PMID:19010321

Citation	Di Palma, T, D'Andrea, B, Liguori, GL, Liguoro, A, de Cristofaro, T, Del Prete, D, Pappalardo, A, Mascia, A and Zannini, M (2009) TAZ is a coactivator for Pax8 and TTF-1, two transcription factors involved in thyroid differentiation. Exp. Cell Res. 315:162-75
Abstract	Pax8 and TTF-1 are transcription factors involved in the morphogenesis of the thyroid gland and in the transcriptional regulation of thyroid-specific genes. Both proteins are expressed in few tissues but their simultaneous presence occurs only in the thyroid where they interact physically and functionally allowing the regulation of genes that are markers of the thyroid differentiated phenotype. TAZ is a transcriptional coactivator that regulates the activity of several transcription factors therefore playing a central role in tissue-specific transcription. The recently demonstrated physical and functional interaction between TAZ and TTF-1 in the lung raised the question of whether TAZ could be an important regulatory molecule also in the thyroid. In this study, we demonstrate the presence of TAZ in thyroid cells and the existence of an important cooperation between TAZ and the transcription factors Pax8 and TTF-1 in the modulation of thyroid gene expression. In addition, we reveal that the three proteins are co-expressed in the nucleus of differentiated thyroid cells and that TAZ interacts with both Pax8 and TTF-1, in vitro and in vivo. More importantly, we show that this interaction leads to a significant enhancement of the transcriptional activity of Pax8 and TTF-1 on the thyroglobulin promoter thus suggesting a role of TAZ in the control of genes involved in thyroid development and differentiation.
Links	PubMed Online version:10.1016/j.yexcr.2008.10.016
Keywords	Animals; Blotting, Western; Cell Differentiation; Cell Line; Cell Nucleus/metabolism; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism; Embryo, Mammalian/metabolism; Female; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; HeLa Cells; Humans; In Situ Hybridization; Male; Mice; Mutation; Nuclear Proteins/genetics; Nuclear Proteins/metabolism; Paired Box Transcription Factors/genetics; Paired Box Transcription Factors/metabolism; Protein Binding; Rats; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Thyroglobulin/genetics; Thyroglobulin/metabolism; Thyroid Gland/cytology; Thyroid Gland/embryology; Thyroid Gland/metabolism; Trans-Activators/genetics; Trans-Activators/metabolism; Trans-Activators/physiology; Transcription Factors/genetics; Transcription Factors/metabolism; Transcription Factors/physiology
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