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| Subject Categories: Signal Transduction | Proteins |
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| The EMBO Journal
(2003) 22, 5780–5792, doi:10.1093/emboj/cdg567 |
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| Notch-induced E2A ubiquitination and degradation are controlled by MAP kinase activities |
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| Lei Nie, Min Xu, Antoaneta Vladimirova and Xiao-Hong Sun |
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Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA To whom correspondence should be addressed Xiao-Hong Sun, sunx@omrf.ouhsc.edu Received 12 May 2003; Revised 28 August 2003; Accepted 16 September 2003. |
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| Abstract |
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Notch signals are important for lymphocyte development but downstream events that follow Notch signaling are not well understood. Here, we report that signaling through Notch modulates the turnover of E2A proteins including E12 and E47, which are basic helix–loop–helix proteins crucial for B and T lymphocyte development. Notch-induced degradation requires phosphorylation of E47 by p42/p44 MAP kinases. Expression of the intracellular domain of Notch1 (N1-IC) enhances the association of E47 with the SCFSkp2 E3 ubiquitin ligase and ubiquitination of E47, followed by proteasome-mediated degradation. Furthermore, N1-IC induces E2A degradation in B and T cells in the presence of activated MAP kinases. Activation of endogenous Notch receptors by treatment of splenocytes with anti-IgM or anti-CD3 plus anti-CD28 also leads to E2A degradation, which is blocked by the inhibitors of Notch activation or proteasome function. Notch-induced E2A degradation depends on the function of its downstream effector, RBP-J , probably to activate target genes involved in the ubiquitination of E2A proteins. Thus we propose that Notch regulates lymphocyte differentiation by controlling E2A protein turnover. |
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| Keywords: basic helix–loop–helix, cell fate, development, Notch, ubiquitination |
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