Research Article

Autophagy Stimulus Promotes Early HuR Protein Activation and p62/SQSTM1 Protein Synthesis in ARPE-19 Cells by Triggering Erk1/2, p38MAPK, and JNK Kinase Pathways

Table 1

Effects of specific kinase inhibitors on HuR cytoplasmic accumulation, its threonine phosphorylation, and p62 increase, compared to the AICAR + MG132 cotreatment.

Kinase targeted by inhibitionHuR cytoplasmic accumulationHuR phosphorylationp62 protein levels

AICAR + MG132
Erk1/2
AMPK
p38MAPK
JNK
cPKC

↑: increase; ↓: decrease; —: no variation. For further details, see the text.