title: Transcriptional regulation of IRS5/DOK4 expression in non-small-cell lung cancer cells.
abstract: The insulin-receptor substrate family plays important roles in cellular growth, signaling, and survival. Two new members of this family have recently been isolated: IRS5/Dok4 and IRS6/Dok5. This study examines the expression of IRS5/DOK4 in a panel of lung cancer cell lines and tumor specimens. The results demonstrate that expression of IRS5/DOK4 is frequently altered with both elevated and decreased expression in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tumor specimens. The altered expression of IRS5/DOK4 observed in tumor samples is not due to aberrant methylation. In vitro cell culture studies demonstrate that treatment of NSCLC cell lines with the histone deacetylase inhibitor trichostatin A (TSA) upregulates IRS5/DOK4. This finding indicates that expression is regulated epigenetically at the level of chromatin remodeling. Chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments confirm that the IRS5/DOK4 promoter has enhanced histone hyperacetylation following treatments with TSA. Finally, hypoxia was demonstrated to downregulate IRS5/DOK4 expression. This expression was restored by TSA. The clinical relevance of altered IRS5/DOK4 expression in NSCLC requires further evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Medicine, Thoracic Oncology Research Group, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Dublin 8, Ireland.
authors.forename: Steven G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: Nael
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Al-Sarraf
authors.forename: Anne-Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Baird
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gately
authors.forename: Eilish
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: McGovern
authors.forename: Kenneth J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: O'Byrne
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D001483:Base Sequence; D001980:Bronchi / Q000378:metabolism; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D042002:Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly; D047369:Chromatin Immunoprecipitation; D019175:DNA Methylation / Q000187:drug effects; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000502:physiology*; D056572:Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors; D006655:Histone Deacetylases / Q000378:metabolism; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006877:Hydroxamic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; C486625:DOK4 protein, human; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D056572:Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors; D006657:Histones; D006877:Hydroxamic Acids; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C012589:trichostatin A; D006655:Histone Deacetylases