| 1995 |
Cdx1 loss-of-function (homologous recombination knockout) causes anterior homeotic transformations of vertebrae, accompanied by posterior shifts of Hox gene expression domains in somitic mesoderm; putative Cdx1-binding sites were identified in Hox gene control regions, and in vitro transactivation of Hoxa-7 was demonstrated, indicating direct regulation of Hox genes by Cdx1. |
Homologous recombination knockout, in vitro transactivation assay, in situ hybridization of Hox expression domains |
Cell |
High |
7585967
|
| 2000 |
Cdx1 is a direct transcriptional target of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway; the Cdx1 promoter contains functional TCF/LEF-binding motifs that bind TCF/LEF1/β-catenin complexes and mediate β-catenin-dependent transactivation; Tcf4-deficient mice lose Cdx1 protein in small intestinal epithelium. |
Promoter reporter assays, gel shift (EMSA), in vivo Wnt stimulation of ES cells and embryonic endoderm, Tcf4 knockout mice analysis |
Development (Cambridge, England) |
High |
10934025
|
| 2000 |
Cdx1 is a direct retinoic acid (RA) target gene; an atypical RA response element (RARE) in the proximal Cdx1 promoter mediates retinoid-dependent activation, providing an indirect pathway for RA to regulate Hox gene expression and vertebral patterning. |
Promoter reporter assay, RARE mutagenesis, retinoid receptor loss-of-function genetics |
Molecular and cellular biology |
High |
10938132
|
| 2000 |
Cdx1 inhibits intestinal epithelial cell proliferation by arresting cells in G0/G1, specifically by reducing cyclin D1 and D2 protein levels (without affecting other cyclins or CDK inhibitors), leading to increased hypophosphorylated Rb and p130. |
Stable transfection and adenoviral induction of Cdx1 in rat IEC-6 cells, flow cytometry, Western blot for cyclins and Rb |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
10660624
|
| 2001 |
Cdx1 expression is regulated by both Wnt3a signaling (through functional LEF/TCF response elements) and by an autoregulatory loop; Wnt3a and retinoic acid synergize strongly to activate Cdx1, and Cdx1 positively regulates its own expression. |
LEF/TCF motif mutagenesis in promoter reporters, Wnt3a hypomorph (vestigial tail) mouse analysis, EMSA, compound mutant analysis |
Developmental biology |
High |
11784033
|
| 2001 |
CDX1 regulates PAP I (Pancreatitis Associated Protein I) gene expression in intestinal cells by directly binding the PAP I promoter; PAP I acts downstream of Cdx1 to promote intestinal cell proliferation via an autocrine/paracrine mechanism. |
Stable transfection of Cdx1 in IEC-6 cells, promoter binding/deletion assay, adenoviral PAP I expression, antisense inhibition of PAP I |
European journal of cell biology |
Medium |
11302520
|
| 2001 |
Wnt-3a is required for Cdx1 expression in the primitive streak and tail bud; Wnt-3a mutant mice show reduced Cdx1 expression concomitant with vertebral homeotic transformations, placing Wnt-3a upstream of Cdx1 in the axial patterning pathway. |
Wnt-3a mutant mouse analysis, in situ hybridization, skeletal phenotyping |
Mechanisms of development |
High |
11335109
|
| 2001 |
Cdx1 expression in intestinal epithelial IEC-6 cells activates Ras (increased GTP-bound Ras), modulates Cdc42 and RhoA activities, and accumulates PI3-kinase products; combined inhibition of Ras/Rho and PI3K signaling blocked Cdx1-induced anchorage-independent growth and tumorigenesis. |
Stable transfection, Ras GTP-loading assay, Rho activity assay, PI3K lipid product measurement, pharmacological inhibition, soft agar and xenograft assays |
Oncogene |
Medium |
11464284
|
| 2002 |
Cdx1 and Cdx2 double mutants show cooperative anterior homeotic transformations along an extensive vertebral column length and more extensive posterior shifts of Hox gene expression boundaries than single mutants, demonstrating that Cdx1 and Cdx2 cooperate in instructing vertebral progenitors through regulation of Hox gene rostral expression boundaries. |
Compound mouse mutant analysis, skeletal phenotyping, Hox gene expression analysis by in situ hybridization |
Development (Cambridge, England) |
High |
11959827
|
| 2002 |
Oncogenic β-catenin/Tcf4 stimulates Cdx1 promoter activity and endogenous Cdx1 mRNA expression in colon cancer cells; conversely, CDX2 inhibits basal and β-catenin-stimulated Cdx1 promoter activity through its homeodomain, acting independently of canonical CDX-binding sites and TCF elements. |
Transient transfection of promoter reporters, expression of constitutively active β-catenin, CDX2 homeodomain mutant analysis |
FEBS letters |
Medium |
11997022
|
| 2002 |
CDX1 and Cdx2 expression reduces colon cancer cell proliferation, in part by inhibiting β-catenin/TCF transcriptional activity in a dose-dependent manner without altering β-catenin protein levels or intracellular distribution. |
Stable transfection of Cdx1/Cdx2 in multiple colon cancer cell lines, TCF reporter assays, β-catenin localization/Western blot, APC(Min/+) mouse polyp analysis |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
15215241
|
| 2002 |
Cdx1 regulates apolipoprotein B mRNA editing during intestinal development; Cdx1 overexpression in IEC-6 cells increases apoB mRNA editing more than 10-fold, associated with upregulation of the editing complex component ACF. |
Stable transfection of Cdx1 in IEC-6 cells, apoB mRNA editing quantification, ACF protein measurement |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
12493769
|
| 2002 |
Cdx1 belongs to the p53-p21(WAF)-Bcl-2 network in intestinal epithelial cells: wild-type p53 inhibits the Cdx1 promoter; Cdx1 inhibits p21(WAF) promoter activity by binding its TATA-box and activates Bcl-2 promoter P2 through a CDX-binding site, increasing apoptotic resistance. |
Promoter reporter assays, EMSA for Cdx1 binding to p21 TATA-box, Bcl-2 Western blot, apoptosis resistance assays in IEC-6/SW480 cells |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Medium |
12270138
|
| 2003 |
CDX1 directly binds the TATA-box region of the glucose-6-phosphatase (G6Pase) promoter and transactivates it, unlike CDX2 which binds but does not transactivate; CDX1-specific transactivation requires interaction with the TATA-binding protein (TBP). |
EMSA, mutagenesis of CDX-binding sites and TATA box, luciferase reporter assays in HepG2 and CaCo2 cells, stable transfection in IEC-6 cells |
Nucleic acids research |
High |
12954759
|
| 2003 |
CDX1 is a key mediator of Barrett's metaplasia: conjugated bile salts, TNF-α and IL-1β increase CDX1 mRNA expression primarily through NF-κB signaling, but only when the CDX1 promoter is unmethylated or partially methylated. |
CDX1 mRNA quantification in esophageal cell lines after cytokine/bile salt treatment, NF-κB inhibition, promoter methylation analysis |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Medium |
15894614
|
| 2003 |
Retinoic acid regulates Cdx1 expression through an atypical RARE in the proximal promoter; RARE-null mutant mice show reduced Cdx1 expression, vertebral homeotic transformations and altered Hox gene expression, demonstrating that the RARE is required for a subset of Cdx1 function governing vertebral patterning in vivo. |
RARE mutagenesis knock-in mice, skeletal phenotyping, Hox gene expression analysis |
Development (Cambridge, England) |
High |
14660544
|
| 2004 |
Cdx1 autoregulation is mediated by a novel complex between the Cdx1 homeodomain and the B box of LEF1; Cdx1 and LEF1 synergize to activate transcription from LEF/TCF response elements in the Cdx1 promoter, and compound Cdx1/Wnt3a(vt) mutants demonstrate convergence of these pathways on Cdx1 expression and vertebral patterning in vivo. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, GST pulldown mapping of homeodomain-B box interaction, luciferase reporter assays, Cdx1/Wnt3a compound mutant mouse analysis |
Molecular and cellular biology |
High |
15143193
|
| 2004 |
CDX1 promoter silencing in colorectal carcinoma is primarily due to promoter CpG hypermethylation; treatment with the demethylating agent 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine restores CDX1 expression in cell lines with partially methylated promoters. |
Promoter methylation analysis by bisulfite sequencing, methylation-specific PCR, 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine treatment, RT-PCR expression analysis in 37 CRC cell lines |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
14704280
|
| 2004 |
Cdx1 or Cdx2 expression in COLO 205 colon cancer cells induces E-cadherin-dependent cell-cell adhesion and compaction without changing E-cadherin protein levels; adhesion was Ca2+-dependent and blocked by an anti-E-cadherin antibody, and was associated with acquisition of columnar morphology and differentiation markers. |
Stable transfection, E-cadherin blocking antibody, Ca2+ chelation, electron microscopy, immunofluorescence |
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology |
Medium |
14977637
|
| 2004 |
CDX1 expression in transgenic mice induces gastric intestinal metaplasia comprising all four intestinal epithelial cell types (including Paneth cells absent from Cdx2-induced metaplasia), with diffuse proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA)-positive cells, demonstrating distinct differentiation and proliferation programs compared to CDX2. |
Transgenic mouse model with gastric Cdx1 expression, histology, immunohistochemistry for PCNA and cell-type markers |
Gut |
High |
15361487
|
| 2005 |
COUP-TF transcription factors antagonize RA-induced Cdx1 expression by competing with RXR-RAR heterodimers for binding to the Cdx1 RARE, providing a repressor mechanism that restricts Cdx1 to the caudal embryo. |
Promoter reporter competition assays, EMSA, in situ hybridization of COUP-TF and Cdx1 expression domains |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
15677473
|
| 2006 |
CDX1 physically interacts with the TATA-binding protein (TBP) via its homeodomain, and is connected to TFIID and Mediator complex members; the N-terminal domain is additionally required for transactivation; the C-terminal domain determines the functional specificity between CDX1 and CDX2 through intramolecular interactions. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, altered-specificity TBP mutant transcription assay, domain swapping between CDX1 and CDX2, luciferase reporters |
Nucleic acids research |
High |
17158164
|
| 2007 |
Wnt signaling is the primary pathway governing Cdx1 expression in vivo; LRE (LEF/TCF response element)-null mutant mice phenocopy Cdx1-null vertebral defects (affecting the entire cervical region), while RARE-null mutants have limited defects; LRE mutation also ablates RA-induced Cdx1 expression, demonstrating that Wnt signaling is required for RA responsiveness of Cdx1. |
Knock-in mice with LRE and/or RARE mutations, skeletal phenotyping, RA treatment, Cdx1 expression analysis |
Development (Cambridge, England) |
High |
17537796
|
| 2007 |
CDX1 protein physically interacts with SMAD3 (independently of SMAD4) and inhibits SMAD3/SMAD4-dependent transcription approximately 10-fold, whereas CDX2 interacts with SMAD3 and stimulates its activity approximately 5-fold; this differential interaction explains distinct effects on intestinal inflammation outcome in Cdx1-/- vs Cdx2+/- mice. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, GST-pulldown, luciferase reporter assays, DSS-induced colitis model in Cdx1-/- and Cdx2+/- mice |
Gut |
High |
17595234
|
| 2007 |
Cdx1 or Cdx2 expression in COLO 205 cells induces E-cadherin-dependent cell-cell adhesion by reducing tyrosine phosphorylation of β-catenin and p120-catenin; restoring β- and p120-catenin tyrosine phosphorylation (by knocking down PTP1B) reversed Cdx-induced cell-cell adhesion. |
Stable transfection, co-immunoprecipitation of E-cadherin/catenin complexes, phospho-tyrosine immunoprecipitation, PTP1B siRNA knockdown, migration/invasion assays |
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology |
Medium |
17463179
|
| 2008 |
CDX1 expression in cultured esophageal squamous epithelial cells induces Cdx2 protein production; in a Barrett's rat model (esophago-jejunal anastomosis), bile acids dose-dependently increase Cdx1 promoter activity and protein expression, suggesting a sequential Cdx1→Cdx2 cascade in Barrett's epithelium development. |
Cdx1 promoter luciferase assay, bile acid treatment, transfection of Cdx1 expression vector in esophageal cells, rat Barrett's model, immunohistochemistry |
Gut |
Medium |
19136512
|
| 2008 |
CDX1 transactivates the COX-2 gene in gastric cancer cells; bile acid induction of CDX1 is mediated by the orphan nuclear receptor SHP, establishing a SHP→CDX1→COX-2 sequential transcriptional cascade. |
Transfection/overexpression assays, COX-2 reporter, CDX1 promoter assay, SHP siRNA/overexpression |
Carcinogenesis |
Medium |
18775915
|
| 2008 |
Cdx1 and c-Myc cooperate to induce mucin production and changes in keratin expression characteristic of Barrett's esophagus in immortalized human esophageal keratinocytes grown in organotypic culture. |
Organotypic culture, microarray-guided candidate identification, retroviral expression of Cdx1 and c-Myc, immunostaining for mucins and keratins |
PloS one |
Medium |
18953412
|
| 2009 |
CDX1 directly regulates Keratin 20 (KRT20) expression: CDX1 binds CDX elements within 246 bp upstream of the KRT20 transcription start site (confirmed by ChIP), and deletion/mutation of these elements abolishes CDX1-dependent KRT20 promoter activity. |
Microarray analysis, promoter deletion and mutation analysis, ChIP, immunohistochemistry, expression correlation across 38 CRC cell lines |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
19188603
|
| 2008 |
CDX1 promotes intestinal differentiation by activating PPARγ gene expression through functional interaction with C/EBPα; butyrate increases CDX1-C/EBPα protein interaction, leading to enhanced PPARγ expression. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, CDX1/C/EBPα co-transfection with PPARγ reporter, butyrate treatment, Western blot |
FEBS letters |
Medium |
19059241
|
| 2009 |
Cdx2 binds the Cdx1 promoter region in intestinal metaplasia (demonstrated by ChIP and EMSA) and upregulates Cdx1 transcription; siRNA-mediated Cdx2 knockdown reduces Cdx1 promoter activity; the Cdx1 promoter is unmethylated in Cdx2-transgenic mouse intestinal metaplasia. |
ChIP, EMSA, luciferase reporter assay, siRNA knockdown of Cdx2, bisulfite sequencing of Cdx1 promoter |
The FEBS journal |
High |
19725873
|
| 2009 |
Cdx2 substituted for Cdx1 in a knock-in model perfectly complements the Cdx1-null skeletal phenotype and Hox gene expression, demonstrating functional redundancy between Cdx1 and Cdx2 for vertebral anteroposterior patterning. |
Cdx2 knock-in at Cdx1 locus, skeletal phenotyping, Hox gene expression analysis |
Developmental biology |
High |
19328777
|
| 2010 |
Cdx1 directly represses Mafb expression in the neural tube posterior to the r6/r7 boundary, thereby refining hindbrain patterning; Cdx1 binds regulatory sequences of the Mafb gene as demonstrated by ChIP and in situ hybridization, establishing Mafb as a direct early target of Cdx1. |
ChIP, immunofluorescence, in situ hybridization, identification of Mafb regulatory sequences responsive to Cdx1 |
Development (Cambridge, England) |
High |
21098558
|
| 2011 |
CDX1 regulates the ASBT (apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter) gene; CDX1 binds to six of nine predicted CDX binding sites in the ASBT promoter (verified by EMSA and ChIP in living cells), strongly induces ASBT promoter activity in reporter assays, and CDX1 siRNA knockdown reduces ASBT mRNA in intestinal cells. |
ChIP, EMSA, luciferase reporter assay, siRNA knockdown, correlation analysis in Barrett's esophagus biopsies |
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology |
High |
22016432
|
| 2012 |
Oxidative stress (H2O2) silences CDX1 in colorectal cancer cells through epigenetic mechanisms: ROS upregulates DNMT1 and HDAC1 expression and activity, enhances DNMT1-HDAC1 association, and increases CDX1 promoter methylation; 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine reverses these effects. |
H2O2 treatment, MSP, RT-PCR, Western blot, DNMT1/HDAC1 activity assays, N-acetylcysteine rescue, 5-aza-dC reversal |
Gene |
Medium |
23618814
|
| 2012 |
CDX1 directly activates SALL4 and KLF5 expression in gastric epithelial cells; CDX1-induced SALL4 and KLF5 convert gastric epithelial cells into intestinal stem-like progenitor cells, which then transdifferentiate into intestinal epithelial cells; inhibiting SALL4 or KLF5 suppresses CDX1-induced intestinal differentiation markers. |
Gene expression profiling (microarray), siRNA knockdown of SALL4 and KLF5, stable CDX1 expression in gastric epithelial cells, immunohistochemistry in human and mouse IM specimens |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
23112162
|
| 2012 |
NF-κB binding to the CDX1 promoter is methylation-dependent; a methylated CDX1 promoter is associated with closed chromatin structure and reduced NF-κB binding; competitive EMSA and ChIP quantified this interaction, and along the gastritis-metaplasia-carcinoma sequence, CDX1 promoter methylation pattern inversely correlates with NF-κB signaling activity. |
Competitive EMSA, ChIP, bisulfite sequencing, TNF-α protein expression analysis across gastric tissue stages |
The American journal of pathology |
Medium |
22749770
|
| 2012 |
Cdx1 induces multiple microRNAs (miR-9, miR-16, miR-22) in colorectal tumor cells that directly bind the CDX2 mRNA 3'UTR and destabilize it; simultaneous mutation of miR-9 and miR-16 binding sites in CDX2 3'UTR was sufficient to block Cdx2 suppression by Cdx1. |
Microarray miRNA profiling, 3'UTR luciferase reporter with CDX2 binding-site mutations, stable Cdx1 transfection in SW480 cells |
The Biochemical journal |
Medium |
22849325
|
| 2012 |
Cdx1 directly binds to conserved CDX-binding sites within the HoxC8 early enhancer during Xenopus embryogenesis (demonstrated by ChIP), and Cdx1 overexpression or knockdown causes precocious or delayed HoxC8 expression respectively; differential binding affinity to multiple CDX sites may contribute to the temporal control of Hox activation. |
Xenopus Cdx1 overexpression and morpholino knockdown, mouse HoxC8 early enhancer reporter in Xenopus, ChIP, mutagenesis of Cdx binding sites |
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology |
High |
22426122
|
| 2013 |
CDX1 exhibits context-dependent transcriptional specificity: in intestinal cells, CDX2 is significantly less potent than CDX1 at activating the Cdx1 promoter autoregulatory response, and in vivo, CDX2 cannot substitute for CDX1 in the autoregulatory loop (unlike in paraxial mesoderm/vertebral patterning), demonstrated by a gene swap approach. |
Cell-based promoter reporter assay comparing Cdx1 vs Cdx2 potency, in vivo gene swap knock-in model |
PloS one |
Medium |
23382958
|
| 2014 |
Combined somatic loss of Cdx2 and the Cdx1 null allele in APC(Min/+) mice significantly increases the incidence of tumors in the distal colon relative to APC(Min/+)-Cdx2 mutants alone, demonstrating that Cdx1 functions as a tumor suppressor specifically in the distal colon. |
Conditional somatic Cdx2 deletion combined with Cdx1 null allele in APC(Min/+) background, tumor quantification by location |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
25320087
|
| 2014 |
CDX1 restricts invasion of HTR-8/SVneo trophoblast cells by inhibiting MMP-9 expression and increasing TIMP-1 expression, independently of the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway; however, CDX1 itself is regulated by PI3K/AKT signaling. |
Stable CDX1 transfection, invasion assay (QCM ECMatrix kit), RT-PCR and Western blot for MMP-9/TIMP-1, PI3K inhibitor (perifosine) treatment |
Placenta |
Medium |
24836459
|
| 2014 |
Transient CDX1 expression in embryonic epicardium promotes epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and migration/differentiation of epicardium-derived cells into α-SMA+ vascular smooth muscle; sustained high-level CDX1 or CDX1 deficiency both attenuate this process, and CDX1 induction alters transcript levels of genes involved in neuronal development, angiogenesis, and cell adhesion. |
Doxycycline-inducible CDX1 mouse model, primary epicardium culture, ex vivo heart culture, RNA-seq, α-SMA immunostaining, Cdx1 knockout comparison |
PloS one |
Medium |
25068460
|
| 2015 |
CDX1 directly activates miR-215 transcription (confirmed by ChIP-PCR and promoter luciferase assay); miR-215 mediates repression of cell cycle and stemness genes downstream of CDX1, including the stemness gene BMI1, linking CDX1 to colorectal cancer stem cell differentiation. |
Small RNA sequencing, ChIP-PCR, promoter luciferase assay, miR-215 overexpression/knockdown, FACS-enriched cancer stem cell comparison, clonogenicity assays |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
25775580
|
| 2022 |
EHF physically interacts with CDX1 via the EHF PNT domain; EHF and CDX1 co-operatively drive transcription of the colonic differentiation marker VIL1; compound genetic deletion of Ehf and Cdx1 in the mouse colon disrupts normal colonic differentiation and enhances colorectal tumour progression. |
Co-immunoprecipitation identifying EHF-CDX1 interaction, VIL1 promoter reporter co-transfection, compound Ehf/Cdx1 conditional knockout mouse, chromatin remodeling assays, transcriptional profiling |
Cell death and differentiation |
High |
35606410
|