scholarly journals Recruitment of CREB Binding Protein Is Sufficient for CREB-Mediated Gene Activation

2000 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 1546-1552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Rene Cardinaux ◽  
John C. Notis ◽  
Qinghong Zhang ◽  
Ngan Vo ◽  
Johanna C. Craig ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transcription Factor ◽  
Transcriptional Activation ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Gene Activation ◽  
Activation Process ◽  
Creb Binding Protein ◽  
Protein Protein Interaction ◽  
Binding Domains ◽  
Phosphorylation Event ◽  
Element Binding Protein

ABSTRACT Phosphorylation of the transcription factor CREB leads to the recruitment of the coactivator, CREB binding protein (CBP). Recent studies have suggested that CBP recruitment is not sufficient for CREB function, however. We have identified a conserved protein-protein interaction motif within the CBP-binding domains of CREB and another transcription factor, SREBP (sterol-responsive element binding protein). In contrast to CREB, SREBP interacts with CBP in the absence of phosphorylation. We have exploited the conservation of this interaction motif to test whether CBP recruitment to CREB is sufficient for transcriptional activation. Substitution of six nonconserved amino acids from SREBP into the activation domain of CREB confers high-affinity, phosphorylation-independent CBP binding. The mutated CREB molecule, CREBDIEDML, activates transcription in F9 teratocarcinoma and PC12 cells even in the absence of protein kinase A (PKA). Addition of exogenous CBP augments the level of transcription mediated by CREBDIEDML, and adenovirus 12S E1A blocks transcription, implicating CBP in the activation process. Thus, recruitment of CBP to CREB is sufficient for transcriptional activation. Addition of PKA stimulates transcription induced by CREBDIEDML further, suggesting that a phosphorylation event downstream from CBP recruitment augments CREB signaling.

scholarly journals Non-Canonical Activation of CREB Mediates Neuroprotection in a C. elegans Model of Excitotoxic Necrosis

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Genevieve Feldmann ◽  
Ayesha Chowdhury ◽  
Jessi Becker ◽  
N’Gina McAlpin ◽  
Taqwa Ahmed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transcription Factor ◽  
Transcriptional Activation ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Neuroprotective Effect ◽  
Camp Response Element Binding ◽  
Creb Binding Protein ◽  
Creb Phosphorylation ◽  
C Elegans ◽  
Creb Activation ◽  
Specific Subset

AbstractExcitotoxicity, caused by exaggerated neuronal stimulation by Glutamate (Glu), is a major cause of neurodegeneration in brain ischemia. While we know that neurodegeneration is triggered by overstimulation of Glu-Receptors (GluRs), the subsequent mechanisms that lead to cellular demise remain controversial. Surprisingly, signaling downstream of GluRs can also activate neuroprotective pathways. The strongest evidence involves activation of the transcription factor cAMP Response Element Binding-protein (CREB), widely recognized for its importance in synaptic plasticity. Canonical views describe CREB as a phosphorylation-triggered transcription factor, where transcriptional activation involves CREB phosphorylation and association with CREB Binding Protein (CBP). However, given CREB’s ubiquitous cross-tissue expression, the multitude of cascades leading to CREB phosphorylation, and its ability to regulate thousands of genes, it remains unclear how CREB exerts closely-tailored, differential neuroprotective responses in excitotoxicity. A non-canonical, alternative cascade for activation of CREB-mediated transcription involves the CREB co-factor cAMP-regulated transcriptional co-activator (CRTC), and may be independent of CREB phosphorylation. To identify cascades that activate CREB in excitotoxicity we use a C. elegans model of neurodegeneration by excitotoxic necrosis. We demonstrate that CREB’s neuroprotective effect is conserved, and seems most effective in neurons with moderate Glu exposure. We find that factors mediating canonical CREB activation are not involved. Instead, phosphorylation-independent CREB activation in nematode excitotoxic necrosis hinges on CRTC. CREB-mediated transcription that depends on CRTC, but not on CREB phosphorylation, might lead to expression of a specific subset of neuroprotective genes. Elucidating conserved mechanisms of excitotoxicity-specific CREB activation can help us focus on core neuroprotective programs in excitotoxicity.

scholarly journals Transcriptional Activation by NF-κB Requires Multiple Coactivators

1999 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 6367-6378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly-Ann Sheppard ◽  
David W. Rose ◽  
Zaffar K. Haque ◽  
Riki Kurokawa ◽  
Eileen McInerney ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Transcriptional Activation ◽  
Histone Acetyltransferase ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Nuclear Factor Κb ◽  
Nuclear Factor ◽  
Creb Binding Protein ◽  
Element Binding Protein ◽  
Cyclic Amp Response Element ◽  
Coactivator Complex

ABSTRACT Nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) plays a role in the transcriptional regulation of genes involved in inflammation and cell survival. In this report we demonstrate that NF-κB recruits a coactivator complex that has striking similarities to that recruited by nuclear receptors. Inactivation of either cyclic AMP response element binding protein (CREB)-binding protein (CBP), members of the p160 family of coactivators, or the CBP-associated factor (p/CAF) by nuclear antibody microinjection prevents NF-κB-dependent transactivation. Like nuclear receptor-dependent gene expression, NF-κB-dependent gene expression requires specific LXXLL motifs in one of the p160 family members, and enhancement of NF-κB activity requires the histone acetyltransferase (HAT) activity of p/CAF but not that of CBP. This coactivator complex is differentially recruited by members of the Rel family. The p50 homodimer fails to recruit coactivators, although the p50-p65 heterodimeric form of the transcription factor assembles the integrator complex. These findings provide new mechanistic insights into how this family of dimeric transcription factors has a differential effect on gene expression.

The transcriptional activity of Pygopus is enhanced by its interaction with cAMP-response-element-binding protein (CREB)-binding protein

2009 ◽  
Vol 422 (3) ◽  
pp. 493-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillip G. P. Andrews ◽  
Zhijian He ◽  
Cathy Popadiuk ◽  
Kenneth R. Kao
Keyword(s):  
Histone Acetylation ◽  
Transcriptional Activation ◽  
Transcriptional Activity ◽  
Target Genes ◽  
Histone Acetyltransferase ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Camp Response Element Binding ◽  
Creb Binding Protein ◽  
Hek 293 ◽  
Element Binding Protein

Pygopus is a core component of the β-catenin/TCF (T-cell factor) transcriptional activation complex required for the expression of canonical Wnt target genes. Recent evidence suggests that Pygopus could interpret histone methylation associated with target genes and it was shown to be required for histone acetylation. The involvement of a specific acetyltransferase, however, was not determined. In this report, we demonstrate that Pygopus can interact with the HAT (histone acetyltransferase) CBP [CREB (cAMP-responsive-element-binding protein)-binding protein]. The interaction is via the NHD (N-terminal homology domain) of Pygopus, which binds to two regions in the vicinity of the HAT domain of CBP. Transfected and endogenous hPygo2 (human Pygopus2) and CBP proteins co-immunoprecipitate in HEK-293 (human embryonic kidney 293) cells and both proteins co-localize in SW480 colorectal cancer cells. The interaction with CBP also enhances both DNA-tethered and TCF/LEF1 (lymphoid enhancing factor 1)-dependent transcriptional activity of Pygopus. Furthermore, immunoprecipitated Pygopus protein complexes displayed CBP-dependent histone acetyltransferase activity. Our data support a model in which the NHD region of Pygopus is required to augment TCF/β-catenin-mediated transcriptional activation by a mechanism that includes both transcriptional activation and histone acetylation resulting from the recruitment of the CBP histone acetyltransferase.

SREBP-1c and lipogenesis in the liver: an update

2021 ◽  
Vol 478 (20) ◽  
pp. 3723-3739
Author(s):  
Pascal Ferré ◽  
Franck Phan ◽  
Fabienne Foufelle
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Transcription Factor ◽  
Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Regulatory Element ◽  
Activation Process ◽  
Lipogenic Genes ◽  
Regulated Intramembrane Proteolysis ◽  
Element Binding Protein ◽  
Sterol Regulatory Element

Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein-1c is a transcription factor that controls the synthesis of lipids from glucose in the liver, a process which is of utmost importance for the storage of energy. Discovered in the early nineties by B. Spiegelman and by M. Brown and J. Goldstein, it has generated more than 5000 studies in order to elucidate its mechanism of activation and its role in physiology and pathology. Synthetized as a precursor found in the membranes of the endoplasmic reticulum, it has to be exported to the Golgi and cleaved by a mechanism called regulated intramembrane proteolysis. We reviewed in 2002 its main characteristics, its activation process and its role in the regulation of hepatic glycolytic and lipogenic genes. We particularly emphasized that Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein-1c is the mediator of insulin effects on these genes. In the present review, we would like to update these informations and focus on the response to insulin and to another actor in Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein-1c activation, the endoplasmic reticulum stress.

scholarly journals p300/cAMP-response-element-binding-protein ('CREB')-binding protein (CBP) modulates co-operation between myocyte enhancer factor 2A (MEF2A) and thyroid hormone receptor-retinoid X receptor

2003 ◽  
Vol 369 (3) ◽  
pp. 477-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio De LUCA ◽  
Anna SEVERINO ◽  
Paola De PAOLIS ◽  
Giuliano COTTONE ◽  
Luca De LUCA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thyroid Hormone ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Camp Response Element Binding ◽  
Creb Binding Protein ◽  
Camp Response Element ◽  
Response Element ◽  
Adenovirus E1a ◽  
Element Binding Protein ◽  
Enhancer Factor

Thyroid hormone receptors (TRs) and members of the myocyte enhancer factor 2 (MEF2) family are involved in the regulation of muscle-specific gene expression during myogenesis. Physical interaction between these two factors is required to synergistically activate gene transcription. p300/cAMP-response-element-binding-protein ('CREB')-binding protein (CBP) interacting with transcription factors is able to increase their activity on target gene promoters. We investigated the role of p300 in regulating the TR—MEF2A complex. To this end, we mapped the regions of these proteins involved in physical interactions and we evaluated the expression of a chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) reporter gene in U2OS cells under control of the α-myosin heavy chain promoter containing the thyroid hormone response element (TRE). Our results suggested a role of p300/CBP in mediating the transactivation effects of the TR—retenoid X receptor (RxR)—MEF2A complex. Our findings showed that the same C-terminal portion of p300 binds the N-terminal domains of both TR and MEF2A, and our in vivo studies demonstrated that TR, MEF2A and p300 form a ternary complex. Moreover, by the use of CAT assays, we demonstrated that adenovirus E1A inhibits activation of transcription by TR—RxR—MEF2A—p300 but not by TR—RxR—MEF2A. Our data suggested that p300 can bind and modulate the activity of TR—RxR—MEF2A at TRE. In addition, it is speculated that p300 might modulate the activity of the TR—RxR—MEF2A complex by recruiting a hypothetical endogenous inhibitor which may act like adenovirus E1A.

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