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ArticleThe international journal of biochemistry & cell biology2021

Regulation of PKR activation and apoptosis during oxidative stress by TRBP phosphorylation.

Benedicth Ukhueduan, Evelyn Chukwurah, Rekha C Patel

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Article in The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Benedicth UkhueduanDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA.
Evelyn ChukwurahDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA.
Rekha C PatelDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Electronic address: patelr@biol.sc.edu.
University of South Carolina · US

Funding

Targeting NMDA Receptors and Brain Estradiol to Rescue Memory in Aging FemalesP20GM109091 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI KIARIS, HIPPOKRATIS, RONINSON, IGOR B · 2014 to 2024
$25.2M
UofSC Postbaccalaureate Research Education ProgramR25GM066526 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI ARMSTRONG, ALISSA RICHMOND, ELY, BERT · 2004 to 2024
$5.4M
University of South Carolina Initiative for Maximizing Student DevelopmentR25GM076277 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI ELY, BERT · 2006 to 2015
$2.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM109091NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM066526NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM076277
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transactivation response element RNA-binding protein (TRBP or TARBP2) originally identified as a pro-viral cellular protein in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) replication is also a regulator of microRNA biogenesis and cellular stress response. TRBP inhibits the catalytic activity of interferon-induced double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-activated protein kinase (PKR) during viral infections and cell stress thereby regulating stress-induced signaling pathways. During cellular stress, PKR is catalytically activated transiently by its protein activator PACT and TRBP inhibits PKR to bring about a timely cellular recovery. We have previously established that TRBP phosphorylated after oxidative stress binds to and inhibits PKR more efficiently promoting cell survival. In this study, we investigated if phosphorylation of TRBP enhances its interaction with PACT to bring about additional PKR inhibition. Our data establishes that phosphorylation of TRBP has no effect on PACT-TRBP interaction and TRBP's inhibitory actions on PKR are mediated exclusively by its enhanced interaction with PKR. Cells lacking TRBP are more sensitive to apoptosis in response to oxidative stress and show persistent PKR activation. These results establish that PKR inhibition by stress-induced TRBP phosphorylation occurs by its direct binding to PKR and is important for preventing apoptosis due to sustained PKR activation.

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ApoptosisOxidative StressAnimalseIF-2 KinaseHeLa CellsHumansMicePhosphorylationRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Double-StrandedSignal TransductionTrans-Activation Responsive RNA-Binding ProteinEIF2AK2 protein, humaneIF-2 KinasePRKRA protein, humanRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Double-StrandedTrans-Activation Responsive RNA-Binding ProteinApoptosisdsRNAInterferonPACTPKRTRBP

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PMID34174402
PMCPMC8292226
OpenAlexW3174954638

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