Arginyltransferase1 drives a mitochondria-dependent program to induce cell death

Arginyltransferase1 drives a mitochondria-dependent program to induce cell death | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Article Arginyltransferase1 drives a mitochondria-dependent program to induce cell death Fangliang Zhang, Akhilesh Kumar, Corin O'Shea, Vikas Yadav, Ganapathih Kandasamy, and 4 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5530482/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Under Review Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Cell death regulation is essential for stress adaptation and/or signal response. Past studies have shown that eukaryotic cell death is mediated by an evolutionarily conserved enzyme, arginyltransferase1 (Ate1). The downregulation of Ate1, as seen in many types of cancer, prominently increases cellular tolerance to a variety of stressing conditions. Conversely, in yeast and mammalian cells, Ate1 is elevated under acute oxidative stress conditions and this change appears to be essential for triggering cell death. However, studies of Ate1 were conventionally focused on its function in inducing protein degradation via the N-end rule pathway in the cytosol, leading to an incomplete understanding of the role of Ate1 in cell death. Our recent investigation shows that Ate1 dually exists in the cytosol and mitochondria, the latter of which has an established role in cell death initiation. Here, by using budding yeast as a model organism, we found that mitochondrial translocation of Ate1 is promoted by the presence of oxidative stressors and is essential for inducing cell death with characteristics of apoptosis. Also, we found that Ate1-induced cell death is dependent on the formation of the mitochondrial permeability pore and at least partly dependent on the action of mitochondria-contained factors including the apoptosis-inducing factor, but is not directly dependent on mitochondrial electron transport chain activity or its derived reactive oxygen species (ROS). Furthermore, our evidence suggests that, contrary to widespread assumptions, the cytosolic protein degradation pathways including ubiquitin-proteasome, autophagy, or endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response has little or negligible impacts on Ate1-induced cell death. We conclude that Ate1 controls the mitochondria-dependent cell death pathway. Biological sciences/Cell biology Biological sciences/Biochemistry/Proteins/Mitochondrial proteins posttranslational modification Arginylation arginyltransferase Ate1 mitochondrial programmed cell death apoptosis ubiquitination Full Text Additional Declarations There is no duality of interest Cite Share Download PDF Status: Under Review Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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