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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11-12
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-4-20
pubmed:abstractText
Homeobox genes encode transcription factors that dictate developmental identity, including that of the Mullerian tract. These genes also direct differential Mullerian transformation of the ovarian cancer cells. The homeobox gene HOXA10 controls uterine organogenesis during embryonic development and similarly is expressed in endometroid epithelial ovarian cancer. Here we confirmed aberrant regulation of HOXA10 expression in epithelial uterine and ovarian carcinomas. We identified a HOXA10 epithelial regulatory element containing an enhancer that drove HOXA10 expression specifically in gynaecologic epithelium. We further identified an adjoining dominant repressor element that restricted regulation by the epithelial enhancer to a subset of epithelial cell types. The repressor contained two functional WT1 binding sites. We identified a strong inverse correlation between HOXA10 expression and that of the Wilms' Tumour 1 (WT1) gene in multiple benign and malignant gynaecologic tissues, suggesting functionality of the WT1 sites in the repressor. Mutation of the two WT1 binding sites abolished WT1 binding to the element as well as the ability to affect epithelial enhancer activity in reporter assays. Similarly, decreased expression of WT1 using siRNA prevented repressor activity. The Mullerian phenotype seen in ovarian cancer is dependent on gain of HOX gene expression secondary to the loss of WT1-mediated HOX repression. This suggests that Gynaecologic epithelial histologic type is regulated by WT1 expression through its selective repression of HOX genes.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1582-4934
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4522-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-8-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19017365-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:19017365-Endometrial Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:19017365-Endometrium, pubmed-meshheading:19017365-Enhancer Elements, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:19017365-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19017365-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:19017365-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:19017365-Genital Neoplasms, Female, pubmed-meshheading:19017365-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19017365-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19017365-Kidney, pubmed-meshheading:19017365-Mullerian Ducts, pubmed-meshheading:19017365-Ovarian Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:19017365-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:19017365-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:19017365-Repressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19017365-Uterine Cervical Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:19017365-WT1 Proteins
pubmed:articleTitle
WT1 represses HOX gene expression in the regulation of gynaecologic tumour histologic type.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural