scholarly journals Clinical Significance and Regulation of ERK5 Expression and Function in Cancer

Cancers ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 348
Author(s):  
Matilde Monti ◽  
Jacopo Celli ◽  
Francesco Missale ◽  
Francesca Cersosimo ◽  
Mariapia Russo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Prognostic Value ◽  
Clinical Impact ◽  
Molecular Regulation ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
Large Structure ◽  
Normal Cells ◽  
Extracellular Signal Regulated Kinase ◽  
Extracellular Signal ◽  
And Function

Extracellular signal-regulated kinase 5 (ERK5) is a unique kinase among MAPKs family members, given its large structure characterized by the presence of a unique C-terminal domain. Despite increasing data demonstrating the relevance of the ERK5 pathway in the growth, survival, and differentiation of normal cells, ERK5 has recently attracted the attention of several research groups given its relevance in inflammatory disorders and cancer. Accumulating evidence reported its role in tumor initiation and progression. In this review, we explore the gene expression profile of ERK5 among cancers correlated with its clinical impact, as well as the prognostic value of ERK5 and pERK5 expression levels in tumors. We also summarize the importance of ERK5 in the maintenance of a cancer stem-like phenotype and explore the major known contributions of ERK5 in the tumor-associated microenvironment. Moreover, although several questions are still open concerning ERK5 molecular regulation, different ERK5 isoforms derived from the alternative splicing process are also described, highlighting the potential clinical relevance of targeting ERK5 pathways.

scholarly journals Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase Induces the Megakaryocyte GPIIb/CD41 Gene through MafB/Kreisler

2004 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
pp. 4534-4545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel R. Sevinsky ◽  
Anne M. Whalen ◽  
Natalie G. Ahn
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Transcriptional Start Site ◽  
Dominant Negative ◽  
Proximal Promoter ◽  
Specific Gene ◽  
Promoter Regulation ◽  
Extracellular Signal Regulated Kinase ◽  
Extracellular Signal ◽  
Megakaryocyte Differentiation

ABSTRACT Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) facilitates cell cycle progression in most mammalian cells, but in certain cell types prolonged signaling through this pathway promotes differentiation and lineage-specific gene expression through mechanisms that are poorly understood. Here, we characterize the transcriptional regulation of platelet GPIIb integrin (CD41) by ERK during megakaryocyte differentiation. ERK-dependent transactivation involves the proximal promoter of GPIIb within 114 bp upstream of the transcriptional start site. GATA, Ets, and Sp1 consensus sequences within this region are each necessary and function combinatorially in ERK-activated transcription. MafB/Kreisler is induced in response to ERK and synergizes with GATA and Ets to enhance transcription from the proximal promoter. The requirement for MafB in promoter regulation is demonstrated by inhibition of transactivation following dominant-negative or antisense suppression of MafB function. Thus, ERK promotes megakaryocyte differentiation by coordinate regulation of nuclear factors that synergize in GPIIb promoter regulation. These results establish a novel role for MafB as a regulator of ERK-induced gene expression.

scholarly journals Distinct Cell Cycle Timing Requirements for Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase and Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Signaling Pathways in Somatic Cell Mitosis

2002 ◽  
Vol 22 (20) ◽  
pp. 7226-7241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth C. Roberts ◽  
Paul S. Shapiro ◽  
Theresa Stines Nahreini ◽  
Gilles Pages ◽  
Jacques Pouyssegur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Cell Cycle Progression ◽  
Cyclin B1 ◽  
Erk Pathway ◽  
Cycle Progression ◽  
Mitotic Entry ◽  
Extracellular Signal Regulated Kinase ◽  
Extracellular Signal ◽  
Phosphoinositide 3 Kinase ◽  
And Function

ABSTRACT Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase and phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) pathways are necessary for cell cycle progression into S phase; however the importance of these pathways after the restriction point is poorly understood. In this study, we examined the regulation and function of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and PI3K during G2/M in synchronized HeLa and NIH 3T3 cells. Phosphorylation and activation of both the MAP kinase kinase/ERK and PI3K/Akt pathways occur in late S and persist until the end of mitosis. Signaling was rapidly reversed by cell-permeable inhibitors, indicating that both pathways are continuously activated and rapidly cycle between active and inactive states during G2/M. The serum-dependent behavior of PI3K/Akt versus ERK pathway activation indicates that their mechanisms of regulation differ during G2/M. Effects of cell-permeable inhibitors and dominant-negative mutants show that both pathways are needed for mitotic progression. However, inhibiting the PI3K pathway interferes with cdc2 activation, cyclin B1 expression, and mitotic entry, whereas inhibiting the ERK pathway interferes with mitotic entry but has little effect on cdc2 activation and cyclin B1 and retards progression from metaphase to anaphase. Thus, our study provides novel evidence that ERK and PI3K pathways both promote cell cycle progression during G2/M but have different regulatory mechanisms and function at distinct times.

scholarly journals Gα5 subunit-mediated signalling requires a D-motif and the MAPK ERK1 in Dictyostelium

Microbiology ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 156 (3) ◽  
pp. 789-797 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent Raisley ◽  
Hoai-Nghia Nguyen ◽  
Jeffrey A. Hadwiger
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase ◽  
Aggregate Formation ◽  
Developmental Gene ◽  
Multicellular Development ◽  
Extracellular Signal Regulated Kinase ◽  
Developmental Gene Expression ◽  
Amino Terminal ◽  
Extracellular Signal ◽  
Mitogen Activated Protein

The Dictyostelium Gα5 subunit has been shown to reduce cell viability, inhibit folate chemotaxis and accelerate tip morphogenesis and gene expression during multicellular development. Alteration of the D-motif (mitogen-activated protein kinase docking site) at the amino terminus of the Gα5 subunit or the loss of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)1 diminished the lethality associated with the overexpression or constitutive activation of the Gα5 subunit. The amino-terminal D-motif of the Gα5 subunit was also found to be necessary for the reduced cell size, small aggregate formation and precocious developmental gene expression associated with Gα5 subunit overexpression. This D-motif also contributed to the aggregation delay in cells expressing a constitutively active Gα5 subunit, but the D-motif was not necessary for the inhibition of folate chemotaxis. These results suggest that the amino-terminal D-motif is required for some but not all phenotypes associated with elevated Gα5 subunit functions during growth and development and that ERK1 can function in Gα5 subunit-mediated signal transduction.

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