PMID- 26733200 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160801 LR - 20211203 IS - 1083-351X (Electronic) IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 291 IP - 9 DP - 2016 Feb 26 TI - The Transcription Factor p8 Regulates Autophagy in Response to Palmitic Acid Stress via a Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR)-independent Signaling Pathway. PG - 4462-72 LID - 10.1074/jbc.M115.675793 [doi] AB - Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved degradative process that allows cells to maintain homoeostasis in numerous physiological situations. This process also functions as an essential protective response to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, which promotes the removal and degradation of unfolded proteins. However, little is known regarding the mechanism by which autophagy is initiated and regulated in response to ER stress. In this study, different types of autophagy were identified in human gastric cancer MKN45 cells in response to the stress induced by nutrient starvation or lipotoxicity in which the regulation of these pathways is mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)-dependent or -independent, respectively. Interestingly, we found that p8, a stress-inducible transcription factor, was enhanced in MKN45 cells treated with palmitic acid to induce lipotoxicity. Furthermore, an increase in autophagy was observed in MKN45 cells stably overexpressing p8 using a lentivirus system, and autophagy induced by palmitic acid was blocked by p8 RNAi compared with the control. Western blotting analyses showed that autophagy was regulated by p8 or mTOR in response to the protein kinase-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase/activating transcription factor 6-mediated ER stress of lipotoxicity or the parkin-mediated mitochondrial stress of nutrient starvation, respectively. Furthermore, our results indicated that autophagy induced by palmitic acid is mTOR-independent, but this autophagy pathway was regulated by p8 via p53- and PKCalpha-mediated signaling in MKN45 cells. Our findings provide insights into the role of p8 in regulating autophagy induced by the lipotoxic effects of excess fat accumulation in cells. CI - (c) 2016 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc. FAU - Jia, Sheng-Nan AU - Jia SN AD - From the College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. FAU - Lin, Cheng AU - Lin C AD - From the College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. FAU - Chen, Dian-Fu AU - Chen DF AD - From the College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. FAU - Li, An-Qi AU - Li AQ AD - From the College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. FAU - Dai, Li AU - Dai L AD - From the College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. FAU - Zhang, Li AU - Zhang L AD - From the College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. FAU - Zhao, Ling-Ling AU - Zhao LL AD - From the College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. FAU - Yang, Jin-Shu AU - Yang JS AD - From the College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. FAU - Yang, Fan AU - Yang F AD - From the College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. FAU - Yang, Wei-Jun AU - Yang WJ AD - From the College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China w_jyang@zju.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20160105 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Fatty Acids, Nonesterified) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) RN - 0 (Sp8 protein, human) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (enhanced green fluorescent protein) RN - 147336-22-9 (Green Fluorescent Proteins) RN - 2V16EO95H1 (Palmitic Acid) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - *Autophagy/drug effects MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism MH - *Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress/drug effects MH - Fatty Acids, Nonesterified/*adverse effects MH - Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Humans MH - MAP Kinase Signaling System/drug effects MH - Microscopy, Fluorescence MH - Palmitic Acid/adverse effects MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - RNA Interference MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry/metabolism MH - *Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism MH - Transcription Factors/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism MH - *Up-Regulation/drug effects PMC - PMC4813474 OTO - NOTNLM OT - autophagy OT - lipotoxicity OT - mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) OT - p53 OT - p8 OT - protein kinase C (PKC) EDAT- 2016/01/07 06:00 MHDA- 2016/08/02 06:00 PMCR- 2017/02/26 CRDT- 2016/01/07 06:00 PHST- 2015/07/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/02/26 00:00 [pmc-release] PHST- 2016/01/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/01/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/08/02 06:00 [medline] AID - S0021-9258(20)43593-8 [pii] AID - M115.675793 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M115.675793 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2016 Feb 26;291(9):4462-72. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.675793. Epub 2016 Jan 5.