Hsp27 regulates Akt activation and polymorphonuclear leukocyte apoptosis by scaffolding MK2 to Akt signal complex.
We have shown previously that Akt exists in a signal complex with p38 MAPK, MAPK-activated protein kinase-2 (MK2), and heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27) and MK2 phosphorylates Akt on Ser-473. Additionally, dissociation of Hsp27 from Akt, prior to Akt activation, induced polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) apoptosis. However, the role of Hsp27 ... in regulating Akt activation was not examined. This study tested the hypothesis that Hsp27 regulates Akt activation and promotes cell survival by scaffolding MK2 to the Akt signal complex. Here we show that loss of Akt/Hsp27 interaction by anti-Hsp27 antibody treatment resulted in loss of Akt/MK2 interaction, loss of Akt-Ser-473 phosphorylation, and induced PMN apoptosis. Transfection of myristoylated Akt (AktCA) in HK-11 cells induced Akt-Ser-473 phosphorylation, activation, and Hsp27-Ser-82 phosphorylation. Cotransfection of AktCA with Hsp27 short interfering RNA, but not scrambled short interfering RNA, silenced Hsp27 expression, without altering Akt expression in HK-11 cells. Silencing Hsp27 expression inhibited Akt/MK2 interaction, inhibited Akt phosphorylation and Akt activation, and induced HK-11 cell death. Deletion mutagenesis studies identified acidic linker region (amino acids 117-128) on Akt as an Hsp27 binding region. Deletion of amino acids 117-128 on Akt resulted in loss of its interaction with Hsp27 and MK2 but not with Hsp90 as demonstrated by immunoprecipitation and glutathione S-transferase pulldown studies. Co-transfection studies demonstrated that constitutively active MK2 (MK2EE) phosphorylated Aktwt (wild type) on Ser-473 but failed to phosphorylate Akt(Delta117-128) mutant in transfixed cells. These studies collectively define a novel role of Hsp27 in regulating Akt activation and cellular apoptosis by mediating interaction between Akt and its upstream activator MK2.
Mesh Terms:
Animals, Apoptosis, Cell Line, Chromatography, Gel, Glutathione Transferase, HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins, Heat-Shock Proteins, Humans, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Mice, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, Neoplasm Proteins, Neutrophils, Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, Recombinant Proteins, Reference Values, Signal Transduction, Transfection
Animals, Apoptosis, Cell Line, Chromatography, Gel, Glutathione Transferase, HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins, Heat-Shock Proteins, Humans, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Mice, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, Neoplasm Proteins, Neutrophils, Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, Recombinant Proteins, Reference Values, Signal Transduction, Transfection
J. Biol. Chem.
Date: Jul. 27, 2007
PubMed ID: 17510053
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