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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-8
pubmed:abstractText
Collagen expression is coupled to cell structure in connective tissue. We propose that nuclear matrix architectural transcription factors link cell shape with collagen promoter geometry and activity. We previously indicated that nuclear matrix proteins (NP/NMP4) interact with the rat type I collagen alpha1(I) polypeptide chain (COL1A1) promoter at two poly(dT) sequences (sites A and B) and bend the DNA. Here, our objective was to determine whether NP/NMP4-COL1A1 binding influences promoter activity and to clone NP/NMP4. Promoter-reporter constructs containing 3.5 kilobases (kb) of COL1A1 5' flanking sequence were fused to a reporter gene. Mutation of site A or site B increased promoter activity in rat UMR-106 osteoblast-like cells. Several full-length complementary DNAs (cDNAs) were isolated from an expression library using site B as a probe. These clones expressed proteins with molecular weights and COLIA1 binding activity similar to NP/NMP4. Antibodies to these proteins disrupted native NP/NMP4-COL1A1 binding activity. Overexpression of specific clones in UMR-106 cells repressed COL1A1 promoter activity. The isolated cDNAs encode isoforms of Cys2His2 zinc finger proteins that contain an AT-hook, a motif found in architectural transcription factors. Some of these isoforms recently have been identified as Cas-interacting zinc finger proteins (CIZ) that localize to fibroblast focal adhesions and enhance metalloproteinase gene expression. We observed NP/NMP4/CIZ expression in osteocytes, osteoblasts, and chondrocytes in rat bone. We conclude that NP/NMP4/CIZ is a novel family of nuclear matrix transcription factors that may be part of a general mechanical pathway that couples cell structure and function during extracellular matrix remodeling.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0884-0431
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
10-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Alternative Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Antigens, Nuclear, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Bone Development, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Bone and Bones, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Collagen, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Nuclear Matrix, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Nuclear Matrix-Associated Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Osteoblasts, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Protein Isoforms, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Response Elements, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11149472-Zinc Fingers
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Cloning and functional analysis of a family of nuclear matrix transcription factors (NP/NMP4) that regulate type I collagen expression in osteoblasts.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Oral Biology, Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.