title: FGF2-mediated upregulation of urokinase-type plasminogen activator expression requires a MAP-kinase dependent activation of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase.
abstract: Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation is a post-translational modification of protein occurring in the nucleus by poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase enzyme activity. The main role of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase system as "nick sensor" and DNA breaks repair is based on its activation via DNA strand breaks. Furthermore, poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase modifies the binding to DNA of several transcriptional factors by poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation, thereby regulating also transcriptional gene expression. We have analyzed whether poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activity is involved in basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF2)-mediated upregulation of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) mRNA. We demonstrated that specific inhibition of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activity via 3-aminobenzamide (3ABA) or NAD+ deprivation prevents FGF2-mediated uPA mRNA over-expression and cell-associated plasminogen activator (PA) production in GM7373 endothelial cell line. We verified that FGF2 stimulates poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activity by a DNA strand breaks-independent manner which involves a mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK)-dependent pathway, as confirmed by using PD98059 inhibitor and anisomycin stimulation. Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase involved in this mechanism is mainly the 60 kDa molecular mass isoform, that presents an increase in serine phosphorylation in the presence of FGF2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Pathology and Oncology, University of Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caldini
authors.forename: Emanuela
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barletta
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Del Rosso
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Giovannelli
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chevanne
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000841:Anisomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002417:Cattle; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000502:physiology; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000502:physiology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D000067856:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases / Q000378:metabolism*; D026723:Polyadenylation / Q000502:physiology; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D012694:Serine / Q000378:metabolism; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D000067856:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D012694:Serine; D000841:Anisomycin; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator