The MH1 domain of Smad3 interacts with Pax6 and represses autoregulation of the Pax6 P1 promoter

Grocott, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6321-401X, Frost, Victoria, Maillard, Marjorie, Johansen, Terje, Wheeler, Grant N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4335-8577, Dawes, Lucy J., Wormstone, I. Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6423-7766 and Chantry, Andrew (2007) The MH1 domain of Smad3 interacts with Pax6 and represses autoregulation of the Pax6 P1 promoter. Nucleic Acids Research, 35 (3). pp. 890-901. ISSN 0305-1048

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Abstract

Pax6 transcription is under the control of two main promoters (P0 and P1), and these are autoregulated by Pax6. Additionally, Pax6 expression is under the control of the TGFβ superfamily, although the precise mechanisms of such regulation are not understood. The effect of TGFβ on Pax6 expression was studied in the FHL124 lens epithelial cell line and was found to cause up to a 50% reduction in Pax6 mRNA levels within 24 h. Analysis of luciferase reporters showed that Pax6 autoregulation of the P1 promoter, and its induction of a synthetic promoter encoding six paired domain-binding sites, were significantly repressed by both an activated TGFβ receptor and TGFβ ligand stimulation. Subsequently, a novel Pax6 binding site in P1 was shown to be necessary for autoregulation, indicating a direct influence of Pax6 protein on P1. In transfected cells, and endogenously in FHL124 cells, Pax6 co-immunoprecipitated with Smad3 following TGFβ receptor activation, while in GST pull-down experiments, the MH1 domain of Smad3 was observed binding the RED sub-domain of the Pax6 paired domain. Finally, in DNA adsorption assays, activated Smad3 inhibited Pax6 from binding the consensus paired domain recognition sequence. We hypothesize that the Pax6 autoregulatory loop is targeted for repression by the TGFβ/Smad pathway, and conclude that this involves diminished paired domain DNA-binding function resulting from a ligand-dependant interaction between Pax6 and Smad3.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Cells and Tissues Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Wheeler Group
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	10 Jul 2013 08:46
Last Modified:	23 Apr 2023 00:03
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/42965
DOI:	10.1093/nar/gkl1105

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