Journal
JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE
Volume 133, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
COMPANY BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.241034
Keywords
G alpha i3; RGS4; Bcl-2; DHHC; Palmitoylation; Autophagy
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [MOP-106670]
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada [T6799]
- Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, Translational Biology and Engineering Program
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Intracellular pools of the heterotrimeric G-protein alpha-subunit G alpha i3 (encoded by GNAI3) have been shown to promote growth factor signaling, while at the same time inhibiting the activation of JNK and autophagic signaling following nutrient starvation. The precise molecular mechanisms linking G alpha i3 to both stress and growth factor signaling remain poorly understood. Importantly, JNK-mediated phosphorylation of Bcl-2 was previously found to activate autophagic signaling following nutrient deprivation. Our data shows that activated G alpha i3 decreases Bcl-2 phosphorylation, whereas inhibitors of G alpha i3, such as RGS4 and AGS3 (also known as GPSM1), markedly increase the levels of phosphorylated Bcl-2. Manipulation of the palmitoylation status and intracellular localization of RGS4 suggests that G alpha i3 modulates phosphorylated Bcl-2 levels and autophagic signaling from discreet TGN38 (also known as TGOLN2)-labeled vesicle pools. Consistent with an important role for these molecules in normal tissue responses to nutrient deprivation, increased G alpha i signaling within nutrient-starved adrenal glands from RGS4-knockout mice resulted in a dramatic abrogation of autophagic flux, compared to wild-type tissues. Together, these data suggest that the activity of G alpha i3 and RGS4 from discreet TGN38-labeled vesicle pools are critical regulators of autophagic signaling that act via their ability to modulate phosphorylation of Bcl-2.
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