4.Zinc Finger Protein 451 is a novel Smad corepressor in Transforming Growth Factor-β signaling

编辑: Date:2013/12/16

J Biol Chem. 2014 Jan 24;289(4):2072-83. 
 
Yili Feng, Hongxing Wu, Yongxian Xu,Zhengmao Zhang, Ting Liu, Xia Lin, Xin-Hua Feng*

Abstract

Zinc Figure Protein451 (ZNF451) is a transcriptional cofactor localized to promyelocytic leukemia (PML) bodies. Here, we present evidence demonstrating that ZNF451 physically interacts with Smad3/4 and functionally inhibits TGF-β signaling. Increased expression of ZNF451 attenuates TGF-β-induced growth inhibitory and gene transcriptional responses, whereas depletion of ZNF451 enhances TGF-β responses. Mechanistically, ZNF451 blocks the ability of Smad3/4 to recruit p300 in response to TGF-β, which causes reduction of histone H3K9 acetylation on the promoters of TGF-β target genes. Taken together, ZNF451 acts as a transcriptional corepressor for Smad3/4 and negatively regulates TGF-β signaling.

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