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KMID : 0613820120220121600
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Journal of Life Science
2012 Volume.22 No. 12 p.1600 ~ p.1607
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Regulation of Matrix Metalloproteinase-1 Expression by the Homeodomain Transcription Factor Caudal in Drosophila Intestine
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Lee Shin-Hae
Hwang Mi-Sun
Choi Yoon-Jeong
Kim Young-Shin
Yoo Mi-Ae
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Abstract
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The matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) family plays essential roles in physiological processes such as embryonic development, angiogenesis, wound healing, and tissue homeostasis as a consequence of MMPr capacity for breaking down many types of extracellular matrix proteins. Imbalanced regulation of MMP expression can also lead to pathological conditions such as tumor progression. We recently reported that the Drosophila Mmp1 gene is highly expressed in the digestive tract and is required for the maintenance of intestinal homeostasis such as by restriction of uncontrolled intestinal stem cell proliferation. However, the regulatory mechanisms of MMP gene expression in the intestine remain unclear. In this study, we determined that the expression of Mmp1 is regulated by the homeodomain transcription factor Caudal. Experiments using the targeted expression of Caudal under the regulation of Gal4-UAS system indicated that endogenous Caudal is required for the Mmp1 gene expression in the adult Drosophila intestine and that exogenous Caudal induces Mmp1 expression. Transient transfection experiments indicated that Caudal can activate the promoter activity of Mmp1 and that several putative Caudal binding sites in the 5’-flanking region of the Mmp1 gene may be critical to the upregulation by Caudal. Our data suggest that Mmp1 is one of the target genes of Caudal in physiological normal condition and in tumorigenesis.
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KEYWORD
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Matrix metalloprotease-1, Caudal, Drosophila intestine
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