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Small molecule inhibition of IRE1? kinase/RNase has anti-fibrotic effects in the lung.

ABSTRACT: Endoplasmic reticulum stress (ER stress) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a disease of progressive fibrosis and respiratory failure. ER stress activates a signaling pathway called the unfolded protein response (UPR) that either restores homeostasis or promotes apoptosis. The bifunctional kinase/RNase IRE1? is a UPR sensor/effector that promotes apoptosis if ER stress remains high and irremediable (i.e., a "terminal" UPR). Using multiple small molecule inhibitors against IRE1?, we show that ER stress-induced apoptosis of murine alveolar epithelial cells can be mitigated in vitro. In vivo, we show that bleomycin exposure to murine lungs causes early ER stress to activate IRE1? and the terminal UPR prior to development of pulmonary fibrosis. Small-molecule IRE1? kinase-inhibiting RNase attenuators (KIRAs) that we developed were used to evaluate the contribution of IRE1? activation to bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis. One such KIRA-KIRA7-provided systemically to mice at the time of bleomycin exposure decreases terminal UPR signaling and prevents lung fibrosis. Administration of KIRA7 14 days after bleomycin exposure even promoted the reversal of established fibrosis. Finally, we show that KIRA8, a nanomolar-potent, monoselective KIRA compound derived from a completely different scaffold than KIRA7, likewise promoted reversal of established fibrosis. These results demonstrate that IRE1? may be a promising target in pulmonary fibrosis and that kinase inhibitors of IRE1? may eventually be developed into efficacious anti-fibrotic drugs.

SUBMITTER: Thamsen M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6326459 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Small molecule inhibition of IRE1α kinase/RNase has anti-fibrotic effects in the lung.

Thamsen Maike M Ghosh Rajarshi R Auyeung Vincent C VC Brumwell Alexis A Chapman Harold A HA Backes Bradley J BJ Perara Gayani G Maly Dustin J DJ Sheppard Dean D Papa Feroz R FR Papa Feroz R FR

PloS one 20190109 1

Endoplasmic reticulum stress (ER stress) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a disease of progressive fibrosis and respiratory failure. ER stress activates a signaling pathway called the unfolded protein response (UPR) that either restores homeostasis or promotes apoptosis. The bifunctional kinase/RNase IRE1α is a UPR sensor/effector that promotes apoptosis if ER stress remains high and irremediable (i.e., a "terminal" UPR). Using multiple small molecu ...[more]

PMID: 30625178

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Project description:Ire1 is a signal transduction protein in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane that serves to adjust the protein-folding capacity of the ER according to the needs of the cell. Ire1 signals, in a transcriptional program, the unfolded protein response (UPR) via the coordinated action of its protein kinase and RNase domains. In this study, we investigated how the binding of cofactors to the kinase domain of Ire1 modulates its RNase activity.Our results suggest that the kinase domain of Ire1 initially binds cofactors without activation of the RNase domain. RNase is activated upon a subsequent conformational rearrangement of Ire1 governed by the chemical properties of bound cofactors. The conformational step can be selectively inhibited by chemical perturbations of cofactors. Substitution of a single oxygen atom in the terminal ?-phosphate group of a potent cofactor ADP by sulfur results in ADP?S, a cofactor that binds to Ire1 as well as to ADP but does not activate RNase. RNase activity can be rescued by thiophilic metal ions such as Mn2+ and Cd2+, revealing a functional metal ion-phosphate interaction which controls the conformation and RNase activity of the Ire1 ADP complex. Mutagenesis of the kinase domain suggests that this rearrangement involves movement of the ?C-helix, which is generally conserved among protein kinases. Using X-ray crystallography, we show that oligomerization of Ire1 is sufficient for placing the ?C-helix in the active, cofactor-bound-like conformation, even in the absence of cofactors.Our structural and biochemical evidence converges on a model that the cofactor-induced conformational change in Ire1 is coupled to oligomerization of the receptor, which, in turn, activates RNase. The data reveal that cofactor-Ire1 interactions occur in two independent steps: binding of a cofactor to Ire1 and subsequent rearrangement of Ire1 resulting in its self-association. The pronounced allosteric effect of cofactors on protein-protein interactions involving Ire1's kinase domain suggests that protein kinases and pseudokinases encoded in metazoan genomes may use ATP pocket-binding ligands similarly to exert signaling roles other than phosphoryl transfer.

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Small molecule inhibition of IRE1? kinase/RNase has anti-fibrotic effects in the lung.

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Small molecule inhibition of IRE1α kinase/RNase has anti-fibrotic effects in the lung.

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