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Dynamic regulation of Tgf-B signaling by Tif1γ: a computational approach.

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TIF1γ (Transcriptional Intermediary Factor 1 γ) has been implicated in Smad-dependent signaling by Transforming Growth Factor beta (TGF-β). Paradoxically, TIF1γ functions both as a transcriptional repressor or as an alternative transcription factor that promotes TGF-β signaling. Using ordinary differential-equation models, we have investigated the effect of TIF1γ on the dynamics of TGF-β signaling. An integrative model that includes the formation of transient TIF1γ-Smad2-Smad4 ternary complexes is the only one that can account for TGF-β signaling compatible with the different observations reported for TIF1γ. In addition, our model predicts that varying TIF1γ/Smad4 ratios play a critical role in the modulation of the transcriptional signal induced by TGF-β, especially for short stimulation times that mediate higher threshold responses. Chromatin immunoprecipitation analyses and quantification of the expression of TGF-β target genes as a function TIF1γ/Smad4 ratios fully validate this hypothesis. Our integrative model, which successfully unifies the seemingly opposite roles of TIF1γ, also reveals how changing TIF1γ/Smad4 ratios affect the cellular response to stimulation by TGF-β, accounting for a highly graded determination of cell fate.

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hal-00851483 , version 1 (19-08-2013)

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Geoffroy Andrieux, Laurent Fattet, Michel Le Borgne, Ruth Rimokh, Nathalie Théret. Dynamic regulation of Tgf-B signaling by Tif1γ: a computational approach.. PLoS ONE, 2012, 7 (3), pp.e33761. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0033761⟩. ⟨hal-00851483⟩
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