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- Title
cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) is imported into mitochondria and promotes protein synthesis.
- Authors
De Rasmo, Domenico; Signorile, Anna; Roca, Emilio; Papa, Sergio
- Abstract
The cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) is a ubiquitous transcription factor in the higher eukaryotes that, once phosphorylated, promotes transcription of cAMP response element-regulated genes. We have studied the mitochondrial import of CREB and its effect on the expression of mtDNA-encoded proteins. [(35)S]Methionine-labelled CREB, synthesized in vitro in the Rabbit Reticulocyte Lysate system using a construct of the human cDNA, was imported into the matrix of isolated rat liver mitochondria by a membrane potential and TOM complex-dependent process. The imported CREB caused cAMP-dependent promotion of the synthesis of mitochondrially encoded subunits of oxidative phosphorylation enzyme complexes. Thus, CREB moves from the cytosol to mitochondria, in addition to the nucleus, and, when phosphorylated by cAMP-dependent protein kinase, promotes the expression of mitochondrial genes.
- Publication
The FEBS journal, 2009, Vol 276, Issue 16, p4325
- ISSN
1742-4658
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07133.x