Carcinogenesis, Vol. 22, No. 4, 607-612,
April 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press
MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CANCER PREVENTION |
Dietary energy restriction inhibits ERK but not JNK or p38 activity in the epidermis of SENCAR mice
1 Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 and
2 Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-6805, USA
Ongoing studies in our laboratory have demonstrated that dietary energy restriction (DER) inhibited 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-induced AP-1 transcription factor binding to DNA in the epidermis of SENCAR mice. To dissect the specific signal transduction pathways through which DER inhibits the AP-1:DNA binding, we analyzed the activities of three major MAP kinases that lead to the induction of AP-1. The changes in ERK1 and ERK2 protein expression and phosphorylation were further characterized by western blot analysis. Female SENCAR mice were pre-fed ad libitum (AL) or 40% DER diet for 8–10 weeks. The kinase activities in mouse epidermis were determined by immune complex kinase assays at 0.5, 1, 4, or 6 h following treatment with 3.2 nmol TPA to the shaved dorsal backs. ERK activity at 1 h post-TPA treatment was nearly 5-fold (P < 0.005) above basal levels in AL mice while the increase was abolished in DER mice. The TPA-induced ERK activity in AL mice was accompanied by increased phosphorylation of ERK1 and ERK2 (P < 0.05), which was abrogated in DER mice. In addition, DER mice exhibited reduced expression of total ERK1 and ERK2 and higher proportions of ERK1 and ERK2 phosphorylation in comparison with AL mice (P < 0.05). JNK activity was decreased at 1 and 6 h but increased at 4 h (P < 0.05) post-TPA treatment. TPA did not change p38 kinase activity at the time points tested. Neither JNK nor p38 activity was altered by DER. Taken together, our results indicated for the first time that DER blocked the TPA stimulation of ERK activity and suggested that the inhibition of TPA-induced AP-1 activity by DER is likely through inhibition of ERK but not JNK or p38 kinase pathway.
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