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Gerlini, R. ; Amendola, E.* ; Conte, A.* ; Valente, V.* ; Tornincasa, M.* ; Credendino, S.C.* ; Cammarota, F.* ; Gentile, C.* ; Di Guida, L.* ; Paladino, S.* ; De Vita, G.* ; Pierantoni, G.M.* ; Fusco, A.*

Double knock-out of Hmga1 and Hipk2 genes causes perinatal death associated to respiratory distress and thyroid abnormalities in mice.

Cell Death Dis. 10:747 (2019)
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The serine-threonine kinase homeodomain-interacting protein kinase 2 (HIPK2) modulates important cellular functions during development, acting as a signal integrator of a wide variety of stress signals, and as a regulator of transcription factors and cofactors. We have previously demonstrated that HIPK2 binds and phosphorylates High-Mobility Group A1 (HMGA1), an architectural chromatinic protein ubiquitously expressed in embryonic tissues, decreasing its binding affinity to DNA. To better define the functional role of HIPK2 and HMGA1 interaction in vivo, we generated mice in which both genes are disrupted. About 50% of these Hmga1/Hipk2 double knock-out (DKO) mice die within 12 h of life (P1) for respiratory failure. The DKO mice present an altered lung morphology, likely owing to a drastic reduction in the expression of surfactant proteins, that are required for lung development. Consistently, we report that both HMGA1 and HIPK2 proteins positively regulate the transcriptional activity of the genes encoding the surfactant proteins. Moreover, these mice display an altered expression of thyroid differentiation markers, reasonably because of a drastic reduction in the expression of the thyroid-specific transcription factors PAX8 and FOXE1, which we demonstrate here to be positively regulated by HMGA1 and HIPK2. Therefore, these data indicate a critical role of HIPK2/HMGA1 cooperation in lung and thyroid development and function, suggesting the potential involvement of their impairment in the pathogenesis of human lung and thyroid diseases.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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ISSN (print) / ISBN 2041-4889
e-ISSN 2041-4889
Journal Cell Death & Disease
Quellenangaben Volume: 10, Issue: 10, Pages: , Article Number: 747 Supplement: ,
Publisher Nature Publishing Group
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Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Experimental Genetics (IEG)