| 2011 |
The WWTR1-CAMTA1 (TAZ-CAMTA1) fusion gene is generated by a recurrent t(1;3)(p36.3;q25) chromosomal translocation in epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE). RT-PCR confirmed the fusion transcript in EHE from bone, soft tissue, and visceral locations, establishing it as a consistent molecular abnormality specific to this tumor type. |
FISH positional cloning, RT-PCR |
Genes, chromosomes & cancer |
High |
21584898
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| 2015 |
The TAZ-CAMTA1 (TC) fusion protein localizes constitutively to the nucleus (escaping the cytoplasmic retention and degradation normally imposed by LATS1/2 phosphorylation of TAZ), activates a TAZ-like transcriptional program, confers resistance to anoikis, and causes oncogenic transformation of cells. The oncogenic activity depends on nuclear localization driven by loss of the LATS-regulated phosphodegron in the TAZ moiety. |
Expression of fusion construct in cell lines, anoikis resistance assay, transcriptional reporter assays, subcellular fractionation/localization |
Oncogene |
High |
25961935
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| 2021 |
TAZ-CAMTA1 and YAP-TFE3 fusion oncoproteins both interact with YEATS2 and ZZZ3, components of the ATAC histone acetyltransferase complex, as identified by a proteomic/genetic screen. The fusions drive a unique transcriptome by simultaneously hyperactivating a TEAD-based transcriptional program and modulating chromatin via the ATAC complex. |
Proteomic/genetic screen (Co-IP/MS), integrative next-generation sequencing (ChIP-seq, RNA-seq) in human and murine cell lines |
eLife |
High |
33913810
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| 2021 |
Conditional knock-in of Wwtr1-Camta1 to the endogenous Wwtr1 locus in mice is sufficient to drive EHE tumor formation exclusively in endothelial cells, demonstrating that TAZ-CAMTA1 is the key oncogenic driver. Expression in endothelial cells recapitulates the human disease histologically, immunohistochemically, and genetically. |
Conditional knock-in mouse model (Cre-activated Wwtr1-Camta1 allele targeted to Wwtr1 locus), histological and molecular characterization |
Genes & development |
High |
33766982
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| 2021 |
TAZ-CAMTA1 expression in endothelial cells initiates an angiogenic and regenerative-like transcriptional program. Disruption of the TAZ-CAMTA1–TEAD interaction (by dominant-negative TEAD expression in vivo) inhibits TAZ-CAMTA1-mediated vascular tumor formation, establishing TEAD as a required transcriptional effector of the fusion oncoprotein. |
Endothelial-specific transgenic mouse model, dominant-negative TEAD in vivo rescue experiment, transcriptome profiling |
Genes & development |
High |
33766984
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| 2022 |
CTGF is a tumorigenic transcriptional target of the TAZ-CAMTA1 fusion. CTGF binds integrin αIIbβ3 to sustain anchorage-independent proliferation of TC-transformed cells, and acts upstream of Ras-MAPK signaling. Pharmacologic MAPK inhibition (trametinib) or CTGF knockdown abrogates TC-driven growth in vitro and in xenograft models. |
NIH3T3 cell transformation model, soft-agar/suspension growth assays, CTGF knockdown, xenograft model, pharmacologic MAPK inhibition (trametinib, PD0325901) |
Clinical cancer research |
High |
35443056
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| 2023 |
Upon TAZ-CAMTA1 expression in primary endothelial cells, cells rapidly enter a hypertranscription state, triggering DNA damage, S-phase arrest, and impaired homologous recombination (reduced BRCA1 and RAD51 foci), leading to senescence. Loss of CDKN2A bypasses this senescence to allow uncontrolled growth, providing a mechanistic basis for CDKN2A as the most common secondary mutation in EHE. |
Doxycycline-inducible TAZ-CAMTA1 in primary endothelial cells, DNA damage foci (γH2AX, BRCA1, RAD51) immunofluorescence, cell cycle analysis, senescence assays, Cdkn2a knockout mouse model |
Communications biology |
High |
37980390
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| 2023 |
Loss of CDKN2A in the context of the TAZ-CAMTA1 (TC) fusion in endothelial cells produces more aggressive EHE with earlier morbidity/mortality and enhanced tumor cell proliferation in a conditional mouse model, establishing CDKN2A loss as a cooperating oncogenic event with TC. EHE cell lines derived from these tumors are addicted to the TC oncoprotein. |
Conditional mouse model (TC allele + Cdkn2a knockout + endothelial Cre), single-cell RNA-seq, ex vivo cell line derivation and xenograft |
Clinical cancer research |
High |
36598859
|
| 2011 |
CAMTA1 functions as a tumor suppressor in neuroblastoma: ectopic CAMTA1 expression slowed cell proliferation (increased G1/G0), inhibited anchorage-independent colony formation, suppressed xenograft growth, and induced neurite-like processes and neuronal differentiation markers. Transcriptome analysis identified 683 CAMTA1-regulated genes enriched for neuronal function and differentiation. Retinoic acid and other differentiation stimuli upregulated CAMTA1 expression. |
Inducible ectopic CAMTA1 expression in neuroblastoma cell lines, cell cycle analysis, soft-agar colony assay, xenograft model, transcriptome analysis |
Cancer research |
High |
21385898
|
| 2011 |
CAMTA1 is a direct target of miR-9/9* and miR-17 in glioblastoma stem cells. CAMTA1 induces expression of the anti-proliferative cardiac hormone NPPA, reduces neurosphere formation, and suppresses tumor growth in nude mice, supporting a tumor suppressor function. miR-9/9* inhibition reduced neurosphere formation and stimulated differentiation. |
miRNA target validation (miR-9/9*, miR-17 → CAMTA1), CAMTA1 overexpression in glioblastoma stem cells, neurosphere formation assay, nude mouse tumor growth assay |
The EMBO journal |
High |
21857646
|
| 2014 |
Global or nervous-system-specific deletion of CAMTA1 in mice causes severe ataxia with Purkinje cell degeneration and cerebellar atrophy. Gene-expression analysis identified a large set of neuronal genes dysregulated in CAMTA1-mutant brains, and a consensus CAMTA-binding DNA sequence was determined and associated with many of these genes, establishing CAMTA1 as a direct transcriptional regulator required for Purkinje cell function and survival. |
Conditional knockout mouse (global and nervous-system-specific), gene-expression analysis, consensus DNA binding motif determination |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
25049392
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| 2016 |
Acute hippocampal knockdown of CAMTA1 (but not CAMTA2) in adult mice impairs contextual fear conditioning and object-place recognition (long-term memory), without affecting short-term memory or neuronal morphology. Gene expression profiling revealed CAMTA1-dependent regulation of genes related to synaptic transmission and neuronal excitability, and patch-clamp recordings confirmed CAMTA1-dependent electrophysiological changes. |
shRNA knockdown in adult mouse hippocampus, behavioral memory tests (fear conditioning, object-place recognition), transcriptome profiling, patch-clamp electrophysiology |
Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) |
High |
27194798
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| 2016 |
CAMTA1 knockdown in pancreatic beta cells (INS-1 832/13 and Wistar rat islets) reduced miR-212/miR-132 promoter activity and expression, decreased insulin secretion and voltage-dependent Ca2+ currents, and altered insulin content. CAMTA1 protein physically interacts with the homeodomain transcription factor Nkx2-2. These results place CAMTA1 as a regulator of the miR-212/miR-132 cluster and of multiple steps in beta-cell insulin secretion. |
Camta1 siRNA knockdown in INS-1 cells and rat islets, miR-212/miR-132 promoter-reporter assay, insulin secretion/content assays, patch-clamp (Ca2+ currents), Co-IP (CAMTA1–Nkx2-2 interaction) |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
27402838
|
| 2012 |
Ca2+-dependent upregulation of CAMTA1 in mesenchymal stem cells co-cultured with cardiomyocytes precedes activation of a myocardial gene program. CAMTA1 loss-of-function minimized cardiac gene program activation in stem cells, establishing CAMTA1 as an early Ca2+-dependent intermediate required for cardiomyocyte-lineage commitment. |
Co-culture of mesenchymal stem cells with neonatal cardiomyocytes, Ca2+ imaging, CAMTA1 loss-of-function (knockdown), cardiac gene expression profiling |
PloS one |
Medium |
22715383
|
| 2020 |
CAMTA1 overexpression in glioma cells inhibited cell growth, migration, invasion, and cell cycle progression, and enhanced temozolomide-induced apoptosis. Overexpression decreased ITGA5, ITGB1, p-AKT, p-FAK, and Myc protein levels, placing CAMTA1 as a suppressor upstream of integrin/AKT/FAK/Myc signaling in glioma. |
CAMTA1 overexpression in glioma cell lines, cell viability/migration/invasion assays, flow cytometry cell cycle/apoptosis analysis, Western blot for signaling proteins, xenograft model |
Cellular signalling |
Medium |
33316386
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| 2022 |
CAMTA1 forms a multi-protein complex with PPP3CA (calcineurin A) and NFATc4. CAMTA1 and PPP3CA competitively bind to NFATc4; CAMTA1 knockdown promotes PPP3CA-mediated dephosphorylation and activation of NFATc4, leading to upregulation of NFATc4 target genes, increased proliferation/invasion, and oxaliplatin resistance in colorectal cancer cells. |
Co-IP (CAMTA1–PPP3CA–NFATc4 complex), CAMTA1 and PPP3CA knockdown, NFATc4 phosphorylation/expression assays, cell proliferation/invasion/apoptosis assays, xenograft model |
Cell death discovery |
Medium |
35332122
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| 2013 |
lncCAMTA1 physically associates with the CAMTA1 promoter, induces a repressive chromatin structure, and thereby inhibits CAMTA1 transcription in hepatocellular carcinoma. CAMTA1 is required for the effects of lncCAMTA1 on HCC cell proliferation and cancer stem cell-like properties. |
ChIP (chromatin association of lncCAMTA1 at CAMTA1 promoter), lncCAMTA1 overexpression/knockdown, CAMTA1 rescue experiments, in vitro and in vivo functional assays |
International journal of molecular sciences |
Medium |
27669232
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| 2022 |
CAMTA1 knockout in SH-SY5Y cells increased cyclin D1 (CCND1) expression under oxygen-glucose deprivation/reoxygenation (OGD/R) conditions, and RNA-seq revealed pathways involved in cellular proliferation and cell cycle enriched in CAMTA1 KO cells, establishing CAMTA1 as a regulator of cyclin D1 and cell-cycle progression in the context of ischemia-reperfusion injury. |
CAMTA1 CRISPR knockout in SH-SY5Y cells, RNA-seq, CCND1 protein/mRNA quantification under OGD/R model, methylation analysis (850K BeadChip) |
Frontiers in cellular neuroscience |
Medium |
36159397
|
| 2003 |
Bioinformatic characterization of the CAMTA1 protein domain structure identified: a CG-1 domain, TIG domain, ankyrin repeats, and IQ motifs (calmodulin-binding), defining CAMTA1 as a member of the calmodulin-binding transcription activator (CAMTA) family. KIAA0833 was identified as the representative human CAMTA1 cDNA. Mouse Camta1 was determined to share 94.1% amino acid identity with human CAMTA1. |
Bioinformatics/in silico domain analysis, cDNA sequence assembly |
International journal of oncology |
Low |
12964007
|