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Status |
Public on Aug 15, 2011 |
Title |
Context-Specific Regulation of NF-κB Target Gene Expression by EZH2 in Breast Cancers |
Organism |
Homo sapiens |
Experiment type |
Expression profiling by array
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Summary |
Both EZH2 and NF-κB contribute to aggressive breast cancer, yet whether the two oncogenic factors have functional cross-talk in breast cancer is largely unknown. Here, we uncover an unexpected role of EZH2 in conferring the constitutive activation of NF-κB target gene expression in ER-negative basal-like breast cancer cells. This function of EZH2 is independent of its histone methyltransferase activity but requires the physical interaction with RelA/RelB to promote the expression of NF-κB targets. Intriguingly, EZH2 acts oppositely in repressing NF-κB targets in ER-positive luminal-like breast cancer cells by interacting with ER and directing repressive histone methylation. Thus, EZH2 function as a double-facet molecule in breast cancers, functioning either as a transcriptional activator or repressor of NF-κB targets, in a cell context-dependent manner. These findings reveals an additional mechanism by which EZH2 promotes breast cancer progression and also underscore the need for developing context-specific strategy for therapeutic targeting of EZH2 in breast cancers.
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Overall design |
12 samples were analyzed including three replicates of siNC CTRL and siEZH2 CTRL.
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Contributor(s) |
Lee ST, Li Z, Wu Z, Aau M, Guan P, Karuturi RK, Liou YC, Yu Q |
Citation(s) |
21884980 |
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Submission date |
Jul 14, 2011 |
Last update date |
Jan 18, 2013 |
Contact name |
Peiyong Guan |
E-mail(s) |
[email protected]
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Organization name |
Genome Institute of Singapore
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Street address |
60 Biopolis Street, Genome, #02-01
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City |
Singapore |
ZIP/Postal code |
138672 |
Country |
Singapore |
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Platforms (1) |
GPL6104 |
Illumina humanRef-8 v2.0 expression beadchip |
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Samples (12)
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Relations |
BioProject |
PRJNA144449 |