Chemistry and Physics Faculty Articles
Title
The Energy Sensing LKB1-AMPK Pathway Regulates p27kip1 Phosphorylation Mediating the Decision to Enter Autophagy or Apoptosis
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-2007
Publication Title
Nature Cell Biology
ISSN
1465-7392
Volume
9
Issue/No.
2
First Page
218
Last Page
224
Abstract
Nutrients and bioenergetics are prerequisites for proliferation and survival of mammalian cells. We present evidence that the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27Kip1, is phosphorylated at Thr 198 downstream of the Peutz-Jeghers syndrome protein–AMP-activated protein kinase (LKB1–AMPK) energy-sensing pathway, thereby increasing p27 stability and directly linking sensing of nutrient concentration and bioenergetics to cell-cycle progression. Ectopic expression of wild-type and phosphomimetic Thr 198 to Asp 198 (T198D), but not unstable Thr 198 to Ala 198 (p27T198A) is sufficient to induce autophagy. Under stress conditions that activate the LKB1–AMPK pathway with subsequent induction of autophagy, p27 knockdown results in apoptosis. Thus LKB1–AMPK pathway-dependent phosphorylation of p27 at Thr 198 stabilizes p27 and permits cells to survive growth factor withdrawal and metabolic stress through autophagy. This may contribute to tumour-cell survival under conditions of growth factor deprivation, disrupted nutrient and energy metabolism, or during stress of chemotherapy.
NSUWorks Citation
Liang, J., Shao, S. H., Xu, Z., Hennessy, B., Ding, Z., & Larrea, M. D. (2007). The Energy Sensing LKB1-AMPK Pathway Regulates p27kip1 Phosphorylation Mediating the Decision to Enter Autophagy or Apoptosis. Nature Cell Biology, 9, (2), 218 - 224. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb1537. Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cnso_chemphys_facarticles/80
DOI
10.1038/ncb1537
Comments
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