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Molecular and Cellular Biology, September 2005, p. 8044-8051, Vol. 25, No. 18
0270-7306/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.25.18.8044-8051.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Genetic Evidence that Small Maf Proteins Are Essential for the Activation of Antioxidant Response Element-Dependent Genes

Fumiki Katsuoka,1,2 Hozumi Motohashi,1,2* Tetsuro Ishii,1 Hiroyuki Aburatani,4 James Douglas Engel,5 and Masayuki Yamamoto1,2,3*

Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences,1 Center for Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance,2 ERATO Environmental Response Project, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8577,3 Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan,4 Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and Center for Organogenesis, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-06165

Received 6 August 2004/ Returned for modification 1 October 2004/ Accepted 5 July 2005

While small Maf proteins have been suggested to be essential for the Nrf2-mediated activation of antioxidant response element (ARE)-dependent genes, the extent of their requirement remains to be fully documented. To address this issue, we generated mafG::mafF double-mutant mice possessing MafK as the single available small Maf. Induction of the NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) gene was significantly impaired in double-mutant mice treated with butylated hydroxyanisole, while other ARE-dependent genes were less affected. Similarly, in a keap1-null background, where many of the ARE-dependent genes are constitutively activated in an Nrf2-dependent manner, only a subset of ARE-dependent genes, including NQO1, were sensitive to a simultaneous deficiency in MafG and MafF. Examination of single and double small maf mutant cells revealed that MafK also contributes to the induction of ARE-dependent genes. To obtain decisive evidence, we established mafG::mafK::mafF triple-mutant fibroblasts that completely lack small Mafs and turned out to be highly susceptible to oxidative stress. We found that induction in response to diethyl maleate was abolished in a wider range of ARE-dependent genes in the triple-mutant cells. These data explicitly demonstrate that small Mafs play critical roles in the inducible expression of a significant portion of ARE-dependent genes.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address for Masayuki Yamamoto: Center for TARA, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba 305-8577, Japan. Phone: 81-29-853-7319. Fax: 81-29-853-7318. E-mail: masi{at}tara.tsukuba.ac.jp. Mailing address for Hozumi Motohashi: Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba 305-8577, Japan. Phone: 81-29-853-7320. Fax: 81-29-853-7318. E-mail: hozumim{at}tara.tsukuba.ac.jp.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, September 2005, p. 8044-8051, Vol. 25, No. 18
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.25.18.8044-8051.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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