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- Ishisaki, A, et al.
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Nuclear factor Y controls the basal transcription activity of the mouse platelet-derived-growth-factor beta-receptor gene.
- 1997
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Ingår i: European journal of biochemistry. - 0014-2956. ; 246:1, s. 142-6
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- To determine the regulatory mechanism of the expression of the mouse platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) beta-receptor gene, a 1.9-kb 5' flanking genomic fragment was cloned and analyzed. Site-directed mutagenesis of a CCAAT motif, located 60 bp upstream of the transcriptional-start site, completely abolished the promoter activity [Ballagi, A. E., Ishisaki, A., Nelin, J.-O. & Funa, K. (1995) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 210, 165-1751. The sequence around the intact CCAAT motif was protected by in vitro DNase-I-footprinting analysis. Electrophoresis-mobility-shift assays with anti-[nuclear factor Y(NF-Y)]Ig revealed binding of the NF-Y complex to the CCAAT box. Furthermore, the double-stranded oligonucleotides corresponding to the sequence around the CCAAT motif were conjugated with DNA-affinity magnetic beads. The binding proteins were affinity purified and identified as the NF-Y transcription factor by western blotting. Our results indicate that NF-Y controls the basal transcription activity of the mouse PDGF beta-receptor gene.
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- Lange, D, et al.
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Autocrine endothelial regulation in brain stem vessels of newborn piglets.
- 1999
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Ingår i: Histology and histopathology. - 0213-3911. ; 14:3, s. 821-5
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is known as a potent regulator for the development of the central nervous system (CNS). The neonatal period of brain development is characterised by rapid cellular proliferation in parallel with neuronal differentiation and angiogenesis. We examined the expression of native VIP and the VIP receptor-associated protein by immunohistochemistry as well as the expression of VIP mRNA by in situ hybridisation in the brain stem of newborn piglets. We found both the mRNA and the protein of VIP as well as the VIP receptor-associated protein in endothelial cells of veins, arteries and capillaries in the marginal zone of brain stem tissue sections, especially in pons and mesencephalon, as well as in pial vessels. The coexpression of native VIP, VIP mRNA and the VIP receptor-associated protein within the endothelium suggests the presence of an autocrine loop, which has been detected so far only in neuroblastoma cells. This expression pattern gives evidence to the immaturity of endothelial cells at birth and the presence of an adaptive response in the VIP-regulated system during the change from intra- to extrauterine life.
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- Tamura, K, et al.
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Fibronectin stimulates transcription of the platelet-derived growth factor beta-receptor in cultured rat aortic smooth muscle cells.
- 1998
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Ingår i: Biochemical and biophysical research communications. - : Elsevier BV. - 0006-291X. ; 251:3, s. 677-80
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Fibronectin seems to play an important role in promoting the characteristic changes of vascular smooth muscle cells in diabetes mellitus including overexpression of the platelet-derived growth factor beta-receptor. To determine the regulatory mechanism of the beta-receptor by fibronectin, we have analyzed the effect of fibronectin on the expression of the beta-receptor in cultured rat aortic smooth muscle cells using the beta-receptor promoter/luciferase expression vector system. Fibronectin was found to stimulate the expression of the beta-receptor at the transcriptional level. Both a MEK1 inhibitor PD98059 and a tyrosine kinase inhibitor herbimycin A significantly inhibited the fibronectin-stimulated receptor transcription. Herbimycin A also completely inhibited the fibronectin-stimulated increase in tyrosine phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase. These data suggest the involvement of the integrin-mediated mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway downstream of fibronectin stimulation in the activation process of the beta-receptor promoter.
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