title: TGF-beta 1 inhibition of transin/stromelysin gene expression is mediated through a Fos binding sequence.
abstract: Transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) inhibits the growth factor and oncogene induction of transin/stromelysin, a secreted matrix-degrading metalloprotease. We demonstrate that a 10 bp element in the transin promoter is required for the TGF-beta 1 inhibitory effects and that this sequence is conserved in the promoter regions of several other TGF-beta 1-inhibited genes. The TGF-beta 1 inhibitory element (TIE) specifically binds a nuclear protein complex from TGF-beta 1-stimulated rat fibroblasts. Interestingly, this complex contained the c-fos proto-oncogene product, Fos, and induction of Fos expression was required for the inhibitory effect of TGF-beta 1 on transin gene expression. These results suggest that TGF-beta 1 inhibition of gene expression is mediated by the binding of a Fos-containing protein complex to the TIE promoter sequences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232.
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Matrisian
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D019278:Matrix Metalloproteinase 3; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D010957:Plasmids; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D051381:Rats; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection; D015291:Transforming Growth Factors / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D015291:Transforming Growth Factors; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; D019278:Matrix Metalloproteinase 3