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P38 MAPK inhibits autophagy and promotes microglial inflammatory responses by phosphorylating ULK1.


ABSTRACT: Inflammation and autophagy are two critical cellular processes. The relationship between these two processes is complex and includes the suppression of inflammation by autophagy. However, the signaling mechanisms that relieve this autophagy-mediated inhibition of inflammation to permit a beneficial inflammatory response remain unknown. We find that LPS triggers p38? mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)-dependent phosphorylation of ULK1 in microglial cells. This phosphorylation inhibited ULK1 kinase activity, preventing it from binding to the downstream effector ATG13, and reduced autophagy in microglia. Consistently, p38? MAPK activity is required for LPS-induced morphological changes and the production of IL-1? by primary microglia in vitro and in the brain, which correlates with the p38? MAPK-dependent inhibition of autophagy. Furthermore, inhibition of ULK1 alone was sufficient to promote an inflammatory response in the absence of any overt inflammatory stimulation. Thus, our study reveals a molecular mechanism that enables the initial TLR4-triggered signaling pathway to inhibit autophagy and optimize inflammatory responses, providing new understanding into the mechanistic basis of the neuroinflammatory process.

SUBMITTER: He Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5748971 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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p38 MAPK inhibits autophagy and promotes microglial inflammatory responses by phosphorylating ULK1.

He Yingli Y   She Hua H   Zhang Ting T   Xu Haidong H   Cheng Lihong L   Yepes Manuel M   Zhao Yingren Y   Mao Zixu Z  

The Journal of cell biology 20171201 1


Inflammation and autophagy are two critical cellular processes. The relationship between these two processes is complex and includes the suppression of inflammation by autophagy. However, the signaling mechanisms that relieve this autophagy-mediated inhibition of inflammation to permit a beneficial inflammatory response remain unknown. We find that LPS triggers p38α mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)-dependent phosphorylation of ULK1 in microglial cells. This phosphorylation inhibited ULK1  ...[more]

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