PMID- 26109051 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150903 LR - 20211203 IS - 1549-5477 (Electronic) IS - 0890-9369 (Print) IS - 0890-9369 (Linking) VI - 29 IP - 12 DP - 2015 Jun 15 TI - Homeostatic control of Hippo signaling activity revealed by an endogenous activating mutation in YAP. PG - 1285-97 LID - 10.1101/gad.264234.115 [doi] AB - The Hippo signaling pathway converges on YAP to regulate growth, differentiation, and regeneration. Previous studies with overexpressed proteins have shown that YAP is phosphorylated by its upstream kinase, Lats1/2, on multiple sites, including an evolutionarily conserved 14-3-3-binding site whose phosphorylation is believed to inhibit YAP by excluding it from the nucleus. Indeed, nuclear localization of YAP or decreased YAP phosphorylation at this site (S168 in Drosophila, S127 in humans, and S112 in mice) is widely used in current literature as a surrogate of YAP activation even though the physiological importance of this phosphorylation event in regulating endogenous YAP activity has not been defined. Here we address this question by introducing a Yap(S112A) knock-in mutation in the endogenous Yap locus. The Yap(S112A) mice are surprisingly normal despite nuclear localization of the mutant YAP protein in vivo and profound defects in cytoplasmic translocation in vitro. Interestingly, the mutant Yap(S112A) mice show a compensatory decrease in YAP protein levels due to increased phosphorylation at a mammalian-specific phosphodegron site on YAP. These findings reveal a robust homeostatic mechanism that maintains physiological levels of YAP activity and caution against the assumptive use of YAP localization alone as a surrogate of YAP activity. CI - (c) 2015 Chen et al.; Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. FAU - Chen, Qian AU - Chen Q AD - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA; FAU - Zhang, Nailing AU - Zhang N AD - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA; FAU - Xie, Rui AU - Xie R AD - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA; FAU - Wang, Wei AU - Wang W AD - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA; FAU - Cai, Jing AU - Cai J AD - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA; FAU - Choi, Kyung-Suk AU - Choi KS AD - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA; FAU - David, Karen Kate AU - David KK AD - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA; FAU - Huang, Bo AU - Huang B AD - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA; FAU - Yabuta, Norikazu AU - Yabuta N AD - Department of Molecular Genetics, Osaka University, Suita City, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; FAU - Nojima, Hiroshi AU - Nojima H AD - Department of Molecular Genetics, Osaka University, Suita City, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; FAU - Anders, Robert A AU - Anders RA AD - Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. FAU - Pan, Duojia AU - Pan D AD - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA; LA - eng GR - R01 EY015708/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - EY015708/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - Howard Hughes Medical Institute/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Genes Dev JT - Genes & development JID - 8711660 RN - 0 (Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing) RN - 0 (Cell Cycle Proteins) RN - 0 (Phosphoproteins) RN - 0 (YAP-Signaling Proteins) RN - 0 (Yap1 protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/*genetics/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Cell Cycle Proteins MH - Cell Nucleus/metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cytoplasm/metabolism MH - Feedback, Physiological MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental MH - Gene Knock-In Techniques MH - Hippo Signaling Pathway MH - Homeostasis/genetics/*physiology MH - Liver/pathology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mutation MH - Phosphoproteins/*genetics/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein Binding MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/*physiology MH - Protein Transport/genetics MH - Signal Transduction/*physiology MH - YAP-Signaling Proteins PMC - PMC4495399 OTO - NOTNLM OT - 14-3-3 OT - Hippo signaling OT - YAP oncoprotein OT - phosphorylation OT - tumorigenesis EDAT- 2015/06/26 06:00 MHDA- 2015/09/04 06:00 PMCR- 2015/12/15 CRDT- 2015/06/26 06:00 PHST- 2015/06/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/06/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/09/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/12/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 29/12/1285 [pii] AID - 10.1101/gad.264234.115 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Genes Dev. 2015 Jun 15;29(12):1285-97. doi: 10.1101/gad.264234.115.