TY - JOUR T1 - Discovery of a Regulatory Motif for Human Satellite DNA Transcription in Response to <em>BATF2</em> Overexpression JF - Anticancer Research JO - Anticancer Res SP - 1203 LP - 1210 VL - 36 IS - 3 AU - XUEJIA BAI AU - WENQIU HUANG AU - CHENGUANG ZHANG AU - JING NIU AU - WEI DING Y1 - 2016/03/01 UR - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/36/3/1203.abstract N2 - Background: One of the basic leucine zipper transcription factors, BATF2, has been found to suppress cancer growth and migration. However, little is known about the genes downstream of BATF2. Materials and Methods: HeLa cells were stably transfected with BATF2, then chromatin immunoprecipitation-sequencing was employed to identify the DNA motifs responsive to BATF2. Results: Comprehensive bioinformatics analyses indicated that the most significant motif discovered as TTCCATT[CT]GATTCCATTC[AG]AT was primarily distributed among the chromosome centromere regions and mostly within human type II satellite DNA. Such motifs were able to prime the transcription of type II satellite DNA in a directional and asymmetrical manner. Consistently, satellite II transcription was up-regulated in BATF2-overexpressing cells. Conclusion: The present study provides insight into understanding the role of BATF2 in tumours and the importance of satellite DNA in the maintenance of genomic stability. ER -