Santiago Josa

Dr. Santiago Josa

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Academic Career Length

10Years (2017-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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6 June 2017 in Mammalian Genome
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AFAlmudena Fernández
Almudena Fernández
SJSantiago Josa
Santiago Josa
LMLluis Montoliu
Lluis Montoliu

12 November 2021 in Cancers
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LGLaura García-García
Laura García-García
EFEnrique Fernández-Tabanera
Enrique Fernández-Tabanera
SCSaint Thomas Cervera
Saint Thomas Cervera
Raquel Melero Fernández de MeraRaquel Melero Fernández de Mera
Raquel Melero Fernández de Mera
SJSantiago Josa
Santiago Josa
AJAlonso Javier
Alonso Javier
Ewing sarcoma is a rare pediatric tumor characterized by chromosomal translocations that give rise to aberrant chimeric transcription factors (e.g., EWSR1-FLI1). EWSR1-FLI1 promotes a specific cellular transcriptional program. Therefore, the study of EWSR1-FLI1 target genes is important to identify critical pathways involved in Ewing sarcoma tumorigenesis. In this work, we focused on the transcription factors regulated by EWSR1-FLI1 in Ewing sarcoma. Transcriptomic analysis of the Ewing sarcoma cell line A673 indicated that one of the genes more strongly upregulated by EWSR1-FLI1 was FEZF1 (FEZ family zinc finger protein 1), a transcriptional repressor involved in neural cell identity. The functional characterization of FEZF1 was performed in three Ewing sarcoma cell lines (A673, SK-N-MC, SK-ES-1) through an shRNA-directed silencing approach. FEZF1 knockdown inhibited clonogenicity and cell proliferation. Finally, the analysis of the FEZF1-dependent expression profile in A673 cells showed several neural genes regulated by FEZF1 and concomitantly regulated by EWSR1-FLI1. In summary, FEZF1 is transcriptionally regulated by EWSR1-FLI1 in Ewing sarcoma cells and is involved in the regulation of neural-specific genes, which could explain the neural-like phenotype observed in several Ewing sarcoma tumors and cell lines.