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ArticleScience advances2025

Kinome screening identifies integrated stress response kinase EIF2AK1/HRI as a negative regulator of PINK1 mitophagy signaling.

Pawan K Singh, Shalini Agarwal, Ilaria Volpi, Léa P Wilhelm, Giada Becchi, Andrew Keenlyside, Thomas Macartney, Rachel Toth, Adrien Rousseau, Glenn R Masson and 2 more

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Article in Science advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Structural insights into HRI kinase activity and inhibition.Biochemical Society transactions · 2026
    Review
  3. Quality control of protein import into mammalian mitochondria.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2026
    Review
  4. Article
  5. Function and regulation of the mitochondrial stress response.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2026
    Review
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Pawan K SinghMRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1591-6439
Shalini AgarwalMRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5526-6872
Ilaria VolpiMRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.
Léa P WilhelmMRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5926-4666
Giada BecchiMRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.ORCID 0009-0005-1918-3825
Andrew KeenlysideMRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6059-2103
Thomas MacartneyMRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6745-183X
Rachel TothMRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1337-0612
Adrien RousseauMRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8130-5380
Glenn R MassonDivision of Cellular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1386-4719
Ian G GanleyMRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1481-9407
Miratul M K MuqitMRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9733-2404

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UU_00018/2Medical Research Council MC UU 00018/8Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 210753/Z/18/Z TO M.M.K.M.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Loss-of-function mutations in the PINK1 kinase lead to early-onset Parkinson's disease (PD). PINK1 is activated by mitochondrial damage to phosphorylate ubiquitin and Parkin, triggering mitophagy. PINK1 also indirectly phosphorylates Rab GTPases, such as Rab8A. Using an siRNA library targeting human Ser/Thr kinases in HeLa cells, we identified EIF2AK1 [heme-regulated inhibitor (HRI) kinase], a branch of the integrated stress response (ISR), as a negative regulator of PINK1. EIF2AK1 knockdown enhances mitochondrial depolarization-induced PINK1 stabilization and phosphorylation of ubiquitin and Rab8A. These results were confirmed in SK-OV-3, U2OS, and ARPE-19 cells. Knockdown of DELE1, an activator of EIF2AK1, produced similar effects. Notably, the ISR inhibitor ISRIB also enhanced PINK1 activation. In human cells with mito-QC mitophagy reporters, EIF2AK1 knockdown or ISRIB treatment increased PINK1-dependent mitophagy without affecting deferiprone-induced mitophagy. These findings suggest that the DELE1-EIF2AK1 ISR pathway is a negative regulator of PINK1-dependent mitophagy. Further evaluation in PD-relevant models is needed to assess the therapeutic potential of targeting this pathway.

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eIF-2 KinaseMitophagyProtein KinasesSignal TransductionStress, PhysiologicalHeLa CellsHumansMitochondriaPhosphorylationPTEN-Induced Putative KinaseEIF2AK1 protein, humaneIF-2 KinaseProtein KinasesPTEN-Induced Putative Kinase

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PMID40344059
PMCPMC12063660

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