PMID- 36030658 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220913 LR - 20221012 IS - 1090-2104 (Electronic) IS - 0006-291X (Linking) VI - 627 DP - 2022 Oct 30 TI - TRAF2 regulates the protein stability of HIPK2. PG - 97-102 LID - S0006-291X(22)01150-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.08.031 [doi] AB - A nuclear serine/threonine kinase homeodomain-interacting protein kinase 2 (HIPK2) is a critical regulator of development and DNA damage response. HIPK2 can induce apoptosis under cellular stress conditions and thus its protein level is maintained low by constant proteasomal degradation. In the present study, we present evidence that TNF receptor-associated factor 2 (TRAF2) regulates the protein stability of HIPK2. Overexpression of TRAF2 decreased while its knockdown increased the HIPK2 protein level. The TRAF2-mediated decrease in HIPK2 protein expression was blocked by proteasomal inhibitor. In addition, TRAF2 decreased the protein half-life of HIPK2. We found that HIPK2 and TRAF2 co-immunoprecipitated. Interestingly, the co-immunoprecipitation was reduced while HIPK2 protein level increased following TNFalpha treatment, suggesting TNFalpha induced dissociation of TRAF2 from HIPK2 to accumulate HIPK2. Inhibition of HIPK2 partially suppressed TNFalpha-induced cell death, indicating that the accumulated HIPK2 may contribute to the TNFalpha-induced cell death. Our results suggest that TRAF2 can regulate proapoptotic function of HIPK2 by promoting proteasomal degradation. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Lee, Impyo AU - Lee I AD - Department of Integrative Bioscience and Biotechnology, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Chae-Eun AU - Kim CE AD - Department of Integrative Bioscience and Biotechnology, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, Republic of Korea. FAU - Cho, Harim AU - Cho H AD - Department of Integrative Bioscience and Biotechnology, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, Republic of Korea. FAU - Im, Hana AU - Im H AD - Department of Integrative Bioscience and Biotechnology, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, Republic of Korea. FAU - Shin, Ki Soon AU - Shin KS AD - Department of Biology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, 02447, Republic of Korea; Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, 02447, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kang, Shin Jung AU - Kang SJ AD - Department of Integrative Bioscience and Biotechnology, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: sjkang@sejong.ac.kr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220823 PL - United States TA - Biochem Biophys Res Commun JT - Biochemical and biophysical research communications JID - 0372516 RN - 0 (TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 2) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Apoptosis MH - *Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics MH - Protein Stability MH - TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 2/metabolism MH - *Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism/pharmacology MH - Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - HIPK2 OT - Proteasomal degradation OT - TNFalpha OT - TRAF2 OT - Ubiquitination COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2022/08/29 06:00 MHDA- 2022/09/14 06:00 CRDT- 2022/08/28 18:13 PHST- 2022/08/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/08/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/08/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/09/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/08/28 18:13 [entrez] AID - S0006-291X(22)01150-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.08.031 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2022 Oct 30;627:97-102. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.08.031. Epub 2022 Aug 23.