ZEB2 upregulates integrin alpha 5 expression through cooperation with Sp1 to induce invasion during epithelial-mesenchymal transition of human cancer cells

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Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a process implicated in tumor invasion, metastasis, embryonic development and wound healing. ZEB2 is a transcription factor involved in EMT that represses E-cadherin transcription. Although E-cadherin downregulation is a major event during EMT and tumor progression, E-cadherin reduction is probably not sufficient for full invasiveness. The mechanisms by which E-cadherin transcriptional repressors induce mesenchymal genes during EMT remain largely unknown. Here, we investigated the role of ZEB2 in the induction of integrin alpha 5 during cancer EMT and its underlying mechanism. In human cancer cells, ZEB2 was found to directly upregulate integrin alpha 5 transcription in a manner that is independent of the regulation of E-cadherin expression. Conversely, depletion of ZEB2 by small interfering RNA suppressed integrin alpha 5 expression, leading to reduced invasion. Suppression of integrin alpha 5 inhibited cancer cell invasion, suggesting an important role for integrin alpha 5 in cancer progression. Furthermore, ZEB2 was found to activate the integrin alpha 5 and vimentin promoters by interacting with and activating the transcription factor Sp1, suggesting that cooperation between ZEB2 and Sp1 represents a novel mechanism of mesenchymal gene activation during EMT. These findings increase our understanding of the pathways beyond E-cadherin reduction that regulate mesenchymal gene expression during EMT and cancer progression.
Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
Issue Date
2012-03
Language
English
Article Type
Article
Keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR-CELLS; CARCINOMA-CELLS; GENE PROMOTER; E-CADHERIN; TGF-BETA; METASTASIS; FIBRONECTIN; BINDING; SNAIL

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CARCINOGENESIS, v.33, no.3, pp.563 - 571

ISSN
0143-3334
DOI
10.1093/carcin/bgs005
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10203/103791
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