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Effects of 17β-Estradiol combined with cyclical compressive stress on the proliferation and differentiation of mandibular condylar chondrocytes. Arch Oral Biol 2020; 109:104570. [DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2019.104570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2019] [Revised: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 09/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Saponaro C, Scarpi E, Zito FA, Giotta F, Silvestris N, Mangia A. Independent Negative Prognostic Role of TCF1 Expression within the Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Pathway in Primary Breast Cancer Patients. Cancers (Basel) 2019; 11:cancers11071035. [PMID: 31336689 PMCID: PMC6678184 DOI: 10.3390/cancers11071035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2019] [Revised: 07/09/2019] [Accepted: 07/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The Wnt pathway is involved in the progression of breast cancer (BC). We aimed to evaluate the expression of some components of the Wnt pathway (β-catenin, FZD4 (frizzled receptor 4), LRP5 (low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5), LRP6, and TCF1 (T-cell factor 1)) to detect potential associations with NHERF1 (Na+/H+ exchanger regulatory factor 1) protein. Besides, we assessed their impact on patients’ clinical outcome. We evaluated 220 primary BC samples by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and protein localization by immunofluorescence. We found a significant correlation between NHERF1 and FZD4, LRP5, LRP6, and TCF1. Univariate analysis showed that the overexpression of β-catenin (p < 0.0001), FZD4 (p = 0.0001), LRP5, LRP6, and TCF1 (p < 0.0001 respectively) was related to poor disease-free survival (DFS). A Kaplan-Meier analysis confirmed univariate data and showed a poor DFS for cNHERF1+/FZD4+ (p = 0.0007), cNHERF1+/LRP5+ (p = 0.0002), cNHERF1+/LRP6+ (p < 0.0001), and cNHERF1+/TCF1+ phenotypes (p = 0.0034). In multivariate analysis, the expression of TCF1 and β-catenin was an independent prognostic variable of worse DFS (p = 0.009 and p = 0.027, respectively). In conclusion, we found that the overexpression of β-catenin, FZD4, LRP5, LRP6, and TCF1 was associated with poor prognosis. Furthermore, we first identified TCF1 as an independent prognostic factor of poor outcome, indicating it as a new potential biomarker for the management of BC patients. Also, the expression of Wnt pathway proteins, both alone and in association with NHERF1, suggests original associations of biological significance for new studies.
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- Concetta Saponaro
- Functional Biomorphology Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II" of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Unit of Biostatistics and Clinical Trials, (IRST)-IRCCS Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, 47014 Meldola (FC), Italy
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- Pathology Department, IRCCS Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II" of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, IRCCS-Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II" of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, IRCCS-Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II" of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.
- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', 70124 Bari, Italy.
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- Functional Biomorphology Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II" of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.
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Gan N, Zou S, Hang W, Yang D, Zhang X, Yin Y. Osteopontin is Critical for Hyperactive mTOR-Induced Tumorigenesis in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. J Cancer 2017. [PMID: 28638450 PMCID: PMC5479241 DOI: 10.7150/jca.18031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) plays a critical role in the development of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), but the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here we have demonstrated that the expression of osteopontin (OPN) was dramatically up-regulated in OSCC tissues and cell lines. Moreover, reduction of OPN suppressed cell proliferation, colony formation, and in vivo tumorigenic ability of OSCC cell lines Tca8113. In addition, there was a strong positive correlation between mTORC1 activity and OPN expression in OSCC tissues and cell lines. Furthermore, mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1) enhanced OPN expression through up-regulation of ERRα. Therefore, OPN is a downstream target of mTORC1 and is crucial for OSCC development. mTORC1, ERRα, and OPN may be potential targets for treatment of OSCC with aberrant mTORC1 signaling.
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- Ning Gan
- Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 401147, China.,Chongqing key Laboratory of Oral Diseases and Biomedical Sciences, Chongqing 401147, China.,Chongqing Municipal Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering of Higher Education, Chongqing 401147, China.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, Key Laboratory of Diagnostic Medicine (Ministry of Education), Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 401147, China.,Chongqing key Laboratory of Oral Diseases and Biomedical Sciences, Chongqing 401147, China.,Chongqing Municipal Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering of Higher Education, Chongqing 401147, China
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- Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 401147, China.,Chongqing key Laboratory of Oral Diseases and Biomedical Sciences, Chongqing 401147, China.,Chongqing Municipal Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering of Higher Education, Chongqing 401147, China
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- Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 401147, China.,Chongqing key Laboratory of Oral Diseases and Biomedical Sciences, Chongqing 401147, China.,Chongqing Municipal Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering of Higher Education, Chongqing 401147, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Key Laboratory of Diagnostic Medicine (Ministry of Education), Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Key Laboratory of Diagnostic Medicine (Ministry of Education), Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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Association of osteopontin with specific prognostic factors and survival in adjuvant breast cancer trials of the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group. J Transl Med 2017; 15:30. [PMID: 28193231 PMCID: PMC5304396 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-017-1134-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2016] [Accepted: 02/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The shift towards an earlier diagnosis of breast cancer (BC) highlights the need for biomarkers that would identify patients at risk for relapse and metastatic spread and indicate the potential value of additional treatment strategies. Osteopontin (OPN) is a matricellular protein that has been suggested to be a potential biomarker in BC. In the present study, we used archived BC patient samples to assess the clinical utility of OPN. METHODS Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor tissue samples from 975 patients were collected from two large phase III randomized adjuvant chemotherapy trials (HE10/97 and HE10/00) that included patients with high risk BC. All tissue samples were assessed for ER, PgR, Ki67 and HER2 protein expression. OPN protein and mRNA expression was evaluated using immunohistochemistry and quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, respectively. RESULTS OPN mRNA expression data were available for 814 patients, whereas OPN protein expression data were available for 546 patients. The majority of patients were ER/PgR-positive (78.3%), HER2-negative (76.5%) and Ki67-positive (55.2%) and had received adjuvant radiation therapy (76.8%) and hormonal therapy (81.1%). OPN mRNA expression was significantly associated with age (60.9% in high OPN tumors vs. 54.1% in low OPN tumors, p = 0.047), ER/PgR-negative status (25.7 vs. 17.2%, p = 0.004) and BC subtypes (p = 0.021). In addition, high OPN mRNA expression was significantly associated with reduced DFS (HR 1.26, 95% CI 1.00-1.59, Wald's p = 0.050) and OS (HR 1.37, 95% CI 1.05-1.78, p = 0.019), while it retained its prognostic significance for both DFS (HR 1.39, 95% CI 1.10-1.77, p = 0.007) and OS (HR 1.54, 95% CI 1.61-2.05, p = 0.003) in the multivariate analysis. CONCLUSIONS We showed that high OPN mRNA expression is associated with decreased DFS and OS in a large cohort of BC patients treated with adjuvant chemotherapy in a clinical trial setting. Our results suggest that OPN may serve as a prognostic factor and a potential target for therapy. Trial registration Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry; HE10/97 ACTRN12611000506998; HE10/00 ACTRN12609001036202.
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The thyroid hormone nuclear receptors and the Wnt/β-catenin pathway: An intriguing liaison. Dev Biol 2017; 422:71-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2017.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2016] [Revised: 12/26/2016] [Accepted: 01/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Zduniak K, Agrawal A, Agrawal S, Hossain MM, Ziolkowski P, Weber GF. Osteopontin splice variants are differential predictors of breast cancer treatment responses. BMC Cancer 2016; 16:441. [PMID: 27400751 PMCID: PMC4940753 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-016-2484-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2015] [Accepted: 07/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Osteopontin is a marker for breast cancer progression, which in previous studies has also been associated with resistance to certain anti-cancer therapies. It is not known which splice variants may mediate treatment resistance. Methods Here we analyze the association of osteopontin variant expression before treatment, differentiated according to immunohistochemistry with antibodies to exon 4 and to the osteopontin-c splice junction respectively, with the ensuing therapy responses in 119 Polish breast cancer patients who presented between 1995 and 2008. Results We found from Cox hazard models, logrank test and Wilcoxon test that osteopontin exon 4 was associated with a favorable response to tamoxifen, but a poor response to chemotherapy with CMF (cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, fluorouracil). Osteopontin-c is prognostic, but falls short of being a significant predictor for sensitivity to treatment. Conclusions The addition of osteopontin splice variant immunohistochemistry to standard pathology work-ups has the potential to aid decision making in breast cancer treatment.
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- Krzysztof Zduniak
- Department of Pathology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of General and Oncological Surgery, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of General and Oncological Surgery, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Division of Biostatistics and Epidemilogy, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.
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- University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, College of Pharmacy, 3225 Eden Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, 45267-0004, USA.
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McCarthy TL, Centrella M. Prostaglandin dependent control of an endogenous estrogen receptor agonist by osteoblasts. J Cell Physiol 2014; 230:1104-14. [PMID: 25292157 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.24842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2014] [Accepted: 09/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Estrogen receptor (ER) activation has complex effects on bone cells, and loss of circulating estradiol adversely affects skeletal status in women. Hormone replacement therapy effectively circumvents bone loss after menopause, but enhances disease risk in other tissues. Here we show that prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) augments the activity of an osteoblast-derived selective ER modulator, ObSERM. The stimulatory effect of PGE2 is replicated in part by either the PG receptor EP3 agonist 17-phenyl trinor PGE2 or by the PG receptor FP agonist PGF2α⋅ Whereas activation of the various PG receptors induces multiple downstream signals, the response to PGE2 was mimicked by activators of protein kinase C, and suppressed by inhibition of protein kinase C but not by inhibition of protein kinase A. Moreover, inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis and activation of the PTH and Wnt pathways increases ObSERM activity. Our studies therefore reveal that ObSERM activity is controlled in distinct ways and revise our understanding of ER activation within bone by agents or events associated with PG expression. They also predict ways to sustain or improve bone formation, fracture repair, and surgical healing without adding the risk of disease in other tissues where ER activation also has important biological functions.
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- Thomas L McCarthy
- Departments of Pathology and Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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Luisier R, Unterberger EB, Goodman JI, Schwarz M, Moggs J, Terranova R, van Nimwegen E. Computational modeling identifies key gene regulatory interactions underlying phenobarbital-mediated tumor promotion. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:4180-95. [PMID: 24464994 PMCID: PMC3985636 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt1415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Gene regulatory interactions underlying the early stages of non-genotoxic carcinogenesis are poorly understood. Here, we have identified key candidate regulators of phenobarbital (PB)-mediated mouse liver tumorigenesis, a well-characterized model of non-genotoxic carcinogenesis, by applying a new computational modeling approach to a comprehensive collection of in vivo gene expression studies. We have combined our previously developed motif activity response analysis (MARA), which models gene expression patterns in terms of computationally predicted transcription factor binding sites with singular value decomposition (SVD) of the inferred motif activities, to disentangle the roles that different transcriptional regulators play in specific biological pathways of tumor promotion. Furthermore, transgenic mouse models enabled us to identify which of these regulatory activities was downstream of constitutive androstane receptor and β-catenin signaling, both crucial components of PB-mediated liver tumorigenesis. We propose novel roles for E2F and ZFP161 in PB-mediated hepatocyte proliferation and suggest that PB-mediated suppression of ESR1 activity contributes to the development of a tumor-prone environment. Our study shows that combining MARA with SVD allows for automated identification of independent transcription regulatory programs within a complex in vivo tissue environment and provides novel mechanistic insights into PB-mediated hepatocarcinogenesis.
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- Raphaëlle Luisier
- Discovery and Investigative Safety, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 4057 Basel, Switzerland, Department of Toxicology, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Tübingen, 72074 Tübingen, Germany, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, MI 48824, USA and Biozentrum, University of Basel and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Jansen MPHM, Knijnenburg T, Reijm EA, Simon I, Kerkhoven R, Droog M, Velds A, van Laere S, Dirix L, Alexi X, Foekens JA, Wessels L, Linn SC, Berns EMJJ, Zwart W. Hallmarks of aromatase inhibitor drug resistance revealed by epigenetic profiling in breast cancer. Cancer Res 2014; 73:6632-41. [PMID: 24242068 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-13-0704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Aromatase inhibitors are the major first-line treatment of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer, but resistance to treatment is common. To date, no biomarkers have been validated clinically to guide subsequent therapy in these patients. In this study, we mapped the genome-wide chromatin-binding profiles of estrogen receptor α (ERα), along with the epigenetic modifications H3K4me3 and H3K27me3, that are responsible for determining gene transcription (n = 12). Differential binding patterns of ERα, H3K4me3, and H3K27me3 were enriched between patients with good or poor outcomes after aromatase inhibition. ERα and H3K27me3 patterns were validated in an additional independent set of breast cancer cases (n = 10). We coupled these patterns to array-based proximal gene expression and progression-free survival data derived from a further independent cohort of 72 aromatase inhibitor-treated patients. Through this approach, we determined that the ERα and H3K27me3 profiles predicted the treatment outcomes for first-line aromatase inhibitors. In contrast, the H3K4me3 pattern identified was not similarly informative. The classification potential of these genes was only partially preserved in a cohort of 101 patients who received first-line tamoxifen treatment, suggesting some treatment selectivity in patient classification.
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- Maurice P H M Jansen
- Authors' Affiliations: Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Cancer Institute, Rotterdam; Departments of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Molecular Pathology, Central Genomic Facility, the Netherlands Cancer Institute; Agendia NV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; and Translational Cancer Research Unit, Laboratory of Pathology, Antwerp University/Oncology Centre, GZA Hospitals St-Augustinus, Antwerp, Belgium
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Bramwell VHC, Tuck AB, Chapman JAW, Anborgh PH, Postenka CO, Al-Katib W, Shepherd LE, Han L, Wilson CF, Pritchard KI, Pollak MN, Chambers AF. Assessment of osteopontin in early breast cancer: correlative study in a randomised clinical trial. Breast Cancer Res 2014; 16:R8. [PMID: 24451146 PMCID: PMC3978736 DOI: 10.1186/bcr3600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2013] [Accepted: 01/10/2014] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Osteopontin (OPN) is a malignancy-associated glycoprotein that contributes functionally to tumor aggressiveness. In metastatic breast cancer, we previously demonstrated that elevated OPN in primary tumor and blood was associated with poor prognosis. METHODS We measured OPN in plasma by ELISA, and in tumors by immunohistochemistry, in 624 (94%) and 462 (69%), respectively, of 667 postmenopausal women with hormone responsive early breast cancer treated by surgery followed by adjuvant treatment with tamoxifen +/- octreotide in a randomized trial (NCIC CTG MA.14; National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group Mammary.14). RESULTS Plasma OPN was measured in 2,540 samples; 688 at baseline and 1,852 collected during follow-up. Mean baseline plasma OPN was 46 ng/ml (range 22.6 to 290) which did not differ from normal levels. Mean percentage OPN tumor cell positivity was 33.9 (95% CI: 30.2 to 37.9). There was no correlation between plasma and tumor OPN values. In multivariate analysis, neither was associated with event-free survival (EFS), relapse-free survival (RFS), overall survival (OS), bone RFS or non-bone RFS. An exploratory analysis in patients with recurrence showed higher mean OPN plasma levels 60.7 ng/ml (23.9 to 543) in the recurrence period compared with baseline levels. CONCLUSIONS The hypothesis that OPN tumor expression would have independent prognostic value in early breast cancer was not supported by multivariate analysis of this study population. Plasma OPN levels in women with hormone responsive early breast cancer in the MA.14 trial were not elevated and there was no evidence for prognostic value of plasma OPN in this defined group of patients. However, our finding of elevated mean OPN plasma level around the time of recurrence warrants further study. TRIAL REGISTRATION NCT00002864, http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00002864.
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Tomimaru Y, Xu CQ, Nambotin SB, Yan T, Wands JR, Kim M. Loss of exon 4 in a human T-cell factor-4 isoform promotes hepatic tumourigenicity. Liver Int 2013; 33:1536-48. [PMID: 23648141 PMCID: PMC3775864 DOI: 10.1111/liv.12189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2012] [Accepted: 04/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND T-cell factor (TCF) proteins represent key transcription factors that activate Wnt/β-catenin signalling. We have reported that a pair of TCF-4 isoforms (TCF-4C and TCF-4D) exhibit differential TCF transcriptional activity in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells, although their structure differs by only the presence (TCF-4D) or absence (TCF-4C) of exon 4. AIM To demonstrate a regulatory role of exon 4 in HCC development. METHODS TCF-4C and TCF-4D expression profiles were examined in 27 pairs of human HCC and adjacent liver tissues. The functional role of the TCF-4 isoforms was evaluated in OUMS-29 (an immortalized hepatocyte-derived) and HAK-1A (a well-differentiated HCC) cell lines using stable clones overexpressing the TCF-4 isoforms. RESULTS TCF-4C was significantly upregulated in HCC tissues compared with corresponding peritumour and normal liver tissues; in contrast, there was no difference in TCF-4D expression. TCF-4C clones derived from both cell lines exhibited increased TCF activity, Wnt-responsive target genes, cell proliferation, cell cycle progression and resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs compared with TCF-4D clones. Capability of cell migration and colony formation was significantly higher in TCF-4C than TCF-4D clones. In a nude mice xenograft model, the HAK-1A-derived TCF-4C clone rapidly developed tumours compared with the TCF-4D clone. TCF-4C clone-derived tumours exhibited upregulation of Wnt-responsive target genes compared with the slow developing and small TCF-4D-derived tumours. CONCLUSION These results demonstrate that the TCF-4C isoform lacking exon 4 is associated with a malignant phenotype compared with the exon 4-harbouring TCF-4D isoform, indicating that exon 4 of TCF-4 plays a prominent role in HCC development.
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- Yoshito Tomimaru
- Liver Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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Lamb R, Ablett MP, Spence K, Landberg G, Sims AH, Clarke RB. Wnt pathway activity in breast cancer sub-types and stem-like cells. PLoS One 2013; 8:e67811. [PMID: 23861811 PMCID: PMC3701602 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2013] [Accepted: 05/22/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Wnt signalling has been implicated in stem cell regulation however its role in breast cancer stem cell regulation remains unclear. METHODS We used a panel of normal and breast cancer cell lines to assess Wnt pathway gene and protein expression, and for the investigation of Wnt signalling within stem cell-enriched populations, mRNA and protein expression was analysed after the selection of anoikis-resistant cells. Finally, cell lines and patient-derived samples were used to investigate Wnt pathway effects on stem cell activity in vitro. RESULTS Wnt pathway signalling increased in cancer compared to normal breast and in both cell lines and patient samples, expression of Wnt pathway genes correlated with estrogen receptor (ER) expression. Furthermore, specific Wnt pathway genes were predictive for recurrence within subtypes of breast cancer. Canonical Wnt pathway genes were increased in breast cancer stem cell-enriched populations in comparison to normal breast stem cell-enriched populations. Furthermore in cell lines, the ligand Wnt3a increased whilst the inhibitor DKK1 reduced mammosphere formation with the greatest inhibitory effects observed in ER+ve breast cancer cell lines. In patient-derived metastatic breast cancer samples, only ER-ve mammospheres were responsive to the ligand Wnt3a. However, the inhibitor DKK1 efficiently inhibited both ER+ve and ER-ve breast cancer but not normal mammosphere formation, suggesting that the Wnt pathway is aberrantly activated in breast cancer mammospheres. CONCLUSIONS Collectively, these data highlight differential Wnt signalling in breast cancer subtypes and activity in patient-derived metastatic cancer stem-like cells indicating a potential for Wnt-targeted treatment in breast cancers.
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MESH Headings
- Breast Neoplasms/genetics
- Breast Neoplasms/metabolism
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/genetics
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/pathology
- Carcinoma, Lobular/genetics
- Carcinoma, Lobular/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Lobular/pathology
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Female
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Humans
- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics
- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism
- Neoplasm Metastasis
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/metabolism
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/pathology
- Organ Specificity
- Receptors, Estrogen/genetics
- Receptors, Estrogen/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- Wnt3A Protein/genetics
- Wnt3A Protein/metabolism
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- Rebecca Lamb
- Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester, England
- * E-mail: (RC); (RL)
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- Breast Biology Group, University of Manchester, Manchester, England
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- Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester, England
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- Applied Bioinformatics of Cancer, Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland
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- Breast Biology Group, University of Manchester, Manchester, England
- * E-mail: (RC); (RL)
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Sirakov M, Skah S, Lone IN, Nadjar J, Angelov D, Plateroti M. Multi-level interactions between the nuclear receptor TRα1 and the WNT effectors β-catenin/Tcf4 in the intestinal epithelium. PLoS One 2012; 7:e34162. [PMID: 22509275 PMCID: PMC3317923 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2011] [Accepted: 02/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Intestinal homeostasis results from complex cross-regulation of signaling pathways; their alteration induces intestinal tumorigenesis. Previously, we found that the thyroid hormone nuclear receptor TRα1 activates and synergizes with the WNT pathway, inducing crypt cell proliferation and promoting tumorigenesis. Here, we investigated the mechanisms and implications of the cross-regulation between these two pathways in gut tumorigenesis in vivo and in vitro. We analyzed TRα1 and WNT target gene expression in healthy mucosae and tumors from mice overexpressing TRα1 in the intestinal epithelium in a WNT-activated genetic background (vil-TRα1/Apc mice). Interestingly, increased levels of β-catenin/Tcf4 complex in tumors from vil-TRα1/Apc mice blocked TRα1 transcriptional activity. This observation was confirmed in Caco2 cells, in which TRα1 functionality on a luciferase reporter-assay was reduced by the overexpression of β-catenin/Tcf4. Moreover, TRα1 physically interacted with β-catenin/Tcf4 in the nuclei of these cells. Using molecular approaches, we demonstrated that the binding of TRα1 to its DNA target sequences within the tumors was impaired, while it was newly recruited to WNT target genes. In conclusion, our observations strongly suggest that increased β-catenin/Tcf4 levels i) correlated with reduced TRα1 transcriptional activity on its target genes and, ii) were likely responsible for the shift of TRα1 binding on WNT targets. Together, these data suggest a novel mechanism for the tumor-promoting activity of the TRα1 nuclear receptor.
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- Maria Sirakov
- Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire de la Cellule, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire de la Cellule, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Centrella M, McCarthy TL. Estrogen receptor dependent gene expression by osteoblasts - direct, indirect, circumspect, and speculative effects. Steroids 2012; 77:174-84. [PMID: 22093482 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2011.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2011] [Accepted: 10/31/2011] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Hormone activated estrogen receptors (ERs) have long been appreciated as potent mediators of gene expression in female reproductive tissues. These highly targeted responses likely evolved from more elemental roles in lower organisms, in agreement with their widespread effects in the cardiovascular, immunological, central nervous, and skeletal tissue systems. Still, despite intense investigation, the multiple and often perplexing roles of ERs retain significant attention. In the skeleton, this in part derives from apparently opposing effects by ER agonists on bone growth versus bone remodeling, and in younger versus older individuals. The complexity associated with ER activation can also derive from their interactions with other hormone and growth factor systems, and their direct and indirect effects on gene expression. We propose that part of this complexity results from essential interactions between ERs and other transcription factors, each with their own biochemical and molecular intricacies. Solving some of the many questions that persist may help to achieve better, or better directed, use of agents that can drive ER activation in focused and possibly tissue restricted ways.
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- Michael Centrella
- Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, 310 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8041, United States.
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Wnt-β-catenin-Tcf-4 signalling-modulated invasiveness is dependent on osteopontin expression in breast cancer. Br J Cancer 2011; 105:542-51. [PMID: 21772333 PMCID: PMC3170969 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background: We have previously demonstrated that Tcf-4 regulates osteopontin (OPN) in rat breast epithelial cells, Rama37. In this report, we have examined the importance of this regulation in human breast cancer. Methods: The regulatory roles of Tcf-4 on cell invasion and OPN expression were investigated. The mRNA expression of Tcf-4 and OPN, and survival of breast cancer patients were correlated. Results: Tcf-4 enhanced cell invasion in both MCF10AT and MDA MB 231 breast cancer cells by transcriptionally activating OPN expression. Osteopontin was activated by Wnt signalling in MDA MB 231 cells. Paradoxical results on Tcf-4-regulated OPN expression in MCF10AT (activation) and Rama37 (repression) cells were shown to be a result of differential Wnt signalling competency in MCF10AT and Rama37 cells. High levels of OPN and Tcf-4 mRNA expression were significantly associated with survival in breast cancer patients. Most importantly, Tcf-4-positive patients had a poorer prognosis when OPN was overexpressed, while OPN-negative patients had a better prognosis when Tcf-4 was overexpressed. Conclusion: Our results suggest that Tcf-4 can act as a repressor or activator of breast cancer progression by regulating OPN expression in a Wnt-dependent manner and that Tcf-4 and OPN together may be a novel prognostic indicator for breast cancer progression.
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Lim SK, Orhant-Prioux M, Toy W, Tan KY, Lim YP. Tyrosine phosphorylation of transcriptional coactivator WW-domain binding protein 2 regulates estrogen receptor α function in breast cancer via the Wnt pathway. FASEB J 2011; 25:3004-18. [PMID: 21642474 DOI: 10.1096/fj.10-169136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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WW-binding protein 2 (WBP2) has been demonstrated in different studies to be a tyrosine kinase substrate, to activate estrogen receptor α (ERα)/progesterone receptor (PR) transcription, and to play a role in breast cancer. However, the role of WBP2 tyrosine phosphorylation in regulating ERα function and breast cancer biology is unknown. Here, we established WBP2 as a tyrosine phosphorylation target of estrogen signaling via EGFR crosstalk. Using dominant-negative, constitutively active mutants, RNAi, and pharmacological studies, we demonstrated that phosphorylation of WBP2 at Tyr192 and Tyr231 could be regulated by c-Src and c-Yes kinases. We further showed that abrogating WBP2 phosphorylation impaired >60% of ERα reporter activity, putatively by blocking nuclear entry of WBP2 and its interaction with ERα. Compared to vector control, overexpression of WBP2 and its phospho-mimic mutant in MCF7 cells resulted in larger tumors in mice, induced loss of cell-cell adhesion, and enhanced cell proliferation, anchorage-independent growth, migration, and invasion in both estrogen-dependent and -independent manners, events of which could be substantially abolished by overexpression of the phosphorylation-defective mutant. Hormone independence of cells expressing WBP2 phospho-mimic mutant was associated with heightened ERα and Wnt reporter activities. Wnt/β-catenin inhibitor FH535 blocked phospho-WBP2-mediated cancer cell growth more pronouncedly than tamoxifen and fulvestrant, in part by reducing the expression of ERα. Wnt pathway is likely to be a critical component in WBP2-mediated breast cancer biology.
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- Shen Kiat Lim
- Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Luderer HF, Gori F, Demay MB. Lymphoid enhancer-binding factor-1 (LEF1) interacts with the DNA-binding domain of the vitamin D receptor. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:18444-51. [PMID: 21471213 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.188219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Ligand-independent actions of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) are required for normal post-morphogenic hair cycles; however, the molecular mechanisms by which the VDR exerts these actions are not clear. Previous studies demonstrated impaired regulation of the canonical Wnt signaling pathway in primary keratinocytes lacking the VDR. To identify the key effector of canonical Wnt signaling that interacts with the VDR, GST pulldown studies were performed. A novel interaction between the VDR and LEF1 (lymphoid enhancer-binding factor-1) that is independent of β-catenin was identified. This interaction is dependent upon sequences within the N-terminal region of the VDR, a domain required for VDR-DNA interactions and normal hair cycling in mice. Mutation of specific residues within the N-terminal region of the VDR not only abrogated interactions between the VDR and LEF1 but also impaired the ability of the VDR to enhance Wnt signaling in vdr(-/-) primary keratinocytes. Thus, this study demonstrates a novel interaction between the VDR and LEF1 that is mediated by the DNA-binding domain of the VDR and that is required for normal canonical Wnt signaling in keratinocytes.
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- Hilary F Luderer
- Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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Rajalin AM, Aarnisalo P. Cross-talk between NR4A orphan nuclear receptors and β-catenin signaling pathway in osteoblasts. Arch Biochem Biophys 2011; 509:44-51. [PMID: 21362399 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2011.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2010] [Revised: 02/17/2011] [Accepted: 02/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The canonical Wnt signaling pathway and its key mediator β-catenin are important regulators of osteoblast function. NR4A orphan nuclear receptors (Nurr1, NGFI-B, and Nor1) are expressed in osteoblasts and have been shown to regulate the expression of osteoblastic genes and osteoblastic differentiation. Recently, interplay between Nurr1 and the canonical Wnt signaling pathway was reported in 293F cells. We have studied the potential interplay between NR4A receptors and β-catenin in osteoblasts. NR4A receptors repressed β-catenin-mediated transactivation when cotransfected in U2-OS cells. In addition, Nurr1 inhibited β-catenin-mediated expression of Axin2 in MC3T3-E1 cells. The repression involved the DNA-binding domain of NR4A receptors. The repression of β-catenin did not result from reduced β-catenin expression or direct protein-protein interaction between β-catenin and NR4A receptors. β-Catenin was capable of inhibiting the transcriptional activity of NR4A receptors in U2-OS cells by a mechanism that involved the ligand-binding domain of NR4A receptors. As the canonical Wnt signaling pathway and β-catenin are crucial for the development and function of osteoblasts, the repressive effect of NR4A receptors on β-catenin is of potential biological and pathophysiological importance.
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- Ann-Marie Rajalin
- Institute of Biomedicine/Physiology, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Finland
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McCarthy TL, Kallen CB, Centrella M. β-Catenin independent cross-control between the estradiol and Wnt pathways in osteoblasts. Gene 2011; 479:16-28. [PMID: 21335072 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2011] [Accepted: 02/08/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Osteoblasts are controlled by the individual and combined effects of systemic and local growth regulators. Here we show functional and physical interactions between estradiol (17βE) and Wnt activated pathways in osteoblasts. 17βE increased gene promoter activity by the Wnt pathway transcriptional effector T cell factor (TCF) in an estrogen receptor (ER) dependent way. This occurred independently of its activity through traditional estrogen response elements and was not replicated by androgen receptor activation. 17βE also increased the stimulatory effect of LiCl on TCF activity, LiCl increased the stimulatory effect of 17βE through estrogen response elements, and both were further enhanced by a noncanonical Wnt receptor agonist (WAg) that functions independently of β-catenin stabilization. In contrast to LiCl, WAg increased DNA synthesis and reduced relative collagen synthesis and alkaline phosphatase activity in otherwise untreated or 17βE stimulated cells. In addition, WAg suppressed Runx2, osterix, and alkaline phosphatase mRNA levels, and potently induced osteoprotegerin mRNA, whereas LiCl was ineffective alone and inhibitory in combination with 17βE. A definitive intersection between the 17βE and Wnt pathways occurred at the protein level, where ERα physically associated with TCF-4 independently of its β-catenin binding domain. This interaction required ligand-dependent exposure of a TCF binding region that mapped to ERα domain E and was further enhanced by Wnt pathway activation. Our studies reveal highly focused co-regulatory effects between the 17βE and Wnt pathways in osteoblasts that involve activated ERα and TCF-4 and downstream changes in gene expression, osteoblast proliferation, and differentiated cell function.
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- Thomas L McCarthy
- Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, New Haven, CT, 06520-8041, USA.
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El-Tanani MK, Yuen HF, Shi Z, Platt-Higgins A, Buckley NE, Mullan PB, Harkin DP, Johnston PG, Rudland PS. Osteopontin can act as an effector for a germline mutation of BRCA1 in malignant transformation of breast cancer-related cells. Cancer Sci 2010; 101:1354-60. [PMID: 20384635 PMCID: PMC11158710 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2010.01561.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2009] [Revised: 02/22/2010] [Accepted: 02/27/2010] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Breast cancer-associated 1 (BRCA1) plays an important role in breast cancer initiation and progression through its functions in the cell cycle and DNA repair processes; however, its role in metastatic development in human breast cancer is still poorly understood. We have previously shown that osteopontin (OPN) expression was suppressed by wild-type BRCA1 (Wt.BRCA1) and that a natural mutant allele of BRCA1 (Mut.BRCA1) diminished the effect of Wt.BRCA1 on OPN in vitro. In this study, we show that while Wt.BRCA1 suppresses OPN-induced metastasis in a rat syngeneic system, Mut.BRCA1 enhances the development of metastasis through OPN, suggesting that OPN and BRCA1 work closely to regulate metastatic development in the rat. To test whether these findings are relevant to human breast cancer, we have investigated the relationship between BRCA1, OPN, and metastatic properties in human breast cancer-related cells. Using western blot analysis, we show that Wt.BRCA1 suppresses, while Mut.BRCA1 enhances, OPN protein expression; and in parallel that Wt.BRCA1 suppresses, while Mut.BRCA1 enhances, OPN-mediated in vitro properties associated with the metastatic state in both MCF-7 and MDA MB435s cells. Overall, these results suggest that Mut.BRCA1 can elicit some of the changes involved in metastatic progression in human breast cancer via the overexpression of OPN.
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- Mohamed K El-Tanani
- Centre of Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Ireland.
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Beildeck ME, Gelmann EP, Byers SW. Cross-regulation of signaling pathways: an example of nuclear hormone receptors and the canonical Wnt pathway. Exp Cell Res 2010; 316:1763-72. [PMID: 20138864 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2010.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2009] [Revised: 01/28/2010] [Accepted: 02/01/2010] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Predicting the potential physiological outcome(s) of any given molecular pathway is complex because of cross-talk with other pathways. This is particularly evident in the case of the nuclear hormone receptor and canonical Wnt pathways, which regulate cell growth and proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, and metastatic potential in numerous tissues. These pathways are known to intersect at many levels: in the intracellular space, at the membrane, in the cytoplasm, and within the nucleus. The outcomes of these interactions are important in the control of stem cell differentiation and maintenance, feedback loops, and regulating oncogenic potential. The aim of this review is to demonstrate the importance of considering pathway cross-talk when predicting functional outcomes of signaling, using nuclear hormone receptor/canonical Wnt pathway cross-talk as an example.
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- Marcy E Beildeck
- Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, 3970 Reservoir Road, NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA
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Beildeck ME, Islam M, Shah S, Welsh J, Byers SW. Control of TCF-4 expression by VDR and vitamin D in the mouse mammary gland and colorectal cancer cell lines. PLoS One 2009; 4:e7872. [PMID: 19924301 PMCID: PMC2774944 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2009] [Accepted: 10/14/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background The vitamin D receptor (VDR) pathway is important in the prevention and potentially in the treatment of many cancers. One important mechanism of VDR action is related to its interaction with the Wnt/β-catenin pathway. Agonist-bound VDR inhibits the oncogenic Wnt/β-catenin/TCF pathway by interacting directly with β-catenin and in some cells by increasing cadherin expression which, in turn, recruits β-catenin to the membrane. Here we identify TCF-4, a transcriptional regulator and β-catenin binding partner as an indirect target of the VDR pathway. Methodology/Principal Findings In this work, we show that TCF-4 (gene name TCF7L2) is decreased in the mammary gland of the VDR knockout mouse as compared to the wild-type mouse. Furthermore, we show 1,25(OH)2D3 increases TCF-4 at the RNA and protein levels in several human colorectal cancer cell lines, the effect of which is completely dependent on the VDR. In silico analysis of the human and mouse TCF7L2 promoters identified several putative VDR binding elements. Although TCF7L2 promoter reporters responded to exogenous VDR, and 1,25(OH)2D3, mutation analysis and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays, showed that the increase in TCF7L2 did not require recruitment of the VDR to the identified elements and indicates that the regulation by VDR is indirect. This is further confirmed by the requirement of de novo protein synthesis for this up-regulation. Conclusions/Significance Although it is generally assumed that binding of β-catenin to members of the TCF/LEF family is cancer-promoting, recent studies have indicated that TCF-4 functions instead as a transcriptional repressor that restricts breast and colorectal cancer cell growth. Consequently, we conclude that the 1,25(OH)2D3/VDR-mediated increase in TCF-4 may have a protective role in colon cancer as well as diabetes and Crohn's disease.
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- Marcy E. Beildeck
- Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D. C., United States of America
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- Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D. C., United States of America
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- Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D. C., United States of America
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- GenNYsis Center for Excellence in Cancer Genomics, SUNY at Albany, Rensselaer, New York, United States of America
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- Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D. C., United States of America
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Charn TH, Liu ETB, Chang EC, Lee YK, Katzenellenbogen JA, Katzenellenbogen BS. Genome-wide dynamics of chromatin binding of estrogen receptors alpha and beta: mutual restriction and competitive site selection. Mol Endocrinol 2009; 24:47-59. [PMID: 19897598 DOI: 10.1210/me.2009-0252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Estrogen receptors ERalpha and ERbeta, members of the nuclear receptor superfamily, exert profound effects on the gene expression and biological response programs of their target cells. Herein, we explore the dynamic interplay between these two receptors in their selection of chromatin binding sites when present separately or together in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. Treatment of cells (containing ERalpha only, ERbeta only, or ERalpha and ERbeta) with estradiol or ER subtype-selective ligands was followed by chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis with a custom-designed tiling array for ER binding sites across the genome to examine the effects of ligand-occupied and unoccupied ERalpha and ERbeta on chromatin binding. There was substantial overlap in binding sites for these estradiol-liganded nuclear receptors when present alone, but many fewer sites were shared when both ERs were present. Each ER restricted the binding site occupancy of the other, with ERalpha generally being dominant. Binding sites of both receptors were highly enriched in estrogen response element motifs, but when both ERs were present, ERalpha displaced ERbeta, shifting it into new sites less enriched in estrogen response elements. Binding regions of the two ERs also showed differences in their enrichments for other transcription factor binding motifs. Studies with ER subtype-specific ligands revealed that it was the liganded subtype that principally determined the spectrum of chromatin binding. These findings highlight the dynamic interplay between the two ERs in their selection of chromatin binding sites, with competition, restriction, and site shifting having important implications for the regulation of gene expression by these two nuclear receptors.
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- Tze Howe Charn
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Xu H, McCann M, Zhang Z, Posner GH, Bingham V, El-Tanani M, Campbell FC. Vitamin D receptor modulates the neoplastic phenotype through antagonistic growth regulatory signals. Mol Carcinog 2009; 48:758-72. [PMID: 19184984 DOI: 10.1002/mc.20520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Cleveland AG, Oikarinen SI, Bynoté KK, Marttinen M, Rafter JJ, Gustafsson JA, Roy SK, Pitot HC, Korach KS, Lubahn DB, Mutanen M, Gould KA. Disruption of estrogen receptor signaling enhances intestinal neoplasia in Apc(Min/+) mice. Carcinogenesis 2009; 30:1581-90. [PMID: 19520794 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgp132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Estrogen receptors (ERs) [ERalpha (Esr1) and ERbeta (Esr2)] are expressed in the human colon, but during the multistep process of colorectal carcinogenesis, expression of both ERalpha and ERbeta is lost, suggesting that loss of ER function might promote colorectal carcinogenesis. Through crosses between an ERalpha knockout and Apc(Min) mouse strains, we demonstrate that ERalpha deficiency is associated with a significant increase in intestinal tumor multiplicity, size and burden in Apc(Min/+) mice. Within the normal intestinal epithelium of Apc(Min/+) mice, ERalpha deficiency is associated with an accumulation of nuclear beta-catenin, an indicator of activation of the Wnt-beta-catenin-signaling pathway, which is known to play a critical role in intestinal cancers. Consistent with the hypothesis that ERalpha deficiency is associated with activation of Wnt-beta-catenin signaling, ERalpha deficiency in the intestinal epithelium of Apc(Min/+) mice also correlated with increased expression of Wnt-beta-catenin target genes. Through crosses between an ERbeta knockout and Apc(Min) mouse strains, we observed some evidence that ERbeta deficiency is associated with an increased incidence of colon tumors in Apc(Min/+) mice. This effect of ERbeta deficiency does not involve modulation of Wnt-beta-catenin signaling. Our studies suggest that ERalpha and ERbeta signaling modulate colorectal carcinogenesis, and ERalpha does so, at least in part, by regulating the activity of the Wnt-beta-catenin pathway.
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- Alicia G Cleveland
- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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Banerjee A, Rose R, Johnson GA, Burghardt RC, Ramaiah SK. The Influence of Estrogen on Hepatobiliary Osteopontin (SPP1) Expression in a Female Rodent Model of Alcoholic Steatohepatitis. Toxicol Pathol 2009; 37:492-501. [DOI: 10.1177/0192623309335633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Our recent studies suggest that higher neutrophil infiltration in females correlates with increased hepatobiliary expression of osteopontin (OPN) in alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH). The objective of this study was to understand the role of alcohol in altering estrogen levels in females by examining the effect of ethanol (EtOH) on the estrous cycle and then investigate the potential relationship between estradiol (E2) and hepatobiliary OPN expression in a female rat ASH model. Ovariectomized (OVX) and E2-implanted OVX rats in the ASH group were evaluated for OPN mRNA and protein expression. Low doses of E2 resulted in significant down-regulation of OPN protein and mRNA as compared to the OVX group. However, with increasing doses of E2, there was up-regulation of both OPN mRNA and protein. Osteopontin was localized primarily to the biliary epithelium. Liver injury assessed by serum ALT and histopathology revealed a pattern similar to OPN expression. In all groups, hepatic neutrophilic infiltration correlated positively with OPN expression. Based on these data, we conclude that in our ASH model, low doses of E2 appear to be hepatoprotective, whereas the protective effect appears to diminish with increasing doses of E2, although additional cause and effect studies are needed for confirmation.
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- Atrayee Banerjee
- Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4467, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4467, USA
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- Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4467, USA
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- Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4467, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4467, USA
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Holmes KA, Song JS, Liu XS, Brown M, Carroll JS. Nkx3-1 and LEF-1 function as transcriptional inhibitors of estrogen receptor activity. Cancer Res 2008; 68:7380-5. [PMID: 18794125 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-08-0133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Estrogen receptor (ER)-associated cofactors and cooperating transcription factors are one of the primary components determining transcriptional activity of estrogen target genes and may constitute potential therapeutic targets. Recent mapping of ER-binding sites on a genome-wide scale has provided insight into novel cooperating factors based on the enrichment of transcription factor motifs within the ER-binding sites. We have used the ER-binding sites in combination with sequence conservation to identify the statistical enrichment of Nkx and LEF motifs. We find that Nkx3-1 and LEF-1 bind to several ER cis-regulatory elements in vivo, but they both function as transcriptional repressors of estrogen signaling. We show that Nkx3-1 and LEF-1 can inhibit ER binding to chromatin, suggesting competition for common chromatin-binding regions. These data provide insight into the role of Nkx3-1 and LEF-1 as potential regulators of the hormone response in breast cancer.
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- Kelly A Holmes
- Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Research Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Stem cells are a powerful resource for cell-based transplantation therapies in osteodegenerative disorders, but before some kinds of stem cells can be applied clinically, several aspects of their expansion and differentiation need to be better controlled. Wnt molecules and members of the Wnt signaling cascade have been ascribed a role in both these processes in vitro as well as normal development in vivo. However some results are controversial. In this review we will present the hypothesis that both canonical and non-canonical signaling are involved in mesenchymal cell fate regulation, such as adipogenesis, chondrogenesis and osteogenesis, and that in vitro it is a timely switch between the two that specifies the identity of the differentiating cell. We will specifically focus on the in vitro differentiation of adipocytes, chondrocytes and osteoblasts contrasting embryonic and mesenchymal stem cells as well as the role of Wnts in mesenchymal fate specification during embryogenesis.
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- L. A. Davis
- Department of Surgery and Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2XY United Kingdom
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Plotkin M, Pelger L. Regulation of the bHLH transcription factor E2A in epithelial cells by interaction with the Na/K-ATPase beta1 subunit. Arch Biochem Biophys 2008; 480:68-74. [PMID: 18727914 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2008.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2008] [Revised: 07/31/2008] [Accepted: 08/01/2008] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The bHLH transcription factor E2A controls proliferation and differentiation in many cell types including kidney epithelial cells. To identify regulatory binding partners of E2A in the kidney, a yeast two-hybrid assay with a human adult kidney cDNA library was performed. Results demonstrated E2A interactions with other HLH proteins including Id1-3 and Pod1 and the Na/K-ATPase beta1 subunit. The specificity of beta1 subunit binding was confirmed by co-immunoprecipitation of E2A and beta1 subunit deletion constructs in HEK cells demonstrating E2A binding to the cytoplasmic tail of the beta1 subunit. Immunofluorescence and Western analysis of HEK cells co-transfected with GFP-beta1 subunit and E2A demonstrated E2A membrane binding and increased beta1 subunit membrane localization. Increased beta1 subunit expression resulted in decreased nuclear E2A expression and protein half-life and reduced E2A induced gene expression. These results suggest that E2A and Na/K-ATPase beta1 subunit expression in epithelial cells are regulated by interactions between these proteins.
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- Matthew Plotkin
- New York Medical College, Renal Research Division, BSB C06, 95 Grasslands Road, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA.
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Mason CK, McFarlane S, Johnston PG, Crowe P, Erwin PJ, Domostoj MM, Campbell FC, Manaviazar S, Hale KJ, El-Tanani M. Agelastatin A: a novel inhibitor of osteopontin-mediated adhesion, invasion, and colony formation. Mol Cancer Ther 2008; 7:548-58. [PMID: 18347142 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-07-2251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Effective inhibitors of osteopontin (OPN)-mediated neoplastic transformation and metastasis are still lacking. (-)-Agelastatin A is a naturally occurring oroidin alkaloid with powerful antitumor effects that, in many cases, are superior to cisplatin in vitro. In this regard, past comparative assaying of the two agents against a range of human tumor cell lines has revealed that typically (-)-agelastatin A is 1.5 to 16 times more potent than cisplatin at inhibiting cell growth, its effects being most pronounced against human bladder, skin, colon, and breast carcinomas. In this study, we have investigated the effects of (-)-agelastatin A on OPN-mediated malignant transformation using mammary epithelial cell lines. Treatment with (-)-agelastatin A inhibited OPN protein expression and enhanced expression of the cellular OPN inhibitor, Tcf-4. (-)-Agelastatin A treatment also reduced beta-catenin protein expression and reduced anchorage-independent growth, adhesion, and invasion in R37 OPN pBK-CMV and C9 cell lines. Similar effects were observed in MDA-MB-231 and MDA-MB-435s human breast cancer cell lines exposed to (-)-agelastatin A. Suppression of Tcf-4 by RNA interference (short interfering RNA) induced malignant/invasive transformation in parental benign Rama 37 cells; significantly, these events were reversed by treatment with (-)-agelastatin A. Our study reveals, for the very first time, that (-)-agelastatin A down-regulates beta-catenin expression while simultaneously up-regulating Tcf-4 and that these combined effects cause repression of OPN and inhibition of OPN-mediated malignant cell invasion, adhesion, and colony formation in vitro. We have also shown that (-)-agelastatin A inhibits cancer cell proliferation by causing cells to accumulate in the G(2) phase of cell cycle.
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- Charlene K Mason
- Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Kajiya M, Shiba H, Fujita T, Ouhara K, Takeda K, Mizuno N, Kawaguchi H, Kitagawa M, Takata T, Tsuji K, Kurihara H. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor stimulates bone/cementum-related protein gene expression in cementoblasts. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:16259-67. [PMID: 18390540 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m800668200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), recognized as essential in the developing nervous system, is involved in differentiation and proliferation in non-neuronal cells, such as endothelial cells, osteoblasts, and periodontal ligament cells. We have focused on the application of BDNF to the regeneration of periodontal tissue and indicated that BDNF promotes the regeneration of experimentally created periodontal defects. Cementoblasts form cementum, mineralized tissue, which is key to establishing a functional periodontium. The application of BDNF to the regeneration of periodontal tissue requires elucidation of the mechanism by which BDNF regulates the functions of cementoblasts. In this study, we examined how BDNF regulates the mRNA expression of bone/cementum-related proteins (alkaline phosphatase (ALP), osteopontin (OPN), and bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2)) in cultures of immortalized human cementoblast-like (HCEM) cells. BDNF elevated the mRNA levels of ALP, OPN, and BMP-2 in HCEM cells. Small interfering RNA (siRNA) for TRKB, a high affinity receptor of BDNF, siRNA for ELK-1, which is a downstream target of ERK1/2, and PD98059, an ERK inhibitor, obviated the increase in the mRNA levels. BDNF increased the levels of phosphorylated ERK1/2 and Elk-1, and the blocking of BDNF signaling by treatment with siRNA for TRKB and PD98059 suppressed the phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and Elk-1. Furthermore, BDNF increased the levels of phosphorylated c-Raf, which activates the ERK signaling pathway. These findings provide the first evidence that the TrkB-c-Raf-ERK1/2-Elk-1 signaling pathway is required for the BDNF-induced mRNA expression of ALP, OPN, and BMP-2 in HCEM cells.
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- Mikihito Kajiya
- Department of Periodontal Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 34-8553, Japan
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Green CD, Thompson PD, Johnston PG, El-Tanani MK. Interaction between transcription factor, basal transcription factor 3, and the NH2-terminal domain of human estrogen receptor alpha. Mol Cancer Res 2008; 5:1191-200. [PMID: 18025262 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-07-0123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The estrogen receptor (ER), like other members of the nuclear receptor superfamily, possesses two separate transcriptional activation functions, AF-1 and AF-2. Although a variety of coactivators and corepressors of AF-2 have been identified, less is known of the mechanism of action of AF-1. We have used the yeast two-hybrid system to isolate a cDNA coding for a protein that binds specifically to the AF-1 region of human ERalpha. This cDNA codes for the transcription factor basal transcription factor 3 (BTF3). The specificity of the interaction between BTF3 and ERalpha has been confirmed in vivo and in vitro. Transient transfection experiments reveal that overexpression of BTF3 modulates the transcriptional response of reporter genes to ERalpha. BTF3 interacts with ERalpha that has been activated either by 17beta-estradiol (ligand-dependent activation) or by epidermal growth factor (ligand-independent activation). The effects of BTF3 on the reporter genes requires the presence of ERalpha containing an active AF-1 function. BTF3 may be a component of the mechanism by which the AF-1 function of ERalpha stimulates gene transcription.
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- Chris D Green
- Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University Belfast, University Floor, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7AB, United Kingdom
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Ray S, Xu F, Wang H, Das SK. Cooperative control via lymphoid enhancer factor 1/T cell factor 3 and estrogen receptor-alpha for uterine gene regulation by estrogen. Mol Endocrinol 2008; 22:1125-40. [PMID: 18202148 DOI: 10.1210/me.2007-0445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Accumulating evidence indicates that estrogen regulates diverse but interdependent signaling pathways via estrogen receptor (ER)-dependent and -independent mechanisms. However, molecular relationship between these pathways for gene regulation under the direction of estrogen remains unknown. To address this possibility, our uterine analysis of Wnt/beta-catenin downstream effectors revealed that lymphoid enhancer factor 1 (Lef-1) and T cell factor 3 (Tcf-3) are up-regulated temporally by 17beta-estradiol (E2) in an ER-independent manner. Lef-1 is abundantly up-regulated early (within 2 h), whereas Tcf-3 is predominantly induced after 6 h, and both are sustained through 24 h. Interestingly, activated Lef-1/Tcf-3 molecularly interacted with ERalpha in a time-dependent manner, suggesting they possess a cross talk in the uterus by E2. Moreover, dual immunofluorescence studies confirm their colocalization in uterine epithelial cells after E2. Most importantly, using chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by PCR analyses, we provide evidence for an interesting possibility that ERalpha and Tcf-3/Lef-1 complex occupies at certain DNA regions of estrogen-responsive endogenous gene promoters in the mouse uterus. By selective perturbation of activated Lef-1/Tcf-3 or ERalpha signaling events, we provide in this study novel evidence that cooperative interactions, by these two different classes of transcription factors at the level of chromatin, direct uterine regulation of estrogen-responsive genes. Collectively, these studies support a mechanism that integration of a nonclassically induced beta-catenin/Lef-1/Tcf-3 signaling with ERalpha is necessary for estrogen-dependent endogenous gene regulation in uterine biology.
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- Sanhita Ray
- Division of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2678, USA
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Armstrong VJ, Muzylak M, Sunters A, Zaman G, Saxon LK, Price JS, Lanyon LE. Wnt/beta-catenin signaling is a component of osteoblastic bone cell early responses to load-bearing and requires estrogen receptor alpha. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:20715-27. [PMID: 17491024 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m703224200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 220] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The Wnt/beta-catenin pathway has been implicated in bone cell response to their mechanical environment. This response is the origin of the mechanism by which bone cells adjust bone architecture to maintain bone strength. Osteoporosis is the most widespread failure of this mechanism. The degree of osteoporotic bone loss in men and women is related to bio-available estrogen. Here we report that in osteoblastic ROS 17/2.8 cells and primary osteoblast cultures, a single short period of dynamic mechanical strain, as well as the glycogen synthase kinase-3beta (GSK-3beta) inhibitor LiCl, increased nuclear accumulation of activated beta-catenin and stimulated TCF/LEF reporter activity. This effect was blocked by the estrogen receptor (ER) modulators ICI 182,780 and tamoxifen and was absent in primary osteoblast cultures from mice lacking ERalpha. Microarray expression data for 25,000 genes from total RNA extracted from tibiae of wild-type mice within 24 h of being loaded in vivo showed differential gene regulation between loaded and contralateral non-loaded bones of 10 genes established to be involved in the Wnt pathway. Only 2 genes were involved in loaded tibiae from mice lacking ERalpha (ERalpha(-/-)). Together these data suggest that Wnt/beta-catenin signaling contributes to bone cell early responses to mechanical strain and that its effectiveness requires ERalpha. Reduced effectiveness of bone cell responses to bone loading, associated with estrogen-related decline in ERalpha, may contribute to the failure to maintain structurally appropriate bone mass in osteoporosis in both men and women.
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- Victoria J Armstrong
- Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, Royal College Street, London, United Kingdom
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El-Tanani MK, Campbell FC, Crowe P, Erwin P, Harkin DP, Pharoah P, Ponder B, Rudland PS. BRCA1 Suppresses Osteopontin-mediated Breast Cancer. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:26587-601. [PMID: 16807234 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m604403200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BRCA1 is a well described breast cancer susceptibility gene thought to be involved primarily in DNA repair. However, mutation within the BRCA1 transcriptional domain is also implicated in neoplastic transformation of mammary epithelium, but responsible mechanisms are unclear. Here we show in a rat mammary model system that wild type (WT) BRCA1 specifically represses the expression of osteopontin (OPN), a multifunctional estrogen-responsive gene implicated in oncogenic transformation, particularly that of the breast. WT.BRCA1 selectively binds OPN-activating transcription factors estrogen receptor alpha, AP-1, and PEA3, inhibits OPN promoter transactivation, and suppresses OPN mRNA and protein both from an endogenous gene and a relevant model inducible gene. WT.BRCA1 also inhibits OPN-mediated neoplastic transformation characterized by morphology change, anchorage-independent growth, adhesion to fibronectin, and invasion through Matrigel. A mutant BRCA1 allele (Mut.BRCA1) associated with familial breast cancer lacks OPN suppressor effects, binds to WT.BRCA1, and impedes WT.BRCA1 suppression of OPN. Stable transfection of rat breast tumor cell lines with Mut.BRCA1 dramatically up-regulates OPN protein and induces anchorage independent growth. In human primary breast cancer, BRCA1 mutation is significantly associated with OPN overexpression. Taken together, these data suggest that BRCA1 mutation may confer increased tissue-specific cancer risk, in part by disruption of BRCA1 suppression of OPN gene transcription.
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- Mohamed K El-Tanani
- Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University Belfast, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BJ, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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MMPs are multifunctional enzymes capable of targeting the extracellular matrix, growth factors, cytokines and cell surface-associated adhesion and signaling receptors. The cellular localization and the activity of MMPs are tightly controlled at both the transcriptional and the post-transcriptional levels. Mislocalization and presentation in unconventional cellular compartments provide MMPs with an opportunity to cleave previously unidentified proteins. This review is focused on two, entirely different MMPs, one of which is membrane-tethered and another of which is soluble (MT1-MMP and MMP-26, respectively) from twenty four known human MMPs. Our recent studies determined that both of these enzymes functioned at unexpected cellular compartments and it was resulted in the identification of novel proteolytic pathways, whose significance we only partially comprehend as of this writing. It is reasonable, however, to hypothesize from these data that many individual MMPs perform in a similar manner and display a much broader range of functions compared to what we earlier thought.
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- Alex Y Strongin
- The Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Innes HE, Liu D, Barraclough R, Davies MPA, O'neill PA, Platt-Higgins A, de Silva Rudland S, Sibson DR, Rudland PS. Significance of the metastasis-inducing protein AGR2 for outcome in hormonally treated breast cancer patients. Br J Cancer 2006; 94:1057-65. [PMID: 16598187 PMCID: PMC2361240 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The anterior gradient protein-2 (AGR2) is inducible by oestrogen and itself can induce metastasis in a rat model for breast cancer. Here, a rabbit antibody to recombinant human AGR2 was used to assess its prognostic significance in a retrospective cohort of 351 breast cancer patients treated by adjuvant hormonal therapy. The antibody stains 66% of breast carcinomas to varying degrees. The percentage of positive carcinoma cells in tumours directly correlates with the level of AGR2 mRNA (Spearman's rank correlation, P = 0.0007) and protein (linear regression analysis r2 = 0.95, P = 0.0002). There is a significant association of staining of carcinomas for AGR2 with oestrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha) staining and with low histological grade (both Fisher's Exact test P<0.0001). In the ERalpha-positive cases, but not the ERalpha-negative cases, when subdivided into the separate staining classes for AGR2, there is a significantly progressive decrease in patient survival with increased staining (log rank test, P = 0.006). The significant association of staining for AGR2 with patient death over a 10-year period (log rank test P = 0.007, hazard ratio = 3) only becomes significant at 6 years of follow-up. This may be due to the cessation of adjuvant hormonal therapy at an earlier time, resulting in adverse re-expression of the metastasis-inducing protein AGR2.
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- H E Innes
- Clatterbridge Cancer Research Trust, JK Douglas Laboratories, Clatterbridge Hospital, Wirral CH63 4JY, UK
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- Cancer Tissue Bank Research Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Biosciences Building, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
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- Clatterbridge Cancer Research Trust, JK Douglas Laboratories, Clatterbridge Hospital, Wirral CH63 4JY, UK
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- Clatterbridge Cancer Research Trust, JK Douglas Laboratories, Clatterbridge Hospital, Wirral CH63 4JY, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Biosciences Building, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Biosciences Building, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
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- Clatterbridge Cancer Research Trust, JK Douglas Laboratories, Clatterbridge Hospital, Wirral CH63 4JY, UK
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- Cancer Tissue Bank Research Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
- School of Biological Sciences, Biosciences Building, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
- Cancer Tissue Bank Research Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK. E-mail:
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Wu CC, Li YS, Haga JH, Wang N, Lian IYZ, Su FC, Usami S, Chien S. Roles of MAP kinases in the regulation of bone matrix gene expressions in human osteoblasts by oscillatory fluid flow. J Cell Biochem 2006; 98:632-41. [PMID: 16440309 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.20697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We investigated the effects of oscillatory flow in regulating the gene expressions of type I collagen (COL1, the main component of human bone tissues) and osteopontin (OPN, the key gene for calcium deposition) in human osteoblast-like (MG-63) cells, and the roles of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) in this regulation. The cells were subjected to oscillatory flow (0.5 +/- 4 dyn/cm(2)) or kept under static condition for various time periods (15 min, 30 min, 1 h, 2 h, 4 h, 8 h, and 16 h). Oscillatory flow caused significant up-regulations of both COL1 and OPN gene expressions over the 16 h of study, and a transient activation of MAPKs was starting at 15 min and declining to basal level in 2 h. The flow-induction of COL1 was blocked by an ERK inhibitor (PD98059) and reduced by a JNK inhibitor (SP600125), whereas that of OPN was abolished by PD98059. Analysis of the cis-elements in the COL1 and OPN promoters suggests the involvement of transacting factors Elk-1 and AP-1 in the transcription regulation. The ERK inhibitor (PD98059) blocked Elk-1 phosphorylation, as well as COL1 and OPN gene expression. The JNK inhibitor (SP600125) abolished c-jun phosphorylation and COL1 expression. These results suggest that the flow-induction of OPN was mediated through the ERK-Elk1-OPN pathway, and that COL1 was regulated by both the ERK-Elk1-COL1 and JNK-c-JUN-COL1 pathway.
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- Chia-Ching Wu
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Lampronti I, Hassan Khan MT, Bianchi N, Feriotto G, Mischiati C, Borgatti M, Gambari R. Effects of medicinal plant extracts on molecular interactions between DNA and transcription factors. LEAD MOLECULES FROM NATURAL PRODUCTS - DISCOVERY AND NEW TRENDS 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s1572-557x(05)02003-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Mulholland DJ, Dedhar S, Coetzee GA, Nelson CC. Interaction of nuclear receptors with the Wnt/beta-catenin/Tcf signaling axis: Wnt you like to know? Endocr Rev 2005; 26:898-915. [PMID: 16126938 DOI: 10.1210/er.2003-0034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 299] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The cross-regulation of Wnt/beta-catenin/Tcf ligands, kinases, and transcription factors with members of the nuclear receptor (NR) family has emerged as a clinically and developmentally important area of endocrine cell biology. Interactions between these signaling pathways result in a diverse array of cellular effects including altered cellular adhesion, tissue morphogenesis, and oncogenesis. Analyses of NR interactions with canonical Wnt signaling reveal two broad themes: Wnt/beta-catenin modulation of NRs (theme I), and ligand-dependent NR inhibition of the Wnt/beta-catenin/Tcf cascade (theme II). Beta-catenin, a promiscuous Wnt signaling member, has been studied intensively in relation to the androgen receptor (AR). Beta-catenin acts as a coactivator of AR transcription and is also involved in co-trafficking, increasing cell proliferation, and prostate pathogenesis. T cell factor, a transcriptional mediator of beta-catenin and AR, engages in a dynamic reciprocity of nuclear beta-catenin, p300/CREB binding protein, and transcriptional initiation factor 2/GC receptor-interaction protein, thereby facilitating hormone-dependent coactivation and transrepression. Beta-catenin responds in an equally dynamic manner with other NRs, including the retinoic acid (RA) receptor (RAR), vitamin D receptor (VDR), glucocorticoid receptor (GR), progesterone receptor, thyroid receptor (TR), estrogen receptor (ER), and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR). The NR ligands, vitamin D(3), trans/cis RA, glucocorticoids, and thiazolidines, induce dramatic changes in the physiology of cells harboring high Wnt/beta-catenin/Tcf activity. Wnt signaling regulates, directly or indirectly, developmental processes such as ductal branching and adipogenesis, two processes dependent on NR function. Beta-catenin has been intensively studied in colorectal cancer; however, it is now evident that beta-catenin may be important in cancers of the breast, prostate, and thyroid. This review will focus on the cross-regulation of AR and Wnt/beta-catenin/Tcf but will also consider the dynamic manner in which RAR/RXR, GR, TR, VDR, ER, and PPAR modulate canonical Wnt signaling. Although many commonalities exist by which NRs interact with the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway, striking cell line and tissue-specific differences require deciphering and application to endocrine pathology.
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- David J Mulholland
- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, 650 Charles E. Young Drive, Center for Health Sciences 23-234, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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Ghogomu SM, van Venrooy S, Ritthaler M, Wedlich D, Gradl D. HIC-5 is a novel repressor of lymphoid enhancer factor/T-cell factor-driven transcription. J Biol Chem 2005; 281:1755-64. [PMID: 16291758 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m505869200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Activation of Wnt/beta-catenin target genes is regulated by a heterodimer of beta-catenin and the high mobility group box transcription factors of the lymphoid enhancer factor (LEF)/T-cell factor (TCF) family. In vertebrates, four LEF/TCF family members have been identified. They all contain a conserved beta-catenin-binding motif at the N terminus and a highly conserved high mobility group box for DNA binding. The core sequence between these motifs is less conserved and contributes to the specific properties of the individual family members. To identify interacting proteins that allocate specific functions to the individual LEF/TCF transcription factors, we performed a yeast two-hybrid screen using the less conserved core sequence as bait. We isolated the murine LIM protein HIC-5 (hydrogen peroxide-induced clone 5; also termed ARA-55 (androgen receptor activator of 55 kDa)) and cloned the highly conserved Xenopus homolog. In addition, we report that the LIM domain-containing C-terminal half of HIC-5 binds to a conserved alternatively spliced exon in LEF/TCF transcription factors. Our functional analyses revealed that HIC-5 acts as negative regulator of a subset of LEF/TCF family members, which have been characterized as activators in reporter gene analyses and in the Xenopus axis induction assay. In addition, we observed a repressive interference of LEF/TCF family members with HIC-5-mediated activation of glucocorticoid-driven transcription, which again could be allocated to specific LEF/TCF subtypes. With the characterization of HIC-5 as a binding partner of the alternatively spliced exon in LEF/TCF transcription factors, we identified a novel molecular mechanism in the dialog of steroid and canonical Wnt signaling that is LEF/TCF subtype-dependent.
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- Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu
- Zoologisches Institut II, Universität Karlsruhe (Technische Hochschule), Kaiserstrasse 12, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Vietor I, Kurzbauer R, Brosch G, Huber LA. TIS7 regulation of the beta-catenin/Tcf-4 target gene osteopontin (OPN) is histone deacetylase-dependent. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:39795-801. [PMID: 16204248 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m509836200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-induced sequence 7 (TIS7) acts as a transcriptional co-repressor interacting with SIN3, the histone deacetylase-containing complex. The overexpression of TIS7 down-regulates expression of a specific set of genes. Homozygous deletion of this gene in mice delays injury-induced muscle regeneration and inhibits muscle satellite cell differentiation and fusion of myoblasts in vitro. Osteopontin (OPN), a known beta-catenin/T cell factor-4 (Tcf-4) downstream target gene, is up-regulated in tumors and in cells with increased motility such as muscle cells. OPN promoter sequence contains binding sites for Sp1, glucocorticoid receptor, E-box-binding factors, octamer motif-binding protein, c-Myc, and other transcription factors. Previously we have shown that TIS7 regulates the OPN expression through the inhibition of the Sp1-activating effects. Here we show that TIS7 has the capacity to inhibit OPN expression also through Lef-1, the second identified OPN regulatory element. TIS7 has the capacity to down-regulate beta-catenin/Tcf-4 transcriptional activity. TIS7 homologous deletion in mouse embryonic fibroblasts increased not only the TOPflash reporter gene transcriptional activity but also the expression of c-Myc and OPN. Furthermore, we show that TIS7 overexpression leads to the beta-catenin interaction with enzymatically active histone deacetylases. We propose that TIS7 down-regulates the beta-catenin/Tcf-4 transcriptional activity via its interaction with histone deacetylase-containing complex thereby inhibiting the expression of beta-catenin downstream target genes such as c-Myc and OPN. We hypothesize that TIS7 as a negative regulator of transcriptional activity represses expression of OPN and beta-catenin/Tcf-4 target genes, which are involved in myogenesis, muscle maintenance, and regeneration in a histone deacetylase dependent manner.
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- Ilja Vietor
- Biocenter, Division of Cell Biology, Medical University Innsbruck, Fritz-Pregl-Strasse 3, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Tanaka I, Morikawa M, Okuse T, Shirakawa M, Imai K. Expression and regulation of WISP2 in rheumatoid arthritic synovium. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 334:973-8. [PMID: 16038875 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.06.196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2005] [Accepted: 06/30/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Numbers of growth factors expressed in the synovium deeply impact on the pathology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The WISP family was identified as growth factors, which are upregulated by WNT signaling. In the present study, we investigated expression pattern and regulatory mechanisms of WISPs in the synovium in patients with RA and osteoarthritis (OA). Among three members of WISP family, WISP2 mRNA was only preferentially detected in RA synovium by RT-PCR. WISP2 expression was immunohistochemically identified in RA fibroblasts in an extensive fibrotic area. WNT signaling-activated (s/abeta-catenin-expressing) synovial fibroblasts upregulated WISP2 at 2.9-fold, but -inactivated (Deltabeta-catenin-expressing) cells downregulated the expression. Quantitative RT-PCR demonstrated that WISP2 expression was increased upon 17-beta-estradiol stimulation and synergistically enhanced by WNT signaling. These data demonstrate that the expression of WISP2 is synergistically upregulated in RA synovial fibroblasts by estrogen and WNT pathways, and suggest an involvement in the pathology of the disease.
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- Ichiro Tanaka
- General Dentistry at Tokyo, School of Dentistry at Tokyo, The Nippon Dental University, Japan
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Westendorf JJ, Kahler RA, Schroeder TM. Wnt signaling in osteoblasts and bone diseases. Gene 2005; 341:19-39. [PMID: 15474285 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2004.06.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 571] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2004] [Revised: 06/04/2004] [Accepted: 06/21/2004] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Recent revelations that the canonical Wnt signaling pathway promotes postnatal bone accrual are major advances in our understanding of skeletal biology and bring tremendous promise for new therapeutic treatments for osteoporosis and other diseases of altered bone mass. Wnts are soluble glycoproteins that engage receptor complexes composed of Lrp5/6 and Frizzled proteins. A subgroup of Wnts induces a cascade of intracellular events that stabilize beta-catenin, facilitating its transport to nuclei where it binds Lef1/Tcf transcription factors and alters gene expression to promote osteoblast expansion and function. Natural extracellular Wnt antagonists, Dickkopfs and secreted frizzled-related proteins, impair osteoblast function and block bone formation. In several genetic disorders of altered skeletal mass, mutations in LRP5 create gain-of-function or loss-of-function receptors that are resistant to normal regulatory mechanisms and cause higher or lower bone density, respectively. In this review, we summarize the available molecular, cellular, and genetic data that demonstrate how Lrp5 and other components of the Wnt signaling pathway influence osteoblast proliferation, function, and survival. We also discuss regulatory mechanisms discovered in developmental and tumor models that may provide insights into novel therapies for bone diseases.
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- Jennifer J Westendorf
- The Cancer Center and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, MMC 806, 420 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Hou X, Tan Y, Li M, Dey SK, Das SK. Canonical Wnt signaling is critical to estrogen-mediated uterine growth. Mol Endocrinol 2004; 18:3035-49. [PMID: 15358837 PMCID: PMC4280566 DOI: 10.1210/me.2004-0259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Major biological effects of estrogen in the uterus are thought to be primarily mediated by nuclear estrogen receptors, ERalpha and ERbeta. We show here that estrogen in an ER-independent manner rapidly up-regulates the expression of Wnt4 and Wnt5a of the Wnt family and frizzled-2 of the Wnt receptor family in the mouse uterus. One of the mechanisms by which Wnts mediate canonical signaling involves stabilization of intracellular beta-catenin. We observed that estrogen treatment prompts nuclear localization of active beta-catenin in the uterine epithelium. We also found that adenovirus mediated in vivo delivery of SFRP-2, a Wnt antagonist, down-regulates estrogen-dependent beta-catenin activity without affecting some of the early effects (water imbibition and angiogenic markers) and inhibits uterine epithelial cell growth, suggesting that canonical Wnt signaling is critical to estrogen-induced uterine growth. Our present results provide evidence for a novel role of estrogen that targets early Wnt/beta-catenin signaling in an ER-independent manner to regulate the late uterine growth response that is ER dependent.
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- Xiaonan Hou
- Department of Pediatrics, D-4105 Medical Center North, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 21st Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2678, USA
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El-Tanani M, Platt-Higgins A, Rudland PS, Campbell FC. Ets gene PEA3 cooperates with beta-catenin-Lef-1 and c-Jun in regulation of osteopontin transcription. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:20794-806. [PMID: 14990565 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m311131200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Osteopontin (OPN) is a multifunctional protein implicated in mammary development, neoplastic change, and metastasis. OPN is a target gene for beta-catenin-T cell factor signaling, which is commonly disturbed during mammary oncogenesis, but the understanding of OPN regulation is incomplete. Data base-assisted bioinformatic analysis of the OPN promoter region has revealed the presence of T cell factor-, Ets-, and AP-1-binding motifs. Here we report that beta-catenin, Lef-1, Ets transcription factors, and the AP-1 protein c-Jun each weakly enhanced luciferase expression from a OPN promoter-luciferase reporter construct, transiently transfected into a rat mammary cell line. OPN promoter responsiveness to beta-catenin and Lef-1, however, was considerably enhanced by Ets transcription factors including Ets-1, Ets-2, ERM, and particularly PEA3. PEA3 also enhanced promoter responsiveness to the AP-1 protein c-Jun. Co-transfection of cells with beta-catenin, Lef-1, PEA3, and c-Jun in combination increased luciferase expression by up to 280-fold and induced expression of endogenous rat OPN. In six human breast cell lines, those that highly expressed OPN also expressed PEA3 and Ets-1. Moreover, there was a significant association of immunocytochemical staining for OPN and one of beta-catenin, Ets-1, Ets-2, PEA3, or c-Jun, in the 29 human breast carcinomas tested. This study shows that beta-catenin/Lef-1, Ets, and AP-1 transcription factors can cooperate in a rat mammary cell line in stimulating transcription of OPN and that their independent presence is associated with that of OPN in a group of human breast cancers. These results suggest that the presence of these transcription factors in human breast cancer is responsible in part for the overexpression of OPN that, in turn, is implicated in mammary neoplastic progression and metastasis.
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- Mohamed El-Tanani
- Department of Surgery, Cancer Research Centre, Queen's University of Belfast, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BJ, N. Ireland, UK.
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Renault MA, Jalvy S, Belloc I, Pasquet S, Sena S, Olive M, Desgranges C, Gadeau AP. AP-1 is involved in UTP-induced osteopontin expression in arterial smooth muscle cells. Circ Res 2003; 93:674-81. [PMID: 12970113 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.0000094747.05021.62] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Osteopontin (OPN), an RGD-containing extracellular matrix protein, is associated with arterial smooth muscle cell (SMC) activation in vitro and in vivo. Many cytokines and growth factors involved in vessel wall remodeling induce OPN overexpression. Moreover, we recently demonstrated that the extracellular nucleotide UTP also induces OPN expression and that OPN is essential for UTP-mediated SMC migration. Thus, we set out to investigate the mechanisms of OPN expression. The aim of this study was to identify transcription factors involved in the regulation of OPN expression in SMCs. First, we explored the contribution of mRNA stabilization and transcription in the increase of UTP-induced OPN mRNA levels. We show that UTP induced OPN mRNA increases via both OPN mRNA stabilization and OPN promoter activation. Then, to identify transcription factors involved in UTP-induced OPN transcription, we located a promoter element activated by UTP within the rat OPN promoter using a gene reporter assay strategy. The -96 to +1 region mediated UTP-induced OPN overexpression (+276+/-60%). Sequence analysis of this region revealed a potential site for AP-1 located at -76. When this AP-1 site was deleted, UTP-induced activation of the -96 to +1 region was totally inhibited. Thus, this AP-1 (-76) site is involved in UTP-induced OPN transcription. A supershift assay revealed that both c-Fos and c-Jun bind to this AP-1 site. Finally, we demonstrate that angiotensin II and platelet-derived growth factor, two main factors involved in vessel wall pathology, also modulated OPN expression via AP-1 activation.
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MESH Headings
- Angiotensin II/pharmacology
- Animals
- Aorta, Thoracic/cytology
- Binding Sites/genetics
- Blotting, Northern
- Cells, Cultured
- Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay
- Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects
- Luciferases/genetics
- Luciferases/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Osteopontin
- Platelet-Derived Growth Factor/pharmacology
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
- Protein Binding
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun/metabolism
- RNA Stability/drug effects
- RNA, Messenger/drug effects
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid/genetics
- Sialoglycoproteins/genetics
- Time Factors
- Transcription Factor AP-1/metabolism
- Transcription, Genetic/drug effects
- Uridine Triphosphate/pharmacology
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- M-A Renault
- INSERM U441, avenue du Haut-Lévèque, 33600 Pessac, France.
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Amir AL, Barua M, McKnight NC, Cheng S, Yuan X, Balk SP. A direct beta-catenin-independent interaction between androgen receptor and T cell factor 4. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:30828-34. [PMID: 12799378 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m301208200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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T cell factor (Tcf) proteins bind beta-catenin and are downstream effectors of Wnt/beta-catenin signals. A recently demonstrated interaction between beta-catenin and the androgen receptor (AR) ligand binding domain has suggested that AR may be a Tcf-independent Wnt/beta-catenin effector. This study demonstrates that there is a direct interaction between the AR DNA binding domain (DBD) and Tcf4. Tcf4 bound specifically to a glutathione S-transferase-ARDBD fusion protein and could be coimmunoprecipitated with beta-catenin and transfected AR or endogenous AR in prostate cancer cells. Transfected Tcf4 repressed the transcriptional activity of full-length AR and a VP16-ARDBD fusion protein, and this repression was only partially reversed by transfected beta-catenin. AR activation by cyproterone acetate, a partial agonist that did not support beta-catenin binding to the AR, was also repressed by Tcf4, further indicating that repression was not due to beta-catenin sequestration. Tcf4 could recruit beta-catenin to the AR DBD in vitro and to the cyproterone acetate-liganded AR in vivo. Chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments in LNCaP prostate cancer cells showed that endogenous AR was bound to a Tcf4-responsive element in the c-myc promoter. These findings indicate that AR and Tcf4 can interact directly and that this interaction may occur on the promoters or enhancers of particular genes. The direct AR-Tcf4 interaction, in conjunction AR- and Tcf4-beta-catenin binding, provides a mechanism for cooperative and selective gene regulation by AR and the Wnt/beta-catenin-Tcf pathway that may contribute to normal and neoplastic prostate growth.
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- Avital L Amir
- Cancer Biology Program, Hematology-Oncology Division, the Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Visvader JE, Lindeman GJ. Transcriptional regulators in mammary gland development and cancer. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2003; 35:1034-51. [PMID: 12672473 DOI: 10.1016/s1357-2725(03)00030-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The mammary gland represents a remarkable developmental system for the study of genetic programs underlying proliferation, differentiation and inductive tissue interactions. Mammary gland ontogeny occurs predominantly in the adult and involves a complex cycle of morphogenesis, with the continuous production, differentiation and apoptosis of mammary epithelial cells occurring with each pregnancy. Perturbations in pathways controlling any of these processes may lead to neoplasia. Substantial progress has been made in defining signaling pathways important for mammopoiesis, in particular those that mediate the effects of peptide and steroid hormones. However, much less is known about the transcriptional regulators that dictate cell specificity, proliferation and differentiation within the mammary gland. This review will discuss recent insights into the transcriptional networks important for mammary gland development and consider how deregulation of specific transcription factors contributes to the pathogenesis of breast cancer.
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- Jane E Visvader
- VBCRC Laboratory, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, 1G Royal Parade, Vic Parkville 3050, Australia.
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We have assembled references of 700 articles published in 2001 that describe work performed using commercially available optical biosensors. To illustrate the technology's diversity, the citation list is divided into reviews, methods and specific applications, as well as instrument type. We noted marked improvements in the utilization of biosensors and the presentation of kinetic data over previous years. These advances reflect a maturing of the technology, which has become a standard method for characterizing biomolecular interactions.
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- Rebecca L Rich
- Center for Biomolecular Interaction Analysis, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
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