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Forkhead transcription factor foxq1 promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition and breast cancer metastasis.

ABSTRACT: Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) promotes cancer invasion and metastasis, but the integrative mechanisms that coordinate these processes are incompletely understood. In this study, we used a cross-species expression profiling strategy in metastatic cell lines of human and mouse origin to identify 22 up-regulated and 12 down-regulated genes that are part of an essential genetic program in metastasis. In particular, we identified a novel function in metastasis that was not previously known for the transcription factor Forkhead Box Q1 (Foxq1). Ectopic expression of Foxq1 increased cell migration and invasion in vitro, enhanced the lung metastatic capabilities of mammary epithelial cells in vivo, and triggered a marked EMT. In contrast, Foxq1 knockdown elicited converse effects on these phenotypes in vitro and in vivo. Neither ectopic expression nor knockdown of Foxq1 significantly affected cell proliferation or colony formation in vitro. Notably, Foxq1 repressed expression of the core EMT regulator E-cadherin by binding to the E-box in its promoter region. Further mechanistic investigation revealed that Foxq1 expression is regulated by TGF-?1, and that Foxq1 knockdown blocked TGF-?1-induced EMT at both morphological and molecular levels. Our findings highlight the feasibility of cross-species expression profiling as a strategy to identify metastasis-related genes, and they reveal that EMT induction is a likely mechanism underlying a novel metastasis-promoting function of Foxq1 defined here in breast cancer.

SUBMITTER: Zhang H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3906209 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Forkhead transcription factor foxq1 promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition and breast cancer metastasis.

Zhang Haijun H Meng Fanyan F Liu Gang G Zhang Bin B Zhu Jun J Wu Feng F Ethier Stephen P SP Miller Fred F Wu Guojun G

Cancer research 20110201 4

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) promotes cancer invasion and metastasis, but the integrative mechanisms that coordinate these processes are incompletely understood. In this study, we used a cross-species expression profiling strategy in metastatic cell lines of human and mouse origin to identify 22 up-regulated and 12 down-regulated genes that are part of an essential genetic program in metastasis. In particular, we identified a novel function in metastasis that was not previously known ...[more]

PMID: 21285253

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Project description:The Forkhead family of transcription factors comprises numerous members and is implicated in various cellular functions, including cell growth, apoptosis, migration and differentiation.In this study we identified the Forkhead factor FoxQ1 as increased in expression during TGF-beta1 induced changes in epithelial differentiation, suggesting functional roles of FoxQ1 for epithelial plasticity.The repression of FoxQ1 in mammary epithelial cells led to a change in cell morphology characterized by an increase in cell size, pronounced cell-cell contacts and an increased expression of several junction proteins (e.g. E-cadherin). In addition, FoxQ1 knock-down cells revealed rearrangements in the actin-cytoskeleton and slowed down cell cycle G1-phase progression.Furthermore, repression of FoxQ1 enhanced the migratory capacity of coherent mammary epithelial cells.Gene expression profiling of NM18 cells indicated that FoxQ1 is a relevant downstream mediator of TGF-beta1 induced gene expression changes. This included the differential expression of transcription factors involved in epithelial plasticity, e.g. Ets-1, Zeb1 and Zeb2.In summary, this study has elucidated the functional impact of FoxQ1 on epithelial differentiation Cells treated with 200µM 4sU for 2h, biological replicate 1:2h_co._total1, Cells treated with 200µM 4sU for 2h, biological replicate 2:2h_co._total2, Cells treated with 200µM 4sU for 2h, biological replicate 3 :2h_co._total3, Cells treated with 200µM 4sU for 2h and enriched for 4sU labelled RNA, biological replicate 1: 2h_co._enriched1, Cells treated with 200µM 4sU for 2h and enriched for 4sU labelled RNA, biological replicate 2: 2h_co._enriched2, Cells treated with 200µM 4sU for 2h and enriched for 4sU labelled RNA, biological replicate 3:2h_co._enriched3, Cells treated with 5 ng/ml TGF-b1 and 200µM 4sU for 2h, biological replicate 1:2h_TGFbeta_total1, Cells treated with 5 ng/ml TGF-b1 and 200µM 4sU for 2h, biological replicate 2:2h_TGFbeta_total2, Cells treated with 5 ng/ml TGF-b1 and 200µM 4sU for 2h, biological replicate 3:2h_TGFbeta_total3, Cells treated with 5 ng/ml TGF-b1 and 200µM 4sU for 2h and enriched for 4sU labelled RNA, biological replicate 1:2h_TGFbeta_enriched1, Cells treated with 5 ng/ml TGF-b1 and 200µM 4sU for 2h and enriched for 4sU labelled RNA, biological replicate 2:2h_TGFbeta_enriched2, Cells treated with 5 ng/ml TGF-b1 and 200µM 4sU for 2h and enriched for 4sU labelled RNA, biological replicate 3:2h_TGFbeta_enriched3, FoxQ1 dataset Cells transfected with 25nm scrambled siRNA for 48hrs, biological replicate 1:ns-siRNA 48hrs 1, Cells transfected with 25nm scrambled siRNA for 48hrs, biological replicate 2:ns-siRNA 48hrs 2, Cells transfected with 25nm scrambled siRNA for 48hrs, biological replicate 3:ns-siRNA 48hrs 3, Cells transfected with 25nm scrambled siRNA for 48hrs and treated with TGF-b1 for 40hrs biological replicate 1:ns-siRNA 48hrs TGF-b1 40hrs 1, Cells transfected with 25nm scrambled siRNA for 48hrs and treated with TGF-b1 for 40hrs biological replicate 2:ns-siRNA 48hrs TGF-b1 40hrs 2, Cells transfected with 25nm scrambled siRNA for 48hrs and treated with TGF-b1 for 40hrs biological replicate 3:ns-siRNA 48hrs TGF-b1 40hrs 3, Cells transfected with 25nm FoxQ1 siRNA for 48hrs and treated with TGF-b1 for 40hrs biological replicate 1:FoxQ1 siRNA 48hrs TGF-b1 40hrs 1, Cells transfected with 25nm FoxQ1 siRNA for 48hrs and treated with TGF-b1 for 40hrs biological replicate 2:FoxQ1 siRNA 48hrs TGF-b1 40hrs 2 Cells transfected with 25nm FoxQ1 siRNA for 48hrs and treated with TGF-b1 for 40hrs biological replicate 3:FoxQ1 siRNA 48hrs TGF-b1 40hrs 3

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