APEX2‐based Proximity Labeling of Atox1 Identifies CRIP2 as a Nuclear Copper‐binding Protein that Regulates Autophagy Activation
- 22 September 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Angewandte Chemie
- Vol. 60 (48), 25346-25355
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202108961
Abstract
Mammalian cell nuclei contain copper, and cancer cells are known to accumulate aberrantly high copper levels, yet the mechanisms underlying nuclear accumulation and copper’s broader functional significance remain poorly understood. Here, by combining APEX2-based proximity labeling focused on the copper chaperone Atox1 with mass spectrometry we identified a previously unrecognized nuclear copper binding protein, Cysteine-rich protein 2 (CRIP2), that interacts with Atox1 in the nucleus. We show that Atox1 transfers copper to CRIP2, which induces a change in CRIP2’s secondary structure that ultimately promotes its ubiquitin-mediated proteasomal degradation. Finally, we demonstrate that depletion of CRIP2—as well as copper-induced CRIP2 degradation—elevates ROS levels and activates autophagy in H1299 cells. Thus, our study establishes that CRIP2 as an autophagic suppressor protein and implicates CRIP2-mediated copper metabolism in the activation of autophagy in cancer cells.Funding Information
- National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFA0505202)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (21672014, 91853107)
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