Gutiérrez Uzquiza, ÁlvaroHongBin WangRachana GargBarrio Real, LauraMahlet B. AberaLopez-Haber, CynthiaRosemblit, CinthiaHuaisheng LuAbba, Martin2024-12-162024-12-162014-07-11HongBin Wang, Alvaro Gutierrez-Uzquiza, Rachana Garg, Laura Barrio-Real, Mahlet B. Abera, Cynthia Lopez-Haber, Cinthia Rosemblit, Huaisheng Lu, Martin Abba, Marcelo G. Kazanietz, Transcriptional Regulation of Oncogenic Protein Kinase Cϵ (PKCϵ) by STAT1 and Sp1 Proteins*, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Volume 289, Issue 28, 2014, Pages 19823-19838, https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M114.548446.1083-351X10.1074/jbc.m114.548446https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/112693Overexpression of PKCϵ, a kinase associated with tumor aggressiveness and widely implicated in malignant transformation and metastasis, is a hallmark of multiple cancers, including mammary, prostate, and lung cancer. To characterize the mechanisms that control PKCϵ expression and its up-regulation in cancer, we cloned an ∼ 1.6-kb promoter segment of the human PKCϵ gene (PRKCE) that displays elevated transcriptional activity in cancer cells. A comprehensive deletional analysis established two regions rich in Sp1 and STAT1 sites located between -777 and -105 bp (region A) and -921 and -796 bp (region B), respectively, as responsible for the high transcriptional activity observed in cancer cells. A more detailed mutagenesis analysis followed by EMSA and ChIP identified Sp1 sites in positions -668/-659 and -269/-247 as well as STAT1 sites in positions -880/-869 and -793/-782 as the elements responsible for elevated promoter activity in breast cancer cells relative to normal mammary epithelial cells. RNAi silencing of Sp1 and STAT1 in breast cancer cells reduced PKCϵ mRNA and protein expression, as well as PRKCE promoter activity. Moreover, a strong correlation was found between PKCϵ and phospho-Ser-727 (active) STAT1 levels in breast cancer cells. Our results may have significant implications for the development of approaches to target PKCϵ and its effectors in cancer therapeutics.engAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/journal article0021-9258https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M114.548446open accessBreast CancerDiacylglycerolGene ExpressionProtein KinaseProtein Kinase C (PKCϵ)STAT Transcription FactorSignal TransductionSpecificity Protein 1 (Sp1)Transcription PromoterBiología molecular (Biología)2403 Bioquímica