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The mechanism of heat shock activation of ERK mitogen-activated protein kinases in the interleukin 3-dependent ProB cell line BaF3
Authors:Ng D C  Bogoyevitch M A
Institution:Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Australia, Nedlands 6907, Australia.
Abstract:We have investigated heat shock stimulation of MAPK cascades in an interleukin 3-dependent cell line, BaF3. Following exposure to 42 degrees C, the stress-activated JNK MAPKs were phosphorylated and activated, but p38 MAPKs remained unaffected. Surprisingly, heat shock also activated ERK MAPKs in a potent (>60-fold), delayed (>30 min), and sustained (>/=120 min) manner. These characteristics suggested a novel mechanism of ERK MAPK activation and became the focus of this study. A MEK-specific inhibitor, PD98059, inhibited heat shock ERK MAPK activation by >75%. Surprisingly, a role for Ras in the heat shock response was eliminated by the failure of a dominant-negative Ras(Asn-17) mutant to inhibit ERK MAPK activation and the failure to observe increases in Ras.GTP. Heat shock also failed to stimulate activation of A-, B-, and c-Raf. Instead, a serine/threonine phosphatase inhibitor, okadaic acid, activated ERK MAPK in a similar manner to heat shock. Furthermore, pretreatment with suramin, generally recognized as a broad range inhibitor of growth factor receptors, inhibited both okadaic acid-stimulated and heat shock-stimulated ERK MAPK activity by >40%. Inhibiting ERK MAPK activation during heat shock with PD98059 enhanced losses in cell viability. These results demonstrate Ras- and Raf-independent ERK MAPK activation maintains cell viability following heat shock.
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