title: Adrenomedullin in adipocyte differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells.
abstract: Expression of adrenomedullin (AM), a potent vasodilator peptide, was studied during adipocyte differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs). Immunoreactive AM levels in the medium were increased at day 4 and 8 of the adipocyte differentiation. Northern blot analysis showed increased expression of AM mRNA in hMSCs-derived adipocytes at day 4, 8, 12, and 18. Transient transfection assay showed that the promoter activity was higher in hMSCs-derived adipocytes than in hMSCs, when cells were transfected with plasmids containing a cis-acting region (-70/-29) of the human AM gene. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay showed that specific bands bound to the region (-70/-29) in hMSCs-derived adipocytes but not in hMSCs, and were abolished by the stimulatory protein 1 (Sp1) antibody. The present study has shown that AM expression is up-regulated during adipocyte differentiation of hMSCs probably via the interaction between Sp1 or Sp1-related factor(s) and the AM promoter region (-70/-29).
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Applied Physiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575, Japan.
authors.forename: Yin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shibahara
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D017667:Adipocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D053607:Adrenomedullin / Q000378:metabolism*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D059630:Mesenchymal Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D053607:Adrenomedullin