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XB-ART-5308
EMBO J 2003 May 15;2210:2453-62. doi: 10.1093/emboj/cdg226.
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Regulation of Smad signaling through a differential recruitment of coactivators and corepressors by ZEB proteins.

Postigo AA, Depp JL, Taylor JJ, Kroll KL.


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Balancing signals derived from the TGFbeta family is crucial for regulating cell proliferation and differentiation, and in establishing the embryonic axis during development. TGFbeta/BMP signaling leads to the activation and nuclear translocation of Smad proteins, which activate transcription of specific target genes by recruiting P/CAF and p300. The two members of the ZEB family of zinc finger factors (ZEB-1/deltaEF1 and ZEB-2/SIP1) regulate TGFbeta/BMP signaling in opposite ways: ZEB-1/deltaEF1 synergizes with Smad-mediated transcriptional activation, while ZEB-2/SIP1 represses it. Here we report that these antagonistic effects by the ZEB proteins arise from the differential recruitment of transcriptional coactivators (p300 and P/CAF) and corepressors (CtBP) to the Smads. Thus, while ZEB-1/deltaEF1 binds to p300 and promotes the formation of a p300-Smad transcriptional complex, ZEB-2/SIP1 acts as a repressor by recruiting CtBP. This model of regulation by ZEB proteins also functions in vivo, where they have opposing effects on the regulation of TGFbeta family-dependent genes during Xenopus development.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: bmp4 crebbp ctbp2 krt12.4 msx1 myod1 ncam1 notch1 six3 smad3 sox2 tgfb1 zeb1

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