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G-quadruplexes formation within the promoter of TEAD4 oncogene and their interaction with Vimentin

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FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY
卷 10, 期 -, 页码 -

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.1008075

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G-quadruplex; TEAD4; Vimentin; G4-repeats; EMT

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  1. AIRC [26474]
  2. Cariparo

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G-quadruplexes (G4s) are nucleic acid secondary structures detected within human chromosomes, which cluster at gene promoters and enhancers and may play specific roles in the regulation of gene expression. Vimentin, a protein highly expressed within mesenchymal cells, selectively recognizes these structures. In this study, a putative G4-repeat sequence within the promoter of the TEAD4 oncogene was selected and its folding behavior was validated, confirming its interaction with Vimentin.
G-quadruplexes (G4s) are nucleic acid secondary structures detected within human chromosomes, that cluster at gene promoters and enhancers. This suggests that G4s may play specific roles in the regulation of gene expression. Within a distinct subgroup of G-rich domains, the formation of two or more adjacent G4 units (G4-repeats) is feasible. Recently it was shown that Vimentin, a protein highly expressed within mesenchymal cells, selectively recognizes these arrangements. Putative G4-repeats have been searched within the human gene proximal promoters by the bioinformatics tool QPARSE and they resulted to be enriched at genes related to epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). This suggested that Vimentin binding at these sites might be relevant for the maintenance of the mesenchymal phenotype. Among all the identified sequences, in the present study we selected the one located within the promoter of the TEAD4 oncogene. TEAD4 codifies for a transcriptional enhancer factor, TEAD4, that actively promotes EMT, supporting, cell proliferation and migration. Moreover, in colorectal cancer cells TEAD4 directly enhances the expression of Vimentin. Thus, the possible interaction of Vimentin with TEAD4 promoter could highlight a positive feedback loop between these two factors, associated to important tumor metastasis related events. Here, we exploited spectroscopic and electrophoretic measurements under different conditions to address the folding behavior of the selected sequence. This allowed us to validate the folding of TEAD4 promoter into a G4-repeat able to interact with Vimentin.

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