Disruption of the PP1/GADD34 complex induces calreticulin exposure.

Abstract

In response to some chemotherapeutic agents, tumor cells can translocate calreticulin (CRT), which is usually contained in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum, to the surface of the plasma membrane. This effect requires the phosphorylation of the eukaryotic initiation factor 2alpha(eIF2alpha) by the eIF2alpha kinase PERK, yet may also be triggered by inhibition of the eIF2alpha phosphatase, which is composed by a catalytic subunit (PP1) and a regulatory subunit (GADD34). Here, we addressed the question whether the dissociation of the PP1/GADD34 complex would be sufficient to trigger CRT exposure. Molecular modeling led to the design of a GADD34-derived peptide that competitively disrupts the PP1/GADD34 complex. When added to intact cells, the GADD34-derived peptide fused to a plasma membrane translocation domain abolished the interaction between PP1 and GADD34, stimulated the phosphorylation of eIF2alpha, and triggered CRT exposure. However, the resolution of the PP1/GADD34 complex did not evoke apoptosis, allowing for the dissociation of CRT exposure and cell death. Anthracyclins, which are highly efficient in inducing CRT translocation to the cell surface also stimulated the dissociation of the PP1/GADD34 complex. These results suggest that the PP1/GADD34 complex plays a major role in the regulation of CRT exposure.

• Authors: Oliver Kepp, Lorenzo Galluzzi, Fabrizio Giordanetto, Antoine Tesniere, Ilio Vitale, Isabelle Martins, Frederic Schlemmer, Sandy Adjemian, Laurence Zitvogel, Guido Kroemer
• Journal: Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) (Cell Cycle) Vol. 8 Issue 23 Pg. 3971-7 (Dec 2009) ISSN: 1551-4005 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 19901557 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Anthracyclines
• Antigens, Differentiation
• Calreticulin
• Cell Cycle Proteins
• Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2
• PERK kinase
• eIF-2 Kinase
• PPP1R15A protein, human
• Protein Phosphatase 1

Topics

• Amino Acid Sequence
• Anthracyclines (pharmacology)
• Antigens, Differentiation (metabolism)
• Apoptosis
• Binding Sites
• Calreticulin (metabolism, physiology)
• Cell Cycle Proteins (metabolism)
• Computer Simulation
• Endoplasmic Reticulum (physiology)
• Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2 (metabolism)
• HeLa Cells
• Humans
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Phosphorylation
• Protein Phosphatase 1 (metabolism)
• eIF-2 Kinase (metabolism)