Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10772121 | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 2005 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) are capable of differentiating into several cell types including adipocytes, osteoblasts, and chondrocytes, under appropriate culture conditions. We found that SP600125, an inhibitor of Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), promoted adipogenesis whereas it repressed osteogenesis from hMSCs. SP600125 increased the expression of adipogenic transcription factors, CCAAT/enhancer-binding proteins α and β as well as peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ2, which suggested that the chemical acted on the early steps of transcriptional regulatory cascade in adipogenesis. A gene reporter assay showed that SP600125 and a dominant negative JNK promoted a transcriptional activity dependent on the cAMP-response element (CRE). Thus, JNK represses adipogenesis from hMSCs probably by, at least in part, inhibiting the transactivating function of CRE-binding protein. Another action of JNK, phosphorylation at Ser307 of insulin receptor substrate-1, was also predicted to contribute to the repression of adipogenesis.
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Authors
Sachiko Tominaga, Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Shin-Ichiro Takahashi, Fumiko Hirose, Takashi Osumi,