New Modes of GPCR Signalling
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MAPK Scaffolding by BIT1 in the Golgi Complex Modulates Stress<br />
Resistance<br />
Ping Yi1,2,3*, Duc Thang Nguyên4*, Arisa Higa-Nishiyama1,2, Patrick Auguste2,4,<br />
Marion Bouchecareilh1, Michel Dominguez5, Regula Bielmann4, Sandrine Palcy2,<br />
Jian Feng Liu3 and Eric Chevet1,2,3 ‡<br />
1Avenir, INSERM U889, Bordeaux, France; 2Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, IFR<br />
66, F-33076, Bordeaux, France; 3Key Laboratory <strong>of</strong> Molecular Biophysics <strong>of</strong> Ministry <strong>of</strong><br />
Education, School <strong>of</strong> Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University <strong>of</strong> Science and<br />
Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China; 4Department <strong>of</strong> Surgery, McGill University,<br />
Montreal, QC, Canada; 5HyperOmics Farma, Montreal, QC, Canada;<br />
*These authors contributed equally to this work<br />
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is an essential organelle whose major functions are to<br />
ensure proper secretory protein folding and trafficking. These mechanisms involve the<br />
activation <strong>of</strong> specific ER-resident molecular machines, which might be regulated by<br />
their membranous environments. Based on this observation, we aimed to characterize<br />
the proteome <strong>of</strong> ER-membrane microdomains to identify new components <strong>of</strong> the ER<br />
that have a role in secretory pathway-associated functions. Using this approach with dog<br />
pancreatic rough microsomes, we found that mitochondrial Bcl-2 inhibitor <strong>of</strong><br />
transcription (BIT1) localized in the early secretory pathway and accumulated in the<br />
Golgi complex. Using both a chimeric protein <strong>of</strong> the luminal and transmembrane<br />
domains <strong>of</strong> ER-resident TRAPa and the cytosolic domain <strong>of</strong> BIT1, and silencing <strong>of</strong><br />
BIT1 expression, we perturbed endogenous BIT1 oligomerization and localization to<br />
the Golgi. This led to enhanced ERK signaling from the Golgi complex, which resulted<br />
in improved stress resistance. This work provides the first evidence for the existence<br />
<strong>of</strong> ER microdomains that are involved in the regulation <strong>of</strong> BIT1 structure and<br />
trafficking, and identifies BIT1 as a negative regulator <strong>of</strong> the ERK-MAPK signaling<br />
pathway in the Golgi.<br />
Key Words: BIT1, MAPK, Secretory pathway, Stress<br />
‡Author for correspondence: Eric Chevet, eric.chevet@u-bordeaux2.fr