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IRE1α Kinase Activation Modes Control Alternate Endoribonuclease Outputs to Determine Divergent Cell Fates

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Han, Dan, Lerner, Alana G., Vande Walle, Lieselotte, Upton, John-Paul, Xu, Weihong, Hagen, Andrew, Backes, Bradley J., Oakes, Scott A., Papa, Feroz R.·2009·Cell

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SUMMARY During endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, homeostatic signaling through the unfolded protein response (UPR) augments ER protein-folding capacity. If homeostasis is not restored, the UPR triggers apoptosis. We found that the ER transmembrane kinase/endoribonuclease (RNase) IRE1α is a key component of this apoptotic switch ER stress induces IRE1α kinase autophosphorylation, activating the RNase to splice XBP1 mRNA and produce the homeostatic transcription factor, XBP1s. Under ER stress—or forced autophosphorylation—IRE1α’s RNase also causes endonucleolytic decay of many ER-localized mRNAs, including those encoding chaperones, as early events culminating in apoptosis. Using chemical-genetics, we show that kinase inhibitors bypass autophosphorylation to activate the RNase by an alternate mode that enforces XBP1 splicing, and averts mRNA decay and apoptosis. Alternate RNase activation by kinase-inhibited IRE1α can be reconstituted in vitro. We propose that divergent cell fates during ER stress hinge on a balance between IRE1α RNase outputs that can be tilted with kinase inhibitors to favor survival.

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Authors
Han, D., Lerner, A. G., Vande Walle, L., Upton, J.-P., Xu, W., Hagen, A., Backes, B. J., Oakes, S. A., & Papa, F. R.
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-08
Volume
138
Issue
3
Pages
562-575
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
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W2155945227
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814
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3
FWCI
18.70
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Han, D., Lerner, A. G., Vande Walle, L., Upton, J.-P., Xu, W., Hagen, A., Backes, B. J., Oakes, S. A., & Papa, F. R. (2009). IRE1α Kinase Activation Modes Control Alternate Endoribonuclease Outputs to Determine Divergent Cell Fates. Cell. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2009.07.017

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