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Hypoxia-activated XBP1s recruits HDAC2-EZH2 to engage epigenetic suppression of ΔNp63α expression and promote breast cancer metastasis independent of HIF1α

Cell Death & Differentiation volume 31, pages 447–459 (2024)Cite this article

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Hypoxia is a hallmark of cancer development. However, the molecular mechanisms by which hypoxia promotes tumor metastasis are not fully understood. In this study, we demonstrate that hypoxia promotes breast cancer metastasis through suppression of ΔNp63α in a HIF1α-independent manner. We show that hypoxia-activated XBP1s forms a stable repressor protein complex with HDAC2 and EZH2 to suppress ΔNp63α transcription. Notably, H3K27ac is predominantly occupied on the ΔNp63 promoter under normoxia, while H3K27me3 on the promoter under hypoxia. We show that XBP1s binds to the ΔNp63 promoter to recruit HDAC2 and EZH2 in facilitating the switch of H3K27ac to H3K27me3. Pharmacological inhibition or the knockdown of either HDAC2 or EZH2 leads to increased H3K27ac, accompanied by the reduced H3K27me3 and restoration of ΔNp63α expression suppressed by hypoxia, resulting in inhibition of cell migration. Furthermore, the pharmacological inhibition of IRE1α, but not HIF1α, upregulates ΔNp63α expression in vitro and inhibits tumor metastasis in vivo. Clinical analyses reveal that reduced p63 expression is correlated with the elevated expression of XBP1, HDAC2, or EZH2, and is associated with poor overall survival in human breast cancer patients. Together, these results indicate that hypoxia-activated XBP1s modulates the epigenetic program in suppression of ΔNp63α to promote breast cancer metastasis independent of HIF1α and provides a molecular basis for targeting the XBP1s/HDAC2/EZH2-ΔNp63α axis as a putative strategy in the treatment of breast cancer metastasis.

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Fig. 1: Hypoxia inhibits ΔNp63α expression via EZH2-mediated upregulation of H3K27me3 in promoting cell motility in a HIF1α-independent manner.
Fig. 2: Hypoxia activates XBP1s to inhibit ΔNp63α expression in promoting cell invasion by EZH2.
Fig. 3: Hypoxia downregulates H3K27ac and upregulates H3K27me3 via XBP1s-HDAC2 axis in promoting cell migration.
Fig. 4: Hypoxia facilitates XBP1s interaction with the HDAC2-EZH2 complexes and loading on the ΔNp63 promoter resulting in switching H3K27ac to H3K27me3 to inhibit ΔNp63 transcription.
Fig. 5: XBP1s inhibits ΔNp63a expression to promote cell migration and tumor metastasis.
Fig. 6: Expression of TP63 is negatively correlated with XBP1/HDAC2/EZH2 in human breast cancer.

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Chen, H., Yu, S., Ma, R. et al. Hypoxia-activated XBP1s recruits HDAC2-EZH2 to engage epigenetic suppression of ΔNp63α expression and promote breast cancer metastasis independent of HIF1α. Cell Death Differ 31, 447–459 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41418-024-01271-z

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