title: An orchestrated program regulating secretory pathway genes and cargos by the transmembrane transcription factor CREB-H.
abstract: CREB3 proteins comprise a set of ER-localized bZip transcription factors defined by the presence of a transmembrane domain. They are regulated by inter-compartmental transport, Golgi cleavage and nuclear transport where they promote appropriate transcriptional responses. Although CREB3 proteins play key roles in differentiation, inflammation and metabolism, a general framework relating their defining features to these diverse activities is lacking. We identify unique features of CREB3 organization including the ATB domain, which we show it is essential for transcriptional activity. This domain is absent in all other human bZip factors, but conserved in Drosophila CREBA, which controls secretory pathway genes (SPGs). Furthermore, each of the five human CREB3 factors was capable of activating SPGs in Drosophila, dependent upon the ATB domain. Expression of the CREB3 protein, CREB-H, in 293 cells, upregulated genes involved in secretory capacity, extracellular matrix formation and lipid metabolism and increased secretion of specific cargos. In liver cells, which normally express CREB-H, the active form specifically induced secretion of apolipoproteins, including ApoA-IV, ApoAI, consistent with data implicating CREB-H in metabolic homeostasis. Based on these data and other recent studies, we propose a general role for the CREB3 family in regulating secretory capacity, with particular relevance to specialized cargos.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Imperial College, London, W2 1PG, UK.
authors.forename: Sónia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fasanella
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carreira
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Llarena
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barreca
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Andrew
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Hare
mesh_terms: D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051699:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein A / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D057809:HEK293 Cells; D056945:Hep G2 Cells; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D055571:Secretory Pathway / Q000235:genetics*; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D001053:Apolipoproteins; C073555:CrebA protein, Drosophila; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D051699:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein A; D029721:Drosophila Proteins