PMID- 22972936 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20121205 LR - 20211203 IS - 1549-5477 (Electronic) IS - 0890-9369 (Print) IS - 0890-9369 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 19 DP - 2012 Oct 1 TI - Regulation of the Hippo-YAP pathway by protease-activated receptors (PARs). PG - 2138-43 LID - 10.1101/gad.197582.112 [doi] AB - The Hippo signaling pathway plays a crucial role in tissue growth and tumorigenesis. Core components of the Hippo pathway include the MST1/2 and Lats1/2 kinases. Acting downstream from the Hippo pathway are the YAP/TAZ transcription coactivators, which are inhibited through phosphorylation by Lats. However, upstream signals that regulate the Hippo pathway have not been well delineated. Here we report that stimulation of protease-activated receptors (PARs) activates YAP/TAZ by decreasing phosphorylation and increasing nuclear localization. PAR1 acts through G(12/13) and Rho GTPase to inhibit the Lats1/2 kinase. Our observations establish thrombin as a physiological signal for the Hippo pathway and implicate Hippo-YAP as a key downstream signaling branch of PAR activation. FAU - Mo, Jung-Soon AU - Mo JS AD - Department of Pharmacology, Moores Cancer Center, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA. FAU - Yu, Fa-Xing AU - Yu FX FAU - Gong, Rui AU - Gong R FAU - Brown, Joan Heller AU - Brown JH FAU - Guan, Kun-Liang AU - Guan KL LA - eng GR - R01 EY022611/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA218859/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 HL028143/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 HL085577/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM036927/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20120912 PL - United States TA - Genes Dev JT - Genes & development JID - 8711660 RN - 0 (Cell Cycle Proteins) RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) RN - 0 (Oligopeptides) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - 0 (Receptors, Proteinase-Activated) RN - 0 (Ser-Phe-Phe-Leu-Arg-Asn) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (YY1AP1 protein, human) RN - EC 2.3.- (Acyltransferases) RN - EC 2.3.1.- (TAFAZZIN protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Actin Cytoskeleton MH - Acyltransferases MH - Cell Cycle Proteins MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Nucleus/enzymology MH - Enzyme Activation/physiology MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Humans MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Nuclear Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Oligopeptides/metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism MH - Protein Transport MH - RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism MH - Receptors, Proteinase-Activated/agonists/*metabolism MH - Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism PMC - PMC3465735 EDAT- 2012/09/14 06:00 MHDA- 2012/12/10 06:00 PMCR- 2012/10/01 CRDT- 2012/09/14 06:00 PHST- 2012/09/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/09/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/12/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - gad.197582.112 [pii] AID - 10.1101/gad.197582.112 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Genes Dev. 2012 Oct 1;26(19):2138-43. doi: 10.1101/gad.197582.112. Epub 2012 Sep 12.