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Serine 202 regulates the nuclear translocation of constitutive active/androstane receptor.

The constitutive active receptor (CAR) in mouse primary hepatocytes undergoes okadaic acid (OA)-sensitive nuclear translocation after activation by xenobiotics such as phenobarbital (PB) and 1,4 bis[2-(3,5-dichloropyridyloxy)]benzene (TCPOBOP). We have now mimicked this TCPOBOP-dependent and OA-sensitive translocation of mouse CAR ( mCAR) in HepG2 cells and have demonstrated that protein phosphatase 2A regulates this nuclear translocation. Site-directed mutagenesis analysis of various Ser and Thr residues delineated the translocation activity to Ser-202. Mutation of Ser-202 to Asp (S202D) prevented mCAR translocation into the nucleus of TCPOBOP-treated HepG2 cells. In addition, in the livers of Car-/- mice, the YFP-tagged S202D mutant did not translocate into the nucleus after PB treatment. To examine whether Ser-202 can be phosphorylated, flag-tagged wild-type mCAR or flag-tagged S202A mutant was expressed in HepG2 cells and subjected to Western blot analysis using an antibody specific to a peptide containing phospho-Ser-202. A high molecular weight phosphorylated form of CAR was detected only with the wild-type mCAR. These results are consistent with the conclusion that the dephosphorylation of Ser-202 is a required step that regulates the xenobiotic-dependent nuclear translocation of mCAR.[1]

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  1. Serine 202 regulates the nuclear translocation of constitutive active/androstane receptor. Hosseinpour, F., Moore, R., Negishi, M., Sueyoshi, T. Mol. Pharmacol. (2006) [Pubmed]
 
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