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Jiang Y, Chen C, Li Z, Guo W, Gegner JA, Lin S, Han J. Characterization of the structure and function of a new mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38beta). J Biol Chem 1996; 271:17920-6. [PMID: 8663524 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.30.17920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 570] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase cascades represent one of the major signal systems used by eukaryotic cells to transduce extracellular signals into cellular responses. Four MAP kinase subgroups have been identified in humans: ERK, JNK (SAPK), ERK5 (BMK), and p38. Here we characterize a new MAP kinase, p38beta. p38beta is a 372-amino acid protein most closely related to p38. It contains a TGY dual phosphorylation site, which is required for its kinase activity. Like p38, p38beta is activated by proinflammatory cytokines and environmental stress. A comparison of events associated with the activation of p38beta and p38 revealed differences, most notably in the preferred activation of p38beta by MAP kinase kinase 6 (MKK6), whereas p38 was activated nearly equally by MKK3, MKK4, and MKK6. Moreover, in vitro and in vivo experiments showed a strong substrate preference by p38beta for activating transcription factor 2 (ATF2). Enhancement of ATF2-dependent gene expression by p38beta was approximately20-fold greater than that of p38 and other MAP kinases tested. The data reported here suggest that while closely related, p38beta and p38 may be regulated by differing mechanisms and may exert their actions on separate downstream targets.
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- Y Jiang
- Department of Immunology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Dyck JR, Gao G, Widmer J, Stapleton D, Fernandez CS, Kemp BE, Witters LA. Regulation of 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase activity by the noncatalytic beta and gamma subunits. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:17798-803. [PMID: 8663446 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.30.17798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The mammalian 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase is a heterotrimer consisting of an alpha catalytic subunit and beta and gamma noncatalytic subunits, each of which is represented in a larger isoprotein family, related to the SNF1 kinase and its interacting proteins in yeast. In this study, we have used mammalian cell transfection to compare the activities of the two alpha subunit isoforms, alpha-1 and alpha-2, and to study the influence of the noncatalytic subunits on enzyme subunit association and activity. Expression of epitope-tagged protein subunits in COS7 cells indicates detectable but low level kinase activity for each of the two catalytic alpha subunits. Co-expression of alpha subunits with the beta or gamma subunits modestly increases kinase activity accompanied by the formation of alpha/beta or alpha/gamma heterodimers. Co-expression of all three subunits, however, is accompanied by a 50-110-fold increase in kinase activity with the formation of a heterotrimeric complex. In addition to binding of each noncatalytic subunit to the alpha subunit, the beta and gamma subunits bind to each other, likely resulting in a more stable heterotrimeric complex. The increase in kinase activity associated with expression of this heterotrimer is due both to an increase in enzyme-specific activity (units/enzyme mass) and to an apparent enhanced alpha subunit expression. Co-expression of a catalytically defective alpha subunit or the beta/gamma-binding COOH-terminal domain of the alpha subunit results in reduced heterotrimeric kinase activity. The synergistic positive regulatory roles for both the noncatalytic beta and gamma subunits of 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase contrasts with the Snf1p kinase, where only heterodimers of Snf1p and Snf4p seem to be required for maximum kinase activity.
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- J R Dyck
- Endocrine-Metabolism Division, Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA
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Mucsi I, Skorecki KL, Goldberg HJ. Extracellular signal-regulated kinase and the small GTP-binding protein, Rac, contribute to the effects of transforming growth factor-beta1 on gene expression. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:16567-72. [PMID: 8663331 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.28.16567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The kinases and regulatory proteins that convey signals initiated by transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) to the nucleus are poorly characterized. To study the role of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathway in this process, we transiently transfected NIH 3T3 fibroblasts with TGF-beta-responsive luciferase reporter genes and expression vectors designed to interrupt this kinase cascade. Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase phosphatase-1 and a dominant negative MAP/ERK kinase 1 mutant reduced stimulation of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) promoter activity by TGF-beta1 from 11.5- to 4-fold and 4.9-fold, respectively. Similar results were observed with the type I collagen promoters. TGF-beta1 increased ERK1 activity 4.5-fold at 5 min and 3. 1-fold at 3 h, while Jun kinase and p38 activity were not affected. Cotransfection of a dominant negative mutant of the small G protein, Rac, but not dominant negative Ras, Cdc42, or Rho mutants, reduced the effects of TGF-beta1 on the PAI-1 promoter by approximately half. In support of a role for Rac in signaling by TGF-beta, GTP binding to Rac was increased 3.7-fold following exposure of NIH 3T3 cells to TGF-beta1 for 3 min. These findings indicate that TGF-beta1 modulates gene expression partly through ERK and Rac in NIH 3T3 cells.
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- I Mucsi
- Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto M5G 1X8, Canada
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Kharbanda S, Bharti A, Pei D, Wang J, Pandey P, Ren R, Weichselbaum R, Walsh CT, Kufe D. The stress response to ionizing radiation involoves c-Abl-dependent phosphorylation of SHPTP1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:6898-901. [PMID: 8692915 PMCID: PMC38905 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.14.6898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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c-Abl is a nonreceptor tyrosine kinase that is activated by certain DNA-damaging agents. The present studies demonstrate that nuclear c-Abl binds constitutively to the protein tyrosine phosphatase SHPTP1. Treatment with ionizing radiation is associated with c-Abl-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation of SHPTP1. The results demonstrate that the SH3 domain of c-Abl interacts with a WPDHGVPSEP motif (residues 417-426) in the catalytic domain of SHPTP1 and that c-Abl phosphorylates C terminal Y536 and Y564 sites. The functional significance of the c-Abl-SHPTP1 interaction is supported by the demonstration that, like c-Abl, SHPTP1 regulates the induction of Jun kinase activity following DNA damage. These findings indicate that SHPTP1 is involved in the response to genotoxic stress through a c-Abl-dependent mechanism.
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- S Kharbanda
- Division of Cancer Pharmacology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Signal transduction pathways constructed around a core module of three consecutive protein kinases, the most distal being a member of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) family, are ubiquitous among eukaryotes. Recent work has defined two cascades activated preferentially by the inflammatory cytokines TNF-alpha and IL-1-beta, as well as by a wide variety of cellular stresses such as UV and ionizing radiation, hyperosmolarity, heat stress, oxidative stress, etc. One pathway converges on the ERK subfamily known as the "stress activated' protein kinases (SAPKs, also termed Jun N-terminal kinases, JNKs), whereas the second pathway recruits the p38 kinases. Upstream inputs are diverse, and include small GTPases (primarily Rac and Cdc42; secondarily Ras) acting through mammalian homologs of the yeast Ste20 kinase, other kinase subfamilies (e.g. GC kinase) and ceramide, a putative second messenger for certain TNF-alpha actions. These two cascades signal cell cycle delay, cellular repair or apoptosis in most cells, as well as activation of immune and reticuloendothelial cells.
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- J M Kyriakis
- Diabetes Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, USA
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Shim J, Lee H, Park J, Kim H, Choi EJ. A non-enzymatic p21 protein inhibitor of stress-activated protein kinases. Nature 1996; 381:804-6. [PMID: 8657286 DOI: 10.1038/381804a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The stress-activated protein kinases (SAPKs), which are identical to the c-Jun amino-terminal kinases (JNKs), are activated in response to a variety of cellular stresses, including DNA damage, heat shock or tumour-necrosis factor-alpha. SAPK, a subfamily of the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases, is a major protein kinase that phosphorylates c-Jun and other transcription factors. SAPK phosphorylation of transcription factors is important in stress-activated signalling cascades. Here we report that the protein p21 WAF1/CIP1/Sd:1, a DNA-damage-inducible cell-cycle inhibitor, acts as an inhibitor of the SAPK group of mammalian MAP kinases. This highlights a new biochemical activity of p21, which may provide the first evidence for a non-enzymatic inhibitory protein for SAPK. We suggest that p21, by inhibiting SAPK, may participate in regulating signalling cascades that are activated by cellular stresses such as DNA damage.
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- J Shim
- The Cell Biology Laboratory, Hanhyo Institutes of Technology, Kyongki-do, Korea
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Brunet A, Pouysségur J. Identification of MAP kinase domains by redirecting stress signals into growth factor responses. Science 1996; 272:1652-5. [PMID: 8658140 DOI: 10.1126/science.272.5268.1652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades, termed MAPK modules, channel extracellular signals into specific cellular responses. Chimeric molecules were constructed between p38 and p44 MAPKs, which transduce stress and growth factor signals, respectively. A discrete region of 40 residues located in the amono-terminal p38MAPK lobe directed the specificity of response to extracellular signals, whereas the p44MAPK chimera, expressed in vivo, redirected stress signals into early mitogenic responses, demonstrating the functional independence of these domains.
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- A Brunet
- Centre de Biochemie-CNRS, UMR134, Parc Valrose, Faculté des Sciences, Nice, France
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Robinson D, He F, Pretlow T, Kung HJ. A tyrosine kinase profile of prostate carcinoma. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:5958-62. [PMID: 8650201 PMCID: PMC39170 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.12.5958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Tyrosine kinases play central roles in the growth and differentiation of normal and tumor cells. In this study, we have analyzed the general tyrosine kinase expression profile of a prostate carcinoma (PCA) xenograft, CWR22. We describe here an improved reverse transcriptase-PCR approach that permits identification of nearly 40 different kinases in a single screening; several of these kinases are newly cloned kinases and some are novel. According to this, there are 11 receptor kinases, 9 nonreceptor kinases, and at least 7 dual kinases expressed in the xenograft tissue. The receptor kinases include erbB2, erbB3, Ret, platelet-derived growth factor receptor, sky, nyk, eph, htk, sek (eph), ddr, and tkt. The nonreceptor kinases are lck, yes, abl, arg, JakI, tyk2, and etk/bmx. Most of the dual kinases are in the mitogen-activating protein (MAP) kinase-kinase (MKK) family, which includes MKK3, MKK4, MEK5, and a novel one. As a complementary approach, we also analyzed by specific reverse transcriptase-PCR primers the expression profile of erbB/epidermal growth factor receptor family receptors in a variety of PCA specimens, cell lines, and benign prostatic hyperplasia. We found that erbB1, -2, and -3 are often coexpressed in prostate tissues, but not in erbB4. The information established here should provide a base line to study the possible growth and oncogenic signals of PCA.
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- D Robinson
- Department of Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Moriguchi T, Kuroyanagi N, Yamaguchi K, Gotoh Y, Irie K, Kano T, Shirakabe K, Muro Y, Shibuya H, Matsumoto K, Nishida E, Hagiwara M. A novel kinase cascade mediated by mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 6 and MKK3. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:13675-9. [PMID: 8663074 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.23.13675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 370] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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A cDNA encoding a novel member of the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MAPKK) family, MAPKK6, was isolated and found to encode a protein of 334 amino acids, with a calculated molecular mass of 37 kDa that is 79% identical to MKK3. MAPKK6 was shown to phosphorylate and specifically activate the p38/MPK2 subgroup of the mitogen-activated protein kinase superfamily and could be demonstrated to be phosphorylated and activated in vitro by TAK1, a recently identified MAPKK kinase. MKK3 was also shown to be a good substrate for TAK1 in vitro. Furthermore, when co-expressed with TAK1 in cells in culture, both MAPKK6 and MKK3 were strongly activated. In addition, co-expression of TAK1 and p38/MPK2 in cells resulted in activation of p38/MPK2. These results indicate the existence of a novel kinase cascade consisting of TAK1, MAPKK6/MKK3, and p38/MPK2.
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- T Moriguchi
- Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-01, Japan
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Force T, Pombo CM, Avruch JA, Bonventre JV, Kyriakis JM. Stress-activated protein kinases in cardiovascular disease. Circ Res 1996; 78:947-53. [PMID: 8635244 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.78.6.947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- T Force
- Cardiac Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown 02129, USA
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Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is primarily an inflammatory cytokine, although it is capable of mediating a wide variety of effects on many different cell types. Nearly every known signal transduction pathway has been reported to be activated in response to IL-1. However, the significance of many of these signaling events is unclear, due to the use of different and sometimes unique cell lines in studying IL-1-initiated signal transduction. Complicating matters further is the lack of association in many studies between identified IL-1-induced signals and subsequent biological responses. In this article, we review what is known about IL-1 receptor signaling and, whenever possible, correlate signaling events to biological responses.
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Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are a group of serine/threonine specific, proline directed, protein kinases which are activated by a wide spectrum of extracellular stimuli. MAPK activation is achieved through kinase cascades, which include a MAPK kinase (MAPKK or MEK) and a MAPKK/MEK kinase (MAPKKK/MEKK). These cascades serve as information relays, connecting cell-surface receptors to specific transcription factors and other regulatory proteins, thus allowing extracellular signals to regulate the expression of specific genes. Genetic and biochemical analyses have revealed many tiers in the regulation of the activities of MAPKs, as well as different routes that lead to the activation of an individual MAPK. An emerging topic of great interest is the basis for specificity in the activation of individual MAPKs and their ability to recognize their substrates.
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- B Su
- Department of Immunology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA.
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Wang XZ, Ron D. Stress-induced phosphorylation and activation of the transcription factor CHOP (GADD153) by p38 MAP Kinase. Science 1996; 272:1347-9. [PMID: 8650547 DOI: 10.1126/science.272.5266.1347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 680] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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CHOP, a member of the C/EBP family of transcription factors, mediates effects of cellular stress on growth and differentiation. It accumulates under conditions of stress and undergoes inducible phosphorylation on two adjacent serine residues (78 and 81). In vitro, CHOP is phosphorylated on these residues by p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAP kinase). A specific inhibitor of p38 MAP kinase, SB203580, abolished the stress-inducible in vivo phosphorylation of CHOP. Phosphorylation of CHOP on these residues enhanced its ability to function as a transcriptional activator and was also required for the full inhibitory effect of CHOP on adipose cell differentiation. CHOP thus serves as a link between a specific stress-activated protein kinase, p38, and cellular growth and differentiation.
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- X Z Wang
- Department of Medicine, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University Medical Center, 10016, NY, USA
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Leu JH, Lee MS, Chen KT, Chang GD, Chou CK, Huang CJ. Genomic structure of carp mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1 gene. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1996; 1306:133-6. [PMID: 8634328 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4781(96)00023-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Carp mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1 (cMKK1) gene was isolated from a liver genomic library. The sequence around the exon-intron boundaries and 2 kb of the promoter region were determined. Our data indicate that this gene is composed of 11 exons and 10 introns spanning about 9 kb. Multiple potential transcription initiation sites were located by primer extension analysis. Examination of 2 kb of 5'-flanking sequence revealed potential binding sites for a variety of transcription factors such as E2F, Ets-1, GATA-1, Myb, NF-IL6, Sp1, and NF-kB.
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- J H Leu
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinicia, Taipei, Taiwan
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Zanke BW, Boudreau K, Rubie E, Winnett E, Tibbles LA, Zon L, Kyriakis J, Liu FF, Woodgett JR. The stress-activated protein kinase pathway mediates cell death following injury induced by cis-platinum, UV irradiation or heat. Curr Biol 1996; 6:606-13. [PMID: 8805279 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(02)00547-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 371] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Stimuli that stress cells, including inflammatory cytokines, ultra-violet irradiation, DNA-damaging chemotherapeutic drugs and heat shock, stimulate a recently identified cytoplasmic signaling system that is structurally related to the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway. This pathway consists of a cascade of protein kinases including stress-activated protein kinase (SAPK), also termed Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), and two kinases that activate it, MEKK and SEK/MKK4. Despite rapid progress in delineating the components of this pathway, the cellular consequence of its activation remains to be defined. RESULTS We have screened cells for defects in SAPK signaling and identified a cell line, previously characterized for its thermotolerance properties, as being more refractive to SAPK activation induced by heat stress than its thermosensitive parental line. Stable expression of dominant inhibiting SEK mutants in thermosensitive parental cells specifically and effectively blocked SAPK activation after heat shock. These lines also became markedly resistant to the cytocidal effects of thermal stress, confirming the phenotype of the thermotolerant line. These cell lines defective in SAPK activation were also resistant to the lethal effects of the DNA-damaging drug cis-platinum. CONCLUSIONS Experimentally induced stable blockade of SAPK activation in cells with normal thermosensitivity is sufficient to confer resistance to cell death induced by diverse stimuli including heat and the chemotherapeutic agent cis-platinum. These results suggest that activation of the SAPK pathway by diverse cell stressors plays a critical part in mediating the toxicity of these treatments and inducing cell death. SAPK activation in this context could broadly influence cellular response to stress, modulate apoptosis during development or determine the clinical response of tumor cells to cytotoxic therapies.
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- B W Zanke
- Department of Medicine, The Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2M9
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DeSilva DR, Feeser WS, Tancula EJ, Scherle PA. Anergic T cells are defective in both jun NH2-terminal kinase and mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathways. J Exp Med 1996; 183:2017-23. [PMID: 8642312 PMCID: PMC2192566 DOI: 10.1084/jem.183.5.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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T helper type 1 cells (Th1) become anergic when stimulated through the antigen receptor in the absence of costimulation. They do not produce IL-2 or proliferate in response to subsequent stimulation. Previous studies have indicated that anergic T cells are defective in the trnsactivational activity of the transcription factor, AP-1, which is required for optimal IL-2 transcription. Using two murine Th1 cell clones, we demonstrate that anergic Th1 cells have defects in both jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activities. These kinases have been shown to be important for the upregulation of AP-1 activity. Furthermore, our data show that ERK and JNK activities are restored when anergy is induced in the presence of the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide, or when anergic T cells are allowed to proliferate in response to exogenous IL-2. These treatments have previously been shown to prevent or reverse the anergic state. Our results suggest that defects in both JNK and ERK may result in the decreased AP-1 activity and the reduced IL-2 transcription observed in anergic T cells.
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- D R DeSilva
- Dupont Merck Pharmaceutical Company, Inflammatory Diseases Research, Wilmington, Delaware 19880-0400, USA
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Price MA, Hill C, Treisman R. Integration of growth factor signals at the c-fos serum response element. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 1996; 351:551-9. [PMID: 8735278 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1996.0054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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A transcription factor ternary complex composed of serum response factor (SRF) and a second factor, ternary complex factor (TCF), mediates the response of the c-fos Serum Response Element to growth factors and mitogens. In NIH3T3 fibroblasts, TCF binding is required for transcriptional activation by the SRE in response to activation of the Ras-Raf-ERK pathway. We compared the properties of three members of the TCF family, Elk-1, SAP-1 and SAP-2 (ERP/NET). Although all the proteins contain sequences required for ternary complex formation with SRF, only Elk-1 and SAP-1 appear to interact with the c-fos SRE efficiently in vivo. Each TCF contains a C-terminal activation domain capable of transcriptional activation in response to activation of the Ras-Raf-ERK pathway, and this is dependent on the integrity of S/T-P motifs conserved between all the TCF family members. In contrast, activation of the SRE by whole serum and the mitogenic phospholipid LPA requires SRF binding alone. Constitutively activated members of the Rho subfamily of Ras-like GTPases are also capable of inducing activation of the SRE in the absence of TCF; unlike activated Ras itself, these proteins do not activate the TCFs in NIH3T3 cells. At the SRE, SRF- and TCF-linked signalling pathways act synergistically to potentiate transcription.
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- M A Price
- Transcription Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, U.K
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Cheng G, Baltimore D. TANK, a co-inducer with TRAF2 of TNF- and CD 40L-mediated NF-kappaB activation. Genes Dev 1996; 10:963-73. [PMID: 8608943 DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.8.963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 247] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We describe a new signal mediator of NF-kappaB activation, TANK, that acts in a pathway common to two surface receptors CD40 and TNFR II. TRAF family members interact directly with these receptors. Using the yeast two-hybrid system, TANK was identified as an intracellular protein without previous homologs that interacts with all three known TRAF family members. In cotransfection experiments, TANK and TRAF2 activate NF-kappaB synergistically, requiring both the amino-terminal portion of TANK and the ring finger domain of TRAF2. TANK has a negatively acting carboxyl terminus and is constitutively inactive, but TRAF2 binding overcomes the internal inhibitory influence. We propose that ligand binding to CD40 or TNFR II leads to the formation of a TRAF2/TANK complex, mediating NF-kappaB activation.
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- G Cheng
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA
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Meyer CF, Wang X, Chang C, Templeton D, Tan TH. Interaction between c-Rel and the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 1 signaling cascade in mediating kappaB enhancer activation. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:8971-6. [PMID: 8621542 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.15.8971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The Rel family of transcription factors are important mediators of various cytokine stimuli such as interleukin (IL)-1, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, and CD28 costimulation in T cell effector responses. These stimuli induce Rel family DNA-binding activity to the kappaB enhancer and CD28 response elements of many cytokine gene promoters leading to cytokine production. Consistent with the importance of Rel family induction during immune responses, c-Rel knockout mice exhibit profound defects in T cell functions including IL-2 secretion and T cell proliferative responses to CD28 plus T cell receptor costimulation. The novel protein kinases, c-Jun NH2-terminal kinases (JNKs)/stress-activated protein kinases, are also activated by TNF-alpha, IL-1, and CD28 costimulation. Because of the common regulation of c-Rel and JNK1 by these agents in T cells, we investigated the role of JNK1 in c-Rel activation. We found that MAP kinase kinase kinase (MEKK) 1, a JNK1 activator, induced transcription from the human immunodeficiency virus-1 long terminal repeat and IL-2R alpha promoters in a kappaB-dependent manner. Coexpression of IkappaBalpha, a c-Rel inhibitor, inhibited the MEKK1-induced transcriptional activity. JNK1 synergized with MEKK1 in activating transcription from a kappaB-driven heterologous promoter. Furthermore, JNK1 associated with c-Rel in vivo in Jurkat T cells by coimmunoprecipitation assays and bound directly to c-Rel in a yeast two-hybrid assay. c-Rel also competed with c-Jun in in vitro kinase assays. However, JNK1 did not phosphorylate c-Rel, NF-kappaB, and IkappaB alpha in vitro, indicating that c-Rel may serve as a docking molecule to allow JNK1 phosphorylation of certain Rel-associated proteins. Transactivation of the IL-2Ralpha and HIV-kappaB-driven promoters by c-Rel was augmented by coexpression of MEKK1. These results demonstrate the first significant role for the MEKK1 kinase cascade module in c-Rel-mediated transcription.
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- C F Meyer
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Schwenger P, Skolnik EY, Vilcek J. Inhibition of tumor necrosis factor-induced p42/p44 mitogen-activated protein kinase activation by sodium salicylate. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:8089-94. [PMID: 8626494 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.14.8089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) activates both p42 and p44 mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) in human FS-4 fibroblasts, cells for which TNF is mitogenic. We now show that TNF activates p42 MAPK in two cell lines whose growth is inhibited by TNF. A mutant TNF that binds only to the p55 TNF receptor (TNFR) produced a similar degree of activation as wild-type TNF in FS-4 fibroblasts, indicating that the p55 TNFR is sufficient to mediate p42/p44 MAPK activation. The upstream intracellular signals that couple the TNFR to MAPK activation are still poorly defined. We now show that neither phorbol ester-sensitive protein kinase C nor Gialpha link TNF to p42/p44 MAPK activation, because pretreatment of FS-4 cells with phorbol ester to down-regulate protein kinase C or pretreatment with pertussis toxin to block Gialpha does not inhibit p42/p44 MAPK activation by TNF. To further analyze MAPK activation in FS-4 cells, we compared p42/p44 MAPK activation by TNF and epidermal growth factor (EGF). While tyrosine phosphorylation of p42/p44 MAPK was detected almost immediately (30 s) after stimulating cells with EGF, TNF-induced tyrosine phosphorylation was detected only after a more prolonged time interval (initially detected at 5 min and peaking at 15-30 min). In addition, the anti-inflammatory drug sodium salicylate, previously demonstrated to inhibit NF- kappaB activation by TNF, blocked the activation of p42/p44 MAPK in response to TNF but not in response to EGF. These findings demonstrate that the TNF and EGF receptors utilize distinct signaling molecules to couple to MAPK activation. Elucidation of the mechanism whereby sodium salicylate blocks TNF-induced p42/p44 MAPK activation may help to clarify TNF-activated signaling pathways.
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- P Schwenger
- Department of Microbiology, Skirball Institute for Biomolecular Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA
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Welsh N. Interleukin-1 beta-induced ceramide and diacylglycerol generation may lead to activation of the c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase and the transcription factor ATF2 in the insulin-producing cell line RINm5F. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:8307-12. [PMID: 8626526 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.14.8307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The aim of this investigation was to study the putative involvement of lipid second messengers, protein kinases, and transcription factors in interleukin-1 beta (IL-1beta)-induced signal transduction in insulin-producing cells. For this purpose, insulin-producing RINm5F cells were exposed to IL-1beta (25 units/ml), and the ceramide, ceramide 1-phosphate, sphingomyelin, diacylglycerol, and phosphatidic acid contents of the cells were subsequently determined. It was found that IL-1beta induced a transient increase (2-5 min) in ceramide and diacylglycerol, which was not paralleled by an increase in ceramide 1-phosphate and phosphatidic acid. A rapid decrease in the sphingomyelin content of the cells was, however, observed. The cell-permeable ceramide analogue N-acetylsphingosine and the phorbol ester phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) both induced the phosphorylation and increased the activities of the protein kinase JNK1 and the transcription factor ATF2. These effects were, however, not as pronounced as those induced by IL-1beta. The DNA binding activity of transcription factors in nuclear extracts was determined using the electrophoretic mobility shift assay method. Transcription factor binding to the ATF/cAMP-responsive element consensus sequence was increased 4-5-fold by acetylsphingosine, PMA, or IL-1beta, whereas binding to the CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein and AP-1 elements was found to be only slightly stimulated by these three agents. Binding to the NF-kappaB element was strongly induced by IL-1beta, but not by acetylsphingosine or PMA. Finally, acetylsphingosine and PMA did not mimic the nitric oxide-inducing effects of IL-1beta. It is concluded that IL-1beta-stimulated formation of ceramide and diacylglycerol may contribute to JNK1 and ATF2 transcription factor activation, which may be a necessary (but not sufficient) step in beta-cell nitric-oxide synthase induction.
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- N Welsh
- Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Biomedicum, P. O. Box 571, S-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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Mertens S, Craxton M, Goedert M. SAP kinase-3, a new member of the family of mammalian stress-activated protein kinases. FEBS Lett 1996; 383:273-6. [PMID: 8925912 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(96)00255-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Stress-activated protein kinases are MAP kinase homologues that are activated by cellular stresses, bacterial endotoxin and inflammatory cytokines. They are activated by a dual threonine/tyrosine phosphorylation within a TPY sequence in the case of stress-activated protein kinase-1 and its isoforms (also called JNKs) or a TGY sequence in the case of stress-activated protein kinase-2 and its isoforms (also called p38, p40, RK, CSBPs, XMpk2 and Mxi2). Here we report the cloning and sequencing of a new protein kinase from rat with a TGY sequence in the activation domain. This stress-activated protein kinase-3 is 60% identical to mouse stress-activated protein kinase-2 and 45% identical to HOG1 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Transcripts encoding stress-activated protein kinase-3 are widely expressed, with high levels in skeletal muscle.
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- S Mertens
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
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Meier R, Rouse J, Cuenda A, Nebreda AR, Cohen P. Cellular stresses and cytokines activate multiple mitogen-activated-protein kinase kinase homologues in PC12 and KB cells. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1996; 236:796-805. [PMID: 8665897 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00796.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The identities of the upstream activators of the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase homologues termed stress-activated-protein (SAP) kinase-1 (also known as JNK or SAPK) and SAP kinase-2 (also known as p38, RK and CSBP) were investigated in rat PC12 cells and human KB cells after exposure to cellular stresses and cytokines. In PC12 cells, the same two upstream activators, SAP kinase kinase-1 (SAPKK-1) and SAPKK-2 were activated after exposure to osmotic shock, ultraviolet irradiation or the protein synthesis inhibitor anisomycin, and more weakly in response to sodium arsenite. SAPKK-1 was capable of activating both SAP kinase-1 and SAP kinase-2 and was similar, if not identical, to the previously described MAP kinase kinase homologue MKK4, as judged by immunological criteria and by its ability to be activated by MEK kinase in vitro. In contrast, SAPKK-2 activated SAP kinase-2, but not SAP kinase-1 in vitro. In KB cells, five distinct upstream activators of SAP kinase-1 and SAP kinase-2 were induced, namely SAPKK-1, SAPKK-2, SAPKK-3, SAPKK-4 and SAPKK-5, whose appearance depended on the nature of the stimulus. SAPKK-3, which was strongly induced by every stimulus tested (osmotic shock, ultraviolet irradiation, anisomycin or IL-1), accounted for about 95% of the SAP kinase-2 activator activity in these cells, did not activate SAP kinase-1 and eluted from Mono S at a lower salt concentration than SAPKK-2. SAPKK-4 and SAPKK-5 were also eluted from Mono S at higher NaC1 concentrations than SAPKK-3 and these enzymes activated SAP kinase-1 but not SAP kinase-2. SAPKK-4 was the only SAP kinase-1 activator induced by interleukin-1 or ultraviolet irradiation, while two SAP kinase-1 activators, SAPKK-1 and SAPKK-5, were induced by osmotic shock or anisomycin. SAPKK-2, SAPKK-3, SAPKK-4 and SAPKK-5, were not activated by MEK kinase in vitro, were separable from the major activator(s) of p42 MAP kinase, and were not recognised by anti-MKK4 antibodies. At least two of these enzymes are likely to be novel MAP kinase kinase homologues. Our results demonstrate unexpected complexity in the upstream regulation of stress and cytokine-stimulated kinase cascades and indicate that the selection of the appropriate SAPKK varies with both the stimulus and the cell type.
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- R Meier
- MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Dundee, Scotland
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Shapiro PS, Evans JN, Davis RJ, Posada JA. The seven-transmembrane-spanning receptors for endothelin and thrombin cause proliferation of airway smooth muscle cells and activation of the extracellular regulated kinase and c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase groups of mitogen-activated protein kinases. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:5750-4. [PMID: 8621441 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.10.5750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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In airway smooth muscle cells ligand binding to the seven-transmembrane endothelin and thrombin receptors stimulates cell growth. Rapid activation of the extracellular regulated kinase 2 and c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase groups of mitogen-activated protein kinases was also observed. The results demonstrate a novel mechanism of seven-transmembrane receptor signaling involving activation of the Jun kinase pathway. Receptor coupling to Jun kinase activation may involve heterotrimeric G proteins since the kinase was enzymatically activated in cells treated with aluminum fluoride. The activity of Raf-1, measured by immune complex kinase assay, revealed that platelet-derived growth factor and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate both stimulated Raf-1 activity, while thrombin and endothelin did not appreciably stimulate Raf-1. The data suggest that endothelin and thrombin stimulate Raf-1-independent mechanisms of mitogen-activated protein kinase activation. Endothelin- or thrombin-induced activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases was significantly inhibited by activation of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase by forskolin. Proliferation of airway smooth muscle cells, measured by incorporation of [3H]thymidine into DNA, was also greatly attenuated by forskolin.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Colforsin/pharmacology
- Cyclic AMP/metabolism
- DNA/biosynthesis
- DNA/drug effects
- Endothelins/pharmacology
- Enzyme Activation
- JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
- Kinetics
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
- Muscle, Smooth/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth/enzymology
- Muscle, Smooth/physiology
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf
- Rats
- Receptors, Cell Surface/drug effects
- Receptors, Cell Surface/physiology
- Receptors, Endothelin/drug effects
- Receptors, Endothelin/physiology
- Receptors, Thrombin/drug effects
- Receptors, Thrombin/physiology
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology
- Thrombin/pharmacology
- Thymidine/metabolism
- Trachea/cytology
- Trachea/enzymology
- Trachea/physiology
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- P S Shapiro
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA
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Dabrowski A, Grady T, Logsdon CD, Williams JA. Jun kinases are rapidly activated by cholecystokinin in rat pancreas both in vitro and in vivo. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:5686-90. [PMID: 8621433 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.10.5686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Stimulation of pancreatic acini from male Sprague-Dawley rats by both cholecystokinin (CCK)-8 and anisomycin caused an increase in p46jnk and p55jnk activities. Both forms of c-Jun amino-terminal kinase (JNK) were slightly activated at 5 min, reached a maximum at 30 min, and remained significantly increased at 60 min of CCK stimulation. By contrast, p42mapkwas activated fully by 5 min. In pancreatic acini stimulated with different concentrations of CCK for 30 min, the minimal and maximal JNK responses were observed at 30 pm and 100 nM CCK, respectively; p42mapk activation was, as previously reported, much more sensitive, with maximal activation by 1 nm CCK. Carbachol and bombesin also stimulated JNK activity, while vasoactive intestinal peptide did not. Neither activating protein kinase C nor increasing intracellular Ca2+ significantly activated JNK. In in vivo experiments, rats were infused intravenously for 5 and 15 min with a secretory (0.1 microg/kg/h) or supramaximal (10 microg/kg/h) dose of the CCK analog caerulein (CER). Secretory doses of CER induced a 4-fold increase of both forms of JNK in pancreatic tissue at 5 and 15 min, while at the same time points, supramaximal stimulation with CER caused 4- and 27-fold increases, respectively, of these kinase activities. The secretory dose of CER slightly increased the activities of both forms of mitogen-activated protein kinase, while the supramaximal dose induced a 10-fold increase of p42mapk at 5 min. In conclusion, JNKs and mitogen-activated protein kinases are rapidly activated in rat pancreatic acini stimulated with CCK as well as in pancreatic tissue during in vivo stimulation with CER. The large response to supramaximal CER stimulation may be of importance in the early pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis.
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- A Dabrowski
- Department of Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109-0622, USA
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Verheij M, Bose R, Lin XH, Yao B, Jarvis WD, Grant S, Birrer MJ, Szabo E, Zon LI, Kyriakis JM, Haimovitz-Friedman A, Fuks Z, Kolesnick RN. Requirement for ceramide-initiated SAPK/JNK signalling in stress-induced apoptosis. Nature 1996; 380:75-9. [PMID: 8598911 DOI: 10.1038/380075a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1426] [Impact Index Per Article: 50.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The induction of programmed cell death, or apoptosis, involves activation of a signalling system, many elements of which remain unknown. The sphingomyelin pathway, initiated by hydrolysis of the phospholipid sphingomyelin in the cell membrane to generate the second messenger ceramide, is thought to mediate apoptosis in response to tumour-necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, to Fas ligand and to X-rays. It is not known whether it plays a role in the stimulation of other forms of stress-induced apoptosis. Given that environmental stresses also stimulate a stress-activated protein kinase (SAPK/JNK), the sphingomyelin and SAPK/JNK signalling systems may be coordinated in induction of apoptosis. Here we report that ceramide initiates apoptosis through the SAPK cascade and provide evidence for a signalling mechanism that integrates cytokine- and stress-activated apoptosis.
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- M Verheij
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York 10021, USA
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Li W, Whaley CD, Mondino A, Mueller DL. Blocked signal transduction to the ERK and JNK protein kinases in anergic CD4+ T cells. Science 1996; 271:1272-6. [PMID: 8638107 DOI: 10.1126/science.271.5253.1272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 367] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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T cells activated by antigen receptor stimulation in the absence of accessory cell-derived costimulatory signals lose the capacity to synthesize the growth factor interleukin-2 (IL-2), a state called clonal anergy. An analysis of CD3- and CD28-induced signal transduction revealed reduced ERK and JNK enzyme activities in murine anergic T cells. The amounts of ERK and JNK proteins were unchanged, and the kinases could be fully activated in the presence of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate. Dephosphorylation of the calcineurin substrate NFATp (preexisting nuclear factor of activated T cells) also remained inducible. These results suggest that a specific block in the activation of ERK and JNK contributes to defective IL-2 production in clonal anergy.
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- W Li
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis 55455, USA
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Raingeaud J, Whitmarsh AJ, Barrett T, Dérijard B, Davis RJ. MKK3- and MKK6-regulated gene expression is mediated by the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase signal transduction pathway. Mol Cell Biol 1996; 16:1247-55. [PMID: 8622669 PMCID: PMC231107 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.16.3.1247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1054] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The p38 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase signal transduction pathway is activated by proinflammatory cytokines and environmental stress. The detection of p38 MAP kinase in the nucleus of activated cells suggests that p38 MAP kinase can mediate signaling to the nucleus. To test this hypothesis, we constructed expression vectors for activated MKK3 and MKK6, two MAP kinase kinases that phosphorylate and activate p38 MAP kinase. Expression of activated MKK3 and MKK6 in cultured cells caused a selective increase in p38 MAP kinase activity. Cotransfection experiments demonstrated that p38 MAP kinase activation causes increased reporter gene expression mediated by the transcription factors ATF2 and Elk-1. These data demonstrate that the nucleus is one target of the p38 MAP kinase signal transduction pathway.
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- J Raingeaud
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01605 USA
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Saklatvala J, Davis W, Guesdon F. Interleukin 1 (IL1) and tumour necrosis factor (TNF) signal transduction. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 1996; 351:151-7. [PMID: 8650261 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1996.0011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The inflammatory cytokines interleukin 1 (IL1) and tumour necrosis factor (TNF) have a broad range of physiological effects. Whereas their immediate post-receptor events are not well understood, both have the potential to activate a range of protein kinases. These include the three types of mitogen activated protein (MAP) kinase (ERK, JNK/p54 and p38) and a beta-casein kinase. The mechanisms by which these kinases are activated is discussed and the significance of their activation for particular biological responses is assessed.
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- J Saklatvala
- Department of Development and Signalling, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, U.K
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Karin M. The regulation of AP-1 activity by mitogen-activated protein kinases. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 1996; 351:127-34. [PMID: 8650258 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1996.0008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 380] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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AP-1 is a collection of dimeric sequence specific, DNA binding, transcriptional activators composed of Jun and Fos subunits. The composition, the level and the activity of AP-1 complexes are regulated in response to extracellular stimuli. An important role in this regulation is played by mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs). The specific roles of three MAPKs, namely ERK, JNK and FRK, in modulation of both the level and activity of AP-1, are discussed.
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- M Karin
- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla 92093, USA
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Errede B, Ge QY. Feedback regulation of map kinase signal pathways. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 1996; 351:143-8; discussion 148-9. [PMID: 8650260 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1996.0010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Ste7 is a MEK (MAPK/ERK kinase) family member that functions in the pheromone induced mating response pathway of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We analysed the catalytic competence and in vivo function of Ste7 variants that have alterations of stimulatory and feedback phosphorylation sites. These analyses led us to unanticipated insights into two separate feedback mechanisms that impede the output of the mating response MAPK activation pathway.
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- B Errede
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599-7260, USA
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Johnson NL, Gardner AM, Diener KM, Lange-Carter CA, Gleavy J, Jarpe MB, Minden A, Karin M, Zon LI, Johnson GL. Signal transduction pathways regulated by mitogen-activated/extracellular response kinase kinase kinase induce cell death. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:3229-37. [PMID: 8621725 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.6.3229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 291] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Mitogen-activated/extracellular response kinase kinase (MEK) kinase (MEKK) is a serine-threonine kinase that regulates sequential protein phosphorylation pathways, leading to the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK), including members of the Jun kinase (JNK)/stress-activated protein kinase (SAPK) family. In Swiss 3T3 and REF52 fibroblasts, activated MEKK induces cell death involving cytoplasmic shrinkage, nuclear condensation, and DNA fragmentation characteristic of apoptosis. Expression of activated MEKK enhanced the apoptotic response to ultraviolet irradiation, indicating that MEKK-regulated pathways sensitize cells to apoptotic stimuli. Inducible expression of activated MEKK stimulated the transactivation of c-Myc and Elk-1. Activated Raf, the serine-threonine protein kinase that activates the ERK members of the MAPK family, stimulated Elk-1 transactivation but not c-Myc; expression of activated Raf does not induce any of the cellular changes associated with MEKK-mediated cell death. Thus, MEKK selectively regulates signal transduction pathways that contribute to the apoptotic response.
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- N L Johnson
- Division of Basic Sciences, National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, Colorado 80206, USA
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Han J, Lee JD, Jiang Y, Li Z, Feng L, Ulevitch RJ. Characterization of the structure and function of a novel MAP kinase kinase (MKK6). J Biol Chem 1996; 271:2886-91. [PMID: 8621675 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.6.2886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 426] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases require dual phosphorylation on threonine and tyrosine residues in order to gain enzymatic activity. This activation is carried out by a family of enzymes known as MAP kinase kinases (MKKs or MEKs). It appears that there are at least four subgroups in this family; MEK1/MEK2 subgroup that activates ERK1/ERK2, MEK5 that activates ERK5/BMK1, MKK3 that activates p38, and MKK4 that activates p38 and Jun kinase. Here we describe the characteristics of a new MKK termed MKK6. The clones we isolated encode two splice isoforms of human MKK6 comprised of 278 and 334 amino acids, respectively, and one murine MKK6 with 237 amino acids. Sequence information derived from cDNA cloning indicated that MKK6 is most closely related to MKK3. The functional data revealed from co-transfection assays suggests that MKK6, like MKK3, selectively phosphorylates p38. Unlike the previously described MKKs (or MEKs), MKK6 exists in a variety of alternatively spliced isoforms with distinct patterns of tissue expression. This suggests novel mechanisms regulating activation and/or function of various forms of MKK6.
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- J Han
- Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Liu Y, Guyton KZ, Gorospe M, Xu Q, Kokkonen GC, Mock YD, Roth GS, Holbrook NJ. Age-related Decline in Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Activity in Epidermal Growth Factor-stimulated Rat Hepatocytes. J Biol Chem 1996. [DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.7.3604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 229] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Bokemeyer D, Sorokin A, Yan M, Ahn NG, Templeton DJ, Dunn MJ. Induction of mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase 1 by the stress-activated protein kinase signaling pathway but not by extracellular signal-regulated kinase in fibroblasts. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:639-42. [PMID: 8557667 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.2.639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The intracellular mechanisms involved in the activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) are relatively well understood. However, the intracellular signaling pathways which regulate the termination of ERK activity remain to be elucidated. Mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase 1 (MKP-1) has been shown to dephosphorylate and inactivate ERK in vitro and in vivo. In the present study, we show in NIH3T3 fibroblasts that activation of the stress-activated protein kinase (SAPK) pathway by either specific extracellular stress stimuli or via induction of MEKK, an upstream kinase of SAPK, results in MKP-1 gene expression. In contrast, selective stimulation of the ERK pathway by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate or following expression of constitutively active MEK, the upstream dual specificity kinase of ERK did not induce the transcription of MKP-1. Hence, these findings demonstrate the existence of cross-talk between the ERK and SAPK signaling cascades since activation of SAPK induced the expression of MKP-1 that can inactivate ERK. This mechanism may modulate the cellular response to stimuli which employ the SAPK signal transduction pathway.
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- D Bokemeyer
- Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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Chapter 29. The MAP Kinase Family: New “MAPs” for Signal Transduction Pathways and Novel Targets for Drug Discovery. ANNUAL REPORTS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s0065-7743(08)60468-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Cohen P. Dissection of protein kinase cascades that mediate cellular response to cytokines and cellular stress. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) 1996; 36:15-27. [PMID: 8783552 DOI: 10.1016/s1054-3589(08)60574-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- P Cohen
- Department of Biochemistry, The University, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
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PDGF and FGF receptors in health and disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s1874-5687(96)80009-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Nunes JA, Battifora M, Woodgett JR, Truneh A, Olive D, Cantrell DA. CD28 signal transduction pathways. A comparison of B7-1 and B7-2 regulation of the map kinases: ERK2 and Jun kinases. Mol Immunol 1996; 33:63-70. [PMID: 8604225 DOI: 10.1016/0161-5890(95)00121-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The present study compares the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase responses in T cells activated with the CD28 ligands B7-1 (CD80) and B7-2/B70 (CD86). Ligands B7-1 and B7-2 do not activate the Raf-1/ERK2 cascade, but share the ability to activate related Jun kinases. These natural ligands for CD28 had no stimulatory effect alone on Jun kinase activation, but the data show that B7-1 and B7-2 could both co-operate with intracellular Ca2+ increase and protein kinase C (PKC) activation to stimulate Jun kinases. The present study shows that the interaction of CD28 with its ligands B7-1 and B7-2 can induce identical signal transduction through the MAP kinase cascades.
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- J A Nunes
- Lymphocyte Activation Laboratory, ICRF, London WC2A 3PX, U.K
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Mechanisms of Growth Factor-Mediated Signal Transduction in PC12 Cells. MEDICAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT 1996. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-21948-5_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Liu Y, Guyton KZ, Gorospe M, Xu Q, Lee JC, Holbrook NJ. Differential activation of ERK, JNK/SAPK and P38/CSBP/RK map kinase family members during the cellular response to arsenite. Free Radic Biol Med 1996; 21:771-81. [PMID: 8902523 DOI: 10.1016/0891-5849(96)00176-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Exposure of cells to either proliferative or stressful stimuli elicits a complex response involving one or more distinct phosphorylation cascades culminating in the activation of multiple members of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family, including extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK), stress-activated c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK/SAPK), and p38/RK/CSBP protein kinase. While the pathways transducing mitogenic stimuli to these kinases are relatively well established, the early signalling events leading to their activation in response to stress are poorly understood. In the present study, we examined ERK, JNK/SAPK, and p38 activation in cells treated with the sulfhydryl-reactive agent sodium arsenite. Arsenite treatment potently activated both JNK/SAPK and p38, but only moderately activated ERK. Activation of all three kinases was prevented by the free radical scavenger N-Acetyl-L-cysteine, suggesting that an oxidative signal initiates the responses. Suramin, a growth factor receptor poison, significantly inhibited ERK activation by arsenite, but had little effect on either JNK/SAPK or p38 activity. In contrast, suramin inhibited the activation of all three kinases by short wavelength ultraviolet light (UVC) irradiation. In addition, comparative studies with wild-type PC12 cells and PC12 cells expressing a dominant negative Ras mutant allele indicated that arsenite activates ERK primarily through a Ras-dependent pathway(s), while activation of both JNK/SAPK and p38 occurs through a mechanism relatively independent of Ras. These results suggest that JNK/SAPK and p38 may share common upstream regulators distinct from those involved in ERK activation.
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- Y Liu
- Gene Expression and Aging Section, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
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Plyte SE, Feoktistova A, Burke JD, Woodgett JR, Gould KL. Schizosaccharomyces pombe skp1+ encodes a protein kinase related to mammalian glycogen synthase kinase 3 and complements a cdc14 cytokinesis mutant. Mol Cell Biol 1996; 16:179-91. [PMID: 8524294 PMCID: PMC230991 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.16.1.179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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We report the cloning of the skp1+ gene, a Schizosaccharomyces pombe homolog of the glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK-3) family whose members in higher eukaryotes are involved in cell fate determination, nuclear signalling, and hormonal regulation. skp1 is 67% identical to mammalian GSK-3 beta and displays similar biochemical properties in vitro. Like GSK-3 beta, skp1 is phosphorylated on a conserved tyrosine residue, and this phosphorylation is required for efficient activity. skp1 is also phosphorylated at a serine which has been identified as S-335. Phosphorylation at this site is likely to inhibit its function. Unlike the mammalian enzyme, skp1 both tyrosine autophosphorylates in yeast cells and can phosphorylate other proteins on tyrosine in bacteria. The skp1+ gene is not essential. However, cells with deletions in skp1+ are sensitive to heat shock and exhibit defects in sporulation. Overexpression of wild-type skp1+ specifically complements cdc14-118, one of several mutations causing a defect in cytokinesis. In addition, certain phosphorylation site mutants induce a delay or block in cytokinesis when overexpressed. Together, these data identify novel interactions of a fission yeast GSK-3 homolog with elements of the cytokinesis machinery.
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- S E Plyte
- Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, Canada
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Bensaude O, Bellier S, Dubois MF, Giannoni F, Nguyen VT. Heat-shock induced protein modifications and modulation of enzyme activities. EXS 1996; 77:199-219. [PMID: 8856976 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-9088-5_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Upon heat stress, the cell physiology is profoundly altered. The extent of the alterations depends on the severity of the stress and may lead to cell death. The heat shock response is an array of metabolic changes characterized by the impairment of major cellular functions and by an adaptative reprogramming of the cell metabolism. The enhanced synthesis of the HSPs is a spectacular manifestation of this reprogramming. Numerous post translational modifications of proteins occur in response to heat stress and can be related to altered cellular functions. Some proteins are heat-denatured and temporarily inactivated. Heat-denaturation is reversible, chaperones may contribute to the repair. The extent of heat-denaturation depends on the cell metabolism: (a) it is attenuated in thermotolerant cells or in cells overexpressing the appropriate chaperones (b) it is enhanced in energy-deprived cells. Covalent modifications may also rapidly alter protein function. Changes in protein glycosylation, methylation, acetylation, farnesylation, ubiquitination have been found to occur during stress. But protein phosphorylation is the most studied modification. Several protein kinase cascades are activated, among which the various mitogen activated protein kinase (MAP kinase) cascades which are also triggered by a wide range of stimuli. As a possible consequence, stress modifies the phosphorylation status and the activity of components from the transcriptional and translational apparatuses. The same kinases also target key enzymes of the cellular metabolism. Protein denaturation results in constitutive hsp titration, this titration is a signal to trigger the heat-shock gene transcription and to activate some of the protein kinase cascades.
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- O Bensaude
- Génétique Moléculaire, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
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Holbrook NJ, Liu Y, Fornace AJ. Signaling events controlling the molecular response to genotoxic stress. EXS 1996; 77:273-88. [PMID: 8856980 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-9088-5_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Recently, much progress has been made in defining the signal transduction pathways mediating the cellular response to genotoxic stress. Multiple pathways involving several distinct MAP kinases (ERK, JNK/SAPK, and p38/HOG1) as well as the tumor suppressor protein p53 contribute to the response; the various pathways being differentially activated by particular genotoxic agents. Although both DNA damage and extranuclear events are important in initiating the response, recent evidence suggests the response is controlled primarily through events occurring at the plasma membrane, overlapping significantly with those important in initiating mitogenic responses. Attenuation of the responses appears to be largely controlled through feedback mechanisms involving gene products produced during the activation process.
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- N J Holbrook
- Gene Expression and Aging Section, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD 21244, USA
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Moriguchi T, Gotoh Y, Nishida E. Roles of the MAP kinase cascade in vertebrates. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) 1996; 36:121-37. [PMID: 8783557 DOI: 10.1016/s1054-3589(08)60579-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- T Moriguchi
- Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Kyoto University, Japan
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Yamaguchi K, Shirakabe K, Shibuya H, Irie K, Oishi I, Ueno N, Taniguchi T, Nishida E, Matsumoto K. Identification of a member of the MAPKKK family as a potential mediator of TGF-beta signal transduction. Science 1995; 270:2008-11. [PMID: 8533096 DOI: 10.1126/science.270.5244.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1050] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is a conserved eukaryotic signaling module that converts receptor signals into various outputs. MAPK is activated through phosphorylation by MAPK kinase (MAPKK), which is first activated by MAPKK kinase (MAPKKK). A genetic selection based on a MAPK pathway in yeast was used to identify a mouse protein kinase (TAK1) distinct from other members of the MAPKKK family. TAK1 was shown to participate in regulation of transcription by transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta). Furthermore, kinase activity of TAK1 was stimulated in response to TGF-beta and bone morphogenetic protein. These results suggest that TAK1 functions as a mediator in the signaling pathway of TGF-beta superfamily members.
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- K Yamaguchi
- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Nagoya University, Japan
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Kharbanda S, Pandey P, Ren R, Mayer B, Zon L, Kufe D. c-Abl activation regulates induction of the SEK1/stress-activated protein kinase pathway in the cellular response to 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:30278-81. [PMID: 8530447 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.51.30278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Previous work has shown that treatment of cells with the antimetabolite 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine (ara-C) is associated with induction of the c-jun gene. The present studies demonstrate that ara-C activates the c-Abl non-receptor tyrosine kinase. We also demonstrate that activity of the stress-activated protein kinase (SAP kinase/JNK) is increased in ara-C-treated cells. Using cells deficient in c-Abl (Abl-/-) and after introduction of the c-abl gene, we show that ara-C-induced c-Abl activity is necessary for the stimulation of SAP kinase. Other studies using cells transfected with a SEK1 dominant negative demonstrate that ara-C-induced SAP kinase activity is SEK1-dependent. Furthermore, we show that overexpression of truncated c-Abl results in activation of the SEK1/SAP kinase cascade.
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- S Kharbanda
- Division of Cancer Pharmacology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Hallahan DE, Dunphy E, Virudachalam S, Sukhatme VP, Kufe DW, Weichselbaum RR. C-jun and Egr-1 participate in DNA synthesis and cell survival in response to ionizing radiation exposure. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:30303-9. [PMID: 8530452 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.51.30303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Exposure of mammalian cells to ionizing radiation results in the induction of the immediate early genes, c-jun and Egr-1, which encode transcription factors implicated in cell growth as well as the cellular response to oxidative stress. We studied the role of these immediate early genes in cell cycle kinetics and cell survival following x-irradiation of clones containing inducible dominant negatives to c-jun and Egr-1. The dominant negative constructs to c-jun (delta 9) and Egr-1 (WT/Egr) prevented x-ray induction of transcription through the AP-1 and Egr binding sites, respectively. Twenty percent of confluent, serum-deprived SQ20B human tumor cells, normal fibroblasts, and fibroblasts from patients with ataxia telangiectasia entered S phase within 5 h of irradiation. Clones containing inducible delta 9 and WT/Egr dominant negative constructs demonstrated attenuation of the percentage of cells exiting G1 phase and reduced survival following irradiation. These data indicate that the dominant negatives to the stress-inducible immediate early genes Egr-1 and c-jun prevent the onset of S phase and reduce the survival of human cells exposed to ionizing radiation.
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- D E Hallahan
- Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Bogoyevitch MA, Ketterman AJ, Sugden PH. Cellular stresses differentially activate c-Jun N-terminal protein kinases and extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases in cultured ventricular myocytes. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:29710-7. [PMID: 8530360 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.50.29710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Anisomycin or osmotic stress induced by sorbitol activated c-Jun N-terminal protein kinases (JNKs) in ventricular myocytes cultured from neonatal rat hearts. After 15-30 min, JNK was activated by 10-20-fold. Activation by anisomycin was transient, but that by sorbitol was sustained for at least 4 h. In-gel JNK assays confirmed activation of two renaturable JNKs of 46 and 55 kDa (JNK-46 and JNK-55, respectively). An antibody against human JNK1 immunoprecipitated JNK-46 activity. Endothelin-1, an activator of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases (ERKs), also transiently activated JNKs by 2-5-fold after 30 min. Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate did not activate the JNKs although it activated ERK1 and ERK2, which phosphorylated the c-Jun transactivation domain in vitro. ATP depletion and repletion achieved by incubation in cyanide+deoxyglucose and its subsequent removal from the medium activated the ERKs but failed to activate the JNKs. Sorbitol (but not anisomycin) also stimulated the ERKs. Sorbitol-stimulated JNK activity could be resolved into three peaks by fast protein liquid chromatography on a Mono Q column. The two major peaks contained JNK-46 or JNK-55. These results demonstrate that cellular stresses differentially activate the JNKs and ERKs and that there may be "cross-talk" between these MAPK pathways.
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- M A Bogoyevitch
- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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