AMP-activated protein kinase-regulated phosphorylation and acetylation of importin alpha1: involvement in the nuclear import of RNA-binding protein HuR |
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Authors: | Wang Wengong Yang Xiaoling Kawai Tomoko López de Silanes Isabel Mazan-Mamczarz Krystyna Chen Peili Chook Yuh Min Quensel Christina Köhler Matthias Gorospe Myriam |
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Affiliation: | Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, NIA Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA. |
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Abstract: | Nuclear import of HuR, a shuttling RNA-binding protein, is associated with reduced stability of its target mRNAs. Increased function of the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), an enzyme involved in responding to metabolic stress, was recently shown to reduce the cytoplasmic levels of HuR. Here, we provide evidence that importin alpha1, an adaptor protein involved in nuclear import, contributes to the nuclear import of HuR through two AMPK-modulated mechanisms. First, AMPK triggered the acetylation of importin alpha1 on Lys(22), a process dependent on the acetylase activity of p300. Second, AMPK phosphorylated importin alpha1 on Ser(105). Accordingly, expression of importin alpha1 proteins bearing K22R or S105A mutations failed to mediate the nuclear import of HuR in intact cells. Our results point to importin alpha1 as a critical downstream target of AMPK and key mediator of AMPK-triggered HuR nuclear import. |
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