Oncotarget

Research Papers:

This article is currently under investigation. We strongly recommend that this article is not cited until the investigation is completed.

RUNX2 promotes epithelial differentiation of ADSCs and burn wound healing via targeting E-cadherin

Qiang Li, Han Zhao, Sizhan Xia, Hanxiao Wei, Feifei Chen and Peisheng Jin _

PDF  |  HTML  |  Supplementary Files  |  How to cite

Oncotarget. 2018; 9:2646-2659. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.23522

Metrics: PDF 1558 views  |   HTML 2684 views  |   ?  


Abstract

Qiang Li1,*, Han Zhao1,3,*, Sizhan Xia1, Hanxiao Wei1, Feifei Chen2 and Peisheng Jin1

1Department of Plastic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China

2Jiangsu Center for the Collaboration and Innovation of Cancer Biotherapy, Cancer Institute, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China

3Department of Plastic Surgery, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China

*These authors have contributed equally to this work

Correspondence to:

Peisheng Jin, email: [email protected]

Feifei Chen, email: [email protected]

Keywords: RUNX2; E-cadherin; epithelial differentiation; burn wound; ADSCs

Received: June 06, 2017    Accepted: September 21, 2017    Published: December 21, 2017

ABSTRACT

Epithelial differentiation of adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) is mediated by sophisticated interactions of various molecular functions and biological processes, including transcriptional regulation. Runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2) increases osteoblast and adipocyte differentiation of ADSCs. However, the role of RUNX2 in epithelial differentiation of ADSCs is unknown. We first showed that ADSCs possess the potential to differentiate into epithelial lineage. Then, we employed the effect of RUNX2 on epithelial differentiation of ADSCs. Our data showed that RUNX2 promoted epithelial differentiation of ADSCs. Overexpression or knockdown of RUNX2 resulted in increase or decrease of E-cadherin expression, respectively. Abatement of E-cadherin in ADSCs attenuated RUNX2-activated epithelial conversion of ADSCs and epithelial markers cytokeratin 18 (CK18) and zonula occludens protein-1 (ZO-1). We also evaluated the effect of RUNX2 on burn wound healing in vivo. The wound re-epithelialization were accelerated by RUNX2. The wound closure indexs, demis regeneration and revascularization were all improved. Furthermore, RUNX2 binding directly to the E-cadherin promoter region was characterized in ADSCs by chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) and luciferase promoter reporter assays. Taken together, the study demonstrates the role of RUNX2 in epithelial differentiation of ADSCs and suggests that RUNX2 promotes E-cadherin expression, at least in part, through its direct binding to the promoter.


Creative Commons License All site content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
PII: 23522