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Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Negatively Regulates Expression of the Plakoglobin Gene (Jup)

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PROCHÁZKOVÁ Jiřina KABÁTKOVÁ Markéta ŠMERDOVÁ Lenka PACHERNÍK Jiří SÝKOROVÁ Dominika KOHOUTEK Jiří SIMECKOVA Pavlina HRUBÁ Eva KOZUBÍK Alois MACHALA Miroslav VONDRÁČEK Jan

Year of publication 2013
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Toxicological sciences
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Faculty of Science

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Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/toxsci/kft110
Field Genetics and molecular biology
Keywords aryl hydrocarbon receptor; dioxin; cell proliferation; plakoglobin; desmosomes; liver progenitor cells; cardiomyocytes
Description Plakoglobin is an important component of intercellular junctions, including both desmosomes and adherens junctions, which is known as a tumor suppressor. Although mutations in the plakoglobin gene (Jup) and/or changes in its protein levels have been observed in various disease states, including cancer progression or cardiovascular defects, the information about endogenous or exogenous stimuli orchestrating Jup expression is limited. Here we show that the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) may regulate Jup expression in a cell-specific manner. We observed a significant suppressive effect of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), a model toxic exogenous activator of the AhR signaling, on Jup expression in a variety of experimental models derived from rodent tissues, including contact-inhibited rat liver progenitor cells (where TCDD induces cell proliferation), rat and mouse hepatoma cell models (where TCDD inhibits cell cycle progression), cardiac cells derived from the mouse embryonic stem cells, or cardiomyocytes isolated from neonatal rat hearts. The small interfering RNA (siRNA)mediated knockdown of AhR confirmed its role in both basal and TCDD-deregulated Jup expression. The analysis of genomic DNA located similar to 2.5kb upstream of rat Jup gene revealed a presence of evolutionarily conserved AhR binding motifs, which were confirmed upon their cloning into luciferase reporter construct. The siRNA-mediated knockdown of Jup expression affected both proliferation and attachment of liver progenitor cells. The present data indicate that the AhR may contribute to negative regulation of Jup gene expression in rodent cellular models, which may affect cell adherence and proliferation.
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