PMID- 8940178 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19970109 LR - 20210209 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 271 IP - 49 DP - 1996 Dec 6 TI - Transcriptional regulation by transforming growth factor beta of the expression of retinoic acid and retinoid X receptor genes in osteoblastic cells is mediated through AP-1. PG - 31602-6 AB - We now report that transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-beta1), a potent regulatory cytokine of bone remodeling, is a powerful stimulator for gene expression of retinoic acid receptors (RARs) and retinoid X receptors (RXRs) in osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells. TGF-beta1 transcriptionally stimulated the expression of RARalpha, RARgamma, and RXRalpha genes, but did not do so for RARbeta, RXRbeta, and RXRgamma genes. We also observed that AP-1, a transcriptional factor, plays an important role in the signal pathway for expression of RARalpha, RARgamma, and RXRalpha genes stimulated by TGF-beta1 because stimulation of the expression of these genes in the cytokine-treated cells was markedly inhibited by a mixture of antisense c-fos and c-jun. A gel mobility shift assay demonstrated that TGF-beta1 is able to increase, in a dose-dependent manner, the binding of nuclear proteins to direct repeat 5, a consensus sequence with high affinity for RAR-RXR heterodimers. The mobility shift assay, using specific antibody for each receptor, showed that direct repeat 5-binding proteins may be RAR and RXR isoforms. The stimulated binding to direct repeat 5 was inhibited strongly by H-7, an inhibitor of serine/threonine kinase, and by curcumin, an inhibitor of AP-1. The present study suggests a novel pathway for TGF-beta1 action in osteoblastic cells via stimulation of RAR-RXR transcriptional activity in a ligand-dependent fashion. FAU - Chen, Y AU - Chen Y AD - Department of Oral Microbiology, Meikai University School of Dentistry, Keyakidai, Sakado City, Saitama 350-02, Japan. FAU - Takeshita, A AU - Takeshita A FAU - Ozaki, K AU - Ozaki K FAU - Kitano, S AU - Kitano S FAU - Hanazawa, S AU - Hanazawa S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) RN - 0 (Receptors, Retinoic Acid) RN - 0 (Retinoid X Receptors) RN - 0 (Transcription Factor AP-1) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta) RN - 84477-87-2 (1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine) RN - IT942ZTH98 (Curcumin) SB - IM MH - 1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine/pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Binding, Competitive MH - Blotting, Northern MH - Cell Line MH - Curcumin/pharmacology MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/*genetics MH - Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Nuclear Proteins/*genetics MH - Osteoblasts/*metabolism MH - Receptors, Retinoic Acid/*genetics MH - Retinoid X Receptors MH - Transcription Factor AP-1/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Transcription Factors/*genetics MH - *Transcription, Genetic MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta/*metabolism EDAT- 1996/12/06 00:00 MHDA- 1996/12/06 00:01 CRDT- 1996/12/06 00:00 PHST- 1996/12/06 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1996/12/06 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1996/12/06 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0021-9258(19)79031-0 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.271.49.31602 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 1996 Dec 6;271(49):31602-6. doi: 10.1074/jbc.271.49.31602.