The rat gastric GATA DNA-binding protein, GATA-6 (GATA-GT1), was stably expressed in CHO-K1 cells. The GATA-6 protein was localized in the nucleus but not in the cytoplasm. Interestingly, when cells were treated with dibutyryl cAMP, the GATA-6 protein was specifically degraded. Such a phenomenon was not observed in the presence of 5'-AMP or dibutyryl cGMP. The cellular level of the GATA-6 protein was restored upon removal of dibutyryl cAMP. Degradation was also induced by cholera toxin, which increased the cellular cAMP concentration, and was inhibited by a protein kinase A inhibitor. However, activators of protein kinase C did not have any effect. The degradation was inhibited by proteasome inhibitors (PSI (benzyloxycarbonyl-Ile-Glu(O-t-Bu)-Ala-leucinal) and MG115 (benzyloxycarbonyl-Leu-Leu-norvalinal)) but not by those of lysosomes and serine proteases. These results suggest that a kinase-mediated protein phosphorylation is the cellular signal for degradation of the GATA-6 protein. This finding constitutes a novel aspect of regulation by GATA DNA-binding proteins, which are essential for developmental processes and tissue-specific transcription.
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