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CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION
卷 29, 期 9, 页码 1804-1815出版社
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/s41418-022-00965-6
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- Australian Research Council [LE120100022]
- National Health and Medical Research Council [1142669, 1079700, 1172929, 1124735, 2002965, IRIISS 9000719]
- Anaxis Pharma Pty Ltd
- Australian Government
- Wendy Dowsett Scholarship
- National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS), an Australian Government initiative
- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia [2002965, 1142669, 1124735] Funding Source: NHMRC
Necroptosis is a programmed cell death pathway that is often deregulated in inflammatory diseases. This study identifies the membrane binding epitope of mouse MLKL and reveals differences in structure and epitope between mouse and human MLKL. These findings highlight the versatility of the 4HB domain.
Necroptosis is a lytic programmed cell death pathway with origins in innate immunity that is frequently dysregulated in inflammatory diseases. The terminal effector of the pathway, MLKL, is licensed to kill following phosphorylation of its pseudokinase domain by the upstream regulator, RIPK3 kinase. Phosphorylation provokes the unleashing of MLKL's N-terminal four-helix bundle (4HB or HeLo) domain, which binds and permeabilizes the plasma membrane to cause cell death. The precise mechanism by which the 4HB domain permeabilizes membranes, and how the mechanism differs between species, remains unclear. Here, we identify the membrane binding epitope of mouse MLKL using NMR spectroscopy. Using liposome permeabilization and cell death assays, we validate K69 in the alpha 3 helix, W108 in the alpha 4 helix, and R137/Q138 in the first brace helix as crucial residues for necroptotic signaling. This epitope differs from the phospholipid binding site reported for human MLKL, which comprises basic residues primarily located in the alpha 1 and alpha 2 helices. In further contrast to human and plant MLKL orthologs, in which the alpha 3-alpha 4 loop forms a helix, this loop is unstructured in mouse MLKL in solution. Together, these findings illustrate the versatility of the 4HB domain fold, whose lytic function can be mediated by distinct epitopes in different orthologs.
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