Bromodomain Protein BRD4 Is a Transcriptional Repressor of Autophagy and Lysosomal Function.
Bromodomain Protein BRD4 Is a Transcriptional Repressor of Autophagy and Lysosomal Function.
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10.1016/j.molcel.2017.04.027
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发表时间:
2017-05-18
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16
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Ryan KM
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Sakamaki JI;Wilkinson S;Hahn M;Tasdemir N;O'Prey J;Clark W;Hedley A;Nixon C;Long JS;New M;Van Acker T;Tooze SA;Lowe SW;Dikic I;Ryan KM
Autophagy is a membrane-trafficking process that directs degradation of cytoplasmic material in lysosomes. The process promotes cellular fidelity, and while the core machinery of autophagy is known, the mechanisms that promote and sustain autophagy are less well defined. Here we report that the epigenetic reader BRD4 and the methyltransferase G9a repress a TFEB/TFE3/MITF-independent transcriptional program that promotes autophagy and lysosome biogenesis. We show that BRD4 knockdown induces autophagy in vitro and in vivo in response to some, but not all, situations. In the case of starvation, a signaling cascade involving AMPK and histone deacetylase SIRT1 displaces chromatin-bound BRD4, instigating autophagy gene activation and cell survival. Importantly, this program is directed independently and also reciprocally to the growth-promoting properties of BRD4 and is potently repressed by BRD4-NUT, a driver of NUT midline carcinoma. These findings therefore identify a distinct and selective mechanism of autophagy regulation. BRD4 represses a program of autophagy and lysosome genes independently of MiT/TFE BRD4 de-repression promotes certain types of autophagy, but not others Nutrient deprivation de-represses BRD4 via AMPK signaling to promote cell survival Oncoprotein BRD4-NUT is a potent repressor of autophagy and lysosome function Sakamaki et al. show that BRD4 represses autophagy and lysosome gene expression. This repression is alleviated during nutrient deprivation through AMPK-SIRT1 signaling, allowing autophagy activation. BRD4 inhibition enhances autophagic flux and lysosomal function and promotes the degradation of protein aggregates.