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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 28, Issue 10, Pages 3489-3501Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01847-07
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01 DK063167-03, R01 DK063167-01A2, R01 DK090481, R01 DK063167-04, R01 DK063167-02, R01 DK063167-05, R01 DK063167] Funding Source: Medline
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The target of rapamycin (TOR) signaling regulates the nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of transcription factors in yeast. Whether the mammalian counterpart of TOR (mTOR) also regulates nucleocytoplasmic shuttling is not known. Using a phospho-specific monoclonal antibody, we demonstrate that mTOR phosphorylates Ser(168,170) of endogenous NFATc4, which are conserved gate-keeping Ser residues that control NFAT subcellular distribution. The mTOR acts as a basal kinase during the resting state to maintain NFATc4 in the cytosol. Inactivation and nuclear export of NFATc4 are mediated by rephosphorylation of Ser(168,170), which can be a nuclear event. Kinetic analyses demonstrate that rephosphorylation of Ser(168,170) of endogenous NFATc4 is mediated by mTOR and, surprisingly, by extracellular signalregulated kinase 5 (ERK5) mitogen-activated protein kinase as well. Ablation of ERK5 in the Erk5(-/-) cells ascertains defects in NFATc4 rephosphorylation and nucleocytoplasmic shuttling. In addition, phosphorylation of NFATc4 by ERK5 primes subsequent phosphorylation mediated by CK1 alpha. These results demonstrate that distinct protein kinases are integrated to phosphorylate the gate-keeping residues Ser(168,170) of NFATc4, to regulate subcellular distribution. These data also expand the repertoire of physiological substrates of mTOR and ERK5.
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