YAP/TAZ are nuclear effectors of the Hippo pathway regulating organ growth and tumorigenesis. Yet, their function as transcriptional regulators remains underinvestigated. By ChIP-seq analyses in breast cancer cells, we discovered that the YAP/TAZ transcriptional response is pervasively mediated by a dual element: TEAD factors, through which YAP/TAZ bind to DNA, co-occupying chromatin with activator protein-1 (AP-1, dimer of JUN and FOS proteins) at composite cis-regulatory elements harbouring both TEAD and AP-1 motifs. YAP/TAZ/TEAD and AP-1 form a complex that synergistically activates target genes directly involved in the control of S-phase entry and mitosis. This control occurs almost exclusively from distal enhancers that contact target promoters through chromatin looping. YAP/TAZ-induced oncogenic growth is strongly enhanced by gain of AP-1 and severely blunted by its loss. Conversely, AP-1-promoted skin tumorigenesis is prevented in YAP/TAZ conditional knockout mice. This work highlights a new layer of signalling integration, feeding on YAP/TAZ function at the chromatin level.

Genome-wide association between YAP/TAZ/TEAD and AP-1 at enhancers drives oncogenic growth / Zanconato, Francesca; Forcato, Mattia; Battilana, Giusy; Azzolin, Luca; Quaranta, Erika; Bodega, Beatrice; Rosato, Antonio; Bicciato, Silvio; Cordenonsi, Michelangelo; Piccolo, Stefano. - In: NATURE CELL BIOLOGY. - ISSN 1465-7392. - ELETTRONICO. - 17:9(2015), pp. 1218-1227. [10.1038/ncb3216]

Genome-wide association between YAP/TAZ/TEAD and AP-1 at enhancers drives oncogenic growth

FORCATO, Mattia;BICCIATO, Silvio;
2015

Abstract

YAP/TAZ are nuclear effectors of the Hippo pathway regulating organ growth and tumorigenesis. Yet, their function as transcriptional regulators remains underinvestigated. By ChIP-seq analyses in breast cancer cells, we discovered that the YAP/TAZ transcriptional response is pervasively mediated by a dual element: TEAD factors, through which YAP/TAZ bind to DNA, co-occupying chromatin with activator protein-1 (AP-1, dimer of JUN and FOS proteins) at composite cis-regulatory elements harbouring both TEAD and AP-1 motifs. YAP/TAZ/TEAD and AP-1 form a complex that synergistically activates target genes directly involved in the control of S-phase entry and mitosis. This control occurs almost exclusively from distal enhancers that contact target promoters through chromatin looping. YAP/TAZ-induced oncogenic growth is strongly enhanced by gain of AP-1 and severely blunted by its loss. Conversely, AP-1-promoted skin tumorigenesis is prevented in YAP/TAZ conditional knockout mice. This work highlights a new layer of signalling integration, feeding on YAP/TAZ function at the chromatin level.
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Genome-wide association between YAP/TAZ/TEAD and AP-1 at enhancers drives oncogenic growth / Zanconato, Francesca; Forcato, Mattia; Battilana, Giusy; Azzolin, Luca; Quaranta, Erika; Bodega, Beatrice; Rosato, Antonio; Bicciato, Silvio; Cordenonsi, Michelangelo; Piccolo, Stefano. - In: NATURE CELL BIOLOGY. - ISSN 1465-7392. - ELETTRONICO. - 17:9(2015), pp. 1218-1227. [10.1038/ncb3216]
Zanconato, Francesca; Forcato, Mattia; Battilana, Giusy; Azzolin, Luca; Quaranta, Erika; Bodega, Beatrice; Rosato, Antonio; Bicciato, Silvio; Cordenonsi, Michelangelo; Piccolo, Stefano
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