Expression of endothelin type B receptors (EDNRB) on smooth muscle cells is controlled by MKL2, ternary complex factors, and actin dynamics

The endothelin type B receptor (ETB or EDNRB) is highly plastic and is upregulated in smooth muscle cells (SMCs) by arterial injury and following organ culture in vitro. We hypothesized that this transcriptional plasticity may arise, in part, because EDNRB is controlled by a balance of transcriptional inputs from myocardin-related transcription factors (MRTFs) and ternary complex factors (TCFs). We found significant positive correlations between the TCFs ELK3 and FLI1 versus EDNRB in human arteries. The MRTF MKL2 also correlated with EDNRB. Overexpression of ELK3, FLI1, and MKL2 in human coronary artery SMCs promoted expression of EDNRB, and the effect of MKL2 was antagonized by myocardin (MYOCD), which also correlated negatively with EDNRB at the tissue level. Silencing of MKL2 reduced basal EDNRB expression, but depolymerization of actin using latrunculin B (LatB) or overexpression of constitutively active cofilin, as well as treatment with the Rho-associated kinase (ROCK) inhibitor Y27632, increased EDNRB in a MEK/ERK-dependent fashion. Transcript-specific primers indicated that the second EDNRB transcript (EDNRB_2) was targeted, but this promoter was largely unresponsive to LatB and was inhibited rather than stimulated by MKL2 and FLI1, suggesting distant control elements or an indirect effect. LatB also reduced expression of endothelin-1, but supplementation experiments argued that this was not the cause of EDNRB induction. EDNRB finally changed in parallel with ELK3 and FLI1 in rat and human carotid artery lesions. These studies implicate the actin cytoskeleton and ELK3, FLI1, and MKL2 in the transcriptional control of EDNRB and increase our understanding of the plasticity of this receptor.

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ErratumIn: Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2020 Mar 1;318(3):C707. - PMID 32150455

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:315

Enthalten in:

American journal of physiology. Cell physiology - 315(2018), 6 vom: 01. Dez., Seite C873-C884

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Krawczyk, Katarzyna K [VerfasserIn]
Skovsted, Gry Freja [VerfasserIn]
Perisic, Ljubica [VerfasserIn]
Dreier, Rasmus [VerfasserIn]
Berg, Jais Oliver [VerfasserIn]
Hedin, Ulf [VerfasserIn]
Rippe, Catarina [VerfasserIn]
Swärd, Karl [VerfasserIn]

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138381-45-0
Actin Depolymerizing Factors
Amides
Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic
EC 2.7.11.1
EDNRB
EDNRB protein, human
Elk3 protein, human
Endothelin
Endothelin-1
FLI1 protein, human
Journal Article
LW7U308U7U
Latrunculin B
MRTFB
MRTFB protein, human
Myocardin
Myocardin-related transcription factor-B, rat
Nuclear Proteins
Proto-Oncogene Protein c-fli-1
Proto-Oncogene Proteins
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets
Pyridines
Receptor, Endothelin B
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Rho-Associated Kinases
Ternary Complex Factors
Ternary complex factor
Thiazolidines
Trans-Activators
Transcription Factors
Y 27632

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Date Completed 08.07.2019

Date Revised 09.12.2020

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ErratumIn: Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2020 Mar 1;318(3):C707. - PMID 32150455

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1152/ajpcell.00170.2018

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM289669510