Publication Date:
1997-12-31
Description:
The nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) group of transcription factors is retained in the cytoplasm of quiescent cells. NFAT activation is mediated in part by induced nuclear import. This process requires calcium-dependent dephosphorylation of NFAT caused by the phosphatase calcineurin. The c-Jun amino-terminal kinase (JNK) phosphorylates NFAT4 on two sites. Mutational removal of the JNK phosphorylation sites caused constitutive nuclear localization of NFAT4. In contrast, JNK activation in calcineurin-stimulated cells caused nuclear exclusion of NFAT4. These findings show that the nuclear accumulation of NFAT4 promoted by calcineurin is opposed by the JNK signal transduction pathway.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Chow, C W -- Rincon, M -- Cavanagh, J -- Dickens, M -- Davis, R J -- CA58396/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA65831/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1997 Nov 28;278(5343):1638-41.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Program in Molecular Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9374467" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Binding Sites
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COS Cells
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Calcineurin/metabolism
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Calcineurin Inhibitors
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Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/*metabolism
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Cell Line
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Cell Nucleus/*metabolism
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Cyclosporine/pharmacology
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Cytoplasm/metabolism
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DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism
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Humans
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JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
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Jurkat Cells
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Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases
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*Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
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Mutation
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NFATC Transcription Factors
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*Nuclear Proteins
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Phosphorylation
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Protein Kinases/metabolism
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Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
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*Signal Transduction
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T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
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Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism
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Transcription, Genetic
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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