Smad3 and Smad4 cooperate with c-Jun/c-Fos to mediate TGF-β-induced transcription
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Smad proteins transduce signals for transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta)-related factors. Smad proteins activated by receptors for TGF-beta form complexes with Smad4. These complexes are translocated into the nucleus and regulate ligand-induced gene transcription. 12-O-tetradecanoyl-13-acetate (TPA)-responsive gene promoter elements (TREs) are involved in the transcriptional responses of several genes to TGF-beta (refs 5-8). AP-1 transcription factors, composed of c-Jun and c-Fos, bind to and direct transcription from TREs, which are therefore known as AP1-binding sites. Here we show that Smad3 interacts directly with the TRE and that Smad3 and Smad4 can activate TGF-beta-inducible transcription from the TRE in the absence of c-Jun and c-Fos. Smad3 and Smad4 also act together with c-Jun and c-Fos to activate transcription in response to TGF-beta, through a TGF-beta-inducible association of c-Jun with Smad3 and an interaction of Smad3 and c-Fos. These interactions complement interactions between c-Jun and c-Fos, and between Smad3 and Smad4. This mechanism of transcriptional activation by TGF-beta, through functional and physical interactions between Smad3-Smad4 and c-Jun-c-Fos, shows that Smad signalling and MAPK/JNK signalling converge at AP1-binding promoter sites.
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The enrichment of Fos/Jun motifs results in the transcriptional upregulation of classic effectors in this signaling pathway, such as SMAD3, SMAD4, TGFB1, and DDIT3.
“Conversely, the enrichment of Fos/Jun motifs results in the transcriptional upregulation of classic effectors in this signaling pathway, such as SMAD3, SMAD4, TGFB1, and DDIT3 (Zhang 1998)47.”
From Occult polyclonality of preclinical pancreatic cancer models drives in vitro evolution (2022) · cites this paper as [47]
The enrichment of Fos/Jun motifs results in the transcriptional upregulation of classic effectors in this signaling pathway, such as SMAD3, SMAD4, TGFB1, and DDIT3.
“Conversely, the enrichment of Fos/Jun motifs results in the transcriptional upregulation of classic effectors in this signaling pathway, such as SMAD3, SMAD4, TGFB1, and DDIT3 (Zhang 1998)47.”
From Occult polyclonality of preclinical pancreatic cancer models drives in vitro evolution (2022) · cites this paper as Zhang 1998
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- Authors
- Zhang, Y., Feng, X.-H., & Derynck, R.
- Affiliations
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Corresponding author
- Derynck, Rik
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 1998-08-27
- Volume
- 394
- Issue
- 6696
- Pages
- 909-913
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W1533133582
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- FWCI
- 25.12
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- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › TGF-β signaling in diseases
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Signaling Pathways in Disease
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling
- Keywords
- Smad3, SMAD4, c-Jun, c-fos, TGF-beta signaling, AP-1 transcription factor, TPA-responsive element, transcriptional activation, MAPK/JNK signaling, protein-protein interaction, transcriptional regulation
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cell Line, DNA-Binding Proteins, Gene Expression Regulation, Luciferases, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Protein Binding, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Transcription, Genetic, Transfection, Signal Transduction, Trans-Activators, Transforming Growth Factor beta, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos, Genes, Reporter, Transcription Factor AP-1, COS Cells, Macromolecular Substances, Smad3 Protein
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