PMID- 10428798 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990902 LR - 20210209 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 274 IP - 32 DP - 1999 Aug 6 TI - Potentiation of human estrogen receptor alpha transcriptional activation through phosphorylation of serines 104 and 106 by the cyclin A-CDK2 complex. PG - 22296-302 AB - Both estradiol binding and phosphorylation regulate transcriptional activation by the human estrogen receptor alpha (ER). We have previously shown that activation of the cyclin A-CDK2 complex by overexpression of cyclin A leads to enhanced ER-dependent transcriptional activation and that the cyclin A-CDK2 complex phosphorylates the ER N-terminal activation function-1 (AF-1) between residues 82 and 121. Within ER AF-1, serines 104, 106, and 118 represent potential CDK phosphorylation sites, and in this current study, we ascertain their importance in mediating cyclin A-CDK2-dependent enhancement of ER transcriptional activity. Cyclin A overexpression does not enhance transcriptional activation by an ER derivative bearing serine-to-alanine changes at residues 104, 106, and 118. Likewise, the cyclin A-CDK2 complex does not phosphorylate this triple-mutated derivative in vitro. Individual serine-to-alanine mutations at residues 104 and 106, but not 118, decrease ER-dependent transcriptional enhancement in response to cyclin A. The same relationship holds for ER phosphorylation by cyclin A-CDK2 in vitro. Finally, enhancement of ER transcriptional activation by cyclin A is evident in the absence and presence of estradiol, as well as in the presence of tamoxifen, suggesting that the effect of the cyclin A-CDK2 on ER transcriptional activation is AF-2-independent. These results indicate that the enhancement of ER transcriptional activation by the cyclin A-CDK2 complex is mediated via the AF-1 domain by phosphorylation of serines 104 and 106. We propose that these residues control ER AF-1 activity in response to signals that affect cyclin A-CDK2 function. FAU - Rogatsky, I AU - Rogatsky I AD - Department of Microbiology and the Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA. FAU - Trowbridge, J M AU - Trowbridge JM FAU - Garabedian, M J AU - Garabedian MJ LA - eng GR - 5T32AI07180-17/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Cyclin A) RN - 0 (Estrogen Receptor alpha) RN - 0 (Receptors, Estrogen) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - 452VLY9402 (Serine) RN - 4TI98Z838E (Estradiol) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (CDC2-CDC28 Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (CDK2 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinases) SB - IM MH - *CDC2-CDC28 Kinases MH - Cyclin A/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2 MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinases/*metabolism MH - Estradiol/metabolism MH - Estrogen Receptor alpha MH - Humans MH - Models, Genetic MH - Mutagenesis, Site-Directed MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism MH - Receptors, Estrogen/genetics/*metabolism MH - Recombinant Proteins/metabolism MH - Serine/genetics/*metabolism MH - *Transcriptional Activation EDAT- 1999/07/31 00:00 MHDA- 1999/07/31 00:01 CRDT- 1999/07/31 00:00 PHST- 1999/07/31 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/07/31 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/07/31 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1074/jbc.274.32.22296 [doi] AID - S0021-9258(18)81541-1 [pii] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 1999 Aug 6;274(32):22296-302. doi: 10.1074/jbc.274.32.22296.