Nuclear GTPSCS functions as a lactyl-CoA ligase to promote histone lactylation and glioma progression
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ABSTRACT: Histone lysine lactylation is a physiologically relevant epigenetic pathway that can be stimulated by the Warburg effect and hypoxia-associated L-lactate. Nevertheless, the mechanism by which cells use L-lactate to generate lactyl-CoA, the cofactor for the modification, and how this process is regulated remain unknown. Here, we report the identification of GTPSCS as a lactyl-CoA ligase using biochemistry and cell biology approaches. The mechanism of this catalytic activity was elucidated using the crystallographic structure of GTPSCS in complex with L-lactate, followed by mutagenesis experiments. GTPSCS translocates into the nucleus and interacts with p300 to form a functional lactyltransferase to elevate histone H3 lysine 18 lactylation (H3K18la). This process is dependent on not only a nuclear localization signal in the GTPSCS G1 subunit but also acetylation at the G2 subunit residue K73 (for the interaction between GTPSCS and p300). GTPSCS-p300-mediated histone H3K18la promotes glioma cell proliferation and tumor formation in mice. In addition, histone H3K18la is positively associated with glioma grade and poor prognosis in glioma patients. The LDHA-GTPSCS-lactyltransferase-histone Kla axis thus represents a signal-stimulated epigenetic pathway that mediates the downstream impact of the Warburg effect and hypoxia
INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive HF
ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)
SUBMITTER: He Huang
LAB HEAD: He Huang
PROVIDER: PXD037672 | Pride | 2024-12-04
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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