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Molecular and Cellular Biology, December 2000, p. 8720-8730, Vol. 20, No. 23
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology,
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030
Received 21 July 2000/Returned for modification 11 September
2000/Accepted 19 September 2000
Elevation of intracellular 8-bromo-cyclic AMP (cAMP) can activate
certain steroid receptors and enhance the ligand-dependent activation
of most receptors. During ligand-independent activation of the chicken
progesterone receptor (cPRA) with the protein kinase A
(PKA) activator, 8-bromo-cAMP, we found no alteration in
cPRA phosphorylation (W. Bai, B. G. Rowan, V. E. Allgood, B. W. O'Malley, and N. L. Weigel, J. Biol.
Chem. 272:10457-10463, 1997). To determine if other
receptor-associated cofactors were targets of cAMP-dependent signaling
pathways, we examined the phosphorylation of steroid receptor
coactivator 1 (SRC-1). We detected a 1.8-fold increase in SRC-1
phosphorylation in transfected COS-1 cells incubated with 8-bromo-cAMP.
Phosphorylation was increased on two mitogen-activated protein kinase
(MAPK) sites, threonine 1179 and serine 1185. PKA did not phosphorylate
these sites in vitro. However, blockage of PKA activity in COS-1 cells
with the PKA inhibitor (PKI) prevented the 8-bromo-cAMP-mediated
phosphorylation of these sites. Incubation of COS-1 cells with
8-bromo-cAMP resulted in activation of the MAPK pathway, as determined
by Western blotting with antibodies to the phosphorylated (active) form
of Erk-1/2, suggesting an indirect pathway to SRC-1 phosphorylation.
Mutation of threonine 1179 and serine 1185 to alanine in COS-1 cells
coexpressing cPRA and the GRE2E1bCAT reporter
resulted in up to a 50% decrease in coactivation during both
ligand-independent activation and ligand-dependent activation. This was
due, in part, to loss of functional cooperation between SRC-1 and CREB
binding protein for coactivation of cPRA. This is the first
demonstration of cross talk between a signaling pathway and specific
phosphorylation sites in a nuclear receptor coactivator that can
regulate steroid receptor activation.
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8-Bromo-Cyclic AMP Induces Phosphorylation of Two Sites in SRC-1
That Facilitate Ligand-Independent Activation of the Chicken
Progesterone Receptor and Are Critical for Functional Cooperation
between SRC-1 and CREB Binding Protein
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of
Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030. Phone: (713) 798-6234. Fax: (713)
790-1275. E-mail: nweigel{at}bcm.tmc.edu.
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