Stress-induced phosphorylation of CLIP-170 by JNK promotes microtubule rescue

Autor: Maya Talantikite, Antoine Pilon, Dalal Bakhos-Douaihy, Béatrice Benoit, Anita Baillet, Christian Poüs, Hélène Henrie, Isabelle Cantaloube, Virginie Stoppin-Mellet
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: The Journal of Cell Biology
ISSN: 1540-8140
Popis: Upon stress, JNK stimulates microtubule dynamics in human epithelial cell lines. Henrie et al. show that JNK phosphorylates the rescue factor CLIP-170, increasing its retention frequency on the lattice behind comets, at locations that correspond to potential future rescue sites.
The stress-induced c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) controls microtubule dynamics by enhancing both microtubule growth and rescues. Here, we show that upon cell stress, JNK directly phosphorylates the microtubule rescue factor CLIP-170 in its microtubule-binding domain to increase its rescue-promoting activity. Phosphomimetic versions of CLIP-170 enhance its ability to promote rescue events in vitro and in cells. Furthermore, while phosphomimetic mutations do not alter CLIP-170’s capability to form comets at growing microtubule ends, both phosphomimetic mutations and JNK activation increase the occurrence of CLIP-170 remnants on the microtubule lattice at the rear of comets. As the CLIP-170 remnants, which are potential sites of microtubule rescue, display a shorter lifetime when CLIP-170 is phosphorylated, we propose that instead of acting at the time of rescue occurrence, CLIP-170 would rather contribute in preparing the microtubule lattice for future rescues at these predetermined sites.
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