PUBLICATION

Transforming Growth Factor (TGF)-β-activated Kinase 1 (TAK1) Activation Requires Phosphorylation of Serine 412 by Protein Kinase A Catalytic Subunit α (PKACα) and X-linked Protein Kinase (PRKX)

Authors
Ouyang, C., Nie, L., Gu, M., Wu, A., Han, X., Wang, X., Shao, J., Xia, Z.
ID
ZDB-PUB-140717-3
Date
2014
Source
The Journal of biological chemistry   289(35): 24226-37 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Keywords
IL-1R, NF-kappa B (NF-KB), TAK1, inflammation, innate immunity, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), protein kinase A (PKA), serine/threonine protein kinase, toll-like receptor (TLR), tumor necrosis factor (TNF)
MeSH Terms
  • Cell Line
  • Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
  • Humans
  • Phosphorylation
  • Dimerization
  • Catalytic Domain
  • MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases/genetics
  • MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases/metabolism*
  • Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/chemistry
  • Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism*
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Animals
  • Enzyme Activation
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism*
  • Mice
  • Zebrafish
PubMed
25028512 Full text @ J. Biol. Chem.
Abstract
TGF-β-activated kinase 1 (TAK1) is a key kinase in mediating toll-like receptors (TLRs) and interleukin-1 receptor (IL-1R) signaling. Although TAK1 activation involves the phosphorylation of Thr184 and Thr187 residues at the activation loop, the molecular mechanism underlying the complete activation of TAK1 remains elusive. In this work, we show that the Thr187 phosphorylation of TAK1 is regulated by its C-terminal coiled-coil domain mediated dimerization in an autophosphorylation manner. Importantly, we find that TAK1 activation in mediating downstream signaling requires an additional phosphorylation at serine 412 (Ser412), which is critical for TAK1 response to proinflammatory stimuli, such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), and IL-1β. In vitro kinase and short hairpin RNA-based knockdown assays reveal that TAK1 Ser412 phosphorylation is regulated by cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit α (PKACα) and X-linked protein kinase (PRKX), which is essential for proper signaling and proinflammatory cytokine induction by TLR/IL-1R activation. Morpholino-based in vivo knockdown and rescue studies show that the corresponding site Ser391 in zebrafish TAK1 plays a conserved role in nuclear factor-κB activation. Collectively, our data unravel a previously unknown mechanism involving TAK1 phosphorylation mediated by PKACα and PRKX that contributes to innate immune signaling.
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