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ArticleMolecular and cellular biology2008

Up-regulation of P-TEFb by the MEK1-extracellular signal-regulated kinase signaling pathway contributes to stimulated transcription elongation of immediate early genes in neuroendocrine cells.

Toshitsugu Fujita, Stephan Ryser, Isabelle Piuz, Werner Schlegel

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Article in Molecular and cellular biology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Toshitsugu FujitaFondation pour Recherches Médicales, 64 av. de la Roseraie, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
Stephan Ryser
Isabelle Piuz
Werner Schlegel
Foundation for laboratory medicine · CHUniversity of Geneva · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The positive elongation factor P-TEFb appears to function as a crucial C-terminal-domain (CTD) kinase for RNA polymerase II (Pol II) transcribing immediate early genes (IEGs) in neuroendocrine GH4C1 cells. Chromatin immunoprecipitation indicated that in resting cells Pol II occupied the promoter-proximal regions of the c-fos and junB genes, together with the negative elongation factors DSIF and NELF. Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH)-induced recruitment of positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb) abolished the pausing of Pol II and enhanced phosphorylation of CTD serine 2, resulting in transcription elongation. In addition, P-TEFb was essential for splicing and 3'-end processing of IEG transcripts. Importantly, the MEK1-extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling pathway activated by TRH up-regulated nuclear CDK9 and CDK9/cyclinT1 dimers (i.e., P-TEFb), facilitating the recruitment of P-TEFb to c-fos and other IEGs. Thus, in addition to established gene transcription control via promoter response elements, the MEK1-ERK signaling pathway controls transcription elongation by Pol II via the up-regulation of nuclear CDK9 integrated into P-TEFb.

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Genes, Immediate-EarlySignal TransductionTranscription, GeneticUp-RegulationAnimalsCell Culture TechniquesCells, CulturedChromatin ImmunoprecipitationCulture Media, Serum-FreeCyclin-Dependent Kinase 9Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesModels, BiologicalPhosphorylationPituitary GlandPositive Transcriptional Elongation Factor BPrecipitin TestsCulture Media, Serum-FreeCyclin-Dependent Kinase 9Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesPositive Transcriptional Elongation Factor BThyrotropin-Releasing Hormone

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PMID18086894
PMCPMC2258797
OpenAlexW2151533355

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