Enhancer of zeste homologue 2 (EZH2) down-regulates RUNX3 by increasing histone H3 methylation.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Satoshi FujiiAtsushi Ochiai

Abstract

Overexpression of enhancer of zeste homologue 2 (EZH2) occurs in various malignancies and is associated with a poor prognosis, especially because of increased cancer cell proliferation. In this study we found an inverse correlation between EZH2 and RUNX3 gene expression in five cancer cell lines, i.e. gastric, breast, prostate, colon, and pancreatic cancer cell lines. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assay showed an association between EZH2 bound to the RUNX3 gene promoter, and trimethylated histone H3 at lysine 27, and HDAC1 (histone deacetylase 1) bound to the RUNX3 gene promoter in cancer cells. RNA interference-mediated knockdown of EZH2 resulted in a decrease in H3K27 trimethylation and unbound HDAC1 and an increase in expression of the RUNX3 gene. Restoration of RUNX3 expression was not associated with any change in DNA methylation status in the RUNX3 promoter region. RUNX3 was repressed by histone deacetylation and hypermethylation of a CpG island in the promoter region and restored by trichostatin A or/and 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine. Immunofluorescence staining confirmed restoration of expression of the RUNX3 protein after knockdown of EZH2 and its restoration resulted in decreased cell proliferation. In vivo, an inverse relat...Continue Reading

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surgical resection
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Immunoprecipitation
ChIP
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electrophoresis
histone deacetylation

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