Effect of EWS/FLI1 and DAX1 silencing on the gene expression profile of the A673 Ewing cell line

ABSTRACT: The molecular hallmark of the Ewing family of tumors is the presence of balanced chromosomal translocations leading to the formation of chimerical transcription factors (i.e. EWS/FLI1) that play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of Ewing tumors by deregulating gene expression. We have recently demonstrated that DAX1 (NR0B1), an orphan nuclear receptor which was not previously implicated in cancer, is induced by the EWS/FLI1 oncoprotein and is highly expressed in Ewing tumors, suggesting that DAX1 is a biologically relevant target of EWS/FLI1-mediated oncogenesis. In this work we demonstrate that DAX1 is a direct transcriptional target of the EWS/FLI1 oncoprotein through its binding to a GGA-rich region in the DAX1 promoter and show that DAX1 is a key player of EWS/FLI1-mediated oncogenesi

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Javier Alonso 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-36007 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress