title: Nuclear export of NF-ATc enhanced by glycogen synthase kinase-3.
abstract: The transcription factor NF-AT responds to Ca2+-calcineurin signals by translocating to the nucleus, where it participates in the activation of early immune response genes. Calcineurin dephosphorylates conserved serine residues in the amino terminus of NF-AT, resulting in nuclear import. Purification of the NF-AT kinase revealed that it is composed of a priming kinase activity and glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3). GSK-3 phosphorylates conserved serines necessary for nuclear export, promotes nuclear exit, and thereby opposes Ca2+-calcineurin signaling. Because GSK-3 responds to signals initiated by Wnt and other ligands, NF-AT family members could be effectors of these pathways.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Beals
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Sheridan
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Turck
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gardner
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Crabtree
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology; D019556:COS Cells; D019703:Calcineurin; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3; D038341:Glycogen Synthase Kinases; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D051381:Rats; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors; C494003:NFATC1 protein, human; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D038341:Glycogen Synthase Kinases; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3; D019703:Calcineurin; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D002118:Calcium