PMID- 20466877 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100921 LR - 20211203 IS - 1530-6860 (Electronic) IS - 0892-6638 (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 9 DP - 2010 Sep TI - TAZ as a novel enhancer of MyoD-mediated myogenic differentiation. PG - 3310-20 LID - 10.1096/fj.09-151324 [doi] AB - Myoblast differentiation is indispensable for skeletal muscle formation and is governed by the precisely coordinated regulation of a series of transcription factors, including MyoD and myogenin, and transcriptional coregulators. TAZ (transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif) has been characterized as a modulator of mesenchymal stem cell differentiation into osteoblasts and adipocytes through its regulation of lineage-specific master transcription factors. In this study, we investigated whether TAZ affects myoblast differentiation, which is one of the differentiated lineages of mesenchymal stem cells. Ectopic overexpression of TAZ in myoblasts increases myogenic gene expression in a MyoD-dependent manner and hastens myofiber formation, whereas TAZ knockdown delays myogenic differentiation. In addition, enforced coexpression of TAZ and MyoD in fibroblasts accelerates MyoD-induced myogenic differentiation. TAZ physically interacts with MyoD through the WW domain and activates MyoD-dependent gene transcription. TAZ additionally enhances the interaction of MyoD with the myogenin gene promoter. These results strongly suggest that TAZ functions as a novel transcriptional modulator of myogenic differentiation by promoting MyoD-mediated myogenic gene expression. FAU - Jeong, Hana AU - Jeong H AD - College of Pharmacy and Division of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ewha Woman's University, Science Bldg C206, 11-1 Daehyun-Dong, Sudaemun-Ku, Seoul 120-750, Korea. FAU - Bae, Sujung AU - Bae S FAU - An, Su Yeon AU - An SY FAU - Byun, Mi Ran AU - Byun MR FAU - Hwang, Jun-Ha AU - Hwang JH FAU - Yaffe, Michael B AU - Yaffe MB FAU - Hong, Jeong-Ho AU - Hong JH FAU - Hwang, Eun Sook AU - Hwang ES LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20100513 PL - United States TA - FASEB J JT - FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology JID - 8804484 RN - 0 (MyoD Protein) RN - 0 (Myogenin) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - EC 2.3.- (Acyltransferases) RN - EC 2.3.- (tafazzin protein, mouse) SB - IM MH - Acyltransferases MH - Animals MH - Cell Differentiation/genetics/*physiology MH - Cell Line MH - Chromatin Immunoprecipitation MH - Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay MH - Fluorescent Antibody Technique MH - Immunoblotting MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Immunoprecipitation MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - MyoD Protein/genetics/*metabolism MH - Myoblasts/cytology/metabolism MH - Myogenin/genetics/metabolism MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism EDAT- 2010/05/15 06:00 MHDA- 2010/09/23 06:00 CRDT- 2010/05/15 06:00 PHST- 2010/05/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/05/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/09/23 06:00 [medline] AID - fj.09-151324 [pii] AID - 10.1096/fj.09-151324 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - FASEB J. 2010 Sep;24(9):3310-20. doi: 10.1096/fj.09-151324. Epub 2010 May 13.