PMID- 38147910 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240308 LR - 20240308 IS - 1880-3865 (Electronic) IS - 1349-0079 (Linking) VI - 66 IP - 1 DP - 2024 Mar TI - Suppression of KLF5 basal expression in oral carcinoma-derived cells through three intact CREB1-binding sites in the silencer region. PG - 217-224 LID - S1349-0079(23)00197-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.job.2023.12.006 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVES: Kruppel-like factor (KLF)5, which is overexpressed in carcinomas such as oral cancer, inhibits epidermal differentiation. KLF5 induces dedifferentiation of carcinoma cells, which effectuates carcinoma progression; nevertheless, the regulatory mechanism affecting the transcription of the KLF5 gene remains ambiguous. METHODS: Transcriptional activity of the KLF5 silencer, specifically the 425-bp region (425-region), was examined using reporter assays. An additional analysis was conducted to assess the impact of the minimal essential region (MER) of KLF5 on its basal expression. The affinity of cAMP responsive element binding protein 1 (CREB1) for three potential CREB1-binding sites in the 425-region was analyzed using DNA pull-down and quantitative chromatin immunoprecipitation assays. Reporter assays employing a human oral squamous carcinoma cell line, HSC2, transfected with small interfering RNA or complementary DNA for CREB1, were performed to investigate the effect of CREB1 binding sites on MER activity. RESULTS: The 425-region exhibited no transcriptional activity and suppressed MER transcriptional activity. This region encodes three putative CREB1-binding sites, and CREB1 demonstrated equal binding affinity for all three sites. The deletion of each of these binding sites reduced CREB1 precipitation and enhanced MER activity. Endogenous CREB1 knockdown and overexpression elevated and reduced MER activity, respectively, at the intact sites. Conversely, site deletion hampered and improved MER activity upon CREB1 knockdown and overexpression, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Suppression of KLF5 basal expression via CREB1 binding to the 425-region requires all three CREB1-binding sites to remain intact in oral carcinoma cells. Consequently, deletion of the CREB1-binding site relieves suppression of KLF5 basal expression. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Japanese Association for Oral Biology. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Katsuumi, Reiichi AU - Katsuumi R AD - Department of Biochemistry, The Nippon Dental University School of Life Dentistry at Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Negishi, Tsubasa AU - Negishi T AD - Department of Biochemistry, The Nippon Dental University School of Life Dentistry at Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Imai, Kazushi AU - Imai K AD - Department of Biochemistry, The Nippon Dental University School of Life Dentistry at Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Mihara, Nozomi AU - Mihara N AD - Department of Biochemistry, The Nippon Dental University School of Life Dentistry at Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: leschang@tky.ndu.ac.jp. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231224 PL - Netherlands TA - J Oral Biosci JT - Journal of oral biosciences JID - 101226721 RN - 0 (Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (CREB1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein) RN - 0 (KLF5 protein, human) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics MH - Binding Sites/genetics MH - *Mouth Neoplasms/genetics MH - *Carcinoma/genetics MH - Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/genetics/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - CREB1 OT - Carcinoma OT - Gene expression OT - KLF5 OT - Transcription factors COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors have no conflicts of interest to report. EDAT- 2023/12/27 00:41 MHDA- 2024/03/08 06:42 CRDT- 2023/12/26 19:15 PHST- 2023/10/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/12/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/12/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/03/08 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/12/27 00:41 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/12/26 19:15 [entrez] AID - S1349-0079(23)00197-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.job.2023.12.006 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Oral Biosci. 2024 Mar;66(1):217-224. doi: 10.1016/j.job.2023.12.006. Epub 2023 Dec 24.