EphA2 super-enhancer promotes tumor progression by recruiting FOSL2 and TCF7L2 to activate the target gene EphA2

被引:35
作者
Cui, Shuang [1 ]
Wu, Qiong [1 ]
Liu, Ming [1 ]
Su, Mu [1 ]
Liu, ShiYou [1 ]
Shao, Lan [1 ]
Han, Xiao [1 ]
He, Hongjuan [1 ]
机构
[1] Harbin Inst Technol, Sch Life Sci & Technol, State Key Lab Urban Water Resource & Environm, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
TYROSINE KINASE; CELL IDENTITY; EXPRESSION; OVEREXPRESSION; INHIBITION; RECEPTORS; ONCOGENES; DATABASE; FAMILY; MOUSE;
D O I
10.1038/s41419-021-03538-6
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Super-enhancers or stretch enhancers (SEs) consist of large clusters of active transcription enhancers which promote the expression of critical genes that define cell identity during development and disease. However, the role of many super-enhancers in tumor cells remains unclear. This study aims to explore the function and mechanism of a new super-enhancer in various tumor cells. A new super-enhancer that exists in a variety of tumors named EphA2-Super-enhancer (EphA2-SE) was found using multiple databases and further identified. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated deletion of EphA2-SE results in the significant downregulation of its target gene EphA2. Mechanistically, we revealed that the core active region of EphA2-SE comprises E1 component enhancer, which recruits TCF7L2 and FOSL2 transcription factors to drive the expression of EphA2, induce cell proliferation and metastasis. Bioinformatics analysis of RNA-seq data and functional experiments in vitro illustrated that EphA2-SE deletion inhibited cell growth and metastasis by blocking PI3K/AKT and Wnt/beta -catenin pathway in HeLa, HCT-116 and MCF-7 cells. Overexpression of EphA2 in EphA2-SE-/- clones rescued the effect of EphA2-SE deletion on proliferation and metastasis. Subsequent xenograft animal model revealed that EphA2-SE deletion suppressed tumor proliferation and survival in vivo. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that EphA2-SE plays an oncogenic role and promotes tumor progression in various tumors by recruiting FOSL2 and TCF7L2 to drive the expression of oncogene EphA2.
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