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Molecular and Cellular Biology, May 2001, p. 3534-3546, Vol. 21, No. 10
0270-7306/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.10.3534-3546.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Inhibition of Nuclear Import by Protein Kinase B
(Akt) Regulates the Subcellular Distribution and Activity of the
Forkhead Transcription Factor AFX
Amy M.
Brownawell,1,*
Geert J. P. L.
Kops,2
Ian G.
Macara,1 and
Boudewijn M. T.
Burgering2
Center for Cell Signaling, University of
Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908,1 and
Laboratory for Physiological Chemistry and Centre for
Biomedical Genetics, University Medical Center, 3584CG Utrecht, The
Netherlands2
Received 21 November 2000/Returned for modification 28 December
2000/Accepted 27 February 2001
AFX belongs to a subfamily of Forkhead transcription factors that
are phosphorylated by protein kinase B (PKB), also known as Akt.
Phosphorylation inhibits the transcriptional activity of AFX and
changes the steady-state localization of the protein from the nucleus
to the cytoplasm. Our goal was threefold: to identify the cellular
compartment in which PKB phosphorylates AFX, to determine whether the
nuclear localization of AFX plays a role in regulating its
transcriptional activity, and to elucidate the mechanism by which
phosphorylation alters the localization of AFX. We show that
phosphorylation of AFX by PKB occurs in the nucleus. In addition,
nuclear export mediated by the export receptor, Crm1, is required for
the inhibition of AFX transcriptional activity. Both phosphorylated and
unphosphorylated AFX, however, bind Crm1 and can be exported from the
nucleus. These results suggest that export is unregulated and that
phosphorylation by PKB is not required for the nuclear export of AFX.
We show that AFX enters the nucleus by an active, Ran-dependent
mechanism. Amino acids 180 to 221 of AFX comprise a nonclassical
nuclear localization signal (NLS). S193, contained within this atypical
NLS, is a PKB-dependent phosphorylation site on AFX. Addition of a
negative charge at S193 by mutating the residue to glutamate reduces
nuclear accumulation. PKB-mediated phosphorylation of AFX, therefore,
attenuates the import of the transcription factor, which shifts the
localization of the protein from the nucleus to the cytoplasm and
results in the inhibition of AFX transcriptional activity.
*
Corresponding author. Mailing address: University of
Virginia, Center for Cell Signaling, P.O. Box 800577, Charlottesville, VA 22908. Phone: (804) 982-0083. Fax: (804) 924-1236. E-mail: amb7c{at}Virginia.edu.
Molecular and Cellular Biology, May 2001, p. 3534-3546, Vol. 21, No. 10
0270-7306/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.10.3534-3546.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
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