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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 22, Issue 16, Pages 5835-5845Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.22.16.5835-5845.2002
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- NCI NIH HHS [R29 CA79530] Funding Source: Medline
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Estrogen receptors are phosphoproteins which can be activated by ligands, kinase activators, or phosphatase inhibitors. Our previous study showed that p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase was involved in estrogen receptor activation by estrogens and MEKK1. Here, we report estrogen receptor-dependent p38 activation by estrogens in endometrial adenocarcinoma cells and in vitro and in vivo phosphorylation of the estrogen receptor alpha mediated through p38. The phosphorylation site was identified as threonine-311 (Thr(311)), located in helix 1 of the hormone-binding domain. The mutation of threonine-311 to alanine did not affect estrogen binding of the receptor but compromised its interaction with coactivators. Suppression of p38 activity or mutation of the site inhibited the estrogen-induced receptor nuclear localization as well as its transcriptional activation by estrogens and MEKK1. The inhibition of the p38 signal pathway by a specific chemical inhibitor blocked the biological activities of estrogens in regulating endogenous gene expression as well as endometrial cancer cell growth. Our studies demonstrate the role of estrogen receptor phosphorylation induced by the natural ligand in estrogen receptor's cellular distribution and its significant contribution to the growth-stimulating activity of estrogens in endometrial cancer cells.
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