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- Title
Suppression of c-Fos gene transcription with malignant transformation of human bronchial epithelial cells.
- Authors
Lee, Ho-Young; Chaudhary, Jaideep; Walsh, Garrett L; Hong, Waun Ki; Kurie, Jonathan M
- Abstract
The Activator Protein-1 (AP-1) complex is a dimeric transcription factor composed of fos and jun proteins that regulates cellular growth and differentiation. We previously demonstrated a reduction in basal AP-1 transcriptional activity associated with the malignant transformation of human bronchial epithelial (HBE) cells that was, in part, a consequence of decreased c-fos expression. In this study, we investigated the mechanisms underlying the reduction in c-fos expression associated with the malignant transformation of HBE cells. c-Fos gene transcription was lower in tumorigenic HBE cells than in normal HBE cells, and the reduction in transcription involved c-fos gene promoter elements from -327 to +40. DNaseI footprinting and band shift analyses of motifs within this c-fos promoter region, including a cyclic AMP response element (CRE), serum response element (SRE), sis-inducible element (SIE), and a YY1 site, revealed that binding to these motifs was greater in tumorigenic HBE cells than in normal HBE cells. Site-directed mutagenesis of the CRE partially relieved the repression of c-fos promoter activity in tumorigenic HBE cells. Further, the activity of the Jun N-terminal Kinase (JNK)-dependent pathway, which was a positive regulator of the c-fos promoter, was greater in normal HBE cells than in tumorigenic HBE cells. These findings demonstrate a transcriptionally-mediated suppression of c-fos gene expression associated with the malignant transformation of HBE cells. The decreased activity of the c-fos promoter in tumorigenic 1170I cells appeared to involve suppression through a CRE site and reduced activation by JNK-dependent pathways.
- Subjects
TRANSCRIPTION factors; GENETIC transcription; JUN oncogenes; EXTRACELLULAR matrix proteins
- Publication
Oncogene, 1998, Vol 16, Issue 23, p3039
- ISSN
0950-9232
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.onc.1201843