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Item Open Access Altered gene expression and DNA damage in peripheral blood cells from Friedreich's ataxia patients: cellular model of pathology.(PLoS Genet, 2010-01-15) Haugen, Astrid C; Di Prospero, Nicholas A; Parker, Joel S; Fannin, Rick D; Chou, Jeff; Meyer, Joel N; Halweg, Christopher; Collins, Jennifer B; Durr, Alexandra; Fischbeck, Kenneth; Van Houten, BennettThe neurodegenerative disease Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA) is the most common autosomal-recessively inherited ataxia and is caused by a GAA triplet repeat expansion in the first intron of the frataxin gene. In this disease, transcription of frataxin, a mitochondrial protein involved in iron homeostasis, is impaired, resulting in a significant reduction in mRNA and protein levels. Global gene expression analysis was performed in peripheral blood samples from FRDA patients as compared to controls, which suggested altered expression patterns pertaining to genotoxic stress. We then confirmed the presence of genotoxic DNA damage by using a gene-specific quantitative PCR assay and discovered an increase in both mitochondrial and nuclear DNA damage in the blood of these patients (p<0.0001, respectively). Additionally, frataxin mRNA levels correlated with age of onset of disease and displayed unique sets of gene alterations involved in immune response, oxidative phosphorylation, and protein synthesis. Many of the key pathways observed by transcription profiling were downregulated, and we believe these data suggest that patients with prolonged frataxin deficiency undergo a systemic survival response to chronic genotoxic stress and consequent DNA damage detectable in blood. In conclusion, our results yield insight into the nature and progression of FRDA, as well as possible therapeutic approaches. Furthermore, the identification of potential biomarkers, including the DNA damage found in peripheral blood, may have predictive value in future clinical trials.Item Open Access Cistrome analysis of YY1 uncovers a regulatory axis of YY1:BRD2/4-PFKP during tumorigenesis of advanced prostate cancer.(Nucleic acids research, 2021-05) Xu, Chenxi; Tsai, Yi-Hsuan; Galbo, Phillip M; Gong, Weida; Storey, Aaron J; Xu, Yuemei; Byrum, Stephanie D; Xu, Lingfan; Whang, Young E; Parker, Joel S; Mackintosh, Samuel G; Edmondson, Ricky D; Tackett, Alan J; Huang, Jiaoti; Zheng, Deyou; Earp, H Shelton; Wang, Gang Greg; Cai, LingCastration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is a terminal disease and the molecular underpinnings of CRPC development need to be better understood in order to improve its treatment. Here, we report that a transcription factor Yin Yang 1 (YY1) is significantly overexpressed during prostate cancer progression. Functional and cistrome studies of YY1 uncover its roles in promoting prostate oncogenesis in vitro and in vivo, as well as sustaining tumor metabolism including the Warburg effect and mitochondria respiration. Additionally, our integrated genomics and interactome profiling in prostate tumor show that YY1 and bromodomain-containing proteins (BRD2/4) co-occupy a majority of gene-regulatory elements, coactivating downstream targets. Via gene loss-of-function and rescue studies and mutagenesis of YY1-bound cis-elements, we unveil an oncogenic pathway in which YY1 directly binds and activates PFKP, a gene encoding the rate-limiting enzyme for glycolysis, significantly contributing to the YY1-enforced Warburg effect and malignant growth. Altogether, this study supports a master regulator role for YY1 in prostate tumorigenesis and reveals a YY1:BRD2/4-PFKP axis operating in advanced prostate cancer with implications for therapy.Item Open Access ZFX Mediates Non-canonical Oncogenic Functions of the Androgen Receptor Splice Variant 7 in Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer(Molecular Cell, 2018-10) Cai, Ling; Tsai, Yi-Hsuan; Wang, Ping; Wang, Jun; Li, Dongxu; Fan, Huitao; Zhao, Yilin; Bareja, Rohan; Lu, Rui; Wilson, Elizabeth M; Sboner, Andrea; Whang, Young E; Zheng, Deyou; Parker, Joel S; Earp, H Shelton; Wang, Gang Greg