Identification of E2F1 as a positive transcriptional regulator for delta-catenin

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Sonja Bareiss (Creator)

M. Elizabeth Fini (Creator)

Hyunkyoung Ki (Creator)

Kwonseop Kim (Creator)

Dawei Li (Creator)

Qun Lu (Creator)

Minsoo Oh (Creator)

Tao Wang (Creator)

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East Carolina University (ECU )

Web Site: http://www.ecu.edu/lib/

Abstract: Delta-Catenin is upregulated in human carcinomas. However little is known about the potential transcriptional factors that regulate delta-catenin expression in cancer. Using a human delta-catenin reporter system we have screened several nuclear signaling modulators to test whether they can affect delta-catenin transcription. Among beta-catenin/LEF-1 Notch1 and E2F1 E2F1 dramatically increased delta-catenin-luciferase activities while beta-catenin/LEF-1 induced only a marginal increase. Rb suppressed the upregulation of delta-catenin-luciferase activities induced by E2F1 but did not interact with delta-catenin. RT-PCR and Western blot analyses in 4 different prostate cancer cell lines revealed that regulation of delta-catenin expression is controlled mainly at the transcriptional level. Interestingly the effects of E2F1 on delta-catenin expression were observed only in human cancer cells expressing abundant endogenous delta-catenin. These studies identify E2F1 as a positive transcriptional regulator for delta-catenin but further suggest the presence of strong negative regulator(s) for delta-catenin in prostate cancer cells with minimal endogenous delta-catenin expression. Originally published Biochem Biophys REs Commun Vol. 369 No. 2 May 2008

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Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 369:2(May 2008) p. 414-420.

Language: English

Date: 2011

Keywords

delta-catenin/NPRAP, E2F1, wnt, notch, prostate, catenin, LEF-1, cancer, transcription

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