Abstract
Early growth response 2 (Egr2) is a zinc-finger transcription factor that acts as an important modulator of a variety of physiological processes, such as cell differentiation, proliferation and apoptosis. Here we showed that Egr2 was downregulated by bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling pathways during the commitment of C3H10T1/2 stem cells to adipocyte lineage. Overexpression of Egr2 completely prevented BMP4-induced adipocyte lineage commitment of C3H10T1/2 stem cells, while simultaneously stimulating early smooth muscle-like differentiation. We also demonstrated that Egr2-induced early smooth muscle-like differentiation is transforming growth factor β1-independent. Egr2 can activate the transcription of early smooth muscle cell specific genes smooth muscle protein 22 α and calponin 1.Together, the results indicated a novel role for Egr2 in repressing adipocyte lineage commitment and promoting early smooth muscle-like cell differentiation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1825-1832 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology |
Volume | 45 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Adipogenesis
- C3H10T1/2
- Egr2
- Smooth muscle cellCommitmenta
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Cell Biology