PMID- 22696685 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130403 LR - 20211203 IS - 1939-4586 (Electronic) IS - 1059-1524 (Print) IS - 1059-1524 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 15 DP - 2012 Aug TI - Nuclear factor of activated T-cell c3 inhibition of mammalian target of rapamycin signaling through induction of regulated in development and DNA damage response 1 in human intestinal cells. PG - 2963-72 LID - 10.1091/mbc.E12-01-0037 [doi] AB - The nuclear factor of activated T-cell (NFAT) proteins are a family of transcription factors (NFATc1-c4) involved in the regulation of cell differentiation. We identified REDD1, a negative regulator of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) through the tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC1/2 complex), as a new molecular target of NFATc3. We show that treatment with a combination of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) plus ionophore A23187 (Io), which induces NFAT activation, increased REDD1 mRNA and protein expression and inhibited mTOR signaling; pretreatment with the calcineurin inhibitor cyclosporin A (CsA), an antagonist of NFAT signaling, decreased REDD1 induction and mTOR inhibition. Knockdown of NFATc3, not NFATc1, NFATc2, or NFATc4, attenuated PMA/Io-induced REDD1 expression. Treatment with PMA/Io increased REDD1 promoter activity and increased NFATc3 binding to the REDD1 promoter. Overexpression of NFATc3 increased REDD1 mRNA and protein expression and increased PMA/Io-mediated REDD1 promoter activity. Treatment with PMA/Io increased expression of the goblet cell differentiation marker MUC2; these changes were attenuated by pretreatment with CsA or knockdown of REDD1 or NFATc3. Overexpression of NFATc3 increased, while knockdown of TSC2 decreased, MUC2 expression. We provide evidence showing NFATc3 inhibits mTOR via induction of REDD1. Our results suggest a role for the NFATc3/REDD1/TSC2 axis in the regulation of intestinal cell differentiation. FAU - Zhou, Yuning AU - Zhou Y AD - Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0293, USA. FAU - Wang, Qingding AU - Wang Q FAU - Guo, Zheng AU - Guo Z FAU - Weiss, Heidi L AU - Weiss HL FAU - Evers, B Mark AU - Evers BM LA - eng GR - P20 CA150343/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK048498/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01-DK48498/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20120613 PL - United States TA - Mol Biol Cell JT - Molecular biology of the cell JID - 9201390 RN - 0 (Calcineurin Inhibitors) RN - 0 (DDIT4 protein, human) RN - 0 (NFATC Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (TSC1 protein, human) RN - 0 (TSC2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 1 Protein) RN - 0 (Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 2 Protein) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Proteins) RN - 37H9VM9WZL (Calcimycin) RN - 57716-89-9 (4-O-methyl-12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate) RN - 83HN0GTJ6D (Cyclosporine) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - NI40JAQ945 (Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate) SB - IM MH - Calcimycin/pharmacology MH - Calcineurin Inhibitors MH - *Cell Differentiation/drug effects/genetics MH - Cyclosporine/pharmacology MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - HCT116 Cells MH - HT29 Cells MH - Humans MH - *Intestinal Mucosa/metabolism MH - *Intestines/cytology/growth & development MH - NFATC Transcription Factors/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - *TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 1 Protein MH - Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 2 Protein MH - Tumor Suppressor Proteins/metabolism PMC - PMC3408422 EDAT- 2012/06/15 06:00 MHDA- 2013/04/04 06:00 PMCR- 2012/10/16 CRDT- 2012/06/15 06:00 PHST- 2012/06/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/06/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/04/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/10/16 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - mbc.E12-01-0037 [pii] AID - E12-01-0037 [pii] AID - 10.1091/mbc.E12-01-0037 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Biol Cell. 2012 Aug;23(15):2963-72. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E12-01-0037. Epub 2012 Jun 13.