Mutational Landscape and Antiproliferative Functions of ELF Transcription Factors in Human Cancer

  • Mizuo Ando
    1Department of Cellular Signaling, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Masahito Kawazu
    3Department of Medical Genomics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Toshihide Ueno
    1Department of Cellular Signaling, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Daizo Koinuma
    4Department of Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Koji Ando
    5Department of Hematology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
  • Junji Koya
    6Department of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Keisuke Kataoka
    6Department of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Takahiko Yasuda
    1Department of Cellular Signaling, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Hiroyuki Yamaguchi
    1Department of Cellular Signaling, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Kazutaka Fukumura
    1Department of Cellular Signaling, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Azusa Yamato
    1Department of Cellular Signaling, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Manabu Soda
    1Department of Cellular Signaling, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Eirin Sai
    3Department of Medical Genomics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Yoshihiro Yamashita
    1Department of Cellular Signaling, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Takahiro Asakage
    2Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Yasushi Miyazaki
    5Department of Hematology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
  • Mineo Kurokawa
    6Department of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Kohei Miyazono
    4Department of Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Stephen D. Nimer
    7Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami, Florida.
  • Tatsuya Yamasoba
    2Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Hiroyuki Mano
    1Department of Cellular Signaling, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

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公開日
2016-03-31
資源種別
journal article
DOI
  • 10.1158/0008-5472.can-14-3816
公開者
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>ELF4 (also known as MEF) is a member of the ETS family of transcription factors. An oncogenic role for ELF4 has been demonstrated in hematopoietic malignancies, but its function in epithelial tumors remains unclear. Here, we show that ELF4 can function as a tumor suppressor and is somatically inactivated in a wide range of human tumors. We identified a missense mutation affecting the transactivation potential of ELF4 in oral squamous cell carcinoma cells. Restoration of the transactivation activity through introduction of wild-type ELF4 significantly inhibited cell proliferation in vitro and tumor xenograft growth. Furthermore, we found that ELF1 and ELF2, closely related transcription factors to ELF4, also exerted antiproliferative effects in multiple cancer cell lines. Mutations in ELF1 and ELF2, as in ELF4, were widespread across human cancers, but were almost all mutually exclusive. Moreover, chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled with high-throughput sequencing revealed ELF4-binding sites in genomic regions adjacent to genes related to cell-cycle regulation and apoptosis. Finally, we provide mechanistic evidence that the antiproliferative effects of ELF4 were mediated through the induction of HRK, an activator of apoptosis, and DLX3, an inhibitor of cell growth. Collectively, our findings reveal a novel subtype of human cancer characterized by inactivating mutations in the ELF subfamily of proteins, and warrant further investigation of the specific settings where ELF restoration may be therapeutically beneficial. Cancer Res; 76(7); 1814–24. ©2016 AACR.</jats:p>

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  • Cancer Research

    Cancer Research 76 (7), 1814-1824, 2016-03-31

    American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

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