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XB-ART-39907
Dev Cell 2009 Jun 01;166:856-66. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2009.04.005.
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Metabolic control of oocyte apoptosis mediated by 14-3-3zeta-regulated dephosphorylation of caspase-2.

Nutt LK , Buchakjian MR , Gan E , Darbandi R , Yoon SY , Wu JQ , Miyamoto YJ , Gibbons JA , Gibbon JA , Andersen JL , Freel CD , Tang W , He C , Kurokawa M , Wang Y , Margolis SS , Fissore RA , Kornbluth S .


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Xenopus oocyte death is partly controlled by the apoptotic initiator caspase-2 (C2). We reported previously that oocyte nutrient depletion activates C2 upstream of mitochondrial cytochrome c release. Conversely, nutrient-replete oocytes inhibit C2 via S135 phosphorylation catalyzed by calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II. We now show that C2 phosphorylated at S135 binds 14-3-3zeta, thus preventing C2 dephosphorylation. Moreover, we determined that S135 dephosphorylation is catalyzed by protein phosphatase-1 (PP1), which directly binds C2. Although C2 dephosphorylation is responsive to metabolism, neither PP1 activity nor binding is metabolically regulated. Rather, release of 14-3-3zeta from C2 is controlled by metabolism and allows for C2 dephosphorylation. Accordingly, a C2 mutant unable to bind 14-3-3zeta is highly susceptible to dephosphorylation. Although this mechanism was initially established in Xenopus, we now demonstrate similar control of murine C2 by phosphorylation and 14-3-3 binding in mouse eggs. These findings provide an unexpected evolutionary link between 14-3-3 and metabolism in oocyte death.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: casp2 npy4r ywhaz

References [+] :
Baliga, The biochemical mechanism of caspase-2 activation. 2004, Pubmed