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Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas
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Transcription factor NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) regulates antioxidant response element (ARE)–mediated expression and coordinated induction of chemoprotective proteins in response to chemical stress. In this report, we investigated Nrf2 response to low and high dose UVB irradiation. Low dose (7.5 J/m2) UVB exposure of mouse hepatoma, mouse keratinocyte, and human skin fibroblast cells led to the nuclear accumulation of Nrf2 and up-regulation of ARE-mediated gene expression. On the contrary, and intriguingly, high dose (20 J/m2) UVB exposure of cells led to the nuclear exclusion of Nrf2 and down-regulation of chemoprotective gene expression with possible implications in UVB carcinogenesis. We investigated the mechanism by which high dose UVB induced the nuclear exclusion of Nrf2. Prior treatment with nuclear export inhibitor, leptomycin B, abrogated the UVB-induced nuclear exclusion of Nrf2, indicating that the decrease of Nrf2 in the nucleus was due to the nuclear export of Nrf2. High dose UVB increased the phosphorylation of Nrf2Y568 which stimulated the nuclear export of Nrf2. Mutation of Nrf2Y568 to phenylalanine and src kinase inhibitor PP2 abrogated/reduced the UVB-induced phosphorylation of Nrf2Y568 and nuclear exclusion of Nrf2. Transfection with src family member Fyn small interfering RNA resulted in the nuclear accumulation of Nrf2 and an increase in the expression and UVB induction of ARE-mediated gene expression. UVB exposure also induced the nuclear localization of Fyn. These results suggest that high dose UVB induced the activation/nuclear localization of Fyn which led to increased phosphorylation of Nrf2Y568 and enhanced nuclear export of Nrf2. This resulted in nuclear exclusion of Nrf2 and down-regulation of ARE-mediated chemoprotective gene expression. (Cancer Res 2006; 66(17): 8421-9)
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