Cyclin-dependent kinase 5-mediated phosphorylation of chloride intracellular channel 4 promotes oxidative stress-induced neuronal death

Oxidative stress can cause apoptosis in neurons and may result in neurodegenerative diseases. However, the signaling mechanisms leading to oxidative stress–induced neuronal apoptosis are not fully understood. Oxidative stress stimulates aberrant activation of cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (CDK5), though...

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Published in:Cell death & disease 2018-09, Vol.9 (10), p.951-13, Article 951
Main Authors: Guo, Dong, Xie, Wenting, Xiong, Pan, Li, Huifang, Wang, Siqi, Chen, Guimiao, Gao, Yuehong, Zhou, Jiechao, Zhang, Ye, Bu, Guojun, Xue, Maoqiang, Zhang, Jie
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Language:English
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Antibodies
Apoptosis
Biochemistry
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Cell Biology
Cell Culture
Cell death
Chlorides
Cyclin-dependent kinase 5
Cyclin-dependent kinases
Hydrogen peroxide
Immunofluorescence
Immunology
Intracellular
Life Sciences
Methamphetamine
Neurodegenerative diseases
Neurons
Oxidative stress
Phosphorylation
Serine
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Summary:Oxidative stress can cause apoptosis in neurons and may result in neurodegenerative diseases. However, the signaling mechanisms leading to oxidative stress–induced neuronal apoptosis are not fully understood. Oxidative stress stimulates aberrant activation of cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (CDK5), thought to promote neuronal apoptosis by phosphorylating many cell death-related substrates. Here, using protein pulldown methods, immunofluorescence experiments and in vitro kinase assays, we identified chloride intracellular channel 4 (CLIC4), the expression of which increases during neuronal apoptosis, as a CDK5 substrate. We found that activated CDK5 phosphorylated serine 108 in CLIC4, increasing CLIC4 protein stability, and accumulation. Pharmacological inhibition or shRNA-mediated silencing of CDK5 decreased CLIC4 levels in neurons. Moreover, CLIC4 overexpression led to neuronal apoptosis, whereas knockdown or pharmacological inhibition of CLIC4 attenuated H 2 O 2 -induced neuronal apoptosis. These results implied that CLIC4, by acting as a substrate of CDK5, mediated neuronal apoptosis induced by aberrant CDK5 activation. Targeting CLIC4 in neurons may therefore provide a therapeutic approach for managing progressive neurodegenerative diseases that arise from neuronal apoptosis.
ISSN:2041-4889
2041-4889
DOI:10.1038/s41419-018-0983-1