NRF-1 directly regulates TFE3 and promotes the proliferation of renal cancer cells.

Oncol Lett

Department of Urology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, P.R. China.

Published: September 2021

The role of transcription factor binding to IGHM enhancer 3 (TFE3) in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is not well understood. Nuclear respiratory factor 1 (NRF-1) may be the positive upstream regulatory gene of TFE3. The aim of the present study was to determine whether NRF-1 could directly regulate the expression of TFE3 and regulate tumorigenesis and progression of RCC through TFE3. Short hairpin RNA (shRNA) was used to silence the expression of NRF-1 in the 786-O human kidney adenocarcinoma cell line and the 293T human embryonic kidney cell line. Luciferase reporter assays were used to determine the relationship between NRF-1 and TFE3. The CHIP experiment was used to verify the actual binding of NRF-1 and TFE3 promoter regions. MitoTimer staining was used to measure mitochondrial biosynthesis. Flow cytometry was used to detect cell cycle and apoptosis. The 786-O and 293T cells were used to examine the underlying mechanism of action. The results demonstrated that NRF-1 could bind to the promoter region of the TFE3 gene and directly regulate the expression of TFE3. Following NRF-1 knockdown, the protein levels of phosphorylated (p)-AKT and p-S6 of mTOR pathway was inhibited, cell cycle progression was blocked, the levels of apoptosis increased, and mitochondrial generation was reduced. Following overexpression of TFE3, the levels of mTOR-associated markers were restored in NRF-1 knockdown cells. These findings suggest that NRF-1 may regulate the mTOR pathway through TFE3 and regulate the energy metabolism, proliferation and growth of cancer cells by directly regulating the expression of TFE3.

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