Dachshund inhibits oncogene-induced breast cancer cellular migration and invasion through suppression of interleukin-8

  1. Kongming Wu*,
  2. Sanjay Katiyar*,
  3. Anping Li*,
  4. Manran Liu*,
  5. Xiaoming Ju*,
  6. Vladimir M. Popov*,
  7. Xuanmao Jiao*,
  8. Michael P. Lisanti*,
  9. Antonella Casola, and
  10. Richard G. Pestell*,,§
  1. *Departments of Cancer Biology and
  2. Medical Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, 233 South 10th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107; and
  3. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0366
  1. Communicated by Hilary Koprowski, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, March 10, 2008 (received for review December 19, 2007)

Abstract

Oncogene-mediated signaling to the host environment induces a subset of cytokines and chemokines. The Drosophila Dac gene promotes migration of the morphogenetic furrow during eye development. Expression of the cell-fate determination factor Dachshund (DACH1) was lost in poor prognosis invasive breast cancer. Mouse embryo fibroblasts derived from Dach1−/− mice demonstrated endogenous Dach1 constitutively represses cellular migration. DACH1 inhibited cellular migration and invasion of oncogene (Ras, Myc, ErbB2, c-Raf)-transformed human breast epithelial cells. An unbiased proteomic analysis identified and immunoneutralizing antibody and reconstitution experiments demonstrated IL-8 is a critical target of DACH1 mediating breast cancer cellular migration and metastasis in vivo. DACH1 bound the endogenous IL-8 promoter in ChIP assays and repressed the IL-8 promoter through the AP-1 and NF-κB binding sites. Collectively, our data identify a pathway by which an endogenous cell-fate determination factor blocks oncogene-dependent tumor metastasis via a key heterotypic mediator.

Footnotes

  • §To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: annie.mathies{at}kimmelcancercenter.org
  • Author contributions: S.K., A.L., and M.L contributed equally to this work; K.W. designed research; K.W., S.K., A.L., M.L., X. Ju, V.M.P., and X. Jiao performed research; A.C. contributed new reagents/analytic tools; K.W., M.P.L., and R.G.P. analyzed data; and R.G.P. wrote the paper.

  • The authors declare no conflict of interest.

  • This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/0802085105/DCSupplemental.

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