The nucleolar scaffold protein NPM1 is a multifunctional regulator of cellular homeostasis, genome integrity, and stress response. NPM1 mutations, known as NPM1c variants promoting its aberrant cytoplasmic localization, are the most frequent genetic alterations in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). A hallmark of AML cells is their dependency on elevated autophagic flux. Here, we show that NPM1 and NPM1c induce the autophagylysosome pathway by activating the master transcription factor TFEB, thereby coordinating the expression of lysosomal proteins and autophagy regulators. Importantly, both NPM1 and NPM1c bind to autophagy modifiers of the GABARAP subfamily through an atypical binding module preserved within its N terminus. The propensity of NPM1c to induce autophagy depends on this module, likely indicating that NPM1c exerts its pro-autophagic activity by direct engagement with GABARAPL1. Our data report a non-canonical binding mode of GABARAP family members that drives the pro-autophagic potential of NPM1c, potentially enabling therapeutic options.

An atypical GABARAP binding module drives the pro-autophagic potential of the AML-associated NPM1c variant / Mende, Hannah; Khatri, Anshu; Lange, Carolin; Poveda-Cuevas, Sergio Alejandro; Tascher, Georg; Covarrubias-Pinto, Adriana; Löhr, Frank; Koschade, Sebastian E; Dikic, Ivan; Münch, Christian; Bremm, Anja; Brunetti, Lorenzo; Brandts, Christian H; Uckelmann, Hannah; Dötsch, Volker; Rogov, Vladimir V; Bhaskara, Ramachandra M; Müller, Stefan. - In: CELL REPORTS. - ISSN 2211-1247. - 42:12(2023). [10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113484]

An atypical GABARAP binding module drives the pro-autophagic potential of the AML-associated NPM1c variant

Brunetti, Lorenzo;
2023-01-01

Abstract

The nucleolar scaffold protein NPM1 is a multifunctional regulator of cellular homeostasis, genome integrity, and stress response. NPM1 mutations, known as NPM1c variants promoting its aberrant cytoplasmic localization, are the most frequent genetic alterations in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). A hallmark of AML cells is their dependency on elevated autophagic flux. Here, we show that NPM1 and NPM1c induce the autophagylysosome pathway by activating the master transcription factor TFEB, thereby coordinating the expression of lysosomal proteins and autophagy regulators. Importantly, both NPM1 and NPM1c bind to autophagy modifiers of the GABARAP subfamily through an atypical binding module preserved within its N terminus. The propensity of NPM1c to induce autophagy depends on this module, likely indicating that NPM1c exerts its pro-autophagic activity by direct engagement with GABARAPL1. Our data report a non-canonical binding mode of GABARAP family members that drives the pro-autophagic potential of NPM1c, potentially enabling therapeutic options.
2023
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