title: Glycogen synthase kinase 3beta regulates GATA4 in cardiac myocytes.
abstract: Inactivation of glycogen synthase kinase 3beta (GSK3beta) is critical for transcription of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) by beta-adrenergic receptors in cardiac myocytes. We examined the mechanism by which GSK3beta regulates ANF transcription. Stimulation of beta-adrenergic receptors induced nuclear accumulation of GATA4, whereas beta-adrenergic ANF transcription was suppressed by dominant negative GATA4, suggesting that GATA4 plays an important role in beta-adrenergic ANF transcription. Interestingly, GATA4-mediated transcription was markedly attenuated by GSK3beta. GSK3beta physically associates with GATA4 and phosphorylates GATA4 in vitro. Overexpression of GSK3beta suppressed both basal and beta-adrenergic increases in nuclear expression of GATA4, whereas inhibition of GSK3beta by LiCl caused nuclear accumulation of GATA4, suggesting that GSK3beta negatively regulates nuclear expression of GATA4. The nuclear exportin Crm1 reduced nuclear expression of GATA4, and the reduction was enhanced by GSK3beta but not by kinase-inactive GSK3beta. Leptomycin B, an inhibitor for Crm1, increased basal nuclear GATA4 and suppressed GSK3beta-induced decreases in nuclear GATA4. These results suggest that GSK3beta negatively regulates nuclear expression of GATA4 by stimulating Crm1-dependent nuclear export. Inhibition of GSK3beta by beta-adrenergic stimulation abrogates GSK3beta-induced nuclear export of GATA4, causing nuclear accumulation of GATA4, which may represent an important signaling mechanism mediating cardiac hypertrophy.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07103, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morisco
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Seta
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Hardt
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Vatner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sadoshima
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000235:genetics; D001665:Binding Sites; D019556:COS Cells; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D050991:GATA4 Transcription Factor; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3; D038341:Glycogen Synthase Kinases; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D008954:Models, Biological; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011485:Protein Binding; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050991:GATA4 Transcription Factor; D014157:Transcription Factors; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D038341:Glycogen Synthase Kinases; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3