Life and death decisions are made by integrating a variety of apoptotic and survival signals in mammalian cells. Therefore, there is likely to be a common mechanism that integrates multiple signals adjudicating between the alternatives. In this study, we propose that 14-3-3 represents such an integration point. Several proapoptotic proteins commonly become associated with 14-3-3 upon phosphorylation by survival-mediating kinases such as Akt. We reported previously that cellular stresses induce c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK)–mediated 14-3-3ζ phosphorylation at Ser184 (Tsuruta, F., J. Sunayama, Y. Mori, S. Hattori, S. Shimizu, Y. Tsujimoto, K. Yoshioka, N. Masuyama, and Y. Gotoh. 2004. EMBO J. 23:1889–1899). Here, we show that phosphorylation of 14-3-3 by JNK releases the proapoptotic proteins Bad and FOXO3a from 14-3-3 and antagonizes the effects of Akt signaling. As a result of dissociation, Bad is dephosphorylated and translocates to the mitochondria, where it associates with Bcl-2/Bcl-xL. Because Bad and FOXO3a share the 14-3-3–binding motif with other proapoptotic proteins, we propose that this JNK-mediated phosphorylation of 14-3-3 regulates these proapoptotic proteins in concert and makes cells more susceptible to apoptotic signals.
JNK antagonizes Akt-mediated survival signals by phosphorylating 14-3-3
Jun Sunayama,Fuminori Tsuruta,Norihisa Masuyama,Y. Gotoh
Published 2005 in Journal of Cell Biology
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2005
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Journal of Cell Biology
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2005-07-18
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Biology, Medicine
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