Gremlin (protein)

Gremlin (protein)

protein
Name=gremlin 1, cysteine knot superfamily, homolog (Xenopus laevis)
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HGNCid=2001
Symbol=GREM1
AltSymbols=CKTSF1B1
EntrezGene=26585
OMIM=603054
RefSeq=NM_013372
UniProt=O60565
PDB=
ECnumber=
Chromosome=15
Arm=q
Band=11
LocusSupplementaryData=-13
protein
Name=gremlin 2, cysteine knot superfamily, homolog (Xenopus laevis)
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HGNCid=17655
Symbol=GREM2
AltSymbols=
EntrezGene=64388
OMIM=608832
RefSeq=NM_022469
UniProt=Q9H772
PDB=
ECnumber=
Chromosome=1
Arm=q
Band=43
LocusSupplementaryData=

Gremlin is an inhibitor in the TGF beta signaling pathway.

Gremlin, also known as Drm, is a highly conserved 20.7-kDa, 184 amino acid glycoprotein part of the DAN family and is a cysteine knot-secreted protein [Gazzero E, Pereira RC, Jorgetti V, Olson S, Economides AN, Canalis E (2005). "Skeletal overexpression of gremlin impairs bone formation and causes osteopenia". "Endocrinology" 142(2):655-665.] [Stabile H, Mitola S, Moroni E, Belleri M, Nicoli S, Coltrini D, Peri F, Pessi A, Orsatti L, Talamo F (2007). "Blood" 109(5):1834-1840.] . Gremlin was first identified in differential screening as a transcriptional down-regulated gene in v-mos-transformed rat embryonic fibrolasts [Namkoong H, Shin SM, Kim HK, Ha S, Cho GW, Hur SY, Kim TE, Kim JW (2006). "The bone morphognentic protein antagonist gremlin 1 is overespressed in human cancers and interacts with YWAHAH protein". "BMC cancer" 6:74.] .

Gremlin 1 (grem 1) is known for its antagonistic reaction with bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) in the TGF beta signaling pathway. Grem 1 inhibits BMP-2, -4, and -7. Inhibition by grem 1 of BMPs in mice allow the expression of fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) 4 and 8 and Sonic hedgehog (SHH) which are necessary for proper limb development [Gazzero E, Pereira RC, Jorgetti V, Olson S, Economides AN, Canalis E (2005). "Skeletal overexpression of gremlin impairs bone formation and causes osteopenia". "Endocrinology" 142(2):655-665.] . Grem 1 regulation of BMP-4 in mice embryos is essential in kidney and lung branching morphogenesis [Michos O, Goncalves A, Lopez-Rios J, Tiecke E, Naillat F, Beier K, Galli A, Vainio S, Zeller R (2007). "Reduction of BMP4 activity by gremlin 1 enables ureteric bud outgrowth and GDNF/WNT11 feedbak signalling during kidney branching morphogenesis". "Development" 134:2397-2405.] [Shi W, Zhao J, Anderson KD, Warburton D (2001). "Gremlin negatively modulated BMP-4 induction of embryonic mouse lung branching morphogenesis". "Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol" 280:L1030-L1039.] .

Data from microarrays of cancer and non-cancer tissues suggest that grem1 and other BMP antagonists are important in the survival of cancer stroma survival and proliferation in some cancers [Sneddon JB, Zhen HH, Montgomery K, van de Rijn M, Tward AD, West R, Gladstone H, Chang HY, Morganroth GS, Oro AE, Brown PO (2006). "Bone morphogenetic protein antagonist gremlin 1 is widely expressed y cancer-associated stromal cells and can promote tumor cell proliferation". "PNAS" 103(40):14842-14847.] . Grem 1 expression is found in many cancers and is thought to play important roles in uterine cervix, lung, ovary, kidney, breast, colon, pancreas, and sarcoma carcinomas. More specifically, the grem 1 binding site (between residues 1 to 67) interacts with the binding protein, YWHAH (whose binding site for grem1 is between residues 61-80) and is seen as a potential therapeutic and diagnostic target against human cancers [Namkoong H, Shin SM, Kim HK, Ha S, Cho GW, Hur SY, Kim TE, Kim JW (2006). "The bone morphognentic protein antagonist gremlin 1 is overespressed in human cancers and interacts with YWAHAH protein". "BMC cancer" 6:74.] . Grem 1 also plays a BMP-dependent role in angiogenesis on endothelium of human lung tissue, which implies an important role for grem 1 in the development of cancer [Stabile H, Mitola S, Moroni E, Belleri M, Nicoli S, Coltrini D, Peri F, Pessi A, Orsatti L, Talamo F (2007). "Blood" 109(5):1834-1840.] .

Deletion of grem 1 in mice causes increased bone formation and increased trabecular bone volume where overexpression causes inhibition of bone formation and osteopenia [Gazzero E, Smerdel-Ramoya A, Zanotti S, Stadmeyer L, Durant D, Economides AN, Canalis E (2007). "Conditional deletion of gremlin causes a transient increase in bonformation and bone mass". "Journal of Biological Chemistry" 282(43):31549-31557.] [Gazzero E, Pereira RC, Jorgetti V, Olson S, Economides AN, Canalis E (2005). "Skeletal overexpression of gremlin impairs bone formation and causes osteopenia". "Endocrinology" 142(2):655-665.] . Deletion of one copy of grem1 does not produce an abnormal phenotype and deletion of both copies causes only a small differnce in phenotype in one month old male mice, but this difference cannot be observed after 3 months of age [Gazzero E, Smerdel-Ramoya A, Zanotti S, Stadmeyer L, Durant D, Economides AN, Canalis E (2007). "Conditional deletion of gremlin causes a transient increase in bonformation and bone mass". "Journal of Biological Chemistry" 282(43):31549-31557.] . Grem1 plays an important role in bone development and a lesser known function later in adulthood. Overexpression of gremlin 1 decreases osteoblast differentiation or the inhibition of bone formation and the ability for bone remodeling [Gazzero E, Pereira RC, Jorgetti V, Olson S, Economides AN, Canalis E (2005). "Skeletal overexpression of gremlin impairs bone formation and causes osteopenia". "Endocrinology" 142(2):655-665.] . Overexpression of grem1 in stromal and osteoblastic cells in addition to the inhibition of BMP, grem 1 inhibits activation Wnt/β-catenin signaling activity. The interaction between grem 1 and the Wnt signaling pathway is not fully understood [Gazzero E, Smerdel-Ramoya A, Zanotti S, Stadmeyer L, Durant D, Economides AN, Canalis E (2007). "Conditional deletion of gremlin causes a transient increase in bonformation and bone mass". "Journal of Biological Chemistry" 282(43):31549-31557.] .

Sources

-Gazzero E, Pereira RC, Jorgetti V, Olson S, Economides AN, Canalis E (2005). "Skeletal overexpression of gremlin impairs bone formation and causes osteopenia". "Endocrinology" 142(2):655-665.

-Gazzero E, Smerdel-Ramoya A, Zanotti S, Stadmeyer L, Durant D, Economides AN, Canalis E (2007). "Conditional deletion of gremlin causes a transient increase in bonformation and bone mass". "Journal of Biological Chemistry" 282(43):31549-31557.

-Michos O, Goncalves A, Lopez-Rios J, Tiecke E, Naillat F, Beier K, Galli A, Vainio S, Zeller R (2007). "Reduction of BMP4 activity by gremlin 1 enables ureteric bud outgrowth and GDNF/WNT11 feedbak signalling during kidney branching morphogenesis". "Development" 134:2397-2405.

-Namkoong H, Shin SM, Kim HK, Ha S, Cho GW, Hur SY, Kim TE, Kim JW (2006). "The bone morphognentic protein antagonist gremlin 1 is overespressed in human cancers and interacts with YWAHAH protein". "BMC cancer" 6:74.

-Shi W, Zhao J, Anderson KD, Warburton D (2001). "Gremlin negatively modulated BMP-4 induction of embryonic mouse lung branching morphogenesis". "Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol" 280:L1030-L1039.

-Sneddon JB, Zhen HH, Montgomery K, van de Rijn M, Tward AD, West R, Gladstone H, Chang HY, Morganroth GS, Oro AE, Brown PO (2006). "Bone morphogenetic protein antagonist gremlin 1 is widely expressed y cancer-associated stromal cells and can promote tumor cell proliferation". "PNAS" 103(40):14842-14847.

-Stabile H, Mitola S, Moroni E, Belleri M, Nicoli S, Coltrini D, Peri F, Pessi A, Orsatti L, Talamo F (2007). "Blood" 109(5):1834-1840.

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