title: L-type voltage-sensitive calcium channel activation stimulates gene expression by a serum response factor-dependent pathway.
abstract: A mechanism by which calcium-induced signals are transduced to the nucleus to activate transcription of the c-fos proto-oncogene has been characterized. The serum response element (SRE), a region of the c-fos gene which controls growth factor-induced transcription, is now shown to mediate c-fos transcription in response to activation of L-type voltage-sensitive calcium channels. Calcium-dependent transcriptional activation through the SRE is mediated by the serum response factor (SRF). Membrane depolarization induces phosphorylation of SRF at Ser-103, an event shown to enhance the ability of SRF to bind the SRE. Ca(2+)-induced SRF phosphorylation occurs via a pathway that may involve Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bonni
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Miranti
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Greenberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D054734:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 4; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000502:physiology; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016716:PC12 Cells; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000235:genetics*; D051381:Rats; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D026362:Serum Response Factor; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; C052130:GAL4 protein, S cerevisiae; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D026362:Serum Response Factor; D014157:Transcription Factors; D054734:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 4; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; C517686:Camk4 protein, rat; D002118:Calcium