BRD1-Mediated Acetylation Promotes Integrin Av Gene Expression Via
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Published OnlineFirst February 16, 2018; DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-17-0527 Chromatin, Epigenetics and RNA Regulation Molecular Cancer Research BRD1-Mediated Acetylation Promotes Integrin aV Gene Expression Via Interaction with Sulfatide Qian Qian Cai1, Yi Wei Dong1, Bing Qi1, Xiao-Ting Shao2, Rong Wang1, Zhong Yi Chen1, Bao Mei He2, and Xing Zhong Wu1 Abstract Integrin aV gene expression is often dysregulated in cancers found to induce BRD1, monocytic leukemia zinc finger (MOZ) especially in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); however, the and histone acetyltransferase binding to ORC1 (HBO1) acetyl- mechanism of regulation is poorly understood. Here, it is dem- transferase multiprotein complex recruitment to the integrin onstrated that sulfatide activated integrin aV gene transcription, aV promoter, which is responsible for histone H3K9/14 acetyla- through histone H3K9/14 acetylation at the promoter, and high tion. Finally, knockdown of BRD1 limited sulfatide-induced integrin aV expression are closely associated with poor prognosis. H3K9/14 acetylation and occupancy of MOZ or HBO1 on integrin To elucidate the mechanism of regulation of acetylation, sulfa- aV gene promoter. tide-bound proteins were screened by mass spectrometry (MS), and bromodomain containing protein 1 (BRD1) was identified as Implications: This study demonstrates that sulfatide inter- an interacting protein that also colocalized with sulfatide in HCC action with BRD1 mediates acetylation and is important for cells. BRD1 was also formed a complex with Sp1, which was regulation of integrin aV gene expression. Mol Cancer Res; 1–13. recruited to the integrin aV gene promoter. Sulfatide was also Ó2018 AACR. Introduction During tumor progression integrins interact with extracellular matrix molecules such as vitronectin, collagen, or glycolipids to Angiogenesis and metastasis are the major cause of tumor trigger signal transduction involved in cell migration and tumor progression and tumor-related mortality. More than 90% of metastasis. Cerebroside sulfotransferase (CST) is the key enzyme cancer-associated deaths are due to metastatic disease, usually for the synthesis of sulfatide in the human body. CST recognizes resistant to and incurable by current therapies (1). Thus, regulators galactocerebroside (Gal-Cer) and transfers a sulfate group from in metastatic cascade, draw priority attention for extensive inves- 0 0 0 3 -phosphoadenosine-5 -phosphosulfate to the 3 hydroxyl tigation, especially those driving cancer cells to leave primary foci group of the galactose in cerebroside to produce sulfatide. and migrate to distant tissues, Cancer cells acquiring migration Sulfatide is enriched in the brain, myelin sheath, kidney, and ability is then considered as an important malignant trait to leave liver. We previously showed that overexpressed sulfatide in HCC primary tumor. Often expressed in tumor stem cells, integrin promoted aVb3 on HCC cells and metastasis (6), and this is aVb3 initiates complex with oncogene and oncogene homologue associated with the enhanced expression of the integrin aV to promote tumor cell motility and activate metastasis process (2). subunit through Sp1 (7), although the precise molecular regu- High integrin aV expression was more often seen in the colorectal lation mechanism of sulfatide remains unknown. cancer patients with later TNM stage from the statistical analysis in Gene transcription initiation is largely controlled by chro- 198 samples (3), and antagonists against integrin aVb3oraVb5 mosome remodeling and histone acetylation which is catalyzed have shown robust activities in suppression of tumor progression by histone acetyltransferases (HAT; ref. 8), a family that (4). Suppression of integrin aV expression by microRNA-25 contains many members sharing conserved domains and func- subsequently reduced the invasive cytoskeleton, migration ability, tions. Bromodomain containing protein 1 (BRD1) has been and metastasis in highly metastatic prostate cancer stem cells (5). identified in the monocytic leukemia zinc finger protein (MOZ)/MOZ paralog (MORF) complex that has intrinsic acetyltransferase activity specific for histone 3 (H3; ref. 9). 1 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical BRD1, also known as bromodomain and PHD finger- Sciences, Fudan University, Key Lab of Glycoconjugate Research, Ministry of containing protein 2 (BRPF2), belongs to the BRPF protein Public Health, Shanghai, China. 2Yu Ying Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China. family that includes BRPF1, BRD1/BPF2, and BRPF3, and contains a bromodomain, two plant homeodomain (PHD) Note: Supplementary data for this article are available at Molecular Cancer zinc fingers, and a proline–tryptophan–tryptophan–proline Research Online (http://mcr.aacrjournals.org/). (PWWP) domain. The bromodomain can selectively recognize Q.Q. Cai and Y.W. Dong contributed equally to this article. acetylated lysine residues, particularly on histones (10). In this Corresponding Author: Xing Zhong Wu, School of Basic Medical Sciences, study, we investigated the roles of BRD1 in sulfatide-induced Fudan University, 138 Yi Xue Yuan Road, Shanghai 200032, PR China. Phone: transcriptional activation of the integrin aV subunit gene in 54237697; Fax: 54237697; E-mail: [email protected] human HCC cells. We demonstrated that BRD1 formed a novel doi: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-17-0527 complex that was involved in the regulation of integrin aV Ó2018 American Association for Cancer Research. subunit expression by sulfatide. www.aacrjournals.org OF1 Downloaded from mcr.aacrjournals.org on October 6, 2021. © 2018 American Association for Cancer Research. Published OnlineFirst February 16, 2018; DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-17-0527 Cai et al. Materials and Methods sion vector. Plasmids of CST were constructed as in our pre- vious study (7). Cell culture and treatment SMMC-7721 and BEL-7404 HCC cell lines were obtained from Polymerase chain reaction the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry & Cellular Biology, Chi- PCR procedures were performed as previously described (7). nese Academy of Science, Shanghai, China, and their morpho- Quantitative PCR was performed with Bestar SybrGreen qPCR fi logical characteristics were identi ed every 3 years to be consistent mastermix (DBI Bioscience) in the iQ5 PCR detection system with the report of establishment (11). Human embryonic kidney (Bio-Rad). The specific primers are listed in Supplementary cells (HEK293T) were obtained from the ATCC and cultured not Table S2. more than 20 passages each time after thawing. These cells were grown in monolayer in the medium of DMEM supplemented Immunoprecipitation and Western blot analysis with 10% newborn calf serum (Biosera, France) or FBS (Gibco), Immunoprecipitation assays were performed as previously with penicillin(100 U/mL)/streptomycin (100 mg/mL) under a described (13). Briefly, whole cell lysates were incubated with 5% CO atmosphere at 37C. All cells were not contaminated by 2 indicated antibodies and rocked at 4C with protein A/G agarose mycoplasma as tested by the mycoplasma PCR Detection Kit beads overnight. The beads were then washed with ice-cold (Sigma), and also not infected by bacteria or fungi. For treatment, lysate buffer (50 mmol/L Tris-HCl pH 8.0, 120 mmol/L NaCl, cells were incubated with Gal-Cer (galactocerebroside), sulfatide 10 mg/mL aprotinin, 1 mmol/L PMSF, 1 mmol/L sodium vana- (2 mmol/L, 24 hours for RNA analysis, 48 hours for protein date, 100 mmol/L NaF, and 0.5% NP-40). The proteins obtained assays),the histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor trichostatin A were separated on an 8% SDS-PAGE gel and transferred to a (TSA; 300 nmol/L, 24 hours for RNA analysis, 48 hours for protein PVDF membrane. The blot was probed with the anti-integrin aV, assays), or nicotianamine (NA; 20 mmol/L, 48 hours; all from HDAC, MOZ, HBO1, Sp1, BRD1, SIN3B, ING4, and acetylated Sigma-Aldrich). histone antibodies (Santa Cruz Biotechnology), followed by a horseradish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibody. After Tissue microarray and IHC visualizing, the density of protein bands were analyzed using A total of 80 patients with HCC from Shanghai Oriental TotalLab v2.01 (Nonlinear Dynamics Ltd.). Hepatobiliary Hospital, Zhongshan University Affiliated 3rd Hos- fi pital, Wenzhou Medical University Af liated 1st Hospital, and Nuclear and cytoplasmic extracts Shanghai 10th People's Hospital underwent curative surgery and Nuclear and cytoplasmic extracts were prepared using the fi the diagnosis of HCC was con rmed by histological examination. Nuclear Extraction Kit (Chemicon International Inc.) according fi Tissue blocks embedded in paraf n and the corresponding hema- to manufacturer's instructions. Briefly, the cells were disrupted by toxylin- and eosin-stained sections were overlaid for tissue micro- cytoplasmic lysis buffer, and the cytosolic portion was collected fi array preparation. The paraf n-embedded tissue microarray was after centrifugation. Then the nuclear pellets were further dis- constructed from triplicate pairs of tumor and nontumor tissue rupted by nuclear extraction buffer. The cytoplasmic and nuclear fi from each patient. Paraf n sections were stained with an integrin proteins were then analyzed by Western blotting. aV mouse monoclonal antibody and BRD1 rabbit antibody (Santa Cruz Biotechnology) using the DouSP Double-Stain Kit Mass spectrometry (Maxim-Biomedical). Scoring of immunohistochemical staining Epoxy magnetic particles were first reacted with 4-hydroxy- was performed independently by