期刊
GASTROENTEROLOGY
卷 142, 期 2, 页码 388-U314出版社
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2011.11.001
关键词
Pancreatic Cancer; NFAT; p15(INK4b); Gene Silencing; Heterochromatin
资金
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [KFO210, SFB-TR17]
- LOEWE-Schwerpunkt Tumor and Inflammation
- German Cancer Research Foundation [70-3022-ElI]
- Mayo Clinic Pancreatic SPORE [P50 CA102701]
- Mayo Clinic Center for Cell Signaling in Gastroenterology [P30 DK84567]
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Transcriptional silencing of the p15(INK4b) tumor suppressor pathway overcomes cellular protection against unrestrained proliferation in cancer. Here we show a novel pathway involving the oncogenic transcription factor nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) c2 targeting a p15(INK4b)-mediated failsafe mechanism to promote pancreatic cancer tumor growth. METHODS: Immunohistochemistry, real-time polymerase chain reaction, immunoblotting, and immunofluorescence microscopy were used for expression studies. Cancer growth was assessed in vitro by [H-3] thymidine incorporation, colony formation assays, and in vivo using xenograft tumor models. Protein-protein interactions, promoter regulation, and local histone modifications were analyzed by immunoprecipitation, DNA pull-down, reporter, and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays. RESULTS: Our study uncovered induction of NFATc2 in late-stage pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia lesions with increased expression in tumor cell nuclei of advanced cancers. In the nucleus, NFATc2 targets the p15(INK4b) promoter for inducible heterochromatin formation and silencing. NFATc2 binding to its cognate promoter site induces stepwise recruitment of the histone methyltransferase Suv39H1, causes local H3K9 trimethylation, and allows docking of heterochromatin protein HP1 gamma to the repressor complex. Conversely, inactivation of NFATc2 disrupts this repressor complex assembly and local heterochromatin formation, resulting in restoration of p15(INK4b) expression and inhibition of pancreatic cancer growth in vitro and in vivo. CONCLUSIONS: Here we describe a novel mechanism for NFATc2-mediated gene regulation and identify a functional link among its repressor activity, the silencing of the suppressor pathway p15(INK4b), and its pancreatic cancer growth regulatory functions. Thus, we provide evidence that inactivation of oncogenic NFATc2 might be an attractive strategy in treatment of pancreatic cancer.
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