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ArticlePLoS biology2021

The nonreceptor tyrosine kinase SRMS inhibits autophagy and promotes tumor growth by phosphorylating the scaffolding protein FKBP51.

Jung Mi Park, Seung Wook Yang, Wei Zhuang, Asim K Bera, Yan Liu, Deepak Gurbani, Sergei J von Hoyningen-Huene, Sadie Miki Sakurada, Haiyun Gan, Shondra M Pruett-Miller and 2 more

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Article in PLoS biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jung Mi ParkDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America.
Seung Wook YangDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wei ZhuangDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America.
Asim K BeraDepartments of Biochemistry and Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America.
Yan LiuDepartments of Biochemistry and Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America.
Deepak GurbaniDepartments of Biochemistry and Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America.
Sergei J von Hoyningen-HueneDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America.
Sadie Miki SakuradaDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America.
Haiyun GanDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America.
Shondra M Pruett-MillerDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-3793-585X
Kenneth D WestoverDepartments of Biochemistry and Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America.
Malia B PottsDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-8308-1963
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · USThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

Viral Vector Technology (VVTSR)P30CA021765 · NCI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI Shondra Michelle Miller · 1985 to 2026
$166.9M
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS--SPORE IN LUNG CANCERP50CA070907 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI HEYMACH, JOHN V. · 1996 to 2024
$57.4M
Molecular mechanisms governing the regulation of innate antiviral immunity by the SRMS kinaseR21AI142044 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI LI, KUI, POTTS, MALIA B · 2019 to 2020
$469k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA021765NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI142044
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nutrient-responsive protein kinases control the balance between anabolic growth and catabolic processes such as autophagy. Aberrant regulation of these kinases is a major cause of human disease. We report here that the vertebrate nonreceptor tyrosine kinase Src-related kinase lacking C-terminal regulatory tyrosine and N-terminal myristylation sites (SRMS) inhibits autophagy and promotes growth in a nutrient-responsive manner. Under nutrient-replete conditions, SRMS phosphorylates the PHLPP scaffold FK506-binding protein 51 (FKBP51), disrupts the FKBP51-PHLPP complex, and promotes FKBP51 degradation through the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. This prevents PHLPP-mediated dephosphorylation of AKT, causing sustained AKT activation that promotes growth and inhibits autophagy. SRMS is amplified and overexpressed in human cancers where it drives unrestrained AKT signaling in a kinase-dependent manner. SRMS kinase inhibition activates autophagy, inhibits cancer growth, and can be accomplished using the FDA-approved tyrosine kinase inhibitor ibrutinib. This illuminates SRMS as a targetable vulnerability in human cancers and as a new target for pharmacological induction of autophagy in vertebrates.

Indexed as

AutophagyAdenineAnimalsBeclin-1Cell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCellular SenescenceEnzyme ActivationMiceNeoplasmsNuclear ProteinsPhosphoprotein PhosphatasesPhosphorylationPhosphotyrosinePiperidinesProtein BindingAdenineBeclin-1ibrutinibNuclear ProteinsPHLPP1 protein, humanPhosphoprotein PhosphatasesPhosphotyrosinePiperidinesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktsrc-Family KinasesSRMS protein, humanTacrolimus Binding Protein 5Tacrolimus Binding Proteins

Identifiers

PMID34077419
PMCPMC8202955
OpenAlexW3165739285

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