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Time-Dependent Activation of Phox2a by the Cyclic AMP Pathway Modulates Onset and Duration of p27Kip1 Transcription,
Min Hwa Shin,1,3
Nirmala Mavila,1,3
Wen-Horng Wang,1,3
Sasha Vega Alvarez,1,3
Mark C. Hall,2,3, and
Ourania M. Andrisani1,3*
Department of Basic Medical Sciences,1
Department of Biochemistry,2
Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 479073
Received for publication 19 December 2008.
Revision received 1 February 2009.
Accepted for publication 18 June 2009.
Abstract:
In noradrenergic progenitors, Phox2a mediates cell cycle exitand neuronal differentiation by inducing p27Kip1 transcriptionin response to activation of the cyclic AMP (cAMP) pathway.The mechanism of cAMP-mediated activation of Phox2a is unknown.We identified a cluster of phosphoserine-proline sites in Phox2aby mass spectrometry. Ser206 appeared to be the most prominentphosphorylation site. A phospho-Ser206 Phox2a antibody detecteddephosphorylation of Phox2a that was dependent on activationof the cAMP pathway, which occurred prior to neuronal differentiationof noradrenergic CAD cells. Employing serine-to-alanine andserine-to-aspartic acid Phox2a substitution mutants expressedin inducible CAD cell lines, we demonstrated that the transcriptionalactivity of Phox2a is regulated by two sequential cAMP-dependentevents: first, cAMP signaling promotes dephosphorylation ofPhox2a in at least one site, Ser206, thereby allowing Phox2ato bind DNA and initiate p27Kip1 transcription; second, followingdephosphorylation of the phosphoserine cluster (Ser202 and Ser208),Phox2a becomes phosphorylated by protein kinase A (PKA) on Ser153,which prevents association of Phox2a with DNA and terminatesp27Kip1 transcription. This represents a novel mechanism bywhich the same stimulus, cAMP signaling, first activates Phox2aby dephosphorylation of Ser206 and then, after a built-in delay,inactivates Phox2a via PKA-dependent phosphorylation of Ser153,thereby modulating onset and duration of p27Kip1 transcription.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Purdue University, 625 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2026. Phone: (765) 494-8131. Fax: (765) 494-0781. E-mail: andrisao{at}purdue.edu
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