
pmid: 23688634
Transcription factor FOXP3 (forkhead box P3) is found initially as a key regulator in regulatory T cells. Recently its expression has been demonstrated in some non-lymphoid normal and cancerous cells. Now FOXP3 has been proven to regulate cancer-related genes, especially suppressor genes in breast cancer. But the mechanisms by which FOXP3 regulates suppressor genes are not fully determined. In this study, we found the inverse correlation between FOXP3 and Ezh2, an enzyme for histone H3K27 trimethylation (H3K27me3) and a central epigenetic regulator in cancer. The overexpression of FOXP3 weakened Ezh2's enhancement on the mammosphere formation, cell proliferation, directional migration, and colony forming ability of T47D cells. We demonstrated that FOXP3 could downregulate Ezh2 protein level and this depended on not only the FOXP3 expression amount, but also the nuclear localization of FOXP3. More importantly, we demonstrated FOXP3 accelerated Ezh2 protein degradation through the polyubiquitination-proteasome pathway by enhancing the transcription of E3 ligase Praja1 directly. These results provided a new mechanism for FOXP3 in histone modifications as an Ezh2 suppressor and supported new evidence for FOXP3 as a tumor suppressor in breast cancer.
Epigenomics, FOXP3, Blotting, Western, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Breast Neoplasms, Praja1, Colony-Forming Units Assay, Immunoenzyme Techniques, Cell Movement, Animals, Humans, Immunoprecipitation, Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 Protein, Ezh2, Molecular Biology, Lung, Cells, Cultured, Cell Proliferation, Ubiquitination, Forkhead Transcription Factors, Cell Biology, Fibroblasts, Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Animals, Newborn, Female, Transcription
Epigenomics, FOXP3, Blotting, Western, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Breast Neoplasms, Praja1, Colony-Forming Units Assay, Immunoenzyme Techniques, Cell Movement, Animals, Humans, Immunoprecipitation, Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 Protein, Ezh2, Molecular Biology, Lung, Cells, Cultured, Cell Proliferation, Ubiquitination, Forkhead Transcription Factors, Cell Biology, Fibroblasts, Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Animals, Newborn, Female, Transcription
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