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Query: EC:4.1.1.32 (
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
)
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Cyclic AMP treatment of hepatoma cells leads to increased protein binding at the cyclic AMP response element (CRE) of the tyrosine aminotransferase (TAT) gene in vivo, as revealed by genomic footprinting, whereas no increase is observed at the CRE of the
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
(
PEPCK
) gene. Several criteria establish that the 43 kDa CREB protein is interacting with both of these sites. Two classes of CRE with different affinity for
CREB
are described. One class, including the TATCRE, is characterized by asymmetric and weak binding sites (CGTCA), whereas the second class containing symmetrical TGACGTCA sites shows a much higher binding affinity for
CREB
. Both classes show an increase in binding after phosphorylation of
CREB
by protein kinase A (PKA). An in vivo phosphorylation-dependent change in binding of
CREB
increases the occupancy of weak binding sites used for transactivation, such as the TATCRE, while high affinity sites may have constitutive binding of transcriptionally active and inactive
CREB
dimers, as demonstrated by in vivo footprinting at the
PEPCK
CRE. Thus, lower basal level and higher relative stimulation of transcription by cyclic AMP through low affinity CREs should result, allowing finely tuned control of gene activation.
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PMID:Phosphorylation of CREB affects its binding to high and low affinity sites: implications for cAMP induced gene transcription. 135 12
1. The data herein reveal the existence of cAMP-responsive element (CRE)-binding factors (CRF) in the nuclear extracts from cAMP-treated rat liver. 2. DNAase I and DMS footprinting analysis showed that the CRFs protected the CRE (-77 to -92) in the
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
(
PEPCK
) promoter and the TGACGTCA motif in a consensus oligodeoxynucleotide based on the sequence of the CRE's of 6 cAMP-regulated genes (C32mer). 3. Competition assays indicate that the CRF(s) is a CGTCA-specific, ATF/
CREB
-like factor(s). 4. Southwestern (SW) blot analysis detected 2 apparent CRFs which have molecular weights of about 30 and 32 kDa, respectively. 5. Based on the comparison of the size and binding specificity of the CRFs with the CREBs reported to date, the CRFs appear to be novel CRE-binding nuclear factors.
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PMID:Characterization of rat liver nuclear proteins which recognize the cAMP responsive element. 145 11
Previous studies have identified a region in the promoter of the gene for
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (GTP)
(PEPCK) (positions -460 to +73) containing the regulatory elements which respond to cyclic AMP, glucocorticoids, and insulin and confer the tissue- and developmental stage-specific properties to the gene. We report that CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein (C/EBP) binds to the cyclic AMP-responsive element CRE-1 as well as to two regions which have been previously shown to bind proteins enriched in liver nuclei. The DNase I footprint pattern provided by the recombinant C/EBP was identical to that produced by a 43-kDa protein purified from rat liver nuclear extracts, using a CRE oligonucleotide affinity column, which was originally thought to be the CRE-binding protein
CREB
. Transient contransfection experiments using a C/EBP expression vector demonstrated that C/EBP could trans activate the PEPCK promoter. The trans activation occurred through both the upstream, liver-specific protein-binding domains and the CRE. The CRE-binding protein bound only to CRE-1 and not to the upstream C/EBP-binding sites. The results of this study, along with physiological properties of C/EBP, indicate an important role for this transcription factor in providing the PEPCK gene with several of its regulatory characteristics.
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PMID:The role of the CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein in the transcriptional regulation of the gene for phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (GTP). 214 22
We report that the small tumor (small-t) antigen of simian virus 40 (SV40) forms complexes with nuclear protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) and regulates the phosphorylation and transcriptional transactivation function of the cyclic AMP (cAMP)-regulatory element binding protein (
CREB
). PP2A coimmunoprecipitated with small t from nuclear extracts from HepG2 cells expressing small t or from rat liver nuclear extracts to which recombinant small t was added. Protein phosphatase 1 was not detected in small-t immunoprecipitates. In HepG2 cells expressing small t, dibutyryl-cAMP (Bt2cAMP) stimulated the phosphorylation of
CREB
65-fold, whereas
CREB
phosphorylation was stimulated only 5- to 8-fold by Bt2cAMP in cells not expressing small t. Small t also inhibited the dephosphorylation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA)-phosphorylated
CREB
in rat liver nuclear extracts. In cells expressing small t, Bt2cAMP-stimulated transcription from the
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
(
PEPCK
) gene promoter was enhanced over the level of transcription from the
PEPCK
promoter in cells not expressing small t. Small t also enhanced Bt2cAMP-stimulated transcription from a Gal4-responsive promoter in cells expressing a chimeric protein containing the Gal4 DNA-binding domain linked to the
CREB
transactivation domain. However, small t did not stimulate transcription either from a 5' deletion mutant of the
PEPCK
promoter that is not able to bind
CREB
or from the Gal4-responsive promoter in the absence of the Gal4-CREB protein. These data suggest that small t enhances Bt2cAMP-stimulated gene transcription by inhibiting the dephosphorylation of PKA-phosphorylated
CREB
by nuclear PP2A. These findings support previous observations that nuclear PP2A is the primary phosphatase that dephosphorylates PKA-phosphorylated
CREB
.
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PMID:Simian virus 40 small tumor antigen inhibits dephosphorylation of protein kinase A-phosphorylated CREB and regulates CREB transcriptional stimulation. 806 21
Transcription of the
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
(
PEPCK
) and
PEPCK
-chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) genes is induced by cAMP and glucocorticoids and is inhibited by insulin in H4IIE cells, as it is in liver. In contrast,
PEPCK
-CAT expression in HepG2 cells is not affected by insulin but is induced by cAMP, which in turn is repressed by glucocorticoids. Mutations were introduced into well defined transcription factor binding sites to investigate possible interactions between the cAMP regulatory element (CRE) binding protein (
CREB
) and glucocorticoid response unit (GRU) binding proteins. H4IIE rat hepatoma cells were transfected with
PEPCK
-CAT plasmids with or without an expression vector for protein kinase A (PKA). Glucocorticoid-induced CAT activity was dependent upon the GRU and was decreased in plasmids lacking the CRE. To determine the direct effects of
CREB
, the DNA binding and dimerization domain of GAL4 was substituted for that of
CREB
(CRG), and the
PEPCK
CRE was replaced with a GAL4 binding site (G4PEPCK-CAT). CRG elevated basal and glucocorticoid-induced activities of G4PEPCK-CAT equally and restored responsiveness to PKA. The basal activity of CRG was not diminished by concomitant treatment with PKA plus its inhibitor peptide, PKI, or by mutation of the PKA phosphorylation. Deletion of C-terminal regions of the
CREB
activation domain from CRG diminished basal activation without affecting induction by PKA. The glucocorticoid-induced level of CAT activity decreased in proportion to the reduced ability of
CREB
to activate basal transcription. Induction by glucocorticoid, in the absence or presence of PKA, was not affected by CRG, indicating that interaction of GRU-bound factors with
CREB
is not required for glucocorticoid induction of
PEPCK
. These results indicate that
CREB
is directly involved in basal and PKA-induced expression of
PEPCK
, and that
CREB
supports glucocorticoid-induced
PEPCK
expression through its positive effect on basal transcription.
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PMID:Involvement of 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate regulatory element binding protein (CREB) in both basal and hormone-mediated expression of the phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) gene. 811 62
The
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
(
PEPCK
) gene encodes the rate-limiting enzyme in gluconeogenesis. Glucocorticoids enhance
PEPCK
gene expression through a multicomponent regulatory complex. We show that a full response to glucocorticoids requires two DNA segments: 1) a glucocorticoid response unit (GRU), centered at about position -400, which contains two accessory factor elements (AF1 and AF2) and two glucocorticoid receptor binding sites (GR1 and GR2), and 2) a basal promoter/cyclic AMP response element (E/CRE) at about position -90, which binds the transcription factor
CREB
. A protein-protein interaction was observed in vitro between GR and
CREB
that might account for the role of the E/CRE in the glucocorticoid response of the
PEPCK
gene.
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PMID:Glucocorticoid receptor-cAMP response element-binding protein interaction and the response of the phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase gene to glucocorticoids. 844 98
Members of the C/EBP family of basic-leucine zipper (bZip) transcription factors form heterodimers and bind to the CAAT box and other sequence-related enhancer motifs. Using a 32P-labeled protein probe consisting of the bZip domain of C/EBP beta, we isolated a clone encoding C/EBP-related ATF (C/ATF), a bZip protein that heterodimerizes with C/EBP-like proteins but belongs to the
CREB
/ATF family. C/ATF homodimers do not bind to typical C/EBP DNA sites. Instead they bind to palindromic cAMP response elements such as that of the somatostatin gene. In addition, C/ATF-C/EBP beta heterodimers bind to a subclass of asymmetric cAMP response elements exemplified by those in the
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
and proenkephalin genes. Transient transfection studies indicate that interactions between C/ATF and C/EBP beta are the basis for a functional cross talk between these two families of transcription factors that may be important for the integration of hormonal and developmental stimuli that determine the expression of subsets of genes in specific cellular phenotypes.
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PMID:C/ATF, a member of the activating transcription factor family of DNA-binding proteins, dimerizes with CAAT/enhancer-binding proteins and directs their binding to cAMP response elements. 850 17
Nuclear factor I (NFI) binds to a region of the
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (GTP)
(PEPCK) gene promoter adjacent to the cAMP regulatory element (CRE) and inhibits the induction of transcription from the gene promoter caused by the catalytic subunit of protein kinase A. In vivo footprinting studies demonstrated that both the CRE and the NFI-binding site are occupied by transcription factors, regardless of the presence of factors that stimulate (dibutyryl cAMP or dexamethasone) or inhibit (insulin) transcription from the PEPCK gene promoter. The NFI effects on transcription from the PEPCK gene promoter were observed even in the absence of the NFI binding site, suggesting the possibility of other weaker binding sites on the promoter or an interaction of NFI with a transcriptional co-activator. A mammalian two-hybrid system was used to demonstrate direct interaction between the transactivation domain of NFI-C and the
CREB
binding domain of the CREB-binding protein (CBP). Overexpression of a gene fragment encoding the
CREB
binding domain of CBP stimulates transcription from the PEPCK gene promoter. The inhibitory effect of NFI on transcription of the PEPCK gene induced by the catalytic subunit of protein kinase A appears to be the result of an interaction between NFI and the CREB-binding protein in which NFI competes with
CREB
for binding to the
CREB
-binding site on CBP. In contrast, glucocorticoids and thyroid hormone use the steroid hormone receptor binding domain of CBP to stimulate transcription from the PEPCK gene promoter. NFI-A combines with dexamethasone or thyroid hormone in an additive manner to stimulate PEPCK gene transcription. We conclude that CBP coordinates the action of the multiple factors known to control transcription of the PEPCK gene.
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PMID:CREB binding protein coordinates the function of multiple transcription factors including nuclear factor I to regulate phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (GTP) gene transcription. 1008 23
The in vivo pattern of induction of
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
(
PEPCK
) gene transcription by cAMP and its inhibition by insulin is reproduced in H4IIe cells and is mediated by a bipartite cAMP/insulin response unit (C/IRU) consisting of a cAMP response element (-95/-87) and an upstream enhancer, AC (-271/-225). Studies in HepG2 cells showed that binding of AP-1 and CAAT/enhancer-binding protein (C/EBP) to AC is required for induction by cAMP, but insulin did not inhibit cAMP-induced
PEPCK
expression in HepG2 cells. Binding of H4IIe nuclear proteins to an AC element probe was inhibited by antibodies or a consensus site for C/EBP, but not AP-1. Transfection with dominant negative bZIP factors, which prevent endogenous factors from binding to DNA, showed that elimination of cAMP regulatory element-binding protein
CREB
or C/EBP activity blocked induction by protein kinase A (PKA), whereas elimination of AP-1 activity had no effect. In addition, promoters with multiple
CREB
sites, or a single
CREB
site and multiple C/EBP sites, mediated PKA induction, but this was inhibited to no greater extent than basal activity was by insulin. These results indicate that an AC factor other than C/EBP must mediate insulin inhibition. An A-site probe (-265/-247) or a probe across the middle of the AC element (-256/-237) competed for complexes formed by factors other than AP-1 or C/EBP. However, analysis of competitor oligonucleotides and antibodies for candidate factors failed to identify other factors. Scanning mutations throughout the AC element interfered with induction but allowed us to define five overlapping sites for regulatory factors in AC and to design probes binding just one or two factors. Comparison of the protein-DNA complexes formed on these smaller probes revealed that a specific complex present in rat liver and H4IIe cell nuclear extracts differed from those formed by HepG2 cell nuclear extracts. Our results suggest that multiple factors binding the AC element of the C/IRU interact with each other and
CREB
to regulate
PEPCK
induction by cAMP and inhibition by insulin and that the unique factor expressed in H4IIe cells is a candidate for involvement in insulin regulation of PKA-induced
PEPCK
gene transcription.
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PMID:Characterization of elements mediating regulation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase gene transcription by protein kinase A and insulin. Identification of a distinct complex formed in cells that mediate insulin inhibition. 1074 64
When mammals fast, glucose homeostasis is achieved by triggering expression of gluconeogenic genes in response to glucagon and glucocorticoids. The pathways act synergistically to induce gluconeogenesis (glucose synthesis), although the underlying mechanism has not been determined. Here we show that mice carrying a targeted disruption of the cyclic AMP (cAMP) response element binding (
CREB
) protein gene, or overexpressing a dominant-negative
CREB
inhibitor, exhibit fasting hypoglycaemia [corrected] and reduced expression of gluconeogenic enzymes.
CREB
was found to induce expression of the gluconeogenic programme through the nuclear receptor coactivator PGC-1, which is shown here to be a direct target for
CREB
regulation in vivo. Overexpression of PGC-1 in
CREB
-deficient mice restored glucose homeostasis and rescued expression of gluconeogenic genes. In transient assays, PGC-1 potentiated glucocorticoid induction of the gene for
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
(
PEPCK
), the rate-limiting enzyme in gluconeogenesis. PGC-1 promotes cooperativity between cyclic AMP and glucocorticoid signalling pathways during hepatic gluconeogenesis. Fasting hyperglycaemia is strongly correlated with type II diabetes, so our results suggest that the activation of PGC-1 by
CREB
in liver contributes importantly to the pathogenesis of this disease.
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PMID:CREB regulates hepatic gluconeogenesis through the coactivator PGC-1. 1155 65
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