Sitcheran Raquel, Cogswell Patricia C, Baldwin Albert S
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
Genes Dev. 2003 Oct 1;17(19):2368-73. doi: 10.1101/gad.1114503.
Cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha), potently inhibit the differentiation of mesenchymal cells and down-regulate the expression of Sox9 and MyoD, transcription factors required for chondrocyte and myocyte development. Previously, we demonstrated that NF-kappaB controls TNFalpha-mediated suppression of myogenesis through a mechanism involving MyoD mRNA down-regulation. Here, we show that NF-kappaB also suppresses chondrogenesis and destabilizes Sox9 mRNA levels. Multiple copies of an mRNA cis-regulatory motif (5'-ACUACAG-3') are necessary and sufficient for NF-kappaB-mediated Sox9 and MyoD down-regulation. Thus, in response to cytokine signaling, NF-kappaB modulates the differentiation of mesenchymal-derived cell lineages via RNA sequence-dependent, posttranscriptional down-regulation of key developmental regulators.
细胞因子,如肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNFα),能有效抑制间充质细胞的分化,并下调软骨细胞和肌细胞发育所需的转录因子Sox9和MyoD的表达。此前,我们证明NF-κB通过一种涉及MyoD mRNA下调的机制来控制TNFα介导的肌生成抑制。在此,我们表明NF-κB也抑制软骨生成并使Sox9 mRNA水平不稳定。mRNA顺式调节基序(5'-ACUACAG-3')的多个拷贝对于NF-κB介导的Sox9和MyoD下调是必要且充分的。因此,响应细胞因子信号,NF-κB通过关键发育调节因子的RNA序列依赖性、转录后下调来调节间充质来源细胞谱系的分化。