Journal Article

Prolyl isomerase Pin1 stabilizes and activates orphan nuclear receptor TR3 to promote mitogenesis

Du, X-D, Wu, Q, Yang, Q-Y, Hew, C-L, Li, L, He, J-P, Wen, Q, Xia, Y, Li, G-D, Zhou, W, Zhao, B-X, Chen, H-Z, Liou, Y-C, Wang, W-J

2012

Overview

Pin1 regulates a subset of phosphoproteins by isomerizing phospho-Ser/Thr-Pro motifs via a ‘post-phosphorylation’ mechanism. Here, we characterize TR3 as a novel Pin1 substrate, and the mitogenic function of TR3 depends on Pin1-induced isomerization. There are at least three phospho-Ser-Pro motifs on TR3 that bind to Pin1. The Ser95-Pro motif of TR3 is the key site through which Pin1 enhances TR3 stability by retarding its degradation. Pin1 can also catalyze TR3 through phospho-Ser431-Pro motif, which is phosphorylated by extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 (ERK2), resulting in enhanced TR3 transactivation. Furthermore, Pin1 not only facilitates TR3 targeting to the promoter of cyclin D2, a novel downstream target of TR3, but also promotes TR3 to recruit p300, thereby inducing cell proliferation. Importantly, we found that Pin1 is indispensable for TR3 to promote tumor growth both in vitro and in vivo . Our study thus suggests that Pin1 has an important role in cell proliferation by isomerizing TR3.

• Publisher: Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group
• Subject: Animals / Apoptosis / Blotting, Western / Cell Biology / Cell division / Cell growth / Cell Proliferation / Chromatin Immunoprecipitation / Cyclin D2 / Cyclin D2 - metabolism / Dipeptides - chemistry / E2F1 Transcription Factor - metabolism / Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay / Enzymes / Extracellular signal-regulated kinase / Health aspects / HeLa Cells / Human Genetics / Humans / Immunoprecipitation / Internal Medicine / Isomerases / Isomerization / Kinases / Luciferases - metabolism / Medicine / Medicine & Public Health / Mice / Mice, Inbred BALB C / Mice, Nude / Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 - metabolism / Mitosis / Mitosis - physiology / NIMA-Interacting Peptidylprolyl Isomerase / Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 1 - chemistry / Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 1 - genetics / Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 1 - metabolism / Oncology / original-article / orphan nuclear receptors / p300-CBP Transcription Factors - metabolism / Peptidylprolyl isomerase / Peptidylprolyl Isomerase - genetics / Peptidylprolyl Isomerase - metabolism / Phosphoproteins / Phosphorylation / Physiological aspects / Pin1 protein / Promoters / Proteins / RNA, Small Interfering - genetics / Signal Transduction / Stereoisomerism / Tumors