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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-8-24
pubmed:abstractText
The transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta) and Wnt/wingless pathways play pivotal roles in tissue specification during development. Activation of Smads, the effectors of TGFbeta superfamily signals, results in Smad translocation from the cytoplasm into the nucleus where they act as transcriptional comodulators to regulate target gene expression. Wnt/wingless signals are mediated by the DNA-binding HMG box transcription factors lymphoid enhancer binding factor 1/T cell-specific factor (LEF1/TCF) and their coactivator beta-catenin. Herein, we show that Smad3 physically interacts with the HMG box domain of LEF1 and that TGFbeta and Wnt pathways synergize to activate transcription of the Xenopus homeobox gene twin (Xtwn). Disruption of specific Smad and LEF1/TCF DNA-binding sites in the promoter abrogates synergistic activation of the promoter. Consistent with this observation, introduction of Smad sites into a TGFbeta-insensitive LEF1/TCF target gene confers cooperative TGFbeta and Wnt responsiveness to the promoter. Furthermore, we demonstrate that TGFbeta-dependent activation of LEF1/TCF target genes can occur in the absence of beta-catenin binding to LEF1/TCF and requires both Smad and LEF1/TCF DNA-binding sites in the Xtwn promoter. Thus, our results show that TGFbeta and Wnt signaling pathways can independently or cooperatively regulate LEF1/TCF target genes and suggest a model for how these pathways can synergistically activate target genes.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CTNNB1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Catnb protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cytoskeletal Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Homeodomain Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/LEF1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lef1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lymphoid Enhancer-Binding Factor 1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SMAD2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SMAD3 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SMAD4 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Smad Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Smad2 Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Smad2 protein, Xenopus, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Smad2 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Smad3 Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Smad3 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Smad4 Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Smad4 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Trans-Activators, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transforming Growth Factor beta, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Twin protein, Xenopus, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Wnt Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Xenopus Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Xsmad4a protein, Xenopus, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Xsmad4b protein, Xenopus, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Zebrafish Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/beta Catenin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/beta-catenin protein, Xenopus, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/madh3 protein, Xenopus, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/smad4 protein, zebrafish
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
18
pubmed:volume
97
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8358-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
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