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ArticleCellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands)2013

Epigenetic control of HNF-4α in colon carcinoma cells affects MUC4 expression and malignancy.

Anna Algamas-Dimantov, Einav Yehuda-Shnaidman, Irena Peri, Betty Schwartz

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Article in Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anna Algamas-DimantovInstitute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot, 76100, Israel.
Einav Yehuda-Shnaidman
Irena Peri
Betty Schwartz
Hebrew University of Jerusalem · IL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe previously found that enhanced expression of hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α (HNF-4α) is associated with hyper-proliferation of colon carcinoma cells. Here, the effect of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors on proliferation and the expression of HNF-4α and its downstream target genes were assessed in HM7, LS174T, HT29 and Caco-2 colon carcinoma cell lines.

resultsHNF-4α expression was found to vary in the different colon carcinoma cell lines tested, being highest in HM7. Additionally, a direct correlation with proliferation was observed. In HM7 cells, the weak HDAC inhibitor butyrate significantly inhibited the transcription of HNF-4α, its downstream target gene MUC4, and genes associated with proliferation, including the proliferating cell nuclear antigen gene PCNA. siRNA-mediated silencing of HNF-4α exerted an effect similar to butyrate on HM7 cell proliferation. The stronger HDAC inhibitor trichostatin A (TSA) exerted an effect similar to that of siRNA-mediated HNF-4α silencing and, concomitantly, inhibited the expression of the transcription factor gene SP1. Also, siRNA-mediated silencing of HDAC3 and HDAC4 reduced HNF-4α expression. Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays revealed that TSA induces hyperacetylation of histones H3 and H4 and, concomitantly, inhibits SP1 binding to the HNF-4α promoter. Subsequent electromobility shift assays supported these latter findings.

conclusionsHNF-4α transcriptional expression and activity are tightly controlled by epigenetic mechanisms. HDAC inhibitor targeting of HNF-4α may serve as an effective treatment for advanced colon carcinomas, since downstream cancer-associated target genes such as MUC4 are significantly down-regulated by this treatment.

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Epigenesis, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticAcetylationBlotting, WesternButyratesCaco-2 CellsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationColonic NeoplasmsHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4Histone Deacetylase 3Histone Deacetylase InhibitorsHistone DeacetylasesHistonesHT29 CellsHumansButyratesHDAC4 protein, humanHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4Histone Deacetylase 3Histone Deacetylase InhibitorsHistone DeacetylasesHistonesHNF4A protein, humanHydroxamic AcidsMUC4 protein, humanMucin-4Repressor ProteinsSp1 Transcription Factortrichostatin A

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PMID23307400
PMCPMC13012676
OpenAlexW1984515227

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