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CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION
卷 29, 期 2, 页码 323-336出版社
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DOI: 10.1038/s41418-021-00855-3
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31970724, 31771557, 82072237, 31870132]
This study uncovered a new regulatory mechanism of Bmf activity during anoikis and provided a structural basis for Bmf cytoskeleton tethering and dissociation. The activation of p38 MAPK directly phosphorylated Bmf at multiple sites, including T72, which blocked the interaction between Bmf and DLC2. Additionally, a phosphomimetic mutation of T72 was found to enhance Bmf apoptotic activity in vitro and in a knock-in mouse model.
Bmf contributes to the onset of anoikis by translocating from cytoskeleton to mitochondria when cells lose attachment to the extracellular matrix. However, the structural details of Bmf cytoskeleton tethering and the control of Bmf release upon loss of anchorage remained unknown. Here we showed that cell detachment induced rapid and sustained activation of p38 MAPK in mammary epithelial cell lines. Inhibition of p38 signaling or Bmf knockdown rescued anoikis. Activated p38 MAPK could directly phosphorylate Bmf at multiple sites including a non-proline-directed site threonine 72 (T72). Crystallographic studies revealed that Bmf T72 directly participated in DLC2 binding and its phosphorylation would block Bmf/DLC2 interaction through steric hindrance. Finally, we showed that phosphomimetic mutation of T72 enhanced Bmf apoptotic activity in vitro and in a knock-in mouse model. This work unraveled a novel regulatory mechanism of Bmf activity during anoikis and provided structural basis for Bmf cytoskeleton tethering and dissociation.
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