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El-Mayet FS, Santos VC, Wijesekera N, Lubbers S, Harrison KS, Sadeghi H, Jones C. Glucocorticoid receptor and specificity protein 1 (Sp1) or Sp3, but not the antibiotic Mithramycin A, stimulates human alphaherpesvirus 1 (HSV-1) replication. Antiviral Res 2024; 225:105870. [PMID: 38556059 PMCID: PMC11109923 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2024.105870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2024] [Revised: 03/15/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
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Following acute human alphaherpesvirus 1 (HSV-1) infection of oral-facial mucosal surfaces, sensory neurons in trigeminal ganglia (TG) are important sites for life-long latency. Neurons in the central nervous system, including brainstem, also harbor viral genomes during latency. Periodically, certain cellular stressors trigger reactivation from latency, which can lead to recurrent HSV-1 disease: herpes labialis, herpes stromal keratitis, and encephalitis for example. Activation of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) by stressful stimuli enhances HSV-1 gene expression, replication, and explant-induced reactivation. GR and certain stress-induced Krüppel like factors (KLF) cooperatively transactivate cis-regulatory modules (CRM) that drive expression of viral transcriptional regulatory proteins (ICP0, ICP4, and ICP27). These CRMs lack GR response elements (GRE); however, specificity protein 1 (Sp1) binding sites are crucial for GR and KLF15 or KLF4 mediated transactivation. Hence, we tested whether Sp1 or Sp3 regulate viral replication and transactivation of the ICP0 promoter. During early stages of explant-induced reactivation from latency, the number of Sp3+ TG neurons were significantly higher relative to TG from latently infected mice. Conversely, Sp1+ TG neurons were only increased in females, but not male mice, during explant-induced reactivation. Sp1 siRNA significantly reduced HSV-1 replication in cultured mouse (Neuro-2A) and monkey (CV-1) cells. Mithramycin A, an antibiotic that has anti-tumor activity preferentially interacts with GC-rich DNA, including Sp1 binding sites, significantly reduced HSV-1 replication indicating it has antiviral activity. GR and Sp1 or Sp3 transactivated the HSV-1 ICP0 promoter in Neuro-2A and CV-1 cells confirming these transcription factors enhance viral replication and gene expression.
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- Fouad S El-Mayet
- Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Stillwater, OK, USA; Benha University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Virology, Moshtohor, 13736, Kaliobyia, Egypt
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- Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Stillwater, OK, USA
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- Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Stillwater, OK, USA
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- Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Stillwater, OK, USA
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- Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Stillwater, OK, USA
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- Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Stillwater, OK, USA
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- Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Stillwater, OK, USA.
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McAllister JJ, Dahiya S, Berman R, Collins M, Nonnemacher MR, Burdo TH, Wigdahl B. Altered recruitment of Sp isoforms to HIV-1 long terminal repeat between differentiated monoblastic cell lines and primary monocyte-derived macrophages. FRONTIERS IN VIROLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fviro.2022.971293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) transcription in cells of the monocyte-macrophage lineage is regulated by interactions between the HIV-1 long terminal repeat (LTR) and a variety of host cell and viral proteins. Binding of the Sp family of transcription factors (TFs) to the G/C box array of the LTR governs both basal as well as activated LTR-directed transcriptional activity. The effect of monocytic differentiation on Sp factor binding and transactivation was examined with respect to the HIV-1 LTR. The binding of Sp1, full-length Sp3 and truncated Sp3 to a high affinity HIV-1 Sp element was specifically investigated and results showed that Sp1 binding increased relative to the binding of the sum of full-length and truncated Sp3 binding following chemically-induced monocytic differentiation in monoblastic (U-937, THP-1) and myelomonocytic (HL-60) cells. In addition, Sp binding ratios from PMA-induced cell lines were shown to more closely approximate those derived from primary monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs) than did ratios derived from uninduced cell lines. The altered Sp binding phenotype associated with changes in the transcriptional activation mediated by the HIV-1 G/C box array. Additionally, analysis of post-translational modifications on Sp1 and Sp3 revealed a loss of phosphorylation on serine and threonine residues with chemically-induced differentiation indicating that the activity of Sp factors is additionally regulated at the level of post-translational modifications (PTMs).
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Zhang H, Liu Y, Xu K, Mao K, Han W, Xu F, Wan W, Sun Y. AMPH-1 As A Critical Tumor Suppressor That Inhibits Osteosarcoma Progression. Cancer Manag Res 2019; 11:9913-9919. [PMID: 31819629 PMCID: PMC6883929 DOI: 10.2147/cmar.s220544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Introduction Amphiphysin 1 (AMPH-1) is involved in endocytosis, and its expression is upregulated in osteosarcoma compared with osteofibrous dysplasia. Methods We investigated the role of AMPH-1 in osteosarcoma cells via both gain-of-function and loss-of-function experiments. Results Knockdown of AMPH-1 in osteosarcoma cells promoted cell cycle progression and cell proliferation and attenuated apoptosis. Notably, silencing AMPH-1 increased osteosarcoma progression in a mouse tumor model. The results obtained upon AMPH-1 knockdown and AMPH-1 overexpression indicates that AMPH-1 is involved in regulating MEK/ERK signaling. Conclusion These data suggest that AMPH-1 plays an important role in osteosarcoma and may represent a novel therapeutic target for osteosarcoma treatment.
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- Haiyun Zhang
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Sixth People's Hospital of Nantong, Jiangsu 226000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedic Oncology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200003, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedic Oncology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200003, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Sixth People's Hospital of Nantong, Jiangsu 226000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Sixth People's Hospital of Nantong, Jiangsu 226000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Sixth People's Hospital of Nantong, Jiangsu 226000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedic Oncology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200003, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Fourth People's Hospital of Nantong, Jiangsu 226000, People's Republic of China
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Chen Y, Liu J, Li L, Xia H, Lin Z, Zhong T. AMPH-1 is critical for breast cancer progression. J Cancer 2018; 9:2175-2182. [PMID: 29937937 PMCID: PMC6010687 DOI: 10.7150/jca.25428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 05/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Amphiphysin 1 (AMPH-1) is a nerve terminals-enriched protein involved in endocytosis, and we observe that its expression is increased in breast cancer tumor in compared with normal breast. However, its function in breast cancer is unknown. Here we aim to explore the role of AMPH-1 in breast cancer cells. Knockdown of AMPH-1 in breast cancer cells promotes cell proliferation, cell cycle progression and cell migration, and attenuates cell apoptosis. Of note, knockdown of AMPH-1 promotes breast cancer progression in xenograft mouse model. These oncogenic phenotypes may be partially due to the activated EMT and ERK pathways after inhibition of AMPH-1. Oncomine analyses of multiple breast cancer patient datasets show that reduced AMPH-1 mRNA level is significantly associated with breast cancer patients having metastatic events, advanced stage, poor clinical outcomes, and Paclitaxel+FEC treatment resistance. In summary, our results identified the anti-oncogenic function of AMPH-1 in breast cancer in vitro and in vivo. Activation of AMPH-1 may be a promising approach to treat breast cancer patients.
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- Yajun Chen
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing 210004, China
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- Reproductive & Developmental Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Prk, NC 27709, USA
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- East China Normal University, 500 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200241, China
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- Dongtai People,s Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, 2 Kangfu Road, Yancheng 224000, China
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- Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Tranditional Chinese Medicine, 274 Zhijingzhong Road, Shanghai 200071, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing 210004, China
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García-Huerta P, Díaz-Hernandez M, Delicado EG, Pimentel-Santillana M, Miras-Portugal MT, Gómez-Villafuertes R. The specificity protein factor Sp1 mediates transcriptional regulation of P2X7 receptors in the nervous system. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:44628-44. [PMID: 23139414 PMCID: PMC3531778 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.390971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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P2X7 receptors are involved not only in physiological functions but also in pathological brain processes. Although an increasing number of findings indicate that altered receptor expression has a causative role in neurodegenerative diseases and cancer, little is known about how expression of P2rx7 gene is controlled. Here we reported the first molecular and functional evidence that Specificity protein 1 (Sp1) transcription factor plays a pivotal role in the transcriptional regulation of P2X7 receptor. We delimited a minimal region in the murine P2rx7 promoter containing four SP1 sites, two of them being highly conserved in mammals. The functionality of these SP1 sites was confirmed by site-directed mutagenesis and Sp1 overexpression/down-regulation in neuroblastoma cells. Inhibition of Sp1-mediated transcriptional activation by mithramycin A reduced endogenous P2X7 receptor levels in primary cultures of cortical neurons and astrocytes. Using P2rx7-EGFP transgenic mice that express enhanced green fluorescent protein under the control of P2rx7 promoter, we found a high correlation between reporter expression and Sp1 levels in the brain, demonstrating that Sp1 is a key element in the transcriptional regulation of P2X7 receptor in the nervous system. Finally, we found that Sp1 mediates P2X7 receptor up-regulation in neuroblastoma cells cultured in the absence of serum, a condition that enhances chromatin accessibility and facilitates the exposure of SP1 binding sites.
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- Paula García-Huerta
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Chai KH, McLoughlin DM, Chan TF, Chan HYE, Lau KF. Genomic organization and promoter cloning of the human X11α gene APBA1. DNA Cell Biol 2011; 31:651-9. [PMID: 22136355 DOI: 10.1089/dna.2011.1447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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X11α is a brain specific multi-modular protein that interacts with the Alzheimer's disease amyloid precursor protein (APP). Aggregation of amyloid-β peptide (Aβ), an APP cleavage product, is believed to be central to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Recently, overexpression of X11α has been shown to reduce Aβ generation and to ameliorate memory deficit in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Therefore, manipulating the expression level of X11α may provide a novel route for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Human X11α is encoded by the gene APBA1. As evidence suggests that X11α expression can be regulated at transcription level, we have determined the gene structure and cloned the promoter of APBA1. APBA1 spans over 244 kb on chromosome 9 and is composed of 13 exons and has multiple transcription start sites. A putative APBA1 promoter has been identified upstream of exon 1 and functional analysis revealed that this is highly active in neurons. By deletion analysis, the minimal promoter was found to be located between -224 and +14, a GC-rich region that contains a functional Sp3 binding site. In neurons, overexpression of Sp3 stimulates the APBA1 promoter while an Sp3 inhibitor suppresses the promoter activity. Moreover, inhibition of Sp3 reduces endogenous X11α expression and promotes the generation of Aβ. Our findings reveal that Sp3 play an essential role in APBA1 transcription.
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- Ka-Ho Chai
- Biochemistry Program, School Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR
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Nakamura M, Mie M, Mihara H, Nakamura M, Kobatake E. Construction of a multi-functional extracellular matrix protein that increases number of N1E-115 neuroblast cells having neurites. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater 2009; 91:425-32. [DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.31418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Yamada H, Ohashi E, Abe T, Kusumi N, Li SAI, Yoshida Y, Watanabe M, Tomizawa K, Kashiwakura Y, Kumon H, Matsui H, Takei K. Amphiphysin 1 is important for actin polymerization during phagocytosis. Mol Biol Cell 2007; 18:4669-80. [PMID: 17855509 PMCID: PMC2043535 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e07-04-0296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Amphiphysin 1 is involved in clathrin-mediated endocytosis. In this study, we demonstrate that amphiphysin 1 is essential for cellular phagocytosis and that it is critical for actin polymerization. Phagocytosis in Sertoli cells was induced by stimulating phosphatidylserine receptors. This stimulation led to the formation of actin-rich structures, including ruffles, phagocytic cups, and phagosomes, all of which showed an accumulation of amphiphysin 1. Knocking out amphiphysin 1 by RNA interference in the cells resulted in the reduction of ruffle formation, actin polymerization, and phagocytosis. Phagocytosis was also drastically decreased in amph 1 (-/-) Sertoli cells. In addition, phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate-induced actin polymerization was decreased in the knockout testis cytosol. The addition of recombinant amphiphysin 1 to the cytosol restored the polymerization process. Ruffle formation in small interfering RNA-treated cells was recovered by the expression of constitutively active Rac1, suggesting that amphiphysin 1 functions upstream of the protein. These findings support that amphiphysin 1 is important in the regulation of actin dynamics and that it is required for phagocytosis.
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- Cell Physiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama 700-8558, Japan; and
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- Innovation Center Okayama for Nanobio-Targeted Therapy, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Cell Physiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama 700-8558, Japan; and
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Laenen K, Haegeman G, Vanhoenacker P. Structure of the human 5-HT7 receptor gene and characterization of its promoter region. Gene 2007; 391:252-63. [PMID: 17321075 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2007] [Revised: 01/08/2007] [Accepted: 01/08/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The molecular mechanism regulating serotonin 5-HT(7) receptor expression is still unclear. In this study we provide evidence that transcription of the 5-HT(7) gene is at least partly regulated by Sp1 and Sp3. We isolated and sequenced >3000 bp of the upstream sequences and identified by RACE a number of transcriptional initiation sites over a region of 300 bp upstream of the coding region. This region has a high GC content, but contains no obvious TATA or a CAAT box. Besides a Sp1/Sp3 consensus motif, regulatory elements for AP2, Egr-1 and MAZ are also present. Transient transfection assays using deletion variants indicated that the GC-rich region is essential for full promoter activity. The role of Sp1 in this was confirmed by transient overexpression of both wild type Sp1 or dominant-negative forms. By gel shift and supershift analyses, targeting the Sp1 consensus sequence and the GC-rich region just upstream of the transcription initiation sites, binding of Sp1 and Sp3 was demonstrated. Both in vitro as well as in vivo experiments, using a cell line which endogenously expresses the 5-HT(7) receptor, indicated that mithramycin A, an inhibitor of Sp1/3 transcription factor binding, was able to inhibit 5-HT(7) promoter activity. Taken together these results support the essential role of Sp factors in regulating 5-HT(7) promoter activity.
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- Koen Laenen
- Laboratory of Eukaryotic Gene Expression and Signal Transduction (LEGEST), Department of Molecular Biology, Ghent University, UGent, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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Howe ML, Mehmud ZF, Saha S, Buratovich M, Stutius EA, Schmidt HD, Lenon AL, Reddicks C, Ivanov GS, Przyborski SA, Ozer JS. Transcription Factor IIA tau is associated with undifferentiated cells and its gene expression is repressed in primary neurons at the chromatin level in vivo. Stem Cells Dev 2006; 15:175-90. [PMID: 16646664 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2006.15.175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The levels of General Transcription Factor (TF) IIA were examined during mammalian brain development and in rat embryo fibroblasts and transformed cell lines. The large TFIIA subunit paralogues alphabeta and tau are largely produced in unsynchronized cell lines, yet only TFIIA alphabeta is observed in a number of differentiated tissue extracts. Steady-state protein levels of the TFIIA tau, alphabeta, and gamma subunits were significantly reduced when human embryonal (ec) and hepatic carcinoma cell lines were stimulated to differentiate with either all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) or sodium butyrate. ATRA-treated NT2-ec cells required replating to induce a neuronal phenotype and loss of detectable TFIIA tau and gamma proteins. High levels of TFIIA tau, alphabeta, and gamma and Sp factors were identified in extracts from human fetal and rat embryonic day-18 brains, but not in human and rat adult brain extracts. A high histone H3 Lys9/Lys4 methylation ratio was observed in the TFIIA tau promoter of primary hippocampal neurons from day-18 rat embryos, suggesting that repressive epigenetic marks of chromatin prevent TFIIA tau from being transcribed in neurons. We conclude that TFIIA tau is associated with undifferentiated cells during development, yet is down-regulated at the chromatin level upon cellular differentiation.
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- Mariko L Howe
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therpeutics, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118, USA
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Liu KY, Zhou X, Kan K, Wong STC. Bayesian variable selection for gene expression modeling with regulatory motif binding sites in neuroinflammatory events. Neuroinformatics 2006; 4:95-117. [PMID: 16595861 DOI: 10.1385/ni:4:1:95] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/1999] [Revised: 11/30/1999] [Accepted: 11/30/1999] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Multiple transcription factors (TFs) coordinately control transcriptional regulation of genes in eukaryotes. Although numerous computational methods focus on the identification of individual TF-binding sites (TFBSs), very few consider the interdependence among these sites. In this article, we studied the relationship between TFBSs and microarray gene expression levels using both family-wise and memberspecific motifs, under various combination of regression models with Bayesian variable selection, as well as motif scoring and sharing conditions, in order to account for the coordination complexity of transcription regulation. We proposed a three-step approach to model the relationship. In the first step, we preprocessed microarray data and used p-values and expression ratios to preselect upregulated and downregulated genes. The second step aimed to identify and score individual TFBSs within DNA sequence of each gene. A method based on the degree of similarity and the number of TFBSs was employed to calculate the score of each TFBS in each gene sequence. In the last step, linear regression and probit regression were used to build a predictive model of gene expression outcomes using these TFBSs as predictors. Given a certain number of predictors to be used, a full search of all possible predictor sets is usually combinatorially prohibitive. Therefore, this article considered the Bayesian variable selection for prediction using either of the regression models. The Bayesian variable selection has been applied in the context of gene selection, missing value estimation, and regulatory motif identification. In our modeling, the regressor was approximated as a linear combination of the TFBSs and a Gibbs sampler was employed to find the strongest TFBSs. We applied these regression models with the Bayesian variable selection on spinal cord injury gene expression data set. These TFs demonstrated intricate regulatory roles either as a family or as individual members in neuroinflammatory events. Our analysis can be applied to create plausible hypotheses for combinatorial regulation by TFBSs and avoiding false-positive candidates in the modeling process at the same time. Such a systematic approach provides the possibility to dissect transcription regulation, from a more comprehensive perspective, through which phenotypical events at cellular and tissue levels are moved forward by molecular events at gene transcription and translation levels.
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- Kuang-Yu Liu
- HCNR -- Center for Bioinformatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
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Zhao C, Meng A. Sp1-like transcription factors are regulators of embryonic development in vertebrates. Dev Growth Differ 2005; 47:201-11. [PMID: 15921495 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.2005.00797.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Sp1-like family is an expanding transcription factor family. Members of this family bind to the GC-box or GT-box elements in the promoter/enhancers and regulate the expression of the target genes. Currently, this family consists of at least nine members, which may act as a transactivator or a repressor on target promoters. Sp1-like transcription factors are expressed during development of vertebrate embryos in ubiquitous or tissue-specific manners and play various roles in embryonic development. This review mainly summarises their expression patterns and functions during vertebrate embryogenesis.
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- Chengtian Zhao
- Laboratory of Developmental Biology, Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Fountoulakis M, Tsangaris GT, Maris A, Lubec G. The rat brain hippocampus proteome. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2005; 819:115-29. [PMID: 15797529 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2005.01.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2004] [Accepted: 01/31/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The hippocampus is crucial in memory storage and retrieval and plays an important role in stress response. In humans, the CA1 area of hippocampus is one of the first brain areas to display pathology in Alzheimer's disease. A comprehensive analysis of the hippocampus proteome has not been accomplished yet. We applied proteomics technologies to construct a two-dimensional database for rat brain hippocampus proteins. Hippocampus samples from eight months old animals were analyzed by two-dimensional electrophoresis and the proteins were identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The database comprises 148 different gene products, which are in the majority enzymes, structural proteins and heat shock proteins. It also includes 39 neuron specific gene products. The database may be useful in animal model studies of neurological disorders.
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Kelly BL, Vassar R, Ferreira A. Beta-amyloid-induced dynamin 1 depletion in hippocampal neurons. A potential mechanism for early cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:31746-53. [PMID: 16002400 PMCID: PMC1364535 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m503259200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Synaptic dysfunction is one of the earliest events in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease (AD). However, the molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic defects in AD are largely unknown. We report here that beta-amyloid (Abeta), the main component of senile plaques, induced a significant decrease in dynamin 1, a protein that is essential for synaptic vesicle recycling and, hence, for memory formation and information processing. The Abeta-induced dynamin 1 decrease occurred in the absence of overt synaptic loss and was also observed in the Tg2576 mouse model of AD. In addition, our results provided evidence that the Abeta-induced decrease in dynamin 1 was likely the result of a calpain-mediated cleavage of dynamin 1 protein and possibly the down-regulation of dynamin 1 gene expression. These data suggest a mechanism to explain the early cognitive loss without a major decline in synapse number observed in AD and propose a novel therapeutic target for AD intervention.
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- Brent L. Kelly
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, and
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, and
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, and
- Institute for Neuroscience, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 6061
- Address correspondence to: Adriana Ferreira*, Northwestern Institute for Neuroscience, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, Tel. 312-503-0597; Fax. 312-503-7345, E-mail:
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Yoo J, Jeong MJ, Cho HJ, Oh ES, Han MY. Dynamin II interacts with syndecan-4, a regulator of focal adhesion and stress-fiber formation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 328:424-31. [PMID: 15694365 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.12.179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Dynamin is a large mechanochemical GTPase that has been implicated in vesicle formation in multiple cellular compartments. It is believed that dynamin interacts with a variety of cellular proteins to constrict membranes. To identify potential intracellular proteins that interact with the PH domain of dynamin II, we carried out a yeast two-hybrid screen in which the PH domain of dynamin II was used as bait. The cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycan syndecan-4 that acts in conjunction with integrins to promote the formation of actin stress fibers and focal adhesions was isolated as a binding partner for the PH domain of dynamin II. In vitro binding assays, immunoprecipitation, and confocal microscopy analysis confirmed the association of dynamin II with syndecan-4. Most dramatic finding of our study is that the cytoplasmic distribution of dynamin II and syndecan-4 changes in fibroblasts that have been stimulated to form the focal adhesions and stress fibers with LPA. In quiescent cells, dynamin II is evenly distributed in the cytoplasm and colocalizes with syndecan-4 near the nucleus. Upon treatment with LPA to induce focal adhesions and stress-fiber formation, dynamin II becomes markedly associated with syndecan-4 at focal adhesion sites. We further established the colocalization of syndecan-4 and dynamin with paxillin and actin as marker proteins for focal adhesions and stress fibers, respectively. All of these results suggest that the interaction between dynamin II and syndecan-4 is important in mediating focal adhesion and stress-fiber formation.
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- Jiyun Yoo
- Department of Microbiology/Research Institute of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea
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Genomic structure and cloning of two transcript isoforms of human Sp8. BMC Genomics 2004; 5:86. [PMID: 15533246 PMCID: PMC534095 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-5-86] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2004] [Accepted: 11/08/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background The Specificity proteins (Sp) are a family of transcription factors that have three highly conserved zinc-fingers located towards the carboxy-terminal that bind GC-boxes and assist in the initiation of gene transcription. Human Sp1-7 genes have been characterized. Recently, the phenotype of Sp8 null mice has been described, being tailless and having severe truncation of both fore and hind limbs. They also have malformed brains with defective closure of the anterior and posterior neuropore during brain development. Results The human Sp8 gene is a three-exon gene that maps to 7p21.3, close to the related Sp4 gene. From an osteosarcoma cell line we cloned two transcript variants that use two different first exons and have a common second exon. One clone encodes a 508-residue protein, Sp8L (isoform 1) and the other a shorter 490-residue protein, Sp8S (isoform 2). These two isoforms are conserved being found also in mice and zebrafish. Analysis of the Sp8L protein sequence reveals an amino-terminal hydrophobic Sp-motif that is disrupted in Sp8S, a buttonhead box and three C2H2 zinc-fingers. Sp8 mRNA expression was detected in a wide range of tissues at a low level, with the highest levels being found in brain. Treatment of the murine pluripotent cell line C3H10T1/2 with 100 ng/mL BMP-2 induced Sp8 mRNA after 24 hours. Conclusions There is conservation of the two Sp8 protein isoforms between primates, rodents and fish, suggesting that the isoforms have differing roles in gene regulation. Sp8 may play a role in chondrogenic/osteoblastic differentiation in addition to its role in brain and limb development.
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Rajakumar A, Thamotharan S, Raychaudhuri N, Menon RK, Devaskar SU. Trans-activators regulating neuronal glucose transporter isoform-3 gene expression in mammalian neurons. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:26768-79. [PMID: 15054091 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m402735200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The murine facilitative glucose transporter isoform 3 is developmentally regulated and is predominantly expressed in neurons. By employing the primer extension assay, the transcription start site of the murine Glut 3 gene in the brain was localized to -305 bp 5' to the ATG translation start codon. Transient transfection assays in N2A neuroblasts using murine GLUT3-luciferase reporter constructs mapped enhancer activities to two regions located at -203 to -177 and -104 to -29 bp flanking a previously described repressor element (-137 to -130 bp). Dephosphorylated Sp1 and Sp3 proteins from the 1- and 21-day-old mouse brain nuclear extracts bound the repressor elements, whereas both dephosphorylated and phosphorylated cAMP-response element-binding protein (CREB) in N2A, 1- and 21-day-old mouse brain nuclear extracts bound the 5'-enhancer cis-elements (-187 to -180 bp) of the Glut 3 gene, and the Y box protein MSY-1 bound the sense strand of the -83- to -69-bp region. Sp3, CREB, and MSY-1 binding to the GLUT 3 DNA was confirmed by the chromatin immunoprecipitation assay, whereas CREB and MSY-1 interaction was detected by the co-immunoprecipitation assay. Furthermore, small interference RNA targeted at CREB in N2A cells decreased endogenous CREB concentrations, and CREB mediated GLUT 3 transcription. Thus, in the murine brain similar to the N2A cells, phosphorylated CREB and MSY-1 bound the Glut 3 gene trans-activating the expression in neurons, whereas Sp1/Sp3 bound the repressor elements. We speculate that phosphorylated CREB and Sp3 also interacted to bring about GLUT 3 expression in response to development/cell differentiation and neurotransmission.
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- Augustine Rajakumar
- Division of Neonatology and Developmental Biology, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095-1752, USA
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Ivanov GS, Kater JM, Jha SH, Stutius EA, Sabharwal R, Tricarico MD, Ginsburg GS, Ozer JS. Sp and GATA factors are critical for Apolipoprotein AI downstream enhancer activity in human HepG2 cells. Gene 2004; 323:31-42. [PMID: 14659877 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2003.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The factors that bind to the hepatic-specific human apolipoprotein AI (apoAI) 48-bp downstream enhancer (DSE) were identified and characterized by electrophoretic mobility shift assays. A significant homology was shown between the histone 4 (H4) promoters and the hepatic-specific human apoAI DSE at Sp1 and H4TF2 binding sites. Human HepG2 nuclear extracts were used to form four specific complexes with the DSE (referred to as apoAI DSE-1, -2, -3, and -4). The apoAI DSE-1 and -2 complexes showed similar binding specificity to the Sp/H4TF1 consensus site within the apoAI DSE. The apoAI DSE-1 complex was predominantly recognized by anti-Sp1 and Sp3 sera in gel shift assays, indicating that the DSE was recognized by multiple Sp family members. Nuclear extracts that were prepared from retinoic acid treated HepG2 cells showed increased levels of Sp factors in gel shift and Western blot assays. The apoAI DSE-2 complex was identified as H4TF1 and formed in the absence of magnesium chloride. The apoAI DSE-3 complex bound to a consensus GATA element within the DSE that was recognized by recombinant human GATA-6 as well. The apoAI DSE-3 complex was completely disrupted by a GATA-4 antibody in EMSA. GATA-4 and -6 were detected in nuclear extracts prepared from retinoic acid treated HepG2 cells using Western blot assays. The highest apoAI DSE-3 levels were observed with retinoic acid treated HepG2 cell nuclear extracts in EMSA. ApoAI DSE-4 is a multi-factor complex that includes an Sp/H4TF1 factor and either H4TF2 or apoAI DSE-3. Because apoAI DSE mutations revealed transcription defects in transient transfection assays, we conclude that the entire DSE sequence is required for full apoAI transcriptional activity in HepG2 cells.
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- Gleb S Ivanov
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, Building R-618, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Milona MA, Gough JE, Edgar AJ. Expression of alternatively spliced isoforms of human Sp7 in osteoblast-like cells. BMC Genomics 2003; 4:43. [PMID: 14604442 PMCID: PMC280673 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-4-43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2003] [Accepted: 11/07/2003] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Osteogenic and chondrocytic differentiation involves a cascade of coordinated transcription factor gene expression that regulates proliferation and matrix protein formation in a defined temporo-spatial manner. Bone morphogenetic protein-2 induces expression of the murine Osterix/Specificity protein-7 (Sp7) transcription factor that is required for osteoblast differentiation and bone formation. Regulation of its expression may prove useful for mediating skeletal repair. RESULTS Sp7, the human homologue of the mouse Osterix gene, maps to 12q13.13, close to Sp1 and homeobox gene cluster-C. The first two exons of the 3-exon gene are alternatively spliced, encoding a 431-residue long protein isoform and an amino-terminus truncated 413-residue short protein isoform. The human Sp7 protein is a member of the Sp family having 78% identity with Sp1 in the three, Cys2-His2 type, DNA-binding zinc-fingers, but there is little homology elsewhere. The Sp7 mRNA was expressed in human foetal osteoblasts and craniofacial osteoblasts, chondrocytes and the osteosarcoma cell lines HOS and MG63, but was not detected in adult femoral osteoblasts. Generally, the expression of the short (or beta) protein isoform of Sp7 was much higher than the long (or alpha) protein isoform. No expression of either isoform was found in a panel of other cell types. However, in tissues, low levels of Sp7 were detected in testis, heart, brain, placenta, lung, pancreas, ovary and spleen. CONCLUSIONS Sp7 expression in humans is largely confined to osteoblasts and chondrocytes, both of which differentiate from the mesenchymal lineage. Of the two protein isoforms, the short isoform is most abundant.
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- Maria-athina Milona
- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Manchester Materials Science Centre, University of Manchester and UMIST, Grosvenor St., Manchester, M1 7HS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Adult Oral Health, The Institute of Dentistry, Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, Turner Street, London, E1 2AD, United Kingdom
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Tuthill MC, Wada RK, Arimoto JM, Sugino CN, Kanemaru KK, Takeuchi KK, Sidell N. N-myc oncogene expression in neuroblastoma is driven by Sp1 and Sp3. Mol Genet Metab 2003; 80:272-80. [PMID: 14567977 DOI: 10.1016/s1096-7192(03)00133-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Regulation of N-myc oncogene expression is an important determinant of the biological behavior of neuroblastoma. The N-myc promoter contains several potential binding sites for transcription factors of the Sp1 family. Mutation of a CT-box motif contained within a 26 bp region required for N-myc downregulation by retinoic acid decreased basal transcriptional activity and altered DNA-protein interactions of the promoter, while mutations flanking this motif did neither. On super-shift, this region was shown to recruit Sp1 and Sp3 transcription factor proteins, while a functionally significant CT-box mutation resulted in their replacement by NF-1 transcription factor. Lysates from Drosophila S2 cells expressing exogenous Sp1, Sp3, and NF-1 proteins were able to partially mimic gel shift complexes seen with neuroblastoma nuclear extract and either wild type or mutant probes. Transient transfections of S2 cells showed that both individually and together, Sp1 and Sp3 were able to trans-activate a wild type CT-box-driven luciferase reporter construct in a dose-dependent manner. Transfection of the wild type but not mutant CT-box oligonucleotide was able to decrease endogenous N-myc expression in neuroblastoma cells. Together these results suggest that the CT-box element serves a critically functional role, and in the basal state, allows for N-myc trans-activation by Sp1 and Sp3. Moreover when mutated, the CT-box may still function as a binding motif for alternate transcription factors such as NF-1 that can allow persistent N-myc expression.
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- Matthew C Tuthill
- Molecular Carcinogenesis Section, Cancer Etiology Program, Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, The University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1236 Lauhala Street, Honolulu, HI 96813-2424, USA
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Cao YX, Ramirez MI, Williams MC. Enhanced binding of Sp1/Sp3 transcription factors mediates the hyperoxia-induced increased expression of the lung type I cell gene T1alpha. J Cell Biochem 2003; 89:887-901. [PMID: 12874823 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.10555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The transcription factor Sp1 plays an important regulatory role in transactivation of the lung type I cell differentiation gene T1alpha. Like other lung cells, type I cells may encounter changes in oxygen concentration during the lifetime of the organism. We found that exposure of mice to hyperoxia rapidly increases expression of T1alpha and other type I cell genes, and that returning the mice to normoxia quickly decreases expression. Likewise hyperoxia increases both endogenous T1alpha expression in lung epithelial cell lines and transcription of luciferase (Luc) from T1alpha promoter deletion constructs. Using wild-type promoter fragments and gel shift assays, we determined that Sp1/Sp3 and a key Sp cis-element in the proximal promoter mediate the hyperoxic response. Mutations of this element and inhibition of Sp-DNA binding by mithramycin block the hyperoxic response. Western analyses of cell homogenates show that the overall abundance of Sp1 and Sp3 proteins is not altered by hyperoxia. However, the abundance of nuclear Sp1 increases after short hyperoxic exposures, suggesting that signaling pathways activated by hyperoxia lead to Sp protein translocation, perhaps as a result of increased Sp phosphorylation.
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- Yu-Xia Cao
- Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Arinze IJ, Kawai Y. Sp family of transcription factors is involved in valproic acid-induced expression of Galphai2. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:17785-91. [PMID: 12624107 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m209430200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Valproic acid-induced gene expression has been attributed to the DNA-binding activity of the transcription factor activator protein 1 (AP-1). Using K562 cells, we have studied valproic acid-induced transcription from the human Galpha(i2) gene promoter, which lacks AP-1-binding motifs. We find that valproic acid-induced expression of Galpha(i2) is inhibited by mithramycin A, a compound that interferes with Sp1 binding to GC boxes in DNA. Three Sp1-binding sequences, located at +68/+75, -50/-36, and -92/-85 in the promoter, accounted for about 60% of this transcriptional effect, as judged by transient transfection assays. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays indicated that these sites bind members of the Sp family of transcription factors. Binding to DNA was inhibited by mithramycin A and was greater in nuclear extracts from cells treated with valproic acid than in control cells. Okadaic acid, calyculin A, and fostriecin, which are potent inhibitors of protein phosphatase, suppressed the transcriptional response to valproic acid. This inhibitory effect was not observed when promoter constructs containing mutations in the referenced Sp1-binding sites were used for transfections. In nuclear extracts from cells cultured in the presence of these inhibitors, the binding of Sp1/Sp3 to DNA probes was much less than in control cells. Alkaline phosphatase treatment of nuclear extracts resulted in enhanced binding of Sp proteins to the DNA probes. These results are consistent with the idea that dephosphorylating conditions enhanced Sp binding to the DNA probes as well as Sp-mediated transcription induced by valproic acid. This study demonstrates that the gene expression-inducing effect of valproic acid occurs, in part, through the Sp family of transcription factors.
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- Ifeanyi J Arinze
- Department of Biochemistry, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee 37208-3599, USA.
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Lee SS, Kwon SH, Sung JS, Han MY, Park YM. Cloning and characterization of the rat Hsf2 promoter: a critical role of proximal E-box element and USF protein in Hsf2 regulation in different compartments of the brain. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2003; 1625:52-63. [PMID: 12527426 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(02)00574-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The complex patterns of tissue-, cell type- and developmental stage-specific expression of heat shock factor 2 (Hsf2) raise a question of how this can be achieved for this ubiquitous transcription factor. To explore molecular mechanisms responsible for the regulated expression of Hsf2, a 2638-bp 5'-flanking region of the rat Hsf2 gene was cloned and characterized. Since the brain represents one of the most complicated organs composed of several regions with different cell types, differential regulation of Hsf2 in various brain regions was investigated in detail. Results show that the major transcription initiation site of the Hsf2 gene is located at cytosine-155 relative to the translation initiation site. The E-box element located immediate upstream of the transcription initiation site was demonstrated to be critical for Hsf2 promoter activity, and the upstream stimulatory factor (USF) protein was identified as the major E-box binding protein. That the only two base exchange of the E-box core sequences from CACGTG to CACGGT severely impaired Hsf2 promoter activity and completely eliminated USF binding clearly demonstrated that the specific binding of USF to E-box is critical for Hsf2 promoter activity. Here we demonstrated that the Hsf2 expression levels varied significantly in different brain regions. We also demonstrated that Hsf2 expression levels in various brain regions relatively correlated with the E-box binding activity of USF. Based on these results, we suggest that E-box binding activity of USF protein may act as one of the major regulators of Hsf2 expression in situ although a possible involvement of other transcription factors cannot be ruled out. The presence of several transcription factor binding sites of biological importance in the Hsf2 promoter suggests that identifying the interplay of USF and these factors should help further elucidate the molecular mechanisms of tissue-, cell type- and developmental stage-specific expression of Hsf2.
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- Sang-Seop Lee
- Department of Biology, University of Incheon, Dohwa-Dong, South Korea
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Minichiello L, Calella AM, Medina DL, Bonhoeffer T, Klein R, Korte M. Mechanism of TrkB-mediated hippocampal long-term potentiation. Neuron 2002; 36:121-37. [PMID: 12367511 DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(02)00942-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 339] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The TrkB receptor tyrosine kinase and its ligand, BDNF, have an essential role in certain forms of synaptic plasticity. However, the downstream pathways required to mediate these functions are unknown. We have studied mice with a targeted mutation in either the Shc or the phospholipase Cgamma (PLCgamma) docking sites of TrkB (trkB(SHC/SHC) and trkB(PLC/PLC) mice). We found that hippocampal long-term potentiation was impaired in trkB(PLC/PLC) mice, but not trkB(SHC/SHC) mice. BDNF stimulation of primary neurons derived from trkB(PLC/PLC) mice fully retained their ability to activate MAP kinases, whereas induction of CREB and CaMKIV phosphorylation was strongly impaired. The opposite effect was observed in trkB(SHC/SHC) neurons, suggesting that MAPKs and CREB act in parallel pathways. Our results provide genetic evidence that TrkB mediates hippocampal plasticity via recruitment of PLCgamma, and by subsequent phosphorylation of CaMKIV and CREB.
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- Liliana Minichiello
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, via Ramarini 32, 00016, Monterotondo, Italy.
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