Molecular mechanisms underlying the BIRC6-mediated regulation of apoptosis and autophagy

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Procaspase 9 is the initiator caspase for apoptosis, but how its levels and activities are maintained remains unclear. The gigantic Inhibitor-of-Apoptosis Protein BIRC6/BRUCE/Apollon inhibits both apoptosis and autophagy by promoting ubiquitylation of proapoptotic factors and the key autophagic protein LC3, respectively. Here we show that BIRC6 forms an anti-parallel U-shaped dimer with multiple previously unannotated domains, including a ubiquitin-like domain, and the proapoptotic factor Smac/DIABLO binds BIRC6 in the central cavity. Notably, Smac outcompetes the effector caspase 3 and the pro-apoptotic protease HtrA2, but not procaspase 9, for binding BIRC6 in cells. BIRC6 also binds LC3 through its LC3-interacting region, probably following dimer disruption of this BIRC6 region. Mutation at LC3 ubiquitylation site promotes autophagy and autophagic degradation of BIRC6. Moreover, induction of autophagy promotes autophagic degradation of BIRC6 and caspase 9, but not of other effector caspases. These results are important to understand how the balance between apoptosis and autophagy is regulated under pathophysiological conditions.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 15(2024), 1 vom: 30. Jan., Seite 891

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Shuo-Shuo [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Tian-Xia [VerfasserIn]
Bu, Fan [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Ji-Lan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Guang-Fei [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Guo-Heng [VerfasserIn]
Kong, Jie-Yan [VerfasserIn]
Qie, Yun-Fan [VerfasserIn]
Wen, Pei [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Li-Bin [VerfasserIn]
Li, Ning-Ning [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Ning [VerfasserIn]
Qiu, Xiao-Bo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Caspases
EC 3.4.22.-
Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins
Journal Article
Mitochondrial Proteins

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Date Completed 01.02.2024

Date Revised 02.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-024-45222-1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367813459