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- Title
PACAP and C2-ceramide generate different AP-1 complexes through a MAP-kinase-dependent pathway: involvement of c-Fos in PACAP-induced Bcl-2 expression.
- Authors
Aubert, Nicolas; Falluel-Morel, Anthony; Vaudry, David; Xifro, Xavier; Rodriguez-Alvarez, Jos; Fisch, Cécile; de Jouffrey, Stéphane; Lebigot, Jean-François; Fournier, Alain; Vaudry, Hubert; Gonzalez, Bruno J.
- Abstract
The neuropeptide pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) inhibits C2-ceramide-induced cell death through blockade of the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway in rat cerebellar granule neurones. However, the gene induction processes and transcription factors involved in the anti-apoptotic effect of PACAP remain unknown. Here, we show that PACAP and C2-ceramide activate activator protein-1 (AP-1) DNA binding in a dose- and time-dependent manner, but generate different AP-1 dimers. Thus, PACAP increased the proportion of c-Fos and Jun D while C2-ceramide increased c-Jun and reduced c-Fos in AP-1 complexes. In addition, PACAP strongly activated c-Fos gene expression while C2-ceramide markedly increased c-Jun phosphorylation. The effect of PACAP on c-Fos expression was blocked by the mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (MEK) inhibitor, U0126, while phosphorylation of c-Jun induced by C2-ceramide was abrogated by the protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) inhibitor, okadaic acid. Transfection of immature granule cells with c-Fos siRNA, which strongly reduced basal and PACAP-stimulated levels of the protein, totally prevented the stimulatory effect of PACAP on Bcl-2 expression. The present study demonstrates that AP-1 complexes containing c-Fos mediate the effect of PACAP on Bcl-2 gene expression in cerebellar granule neurones. Our data also indicate that different AP-1 dimers are associated with the pro-apoptotic effect of C2-ceramide and the anti-apoptotic effect of PACAP.
- Subjects
NEUROPEPTIDES; CERAMIDES; APOPTOSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL pathology; ADENYLATE cyclase; PHYSIOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Neurochemistry, 2006, Vol 99, Issue 4, p1237
- ISSN
0022-3042
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.04148.x