Y-box-binding protein YB-1 mediates transcriptional repression of human alpha 2(I) collagen gene expression by interferon-gamma - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2003 Feb 14;278(7):5156-62.

doi: 10.1074/jbc.M208724200. Epub 2002 Nov 20.

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Y-box-binding protein YB-1 mediates transcriptional repression of human alpha 2(I) collagen gene expression by interferon-gamma

Kiyoshi Higashi et al. J Biol Chem. 2003.

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We have demonstrated previously that a proximal element within the human alpha2(I) collagen gene (COL1A2) promoter mediates transcriptional repression by interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), and designated this region the IFN-gamma response element (IgRE). Screening of a human fibroblast cDNA expression library with a radiolabeled IgRE probe exclusively yielded clones with a sequence identical to that of the transcription factor YB-1. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSA) using various IgRE-derived oligonucleotide probes containing serial two-base mutations showed that YB-1 protein was preferentially bound to the pyrimidine-rich sequence within the IgRE. This region is located immediately downstream of and partly overlaps the previously reported Sp1/Sp3 binding site. Overexpression of YB-1 in human dermal fibroblasts decreased steady state levels of COL1A2 mRNA and repressed COL1A2 promoter activity in a dose-dependent manner. This inhibitory effect of YB-1 on COL1A2 expression was abolished by mutations of the IgRE shown to prevent YB-1 binding in EMSA. In addition, these mutations also abolished the inhibitory effect of IFN-gamma, suggesting that YB-1 mediates the inhibitory action of IFN-gamma on COL1A2 promoter through its binding to the IgRE. Also, overexpression of a deletion mutant YB-1, which lacks the carboxyl-terminal domain, abrogated the repression of COL1A2 transcription by IFN-gamma. A functional correlation between IFN-gamma and YB-1 was further supported by luciferase assays using four tandem repeats of the Y-box consensus oligonucleotide linked to a minimal promoter. EMSA and Western blot analysis using cytoplasmic and nuclear proteins implied that IFN-gamma promotes the nuclear translocation of YB-1. Direct evidence for the nuclear translocation of YB-1 by IFN-gamma was further provided by using a YB-1-green fluorescent protein expression plasmid transfected into human fibroblasts. Altogether, this study represents the definitive identification of the transcription factor responsible for IFN-gamma-elicited inhibition of COL1A2 expression, namely YB-1.

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