PUBLICATION

Smoothened transduces Hedgehog signals via activity-dependent sequestration of PKA catalytic subunits

Authors
Arveseth, C.D., Happ, J.T., Hedeen, D.S., Zhu, J.F., Capener, J.L., Klatt Shaw, D., Deshpande, I., Liang, J., Xu, J., Stubben, S.L., Nelson, I.B., Walker, M.F., Kawakami, K., Inoue, A., Krogan, N.J., Grunwald, D.J., Hüttenhain, R., Manglik, A., Myers, B.R.
ID
ZDB-PUB-210825-11
Date
2021
Source
PLoS Biology   19: e3001191 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Grunwald, David
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Animals, Genetically Modified
  • Catalytic Domain/genetics
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Catalytic Subunits/antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Catalytic Subunits/chemistry
  • Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Catalytic Subunits/metabolism
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian
  • HEK293 Cells
  • Hedgehog Proteins/genetics
  • Hedgehog Proteins/metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs/genetics
  • Signal Transduction/genetics
  • Smoothened Receptor/metabolism
  • Smoothened Receptor/physiology*
  • Zebrafish
PubMed
33886552 Full text @ PLoS Biol.
Abstract
The Hedgehog (Hh) pathway is essential for organ development, homeostasis, and regeneration. Dysfunction of this cascade drives several cancers. To control expression of pathway target genes, the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) Smoothened (SMO) activates glioma-associated (GLI) transcription factors via an unknown mechanism. Here, we show that, rather than conforming to traditional GPCR signaling paradigms, SMO activates GLI by binding and sequestering protein kinase A (PKA) catalytic subunits at the membrane. This sequestration, triggered by GPCR kinase (GRK)-mediated phosphorylation of SMO intracellular domains, prevents PKA from phosphorylating soluble substrates, releasing GLI from PKA-mediated inhibition. Our work provides a mechanism directly linking Hh signal transduction at the membrane to GLI transcription in the nucleus. This process is more fundamentally similar between species than prevailing hypotheses suggest. The mechanism described here may apply broadly to other GPCR- and PKA-containing cascades in diverse areas of biology.
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