The Hippo pathway kinase Lats2 prevents DNA damage-induced apoptosis through inhibition of the tyrosine kinase c-Abl
- 12 July 2013
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Cell Death & Differentiation
- Vol. 20 (10), 1330-1340
- https://doi.org/10.1038/cdd.2013.83
Abstract
The Hippo pathway is an evolutionarily conserved pathway that controls cell proliferation, organ size, tissue regeneration and stem cell self-renewal. Here we show that it also regulates the DNA damage response. At high cell density, when the Hippo pathway is active, DNA damage-induced apoptosis and the activation of the tyrosine kinase c-Abl were suppressed. At low cell density, overexpression of the Hippo pathway kinase large tumor suppressor 2 (Lats2) inhibited c-Abl activity. This led to reduced phosphorylation of downstream c-Abl substrates, the transcription coactivator Yes-associated protein (Yap) and the tumor suppressor p73. Inhibition of c-Abl by Lats2 was mediated through Lats2 interaction with and phosphorylation of c-Abl. Lats2 knockdown, or expression of c-Abl mutants that escape inhibition by Lats2, enabled DNA damage-induced apoptosis of densely plated cells, while Lats2 overexpression inhibited apoptosis in sparse cells. These findings explain a long-standing enigma of why densely plated cells are radioresistant. Furthermore, they demonstrate that the Hippo pathway regulates cell fate decisions in response to DNA damage.Keywords
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