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Control of cardiac gene transcription by fibroblast growth factors

M D Schneider et al. Mol Reprod Dev. 1994 Sep.

Abstract

Skeletal alpha-actin (SkA) is representative of the cardiac genes that are expressed at high levels in embryonic myocardium, downregulated after birth, and reactivated by tropic signals including basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2) and type beta transforming growth factors (TGF beta). To investigate the molecular basis for cardiac-restricted and growth factor-induced SkA transcription, we have undertaken a mutational analysis of the SkA promoter in neonatal ventricular myocytes, with emphasis on the role of three nominal serum response elements. Serum response factor (SRF) and the bifunctional factor YY1 are the predominant cardiac proteins contacting the proximal SRE (SRE1). Mutations of SRE1 that prevent recognition by SRF and YY1. or SRF alone, virtually abolish SkA transcription; mutation of distal SREs was ineffective. A mutation which selectively abrogates YY1 binding increases expression, substantiating the predicted role of YY1 as an inhibitor of SRF effects. SkA transcription requires combinational action of SRE1 with consensus sites for Sp1 and the SV40 enhancer binding protein, TEF-1. As an isolated motif, SRE1 can confer responsiveness to both FGF-2 and TGF beta to a heterologous promoter. Whether TEF-1 binding sites likewise can function as FGF response elements is unknown. Molecular dissection of mechanisms that govern the differentiated cardiac phenotype has largely been undertaken to date in neonatal ventricular myocytes, as the adult ventricular myocyte has been refractory to conventional procedures for gene transfer. To circumvent expected limitations of other methods, we have used replication-deficient adenovirus to achieve efficient gene transfer to adult cardiac cells in culture.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Control of cardiac gene transcription by fibroblast growth factors - PubMed