Opposite regulation of oligodendrocyte apoptosis by JNK3 and Pin1 after spinal cord injury
Opposite regulation of oligodendrocyte apoptosis by JNK3 and Pin1 after spinal cord injury
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DOI:
10.1523/jneurosci.2478-07.2007
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发表时间:
2007-08-01
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
Yoon, Sung Ok
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作者:
Li, Qi Ming;Tep, Chhavy;Yoon, Sung Ok
Although oligodendrocytes undergo apoptosis after spinal cord injury, molecular mechanisms responsible for their death have been unknown. We report that oligodendrocyte apoptosis is regulated oppositely by c-Jun N-terminal kinase 3 (JNK3) and protein interacting with the mitotic kinase, never in mitosis AI (Pin1), the actions of which converge on myeloid cell leukemia sequence-1 (Mcl-1). Activated after injury, JNK3 induces cytochrome c release by facilitating the degradation of Mcl-1, the stability of which is maintained in part by Pin1. Pin1 binds Mcl-1 at its constitutively phosphorylated site, Thr(163)Pro, and stabilizes it by inhibiting ubiquitination. After injury JNK3 phosphorylates Mcl-1 at Ser(121)Pro, facilitating the dissociation of Pin1 from Mcl-1. JNK3 thus induces Mcl-1 degradation by counteracting the protective binding of Pin1. These results are confirmed by the opposing phenotypes observed between JNK3(-/-) and Pin1(-/-) mice: oligodendrocyte apoptosis and cytochrome c release are reduced in JNK3(-/-) but elevated in Pin1(-/-) mice. This report thus unveils a mechanism by which cytochrome c release is under the opposite control of JNK3 and Pin1, regulators for which the activities are intricately coupled.