Fibulin-5 gene expression in human lung fibroblasts is regulated by TGF-[beta] and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase activity

Fibulin-5 (FBLN5), an extracellular matrix glycoprotein required for normal elastogenesis, is coordinately expressed with elastin during lung injury and repair. We found that treatment with transforming growth factor... (TGF...) induced a rapid but transient increase in FBLN5 heterogeneous nuclear R...

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Published in:American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology 2006-12, Vol.291 (6), p.C1412
Main Authors: Ping-Ping Kuang, Joyce-Brady, Martin, Xiao-Hui, Zhang, Jyb-Chang, Jean, Goldstein, Ronald H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Binding sites
Cellular biology
Gene expression
Glycoproteins
Kinases
Lungs
Ribonucleic acid
RNA
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Summary:Fibulin-5 (FBLN5), an extracellular matrix glycoprotein required for normal elastogenesis, is coordinately expressed with elastin during lung injury and repair. We found that treatment with transforming growth factor... (TGF...) induced a rapid but transient increase in FBLN5 heterogeneous nuclear RNA (hnRNA) followed by a sustained increased in the steady-state level of FBLN5 mRNA. The transcription start site of the human FBLN5 gene was localized at 221 nucleotides upstream of the translation start site by using primer extension, Northern blots, and functional analysis of transcriptional activity in reporter plasmids containing 5'-flanking regions. TGF-... markedly increased FBLN5 promoter activity in transient transfection assays. Two putative Smad-binding sites were identified within the proximal promoter and are required for this TGF... induction. Electrophoretic gel mobility shift assay revealed that TGF-... strongly increased binding of Smad2 and Smad3 nuclear complexes to the proximal FBLN5 promoter and induced a Smad2/3-dependent binding of slow migrating nuclear protein complex. FBLN5 mRNA induction by TGF-... was blocked by pretreatment with TGF-... receptor inhibitor SB-431542, the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (P13-kinase) inhibitor LY-294002, and actinomycin D. Basal and TGF...-induced FBLN5 hnRNA and mRNA were strongly and proportionally decreased by LY-294002, as was TGF-...-induced phosphorylation of Akt, but not Smad3, as measured by Western blot analysis. In addition, LY-294002 markedly and proportionally decreased FBLN5 promoter activity in transient transfection analyses with TGF...-treated or untreated lung fibroblasts. These studies demonstrate that induction of FBLN5 gene expression in lung fibroblasts is mediated via canonical TGF-.../Smad signaling and requires the P13-kinase/Akt pathway. (ProQuest Information and Learning: ... denotes formulae omitted.)
ISSN:0363-6143
1522-1563