Journal: Cancer Science
Article Title: HOXD8 suppresses renal cell carcinoma growth by upregulating SHMT1 expression
doi: 10.1111/cas.15982
Figure Lengend Snippet: HOXD8 serves as a transcription activator of serine hydroxymethyltransferase (SHMT)1. (A) Luciferase reporter assay showed that HOXD8 targeted the SHMT1 gene promoter. 293T cells were transfected with si HOXD8 to knock down the endogenous HOXD8 first, followed by SHMT1 ‐promoter‐luc and pcDNA3.1‐HOXD8 transfection. n = 3 samples. (B) The prediction of binding motif and position of HOXD8 on SHMT1 promoter by JASPAR online analysis ( http://jaspar.genereg.net/ ). (C) SHMT1 promoter analysis of potential binding region to HOXD8. P1 and P2 indicate the designed PCR product. TSS, transcription starting site. (D) ChIP‐qPCR assays were performed to verify the HOXD8 binding regions in SHMT1 promoter. n = 3 samples. ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001. (E) The illustration of HOXD8‐induced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) inhibition. The transcription factor HOXD8 binds to the TGGATTAT sequence on SHMT1 promoter and upregulates SHMT1 expression. High level of SHMT1 results in cell cycle arrest through blocking multiple G2/M phase check points, such as p21, pCDC25, CDC20, as well as the CDK1/Cyclin B complex, leading to proliferation defects and finally tumor suppression.
Article Snippet: BALB/c nude mice aged 6–8 weeks were purchased from Gempharmatech Co., Ltd. OSRC‐2 cells expressing SHMT1, or empty vector were prepared into single cell suspension.
Techniques: Luciferase, Reporter Assay, Transfection, Knockdown, Binding Assay, ChIP-qPCR, Inhibition, Sequencing, Expressing, Blocking Assay