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Molecular and Cellular Biology, July 2000, p. 5227-5234, Vol. 20, No. 14
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c-Jun NH2-Terminal Kinase Inhibits Targeting of the Protein Phosphatase Calcineurin to NFATc1

Chi-Wing Chow,1 Chen Dong,2 Richard A. Flavell,2 and Roger J. Davis1,*

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Program in Molecular Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605,1 and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 065202

Received 10 January 2000/Returned for modification 24 February 2000/Accepted 12 April 2000

The protein phosphatase calcineurin is a critical mediator of calcium signals during T-cell activation. One substrate of calcineurin is the transcription factor NFATc1, which is retained in the cytoplasm of quiescent cells. NFATc1 activation requires the translocation of the transcription factor into the nucleus, a process that is mediated by calcineurin. This interaction with calcineurin requires a targeting domain (PxIxIT motif) located in the NH2-terminal region of NFATc1. Here we demonstrate that the calcineurin targeting domain of NFATc1 is phosphorylated and inactivated by the c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK). This disruption of calcineurin targeting inhibits the nuclear accumulation and transcription activity of NFATc1 and accounts for the observation that Jnk1-/- T cells exhibit greatly increased NFATc1-dependent nuclear responses.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Program in Molecular Medicine University of Massachusetts Medical School, 373 Plantation St., Worcester, MA 01605. Phone: (508) 856-6054. Fax: (508) 856-3210. E-mail: Roger.Davis{at}Umassmed.Edu.


Molecular and Cellular Biology, July 2000, p. 5227-5234, Vol. 20, No. 14
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