title: Trim24 (Tif1 alpha): an essential 'brake' for retinoic acid-induced transcription to prevent liver cancer.
abstract: Retinoic acid (RA), the active derivative of vitamin A, is an important signaling molecule that controls various developmental processes and influence the proliferation and differentiation of a variety of cell types. RA exerts its biological functions primarily through binding to and activating nuclear RA receptors (RARs, which include the RAR alpha, beta and gamma isotypes RARA, RARB and RARC). Aberrant expression or impaired function of these nuclear receptors has been linked to diverse types of cancer. RARs are RA-dependent transcription factors that regulate gene expression through the recruitment of different co-regulators (co-activators and co-repressors). TRIM24 (formerly known as TIF1 alpha) was among the first co-regulators identified as interacting with RARs in a ligand-dependent fashion, and it was recently shown to function in mice as a potent liver-specific tumor suppressor by attenuating Rara-mediated transcription. The fact that Trim24(-/-), but not Trim24(-/-)Rara(+/-), mutant mice are highly predisposed to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has significant implications in cancer research. This result, along with the observation that in response to pharmacological inhibition of the RA signaling, hepatocytes lacking Trim24 loose their ability to proliferate, strongly implicates Rara as a proto-oncogene in hepatocytes and demonstrates that overactivated RA signaling is deleterious to liver homeostasis.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Department of Functional Genomics, CNRS/INSERM/ULP, Illkirch, France.
authors.forename: Konstantin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Khetchoumian
authors.forename: Marius
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Teletin
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tisserand
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Herquel
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ouararhni
authors.forename: Régine
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Losson
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000187:drug effects; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D051379:Mice; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000172:deficiency / Q000378:metabolism*; D010641:Phenotype; D011123:Polyploidy; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D000072482:Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000172:deficiency / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C000607072:Rara protein, mouse; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; D000072482:Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha; D014157:Transcription Factors; C093517:transcriptional intermediary factor 1; D014212:Tretinoin