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Ecotropic viral integration site 1 regulates EGFR transcription in glioblastoma cells
Asako Mizuguchi1, Shinji Yamashita2, Kiyotaka Yokogami2
1Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200, Kiyotake-cho, Kihara, Miyazaki-shi, Miyazaki, 889-1601, Japan. asako_mizuguchi@med.miyazaki-u.ac.jp.
Purpose:
Ecotropic viral integration site-1 (EVI1) is a transcription factor that contributes to the unfavorable prognosis of leukemia, some epithelial cancers, and glial tumors. However, the biological function of EVI1 in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) remains unclear. Based on microarray experiments, EVI1 has been reported to regulate epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) transcription. Signal transduction via EGFR plays an essential role in glioblastoma. Therefore, we performed this study to clarify the importance of EVI1 in GBM by focusing on the regulatory mechanism between EVI1 and EGFR transcription.
Methods:
We performed immunohistochemical staining and analyzed the EVI1-expression in glioma tissue. To determine the relationship between EVI1 and EGFR, we induced siRNA-mediated knockdown of EVI1 in GBM cell lines. To investigate the region that was essential for the EVI1 regulation of EGFR expression, we conducted promoter reporter assays. We performed WST-8 assay to investigate whether EVI1 affected on the proliferation of GBM cells or not.
Results:
It was observed that 22% of GBM tissues had over 33% of tumor cells expressing EVI1, whereas no lower-grade glioma tissue had over 33% by immunohistochemistry. In A172 and YKG1 cells, the expression levels of EGFR and EVI1 correlated. Analysis of the EGFR promoter region revealed that the EGFR promoter (from - 377 to - 266 bp) was essential for the EVI regulation of EGFR expression. We showed that EVI1 influenced the proliferation of A172 and YKG1 cells.
Conclusion:
This is the first study reporting the regulation of EGFR transcription by EVI1 in GBM cells.
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