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online publication date 9 Mar 2004
doi: 10.1242/jcs.01004
Research Article
The transcription factor Snail downregulates the tight junction components independently of E-cadherin downregulation
Tadashi Ohkubo
and
Masayuki Ozawa*
* Author for correspondence (e-mail: mozawa{at}m.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp)
Snail, a transcriptional repressor of E-cadherin expression, is involved in epithelial-mesenchymal transitions during development. We demonstrate that Snail activity is not restricted to E-cadherin downregulation. Expression of tight junction proteins, including claudin-1, occludin and ZO-1, was downregulated in MDCK cells exogenously expressing Snail protein. Although occludin mRNA levels were downregulated by Snail expression, the transcription of claudin-1 and ZO-1 were unaffected. Reporter assays using the claudin-1 promoter region revealed that promoter activity was not affected by Snail overexpression. Decreased synthesis of claudin-1 protein was observed, however, suggesting that Snail may act in translation initiation. Snail expression also altered the splicing pattern of p120. The levels of mRNA encoding the epithelial variant decreased, while the fibroblastic mRNA form increased. Although ectopic E-cadherin expression resulted in a downregulation of Snail-induced fibronectin expression, fibroblastic morphology was affected only minimally; the expression of tight junctional proteins remained at low levels. These results indicate that Snail is involved in both the direct transcriptional repression of genes, such as E-cadherin and occludin, and post-transcriptional events, including downregulation of claudin-1. These data support the idea that Snail is a transcription factor possessing pleiotropic activities.
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