title: Repression of NFAT3 transcriptional activity by estrogen receptors.
abstract: Nuclear factor of activated T cells 3 (NFAT3) activities have been implicated in many biological processes, such as breast cancer, cardiac hypertrophy, learning and memory, and adipocyte differentiation. However, how protein factors regulate NFAT3 transcriptional activity is poorly understood. Here, we report that regardless of estrogen, overexpression of estrogen receptor alpha and beta (ERalpha and ERbeta) suppresses NFAT3 transcriptional activity, whereas knockdown of endogenous ERalpha and ERbeta enhances the activity. Estrogen further enhances ER inhibition of NFAT3-dependent transcription. ERalpha and ERbeta interact with NFAT3 independently of the NFAT agonists phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) and ionomycin, and ERalpha is recruited to an NFAT3 target gene promoter. Phosphorylation of ERalpha at different sites differentially affects ERalpha modulation of NFAT3 transcriptional activity. These results suggest that ER may play a critical role in regulation of NFAT3 transcriptional activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Oncology, Beijing Institute of Biotechnology, 27 Tai-Ping Lu Rd, Beijing 100850, China.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: X-H
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Z-H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: L-H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: X-J
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: H-W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Q-N
authors.initials: QN
authors.lastname: Ye
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D047628:Estrogen Receptor alpha / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D047629:Estrogen Receptor beta / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D017930:Genes, Reporter / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors / Q000819:agonists / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D047628:Estrogen Receptor alpha; D047629:Estrogen Receptor beta; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D011494:Protein Kinases