Intermolecular disulfide bond influences unphosphorylated STAT3 dimerization and function
| Autor: | Valerio Marino, Giovanni Gotte, Maria Chiara Monti, Flora Cozzolino, Sofia Mariotto, Piero Pucci, Elena Butturini, Diana Canetti, Giulia Chiavegato, Daniele Dell'Orco |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Butturini, E, Gotte, G, Dell'Orco, D, Chiavegato, G, Marino, V, Canetti, Diana, Cozzolino, Flora, Monti, Maria, Pucci, Pietro, Mariotto, S. |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
STAT3 Transcription Factor Stereochemistry Protein Conformation Dimer disulfide bonds Biochemistry Stat3 Signaling Pathway Mass Spectrometry stat3 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine Non-covalent interactions Disulfides Phosphorylation Protein disulfide-isomerase Molecular Biology Transcription factor chemistry.chemical_classification dimerization Cell Biology Surface Plasmon Resonance 030104 developmental biology chemistry 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis STAT protein Chromatography Gel Tyrosine DNA |
| Popis: | Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is a transcription factor activated by the phosphorylation of tyrosine 705 in response to many cytokines and growth factors. Recently, the roles for unphosphorylated STAT3 (U-STAT3) have been described in response to cytokine stimulation, in cancers, and in the maintenance of heterochromatin stability. It has been reported that U-STAT3 dimerizes, shuttles between the cytoplasm and nucleus, and binds to DNA, thereby driving genes transcription. Although many reports describe the active role of U-STAT3 in oncogenesis in addition to phosphorylated STAT3, the U-STAT3 functional pathway remains elusive.In this report, we describe the molecular mechanism of U-STAT3 dimerization, and we identify the presence of two intermolecular disulfide bridges between Cys367 and Cys542 and Cys418 and Cys426, respectively. Recently, we reported that the same cysteines contribute to the redox regulation of STAT3 signaling pathway both in vitro and in vivo. The presence of these disulfides is here demonstrated to largely contribute to the structure and the stability of U-STAT3 dimer as the dimeric form rapidly dissociates upon reduction in the S–S bonds. In particular, the Cys367–Cys542 disulfide bridge is shown to be critical for U-STAT3 DNA-binding activity. Mutation of the two Cys residues completely abolishes the DNA-binding capability of U-STAT3. Spectroscopic investigations confirm that the noncovalent interactions are sufficient for proper folding and dimer formation, but that the interchain disulfide bonds are crucial to preserve the functional dimer. Finally, we propose a reaction scheme of U-STAT3 dimerization with a first common step followed by stabilization through the formation of interchain disulfide bonds. |
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