Epidermal-growth-factor-dependent phosphorylation and ubiquitinylation of MAGE-11 regulates its interaction with the androgen receptor.
The androgen receptor (AR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor that interacts with coregulatory proteins during androgen-dependent gene regulation. Melanoma antigen gene protein 11 (MAGE-11) is an AR coregulator that specifically binds the AR NH(2)-terminal FXXLF motif and modulates the AR NH(2)- and carboxyl-terminal N/C interaction to increase AR transcriptional activity. ... Here we demonstrate that epidermal growth factor (EGF) signaling increases androgen-dependent AR transcriptional activity through the posttranslational modification of MAGE-11. EGF in the presence of dihydrotestosterone stabilizes the AR-MAGE complex through the site-specific phosphorylation of MAGE-11 at Thr-360 and ubiquitinylation at Lys-240 and Lys-245. The time-dependent EGF-induced increase in AR transcriptional activity by MAGE-11 is mediated through AR activation functions 1 and 2 in association with the increased turnover of AR and MAGE-11. The results reveal a dynamic mechanism whereby growth factor signaling increases AR transcriptional activity through the covalent modification of an AR-specific coregulatory protein. Sequence conservation of the MAGE-11 phosphorylation and ubiquitinylation sites throughout the MAGE gene family suggests common regulatory mechanisms for this group of cancer-testis antigens.
Mesh Terms:
Adenocarcinoma, Amino Acid Motifs, Animals, Antigens, Neoplasm, COS Cells, Cell Line, Cercopithecus aethiops, Dihydrotestosterone, Endometrial Neoplasms, Epidermal Growth Factor, Female, Hela Cells, Humans, Multiprotein Complexes, Neoplasm Proteins, Phosphorylation, Protein Interaction Mapping, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Receptors, Androgen, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Transcription, Genetic, Transfection, Ubiquitination
Adenocarcinoma, Amino Acid Motifs, Animals, Antigens, Neoplasm, COS Cells, Cell Line, Cercopithecus aethiops, Dihydrotestosterone, Endometrial Neoplasms, Epidermal Growth Factor, Female, Hela Cells, Humans, Multiprotein Complexes, Neoplasm Proteins, Phosphorylation, Protein Interaction Mapping, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Receptors, Androgen, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Transcription, Genetic, Transfection, Ubiquitination
Mol. Cell. Biol.
Date: Mar. 01, 2008
PubMed ID: 18212060
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