title: CBX7 and HMGA1b proteins act in opposite way on the regulation of the SPP1 gene expression.
abstract: Several recent studies have reported the Polycomb Repressive Complex 1 member CBX7 as a tumor-suppressor gene whose expression progressively decreases in different human carcinomas in relation with tumor grade, malignant stage and poor prognosis. We have previously demonstrated that CBX7 is able to inhibit the expression of the SPP1 gene, encoding the chemokine osteopontin that is over-expressed in cancer and has a critical role in cancer progression. Here, we have analyzed the mechanism by which CBX7 regulates the SPP1 gene expression. We show that the SPP1 transcriptional regulation mechanism involves the CBX7-interacting protein HMGA1b, that acts as a positive regulator of the SPP1 gene. In fact, we demonstrate that, in contrast with the transcriptional activity of CBX7, HMGA1b is able to increase the SPP1 expression by inducing the activity of its promoter. Moreover, we show that CBX7 interferes with HMGA1b on the SPP1 promoter and counteracts the positive transcriptional activity of HMGA1b on the SPP1 expression. Furthermore, since we found that also the NF-κB complex resulted involved in the modulation of the SPP1 expression in thyroid cells, we suppose that CBX7/HMGA1b/NF-κB could take part in the same transcriptional mechanism that finally leads to the regulation of the SPP1 gene expression. Taken together, our data show the important role played by CBX7 in the negative regulation of the SPP1 gene expression, thus contributing to prevent the acquisition of a malignant phenotype.
authors.affiliation: Istituto per l'Endocrinologia e l'Oncologia Sperimentale (IEOS) "G. Salvatore", Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), c/o Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche (DMMBM), Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", 80131 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Romina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sepe
authors.affiliation: Istituto per l'Endocrinologia e l'Oncologia Sperimentale (IEOS) "G. Salvatore", Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), c/o Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche (DMMBM), Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", 80131 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Umberto
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Formisano
authors.affiliation: Istituto per l'Endocrinologia e l'Oncologia Sperimentale (IEOS) "G. Salvatore", Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), c/o Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche (DMMBM), Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", 80131 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Federico
authors.affiliation: Istituto per l'Endocrinologia e l'Oncologia Sperimentale (IEOS) "G. Salvatore", Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), c/o Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche (DMMBM), Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", 80131 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Floriana
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Forzati
authors.affiliation: Istituto per l'Endocrinologia e l'Oncologia Sperimentale (IEOS) "G. Salvatore", Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), c/o Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche (DMMBM), Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", 80131 Naples, Italy.|Laboratório as Bases Genéticas dos Tumores da Tiroide, Disciplina de Genética, Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP, 04039-032 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: André Uchimura
authors.initials: AU
authors.lastname: Bastos
authors.affiliation: Istituto per l'Endocrinologia e l'Oncologia Sperimentale (IEOS) "G. Salvatore", Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), c/o Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche (DMMBM), Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", 80131 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: D'Angelo
authors.affiliation: Istituto per l'Endocrinologia e l'Oncologia Sperimentale (IEOS) "G. Salvatore", Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), c/o Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche (DMMBM), Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", 80131 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Nunzio Antonio
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Cacciola
authors.affiliation: Istituto per l'Endocrinologia e l'Oncologia Sperimentale (IEOS) "G. Salvatore", Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), c/o Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche (DMMBM), Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", 80131 Naples, Italy.|Instituto Nacional de Câncer - INCA, 20230-130 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fusco
authors.affiliation: Istituto per l'Endocrinologia e l'Oncologia Sperimentale (IEOS) "G. Salvatore", Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), c/o Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche (DMMBM), Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", 80131 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Pierlorenzo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pallante
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002465:Cell Movement; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D057809:HEK293 Cells; D025742:HMGA1b Protein / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D053495:Osteopontin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D063150:Polycomb Repressive Complex 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D015398:Signal Transduction; D000077273:Thyroid Cancer, Papillary; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: C503627:CBX7 protein, human; D016328:NF-kappa B; C506895:SPP1 protein, human; D053495:Osteopontin; D025742:HMGA1b Protein; D063150:Polycomb Repressive Complex 1