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Köster KA, Dethlefs M, Duque Escobar J, Oetjen E. Regulation of the Activity of the Dual Leucine Zipper Kinase by Distinct Mechanisms. Cells 2024; 13:333. [PMID: 38391946 PMCID: PMC10886912 DOI: 10.3390/cells13040333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
Abstract
The dual leucine zipper kinase (DLK) alias mitogen-activated protein 3 kinase 12 (MAP3K12) has gained much attention in recent years. DLK belongs to the mixed lineage kinases, characterized by homology to serine/threonine and tyrosine kinase, but exerts serine/threonine kinase activity. DLK has been implicated in many diseases, including several neurodegenerative diseases, glaucoma, and diabetes mellitus. As a MAP3K, it is generally assumed that DLK becomes phosphorylated and activated by upstream signals and phosphorylates and activates itself, the downstream serine/threonine MAP2K, and, ultimately, MAPK. In addition, other mechanisms such as protein-protein interactions, proteasomal degradation, dephosphorylation by various phosphatases, palmitoylation, and subcellular localization have been shown to be involved in the regulation of DLK activity or its fine-tuning. In the present review, the diverse mechanisms regulating DLK activity will be summarized to provide better insights into DLK action and, possibly, new targets to modulate DLK function.
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- Kyra-Alexandra Köster
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; (K.-A.K.); (M.D.)
- DZHK Standort Hamburg, Kiel, Lübeck, Germany;
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; (K.-A.K.); (M.D.)
- DZHK Standort Hamburg, Kiel, Lübeck, Germany;
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- DZHK Standort Hamburg, Kiel, Lübeck, Germany;
- University Center of Cardiovascular Science, Department of Cardiology, University Heart & Vascular Center Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; (K.-A.K.); (M.D.)
- DZHK Standort Hamburg, Kiel, Lübeck, Germany;
- Institute of Pharmacy, University of Hamburg, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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Duque Escobar J, Kutschenko A, Schröder S, Blume R, Köster KA, Painer C, Lemcke T, Maison W, Oetjen E. Regulation of dual leucine zipper kinase activity through its interaction with calcineurin. Cell Signal 2021; 82:109953. [PMID: 33600948 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2021.109953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Revised: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Hyperglycemia enhancing the intracellular levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) contributes to dysfunction and progressive loss of beta cells and thereby to diabetes mellitus. The oxidation sensitive calcium/calmodulin dependent phosphatase calcineurin promotes pancreatic beta cell function and survival whereas the dual leucine zipper kinase (DLK) induces apoptosis. Therefore, it was studied whether calcineurin interferes with DLK action. In a beta cell line similar concentrations of H2O2 decreased calcineurin activity and activated DLK. DLK interacted via its φLxVP motif (aa 362-365) with the interface of the calcineurin subunits A and B. Mutation of the Val prevented this protein protein interaction, hinting at a distinct φLxVP motif. Indeed, mutational analysis revealed an ordered structure of DLK's φLxVP motif whereby Val mediates the interaction with calcineurin and Leu maintains an enzymatically active conformation. Overexpression of DLK wild-type but not the DLK mutant unable to bind calcineurin diminished calcineurin-induced nuclear localisation of the nuclear factor of activated T-cells (NFAT), suggesting that both, DLK and NFAT compete for the substrate binding site of calcineurin. The calcineurin binding-deficient DLK mutant exhibited increased DLK activity measured as phosphorylation of the downstream c-Jun N-terminal kinase, inhibition of CRE-dependent gene transcription and induction of apoptosis. These findings show that calcineurin interacts with DLK; and inhibition of calcineurin increases DLK activity. Hence, this study demonstrates a novel mechanism regulating DLK action. These findings suggest that ROS through inhibition of calcineurin enhance DLK activity and thereby lead to beta cell dysfunction and loss and ultimately diabetes mellitus.
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- J Duque Escobar
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; DZHK Standort Hamburg, Kiel, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37099 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37099 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; DZHK Standort Hamburg, Kiel, Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy, University of Hamburg, Bundesstr. 45, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy, University of Hamburg, Bundesstr. 45, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy, University of Hamburg, Bundesstr. 45, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; DZHK Standort Hamburg, Kiel, Lübeck, Germany; Department of Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37099 Göttingen, Germany; Institute of Pharmacy, University of Hamburg, Bundesstr. 45, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.
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Morhenn K, Seniuk A, Vitzthum H, Oetjen E, Ehmke H. Crtc1-deficiency leads to elevated heart rate and hypertenison in mice. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2019.11.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Morhenn K, Quentin T, Wichmann H, Steinmetz M, Prondzynski M, Söhren KD, Christ T, Geertz B, Schröder S, Schöndube FA, Hasenfuss G, Schlossarek S, Zimmermann WH, Carrier L, Eschenhagen T, Cardinaux JR, Lutz S, Oetjen E. Mechanistic role of the CREB-regulated transcription coactivator 1 in cardiac hypertrophy. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2018; 127:31-43. [PMID: 30521840 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2018.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2018] [Revised: 11/27/2018] [Accepted: 12/02/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The sympathetic nervous system is the main stimulator of cardiac function. While acute activation of the β-adrenoceptors exerts positive inotropic and lusitropic effects by increasing cAMP and Ca2+, chronically enhanced sympathetic tone with changed β-adrenergic signaling leads to alterations of gene expression and remodeling. The CREB-regulated transcription coactivator 1 (CRTC1) is activated by cAMP and Ca2+. In the present study, the regulation of CRTC1 in cardiomyocytes and its effect on cardiac function and growth was investigated. In cardiomyocytes, isoprenaline induced dephosphorylation, and thus activation of CRTC1, which was prevented by propranolol. Crtc1-deficient mice exhibited left ventricular dysfunction, hypertrophy and enlarged cardiomyocytes. However, isoprenaline-induced contractility of isolated trabeculae or phosphorylation of cardiac troponin I, cardiac myosin-binding protein C, phospholamban, and ryanodine receptor were not altered, suggesting that cardiac dysfunction was due to the global lack of Crtc1. The mRNA and protein levels of the Gαq GTPase activating protein regulator of G-protein signaling 2 (RGS2) were lower in hearts of Crtc1-deficient mice. Chromatin immunoprecipitation and reporter gene assays showed stimulation of the Rgs2 promoter by CRTC1. In Crtc1-deficient cardiomyocytes, phosphorylation of the Gαq-downstream kinase ERK was enhanced. CRTC1 content was higher in cardiac tissue from patients with aortic stenosis or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and from two murine models mimicking these diseases. These data suggest that increased CRTC1 in maladaptive hypertrophy presents a compensatory mechanism to delay disease progression in part by enhancing Rgs2 gene transcription. Furthermore, the present study demonstrates an important role of CRTC1 in the regulation of cardiac function and growth.
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- Karoline Morhenn
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg, Kiel, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen, Robert Koch Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen, Robert Koch Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site, Göttingen, Germany
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- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg, Kiel, Lübeck, Germany; Department of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg, Kiel, Lübeck, Germany; Department of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic-Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Medical Center Göttingen, Robert Koch Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site, Göttingen, Germany; Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Robert Koch Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg, Kiel, Lübeck, Germany; Department of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site, Göttingen, Germany; Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Robert Koch Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg, Kiel, Lübeck, Germany; Department of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg, Kiel, Lübeck, Germany; Department of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience and Service of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center, University of Lausanne, 1008 Prilly-Lausanne, Switzerland
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- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site, Göttingen, Germany; Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Robert Koch Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg, Kiel, Lübeck, Germany; Institute of Pharmacy, University of Hamburg, Bundesstr. 45, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.
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Börchers S, Babaei R, Klimpel C, Duque Escobar J, Schröder S, Blume R, Malik MNH, Oetjen E. TNFα-induced DLK activation contributes to apoptosis in the beta-cell line HIT. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2017; 390:813-825. [DOI: 10.1007/s00210-017-1385-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Schwafertz C, Schinner S, Kühn MC, Haase M, Asmus A, Mülders-Opgenoorth B, Ansurudeen I, Hornsby PJ, Morawietz H, Oetjen E, Schott M, Willenberg HS. Endothelial cells regulate β-catenin activity in adrenocortical cells via secretion of basic fibroblast growth factor. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2017; 441:108-115. [PMID: 27889473 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2016.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2016] [Revised: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 11/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Endothelial cell-derived products influence the synthesis of aldosterone and cortisol in human adrenocortical cells by modulating proteins such as steroidogenic acute-regulatory (StAR) protein, steroidogenic factor (SF)-1 and CITED2. However, the potential endothelial cell-derived factors that mediate this effect are still unknown. The current study was perfomed to look into the control of β-catenin activity by endothelial cell-derived factors and to identify a mechanism by which they affect β-catenin activity in adrenocortical NCIH295R cells. Using reporter gene assays and Western blotting, we found that endothelial cell-conditioned medium (ECCM) led to nuclear translocation of β-catenin and an increase in β-catenin-dependent transcription that could be blocked by U0126, an inhibitor of the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway. Furthermore, we found that a receptor tyrosin kinase (RTK) was involved in ECCM-induced β-catenin-dependent transcription. Through selective inhibition of RTK using Su5402, it was shown that receptors responding to basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) mediate the action of ECCM. Adrenocortical cells treated with bFGF showed a significant greater level of bFGF mRNA. In addition, HUVECs secrete bFGF in a density-dependent manner. In conclusion, the data suggest that endothelial cells regulate β-catenin activity in adrenocortical cells also via secretion of basic fibroblast growth factor.
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- Carolin Schwafertz
- Division for Specific Endocrinology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Dusseldorf, D-40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Division for Specific Endocrinology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Dusseldorf, D-40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Division for Specific Endocrinology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Dusseldorf, D-40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Division for Specific Endocrinology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Dusseldorf, D-40225 Dusseldorf, Germany; Department of Medicine III, Carl Gustav Carus Medical School, University of Technology, D-01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Division for Specific Endocrinology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Dusseldorf, D-40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Division for Specific Endocrinology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Dusseldorf, D-40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Medicine III, Carl Gustav Carus Medical School, University of Technology, D-01307 Dresden, Germany; Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, L1:01 Rolf Luft Centrum, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology and Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Department of Medicine III, Carl Gustav Carus Medical School, University of Technology, D-01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Pharmacology for Pharmacist's Unit, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Division for Specific Endocrinology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Dusseldorf, D-40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Division for Specific Endocrinology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Dusseldorf, D-40225 Dusseldorf, Germany; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Rostock University Medical Center, Germany.
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Oetjen E. Regulation of Beta-Cell Function and Mass by the Dual Leucine Zipper Kinase. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2016; 349:410-3. [PMID: 27100796 DOI: 10.1002/ardp.201600053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2016] [Revised: 03/14/2016] [Accepted: 03/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Diabetes mellitus is one of the most rapidly increasing diseases worldwide, whereby approximately 90-95% of patients suffer from type 2 diabetes. Considering its micro- and macrovascular complications like blindness and myocardial infarction, a reliable anti-diabetic treatment is needed. Maintaining the function and the mass of the insulin producing beta-cells despite elevated levels of beta-cell-toxic prediabetic signals represents a desirable mechanism of action of anti-diabetic drugs. The dual leucine zipper kinase (DLK) inhibits the action of two transcription factors within the beta-cell, thereby interfering with insulin secretion and production and the conservation of beta-cell mass. Furthermore, DLK action is regulated by prediabetic signals. Hence, the inhibition of this kinase might protect beta-cells against beta-cell-toxic prediabetic signals and prevent the development of diabetes. DLK might thus present a novel drug target for the treatment of diabetes mellitus type 2.
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- Elke Oetjen
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Pharmacology for Pharmacist's Unit, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Germany.,Institute of Pharmacy, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Wallbach M, Duque Escobar J, Babaeikelishomi R, Stahnke MJ, Blume R, Schröder S, Kruegel J, Maedler K, Kluth O, Kehlenbach RH, Miosge N, Oetjen E. Distinct functions of the dual leucine zipper kinase depending on its subcellular localization. Cell Signal 2016; 28:272-83. [PMID: 26776303 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2016.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2015] [Revised: 12/20/2015] [Accepted: 01/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The dual leucine zipper kinase DLK induces β-cell apoptosis by inhibiting the transcriptional activity conferred by the β-cell protective transcription factor cAMP response element binding protein CREB. This action might contribute to β-cell loss and ultimately diabetes. Within its kinase domain DLK shares high homology with the mixed lineage kinase (MLK) 3, which is activated by tumor necrosis factor (TNF) α and interleukin (IL)-1β, known prediabetic signals. In the present study, the regulation of DLK in β-cells by these cytokines was investigated. Both, TNFα and IL-1β induced the nuclear translocation of DLK. Mutations within a putative nuclear localization signal (NLS) prevented basal and cytokine-induced nuclear localization of DLK and binding to the importin receptor importin α, thereby demonstrating a functional NLS within DLK. DLK NLS mutants were catalytically active as they phosphorylated their down-stream kinase c-Jun N-terminal kinase to the same extent as DLK wild-type but did neither inhibit CREB-dependent gene transcription nor transcription conferred by the promoter of the anti-apoptotic protein BCL-xL. In addition, the β-cell apoptosis-inducing effect of DLK was severely diminished by mutation of its NLS. In a murine model of prediabetes, enhanced nuclear DLK was found. These data demonstrate that DLK exerts distinct functions, depending on its subcellular localization and thus provide a novel level of regulating DLK action. Furthermore, the prevention of the nuclear localization of DLK as induced by prediabetic signals with consecutive suppression of β-cell apoptosis might constitute a novel target in the therapy of diabetes mellitus.
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- Manuel Wallbach
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany; Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Prothetics, Faculty of Medicine, Georg-August-University, GZMB, Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Center for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Leobener Str. Im NW2, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 114-116, 14558 Nuthetal, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Georg-August-University, GZMB, Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Prothetics, Faculty of Medicine, Georg-August-University, GZMB, Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany; Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; Institute of Pharmacy, University of Hamburg, Bundesstr. 45, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.
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Duque Escobar JE, Lemcke T, Hasenpusch D, Oetjen E. Direct regulation of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase DLK by calcineurin. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2015. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1547766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Kaiser D, Oetjen E. Something old, something new and something very old: drugs for treating type 2 diabetes. Br J Pharmacol 2015; 171:2940-50. [PMID: 24641580 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2013] [Revised: 01/13/2014] [Accepted: 01/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Diabetes mellitus belongs to the most rapidly increasing diseases worldwide. Approximately 90-95% of these patients suffer from type 2 diabetes mellitus, which is characterized by peripheral insulin resistance and the progressive loss of beta-cell function and mass. Considering the complications of this chronic disease, a reliable anti-diabetic treatment is indispensable. An ideal oral anti-diabetic drug should not only correct glucose homeostasis but also preserve or even augment beta-cell function and mass, ameliorate the subclinical inflammation present under insulin-resistant conditions and prevent the macro- and microvascular consequences of diabetes in order to reduce the mortality. Despite the many anti-diabetic drugs already in use, there is an ongoing research for additional drugs, guided by different concepts of the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes. This review will briefly summarize current oral anti-diabetic drugs. In addition, emerging strategies for the treatment of diabetes will be described, among them the inhibition of glucagon action and anti-inflammatory drugs. Their suitability as 'ideal anti-diabetic drugs' will be discussed.
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- D Kaiser
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Stahnke MJ, Dickel C, Schröder S, Kaiser D, Blume R, Stein R, Pouponnot C, Oetjen E. Inhibition of human insulin gene transcription and MafA transcriptional activity by the dual leucine zipper kinase. Cell Signal 2014; 26:1792-9. [PMID: 24726898 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2014.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2014] [Revised: 04/01/2014] [Accepted: 04/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
Insulin biosynthesis is an essential β-cell function and inappropriate insulin secretion and biosynthesis contribute to the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus type 2. Previous studies showed that the dual leucine zipper kinase (DLK) induces β-cell apoptosis. Since β-cell dysfunction precedes β-cell loss, in the present study the effect of DLK on insulin gene transcription was investigated in the HIT-T15 β-cell line. Downregulation of endogenous DLK increased whereas overexpression of DLK decreased human insulin gene transcription. 5'- and 3'-deletion human insulin promoter analyses resulted in the identification of a DLK responsive element that mapped to the DNA binding-site for the β-cell specific transcription factor MafA. Overexpression of DLK wild-type but not its kinase-dead mutant inhibited MafA transcriptional activity conferred by its transactivation domain. Furthermore, in the non-β-cell line JEG DLK inhibited MafA overexpression-induced human insulin promoter activity. Overexpression of MafA and DLK or its kinase-dead mutant into JEG cells revealed that DLK but not its mutant reduced MafA protein content. Inhibition of the down-stream DLK kinase c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) by SP600125 attenuated DLK-induced MafA loss. Furthermore, mutation of the serine 65 to alanine, shown to confer MafA protein stability, increased MafA-dependent insulin gene transcription and prevented DLK-induced MafA loss in JEG cells. These data suggest that DLK by activating JNK triggers the phosphorylation and degradation of MafA thereby attenuating insulin gene transcription. Given the importance of MafA for β-cell function, the inhibition of DLK might preserve β-cell function and ultimately retard the development of diabetes mellitus type 2.
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- Department of Pharmacology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Institut Curie, CNRS UMR 3347, INSERM U1021, Paris Sud University Centre de Recherche, Orsay, France
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- Department of Pharmacology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany; Institute of Pharmacy, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
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Heinrich A, der Heyde ASV, Böer U, Phu DT, Tzvetkov M, Oetjen E. Lithium enhances CRTC oligomer formation and the interaction between the CREB coactivators CRTC and CBP — Implications for CREB-dependent gene transcription. Cell Signal 2013; 25:113-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2012.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2012] [Revised: 09/11/2012] [Accepted: 09/13/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Thoms KM, Kuschal C, Oetjen E, Mori T, Kobayashi N, Laspe P, Boeckmann L, Schön MP, Emmert S. Cyclosporin A, but not everolimus, inhibits DNA repair mediated by calcineurin: implications for tumorigenesis under immunosuppression. Exp Dermatol 2011; 20:232-6. [PMID: 21323745 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2010.01213.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Unlike other immunosuppressive drugs including everolimus, cyclosporin A causes a dramatic increase of UV-induced skin cancer, a feature that is reminiscent of xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), where defective nucleotide excision repair (NER) of UV-induced DNA damage results in cutaneous carcinogenesis. The molecular basis of the clinically important differential activities of cyclosporin A and everolimus is still unclear. We measured post-UV cell survival of cyclosporin A- and everolimus-treated human fibroblasts and lymphoblasts using a cell proliferation assay (MTT). The cellular NER capacity was assessed by host cell reactivation. Using an ELISA and specific antibodies, cyclobutane pyrimidine and pyrimidine-6,4-pyrimidone photoproduct removal from the cellular genome was measured. The effect of calcineurin on NER was investigated using a calcineurin A expression vector and specific RNAi. Cyclosporin A led to a dose dependent decrease in post-UV cell survival, inhibited NER and blocked photoproduct removal. In contrast, none of these effects where seen in everolimus-treated cells. Overexpression of calcineurin A resulted in increased NER and complemented the Cyclosporin A-induced reduction of NER. Downregulation of calcineurin using RNAi inhibited NER comparable to cyclosporin A-treatment. We conclude that cyclosporin A, but not everolimus, leads to an increased skin cancer risk via a calcineurin signalling-dependent impairment of NER.
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- Kai-Martin Thoms
- Department of Dermatology, Venerology, and Allergology, Georg-August-University, Goettingen, Germany
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Babeikelishomi R, Klimpel C, Blume R, Schmidt S, Oetjen E. Bedeutung der Phosphorylierung von Ser-298 und Ser-302 für die Aktivität der Beta-Zellapoptose induzierenden Dual leucine zipper kinase (DLK). DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1277453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Phu DT, Wallbach M, Depatie C, Fu A, Screaton RA, Oetjen E. Regulation of the CREB coactivator TORC by the dual leucine zipper kinase at different levels. Cell Signal 2011; 23:344-53. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2010.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2010] [Revised: 09/14/2010] [Accepted: 10/01/2010] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Oehmen MJ, Dickel C, Blume R, Oetjen E. Hemmung des beta-zellspezifischen Transkriptionsfaktors MafA durch die Dual Leucine Zipper Kinase. DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2010. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1254000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Oetjen E, Kruegel J, Miosge N, Wallbach M. TNFα induzierte Translokation der beta-zellschädigenden Kinase DLK in den Zellkern. DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1222092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Schinner S, Krätzner R, Baun D, Dickel C, Blume R, Oetjen E. Inhibition of human insulin gene transcription by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma and thiazolidinedione oral antidiabetic drugs. Br J Pharmacol 2009; 157:736-45. [PMID: 19338578 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00208.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The transcription factor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) is essential for glucose homeostasis. PPARgamma ligands reducing insulin levels in vivo are used as drugs to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus. Genes regulated by PPARgamma have been found in several tissues including insulin-producing pancreatic islet beta-cells. However, the role of PPARgamma at the insulin gene was unknown. Therefore, the effect of PPARgamma and PPARgamma ligands like rosiglitazone on insulin gene transcription was investigated. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Reporter gene assays were used in the beta-cell line HIT and in primary mature pancreatic islets of transgenic mice. Mapping studies and internal mutations were carried out to locate PPARgamma-responsive promoter regions. KEY RESULTS Rosiglitazone caused a PPARgamma-dependent inhibition of insulin gene transcription in a beta-cell line. This inhibition was concentration-dependent and had an EC(50) similar to that for the activation of a reporter gene under the control of multimerized PPAR binding sites. Also in normal primary pancreatic islets of transgenic mice, known to express high levels of PPARgamma, rosiglitazone inhibited glucose-stimulated insulin gene transcription. Transactivation and mapping experiments suggest that, in contrast to the rat glucagon gene, the inhibition of the human insulin gene promoter by PPARgamma/rosiglitazone does not depend on promoter-bound Pax6 and is attributable to the proximal insulin gene promoter region around the transcription start site from -56 to +18. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS The human insulin gene represents a novel PPARgamma target that may contribute to the action of thiazolidinediones in type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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- S Schinner
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, D-37099 Göttingen, Germany
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González M, Böer U, Dickel C, Quentin T, Cierny I, Oetjen E, Knepel W. Loss of insulin-induced inhibition of glucagon gene transcription in hamster pancreatic islet alpha cells by long-term insulin exposure. Diabetologia 2008; 51:2012-21. [PMID: 18762908 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-008-1134-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2008] [Accepted: 07/29/2008] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Diabetes mellitus type 2 is characterised by hyperglucagonaemia, resulting in hepatic glucose production and hyperglycaemia. Considering that insulin inhibits glucagon secretion and gene transcription, hyperglucagonaemia in the face of hyperinsulinaemia in diabetes mellitus type 2 suggests that there is insulin resistance also at the glucagon-producing pancreatic islet alpha cells. However, the molecular mechanism of alpha cell insulin resistance is unknown. Therefore, the effect of molecules implicated in conferring insulin resistance in some other tissues was investigated on insulin-induced inhibition of glucagon gene transcription in alpha cells. METHODS Reporter gene assays and biochemical techniques were used in the glucagon-producing hamster pancreatic islet alpha cell line InR1-G9. RESULTS From among 16 agents tested, chronic insulin treatment was found to abolish insulin-induced inhibition of glucagon gene transcription. Overproduction of constitutively active protein kinase B (PKB) still inhibited glucagon gene transcription after chronic insulin treatment; together with a markedly reduced insulin-induced phosphorylation and, thus, activation of PKB, this indicates that targets upstream of PKB within the insulin signalling pathway are affected. Indeed, chronic insulin treatment markedly reduced IRS-1 phosphorylation, insulin receptor (IR) autophosphorylation and IR content. Cycloheximide and in vivo labelling experiments attributed IR downregulation to enhanced degradation. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION These results show that an extended exposure of alpha cells to insulin induces IR downregulation and loss of insulin-induced inhibition of glucagon gene transcription. They suggest that hyperinsulinaemia, through IR downregulation, may confer insulin resistance to pancreatic islet alpha cells in diabetes mellitus type 2.
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- M González
- Molecular Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch Str. 40, 37099, Göttingen, Germany
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Börchers S, Klimpel C, Blume R, Oetjen E. Die Dual-Leucine-Zipper-Bearing Kinase trägt zu dem TNF-alpha induzierten Verlust der Beta-Zellmasse und -funktion bei. DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2008. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1076150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Plaumann S, Blume R, Börchers S, Steinfelder HJ, Knepel W, Oetjen E. Activation of the dual-leucine-zipper-bearing kinase and induction of beta-cell apoptosis by the immunosuppressive drug cyclosporin A. Mol Pharmacol 2007; 73:652-9. [PMID: 18042735 DOI: 10.1124/mol.107.040782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Post-transplant diabetes is an untoward effect often observed under immunosuppressive therapy with cyclosporin A. Besides the development of peripheral insulin resistance and a decrease in insulin gene transcription, a beta-cell toxic effect has been described. However, its molecular mechanism remains unknown. In the present study, the effect of cyclosporin A and the dual leucine-zipper-bearing kinase (DLK) on beta-cell survival was investigated. Cyclosporin A decreased the viability of the insulin-producing pancreatic islet cell line HIT in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. Upon exposure to the immunosuppressant fragmentation of DNA, the activation of the effector caspase-3 and a decrease of full-length caspase-3 and Bcl(XL) were observed in HIT cells and in primary mature murine islets, respectively. Cyclosporin A and tacrolimus, both potent inhibitors of the calcium/calmodulin-dependent phosphatase calcineurin, stimulated the enzymatic activity of cellular DLK in an in vitro kinase assay. Immunocytochemistry revealed that the overexpression of DLK but not its kinase-dead mutant induced apoptosis and enhanced cyclosporin A-induced apoptosis to a higher extent than the drug alone. Moreover, in the presence of DLK, the effective concentration for cyclosporin A-caused apoptosis was similar to its known IC(50) value for the inhibition of calcineurin activity in beta cells. These data suggest that cyclosporin A through inhibition of calcineurin activates DLK, thereby leading to beta-cell apoptosis. This action may thus be a novel mechanism through which cyclosporin A precipitates post-transplant diabetes.
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- Silke Plaumann
- Molecular Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37099 Göttingen, Germany
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Krätzner R, Fröhlich F, Lepler K, Schröder M, Röher K, Dickel C, Tzvetkov MV, Quentin T, Oetjen E, Knepel W. A Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor γ-Retinoid X Receptor Heterodimer Physically Interacts with the Transcriptional Activator PAX6 to Inhibit Glucagon Gene Transcription. Mol Pharmacol 2007; 73:509-17. [DOI: 10.1124/mol.107.035568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Oetjen E, Blume R, Cierny I, Schlag C, Kutschenko A, Krätzner R, Stein R, Knepel W. Inhibition of MafA transcriptional activity and human insulin gene transcription by interleukin-1beta and mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase in pancreatic islet beta cells. Diabetologia 2007; 50:1678-87. [PMID: 17583797 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-007-0712-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2007] [Accepted: 04/17/2007] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Inappropriate insulin secretion and biosynthesis are hallmarks of beta cell dysfunction and contribute to the progression from a prediabetic state to overt diabetes mellitus. During the prediabetic state, beta cells are exposed to elevated levels of proinflammatory cytokines. In the present study the effect of these cytokines and mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 1 (MEKK1), which is known to be activated by these cytokines, on human insulin gene (INS) transcription was investigated. METHODS Biochemical methods and reporter gene assays were used in a beta cell line and in primary pancreatic islets from transgenic mice. RESULTS IL-1beta and MEKK1 specifically inhibited basal and membrane depolarisation and cAMP-induced INS transcription in the beta cell line. Also, in primary islets of reporter gene mice, IL-1beta reduced glucose-stimulated INS transcription. A 5'- and 3'-deletion and internal mutation analysis revealed the rat insulin promoter element 3b (RIPE3b) to be a decisive MEKK1-responsive element of the INS. RIPE3b conferred strong transcriptional activity to a heterologous promoter, and this activity was markedly inhibited by MEKK1 and IL-1beta. RIPE3b is also known to recruit the transcription factor MafA. We found here that MafA transcription activity is markedly inhibited by MEKK1 and IL-1beta. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION These data suggest that IL-1beta through MEKK1 inhibits INS transcription and does so, at least in part, by decreasing MafA transcriptional activity at the RIPE3b control element. Since inappropriate insulin biosynthesis contributes to beta cell dysfunction, inhibition of MEKK1 might decelerate or prevent progression from a prediabetic state to diabetes mellitus.
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- E Oetjen
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37099 Göttingen, Germany.
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Börchers S, Blume R, Knepel W, Oetjen E. Increase of interleukin-1beta-induced beta-cell apoptosis by the dual leucine zipper bearing kinase. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-972439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Matsiulka A, Oetjen E, Knepel W. Identification of a GSK3β phosphorylation sites within the C-terminus of the transcriptional coactivator CBP. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-972375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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González-Aguirre M, Böer U, Oetjen E, Knepel W. Chronic insulin exposure with a decrease of insulin receptors results in diminished insulin sensitivity of glucagon gene transcription in pancreatic alpha cells. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-972438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Oetjen E, Plaumann S, Börchers S, Blume R, Knepel W. The immunosuppressive drug cyclosporin A and the dual leucine zipper bearing kinase induce beta-cell apoptosis. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-972446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Oetjen E, Blume R, Cierny I, Kutschenko A, Krätzner R, Stein R, Knepel W. Hemmung der transkriptionellen Aktivität von MafA und des humanen Insulingens durch Interleukin-1beta und MEKK1 in pankreatischen Beta-Zellen. DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-982148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Tzvetkov MV, Meineke C, Oetjen E, Hirsch-Ernst K, Brockmöller J. Tissue-specific alternative promoters of the serotonin receptor gene HTR3B in human brain and intestine. Gene 2006; 386:52-62. [PMID: 17010535 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2006] [Revised: 08/02/2006] [Accepted: 08/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The serotonin receptor type 3 is a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel regulating intestinal motility, nausea, and vomiting in humans. The HTR3B gene codes for the subunit B of this receptor. The HTR3B transcription start site is not unequivocally identified. In the present study we used transcription start site analyses, transcript-specific RT-PCR, and functional promoter analyses to identify the 5' structure of the HTR3B gene. According to these experiments, two alternative promoters control the expression of different HTR3B transcripts in the peripheral and central nervous system. The transcription start sites observed in the intestine corresponded to the current human genome annotation (NCBI Build 36.1, March 2006). The transcription start sites in the brain, however, were localized in a region about 4000 bp downstream. The brain transcripts lacked the coding first exon of the HTR3B structure published earlier but had an upstream-extended exon 2 containing a new potential translational start site. Reporter gene analyses showed significant promoter activity of the genomic region located 1560 bp upstream to 93 bp downstream of the brain-specific transcription start sites. This data suggests a different transcriptional regulation of the HTR3B gene in the peripheral and the central nervous system that leads to the expression of transcripts with variations in the 5' coding sequence. Further studies on the expression, structure and function of therefore expected tissue-specific 5-HT(3B) isoforms are required.
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- Mladen Vassilev Tzvetkov
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology University Hospital Göttingen 4E1-323 Robert-Koch-Str. 40 37075 Göttingen Germany.
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Ziemann C, Riecke A, Rüdell G, Oetjen E, Steinfelder HJ, Lass C, Kahl GF, Hirsch-Ernst KI. The role of prostaglandin E receptor-dependent signaling via cAMP in Mdr1b gene activation in primary rat hepatocyte cultures. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2006; 317:378-86. [PMID: 16415092 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.105.094193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Multidrug resistance (mdr) proteins of the mdr1 type function as multispecific xenobiotic transporters in hepatocytes. In the liver, mdr1 overexpression occurs during regeneration, cirrhosis, and hepatocarcinogenesis and may contribute to primary chemotherapy resistance. Cultured rat hepatocytes exhibit a time-dependent "intrinsic" increase in functional mdr1b expression, which depends on cyclooxygenase-catalyzed prostaglandin E(2) release. In the present study, the prostaglandin E (EP) receptor agonist misoprostol (1-10 microg/ml) further enhanced intrinsic mdr1b mRNA expression in primary rat hepatocytes. On the other hand, [1alpha(z),2beta,5alpha]-(+)-7-[5-[1,1'-(biphenyl)-4-yl]methoxy]-2-(4-morpholinyl)-3-oxocyclopentyl]-4-heptenoic acid (AH23848B) (30 microM), an antagonist of the cAMP-coupled EP4 receptor, and the protein kinase A (PKA) inhibitor, N-(2-[bromocinnamylamino]ethyl)-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide (H89) (10 nM), repressed intrinsic mdr1b mRNA up-regulation, whereas the stable cAMP analog 8-bromo-cAMP (10 microM) and the phosphodiesterase inhibitor 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX) (100 microM) further enhanced intrinsic mdr1b expression. Primary rat hepatocytes, transiently transfected with reporter gene constructs controlled by mdr1b 5'-gene-flanking regions [-1074 to +154 base pairs (bp) or -250 to +154 bp], demonstrated pronounced mdr1b promoter activity, already without the addition of exogenous modulators. Nevertheless, activity was further stimulated by misoprostol, 8-bromo-cAMP, or IBMX. Cotransfection with expression vectors for PKI, an inhibitor protein of cAMP-dependent PKA, or KCREB, a dominant-negative mutant of the cAMP-responsive element-binding protein (CREB), decreased high-intrinsic mdr1b promoter activity. KCREB also counteracted misoprostol-induced mdr1b promoter activation. In conclusion, these data provide evidence for a pivotal role of EP receptor-stimulated, cAMP-dependent activation of PKA and CREB or CREB-related proteins in mdr1b gene activation in primary rat hepatocytes. Thus, these data might offer potential new target structures for the reversal of primary drug resistance, for example, of liver tumors.
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- Christina Ziemann
- Department of Toxicology, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Göttingen, Germany.
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Oetjen E, Blume R, Krätzner R, Knepel W. MEKK1 inhibits human insulin gene transcription. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2006. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-932879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Plaumann S, Oetjen E, Steinfelder HJ, Knepel W. Effect of the immunosuppressive drug cyclosporine A on beta-cell survival. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2006. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-932916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Oetjen E, Lechleiter A, Blume R, Nihalani D, Holzman L, Knepel W. Inhibition of membrane depolarisation-induced transcriptional activity of cyclic AMP response element binding protein (CREB) by the dual-leucine-zipper-bearing kinase in a pancreatic islet beta cell line. Diabetologia 2006; 49:332-42. [PMID: 16369771 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-005-0087-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2005] [Accepted: 09/07/2005] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS The activation of the transcription factor cyclic AMP response element binding protein (CREB) by protein kinase A is inhibited by the human orthologue of the mitogen-activated protein kinase, dual-leucine-zipper-bearing kinase (DLK) in teratocarcinoma cells. However, pancreatic beta cells are electrically excitable and a major pathway regulating CREB in these cells is membrane depolarisation, leading to calcium influx and activation of the calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase calcineurin. Therefore, the effect of DLK on CREB activity induced by membrane depolarisation was investigated in the beta cell line HIT. MATERIALS AND METHODS Reporter gene assays and biochemical techniques were used. RESULTS RT-PCR, Western blot analysis and immunohistochemistry demonstrated the expression of DLK in HIT cells and primary mouse islets. In transient transfection experiments, DLK inhibited both GAL4-CREB activity induced by membrane depolarisation, and transcription directed by the CREB binding site, the cyclic AMP response element. Furthermore, DLK inhibited the transcriptional activity conferred by the CREB coactivator, CREB binding protein, both under basal conditions and after membrane depolarisation. DLK was also effective in response to glucose, the most potent physiological stimulus and known to cause membrane depolarisation of beta cells. Inhibition of calcineurin enhanced DLK activity, whereas overexpression of calcineurin reduced the inhibition by DLK of transcription directed by cyclic AMP response element after membrane depolarisation. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION These results demonstrate a calcineurin-sensitive inhibition by DLK of CREB activity after membrane depolarisation in pancreatic islet beta cells. This inhibition may, at least partially, be mediated at the coactivator level. The results thus suggest that DLK plays a role in the regulation of beta cell function, including insulin gene transcription and beta cell apoptosis.
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- E Oetjen
- Molecular Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch Strasse 40, 37099 Göttingen, Germany
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Oetjen E, Plaumann S, Steinfelder HJ, Knepel W. Das Immunsuppressivum Ciclosporin induziert einen apoptotischen Beta-Zelltod. DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2006. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-943805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Sharma S, Leinemann U, Ratke R, Oetjen E, Blume R, Dickel C, Knepel W. Characterization of a novel Foxa (hepatocyte nuclear factor-3) site in the glucagon promoter that is conserved between rodents and humans. Biochem J 2005; 389:831-41. [PMID: 15828872 PMCID: PMC1180734 DOI: 10.1042/bj20050334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The pancreatic islet hormone glucagon stimulates hepatic glucose production and thus maintains blood glucose levels in the fasting state. Transcription factors of the Foxa [Fox (forkhead box) subclass A; also known as HNF-3 (hepatocyte nuclear factor-3)] family are required for cell-specific activation of the glucagon gene in pancreatic islet alpha-cells. However, their action on the glucagon gene is poorly understood. In the present study, comparative sequence analysis and molecular characterization using protein-DNA binding and transient transfection assays revealed that the well-characterized Foxa-binding site in the G2 enhancer element of the rat glucagon gene is not conserved in humans and that the human G2 sequence lacks basal enhancer activity. A novel Foxa site was identified that is conserved in rats, mice and humans. It mediates activation of the glucagon gene by Foxa proteins and confers cell-specific promoter activity in glucagon-producing pancreatic islet alpha-cell lines. In contrast with previously identified Foxa-binding sites in the glucagon promoter, which bind nuclear Foxa2, the novel Foxa site was found to bind preferentially Foxa1 in nuclear extracts of a glucagon-producing pancreatic islet alpha-cell line, offering a mechanism that explains the decrease in glucagon gene expression in Foxa1-deficient mice. This site is located just upstream of the TATA box (between -30 and -50), suggesting a role for Foxa proteins in addition to direct transcriptional activation, such as a role in opening the chromatin at the start site of transcription of the glucagon gene.
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- Sanjeev K. Sharma
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, D-37099 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, D-37099 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, D-37099 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, D-37099 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, D-37099 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, D-37099 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, D-37099 Göttingen, Germany
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Oetjen E, Thoms KM, Laufer Y, Pape D, Blume R, Li P, Knepel W. The immunosuppressive drugs cyclosporin A and tacrolimus inhibit membrane depolarization-induced CREB transcriptional activity at the coactivator level. Br J Pharmacol 2005; 144:982-93. [PMID: 15711594 PMCID: PMC1576078 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2004] [Revised: 11/22/2004] [Accepted: 12/01/2004] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Cyclosporin A and tacrolimus are clinically important immunosuppressive drugs directly targeting the transcription factor nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT). Through inhibition of calcineurin phosphatase activity they block the dephosphorylation and thus activation of NFAT. Cyclosporin A and tacrolimus also inhibit other calcineurin-dependent transcription factors including the ubiquitously expressed cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB). Membrane depolarization by phosphorylating CREB on Ser119 leads to the recruitment of its coactivator CREB-binding protein (CBP) that stimulates initiation of transcription. It was unknown at what step in CREB-mediated transcription cyclosporin A and tacrolimus interfere. In transient transfection experiments, using GAL4-CREB fusion proteins and a pancreatic islet beta-cell line, cyclosporin A inhibited depolarization-induced activation of CREB proteins which carried various deletions or mutations throughout their sequence providing no evidence for the existence of a distinct CREB domain conferring cyclosporin A sensitivity. In a mammalian two-hybrid assay, cyclosporin A did not inhibit Ser119-dependent interaction of CREB with its coactivator CBP. Using GAL4-CBP fusion proteins, cyclosporin A inhibited depolarization-induced CBP activity, with cyclosporin A-sensitive domains mapped to both the N- (aa 1-451) and C-terminal (aa 2040-2305) ends of CBP. The depolarization-induced transcriptional activity of the CBP C-terminus was enhanced by overexpression of calcineurin and was inhibited by cyclosporin A and tacrolimus in a concentration-dependent manner with IC50 values (10 and 1 nM, respectively) consistent with their known IC50 values for inhibition of calcineurin. These data suggest that, in contrast to NFAT, cyclosporin A and tacrolimus inhibit CREB transcriptional activity at the coactivator level.
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- Elke Oetjen
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, D-37099 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, D-37099 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, D-37099 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, D-37099 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, D-37099 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, D-37099 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, D-37099 Göttingen, Germany
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Oetjen E, Schlag C, Mayr BM, Blume R, Knepel W. MEKK1 inhibits CREB-directed transcripiton by preventing the interaction of CREB with its coactivator CBP. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2005. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-862798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Sharma S, Leinemann U, Ratke R, Oetjen E, Blume R, Dickel C, Knepel W. Binding of HNF-3α in nuclear extracts of pancreatic islet α-cell line to the novel HNF-3 site-A in the glucagon gene. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2005. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-862826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Kutschenko A, Oetjen E, Knepel W. Reactive oxygen species inhibit calcineurin phosphatase activity in a pancreatic islet beta cell line. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2005. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-862883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Schinner S, Barthel A, Dellas C, Grzeskowiak R, Sharma SK, Oetjen E, Blume R, Knepel W. Protein Kinase B Activity Is Sufficient to Mimic the Effect of Insulin on Glucagon Gene Transcription. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:7369-76. [PMID: 15590659 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m408560200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Insulin inhibits glucagon gene transcription, and insulin deficiency is associated with hyperglucagonemia that contributes to hyperglycemia in diabetes mellitus. However, the insulin signaling pathway to the glucagon gene is unknown. Protein kinase B (PKB) is a key regulator of insulin signaling and glucose homeostasis. Impaired PKB function leads to insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus. Therefore, the role of PKB in the regulation of glucagon gene transcription was investigated. After transient transfections of glucagon promoter-reporter genes into a glucagon-producing islet cell line, the use of kinase inhibitors indicated that the inhibition of glucagon gene transcription by insulin depends on phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase. Furthermore, insulin caused a PI 3-kinase-dependent phosphorylation and activation of PKB in this cell line as revealed by phospho-immunoblotting and kinase assays. Overexpression of constitutively active PKB mimicked the effect of insulin on glucagon gene transcription. Both insulin and PKB responsiveness of the glucagon promoter were abolished when the binding sites for the transcription factor Pax6 within the G1 and G3 promoter elements were mutated. Recruitment of Pax6 or its potential coactivator, the CREB-binding protein (CBP), to G1 and G3 by using the GAL4 system restored both insulin and PKB responsiveness. These data suggest that insulin inhibits glucagon gene transcription by signaling via PI 3-kinase and PKB, with the transcription factor Pax6 and its potential coactivator CBP being critical components of the targeted promoter-specific nucleoprotein complex. The present data emphasize the importance of PKB in insulin signaling and glucose homeostasis by defining the glucagon gene as a novel target gene for PKB.
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- Sven Schinner
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, 37099 Göttingen, Germany
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Oetjen E, Theuner Y, Grandke G, Blume R, Knepel W. Differential effect of the MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 1 on transcription factors depending on the co-activator CBP. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2004. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-819279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Oetjen E, Baun D, Beimesche S, Krause D, Cierny I, Blume R, Dickel C, Wehner S, Knepel W. Inhibition of human insulin gene transcription by the immunosuppressive drugs cyclosporin A and tacrolimus in primary, mature islets of transgenic mice. Mol Pharmacol 2003; 63:1289-95. [PMID: 12761338 DOI: 10.1124/mol.63.6.1289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Cyclosporin A and tacrolimus are clinically important immunosuppressive drugs. They share a diabetogenic action as one of their most serious adverse effects. The underlying mechanism is unknown. Previous studies have shown that tacrolimus can inhibit insulin gene transcription at high concentrations in tumor cell lines. To study insulin gene transcription in normal, mature pancreatic islet cells, we used a novel approach in the present study. Transgenic mice that carry a human insulin promoter-reporter gene were generated. The human insulin promoter directed transcription in pancreatic islets and conferred a normal, physiological glucose response to reporter gene expression in isolated islets. After stimulation with glucose, human insulin promoter-mediated gene expression was inhibited in normal, mature islet cells by both tacrolimus and cyclosporin A to a large extent (approximately 70%) and with high potency at concentrations that are known to inhibit calcineurin phosphatase activity (IC50 values of 1 and 35 nM, respectively). Furthermore, glucose stimulated calcineurin phosphatase activity in mouse pancreatic islets, further supporting the view that calcineurin phosphatase activity is an essential part of glucose signaling to the human insulin gene. The high potency of cyclosporin A and tacrolimus in normal islets suggests that inhibition of insulin gene transcription by cyclosporin A and tacrolimus is clinically important and is one mechanism of the diabetogenic effect of these immunosuppressive drugs.
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- Elke Oetjen
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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Oetjen E, Grapentin D, Blume R, Seeger M, Krause D, Eggers A, Knepel W. Regulation of human insulin gene transcription by the immunosuppressive drugs cyclosporin A and tacrolimus at concentrations that inhibit calcineurin activity and involving the transcription factor CREB. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2003; 367:227-36. [PMID: 12644894 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-003-0694-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2002] [Accepted: 01/09/2003] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cyclosporin A and tacrolimus are important immunosuppressive drugs. They share a diabetogenic action as one of their most serious adverse effects. In a single study, tacrolimus (100 nM) inhibited human insulin gene transcription in the beta-cell line HIT. Using transfections of a human insulin-reporter gene into HIT cells, the present study shows that this inhibition is seen only at high concentrations of tacrolimus and is not caused by cyclosporin A. However, after stimulation by the major second messengers in the regulation of the insulin gene, cAMP and depolarization-induced calcium influx, both tacrolimus and cyclosporin A inhibited human insulin gene transcription in a concentration-dependent manner with IC(50) values of 1 nM and 30 nM, respectively. A further analysis offers a mechanism for this effect by revealing that the activation by cAMP and calcium of human insulin gene transcription is mediated by the transcription factor cAMP-responsive element binding protein (CREB) whose activity is inhibited by the immunosuppressants. These data demonstrate for the first time that cAMP- and calcium-induced activity of the human insulin gene is mediated by CREB and blocked by both tacrolimus and cyclosporin A at concentrations that inhibit calcineurin phosphatase activity. Since also the immunosuppressive effects of cyclosporin A and tacrolimus are thought to be secondary to inhibition of calcineurin, the present study suggests that inhibition of human insulin gene transcription by the immunosuppressants is clinically important and may contribute to their diabetogenic effect.
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- Elke Oetjen
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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Grzeskowiak R, Amin J, Oetjen E, Knepel W. Insulin responsiveness of the glucagon gene conferred by interactions between proximal promoter and more distal enhancer-like elements involving the paired-domain transcription factor Pax6. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:30037-45. [PMID: 10862760 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m000984200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Regulation of gene transcription is an important aspect of insulin's action. However, the mechanisms involved are poorly understood. Insulin inhibits glucagon gene transcription, and insulin deficiency is associated with hyperglucagonemia that contributes to hyperglycemia in diabetes mellitus. Transfecting glucagon-reporter fusion genes into a glucagon-producing pancreatic islet cell line, a 5'-, 3'-, and internal deletion analysis, and oligonucleotide cassette insertions failed in the present study to identify a single insulin-responsive element in the glucagon gene. They rather indicate that insulin responsiveness depends on the presence of both proximal promoter elements and more distal enhancer-like elements. When the paired domain transcription factor Pax6 binding sites within the proximal promoter element G1 and the enhancer-like element G3 were mutated into GAL4 binding sites, the expression of GAL4-Pax6 and GAL4-VP16 restored basal activity, whereas only GAL4-Pax6 restored also insulin responsiveness. Likewise, GAL4-CBP activity was inhibited by insulin within the glucagon promoter context. The results suggest that insulin responsiveness is conferred to the glucagon gene by the synergistic interaction of proximal promoter and more distal enhancer-like elements, with Pax6 and its potential coactivator the CREB-binding protein being critical components. These data thereby support concepts of insulin-responsive element-independent mechanisms of insulin action to inhibit gene transcription.
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- R Grzeskowiak
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, 37070 Göttingen, Germany
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Siemann G, Blume R, Grapentin D, Oetjen E, Schwaninger M, Knepel W. Inhibition of cyclic AMP response element-binding protein/cyclic AMP response element-mediated transcription by the immunosuppressive drugs cyclosporin A and FK506 depends on the promoter context. Mol Pharmacol 1999; 55:1094-100. [PMID: 10347253 DOI: 10.1124/mol.55.6.1094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The immunosuppressants cyclosporin A and FK506 (tacrolimus) can block the phosphatase calcineurin, thereby inhibiting gene transcription directed by the cyclic AMP (cAMP)- and calcium-responsive transcription factor, cAMP response element (CRE)-binding protein, and its binding site, CRE, in various cell lines. This action is a novel molecular mechanism of cyclosporin A and FK506 action. Because inhibition of CREB/CRE-directed transcription by cyclosporin A and FK506 has previously been observed by using synthetic minienhancers, reporter fusion genes were constructed to examine the effect of cyclosporin A and FK506 on the transcriptional activity of CRE-containing natural promoters. In transient transfection experiments, cyclosporin A and FK506 inhibited the transcriptional activation by cAMP and the membrane depolarization of three CRE-containing promoters. However, cyclosporin A and FK506 failed to inhibit the activation by cAMP of another promoter, the rat insulin I gene promoter. The lack of cyclosporin A/FK506 sensitivity is not intrinsic to the insulin CRE because cyclosporin A and FK506 inhibited the activation by cAMP of the insulin CRE when isolated and used as a synthetic minienhancer. Rather, cyclosporin A/FK506 resistance may be conferred by specific promoter interactions because a mutational analysis of the insulin promoter revealed that inside this promoter, CRE activity depends on an adjacent control element. These data show that cyclosporin A and FK506 can inhibit CRE activity when the CRE resides in its natural promoter. However, the cyclosporin A/FK506 sensitivity depends on the specific promoter context. The results suggest that cyclosporin A and FK506 may alter target tissue function through the regulation of a subset of CRE-containing genes.
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- G Siemann
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Perini G, Oetjen E, Green MR. The hepatitis B pX protein promotes dimerization and DNA binding of cellular basic region/leucine zipper proteins by targeting the conserved basic region. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:13970-7. [PMID: 10318808 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.20.13970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The hepatitis B virus pX protein is a potent transcriptional activator of viral and cellular genes whose mechanism of action is poorly understood. Here we show that pX dramatically stimulates in vitro DNA binding of a variety of cellular proteins that contain basic region/leucine zipper (bZIP) DNA binding domains. The basis for increased DNA binding is a direct interaction between pX and the conserved bZIP basic region, which promotes bZIP dimerization and the increased concentration of the bZIP homodimer then drives the DNA binding reaction. Unexpectedly, we found that the DNA binding specificity of various pX-bZIP complexes differs from one another and from that of the bZIP itself. Thus, through recognition of the conserved basic region, pX promotes dimerization, increases DNA binding, and alters DNA recognition. These properties of pX are remarkably similar to those of the human T-cell lymphotrophic virus type I Tax protein. Although Tax and pX are not homologous, we show that the regions of the two proteins that stimulate bZIP binding contain apparent metal binding sites. Finally, consistent with this in vitro activity, we provide evidence that both Tax and pX activate transcription in vivo, at least in part, by facilitating occupancy of bZIPs on target promoters.
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- G Perini
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
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Müller FU, Bokník P, Knapp J, Neumann J, Vahlensieck U, Oetjen E, Scheld HH, Schmitz W. Identification and expression of a novel isoform of cAMP response element modulator in the human heart. FASEB J 1998; 12:1191-9. [PMID: 9737722 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.12.12.1191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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In end-stage human heart failure, excessive beta-adrenergic stimulation of the cAMP-dependent signaling pathway due to enhanced endogenous catecholamines is hypothesized to contribute to expressional alterations of myocardial regulatory proteins. The cAMP response element modulator (CREM) regulates the transcription of cAMP-responsive genes and might be involved in the regulation of cardiac gene expression. Using the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, we identified a novel CREM mRNA, CREM-Ib deltaC-X, in the human heart. Overexpression of CREM-Ib deltaC-X decreased cAMP response element (CRE) -mediated gene transcription in HIT-T15 cells, and this activity was assigned to the part of the sequence encoding putative internally translated proteins. Two of three possible internally translated proteins were immunologically identified in cells overexpressing CREM-Ib deltaC-X tagged with the hemagglutinin epitope of the influenza virus. Both proteins were expressed in bacteria and showed CRE-specific DNA binding, formation of heterodimers with the cAMP response element binding protein (CREB), and inhibition of CREB's binding to the CRE. CREM expression was detected on the mRNA and protein levels in the human heart. We conclude that CREM-Ib deltaC-X generates internally translated repressors of CRE-mediated gene transcription, suggesting the first example for the existence and function of human cardiac CREM.
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- F U Müller
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universität Münster, Germany.
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Krüger M, Schwaninger M, Blume R, Oetjen E, Knepel W. Inhibition of CREB- and cAMP response element-mediated gene transcription by the immunosuppressive drugs cyclosporin A and FK506 in T cells. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 1997; 356:433-40. [PMID: 9349628 DOI: 10.1007/pl00005073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The clinically important immunosuppressant drugs cyclosporin A and FK506 (tacrolimus) inhibit in T-cells calcineurin phosphatase activity and nuclear translocation of the cytosolic component of the transcription factor nuclear factor of activated T-cells (NF-ATc) that is involved in the induction of early genes during T-cell activation. This effect has been proposed to explain at least part of the immunosuppressive effect of these drugs. Previous studies in pancreatic islet cell lines have shown that cyclosporin A and FK506 through inhibition of calcineurin interfere also with the function of the transcription factor cAMP response element binding protein (CREB) that is activated by cAMP and calcium signals and binds to cAMP/calcium response elements (CRE). By transient expression of CRE-reporter genes or GAL4-CREB fusion proteins, the present study shows that inhibition of CREB/CRE-directed transcription by cyclosporin A and FK506 occurs in a great variety of cell types including in cell lines derived from tissues in which adverse effects of the immunosuppressants develop. CREB activity and CRE-mediated transcription was blocked by these drugs also in Jurkat T-cells. When taken together with recent evidence for an essential role of CREB in T-cell activation and proliferation, the present results suggest that inhibition of CREB/CRE-directed transcription may be a molecular mechanism of the immunosuppressive effect of cyclosporin A and FK506.
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- M Krüger
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, Germany
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Schwaninger M, Blume R, Krüger M, Lux G, Oetjen E, Knepel W. Involvement of the Ca(2+)-dependent phosphatase calcineurin in gene transcription that is stimulated by cAMP through cAMP response elements. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:8860-6. [PMID: 7536740 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.15.8860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Gene transcription can be induced by cAMP and Ca2+ through distinct protein kinases phosphorylating the transcription factor CREB, which binds to cAMP response elements (CREs) in various genes. Induction of gene transcription by Ca2+ has been shown recently to depend on the Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase calcineurin in pancreatic islet cells. This study investigates the role of calcineurin in CRE-directed gene transcription after stimulation by cAMP. Reporter fusion genes under the transcriptional control of CREs were transiently transfected into the cell line HIT. Pharmacological evidence suggests that cAMP stimulates CRE-mediated transcription through a Ca(2+)-dependent mechanism. The immunosuppressive drugs cyclosporin A and FK506 inhibited CRE-mediated transcription stimulated by cAMP. At the same concentrations they also inhibited calcineurin phosphatase activity. Reversal of calcineurin inhibition by rapamycin or overexpression of calcineurin led to disinhibition of CRE-mediated gene transcription. Immunoblots with a phosphoCREB-specific antibody showed that cyclosporin A and FK506 do not interfere with CREB phosphorylation at serine 119 stimulated with cAMP or membrane depolarization. These results indicate that in HIT cells stimulation of CRE-mediated transcription depends not only on the activity of protein kinases phosphorylating CREB but also on the Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase calcineurin that is necessary for the transcriptional competence of phosphorylated CREB.
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- Department of Biochemical Pharmacology, University of Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany
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