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Cytoplasm‐localized SIRT1 enhances apoptosis
Author(s) -
Jin Qihuang,
Yan Tingting,
Ge Xinjian,
Sun Cheng,
Shi Xianglin,
Zhai Qiwei
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of cellular physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 174
eISSN - 1097-4652
pISSN - 0021-9541
DOI - 10.1002/jcp.21091
Subject(s) - cytoplasm , microbiology and biotechnology , hela , apoptosis , mitosis , metaphase , biology , nucleus , cell nucleus , chemistry , cell , biochemistry , gene , chromosome
Abstract In general, SIRT1 is localized in nuclei. Here, we showed that endogenous and exogenous SIRT1 were both able to partially localize in cytoplasm in certain cell lines, and cytoplasm‐localized SIRT1 was associated with apoptosis and led to increased sensitivity to apoptosis. Furthermore, we demonstrated that translocation of nucleus‐localized SIRT1 from nuclei to cytoplasm was the main pathway leading to localization of SIRT1 in cytoplasm. In HeLa cells, wild type SIRT1 was completely localized in nuclei. By truncation of two predicted nuclear localization signals or fusion with an exogenous nuclear export signal, SIRT1 was partially localized in cytoplasm of HeLa cells and resulted in increased sensitivity to apoptosis. The apoptosis enhanced by cytoplasm‐localized SIRT1 was independent of its deacetylase activity, but dependent on caspases. SIRT1 was distributed in cytoplasm at metaphase during mitosis, and overexpression of SIRT1 significantly augmented apoptosis for cells at metaphase. In summary, we found SIRT1 is able to localize in cytoplasm, and cytoplasm‐localized SIRT1 enhances apoptosis. J. Cell. Physiol. 213: 88–97, 2007. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.