Nucleic Acids Research Advance Access published online on October 4, 2006
Nucleic Acids Research, doi:10.1093/nar/gkl712
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Multiple signaling pathways regulate the transcriptional activity of the orphan nuclear receptor NURR1
INSERM U459, Faculté de Médecine de Lille 59045 Lille, France 1 UMR CNRS 8009, LCOM—IFR 118 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq cedex, France
*To whom correspondence should be addressed at Molecular Neurobiology, MBB, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Tel: +46 8 5248 7656; Fax: +46 8 341960; Email: paola.sacchetti{at}ki.se
Received April 20, 2006. Revised September 8, 2006. Accepted September 12, 2006.
The orphan nuclear receptor nurr1 (NR4A2) is an essential transcription factor for the acquisition and maintenance of the phenotype of dopamine (DA)-synthesizing neurons in the mesencephalon. Although structurally related to ligand-regulated nuclear receptors, nurr1 is functionally atypical due to its inability to bind a cognate ligand and to activate transcription following canonical nuclear receptor (NR) rules. Importantly, the physiological stimuli that activate this NR and the signaling proteins that regulate its transcriptional activity in mesencephalic neurons are unknown. We used an affinity chromatography approach and CSM14.1 cells of mesencephalic origin to isolate and identify several proteins that interact directly with nurr1 and regulate its transcriptional activity. Notably, we demonstrate that the mitogen-activated protein kinases, ERK2 and ERK5, elevate, whereas LIM Kinase 1 inhibits nurr1 transcriptional activity. Furthermore, nurr1 recruits ERK5 to a NBRE-containing promoter and is a potential substrate for this kinase. We have identified amino acids in the A/B domain of nurr1 important for mediating the ERK5 activating effects on nurr1 transcriptional activity. Our results suggest that nurr1 acts as a point of convergence for multiple signaling pathways that likely play a critical role in differentiation and phenotypic expression of dopaminergic (DAergic) neurons.
Present address: Rodolphe Carpentier and Philippe Lefebvre, INSERM U545, Lille; Institut Pasteur de Lille, Département d'Athérosclérose, 59019 Lille, France
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