ASB9 interacts with ubiquitous mitochondrial creatine kinase and inhibits mitochondrial function.
The ankyrin repeat and suppressor of cytokine signalling (SOCS) box proteins (Asbs) are a large protein family implicated in diverse biological processes including regulation of proliferation and differentiation. The SOCS box of Asb proteins is important in a ubiquitination-mediated proteolysis pathway. Here, we aimed to evaluate expression and function of ... human Asb-9 (ASB9).We found that a variant of ASB9 that lacks the SOCS box (ASB9DeltaSOCS) was naturally detected in human cell lines but not in peripheral blood mononuclear cells or normal hepatocytes. We also identified ubiquitous mitochondrial creatine kinase (uMtCK) as a new target of ASB9 in human embryonic kidney 293 (HEK293) cells. The ankyrin repeat domains of ASB9 can associate with the substrate binding site of uMtCK in a SOCS box-independent manner. The overexpression of ASB9, but not ASB9DeltaSOCS, induces ubiquitination of uMtCK. ASB9 and ASB9DeltaSOCS can interact and colocalise with uMtCK in the mitochondria. However, only expression of ASB9 induced abnormal mitochondrial structure and a decrease of mitochondrial membrane potential. Furthermore, the creatine kinase activities and cell growth were significantly reduced by ASB9 but not by ASB9DeltaSOCS.ASB9 interacts with the creatine kinase system and negatively regulates cell growth. The differential expression and function of ASB9 and ASB9DeltaSOCS may be a key factor in the growth of human cell lines and primary cells.
Mesh Terms:
Amino Acid Sequence, Ankyrin Repeat, Binding Sites, Cell Line, Cell Proliferation, Cells, Cultured, Creatine Kinase, Mitochondrial Form, Humans, Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial, Mitochondria, Molecular Sequence Data, Protein Binding, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins, Ubiquitination
Amino Acid Sequence, Ankyrin Repeat, Binding Sites, Cell Line, Cell Proliferation, Cells, Cultured, Creatine Kinase, Mitochondrial Form, Humans, Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial, Mitochondria, Molecular Sequence Data, Protein Binding, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins, Ubiquitination
BMC Biol.
Date: Mar. 23, 2010
PubMed ID: 20302626
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