Protein Kinase C Epsilon, Which Sensitizes Skin to Sun's Uv Radiation-induced Cutaneous Damage and Development of Squamous Cell Carcinomas, Associates with Stat3.
From: Department of Human Oncology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53792, USA.
Cancer research
- Publish Date: Feb 2007
- ISSN: 0008-5472
- Volume: 67
- Issue: 3
- Pages: 1385-94
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Aziz Moammir H, Manoharan Herbert T, Verma Ajit K, et al. Protein Kinase C Epsilon, Which Sensitizes Skin to Sun's Uv Radiation-induced Cutaneous Damage and Development of Squamous Cell Carcinomas, Associates with Stat3.. Cancer Res. Feb 2007;67:1385-94
Abstract
Chronic exposure to UV radiation (UVR) is the major etiologic factor in the development of human skin cancers including squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). We have shown that protein kinase C(epsilon) (PKC(epsilon)), a Ca(2+)-independent, phospholipid-dependent serine/threonine kinase, is an endogenous photosensitizer. PKC(epsilon) is among the six isoforms (alpha, delta, epsilon, eta, mu, and zeta) expressed in both mouse and human skin. PKC(epsilon) transgenic mice, which overexpress PKC(epsilon) in the basal epidermal cells and cells of the hair follicle, are highly sensitive to UVR-induced cutaneous damage and development of SCC. We now present that PKC(epsilon)-overexpressing, but not PKC(delta)-overexpressing, transgenic mice, when exposed to a single (4 kJ/m(2)) or repeated (four doses, 2 kJ/m(2)/dose, thrice weekly) UVR, emitted by Kodacel-filtered FS-40 sun lamps, elicit constitutive phosphorylation of signal transducers and activators of transcription 3 (Stat3) at both Tyr705 and Ser727 residues. UVR-induced phosphorylation of Stat3 accompanied increased expression of Stat3-regulated genes (c-myc, cyclin D1, cdc25A, and COX-2). In reciprocal immunoprecipitation/blotting experiments, phosphorylated Stat3 co-immunoprecipitated with PKC(epsilon). As observed in vivo using PKC(epsilon) knockout mice and in vitro in an immunocomplex kinase assay, PKC(epsilon) phosphorylated Stat3 at Ser727 residue. These results indicate for the first time that (a) PKC(epsilon) is a Stat3Ser727 kinase; (b) PKC(epsilon)-mediated phosphorylation of StatSer727 may be essential for transcriptional activity of Stat3; and (c) UVR-induced phosphorylation of Ser727 may be a key component of the mechanism by which PKC(epsilon) imparts sensitivity to UVR-induced development of SCC.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animals, Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, Enzyme Activation, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Male, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Knockout, Mice, Transgenic, Phosphorylation, Protein Kinase C-epsilon, STAT3 Transcription Factor, Skin, Skin Neoplasms, Ultraviolet Rays
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