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Molecular and Cellular Biology, August 2002, p. 5357-5366, Vol. 22, No. 15
0270-7306/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/MCB.22.15.5357-5366.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Neuronal Differentiation and Protection from Nitric Oxide-Induced Apoptosis Require c-Jun-Dependent Expression of NCAM140

Zhiwei Feng, Lei Li, Poh Yong Ng, and Alan G. Porter^*

Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore 117609, Republic of Singapore

Received 26 November 2001/ Returned for modification 13 February 2002/ Accepted 17 April 2002

c-Jun, a crucial component of the dimeric transcription factor activating protein 1 (AP-1), can regulate apoptosis induced by oxidative stress and has been implicated in neuronal differentiation, but the mechanisms are largely unknown. We found that specific inhibition of transcription or stable transfection with cDNA encoding dominant-negative c-Jun sensitized SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells (TAM-67 cells) to apoptosis induced by the nitric oxide (NO) donor sodium nitroprusside or SIN-1. TAM-67 cells also became refractory to nerve growth factor (NGF)-induced neuronal differentiation. Dominant-negative c-Jun abolished expression of a 140-kDa neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM140) and dramatically enhanced the expression of NCAM180 in TAM-67 cells. Inhibition of c-Jun in TAM-67 cells also resulted in a corresponding decrease in the amount of NCAM140 mRNA and an increase in the amount of NCAM180 mRNA. Reexpression of NCAM140 in TAM-67 cells restored NGF-induced neuronal differentiation and resistance to NO-induced apoptosis. Our results show that c-Jun/AP-1, through up-regulation of NCAM140, plays an important role in both NGF-induced neuronal differentiation and resistance to apoptosis induced by NO in neuroblastoma cells. As NCAM140 and NCAM180 are translated from differentially spliced mRNAs transcribed from the same gene, alternative splicing of NCAM pre-mRNA (and consequently the synthesis of the smaller NCAM140 species) appears to be regulated by c-Jun/AP-1.

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* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institute of Molecular & Cell Biology, 30 Medical Dr., Singapore 117609, Republic of Singapore. Phone: 6874-3761. Fax: 6779-1117. E-mail: mcbagp{at}imcb.nus.edu.sg.

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Molecular and Cellular Biology, August 2002, p. 5357-5366, Vol. 22, No. 15
0022-538X/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/MCB.22.15.5357-5366.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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