期刊
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
卷 532, 期 4, 页码 563-569出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.08.053
关键词
Environmental toxicants; Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; MALAT1; EZH2; Epigenetic regulation; Pancreas
资金
- NIEHS [P30ES006096]
- Steven Goldman Memorial Pancreatic Cancer Research Grant
Environmental toxicants such as dioxins and polycyclic aromatic carbons are risk factors for pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer. These toxicants activate aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), a ligand-activated transcription factor, of which activation regulates many downstream biological events, including xenobiotic metabolism, inflammation, and cancer cell growth and transformation. Here, we identified that environmental toxicant-activated AHR increased expression of metastasis associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) in pancreatic cancer cells and pancreatic tissues. The MALAT1 is a long noncoding (Inc) RNA which interacts with Enhancer of Zeste 2 (EZH2), a histone methyltransferase with epigenetic silencer activity, and the MALAT1-EZH2 interaction increased its epigenetic silencing activity. In contrast, AHR antagonist, CH223191 or resveratrol, counteracted the AHR-mediated MALAT1 induction and MALAT1-enahnced EZH2 activity. Collectively, these results revealed a novel pathway of how environmental exposure leads to epigenetic alteration via activation of AHR-MALATI-EZH2 signaling axis under pancreatic tissue- and cancer cell-context. (C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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