Expression of N-WASP is regulated by HiF1? through the hypoxia response element in the N-WASP promoter.

ABSTRACT: Cancer cell migration and invasion involves temporal and spatial regulation of actin cytoskeleton reorganization, which is regulated by the WASP family of proteins such as N-WASP (Neural- Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome Protein). We have previously shown that expression of N-WASP was increased under hypoxic conditions. In order to characterize the regulation of N-WASP expression, we constructed an N-WASP promoter driven GFP reporter construct, N-WASP^pro-GFP. Transfection of N-WASP^pro-GFP construct and plasmid expressing HiF1? (Hypoxia Inducible factor 1?) enhanced the expression of GFP suggesting that increased expression of N-WASP under hypoxic conditions is mediated by HiF1?. Sequence analysis of the N-WASP promoter revealed the presence of two hypoxia response elements (HREs) characterized by the consensus sequence 5'-GCGTG-3' at -132 bp(HRE1) and at -662 bp(HRE2) relative to transcription start site (TSS). Site-directed mutagenesis of HRE1(-132) but not HRE2(-662) abolished the HiF1? induced activation of N-WASP promoter. Similarly ChIP assay demonstrated that HiF1? bound to HRE1(-132) but not HRE2(-662) under hypoxic condition. MDA-MB-231 cells but not MDA-MB-231^KD cells treated with hypoxia mimicking agent, DMOG showed enhanced gelatin degradation. Similarly MDA-MB-231^KD(N-WASP^pro-N-WASP^R) cells expressing N-WASP^R under the transcriptional regulation of WT N-WASP^pro but not MDA-MB-231^KD(N-WASP^proHRE1-N-WASP^R) cells expressing N-WASP^R under the transcriptional regulation of N-WASP^proHRE1 showed enhanced gelatin degradation when treated with DMOG. Thus indicating the importance of N-WASP in hypoxia induced invadopodia formation. Thus, our data demonstrates that hypoxia-induced activation of N-WASP expression is mediated by interaction of HiF1? with the HRE1(-132) and explains the role of N-WASP in hypoxia induced invadopodia formation.

SUBMITTER: Salvi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5614722 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature