Volume 19, No 1, Jan 2009

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
(Clarivate Analytics, 2019)

Volume 19 Issue 1, January 2009: 140-148

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Smad3 mediates immediate early induction of Id1 by TGF-β

Yao-Yun Liang, F Charles Brunicardi and Xia Lin

Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, BCM-390, Research Tower, Room R711, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA Correspondence: Xia Lin,(xialin@bcm.edu )

Id1 is a member of the inhibitor of differentiation (Id) protein family that regulates a wide range of cell functions. Previous studies have shown that expression of the Id1 gene is down-regulated by TGF-β in epithelial cells, whereas it is up-regulated by BMP in a variety of cell types. During our study of the biological function of TGF-β1, we found that Id1 can be strongly up-regulated by TGF-β1 in the human mammary gland epithelial cell line MCF10A. Quantitative real-time RT-PCR has revealed as high as 7.5-fold induction of Id1 mRNA by TGF-β1 in MCF10A cells after 1 h of TGF-β1 stimulation, and this induction does not require de novo protein synthesis. Using Smad knockdown and knockout approaches, we have identified Smad3 as the responsible R-Smad for mediating transcriptional activation of the Id1 gene. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assay confirms that Smad3 and Smad4 bind to the upstream region of the Id1 gene. Our results demonstrate that Smad3, but not Smad2, mediates TGF-β1-dependent early transcriptional induction of Id1.

Cell Research (2009) 19:140-148. doi: 10.1038/cr.2008.321; published online 16 December 2008

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