Title
The Notch-responsive transcription factor Hes-1 attenuates osteocalcin promoter activity in osteoblastic cells
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Cell Biology
Publication Date
2009-10-12
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Amino Acid Motifs; Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription; Factors; Biological Markers; E-Box Elements; Gene Expression Regulation; Homeodomain Proteins; Mice; Molecular Sequence Data; Organ Specificity; Osteoblasts; Osteocalcin; *Promoter Regions, Genetic; Protein Binding; Rats; Receptors, Notch; Repressor Proteins; Transcription, Genetic
Disciplines
Cell Biology
Abstract
Notch signaling plays a key role in osteoblast differentiation. A major transcriptional downstream regulator of this pathway is the helix-loop-helix (HLH) transcription factor Hairy/Enhancer of Split 1 (Hes-1). Here we investigated the function of Hes-1 in osteoblastic cells. Endogenous Hes-1 gene expression decreases during progression of bone cell phenotype development in MC3T3-E1 osteoblasts suggesting that it is a negative regulator of osteoblast differentiation. Forced expression of Hes-1 inhibits osteocalcin (OC) mRNA levels, and luciferase assays indicate that Hes-1 directly represses OC promoter activity. In vitro and in vivo protein/DNA interaction assays reveal that recombinant Hes-1 binds specifically to an E-box in the proximal promoter of the OC gene. Deletion of the Hes-1 WRPW domain (MHes-1) that recruits the co-repressor Groucho abrogates repression of OC promoter activity by Hes-1, but also blocks Hes-1 binding to the promoter. The latter result suggests that exogenous Hes-1 may be recruited to the OC promoter by both protein/DNA and protein/protein interactions. We conclude that the Notch-responsive Hes-1 protein is capable of repressing OC gene transcription in osteoblastic cells through an E-box in the proximal promoter. Hes-1 may contribute to osteoblast growth and differentiation by controlling basal bone-specific transcription directly through interactions with transcriptional regulators that are known to bind to the OC gene promoter.
DOI of Published Version
10.1002/jcb.22299
Source
J Cell Biochem. 2009 Oct 15;108(3):651-9. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of cellular biochemistry
Related Resources
PubMed ID
19670267
Repository Citation
Zhang, Ying; Lian, Jane B.; Stein, Janet L.; Van Wijnen, Andre J.; and Stein, Gary S., "The Notch-responsive transcription factor Hes-1 attenuates osteocalcin promoter activity in osteoblastic cells" (2009). Stein, Stein, Lian, vanWijnen Lab Publications. 30.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/stein/30