BRCA1 Interacts with and Is Required for Paclitaxel-Induced Activation of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase 3
Open Access
- 15 June 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in Cancer Research
- Vol. 64 (12), 4148-4154
- https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.can-03-4080
Abstract
BRCA1 has been implicated in a number of cellular processes, including transcriptional regulation, DNA damage repair, cell cycle arrest, and apoptosis. We identified mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) kinase kinase 3 (MEKK3), an upstream regulator of the c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase/stress-activated protein kinase and p38/MAPK pathways, as a novel BRCA1-interacting protein in a yeast two-hybrid screen and confirmed the interaction by coimmunoprecipitation in mammalian cells. Deletion mapping demonstrated that amino acids 1611–1863 are required to mediate the interaction with MEKK3 in yeast. BRCA1 disease-associated mutations abrogated the interaction in yeast, and BRCA1 failed to interact with MEKK3 in BRCA1 mutant HCC1937 breast cancer cells. We demonstrate that small interfering RNA-based inhibition of endogenous BRCA1 reduces MEKK3 kinase activity and conversely that inducible expression of BRCA1 activates MEKK3 and p38/MAPK. Finally, we demonstrate using complementary approaches that BRCA1 is required for paclitaxel-induced activation of MEKK3. These data indicate that BRCA1 is a key regulator of the paclitaxel-induced stress response pathway and suggest that the ability of BRCA1 to associate with, and mediate the activation of, MEKK3 represents a potential mechanism through which this pathway is regulated.Keywords
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