Cross-coupling of signal transduction pathways: the dioxin receptor mediates induction of cytochrome P-450IA1 expression via a protein kinase C-dependent mechanism.
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- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Vol. 13 (1), 677-689
- https://doi.org/10.1128/mcb.13.1.677
Abstract
Signal transduction by dioxin (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin) is mediated by the intracellular dioxin receptor which, in its dioxin-activated state, regulates transcription of target genes encoding drug-metabolizing enzymes, such as cytochrome P-450IA1 and glutathione S-transferase Ya. Exposure of the dioxin receptor to dioxin leads to an apparent translocation of the receptor to the nucleus in vivo and to a rapid conversion of the receptor from a latent, non-DNA-binding form to a species that binds to dioxin-responsive positive control elements in vitro. This DNA-binding form of receptor appears to be a heterodimeric complex with the helix-loop-helix factor Arnt. In this study, we show that activation of the cytochrome P-450IA1 gene and minimal dioxin-responsive reporter constructs by the dioxin receptor was inhibited following prolonged treatment of human keratinocytes with the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate. Inhibition of the receptor-mediated activation response was also achieved by treatment of the cells with a number of protein kinase inhibitors, one of which, calphostin C, shows selectivity for protein kinase C. Taken together, these data suggest that protein kinase C-dependent phosphorylation may play an essential role in the dioxin signaling pathway. This hypothesis is supported by the observation that pretreatment of the cells with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate inhibited the DNA-binding activity of the dioxin receptor in vivo. In vivo, the dioxin receptor was found to be a phosphoprotein. In vitro, dephosphorylation of the ligand-activated, heteromeric dioxin receptor form or dephosphorylation of the individual ligand-binding and Arnt receptor subunits inhibited the xenobiotic response element-binding activity. Moreover, dephosphorylation experiments with the individual receptor subunits prior to assembly of the xenobiotic response element-binding receptor form indicated that phosphorylation seemed to be important for the DNA-binding activity per se of the receptor, whereas Arnt appeared to require phosphorylation to interact with the receptor. Finally, a protein kinase C inhibitor-sensitive cytosolic catalytic activity that could restore the DNA-binding activity of the dephosphorylated dioxin receptor form was identified.Keywords
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