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Protocadherin-1 binds to SMAD3 and suppresses TGF-?1-induced gene transcription.

Protocadherin-1 binds to SMAD3 and suppresses TGF-?1-induced gene transcription.
Protocadherin-1 binds to SMAD3 and suppresses TGF-?1-induced gene transcription.
Genetic studies have identified Protocadherin-1 (PCDH1) and Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog-3 (SMAD3) as susceptibility genes for asthma. PCDH1 is expressed in bronchial epithelial cells and has been found to interact with SMAD3 in yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) overexpression assays. Here, we test whether PCDH1 and SMAD3 interact at endogenous protein levels in bronchial epithelial cells and evaluate the consequences thereof for transforming growth factor-?1 (TGF-?1)-induced gene transcription. We performed Y2H screens and coimmunoprecipitation (co-IP) experiments of PCDH1 and SMAD3 in HEK293T and 16HBE14o(-) (16HBE) cell lines. Activity of a SMAD3-driven luciferase reporter gene in response to TGF-?1 was measured in BEAS-2B cells transfected with PCDH1 and in 16HBE cells transfected with PCDH1-small-interfering RNA (siRNA). TGF-?1-induced gene expression was quantified in BEAS-2B clones overexpressing PCDH1 and in human primary bronchial epithelial cells (PBECs) transfected with PCDH1-siRNA. We confirm PCDH1 and SMAD3 interactions by Y2H and by co-IP in HEK293T cells overexpressing both proteins, and at endogenous protein levels in 16HBE cells. TGF-?-induced activation of a SMAD3-driven reporter was reduced by exogenous PCDH1 in BEAS2B cells, whereas it was increased by siRNA-mediated knockdown of endogenous PCDH1 in 16HBE cells. Overexpression of PCDH1 suppressed expression of TGF-? target genes in BEAS-2B cells, whereas knockdown of PCDH1 in human PBECs increased TGF-?-induced gene expression. In conclusion, we demonstrate that PCDH1 binds to SMAD3 and regulates its activation by TGF-? signaling in bronchial epithelial cells. We propose that PCDH1 and SMAD3 act in a single pathway in asthma susceptibility that affects sensitivity of the airway epithelium to TGF-?.
Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog-3, airway epithelium, functional genetics, asthma susceptibility, transforming growth factor-?-induced gene expression
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L725-L735
Faura Tellez, Grissel
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Vandepoele, Karl
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Koning, Henk
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Elderman, Robin M.
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Hackett, Tillie-Louise
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Willemse, Brigitte W.M.
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Holloway, John
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Van Roy, Frans
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Elderman, Robin M.
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Hackett, Tillie-Louise
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Willemse, Brigitte W.M.
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Van Roy, Frans
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Faura Tellez, Grissel, Vandepoele, Karl, Brouwer, Uilke, Koning, Henk, Elderman, Robin M., Hackett, Tillie-Louise, Willemse, Brigitte W.M., Holloway, John, Van Roy, Frans, Koppelman, Gerard H. and Nawijn, Martijn C. (2015) Protocadherin-1 binds to SMAD3 and suppresses TGF-?1-induced gene transcription. American Journal of Physiology: Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, 309 (7), L725-L735. (doi:10.1152/ajplung.00346.2014). (PMID:26209277)

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Abstract

Genetic studies have identified Protocadherin-1 (PCDH1) and Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog-3 (SMAD3) as susceptibility genes for asthma. PCDH1 is expressed in bronchial epithelial cells and has been found to interact with SMAD3 in yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) overexpression assays. Here, we test whether PCDH1 and SMAD3 interact at endogenous protein levels in bronchial epithelial cells and evaluate the consequences thereof for transforming growth factor-?1 (TGF-?1)-induced gene transcription. We performed Y2H screens and coimmunoprecipitation (co-IP) experiments of PCDH1 and SMAD3 in HEK293T and 16HBE14o(-) (16HBE) cell lines. Activity of a SMAD3-driven luciferase reporter gene in response to TGF-?1 was measured in BEAS-2B cells transfected with PCDH1 and in 16HBE cells transfected with PCDH1-small-interfering RNA (siRNA). TGF-?1-induced gene expression was quantified in BEAS-2B clones overexpressing PCDH1 and in human primary bronchial epithelial cells (PBECs) transfected with PCDH1-siRNA. We confirm PCDH1 and SMAD3 interactions by Y2H and by co-IP in HEK293T cells overexpressing both proteins, and at endogenous protein levels in 16HBE cells. TGF-?-induced activation of a SMAD3-driven reporter was reduced by exogenous PCDH1 in BEAS2B cells, whereas it was increased by siRNA-mediated knockdown of endogenous PCDH1 in 16HBE cells. Overexpression of PCDH1 suppressed expression of TGF-? target genes in BEAS-2B cells, whereas knockdown of PCDH1 in human PBECs increased TGF-?-induced gene expression. In conclusion, we demonstrate that PCDH1 binds to SMAD3 and regulates its activation by TGF-? signaling in bronchial epithelial cells. We propose that PCDH1 and SMAD3 act in a single pathway in asthma susceptibility that affects sensitivity of the airway epithelium to TGF-?.

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Accepted/In Press date: 22 July 2015
Published date: 1 October 2015
Keywords: Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog-3, airway epithelium, functional genetics, asthma susceptibility, transforming growth factor-?-induced gene expression
Organisations: Human Development & Health, Clinical & Experimental Sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 388342
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/388342
ISSN: 1040-0605
PURE UUID: 916c43d7-530a-41c1-8096-70b69d196fac
ORCID for John Holloway: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-0464

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Date deposited: 24 Feb 2016 11:38
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:56

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Author: Grissel Faura Tellez
Author: Karl Vandepoele
Author: Uilke Brouwer
Author: Henk Koning
Author: Robin M. Elderman
Author: Tillie-Louise Hackett
Author: Brigitte W.M. Willemse
Author: John Holloway ORCID iD
Author: Frans Van Roy
Author: Gerard H. Koppelman
Author: Martijn C. Nawijn

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