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Overexpression of human pituitary tumor transforming gene (hPTTG), is regulated by beta-catenin /TCF pathway in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Overexpression of human pituitary tumor transforming gene (hPTTG), is regulated by beta-catenin /TCF pathway in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Overexpression of human pituitary tumor transforming gene (hPTTG), is regulated by beta-catenin /TCF pathway in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Overexpression of human pituitary tumor transforming gene (PTTG) is wildly detected in many tumors, including esophageal cancer. Besides overexpression of PTTG in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) tissues and cells, we detected accumulation of cytoplasmic ?-catenin in ESCC. In our study, a putative TCF4-binding element (TBE) was identified in PTTG promoter region. The activity of PTTG promoter containing the TBE was activated by S37A?-catenin and inhibited by dominant-negative TCF. Furthermore, the activation by S37A?-catenin was mostly abrogated among PTTG promoter region without the TBE or with a mutant one. By using biotin-streptavidin pull-down assay, we also found that the TBE among PTTG promoter bound to TCF-4 protein. Moreover, levels of PTTG mRNA and protein were increased by S37A?-catenin. Finally, it is noticeable that we detected a correlation between ?-catenin localization and PTTG expression in 69 primary ESCC (p<0.01). In brief, our study shows that overexpression of PTTG in ESCC is likely due to the activation of ?-catenin/WNT signaling. As a target gene of ?-catenin/TCF pathway, PTTG may play an important role in tumorigenesis of human ESCC
hPTTG, overexpression, ?-catenin, target gene, ESCC
0020-7136
891-898
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Zhou, Cuiqi, Liu, Shuang, Zhou, Xiaobo, Xue, Liyan, Quan, Lanping, Lu, Ning, Zhang, Guo, Bai, Jinfeng, Wang, Yihua, Liu, Zhihua, Zhan, Qimin, Zhu, Hongxia and Xu, Ningzhi (2005) Overexpression of human pituitary tumor transforming gene (hPTTG), is regulated by beta-catenin /TCF pathway in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. International Journal of Cancer, 113 (6), 891-898. (doi:10.1002/ijc.20642). (PMID:15514942)

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Abstract

Overexpression of human pituitary tumor transforming gene (PTTG) is wildly detected in many tumors, including esophageal cancer. Besides overexpression of PTTG in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) tissues and cells, we detected accumulation of cytoplasmic ?-catenin in ESCC. In our study, a putative TCF4-binding element (TBE) was identified in PTTG promoter region. The activity of PTTG promoter containing the TBE was activated by S37A?-catenin and inhibited by dominant-negative TCF. Furthermore, the activation by S37A?-catenin was mostly abrogated among PTTG promoter region without the TBE or with a mutant one. By using biotin-streptavidin pull-down assay, we also found that the TBE among PTTG promoter bound to TCF-4 protein. Moreover, levels of PTTG mRNA and protein were increased by S37A?-catenin. Finally, it is noticeable that we detected a correlation between ?-catenin localization and PTTG expression in 69 primary ESCC (p<0.01). In brief, our study shows that overexpression of PTTG in ESCC is likely due to the activation of ?-catenin/WNT signaling. As a target gene of ?-catenin/TCF pathway, PTTG may play an important role in tumorigenesis of human ESCC

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Accepted/In Press date: 6 August 2004
e-pub ahead of print date: 28 October 2004
Published date: 1 March 2005
Keywords: hPTTG, overexpression, ?-catenin, target gene, ESCC
Organisations: Centre for Biological Sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 385916
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/385916
ISSN: 0020-7136
PURE UUID: 9787aa5b-ef9e-4a7f-bba4-5db494b875d1
ORCID for Yihua Wang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5561-0648

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Date deposited: 26 Jan 2016 11:19
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:52

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Author: Cuiqi Zhou
Author: Shuang Liu
Author: Xiaobo Zhou
Author: Liyan Xue
Author: Lanping Quan
Author: Ning Lu
Author: Guo Zhang
Author: Jinfeng Bai
Author: Yihua Wang ORCID iD
Author: Zhihua Liu
Author: Qimin Zhan
Author: Hongxia Zhu
Author: Ningzhi Xu

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