TY - JOUR
T1 - FOXQ1 controls the induced differentiation of melanocytic cells
AU - Bagati, Archis
AU - Bianchi-Smiraglia, Anna
AU - Moparthy, Sudha
AU - Kolesnikova, Kateryna
AU - Fink, Emily E.
AU - Kolesnikova, Masha
AU - Roll, Matthew V.
AU - Jowdy, Peter
AU - Wolff, David W.
AU - Polechetti, Anthony
AU - Yun, Dong Hyun
AU - Lipchick, Brittany C.
AU - Paul, Leslie M.
AU - Wrazen, Brian
AU - Moparthy, Kalyana
AU - Mudambi, Shaila
AU - Morozevich, Galina E.
AU - Georgieva, Sofia G.
AU - Wang, Jianmin
AU - Shafirstein, Gal
AU - Liu, Song
AU - Kandel, Eugene S.
AU - Berman, Albert E.
AU - Box, Neil F.
AU - Paragh, Gyorgy
AU - Nikiforov, Mikhail A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 ADMC Associazione Differenziamento e Morte Cellulare.
PY - 2018/6/1
Y1 - 2018/6/1
N2 - Oncogenic transcription factor FOXQ1 has been implicated in promotion of multiple transformed phenotypes in carcinoma cells. Recently, we have characterized FOXQ1 as a melanoma tumor suppressor that acts via repression of N-cadherin gene, and invasion and metastasis. Here we report that FOXQ1 induces differentiation in normal and transformed melanocytic cells at least partially via direct transcriptional activation of MITF gene, melanocytic lineage-specific regulator of differentiation. Importantly, we demonstrate that pigmentation induced in cultured melanocytic cells and in mice by activation of cAMP/CREB1 pathway depends in large part on FOXQ1. Moreover, our data reveal that FOXQ1 acts as a critical mediator of BRAFV600E-dependent regulation of MITF levels, thus providing a novel link between two major signal transduction pathways controlling MITF and differentiation in melanocytic cells.
AB - Oncogenic transcription factor FOXQ1 has been implicated in promotion of multiple transformed phenotypes in carcinoma cells. Recently, we have characterized FOXQ1 as a melanoma tumor suppressor that acts via repression of N-cadherin gene, and invasion and metastasis. Here we report that FOXQ1 induces differentiation in normal and transformed melanocytic cells at least partially via direct transcriptional activation of MITF gene, melanocytic lineage-specific regulator of differentiation. Importantly, we demonstrate that pigmentation induced in cultured melanocytic cells and in mice by activation of cAMP/CREB1 pathway depends in large part on FOXQ1. Moreover, our data reveal that FOXQ1 acts as a critical mediator of BRAFV600E-dependent regulation of MITF levels, thus providing a novel link between two major signal transduction pathways controlling MITF and differentiation in melanocytic cells.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85042214028
U2 - 10.1038/s41418-018-0066-y
DO - 10.1038/s41418-018-0066-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 29463842
AN - SCOPUS:85042214028
SN - 1350-9047
VL - 25
SP - 1040
EP - 1049
JO - Cell Death and Differentiation
JF - Cell Death and Differentiation
IS - 6
ER -