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ArticleCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2009

Calcium signaling-induced Smad3 nuclear accumulation induces acetylcholinesterase transcription in apoptotic HeLa cells.

Wei Gao, Hui Zhu, Jing-Ya Zhang, Xue-Jun Zhang

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Article in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. AChE for DNA degradation.Cell research · 2015
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  4. Acetylcholinesterase involvement in apoptosis.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2012
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wei GaoLaboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 YueYang Road, Shanghai, 200031, China.
Hui Zhu
Jing-Ya Zhang
Xue-Jun Zhang
Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) has been studied as an important apoptosis regulator. We previously showed that cellular calcium mobilization upregulated AChE expression by modulating promoter activity and mRNA stability. In this study, we have identified a potential Smad3/4 binding element, TGCCAGACA, located within the -601 to -571 bp fragment of the AChE promoter, as an important calcium response motif. Smad2/3 and Smad4 were shown to bind this element. Overexpression of human Smad3 increased AChE transcription activity in a dose-dependent manner in HeLa cells, whereas dominant-negative Smad3 blocked this activation. Upon A23187 and thapsigargin treatment, nuclear Smad3 accumulation was observed, an effect that was blocked by the intracellular Ca(2+) chelator BAPTA-AM. Calcium-induced AChE transcriptional activation was significantly blocked when the nuclear localization signal of Smad3 was destroyed. Taken together, our data suggest Smad3 can regulate AChE transcriptional activation following calcium-induced nuclear accumulation.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicTranscription, GeneticAcetylcholinesteraseAnimalsApoptosisCalciumCalcium SignalingCell NucleusEnzyme InhibitorsHeLa CellsHumansPromoter Regions, GeneticSmad2 ProteinSmad3 ProteinSmad4 ProteinThapsigarginAcetylcholinesteraseCalciumEnzyme InhibitorsSmad2 ProteinSMAD2 protein, humanSmad3 ProteinSmad4 ProteinThapsigargin

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PMID19468687
PMCPMC11115644
OpenAlexW1990562421

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