Selective Modulation of Hedgehog/Gli Target Gene Expression by Epidermal Growth Factor Signaling in Human Keratinocytes.
From: Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria.
Molecular and cellular biology
- Publish Date: Aug 2006
- ISSN: 0270-7306
- Volume: 26
- Issue: 16
- Pages: 6283-98
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Kasper Maria, Schnidar Harald, Neill Graham W, et al. Selective Modulation of Hedgehog/Gli Target Gene Expression by Epidermal Growth Factor Signaling in Human Keratinocytes.. Mol. Cell. Biol. Aug 2006;26:6283-98
Abstract
Hedgehog (HH)/GLI signaling plays a critical role in epidermal development and basal cell carcinoma. Here, we provide evidence that epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling modulates the target gene expression profile of GLI transcription factors in epidermal cells. Using expression profiling and quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR, we identified a set of 19 genes whose transcription is synergistically induced by GLI1 and parallel EGF treatment. Promoter studies of a subset of GLI/EGF-regulated genes, including the genes encoding interleukin-1 antagonist IL1R2, Jagged 2, cyclin D1, S100A7, and S100A9, suggest convergence of EGFR and HH/GLI signaling at the level of promoters of selected direct GLI target genes. Inhibition of EGFR and MEK/ERK but not of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/AKT abrogated synergistic activation of GLI/EGF target genes, showing that EGFR can signal via RAF/MEK/ERK to cooperate with GLI proteins in selective target gene regulation. Coexpression of the GLI/EGF target IL1R2, EGFR, and activated ERK1/2 in human anagen hair follicles argues for a cooperative role of EGFR and HH/GLI signaling in specifying the fate of outer root sheath (ORS) cells. We also show that EGF treatment neutralizes GLI-mediated induction of epidermal stem cell marker expression and provide evidence that EGFR signaling is essential for GLI-induced cell cycle progression in epidermal cells. The results suggest that EGFR signaling modulates GLI target gene profiles which may play an important regulatory role in ORS specification, hair growth, and possibly cancer.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Binding Sites, Cell Proliferation, Cells, Cultured, Epidermal Growth Factor, Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases, Gene Expression Regulation, Hair Follicle, Hedgehog Proteins, Humans, Keratinocytes, Promoter Regions (Genetics), RNA, Messenger, Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, Receptors, Interleukin-1, Receptors, Interleukin-1 Type II, Signal Transduction, Stem Cells, Trans-Activators, Transcription Factors
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