BACKGROUND: Osteopontin (OPN) mediates cancer metastasis. Mechanisms regulating OPN expression in human colorectal cancer are unknown. Using SW480 colon adenocarcinoma cells, we hypothesized that transcription determines OPN expression. METHODS: SW480 constitutively express OPN. Transient transfection and deletion analysis of human OPN promoter (full-length 2.1 kb)-luciferase constructs identified cis-regulatory regions. Gelshift and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays identified the trans-regulatory nuclear protein. Using in vitro adhesion, migration, and invasion studies, siRNA was used to determine the functional effect of decreased nuclear protein expression. RESULTS: A cis-regulatory promoter region, nt-80 to nt-108, upregulated OPN transcription. Gelshift assays demonstrated specific binding of nuclear proteins. Competition with unlabeled mutant oligonucleotides indicated that the region, nt-94 to nt-104 (TGGGCTGGGC), was essential for protein binding in gelshift assays. Confirmatory ChIP assays showed the corresponding nuclear protein to be Sp1. Sp1 expression was ablated with siRNA (si-Sp1), resulting in decreased OPN-dependent adhesion, migration, and invasion by 50%, 70%, and 65%, respectively. Exogenous addition of OPN to si-Sp1 cells restored adhesion, migration, and invasion indices. CONCLUSIONS: In SW480 human colon cancer cells, we conclude that Sp1 mediated expression of the tumor metastasis protein, OPN, regulates in vitro functional correlates of tumor metastasis.
BACKGROUND:Osteopontin (OPN) mediates cancer metastasis. Mechanisms regulating OPN expression in humancolorectal cancer are unknown. Using SW480 colon adenocarcinoma cells, we hypothesized that transcription determines OPN expression. METHODS: SW480 constitutively express OPN. Transient transfection and deletion analysis of humanOPN promoter (full-length 2.1 kb)-luciferase constructs identified cis-regulatory regions. Gelshift and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays identified the trans-regulatory nuclear protein. Using in vitro adhesion, migration, and invasion studies, siRNA was used to determine the functional effect of decreased nuclear protein expression. RESULTS: A cis-regulatory promoter region, nt-80 to nt-108, upregulated OPN transcription. Gelshift assays demonstrated specific binding of nuclear proteins. Competition with unlabeled mutant oligonucleotides indicated that the region, nt-94 to nt-104 (TGGGCTGGGC), was essential for protein binding in gelshift assays. Confirmatory ChIP assays showed the corresponding nuclear protein to be Sp1. Sp1 expression was ablated with siRNA (si-Sp1), resulting in decreased OPN-dependent adhesion, migration, and invasion by 50%, 70%, and 65%, respectively. Exogenous addition of OPN to si-Sp1 cells restored adhesion, migration, and invasion indices. CONCLUSIONS: In SW480 humancolon cancer cells, we conclude that Sp1 mediated expression of the tumor metastasis protein, OPN, regulates in vitro functional correlates of tumor metastasis.
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