Activation of KLF8 Transcription by Focal Adhesion Kinase in Human Ovarian Epithelial and Cancer Cells
| Autor: | Jinsong Liu, Xianhui Wang, Jihe Zhao, Alison M. Urvalek |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Sp1 Transcription Factor
Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors Oligonucleotides Biology Models Biological Biochemistry Focal adhesion Inhibitory Concentration 50 Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases Cell Line Tumor Humans Epithelial–mesenchymal transition Promoter Regions Genetic Molecular Biology Transcription factor Protein kinase B PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway Ovarian Neoplasms Gene knockdown Cell Biology Cell biology DNA-Binding Proteins Enzyme Activation Gene Expression Regulation Neoplastic Repressor Proteins Microscopy Fluorescence Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases Cancer cell Cancer research Female Signal transduction |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283:13934-13942 |
| ISSN: | 0021-9258 |
| Popis: | KLF8 (Krüppel-like factor 8) is a transcription factor downstream of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) important in the regulation of the cell cycle and also plays a critical role in oncogenic transformation and epithelial to mesenchymal transition. Here we report the mechanisms by which FAK regulates KLF8 expression in human ovarian epithelial and cancer cells. We show that the overexpression of both KLF8 and FAK in the human ovarian cancer cells as compared with the normal human ovarian surface epithelial cells is critical for cell growth. Using promoter luciferase reporter assays, we demonstrate that exogenous FAK strongly promotes the activity of the KLF8 promoter, and knockdown of FAK inhibits it. KLF8 promoter activity and mRNA levels are induced by expression of constitutively active (CA) phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) or CA-Akt but are repressed by dominant negative Akt or the PI3K inhibitor LY294002. Disruption of an Sp1 binding site in the KLF8 promoter abolishes the FAK- or Sp1-mediated promoter activation. Sp1 knockdown prevents the KLF8 promoter from being activated by Sp1 or CA-Akt, and expression of CA-Akt enhances Sp1 expression in SKOV3ip1 cells. Chromatin immunoprecipitation and oligonucleotide precipitation results show that Sp1 binds to the KLF8 promoter. Taken together, our data suggest that FAK induces KLF8 expression in human ovarian cancer cells by activating the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway, leading to the activation of KLF8 promoter by Sp1. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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