title: MSK1 and MSK2 mediate mitogen- and stress-induced phosphorylation of histone H3: a controversy resolved.
abstract: It is well established that mitogen- and stress-activated signal transduction pathways result in the rapid phosphorylation (Ser10 and Ser28) and acetylation of mammalian histone H3 associated with immediate-early genes. However, the prerequisite of H3 phosphorylation for the acetylation event and the identity of the mitogen-activated H3 kinase as RSK2 or MSK1 were controversial. A recent study with mouse embryonic fibroblasts lacking MSK1 and/or MSK2 demonstrated that MSK2 and MSK1 were the stimulus-induced H3 kinases and that neither of these enzyme activities was required for acetylation of H3 bound to immediate-early genes to occur.
authors.affiliation: Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology, University of Manitoba, 675 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3E 0V9. davie@cc.umanitoba.ca
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Davie
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System / Q000502:physiology*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D038744:Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 90-kDa / Q000502:physiology*; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006657:Histones; C115634:RPS6KA4 protein, human; D038744:Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 90-kDa; C485459:Rps6ka4 protein, mouse; C116919:mitogen and stress-activated protein kinase 1