PMID- 10406459 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990921 LR - 20180815 IS - 0888-8809 (Print) IS - 0888-8809 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 7 DP - 1999 Jul TI - A dominant role for the Raf-MEK pathway in forskolin, 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol acetate, and platelet-derived growth factor-induced CREB (cAMP-responsive element-binding protein) activation, uncoupled from serine 133 phosphorylation in NIH 3T3 cells. PG - 1071-83 AB - In this study we describe that platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-acetate (TPA), and forskolin induced CREB (cAMP-responsive element-binding protein) Ser-133 phosphorylation with comparable magnitude and kinetics in NIH 3T3 cells. While forskolin was the most potent activator of CREB, TPA or PDGF modestly increased CREB activity. The role of protein kinase C, protein kinase A, and the Raf-MEK kinase pathway in the activation and Ser-133 phosphorylation of CREB by these three stimuli was investigated. We found that inhibition of the Raf-MEK kinase pathway efficiently blocks transcriptional activation of CREB by all three stimuli. This dominant involvement of Raf-MEK in CREB transcriptional activation seems to be uncoupled from CREB Ser-133 phosphorylation. We further demonstrate that although inhibition of Raf-MEK represses forskolin-induced CREB activation, forskolin by itself failed to activate ERK1/2 and Elk-1 mediated transcription. These results suggest that a basal level of Raf-MEK activity is necessary for both PDGF- and forskolin-induced CREB activation, independent of CREB Ser-133 phosphorylation. FAU - Seternes, O M AU - Seternes OM AD - Department of Gene Biology, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromso, Norway. FAU - Johansen, B AU - Johansen B FAU - Moens, U AU - Moens U LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Mol Endocrinol JT - Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.) JID - 8801431 RN - 0 (Cell Cycle Proteins) RN - 0 (Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Elk1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Flavonoids) RN - 0 (Immediate-Early Proteins) RN - 0 (Platelet-Derived Growth Factor) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (ets-Domain Protein Elk-1) RN - 1F7A44V6OU (Colforsin) RN - 452VLY9402 (Serine) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf) RN - EC 2.7.11.11 (Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.13 (Protein Kinase C) RN - EC 2.7.11.17 (Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.25 (MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 1) RN - EC 2.7.11.25 (Map3k1 protein, mouse) RN - EC 3.1.3.16 (Phosphoprotein Phosphatases) RN - EC 3.1.3.16 (Protein Phosphatase 1) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (Dual Specificity Phosphatase 1) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (Dual Specificity Phosphatase 6) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (Dusp1 protein, mouse) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (Dusp6 protein, mouse) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases) RN - NI40JAQ945 (Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate) RN - SJE1IO5E3I (2-(2-amino-3-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one) SB - IM MH - 3T3 Cells/drug effects/metabolism MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/drug effects/metabolism MH - *Cell Cycle Proteins MH - Colforsin/metabolism/pharmacology MH - Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/drug effects/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/drug effects/metabolism MH - *DNA-Binding Proteins MH - Dual Specificity Phosphatase 1 MH - Dual Specificity Phosphatase 6 MH - Enzyme Activation/drug effects MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Flavonoids/pharmacology MH - Immediate-Early Proteins/drug effects/genetics/metabolism MH - *MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 1 MH - Mice MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3 MH - *Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - *Phosphoprotein Phosphatases MH - Phosphorylation MH - Platelet-Derived Growth Factor/metabolism/pharmacology MH - Protein Kinase C/drug effects/metabolism MH - Protein Phosphatase 1 MH - Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/drug effects/genetics/metabolism MH - Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins/drug effects/genetics/metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf/metabolism MH - Serine/metabolism MH - Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/metabolism/pharmacology MH - *Transcription Factors MH - Transcriptional Activation MH - ets-Domain Protein Elk-1 EDAT- 1999/07/16 00:00 MHDA- 1999/07/16 00:01 CRDT- 1999/07/16 00:00 PHST- 1999/07/16 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/07/16 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/07/16 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1210/mend.13.7.0293 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Endocrinol. 1999 Jul;13(7):1071-83. doi: 10.1210/mend.13.7.0293.