Transcriptional induction of mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase 1 by retinoids - Selective roles of nuclear receptors and contribution to the antiapoptotic effect

Q H Xu, T Konta, A Furusu, K Nakayama, J Lucio-Cazana, L G Fine, M Kitamura

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    Abstract

    All-trans-retinoic acid (t-RA) inhibits hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-induced apoptosis by inhibiting the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)-activator protein 1 (AP-1) pathway. In this report, we examined the involvement of mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase 1 (MKP-1) in suppression of JNK and the antiapoptotic effect of t-RA and the roles of nuclear receptors in the regulation of MKP-1 by t-RA. We found that not only t-RA, but also a selective agonist of retinoic acid receptor (RAR), a selective agonist of retinoid X receptor (RXR), and a pan-agonist of RAR and RXR all induced MKP-1 at the transcriptional level. Activation of RAR was required for all of these triggering effects, but activation of RXR was required only for the RXR agonist-induced MKP-1 expression. Among the three RAR subtypes, RARalpha and RARgamma, but not RARbeta, mediated the t-RA-induced MKP-1 expression. The antiapoptotic effect of t-RA on H2O2-induced apoptosis in several cell types was correlated with the inducibility of MKP-1 by t-RA. Inhibition of MKP-1 by vanadate enhanced JNK phosphorylation and attenuated the antiapoptotic effect of t-RA. Furthermore, overexpression of MKP-1 inhibited H2O2-induced JNK phosphorylation and apoptosis. To our knowledge, this is the first to demonstrate that 1) MKP-1 is inducible by retinoids at the transcriptional level, 2) RXR and individual RAR subtypes have different roles in this process, and 3) the induced MKP-1 plays a significant role in mediating both JNK inhibition and the antiapoptotic effect of t-RA in oxidative stress
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)41693 - 41700
    Number of pages8
    JournalJournal of Biological Chemistry
    Volume277
    Issue number44
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2002

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