title: Nuclear factor I transcription factors regulate IGF binding protein 5 gene transcription in human osteoblasts.
abstract: Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 5 (IGFBP5) is expressed in many cell types including osteoblasts and modulates IGF activities. IGFBP5 may affect osteoblasts and bone formation, in part by mechanisms independent of binding IGFs. The highly conserved IGFBP5 proximal promoter within 100 nucleotides of the start of transcription contains functional cis regulatory elements for C/EBP, Myb and AP-2. We report evidence for a functional Nuclear Factor I (NFI) cis element that mediates activation or repression of IGFBP5 transcription by the NFI gene family. All four NFI genes were expressed in human osteoblast cultures and osteosarcoma cell lines. Co-transfection with human IGFBP5 promoter luciferase reporter and murine Nfi expression vectors showed that Nfib was the most active in stimulating transcription. Nfix was less active and Nfia and Nfic were inhibitory. Knockdown of NFIB and NFIC expression using siRNA decreased and increased IGFBP5 expression, respectively. Analysis of IGFBP5 promoter deletion and mutation reporter constructs identified a functional NFI cis element. All four NFI proteins bound the NFI site in electrophoretic mobility shift experiments and NFIB bound in chromatin immunoprecipitation assays. Results suggest that NFI proteins are important regulators of IGFBP5 expression in human osteoblasts and thus in modulating IGFBP5 functions in bone.
authors.affiliation: Jerry L Pettis Memorial Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA 92357, USA.
authors.forename: Laura A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Pérez-Casellas
authors.forename: Xiaoying
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Kristy D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: Mark W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Rehage
authors.forename: Donna D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Strong
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Linkhart
mesh_terms: D015153:Blotting, Western; D002460:Cell Line; D047369:Chromatin Immunoprecipitation; D024202:Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay; D006801:Humans; D018975:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 5 / Q000235:genetics*; D051839:NFI Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology*; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000378:metabolism*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000235:genetics; D034622:RNA Interference; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018975:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 5; D051839:NFI Transcription Factors; C110754:NFIB protein, human; C497647:NFIC protein, human