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Induction of IGF-1R expression by EGR-1 facilitates the growth of prostate cancer cells.
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PMID:  22115966     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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The transcription factor Early Growth Response-1 (EGR-1) is overexpressed in human prostate tumors and contributes to prostate cancer progression through an unknown mechanism. Here we report that EGR-1 transcriptionally regulates the expression of insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R), which is highly expressed in primary prostate cancer. We find that ectopic expression of EGR-1 causes increase in IGF-1R expression, while knockdown of EGR-1 leads to dramatically decrease in IGF-1R expression. Results from Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) and Reporter assay show that the EGR-1 direct binds to the human IGF-1R gene and triggers the target gene expression. EGR-1 activates Erk and Akt pathway through regulation of IGF-1R, and thus promote prostate cancer cell growth. Taken together, these results suggest that EGR-1 may stimulate prostate cancer cell growth through up-regulation of IGF-1R and indicate that down-regulation of EGR-1 could be an effective therapeutic approach against prostate cancer.
Authors:
Yang Ma; Qinqin Cheng; Zijia Ren; Lu Xu; Ying Zhao; Jie Sun; Siyi Hu; Weihua Xiao
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-11-21
Journal Detail:
Title:  Cancer letters     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1872-7980     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-11-25     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7600053     Medline TA:  Cancer Lett     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2011. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
Affiliation:
Institute of Immunology, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China; Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China.
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