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Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor Stimulates Collagenase-3 Promoter Activity in Osteoblasts through an Activator Protein-1-Binding Site¹

Department of Research and Medicine, Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center (S.V., S.R., E.C.), Hartford, Connecticut 06105, and University of Connecticut School of Medicine (S.V., E.C.), Farmington, Connecticut 06030

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Samuel Varghese, Ph.D., Department of Research, Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, 114 Woodland Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06105-1299. E-mail: svarghes{at}stfranciscare.org

Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) stimulates collagenase-3 synthesis in fetal rat osteoblast-enriched (Ob) cells. In this study we examined the mechanism of collagenase-3 regulation in Ob cells. bFGF at 0.6 nM or more increased the transcriptional rate of collagenase-3 by 3- to 7-fold. bFGF at 0.6 nM increased the activity of collagenase-3 promoter-luciferase reporter deletion constructs from -721 to -53 nucleotides transiently transfected into Ob cells by 3- to 5-fold. The minimal bFGF response was retained within the -53 to +28 sequence. Mutational analysis revealed that the bFGF effect was mediated through an activator protein-1 (AP-1)-binding site located at -48 to -42 nucleotides in the promoter. bFGF stimulated the binding of nuclear factors to the collagenase AP-1 site by 3- to 4-fold, as determined by electrophoretic mobility shift assays. Supershift analysis of nuclear extracts revealed that bFGF stimulates the occupancy of AP-1 site by c-Jun, JunB, JunD, c-Fos, FosB, and Fra2. In conclusion, bFGF increases collagenase-3 gene transcription, an effect mediated through an AP-1 site, due to the induction or activation of Jun and Fos family transcription factors. The stimulation of collagenase-3 synthesis by bFGF may be critical in mediating the actions of this growth factor in bone remodeling.

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