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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-5-5
pubmed:abstractText
We have studied the contribution of the individual kinases of the MAP (mitogen-activated protein) kinase family, including ERK (extracellular-signal regulated kinase), JNK/SAPK (c-JUN NH2-terminal kinase/stress-activated protein kinase) and p38, to activation of the HSP27 (heat shock protein 27) kinase MAPKAP kinase-2/3 and to HSP27 phosphorylation in Chinese hamster CCL39 cells stimulated by either growth factors, cytokines or stressing agents. In vitro assays using fractionated cell extracts or immunoprecipitates indicated that only fractions containing ERK or p38, and not those containing JNK/SAPK, had the capacity to activate MAPKAP kinase-2/3. In vivo, however, it appeared that only p38 is an upstream activator of HSP27 phosphorylation after both stress or growth factor stimulation: expression of an interfering mutant of ras, which blocked the activation of ERK by both types of inducers, had no effect on HSP27 phosphorylation and p38 activation; and the cell-permeant specific inhibitor of 038, SB203580, blocked MAPKAP-kinase2/3 activation and HSP27 phosphorylation. HSP27 has been suggested to have a phosphorylation-activated homeostatic function at the actin cytoskeleton level. This raises the possibility that p38 might be directly involved in mediating actin responses to external stimuli. Accordingly, we observed that a prior activation of p38 increased the stability of the actin microfilaments in cells exposed to cytochalasin D. The effect was dependent on the expression of HSP27 and was totally annihilated by blocking the p38 activity with SB203580. The results provide strong support to the idea that activation of p38 during adverse environmental conditions serves a homeostatic function aimed at regulating actin dynamics that would otherwise be destabilized during stress. Its activation during normal agonist stimulation may constitute an additional actin signaling pathway, the importance of which depends on the level of expression of HSP27.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0021-9533
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
110 ( Pt 3)
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
357-68
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9057088-Actin Cytoskeleton, pubmed-meshheading:9057088-Actins, pubmed-meshheading:9057088-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9057088-Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:9057088-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:9057088-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:9057088-Cytochalasin D, pubmed-meshheading:9057088-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:9057088-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:9057088-Growth Substances, pubmed-meshheading:9057088-Heat-Shock Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9057088-Hot Temperature, pubmed-meshheading:9057088-Hydrogen Peroxide, pubmed-meshheading:9057088-Imidazoles, pubmed-meshheading:9057088-Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9057088-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:9057088-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:9057088-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:9057088-Pyridines, pubmed-meshheading:9057088-p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Regulation of actin filament dynamics by p38 map kinase-mediated phosphorylation of heat shock protein 27.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre de recherche en cancérologie de l'Université Laval. L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't