title: The interaction of Piasy with Trim32, an E3-ubiquitin ligase mutated in limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2H, promotes Piasy degradation and regulates UVB-induced keratinocyte apoptosis through NFkappaB.
abstract: Protein inhibitors of activated STATs (PIAS) family members are ubiquitin-protein isopeptide ligase-small ubiquitin-like modifier ligases for diverse transcription factors. However, the regulation of PIAS protein activity in cells is poorly understood. Previously, we reported that expression of Trim32, a RING domain ubiquitin-protein isopeptide ligase-ubiquitin ligase mutated in human limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2H (LGMD2H) and Bardet-Biedl syndrome, is elevated during mouse skin carcinogenesis, protecting keratinocytes from apoptosis induced by UVB and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha). Here we report that Trim32 interacts with Piasy and promotes Piasy ubiquitination and degradation. Ubiquitination of Piasy by Trim32 could be reproduced in vitro using purified components. Their interaction was induced by treatment with UVB/TNFalpha and involved redistribution of Piasy from the nucleus to the cytoplasm, where it accumulated in cytoplasmic granules that colocalized with Trim32. Piasy destabilization and ubiquitination required an intact RING domain in Trim32. The LGMD2H-associated missense point mutation prevented Trim32 binding to Piasy, and human Piasy failed to colocalize with human Trim32 in fibroblasts isolated from an LGMD2H patient. Trim32 expression increased the transcriptional activity of NFkappaB in epidermal keratinocytes, both under basal treatment and after UVB/TNFalpha treatment. Conversely, Piasy inhibited NFkappaB activity under the same conditions and sensitized keratinocytes to apoptosis induced by TNFalpha and UVB. Our results indicate that, by controlling Piasy stability, Trim32 regulates UVB-induced keratinocyte apoptosis through induction of NFkappaB and suggests loss of function of Trim32 in LGMD2H.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA. albora@ohsu.edu
authors.forename: Amador
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Albor
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: El-Hizawi
authors.forename: Elizabeth J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Horn
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Laederich
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Frosk
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wrogemann
authors.forename: Molly
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kulesz-Martin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D049288:Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle / Q000235:genetics*; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism*; D000075223:Poly-ADP-Ribose Binding Proteins; D050828:Protein Inhibitors of Activated STAT / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D000070584:Tripartite Motif Proteins; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D016328:NF-kappa B; C485891:PIAS4 protein, human; C414349:Piasy protein, mouse; D000075223:Poly-ADP-Ribose Binding Proteins; D050828:Protein Inhibitors of Activated STAT; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000070584:Tripartite Motif Proteins; C094027:TRIM32 protein, human; C514011:TRIM32 protein, mouse; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases