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Molecular and Cellular Biology, April 2007, p. 2676-2686, Vol. 27, No. 7
0270-7306/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.01748-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

FoxO4 Regulates Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha-Directed Smooth Muscle Cell Migration by Activating Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 Gene Transcription{triangledown}

Hao Li,1 Jianping Liang,1 Diego H. Castrillon,2 Ronald A. DePinho,3 Eric N. Olson,4 and Zhi-Ping Liu1*

Departments of Internal Medicine,1 Pathology,2 Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, Texas 75390-9148,4 Department of Medical Oncology and Center for Applied Cancer Science, Belfer Foundation Institute for Innovative Cancer Science, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Departments of Medicine and Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 021153

Received 15 September 2006/ Returned for modification 16 November 2006/ Accepted 12 January 2007

Phenotypic modulation of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) in the blood vessel wall from a differentiated to a proliferative state during vascular injury and inflammation plays an important role in restenosis and atherosclerosis. Matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) is a member of the MMP family of proteases, which participate in extracellular matrix degradation and turnover. MMP9 is upregulated and required for SMC migration during the development of restenotic and atherosclerotic lesions. In this study, we show that FoxO4 activates transcription of the MMP9 gene in response to tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-{alpha}) signaling. Inhibition of FoxO4 expression by small interfering RNA or gene knockout reduces the abilities of SMCs to migrate in vitro and inhibit neointimal formation and MMP9 expression in vivo. We further show that both the N-terminal, Sp1-interactive domain and the C-terminal transactivation domain of FoxO4 are required for FoxO4-activated MMP9 transcription. TNF-{alpha} signaling upregulates nuclear FoxO4. Our studies place FoxO4 in the center of a transcriptional regulatory network that links gene transcription required for SMC remodeling to upstream cytokine signals and implicate FoxO4 as a potential therapeutic target for combating proliferative arterial diseases.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Dept. of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 6000 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9148. Phone: (214) 648-1485. Fax: (214) 648-1450. E-mail: Zhi-Ping.Liu{at}utsouthwestern.edu.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 22 January 2007.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, April 2007, p. 2676-2686, Vol. 27, No. 7
0270-7306/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.01748-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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