PLPP/CIN-mediated NF2-serine 10 dephosphorylation regulates F-actin stability and Mdm2 degradation in an activity-dependent manner

Cell Death Dis. 2021 Jan 4;12(1):37. doi: 10.1038/s41419-020-03325-9.

Abstract

Neurofibromin 2 (NF2, also known as merlin) is a tumor suppressor protein encoded by the neurofibromatosis type 2 gene NF2. NF2 is also an actin-binding protein that functions in an intrinsic signaling network critical for actin dynamics. Although protein kinase A (PKA)-mediated NF2-serin (S) 10 phosphorylation stabilizes filamentous actin (F-actin), the underlying mechanisms of NF2-S10 dephosphorylation and the role of NF2 in seizures have been elusive. Here, we demonstrate that pyridoxal-5'-phosphate phosphatase/chronophin (PLPP/CIN) dephosphorylated NF2-S10 site as well as cofilin-S3 site. In addition, NF2-S10 dephosphorylation reversely regulated murine double minute-2 (Mdm2) and postsynaptic density 95 (PSD95) degradations in an activity-dependent manner, which increased seizure intensity and its progression in response to kainic acid (KA). In addition, NF2 knockdown facilitated seizure intensity and its progress through F-actin instability independent of cofilin-mediated actin dynamics. Therefore, we suggest that PLPP/CIN may be a potential therapeutic target for epileptogenesis and NF2-associated diseases.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Actins / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Neurofibromin 2 / metabolism*
  • Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / physiology*
  • Phosphorylation
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2 / metabolism*
  • Seizures / metabolism*

Substances

  • Actins
  • Neurofibromin 2
  • Nf2 protein, mouse
  • Mdm2 protein, mouse
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2
  • Pdxp protein, mouse
  • Phosphoprotein Phosphatases