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Molecular and Cellular Biology, August 2002, p. 5380-5394, Vol. 22, No. 15
0270-7306/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/MCB.22.15.5380-5394.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

The UV (Ribotoxic) Stress Response of Human Keratinocytes Involves the Unexpected Uncoupling of the Ras-Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase Signaling Cascade from the Activated Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor

Mihail S. Iordanov,1 Remy J. Choi,1 Olga P. Ryabinina,1 Thanh-Hoai Dinh,1 Robert K. Bright,2 and Bruce E. Magun1*

Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 97201,1 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Southwest Cancer Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas 794302

Received 24 January 2002/ Returned for modification 21 February 2002/ Accepted 29 April 2002

In mammals, UVB radiation is of biological relevance primarily for the cells of the epidermis. We report here the existence of a UVB response that is specific for proliferating human epidermal keratinocytes. Unlike other cell types that also display a UVB response, keratinocytes respond to UVB irradiation with a transient but potent downregulation of the Ras-extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling cascade. The downregulation of ERK precedes a profound decrease in the steady-state levels of cyclin D1, a mediator of the proliferative action of ERK. Keratinocytes exhibit high constitutive activity of the Ras-ERK signaling cascade even in culture medium lacking supplemental growth factors. The increased activity of Ras and phosphorylation of ERK in these cells are maintained by the autocrine production of secreted molecules that activate the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Irradiation of keratinocytes increases the phosphorylation of EGFR on tyrosine residues Y845, Y992, Y1045, Y1068, Y1086, Y1148, and Y1173 above the basal levels and leads to the increased recruitment of the adaptor proteins Grb2 and ShcA and of a p55 form of the regulatory subunit of the phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase to the UVB-activated EGFR. Paradoxically, however, UVB causes, at the same time, the inactivation of Ras and a subsequent dephosphorylation of ERK. By contrast, the signaling pathway leading from the activated EGFR to the phosphorylation of PKB/Akt1 is potentiated by UVB. The UVB response of keratinocytes appeared to be a manifestation of the more general ribotoxic stress response inasmuch as the transduction of the UVB-generated inhibitory signal to Ras and ERK required the presence of active ribosomes at the time of irradiation.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR 97201. Phone: (503) 494-7811. Fax: (503) 494-4253. E-mail: magunb{at}OHSU.edu.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, August 2002, p. 5380-5394, Vol. 22, No. 15
0022-538X/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/MCB.22.15.5380-5394.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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