Science SignalingPub Date : 2024-05-28DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.ado6266
Lavinia Palamiuc, Jared L. Johnson, Zeinab Haratipour, Ryan M. Loughran, Woong Jae Choi, Gurpreet K. Arora, Vivian Tieu, Kyanh Ly, Alicia Llorente, Sophia Crabtree, Jenny C. Y. Wong, Archna Ravi, Thorsten Wiederhold, Rabi Murad, Raymond D. Blind, Brooke M. Emerling
{"title":"Hippo and PI5P4K signaling intersect to control the transcriptional activation of YAP","authors":"Lavinia Palamiuc, Jared L. Johnson, Zeinab Haratipour, Ryan M. Loughran, Woong Jae Choi, Gurpreet K. Arora, Vivian Tieu, Kyanh Ly, Alicia Llorente, Sophia Crabtree, Jenny C. Y. Wong, Archna Ravi, Thorsten Wiederhold, Rabi Murad, Raymond D. Blind, Brooke M. Emerling","doi":"10.1126/scisignal.ado6266","DOIUrl":"10.1126/scisignal.ado6266","url":null,"abstract":"<div >Phosphoinositides are essential signaling molecules. The PI5P4K family of phosphoinositide kinases and their substrates and products, PI5P and PI4,5P<sub>2</sub>, respectively, are emerging as intracellular metabolic and stress sensors. We performed an unbiased screen to investigate the signals that these kinases relay and the specific upstream regulators controlling this signaling node. We found that the core Hippo pathway kinases MST1/2 phosphorylated PI5P4Ks and inhibited their signaling in vitro and in cells. We further showed that PI5P4K activity regulated several Hippo- and YAP-related phenotypes, specifically decreasing the interaction between the key Hippo proteins MOB1 and LATS and stimulating the YAP-mediated genetic program governing epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. Mechanistically, we showed that PI5P interacted with MOB1 and enhanced its interaction with LATS, thereby providing a signaling connection between the Hippo pathway and PI5P4Ks. These findings reveal how these two important evolutionarily conserved signaling pathways are integrated to regulate metazoan development and human disease.</div>","PeriodicalId":21658,"journal":{"name":"Science Signaling","volume":"17 838","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141162494","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 : 2024-05-28DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.adq5728
Leslie K. Ferrarelli
{"title":"Glia in inhibitory synaptogenesis","authors":"Leslie K. Ferrarelli","doi":"10.1126/scisignal.adq5728","DOIUrl":"10.1126/scisignal.adq5728","url":null,"abstract":"<div >Astrocyte-secreted neurocan guides the formation of inhibitory circuits in the brain.</div>","PeriodicalId":21658,"journal":{"name":"Science Signaling","volume":"17 838","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141162488","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 : 2024-05-28DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.adp3504
Emilio Hirsch, Emanuele Fantastico, Lorenzo Prever, Federico Gulluni
{"title":"A connection between phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate and the Hippo pathway to prevent epithelial-mesenchymal transition in cancer","authors":"Emilio Hirsch, Emanuele Fantastico, Lorenzo Prever, Federico Gulluni","doi":"10.1126/scisignal.adp3504","DOIUrl":"10.1126/scisignal.adp3504","url":null,"abstract":"<div >The Hippo pathway blocks epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metastasis in cancer mediated by the transcriptional coactivator YAP. In this issue of <i>Science Signaling</i>, Palamiuc <i>et al.</i> demonstrate that phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate (PI5P) enhances Hippo pathway activation and that simultaneously the Hippo pathway initiates a positive feedback loop by inhibiting the conversion of PI5P into PIP<sub>2</sub>.</div>","PeriodicalId":21658,"journal":{"name":"Science Signaling","volume":"17 838","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141162370","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 : 2024-05-21DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.adq4734
John F. Foley
{"title":"Nanobody pharmacology","authors":"John F. Foley","doi":"10.1126/scisignal.adq4734","DOIUrl":"10.1126/scisignal.adq4734","url":null,"abstract":"<div >Antibody fragments can act as pharmacological tools to modulate the functions of G protein–coupled receptors.</div>","PeriodicalId":21658,"journal":{"name":"Science Signaling","volume":"17 837","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141077196","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 : 2024-05-21DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.adi9844
Renee Cusic, James M. Burke
{"title":"Condensation of RNase L promotes its rapid activation in response to viral infection in mammalian cells","authors":"Renee Cusic, James M. Burke","doi":"10.1126/scisignal.adi9844","DOIUrl":"10.1126/scisignal.adi9844","url":null,"abstract":"<div >Oligoadenylate synthetase 3 (OAS3) and ribonuclease L (RNase L) are components of a pathway that combats viral infection in mammals. Upon detection of viral double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), OAS3 synthesizes 2′-5′-oligo(A), which activates the RNase domain of RNase L by promoting the homodimerization and oligomerization of RNase L monomers. Activated RNase L rapidly degrades all cellular mRNAs, shutting off several cellular processes. We sought to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the rapid activation of RNase L in response to viral infection. Through superresolution microscopy and live-cell imaging, we showed that OAS3 and RNase L concentrated into higher-order cytoplasmic complexes known as dsRNA-induced foci (dRIF) in response to dsRNA or infection with dengue virus, Zika virus, or West Nile virus. The concentration of OAS3 and RNase L at dRIF corresponded with the activation of RNase L–mediated RNA decay. We showed that dimerized/oligomerized RNase L concentrated in a liquid-like shell surrounding a core OAS3-dRIF structure and dynamically exchanged with the cytosol. These data establish that the condensation of dsRNA, OAS3, and RNase L into dRIF is a molecular switch that promotes the rapid activation of RNase L upon detection of dsRNA in mammalian cells.</div>","PeriodicalId":21658,"journal":{"name":"Science Signaling","volume":"17 837","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141077195","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 : 2024-05-14DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.adq3321
Wei Wong
{"title":"The lactate wasteland","authors":"Wei Wong","doi":"10.1126/scisignal.adq3321","DOIUrl":"10.1126/scisignal.adq3321","url":null,"abstract":"<div >Activation of GPR81 in white adipose tissue by lactate results in cancer-associated cachexia.</div>","PeriodicalId":21658,"journal":{"name":"Science Signaling","volume":"17 836","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140923670","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 : 2024-05-14DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.add5073
Haibo Zhang, Abigail Read, Christophe Cataisson, Howard H. Yang, Wei-Chun Lee, Benjamin E. Turk, Stuart H. Yuspa, Ji Luo
{"title":"Protein phosphatase 6 activates NF-κB to confer sensitivity to MAPK pathway inhibitors in KRAS- and BRAF-mutant cancer cells","authors":"Haibo Zhang, Abigail Read, Christophe Cataisson, Howard H. Yang, Wei-Chun Lee, Benjamin E. Turk, Stuart H. Yuspa, Ji Luo","doi":"10.1126/scisignal.add5073","DOIUrl":"10.1126/scisignal.add5073","url":null,"abstract":"<div >The Ras–mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is a major target for cancer treatment. To better understand the genetic pathways that modulate cancer cell sensitivity to MAPK pathway inhibitors, we performed a CRISPR knockout screen with MAPK pathway inhibitors on a colorectal cancer (CRC) cell line carrying mutant KRAS. Genetic deletion of the catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase 6 (PP6), encoded by <i>PPP6C</i>, rendered <i>KRAS</i>- and <i>BRAF</i>-mutant CRC and <i>BRAF</i>-mutant melanoma cells more resistant to these inhibitors. In the absence of MAPK pathway inhibition, <i>PPP6C</i> deletion in CRC cells decreased cell proliferation in two-dimensional (2D) adherent cultures but accelerated the growth of tumor spheroids in 3D culture and tumor xenografts in vivo. <i>PPP6C</i> deletion enhanced the activation of nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) signaling in CRC and melanoma cells and circumvented the cell cycle arrest and decreased cyclin D1 abundance induced by MAPK pathway blockade in CRC cells. Inhibiting NF-κB activity by genetic and pharmacological means restored the sensitivity of <i>PPP6C</i>-deficient cells to MAPK pathway inhibition in CRC and melanoma cells in vitro and in CRC cells in vivo. Furthermore, a R264 point mutation in PPP6C conferred loss of function in CRC cells, phenocopying the enhanced NF-κB activation and resistance to MAPK pathway inhibition observed for <i>PPP6C</i> deletion. These findings demonstrate that PP6 constrains the growth of <i>KRAS</i>- and <i>BRAF</i>-mutant cancer cells, implicates the PP6–NF-κB axis as a modulator of MAPK pathway output, and presents a rationale for cotargeting the NF-κB pathway in <i>PPP6C</i>-mutant cancer cells.</div>","PeriodicalId":21658,"journal":{"name":"Science Signaling","volume":"17 836","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140923669","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 : 2024-05-07DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.adq1964
Amy E. Baek
{"title":"Cleanup on IL-2","authors":"Amy E. Baek","doi":"10.1126/scisignal.adq1964","DOIUrl":"10.1126/scisignal.adq1964","url":null,"abstract":"<div >Prostaglandins in the tumor microenvironment block IL-2–induced expansion of killer T cells.</div>","PeriodicalId":21658,"journal":{"name":"Science Signaling","volume":"17 835","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140877812","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 : 2024-05-07DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.adj0032
Sharof Khudayberdiev, Kerstin Weiss, Anika Heinze, Dalila Colombaretti, Nathan Trausch, Uwe Linne, Marco B. Rust
{"title":"The actin-binding protein CAP1 represses MRTF-SRF–dependent gene expression in mouse cerebral cortex","authors":"Sharof Khudayberdiev, Kerstin Weiss, Anika Heinze, Dalila Colombaretti, Nathan Trausch, Uwe Linne, Marco B. Rust","doi":"10.1126/scisignal.adj0032","DOIUrl":"10.1126/scisignal.adj0032","url":null,"abstract":"<div >Serum response factor (SRF) is an essential transcription factor for brain development and function. Here, we explored how an SRF cofactor, the actin monomer-sensing myocardin-related transcription factor MRTF, is regulated in mouse cortical neurons. We found that MRTF-dependent SRF activity in vitro and in vivo was repressed by cyclase-associated protein CAP1. Inactivation of the actin-binding protein CAP1 reduced the amount of actin monomers in the cytoplasm, which promoted nuclear MRTF translocation and MRTF-SRF activation. This function was independent of cofilin1 and actin-depolymerizing factor, and CAP1 loss of function in cortical neurons was not compensated by endogenous CAP2. Transcriptomic and proteomic analyses of cerebral cortex lysates from wild-type and <i>Cap1</i> knockout mice supported the role of CAP1 in repressing MRTF-SRF–dependent signaling in vivo. Bioinformatic analysis identified likely MRTF-SRF target genes, which aligned with the transcriptomic and proteomic results. Together with our previous studies that implicated CAP1 in axonal growth cone function as well as the morphology and plasticity of excitatory synapses, our findings establish CAP1 as a crucial actin regulator in the brain relevant for formation of neuronal networks.</div>","PeriodicalId":21658,"journal":{"name":"Science Signaling","volume":"17 835","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.science.org/doi/reader/10.1126/scisignal.adj0032","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140877813","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 : 2024-04-30DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.adn4556
Xin Shi, Xiao-zhong Zhou, Gang Chen, Wei-feng Luo, Chengyu Zhou, Tian-ju He, Mandar T. Naik, Qin Jiang, John Marshall, Cong Cao
{"title":"Targeting the postsynaptic scaffolding protein PSD-95 enhances BDNF signaling to mitigate depression-like behaviors in mice","authors":"Xin Shi, Xiao-zhong Zhou, Gang Chen, Wei-feng Luo, Chengyu Zhou, Tian-ju He, Mandar T. Naik, Qin Jiang, John Marshall, Cong Cao","doi":"10.1126/scisignal.adn4556","DOIUrl":"10.1126/scisignal.adn4556","url":null,"abstract":"<div >Signaling mediated by brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which is supported by the postsynaptic scaffolding protein PSD-95, has antidepressant effects. Conversely, clinical depression is associated with reduced BDNF signaling. We found that peptidomimetic compounds that bind to PSD-95 promoted signaling by the BDNF receptor TrkB in the hippocampus and reduced depression-like behaviors in mice. The compounds CN2097 and Syn3 both bind to the PDZ3 domain of PSD-95, and Syn3 also binds to an α-helical region of the protein. Syn3 reduced depression-like behaviors in two mouse models of stress-induced depression; CN2097 had similar but less potent effects. In hippocampal neurons, application of Syn3 enhanced the formation of TrkB–Gα<sub>i1/3</sub>–PSD-95 complexes and potentiated downstream PI3K-Akt-mTOR signaling. In mice subjected to chronic mild stress (CMS), systemic administration of Syn3 reversed the CMS-induced, depression-associated changes in PI3K-Akt-mTOR signaling, dendrite complexity, spine density, and autophagy in the hippocampus and reduced depression-like behaviors. Knocking out Gα<sub>i1/3</sub> in hippocampal neurons prevented the therapeutic effects of Syn3, indicating dependence of these effects on the TrkB pathway. The findings suggest that compounds that induce the formation of PSD-95–TrkB complexes have therapeutic potential to alleviate depression.</div>","PeriodicalId":21658,"journal":{"name":"Science Signaling","volume":"17 834","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140819107","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}