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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
50
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-12-6
pubmed:abstractText
Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades regulate a wide variety of cellular processes that ultimately depend on changes in gene expression. We have found a novel mechanism whereby one of the key MAP3 kinases, Mekk1, regulates transcriptional activity through an interaction with p53. The tumor suppressor protein p53 down-regulates a number of genes, including the gene most frequently mutated in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (PKD1). We have discovered that Mekk1 translocates to the nucleus and acts as a co-repressor with p53 to down-regulate PKD1 transcriptional activity. This repression does not require Mekk1 kinase activity, excluding the need for an Mekk1 phosphorylation cascade. However, this PKD1 repression can also be induced by the stress-pathway stimuli, including TNF?, suggesting that Mekk1 activation induces both JNK-dependent and JNK-independent pathways that target the PKD1 gene. An Mekk1-p53 interaction at the PKD1 promoter suggests a new mechanism by which abnormally elevated stress-pathway stimuli might directly down-regulate the PKD1 gene, possibly causing haploinsufficiency and cyst formation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1083-351X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
285
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
38818-31
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20923779-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20923779-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:20923779-COS Cells, pubmed-meshheading:20923779-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:20923779-Cercopithecus aethiops, pubmed-meshheading:20923779-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:20923779-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20923779-MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 1, pubmed-meshheading:20923779-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:20923779-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:20923779-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:20923779-Mutagenesis, pubmed-meshheading:20923779-Oxidative Stress, pubmed-meshheading:20923779-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:20923779-TRPP Cation Channels, pubmed-meshheading:20923779-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:20923779-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, pubmed-meshheading:20923779-Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
MAP/ERK kinase kinase 1 (MEKK1) mediates transcriptional repression by interacting with polycystic kidney disease-1 (PKD1) promoter-bound p53 tumor suppressor protein.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry/Physics, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri 64468, USA. islamr@nwmissouri.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural