Endotoxin conditioning induces VCP/p97-mediated and inducible nitric-oxide synthase-dependent Tyr284 nitration in protein phosphatase 2A.

Endotoxins activate Toll-like receptors and reprogram cells to be refractory to secondary exposure. Here we found that activation of different Toll-like receptors elicited a time- and dose-dependent increase in the levels of the protein phosphatase 2A catalytic subunit (PP2Ac) but not its partner A subunit. We purified the lipopolysaccharide-induced form ...
of PP2A by chromatography plus immunoprecipitation and used mass spectrometry to identify VCP/p97 as a novel partner for PP2Ac. Endogenous VCP/p97 and PP2Ac were co-immunoprecipitated from primary murine macrophages and human lymphocytes. GST-VCP/p97 bound purified PP2A in pulldown assays, showing direct protein-protein interaction. Endotoxin conditioning of macrophages induced formation of 3-nitrotyrosine in the PP2Ac associated with VCP/p97, a response severely reduced in macrophages from iNOS knock-out mice. The reaction of purified PP2A with peroxynitrite dissociated the A subunit, and 3-nitro-Tyr(284) was identified in PP2Ac by mass spectrometry. Myc-PP2Ac (Y284F) expressed in cells was resistant to peroxynitrite-induced nitration and reduction of A subunit binding. Transient expression of either VCP/p97 or PP2Ac was sufficient to elevate levels of the dual specificity phosphatase DUSP1, reduce p38 MAPK activation, and suppress tumor necrosis factor-alpha release. We propose that VCP/p97-mediated Tyr nitration of PP2A increases the levels of phosphatases PP2A and DUSP1 to contribute to the refractory response of conditioned cells.
Mesh Terms:
Adenosine Triphosphatases, Animals, Cell Cycle Proteins, Dual Specificity Phosphatase 1, Endotoxins, Humans, Lymphocytes, Macrophages, Mice, Mice, Knockout, Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II, Nitrogen, Protein Interaction Mapping, Protein Phosphatase 2, Tyrosine
J. Biol. Chem.
Date: Mar. 19, 2010
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