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Genomic organization and hypoxia inducible factor responsive regulation of teleost hsp90β gene during hypoxia stress. Mol Biol Rep 2021; 48:6491-6501. [PMID: 34460062 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-021-06657-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The physiological significance of a large family of heat-shock proteins (HSPs), comprised of the cytosolic HSP90A and the endoplasmic reticulum component of HSPB, is evident in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. The HSP90A is believed to play critical roles in diverse physiological functions of cell viability and chromosomal stability including stress management. Heightened abundance of hsp90β transcript was documented in Channa striatus, a freshwater fish, which is capable of surviving within an extremely hypoxic environment. METHODS AND RESULTS To better understand the mechanism of hsp90β gene expression, we investigated its genomic organization. Eleven exons were identified, including a long upstream intron with a remarkable similarity with human, but not with chicken counterpart. Dual-luciferase assays identified promoter activity in a 1366 bp 5'-flanking segment beyond the transcription initiation site. Examination detected a minimal promoter of 754 bp containing a TATA-box, CAAT-enhancer in addition to providing clues regarding other enhancer and repressor elements. The driving capability of this minimal promoter was further validated by its binding ability with TATA-box binding protein and the generation of GFP expressing transgenic zebrafish (F2). Further, deletion of an inverted HIF (hypoxia inducible factor) motif RCGTG (upstream of the TATA-box) dramatically reduced luciferase expression in a hypoxic environment (CoCl2 treated cultivable cells) and was identified as a cis-acting HIF responsive element, necessary for the hypoxia-induced expression. CONCLUSIONS The results obtained herein provide an insight regarding how hsp90β gene expression is controlled by HIF responsive element in teleost both during hypoxia stress management and normal physiological functions, and suggested that the hsp90β gene promoter could be used as a potential candidate for generating ornamental and food-fish transgenics.
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Stein R. Insulin Gene Transcription: Factors Involved in Cell Type–Specific and Glucose‐Regulated Expression in Islet β Cells are Also Essential During Pancreatic Development. Compr Physiol 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/cphy.cp070202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The biological responses of the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) superfamily, which includes Activins and Nodal, are induced by activation of a receptor complex and Smads. A type I receptor, which is a component of the complex, is known as an activin receptor-like kinase (ALK); currently seven ALKs (ALK1-ALK7) have been identified in humans. Activins signaling, which is mediated by ALK4 and 7 together with ActRIIA and IIB, plays a critical role in glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, development/neogenesis, and glucose homeostatic control of pancreatic endocrine cells; the insulin gene is regulated by these signaling pathways via ALK7, which is a receptor for Activins AB and B and Nodal. This review discusses signal transduction of ALKs in pancreatic endocrine cells and the role of ALKs in insulin gene regulation.
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- Rie Watanabe
- Department of Diabetes and Clinical Nutrition, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Matsuoka TA, Kaneto H, Stein R, Miyatsuka T, Kawamori D, Henderson E, Kojima I, Matsuhisa M, Hori M, Yamasaki Y. MafA regulates expression of genes important to islet beta-cell function. Mol Endocrinol 2007; 21:2764-74. [PMID: 17636040 DOI: 10.1210/me.2007-0028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Insulin transcription factor MafA is unique in being exclusively expressed at the secondary and principal phase of insulin-expressing cell production during pancreas organogenesis and is the only transcriptional activator present exclusively in islet beta-cells. Here we show that ectopic expression of MafA is sufficient to induce a small amount of endogenous insulin expression in a variety of non-beta-cell lines. Insulin mRNA and protein expression was induced to a much higher level when MafA was provided with two other key insulin activators, pancreatic and duodenal homeobox (PDX-1) and BETA2. Potentiation by PDX-1 and BETA2 was entirely dependent upon MafA, and MafA binding to the insulin enhancer region was increased by PDX-1 and BETA2. Treatment with activin A and hepatocyte growth factor induced even larger amounts of insulin in AR42J pancreatic acinar cells, compared with other non-beta endodermal cells. The combination of PDX-1, BETA2, and MafA also induced the expression of other important regulators of islet beta-cell activity. These results support a critical role of MafA in islet beta-cell function.
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- Taka-aki Matsuoka
- Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871 Japan.
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Fukazawa T, Matsuoka J, Naomoto Y, Nakai T, Durbin ML, Kojima I, Lakey JRT, Tanaka N. Development of a novel beta-cell specific promoter system for the identification of insulin-producing cells in in vitro cell cultures. Exp Cell Res 2006; 312:3404-12. [PMID: 16934249 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2006.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2006] [Revised: 07/07/2006] [Accepted: 07/14/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Recently, it has been reported that islet transplantation into patients with Type 1 diabetes may achieve insulin independence for a year or longer [Shapiro et al., Islet transplantation in seven patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus using a glucocorticoid-free immunosuppressive regimen, N Engl J Med. 343 (2000) 230-238]. However, the amount of donor islet tissue is limited, therefore, multiple approaches are being explored to generate insulin-producing cells in vitro. Some promising results have been obtained using mouse and human stem cells and progenitor cells [Soria et al., From stem cells to beta cells: new strategies in cell therapy of diabetes mellitus, Diabetologia. 4 (2001) 407-415; Lechner et al., Stem/progenitor cells derived from adult tissues: potential for the treatment of diabetes mellitus, Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 284 (2003) 259-266; Bonner-Weir et al., In vitro cultivation of human islets from expanded ductal tissue, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 97 (2000) 7999-8004; Assady et al., Insulin production by human embryonic stem cells, 50 (2001) Diabetes 1691-1697]. However, the efficiency of obtaining populations with high numbers of differentiated cells has been poor. In order to improve the efficiency of producing and selecting insulin-producing cells from undifferentiated cells, we have designed a novel beta-cell specific and glucose responsive promoter system designated pGL3.hINS-363 3x. This artificial promoter system exhibits significant luciferase activity not only in insulin-producing MIN6 m9 cells but also in isolated human islets. The pGL3.hINS-363 3x construct shows no activity in non-insulin-producing cells in low glucose conditions (2 mM glucose) but demonstrates significant activity and beta-cell specificity in high glucose conditions (16 mM glucose). Furthermore, pGL3.hINS-363 3x shows significant promoter activity in differentiated AR42J cells that can produce insulin after activin A and betacellulin treatment. Here, we describe a novel beta-cell specific and glucose responsive artificial promoter system designed for analyzing and sorting beta-like insulin-producing cells that have differentiated from stem cells or other progenitor cells.
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- Takuya Fukazawa
- First Department of Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Shikata-cho 2-5-1, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.
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Lawrence MC, McGlynn K, Park BH, Cobb MH. ERK1/2-dependent Activation of Transcription Factors Required for Acute and Chronic Effects of Glucose on the Insulin Gene Promoter. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:26751-9. [PMID: 15899886 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m503158200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [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 insulin promoter is both positively and negatively regulated in response to conditions to which pancreatic beta-cells are exposed. Exposure of intact rat islets and INS-1 pancreatic beta-cells to 11 mm glucose for minutes to hours results in an enhancement in the rate of insulin gene transcription assessed with a reporter linked to the insulin gene promoter. In contrast, chronic exposure of rat islets or beta-cells to 11 mm glucose results in loss of the glucose responsiveness of the insulin gene promoter. By 48 h, glucose inhibits insulin gene promoter activity. Here we show that not only the acute effect of elevated glucose to stimulate the insulin gene promoter but also the chronic effect of elevated glucose to inhibit the insulin gene promoter depend on ERK1/2 mitogen-activated protein kinase activity. In examining the underlying mechanism, we found that acute exposure to 11 mm glucose resulted in the binding of the transcription factors NFAT and Maf to the glucose-responsive A2C1 element of the insulin gene promoter. An NFAT and C/EBP-beta complex was observed in cells chronically exposed to 11 mm glucose. Formation of NFAT-Maf and NFAT-C/EBP-beta complexes was sensitive to inhibitors of ERK1/2 and calcineurin, consistent with our previous finding that activation of ERK1/2 by glucose required calcineurin activity and the well documented regulation of NFAT by calcineurin. These results indicate that the ERK1/2 pathway modulates partners of NFAT, which may either stimulate or repress insulin gene transcription during stimulatory and chronic exposure to elevated glucose.
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- Michael C Lawrence
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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Wilson-Rawls J, Rhee JM, Rawls A. Paraxis is a basic helix-loop-helix protein that positively regulates transcription through binding to specific E-box elements. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:37685-92. [PMID: 15226298 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m401319200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Members of the Twist subfamily of basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors are important for the specification of mesodermal derivatives during vertebrate embryogenesis. This subfamily includes both transcriptional activators such as scleraxis, Hand2, and Dermo-1 and repressors such as Twist and Hand1. Paraxis is a member of this subfamily, and it has been shown to regulate morphogenetic events during somitogenesis, including the transition of cells from mesenchyme to epithelium and maintaining anterior/posterior polarity. Mice deficient in paraxis exhibit a caudal truncation of the axial skeleton and fusion of the vertebrae. Considering the developmental importance of paraxis, it is important for future studies to understand the molecular basis of its activity. Here we demonstrate that paraxis can function as a transcriptional activator when it forms a heterodimer with E12. Paraxis is able to bind to a set of E-boxes that overlaps with the closely related scleraxis. Paraxis expression precedes that of scleraxis in the region of the somite fated to form the axial skeleton and tendons and is able to direct transcription from an E-box found in the scleraxis promoter. Further, in the absence of paraxis, Pax-1 is no longer expressed in the somites and presomitic mesoderm. These results suggest that paraxis may regulate early events during chondrogenesis by positively directing transcription of sclerotome-specific genes.
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Qiu Y, Guo M, Huang S, Stein R. Acetylation of the BETA2 transcription factor by p300-associated factor is important in insulin gene expression. J Biol Chem 2003; 279:9796-802. [PMID: 14701848 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m307577200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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 BETA2 transcription factor influences islet beta cell development and function. Activation of insulin gene transcription by this member of the basic helix-loop-helix gene family is mediated by p300 through the ability of this coactivator to form a functional bridge between the basal transcriptional apparatus, BETA2, and PDX-1, another key transcription factor. In this report, we examined whether BETA2-mediated stimulation was also directly influenced by the acetyltransferase activities of p300 or the p300-associated factor. BETA2 was specifically and selectively acetylated by p300-associated factor in beta cells. Sites of BETA2 acetylation were found within the loop region of the basic helix-loop-helix DNA binding/dimerization domain and a more C-terminal region involved in activation. Insulin gene transcription was decreased by blocking acetylation of BETA2 because of effects on DNA binding and activation potential. These findings suggest that acetylation of BETA2 plays a role in controlling the activation state of this islet regulatory factor.
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- Yi Qiu
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37215, USA
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Matsuoka TA, Zhao L, Artner I, Jarrett HW, Friedman D, Means A, Stein R. Members of the large Maf transcription family regulate insulin gene transcription in islet beta cells. Mol Cell Biol 2003; 23:6049-62. [PMID: 12917329 PMCID: PMC180917 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.23.17.6049-6062.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The C1/RIPE3b1 (-118/-107 bp) binding factor regulates pancreatic-beta-cell-specific and glucose-regulated transcription of the insulin gene. In the present study, the C1/RIPE3b1 activator from mouse beta TC-3 cell nuclear extracts was purified by DNA affinity chromatography and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. C1/RIPE3b1 binding activity was found in the roughly 46-kDa fraction at pH 7.0 and pH 4.5, and each contained N- and C-terminal peptides to mouse MafA as determined by peptide mass mapping and tandem spectrometry. MafA was detected in the C1/RIPE3b1 binding complex by using MafA peptide-specific antisera. In addition, MafA was shown to bind within the enhancer region (-340/-91 bp) of the endogenous insulin gene in beta TC-3 cells in the chromatin immunoprecipitation assay. These results strongly suggested that MafA was the beta-cell-enriched component of the RIPE3b1 activator. However, reverse transcription-PCR analysis demonstrated that mouse islets express not only MafA but also other members of the large Maf family, specifically c-Maf and MafB. Furthermore, immunohistochemical studies revealed that at least MafA and MafB were present within the nuclei of islet beta cells and not within pancreas acinar cells. Because MafA, MafB, and c-Maf were each capable of specifically binding to and activating insulin C1 element-mediated expression, our results suggest that all of these factors play a role in islet beta-cell function.
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- Taka-aki Matsuoka
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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Ray SK, Nishitani J, Petry MW, Fessing MY, Leiter AB. Novel transcriptional potentiation of BETA2/NeuroD on the secretin gene promoter by the DNA-binding protein Finb/RREB-1. Mol Cell Biol 2003; 23:259-71. [PMID: 12482979 PMCID: PMC140679 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.23.1.259-271.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The basic helix-loop-helix protein BETA2/NeuroD activates transcription of the secretin gene and is essential for terminal differentiation of secretin-producing enteroendocrine cells. However, in heterodimeric complexes with its partner basic helix-loop-helix proteins, BETA2 does not appear to be a strong activator of transcription by itself. Mutational analysis of a proximal enhancer in the secretin gene identified several cis-acting elements in addition to the E-box binding site for BETA2. We identified by expression cloning the zinc finger protein RREB-1, also known to exist as a longer form, Finb, as the protein binding to one of the mutationally sensitive elements. Finb/RREB-1 lacks an intrinsic activation domain and by itself did not activate secretin gene transcription. Here we show that Finb/RREB-1 can associate with BETA2 to enhance its transcription-activating function. Both DNA binding and physical interaction of Finb/RREB-1 with BETA2 are required to potentiate transcription. Thus, Finb/RREB-1 does not function as a classical activator of transcription that recruits an activation domain to a DNA-protein complex. Finb/RREB-1 may be distinguished from coactivators, which increase transcription without sequence-specific DNA binding. We suggest that Finb/RREB-1 should be considered a potentiator of transcription, representing a distinct category of transcription-regulating proteins.
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- Subir K Ray
- Division of Gastroenterology, GRASP Digestive Disease Center, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
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Petersen HV, Jensen JN, Stein R, Serup P. Glucose induced MAPK signalling influences NeuroD1-mediated activation and nuclear localization. FEBS Lett 2002; 528:241-5. [PMID: 12297313 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(02)03318-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The helix-loop-helix transcription factor NeuroD1 (also known as Beta2) is involved in beta-cell survival during development and insulin gene transcription in adults. Here we show NeuroD1 is primarily cytoplasmic at non-stimulating glucose concentrations (i.e. 3 mM) in MIN6 beta-cells and nuclear under stimulating conditions (i.e. 20 mM). Quantification revealed that NeuroD1 was in 40-45% of the nuclei at 3 mM and 80-90% at 20 mM. Treatment with the MEK inhibitor PD98059 or substitution of a serine for an alanine at a potential mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphorylation site (S274) in NeuroD1 significantly increased the cytoplasmic level at 20 mM glucose. The rise in NeuroD1-mediated transcription in response to glucose also correlated with the change in sub-cellular localization, a response attenuated by PD98059. The data strongly suggest that glucose-stimulation of the MEK-ERK signalling pathway influences NeuroD1 activity at least partially through effects on sub-cellular localization.
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- Helle V Petersen
- Hagedorn Research Institute, Niels Steensensvej 6, DK-2820 Gentofte, Denmark.
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Furukawa N, Shirotani T, Nakamaru K, Matsumoto K, Shichiri M, Araki E. Regulation of the insulin gene transcription by glucose. Endocr J 2002; 49:121-30. [PMID: 12081229 DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.49.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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- Noboru Furukawa
- Department of Metabolic Medicine, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Honjo, Japan
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Qiu Y, Guo M, Huang S, Stein R. Insulin gene transcription is mediated by interactions between the p300 coactivator and PDX-1, BETA2, and E47. Mol Cell Biol 2002; 22:412-20. [PMID: 11756538 PMCID: PMC139753 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.22.2.412-420.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pancreatic beta-cell-type-specific expression of the insulin gene requires both ubiquitous and cell-enriched activators, which are organized within the enhancer region into a network of protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions to promote transcriptional synergy. Protein-protein-mediated communication between DNA-bound activators and the RNA polymerase II transcriptional machinery is inhibited by the adenovirus E1A protein as a result of E1A's binding to the p300 coactivator. E1A disrupts signaling between the non-DNA-binding p300 protein and the basic helix-loop-helix DNA-binding factors of insulin's E-element activator (i.e., the islet-enriched BETA2 and generally distributed E47 proteins), as well as a distinct but unidentified enhancer factor. In the present report, we show that E1A binding to p300 prevents activation by insulin's beta-cell-enriched PDX-1 activator. p300 interacts directly with the N-terminal region of the PDX-1 homeodomain protein, which contains conserved amino acid sequences essential for activation. The unique combination of PDX-1, BETA2, E47, and p300 was shown to promote synergistic activation from a transfected insulin enhancer-driven reporter construct in non-beta cells, a process inhibited by E1A. In addition, E1A inhibited the level of PDX-1 and BETA2 complex formation in beta cells. These results indicate that E1A inhibits insulin gene transcription by preventing communication between the p300 coactivator and key DNA-bound activators, like PDX-1 and BETA2:E47.
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- Yi Qiu
- Department of Molecular Physiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37215, USA
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Sun Y, Nadal-Vicens M, Misono S, Lin MZ, Zubiaga A, Hua X, Fan G, Greenberg ME. Neurogenin promotes neurogenesis and inhibits glial differentiation by independent mechanisms. Cell 2001; 104:365-76. [PMID: 11239394 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(01)00224-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 592] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The mechanisms by which neural stem cells give rise to neurons, astrocytes, or oligodendrocytes are beginning to be elucidated. However, it is not known how the specification of one cell lineage results in the suppression of alternative fates. We find that in addition to inducing neurogenesis, the bHLH transcription factor neurogenin (Ngn1) inhibits the differentiation of neural stem cells into astrocytes. While Ngn1 promotes neurogenesis by functioning as a transcriptional activator, Ngn1 inhibits astrocyte differentiation by sequestering the CBP-Smad1 transcription complex away from astrocyte differentiation genes, and by inhibiting the activation of STAT transcription factors that are necessary for gliogenesis. Thus, two distinct mechanisms are involved in the activation and suppression of gene expression during cell-fate specification by neurogenin.
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- Y Sun
- Division of Neuroscience, Children's Hospital and Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Harrington RH, Sharma A. Transcription factors recognizing overlapping C1-A2 binding sites positively regulate insulin gene expression. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:104-13. [PMID: 11024035 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m008415200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Transcription factors binding the insulin enhancer region, RIPE3b, mediate beta-cell type-specific and glucose-responsive expression of the insulin gene. Earlier studies demonstrate that activator present in the beta-cell-specific RIPE3b1-binding complex is critical for these actions. The DNA binding activity of the RIPE3b1 activator is induced in response to glucose stimulation and is inhibited under glucotoxic conditions. The C1 element within the RIPE3b region has been implicated as the binding site for RIPE3b1 activator. The RIPE3b region also contains an additional element, A2, which shares homology with the A elements in the insulin enhancer. Transcription factors (PDX-1 and HNF-1 alpha) binding to A elements are critical regulators of insulin gene expression and/or pancreatic development. Hence, to understand the roles of C1 and A2 elements in regulating insulin gene expression, we have systematically mutated the RIPE3b region and analyzed the effect of these mutations on gene expression. Our results demonstrate that both C1 and A2 elements together constitute the binding site for the RIPE3b1 activator. In addition to C1-A2 (RIPE3b) binding complexes, three binding complexes that specifically recognize A2 elements are found in nuclear extracts from insulinoma cell lines; the A2.2 complex is detected only in insulin-producing cell lines. Furthermore, two base pairs in the A2 element were critical for binding of both RIPE3b1 and A2.2 activators. Transient transfection results indicate that both C1-A2 and A2-specific binding activators cooperatively activate insulin gene expression. In addition, RIPE3b1- and A2-specific activators respond differently to glucose, suggesting that their overlapping binding specificity and functional cooperation may play an important role in regulating insulin gene expression.
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- R H Harrington
- Section of Islet Transplantation & Cell Biology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Smith SB, Watada H, Scheel DW, Mrejen C, German MS. Autoregulation and maturity onset diabetes of the young transcription factors control the human PAX4 promoter. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:36910-9. [PMID: 10967107 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m005202200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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During pancreatic development, the paired homeodomain transcription factor PAX4 is required for the differentiation of the insulin-producing beta cells and somatostatin-producing delta cells. To establish the position of PAX4 in the hierarchy of factors controlling islet cell development, we examined the control of the human PAX4 gene promoter. In both cell lines and transgenic animals, a 4.9-kilobase pair region directly upstream of the human PAX4 gene transcriptional start site acts as a potent pancreas-specific promoter. Deletion mapping experiments demonstrate that a 118-base pair region lying approximately 1.9 kilobase pairs upstream of the transcription start site is both necessary and sufficient to direct pancreas-specific expression. Serial deletions through this region reveal the presence of positive elements that bind several pancreatic transcription factors as follows: the POU homeodomain factor HNF1alpha, the orphan nuclear receptor HNF4alpha, the homeodomain factor PDX1, and a heterodimer composed of two basic helix-loop-helix factors. Interestingly, mutations in the genes encoding four of these factors cause a dominantly inherited form of human diabetes called Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young. In addition, PAX4 itself has at least two high affinity binding sites within the promoter through which it exerts a strong negative autoregulatory effect. Together, these results suggest a model in which PAX4 expression is activated during pancreatic development by a combination of pancreas-specific factors but is then switched off once PAX4 protein reaches sufficient levels.
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- S B Smith
- Hormone Research Institute and Department of Medicine University of California, San Francisco, California 941423-0534, USA
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Recent studies of the insulin gene promoter and the transcription factors that regulate it have expanded our understanding of both how the production of insulin is restricted to the pancreatic beta -cell, and how that production is regulated by physiologic signals such as glucose. A picture is emerging in which an elaborate set of transcription factors binds to specific sequences along the promoter and recruits additional transcriptional co-activators to build a functional transcriptional activation complex that is unique to beta -cells. Surprisingly, however, genetic experiments in mice have demonstrated an unexpected degree of redundancy in the factors that control insulin gene expression, and have revealed the presence of a network of transcription factors that coordinate the expression of factors forming the insulin gene activation complex.
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- K Ohneda
- Department of Medicine and Hormone Research Institute, University of California at San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143-0534, USA
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Huang HP, Liu M, El-Hodiri HM, Chu K, Jamrich M, Tsai MJ. Regulation of the pancreatic islet-specific gene BETA2 (neuroD) by neurogenin 3. Mol Cell Biol 2000; 20:3292-307. [PMID: 10757813 PMCID: PMC85623 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.20.9.3292-3307.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The BETA2 (neuroD) gene is expressed in endocrine cells during pancreas development and is essential for proper islet morphogenesis. The objective of this study is to identify potential upstream regulators of the BETA2 gene during pancreas development. We demonstrated that the expression of neurogenin 3 (ngn3), an islet- and neuron-specific basic-helix-loop-helix transcription factor, partially overlaps that of BETA2 during early mouse development. More importantly, overexpression of ngn3 can induce the ectopic expression of BETA2 in Xenopus embryos and stimulate the endogenous RNA of BETA2 in endocrine cell lines. Furthermore, overexpression of ngn3 could cause a dose-dependent activation on the 1.0-kb BETA2 promoter in islet-derived cell lines. Deletion and mutation analyses revealed that two proximal E box sequences, E1 and E3, could bind to ngn3-E47 heterodimer and mediate ngn3 activation. Based on these results, we hypothesize that ngn3 is involved in activating the expression of BETA2 at an early stage of islet cell differentiation through the E boxes in the BETA2 promoter.
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- H P Huang
- Department of Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Zhao L, Cissell MA, Henderson E, Colbran R, Stein R. The RIPE3b1 activator of the insulin gene is composed of a protein(s) of approximately 43 kDa, whose DNA binding activity is inhibited by protein phosphatase treatment. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:10532-7. [PMID: 10744746 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.14.10532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Glucose-stimulated and pancreatic islet beta cell-specific expression of the insulin gene is mediated in part by the C1 DNA-element binding complex, termed RIPE3b1. In this report, we define the molecular weight range of the protein(s) that compose this beta cell-enriched activator complex and show that protein phosphatase treatment inhibits RIPE3b1 DNA binding activity. Fractionation of beta cell nuclear extracts by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis indicated that RIPE3b1 binding was mediated by a protein(s) within the 37-49-kDa ranges. Direct analysis of the proteins within the RIPE3b1 complex by ultraviolet light cross-linking analysis identified three binding species of approximately 51, 45, and 38 kDa. Incubating beta cell nuclear extracts with either calf alkaline phosphatase or a rat brain phosphatase preparation dramatically reduced RIPE3b1 DNA complex formation. Phosphatase inhibition of RIPE3b1 binding was prevented by sodium pyrophosphate, a general phosphatase inhibitor. We discuss how changes in the phosphorylation status of the RIPE3b1 activator may influence its DNA binding activity.
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- L Zhao
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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Bramblett DE, Huang HP, Tsai MJ. Pancreatic islet development. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) 1999; 47:255-315. [PMID: 10582089 DOI: 10.1016/s1054-3589(08)60114-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- D E Bramblett
- Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Hessabi B, Ziegler P, Schmidt I, Hessabi C, Walther R. The nuclear localization signal (NLS) of PDX-1 is part of the homeodomain and represents a novel type of NLS. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1999; 263:170-7. [PMID: 10429201 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00481.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The beta-cell homeodomain transcription factor PDX-1 has vital functions both in controlling the expression of pancreatic polypeptide hormones and in the development of the pancreas. The transactivating and DNA-binding properties of PDX-1 have been well characterized, but nuclear transport is still undefined. Here we show that PDX-1 bears a nuclear localization signal (NLS) that is part of helix 3 of the homeodomain. PDX-1 deletion mutants were tagged with enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) and expressed in COS-7 cells. Subcellular localization of the respective PDX-1-EGFP fusion proteins was analyzed by direct fluorescence microscopy and Western immunoblotting using an anti-(GFP). As a result we were able to demonstrate that the homeodomain or helix 3 alone was sufficient and necessary for transport into the nucleus. Point mutations of basic amino acid residues within helix 3 led to identification of an NLS with six amino acids being crucial for nuclear transport of PDX-1. Because this NLS does not match known examples of NLSs, the PDX-1 NLS may represent a novel class of NLS.
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- B Hessabi
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt- University, Greifswald, Germany
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Shushan EB, Cerasi E, Melloul D. Regulation of the insulin gene by glucose: stimulation of trans-activation potency of human PDX-1 N-terminal domain. DNA Cell Biol 1999; 18:471-9. [PMID: 10390156 DOI: 10.1089/104454999315196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The beta cells in pancreatic islets of Langerhans increase insulin gene transcription in response to glucose. The pancreatic and duodenal homeobox-1 (PDX-1) plays a major role in glucose-induced insulin transcription. We studied the functional regions of the human PDX-1 protein fused to the DNA-binding domain of the transcription factor Gal4. The results indicate that the N-terminal domain of the hPDX-1, required for transactivation (amino acids 1-120) in transfected betaTC6 and HeLa cells, is also regulated by extracellular glucose concentrations in transfected rat islets. Deletion analyses have led to the mapping of two regions within the N terminus that are essential for its trans-activation properties. One sequence spans amino acids 97-120 in transfected islet and HeLa cells or amino acids 77-120 in betaTC6 cells; the other includes the highly conserved B box (amino acids 31-41). We thus present evidence of a glucose effect on hPDX-1 trans-activation activity, in addition to the previously described regulatory effect on its DNA-binding activity.
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- E B Shushan
- Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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Sharma A, Moore M, Marcora E, Lee JE, Qiu Y, Samaras S, Stein R. The NeuroD1/BETA2 sequences essential for insulin gene transcription colocalize with those necessary for neurogenesis and p300/CREB binding protein binding. Mol Cell Biol 1999; 19:704-13. [PMID: 9858593 PMCID: PMC83927 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.1.704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/1998] [Accepted: 09/17/1998] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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NeuroD1/BETA2 is a key regulator of pancreatic islet morphogenesis and insulin hormone gene transcription in islet beta cells. This factor also appears to be involved in neurogenic differentiation, because NeuroD1/BETA2 is able to induce premature differentiation of neuronal precursors and convert ectoderm into fully differentiated neurons upon ectopic expression in Xenopus embryos. We have identified amino acid sequences in mammalian and Xenopus NeuroD1/BETA2 that are necessary for insulin gene expression and ectopic neurogenesis. Our results indicate that evolutionarily conserved sequences spanning the basic helix-loop-helix (amino acids [aa] 100 to 155) and C-terminal (aa 156 to 355) regions are important for both of these processes. The transactivation domains (AD1, aa 189 to 299; AD2, aa 300 to 355) were within the carboxy-terminal region, as analyzed by using GAL4:NeuroD1/BETA2 chimeras. Selective activation of mammalian insulin gene enhancer-driven expression and ectopic neurogenesis in Xenopus embryos was regulated by two independent and separable domains of NeuroD1/BETA2, located between aa 156 to 251 and aa 252 to 355. GAL4:NeuroD1/BETA2 constructs spanning these sequences demonstrated that only aa 252 to 355 contained activation domain function, although both aa 156 to 251 and 300 to 355 were found to interact with the p300/CREB binding protein (CBP) coactivator. These results implicate p300/CBP in NeuroD1/BETA2 function and further suggest that comparable mechanisms are utilized to direct target gene transcription during differentiation and in adult islet beta cells.
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- A Sharma
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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Dumonteil E, Laser B, Constant I, Philippe J. Differential regulation of the glucagon and insulin I gene promoters by the basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors E47 and BETA2. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:19945-54. [PMID: 9685329 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.32.19945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The insulin and glucagon genes are expressed in the beta and alpha cells of the islets of Langerhans, respectively. The factors controlling their cell- and islet-specific expression are poorly known. Insulin-enhancer factor-1 (IEF1) has previously been shown to interact with the E boxes of the rat insulin I and II genes and was proposed to play a critical role in beta cell-specific expression. BETA2, a recently identified basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) protein, binds with high affinity and transactivates the rat insulin II gene upon dimerization with the ubiquitous bHLH protein E47. We show here that the heterodimer E47/BETA2 also binds and transactivates the rat insulin I and glucagon genes and exhibits the same characteristics as IEF1. In transfection experiments, the E boxes of the insulin I and glucagon genes confer transcriptional activity in both insulin- and glucagon-producing cells, which is increased by overexpression of E47 and BETA2. However, overexpression of E47 inhibits only E box-mediated glucagon gene expression, whereas it activates insulin gene transcription, indicating that the E boxes of the insulin and glucagon genes display gene-specific characteristics. We conclude that the heterodimer E47/BETA2 represents an islet-specific factor that controls both insulin and glucagon gene transcription and that the E47/BETA2 ratio may be important for regulated gene expression.
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- E Dumonteil
- Unité de Diabétologie Clinique, Centre Médical Universitaire, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland
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Petersen HV, Peshavaria M, Pedersen AA, Philippe J, Stein R, Madsen OD, Serup P. Glucose stimulates the activation domain potential of the PDX-1 homeodomain transcription factor. FEBS Lett 1998; 431:362-6. [PMID: 9714543 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)00776-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Glucose-stimulated expression of the insulin gene in beta cells is mediated by the PDX-1 transcription factor. In this report, we show that stimulation results from effects on activation and DNA-binding potential. Thus, glucose specifically stimulated expression in MIN6 beta cells from chimeras of PDX-1 and the GAL4 DNA-binding domain which spanned the N-terminal PDX-1 activation domain located between amino acids 1 to 79. GAL4:PDX activity was induced over physiological glucose concentrations and was also regulated by effectors of this response. The level of endogenous PDX-1 binding and phosphorylation were also induced under these conditions. We discuss how changes in PDX-1 phosphorylation may influence activity in glucose-treated beta cells.
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Qiu Y, Sharma A, Stein R. p300 mediates transcriptional stimulation by the basic helix-loop-helix activators of the insulin gene. Mol Cell Biol 1998; 18:2957-64. [PMID: 9566915 PMCID: PMC110675 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.5.2957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/1997] [Accepted: 02/17/1998] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Pancreatic beta-cell-type-specific and glucose-inducible transcription of the insulin gene is mediated by the basic helix-loop-helix factors that bind to and activate expression from an E-box element within its enhancer. The E-box activator is a heteromeric complex composed of a beta-cell-enriched factor, BETA2/NeuroD, and ubiquitously distributed proteins encoded by the E2A and HEB genes. Previously, we demonstrated that the adenovirus type 5 E1A proteins repressed stimulation by the E-box activator in beta cells. In this study, our objective was to determine how E1A repressed activator function. The results indicate that E1A reduces activation by binding to and sequestering the p300 cellular coactivator protein. Thus, we show that expression of p300 in beta cells can relieve inhibition by E1A, as well as potentiate activation by the endogenous insulin E-box transcription factors. p300 stimulated activation from GAL4 (amino acids 1 to 147) fusion constructs of either BETA2/NeuroD or the E2A-encoded E47 protein. The sequences spanning the activation domains of BETA2/NeuroD (amino acids 156 to 355) and E47 (amino acids 1 to 99 and 325 to 432) were required for this response. The same region of BETA2/NeuroD was shown to be important for binding to p300 in vitro. The sequences of p300 involved in E47 and BETA2/NeuroD association resided between amino acids 1 and 1257 and 1945 and 2377, respectively. A mutation in p300 that abolished binding to BETA2/NeuroD also destroyed the ability of p300 to activate insulin E-box-directed transcription in beta cells. Our results indicate that physical and functional interactions between p300 and the E-box activator factors play an important role in insulin gene transcription.
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- Y Qiu
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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Sharma A, Henderson E, Gamer L, Zhuang Y, Stein R. Analysis of the role of E2A-encoded proteins in insulin gene transcription. Mol Endocrinol 1997; 11:1608-17. [PMID: 9328343 DOI: 10.1210/mend.11.11.0004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Pancreatic beta-cell type-specific transcription of the insulin gene is mediated, in part, by factors in the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) family that act on a site within the insulin enhancer, termed the E1-box. Expression from this element is regulated by a heteromeric protein complex containing ubiquitous (i.e. the E2A- and HEB-encoded proteins) and islet-enriched members of the bHLH family. Recent studies indicate that the E2A- and HEB-encoded proteins contain a transactivation domain, termed AD2, that functions more efficiently in transfected beta-cell lines. In the present report, we extend this observation by demonstrating that expression of full-length E2A proteins (E47, E12, and E2/5) activates insulin E element-directed transcription in a beta-cell line-selective manner. Stimulation required functional interactions with other key insulin gene transcription factors, including its islet bHLH partner as well as those that act on the RIPE3b1 and RIPE3a2 elements of the insulin gene enhancer. The conserved AD2 domain in the E2A proteins was essential in this process. The effect of the E2A- and HEB-encoded proteins on insulin gene expression was also analyzed in mice lacking a functional E2A or HEB gene. There was no apparent difference in insulin production between wild type, heterozygote, and homozygous mutant E2A or HEB mice. These results suggest that neither the E2A- or HEB-encoded proteins are essential for insulin transcription and that one factor can substitute for the other to impart normal insulin E1 activator function in mutant animals.
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- A Sharma
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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Naya FJ, Huang HP, Qiu Y, Mutoh H, DeMayo FJ, Leiter AB, Tsai MJ. Diabetes, defective pancreatic morphogenesis, and abnormal enteroendocrine differentiation in BETA2/neuroD-deficient mice. Genes Dev 1997; 11:2323-34. [PMID: 9308961 PMCID: PMC316513 DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.18.2323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 753] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/1997] [Accepted: 07/29/1997] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Candidate transcription factors involved in pancreatic endocrine development have been isolated using insulin gene regulation as a paradigm. The cell-type restricted basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) gene, BETA2/NeuroD, expressed in pancreatic endocrine cells, the intestine, and the brain, activates insulin gene transcription and can induce neurons to differentiate. To understand the importance of BETA2 in pancreatic endocrine cell differentiation, mice lacking a functional BETA2 gene were generated by gene targeting experiments. Mice carrying a targeted disruption of the BETA2 gene developed severe diabetes and died perinatally. Homozygous BETA2 null mice had a striking reduction in the number of insulin-producing beta cells and failed to develop mature islets. Islet morphogenesis appeared to be arrested between E14.5 and E17.5, a period characterized by major expansion of the beta cell population. The presence of severe diabetes in these mice suggests that proper islet structure plays an important role in blood glucose homeostasis. In addition, secretin- and cholecystokinin-producing enteroendocrine cells failed to develop in the absence of BETA2. The absence of these two pancreatic secretagogs may explain the abnormal cellular polarity and inability to secrete zymogen granules in pancreatic acinar exocrine cells. The nervous system appeared to develop normally, despite abundant expression of BETA2 in differentiating neurons. Thus, BETA2 is critical for the normal development of several specialized cell types arising from the gut endoderm.
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- F J Naya
- Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Dupriez VJ, Rousseau GG. Glucose response elements in a gene that codes for 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase. DNA Cell Biol 1997; 16:1075-85. [PMID: 9324310 DOI: 10.1089/dna.1997.16.1075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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We have shown previously that rat hepatoma FTO-2B cells express two mRNAs, called F (fetal) and L (liver), from distinct promoters of the same gene coding for 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase (PFK-2). This enzyme catalyzes the synthesis of fructose 2,6-bisphosphate, an allosteric stimulator of glycolysis. We have now found that glucose, as well as lactate and pyruvate, increases the concentration of the F and L mRNAs. The effect of glucose was mimicked by xylitol, a precursor of xylulose 5-phosphate, and hence of intermediates of the pentose phosphate and glycolytic pathways, and was inhibited by okadaic acid, an inhibitor of protein phosphatases. Transfection experiments showed that the F promoter region is a target of the glucose effect, with glucose stimulating F promoter activity in a way probably similar to mitogens. Another region of the gene, located between the F and L promoters, also behaved as a glucose-sensitive element. This region corresponds to a cluster of DNase I-hypersensitive sites that were induced in chromatin following glucose treatment. The sequence organization of this region is very similar to the functional architecture of the glucose-sensitive insulin gene promoter. We propose a model for the concerted regulation by glucose metabolites of three pathways that lead to increased PFK-2 activity.
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- V J Dupriez
- Hormone and Metabolic Research Unit, Louvain University Medical School and International Institute of Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Brussels, Belgium
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Mitanchez D, Doiron B, Chen R, Kahn A. Glucose-stimulated genes and prospects of gene therapy for type I diabetes. Endocr Rev 1997; 18:520-40. [PMID: 9267763 DOI: 10.1210/edrv.18.4.0307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- D Mitanchez
- Institut Cochin de Génétique Moléculaire, Unité 129 de l'INSERM, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire, Paris, France
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Stellrecht CM, DeMayo FJ, Finegold MJ, Tsai MJ. Tissue-specific and developmental regulation of the rat insulin II gene enhancer, RIPE3, in transgenic mice. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:3567-72. [PMID: 9013607 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.6.3567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The rat insulin II gene enhancer, RIPE3 (-126 to -86), mediates beta-islet cell-specific activity in transfection assays. To investigate the in vivo activity of RIPE3, we generated mice carrying a transgene consisting of three copies of RIPE3 linked to a minimal chicken ovalbumin promoter in conjunction with sequences encoding the human growth hormone gene. 13 transgenic mice were obtained, 11 of which expressed the transgene, as determined by serum radioimmunoassay for human growth hormone. Expression of the transgene was assessed for cell specificity by immunocytochemistry. The pancreatic islet cells invariably stained for growth hormone, while the acinar and ductal cells did not. Staining of adjacent sections for insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin revealed that growth hormone was expressed in the beta-cell in all of the mice analyzed, but in some mice alpha-cells also contained growth hormone. RNase protection analysis revealed that the tissues that consistently express the transgene in these animals are the pancreas and brain. Developmental analysis revealed that the transgene was expressed in the pancreatic bud at embryonic day 9.5, corresponding to the temporal expression pattern of the insulin gene. These results signify that an element as small as 41 base pairs is capable of regulating pancreatic temporal and spatial gene expression in vivo.
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- C M Stellrecht
- Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Shieh SY, Stellrecht CM, Tsai MJ. Molecular characterization of the rat insulin enhancer-binding complex 3b2. Cloning of a binding factor with putative helicase motifs. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:21503-8. [PMID: 7665561 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.37.21503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Cell-specific expression of the rat insulin II gene is in part mediated through an element located in the 5'-flanking region. The element, termed RIPE3b (-126 to -101), confers beta-cell-specific expression in conjunction with an adjacent element RIPE3a (-110 to -86). Here we report the characterization of one of the RIPE3b-binding complexes, 3b2. UV cross-linking analysis demonstrated that it is composed of at least three polypeptides: p58, p62, and p110. Furthermore, a cDNA was isolated via expression screening for binding to RIPE3b. Sequence analysis reveals that the encoded protein, designated Rip-1, possessed putative helicase motifs and a potential transcription activation domain. Overexpression of Rip-1 in cells greatly enhances the 3b2 binding complex, suggesting that Rip-1 is involved in the binding of 3b2.
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- S Y Shieh
- Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Naya FJ, Stellrecht CM, Tsai MJ. Tissue-specific regulation of the insulin gene by a novel basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor. Genes Dev 1995; 9:1009-19. [PMID: 7774807 DOI: 10.1101/gad.9.8.1009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 450] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The insulin gene is one of the best paradigms of tissue-specific gene expression. It is developmentally regulated and is expressed exclusively in the pancreatic beta-cell. This restricted expression is directed by a tissue-specific enhancer, within the promoter, which contains an E-box sequence. The insulin E-box binds an islet-specific protein complex, termed 3a1. E-boxes bind proteins belonging to the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) family of transcription factors. The bHLH proteins function as potent transcriptional activators of tissue-specific genes by forming heterodimers between ubiquitous and cell-restricted family members. In addition, the cell-restricted bHLH members play an important role in specifying cell fate. To isolate the tissue-specific bHLH factor controlling insulin gene expression and study its role in islet cell differentiation, a modified yeast two-hybrid system was utilized to clone a novel bHLH factor, BETA2 (beta-cell E-box trans-activator 2), from a hamster insulin tumor (HIT) cell cDNA library. Northern analysis demonstrates that high-level expression of the BETA2 gene is restricted to pancreatic alpha- and beta-cell lines. As expected of tissue-specific bHLH members, BETA2 binds to the insulin E-box sequence with high affinity as a heterodimer with the ubiquitous bHLH factor E47. More importantly, antibody supershift experiments clearly show that BETA2 is a component of the native insulin E-box-binding complex. Transient transfection assays demonstrate that the BETA2/E47 heterodimer synergistically interacts with a neighboring beta-cell-specific complex to activate an insulin enhancer. In contrast, other bHLH factors such as MyoD and E47, which can bind to the insulin E-box with high affinity, fail to do so. Thus, a unique, cooperative interaction is the basis by which the insulin E-box enhancer discriminates between various bHLH factors to achieve tissue-specific activation of the insulin gene.
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- F J Naya
- Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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