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NATURE CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 7, Issue 3, Pages 278-U97Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1228
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA98628, CA29431] Funding Source: Medline
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The ubiquitously expressed c-Abl tyrosine kinase localizes to the cytoplasm and nucleus(1,2). Nuclear c-Abl is activated by diverse genotoxic agents and induces apoptosis(3,4); however, the mechanisms that are responsible for nuclear targeting of c-Abl remain unclear. Here, we show that cytoplasmic c-Abl is targeted to the nucleus in the DNA damage response. The results show that c-Abl is sequestered into the cytoplasm by binding to 14-3-3 proteins. Phosphorylation of c-Abl on Thr 735 functions as a site for direct binding to 14-3-3 proteins. We also show that, in response to DNA damage, activation of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (Jnk) induces phosphorylation of 14-3-3 proteins and their release from c-Abl. Together with these results, expression of an unphosphorylated 14-3-3 mutant attenuates DNA-damage-induced nuclear import of c-Abl and apoptosis. These findings indicate that 14-3-3 proteins are pivotal regulators of intracellular c-Abl localization and of the apoptotic response to genotoxic stress.
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