Myxoid liposarcoma FUS-DDIT3 fusion oncogene induces C/EBP β-mediated interleukin 6 expression
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2005

The myxoid/round cell liposarcoma oncogene FUS-DDIT3 is the result of a translocation derived gene fusion between the splicing factor FUS and DDIT3. In order to investigate the downstream targets of DDIT3, and the transforming effects of the FUS-DDIT3 fusion protein, we have introduced DDIT3-GFP and FUS-DDIT3-GFP constructs into a human flbrosarcoma cell line. The gene expression profiles of stable transfectants were compared to the original fibrosarcoma cell line by microarray analysis. We here report that the NFκB and C/EBP β controlled gene IL6 is upregulated in DDIT3- and FUS-DDIT3-expressing fibrosarcoma cell lines and in myxoid liposarcoma cell lines. Strong expression of the tumor associated multifunctional cytokine interleukin 6 was confirmed both at mRNA and protein level. Knockdown experiments using siRNA against CEBPB transcripts showed that the effect of FUS-DDIT3 on IL6 expression is C/EBP β dependent. Chromatin immunoprecipitation revealed direct interaction between the IL6 promoter and the C/EBP β protein. In addition, the effect of DDIT3 and FUS-DDIT3 on the expression of other acute phase genes was examined using real-time PCR. We demonstrate for the first time that DDIT3 and FUS-DDIT3 show opposite transcriptional regulation of IL8 and suggest that FUS-DDIT3 may affect the synergistic activation of promoters regulated by C/EBP β and NFκB.

MLS/RCLS

FUS

NFκB

DDIT3

CEBP β

Författare

Melker Göransson

Göteborgs universitet

Erik Elias

Göteborgs universitet

Anders Ståhlberg

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik

Anita Olofsson

Göteborgs universitet

Carola Andersson

Göteborgs universitet

Pierre Åman

Göteborgs universitet

International Journal of Cancer

0020-7136 (ISSN) 1097-0215 (eISSN)

Vol. 115 4 556-560

Ämneskategorier

Kemiteknik

DOI

10.1002/ijc.20893

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