Department of Experimental Pathology, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences and Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8575, Japan.
J Biol Chem. 2013 Jul 12;288(28):20658-67. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.450478. Epub 2013 Jun 4.
Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) has multiple functions in embryogenesis, adult homeostasis, tissue repair, and development of cancer. Here, we report that TGF-β suppresses the transcriptional activation of the heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) gene, which is implicated in protection against oxidative injury and lung carcinogenesis. HO-1 is a target of the oxidative stress-responsive transcription factor Nrf2. TGF-β did not affect the stabilization or nuclear accumulation of Nrf2 after stimulation with electrophiles. Instead, TGF-β induced expression of transcription factors MafK and Bach1. Enhanced expression of either MafK or Bach1 was enough to suppress the electrophile-inducible expression of HO-1 even in the presence of accumulated Nrf2 in the nucleus. Knockdown of MafK and Bach1 by siRNA abolished TGF-β-dependent suppression of HO-1. Furthermore, chromatin immunoprecipitation assays revealed that Nrf2 substitutes for Bach1 at the antioxidant response elements (E1 and E2), which are responsible for the induction of HO-1 in response to oxidative stress. On the other hand, pretreatment with TGF-β suppressed binding of Nrf2 to both E1 and E2 but marginally increased the binding of MafK to E2 together with Smads. As TGF-β is activated after tissue injury and in the process of cancer development, these findings suggest a novel mechanism by which damaged tissue becomes vulnerable to oxidative stress and xenobiotics.
转化生长因子-β(TGF-β)在胚胎发生、成人内稳态、组织修复和癌症发展中具有多种功能。在这里,我们报告 TGF-β 抑制血红素加氧酶-1(HO-1)基因的转录激活,该基因参与保护免受氧化损伤和肺癌发生。HO-1 是氧化应激反应转录因子 Nrf2 的靶标。TGF-β 在用亲电子试剂刺激后不影响 Nrf2 的稳定或核积累。相反,TGF-β 诱导转录因子 MafK 和 Bach1 的表达。表达增强的 MafK 或 Bach1 足以抑制亲电子诱导的 HO-1 表达,即使核中积累了 Nrf2。通过 siRNA 敲低 MafK 和 Bach1 可消除 TGF-β 对 HO-1 的依赖性抑制。此外,染色质免疫沉淀分析表明,Nrf2 取代 Bach1 结合到抗氧化反应元件(E1 和 E2),这是对氧化应激诱导 HO-1 表达的负责。另一方面,TGF-β 的预处理抑制了 Nrf2 与 E1 和 E2 的结合,但适度增加了 MafK 与 E2 结合,同时与 Smads 结合。由于 TGF-β 在组织损伤后和癌症发展过程中被激活,这些发现表明受损组织易受氧化应激和外源性物质影响的新机制。