Multifaceted roles of 5'-regulatory region of the cancer associated gene B4GALT1 and its comparison with the gene family

  • Authors:
    • Mohammed A. Ibrahim Al-Obaide
    • Hytham Alobydi
    • Abdelsalam G. Abdelsalam
    • Ruiwen Zhang
    • Kalkunte S. Srivenugopal
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  • Published online on: August 27, 2015     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2015.3136
  • Pages: 1393-1404
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Abstract

β1,4-Galactosylransferases are a family of enzymes encoded by seven B4GALT genes and are involved in the development of anticancer drug resistance and metastasis. Among these genes, the B4GALT1 shows significant variations in the transcript origination sites in different cell types/tissues and encodes an interesting dually partitioning β-1, 4-galactosyltransferase protein. We identified at 5'-end of B4GALT1 a 1.454 kb sequence forming a transcription regulatory region, referred to by us as the TR1-PE1, had all characteristics of a bidirectional promoter directing the transcription of B4GALT1 in a divergent manner along with its long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) antisense counterpart B4GALT1-AS1. The TR1-PE1 showed unique dinucleotide base-stacking energy values specific to transcription factor binding sites (TFBSs), INR and BRE, and harbored CpG Island (CGI) that showed GC skew with potential for R-loop formation at the transcription starting sites (TSSs). The 5'-regulatory axis of B4GALT1 also included five more novel TFBSs for CTCF, GLI1, TCF7L2, GATA3 and SOX5, in addition to unique (TG)18 repeats in conjunction with 22 nucleotide TG-associated sequence (TGAS). The five lncRNA B4GALT1-AS1 transcripts showed significant complementarity with B4GALT1 mRNA. In contrast, the rest of B4GALT genes showed fewer lncRNAs, and all lacked the (TG)18 and TGAS. Our results are strongly supported by the FANTOM5 study which showed tissue-specific variations in transcript origination sites for this gene. We suggest that the unique expression patterns for the B4GALT1 in normal and malignant tissues are controlled by a differential usage of 5'-B4GALT1 regulatory units along with a post-transcriptional regulation by the antisense RNA, which in turn govern the cell-matrix interactions, neoplastic progression, anticancer drug sensitivity, and could be utilized in personalized therapy.
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Al-Obaide MA, Alobydi H, Abdelsalam AG, Zhang R and Srivenugopal KS: Multifaceted roles of 5'-regulatory region of the cancer associated gene B4GALT1 and its comparison with the gene family. Int J Oncol 47: 1393-1404, 2015
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Al-Obaide, M.A., Alobydi, H., Abdelsalam, A.G., Zhang, R., & Srivenugopal, K.S. (2015). Multifaceted roles of 5'-regulatory region of the cancer associated gene B4GALT1 and its comparison with the gene family. International Journal of Oncology, 47, 1393-1404. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2015.3136
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Al-Obaide, M. A., Alobydi, H., Abdelsalam, A. G., Zhang, R., Srivenugopal, K. S."Multifaceted roles of 5'-regulatory region of the cancer associated gene B4GALT1 and its comparison with the gene family". International Journal of Oncology 47.4 (2015): 1393-1404.
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Al-Obaide, M. A., Alobydi, H., Abdelsalam, A. G., Zhang, R., Srivenugopal, K. S."Multifaceted roles of 5'-regulatory region of the cancer associated gene B4GALT1 and its comparison with the gene family". International Journal of Oncology 47, no. 4 (2015): 1393-1404. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2015.3136