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Molecular Analysis of Endothelial-mesenchymal Transition Induced by Transforming Growth Factor-β Signaling
Published on: August 3, 2018
Transforming growth factor-beta up-regulates the beta 5 integrin subunit expression via Sp1 and Smad signaling
1Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
Abstract:
Integrin-mediated cell-matrix interactions play important roles in regulating cell function. Since transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) modulates many osteoblast activities, we hypothesized that the growth factor acts in part by modulating integrin expression. TGF-beta increased cell adhesion to vitronectin and up-regulated the surface level of alpha(v)beta(5) via increasing beta(5) protein synthesis by a transcriptional mechanism. Promoter activity analysis demonstrated that a TGF-beta-responsive element resides between nucleotides -63 and -44. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay and immunoprecipitation/Western studies indicated that the nuclear complex formed using the -66/-42 oligonucleotide contained both Sp1/Sp3 and Smad proteins. Since nuclear Sp1/Sp3 levels were not altered, whereas Smad levels were increased by TGF-beta, we investigated the roles of Smad proteins in the up-regulation of beta(5) gene activation. Co-transfection of cells with beta(5) promoter reporter construct and expression vectors for Smad3, Smad4, and Sp1 increased the stimulatory effect of TGF-beta. Furthermore, expression of dominant negative Smad3 or Smad4 in cells decreased or abolished the stimulation of beta(5) promoter activity by TGF-beta. Smad4 mutant also inhibited the up-regulation of surface beta(5) level by TGF-beta. Thus, TGF-beta increases expression of the integrin beta(5) gene by mechanisms involving Sp1/Sp3 and Smad transcription factors.
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