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Foxc1 controls cell fate decisions during transforming growth factor β induced epithelial to mesenchymal transition through the regulation of fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 expression

Alex Hopkins, Mackenzie L. Coatham, Fred B. Berry
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/062836
Alex Hopkins
1From the Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB Canada T6G 2E1
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Mackenzie L. Coatham
2Department of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB Canada T6G 2E1
3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB Canada T6G 2E1
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Fred B. Berry
1From the Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB Canada T6G 2E1
2Department of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB Canada T6G 2E1
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Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is an important physiological process that drives tissue formation during development but also contributes to disease pathogenesis including fibrosis and cancer metastasis. The forkhead box transcription factor gene FOXC1 is an important developmental regulator in the generation of mesenchymal cells necessary in the formation of the anterior segment of the eye, the craniofacial skeleton and the meninges. Recently elevated expression of FOXC1 has been detected in several metastatic cancers that have undergone EMT events. We sought to determine the role of FOXC1 in the initiation of EMT events using NMuMG cells treated with TFGβ1. We found that although Foxc1 expression was increased following TFGβ1 induced EMT, Foxc1 was not required for this induction. Instead we propose that Foxc1 is required for the specification of the mesenchyme cell type, promoting an activated fibroblast phenotype over a myofibroblast phenotype following the initiation of EMT. This cells type specification was achieved through the regulation of Fibroblast growth factor (Fgfr) 1 expression. Using an RNA sequencing approach, we determined that levels of Fgfr1 normally activated upon TFGβ1 treatment were reduced in Foxc1-knockdown cells. Through chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments we determined that FOXC1 could bind to an Fgfr1 upstream regulatory region. Furthermore, expression of the myofibroblast marker α-smooth muscle actin (αSMA) was elevated in Foxc1 knockdown cells. Finally we determined that FGF2 mediated three dimensional migratory ability was greatly impaired in Foxc1-knockdown cells. Together these results define a role for Foxc1 in specifying a mesenchymal cell type following TFGβ1 mediated EMT events.

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Foxc1 controls cell fate decisions during transforming growth factor β induced epithelial to mesenchymal transition through the regulation of fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 expression
Alex Hopkins, Mackenzie L. Coatham, Fred B. Berry
bioRxiv 062836; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/062836
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Foxc1 controls cell fate decisions during transforming growth factor β induced epithelial to mesenchymal transition through the regulation of fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 expression
Alex Hopkins, Mackenzie L. Coatham, Fred B. Berry
bioRxiv 062836; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/062836

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