PMID- 10383391 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990727 LR - 20210209 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 274 IP - 27 DP - 1999 Jul 2 TI - Hyperphosphorylation of the retinoid X receptor alpha by activated c-Jun NH2-terminal kinases. PG - 18932-41 AB - The nuclear receptor mouse retinoid X receptor alpha (mRXRalpha) was shown to be constitutively phosphorylated in its NH2-terminal A/B region, which contains potential phosphorylation sites for proline-directed Ser/Thr kinases. Mutants for each putative site were generated and overexpressed in transfected COS-1 cells. Constitutively phosphorylated residues identified by tryptic phosphopeptide mapping included serine 22 located in the A1 region that is specific to the RXRalpha1 isoform. Overexpression and UV activation of the stress-activated kinases, c-Jun NH2-terminal kinases 1 and 2 (JNK1 and JNK2), hyperphosphorylated RXRalpha, resulting in a marked decrease in its electrophoretic mobility. This inducible hyperphosphorylation involved three residues (serines 61 and 75 and threonine 87) in the B region of RXRalpha and one residue (serine 265) in the ligand binding domain (E region). Binding assays performed in vitro with purified recombinant proteins demonstrated that JNKs did not interact with RXRalpha but bound to its heterodimeric partners, retinoic acid receptors alpha and gamma (RARalpha and RARgamma). Hyperphosphorylation by JNKs did not affect the transactivation properties of either RXRalpha homodimers or RXRalpha/RARalpha heterodimers in transfected cultured cells. FAU - Adam-Stitah, S AU - Adam-Stitah S AD - Institut de Genetique et de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS/INSERM/ULP/College de France, BP 163, 67404 Illkirch Cedex, CU de Strasbourg, France. FAU - Penna, L AU - Penna L FAU - Chambon, P AU - Chambon P FAU - Rochette-Egly, C AU - Rochette-Egly C LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) RN - 0 (Receptors, Retinoic Acid) RN - 0 (Retinoid X Receptors) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 2ZD004190S (Threonine) RN - 5688UTC01R (Tretinoin) RN - 9DLQ4CIU6V (Proline) RN - EC 2.7.- (Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.1.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 9) RN - EC 2.7.11.17 (Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - COS Cells MH - Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/*metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Genes, Reporter MH - Humans MH - JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases MH - Mice MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 9 MH - *Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases MH - Mutagenesis, Site-Directed MH - Nuclear Proteins/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Proline/metabolism MH - Protein Kinases/metabolism MH - Rabbits MH - Receptors, Retinoic Acid/genetics/*metabolism MH - Retinoid X Receptors MH - Structure-Activity Relationship MH - Threonine/metabolism MH - Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Transfection MH - Tretinoin/pharmacology MH - Ultraviolet Rays EDAT- 1999/06/26 00:00 MHDA- 1999/06/26 00:01 CRDT- 1999/06/26 00:00 PHST- 1999/06/26 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/06/26 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/06/26 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1074/jbc.274.27.18932 [doi] AID - S0021-9258(19)74103-9 [pii] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 1999 Jul 2;274(27):18932-41. doi: 10.1074/jbc.274.27.18932.