The subcellular localization of vaccinia-related kinase-2 (VRK2) isoforms determines their different effect on p53 stability in tumour cell lines.
In: FEBS Journal, Jg. 273 (2006-06-01), Heft 11, S. 2487-2504
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VRK is a new kinase family of unknown function. Endogenous human vacinia-related kinase 2 (VRK2) protein is present in both the nucleus and the cytosol, which is a consequence of alternative splicing of two VRK2 messages coding for proteins of 508 and 397 amino acids, respectively. VRK2A has a C-terminal hydrophobic region that anchors the protein to membranes in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and mitochondria, and it colocalizes with calreticulin, calnexin and mitotracker; whereas VRK2B is detected in both the cytoplasm and the nucleus. VRK2A is expressed in all cell types, whereas VRK2B is expressed in cell lines in which VRK1 is cytoplasmic. Both VRK2 isoforms have an identical catalytic N-terminal domain and phosphorylate p53 in vitro uniquely in Thr18. Phosphorylation of the p53 protein in response to cellular stresses results in its stabilization by modulating its binding to other proteins. However, p53 phosphorylation also occurs in the absence of stress. Only overexpression of the nuclear VRK2B isoform induces p53 stabilization by post-translational modification, largely due to Thr18 phosphorylation. VRK2B may play a role in controlling the binding specificity of the N-terminal transactivation domain of p53. Indeed, the p53 phosphorylated by VRK2B shows a reduction in ubiquitination by Mdm2 and an increase in acetylation by p300. Endogenous p53 is also phosphorylated in Thr18 by VRK2B, promoting its stabilization and transcriptional activation in A549 cells. The relative phosphorylation of Thr18 by VRK2B is similar in magnitude to that induced by taxol, which might use a different signalling pathway. In this context, VRK2B kinase might functionally replace nuclear VRK1. Therefore, these kinases might be components of a new signalling pathway that is likely to play a role in normal cell proliferation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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The subcellular localization of vaccinia-related kinase-2 (VRK2) isoforms determines their different effect on p53 stability in tumour cell lines.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Blanco, Sandra ; Klimcakova, Lucia ; Vega, Francisco M. ; Lazo, Pedro A. |
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Zeitschrift: | FEBS Journal, Jg. 273 (2006-06-01), Heft 11, S. 2487-2504 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2006 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1742-464X (print) |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05256.x |
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