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Studying Oxidative Stress Caused by the Mitis Group Streptococci in Caenorhabditis elegans
Published on: March 23, 2019
The C. elegans p38 MAPK pathway regulates nuclear localization of the transcription factor SKN-1 in oxidative stress
Hideki Inoue1, Naoki Hisamoto, Jae Hyung An
1Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science, Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.
Abstract:
The evolutionarily conserved p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade is an integral part of the response to a variety of environmental stresses. Here we show that the Caenorhabditis elegans PMK-1 p38 MAPK pathway regulates the oxidative stress response via the CNC transcription factor SKN-1. In response to oxidative stress, PMK-1 phosphorylates SKN-1, leading to its accumulation in intestine nuclei, where SKN-1 activates transcription of gcs-1, a phase II detoxification enzyme gene. These results delineate the C. elegans p38 MAPK signaling pathway leading to the nucleus that responds to oxidative stress.
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