Human Gene Set: LIAO_HAVE_SOX4_BINDING_SITES


Standard name LIAO_HAVE_SOX4_BINDING_SITES
Systematic name M15025
Brief description Genes up-regulated in the samples with intrahepatic metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) vs primary HCC that also have putative binding sites for SOX4 [GeneID=6659].
Full description or abstract A comprehensive microarray analysis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) revealed distinct synexpression patterns during intrahepatic metastasis. Recent evidence has demonstrated that synexpression group member genes are likely to be regulated by master control gene(s). Here we investigate the functions and gene regulation of the transcription factor SOX4 in intrahepatic metastatic HCC. SOX4 is important in tumor metastasis as RNAi knockdown reduces tumor cell migration, invasion, in vivo tumorigenesis and metastasis. A multifaceted approach integrating gene profiling, binding site computation and empirical verification by chromatin immunoprecipitation and gene ablation refined the consensus SOX4 binding motif and identified 32 binding loci in 31 genes with high confidence. RNAi knockdown of two SOX4 target genes, neuropilin 1 and semaphorin 3C, drastically reduced cell migration activity in HCC cell lines suggesting that SOX4 exerts some of its action via regulation of these two downstream targets. The discovery of 31 previously unidentified targets expands our knowledge of how SOX4 modulates HCC progression and implies a range of novel SOX4 functions. This integrated approach sets a paradigm whereby a subset of member genes from a synexpression group can be regulated by one master control gene and this is exemplified by SOX4 and advanced HCC.Oncogene advance online publication, 26 May 2008; doi:10.1038/onc.2008.168.
Collection C2: Curated
      CGP: Chemical and Genetic Perturbations
Source publication Pubmed 18504433   Authors: Liao YL,Sun YM,Chau GY,Chau YP,Lai TC,Wang JL,Horng JT,Hsiao M,Tsou AP
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