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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
22
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-6-30
pubmed:abstractText
We have characterized Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IV (CaM kinase IV), expressed using the baculovirus/Sf9 cell system, to assess its potential role in Ca2+-dependent transcriptional regulation. CaM kinase IV was strongly inhibited in vitro by KN-62, a specific CaM kinase inhibitor which suppresses Ca2+-dependent transcription of several genes, so we tested whether CaM kinase IV could stimulate transcription. Co-transfection of COS-1 cells by cDNA for CaM kinase IV gave 3-fold stimulation of a reporter gene expression, whereas co-transfection with CaM kinase II gave no transcriptional stimulation. Since this transcriptional response was mediated by phosphorylation of cAMP responsive element-binding protein (CREB), we determined the kinetics and site specificities of CaM kinases IV and II for phosphorylating CREB in vitro. CaM kinases IV and II and cAMP kinase (protein kinase A) all had similar Km values for CREB (1-5 microns), but the Vmax of CaM kinase IV was 40-fold lower than those of CaM kinase II and protein kinase A. Although all three kinases phosphorylated Ser133 in CREB, CaM kinase II also gave equal phosphorylation of a second site which was not Ser98. The two CREB phosphorylation sites were separately 32P-labeled, and the abilities of protein phosphatases 1, 2A, and 2B (calcineurin) to dephosphorylate them were tested. Our results show that all three phosphatases could dephosphorylate both sites, and calcineurin was a stronger catalyst for dephosphorylating site 1 (Ser133) than for site 2. These results indicate that CaM kinase IV may be important in Ca2+-dependent transcriptional regulation through phosphorylation of Ser133 in CREB. The fact that CaM kinase II phosphorylates another site in addition to Ser133 in CREB raises the possibility that this second phosphorylation site may account for the suppressed phosphorylation site may account for the suppressed ability of CaM kinase II to enhance transcription through the CRE/CREB system. In addition multiple protein phosphatases, including calcineurin, may exert a modulatory effect on transcription depending on which site they dephosphorylate.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
269
pubmed:geneSymbol
c-fos
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
15520-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8195196-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8195196-Baculoviridae, pubmed-meshheading:8195196-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8195196-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:8195196-Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:8195196-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:8195196-Cercopithecus aethiops, pubmed-meshheading:8195196-Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein, pubmed-meshheading:8195196-Enhancer Elements, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8195196-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:8195196-Genes, fos, pubmed-meshheading:8195196-Glucagon, pubmed-meshheading:8195196-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:8195196-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8195196-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8195196-Moths, pubmed-meshheading:8195196-Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:8195196-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:8195196-Peptide Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:8195196-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:8195196-Restriction Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:8195196-Substrate Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:8195196-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8195196-Transfection
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IV. Role in transcriptional regulation.
pubmed:affiliation
Vollum Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.