Distinct cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) domains stimulate different steps in a concerted mechanism of transcription activation

AUTOR(ES)

Kim, Jeong-a

FONTE

The National Academy of Sciences

RESUMO

Hormones and neurotransmitters rapidly change patterns of gene expression in target cells by activating protein kinases that phosphorylate and modify the activity of CREB and other transcription factors. Although CREB was initially characterized as mediating the response to cAMP, CREB phosphorylation and activation are stimulated by diverse extracellular signals and protein kinases in essentially all cells and tissues. CREB stimulates transcription through a constitutive activation domain (CAD), which interacts with the promoter recognition factor TFIID, and through a kinase-inducible domain (KID), when Ser-133 is phosphorylated. The present study provides new insight into the mechanism of activation by showing that each of the CREB domains contributes to transcription initiation by stimulating sequential steps in the transcription reaction. The CAD effectively assembled a polymerase complex, as evidenced by constitutive activation in vivo and stimulation of single-round transcription in vitro. In contrast, phosphorylation of the KID in CREB stimulated isomerization of the polymerase complex, as determined by abortive initiation, and promoter clearance and/or reinitiation, as measured by multiple rounds of transcription. Our results provide evidence for a new model for CREB-mediated induction through a concerted mechanism involving establishment of a polymerase complex by the CAD, followed by stimulation of isomerization, promoter clearance, and/or reinitiation by phosphorylated KID to enhance target gene transcription.

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