PMID- 14575638 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20031118 LR - 20190727 IS - 0041-008X (Print) IS - 0041-008X (Linking) VI - 192 IP - 3 DP - 2003 Nov 1 TI - Mitogen activated protein kinases selectively regulate palytoxin-stimulated gene expression in mouse keratinocytes. PG - 212-21 AB - We have been investigating how the novel skin tumor promoter palytoxin transmits signals through mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPKs). Palytoxin activates three major MAPKs, extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), and p38, in a keratinocyte cell line derived from initiated mouse skin (308). We previously showed that palytoxin requires ERK to increase matrix metalloproteinase-13 (MMP-13) gene expression, an enzyme implicated in carcinogenesis. Diverse stimuli require JNK and p38 to increase MMP-13 gene expression, however. We therefore used the JNK and p38 inhibitors SP 600125 and SB 202190, respectively, to investigate the role of these MAPKs in palytoxin-induced MMP-13 gene expression. Surprisingly, palytoxin does not require JNK and p38 to increase MMP-13 gene expression. Accordingly, ERK activation, independent of palytoxin and in the absence of JNK and p38 activation, is sufficient to induce MMP-13 gene expression in 308 keratinocytes. Dexamethasone, a synthetic glucocorticoid that inhibits activator protein-1 (AP-1), blocked palytoxin-stimulated MMP-13 gene expression. Therefore, the AP-1 site present in the promoter of the MMP-13 gene appears to be functional and to play a key role in palytoxin-stimulated gene expression. Previous studies showed that palytoxin simulates an ERK-dependent selective increase in the c-Fos content of AP-1 complexes that bind to the promoter of the MMP-13 gene. JNK and p38 can also modulate c-Fos. Palytoxin does not require JNK or p38 to increase c-Fos binding, however. Altogether, these studies indicate that ERK plays a distinctly essential role in transmitting palytoxin-stimulated signals to specific nuclear targets in keratinocytes derived from initiated mouse skin. FAU - Zeliadt, Nicholette A AU - Zeliadt NA AD - Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. FAU - Warmka, Janel K AU - Warmka JK FAU - Wattenberg, Elizabeth V AU - Wattenberg EV LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Toxicol Appl Pharmacol JT - Toxicology and applied pharmacology JID - 0416575 RN - 0 (Acrylamides) RN - 0 (Anthracenes) RN - 0 (Cnidarian Venoms) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Imidazoles) RN - 0 (Pyridines) RN - 1TW30Y2766 (pyrazolanthrone) RN - 7S5I7G3JQL (Dexamethasone) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (Collagenases) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (Matrix Metalloproteinase 13) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (Mmp13 protein, mouse) RN - OQ17NC0MOV (palytoxin) RN - PVX798P8GI (4-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-5-(4-pyridyl)imidazole) SB - IM MH - *Acrylamides/toxicity MH - Animals MH - Anthracenes/pharmacology MH - Cell Line, Transformed MH - *Cnidarian Venoms/toxicity MH - Collagenases/biosynthesis/*genetics MH - Dexamethasone/pharmacology MH - Enzyme Activation MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - *Gene Expression MH - Imidazoles/pharmacology MH - Keratinocytes/drug effects/*enzymology MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 13 MH - Mice MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/*physiology MH - Pyridines/pharmacology MH - Signal Transduction EDAT- 2003/10/25 05:00 MHDA- 2003/12/03 05:00 CRDT- 2003/10/25 05:00 PHST- 2003/10/25 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/12/03 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2003/10/25 05:00 [entrez] AID - S0041008X03002989 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0041-008x(03)00298-9 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2003 Nov 1;192(3):212-21. doi: 10.1016/s0041-008x(03)00298-9.