PMID- 11127825 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20001228 LR - 20211203 IS - 0950-9232 (Print) IS - 0950-9232 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 51 DP - 2000 Nov 30 TI - Involvement of c-Fos in signaling grp78 induction following ER calcium release. PG - 5936-43 AB - Release of calcium from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) signals an increase in transcription of both the early response gene, c-fos, and the late response gene, grp78. We have used thapsigargin (TG), an ER calcium-ATPase pump inhibitor that induces calcium release from the ER, to investigate the possible involvement of c-Fos, a component of the AP-1 transcription factor, in grp78 induction. Two cell lines with markedly different responses to TG treatment were employed: the WEHI7.2 mouse lymphoma line in which TG fails to induce grp78, and the MDA-MB-468 mammary epithelial line in which TG induces grp78. In WEHI7.2 cells, TG-induced calcium release triggers a rapid increase in c-fos mRNA, but the level of c-Fos protein decreases due to degradation by the multicatalytic proteasome. C-FosdeltaC, a proteasome resistant c-Fos mutant with AP-1 activity similar to that of wild type c-Fos, restores grp78 induction in WEHI7.2 cells, detected by both Northern hybridization and a grp78 promoter-luciferase reporter assay. In MDA-MB-468 cells, TG-mediated calcium release induces a sustained elevation of c-Fos protein that precedes grp78 induction. A region of the grp78 promoter containing both ERSE and CORE regions, but missing TRE and CRE regions, is sufficient to mediate induction of reporter luciferase activity. Induction of this reporter was blocked by A-Fos, a dominant negative inhibitor of c-Fos. Also, the induction of grp78-luciferase reporter activity was inhibited by c-fos antisense mRNA. In summary, the findings indicate that c-Fos is involved in signaling grp78 induction following TG treatment, and that grp78 induction is inhibited by proteasome-mediated c-Fos degradation. FAU - He, H AU - He H AD - Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA. FAU - McColl, K AU - McColl K FAU - Distelhorst, C W AU - Distelhorst CW LA - eng GR - CA79806/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - England TA - Oncogene JT - Oncogene JID - 8711562 RN - 0 (Carrier Proteins) RN - 0 (Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (HSPA5 protein, human) RN - 0 (Heat-Shock Proteins) RN - 0 (Hspa5 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Molecular Chaperones) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos) RN - 0 (RNA, Antisense) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Transcription Factor AP-1) RN - 67526-95-8 (Thapsigargin) RN - EC 7.2.2.10 (Calcium-Transporting ATPases) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Breast/drug effects/physiology MH - Calcium/*physiology MH - Calcium-Transporting ATPases/antagonists & inhibitors MH - Carrier Proteins/biosynthesis/*genetics MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum/*metabolism MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Epithelial Cells/drug effects/physiology MH - Gene Expression Regulation/physiology MH - *Heat-Shock Proteins MH - Humans MH - Molecular Chaperones/biosynthesis/*genetics MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*physiology MH - RNA, Antisense/genetics/pharmacology MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics MH - Signal Transduction/*physiology MH - Thapsigargin/pharmacology MH - Transcription Factor AP-1/biosynthesis/physiology MH - Transfection MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured EDAT- 2000/12/29 11:00 MHDA- 2001/02/28 10:01 CRDT- 2000/12/29 11:00 PHST- 2000/12/29 11:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/02/28 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2000/12/29 11:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1038/sj.onc.1203994 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncogene. 2000 Nov 30;19(51):5936-43. doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1203994.