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Loss of corepressor PER2 under hypoxia up-regulates OCT1-mediated EMT gene expression and enhances tumor malignancy.

ABSTRACT: The circadian clock gene Period2 (PER2) has been suggested to be a tumor suppressor. However, detailed mechanistic evidence has not been provided to support this hypothesis. We found that loss of PER2 enhanced invasion and activated expression of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) genes including TWIST1, SLUG, and SNAIL. This finding was corroborated by clinical observation that PER2 down-regulation was associated with poor prognosis in breast cancer patients. We further demonstrated that PER2 served as a transcriptional corepressor, which recruited polycomb proteins EZH2 and SUZ12 as well as HDAC2 to octamer transcription factor 1 (OCT1) (POU2F1) binding sites of the TWIST1 and SLUG promoters to repress expression of these EMT genes. Hypoxia, a condition commonly observed in tumors, caused PER2 degradation and disrupted the PER2 repressor complex, leading to activation of EMT gene expression. This result was further supported by clinical data showing a significant negative correlation between hypoxia and PER2. Thus, our findings clearly demonstrate the tumor suppression function of PER2 and elucidate a pathway by which hypoxia promotes EMT via degradation of PER2.

SUBMITTER: Hwang-Verslues WW

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3725072 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Loss of corepressor PER2 under hypoxia up-regulates OCT1-mediated EMT gene expression and enhances tumor malignancy.

Hwang-Verslues Wendy W WW Chang Po-Hao PH Jeng Yung-Ming YM Kuo Wen-Hung WH Chiang Pei-Hsun PH Chang Yi-Cheng YC Hsieh Tsung-Han TH Su Fang-Yi FY Lin Liu-Chen LC Abbondante Serena S Yang Cheng-Yuan CY Hsu Huan-Ming HM Yu Jyh-Cherng JC Chang King-Jen KJ Shew Jin-Yuh JY Lee Eva Y-H P EY Lee Wen-Hwa WH

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20130708 30

The circadian clock gene Period2 (PER2) has been suggested to be a tumor suppressor. However, detailed mechanistic evidence has not been provided to support this hypothesis. We found that loss of PER2 enhanced invasion and activated expression of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) genes including TWIST1, SLUG, and SNAIL. This finding was corroborated by clinical observation that PER2 down-regulation was associated with poor prognosis in breast cancer patients. We further demonstrated that P ...[more]

PMID: 23836662

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Loss of corepressor PER2 under hypoxia up-regulates OCT1-mediated EMT gene expression and enhances tumor malignancy.

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