Knocking down WWTR1 (TAZ) expression by siRNA treatment inhibits TGF-beta-dependent transcription of SERPINE1 (PAI-1 i.e. plasminogen activator inhibitor 1) in hepatocellular carcinoma cell line Hep G2. Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) confirmed binding of both WWTR1 and SMAD2/3 to the promoter of SERPINE1 gene in response to TGF-beta stimulation (Varelas et al. 2008). Binding of TGIF1 or TGIF2 to SMAD2/3:SMAD4 heterotrimer negatively regulates transcription of SERPINE1 (Wotton et al. 1999, Melhuish et al. 2001). SMAD7 can also bind PAI-1 promoter (and probably other TGF-beta-responsive promoters) and inhibit PAI-1 expression, probably by competing with SMAD2/3:SMAD4 binding (Zhang et al. 2007).
Zhang, S, Fei, T, Zhang, L, Zhang, R, Chen, F, Ning, Y, Han, Y, Feng, XH, Meng, A, Chen, YG
Wotton, D, Lo, RS, Lee, S, Massague, J
Melhuish, TA, Gallo, CM, Wotton, D
Varelas, X, Sakuma, R, Samavarchi-Tehrani, P, Peerani, R, Rao, BM, Dembowy, J, Yaffe, MB, Zandstra, PW, Wrana, JL
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