Wang Yuzhi, Lin Xue, Gong Xue, Wu Lele, Zhang Jun, Liu Weiguang, Li Jian, Chen Liming
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of life Science, Nanjing Normal University, 210023, Nanjing, P. R. China.
Institute of Life Science, Southeast University, 210096, Nanjing, P. R. China.
Oncogenesis. 2018 Dec 19;7(12):96. doi: 10.1038/s41389-018-0108-9.
Transcriptional repressor GATA binding 1 (TRPS1), an atypical GATA transcription factor, functions as a transcriptional repressor and is also implicated in human cancers. However, the underlying mechanism of TRPS1 contributing to malignancy remains obscure. In the current study, we report that TRPS1 recognizes both gene proximal and distal transcription start site (TSS) sequences to repress gene expression. Co-IP mass spectrometry and biochemical studies showed that TRPS1 binds to CHD4/NuRD(MTA2). Genome-wide and molecular studies revealed that CHD4/NuRD(MTA2) is required for TRPS1 transcriptional repression. Mechanically, TRPS1 and CHD4/NuRD(MTA2) form precision-guided transcriptional repression machinery in which TRPS1 guides the machinery to specific target sites by recognizing GATA elements, and CHD4/NuRD(MTA2) represses the transcription of target genes. Furthermore, TP63 was identified and validated to be a direct target of TRPS1-CHD4/NuRD(MTA2) complex, which represses TP63 expression by involving decommission of TP63 enhancer in the described precision-guided manner, leading to a reduction of the ΔNp63 level and contributing to migration and invasion of cancer cells.
转录抑制因子GATA结合蛋白1(TRPS1)是一种非典型的GATA转录因子,作为转录抑制因子发挥作用,也与人类癌症有关。然而,TRPS1促成恶性肿瘤的潜在机制仍不清楚。在本研究中,我们报告TRPS1识别基因近端和远端转录起始位点(TSS)序列以抑制基因表达。免疫共沉淀质谱和生化研究表明,TRPS1与CHD4/NuRD(MTA2)结合。全基因组和分子研究表明,TRPS1转录抑制需要CHD4/NuRD(MTA2)。从机制上讲,TRPS1和CHD4/NuRD(MTA2)形成精确引导的转录抑制机制,其中TRPS1通过识别GATA元件将该机制引导至特定靶位点,而CHD4/NuRD(MTA2)抑制靶基因的转录。此外,TP63被鉴定并验证为TRPS1-CHD4/NuRD(MTA2)复合物的直接靶标,该复合物以上述精确引导的方式通过使TP63增强子失活来抑制TP63表达,导致ΔNp63水平降低,并促进癌细胞的迁移和侵袭。