?-arrestin-2 regulation of the cAMP response element binding protein.
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ABSTRACT: Previous work demonstrated that cystic fibrosis (CF) cells exhibit an increase in cAMP-mediated signaling as a characteristic response to lost CFTR function. Evidence for increased cAMP-mediated signaling in CF included increased phosphorylation of the cAMP response element binding protein (CREB) and elevated ?-arrestin-2 (?arr2) expression. However, subsequent studies reveal that CREB activation in CF cells is independent of protein kinase-A (PKA). The goal of this study is to test the hypothesis that elevated ?arr2 expression leads to increased CREB activation in a PKA-independent mechanism. ?arr2-GFP expressing tracheal epithelial cells (?arr2-GFP) exhibit an increase of pCREB content and subsequent CRE activation compared to GFP expressing control cells. ?arr2 activation of the ERK cascade represents a candidate mechanism leading to CREB activation. ERK exhibits increased activation in ?arr2-GFP cells compared to cont-GFP cells, and ERK inhibition diminishes CRE activation in both GFP and ?arr2-GFP cells. To test directly whether CREB regulation in CF is ?arr2-dependent, nasal epithelium excised from wt mice (Cftr +/+; ?arr2 +/+), CF mice (Cftr -/-; ?arr2 +/+), and DKO mice (Cftr -/-; ?arr2 -/-) were analyzed for pCREB protein content. Removal of ?arr2 expression from CF mice reduces both pCREB and pERK content to wt levels. These data indicate that CF-related CREB regulation is mediated directly through ?arr2 expression via the ERK pathway.
SUBMITTER: Manson ME
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3133940 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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