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ArticleNature communications2025

Suppression of TGF-β/SMAD signaling by an inner nuclear membrane phosphatase complex.

Zhe Ji, Wing-Yan Skyla Siu, Maria Emilia Dueñas, Leonie Müller, Matthias Trost, Pedro Carvalho

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Zhe Ji *Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-8847-1910
Wing-Yan Skyla Siu *Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-8176-7161
Maria Emilia DueñasBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3411-4068
Leonie MüllerBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6661-2283
Matthias TrostBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5732-700X
Pedro CarvalhoSir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. pedro.carvalho@path.ox.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9691-5277

Funding

EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) GA 817708Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 212947/Z/18/ZWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 215542/Z/19/ZWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 223153/Z/21/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cytokines of the TGF-β superfamily control essential cell fate decisions via receptor regulated SMAD (R-SMAD) transcription factors. Ligand-induced R-SMAD phosphorylation in the cytosol triggers their activation and nuclear accumulation. We determine how R-SMADs are inactivated by dephosphorylation in the cell nucleus to counteract signaling by TGF-β superfamily ligands. We show that R-SMAD dephosphorylation is mediated by an inner nuclear membrane associated complex containing the scaffold protein MAN1 and the CTDNEP1-NEP1R1 phosphatase. Structural prediction, domain mapping and mutagenesis reveals that MAN1 binds independently to the CTDNEP1-NEP1R1 phosphatase and R-SMADs to promote their inactivation by dephosphorylation. Disruption of this complex causes nuclear accumulation of R-SMADs and aberrant signaling, even in the absence of TGF-β ligands. These findings establish CTDNEP1-NEP1R1 as the R-SMAD phosphatase, reveal the mechanistic basis for TGF-β signaling inactivation and highlight how this process is disrupted by disease-associated MAN1 mutations.

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Nuclear EnvelopeSignal TransductionSmad ProteinsTransforming Growth Factor betaAnimalsCell NucleusHEK293 CellsHumansMutationPhosphorylationProtein BindingSmad ProteinsTransforming Growth Factor beta

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PMID40216785
PMCPMC11992160

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