TFAP2A

Transcription factor AP-2 alpha (activating enhancer binding protein 2 alpha)
Identifiers
Symbols TFAP2A ; AP-2; AP-2alpha; AP2TF; BOFS; TFAP2
External IDs OMIM: 107580 MGI: 104671 HomoloGene: 2421 GeneCards: TFAP2A Gene
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 7020 21418
Ensembl ENSG00000137203 ENSMUSG00000021359
UniProt P05549 P34056
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001032280 NM_001122948
RefSeq (protein) NP_001027451 NP_001116420
Location (UCSC) Chr 6:
10.39 – 10.42 Mb		 Chr 13:
40.72 – 40.73 Mb
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Transcription factor AP-2 alpha (Activating enhancer binding Protein 2 alpha), also known as TFAP2A, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TFAP2A gene.[1]

Function

The AP-2 alpha protein acts as a sequence-specific DNA-binding transcription factor recognizing and binding to the specific DNA sequence and recruiting transcription machinery. Its binding site is a GC-rich sequence that is present in the cis-regulatory regions of several viral and cellular genes.[2] AP2-alpha is a 52-kD retinoic acid-inducible and developmentally regulated activator of transcription that binds to a consensus DNA-binding sequence GCCNNNGGC in the SV40 and metallothionein promoters.[1]

AP-2 alpha is expressed in neural crest cell lineages with the highest levels of expression corresponding to early neural crest cells, suggesting that AP-2 alpha plays a role in their differentiation and development. Transcription factor AP-2 alpha is expressed in ectoderm and in neural-crest cells migrating from the cranial folds during closure of the neural tube in the mouse. Cranial neural crest cell provides patterning information for craniofacial morphogenesis and generate most of the skull bones and the cranial ganglia.[2][3][4][5]

AP-2 alpha knockout mice die perinatally with cranio-abdominoschisis and severe dysmorphogenesis of the face, skull, sensory organs, and cranial ganglia.[6] Homozygous knockout mice also have neural tube defects followed by craniofacial and body wall abnormalities.[7] In vivo gene delivery of AP-2 alpha suppressed spontaneous intestinal polyps in the Apc(Min/+) mouse.[8] AP-2 alpha also functions as a master regulator of multiple transcription factors in the mouse liver.[9]

In melanocytic cells TFAP2A gene expression may be regulated by MITF.[10]

Clinical significance

Mutations in the TFAP2A gene cause Branchio-oculo-facial syndrome often with a midline cleft lip.[11] In a family with branchio-oculo-facial syndrome (BOFS),[12] a 3.2-Mb deletion at chromosome 6p24.3 was detected.[13] Sequencing of candidate genes in that region in 4 additional unrelated BOFS patients revealed 4 different de novo missense mutations in the exons 4 and 5 of the TFAP2A gene.

A disruption of an AP-2 alpha binding site in an IRF6 enhancer is associated with cleft lip.[14] Mutations in IRF6 gene cause Van der Woude syndrome (VWS)[15] that is a rare mendelian clefting autossomal dominant disorder with lower lip pits in 85% of affected individuals.[16] The remaining 15% of individuals with Van der Woude syndrome show only cleft lip and/or cleft palate (CL/P) and are clinically indistinguishable from the common non syndromic CL/P. NSCL/P occur in approximately 1/700 live births and is one of the most common form of congenital abnormalities. A previous association study between SNPs in and around IRF6 and NSCL/P have shown significant results in different populations[17] and was independently replicated.[18][19][20][21]

A search of NSCL/P cases for potential regulatory elements for IRF6 gene was made aligning genomic sequences to a 500 Kb region encompassing IRF6 from 17 vertebrate species. Human sequence as reference and searched for multispecies conserved sequences (MCSs). Regions contained in introns 5’ and 3’ flanking IRF6 were screened by direct sequencing for potential causative variants in 184 NSCL/P cases. The rare allele of the SNP rs642961 showed a significant association with cleft lip cases. Analysis of transcription factor binding site analysis showed that the risk allele disrupt a binding site for AP-2 alpha.[14]

Mutations in the AP-2 alpha gene also cause branchio-oculo-facial syndrome,[13] which has overlapping features with Van der Woude syndrome such as orofacial clefting and occasional lip pits what make rs642961 a good candidate for an etiological variant. These findings show that IRF6 and AP-2 alpha are in the same developmental pathway and identify a variant in a regulatory region that contributes substantially to a common complex disorder.

Interactions

TFAP2A has been shown to interact with:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: TFAP2A transcription factor AP-2 alpha (activating enhancer binding protein 2 alpha)".
  2. 1 2 Williams T, Tjian R (Apr 1991). "Analysis of the DNA-binding and activation properties of the human transcription factor AP-2". Genes & Development 5 (4): 670–82. doi:10.1101/gad.5.4.670. PMID 2010091.
  3. ↑ Mitchell PJ, Wang C, Tjian R (Sep 1987). "Positive and negative regulation of transcription in vitro: enhancer-binding protein AP-2 is inhibited by SV40 T antigen". Cell 50 (6): 847–61. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(87)90512-5. PMID 3040262.
  4. ↑ Williams T, Admon A, Lüscher B, Tjian R (Dec 1988). "Cloning and expression of AP-2, a cell-type-specific transcription factor that activates inducible enhancer elements". Genes & Development 2 (12A): 1557–69. doi:10.1101/gad.2.12a.1557. PMID 3063603.
  5. ↑ Le Douarin NM, Ziller C, Couly GF (Sep 1993). "Patterning of neural crest derivatives in the avian embryo: in vivo and in vitro studies". Developmental Biology 159 (1): 24–49. doi:10.1006/dbio.1993.1219. PMID 8365563.
  6. ↑ Schorle H, Meier P, Buchert M, Jaenisch R, Mitchell PJ (May 1996). "Transcription factor AP-2 essential for cranial closure and craniofacial development". Nature 381 (6579): 235–8. doi:10.1038/381235a0. PMID 8622765.
  7. ↑ Zhang J, Hagopian-Donaldson S, Serbedzija G, Elsemore J, Plehn-Dujowich D, McMahon AP, Flavell RA, Williams T (May 1996). "Neural tube, skeletal and body wall defects in mice lacking transcription factor AP-2". Nature 381 (6579): 238–41. doi:10.1038/381238a0. PMID 8622766.
  8. ↑ Li Q, Löhr CV, Dashwood RH (Sep 2009). "Activator protein 2alpha suppresses intestinal tumorigenesis in the Apc(min) mouse". Cancer Letters 283 (1): 36–42. doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2009.03.026. PMC 2713803. PMID 19376641.
  9. ↑ Li Q, Luo C, Löhr CV, Dashwood RH (Aug 2011). "Activator protein-2α functions as a master regulator of multiple transcription factors in the mouse liver". Hepatology Research 41 (8): 776–83. doi:10.1111/j.1872-034X.2011.00827.x. PMID 21682828.
  10. ↑ Hoek KS, Schlegel NC, Eichhoff OM, Widmer DS, Praetorius C, Einarsson SO, Valgeirsdottir S, Bergsteinsdottir K, Schepsky A, Dummer R, Steingrimsson E (Dec 2008). "Novel MITF targets identified using a two-step DNA microarray strategy". Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research 21 (6): 665–76. doi:10.1111/j.1755-148X.2008.00505.x. PMID 19067971.
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  12. ↑ Online 'Mendelian Inheritance in Man' (OMIM) 113620
  13. 1 2 Milunsky JM, Maher TA, Zhao G, Roberts AE, Stalker HJ, Zori RT, Burch MN, Clemens M, Mulliken JB, Smith R, Lin AE (May 2008). "TFAP2A mutations result in branchio-oculo-facial syndrome". American Journal of Human Genetics 82 (5): 1171–7. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.03.005. PMC 2427243. PMID 18423521.
  14. 1 2 Rahimov F, Marazita ML, Visel A, Cooper ME, Hitchler MJ, Rubini M, Domann FE, Govil M, Christensen K, Bille C, Melbye M, Jugessur A, Lie RT, Wilcox AJ, Fitzpatrick DR, Green ED, Mossey PA, Little J, Steegers-Theunissen RP, Pennacchio LA, Schutte BC, Murray JC (Nov 2008). "Disruption of an AP-2alpha binding site in an IRF6 enhancer is associated with cleft lip". Nature Genetics 40 (11): 1341–7. doi:10.1038/ng.242. PMC 2691688. PMID 18836445.
  15. ↑ Online 'Mendelian Inheritance in Man' (OMIM) 119300
  16. ↑ Kondo S, Schutte BC, Richardson RJ, Bjork BC, Knight AS, Watanabe Y, Howard E, de Lima RL, Daack-Hirsch S, Sander A, McDonald-McGinn DM, Zackai EH, Lammer EJ, Aylsworth AS, Ardinger HH, Lidral AC, Pober BR, Moreno L, Arcos-Burgos M, Valencia C, Houdayer C, Bahuau M, Moretti-Ferreira D, Richieri-Costa A, Dixon MJ, Murray JC (Oct 2002). "Mutations in IRF6 cause Van der Woude and popliteal pterygium syndromes". Nature Genetics 32 (2): 285–9. doi:10.1038/ng985. PMC 3169431. PMID 12219090.
  17. ↑ Zucchero TM, Cooper ME, Maher BS, Daack-Hirsch S, Nepomuceno B, Ribeiro L, Caprau D, Christensen K, Suzuki Y, Machida J, Natsume N, Yoshiura K, Vieira AR, Orioli IM, Castilla EE, Moreno L, Arcos-Burgos M, Lidral AC, Field LL, Liu YE, Ray A, Goldstein TH, Schultz RE, Shi M, Johnson MK, Kondo S, Schutte BC, Marazita ML, Murray JC (Aug 2004). "Interferon regulatory factor 6 (IRF6) gene variants and the risk of isolated cleft lip or palate". The New England Journal of Medicine 351 (8): 769–80. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa032909. PMID 15317890.
  18. ↑ Scapoli L, Palmieri A, Martinelli M, Pezzetti F, Carinci P, Tognon M, Carinci F (Jan 2005). "Strong evidence of linkage disequilibrium between polymorphisms at the IRF6 locus and nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate, in an Italian population". American Journal of Human Genetics 76 (1): 180–3. doi:10.1086/427344. PMC 1196422. PMID 15558496.
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