title: Involvement of stress-activated protein kinase in the cellular response to 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine and other DNA-damaging agents.
abstract: The cellular response to 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine (ara-C) includes activation of Jun/AP-1, induction of c-jun transcription, and programmed cell death. The stress-activated protein (SAP) kinases stimulate the transactivation function of c-jun by amino terminal phosphorylation. The present work demonstrates that ara-C activates p54 SAP kinase. The finding that SAP kinase is also activated by alkylating agents (mitomycin C and cisplatinum) and the topoisomerase I inhibitor 9-amino-camptothecin supports DNA damage as an initial signal in this cascade. The results demonstrate that ara-C also induces binding of SAP kinase to the SH2/SH3-containing adapter protein Grb2. SAP kinase binds to the SH3 domains of Grb2, while interaction of the p85 alpha-subunit of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase complex. The results also demonstrate that ara-C treatment is associated with inhibition of lipid and serine kinase activities of PI 3-kinase. The potential significance of the ara-C-induced interaction between SAP kinase and PI 3-kinase is further supported by the demonstration that Wortmannin, an inhibitor of PI 3-kinase, stimulates SAP kinase activity. The finding that Wortmannin treatment is also associated with internucleosomal DNA fragmentation may support a potential link between PI 3-kinase and regulation of both SAP kinase and programmed cell death.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cancer Pharmacology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saleem
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Datta
authors.forename: Z M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kharbanda
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kufe
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000730:Androstadienes / Q000494:pharmacology; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000633:toxicity*; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000633:toxicity*; D004249:DNA Damage; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D051380:GRB2 Adaptor Protein; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000378:metabolism; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D000077191:Wortmannin; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D018909:src Homology Domains
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000730:Androstadienes; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D051380:GRB2 Adaptor Protein; C495948:GRB2 protein, human; D011506:Proteins; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D003561:Cytarabine; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D011494:Protein Kinases; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D000077191:Wortmannin