Gap Junctions Regulate Extracellular Signal-regulated Kinase Signaling to Affect Gene Transcription
AUTOR(ES)
Stains, Joseph P.
FONTE
The American Society for Cell Biology
RESUMO
Osteoblasts are highly coupled by gap junctions formed by connexin43. Overexpression of connexin45 in osteoblasts results in decreased chemical and electrical coupling and reduces gene transcription from connexin response elements (CxREs) in the osteocalcin and collagen Iα1 promoters. Here, we demonstrate that transcription from the gap junction-dependent osteocalcin CxRE is regulated by extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK) and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) cascades. Overexpression of a constitutively active mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK), Raf, or Ras can increase transcription more than twofold of the CxRE, whereas inhibition of MEK or PI3K can decrease transcription threefold from the osteocalcin CxRE. Importantly, disruption of gap junctional communication by overexpression of connexin45 or treatment with pharmacological inhibitors of gap junctions results in reduced Raf, ERK, and Akt activation. The consequence of attenuated gap junction-dependent signal cascade activation is a decrease in Sp1 phosphorylation by ERK, resulting in decreased Sp1 recruitment to the CxRE and inhibited gene transcription. These data establish that ERK/PI3K signaling is required for the optimal elaboration of transcription from the osteocalcin CxRE, and that disruption of gap junctional communication attenuates the ability of cells to respond to an extracellular cue, presumably by limiting the propagation of second messengers among adjacent cells by connexin43-gap junctions.
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