PMID- 38328115 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240214 DP - 2024 Jan 23 TI - Myotubularin-related proteins regulate KRAS function by controlling plasma membrane levels of polyphosphoinositides and phosphatidylserine. LID - 2024.01.22.576612 [pii] LID - 10.1101/2024.01.22.576612 [doi] AB - KRAS is a small GTPase, ubiquitously expressed in mammalian cells, that functions as a molecular switch to regulate cell proliferation and differentiation. Oncogenic mutations that render KRAS constitutively active occur frequently in human cancers. KRAS must localize to the plasma membrane (PM) for biological activity. KRAS PM binding is mediated by interactions of the KRAS membrane anchor with phosphatidylserine (PtdSer), therefore, depleting PM PtdSer content abrogates KRAS PM binding and oncogenic function. From a genome-wide siRNA screen to search for genes that regulate KRAS PM localization, we identified a set of phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-phosphatase family members: myotubularin-related (MTMR) proteins 2, 3, 4 and 7. Here we show that knockdown of MTMR 2/3/4/7 expression disrupts KRAS PM interactions. The molecular mechanism involves depletion of PM PI 4-phosphate (PI4P) levels, which in turn disrupts the subcellular localization and operation of oxysterol-binding protein related protein (ORP) 5, a PtdSer lipid transfer protein that maintains PM PtdSer content. Concomitantly, silencing MTMR 2/3/4/7 expression elevates PM levels of PI3P and reduces PM and total cellular levels of PtdSer. In summary we propose that the PI 3-phosphatase activity provided by MTMR proteins is required to generate PM PI for the synthesis of PM PI4P, which in turn, promotes the PM localization of PtdSer and KRAS. FAU - Henkels, Karen M AU - Henkels KM AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435, USA. FAU - Miller, Taylor E AU - Miller TE AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435, USA. FAU - Naji, Ali AU - Naji A AD - Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences, School of Dentistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. FAU - van der Hoeven, Ransome AU - van der Hoeven R AD - Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences, School of Dentistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. FAU - Liang, Hong AU - Liang H AD - Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. FAU - Zhou, Yong AU - Zhou Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0214-8151 AD - Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. FAU - Hammond, Gerald R V AU - Hammond GRV AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6660-3272 AD - Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. FAU - Hancock, John F AU - Hancock JF AD - Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. FAU - Cho, Kwang-Jin AU - Cho KJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2234-9292 AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435, USA. LA - eng GR - R00 CA188593/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R35 GM119412/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Preprint DEP - 20240123 PL - United States TA - bioRxiv JT - bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology JID - 101680187 PMC - PMC10849561 OTO - NOTNLM OT - 5-bisphosphate OT - KRAS OT - Myotubularin-related proteins OT - oxysterol-binding protein related protein (ORP) 5 and 8 OT - phosphatidylinositol OT - phosphatidylinositol 3 OT - phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate OT - phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate OT - phosphatidylserine OT - plasma membrane EDAT- 2024/02/08 06:43 MHDA- 2024/02/08 06:44 PMCR- 2024/02/07 CRDT- 2024/02/08 04:15 PHST- 2024/02/08 06:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/02/08 06:44 [medline] PHST- 2024/02/08 04:15 [entrez] PHST- 2024/02/07 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 2024.01.22.576612 [pii] AID - 10.1101/2024.01.22.576612 [doi] PST - epublish SO - bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Jan 23:2024.01.22.576612. doi: 10.1101/2024.01.22.576612.