RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 X-Irradiation, Phorbol Esters, and H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> Stimulate Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Activity in NIH-3T3 Cells through the Formation of Reactive Oxygen Intermediates
JF Cancer Research
JO Cancer Res
FD American Association for Cancer Research
SP 12
OP 15
VO 54
IS 1
A1 Stevenson, Mary Ann
A1 Pollock, Stephanie Sue
A1 Coleman, C. Norman
A1 Calderwood, Stuart K.
YR 1994
UL http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/54/1/12.abstract
AB Extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs), also known as mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases, are rapidly phosphorylated and activated in response to a number of external factors which promote growth and differentiation (T. G. Boulton, S. H. Nye, D. J. Robbins, N. Y. Ip, E. Radziejewska, S. D. Morgenbesser, R. A. DePinho, N. Panayotatos, M. H. Cobb, and G. D. Yancopoulos, Cell, 65: 663–675, 1991; S. L. Pelech and S. S. Jasbinder, Science (Washington DC), 257: 1355–1356, 1992; G. Thomas, Cell, 68: 3–6, 1992). We have identified two novel stimulators of MAP kinase activity, ionizing radiation and H2O2. Both radiation and H2O2, as well as the known agonist 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate activate MAP kinase through the production of reactive oxygen intermediates. Our results demonstrate a direct link between the MAP kinase signal transduction pathway and reactive oxygen species and provide a unifying mechanism for activation of early- and late-response genes by inducers of oxidative stress. ©1994 American Association for Cancer Research.