PMID- 17016429 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070917 LR - 20091119 IS - 0950-9232 (Print) IS - 0950-9232 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 16 DP - 2007 Apr 5 TI - Phosphorylation of MCT-1 by p44/42 MAPK is required for its stabilization in response to DNA damage. PG - 2283-9 AB - We discovered a novel oncogene in a T-cell lymphoma cell line, multiple copies in T-cell lymphoma-1 (MCT-1), that has been shown to decrease cell-doubling time, shorten the duration of G(1) transit time and/or G(1)-S transition, and transform NIH3T3 fibroblasts. We subsequently demonstrated that there were significantly increased levels of MCT-1 protein in a subset of primary diffuse large B-cell lymphomas. Levels of MCT-1 protein were shown to be increased after exposure to DNA damaging agents. This increase did not require new protein synthesis, suggesting that post-translational mechanisms were involved. Phosphorylation is one potential mechanism by which the activity of molecules involved in cell cycle/survival is rapidly modulated. The RAS/mitogen-activated/extracellular-regulated kinase (MEK)/extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK) pathway plays a prominent role in the regulation of cell growth and proliferation through phosphorylation-dependent regulation of several substrates. The MCT-1 protein is predicted to have numerous putative phosphorylation sites. Using a combination of genetic and pharmacological approaches, we established that phosphorylation of MCT-1 protein by p44/p42 mitogen-activated protein kinases is critical for stabilization of MCT-1 protein and for its ability to promote cell proliferation. Our data suggests that targeting the RAS/MEK/ERK signal transduction cascade may provide a potential therapeutic approach in lymphomas and related malignancies that exhibit high levels of MCT-1 protein. FAU - Nandi, S AU - Nandi S AD - Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. FAU - Reinert, L S AU - Reinert LS FAU - Hachem, A AU - Hachem A FAU - Mazan-Mamczarz, K AU - Mazan-Mamczarz K FAU - Hagner, P AU - Hagner P FAU - He, H AU - He H FAU - Gartenhaus, R B AU - Gartenhaus RB LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20061002 PL - England TA - Oncogene JT - Oncogene JID - 8711562 RN - 0 (Cell Cycle Proteins) RN - 0 (MCTS1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Oncogene Proteins) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3) SB - IM MH - 3T3 Cells MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Cell Cycle MH - Cell Cycle Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cell Division MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Survival MH - *DNA Damage MH - Humans MH - Jurkat Cells MH - Kinetics MH - Lymphoma, T-Cell/genetics/pathology MH - Mice MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/*metabolism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/*metabolism MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Oncogene Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation EDAT- 2006/10/04 09:00 MHDA- 2007/09/18 09:00 CRDT- 2006/10/04 09:00 PHST- 2006/10/04 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/09/18 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/10/04 09:00 [entrez] AID - 1210030 [pii] AID - 10.1038/sj.onc.1210030 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncogene. 2007 Apr 5;26(16):2283-9. doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210030. Epub 2006 Oct 2.