title: c-Jun associates with the oncoprotein Ski and suppresses Smad2 transcriptional activity.
abstract: The Smad proteins are key intracellular effectors of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) cytokines. The ability of Smads to modulate transcription results from a functional cooperativity with the coactivators p300/cAMP-response element-binding protein-binding protein (CBP), or the corepressors TGIF and Ski. The c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) pathway, another downstream target activated by TGF-beta receptors, has also been suggested to inhibit TGF-beta signaling through interaction of c-Jun with Smad2 and Smad3. Here we show that c-Jun directly interacts with Ski to enhance the association of Ski with Smad2 in the basal state. Interestingly, TGF-beta signaling induces dissociation of c-Jun from Ski, thereby relieving active repression by c-Jun. Moreover, activation of JNK pathway suppressed the ability of TGF-beta to induce dissociation of c-Jun from ski. Thus, the formation of a c-Jun/Ski complex maintains the repressed state of Smad2-responsive genes in the absence of ligand and participates in negative feedback regulation of TGF-beta signaling by the JNK cascade.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U 482, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 184 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75571, Paris Cedex 12, France.
authors.forename: Marcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pessah
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marais
authors.forename: Celine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Prunier
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ferrand
authors.forename: Francois
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lallemand
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mauviel
authors.forename: Azeddine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Atfi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D002460:Cell Line; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D051379:Mice; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011485:Protein Binding; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D051899:Smad2 Protein; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism*; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun; C497782:SMAD2 protein, human; C512653:Ski protein, mouse; D051899:Smad2 Protein; C497783:Smad2 protein, mouse; D015534:Trans-Activators; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; C060614:SKI protein, human; D005982:Glutathione Transferase