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COUP-TFI (chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor I) regulates cell migration and axogenesis in differentiating P19 embryonal carcinoma cells.

The developmental expression patterns of the nuclear orphan receptors COUP-TFs (chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factors) have been correlated to neurogenesis in several animal species. Nevertheless, the role of COUP-TFs in neurogenesis remains unknown. We have studied the functional involvement of COUP-TFI in retinoic acid (RA)- induced neuronal differentiation of P19 embryonal carcinoma cells through two complementary approaches: 1) deregulated expression of COUP-TFI, and 2) inactivation of endogenous COUP-TFs by means of a dominant-negative COUP-TFI mutant. Low levels of wild-type (wt)COUP-TFI transgene expression did not inhibit neural cell fate and primarily enhanced neuron outgrowth from RA-treated P19 aggregates. In contrast, high COUP-TFI expression impeded the neuronal differentiation of P19 cells induced with RA, resulting in cell cultures lacking neurons. This morphological effect was correlated to an elevated level of E-cadherin mRNA. The dominant-negative COUP-TFI mutant induced cell packing after RA treatment and inhibited neurite extension and neuron outgrowth from aggregates. A RGD peptide interference assay indicated that endogenous COUP-TFs could favor migration of neurons through an integrin-dependent mechanism. Accordingly, vitronectin mRNA levels were shown to be up-regulated by COUP-TFI by RT-PCR analysis, and COUP-TFI stimulated the mouse vitronectin promoter activity in transient transfection assays. Taken together, these data indicate that COUP-TFI is not simply a global repressor of retinoid functions, but shows a high selectivity for regulating genes involved in cellular adhesion and migration processes that are particularly important for neuronal differentiation.[1]

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  1. COUP-TFI (chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor I) regulates cell migration and axogenesis in differentiating P19 embryonal carcinoma cells. Adam, F., Sourisseau, T., Métivier, R., Le Page, Y., Desbois, C., Michel, D., Salbert, G. Mol. Endocrinol. (2000) [Pubmed]
 
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