title: Involvement of growth factor receptors in the mammalian UVC response.
abstract: Irradiation of HeLa cells with short-wavelength ultraviolet light (UVC) induces the modification and activation of the preexisting transcription factors c-Fos-c-Jun (AP-1) and TCF/Elk-1, as well as the protein synthesis independent transcriptional activation of the c-fos and c-jun genes. This response to UVC is mediated via obligatory cytoplasmic signal transduction, involving Ras and Raf, Src, and MAP kinases. The UVC response is inhibited by prior down-modulation of growth factor receptor signaling upon growth factor prestimulation, by suramin (an inhibitor of receptor activation) or by expression of a dominant negative epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor mutant. These data suggest the involvement of several growth factor receptors in the UVC response. Indeed, UVC induces the suramin-inhibitable immediate tyrosine phosphorylation of the EGF receptor.
authors.affiliation: Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Genetik, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sachsenmaier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Radler-Pohl
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zinck
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nordheim
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Herrlich
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Rahmsdorf
mesh_terms: D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000502:physiology; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D016762:Genes, fos / Q000235:genetics; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D019908:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf; D017978:Receptors, Growth Factor / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015682:Retroviridae Proteins, Oncogenic / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000528:radiation effects*; D013498:Suramin / Q000494:pharmacology; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D050807:ets-Domain Protein Elk-1
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D017978:Receptors, Growth Factor; D015682:Retroviridae Proteins, Oncogenic; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1; D014157:Transcription Factors; D050807:ets-Domain Protein Elk-1; D014443:Tyrosine; D013498:Suramin; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D019908:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases