... AP1 DNA binding activity increasedwithin 1 h following EGF treatment and peaked at 3 hfollowing the treatment (Fig. 5A). We also examinedthe effect of PD98059 on this binding activity and, asexpected, ... transcription, were increased in response toEGF. Pretreatment of the cells with PD98059, an inhibitor of MAP kinasekinase, inhibited the EGF-induced c-Fos and c-Jun expression, AP1 DNA binding, Bcl-XLexpression, ... 1–122),but retains the DNA binding and leucine-zipper region of c-Jun, it should function as a dominant-negativemutant of c-Jun to block wild-type c-Jun binding tothe AP1 site [32]. As shown in Fig....