ISSN:
0730-2312
Keywords:
internal pH
;
transformation
;
c-fos
;
AP-1
;
Life and Medical Sciences
;
Cell & Developmental Biology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Changes in intracellular pH (pHin) take part in the mitogenic response. Their importance has been stressed by the finding that mouse fibroblasts expressing a yeast proton pumping ATPase (PMA1) exhibit a transformed phenotype and are tumorigenic. These cells do maintain a higher pHin, supporting the idea that elevated pHin may act as a proliferative trigger. Here we show that cells constitutively expressing PMA1 have higher levels of the AP-1 transcription factor. The use of stable transfectants and transient transfection assays show that PMA1 activity induces transactivation of the c-fos promoter. The activation of the promoter is mediated throughout the serum response element (SRE). The use of protein kinase C inhibitors suggests that AP-1 activation is achieved through a pathway independent of protein kinase C.
Additional Material:
7 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcb.240570407
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