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Gene Synthesis> | … Millipore, Cat#: ABD29), or Twist antibody pre-incubated with recombinant Twist protein (100 ng, Origene), Wnt5a antibody (1:300 dilution, Abcam, Cat#: ab86720), or Wnt5a … Specific antibody against K73ac/K76ac of Twist was customer generated and produced from GenScript … | Get A Quote |
Twist is a key transcription activator of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). It remains unclear how Twist induces gene expression. Here we report a mechanism by which Twist recruits BRD4 to direct WNT5A expression in basal-like breast cancer (BLBC). Twist contains a "histone H4-mimic" GK-X-GK motif that is diacetylated by Tip60. The diacetylated Twist binds the second bromodomain of BRD4, whose first bromodomain interacts with acetylated H4, thereby constructing an activated Twist/BRD4/P-TEFb/RNA-Pol II complex at the WNT5A promoter and enhancer. Pharmacologic inhibition of the Twist-BRD4 association reduced WNT5A expression and suppressed invasion, cancer stem cell (CSC)-like properties, and tumorigenici... More