Crosstalk between ERK2 and RXR regulates nuclear import of transcription factor NGFI-B
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, University of Oslo (Norway)
Transcription factor NGFI-B initiates apoptosis when allowed to translocate to mitochondria. Retinoid-X receptor (RXR), another member of the nuclear receptor family, regulates NGFI-B signaling through heterodimerization and nuclear export. Growth factor EGF activates ERK2, which phosphorylates NGFI-B and determines if NGFI-B is allowed to translocate to mitochondria. In the present study, EGF treatment resulted in an increased nuclear import of NGFI-B. Likewise, active ERK2 resulted in a preferential nuclear localization of NGFI-B. When coexpressed with RXR the nuclear import and nuclear localization induced by active ERK2 were strongly reduced. In the presence of its ligand 9-cis-retinoic acid, RXR no longer inhibited ERK2-induced nuclear import. Thus, RXR serves a permissive role for ERK2-mediated nuclear accumulation of NGFI-B. This finding represents a novel crosstalk between ERK2 and RXR signaling pathways, and explains how two independent inhibitors of apoptosis (EGF and 9-cis-retinoic acid) may cooperate to regulate nuclear targeting of apoptosis inducer NGFI-B.
- OSTI ID:
- 20713396
- Journal Information:
- Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol. 336, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.08.143; PII: S0006-291X(05)01856-5; Copyright (c) 2005 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0006-291X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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