1. Click chemistry-enabled CRISPR screening reveals GSK3 as a regulator of PLD signaling.
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Bumpus TW, Huang S, Tei R, and Baskin JM
- Subjects
- Biological Phenomena, CRISPR-Cas Systems genetics, Click Chemistry methods, Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 physiology, HEK293 Cells, Humans, K562 Cells, Phosphatidic Acids metabolism, Phospholipase D physiology, Protein Kinase C-alpha physiology, Second Messenger Systems, Signal Transduction, Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 metabolism, Phospholipase D metabolism, Protein Kinase C-alpha metabolism
- Abstract
Enzymes that produce second messengers are highly regulated. Revealing the mechanisms underlying such regulation is critical to understanding both how cells achieve specific signaling outcomes and return to homeostasis following a particular stimulus. Pooled genome-wide CRISPR screens are powerful unbiased approaches to elucidate regulatory networks, their principal limitation being the choice of phenotype selection. Here, we merge advances in bioorthogonal fluorescent labeling and CRISPR screening technologies to discover regulators of phospholipase D (PLD) signaling, which generates the potent lipid second messenger phosphatidic acid. Our results reveal glycogen synthase kinase 3 as a positive regulator of protein kinase C and PLD signaling. More generally, this work demonstrates how bioorthogonal, activity-based fluorescent tagging can expand the power of CRISPR screening to uncover mechanisms regulating specific enzyme-driven signaling pathways in mammalian cells., Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interest.
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- 2021
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