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  • Title: Protein kinase G type-Ialpha phosphorylates the apoptosis-regulating protein Bad at serine 155 and protects against apoptosis in N1E-115 cells.
    Author: Johlfs MG, Fiscus RR.
    Journal: Neurochem Int; 2010 Mar; 56(4):546-53. PubMed ID: 20043968.
    Abstract:
    Previous studies from our laboratory have shown that the cGMP/protein kinase G (PKG) signaling pathway plays an essential role in preventing spontaneous apoptosis in neural cells; however, the mechanism is not understood. A potential downstream target of PKG is the apoptosis-regulating protein Bad, which contains a sequence around its serine 155 (ser155 in mouse Bad, equivalent to ser118 in human Bad) predicted to be a consensus motif for PKG-catalyzed phosphorylation. Using both in vitro and cell-based experiments, we determined if PKG phosphorylates Bad at ser155 and if blocking/stimulating PKG-catalyzed Bad phosphorylation causes pro-apoptotic/anti-apoptotic responses. Recombinant PKG type-Ialpha (PKG-Ialpha) was found to directly phosphorylate recombinant Bad at ser155 in vitro. In N1E-115 mouse neural cells, which naturally express PKG-Ialpha as the predominant PKG isoform, addition of 8-Br-cGMP (0.1-1.0 mM), a cell-permeable direct PKG-Ialpha activator, increased ser155 phosphorylation of Bad. ODQ (50 microM), a soluble guanylyl cyclase inhibitor that lowers cGMP/PKG activity, decreased serum-induced ser155 phosphorylation of Bad and induced apoptosis in N1E-115 cells. Treatment with DT-2 and DT-3, selective PKG-Ialpha inhibitors, both decreased Bad ser155 phosphorylation and induced apoptosis. The data indicate that PKG-Ialpha directly phosphorylates Bad at ser155, which may participate in cGMP/PKG-induced anti-apoptotic/cytoprotective effects in neural cells.
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