| Literature DB >> 20714342 |
Junjiang Fu1, Li Qin, Tao He, Jun Qin, Jun Hong, Jiemin Wong, Lan Liao, Jianming Xu.
Abstract
The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) converts epithelial tumor cells into invasive and metastatic cancer cells, leading to mortality in cancer patients. Although TWIST is a master regulator of EMT and metastasis for breast and other cancers, the mechanisms responsible for TWIST-mediated gene transcription remain unknown. In this study, purification and characterization of the TWIST protein complex revealed that TWIST interacts with several components of the Mi2/nucleosome remodeling and deacetylase (Mi2/NuRD) complex, MTA2, RbAp46, Mi2 and HDAC2, and recruits them to the proximal regions of the E-cadherin promoter for transcriptional repression. Depletion of these TWIST complex components from cancer cell lines that depend on TWIST for metastasis efficiently suppresses cell migration and invasion in culture and lung metastasis in mice. These findings not only provide novel mechanistic and functional links between TWIST and the Mi2/NuRD complex but also establish new essential roles for the components of Mi2/NuRD complex in cancer metastasis.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID： 20714342 PMCID： PMC3193433 DOI： 10.1038/cr.2010.118
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Res ISSN： 1001-0602 Impact factor: 25.617