scholarly journals cAMP-responsive element-binding protein expression and regulation in the mouse preimplantation embryo

Reproduction ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 134 (5) ◽  
pp. 667-675 ◽  
Author(s):  
X L Jin ◽  
C O’Neill
Keyword(s):  
Transcription Factors ◽  
Preimplantation Embryo ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Cell Stage ◽  
Embryonic Genome ◽  
Element Binding Protein ◽  
Cell Embryo ◽  
Responsive Element ◽  
Camp Responsive Element Binding

Gene expression from the new embryonic genome is required for normal preimplantation embryo development. Two members of the cAMP-responsive element-binding protein (Creb) family of transcription factors, Creb1 and activating transcription factor 1 (Atf1), are essential for normal preimplantation development. These transcription factors are activated by phosphorylation. Creb1 mRNA was expressed throughout the preimplantation phase. Cytoplasmic immunolocalization of Creb1 was detected in all preimplantation embryo stages. The antigen was largely excluded from the pronuclei/nuclei at embryonic stages except in the mid-cycle two-cell and compacted eight-cell embryo. Activation-state-specific antibodies showed serine 133 phosphorylated Creb1 localization was similar to Creb1 staining, except that there was no increase in staining at the eight-cell stage. Increased staining of phosphorylated Creb1 was observed in the nucleus of mid-cycle two-cell embryos. Increased expression of phosphorylated Creb1 in the two-cell embryo was induced by brief exposure of embryos to ionomycin, but not by a dibutyryl cAMP. This was blocked by buffering intracellular calcium with 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetic acid tetrakis (acetoxymethyl ester), but not by a cAMP antagonist, Rp-cyclic 3′,5′-hydrogen phosphorothioate adenosine. Calmodulin is an intracellular receptor for calcium. Calmodulin mRNA was expressed throughout the preimplantation phase of development. The calmodulin antagonist, W-7, inhibited the ionomycin-induced localization of phosphorylated Creb1 in the nucleus. Treatment of embryos with W-7 caused a dose-dependent inhibition of normal development of zygotes to the blastocysts stage. The study shows Creb1 expression and nuclear localization was dynamically regulated in the early embryo. The marked nuclear accumulation and phosphorylation of Creb1 at the two-cell stage occurred at the time of transcription from the embryonic genome and was regulated in a calcium- and calmodulin-dependent manner.

scholarly journals cAMP-Responsive Element Binding Protein: A Vital Link in Embryonic Hormonal Adaptation

Endocrinology ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 154 (6) ◽  
pp. 2208-2221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Schindler ◽  
Sünje Fischer ◽  
René Thieme ◽  
Bernd Fischer ◽  
Anne Navarrete Santos
Keyword(s):  
Transcription Factors ◽  
Target Genes ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Cell Lineage ◽  
Element Binding Protein ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Responsive Element ◽  
Camp Responsive Element Binding

Abstract The transcription factor cAMP responsive element-binding protein (CREB) and activating transcription factors (ATFs) are downstream components of the insulin/IGF cascade, playing crucial roles in maintaining cell viability and embryo survival. One of the CREB target genes is adiponectin, which acts synergistically with insulin. We have studied the CREB-ATF-adiponectin network in rabbit preimplantation development in vivo and in vitro. From the blastocyst stage onwards, CREB and ATF1, ATF3, and ATF4 are present with increasing expression for CREB, ATF1, and ATF3 during gastrulation and with a dominant expression in the embryoblast (EB). In vitro stimulation with insulin and IGF-I reduced CREB and ATF1 transcripts by approximately 50%, whereas CREB phosphorylation was increased. Activation of CREB was accompanied by subsequent reduction in adiponectin and adiponectin receptor (adipoR)1 expression. Under in vivo conditions of diabetes type 1, maternal adiponectin levels were up-regulated in serum and endometrium. Embryonic CREB expression was altered in a cell lineage-specific pattern. Although in EB cells CREB localization did not change, it was translocated from the nucleus into the cytosol in trophoblast (TB) cells. In TB, adiponectin expression was increased (diabetic 427.8 ± 59.3 pg/mL vs normoinsulinaemic 143.9 ± 26.5 pg/mL), whereas it was no longer measureable in the EB. Analysis of embryonic adipoRs showed an increased expression of adipoR1 and no changes in adipoR2 transcription. We conclude that the transcription factors CREB and ATFs vitally participate in embryo-maternal cross talk before implantation in a cell lineage-specific manner. Embryonic CREB/ATFs act as insulin/IGF sensors. Lack of insulin is compensated by a CREB-mediated adiponectin expression, which may maintain glucose uptake in blastocysts grown in diabetic mothers.

scholarly journals Acetylation of cAMP-responsive Element-binding Protein (CREB) by CREB-binding Protein Enhances CREB-dependent Transcription

2003 ◽  
Vol 278 (18) ◽  
pp. 15727-15734 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Lu ◽  
Amanda E. Hutchins ◽  
Colleen M. Doyle ◽  
James R. Lundblad ◽  
Roland P. S. Kwok
Keyword(s):  
Binding Protein ◽  
Creb Binding Protein ◽  
Element Binding Protein ◽  
Responsive Element ◽  
Camp Responsive Element Binding

Identification of two independent nucleosome-binding domains in the transcriptional co-activator SPBP

2012 ◽  
Vol 442 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sagar Darvekar ◽  
Sylvia Sagen Johnsen ◽  
Agnete Bratsberg Eriksen ◽  
Terje Johansen ◽  
Eva Sjøttem
Keyword(s):  
Transcription Factors ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Chromatin Binding ◽  
Binding Region ◽  
Interaction Domain ◽  
Binding Domains ◽  
Element Binding Protein ◽  
Inducible Protein ◽  
Responsive Element ◽  
Nucleosome Binding

Transcriptional regulation requires co-ordinated action of transcription factors, co-activator complexes and general transcription factors to access specific loci in the dense chromatin structure. In the present study we demonstrate that the transcriptional co-regulator SPBP [stromelysin-1 PDGF (platelet-derived growth factor)-responsive element binding protein] contains two independent chromatin-binding domains, the SPBP-(1551–1666) region and the C-terminal extended PHD [ePHD/ADD (extended plant homeodomain/ATRX-DNMT3-DNMT3L)] domain. The region 1551–1666 is a novel core nucleosome-interaction domain located adjacent to the AT-hook motif in the DNA-binding domain. This novel nucleosome-binding region is critically important for proper localization of SPBP in the cell nucleus. The ePHD/ADD domain associates with nucleosomes in a histone tail-dependent manner, and has significant impact on the dynamic interaction between SPBP and chromatin. Furthermore, SPBP and its homologue RAI1 (retinoic-acid-inducible protein 1), are strongly enriched on chromatin in interphase HeLa cells, and both proteins display low nuclear mobility. RAI1 contains a region with homology to the novel nucleosome-binding region SPBP-(1551–1666) and an ePHD/ADD domain with ability to bind nucleosomes. These results indicate that the transcriptional co-regulator SPBP and its homologue RAI1 implicated in Smith–Magenis syndrome and Potocki–Lupski syndrome both belong to the expanding family of chromatin-binding proteins containing several domains involved in specific chromatin interactions.

scholarly journals p300/cAMP-responsive Element-binding Protein Interactions with Ets-1 and Ets-2 in the Transcriptional Activation of the Human Stromelysin Promoter

1999 ◽  
Vol 274 (24) ◽  
pp. 17342-17352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gopalswamy Jayaraman ◽  
Rampalli Srinivas ◽  
Catherine Duggan ◽  
Elisabeth Ferreira ◽  
Sathyamangalam Swaminathan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protein Interactions ◽  
Transcriptional Activation ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Element Binding Protein ◽  
Responsive Element ◽  
Camp Responsive Element Binding
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