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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5737
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-8-15
pubmed:abstractText
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a pluripotent cell type that can differentiate into several distinct lineages. Two key transcription factors, Runx2 and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma), drive MSCs to differentiate into either osteoblasts or adipocytes, respectively. How these two transcription factors are regulated in order to specify these alternate cell fates remains a pivotal question. Here we report that a 14-3-3-binding protein, TAZ (transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif), coactivates Runx2-dependent gene transcription while repressing PPARgamma-dependent gene transcription. By modulating TAZ expression in model cell lines, mouse embryonic fibroblasts, and primary MSCs in culture and in zebrafish in vivo, we observed alterations in osteogenic versus adipogenic potential. These results indicate that TAZ functions as a molecular rheostat that modulates MSC differentiation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/BMP2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bmp2 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bone Morphogenetic Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neoplasm Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oligonucleotides, Antisense, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Osteocalcin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/PPAR gamma, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Small Interfering, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TAZ protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Taz protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transforming Growth Factor beta, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Zebrafish Proteins
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
309
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1074-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16099986-Adipocytes, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-Bone Morphogenetic Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-Mesenchymal Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-Oligonucleotides, Antisense, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-Osteoblasts, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-Osteocalcin, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-Osteogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-PPAR gamma, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-Transcriptional Activation, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-Transforming Growth Factor beta, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-Zebrafish, pubmed-meshheading:16099986-Zebrafish Proteins
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
TAZ, a transcriptional modulator of mesenchymal stem cell differentiation.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Cancer Research, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, E18-580, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural