PMID- 29255090 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190213 LR - 20230214 IS - 1083-351X (Electronic) IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 293 IP - 6 DP - 2018 Feb 9 TI - Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (KEAP1) differentially regulates nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factors 1 and 2 (NRF1 and NRF2). PG - 2029-2040 LID - 10.1074/jbc.RA117.000428 [doi] AB - Nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 1 (NRF1) and NRF2 are essential for maintaining redox homeostasis and coordinating cellular stress responses. They are highly homologous transcription factors that regulate the expression of genes bearing antioxidant-response elements (AREs). Genetic ablation of NRF1 or NRF2 results in vastly different phenotypic outcomes, implying that they play different roles and may be differentially regulated. Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (KEAP1) is the main negative regulator of NRF2 and mediates ubiquitylation and degradation of NRF2 through its NRF2-ECH homology-like domain 2 (Neh2). Here, we report that KEAP1 binds to the Neh2-like (Neh2L) domain of NRF1 and stabilizes it. Consistently, NRF1 is more stable in KEAP1(+/+) than in KEAP1(-/-) isogenic cell lines, whereas NRF2 is dramatically stabilized in KEAP1(-/-) cells. Replacing NRF1's Neh2L domain with NRF2's Neh2 domain renders NRF1 sensitive to KEAP1-mediated degradation, indicating that the amino acids between the DLG and ETGE motifs, not just the motifs themselves, are essential for KEAP1-mediated degradation. Systematic site-directed mutagenesis identified the core amino acid residues required for KEAP1-mediated degradation and further indicated that the DLG and ETGE motifs with correct spacing are insufficient as a KEAP1 degron. Our results offer critical insights into our understanding of the differential regulation of NRF1 and NRF2 by KEAP1 and their different physiological roles. CI - (c) 2018 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc. FAU - Tian, Wang AU - Tian W AD - From the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721. FAU - Rojo de la Vega, Montserrat AU - Rojo de la Vega M AD - From the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721. FAU - Schmidlin, Cody J AU - Schmidlin CJ AD - From the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721. FAU - Ooi, Aikseng AU - Ooi A AD - From the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721. FAU - Zhang, Donna D AU - Zhang DD AD - From the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 dzhang@pharmacy.arizona.edu. LA - eng GR - P30 CA023074/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 ES007091/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 ES006694/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK109555/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 ES026845/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA154377/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20171218 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (KEAP1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Kelch-Like ECH-Associated Protein 1) RN - 0 (NF-E2-Related Factor 2) RN - 0 (NFE2L2 protein, human) RN - 0 (NRF1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Nuclear Respiratory Factor 1) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Motifs MH - Cell Line MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Humans MH - Kelch-Like ECH-Associated Protein 1/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism MH - NF-E2-Related Factor 2/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism MH - Nuclear Respiratory Factor 1/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism MH - Protein Binding MH - Protein Domains MH - Protein Stability MH - Proteolysis PMC - PMC5808764 OTO - NOTNLM OT - KEAP1 OT - NRF1 OT - nuclear factor 2 (erythroid-derived 2-like factor) (NFE2L2) (Nrf2) OT - protein degradation OT - protein domain OT - protein motif OT - protein stability COIS- The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest with the contents of this article EDAT- 2017/12/20 06:00 MHDA- 2019/02/14 06:00 PMCR- 2019/02/09 CRDT- 2017/12/20 06:00 PHST- 2017/10/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/12/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/12/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/02/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/12/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/02/09 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0021-9258(20)39850-1 [pii] AID - RA117.000428 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.RA117.000428 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2018 Feb 9;293(6):2029-2040. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA117.000428. Epub 2017 Dec 18.