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KMID : 0624620200530120628
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BMB Reports
2020 Volume.53 No. 12 p.628 ~ p.633
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WNT11 is a direct target of early growth response protein 1
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Kim Ju-Hwan
Jung Eui-Taek
Ahn Sung-Shin
Yeo Hyun-Jin
Lee Jeong-Yeon
Seo Jeong-Kon
Lee Young-Han
Shin Soon-Young
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Abstract
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WNT11 is a member of the non-canonical Wnt family and plays a crucial role in tumor progression. However, the regulatory mechanisms underlying WNT11 expression are unclear. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα) is a major inflammatory cytokine produced in the tumor microenvironment and contributes to processes associated with tumor progression, such as tumor invasion and metastasis. By using site-directed mutagenesis and introducing a serial deletion in the 5'-regulatory region of WNT11, we observed that TNFα activates the early growth response 1 (EGR1)-binding sequence (EBS) in the proximal region of WNT11 and that the transcription factor EGR1 is necessary for the TNFα-induced transcription of WNT11. EGR1 bound directly to the EBSs within the proximal 5'-regulatory region of WNT11 and ectopic expression of EGR1 stimulated WNT11 promoter activity, whereas the knockdown of EGR1 expression by RNA interference reduced TNFα-induced WNT11 expression in T47D breast cancer cells. We also observed that mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK), extracellular signalregulated kinase (ERK), c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), and p38 kinase mediated TNFα-induced transcription of WNT11 via EGR1. Our results suggest that EGR1 directly targets WNT11 in response to TNFα stimulation in breast cancer cells.
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KEYWORD
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5'-regulatory region, Early growth response 1, Mitogenactivated protein kinase, Tumor necrosis factor α, Wnt family member 11
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