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CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION
Volume 22, Issue 8, Pages 1353-1362Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2014.226
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- MMHCC/NCI [U01 CA 141496-04]
- Istituto Toscano Tumori (ITT, Italy)
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REST/NRSF is a transcriptional repressor of neuronal genes that has been implicated in development and cancer. In epithelial tissues, REST acts as a tumor suppressor and in breast cancer, loss of REST is associated with disease recurrence and poor prognosis. Here, we identify TSPYL2 (also known as CDA1 and DENTT) as a novel component of the REST protein complex. We show that REST and TSPYL2 are regulators of TGF beta signaling and that cell-cycle arrest induced by TGF beta requires both REST and TSPYL2. Importantly, knockdown of REST or TSPYL2 resulted in transformation of human mammary epithelial cells. Mechanistically, we demonstrate that the TSPYL2/REST complex promotes TGF beta signaling by repressing the expression of genes, such as the proto-oncogene neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor C (TrkC). These data provide insight into the role of REST as a tumor suppressor in epithelial tissues through the regulation of the TGF beta pathway.
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