GSK3β is a key regulator of the ROS-dependent necrotic death induced by the quinone DMNQ
GSK3β is a key regulator of the ROS-dependent necrotic death induced by the quinone DMNQ
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DOI:
10.1038/s41419-019-2202-0
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发表时间:
2020-01-02
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9
通讯作者:
Brancolini, Claudio
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作者:
Ciotti, Sonia;Iuliano, Luca;Brancolini, Claudio
Signaling pathways controlling necrosis are still mysterious and debated. We applied a shRNA-based viability screen to identify critical elements of the necrotic response. We took advantage from a small molecule (G5) that makes covalent adducts with free thiols by Michael addition and elicits multiple stresses. In cells resistant to apoptosis, G5 triggers necrosis through the induction of protein unfolding, glutathione depletion, ER stress, proteasomal impairments, and cytoskeletal stress. The kinase GSK3 beta was isolated among the top hits of the screening. Using the quinone DMNQ, a ROS generator, we demonstrate that GSK3 beta is involved in the regulation of ROS-dependent necrosis. Our results have been validated using siRNA and by knocking-out GSK3 beta with the CRISPR/Cas9 technology. In response to DMNQ GSK3 beta is activated by serine 9 dephosphorylation, concomitantly to Akt inactivation. During the quinone-induced pro-necrotic stress, GSK3 beta gradually accumulates into the nucleus, before the collapse of the mitochondrial membrane potential. Accumulation of ROS in response to DMNQ is impaired by the absence of GSK3 beta. We provide evidence that the activities of the obligatory two-electrons reducing flavoenzymes, NQO1 (NAD(P)H quinone dehydrogenase 1) and NQO2 are required to suppress DMNQ-induced necrosis. In the absence of GSK3 beta the expression of NQO1 and NQO2 is dramatically increased, possibly because of an increased transcriptional activity of NRF2. In summary, GSK3 beta by blunting the anti-oxidant response and particularly NQO1 and NQO2 expression, favors the appearance of necrosis in response to ROS, as generated by the quinone DMNQ.