The transcriptional repressor, BCL11A, promotes breast cancer metastasis
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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE149435 | GEO | 2020/06/22
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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Project description:The transcriptional repressor, BCL11A, promotes breast cancer metastasis
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Project description:The phenotypes of each breast cancer subtype are defined by their transcriptomes. However, the transcription factors that regulate differential patterns of gene expression that contribute to specific disease outcomes are not well understood. Here, using gene silencing and overexpression approaches, RNA-Seq, and splicing analysis, we report that the transcription factor B-cell leukemia/lymphoma 11A (BCL11A) is highly expressed in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and drives metastatic disease. Moreover, BCL11A promotes cancer cell invasion by suppressing the expression of muscleblind-like splicing regulator 1 (MBNL1), a splicing regulator that suppresses metastasis. This ultimately increases the levels of an alternatively spliced isoform of integrin-α6 (ITGA6), which is associated with worse patient outcomes. These results suggest that BCL11A sustains TNBC cell invasion and metastatic growth by repressing MBNL1-directed splicing of ITGA6 Our findings also indicate that BCL11A lies at the interface of transcription and splicing and promotes aggressive TNBC phenotypes.
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2021-12-21 | GSE147797 | GEO
Project description:Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) has poor prognostic outcome compared to other types of breast cancer1. At present the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying TNBC pathology are not well understood1. Here we report that the transcription factor BCL11A is overexpressed in TNBC including basal-like breast cancer (BLBC) and that its genomic locus is amplified in up to 38% of BLBC tumours. BCL11A overexpression in immortalised human breast epithelial cells promotes tumour formation in xenograft models, whereas knockdown of BCL11A in TNBC cell lines suppresses their tumourigenic potential. In the DMBA-induced mouse mammary tumour model, Bcl11a is found to be essential for tumourigenesis since deletion of Bcl11a before DMBA treatment substantially decreases tumour formation, even in p53-null cells, and inactivation of Bcl11a in established tumours causes their regression. At the cellular level, BCL11A overexpression enhances clonogenicity in vitro whereas its deletion in the mouse causes a reduction in the number of mammary epithelial stem and progenitor cells. Thus, BCL11A has an important role in the genesis of TNBC and in normal mammary epithelial cells. This study highlights the importance of further investigation of BCL11A in breast cancer diagnosis and targeted therapies. [Mouse] KO is bcl11a deleted mammary stem cells. WT are mammary stem cells with intact Bcl11a. [Human] HMLE tumors overexpressing BCL11A.
2014-11-18 | E-GEOD-63386 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:The transcriptional repressor Bcl11a is involved in hematological malignancies, B-cell development and fetal to adult hemoglobin switching, however, the molecular mechanism how Bcl11a promotes development of myeloid leukemia remains largely unknown. We found that Bcl11a cooperates with the pseudokinase Trib1 in AML development. Bcl11a promotes proliferation of Trib1-expressing AML cells both in vitro and in vivo. ChIP-seq analysis showed that Bcl11a is significantly associated on DNA-binding with PU.1 that promotes myeloid differentiation, and Bcl11a represses a number of PU.1 target genes such as Clec5a, Fcgr3 and Csf1r. The repression of PU.1 target genes by Bcl11a is achieved by both sequence-specific DNA binding activity and recruitment of corepressors by Bcl11a, and suppression of corepressor components HDAC1 and LSD1 cancelled the repressive activity. Association of high level of expression of BCL11A and worse prognosis is observed in human AML patients, and blocking of BCL11A expression upregulates PU.1 target expression, inhibits engraftment to bone marrow, and enhances myeloid differentiation of HL-60 cells, suggesting that BCL11A is involved in human myeloid malignancies via the PU.1 transcriptional activity.
2021-12-21 | GSE147787 | GEO
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2016-01-15 | E-GEOD-74977 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Here we confirm an essential requirement for the BCL11A transcription factor in fetal pDC development, and for the first time demonstrate this lineage specific requirement in the adult organism. Genome-wide analyses of BCL11A DNA binding and expression revealed that BCL11A regulates transcription of E2-2 and other pDC differentiation modulators including ID2 and MTG16. Our results identify BCL11A as an essential, lineage-specific factor that regulates pDC development. ChIP sequenicng was performed for a transcription factor of BCL11A in Cal1 cell line. Input was sequenced and used as a control.
2014-02-15 | E-GEOD-55043 | biostudies-arrayexpress
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