title: 15-deoxy-Delta12,14 prostaglandin J2 up-regulates Kruppel-like factor 4 expression independently of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma by activating the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase signal transduction pathway in HT-29 colon cancer cells.
abstract: 15-Deoxy-Delta(12,14) prostaglandin J2 (15d-PGJ2) is a natural ligand for the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) that exhibits antiproliferative activity in colon cancer cells, but its mechanism of action is still poorly understood. In this study, we showed that Krüppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) is one of the downstream effectors of 15d-PGJ2. Treatment of HT-29 cells with 15d-PGJ2 resulted in up-regulation of both KLF4 mRNA and protein expression, and these increases were also observed in other colon cancer cell lines. Down-regulation of KLF4 expression by small interfering RNA (siRNA) targeting KLF4 reduced 15d-PGJ2-mediated G1 phase arrest, suggesting that KLF4-mediated function of 15d-PGJ2. The effect of 15d-PGJ2 on KLF4 expression seems not to involve its nuclear receptor PPARgamma, in that our data show that:1) KLF4 gene promoter does not contain putative PPRE sequence, 2) 15d-PGJ2 rapidly activates extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and induces KLF4 mRNA expression, 3) KLF4 is induced by 15d-PGJ2 but not by rosiglitazone, a synthetic PPARgamma ligand, and 4) 15d-PGJ2 is unable to stimulate PPAR-dependent promoter activity in the absence of cotransfected PPARgamma. Moreover, 15d-PGJ2-mediated KLF4 mRNA expression was blocked by 2'-amino-3'-methoxyflavone (PD98059) or 1,4-diamino-2,3-dicyano-1,4-bis(methylthio)butadiene (U0126), two ERK kinase MAP inhibitors, whereas the phosphoinositol-3 kinase inhibitors wortmannin and 2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one (LY294002) had no such effect. Furthermore, KLF4 induction by 15d-PGJ2 occurred only in signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (STAT1)-expressing, not in STAT1-knockout cells. Together, these results suggest that 15d-PGJ2-induced growth inhibition of colon cancer cells is mediated, at least in part, through up-regulation of KLF4 expression. This induction is unlikely to be mediated through the PPARgamma receptor but may involve the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase/ERK pathway and is STAT1-dependent.
authors.affiliation: Section of Gastroenterology, Boston University School of medicine EBRC X-513, 650 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA. zhiyi.chen@bmc.org
authors.forename: Zhi Yi
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Chi-Chuan
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Tseng
mesh_terms: D018938:Caco-2 Cells; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases / Q000502:physiology*; D016193:G1 Phase; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D019073:HT29 Cells; D006801:Humans; D000090062:Kruppel-Like Factor 4; D051741:Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System / Q000502:physiology*; D047495:PPAR gamma / Q000502:physiology*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D015230:Prostaglandin D2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000494:pharmacology; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: C477819:15-deoxyprostaglandin J2; C000715467:KLF4 protein, human; D000090062:Kruppel-Like Factor 4; D051741:Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors; D047495:PPAR gamma; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D004247:DNA; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases; D015230:Prostaglandin D2