PMID- 10567572 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000106 LR - 20190508 IS - 0270-7306 (Print) IS - 0270-7306 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 12 DP - 1999 Dec TI - BCL-2 is phosphorylated and inactivated by an ASK1/Jun N-terminal protein kinase pathway normally activated at G(2)/M. PG - 8469-78 AB - Multiple signal transduction pathways are capable of modifying BCL-2 family members to reset susceptibility to apoptosis. We used two-dimensional peptide mapping and sequencing to identify three residues (Ser70, Ser87, and Thr69) within the unstructured loop of BCL-2 that were phosphorylated in response to microtubule-damaging agents, which also arrest cells at G(2)/M. Changing these sites to alanine conferred more antiapoptotic activity on BCL-2 following physiologic death signals as well as paclitaxel, indicating that phosphorylation is inactivating. An examination of cycling cells enriched by elutriation for distinct phases of the cell cycle revealed that BCL-2 was phosphorylated at the G(2)/M phase of the cell cycle. G(2)/M-phase cells proved more susceptible to death signals, and phosphorylation of BCL-2 appeared to be responsible, as a Ser70Ala substitution restored resistance to apoptosis. We noted that ASK1 and JNK1 were normally activated at G(2)/M phase, and JNK was capable of phosphorylating BCL-2. Expression of a series of wild-type and dominant-negative kinases indicated an ASK1/Jun N-terminal protein kinase 1 (JNK1) pathway phosphorylated BCL-2 in vivo. Moreover, the combination of dominant negative ASK1, (dnASK1), dnMKK7, and dnJNK1 inhibited paclitaxel-induced BCL-2 phosphorylation. Thus, stress response kinases phosphorylate BCL-2 during cell cycle progression as a normal physiologic process to inactivate BCL-2 at G(2)/M. FAU - Yamamoto, K AU - Yamamoto K AD - Departments of Pathology and Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. FAU - Ichijo, H AU - Ichijo H FAU - Korsmeyer, S J AU - Korsmeyer SJ LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Mol Cell Biol JT - Molecular and cellular biology JID - 8109087 RN - 0 (CCNB1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Cyclin B) RN - 0 (Cyclin B1) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2) RN - 2ZD004190S (Threonine) RN - 452VLY9402 (Serine) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (CDC2 Protein Kinase) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.25 (MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 5) RN - EC 2.7.11.25 (MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.25 (MAP3K5 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.12.2 (MAP Kinase Kinase 7) RN - EC 2.7.12.2 (MAP2K7 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.12.2 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases) RN - P88XT4IS4D (Paclitaxel) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Apoptosis MH - Binding Sites MH - CDC2 Protein Kinase/metabolism MH - Cyclin B/metabolism MH - Cyclin B1 MH - Enzyme Activation MH - G2 Phase MH - Humans MH - JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases MH - Jurkat Cells MH - MAP Kinase Kinase 7 MH - MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 5 MH - MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases/*metabolism MH - *MAP Kinase Signaling System MH - Microtubules/drug effects MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases/metabolism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/*metabolism MH - Mitosis MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Mutagenesis MH - Paclitaxel/pharmacology MH - Phosphorylation MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/genetics/*metabolism MH - Serine/genetics/metabolism MH - Threonine/genetics/metabolism PMC - PMC84954 EDAT- 1999/11/24 00:00 MHDA- 1999/11/24 00:01 CRDT- 1999/11/24 00:00 PHST- 1999/11/24 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/11/24 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/11/24 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1128/mcb.19.12.8469 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Cell Biol. 1999 Dec;19(12):8469-78. doi: 10.1128/mcb.19.12.8469.