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Extracellular‐signal regulated kinase signaling pathway mediates downregulation of type I procollagen gene expression by FGF‐2, PDGF‐BB, and okadaic acid in osteoblastic cells
Author(s) -
Chaudhary Lala R.,
Avioli Louis V.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of cellular biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 165
eISSN - 1097-4644
pISSN - 0730-2312
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4644(20000301)76:3<354::aid-jcb2>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - mapk/erk pathway , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , signal transduction , platelet derived growth factor receptor , okadaic acid , fibroblast growth factor , activator (genetics) , protein kinase a , kinase , type i collagen , downregulation and upregulation , osteoblast , growth factor , biology , phosphatase , phosphorylation , endocrinology , biochemistry , gene , receptor , in vitro
Although basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF‐2) had been shown to inhibit type I collagen gene expression in osteoblast, its inhibitory mechanism is unknown. In the present study, we investigated the underlying mechanisms by which growth factors downregulate type I collagen gene expression. Treatment of mouse osteoblastic MC3T3‐E1 cells with okadaic acid (40 ng/ml), an inhibitor of phosphoserine/threonine‐specific protein phosphatase and activator of ERK1/2, for 24 h and 48 h completely inhibited steady‐state mRNA levels of type I collagen. FGF‐2 (30 ng/ml), platelet‐derived growth factor‐BB (PDGF‐BB), 30 ng/ml, and serum, which activate ERK mitogen‐activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway also inhibited collagen type I gene expression, suggesting that the activation of ERK pathway mediates inhibition of type I collagen mRNA. This observation was further confirmed by experiments using inhibitors of the ERK pathway (i.e., PD and U0126), which increased type I collagen mRNA in MC3T3‐E1 cells, indicating that the inhibition of ERK pathway upregulates type I collagen gene expression. Low serum (0.3%) markedly increased type I collagen mRNA. MEK inhibitor PD inhibited c‐fos induction by FGF‐2 and PDGF‐BB, suggesting that c‐fos is the downstream target of ERK pathway. Our data have clearly demonstrated for the first time that the ERK MAPK pathway play an important role in the regulation of type I collagen gene expression in osteoblastic cells. Results also showed that one of the mechanisms by which FGF‐2 and PDGF‐BB downregulate type I collagen gene expression in the osteoblast is through the activation of ERK signaling pathway. J. Cell. Biochem. 76:354–359, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.