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Thapsigargin induces expression of activating transcription factor 3 in human keratinocytes involving Ca2+ ions and c-Jun N-terminal protein kinase.

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:Thapsigargin is a specific inhibitor of the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) ATPase of the endoplasmic reticulum. Here, we show that stimulation of human HaCaT keratinocytes with nanomolar concentrations of thapsigargin triggers expression of activating transcription factor (ATF) 3, a basic-region leucin zipper transcription factor. ATF3 expression was also up-regulated in thapsigargin-stimulated glioma cells, hepatoma cells, retinal pigment epithelial cells, and airway epithelial cells. Thapsigargin-induced up-regulation of ATF3 expression in keratinocytes was attenuated by BAPTA-acetoxymethyl ester or by expression of the Ca(2+)-binding protein parvalbumin in the cytosol of HaCaT cells but not by a panel of pharmacological agents that chelate extracellular Ca(2+) (EGTA) or inhibit either ryanodine receptors (dantrolene) or voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels (nifedipine). Hence, elevated levels of intracellular Ca(2+), released from intracellular stores, are essential for the effect of thapsigargin on the biosynthesis of ATF3. The thapsigargin-induced signaling pathway was blocked by expression of either mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase-1 or -5. Experiments involving pharmacological and genetic tools revealed the importance of c-Jun N-terminal protein kinase (JNK) within the signaling cascade, whereas inhibition of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase or p38 protein kinase did not attenuate thapsigargin-induced expression of ATF3. Functional studies showed that treatment of HaCaT keratinocytes with thapsigargin led to a 2-fold induction of caspase-3/7 activity. The up-regulation of caspase-3/7 activity in thapsigargin-stimulated HaCaT cells was attenuated by inhibition of JNK. Together, these data show that stimulation of HaCaT cells with thapsigargin induces a specific signaling pathway in keratinocytes involving activation of JNK, biosynthesis of ATF3, and up-regulation of caspase-3/7 activity.

journal_name

Mol Pharmacol

journal_title

Molecular pharmacology

authors

Spohn D,Rössler OG,Philipp SE,Raubuch M,Kitajima S,Griesemer D,Hoth M,Thiel G

doi

10.1124/mol.110.067637

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2010-11-01 00:00:00

pages

865-76

issue

eissn

0026-895X

issn

1521-0111

pii

mol.110.067637

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Thapsigargin induces expression of activating transcription factor 3 in human keratinocytes involving Ca2+ ions and c-Jun N-terminal protein kinase.