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c-Jun/AP-1 controls liver regeneration by repressing p53/p21 and p38 MAPK activity
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The AP-1 transcription factor c-Jun is a key regulator of hepatocyte proliferation. Mice lacking c-Jun in the liver ( c-jun Δli* ) display impaired liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy (PH). This phenotype correlates with increased protein levels of the cdk-inhibitor p21 in the liver. We performed PH experiments in several double-knockout mouse models to genetically identify the signaling events regulated by c-Jun. Inactivation of p53 in c-jun Δli* mice abrogated both hepatocyte cell cycle block and increased p21 protein expression. Consistently, liver regeneration was rescued in c-jun Δli* p21 −/− double-mutant mice. This indicated that c-Jun controls hepatocyte proliferation by a p53/p21-dependent mechanism. Analyses of p21 mRNA and protein expression in livers of c-jun Δli* mice after PH revealed that the accumulation of p21 protein is due to a post-transcriptional/post-translational mechanism. We have investigated several candidate pathways implicated in the regulation of p21 expression, and observed increased activity of the stress kinase p38 in regenerating livers of c-jun Δli* mice. Importantly, conditional deletion of p38 α in livers of c-jun Δli* mice fully restored hepatocyte proliferation and attenuated increased p21 protein levels after PH. These data demonstrate that c-Jun/AP-1 regulates liver regeneration through a novel molecular pathway that involves p53, p21, and the stress kinase p38α.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Stepniak, E., Ricci, R., Eferl, R., Sumara, G., Sumara, I., Rath, M., Hui, L., & Wagner, E. F.
- Affiliations
- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (AT)
- Corresponding author
- Wagner, Erwin F.
- Venue
- Genes & Development
- Publisher
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Published
- 2006-08-15
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 16
- Pages
- 2306-2314
- ISSN
- 0890-9369 (ISSN-L)
- 1549-5477
- PMC
- PMC1553212
- OpenAlex
- W2166342119
- Cited by
- 232
- References
- 43
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 14
- Type
- posted content
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Genes & Development (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Marie Curie (CT 2001-01)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver physiology and pathology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Congenital heart defects research
- Keywords
- c-Jun, AP-1 transcription factor, liver regeneration, partial hepatectomy, hepatocyte proliferation, p53, p21, p38 MAPK, p38α, cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors, post-transcriptional regulation, conditional knockout mice, cell cycle arrest
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Female, Hepatectomy, Liver, Liver Regeneration, Male, Phosphorylation, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional, Signal Transduction, Genes, p53, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun, Genes, jun, Gene Deletion, Mice, Knockout, Transcription Factor AP-1, Hepatocytes, p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21, Mice
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