Background:DBC1/KIAA1967 (deleted in breast cancer 1) is a putative tumour-suppressor gene cloned from a heterozygously deleted region in breast cancer specimens. Caspase-dependent processing of DBC1 promotes apoptosis, and depletion of endogenous DBC1 negatively regulates p53-dependent apoptosis through its specific inhibition of SIRT1. Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility gene product BRCA1, by binding to the promoter region of SIRT1, is a positive regulator of SIRT1 expression.Methods:A physical interaction between DBC1 and BRCA1 was investigated both in vivo and in vitro. To determine the pathophysiological significance of DBC1, its role as a transcriptional factor was studied.Results:We found a physical interaction between the amino terminus of DBC1 and the carboxyl terminus of BRCA1, also known as the BRCT domain. Endogenous DBC1 and BRCA1 form a complex in the nucleus of intact cells, which is exported to the cytoplasm during ultraviolet-induced apoptosis. We also showed that the expression of DBC1 represses the transcriptional activation function of BRCT by a transient expression assay. The expression of DBC1 also inhibits the transactivation of the SIRT1 promoter mediated by full-length BRCA1.Conclusion:These results revealed that DBC1 may modulate the cellular functions of BRCA1 and have important implications in the understanding of carcinogenesis in breast tissue.
Identification of DBC1 as a transcriptional repressor for BRCA1
H. Hiraike,O. Wada-Hiraike,S. Nakagawa,S. Koyama,Y. Miyamoto,K. Sone,M. Tanikawa,T. Tsuruga,K. Nagasaka,Yu Matsumoto,K. Oda,Kumi Shoji,H. Fukuhara,S. Saji,K. Nakagawa,Shigeaki Kato,T. Yano,Yuji Taketani
Published 2010 in British Journal of Cancer
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2010
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British Journal of Cancer
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2010-02-16
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