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Publication CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Bag-1 Knockout Increased Mesenchymal Characteristics of MCF-7 Cells Via Akt Hyperactivation-Mediated Actin Cytoskeleton Remodeling(Public Library of Science, 2022) KILBAŞ, PELİN ÖZFİLİZ; Can, Nisan Denizce; Kızılboğa, Tuğba; Ezberci, Fikret; Doğanay, Hamdi Levent; Doğanay, Gizem Dinler; ARISAN, ELİF DAMLABag-1 protein is a crucial target in cancer to increase the survival and proliferation of cells. The Bag-1 expression is significantly upregulated in primary and metastatic cancer patients compared to normal breast tissue. Overexpression of Bag-1 decreases the efficiency of conventional chemotherapeutic drugs, whereas Bag-1 silencing enhances the apoptotic efficiency of therapeutics, mostly in hormone-positive breast cancer subtypes. In this study, we generated stable Bag-1 knockout (KO) MCF-7 breast cancer cells to monitor stress-mediated cellular alterations in comparison to wild type (wt) and Bag-1 overexpressing (Bag-1 OE) MCF-7 cells. Validation and characterization studies of Bag-1 KO cells showed different cellular morphology with hyperactive Akt signaling, which caused stress-mediated actin reorganization, focal adhesion decrease and led to mesenchymal characteristics in MCF-7 cells. A potent Akt inhibitor, MK-2206, suppressed mesenchymal transition in Bag-1 KO cells. Similar results were obtained following the recovery of Bag-1 isoforms (Bag-1S, M, or L) in Bag-1 KO cells. The findings of this study emphasized that Bag-1 is a mediator of actin-mediated cytoskeleton organization through regulating Akt activation. © 2022 Kilbas et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.Publication Interactome Analysis of Bag-1 Isoforms Reveals Novel Interaction Partners in Endoplasmic Reticulum-Associated Degradation(Public Library Science, 2021) Can, Nisan Denizce; Baştürk, Ezgi; Kızılboğa, Tuğba; Akçay, İzzet Mehmet; Dingiloğlu, Baran; Tatlı, Özge; Acar, Sevilay; KILBAŞ, PELİN ÖZFİLİZ; Elbeyli, Efe; Muratcioglu, Serena; Jannuzzi, Ayşe Tarbin; Gürsoy, Attila; Doğanay, Hamdi Levent; Yılmaz, Betül Karademir; Doğanay, Gizem DinlerBag-1 is a multifunctional protein that regulates Hsp70 chaperone activity, apoptosis, and proliferation. The three major Bag-1 isoforms have different subcellular localizations and partly non-overlapping functions. To identify the detailed interaction network of each isoform, we utilized mass spectrometry-based proteomics and found that interactomes of Bag-1 isoforms contained many common proteins, with variations in their abundances. Bag-1 interactomes were enriched with proteins involved in protein processing and degradation pathways. Novel interaction partners included VCP/p97; a transitional ER ATPase, Rad23B; a shuttling factor for ubiquitinated proteins, proteasome components, and ER-resident proteins, suggesting a role for Bag-1 also in ER-associated protein degradation (ERAD). Bag-1 pull-down from cells and tissues from breast cancer patients validated these interactions and showed cancer-related prominence. Using in silico predictions we detected hotspot residues of Bag-1. Mutations of these residues caused loss of binding to protein quality control elements and impaired proteasomal activity in MCF-7 cells. Following CD147 glycosylation pattern, we showed that Bag-1 downregulated VCP/p97-dependent ERAD. Overall, our data extends the interaction map of Bag-1, and broadens its role in protein homeostasis. Targeting the interaction surfaces revealed in this study might be an effective strategy in the treatment of cancer.