CCN5, a novel transcriptional repressor of the transforming growth factor β signaling pathway.
CCN5 is a member of the CCN (connective tissue growth factor/cysteine-rich 61/nephroblastoma overexpressed) family and was identified as an estrogen-inducible gene in estrogen receptor-positive cell lines. However, the role of CCN5 in breast carcinogenesis remains unclear. We report here that the CCN5 protein is localized mostly in the cytoplasm and ... in part in the nucleus of human tumor breast tissue. Using a heterologous transcription assay, we demonstrate that CCN5 can act as a transcriptional repressor presumably through association with histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1). Microarray gene expression analysis showed that CCN5 represses expression of genes associated with epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) as well as expression of key components of the transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) signaling pathway, prominent among them TGF-βRII receptor. We show that CCN5 is recruited to the TGF-βRII promoter, thereby providing a mechanism by which CCN5 restricts transcription of the TGF-βRII gene. Consistent with this finding, CCN5, we found, functions to suppress TGF-β-induced transcriptional responses and invasion that is concomitant with EMT. Thus, our data uncovered CCN5 as a novel transcriptional repressor that plays an important role in regulating tumor progression functioning, at least in part, by inhibiting the expression of genes involved in the TGF-β signaling cascade that is known to promote EMT.
Mesh Terms:
Cadherins, Cell Line, Tumor, Down-Regulation, Female, Gene Expression Profiling, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Gene Silencing, Histone Deacetylases, Humans, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Neoplasm Invasiveness, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Protein Binding, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Protein Transport, Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta, Repressor Proteins, Signal Transduction, Subcellular Fractions, Transcription Factors, Transcription, Genetic, Transforming Growth Factor beta
Cadherins, Cell Line, Tumor, Down-Regulation, Female, Gene Expression Profiling, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Gene Silencing, Histone Deacetylases, Humans, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Neoplasm Invasiveness, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Protein Binding, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Protein Transport, Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta, Repressor Proteins, Signal Transduction, Subcellular Fractions, Transcription Factors, Transcription, Genetic, Transforming Growth Factor beta
Mol. Cell. Biol.
Date: Apr. 01, 2011
PubMed ID: 21262769
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