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  • Transmembrane integrin-associated protein is shown to be a significant checkpoint in innate immunity that is elevated in cancer cells like melanoma, impacting anti-tumor responses.
  • Research utilized ATAC-Sequencing to uncover increased chromatin accessibility in the promoter region of this protein in melanoma versus normal cells.
  • The study identified the transcription factor NRF-1 as a key regulator binding to specific sites in the promoter region, which is crucial for the protein's upregulation during tumor progression.

Article Abstract

Transmembrane integrin-associated protein functions as a potent innate immunity checkpoint and is upregulated by many types of malignant cells, including melanoma during tumor progression. Binding of to its target receptor, SIRPα, on myeloid cell lineages leads to the initiation of the downstream signaling cascades that inhibit innate immunity anti-tumor responses. Molecular mechanisms underlying upregulation of during melanoma progression remain largely unknown. In this report, we performed ATAC-Sequencing on patient-derived melanoma cells, as well as, the analysis of ATAC-Seq datasets covering clinical melanoma samples to demonstrate a significant increase in chromatin accessibility for the promoter region in comparison to normal cells and tissues. Additionally, profiling of multiple transcript isoforms established that upregulation of in malignant cells occurs at the mRNA level. Using chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) approaches along with the analysis of ChIP-Seq cancer datasets, we identified the transcription factor NRF-1 which binds at multiple sites within the proximal promoter region. In combination with serial deletions of promoter, we defined the minimal DNA region required for its activation, as well as, specific DNA locations within that region, which are preferentially occupied by NRF-1 in tumor cells.

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