Neurokinin-B transcription in erythroid cells - Direct activation by the hematopoietic transcription factor GATA-1

Pal, S., Nemeth, M. J., Bodine, D., Miller, J. L., Svaren, J., Thein, S. L., Lowry, P. J. and Bresnick, E. H. (2004) Neurokinin-B transcription in erythroid cells - Direct activation by the hematopoietic transcription factor GATA-1. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279 (30). pp. 31348-31356. ISSN 1083-351X doi: 10.1074/jbc.M403475200

Abstract/Summary

The GATA family of transcription factors establishes genetic networks that control developmental processes including hematopoiesis, vasculogenesis, and cardiogenesis. We found that GATA-1 strongly activates transcription of the Tac-2 gene, which encodes proneurokinin-B, a precursor of neurokinin-B (NK-B). Neurokinins function through G protein-coupled transmembrane receptors to mediate diverse physiological responses including pain perception and the control of vascular tone. Whereas an elevated level of NK-B was implicated in pregnancy-associated pre-eclampsia ( Page, N. M., Woods, R. J., Gardiner, S. M., Lomthaisong, K., Gladwell, R. T., Butlin, D. J., Manyonda, I. T., and Lowry, P. J. ( 2000) Nature 405, 797 - 800), the regulation of NK-B synthesis and function are poorly understood. Tac-2 was expressed in normal murine erythroid cells and was induced upon ex vivo erythropoiesis. An estrogen receptor fusion to GATA-1 (ER-GATA-1) and endogenous GATA-1 both occupied a region of Tac-2 intron-7, which contains two conserved GATA motifs. Genetic complementation analysis in GATA-1-null G1E cells revealed that endogenous GATA-2 occupied the same region of intron-7, and expression of ER-GATA-1 displaced GATA-2 and activated Tac-2 transcription. Erythroid cells did not express neurokinin receptors, whereas aortic and yolk sac endothelial cells differentially expressed neurokinin receptor subtypes. Since NK-B induced cAMP accumulation in yolk sac endothelial cells, these results suggest a new mode of vascular regulation in which GATA-1 controls NK-B synthesis in erythroid cells.

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Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences
Uncontrolled Keywords	SUBSTANCE-K RECEPTOR, DNA-BINDING, TACHYKININ RECEPTORS, VASCULAR, ENDOTHELIUM, CHROMATIN DOMAIN, PRECURSOR CELLS, NERVOUS-SYSTEM, IN-VITRO, GENE, EXPRESSION
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