Y. Harada et al., Cyclic AMP inhibits the activity of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNKp46) but not JNKp55 and ERK2 in human helper T lymphocytes, BIOC BIOP R, 266(1), 1999, pp. 129-134
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Journal title
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
The cyclic AMP (cAMP) elevating agent PGE, and dibutyryl cyclic AMP (dBcAMP
) affect T cell functions. Using human helper T cell clones, we examined ef
fects of cAMP on c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and extracellular signal-reg
ulated kinase (ERK), which are assumed to play a role in T cell regulation.
When we analyzed the effects of dBcAMP on activities of mitogen-activated
protein kinase (MAPK) family members ERK2, JNKp55 and JNKp46, dBcAMP did no
t inhibit the activities of ERK2 and JNKp55 induced by PMA/A23187 stimulati
on. JNKp46 activity was, however, inhibited by dBcAMP. JNK phosphorylates c
-Jun on Ser-63 and Ser-73, the result being induction of its transcriptiona
l activity. We found that dBcAMP inhibited the phosphorylation of c-Jun Ser
-63 induced by PMA/A23187 stimulation. We suggest a different mechanism of
regulation of JNKp55 and JNKp46 activities and that JNKp46 is a specific c-
Jun kinase by which the activity of c-Jun is regulated in T lymphocytes. (C
) 1999 Academic Press.