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© 2017 The Authors. A characteristic feature of the skin blistering disease epidermolysis bullosa simplex is keratin filament (KF) network collapse caused by aggregation of the basal epidermal keratin type II (KtyII) K5 and its type I partner keratin 14 (K14). Here, we examine the role of keratin phosphorylation in KF network rearrangement and cellular functions. We detect phosphorylation of the K5 head domain residue T150 in cytoplasmic epidermolysis bullosa simplex granules containing R125C K14 mutants. Expression of phosphomimetic T150D K5 mutants results in impaired KF formation in keratinocytes. The phenotype is enhanced upon combination with other phosphomimetic K5 head domain mutations. Remarkably, introduction of T150D K5 mutants into KtyII-lacking (KtyII –/– ) keratinocytes prevents keratin network formation altogether. In contrast, phosphorylation-deficient T150A K5 leads to KFs with reduced branching and turnover. Assembly of T150D K5 is arrested at the heterotetramer stage coinciding with increased heat shock protein association. Finally, reduced cell viability and elevated response to stressors is noted in T150 mutant cells. Taken together, our findings identify T150 K5 phosphorylation as an important determinant of KF network formation and function with a possible role in epidermolysis bullosa simplex pathogenesis.
Author(s): Sawant M, Schwarz N, Windoffer R, Magin TM, Krieger J, Mucke N, Obara B, Jankowski V, Jankowski J, Wally V, Lettner T, Leube RE
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Year: 2018
Volume: 138
Issue: 3
Pages: 627-636
Print publication date: 01/03/2018
Online publication date: 06/12/2017
Acceptance date: 08/10/2017
Date deposited: 04/05/2021
ISSN (print): 0022-202X
ISSN (electronic): 1523-1747
Publisher: Elsevier BV
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2017.10.011
DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.10.011
PubMed id: 29080682
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