title: Stress-induced phosphorylation and activation of the transcription factor CHOP (GADD153) by p38 MAP Kinase.
abstract: CHOP, a member of the C/EBP family of transcription factors, mediates effects of cellular stress on growth and differentiation. It accumulates under conditions of stress and undergoes inducible phosphorylation on two adjacent serine residues (78 and 81). In vitro, CHOP is phosphorylated on these residues by p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAP kinase). A specific inhibitor of p38 MAP kinase, SB203580, abolished the stress-inducible in vivo phosphorylation of CHOP. Phosphorylation of CHOP on these residues enhanced its ability to function as a transcriptional activator and was also required for the full inhibitory effect of CHOP on adipose cell differentiation. CHOP thus serves as a link between a specific stress-activated protein kinase, p38, and cellular growth and differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University Medical Center, 10016, NY, USA.
authors.forename: X Z
authors.initials: XZ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ron
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D017667:Adipocytes / Q000166:cytology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D003470:Culture Media; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D008741:Methyl Methanesulfonate / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D051742:Transcription Factor CHOP; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
chemical_list: D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D003470:Culture Media; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C497250:Ddit3 protein, mouse; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007093:Imidazoles; D011725:Pyridines; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051742:Transcription Factor CHOP; D008741:Methyl Methanesulfonate; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; C093642:SB 203580