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The diverse functions of GAPDH: Views from different subcellular compartments

Journal

CELLULAR SIGNALLING
Volume 23, Issue 2, Pages 317-323

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2010.08.003

Keywords

GAPDH; Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase; Siah; GOSPEL; Oxidative stress; Stress signaling; S-nitrosylation; Cytoplasm; Microtubules; Vesicular trafficking; Cytoskeleton; Mitochondria; Nucleus

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Funding

  1. USPHS [MH-084018, MH-069853, MH-085226, MH-088753]
  2. Stanley foundation
  3. CHDI foundation
  4. HighQ foundation
  5. RUSK foundation
  6. NARSAD
  7. NINDS
  8. S-R foundations

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Multiple roles for glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) have been recently appreciated. In addition to the cytoplasm where the majority of GAPDH is located under the basal condition, GAPDH is also found in the particulate fractions, such as the nucleus, the mitochondria, and the small vesicular fractions. When cells are exposed to various stressors, dynamic subcellular re-distribution of GAPDH occurs. Here we review these multifunctional properties of GAPDH, especially linking them to its oligomerization, posttranslational modification, and subcellular localization. This includes mechanistic descriptions of how S-nitrosylation of GAPDH under oxidative stress may lead to cell death/dysfunction via nuclear translocation of GAPDH, which is counteracted by a cytosolic GOSPEL GAPDH is also involved in various diseases, especially neurodegenerative disorders and cancers. Therapeutic strategies to these conditions based on molecular understanding of GAPDH are discussed. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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