Disruption of ATP binding destabilizes NPM/B23 and inhibits anti-apoptotic function

BMB Rep. 2008 Dec 31;41(12):840-5. doi: 10.5483/bmbrep.2008.41.12.840.

Abstract

Nucleophosmin/B23, a major nucleolar phosphoprotein, is overexpressed in actively proliferating cells. In this study, we demonstrate that B23 exclusively localizes in the nucleolus, whereas ATP depletion results in the redistribution of B23 throughout the whole nucleus and destabilizes B23 via caspase-3 mediated cleavage. Interestingly, ATP binding precedes PI(3,4,5)P(3) binding at lysine 263 and ATP binding mutants fail to restore the anti-apoptotic functions of B23 in PC12 cells. Thus, the ATP-B23 interaction is required for the stability of the B23 protein and regulates cell survival, confining B23 within the nucleolus in PC12 cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenosine Triphosphate / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Apoptosis / physiology*
  • Binding Sites
  • Binding, Competitive
  • Caspase 3 / metabolism
  • Cell Nucleolus / metabolism
  • Cell Survival / physiology
  • Drug Stability
  • Lysine / chemistry
  • Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
  • Nuclear Proteins / chemistry
  • Nuclear Proteins / genetics
  • Nuclear Proteins / metabolism*
  • Nucleophosmin
  • PC12 Cells
  • Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates / metabolism
  • Protein Binding
  • Rats
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Recombinant Proteins / genetics
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
  • Transfection

Substances

  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-triphosphate
  • Nucleophosmin
  • Adenosine Triphosphate
  • Casp3 protein, rat
  • Caspase 3
  • Lysine