Ovol2 suppresses cell cycling and terminal differentiation of keratinocytes by directly repressing c-Myc and Notch1.
Ovol2 belongs to the Ovo family of evolutionarily conserved zinc finger transcription factors that act downstream of key developmental signaling pathways including Wg/Wnt and BMP/TGF-beta. We previously reported Ovol2 expression in the basal layer of epidermis, where epidermal stem/progenitor cells reside. In this work, we use HaCaT human keratinocytes to investigate the cellular and molecular functions of Ovol2. We show that depletion of Ovol2 leads to transient cell expansion but a loss of cells with long term proliferation potential. Mathematical modeling and experimental findings suggest that both faster cycling and precocious withdrawal from the cell cycle underlie this phenotype. Ovol2 depletion also accelerates extracellular signal-induced terminal differentiation in two- and three-dimensional culture models. By chromatin immunoprecipitation, luciferase reporter, and functional rescue assays, we demonstrate that Ovol2 directly represses two critical downstream targets, c-Myc and Notch1, thereby suppressing keratinocyte transient proliferation and terminal differentiation, respectively. These findings shed light on how an epidermal cell maintains a proliferation-competent and differentiation-resistant state.
Wells
Julie
J
Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA.
Lee
Briana
B
Cai
Anna Qianyao
AQ
Karapetyan
Adrine
A
Lee
Wan-Ju
WJ
Rugg
Elizabeth
E
Sinha
Satrajit
S
Nie
Qing
Q
Dai
Xing
X
D000818:Animals; D002453:Cell Cycle; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D002469:Cell Separation; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D051379:Mice; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / Q000378:metabolism*; D051881:Receptor, Notch1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology
C491431:MOVO protein, mouse; C544941:Ovol2 protein, human; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; D051881:Receptor, Notch1; D014157:Transcription Factors
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