TY - JOUR
T1 - The Notch intracellular domain represses CRE-dependent transcription
AU - Hallaq, Rania
AU - Volpicelli, Floriana
AU - Cuchillo-Ibanez, Inmaculada
AU - Hooper, Claudie
AU - Mizuno, Keiko
AU - Uwanogho, Dafe
AU - Causevic, Mirsada
AU - Asuni, Ayodeji
AU - To, Alvina
AU - Soriano, Salvador
AU - Giese, K Peter
AU - Lovestone, Simon
AU - Killick, Richard
PY - 2015/3
Y1 - 2015/3
N2 - Members of the cyclic-AMP response-element binding protein (CREB) transcription factor family regulate the expression of genes needed for long-term memory formation. Loss of Notch impairs long-term, but not short-term, memory in flies and mammals. We investigated if the Notch-1 (N1) exerts an effect on CREB-dependent gene transcription. We observed that N1 inhibits CREB mediated activation of cyclic-AMP response element (CRE) containing promoters in a γ-secretase-dependent manner. We went on to find that the γ-cleaved N1 intracellular domain (N1ICD) sequesters nuclear CREB1α, inhibits cAMP/PKA-mediated neurite outgrowth and represses the expression of specific CREB regulated genes associated with learning and memory in primary cortical neurons. Similar transcriptional effects were observed with the N2ICD, N3ICD and N4ICDs. Together, these observations indicate that the effects of Notch on learning and memory are, at least in part, via an effect on CREB-regulated gene expression.
AB - Members of the cyclic-AMP response-element binding protein (CREB) transcription factor family regulate the expression of genes needed for long-term memory formation. Loss of Notch impairs long-term, but not short-term, memory in flies and mammals. We investigated if the Notch-1 (N1) exerts an effect on CREB-dependent gene transcription. We observed that N1 inhibits CREB mediated activation of cyclic-AMP response element (CRE) containing promoters in a γ-secretase-dependent manner. We went on to find that the γ-cleaved N1 intracellular domain (N1ICD) sequesters nuclear CREB1α, inhibits cAMP/PKA-mediated neurite outgrowth and represses the expression of specific CREB regulated genes associated with learning and memory in primary cortical neurons. Similar transcriptional effects were observed with the N2ICD, N3ICD and N4ICDs. Together, these observations indicate that the effects of Notch on learning and memory are, at least in part, via an effect on CREB-regulated gene expression.
U2 - 10.1016/j.cellsig.2014.11.034
DO - 10.1016/j.cellsig.2014.11.034
M3 - Article
C2 - 25479589
SN - 0898-6568
VL - 27
SP - 621
EP - 629
JO - Cellular Signalling
JF - Cellular Signalling
IS - 3
ER -