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The Journal of Neuroscience, June 15, 2003, 23(12):5187-5196
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Expression of the Activating Transcription Factor 3 Prevents c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase-Induced Neuronal Death by Promoting Heat Shock Protein 27 Expression and Akt Activation
Saya Nakagomi,1
Yasuhiro Suzuki,1,2
Kazuhiko Namikawa,1
Sumiko Kiryu-Seo,1 and
Hiroshi Kiyama1
1Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 545-8585, Japan, and 2First Department of Medicine, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, 078-8510 Japan
Activating transcription factor 3 (ATF3) is induced and functions both as a cellular response to stress and to stimulate proliferation in multiple tissues. However, in the nervous system ATF3 is expressed only in injured neurons. Here we reveal a function of ATF3 in neurons under death stress. Overexpression of ATF3 by adenovirus inhibits the mitogen-activated kinase kinase kinase 1 (MEKK1)c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase (JNK)-induced apoptosis and induces neurite elongation via Akt activation in PC12 cells and superior nerve ganglion neurons. A DNA microarray study reveals that ATF3 expression and JNK activation induce expression of the heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27). Immunoprecipitation analysis and promoter assay for Hsp27 expression suggest that both ATF3 and c-Jun are necessary for transcriptional activation of Hsp27. Hsp27 expression significantly inhibits JNK-induced apoptosis as well as Akt activation in PC12 cells and superior cervical ganglion neurons. We conclude that the combination of ATF3 and c-Jun induces the anti-apoptotic factor Hsp27, which directly or indirectly activates Akt, and thereby possibly inhibits apoptosis and induces nerve elongation. Our results suggest that ATF3- and c-Jun-induced Hsp27 expression is a novel survival response in neurons under death stress such as nerve injury.
Key words: nerve regeneration; neurite elongation; cell death; ATF; c-Jun; motor neuron
Received Dec. 31, 2002;
revised Apr. 9, 2003;
accepted Apr. 9, 2003.
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