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Stability of Oligopeptides in Solution. Proteolytic Digestion and Potential Dimerization Process. Int J Pept Res Ther 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10989-022-10361-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Delestrain C, Aissat A, Nattes E, Gibertini I, Lacroze V, Simon S, Decrouy X, de Becdelièvre A, Fanen P, Epaud R. Deciphering an isolated lung phenotype of NKX2-1 frameshift pathogenic variant. Front Pediatr 2022; 10:978598. [PMID: 36733766 PMCID: PMC9888430 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.978598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND to perform a functional analysis of a new NK2 homeobox 1 (NKX2-1) variant (c.85_86del denominated NKX2-1DEL) identified in a family presenting with isolated respiratory disease, in comparison to another frameshift variant (c.254dup denominated NKX2-1DUP) identified in a subject with classical brain-lung-thyroid syndrome. METHODS pathogenic variants were introduced into the pcDNA3-1(+)-wt-TTF1 plasmid. The proteins obtained were analyzed by western blot assay. Subcellular localization was assessed by confocal microscopy in A549 and Nthy cells. Transactivation of SFTPA, SFTPB, SFTPC, and ABCA3 promoters was assessed in A549 cells. Thyroglobulin promoter activity was measured with the paired box gene 8 (PAX8) cofactor in Nthy cells. RESULTS The two sequence variants were predicted to produce aberrant proteins identical from the 86th amino acid, with deletion of their functional homeodomain, including the nuclear localization signal. However, 3D conformation prediction of the conformation prediction of the mutant protein assumed the presence of a nuclear localization signal, a bipartite sequence, confirmed by confocal microscopy showing both mutant proteins localized in the nucleus and cytoplasm. Transcriptional activity with SFTPA, SFTPB, SFTPC, ABCA3 and thyroglobulin promoters was significantly decreased with both variants. However, with NKX2-1DEL, thyroglobulin transcriptional activity was maintained with the addition of PAX8. CONCLUSION These results provide novel insights into understanding the molecular mechanism of phenotypes associated with NKX2-1 pathogenic variants.
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- Céline Delestrain
- Univ Paris Est Creteil, INSERM, IMRB, Creteil, France.,Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Créteil, Service de Pédiatrie Générale, Créteil, France
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- Univ Paris Est Creteil, INSERM, IMRB, Creteil, France.,Département de Génétique, AP-HP, Hopital Henri Mondor, DMU de Biologie-Pathologie, Créteil, France
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- Univ Paris Est Creteil, INSERM, IMRB, Creteil, France.,Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Créteil, Service de Pédiatrie Générale, Créteil, France.,Département de Génétique, AP-HP, Hopital Henri Mondor, DMU de Biologie-Pathologie, Créteil, France
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- Département de Pédiatrie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours, Tours, France
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- AP-HM, Hôpital de la Conception, Service de Médecine Néonatale, Marseille, France
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- Univ Paris Est Creteil, INSERM, IMRB, Creteil, France.,Département de Génétique, AP-HP, Hopital Henri Mondor, DMU de Biologie-Pathologie, Créteil, France
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- Univ Paris Est Creteil, INSERM, IMRB, Creteil, France.,Département de Génétique, AP-HP, Hopital Henri Mondor, DMU de Biologie-Pathologie, Créteil, France
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- Univ Paris Est Creteil, INSERM, IMRB, Creteil, France.,Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Créteil, Service de Pédiatrie Générale, Créteil, France
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Nettore IC, Mirra P, Ferrara AM, Sibilio A, Pagliara V, Kay CSK, Lorenzoni PJ, Werneck LC, Bruck I, Dos Santos LHC, Beguinot F, Salvatore D, Ungaro P, Fenzi G, Scola RH, Macchia PE. Identification and functional characterization of a novel mutation in the NKX2-1 gene: comparison with the data in the literature. Thyroid 2013; 23:675-82. [PMID: 23379327 DOI: 10.1089/thy.2012.0267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND NKX2-1 mutations have been described in several patients with primary congenital hypothyroidism, respiratory distress, and benign hereditary chorea, which are classical manifestations of the brain-thyroid-lung syndrome (BTLS). METHODS The NKX2-1 gene was sequenced in the members of a Brazilian family with clinical features of BTLS, and a novel monoallelic mutation was identified in the affected patients. We introduced the mutation in an expression vector for the functional characterization by transfection experiments using both thyroidal and lung-specific promoters. RESULTS The mutation is a deletion of a cytosine at position 834 (ref. sequence NM_003317) (c.493delC) that causes a frameshift with formation of an abnormal protein from amino acid 165 and a premature stop at position 196. The last amino acid of the nuclear localization signal, the whole homeodomain, and the carboxy-terminus of NKX2-1 are all missing in the mutant protein, which has a premature stop codon at position 196 (p.Arg165Glyfs*32). The p.Arg165Glyfs*32 mutant does not bind DNA, and it is unable to transactivate the thyroglobulin (Tg) and the surfactant protein-C (SP-C) promoters. Interestingly, a dose-dependent dominant negative effect of the p.Arg165Glyfs*32 was demonstrated only on the Tg promoter, but not on the SP-C promoter. This effect was also noticed when the mutation was tested in presence of PAX8 or cofactors that synergize with NKX2-1 (P300 and TAZ). The functional effect was also compared with the data present in the literature and demonstrated that, so far, it is very difficult to establish a specific correlation among NKX2-1 mutations, their functional consequence, and the clinical phenotype of affected patients, thus suggesting that the detailed mechanisms of transcriptional regulation still remain unclear. CONCLUSIONS We describe a novel NKX2-1 mutation and demonstrate that haploinsufficiency may not be the only explanation for BTLS. Our results indicate that NKX2-1 activity is also finely regulated in a tissue-specific manner, and additional studies are required to better understand the complexities of genotype-phenotype correlations in the NKX2-1 deficiency syndrome.
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- Immacolata Cristina Nettore
- Department of Molecular and Clinical Endocrinology and Oncology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Baldini E, D'Armiento M, Sorrenti S, Del Sordo M, Mocini R, Morrone S, Gnessi L, Curcio F, Ulisse S. Effects of ultraviolet radiation on FRTL-5 cell growth and thyroid-specific gene expression. ASTROBIOLOGY 2013; 13:536-542. [PMID: 23697699 DOI: 10.1089/ast.2013.0972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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During space missions, radiation represents a major hazard for human health and involves all body organs and tissues. Regarding thyroid function, it has been shown that ultraviolet radiation (UVC) has dose-dependent apoptotic effects on FRTL-5 cells, a normal strain of rat thyrocytes. We examined the effects of a sublethal dose of UVC on FRTL-5 cell growth and gene expression. Cells exposed to 10 J/m(2) UVC showed no differences in viability compared to control cells after 24 h, but the BrdU incorporation was reduced, indicating a cytostatic effect. Quantitative RT-PCR carried out at 24 and 48 h after irradiation demonstrated that the mRNA levels of thyroglobulin (Tg), thyroperoxidase (Tpo), and sodium/iodide symporter (Nis) were transiently decreased at 24 h in treated cells, while the mRNAs of the thyroid transcription factors TTF1, Foxe1, and Pax8 were not affected. In cells cultured with TSH-free medium, the basal transcription of Tg, Tpo, and Nis genes was equally impaired by radiation and no longer stimulated by TSH. Overall, the results demonstrate that a sub-apoptotic dose of UVC compromises not only thyrocyte proliferation but also the expression of genes involved in thyroid hormone production. These findings might contribute to explaining the histological, biochemical, and clinical features of hypothyroidism observed in both animals and humans during spaceflight, and suggest that free thyroxine levels of astronauts during prolonged space missions should be monitored.
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- Enke Baldini
- Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Tagne JB, Gupta S, Gower AC, Shen SS, Varma S, Lakshminarayanan M, Cao Y, Spira A, Volkert TL, Ramirez MI. Genome-wide analyses of Nkx2-1 binding to transcriptional target genes uncover novel regulatory patterns conserved in lung development and tumors. PLoS One 2012; 7:e29907. [PMID: 22242187 PMCID: PMC3252372 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2011] [Accepted: 12/07/2011] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The homeodomain transcription factor Nkx2-1 is essential for normal lung development and homeostasis. In lung tumors, it is considered a lineage survival oncogene and prognostic factor depending on its expression levels. The target genes directly bound by Nkx2-1, that could be the primary effectors of its functions in the different cellular contexts where it is expressed, are mostly unknown. In embryonic day 11.5 (E11.5) mouse lung, epithelial cells expressing Nkx2-1 are predominantly expanding, and in E19.5 prenatal lungs, Nkx2-1-expressing cells are predominantly differentiating in preparation for birth. To evaluate Nkx2-1 regulated networks in these two cell contexts, we analyzed genome-wide binding of Nkx2-1 to DNA regulatory regions by chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by tiling array analysis, and intersected these data to expression data sets. We further determined expression patterns of Nkx2-1 developmental target genes in human lung tumors and correlated their expression levels to that of endogenous NKX2-1. In these studies we uncovered differential Nkx2-1 regulated networks in early and late lung development, and a direct function of Nkx2-1 in regulation of the cell cycle by controlling the expression of proliferation-related genes. New targets, validated in Nkx2-1 shRNA transduced cell lines, include E2f3, Cyclin B1, Cyclin B2, and c-Met. Expression levels of Nkx2-1 direct target genes identified in mouse development significantly correlate or anti-correlate to the levels of endogenous NKX2-1 in a dosage-dependent manner in multiple human lung tumor expression data sets, supporting alternative roles for Nkx2-1 as a transcriptional activator or repressor, and direct regulator of cell cycle progression in development and tumors.
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- Jean-Bosco Tagne
- Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Center for Microarray Technology, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Bioinformatics Program, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Bioinformatics Program, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Center for Microarray Technology, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Boggaram V, Chandru H, Gottipati KR, Thakur V, Das A, Berhane K. Transcriptional regulation of SP-B gene expression by nitric oxide in H441 lung epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2010; 299:L252-62. [PMID: 20418387 PMCID: PMC2928609 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00062.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2010] [Accepted: 04/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Surfactant protein B (SP-B) is essential for the surface tension-lowering function of pulmonary surfactant. Surfactant dysfunction and reduced SP-B levels are associated with elevated nitric oxide (NO) in inflammatory lung diseases, such as acute respiratory distress syndrome. We previously found that NO donors decreased SP-B expression in H441 and MLE-12 lung epithelial cells by reducing SP-B promoter activity. In this study, we determined the roles of DNA elements and interacting transcription factors necessary for NO inhibition of SP-B promoter activity in H441 cells. We found that the NO donor diethylenetriamine-nitric oxide adduct (DETA-NO) decreased SP-B promoter thyroid transcription factor 1 (TTF-1), hepatocyte nuclear factor 3 (HNF-3), and Sp1 binding activities but increased activator protein 1 (AP-1) binding activity. DETA-NO decreased TTF-1, but not Sp1, levels, suggesting that reduced TTF-1 expression contributes to reduced TTF-1 binding activity. Lack of effect on Sp1 levels suggested that DETA-NO inhibits Sp1 binding activity per se. Overexpression of Sp1, but not TTF-1, blocked DETA-NO inhibition of SP-B promoter activity. DETA-NO inhibited SP-B promoter induction by exogenous TTF-1 without altering TTF-1 levels. DETA-NO decreased TTF-1 mRNA levels and gene transcription rate, indicating that DETA-NO inhibits TTF-1 expression at the transcriptional level. We conclude that NO inhibits SP-B promoter by decreasing TTF-1, Sp1, and HNF-3 binding activities and increasing AP-1 binding activity. NO inhibits TTF-1 levels and activity to decrease SP-B expression. NO inhibition of SP-B expression could be a mechanism by which surfactant dysfunction occurs in inflammatory lung diseases.
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- Vijay Boggaram
- Center for Biomedical Research, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, TX 75708-3154, USA.
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Lukosz M, Jakob S, Büchner N, Zschauer TC, Altschmied J, Haendeler J. Nuclear redox signaling. Antioxid Redox Signal 2010; 12:713-42. [PMID: 19737086 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2009.2609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Reactive oxygen species have been described to modulate proteins within the cell, a process called redox regulation. However, the importance of compartment-specific redox regulation has been neglected for a long time. In the early 1980s and 1990s, many in vitro studies introduced the possibility that nuclear redox signaling exists. However, the functional relevance for that has been greatly disregarded. Recently, it has become evident that nuclear redox signaling is indeed one important signaling mechanism regulating a variety of cellular functions. Transcription factors, and even kinases and phosphatases, have been described to be redox regulated in the nucleus. This review describes several of these proteins in closer detail and explains their functions resulting from nuclear localization and redox regulation. Moreover, the redox state of the nucleus and several important nuclear redox regulators [Thioredoxin-1 (Trx-1), Glutaredoxins (Grxs), Peroxiredoxins (Prxs), and APEX nuclease (multifunctional DNA-repair enzyme) 1 (APEX1)] are introduced more precisely, and their necessity for regulation of transcription factors is emphasized.
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- Margarete Lukosz
- Molecular Cell & Aging Research, IUF (Institute for Molecular Preventive Medicine), At the University of Duesseldorf gGmbH, Auf'm Hennekamp 50, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany
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Thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1/Nkx2.1/TITF1) gene regulation in the lung. Clin Sci (Lond) 2009; 116:27-35. [PMID: 19037882 DOI: 10.1042/cs20080068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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TTF-1 [thyroid transcription factor-1; also known as Nkx2.1, T/EBP (thyroid-specific-enhancer-binding protein) or TITF1] is a homeodomain-containing transcription factor essential for the morphogenesis and differentiation of the thyroid, lung and ventral forebrain. TTF-1 controls the expression of select genes in the thyroid, lung and the central nervous system. In the lung, TTF-1 controls the expression of surfactant proteins that are essential for lung stability and lung host defence. Human TTF-1 is encoded by a single gene located on chromosome 14 and is organized into two/three exons and one/two introns. Multiple transcription start sites and alternative splicing produce mRNAs with heterogeneity at the 5' end. The 3' end of the TTF-1 mRNA is characterized by a rather long untranslated region. The amino acid sequences of TTF-1 from human, rat, mouse and other species are very similar, indicating a high degree of sequence conservation. TTF-1 promoter activity is maintained by the combinatorial or co-operative actions of HNF-3 [hepatocyte nuclear factor-3; also known as FOXA (forkhead box A)], Sp (specificity protein) 1, Sp3, GATA-6 and HOXB3 (homeobox B3) transcription factors. There is limited information on the regulation of TTF-1 gene expression by hormones, cytokines and other biological agents. Glucocorticoids, cAMP and TGF-beta (transforming growth factor-beta) have stimulatory effects on TTF-1 expression, whereas TNF-alpha (tumour necrosis factor-alpha) and ceramide have inhibitory effects on TTF-1 DNA-binding activity in lung cells. Haplo-insufficiency of TTF-1 in humans causes hypothyroidism, respiratory dysfunction and recurring pulmonary infections, underlining the importance of optimal TTF-1 levels for the maintenance of thyroid and lung function. Recent studies have implicated TTF-1 as a lineage-specific proto-oncogene for lung cancer.
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Ngan ESW, Lang BHH, Liu T, Shum CKY, So MT, Lau DKC, Leon TYY, Cherny SS, Tsai SY, Lo CY, Khoo US, Tam PKH, Garcia-Barceló MM. A germline mutation (A339V) in thyroid transcription factor-1 (TITF-1/NKX2.1) in patients with multinodular goiter and papillary thyroid carcinoma. J Natl Cancer Inst 2009; 101:162-75. [PMID: 19176457 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djn471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The genetic factors that determine the risk of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) among patients with multinodular goiter (MNG) remain undefined. Because thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1) is important to thyroid development, we evaluated whether the gene that encodes it, TITF-1/NKX2.1, is a genetic determinant of MNG/PTC predisposition. METHODS Twenty unrelated PTC patients with a history of MNG (MNG/PTC), 284 PTC patients without a history of MNG (PTC), and 349 healthy control subjects were screened for germline mutation(s) in TITF-1/NKX2.1 by sequencing of amplified DNA from blood. The effects of the mutation on the growth and differentiation of thyroid cells were demonstrated by ectopic expression of wild-type (WT) and mutant proteins in PCCL3 normal rat thyroid cells, followed by tests of cell proliferation, activation of cell growth pathways, and transcription of TTF-1 target genes. All statistical tests were two-sided. RESULTS A missense mutation (1016C>T) was identified in TITF-1/NKX2.1 that led to a mutant TTF-1 protein (A339V) in four of the 20 MNG/PTC patients (20%). These patients developed substantially more advanced tumors than MNG/PTC or PTC patients without the mutation (P = .022, Fisher exact test). Notably, this germline mutation was dominantly inherited in two families, with some members bearing the mutation affected with MNG, associated with either PTC or colon cancer. The mutation encoding the A339V substitution was not found among the 349 healthy control subjects nor among the 284 PTC patients who had no history of MNG. Overexpression of A339V TTF-1 in PCCL3 cells, as compared with overexpression of WT TTF-1, was associated with increased cell proliferation including thyrotropin-independent growth (average A339V proliferation rate = 134.27%, WT rate = 104.43%, difference = 34.3%, 95% confidence interval = 12.0% to 47.7%, P = .010), enhanced STAT3 activation, and impaired transcription of the thyroid-specific genes Tg, TSH-R, and Pax-8. CONCLUSION This is the first germline mutation identified in MNG/PTC patients. It could contribute to predisposition for MNG and/or PTC and to the pathogenesis of PTC.
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- Elly S W Ngan
- Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Faculty of Medicine Building, 21 Sassoon Rd, Hong Kong, SAR, China.
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Coffman JA, Denegre JM. Mitochondria, redox signaling and axis specification in metazoan embryos. Dev Biol 2007; 308:266-80. [PMID: 17586486 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.05.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2007] [Revised: 05/30/2007] [Accepted: 05/30/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mitochondria are not only the major energy generators of the eukaryotic cell but they are also sources of signals that control gene expression and cell fate. While mitochondria are often asymmetrically distributed in early embryos, little is known about how they contribute to axial patterning. Here we review studies of mitochondrial distribution in metazoan eggs and embryos and the mechanisms of redox signaling, and speculate on the role that mitochondrial anisotropies might play in the developmental specification of cell fate during embryogenesis of sea urchins and other animals.
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- James A Coffman
- Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salisbury Cove, ME 04672, USA.
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Gregory PA, Gardner-Stephen DA, Rogers A, Michael MZ, Mackenzie PI. The caudal-related homeodomain protein Cdx2 and hepatocyte nuclear factor 1α cooperatively regulate the UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 2B7 gene promoter. Pharmacogenet Genomics 2006; 16:527-36. [PMID: 16788384 DOI: 10.1097/01.fpc.0000215068.06471.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The gastrointestinal tract, contains several UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) of the UGT1A and UGT2B subfamilies. UGT2B7 is one particular enzyme expressed throughout the gastrointestinal tract that possesses broad substrate specificity towards orally administered drugs. Because the caudal-related homeodomain protein 2 (Cdx2) regulates many gastrointestinal properties, we sought to determine whether it could regulate the UGT2B7 promoter in the colon-derived cell line Caco-2. Levels of Cdx2 and UGT2B7 were measured in differentiated and non-differentiated Caco-2 cells by the quantitative polymerase chain reaction. The capacity of the UGT2B7 gene promoter to drive expression of the luciferase reporter gene was assessed by transfection into Caco-2 cells, with transcription factor expression plasmids. Mutation of putative transcription factor binding sites and electrophoretic mobility shift assays were used to define important regulatory regions of the UGT2B7 gene promoter. The levels of Cdx2 and UGT2B7 mRNAs were co-ordinately increased in differentiated Caco2 cells compared to non-differentiated cells. Cdx2 activates the UGT2B7 proximal promoter by binding to two adjacent sites. Promoter activation requires Cdx2 binding to both sites wherein these proteins interact to form a putative functional dimer. Dimerization was shown to be dependent on redox state using extracts depleted of dithiothreitol. In addition, Cdx2 was shown to cooperatively activate the UGT2B7 promoter in conjunction with hepatocyte nuclear factor 1alpha (HNF1alpha), a mechanism previously observed to regulate other intestine-specific genes. The present study is the first to define transcription factors involved in the control of intestinal UGT2B expression. The demonstration that Cdx2 and HNF1alpha are important regulators of UGT2B7 expression will aid in defining pathways for coordinate control of drug metabolism in the gastrointestinal tract.
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- Philip A Gregory
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Flinders University School of Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, SA 5042, Australia
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Ambroziak M, Pachucki J, Stachlewska-Nasfeter E, Nauman J, Nauman A. Disturbed expression of type 1 and type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase as well as titf1/nkx2-1 and pax-8 transcription factor genes in papillary thyroid cancer. Thyroid 2005; 15:1137-46. [PMID: 16279847 DOI: 10.1089/thy.2005.15.1137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Type 1 and type 2 iodothyronine 5' deiodinases (D1 and D2, respectively) catalyze the conversion of thyroxine (T(4)) to triiodothyronine (T(3)). Similar to other genes crucial for T(3) generation, D1 and D2 expression might be disturbed in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) possible as a result of impairments in thyroid transcription factors Titf1/Nkx2-1 and Pax-8. The aim of the study was to investigate changes in the expression of D1 and D2 in PTC compared to changes in the expression of Titf1/Nkx2-1 and Pax-8. Although D1 and D2 activities were decreased in tumor samples (PTC) compared to control C samples (tissues from a nontumorous part of the gland), the differences were not statistically significant. Contrary to that, their mRNA levels were significantly decreased in PTC samples compared to C samples (p = 0.017 and p = 0.012, respectively). Interestingly there was clear discrepancy between enzymatic activity and mRNA level of both deiodinases. There was a statistically significant correlation between D1 and Pax-8 (r = 0.464, p = 0.039), D2 and Pax-8 (r = 0.461, p = 0.041), D2 and Titf1/Nkx2-1 mRNA levels (r = 0.526, p = 0.017). Our results show that changes in D1 and D2 expression in PTC, including the discrepancy between deiodinases activity and mRNA level, might possibly related to impaired Titf1/Nkx2-1 and Pax-8 action.
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- Michal Ambroziak
- Department of Biochemistry, Medical Centre of Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland.
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Garcia-Barcelo M, Ganster RW, Lui VCH, Leon TYY, So MT, Lau AMF, Fu M, Sham MH, Knight J, Zannini MS, Sham PC, Tam PKH. TTF-1 and RET promoter SNPs: regulation of RET transcription in Hirschsprung's disease. Hum Mol Genet 2004; 14:191-204. [PMID: 15548547 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddi015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the coding regions of receptor tyrosine kinase gene (RET) are associated with Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR, aganglionic megacolon). These SNPs, individually or combined, may act as a low penetrance susceptibility locus and/or be in linkage disequilibrium (LD) with another susceptibility locus located in RET regulatory regions. Because two RET promoter SNPs have been found associated with HSCR, in LD with HSCR-associated RET coding region haplotypes, their implication in the transcriptional regulation of RET is of major interest. Analysis of 172 sporadic HSCR patients also revealed the presence of HSCR-associated RET promoter SNPs in LD with the main coding region RET haplotype observed in Chinese patients. By using a weighted logistic regression approach, we determined that of all SNPs tested in our study, the promoter SNPs are the most correlated to the disease. Functional analysis of the RET promoter SNPs in the context of additional 5' regulatory regions demonstrated that the HSCR-associated alleles decrease RET transcription. These SNPs overlap a TTF-1 binding site and TTF-1-activated RET transcription is also decreased by the HSCR-associated SNPs. Moreover, we identified an HSCR patient with a Gly322Ser TTF-1 mutation that compromises activation of transcription from HSCR-associated RET promoter haplotypes. Interestingly, we show that the pattern of RET and TTF-1 expression is coincident in developing human gut. We also present a detailed profile of the RET gene in our population, which provides an insight into the higher incidence of the disease in China.
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Yang L, Yan D, Bruggeman M, Du H, Yan C. Mutation of a lysine residue in a homeodomain generates dominant negative thyroid transcription factor 1. Biochemistry 2004; 43:12489-97. [PMID: 15449938 DOI: 10.1021/bi049283o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Thyroid transcription factor 1 (TTF-1) is a 42 kDa homeodomain (HD) containing the tissue-specific transcription factor of Nkx2 family members (also termed TEBP and Nkx2.1). TTF-1 is an essential transcription factor required for lung development and lung-specific gene expression. Transgenic mice carrying TTF-1 DNA-binding site mutations completely abolish expression of the human surfactant protein B (hSP-B) 1.5 kb lacZ reporter gene in the lung in vivo. Acetylation of transcription factors by nuclear receptor coactivators is an important mechanism for gene regulation. TTF-1 is acetylated by nuclear receptor coactivators including the activator of the thyroid and retinoic acid receptor, CREB-binding protein, and steroid receptor coactivator 1 (SRC-1) in cell transfection and immunoprecipitation studies. A glutathionine transferase pull-down assay shows TTF-1 direct interaction with the SRC-1 histone acetyltransferase domain. Site-specific mutagenesis identifies that the lysine residue at position 182 in the TTF-1 HD is acetylated in respiratory epithelial cells. Mutation at this acetylation site shows a dominant negative effect on SP-B gene transcription. The study supports a concept that acetylation is an important mechanism for TTF-1 activity.
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- Li Yang
- Division of Pulmonary Biology, Children's Hospital Medical Center and Department of Pediatrics, The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3039, USA
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Yang MCW, Weissler JC, Terada LS, Deng F, Yang YS. Pleiomorphic adenoma gene-like-2, a zinc finger protein, transactivates the surfactant protein-C promoter. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2004; 32:35-43. [PMID: 15361364 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2003-0422oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Expression of surfactant protein (SP)-C occurs principally in type II pneumocytes located in the distal lung alveolae. SP-C expression is thought to be primarily regulated by thyroid transcription factor (TTF)-1 and its associated proteins interacting with a previously defined promoter region between -197 and -158 in mice. We screened a human lung cDNA library using a modified yeast one-hybrid system and identified pleiomorphic adenoma gene-like (PLAGL)-2, a ubiquitously expressed zinc finger protein, as a transfactor of the SP-C promoter. The PLAGL2 DNA-binding site was located in the SP-C promoter proximal region close to the TTF-1 sites. This site was demonstrated to be functional by use of electrophoresis mobility shift assay, mutagenesis analysis, and transfection studies. PLAGL2 bound to DNA via its N-terminus zinc fingers and activated the SP-C promoter in a TTF-1-independent manner. Both human and mouse SP-C promoters, but not the SP-B promoter, could be activated by PLAGL2 in transfected human embryonic kidney-293 (HEK293) cells as well as in murine type II (MLE12) cells. The expression of PLAGL2 in isolated human embryonic lung type II cells and its transactivation activity on the SP-C promoter suggest that PLAGL2 may modulate SP-C expression during lung development.
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- Meng-Chun W Yang
- Department of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75390-9034, USA
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Pulmonary surfactant, a complex of lipids and proteins, maintains alveolar integrity and participates in the control of host defense and inflammation in the lung. Surfactant proteins A, B, C, and D are important components of surfactant that play diverse roles in the surface tension reducing as well as host defense and inflammation control functions of surfactant. Hyperoxia or exposure of cells/tissues to elevated levels of oxygen occurs when high levels of oxygen are used to treat a variety of pulmonary disorders that include respiratory distress syndrome of premature infants, emphysema, sarcoidosis, end-stage lung diseases, and others. The lung serves as a primary target organ in hyperoxia, and hyperoxic lung injury is characterized by pulmonary edema, inflammation, and respiratory failure. Hyperoxic lung injury is associated with significant changes in the expression of surfactant proteins that likely serves as an adaptive response to elevated oxygen levels. In most animal species studied, hyperoxia increases the tissue expression of surfactant protein mRNAs. A limited number of studies have indicated that the increased tissue expression of surfactant protein mRNAs is associated with increased levels of surfactant proteins in the bronchoalveolar lavage.
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- Vijay Boggaram
- Department of Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, Tyler, TX 75708-3154, USA.
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Bachurski CJ, Yang GH, Currier TA, Gronostajski RM, Hong D. Nuclear factor I/thyroid transcription factor 1 interactions modulate surfactant protein C transcription. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 23:9014-24. [PMID: 14645514 PMCID: PMC309647 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.23.24.9014-9024.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Surfactant protein C (SP-C; Sftpc) gene expression is restricted to pulmonary type II epithelial cells. The proximal SP-C promoter region contains critical binding sites for nuclear factor I (NFI) and thyroid transcription factor 1 (TTF-1; also called Nkx2.1). To test the hypothesis that NFI isoforms interact with TTF-1 to differentially regulate SP-C transcription, we performed transient transfection assays in JEG-3 cells, a choriocarcinoma cell line with negligible endogenous NFI or TTF-1 activity. Cotransfection of NFI family members with TTF-1 induced synergistic activation of the SP-C promoter that was further enhanced by p300. TTF-1 directly interacts with the conserved DNA binding and dimerization domain of all NFI family members in coimmunoprecipitation and mammalian two-hybrid experiments. To determine whether SP-C expression is regulated by NFI in vivo, a chimeric fusion protein containing the DNA binding and dimerization domain of NFI-A and the Drosophila engrailed transcriptional repression domain (NFIen) was conditionally expressed in mice under control of a doxycycline-inducible transgene. Induction of NFIen in a subset of type II cells inhibited SP-C gene expression without affecting expression of TTF-1 in doxycycline-treated double-transgenic mice. Taken together, these findings support the hypothesis that NFI family members interact with TTF-1 to regulate type II cell function.
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- Cindy J Bachurski
- Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA.
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Hokuto I, Perl AKT, Whitsett JA. FGF signaling is required for pulmonary homeostasis following hyperoxia. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2003; 286:L580-7. [PMID: 14617521 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00278.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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To assess the role of fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling in pulmonary function in the postnatal period, we generated transgenic mice in which a soluble FGF receptor (FGFR-HFc) was conditionally expressed in respiratory epithelial cells of the mouse lung, thereby inhibiting FGF activity. Although FGFR-HFc did not alter postnatal lung morphogenesis, male FGFR-HFc transgenic mice were more susceptible to hyperoxia and failed to recover when ambient oxygen concentrations were normalized. Inflammation, alveolar-capillary leak, and mortality were increased following exposure to 95% Fi(O(2)). Expression of surfactant protein (SP)-A and SP-B were significantly decreased in association with decreased immunostaining for thyroid transcription factor-1. FGF signaling is required for maintenance of surfactant homeostasis and lung function during hyperoxia in vivo, mediated, at least in part, by its role in the maintenance of SP-B expression.
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- Isamu Hokuto
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Div. of Pulmonary Biology, 3333 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA.
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DeFelice M, Silberschmidt D, DiLauro R, Xu Y, Wert SE, Weaver TE, Bachurski CJ, Clark JC, Whitsett JA. TTF-1 phosphorylation is required for peripheral lung morphogenesis, perinatal survival, and tissue-specific gene expression. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:35574-83. [PMID: 12829717 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m304885200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1) is a 43-kDa, phosphorylated member of the Nkx2 family of homeodomain-containing proteins expressed selectively in lung, thyroid, and the central nervous system. To assess the role of TTF-1 and its phosphorylation during lung morphogenesis, mice bearing a mutant allele, in which seven serine phosphorylation sites were mutated, Titf1PM/PM, were generated by homologous recombination. Although heterozygous Titf1PM/+ mice were unaffected, homozygous Titf1PM/PM mice died immediately following birth. In contrast to Titf1 null mutant mice, which lack peripheral lung tissues, bronchiolar and peripheral acinar components of the lung were present in the Titf1PM/PM mice. Although lobulation and early branching morphogenesis were maintained in the mutant mice, abnormalities in acinar tubules and pulmonary hypoplasia indicated defects in lung morphogenesis later in development. Although TTF-1PM protein was readily detected within the nuclei of pulmonary epithelial cells at sites and abundance consistent with that of endogenous TTF-1, expression of a number of known TTF-1 target genes, including surfactant proteins and secretoglobulin 1A, was variably decreased in the mutant mice. Vascular endothelial growth factor mRNA was decreased in association with decreased formation of peripheral pulmonary blood vessels. Genes mediating surfactant homeostasis, vasculogenesis, host defense, fluid homeostasis, and inflammation were highly represented among those regulated by TTF-1. Thus, in contrast to the null Titf1 mutation, the Titf1PM/PM mutant substantially restored lung morphogenesis. Direct and indirect transcriptional targets of TTF-1 were identified that are likely to play important roles in lung formation and function.
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- Mario DeFelice
- Stazione Zoologica A. Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Naples, Italy
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Tell G, Pines A, Paron I, D'Elia A, Bisca A, Kelley MR, Manzini G, Damante G. Redox effector factor-1 regulates the activity of thyroid transcription factor 1 by controlling the redox state of the N transcriptional activation domain. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:14564-74. [PMID: 11834746 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m200582200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [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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Thyroid transcription factor 1 (TTF-1) is a homeodomain-containing transcriptional regulator responsible for the activation of thyroid- and lung-specific genes. It has been demonstrated that its DNA binding activity is redox-regulated in vitro through the formation of dimers and oligomeric species. In this paper, we demonstrate that the redox regulation mainly involves a Cys residue (Cys(87)), which resides out of the DNA binding domain, belonging to the N-transactivation domain. In fact, the oxidized form of a truncated TTF-1 (containing the N-transactivation domain and the DNA-binding domain, here called TTF-1N-HD) looses specific DNA binding activity. Since most of the oxidized TTF-1N-HD is in a monomeric form, these data indicate that the redox state of Cys(87) may control the DNA-binding function of the homeodomain, suggesting that Cys(87) could play an important role in determining the correct folding of the homeodomain. By using gel retardation and transient transfection assays, we demonstrate that the redox effector factor-1 (Ref-1) mediates the redox effects on TTF-1N-HD binding and that it is able to modulate the TTF-1 transcriptional activity. Glutathione S-transferase pull-down experiments demonstrate the occurrence of interaction between Ref-1 and TTF-1N-HD. Having previously demonstrated that Ref-1 is able to modulate the transcriptional activity of another thyroid-specific transcription factor (Pax-8), our data suggest that Ref-1 plays a central role in the regulation of thyroid cells.
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- Gianluca Tell
- Dipartimento di Biochimica, Biofisica e Chimica delle Macromolecole, via Giorgieri 1, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste 34127, Italy.
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Chang A, Ramsay P, Zhao B, Park M, Magdaleno S, Reardon MJ, Welty S, DeMayo FJ. Physiological regulation of uteroglobin/CCSP expression. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2001; 923:181-92. [PMID: 11193756 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb05529.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Uteroglobin/CCSP is expressed specifically in the Clara cells. This allows the gene to be used as a marker to identify the elements regulating the physiologic and cell-specific expression of this gene. The regulation of UG/CCSP by IFN-gamma was shown to be at the level of the proximal promoter by the upregulation of HNF3 beta. This has allowed the determination of the factors responsible for the expression of UG/CCSP.
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- A Chang
- Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza, M725, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Pelosi G, Fraggetta F, Pasini F, Maisonneuve P, Sonzogni A, Iannucci A, Terzi A, Bresaola E, Valduga F, Lupo C, Viale G. Immunoreactivity for thyroid transcription factor-1 in stage I non-small cell carcinomas of the lung. Am J Surg Pathol 2001; 25:363-72. [PMID: 11224607 DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200103000-00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1) is a nuclear protein regulating the transcriptional activity of lung-specific genes in the normal and neoplastic bronchioloalveolar cells. It has been implicated in the normal growth and development of the lung, and the disruption of the TTF-1 locus leads to neonatal death with pulmonary hypoplasia. We evaluated retrospectively the prevalence and clinical significance of TTF-1 immunoreactivity in 222 patients with stage I non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) with a follow-up time of at least 5 years, and we investigated its relationship with other markers of tumor growth, namely cell proliferation and angiogenesis. TTF-1 immunoreactivity was documented by using the commercially available monoclonal antibody 8G7G3/1 in 72% of 97 adenocarcinomas, 5% of 119 squamous cell carcinomas, and in the glandular component of two adenosquamous carcinomas. Four large cell carcinomas were completely unreactive. In adenocarcinomas, but not squamous cell carcinomas, TTF-1 immunoreactivity correlated significantly with microvessel density (p = 0.04) and inversely with the tumor proliferation fraction assessed by Ki-67 immunostaining (p = 0.03). Also, TTF-1-immunoreactive adenocarcinomas showed a trend for a size less than 3 cm (p = 0.08). TTF-1 expression was not related to specific growth patterns, tumor grade, or tumor cell typing. TTF-1 immunoreactivity did not significantly affect patient survival, although patients with more than 75% immunoreactive neoplastic cells showed a trend for longer overall and disease-free survival. Our findings suggest that TTF-1 could be involved in the development of small pulmonary adenocarcinomas, but it has not prognostic implications in patients with stage I NSCLC.
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MESH Headings
- Adenocarcinoma/blood supply
- Adenocarcinoma/metabolism
- Adenocarcinoma/mortality
- Adenocarcinoma/pathology
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Carcinoma, Adenosquamous/blood supply
- Carcinoma, Adenosquamous/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Adenosquamous/mortality
- Carcinoma, Adenosquamous/pathology
- Carcinoma, Large Cell/blood supply
- Carcinoma, Large Cell/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Large Cell/mortality
- Carcinoma, Large Cell/pathology
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/blood supply
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/mortality
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/pathology
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/blood supply
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/mortality
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/pathology
- Disease-Free Survival
- Female
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Lung Neoplasms/blood supply
- Lung Neoplasms/metabolism
- Lung Neoplasms/mortality
- Lung Neoplasms/pathology
- Male
- Microcirculation
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Staging
- Nuclear Proteins/metabolism
- Retrospective Studies
- Survival Rate
- Thyroid Nuclear Factor 1
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- G Pelosi
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, European Institute of Oncology and University of Milan School of Medicine, Milan, Italy.
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Damante G, Tell G, Di Lauro R. A unique combination of transcription factors controls differentiation of thyroid cells. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2001; 66:307-56. [PMID: 11051768 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(00)66033-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The thyroid follicular cell type is devoted to the synthesis of thyroid hormones. Several genes, whose protein products are essential for efficient hormone biosynthesis, are uniquely expressed in this cell type. A set of transcriptional regulators, unique to the thyroid follicular cell type, has been identified as responsible for thyroid specific gene expression; it comprises three transcription factors, named TTF-1, TTF-2, and Pax8, each of which is expressed also in cell types different from the thyroid follicular cells. However, the combination of these factors is unique to the thyroid hormone producing cells, strongly suggesting that they play an important role in differentiation of these cells. An overview of the molecular and biological features of these transcription factors is presented here. Data demonstrating that all three play also an important role in early thyroid development, at stages preceding expression of the differentiated phenotype, are also reviewed. The wide temporal expression, from the beginning of thyroid organogenesis to the adult state, is suggestive of a recycling of the thyroid-specific transcription factors, that is, the control of different sets of target genes at diverse developmental stages. The identification of molecular mechanisms leading to specific gene expression in thyroid cells renders this cell type an interesting model in which to address several aspects of cell differentiation and organogenesis.
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- G Damante
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biomediche Università di Udine
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Puglisi F, Aprile G, Bruckbauer M, Barbone F, Damante G, Guerra S, Beltrami CA, Di Loreto C. Combined analysis of MIB-1 and thyroid transcription factor-1 predicts survival in non-small cell lung carcinomas. Cancer Lett 2001; 162:97-103. [PMID: 11121867 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(00)00625-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The prognostic value of combined immunohistochemical analysis for the thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1) and the proliferation marker MIB-1 was assessed in a consecutive series of non-small cell lung carcinomas (NSCLC). Tumor immunoreactivity for TTF-1 and MIB-1 was classified in three groups (-,+,++) and in two groups (-,+), respectively. Comparison across groups for TTF-1 reactivity showed significantly different survival curves (P=0.04). In particular, the best prognosis was associated with a TTF-1 negative pattern, whereas the TTF-1 '++' cases showed the worst prognosis. A trend towards better prognosis was observed for MIB-1 negative cases (P=0.09). Multivariate analysis confirmed independent prognostic significance of TTF-1 (P=0.002), MIB-1 (P=0.01) and pStage (P=0.04). Accordingly, analysing TTF-1 and MIB-1 together, a better prediction of survival was obtained (P=0.02), with the poorest prognosis for the 'TTF-1++/MIB-1+' cases.
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- F Puglisi
- Department of Clinical Oncology, University of Udine, Piazzale SM Misericordia, 33100, Udine, Italy.
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Yang YS, Yang MC, Wang B, Weissler JC. BR22, a novel protein, interacts with thyroid transcription factor-1 and activates the human surfactant protein B promoter. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2001; 24:30-37. [PMID: 11152647 DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.24.1.4050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Surfactant protein (SP)-B expression is restricted to type II pneumocytes and Clara cells in the lung. Previously, a promoter region of human SP-B gene from -64 to -118 has been identified as critical for the tissue-specific expression of this gene. Two cis-elements for thyroid transcription factor (TTF)-1 and hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-3alpha binding were found within this area. Using an oligonucleotide fragment, we incorporated this region sequence into the promoter of a HIS3 reporter gene in yeast. With this modified yeast a human lung complementary DNA (cDNA) library was screened for DNA-binding proteins, other than TTF-1 and HNF-3alpha, that interacted with this promoter segment. A cDNA clone encoding a novel polypeptide, BR22, was identified that activated the reporter gene expression in yeast. This gene is expressed in many tissues and encodes a protein with bipartite nuclear localization signals. Studies using in vivo yeast two-hybrid analysis, in vitro protein-protein interactions, and coimmunoprecipitation analyses demonstrated that BR22 formed a protein complex with TTF-1. In vivo cotransfection studies further indicated that BR22 could act with TTF-1 to synergistically activate the SP-B promoter in mammalian cells. Our data suggest that BR22 is a TTF-1-associated protein. Through a protein-protein interaction with TTF-1, BR22 can form a complex and activate the human SP-B promoter in vivo.
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- Y S Yang
- Department of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9034, USA.
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Iseki A, Kambe F, Okumura K, Hayakawa T, Seo H. Regulation of thyroid follicular cell function by intracellular redox-active copper. Endocrinology 2000; 141:4373-82. [PMID: 11108245 DOI: 10.1210/endo.141.12.7835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC) is a metal-chelating compound that exerts prooxidant or antioxidant effects and is widely used to study redox regulation of cell function. In the present study, we investigated effects of PDTC on the function of rat thyroid follicular FRTL-5 cells. Treatment of the cells with PDTC resulted in a marked decrease in Pax-8 messenger RNA level and its DNA-binding activity. This decrease was associated with a significant reduction in thyroperoxidase (TPO) messenger RNA level. Expression of TTF-1 and thyroglobulin was not affected by PDTC. Treatment with PDTC also decreased DNA-binding activity of p53, a tumor suppressor protein, and increased cell proliferation rates. These changes were not observed by the treatment with another antioxidant, N-acetyl-L-cysteine, suggesting that the metal-chelating, prooxidant property of PDTC is responsible for its effects. Indeed, the intracellular level of copper was significantly increased by PDTC. Treatment with bathocuproinedisulfonic acid, a noncell-permeable chelator of Cu1+, abrogated the copper increase by PDTC and its effects on Pax-8 and TPO expression as well as on p53 binding. Taken together, these results indicate that the intracellular level of redox-active copper is crucial for Pax-8 and TPO expression and for proliferation of thyroid follicular cells.
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- A Iseki
- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Japan
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Nakazato M, Chung HK, Ulianich L, Grassadonia A, Suzuki K, Kohn LD. Thyroglobulin repression of thyroid transcription factor 1 (TTF-1) gene expression is mediated by decreased DNA binding of nuclear factor I proteins which control constitutive TTF-1 expression. Mol Cell Biol 2000; 20:8499-512. [PMID: 11046146 PMCID: PMC102156 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.20.22.8499-8512.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Follicular thyroglobulin (TG) selectively suppresses the expression of thyroid-restricted transcription factors, thereby altering the expression of thyroid-specific proteins. In this study, we investigated the molecular mechanism by which TG suppresses the prototypic thyroid-restricted transcription factor, thyroid transcription factor 1 (TTF-1), in rat FRTL-5 thyrocytes. We show that the region between bp -264 and -153 on the TTF-1 promoter contains two nuclear factor I (NFI) elements whose function is involved in TG-mediated suppression. Thus, NFI binding to these elements is critical for constitutive expression of TTF-1; TG decreases NFI binding to the NFI elements in association with TG repression. NFI is a family of transcription factors that is ubiquitously expressed and contributes to constitutive and cell-specific gene expression. In contrast to the contribution of NFI proteins to constitutive gene expression in other systems, we demonstrate that follicular TG transcriptionally represses all NFI RNAs (NFI-A, -B, -C, and -X) in association with decreased NFI binding and that the RNA levels decrease as early as 4 h after TG treatment. Although TG treatment for 48 h results in a decrease in NFI protein-DNA complexes measured in DNA mobility shift assays, NFI proteins are still detectable by Western analysis. We show, however, that the binding of all NFI proteins is redox regulated. Thus, diamide treatment of nuclear extracts strongly reduces the binding of NFI proteins, and the addition of higher concentrations of dithiothreitol to nuclear extracts from TG-treated cells restores NFI-DNA binding to levels in extracts from untreated cells. We conclude that NFI binding to two NFI elements, at bp -264 to -153, positively regulates TTF-1 expression and controls constitutive TTF-1 levels. TG mediates the repression of TTF-1 gene expression by decreasing NFI RNA and protein levels, as well as by altering the binding activity of NFI, which is redox controlled.
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- M Nakazato
- Cell Regulation Section, Metabolic Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Marshall HE, Merchant K, Stamler JS. Nitrosation and oxidation in the regulation of gene expression. FASEB J 2000; 14:1889-900. [PMID: 11023973 DOI: 10.1096/fj.00.011rev] [Citation(s) in RCA: 310] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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A growing body of evidence suggests that the cellular response to oxidative and nitrosative stress is primarily regulated at the level of transcription. Posttranslational modification of transcription factors may provide a mechanism by which cells sense these redox changes. In bacteria, for example, OxyR senses redox-related changes via oxidation or nitrosylation of a free thiol in the DNA binding region. This mode of regulation may serve as a paradigm for redox-sensing by eukaryotic transcription factors as most-including NF-kappaB, AP-1, and p53-contain reactive thiols in their DNA binding regions, the modification of which alters binding in vitro. Several of these transcription factors have been found to be sensitive to both reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide-related species in vivo. It remains entirely unclear, however, if oxidation or nitrosylation of eukaryotic transcription factors is an important mode of regulation, or whether transcriptional activating pathways are principally controlled at other redox-sensitive levels.-Marshall, H. E., Merchant, K., Stamler, J. S. Nitrosation and oxidation in the regulation of gene expression.
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- H E Marshall
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Steadman DJ, Giuffrida D, Gelmann EP. DNA-binding sequence of the human prostate-specific homeodomain protein NKX3.1. Nucleic Acids Res 2000; 28:2389-95. [PMID: 10871372 PMCID: PMC102730 DOI: 10.1093/nar/28.12.2389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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NKX3.1 is a member of the NK class of homeodomain proteins and is most closely related to Drosophila NK-3. NKX3.1 has predominantly prostate-specific expression in the adult human. Previous studies suggested that NKX3.1 exerts a growth-suppressive effect on prostatic epithelial cells and controls differentiated glandular functions. Using a binding site selection assay with recombinant NKX3.1 protein we identified a TAAGTA consensus binding sequence that has not been reported for any other NK class homeoprotein. By electromobility shift assay we demonstrated that NKX3.1 preferentially binds the TAAGTA sequence rather than the binding site for Nkx2.1 (CAAGTG) or Msx1 (TAATTG). Using mutated binding sites in competitive gel shift assays, we analyzed the nucleotides in the TAAGTA consensus sequence that are important for NKX3.1 binding. The consensus binding site of a naturally occurring polymorphic NKX3.1 protein with arginine replaced by cysteine at position 52 was identical to the wild-type binding sequence. The binding affinities of wild-type and polymorphic NKX3.1 for the TAAGTA consensus site were very similar, with values of 20 and 22 nM, respectively. Wild-type and polymorphic NKX3.1 specifically repressed transcription of luciferase from a reporter vector with three copies of the NKX3.1-binding site upstream from a thymidine kinase promoter. The data show that among NK family proteins NKX3.1 binds a novel DNA sequence and can behave as an in vitro transcriptional repressor.
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- D J Steadman
- Department of Oncology, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University School of Medicine, 3800 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC 20007-2197, USA
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Glasser SW, Burhans MS, Eszterhas SK, Bruno MD, Korfhagen TR. Human SP-C gene sequences that confer lung epithelium-specific expression in transgenic mice. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2000; 278:L933-45. [PMID: 10781423 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.2000.278.5.l933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We used transgenic mice to identify cis-active regions of the human pulmonary surfactant protein C (SP-C) gene that impart tissue- and cell-specific expression in vivo in the lung. Approximately 3.7 kb of genomic SP-C DNA upstream of the transcription start site was sufficient to direct chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) reporter gene expression specifically in bronchiolar and alveolar epithelial cells of the lung. To further define cis-active regulatory elements that mediate cell-specific expression, we tested deletions of the parental 3.7-kb human SP-C sequence in transgenic mice. Tissue CAT assays of mice generated with truncations or overlapping internal deletions of the 3.7-kb construct functionally map alveolar cell-specific regulatory elements to within -215 bp of the SP-C promoter. Analysis of SP-C promoter deletions demonstrate that sequences between -3.7 kb and -1.9 kb contain enhancer sequences that stimulate SP-C transgene expression. In situ hybridization studies demonstrate that deletion of the -1,910- to -215-bp region abolishes the ectopic bronchiolar expression seen with the original 3.7-kb SP-C promoter construct. Comparison of sequences from -215 to +1 bp identified consensus binding sites for the homeodomain transcription factor thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1). Cotransfection assays of the human 3.7-kb SP-C or -1,910- to -215-bp SP-C deletion construct with a TTF-1 expression plasmid demonstrates that TTF-1 transactivates the human SP-C gene. These results suggest that the TTF-1 cis-active sites are important in directing cell-specific expression of the SP-C gene in vivo.
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- S W Glasser
- Division of Pulmonary Biology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3039, USA.
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Katoh R, Kawaoi A, Miyagi E, Li X, Suzuki K, Nakamura Y, Kakudo K. Thyroid transcription factor-1 in normal, hyperplastic, and neoplastic follicular thyroid cells examined by immunohistochemistry and nonradioactive in situ hybridization. Mod Pathol 2000; 13:570-6. [PMID: 10824930 DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3880098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1) has been known to regulate the transcriptional activity of thyroid-specific genes. We examined the expression of TTF-1 in non-neoplastic and neoplastic thyroid tissues. By immunohistochemistry, the nuclei of normal and hyperplastic follicular cells strongly reacted with the antibody against TTF-1. Immunohistochemistry also revealed a distinctive nuclear positivity of TTF-1 in all 33 differentiated follicular cell tumors, including 15 follicular adenomas, 5 follicular carcinomas, and 13 papillary carcinomas. No immunoreactions were observed in three of four undifferentiated carcinomas, whereas an isolated and weak nuclear positivity was obtained in one. In normal and hyperplastic tissues, the distribution of TTF-1 was fairly related to that of thyroid-specific proteins thyroglobulin and thyroperoxidase. However, discrepancies in the distribution were observed in tumor tissues. By in situ hybridization, the riboprobe hybridized distinctively with the cytoplasm of neoplastic cells as well as normal follicular cells. Papillary carcinoma cells expressed TTF-1 mRNA in all but two cases, and its expression was also demonstrated in one of four undifferentiated carcinomas. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction confirmed the presence of TTF-1 mRNA in two human undifferentiated carcinoma cell lines, TTA-1 and TTA-2. In conclusion, the investigation of TTF-1 provides useful information on the functional activities and/or differentiation of thyroid tumors and may lead to an increase in our understanding of the biologic nature of thyroid tumors.
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- R Katoh
- Department of Pathology, Yamanashi Medical University School of Medicine, Tamaho, Japan.
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Lonigro R, Donnini D, Fabbro D, Perrella G, Damante G, Ambesi Impiombato FS, Curcio F. Thyroid-specific gene expression is differentially influenced by intracellular glutathione level in FRTL-5 cells. Endocrinology 2000; 141:901-9. [PMID: 10698164 DOI: 10.1210/endo.141.3.7388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Alteration of the redox potential has been proposed as a mechanism influencing gene expression. Reduced glutathione (GSH) is one of the cellular scavengers involved in the regulation of the redox potential. To test the role that GSH may play in thyroid cells, we cultured a differentiated rat thyroid cell strain (FRTL-5) in the presence of L-buthionine-(S,R)-sulfoximine (BSO). BSO affects GSH synthesis by irreversibly inhibiting gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase (EC 6.3.2.2), a specific enzyme involved in GSH synthesis. BSO-treated FRTL-5 cells show a great decrease in the GSH level, whereas malondialdehyde increases in the cell culture medium as a sign of lipid peroxidation. In these conditions the activity of two thyroid-specific promoters, thyroglobulin (Tg) and thyroperoxidase (TPO), is strongly reduced in transient transfection experiments. As both Tg and TPO promoters depend upon the thyroid-specific transcription factors, thyroid-specific transcription factor-1 (TTF-1) and Pax-8 for full transcriptional activity, we tested whether reduction of GSH concentration impairs the activity of these transcription factors. After BSO treatment of FRTL-5 cells, both transcription factors fail to trans-activate the respective chimerical targets, C5 and B-cell specific activating protein promoters, containing, respectively, multimerized TTF-1- or Pax-8-binding sites only as well as the Tg and TPO natural promoters. Northern analysis revealed that endogenous Tg messenger RNA (mRNA) expression is also reduced by BSO treatment, whereas endogenous TPO expression is not modified. Furthermore, the Pax-8 mRNA steady state concentration does not change in BSO-treated cells, whereas TTF-1 mRNA slightly decreases. Immunoblotting analysis of FRTL-5 nuclear extracts does not show significant modification of the Pax-8 concentration in BSO-treated cells, whereas a decrease of 25% in TTF-1 protein is revealed. Furthermore, BSO treatment decreases the DNA-binding activity to the respective consensus sequence of both transcription factors. Finally, different mechanisms seem to act on TTF-1 and Pax-8 functional impairment in BSO-treated cells. Indeed, with a lowered GSH concentration, the overexpressed Pax-8 still activates transcription efficiently, whereas, on the contrary, the overexpressed TTF-1 does not recover its transactivation capability when the respective chimerical target sequences are used (C5 and BSAP). When the natural Tg and TPO promoter sequences are used, overexpression of Pax-8 parallels the effect on both promoters observed using the chimeric target sequences, whereas overexpression of TTF-1 increases TPO promoter transcriptional activity only.
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- R Lonigro
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biomediche, Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy.
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Reactive oxygen species are produced by all aerobic cells and are widely believed to play a pivotal role in aging as well as a number of degenerative diseases. The consequences of the generation of oxidants in cells does not appear to be limited to promotion of deleterious effects. Alterations in oxidative metabolism have long been known to occur during differentiation and development. Experimental perturbations in cellular redox state have been shown to exert a strong impact on these processes. The discovery of specific genes and pathways affected by oxidants led to the hypothesis that reactive oxygen species serve as subcellular messengers in gene regulatory and signal transduction pathways. Additionally, antioxidants can activate numerous genes and pathways. The burgeoning growth in the number of pathways shown to be dependent on oxidation or antioxidation has accelerated during the last decade. In the discussion presented here, we provide a tabular summary of many of the redox effects on gene expression and signaling pathways that are currently known to exist.
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- R G Allen
- Lankenau Medical Research Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Wynnewood, PA 19106, USA
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Ohmori M, Harii N, Endo T, Onaya T. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha regulation of thyroid transcription factor-1 and Pax-8 in rat thyroid FRTL-5 cells. Endocrinology 1999; 140:4651-8. [PMID: 10499522 DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.10.7021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is known to modulate the expression of thyroid-specific genes, such as thyroglobulin (TG), contributing to the pathogenesis of autoimmune thyroid disease. In the present study, we show that TNF-alpha suppresses DNA-binding activity of thyroid transcription factors, Pax-8 and thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1), which is, in part, involved in TNF-alpha-induced decrease in TG gene expression. Transfected into rat thyroid FRTL-5 cells, the activity of reporter plasmid containing the rat TG promoter ligated to a luciferase gene was significantly suppressed in the presence of TNF-alpha. In gel mobility shift analyses, protein-DNA complexes formed by TTF-1 and Pax-8 were reduced when the nuclear extracts prepared from TNF-alpha-treated FRTL-5 cells were used. The suppressive effect of TNF-alpha on TTF-1-DNA complex formation is, in part, caused by suppression of TTF-1 gene transcription by TNF-alpha. Expressions of TTF-1 messenger RNA and protein, which were assessed by Northern blot and Western blot analyses, respectively, were decreased by TNF-alpha treatment of FRTL-5 cells. In contrast, TNF-alpha did not affect the expression of Pax-8 messenger RNA. Treatment of FRTL-5 cells with TNF-alpha caused a decrease in Pax-8 protein in nuclear extracts and accumulation of the protein in the cytoplasm, as assessed by Western blot analyses. Mutation of the TTF-1/Pax-8-binding site lost the TNF-alpha-induced decrease in TG promoter activity in a transfection experiment. These results indicate that TNF-alpha suppresses the activity of TTF-1 and Pax-8 by different mechanisms, which, in part, seem to be involved in TNF-alpha-induced decrease in TG gene expression.
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- M Ohmori
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Yamanashi Medical University, Tamaho, Japan
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Tanaka H, Makino Y, Okamoto K. Thioredoxin in the endocrine response to stress. VITAMINS AND HORMONES 1999; 57:153-75. [PMID: 10232049 DOI: 10.1016/s0083-6729(08)60643-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Adaptation to stress evokes a variety of biological responses, including activation of the hypothalamic--pituitary--adrenal (HPA) axis and synthesis of a panel of stress-response proteins at cellular levels: for example, expression of thioredoxin (TRX) is significantly induced under oxidative conditions. Glucocorticoids, as a peripheral effector of the HPA axis, exert their action via interaction with a ligand-inducible transcription factor glucocorticoid receptor (GR). However, how these stress responses coordinately regulate cellular metabolism is still unknown. We demonstrate that either antisense TRX expression or cellular treatment with H2O2 negatively modulates GR function and decreases glucocorticoid-inducible gene expression. Impaired cellular response to glucocorticoids is rescued by overexpression of TRX, most probably through the functional replenishment of the GR. Moreover, not only the ligand binding domain but the DNA binding domain of the GR is also suggested to be a direct target of TRX. Together, we propose that cellular glucocorticoid responsiveness is coordinately modulated by redox state and TRX level, suggesting that cross-talk between neuro-endocrine control of stress responses and cellular antioxidant systems may be essential for mammalian adaptation processes.
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- H Tanaka
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical College, Japan
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Sugawara M, Sugawara Y, Wen K. Methimazole and propylthiouracil increase cellular thyroid peroxidase activity and thyroid peroxidase mRNA in cultured porcine thyroid follicles. Thyroid 1999; 9:513-8. [PMID: 10365684 DOI: 10.1089/thy.1999.9.513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Methimazole (MMI) and propylthiouracil (PTU) are common antithyroid drugs for treating hyperthyroidism because the 2 drugs inhibit thyroid peroxidase (TPO)-catalyzed thyroid hormone formation. We studied whether the 2 drugs actually inhibit cellular TPO activity in cultured porcine follicles. Porcine follicles were cultured in the presence of 1 mU/mL thyrotropin (TSH) for 7 days. Then follicles were exposed to MMI or PTU in the presence of 0.1 microM Kl for 2 days. TPO activity was measured in the 100,000 x g-pellet of the thyroid sonicate by the guaiacol oxidation method. Exposure to MMI (1 microM and 10 microM) or PTU (10 microM and 100 microM) for 2 days caused a significant increase in cellular TPO activity; 100 microM MMI inhibited cellular TPO activity. The presence of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)-generating system (forskolin) in TSH-free medium increased MMI-mediated TPO activity. Cyclohexamide inhibited MMI-mediated TPO activation, indicating that new protein synthesis is required for increased TPO activity. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) showed an increase in TPO mRNA by PTU or MMI. In conclusion, MMI and PTU at therapeutic concentrations can increase TPO mRNA and cellular TPO activity, although the 2 drugs inhibit the TPO-H2O2-mediated catalytic reaction.
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- M Sugawara
- West Los Angeles Veterans Affair Medial Center and Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, California 90073, USA.
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Perrone L, Tell G, Di Lauro R. Calreticulin enhances the transcriptional activity of thyroid transcription factor-1 by binding to its homeodomain. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:4640-5. [PMID: 9988700 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.8.4640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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 are often regulated by associated protein cofactors that are able to modify their activity by several different mechanisms. In this study we show that calreticulin, a Ca2+-binding protein with chaperone activity, binds to thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1), a homeodomain-containing protein implicated in the differentiation of lung and thyroid. The interaction between calreticulin and TTF-1 appears to have functional significance because it results in increased transcriptional stimulation of TTF-1-dependent promoters. Calreticulin binds to the TTF-1 homeodomain and promotes its folding, suggesting that the mechanism involved in stimulation of transcriptional activity is an increase of the steady-state concentration of active TTF-1 protein in the cell. We also demonstrate that calreticulin mRNA levels in thyroid cells are under strict control by the thyroid-stimulating hormone, thus implicating calreticulin in the modulation of thyroid gene expression by thyroid-stimulating hormone.
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- L Perrone
- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Napoli, Italy
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Shaw-White JR, Bruno MD, Whitsett JA. GATA-6 activates transcription of thyroid transcription factor-1. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:2658-64. [PMID: 9915795 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.5.2658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1) is expressed in respiratory epithelial cells, where it regulates the transcription of target genes expressed in a cell-selective manner. GATA-5 and -6, members of the zinc finger family of transcription factors, are also expressed in various cell types within in the developing lung. In the present work, GATA-6 mRNA was detected in adult mouse lung, purified mouse type II epithelial cells, and differentiated mouse pulmonary adenocarcinoma cells (MLE-15 cells), being co-expressed with TTF-1 mRNA. In order to test whether GATA factors regulated TTF-1 gene transcription, GATA-5 and -6 expression vectors were co-transfected with TTF-1 luciferase expression vector. GATA-6, but not GATA-5, markedly activated TTF-1 gene transcription in HeLa cells. EMSA and supershift analysis with GATA-6 antiserum demonstrated that GATA-6 in MLE-15 cell nuclear extracts bound to an element located 96-101 base pairs from major start of TTF-1 gene transcription. Site directed mutagenesis of the GATA element in the TTF-1 promoter region inhibited transactivation by GATA-6 in HeLa cells. GATA-6 is co-expressed with TTF-1 in the respiratory epithelium in vivo and respiratory epithelial cells in vitro. GATA-6 strongly enhanced activity of the human TTF-1 gene promoter in vitro. These findings support the concept that GATA-6 may play an important role in lung cell differentiation and gene expression, at least in part by altering the expression of TTF-1 and its potential targets.
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- J R Shaw-White
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3039, USA
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Tanaka H, Makino Y, Okamoto K, Iida T, Yan K, Yoshikawa N. Redox regulation of the glucocorticoid receptor. Antioxid Redox Signal 1999; 1:403-23. [PMID: 11233142 DOI: 10.1089/ars.1999.1.4-403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Redox regulation is currently considered as a mode of signal transduction for coordinated regulation of a variety of cellular processes. The transcriptional regulation of gene expression is also influenced by cellular redox state, most possibly through the oxido-reductive modification of transcription factors. The glucocorticoid receptor belongs to a nuclear receptor superfamily and acts as a ligand-dependent transcription factor. We demonstrate that the glucocorticoid receptor function is regulated via redox-dependent mechanisms at multiple levels. Moreover, it is suggested that redox regulation of the receptor function is one of dynamic cellular responses to environmental stimuli and plays an important role in orchestrated crosstalk between central and peripheral stress responses.
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- H Tanaka
- Department of Clinical Immunology and AIDS Research Center, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.
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Extracellular stimuli elicit a variety of responses, such as cell proliferation and differentiation, through the cellular signalling system. Binding of growth factors to the respective receptor leads to the activation of receptor tyrosine kinases, which in turn stimulate downstream signalling systems such as mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases, phospholipase Cgamma (PLCgamma) and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. These biochemical reactions finally reach the nucleus, resulting in gene expression mediated by the activation of several transcription factors. Recent studies have revealed that cellular signalling pathways are regulated by the intracellular redox state. Generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as H2O2, leads to the activation of protein tyrosine kinases followed by the stimulation of downstream signalling systems including MAP kinase and PLCgamma. The activation of PLCgamma by oxidative radical stress elevates the cellular Ca2+ levels by flux from the intracellular Ca2+ pool and from the extracellular space. Such reactions in the upstream signalling cascade, in concert, result in the activation of several transcription factors. On the other hand, reductants generally suppress the upstream signalling cascade resulting in the suppression of transcription factors. However, it is well known that cysteine residues in a reduced state are essential for the activity of many transcription factors. In fact, in vitro, oxidation of NFkappaB results in its activation, whereas reductants promote its activity. Thus, cellular signalling pathways are generally subjected to dual redox regulation in which redox has opposite effects on upstream signalling systems and downstream transcription factors. Not only are the cellular signalling pathways subjected to redox regulation, but also the signalling systems regulate the cellular redox state. When cells are activated by extracellular stimuli, the cells produce ROS, which in turn stimulate other cellular signalling pathways, indicating that ROS act as second messengers. It is thus evident that there is cross talk between the cellular signalling system and the cellular redox state. Cell death and life also are subjected to such dual redox regulation and cross talk. Death signals induce apoptosis through the activation of caspases in the cells. Oxidative radical stress induces the activation of caspases, whereas the oxidation of caspases results in their inactivation. Furthermore, some cell-death signals induce the production of ROS in the cells, and the ROS produced in turn stimulate the cell-death machinery. All this evidence shows that the cell's fate is determined by cross talk between the cellular signalling pathways and the cellular redox state through a complicated regulation mechanism.
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- H Kamata
- Department of Life Science, Faculty of Science, Himeji Institute of Technology, Hyogo, Japan.
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Suzuki K, Lavaroni S, Mori A, Okajima F, Kimura S, Katoh R, Kawaoi A, Kohn LD. Thyroid transcription factor 1 is calcium modulated and coordinately regulates genes involved in calcium homeostasis in C cells. Mol Cell Biol 1998; 18:7410-22. [PMID: 9819427 PMCID: PMC109322 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.12.7410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/1998] [Accepted: 08/27/1998] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Thyroid transcription factor 1 (TTF-1) was identified for its critical role in thyroid-specific gene expression; its level in the thyroid is regulated by thyrotropin-increased cyclic AMP levels. TTF-1 was subsequently found in lung tissue, where it regulates surfactant expression, and in certain neural tissues, where its function is unknown. Ligands or signals regulating TTF-1 levels in lung or neural tissue are unknown. We recently identified TTF-1 in rat parafollicular C cells and parathyroid cells. In this report, we show that TTF-1 is present in the parafollicular C cells of multiple species and that it interacts with specific elements on the 5'-flanking regions of the extracellular Ca2+-sensing receptor (CaSR), calmodulin, and calcitonin genes in C cells. When intracellular Ca2+ levels are increased or decreased in C cells, by the calcium ionophore A23187, by physiologic concentrations of the P2 purinergic receptor ligand ATP, or by changes in extracellular Ca2+ levels, the promoter activity, RNA levels, and binding of TTF-1 to these genes are, respectively, decreased or increased. The changes in TTF-1 inversely alter CaSR gene and calcitonin gene expression. We show, therefore, that TTF-1 is a Ca2+-modulated transcription factor that coordinately regulates the activity of genes critical for Ca2+ homeostasis by parafollicular C cells. We hypothesize that TTF-1 similarly coordinates Ca2+-dependent gene expression in all cells in which TTF-1 and the CaSR are expressed, i. e., parathyroid cells, neural cells in the anterior pituitary or hippocampus, and keratinocytes.
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- K Suzuki
- Cell Regulation Section, Metabolic Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Whitsett JA, Glasser SW. Regulation of surfactant protein gene transcription. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1408:303-11. [PMID: 9813380 DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4439(98)00076-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Surfactant protein concentrations are precisely maintained during fetal development and postnatally controlled, at least in part, by the regulation of gene transcription and/or mRNA stability. Together, these mechanisms contribute to the unique temporal-spatial distribution of surfactant protein synthesis that is characteristic of the mammalian lung. Surfactant proteins A, B and C are expressed primarily in subsets of respiratory epithelial cells, wherein their expression is modified by developmental, physiological, humoral and inflammatory stimuli. Cell specific and humoral regulation of surfactant protein transcription is determined by the interactions of a number of nuclear transcription proteins that function in combination, by binding to cis-acting elements located in the 5' regulatory regions of each of the surfactant protein genes. The unique combination of distinct and shared cis-acting elements and transcriptional proteins serves to modulate surfactant protein synthesis in the lung. The present review will summarize efforts to identify the mechanisms contributing to the regulation of surfactant protein gene transcription in the lung, focusing to the nuclear transcription factor, TTF-1 (or thyroid transcription factor-1), a member of the Nkchi2 family of nuclear transcription proteins. A complete review of regulatory aspects of surfactant homeostasis is beyond the scope of the present summary.
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- J A Whitsett
- Divisions of Neonatology and Pulmonary Biology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA.
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Braun H, Suske G. Combinatorial action of HNF3 and Sp family transcription factors in the activation of the rabbit uteroglobin/CC10 promoter. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:9821-8. [PMID: 9545321 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.16.9821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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It has been reported that respiratory epithelium-specific transcription is mediated by thyroid transcription factor 1 and members of the HNF3/forkhead family of transcription factors. Here, we show that the uteroglobin/Clara cell 10-kDa promoters from rabbit and man are regulated by HNF3alpha and HNF3beta but not by HFH-4 and TTF-1. We have identified two HNF3-responsive elements in the rabbit uteroglobin/CC10 promoter located around 95 and 130 base pairs upstream of the transcriptional start site. Both elements contribute to promoter activity in H441 cells expressing uteroglobin/CC10 and HNF3alpha. Gene transfer experiments into Drosophila Schneider cells that lack many mammalian transcription factor homologs revealed that HNF3alpha and HNF3beta on their own cannot activate the uteroglobin/CC10 promoter. However, HNF3alpha and HNF3beta strongly enhanced Sp1-mediated promoter activation. Synergistic activation by HNF3alpha and Sp1 was absolutely dependent on the integrity of two Sp1 sites located at around -65 and -230. We show further that multiple activation domains of Sp1 are required for cooperativity with HNF3alpha. These studies demonstrate that transcription from the rabbit uteroglobin/CC10 promoter in lung epithelium is controlled by the combinatorial action of the cell-specific factor HNF3alpha and the ubiquitous factor Sp1.
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- H Braun
- Institut für Molekularbiologie und Tumorforschung, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Emil-Mannkopff-Strasse 2, D-35037 Marburg, Germany
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Thulke-Gross M, Hergenhahn M, Tilloy-Ellul A, Lang M, Bartsch H. Pyrazole-inducible proteins in DBA/2 mouse liver bind with high affinity to the 3'-untranslated regions of the mRNAs of coumarin hydroxylase (CYP2A5) and c-jun. Biochem J 1998; 331 ( Pt 2):473-81. [PMID: 9531487 PMCID: PMC1219378 DOI: 10.1042/bj3310473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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An important mechanism in the up-regulation of cytochrome P-450 2A5 (CYP2A5, coumarin hydroxylase, Coh) is the stabilization of the corresponding mRNA; some evidence suggests that proteins binding to CYP2A5 mRNA may be involved in this stabilization. Here we report that pyrazole, a well known inducer of CYP2A5 and stabilizer of its message, enhances the binding of a set of proteins to 32P-labelled 3'-untranslated region (3'UTR) of CYP2A5 to give 32P-labelled bands of apparent molecular mass 37/39, 45/48 and 70/72 kDa after UV cross-linking/RNase cleavage; in addition, we found different proteins binding to other parts of CYP2A5 mRNA. The 70/72 kDa bands are also formed with the 3'UTR of c-jun. The inducible proteins are found in different cellular subfractions at different concentrations, with a maximum of five-fold induction of binding activity in microsomes. When a gel-mobility-shift assay was combined with UV cross-linking to resolve different pyrazole-inducible RNA-protein complexes into single RNA-binding protein bands, the smallest complex contained a double band of 37/39 kDa, 45/48 kDa bands, 70/72 kDa bands, and additional weaker bands at higher molecular masses (around 120 kDa). This composition was found also for all other complexes detected by gel-mobility-shift assay; occasionally, bands at higher molecular masses were also observed. The proteins of the smallest complex might therefore represent a core with which other proteins interact to build up larger complexes. Binding of proteins 37/39 kDa and 70/72 kDa was located to a 20-base loop and adjacent sequences in a 70 nt AU-rich region of the 3'UTR of the CYP2A5. Based on our previous evidence, this 70-nt sequence may play an important role in the stabilization and processing of the message.
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- M Thulke-Gross
- Division of Toxicology and Cancer Risk Factors, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Allen RG. Oxidative stress and superoxide dismutase in development, aging and gene regulation. AGE 1998; 21:47-76. [PMID: 23604352 PMCID: PMC3455717 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-998-0007-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Free radicals and other reactive oxygen species are produced in the metabolic pathways of aerobic cells and affect a number of biological processes. Oxidation reactions have been postulated to play a role in aging, a number of degenerative diseases, differentiation and development as well as serving as subcellular messengers in gene regulatory and signal transduction pathways. The discovery of the activity of superoxide dismutase is a seminal work in free radical biology, because it established that free radicals were generated by cells and because it made removal of a specific free radical substance possible for the first time, which greatly accelerated research in this area. In this review, the role of reactive oxygen in aging, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (a neurodegenerative disease), development, differentiation, and signal transduction are discussed. Emphasis is also given to the role of superoxide dismutases in these phenomena.
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Hamdan H, Liu H, Li C, Jones C, Lee M, deLemos R, Minoo P. Structure of the human Nkx2.1 gene. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1396:336-48. [PMID: 9545595 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(97)00210-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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NKX2.1 is a member of the NK2 family of homeodomain-containing transcriptional factors which binds to and activates the promoters of thyroid and pulmonary epithelial genes. We have cloned and sequenced twelve human lung NKx2.1 cDNAs. To elucidate the origin of Nkx2.1 transcripts, we also cloned and sequenced a 12 kb human Nkx2.1 genomic clone. Alignment of cDNA sequences with the genomic clone showed that contrary to previous reports, the human Nkx2.1 gene is organized into three exons and two introns. The newly discovered exon I contains an ATG codon that falls in frame with the previously identified Nkx2.1 initiator ATG codon on one of the cDNAs, designated 5E. Northern blot analysis shows that an mRNA of approximately 2.5 kb in size, homologous to 5E, is expressed in both lung and thyroid. The deduced amino acid sequence of the longest open reading frame on 5E is identical to NKX2.1 with the exception of a 30 amino acid N-terminal extension. Coupled in vitro transcription/translation of the 5E cDNA confirms that the open reading frame is translated into a contiguous polypeptide of 44 kDa. Analysis of Nkx2.1 genomic DNA fragments suggest that at least two independent regions, one within the first intron and the other 5' of the first exon may mediate the basal promoter activity of the Nkx2.1 gene in lung epithelial cells.
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- H Hamdan
- Department of Pediatrics, Women's and Children's Hospital, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033, USA
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Tell G, Perrone L, Fabbro D, Pellizzari L, Pucillo C, De Felice M, Acquaviva R, Formisano S, Damante G. Structural and functional properties of the N transcriptional activation domain of thyroid transcription factor-1: similarities with the acidic activation domains. Biochem J 1998; 329 ( Pt 2):395-403. [PMID: 9425125 PMCID: PMC1219057 DOI: 10.1042/bj3290395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The thyroid transcription factor 1 (TTF-1) is a tissue-specific transcription factor involved in the development of thyroid and lung. TTF-1 contains two transcriptional activation domains (N and C domain). The primary amino acid sequence of the N domain does not show any typical characteristic of known transcriptional activation domains. In aqueous solution the N domain exists in a random-coil conformation. The increase of the milieu hydrophobicity, by the addition of trifluoroethanol, induces a considerable gain of alpha-helical structure. Acidic transcriptional activation domains are largely unstructured in solution, but, under hydrophobic conditions, folding into alpha-helices or beta-strands can be induced. Therefore our data indicate that the inducibility of alpha-helix by hydrophobic conditions is a property not restricted to acidic domains. Co-transfections experiments indicate that the acidic domain of herpes simplex virus protein VP16 (VP16) and the TTF-1 N domain are interchangeable and that a chimaeric protein, which combines VP16 linked to the DNA-binding domain of TTF-1, undergoes the same regulatory constraints that operate for the wild-type TTF-1. In addition, we demonstrate that the TTF-1 N domain possesses two typical properties of acidic activation domains: TBP (TATA-binding protein) binding and ability to activate transcription in yeast. Accordingly, the TTF-1 N domain is able to squelch the activity of the p65 acidic domain. Altogether, these structural and functional data suggest that a non-acidic transcriptional activation domain (TTF-1 N domain) activates transcription by using molecular mechanisms similar to those used by acidic domains. TTF-1 N domain and acidic domains define a family of proteins whose common property is to activate transcription through the use of mechanisms largely conserved during evolutionary development.
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- G Tell
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biomediche, Università degli Studi di Udine, Via Gervasutta 48, 33100 Udine, Italy
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Mascia A, De Felice M, Lipardi C, Gentile R, Calì G, Zannini M, Di Lauro R, Nitsch L. Transfection of TTF-1 gene induces thyroglobulin gene expression in undifferentiated FRT cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1354:171-81. [PMID: 9396634 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(97)00127-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The thyroglobulin gene, the substrate for thyroid hormone biosynthesis, is not expressed in the FRT cell line, which, even though it manifests the polarised epithelial phenotype, does not express any of the thyroid functional properties. Two transcription factors, TTF-1 and Pax-8, have been implicated in thyroid specific expression of the thyroglobulin gene. FRT cells contain Pax-8 but they lack TTF-1. In this paper, we show that transfection of TTF-1 expression vectors in FRT cells results in activation of thyroglobulin gene expression. If the expression vector encoded for TTF-1-ER, a fusion gene coding for the entire TTF-1 protein fused to the hormone-binding domain of the steroid receptor, under the control of the RSV promoter, thyroglobulin gene expression was controlled by estrogen. These data provide a direct demonstration that TTF-1 activates the chromosomal thyroglobulin promoter. Since transfection of TTF-1 expression vectors in non-thyroid cell types did not result in thyroglobulin gene expression, it is suggested that Pax-8, in addition, perhaps, to a specific cellular environment, might be required for thyroid specific expression of the thyroglobulin gene.
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- A Mascia
- Centro di Endocrinologia ed Oncologia Sperimentale del CNR - Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Primiano T, Sutter TR, Kensler TW. Redox regulation of genes that protect against carcinogens. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 1997; 118:487-97. [PMID: 9467861 DOI: 10.1016/s0305-0491(97)00221-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Most carcinogens require activation to electrophilic metabolites or species that generate reactive oxygen in order to initiate the tumorigenic process. These reactive intermediates can, in turn, be detoxified by endogenous enzyme systems that and in the protection of cells from either toxic or mutagenic product formation. The levels of many of these enzymes are elevated by numerous compounds found in the diet, or by antioxidants. Recent evidence describes the mechanism for this induction of carcinogen detoxication enzymes to be regulated at the transcriptional level. Nuclear transcription factors bound to sites common among these carcinogen detoxication genes are activated by as yet unknown signal transduction pathways. The activity of these nuclear transcription factors are modulated by pro- and antioxidant reagents, suggesting that a redox-sensitive component governs the induction of enzymes involved in carcinogen metabolism. In this review, evidence for the redox regulation of the genes encoding carcinogen detoxication enzymes is presented. Evidence is also presented suggesting the participation of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B), mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase, and basic leucine zipper (bZIP) proteins and their activation pathways in this induction.
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- T Primiano
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Statuto M, Audebet C, Tonoli H, Selmi-Ruby S, Rousset B, Munari-Silem Y. Restoration of cell-to-cell communication in thyroid cell lines by transfection with and stable expression of the connexin-32 gene. Impact on cell proliferation and tissue-specific gene expression. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:24710-6. [PMID: 9305943 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.39.24710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Normal thyroid epithelial cells coexpress connexin-32 and connexin-43, which form distinct gap junctions. In primary culture, connexin-43 is expressed by thyrocytes in monolayers or reorganized into follicles, whereas the expression of connexin-32 is dependent upon the reconstitution of follicles. To study the functional impact of connexin-32 gap junctions in thyroid cells, we transfected connexin-32 cDNA in two thyroid-derived communication-deficient cell lines, FRT and FRTL-5. The selected clones, which stably expressed connexin-32 at high levels and exhibited high gap junction-mediated dye-coupling, presented a reduced proliferation rate as compared with that of the corresponding wild-type FRT and FRTL-5 cells; the mean population doubling time was increased by approximately 35%. The proliferation of connexin-32-transfected FRTL-5 cells remained thyrotropin-dependent; the range of thyrotropin concentrations that stimulated growth was the same in transfected and control cells. The expression of connexin-32 led to an increase of thyroglobulin gene expression in FRTL-5 cells. The expression of two other tissue-specific proteins, thyroid transcription factor-1 and Pax-8, was unchanged. These findings provide evidence that connexin-32 gap junction-mediated cell-to-cell communication participates in the control of growth and differentiation of thyroid cells.
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- M Statuto
- INSERM U369, Faculté de Médecine Lyon-RTH Laënnec, rue G. Paradin, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France
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