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Coordinated regulation of c-Myc and Max in rat liver development.

Authors: Sanders, JA  Gruppuso, PA 
Citation: Sanders JA and Gruppuso PA, Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2006 Jan;290(1):G145-55. Epub 2005 Sep 8.
RGD ID: 1581930
Pubmed: PMID:16150871   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1152/ajpgi.00545.2004   (Journal Full-text)

The processes of liver development and regeneration involve regulation of a key network of transcription factors, the c-myc/max/mad network. This network regulates the expression of genes involved in hepatocyte proliferation, growth, metabolism, and differentiation. In previous studies on the expression and localization of c-Myc in the fetal and adult liver, we made the unexpected observation that c-Myc content was similar in the two. However, c-Myc was localized predominantly to the nucleolus in the adult liver. On the basis of this finding, we went on to characterize the expression patterns of the other members of the network, max and mad, comparing their regulation during late fetal development with the proliferation of mature hepatocytes that is seen in liver regeneration. We found that Max content, rather than being constitutive, as predicted by other studies, was elevated in the fetal liver compared with the adult liver. Its content correlated with hepatocyte proliferation during the perinatal transition. In contrast, mad4 expression was decreased in the fetal liver compared with the adult liver. Nucleolar localization of c-Myc coincided with changes in Max content. To explore this relationship, we overexpressed Max in cultured adult hepatocytes. High levels of Max resulted in a shift in c-Myc localization from nucleolar to diffuse nuclear. In contrast, liver regeneration was associated with an increase in c-Myc content but no change in Max content. We conclude that the regulation of Max content during liver development and its potential role in determining c-Myc localization are means by which Max may control the biological activity of the c-Myc/Max/Mad network during liver development.

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Gene Myc MYC proto-oncogene, bHLH transcription factor Rattus norvegicus

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