Menin is an enigmatic protein that displays unique ability to either suppress or promote tumorigenesis in a context-dependent manner. The role for Menin to promote oncogenic functions has been largely attributed to its essential role in forming the MLL methyltransferase complex, which mediates H3K4me3. Here, we identify an unexpected role of Menin in enhancing the transactivity of oncogene MYC in a way independent of H3K4me3 activity. Intriguingly, we find that Menin interacts directly with the TAD domain of MYC and co-localizes with MYC to E-Box to enhance the transcription of MYC target genes in a P-TEFb-dependent manner. We further demonstrate that, by transcriptionally promoting the expression of MYC target genes in cancer cells, Menin stimulates cell proliferation and cellular metabolism both in vitro and in vivo. Our results uncover a previously unappreciated mechanism by which Menin functions as an oncogenic regulatory factor that is critical for MYC-mediated gene transcription.
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National Basic Key Research Program of China [2014CB910600]; National Nature Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China [81530076, 81525022, 31371429, 31571472, 81372148]; Chinese Academy of SciencesChinese Academy of Sciences [XDA01010404]; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central UniversitiesFundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities; Development Foundation of Hefei Center for Physical Science and Technology; CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease
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第一作者机构:[1]Univ Sci & Technol China, Sch Life Sci, Innovat Ctr Cell Signaling Network, CAS Key Lab Innate Immun & Chron Dis, Hefei 230027, Anhui, Peoples R China;
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通讯机构:[1]Univ Sci & Technol China, Sch Life Sci, Innovat Ctr Cell Signaling Network, CAS Key Lab Innate Immun & Chron Dis, Hefei 230027, Anhui, Peoples R China;
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Wu Gongwei,Yuan Mengqiu,Shen Shengqi,et al.Menin enhances c-Myc-mediated transcription to promote cancer progression[J].NATURE COMMUNICATIONS.2017,8:-.doi:10.1038/ncomms15278.
APA:
Wu, Gongwei,Yuan, Mengqiu,Shen, Shengqi,Ma, Xiaoyu,Fang, Jingwen...&Gao, Ping.(2017).Menin enhances c-Myc-mediated transcription to promote cancer progression.NATURE COMMUNICATIONS,8,
MLA:
Wu, Gongwei,et al."Menin enhances c-Myc-mediated transcription to promote cancer progression".NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 8.(2017):-