Epigenetic regulation of RNA polymerase III transcription in early breast tumorigenesis
Abstract
RNA polymerase III (Pol III) transcribes medium-sized non-coding RNAs (collectively termed Pol III genes). Emerging diverse roles of Pol III genes suggest that individual Pol III genes are exquisitely regulated by transcription and epigenetic factors. Here we report global Pol III expression/methylation profiles and molecular mechanisms of Pol III regulation that have not been as extensively studied, using nc886 as a representative Pol III gene. In a human mammary epithelial cell system that recapitulates early breast tumorigenesis, the fraction of actively transcribed Pol III genes increases reaching a plateau during immortalization. Hypermethylation of Pol III genes inhibits Pol III binding to DNA via inducing repressed chromatin and is a determinant for the Pol III repertoire. Finally, when Pol III genes are hypo-methylated, MYC amplifies their transcription, regardless of its recognition DNA motif. Thus, Pol III expression during tumorigenesis is delineated by methylation and magnified by MYC.
- Authors:
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- Korea Research Inst. of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon (Korea). Personalized Genomic Medicine Research Center; Univ. of Science and Technology, Daejeon (Korea). Dept. of Functional Genomics
- National Cancer Center, Goyang-si (Korea). Rare Cancer Branch, Research Inst.
- Yonsei Univ. College of Medicine, Seoul (Korea)
- Kyung Hee Univ., Seoul (Korea). Dept. of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Sciences and Dept. of Oriental Pharmacy
- National Cancer Center, Goyang-si (Korea). Immunotherapeutics Branch, Research Inst.
- National Cancer Center, Goyang-si (Korea). Immunotherapeutics Branch, Research Inst.
- Univ. of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (United States)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Yonsei Univ. College of Medicine, Seoul (Korea). Inst. of Tropical Medicine; Yonsei Univ. College of Medicine, Seoul (Korea). Brain Korea 21 Plus Project for Medical Science
- Univ. of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (United States); National Cancer Center, Goyang (Republic of Korea)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1532258
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; RSG-12-187-01—RMC; RF-2012M3A9D1054670; 2016R1A2B4014183; 2017M3C9A5029978
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Oncogene
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 36; Journal Issue: 49; Journal ID: ISSN 0950-9232
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Citation Formats
Park, J-L, Lee, Y-S, Song, M-J, Hong, S-H, Ahn, J-H, Seo, E-H, Shin, S-P, Lee, S-J, Johnson, B. H., Stampfer, M. R., Kim, H-P, Kim, S-Y, and Lee, Y. S. Epigenetic regulation of RNA polymerase III transcription in early breast tumorigenesis. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1038/onc.2017.285.
Park, J-L, Lee, Y-S, Song, M-J, Hong, S-H, Ahn, J-H, Seo, E-H, Shin, S-P, Lee, S-J, Johnson, B. H., Stampfer, M. R., Kim, H-P, Kim, S-Y, & Lee, Y. S. Epigenetic regulation of RNA polymerase III transcription in early breast tumorigenesis. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/onc.2017.285
Park, J-L, Lee, Y-S, Song, M-J, Hong, S-H, Ahn, J-H, Seo, E-H, Shin, S-P, Lee, S-J, Johnson, B. H., Stampfer, M. R., Kim, H-P, Kim, S-Y, and Lee, Y. S. Mon .
"Epigenetic regulation of RNA polymerase III transcription in early breast tumorigenesis". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/onc.2017.285. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1532258.
@article{osti_1532258,
title = {Epigenetic regulation of RNA polymerase III transcription in early breast tumorigenesis},
author = {Park, J-L and Lee, Y-S and Song, M-J and Hong, S-H and Ahn, J-H and Seo, E-H and Shin, S-P and Lee, S-J and Johnson, B. H. and Stampfer, M. R. and Kim, H-P and Kim, S-Y and Lee, Y. S.},
abstractNote = {RNA polymerase III (Pol III) transcribes medium-sized non-coding RNAs (collectively termed Pol III genes). Emerging diverse roles of Pol III genes suggest that individual Pol III genes are exquisitely regulated by transcription and epigenetic factors. Here we report global Pol III expression/methylation profiles and molecular mechanisms of Pol III regulation that have not been as extensively studied, using nc886 as a representative Pol III gene. In a human mammary epithelial cell system that recapitulates early breast tumorigenesis, the fraction of actively transcribed Pol III genes increases reaching a plateau during immortalization. Hypermethylation of Pol III genes inhibits Pol III binding to DNA via inducing repressed chromatin and is a determinant for the Pol III repertoire. Finally, when Pol III genes are hypo-methylated, MYC amplifies their transcription, regardless of its recognition DNA motif. Thus, Pol III expression during tumorigenesis is delineated by methylation and magnified by MYC.},
doi = {10.1038/onc.2017.285},
journal = {Oncogene},
number = 49,
volume = 36,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 28 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Mon Aug 28 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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