PMID- 12021180 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20020618 LR - 20131121 IS - 0013-7227 (Print) IS - 0013-7227 (Linking) VI - 143 IP - 6 DP - 2002 Jun TI - Endoplasmic reticulum stress causes thyroglobulin retention in this organelle and triggers activation of nuclear factor-kappa B via tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 2. PG - 2169-77 AB - Perturbing the endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis of thyroid cell lines with thapsigargin, a specific inhibitor of the sarcoendoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) adenosine triphosphatases, and tunicamycin, an inhibitor of the N-linked glycosylation, blocked Tg in the endoplasmic reticulum. This event was signaled outside the endoplasmic reticulum and resulted in activation of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)/stress-activated protein kinase and nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B) stress response pathways. Activation of the JNK/stress-activated protein kinase signaling pathway was assessed by measuring the amount of phospho-JNK and the activity of JNK by kinase assays. Activation of the NF-kappa B signaling pathway was assessed by measuring the level of inhibitory subunit I kappa B alpha, DNA binding, and transcriptional activity of NF-kappa B. Cycloheximide treatment, at a dose able to profoundly inhibit protein synthesis in FRTL-5 cells, obliterated the decrease in the level of the inhibitory subunit I kappa B alpha produced by thapsigargin and tunicamycin. Therefore, protein synthesis was required to generate a signal from stressed endoplasmic reticulum. This substantiates the hypothesis that endoplasmic reticulum retention of newly synthesized Tg and other cargo (secretory and membrane) proteins functions upstream of signal activation. Dominant negative TNF receptor-associated factor 2 (TRAF2) inhibited activation of NF-kappa B, which was also inhibited in embryonic fibroblasts derived from TRAF2(-/-) mice, respect to their normal counterpart. These data extend the recent demonstration that TRAF2 mediated JNK activation in response to endoplasmic reticulum stress and strongly strengthened the idea that endogenous stress signals initiated in the endoplasmic reticulum proceed by a pathway similar to that initiated by plasma membrane receptors in response to extracellular signals. FAU - Leonardi, Antonio AU - Leonardi A AD - Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare, Federico II, University of Naples, 80100 Naples, Italy. FAU - Vito, Pasquale AU - Vito P FAU - Mauro, Claudio AU - Mauro C FAU - Pacifico, Francesco AU - Pacifico F FAU - Ulianich, Luca AU - Ulianich L FAU - Consiglio, Eduardo AU - Consiglio E FAU - Formisano, Silvestro AU - Formisano S FAU - Di Jeso, Bruno AU - Di Jeso B LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Endocrinology JT - Endocrinology JID - 0375040 RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Protein Synthesis Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - 0 (TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 2) RN - 11089-65-9 (Tunicamycin) RN - 67526-95-8 (Thapsigargin) RN - 9010-34-8 (Thyroglobulin) RN - 98600C0908 (Cycloheximide) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.12.2 (MAP Kinase Kinase 4) RN - EC 2.7.12.2 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Calcium/metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cycloheximide/pharmacology MH - Electrophoresis MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum/drug effects/*physiology MH - Fibroblasts/metabolism MH - Genes, Reporter/genetics MH - *JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases MH - MAP Kinase Kinase 4 MH - Mice MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases/metabolism MH - NF-kappa B/*metabolism MH - Precipitin Tests MH - Protein Synthesis Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Proteins/*physiology MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - Stress, Mechanical MH - TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 2 MH - Thapsigargin/pharmacology MH - Thyroglobulin/*metabolism MH - Tunicamycin/pharmacology EDAT- 2002/05/22 10:00 MHDA- 2002/06/19 10:01 CRDT- 2002/05/22 10:00 PHST- 2002/05/22 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2002/06/19 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2002/05/22 10:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1210/endo.143.6.8825 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Endocrinology. 2002 Jun;143(6):2169-77. doi: 10.1210/endo.143.6.8825.