PMA-induced up-regulation of TBX3 is mediated by AP-1 and contributes to breast cancer cell migration.

The T-box transcription factor TBX3 provides an important link between embryonic development and cancer. TBX3 mediates limb, mammary gland and heart development and, in humans, mutations resulting in haplo-insufficiency of TBX3 lead to ulnar-mammary syndrome. Importantly, the de-regulation of TBX3 g...

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Main Authors: Mowla, S, Pinnock, R, Leaner, V, Goding, C, Prince, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011
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author Mowla, S
Pinnock, R
Leaner, V
Goding, C
Prince, S
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Pinnock, R
Leaner, V
Goding, C
Prince, S
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description The T-box transcription factor TBX3 provides an important link between embryonic development and cancer. TBX3 mediates limb, mammary gland and heart development and, in humans, mutations resulting in haplo-insufficiency of TBX3 lead to ulnar-mammary syndrome. Importantly, the de-regulation of TBX3 gene expression has been linked to several cancers, where it acts to suppress senescence and promotes proliferation and tumour invasion. Despite the negative impact of de-regulated TBX3 expression as seen by developmental defects and cancer, surprisingly little is known about the regulation of the TBX3 gene. In the present paper, we show that the phorbol ester PMA increases TBX3 protein and mRNA levels in a protein kinase C-dependent manner via the AP-1 (activator protein 1) transcription factors c-Jun and JunB. Furthermore, these AP-1 factors are shown to mediate the activation of the TBX3 gene by binding a non-consensus PMA-response element in the TBX3 promoter in vitro and in vivo. We also demonstrate that TBX3 contributes to the PMA-induced migration previously observed for the MCF-7 breast epithelium cancer cell line. Our present results reveal a previously unidentified pathway that up-regulates TBX3 expression and provides additional evidence that increased levels of TBX3 contribute to metastasis.
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spelling oxford-uuid:9a007be1-2dcd-4568-a78e-c1e66a5de5a62022-03-27T00:18:17ZPMA-induced up-regulation of TBX3 is mediated by AP-1 and contributes to breast cancer cell migration.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:9a007be1-2dcd-4568-a78e-c1e66a5de5a6EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2011Mowla, SPinnock, RLeaner, VGoding, CPrince, SThe T-box transcription factor TBX3 provides an important link between embryonic development and cancer. TBX3 mediates limb, mammary gland and heart development and, in humans, mutations resulting in haplo-insufficiency of TBX3 lead to ulnar-mammary syndrome. Importantly, the de-regulation of TBX3 gene expression has been linked to several cancers, where it acts to suppress senescence and promotes proliferation and tumour invasion. Despite the negative impact of de-regulated TBX3 expression as seen by developmental defects and cancer, surprisingly little is known about the regulation of the TBX3 gene. In the present paper, we show that the phorbol ester PMA increases TBX3 protein and mRNA levels in a protein kinase C-dependent manner via the AP-1 (activator protein 1) transcription factors c-Jun and JunB. Furthermore, these AP-1 factors are shown to mediate the activation of the TBX3 gene by binding a non-consensus PMA-response element in the TBX3 promoter in vitro and in vivo. We also demonstrate that TBX3 contributes to the PMA-induced migration previously observed for the MCF-7 breast epithelium cancer cell line. Our present results reveal a previously unidentified pathway that up-regulates TBX3 expression and provides additional evidence that increased levels of TBX3 contribute to metastasis.
spellingShingle Mowla, S
Pinnock, R
Leaner, V
Goding, C
Prince, S
PMA-induced up-regulation of TBX3 is mediated by AP-1 and contributes to breast cancer cell migration.
title PMA-induced up-regulation of TBX3 is mediated by AP-1 and contributes to breast cancer cell migration.
title_full PMA-induced up-regulation of TBX3 is mediated by AP-1 and contributes to breast cancer cell migration.
title_fullStr PMA-induced up-regulation of TBX3 is mediated by AP-1 and contributes to breast cancer cell migration.
title_full_unstemmed PMA-induced up-regulation of TBX3 is mediated by AP-1 and contributes to breast cancer cell migration.
title_short PMA-induced up-regulation of TBX3 is mediated by AP-1 and contributes to breast cancer cell migration.
title_sort pma induced up regulation of tbx3 is mediated by ap 1 and contributes to breast cancer cell migration
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