PMID- 24240056 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140818 LR - 20211203 IS - 1873-3913 (Electronic) IS - 0898-6568 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 2 DP - 2014 Feb TI - Sustained IRE1 and ATF6 signaling is important for survival of melanoma cells undergoing ER stress. PG - 287-94 LID - S0898-6568(13)00329-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.cellsig.2013.11.008 [doi] AB - Apoptosis triggered by endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is associated with rapid attenuation of the IRE1alpha and ATF6 pathways but persistent activation of the PERK branch of the unfolded protein response (UPR) in cells. However, melanoma cells are largely resistant to ER stress-induced apoptosis, suggesting that the kinetics and durations of activation of the UPR pathways are deregulated in melanoma cells undergoing ER stress. We show here that the IRE1alpha and ATF6 pathways are sustained along with the PERK signaling in melanoma cells subjected to pharmacological ER stress, and that this is, at least in part, due to increased activation of the MEK/ERK pathway. In contrast to an initial increase followed by rapid reduction in activation of IRE1alpha and ATF6 signaling in control cells that were relatively sensitive to ER stress-induced apoptosis, activation of IRE1alpha and ATF6 by the pharmacological ER stress inducer tunicamycin (TM) or thapsigargin (TG) persisted in melanoma cells. On the other hand, the increase in PERK signaling lasted similarly in both types of cells. Sustained activation of IRE1alpha and ATF6 signaling played an important role in protecting melanoma cells from ER stress-induced apoptosis, as interruption of IRE1alpha or ATF6 rendered melanoma cells sensitive to apoptosis induced by TM or TG. Inhibition of MEK partially blocked IRE1alpha and ATF6 activation, suggesting that MEK/ERK signaling contributed to sustained activation of IRE1alpha and ATF6. Taken together, these results identify sustained activation of the IRE1alpha and ATF6 pathways of the UPR driven by the MEK/ERK pathway as an important protective mechanism against ER stress-induced apoptosis in melanoma cells. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Tay, Kwang Hong AU - Tay KH AD - School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia. FAU - Luan, Qi AU - Luan Q AD - School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia. FAU - Croft, Amanda AU - Croft A AD - School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia; Oncology and Immunology Unit, Calvary Mater Newcastle Mater Hospital, NSW, Australia. FAU - Jiang, Chen Chen AU - Jiang CC AD - School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia. FAU - Jin, Lei AU - Jin L AD - School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia. FAU - Zhang, Xu Dong AU - Zhang XD AD - School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia. Electronic address: Xu.Zhang@newcastle.edu.au. FAU - Tseng, Hsin-Yi AU - Tseng HY AD - School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia. Electronic address: Hsin-Yi.Tseng@newcastle.edu.au. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20131112 PL - England TA - Cell Signal JT - Cellular signalling JID - 8904683 RN - 0 (Activating Transcription Factor 6) RN - 0 (Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - 11089-65-9 (Tunicamycin) RN - 67526-95-8 (Thapsigargin) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (ERN1 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (PERK kinase) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (eIF-2 Kinase) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3) RN - EC 3.1.- (Endoribonucleases) SB - IM MH - Activating Transcription Factor 6/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - *Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress/drug effects MH - Endoribonucleases/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/metabolism MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Humans MH - Melanoma/metabolism/pathology MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/metabolism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/metabolism MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism MH - RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism MH - *Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - Thapsigargin/toxicity MH - Tunicamycin/toxicity MH - Unfolded Protein Response MH - eIF-2 Kinase/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - ERK OT - Endoplasmic reticulum stress OT - Melanoma OT - UPR EDAT- 2013/11/19 06:00 MHDA- 2014/08/19 06:00 CRDT- 2013/11/19 06:00 PHST- 2013/10/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/11/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/11/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/11/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/08/19 06:00 [medline] AID - S0898-6568(13)00329-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.cellsig.2013.11.008 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Signal. 2014 Feb;26(2):287-94. doi: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2013.11.008. Epub 2013 Nov 12.