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A conserved cysteine-based redox mechanism sustains TFEB/HLH-30 activity under persistent stress


ABSTRACT: Mammalian TFEB and TFE3, as well as their ortholog in C. elegans HLH-30, play an important role in mediating cellular response to a variety of stress conditions, including nutrient deprivation, oxidative stress and pathogen infection. In this study, we identify a novel mechanism of TFEB/HLH-30 regulation through a cysteine-mediated redox switch. Under stress conditions, TFEB-C212 undergoes oxidation, allowing the formation of intermolecular disulfide bonds that result in TFEB oligomerization. TFEB oligomers display increased resistance to mTORC1-mediated inactivation and are more stable under prolonged stress conditions. Mutation of the only cysteine residue present in HLH-30 (C284) significantly reduced its activity, resulting in developmental defects and increased pathogen susceptibility in worms. Therefore, cysteine oxidation represents a new type of TFEB post-translational modification that functions as a molecular switch to link changes in redox balance with expression of TFEB/HLH-30 target genes.

SUBMITTER: Dr. Rosa Puertollano 

PROVIDER: S-SCDT-EMBOJ-2020-105793 | biostudies-other |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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