Xbra and Smad-1 response elements cooperate in PV.1 promoter to inhibit the early neurogenesis in Xenopus embryos Running title-Both BMP-4/Smad-1 and FGF/Xbra activates PV.1 expression
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Crosstalk of signaling pathways plays crucial roles in cell fate determination, cell differentiation and proliferation. Both BMP-4/Smad-1 and FGF/Xbra signaling induce the expression of PV.1, leading to neural inhibition. However, BMP-4/Smad-1 and FGF/Xbra signaling crosstalk in the regulation of PV.1 transcription is still largely unknown. In this study, Smad-1 and Xbra physically interacted and regulated the PV.1 transcriptional activation in a synergistic manner. Xbra and Smad-1 directly bound within the proximal region of the PV.1 promoter and cooperatively enhanced the binding of an interacting partner within the promoter. Maximum cooperation was achieved in the presence of intact DNA binding sites of both Smad-1 and Xbra. Collectively, BMP-4/Smad-1 and FGF/Xbra signal crosstalk was required to activate the PV.1 transcription, synergistically. Suggesting that crosstalk of BMP-4 and FGF signaling facilitates the fine-tuning regulation of PV.1 transcription to inhibit neurogenesis during embryonic development of Xenopus.
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