Science SignalingPub Date : 2024-06-25DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.adi0934
András D. Tóth, Bence Szalai, Orsolya T. Kovács, Dániel Garger, Susanne Prokop, Eszter Soltész-Katona, András Balla, Asuka Inoue, Péter Várnai, Gábor Turu, László Hunyady
{"title":"G protein–coupled receptor endocytosis generates spatiotemporal bias in β-arrestin signaling","authors":"András D. Tóth, Bence Szalai, Orsolya T. Kovács, Dániel Garger, Susanne Prokop, Eszter Soltész-Katona, András Balla, Asuka Inoue, Péter Várnai, Gábor Turu, László Hunyady","doi":"10.1126/scisignal.adi0934","DOIUrl":"10.1126/scisignal.adi0934","url":null,"abstract":"<div >The stabilization of different active conformations of G protein–coupled receptors is thought to underlie the varying efficacies of biased and balanced agonists. Here, profiling the activation of signal transducers by angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT<sub>1</sub>R) agonists revealed that the extent and kinetics of β-arrestin binding exhibited substantial ligand-dependent differences, which were lost when receptor internalization was inhibited. When AT<sub>1</sub>R endocytosis was prevented, even weak partial agonists of the β-arrestin pathway acted as full or near-full agonists, suggesting that receptor conformation did not exclusively determine β-arrestin recruitment. The ligand-dependent variance in β-arrestin translocation was much larger at endosomes than at the plasma membrane, showing that ligand efficacy in the β-arrestin pathway was spatiotemporally determined. Experimental investigations and mathematical modeling demonstrated how multiple factors concurrently shaped the effects of agonists on endosomal receptor–β-arrestin binding and thus determined the extent of functional selectivity. Ligand dissociation rate and G protein activity had particularly strong, internalization-dependent effects on the receptor–β-arrestin interaction. We also showed that endocytosis regulated the agonist efficacies of two other receptors with sustained β-arrestin binding: the V<sub>2</sub> vasopressin receptor and a mutant β<sub>2</sub>-adrenergic receptor. In the absence of endocytosis, the agonist-dependent variance in β-arrestin2 binding was markedly diminished. Our results suggest that endocytosis determines the spatiotemporal bias in GPCR signaling and can aid in the development of more efficacious, functionally selective compounds.</div>","PeriodicalId":21658,"journal":{"name":"Science Signaling","volume":"17 842","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141452041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Science SignalingPub Date : 2024-06-25DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.adr1306
John F. Foley
{"title":"Palmitoylation promotes pores","authors":"John F. Foley","doi":"10.1126/scisignal.adr1306","DOIUrl":"10.1126/scisignal.adr1306","url":null,"abstract":"<div >Palmitoylation of intact or cleaved gasdermin D causes plasma membrane pore formation.</div>","PeriodicalId":21658,"journal":{"name":"Science Signaling","volume":"17 842","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141452042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Science SignalingPub Date : 2024-06-18DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.adr0297
Wei Wong
{"title":"A gut punch for PCOS","authors":"Wei Wong","doi":"10.1126/scisignal.adr0297","DOIUrl":"10.1126/scisignal.adr0297","url":null,"abstract":"<div >Suppression of GLP-1 release by a gut microbiota–derived metabolite induces polycystic ovary syndrome.</div>","PeriodicalId":21658,"journal":{"name":"Science Signaling","volume":"17 841","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141421618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Science SignalingPub Date : 2024-06-18DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.adi4747
Shane C. Wright, Charlotte Avet, Supriya A. Gaitonde, Itziar Muneta-Arrate, Christian Le Gouill, Mireille Hogue, Billy Breton, Stefania Koutsilieri, Rebeca Diez Alarcia, Madeleine Héroux, Volker M. Lauschke, Michel Bouvier
{"title":"Conformation- and activation-based BRET sensors differentially report on GPCR–G protein coupling","authors":"Shane C. Wright, Charlotte Avet, Supriya A. Gaitonde, Itziar Muneta-Arrate, Christian Le Gouill, Mireille Hogue, Billy Breton, Stefania Koutsilieri, Rebeca Diez Alarcia, Madeleine Héroux, Volker M. Lauschke, Michel Bouvier","doi":"10.1126/scisignal.adi4747","DOIUrl":"10.1126/scisignal.adi4747","url":null,"abstract":"<div >G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) regulate cellular signaling processes by coupling to diverse combinations of heterotrimeric G proteins composed of Gα, Gβ, and Gγ subunits. Biosensors based on bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) have advanced our understanding of GPCR functional selectivity. Some BRET biosensors monitor ligand-induced conformational changes in the receptor or G proteins, whereas others monitor the recruitment of downstream effectors to sites of G protein activation. Here, we compared the ability of conformation-and activation-based BRET biosensors to assess the coupling of various class A and B GPCRs to specific Gα proteins in cultured cells. These GPCRs included serotonin 5-HT<sub>2A</sub> and 5-HT<sub>7</sub> receptors, the GLP-1 receptor (GLP-1R), and the M<sub>3</sub> muscarinic receptor. We observed different signaling profiles between the two types of sensors, highlighting how data interpretation could be affected by the nature of the biosensor. We also found that the identity of the Gβγ subunits used in the assay could differentially influence the selectivity of a receptor toward Gα subtypes, emphasizing the importance of the receptor-Gβγ pairing in determining Gα coupling specificity. Last, the addition of epitope tags to the receptor could affect stoichiometry and coupling selectivity and yield artifactual findings. These results highlight the need for careful sensor selection and experimental design when probing GPCR–G protein coupling.</div>","PeriodicalId":21658,"journal":{"name":"Science Signaling","volume":"17 841","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.science.org/doi/reader/10.1126/scisignal.adi4747","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141421619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Science SignalingPub Date : 2024-06-18DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.adi8743
Kun Ping Lu, Xiao Zhen Zhou
{"title":"Pin1-catalyzed conformational regulation after phosphorylation: A distinct checkpoint in cell signaling and drug discovery","authors":"Kun Ping Lu, Xiao Zhen Zhou","doi":"10.1126/scisignal.adi8743","DOIUrl":"10.1126/scisignal.adi8743","url":null,"abstract":"<div >Protein phosphorylation is one of the most common mechanisms regulating cellular signaling pathways, and many kinases and phosphatases are proven drug targets. Upon phosphorylation, protein functions can be further regulated by the distinct isomerase Pin1 through cis-trans isomerization. Numerous protein targets and many important roles have now been elucidated for Pin1. However, no tools are available to detect or target cis and trans conformation events in cells. The development of Pin1 inhibitors and stereo- and phospho-specific antibodies has revealed that cis and trans conformations have distinct and often opposing cellular functions. Aberrant conformational changes due to the dysregulation of Pin1 can drive pathogenesis but can be effectively targeted in age-related diseases, including cancers and neurodegenerative disorders. Here, we review advances in understanding the roles of Pin1 signaling in health and disease and highlight conformational regulation as a distinct signal transduction checkpoint in disease development and treatment.</div>","PeriodicalId":21658,"journal":{"name":"Science Signaling","volume":"17 841","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141421620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Science SignalingPub Date : 2024-06-11DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.adn8376
Vivian Chua, Melisa Lopez-Anton, Mizue Terai, Ryota Tanaka, Usman Baqai, Timothy J. Purwin, Jelan I. Haj, Francis J. Waltrich Jr., Isabella Trachtenberg, Kristine Luo, Rohith Tudi, Angela Jeon, Anna Han, Inna Chervoneva, Michael A. Davies, Julio A. Aguirre-Ghiso, Takami Sato, Andrew E. Aplin
{"title":"Slow proliferation of BAP1-deficient uveal melanoma cells is associated with reduced S6 signaling and resistance to nutrient stress","authors":"Vivian Chua, Melisa Lopez-Anton, Mizue Terai, Ryota Tanaka, Usman Baqai, Timothy J. Purwin, Jelan I. Haj, Francis J. Waltrich Jr., Isabella Trachtenberg, Kristine Luo, Rohith Tudi, Angela Jeon, Anna Han, Inna Chervoneva, Michael A. Davies, Julio A. Aguirre-Ghiso, Takami Sato, Andrew E. Aplin","doi":"10.1126/scisignal.adn8376","DOIUrl":"10.1126/scisignal.adn8376","url":null,"abstract":"<div >Uveal melanoma (UM) is the deadliest form of eye cancer in adults. Inactivating mutations and/or loss of expression of the gene encoding BRCA1-associated protein 1 (BAP1) in UM tumors are associated with an increased risk of metastasis. To investigate the mechanisms underlying this risk, we explored the functional consequences of BAP1 deficiency. UM cell lines expressing mutant <i>BAP1</i> grew more slowly than those expressing wild-type <i>BAP1</i> in culture and in vivo. The ability of BAP1 reconstitution to restore cell proliferation in BAP1-deficient cells required its deubiquitylase activity. Proteomic analysis showed that BAP1-deficient cells had decreased phosphorylation of ribosomal S6 and its upstream regulator, p70S6K1, compared with both wild-type and BAP1 reconstituted cells. In turn, expression of p70S6K1 increased S6 phosphorylation and proliferation of BAP1-deficient UM cells. Consistent with these findings, <i>BAP1</i> mutant primary UM tumors expressed lower amounts of p70S6K1 target genes, and S6 phosphorylation was decreased in <i>BAP1</i> mutant patient-derived xenografts (PDXs), which grew more slowly than wild-type PDXs in the liver (the main metastatic site of UM) in mice. BAP1-deficient UM cells were also more resistant to amino acid starvation, which was associated with diminished phosphorylation of S6. These studies demonstrate that BAP1 deficiency slows the proliferation of UM cells through regulation of S6 phosphorylation. These characteristics may be associated with metastasis by ensuring survival during amino acid starvation.</div>","PeriodicalId":21658,"journal":{"name":"Science Signaling","volume":"17 840","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141307192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MCTP1 increases the malignancy of androgen-deprived prostate cancer cells by inducing neuroendocrine differentiation and EMT","authors":"Yen-Nien Liu, Wei-Yu Chen, Hsiu-Lien Yeh, Wei-Hao Chen, Kuo-Ching Jiang, Han-Ru Li, Phan Vu Thuy Dung, Zi-Qing Chen, Wei-Jiunn Lee, Michael Hsiao, Jiaoti Huang, Yu-Ching Wen","doi":"10.1126/scisignal.adc9142","DOIUrl":"10.1126/scisignal.adc9142","url":null,"abstract":"<div >Neuroendocrine prostate cancer (PCa) (NEPC), an aggressive subtype that is associated with poor prognosis, may arise after androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). We investigated the molecular mechanisms by which ADT induces neuroendocrine differentiation in advanced PCa. We found that transmembrane protein 1 (MCTP1), which has putative Ca<sup>2+</sup> sensing function and multiple Ca<sup>2+</sup>-binding C2 domains, was abundant in samples from patients with advanced PCa. MCTP1 was associated with the expression of the EMT-associated transcription factors ZBTB46, FOXA2, and HIF1A. The increased abundance of MCTP1 promoted PC3 prostate cancer cell migration and neuroendocrine differentiation and was associated with SNAI1-dependent EMT in C4-2 PCa cells after ADT. ZBTB46 interacted with FOXA2 and HIF1A and increased the abundance of MCTP1 in a hypoxia-dependent manner. MCTP1 stimulated Ca<sup>2+</sup> signaling and AKT activation to promote EMT and neuroendocrine differentiation by increasing the SNAI1-dependent expression of EMT and neuroendocrine markers, effects that were blocked by knockdown of MCTP1. These data suggest an oncogenic role for MCTP1 in the maintenance of a rare and aggressive prostate cancer subtype through its response to Ca<sup>2+</sup> and suggest its potential as a therapeutic target.</div>","PeriodicalId":21658,"journal":{"name":"Science Signaling","volume":"17 840","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141307191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Science SignalingPub Date : 2024-06-11DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.adq9088
Amy E. Baek
{"title":"To B or not to B","authors":"Amy E. Baek","doi":"10.1126/scisignal.adq9088","DOIUrl":"10.1126/scisignal.adq9088","url":null,"abstract":"<div >Apoptosis of immature peripheral B cells may be due to a lack of survival signals rather than clonal deletion.</div>","PeriodicalId":21658,"journal":{"name":"Science Signaling","volume":"17 840","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141307193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Growth factor–dependent phosphorylation of Gαi shapes canonical signaling by G protein–coupled receptors","authors":"Suchismita Roy, Saptarshi Sinha, Ananta James Silas, Majid Ghassemian, Irina Kufareva, Pradipta Ghosh","doi":"10.1126/scisignal.ade8041","DOIUrl":"10.1126/scisignal.ade8041","url":null,"abstract":"<div >A long-standing question in the field of signal transduction is how distinct signaling pathways interact with each other to control cell behavior. Growth factor receptors and G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the two major signaling hubs in eukaryotes. Given that the mechanisms by which they signal independently have been extensively characterized, we investigated how they may cross-talk with each other. Using linear ion trap mass spectrometry and cell-based biophysical, biochemical, and phenotypic assays, we found at least three distinct ways in which epidermal growth factor affected canonical G protein signaling by the G<sub>i</sub>-coupled GPCR CXCR4 through the phosphorylation of Gα<sub>i</sub>. Phosphomimicking mutations in two residues in the α<sub>E</sub> helix of Gα<sub>i</sub> (tyrosine-154/tyrosine-155) suppressed agonist-induced Gα<sub>i</sub> activation while promoting constitutive Gβγ signaling. Phosphomimicking mutations in the P loop (serine-44, serine-47, and threonine-48) suppressed G<sub>i</sub> activation entirely, thus completely segregating growth factor and GPCR pathways. As expected, most of the phosphorylation events appeared to affect intrinsic properties of Gα<sub>i</sub> proteins, including conformational stability, nucleotide binding, and the ability to associate with and to release Gβγ. However, one phosphomimicking mutation, targeting the carboxyl-terminal residue tyrosine-320, promoted mislocalization of Gα<sub>i</sub> from the plasma membrane, a previously uncharacterized mechanism of suppressing GPCR signaling through G protein subcellular compartmentalization. Together, these findings elucidate not only how growth factor and chemokine signals cross-talk through the phosphorylation-dependent modulation of Gα<sub>i</sub> but also how such cross-talk may generate signal diversity.</div>","PeriodicalId":21658,"journal":{"name":"Science Signaling","volume":"17 839","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141249013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}