PMID- 35339097 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220519 LR - 20220525 IS - 1879-0534 (Electronic) IS - 0010-4825 (Linking) VI - 145 DP - 2022 Jun TI - A computational study to assess the polymorphic landscape of matrix metalloproteinase 3 promoter and its effects on transcriptional activity. PG - 105404 LID - S0010-4825(22)00196-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2022.105404 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Matrix metalloproteinase 3 (MMP3) plays a crucial role in cancer progression and development by proteolyzing extracellular matrix substrates. Primarily, the expression of MMP3 is regulated at the transcriptional level. The minute interplay of various transcription factor binding motifs at the promoter region is responsible for the altered expression of the genes. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) at the transcription factor binding sites shows specific effects on gene expressions. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) strongly reported the association of common SNPs (rs3025058, rs522616, and rs617819) of MMP3 promoter with disease progression. The insufficient functional analysis of these promoter SNPs indicates the need for extensive mechanistic analysis on the effects of allelic variants upon transcription factor binding at MMP3 promoter. METHODS: The binding of transcription factors on the MMP3 promoter sequence was investigated by a virtual laboratory. The interaction between the specific transcription factor and promoter DNA with allelic variants was analyzed by computational tools. RESULTS: It was found that transcription factor c-Myb and Smad4 binding on MMP3 promoter were altered due to the presence of rs522616 and rs617819 SNPs, respectively. Further, the binding affinity of Smad4 to the MMP3 promoter containing C allele at -375 region is higher than that of its allelic variant G. CONCLUSION: This study presented that the complex of Smad4-DNA fragment containing C allele has higher binding affinity and stability as compared with its allelic variant. Hence, it is predicted that rs617819 polymorphism directly affects the Smad4 binding motif on MMP3 promoter and alters its gene expression. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Banik, Payel AU - Banik P AD - School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India; Department of Physiology, A.B.N. Seal College, Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India. FAU - Majumder, Ranabir AU - Majumder R AD - School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. FAU - Mandal, Anik AU - Mandal A AD - Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. FAU - Dey, Sanjib AU - Dey S AD - Life Sciences Solutions Group, Thermo Fisher Scientific. Invitrogen Bioservices India Pvt. Ltd, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. FAU - Mandal, Mahitosh AU - Mandal M AD - School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. Electronic address: mahitosh@smst.iitkgp.ac.in. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220315 PL - United States TA - Comput Biol Med JT - Computers in biology and medicine JID - 1250250 RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) RN - EC 3.4.24.17 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 3) SB - IM MH - DNA MH - *Genome-Wide Association Study MH - *Matrix Metalloproteinase 3/genetics MH - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics MH - Transcription Factors/genetics OTO - NOTNLM OT - MMP3 promoter OT - Molecular docking OT - Molecular dynamics simulation OT - Polymorphism OT - SNP OT - Smad4 OT - Transcription factor binding sites OT - rs617819 EDAT- 2022/03/27 06:00 MHDA- 2022/05/20 06:00 CRDT- 2022/03/26 20:12 PHST- 2021/11/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/03/11 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/03/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/03/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/05/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/03/26 20:12 [entrez] AID - S0010-4825(22)00196-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2022.105404 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Comput Biol Med. 2022 Jun;145:105404. doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2022.105404. Epub 2022 Mar 15.