TY - JOUR
T1 - Role Played by Microphthalmia Transcription Factor Phosphorylation and Its Zip Domain in Its Transcriptional Inhibition by PIAS3
AU - Levy, Carmit
AU - Sonnenblick, Amir
AU - Razin, Ehud
PY - 2003/12
Y1 - 2003/12
N2 - Mutation of microphthalmia transcription factor (MITF) results in deafness, bone loss, small eyes, and poorly pigmented eyes and skin. A search for MITF-associated proteins, using a mast cell library that was screened with a construct that encodes the basic helix-loop-helix leucine zipper (Zip) domain of MITF, resulted in the isolation of the STAT3 inhibitor, PIAS3. PIAS3 functions in vivo as a key molecule in suppressing the transcriptional activity of MITF. Here, we report that the Zip domain is the region of MITF that is involved in the direct interaction between MITF and PIAS3. Additionally, we investigated the effect of phosphorylation of MITF on its interaction with PIAS3. We found that phosphorylation of MITF on serines in positions 73 and 409 plays an important role in its association with PIAS3. This effect was profound with phosphorylation on Ser409, which significantly reduced the inhibitory effect of PIAS3 on MITF and also modulated the transcriptional activity of MITF. Thus, phosphorylation of MITF could be considered a fine, and alternative, tuning of its transcriptional machinery.
AB - Mutation of microphthalmia transcription factor (MITF) results in deafness, bone loss, small eyes, and poorly pigmented eyes and skin. A search for MITF-associated proteins, using a mast cell library that was screened with a construct that encodes the basic helix-loop-helix leucine zipper (Zip) domain of MITF, resulted in the isolation of the STAT3 inhibitor, PIAS3. PIAS3 functions in vivo as a key molecule in suppressing the transcriptional activity of MITF. Here, we report that the Zip domain is the region of MITF that is involved in the direct interaction between MITF and PIAS3. Additionally, we investigated the effect of phosphorylation of MITF on its interaction with PIAS3. We found that phosphorylation of MITF on serines in positions 73 and 409 plays an important role in its association with PIAS3. This effect was profound with phosphorylation on Ser409, which significantly reduced the inhibitory effect of PIAS3 on MITF and also modulated the transcriptional activity of MITF. Thus, phosphorylation of MITF could be considered a fine, and alternative, tuning of its transcriptional machinery.
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U2 - 10.1128/MCB.23.24.9073-9080.2003
DO - 10.1128/MCB.23.24.9073-9080.2003
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AN - SCOPUS:0344629660
SN - 0270-7306
VL - 23
SP - 9073
EP - 9080
JO - Molecular and Cellular Biology
JF - Molecular and Cellular Biology
IS - 24
ER -