title: Crucial roles of MZF-1 in the transcriptional regulation of apomorphine-induced modulation of FGF-2 expression in astrocytic cultures.
abstract: Apomorphine (APO), a potent D1/D2 dopamine receptor agonist, is used as an anti-parkinsonian drug. It stimulates the synthesis and release of multiple trophic factors in mesencephalic and striatal neurons, preventing the loss of dopaminergic neurons in vitro. Furthermore, APO enhances the biosynthesis and release of FGF-2 by activating dopamine receptors in striatal astrocytes, where cAMP/PKA and PKC/MAPK signalling cascades mediate this process. We investigate the effects of APO on the fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) promoter and its regulation in astrocytes and identify the transcription factor and cis element underlying these effects. In screening for cis-acting elements over the entire region of the FGF-2 promoter stimulated by APO in the astrocytes, a sequence located in the -785/-745 region was found to serve as the cis element. This element was recognized by the human myeloid zinc finger protein 1 (MZF-1) transcription factor. Introducing human MZF-1 plasmid and human MZF-1-specific siRNA has different effects on the FGF-2 promoter. Furthermore, it increases FGF-2 protein expression in HeLa cells and primary astrocytes, indicating that APO stimulates the FGF-2 promoter via the MZF-1 transcription factor. These data suggest that APO can enhance the biosynthesis and release of FGF-2 through the activation of the MZF-1 transcription factor in striatal astrocytes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoying
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Xinhua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Yanqin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Jiawei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001058:Apomorphine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D018491:Dopamine Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D051741:Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D018491:Dopamine Agonists; D051741:Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors; C085969:MZF1 protein, human; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D001058:Apomorphine; D004298:Dopamine