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A Dissertation Entitled JAK2 Tyrosine Kinase Phosphorylates and is Negatively Regulated by the Centrosomal Protein Ninein By Jennifer Jay Submitted to the Graduate Faculty as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Biology _________________________________________ Dr. Maria Diakonova, Committee Chair _________________________________________ Dr. Patricia R. Komuniecki, Dean College of Graduate Studies The University of Toledo May 2015 Copyright 2015, Jennifer Jay This document is copyrighted material. Under copyright law, no parts of this document may be reproduced without the expressed permission of the author. An Abstract of JAK2 Tyrosine Kinase Phosphorylates and is Negatively Regulated by the Centrosomal Protein Ninein By Jennifer Jay Submitted to the Graduate Faculty as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Biology The University of Toledo May 2015 Janus Kinase 2 (JAK2) is a non-receptor tyrosine kinase that is activated by two- thirds of the cytokine receptor superfamily including receptors to interferon-γ, growth hormone and prolactin. Upon ligand binding to its receptor, JAK2 becomes activated and can phosphorylate downstream targets that lead to diverse physiological responses. Even though JAK2 plays an important role in cytokine signaling, its subcellular localization is still under debate. We show that both inactive and active JAK2 (pJAK2) localizes around the mother centrioles where it partially colocalizes with ninein, a protein involved in microtubule (MT) nucleation and anchoring. We demonstrate that depletion of JAK2 or using JAK2-null cells, results in microtubule anchorage defects at the mother centriole and an increased number of cells with mitotic defects; however, MT nucleation is unaffected. Additionally, loss of JAK2 leads to an increase in separated centrosomes in interphase cells. We show that JAK2 directly phosphorylates the N-terminus of ninein while the C-terminus of ninein inhibits JAK2 kinase activity in vitro. Overexpression of either C-terminal or WT ninein decreases JAK2 activation in cells, causing a decrease in prolactin and interferon-γ induced tyrosyl phosphorylation of STAT1 and STAT5, iii downstream targets of JAK2. Down-regulation of endogenous ninein increased JAK2 activation and subsequently STAT1 and STAT5 tyrosyl phosphorylation. These results indicate that JAK2 is a novel member of the centrosome-associated complex and that this localization regulates both centrosomal function and JAK2 kinase activity, thus controlling cytokine-activated molecular pathways. iv Acknowledgements I would like to thank my advisor, Dr. Maria Diakonova, for allowing me to complete my Ph.D. under her supervision. Through her guidance and support I have thrived and I would not be the scientist I am today without her push. I would also like to thank my committee members for their support. I would like to thank all of the previous and current lab members, without them I would not be here today. Their support and friendship kept me going during some hard times. I would also like to thank previous and former members of the Biology Department at UT. I have made so many friends and have felt so at home here from the beginning. UT truly feels like a second home to me. I would like to also thank my family: my parents, Gary and Linda Jay, my brother and sister-in-law, Jeremy and Katie Jay, my niece, Samantha Jay, my in-laws, Barb and Bud, brother-in-laws, Andy and Matt, and sister-in-law, Tammy. Without the support of my entire family I would not be the person I am today, and I am truly grateful to have all of them in my life. Last but not least I want to thank my fiancée, Lori. Without her love, support, and faith in me, I would not be where I am today. I am so grateful for her patience, encouragement, and humor over these last few years, and her willingness to stay with me. She makes me a better person and every day I am thankful that I found her. v Table of Contents Abstract .............................................................................................................................. iii Acknowledgements ..............................................................................................................v Table of Contents ............................................................................................................... vi List of Figures ................................................................................................................... vii List of Abbreviations ......................................................................................................... ix I. Introduction…………………… .....................................................................................1 II. Material and Methods....................................................................................................15 III. Results……………………………………………………………..…………………26 IV. Discussion……………….. ..........................................................................................61 References ..........................................................................................................................68 vi List of Figures Figure 1. JAK2 Structure.....................................................................................................1 Figure 2. Centrosome Structure ..........................................................................................6 Figure 3. Centrosome Duplication.......................................................................................9 Figure 4. Ninein Structure .................................................................................................11 Figure 5. Ninein Localization During the Cell Cycle…………………………………....13 Figure 6. Active JAK2 tyrosine kinase localizes to the centrosome .......................... 27-28 Figure 7. Synchronized HeLa Cells ..................................................................................30 Figure 8. Localization of JAK2 During the Cell Cycle ......................................... 31-32,34 Figure 9. JAK2 Regulates Aster Formation and Microtubule Release ..................37-38,40 Figure 10. Endogenous JAK2 Associates with Endogenous Ninein and WT and C-ninein .......................................................................................................... 41-42 Figure 11. Endogenous JAK2 copurified with Endogenous Ninein in the Same Centrosomal Fractions ..........................................................................................44 Figure 12. Recombinant JAK2 Tyrosyl Phosphorylates the N-terminus of Ninein While C-terminus of Ninein Inactivates JAK2 activity in vitro .......................... …..45-48 Figure 13. C-terminal Ninein Decreases JAK2 Tyrosyl Kinase Activity in vivo .......50,52 Figure 14. WT and C-terminal Ninein Decrease Endogenous JAK2 Autophosphorylation and Subsequently STAT1 and STAT5 Tyrosyl Phosphorylation ..............53-54,56 Figure 15. Loss of JAK2 Leads to Mitotic Errors ............................................................57 Figure 16. Loss of JAK2 causes centrosome splitting ......................................................60 Figure 17. Model of JAK2 and Ninein Interaction at the Centrosome..............................63 Figure 18. The Centrosome as the Center of Signal Transduction in the Cell..................66 vii List of Abbreviations ER ..............................Endoplasmic Reticulum FACS..........................Fluorescence-activated Cell Sorting FERM .........................band 4.1, erzin, radixin and moesin GFP ............................Green Fluorescent Protein GSK3β .......................Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β GST ............................Glutathione S-transferase hNinein .......................Human Ninein IFNγ ...........................γ-interferon JAK2 ..........................Janus Kinase 2 JH ...............................JAK Homology Domain MAPK ........................Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase MT..............................Microtubules MTOC ........................Microtubule Organizing Center Nek2 ...........................NimA-related protein kinase 2 PBS ............................Phosphate Buffer Saline PCM ...........................Pericentriolar Material PI3K ...........................Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase pJAK2 ........................Autophosphorylated JAK2 PKA............................Protein Kinase A PRL ............................Prolactin PTP-BL ......................Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase-Basophil-like PY ..............................Phosphotyrosine SH2 ............................Src-homology-2 SOCS..........................Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling STAT..........................Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription V617F JAK2 ..............Constitutively Active JAK2 VEGF .........................Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor WT .............................Wild-type γ-TURC .......................γ-Tubulin Ring Complex viii Chapter One Introduction JAK Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) is a non-receptor tyrosine kinase that belongs to the Janus family of cytoplasmic tyrosine kinases that also includes JAK1, JAK3 and TYK2. JAK2 is ubiquitously expressed and contains seven JAK homology domains (JH1-JH7, see Figure 1). At the C-terminus is the kinase domain (JH1) which contains an activation Figure 1. JAK2 Structure. JAK2 contains seven JAK2 homology (JH) domains. At the N-terminus, JH4-7 makes up the FERM domain, which