HCSGD entry for BMI1


1. General information

Official gene symbolBMI1
Entrez ID648
Gene full nameBMI1 polycomb ring finger oncogene
Other gene symbolsFLVI2/BMI1 PCGF4 RNF51
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2. Neighbors in the network

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3. Gene ontology annotation

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GO:0000122Negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoterIMPbiological_process
GO:0000151Ubiquitin ligase complexIDAcellular_component
GO:0005515Protein bindingIPImolecular_function
GO:0005634NucleusIDAcellular_component
GO:0005730NucleolusIDAcellular_component
GO:0005737CytoplasmIEAcellular_component
GO:0006351Transcription, DNA-templatedIEAbiological_process
GO:0007379Segment specificationTASbiological_process
GO:0008270Zinc ion bindingIDA IEAmolecular_function
GO:0010468Regulation of gene expressionIMPbiological_process
GO:0016568Chromatin modificationIEAbiological_process
GO:0030097HemopoiesisIEPbiological_process
GO:0031519PcG protein complexIDAcellular_component
GO:0035102PRC1 complexIDAcellular_component
GO:0048146Positive regulation of fibroblast proliferationIMPbiological_process
GO:0051443Positive regulation of ubiquitin-protein ligase activityIDAbiological_process
GO:0071535RING-like zinc finger domain bindingIPImolecular_function
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4. Expression levels in datasets

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p-value upp-value downFDR upFDR down
0.91934819350.63015039320.99999024731.0000000000

  • Individual experiment result
    ( "-" represent NA in the specific microarray platform )

Data sourceUp or downLog fold change
GSE11954--
GSE13712_SHEAR--
GSE13712_STATIC--
GSE19018--
GSE19899_A1--
GSE19899_A2--
PubMed_21979375_A1--
PubMed_21979375_A2--
GSE35957--
GSE36640--
GSE54402--
GSE9593--
GSE43922--
GSE24585--
GSE37065--
GSE28863_A1Down-0.3708900300
GSE28863_A2Down-0.1187103140
GSE28863_A3Up0.1658372492
GSE28863_A4Up0.0070344867
GSE48662Up0.1173619746

5. Regulation relationships with compounds/drugs/microRNAs

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  • MicroRNAs

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hsa-miR-200c-3pMIMAT0000617MIRT000197Luciferase reporter assay//Western blotFunctional MTI19665978
hsa-miR-200c-3pMIMAT0000617MIRT000197Immunoblot//Luciferase reporter assay//qRT-PCRFunctional MTI21294122
hsa-miR-200c-3pMIMAT0000617MIRT000197Luciferase reporter assay//Northern blot//qRT-PCR//Western blotFunctional MTI21207483
hsa-miR-16-5pMIMAT0000069MIRT000266Luciferase reporter assay//Western blotFunctional MTI19903841
hsa-miR-15a-5pMIMAT0000068MIRT000280Luciferase reporter assay//Western blotFunctional MTI19903841
hsa-miR-128-3pMIMAT0000424MIRT004645Immunohistochemistry//In situ hybridization//Microarray//qRT-PCR//Western blotFunctional MTI19010882
hsa-miR-128-3pMIMAT0000424MIRT004645Luciferase reporter assay//Western blotFunctional MTI20574517
hsa-miR-128-3pMIMAT0000424MIRT004645Northern blot//Western blotFunctional MTI19941032
hsa-miR-302b-3pMIMAT0000715MIRT005670Luciferase reporter assay//Microarray//Northern blot//Western blotFunctional MTI21062975
hsa-miR-194-5pMIMAT0000460MIRT007000Luciferase reporter assay//qRT-PCR//Western blotFunctional MTI21851624
hsa-miR-218-5pMIMAT0000275MIRT007258Luciferase reporter assay//qRT-PCR//Western blotFunctional MTI23255074
hsa-let-7g-5pMIMAT0000414MIRT024120Western blot;qRT-PCRFunctional MTI20309945
hsa-miR-33a-5pMIMAT0000091MIRT028182SequencingFunctional MTI (Weak)20371350
hsa-miR-106b-3pMIMAT0004672MIRT038596CLASHFunctional MTI (Weak)23622248
hsa-miR-27a-3pMIMAT0000084MIRT050022CLASHFunctional MTI (Weak)23622248
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    • mirRecord

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hsa-miR-15a-5pMIMAT00000681hsa-miR-15a{Western blot}{overexpression by miRNA precursor transfection}19903841
hsa-miR-16-5pMIMAT00000691hsa-miR-16{Western blot}{overexpression by miRNA precursor transfection}19903841
hsa-miR-16-5pMIMAT00000692hsa-miR-16{Western blot}{overexpression by miRNA precursor transfection}19903841
hsa-miR-200b-3pMIMAT0000318NAhsa-miR-200b{Western blot}{overexpression by miRNA mimics tranfection}21725369
hsa-miR-15b-5pMIMAT0000417NAhsa-miR-15b{Western blot}{overexpression by miRNA mimics tranfection}21725369
hsa-miR-708-5pMIMAT00049261hsa-miR-70821852381
hsa-miR-302b-3pMIMAT00007151hsa-miR-302b{Western blot}{overexpression by miRNA mimics tranfection}21062975
hsa-miR-302b-3pMIMAT00007152hsa-miR-302b{Western blot}{overexpression by miRNA mimics tranfection}21062975
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6. Text-mining results about the gene

Gene occurances in abstracts of cellular senescence-associated articles: 58 abstracts the gene occurs.


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Sentenece the gene occurs

27228653Bmi1 supports SSC via transcriptional suppression of genes associated with cell cycle and differentiation
27228653The most studied target genes of Bmi1 are the genes of Ink4 locus, CdkI p16(Ink4a) and p1(Arf), suppression of which due to activating mutations of the BMI1 results in formation of cancer stem cells (CSC) and carcinomas in various tissues
27228653In contrast, inactivation of BMI1 results in cell cycle arrest and cell senescence
27228653Although clinical phenomena of hypo- and hyperactivation of BMI1 are well known, its targets and mechanisms of regulation of tissue specific SSC are still obscure
27228653The goal of this study was to evaluate the regulatory role of BMI1 in adipocyte differentiation (AD) of mouse mesenchymal stem cells (MSC)
27228653Induction of AD in mouse MSC of the C3H10T1/2 cell line was associated with an increase in the expression levels of BMI1, the genes of pRb family (RB, p130) and demethylase UTX, but not methyltransferase EZH2, whose products regulate the methylation levels of H3K27
27228653Here we show that inactivation of BMI1 using specific siRNA slows and decreases the levels of AD, but does not abolish it
27105531A miR-200c/141-BMI1 autoregulatory loop regulates oncogenic activity of BMI1 in cancer cells
27105531The miR-200c/141 locus on chromosome 12 encodes miR-200c and miR-141, two members of the miR-200 family, which have been shown to function as tumor suppressive miRNAs by targeting multiple oncogenic factors such as polycomb group protein BMI1
27105531Here, we show that BMI1 reciprocally functions as a transcriptional repressor of the miR-200c/141 cluster and that BMI1 inhibitors upregulate expression of miR-200c and miR-141
27105531Our data suggest that BMI1 binds to the miR-200c/141 promoter and regulates it through transcription factor binding motifs E-box 2 and Z-box 1 to repress expression of miR-200c/141 cluster
27105531We also show that PTC-209, a small molecule inhibitor of BMI1 gene expression induces cellular senescence and transcriptionally upregulates expression of miR-200c/141 cluster in breast cancer cells
27105531Therefore, our studies suggest a reciprocal regulation between BMI1 and miR-200c/141 cluster, and that BMI1 inhibitory drugs can further amplify their inhibitory effects on BMI1 via multiple mechanisms including posttranscriptional regulation by upregulating BMI1 targeting miRNAs
27009837Antitumor activity and inhibitory effects on cancer stem cell-like properties of Adeno-associated virus (AAV) -mediated Bmi-1 interference driven by Bmi-1 promoter for gastric cancer
27009837Bmi-1 is aberrantly activated in various cancers and plays a vital role in maintaining the self-renewal of stem cells
27009837Our previous research revealed that Bmi-1 was overexpressed in gastric cancer (GC) and it's overexpression was an independent negative prognostic factor, suggesting it can be a therapeutic target
27009837The main purpose of this investigation was to explore the antitumor activity of Bmi-1 interference driven by its own promoter (Ad-Bmi-1i) for GC
27009837In this study, we used adenoviral vector to deliver Bmi-1 shRNA driven by its own promoter to treat GC
27009837Our results revealed that Ad-Bmi-1i could selectively silence Bmi-1 in GC cells which overexpress Bmi-1 and suppress the malignant phenotypes and stem-like properties of GC cells in vitro and in vivo
27009837Bmi-1 knockdown by Ad-Bmi-1i downregulated VEGF via inhibiting AKT activity
26941359In addition, CD146 suppression in hUCB-MSCs caused downregulation of other cellular senescence regulators, including Bmi-1, Id1, and Twist1
26640145In CTCL cells expressing wild-type p53, forced expression of miR-16 enhanced p21 expression via downregulation of the polycomb group protein Bmi1, thereby inducing cellular senescence
26573462Senescence-Associated MCP-1 Secretion Is Dependent on a Decline in BMI1 in Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells
26573462Moreover, BMI1, a polycomb protein, repressed the expression of MCP-1 by binding to its regulatory elements
26573462The reduction in BMI1 levels during UCB-MSC senescence altered the epigenetic status of MCP-1, including the loss of H2AK119Ub, and resulted in derepression of MCP-1
26573462CONCLUSION: Senescence of UCB-MSCs is orchestrated by MCP-1, which is secreted as a major component of the SASP and is epigenetically regulated by BMI1
26238021BMI1 polycomb ring finger oncogene (Bmi1) is an oncogene associated with radioresistance in tumor cells
26238021MicroRNA (miRNA)128a is a brain-specific miRNA, which suppresses Bmi1 expression
26238021The mRNA expression levels of Bmi1 and those of miRNA128a in U87 MG cells exposed to Xray radiation were evaluated by reverse transcriptionquantitative polymerase chain reaction
26238021The mRNA expression levels of Bmi1 were downregulated in the 1 and 2 Gy groups, and upregulated in the 6 and 8 Gy groups
26238021High doses of Xray radiation increased the expression levels of Bmi1, which may be associated with the evasion of cellular senescence
25832744Bmi-1 prevents stem cell aging, at least partly, by blocking expression of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p16(Ink4a)
25832744However, because Bmi-1 knockout (KO) mice die within 20 weeks after birth, it is difficult to determine exactly where and when dysregulation of the Bmi-1/p16(Ink4a) pathway occurs during aging in vivo
25737447The up-regulation of miR-31 was accompanied by repression of the polycomb group (PcG) protein BMI1 and induction of cellular senescence
25737447We further show that inhibition of miR-31 overcomes the senescence-inducing effect of HDACi, and restores expression of the PcG protein BMI1
25737447Interestingly, BMI1 also acts as a repressor of miR-31 transcription, suggesting a cross-negative feedback loop between the expression of miR-31 and BMI1
25505268PLK1 inhibition down-regulates polycomb group protein BMI1 via modulation of the miR-200c/141 cluster
25505268The polycomb group protein BMI1 is an important regulator of cancer stem cell (CSC) phenotype and is often overexpressed in cancer cells
25505268BMI1 functions via polycomb repressive complex 1 (PRC1)-mediated gene silencing and also via PRC1-independent transcriptional activities
25505268At present, very little is known about the therapy reagents that can efficiently inhibit BMI1 expression, and the CSC phenotype
25505268Here, we report that the polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) regulates BMI1 expression, and that its inhibition can efficiently down-regulate BMI1 expression and PRC1 activity, and induce premature senescence in breast cancer cells
25505268We also show that the exogenous BMI1 overexpression mitigates anti-oncogenic effects of PLK1 inhibition and overcomes senescence induction by PLK1 inhibitors
25505268We further show that PLK1 inhibition down-regulates BMI1 by upregulating the miRNA-200c/141 cluster, which encodes miR-200c and miR-141, both of which are known to post-transcriptionally downregulate BMI1 expression
25505268Thus, our data suggest that PLK1 inhibitors can be successfully used to inhibit growth of tumors in which PcG protein BMI1 is overexpressed or the PRC1 activity is deregulated
25485497Here we discuss on how cellular senescence may be a common mechanism of stem cell aging at the organism level and show that induction of p16(INK4a) in young muscle stem cells through deletion of the Polycomb complex protein Bmi1 recapitulates the geriatric phenotype
25364434Bmi-1 induces radioresistance by suppressing senescence in human U87 glioma cells
25364434Bmi-1 has been proposed to be an oncogene that can induce anti-senescence in tumor cells
25364434The present study investigated the response of U87 glioma cells to radiation exposure and the role of Bmi-1 in the response following radiotherapy
25364434Following exposure to radiation, the cell cycle distribution was dysregulated, with an increased number of cells in the G2/M phase, and the expression of Bmi-1 was upregulated, particularly when a dose of >/=6 Gy was administered
25364434In addition, Bmi-1 may be significant in increasing the radioresistance of glioma cells by enabling cell senescence
25263442The Polycomb group protein Bmi-1 is an essential regulator of cellular senescence and is believed to function largely through the direct repression of the Ink4a/Arf locus
25263442However, concurrent deletion of Ink4a/Arf does not fully rescue the defects detected in Bmi-1(-/-) mice, indicating that additional Bmi-1 targets remain to be identified
25263442Here we demonstrate that oncogenic stress leads to the dissociation of Bmi-1 from the Sin3B locus, resulting in increased Sin3B expression and subsequent entry into cellular senescence
25263442Furthermore, Sin3B is required for the senescent phenotype and elevated levels of reactive oxygen species elicited upon Bmi-1 depletion
25263442Altogether, these results identify Sin3B as a novel direct target of Bmi-1, and establish Bmi-1-driven repression of Sin3B as an essential regulator of cellular senescence
25224681Decline in the gene expression of senescence repressor Bmi1, and telomerase, together with telomere shortening, underlay senescence of stem cells cultured for multiple passages
25224681After a 90-day culture, REAC-treated cells exhibited significantly higher transcription of Bmi1 and enhanced expression of other stem cell pluripotency genes and related proteins, compared to unexposed cells
25057072OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of silencing Bmi-1 expression in reversing cisplatin resistance in human lung cancer cells and explore the possible mechanisms
25057072METHODS: Cisplatin-resistant A549/DDP cells with small interference RNA (siRNA)-mediated Bmi-1 expression silencing were examined for cisplatin sensitivity using MTT assay and alterations in cell cycle distribution and apoptosis with flow cytometry, and the changes in cell senescence was assessed using beta-galactosidase staining
25057072RESULTS: A549/DDP cells showed significantly higher Bmi-1 expression than A549 cells
25057072After siRNA-mediated Bmi-1 silencing, A549/DDP cells showed significantly enhanced cisplatin sensitivity with an increased IC50 from 40
25057072CONCLUSION: Silencing Bmi-1 by RNA interference can induce cell senescence and resensitize A549/DDP cells to cisplatin possibly by regulating INK4a/ARF/Rb senescence pathway
24853424In addition, we show that WIF1 functions as a positive regulator of miR-200c, leading to downregulation of BMI1, ZEB1 and ZEB2, with a consequent increase in downstream targets such as E-cadherin
24379598Silencing Bmi-1 enhances the senescence and decreases the metastasis of human gastric cancer cells
24379598METHODS: Two pairs of complementary small hairpin RNA (shRNA) oligonucleotides targeting the Bmi-1 gene were designed, synthesized, annealed and cloned into the pRNAT-U6
24379598The expression of Bmi-1 mRNA and protein was examined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blotting
24379598The effects of Bmi-1 knockdown on cell senescence and metastasis were determined by the beta-Gal activity assay and Boyden chamber assay, respectively
24379598RESULTS: The double-stranded oligonucleotide fragments of Bmi-1 short interfering RNA (siRNA) cloned into pRNAT-U6
24379598RT-PCR and Western blotting indicated that the expression levels of Bmi-1 gene mRNA and protein were markedly decreased in transfected BGC823 cells with pRNAT-U6
24379598In particular, Bmi-1 protein expression was almost completely abolished in cells transfected with the recombinant vector harboring shRNA targeting the sequence GGAGGAGGTGAATGATAAA (nt1104-1122)
24379598CONCLUSION: Silencing Bmi-1 by RNA interference can increase the senescent cell rate and effectively reduce the metastasis of gastric cancer cells
23468063Copper induces cellular senescence in human glioblastoma multiforme cells through downregulation of Bmi-1
23468063We further demonstrated that the Bmi-1 pathway was downregulated in GBM cells in parallel with the induced senescence
23468063The present study for the first time demonstrates the ability of copper to induce GBM cell senescence by downregulating Bmi-1
22554522Combined introduction of Bmi-1 and hTERT immortalizes human adipose tissue-derived stromal cells with low risk of transformation
22554522To this end, combinations of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT), murine Bmi-1, and SV40 large T antigen (SV40T) were introduced by lentiviral transduction into ASCs
22554522The combination of Bmi-1 and hTERT successfully immortalized human ASCs without significantly perturbing their phenotype or biological behavior
22509111High expression of p16INK4a and low expression of Bmi1 are associated with endothelial cellular senescence in the human cornea
22509111PURPOSE: Determine cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A (p16(Ink4a)) and polycomb ring finger oncogene (Bmi1) expression in corneal endothelium samples from different age groups and test whether the expression of p16(INK4a) and Bmi1 are associated with endothelial cellular senescence in human cornea
22509111RESULTS: Through real-time PCR, we detected less than threefold decreases in Bmi1 expression and greater than fivefold increases in p16(INK4a) expression associated with aging
22509111Bmi1 expression was significantly down-regulated with increasing donor age
22509111Our immunohistochemistry experiments showed that the expression of p16(INK4a) in older donors was stronger than that in younger donors and the expression of Bmi1 in older donors was weaker than that in younger donors
22509111Results from both the immunohistochemistry and real-time PCR experiments confirmed increased expression of p16(INK4a) and decreased expression of Bmi1 with age in HCECs
22509111Additionally, the results of immunofluorescence double-staining for p16(INK4a) and Bmi1 further validated the immunocytochemistry and real-time PCR results
22509111CONCLUSIONS: Our data are the first to demonstrate that high expression of p16(INK4a) and low expression of Bmi1 are associated with endothelial cellular senescence in human cornea
22363787Bmi-1 absence causes premature brain degeneration
22363787Bmi-1, a polycomb transcriptional repressor, is implicated in cell cycle regulation and cell senescence
22363787Here, we demonstrate the occurrence of oxidative stress in the brain of four-week-old Bmi-1 null mice
22363787Moreover, astroglial glutamate transporters and glutamine synthetase decreased in the Bmi-1 null hippocampus, which might contribute to the sporadic epileptic-like seizures in these mice
22363787These results indicate that Bmi-1 is required for maintaining endogenous antioxidant defenses in the brain, and its absence subsequently causes premature brain degeneration
21624810Functional crosstalk between Bmi1 and MLL/Hoxa9 axis in establishment of normal hematopoietic and leukemic stem cells
21624810Bmi1 is required for efficient self-renewal of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and leukemic stem cells (LSCs)
21624810In this study, we investigated whether leukemia-associated fusion proteins, which differ in their ability to activate Hox expression, could initiate leukemia in the absence of Bmi1
21624810As reported for Bmi1, Hoxa9 regulates expression of p16(Ink4a)/p19(ARF) locus and could overcome senescence induced by AML1-ETO
21624810Together, these results reveal an important functional interplay between MLL/Hox and Bmi1 in regulating cellular senescence for LSC development, suggesting that a synergistic targeting of both molecules is required to eradicate a broader spectrum of LSCs
21572997DNA methyltransferase controls stem cell aging by regulating BMI1 and EZH2 through microRNAs
21559395Consistent with this hypothesis, EWS-FLI1 induced hNCSC genes as well as the polycomb proteins BMI-1 and EZH2 in hNC-MSC
21559395In addition, up-regulation of BMI-1 was associated with avoidance of cellular senescence and reversible silencing of p16
21559395In addition, to our knowledge this is the first demonstration that EWS-FLI1-mediated induction of BMI-1 and epigenetic silencing of p16 might be critical early initiating events in ESFT tumorigenesis
21430439The polycomb group protein BMI1 has been linked to proliferation, senescence, cancer progression and stem cell phenotype
21430439Here, we report that BMI1 contains a functional recognition motif for the F box protein betaTrCP, which regulates ubiquitination and proteasome-mediated degradation of various proteins
21430439We show that overexpression of wild-type betaTrCP but not the DeltaF mutant of it promotes BMI1 ubiquitination and degradation, and knockdown of betaTrCP results in increased expression of BMI1
21430439Furthermore, a mutant of BMI1 with an altered betaTrCP recognition motif is much more stable than wild-type BMI1
21430439We also show that wild-type BMI1 but not the mutant BMI1 interacts with betaTrCP
21430439Accordingly, compared to wild-type BMI1, mutant protein exhibited increased pro-oncogenic activity
21430439In summary, our findings suggest that betaTrCP regulates turnover of BMI1 and its function relevant to oncogenesis, cellular senescence and aging
20808772METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We examined the function of Zinc finger domain-containing protein 277 (Zfp277), a novel zinc finger protein that interacts with the PcG protein Bmi1
20808772Zfp277 binds to the Ink4a/Arf locus in a Bmi1-independent manner and interacts with polycomb repressor complex (PRC) 1 through direct interaction with Bmi1
20808772Notably, forced expression of Bmi1 in Zfp277(-/-) MEFs did not restore the binding of Bmi1 to the Ink4a/Arf locus and failed to bypass cellular senescence
20808772A Zfp277 mutant that could not bind Bmi1 did not rescue Zfp277(-/-) MEFs from premature senescence
20808772CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Our findings implicate Zfp277 in the transcriptional regulation of the Ink4a/Arf locus and suggest that the interaction of Zfp277 with Bmi1 is essential for the recruitment of PRC1 to the Ink4a/Arf locus
20652278Consistently, the expression of Bmi1, which prevents hematopoietic progenitor cell senescence, was significantly reduced in diabetic bone marrow cells
20574517MicroRNA 128a increases intracellular ROS level by targeting Bmi-1 and inhibits medulloblastoma cancer cell growth by promoting senescence
20574517One of these, miR-128a, inhibits growth of medulloblastoma cells by targeting the Bmi-1 oncogene
20574517CONCLUSIONS AND SIGNIFICANCE: Here we report the novel regulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by microRNA 128a via the specific inhibition of the Bmi-1 oncogene
20574517We demonstrate that miR-128a has growth suppressive activity in medulloblastoma and that this activity is partially mediated by targeting Bmi-1
20569464Deletion analysis of BMI1 oncoprotein identifies its negative regulatory domain
20569464BACKGROUND: The polycomb group (PcG) protein BMI1 is an important regulator of development
20569464Additionally, aberrant expression of BMI1 has been linked to cancer stem cell phenotype and oncogenesis
20569464Despite its established role in stem cell maintenance, cancer and development, at present not much is known about the functional domains of BMI1 oncoprotein
20569464In the present study, we carried out a deletion analysis of BMI1 to identify its negative regulatory domain
20569464RESULTS: We report that deletion of the C-terminal domain of BMI1, which is rich in proline-serine (PS) residues and previously described as PEST-like domain, increased the stability of BMI1, and promoted its pro-oncogenic activities in human mammary epithelial cells (HMECs)
20569464Furthermore, when compared to the wild type BMI1, exogenous expression of the mutant BMI1 led to a significant downregulation of p16INK4a and an efficient bypass of cellular senescence in human diploid fibroblasts
20569464CONCLUSIONS: In summary, our data suggest that the PS domain of BMI1 is involved in its stability and that it negatively regulates function of BMI1 oncoprotein
20569464Our results also suggest that the PS domain of BMI1 could be targeted for the treatment of proliferative disorders such as cancer and aging
20551323Bmi-1, the first functionally identified polycomb gene family member, plays critical roles in cell cycle regulation, cell immortalization, and cell senescence
20551323Bmi-1 is involved in the development and progression of carcinomas and is a potent target for cancer therapy
20551323One important pathway regulated by Bmi-1 is that involving two cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors, p16(Ink4a) and p19(Arf), as Bmi-1 represses the INK4a locus on which they are encoded
20551323A close correlation between the up-regulation of Bmi-1 and down-regulation of p16 has been demonstrated in various tumors; however, how Bmi-1 regulates p16 expression is not clear
20551323In this study, we revealed that Bmi-1 regulates the expression of p16 by binding directly to the Bmi-1-responding element (BRE) within the p16 promoter
20551323Chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing of Bmi-1-precipitated chromatin DNA revealed that 1536 genes were targeted by Bmi-1, including genes involved in tissue-specific differentiation, cell cycle, and apoptosis
20551323Taken together, our results revealed the molecular mechanism of Bmi-1-mediated regulation of the p16 gene, thus providing further insights into the functions of Bmi-1 as well as a sensitive high-throughput platform with which to screen Bmi-1-targeted small molecules for cancer therapy
20049504Decreased expression of histone deacetylases (HDACs), followed by downregulation of polycomb group genes (PcGs), such as BMI1, EZH2 and SUZ12, and by upregulation of jumonji domain containing 3 (JMJD3), was observed in senescent MSCs
19907431Bmi-1 reduction plays a key role in physiological and premature aging of primary human keratinocytes
19907431Analysis of the expression and activity of p16(INK4a) regulators showed that stem cell depletion, reduced proliferation, and p16(INK4a) upregulation in keratinocytes derived from the chronologically and prematurely aged epidermis strongly correlate with Bmi-1 downregulation
19907431Our findings demonstrated that Bmi-1 is downregulated in human keratinocytes during both in vitro processes, in parallel with p16(INK4a) upregulation and accomplishment of clonal conversion
19907431Finally, Bmi-1 overexpression reduced p16(INK4a) promoter activity and decreased protein expression in aged and diseased keratinocytes, inducing a delay of clonal conversion and an increase of cell clonogenic ability
19907431Altogether these findings underline a key role of Bmi-1 downregulation in enforcing aging in primary human keratinocytes
19695678Polycomb group protein Bmi1 is overexpressed and essential in anchorage-independent colony formation, cell proliferation and repression of cellular senescence in cholangiocarcinoma: tissue and culture studies
19695678Polycomb-group proteins Bmi1 is regarded as a "stemness" gene involved in the maintenance of stem cells, malignant transformation, and biologic aggressiveness of several human carcinomas
19695678We examined the significance of the Bmi1 expression in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
19695678The expression of Bmi1 was examined in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (n = 30; 9 bile ductular carcinoma, 8 intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma of peripheral type, and 13 of hilar type) by using immunohistochemistry and real-time polymerase chain reaction
19695678The expression level of Bmi1 was assessed in 7 cholangiocarcinoma cell lines
19695678The effect of Bmi1 knockdown was examined in cultured cholangiocarcinoma cells (HuCCT1 and TFK-1) using small interfering RNA
19695678Bmi1 was consistently expressed in nonneoplastic biliary epithelial cells and in all intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, irrespective of the location and histological degree of differentiation
19695678All 7 cultured cholangiocarcinoma cells overexpressed Bmi1 to various degrees
19695678The knockdown of Bmi1 resulted in decreased colony formation, decreased cell proliferation activities, and increased cellular senescence
19695678The overexpression of polycomb-group protein Bmi1 is essential for colony formation and cell proliferation, probably by the repression of cellular senescence in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
19636380Using tandem affinity purification, we find that CBX7 and CBX8, two Polycomb (Pc) homologs that repress INK4a, both participate in PRC1-like complexes with at least two Posterior sex combs (Psc) proteins, MEL18 and BMI1
19636380In primary human fibroblasts, CBX7, CBX8, MEL18 and BMI1 are present at the INK4a locus and shRNA-mediated knockdown of any one of these components results in de-repression of INK4a and proliferative arrest
19578716Bmi-1, stem cells and cancer
19578716Bmi-1, a polycomb gene family member, plays an important role in cell cycle regulation, cell immortalization, and cell senescence
19578716Recently, numerous studies have demonstrated that Bmi-1 is involved in the regulation of self-renewal and differentiation of stem cells
19578716In the present review, we summarized the function of Bmi-1 as a transcriptional regulator of gene expression, with particular reference to stem cells
19318942Molecular analyses identified the role of sirtuin 1 in preventing cell senescence; shed light on the role of polycomb group (PcG) protein Bmi-1 in senescence
19208841Ras expression dissociates BMI1 from the p16 locus, whereas both CUL4 and MLL1 bind to the p16 locus similarly in both normal and oncogenic stimulated cells
20232599Stem cell divisions controlled by the proto-oncogene BMI-1
20232599This is exemplified by the proto-oncogene BMI-1 that is involved in the maintenance of somatic stem cells and in carcinogenesis within the same tissues
20232599BMI-1 interferes with the central cellular tumor suppressor pathways linked to retinoblastoma protein (Rb) and p53
18948382Knocking down p21 via shRNA, or suppression of the p16/pRb pathway by either BMI1 or HPV16-E7 overexpression, was also insufficient to prevent hyperoxia-induced senescence
18592462Overexpression of BMI1, a polycomb group repressor protein, in bladder tumors: a preliminary report
18592462INTRODUCTION: A Polycomb group repressor protein named BMI1 represses the genes that induce cellular senescence and cell death, and it can contribute to cancer when improperly expressed
18592462We aimed to evaluate expression of BMI1 gene in bladder tumors
18592462Specific primers for BMI1 and B2M (as an internal control) were used for reverse transcript polymerase chain reaction technique
18592462The production and distribution of BMI1 protein was also examined by western blotting and immunohistochemistry techniques
18592462RESULTS: Polymerase chain reaction generated a 683-bp product, corresponding to the expected size of BMI1 amplified region
18592462The mean of expression of BMI1 detected in tumor tissues was significantly higher than that in intact tissues, and there was also a significant association between the mean of gene expression and the stage of malignancy (P <
18592462The expression of BMI1 at protein level was further confirmed by western blotting and immunohistochemistry
18592462CONCLUSION: BMI1 is a potent repressor of retinoblastoma and p53 pathways, and hence, elucidating its role in tumorigenesis is very important
18592462We reported for the first time the expression of BMI1 and its correlation with incidence and progress of bladder tumors
17981205Superimposed on this basic scheme are a shift in the CD8(+) T cell response to type I and II interferon (IFN) from anti- to pro-proliferative and transcriptional control of replicative senescence by Bmi-1, Blimp-1, and BCL6/BCL6b
17761140The sphere cells showed stem-like properties with the ability to self-renew, and expressed the stem cell-related STAT3 and Bmi1 genes
17344414Here, we show that the ability of the oncogene BMI1 to repress the INK4A-ARF locus requires its direct association and is dependent on the continued presence of the EZH2-containing Polycomb-Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) complex
17344414Significantly, EZH2 is down-regulated in stressed and senescing populations of cells, coinciding with decreased levels of associated H3K27me3, displacement of BMI1, and activation of transcription
17151361Mel-18, a polycomb group protein, regulates cell proliferation and senescence via transcriptional repression of Bmi-1 and c-Myc oncoproteins
17151361Polycomb group (PcG) protein Bmi-1 is an important regulator of cell proliferation
17151361Here, we report that Mel-18, a PcG ring finger protein (PCGF) transcriptionally down-regulates Bmi-1
17151361Furthermore, the expression of Bmi-1 and Mel-18 inversely correlates in proliferating and senescent human fibroblasts
17151361Bmi-1 down-regulation by Mel-18 results in accelerated senescence and shortening of the replicative life span in normal human cells
17151361Importantly, using promoter-reporter, chromatin immunoprecipitation, and quantitative real-time primary transcript RT-PCR assays, and an RNA interference approach, we demonstrate that Bmi-1 is a bona fide target of c-Myc oncoprotein
17151361Finally, our data suggest that Mel-18 regulates Bmi-1 expression during senescence via down-regulation of c-Myc
17145814Dysregulated expression of stem cell factor Bmi1 in precancerous lesions of the gastrointestinal tract
17145814Polycomb protein Bmi1, which is a potent negative regulator of the p16INK4 gene, suppresses senescence in primary cells and is overexpressed in various cancers
17145814We hypothesized that Bmi1 expression would also be dysregulated in precancerous lesions in human digestive precancerous tissues
17145814EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Bmi1 expression was investigated in cancerous and precancerous tissues of the digestive tract
17145814RESULTS: Bmi1 was clearly overexpressed across a broad spectrum of gastrointestinal cancers, and the expression of Bmi1 increased in a manner that reflected the pathologic malignant features of precancerous colonic tissues (low-grade dysplasia, 12
17145814CONCLUSIONS: Bmi1 overexpression was correlated with the malignant grades of human digestive precancerous tissues, which suggests that advanced Bmi1 dysregulation might predict malignant progression
17145814The abnormal Bmi1 expression might link to malignant transformation via the disturbance of orderly histone modification
17102614We recently found that human fibroblasts or endothelial cells with genetically-engineered reduction of proto-oncogene c-Myc expression switched with an increased frequency to a senescent state by a telomere-independent mechanism involving the polycomb group repressor Bmi-1 and the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p16(INK4a)
17026941The transcriptional inhibition of p16INK4a includes also the transcriptional repression by Bmi-1, and an epigenetic regulation which appears complex and remains incompletely understood
17026941Furthermore, chromatin remodelling involving SWI/SNF complex, antagonist to Bmi-1, might activate INK4a expression
17016587The expression of hTRAP and BMI-1 were detected by real-time PCR and Western blotting
17016587The cell cycle-related genes, such as p16, p21, p53 and pRb, were not detected in F6 cells, while the expression of hTRAP and BMI-1 was significantly higher
16936260Decreased expression of Bmi1 is closely associated with cellular senescence in small bile ducts in primary biliary cirrhosis
16936260Bmi1 expression was examined immunohistochemically in livers taken from the patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (n=18) and other diseased (n=19) and normal livers (n=16)
16936260Bmi1 was widely expressed in the nuclei of biliary epithelial cells in the control livers
16911562To determine whether p16INK4A expression in human skin correlates with donor age, p16INK4A expression was analyzed by immunohistochemistry as well as the expression of the p16INK4A repressor BMI1
16911562BMI1 gene expression was significantly down-regulated with increasing donor age, whereas no striking age differences were observed for Ki67
16869752For example, the polycomb family proto-oncogene, Bmi-1, is consistently required for the self-renewal of diverse adult stem cells, as well as for the proliferation of cancer cells in the same tissues
16869752Bmi-1 promotes stem cell self-renewal partly by repressing the expression of Ink4a and Arf, tumor suppressor genes that are commonly deleted in cancer
16869752Despite ongoing Bmi-1 expression, Ink4a expression increases with age, potentially reducing stem cell frequency and function
16537449Reduced c-Myc signaling triggers telomere-independent senescence by regulating Bmi-1 and p16(INK4a)
16436134In the chymase cluster, a critical suppressor for cell senescence, BMI1 and the several related genes were found, suggesting that chymase expression may be closely related to cell senescence/quiescence events
16319536This suggestion is in agreement with a growing body of evidence demonstrating that HSCs from Bmi-1(-/-) and ATM(-/-) mice can lose their ability to self-renew by undergoing premature senescence
15958744Bmi1 loss produces an increase in astroglial cells and a decrease in neural stem cell population and proliferation
15958744Loss of Bmi1 leads to a decreased brain size and causes progressive ataxia and epilepsy
15958744Recently, Bmi1 was shown to control neural stem cell (NSC) renewal
15958744However, the effect of Bmi1 loss on neural cell fate in vivo and the question whether the action of Bmi1 was intrinsic to the NSCs remained to be investigated
15958744Here, we show that Bmi1 is expressed in the germinal zone in vivo and in NSCs as well as in progenitors proliferating in vitro, but not in differentiated cells
15958744Loss of Bmi1 led to a decrease in proliferation in zones known to contain progenitors: the newborn cortex and the newborn and adult subventricular zone
15958744This decrease was accentuated in vitro, where we observed a drastic reduction in NSC proliferation and renewal because of NSC-intrinsic effects of Bmi1 as shown by the means of RNA interference
15958744Bmi1(-/-) mice also presented more astrocytes at birth, and a generalized gliosis at postnatal day 30
15958744At both stages, colocalization of bromodeoxyuridine and GFAP demonstrated that Bmi1 loss did not prevent astrocyte precursor proliferation
15958744Supporting these observations, Bmi1(-/-) neurospheres generate preferentially astrocytes probably attributable to a different responsiveness to environmental factors
15958744Bmi1 is therefore necessary for NSC renewal in a cell-intrinsic mode, whereas the altered cell pattern of the Bmi1(-/-) brain shows that in vivo astrocyte precursors can proliferate in the absence of Bmi1
15659210Senescence was accompanied by a decline in transcript levels of the polycomb gene Bmi-1, Ets1 and Ets2 transcription factors, and Id1, Id2 and Id3 helix-loop-helix proteins, suggesting roles for these genes in maintenance of cardiomyocyte proliferative capacity
15647378The p16INK4a/RB braking pathway leading to senescence can be inhibited by introduction of Bmi-1, a polycomb-group gene, and human papillomavirus type 16 E7, but the extension of the life span of the UCBMSCs with hTERT did not require inhibition of the p16INK4a/RB pathway
14722607Bmi1, stem cells, and senescence regulation
14722607Bmi1 is required for the maintenance of adult stem cells in some tissues partly because it represses genes that induce cellular senescence and cell death
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