BRG1 promotes survival of UV-irradiated melanoma cells by cooperating with MITF to activate the melanoma inhibitor of apoptosis gene.
Pigment Cell Melanoma Res
; 26(3): 377-91, 2013 May.
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ABSTRACT
Microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) is a survival factor in melanocytes and melanoma cells. MITF regulates expression of antiapoptotic genes and promotes lineage-specific survival in response to ultraviolet (UV) radiation and to chemotherapeutics. SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling enzymes interact with MITF to regulate MITF target gene expression. We determined that the catalytic subunit, BRG1, of the SWI/SNF complex protects melanoma cells against UV-induced death. BRG1 prevents apoptosis in UV-irradiated melanoma cells by activating expression of the melanoma inhibitor of apoptosis (ML-IAP). Down-regulation of ML-IAP compromises BRG1-mediated survival of melanoma cells in response to UV radiation. BRG1 regulates ML-IAP expression by cooperating with MITF to promote transcriptionally permissive chromatin structure on the ML-IAP promoter. The alternative catalytic subunit, BRM, and the BRG1-associated factor, BAF180, were found to be dispensable for elevated expression of ML-IAP in melanoma cells. Thus, we illuminate a lineage-specific mechanism by which a specific SWI/SNF subunit, BRG1, modulates the cellular response to DNA damage by regulating an antiapoptotic gene and implicate this subunit of the SWI/SNF complex in mediating the prosurvival function of MITF.
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Asunto principal:
Factores de Transcripción
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Rayos Ultravioleta
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Proteínas Nucleares
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Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica
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ADN Helicasas
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Proteínas Adaptadoras Transductoras de Señales
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Proteínas Inhibidoras de la Apoptosis
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Factor de Transcripción Asociado a Microftalmía
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Melanoma
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Proteínas de Neoplasias
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pigment Cell Melanoma Res
Asunto de la revista:
NEOPLASIAS
Año:
2013
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos