TY - JOUR
T1 - PRISM/PRDM6, a transcriptional repressor that promotes the proliferative gene program in smooth muscle cells
AU - Davis, Christopher A.
AU - Haberland, Michael
AU - Arnold, Michael A.
AU - Sutherland, Lillian B.
AU - McDonald, Oliver G.
AU - Richardson, James A.
AU - Childs, Geoffrey
AU - Harris, Stephen
AU - Owens, Gary K.
AU - Olson, Eric N.
PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) display remarkable phenotypic diversity and plasticity and can readily switch between proliferative and differentiated states in response to extracellular cues. In an effort to identify novel transcriptional regulators of smooth muscle phenotypes, we compared the gene expression profiles of arterial and venous SMCs by microarray-based transcriptional profiling. Among numerous genes displaying distinct expression patterns in these two SMC types, we discovered an expressed sequence tag encoding a previously uncharacterized zinc finger protein belonging to the PRDM (PRDI-BF1 and RIZ homology domain) family of chromatin-remodeling proteins and named it PRISM (PR domain in smooth muscle). PRISM is expressed in a variety of smooth muscle-containing tissues and displays especially robust expression in the cardiac outflow tract and descending aorta during embryogenesis. PRISM is localized to the nucleus and contains an aminoterminal PR domain and four Krüppel-like zinc fingers at the carboxy terminus. We show that PRISM acts as a transcriptional repressor by interacting with class I histone deacetylases and the G9a histone methyltransferase, thereby identifying PRISM as a novel SMC-restricted epigenetic regulator. Overexpression of PRISM in cultured primary SMCs induces genes associated with the proliferative smooth muscle phenotype while repressing regulators of differentiation, including myocardin and GATA-6. Conversely, small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of PRISM slows cell growth and induces myocardin, GATA-6, and markers of SMC differentiation. We conclude that PRISM acts as a novel epigenetic regulator of SMC phenotypic plasticity by suppressing differentiation and maintaining the proliferative potential of vascular SMCs.
AB - Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) display remarkable phenotypic diversity and plasticity and can readily switch between proliferative and differentiated states in response to extracellular cues. In an effort to identify novel transcriptional regulators of smooth muscle phenotypes, we compared the gene expression profiles of arterial and venous SMCs by microarray-based transcriptional profiling. Among numerous genes displaying distinct expression patterns in these two SMC types, we discovered an expressed sequence tag encoding a previously uncharacterized zinc finger protein belonging to the PRDM (PRDI-BF1 and RIZ homology domain) family of chromatin-remodeling proteins and named it PRISM (PR domain in smooth muscle). PRISM is expressed in a variety of smooth muscle-containing tissues and displays especially robust expression in the cardiac outflow tract and descending aorta during embryogenesis. PRISM is localized to the nucleus and contains an aminoterminal PR domain and four Krüppel-like zinc fingers at the carboxy terminus. We show that PRISM acts as a transcriptional repressor by interacting with class I histone deacetylases and the G9a histone methyltransferase, thereby identifying PRISM as a novel SMC-restricted epigenetic regulator. Overexpression of PRISM in cultured primary SMCs induces genes associated with the proliferative smooth muscle phenotype while repressing regulators of differentiation, including myocardin and GATA-6. Conversely, small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of PRISM slows cell growth and induces myocardin, GATA-6, and markers of SMC differentiation. We conclude that PRISM acts as a novel epigenetic regulator of SMC phenotypic plasticity by suppressing differentiation and maintaining the proliferative potential of vascular SMCs.
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U2 - 10.1128/MCB.26.7.2626-2636.2006
DO - 10.1128/MCB.26.7.2626-2636.2006
M3 - Article
C2 - 16537907
AN - SCOPUS:33645239290
SN - 0270-7306
VL - 26
SP - 2626
EP - 2636
JO - Molecular and cellular biology
JF - Molecular and cellular biology
IS - 7
ER -