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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-12-28
pubmed:abstractText
Atoh1, a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, plays a critical role in the differentiation of several epithelial and neural cell types. We found that beta-catenin, the key mediator of the canonical Wnt pathway, increased expression of Atoh1 in mouse neuroblastoma cells and neural progenitor cells, and baseline Atoh1 expression was decreased by siRNA directed at beta-catenin. The up-regulation of Atoh1 was caused by an interaction of beta-catenin with the Atoh1 enhancer that could be demonstrated by chromatin immunoprecipitation. We found that two putative Tcf-Lef sites in the 3' enhancer of the Atoh1 gene displayed an affinity for beta-catenin and were critical for the activation of Atoh1 transcription because mutation of either site decreased expression of a reporter gene downstream of the enhancer. Tcf-Lef co-activators were found in the complex that bound to these sites in the DNA together with beta-catenin. Inhibition of Notch signaling, which has previously been shown to induce bHLH transcription factor expression, increased beta-catenin expression in progenitor cells of the nervous system. Because this could be a mechanism for up-regulation of Atoh1 after inhibition of Notch, we tested whether siRNA to beta-catenin prevented the increase in Atoh1 and found that beta-catenin expression was required for increased expression of Atoh1 after Notch inhibition.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1083-351X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
285
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
392-400
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19864427-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19864427-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:19864427-Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:19864427-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:19864427-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:19864427-Enhancer Elements, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:19864427-Gene Silencing, pubmed-meshheading:19864427-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19864427-Lymphoid Enhancer-Binding Factor 1, pubmed-meshheading:19864427-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19864427-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:19864427-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:19864427-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:19864427-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:19864427-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:19864427-Receptors, Notch, pubmed-meshheading:19864427-Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:19864427-Up-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:19864427-beta Catenin
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Beta-catenin up-regulates Atoh1 expression in neural progenitor cells by interaction with an Atoh1 3' enhancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural