TY - JOUR
T1 - Intracellular and extracellular control of activin function by novel regulatory molecules
AU - Tsuchida, Kunihiro
AU - Matsuzaki, Takashi
AU - Yamakawa, Norio
AU - Liu, Zhong Hui
AU - Sugino, Hiromu
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Y. Kuramoto, M. Nakatani, and Dr K.Y. Arai for FLRG characterization. We also thank Dr Y. Eto, Dr S. Shimasaki, Dr O. Hashimoto and Dr Y. Hasegawa for recombinant proteins and helpful discussions. We also acknowledge Dr H. Shoji and Dr T.Nakamura for the initial phase of ARIP1 characterization and Dr K. Sugino for helpful discussion. This research was supported by the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan (to K. Tsuchida and H. Sugino), and was also supported by grants from Uehara Memorial Foundation and The Inamori Foundation for Research to K. Tsuchida.
PY - 2001/7/30
Y1 - 2001/7/30
N2 - Activin signal transduction is regulated through multiple mechanisms. We have identified novel regulatory proteins that control activin functions either intracellularly or extracellularly. As intracellular molecules, PSD-95/Dlg/ZO-1 (PDZ) proteins that specifically associate with activin type II receptors (ActRIIs) were identified. We have named the molecules as activin receptor-interacting proteins (ARIPs). ARIP1 has two WW domains and five PDZ domains, associates not only with ActRIIs but also with Smads, and controls activin functions intracellularly in neuronal cells. Another ARIP we have found has only one PDZ domain, and is likely to be involved in intracellular trafficking and sorting of activin receptor complexes in the cell. As an extracellular regulatory protein, we have identified a novel follistatin-like protein, named follistatin-related gene (FLRG). Like follistatins, FLRG binds activins and bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) and controls their functions extracellularly. The mode of association of follistatin and FLRG with activins and their expression patterns are different, suggesting the distinct functions of follistatin and FLRG in vivo.
AB - Activin signal transduction is regulated through multiple mechanisms. We have identified novel regulatory proteins that control activin functions either intracellularly or extracellularly. As intracellular molecules, PSD-95/Dlg/ZO-1 (PDZ) proteins that specifically associate with activin type II receptors (ActRIIs) were identified. We have named the molecules as activin receptor-interacting proteins (ARIPs). ARIP1 has two WW domains and five PDZ domains, associates not only with ActRIIs but also with Smads, and controls activin functions intracellularly in neuronal cells. Another ARIP we have found has only one PDZ domain, and is likely to be involved in intracellular trafficking and sorting of activin receptor complexes in the cell. As an extracellular regulatory protein, we have identified a novel follistatin-like protein, named follistatin-related gene (FLRG). Like follistatins, FLRG binds activins and bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) and controls their functions extracellularly. The mode of association of follistatin and FLRG with activins and their expression patterns are different, suggesting the distinct functions of follistatin and FLRG in vivo.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0303-7207(01)00522-6
DO - 10.1016/S0303-7207(01)00522-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 11451568
AN - SCOPUS:0035974509
SN - 0303-7207
VL - 180
SP - 25
EP - 31
JO - Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
JF - Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
IS - 1-2
ER -