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- Title
Stress Granule Formation Attenuates RACK1-Mediated Apoptotic Cell Death Induced by Morusin.
- Authors
Park, Ye-Jin; Choi, Dong Wook; Cho, Sang Woo; Han, Jaeseok; Yang, Siyoung; Choi, Cheol Yong
- Abstract
Stress granules are membraneless organelles composed of numerous components including ribonucleoproteins. The stress granules are characterized by a dynamic complex assembly in response to various environmental stressors, which has been implicated in the coordinated regulation of diverse biological pathways, to exert a protective role against stress-induced cell death. Here, we show that stress granule formation is induced by morusin, a novel phytochemical displaying antitumor capacity through barely known mechanisms. Morusin-mediated induction of stress granules requires activation of protein kinase R (PKR) and subsequent eIF2α phosphorylation. Notably, genetic inactivation of stress granule formation mediated by G3BP1 knockout sensitized cancer cells to morusin treatment. This protective function against morusin-mediated cell death can be attributed at least in part to the sequestration of receptors for activated C kinase-1 (RACK1) within the stress granules, which reduces caspase-3 activation. Collectively, our study provides biochemical evidence for the role of stress granules in suppressing the antitumor capacity of morusin, proposing that morusin treatment, together with pharmacological inhibition of stress granules, could be an efficient strategy for targeting cancer.
- Subjects
CELL death; PROTEIN kinases; PHYSIOLOGICAL control systems; CANCER cells
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020, Vol 21, Issue 15, p5360
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms21155360