| Title: |
Transcriptional Regulation of Yin-Yang 1 Expression through the Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1 in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. |
| Authors: |
Antonio-Andres, Gabriela, Martinez-Ruiz, Gustavo U., Morales-Martinez, Mario, Jiménez-Hernandez, Elva, Martinez-Torres, Estefany, Lopez-Perez, Tania V., Estrada-Abreo, Laura A., Patino-Lopez, Genaro, Juarez-Mendez, Sergio, Davila-Borja, Víctor M., Huerta-Yepez, Sara |
| Source: |
International Journal of Molecular Sciences; Feb2022, Vol. 23 Issue 3, p1728-N.PAG, 1p |
| Subject Terms: |
LYMPHOBLASTIC leukemia, ACUTE leukemia, GENETIC transcription regulation, HYPOXIA-inducible factors, HYPOXEMIA, CD19 antigen, HYPOXIA-inducible factor 1 |
| Abstract: |
Yin-Yang transcription factor 1 (YY1) is involved in tumor progression, metastasis and has been shown to be elevated in different cancers, including leukemia. The regulatory mechanism underlying YY1 expression in leukemia is still not understood. Bioinformatics analysis reveal three Hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha (HIF-1α) putative binding sites in the YY1 promoter region. The regulation of YY1 by HIF-1α in leukemia was analyzed. Mutation of the putative YY1 binding sites in a reporter system containing the HIF-1α promoter region and CHIP analysis confirmed that these sites are important for YY1 regulation. Leukemia cell lines showed that both proteins HIF-1α and YY1 are co-expressed under hypoxia. In addition, the expression of mRNA of YY1 was increased after 3 h of hypoxia conditions and affect several target genes expression. In contrast, chemical inhibition of HIF-1α induces downregulation of YY1 and sensitizes cells to chemotherapeutic drugs. The clinical implications of HIF-1α in the regulation of YY1 were investigated by evaluation of expression of HIF-1α and YY1 in 108 peripheral blood samples and by RT-PCR in 46 bone marrow samples of patients with pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). We found that the expression of HIF-1α positively correlates with YY1 expression in those patients. This is consistent with bioinformatic analyses of several databases. Our findings demonstrate for the first time that YY1 can be transcriptionally regulated by HIF-1α, and a correlation between HIF-1α expression and YY1 was found in ALL clinical samples. Hence, HIF-1α and YY1 may be possible therapeutic target and/or biomarkers of ALL. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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