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Tissue distribution and functional expression of a cDNA encoding a novel mixed lineage kinase.
Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology 2001 September
Hypertrophy is an adaptive response of the heart to myocardial injury or hemodynamic overload that may progress and contribute to cardiac decompensation and eventually to heart failure. The signaling pathways controlling this response in the cardiac myocyte are poorly understood. A data mining effort of a human failed heart cDNA library was undertaken in an effort to identify novel signaling molecules involved in cardiac hypertrophy. This effort identified a novel kinase (MLK7) homologous to the mixed lineage kinase family of proteins. The mixed lineage kinases are mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinases (MAPKKKs) which activate stress activated protein kinase/c-Jun N-terminal kinase (SAPK/JNK) and p38 kinase pathways. They contain a catalytic domain with homology to both serine/threonine and tyrosine-specific kinases and a dual leucine zipper. MLK7 is identical to leucine zipper and sterile-alpha motif protein kinase (ZAK) through the leucine zipper domain but has a completely divergent COOH-terminus and shares approximately 40% homology with the other MLKs overall. Expression of MLK7 mRNA is most abundant in skeletal muscle and heart, with expression restricted to the cardiac myocyte. The recombinant histidine tagged MLK7 expressed and purified from insect cells exhibited serine/threonine kinase activity in vitro with myelin basic protein as substrate. When expressed in cardiac myocytes, MLK7 activated SAPK/JNK1, and ERK and p38 to a lesser extent. Additionally, MLK7 altered fetal gene expression and increased protein synthesis in cardiac myocytes. These data suggest that MLK7 is a new member of the mixed lineage kinase family that modulates cardiac SAPK/JNK pathway and may play a role in cardiac hypertrophy and progression to heart failure.
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