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Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
The cAMP response element (CRE) binding protein (CREB) is emerging as a key regulatory factor of gene transcription in B lymphocytes; however, the postreceptor pathways that regulate CREB activity and CRE-dependent gene transcription remain largely undefined. We investigated B cell Ag receptor (BCR)-mediated phosphorylation and activation of CREB in the surface IgM+ CH31 B cell lymphoma, which undergoes Ag-dependent cell death. The activity of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) was increased in response to BCR ligation. Phosphorylation of CREB on serine 133, a modification that positively regulates its trans-activation, was concomitantly increased. Inhibition of p38 MAPK by pretreating CH31 B cells with the highly specific bicyclic imidazole inhibitor, SB203580, reduced BCR-induced CREB phosphorylation. BCR cross-linking also led to increased MAPK-activated protein kinase-2 activity, an enzyme that lies immediately downstream from p38 MAPK; MAPK-activated protein kinase-2 immune complexes phosphorylated a peptide substrate containing the CREB serine 133 phosphoacceptor motif. Given the role of CREB in regulating junB gene expression in mature B lymphocytes, we examined whether p38 MAPK activity was necessary for CRE-dependent junB transcription in CH31 B cells. BCR ligation led to increased junB mRNA levels, which were significantly reduced in CH31 B cells pretreated with SB203580. Activation of a CRE-dependent junB promoter/chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) reporter gene by the BCR was also blocked by SB203580. Similarly, inhibition of p38 MAPK in surface IgM+ WEHI-231 B cell lymphomas resulted in reduced BCR-induced junB mRNA expression and junB promoter activation. The results implicate a p38 MAPK pathway in BCR-mediated CREB phosphorylation and junB transcriptional activation in B cell lymphomas.
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