Role for Hes1-Induced Phosphorylation in Groucho-Mediated Transcriptional Repression
AUTOR(ES)
Nuthall, Hugh N.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Transcriptional corepressors of the Groucho/transducin-like Enhancer of split (Gro/TLE) family regulate a number of developmental pathways in both invertebrates and vertebrates. They form transcription repression complexes with members of several DNA-binding protein families and participate in the regulation of the expression of numerous genes. Despite their pleiotropic roles, little is known about the mechanisms that regulate the functions of Gro/TLE proteins. It is shown here that Gro/TLEs become hyperphosphorylated in response to neural cell differentiation and interaction with the DNA-binding cofactor Hairy/Enhancer of split 1 (Hes1). Hyperphosphorylation of Gro/TLEs is correlated with a tight association with the nuclear compartment through interaction with chromatin, suggesting that hyperphosphorylated Gro/TLEs may mediate transcriptional repression via chromatin remodeling mechanisms. Pharmacological inhibition of protein kinase CK2 reduces the Hes1-induced hyperphosphorylation of Gro/TLEs and causes a decrease in the chromatin association of the latter. Moreover, the transcription repression activity of Gro/TLEs is reduced by protein kinase CK2 inhibition. Consistent with these observations, Gro/TLEs are phosphorylated in vitro by purified protein kinase CK2. Taken together, these results implicate protein kinase CK2 in Gro/TLE functions. They suggest further that this kinase is involved in a hyperphosphorylation mechanism activated by Hes1 that promotes the transcription repression functions of Hes1-Gro/TLE protein complexes.
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