase. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:24339-46. [PMID: 15860459 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m412442200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Vertebrate oocytes are arrested in G(2) phase of the cell cycle at the prophase border of meiosis I. Progesterone treatment of Xenopus oocytes releases the G(2) block and promotes entry into the M phases of meiosis I and II. Substantial evidence indicates that the release of the G(2) arrest requires a decrease in cAMP and reduced activity of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKAc). It has been reported and we confirm here that microinjection of either wild type or kinase-dead K72R PKAc inhibits progesterone-dependent release of the G(2) arrest with equal potency and that inhibition can be reversed by a second injection of the heat-stable inhibitor of PKAc, PKI. However, a mutant enzyme predicted to be completely kinase-dead from the crystal structure of PKAc, K72H PKAc, was much less inhibitory when carrying additional mutations that block interaction with either type I or type II regulatory subunit. Moreover, inhibition by K72H PKAc was reversed by PKI at a 30-fold lower concentration and with more rapid kinetics compared with wild type PKAc. K72R PKAc was found to have low but detectable activity after incubation in an oocyte extract. These results indicate that inhibition of the progesterone-dependent G(2)/M transition in oocytes after microinjection of dead PKAc reflects either low residual activity or binding to regulatory subunits with a resulting net increase in the level of endogenous wild type PKAc. Consistent with this hypothesis, the induction of mitosis in Xenopus egg extracts by the addition of cyclin B was blocked by wild type PKAc but not by K72H PKAc. The identification of substrates for PKAc that maintain cell cycle arrest in G(2) remains an important goal for future work.
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- Patrick A Eyers
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
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Martin MC, Allan LA, Lickrish M, Sampson C, Morrice N, Clarke PR. Protein kinase A regulates caspase-9 activation by Apaf-1 downstream of cytochrome c. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:15449-55. [PMID: 15703181 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m414325200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The cyclic AMP signal transduction pathway modulates apoptosis in diverse cell types, although the mechanism is poorly understood. A critical component of the intrinsic apoptotic pathway is caspase-9, which is activated by Apaf-1 in the apoptosome, a large complex assembled in response to release of cytochrome c from mitochondria. Caspase-9 cleaves and activates effector caspases, predominantly caspase-3, resulting in the demise of the cell. Here we identified a distinct mechanism by which cyclic AMP regulates this apoptotic pathway through activation of protein kinase A. We show that protein kinase A inhibits activation of caspase-9 and caspase-3 downstream of cytochrome c in Xenopus egg extracts and in a human cell-free system. Protein kinase A directly phosphorylates human caspase-9 at serines 99, 183, and 195. However, mutational analysis demonstrated that phosphorylation at these sites is not required for the inhibitory effect of protein kinase A on caspase-9 activation. Importantly, protein kinase A inhibits cytochrome c-dependent recruitment of procaspase-9 to Apaf-1 but not activation of caspase-9 by a constitutively activated form of Apaf-1. These data indicate that extracellular signals that elevate cyclic AMP and activate protein kinase A may suppress apoptosis by inhibiting apoptosome formation downstream of cytochrome c release from mitochondria.
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- Morag C Martin
- Biomedical Research Centre, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Identification of alpha-type subunits of the Xenopus 20S proteasome and analysis of their changes during the meiotic cell cycle. BMC BIOCHEMISTRY 2004; 5:18. [PMID: 15603592 PMCID: PMC544557 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-5-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2004] [Accepted: 12/17/2004] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Background The 26S proteasome is the proteolytic machinery of the ubiquitin-dependent proteolytic system responsible for most of the regulated intracellular protein degradation in eukaryotic cells. Previously, we demonstrated meiotic cell cycle dependent phosphorylation of α4 subunit of the 26S proteasome. In this study, we analyzed the changes in the spotting pattern separated by 2-D gel electrophoresis of α subunits during Xenopus oocyte maturation. Results We identified cDNA for three α-type subunits (α1, α5 and α6) of Xenopus, then prepared antibodies specific for five subunits (α1, α3, α5, α6, and α7). With these antibodies and previously described monoclonal antibodies for subunits α2 and α4, modifications to all α-type subunits of the 26S proteasome during Xenopus meiotic maturation were examined by 2D-PAGE. More than one spot for all subunits except α7 was identified. Immunoblot analysis of 26S proteasomes purified from immature and mature oocytes showed a difference in the blots of α2 and α4, with an additional spot detected in the 26S proteasome from immature oocytes (in G2-phase). Conclusions Six of α-type subunits of the Xenopus 26S proteasome are modified in Xenopus immature oocytes and two subunits (α2 and α4) are modified meiotic cell cycle-dependently.
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Fujinaga K, Onoda K, Yamamoto K, Imanaka-Yoshida K, Takao M, Shimono T, Shimpo H, Yoshida T, Yada I. Locally applied cilostazol suppresses neointimal hyperplasia by inhibiting tenascin-C synthesis and smooth muscle cell proliferation in free artery grafts. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004; 128:357-63. [PMID: 15354092 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Accumulation of smooth muscle cells and extracellular matrix in the intima of artery bypass grafts induces neointimal hyperplasia, resulting in graft failure. We investigated the inhibitory effect of locally applied cilostazol, an inhibitor of cyclic adenosine monophosphate phosphodiesterase III, on neointimal hyperplasia and the role of tenascin-C synthesis and smooth muscle cell proliferation in free artery grafts. Methods and results We established a distal anastomotic stricture model of free artery graft stenosis using rat abdominal aorta. In this model, neointimal hyperplasia was observed not only in the distal anastomotic site but also in the graft body at postoperative day 14 and was markedly progressed at day 28. Strong expression of tenascin-C was found in the media and neointima of the graft body. When cilostazol was locally administered around the graft using Pluronic gel, neointimal hyperplasia of the graft was significantly suppressed in comparison with gel-treated control graft. The mean neointima/media area ratio was reduced by 86.6% for the graft body and by 75.8% for the distal anastomotic site versus the control. Cilostazol treatment decreased cell proliferation and tenascin-C expression in the neointima. In an in vitro experiment using cultured smooth muscle cells isolated from rat aorta, cilostazol completely suppressed the tenascin-C mRNA expression induced by platelet-derived growth factor-BB. CONCLUSION A single topical administration of cilostazol may suppress neointimal hyperplasia by inhibiting cell proliferation and tenascin-C synthesis in free artery grafts, presenting the potential for clinical use in vascular surgery.
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- Kazuya Fujinaga
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Tsu, Japan
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D'Angiolella V, Mari C, Nocera D, Rametti L, Grieco D. The spindle checkpoint requires cyclin-dependent kinase activity. Genes Dev 2003; 17:2520-5. [PMID: 14561775 PMCID: PMC218146 DOI: 10.1101/gad.267603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The spindle checkpoint prevents anaphase onset until completion of mitotic spindle assembly by restraining activation of the ubiquitin ligase anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome-Cdc20 (APC/CCdc20). We show that the spindle checkpoint requires mitotic cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk) activity. Inhibiting cdk activity overrides checkpoint-dependent arrest in Xenopus egg extracts and human cells. Following inhibition, the interaction between APC/C and Cdc20 transiently increases while the inhibitory checkpoint protein Mad2 dissociates from Cdc20. Cdk inhibition also overcomes Mad2-induced mitotic arrest. In addition, in vitro cdk1-phosphorylated Cdc20 interacts with Mad2 rather than APC/ C. Thus, cdk activity is required to restrain APC/CCdc20 activation until completion of spindle assembly.
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- Vincenzo D'Angiolella
- Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Molecolare e Cellulare L, Califano Medical School, University of Napoli, Federico II, Pansini 5, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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Porcellini A, Messina S, De Gregorio G, Feliciello A, Carlucci A, Barone M, Picascia A, De Blasi A, Avvedimento EV. The expression of the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) receptor and the cAMP-dependent protein kinase RII beta regulatory subunit confers TSH-cAMP-dependent growth to mouse fibroblasts. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:40621-30. [PMID: 12902333 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m307501200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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TSH activates its specific receptor in thyroid cells and induces cAMP, a robust stimulator of thyroid cell proliferation. Conversely, cAMP is a potent inhibitor of growth in mouse fibroblasts. To dissect the signals mediating cAMP-dependent growth, we have expressed in mouse fibroblasts the human thyrotropin receptor (TSHR) or a constitutively active mutant, under the control of the tetracyclin promoter. Both TSHR and cAMP levels were modulated by tetracyclin. In the presence of serum, activation of TSHR by TSH induced growth arrest. In the absence of serum, cells expressing TSHR stimulated with TSH, replicated their DNA, but underwent apoptosis. Co-expression of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) regulatory subunit type II (RIIbeta) inhibited apoptosis and stimulated the growth of cells only in the presence of TSH. Expression of RIIbeta-PKA, in the absence of TSHR, induced apoptosis, which was reversed by cAMP. Growth, stimulated by TSHR-RIIbeta-PKA in mouse fibroblasts, was also dependent on Rap1 activity, indicating cAMP-dependent growth in thyroid cells. As for the molecular mechanism underlying these effects, we found that in normal fibroblasts, TSH induced AKT and ERK1/2 only in cells expressing TSHR and RII. Similarly, activation of TSHR increased cAMP levels greatly, but was unable to stimulate CREB phosphorylation and transcription of cAMP-induced genes in the absence of RII. These data provide a simple explanation for the anti-proliferative and proliferative effects of cAMP in different cell types and indicate that RII-PKAII complements TSHR action by stably propagating robust cAMP signals in cell compartments.
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- Antonio Porcellini
- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Patologia, Università La Sapienza, 00161 Roma, Italy.
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Knott JG, Kurokawa M, Fissore RA. Release of the Ca(2+) oscillation-inducing sperm factor during mouse fertilization. Dev Biol 2003; 260:536-47. [PMID: 12921751 DOI: 10.1016/s0012-1606(03)00251-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A cytosolic sperm protein(s), referred to as the sperm factor (SF), is thought to induce intracellular calcium ([Ca(2+)](i)) oscillations during fertilization in mammalian eggs. These oscillations, which are responsible for inducing complete egg activation, persist for several hours. Nevertheless, whether a protracted release of SF is responsible for the duration of the oscillations is unknown. Using a combination of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), in vitro fertilization (IVF), sperm removal, reinjection of the withdrawn sperm, and [Ca(2+)](i) monitoring, we determined that 30 min was necessary for establishing oscillations. Importantly, a significant portion of the Ca(2+) activity became dissociated from the sperm within 15-60 min after entry, and by 120 min post-ICSI or IVF, sperm were unable to induce oscillations. The initiation of oscillations coincided with exposure and solubilization of the perinuclear theca (PT), as evidenced by transmission electron microscopy, although disassembly of the PT was not required for commencement of the [Ca(2+)](i) responses. Remarkably, despite its complete release into the ooplasm, SF associated with nuclear structures at the time of pronuclear formation. Lastly, release of SF was not affected by the cell cycle. We conclude that mouse sperm serves as a carrier for SF, which is rapidly and completely solubilized to establish [Ca(2+)](i) oscillations.
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- Jason G Knott
- Department of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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Hutchins JRA, Dikovskaya D, Clarke PR. Regulation of Cdc2/cyclin B activation in Xenopus egg extracts via inhibitory phosphorylation of Cdc25C phosphatase by Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein [corrected] kinase II. Mol Biol Cell 2003; 14:4003-14. [PMID: 14517314 PMCID: PMC206995 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e03-02-0061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Activation of Cdc2/cyclin B kinase and entry into mitosis requires dephosphorylation of inhibitory sites on Cdc2 by Cdc25 phosphatase. In vertebrates, Cdc25C is inhibited by phosphorylation at a single site targeted by the checkpoint kinases Chk1 and Cds1/Chk2 in response to DNA damage or replication arrest. In Xenopus early embryos, the inhibitory site on Cdc25C (S287) is also phosphorylated by a distinct protein kinase that may determine the intrinsic timing of the cell cycle. We show that S287-kinase activity is repressed in extracts of unfertilized Xenopus eggs arrested in M phase but is rapidly stimulated upon release into interphase by addition of Ca2+, which mimics fertilization. S287-kinase activity is not dependent on cyclin B degradation or inactivation of Cdc2/cyclin B kinase, indicating a direct mechanism of activation by Ca2+. Indeed, inhibitor studies identify the predominant S287-kinase as Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII). CaMKII phosphorylates Cdc25C efficiently on S287 in vitro and, like Chk1, is inhibited by 7-hydroxystaurosporine (UCN-01) and debromohymenialdisine, compounds that abrogate G2 arrest in somatic cells. CaMKII delays Cdc2/cyclin B activation via phosphorylation of Cdc25C at S287 in egg extracts, indicating that this pathway regulates the timing of mitosis during the early embryonic cell cycle.
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- James R A Hutchins
- Biomedical Research Centre, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 9SY, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Duckworth BC, Weaver JS, Ruderman JV. G2 arrest in Xenopus oocytes depends on phosphorylation of cdc25 by protein kinase A. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:16794-9. [PMID: 12477927 PMCID: PMC139223 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.222661299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Xenopus oocytes, which are arrested in G(2) of meiosis I, contain complexes of cyclin B-cdc2 (M phase-promoting factor) that are kept repressed by inhibitory phosphorylations on cdc2 at Thr-14 and Tyr-15. Progesterone induces a cytoplasmic signaling pathway that leads to activation of cdc25, the phosphatase that removes these phosphorylations, catalyzing entry into M phase. It has been known for 25 years that high levels of cAMP and protein kinase A (PKA) are required to maintain the G(2) arrest and that a drop in PKA activity is required for M phase-promoting factor activation, but no physiological targets of PKA have been identified. We present evidence that cdc25 is a critical target of PKA. (i) In vitro, cdc25 Ser-287 serves as a major site of phosphorylation by PKA, resulting in sequestration by 14-3-3. (ii) Endogenous cdc25 is phosphorylated on Ser-287 in oocytes and dephosphorylated in response to progesterone just before cdc2 dephosphorylation and M-phase entry. (iii) High PKA activity maintains phosphorylation of Ser-287 in vivo, whereas inhibition of PKA by its heat-stable inhibitor (PKI) induces dephosphorylation of Ser-287. (iv) Overexpression of mutant cdc25 (S287A) bypasses the ability of PKA to maintain oocytes in G(2) arrest. These findings argue that cdc25 is a physiologically relevant target of PKA in oocytes. In the early embryonic cell cycles, Ser-287 is phosphorylated during interphase and dephosphorylated just before cdc2 activation and mitotic entry. Thus, in addition to its role in checkpoint arrest, cdc25 Ser-287 serves as a site for regulation during normal, unperturbed cell cycles.
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- Brian C Duckworth
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Wessel GM, Conner SD, Berg L. Cortical granule translocation is microfilament mediated and linked to meiotic maturation in the sea urchin oocyte. Development 2002; 129:4315-25. [PMID: 12183383 DOI: 10.1242/dev.129.18.4315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Cortical granules exocytose after the fusion of egg and sperm in most animals, and their contents function in the block to polyspermy by creating an impenetrable extracellular matrix. Cortical granules are synthesized throughout oogenesis and translocate en masse to the cell surface during meiosis where they remain until fertilization. As the mature oocyte is approximately 125 μm in diameter (Lytechinus variegatus), many of the cortical granules translocate upwards of 60 μm to reach the cortex within a 4 hour time window. We have investigated the mechanism of this coordinated vesicular translocation event. Although the stimulus to reinitiate meiosis in sea urchin oocytes is not known, we found many different ways to reversibly inhibit germinal vesicle breakdown, and used these findings to discover that meiotic maturation and cortical granule translocation are inseparable. We also learned that cortical granule translocation requires association with microfilaments but not microtubules. It is clear from endocytosis assays that microfilament motors are functional prior to meiosis, even though cortical granules do not use them. However, just after GVBD, cortical granules attach to microfilaments and translocate to the cell surface. This latter conclusion is based on organelle stratification within the oocyte followed by positional quantitation of the cortical granules. We conclude from these studies that maturation promoting factor (MPF) activation stimulates vesicle association with microfilaments, and is a key regulatory step in the coordinated translocation of cortical granules to the egg cortex.
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- Gary M Wessel
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology & Biochemistry, 69 Brown Street, Box G, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
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