ID4

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ID4 is a protein coding gene. In humans, it encodes the protein known as DNA-binding protein inhibitor ID-4.{{cite journal |vauthors=Pagliuca A, Bartoli PC, Saccone S, Della Valle G, Lania L | title = Molecular cloning of ID4, a novel dominant negative helix-loop-helix human gene on chromosome 6p21.3-p22 | journal = Genomics | volume = 27 | issue = 1 | pages = 200–3 | date = Oct 1995 | pmid = 7665172 | doi = 10.1006/geno.1995.1026 }}{{cite web | title = Entrez Gene: ID4 inhibitor of DNA binding 4, dominant negative helix-loop-helix protein| url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=3400}}

This protein is known to be involved in the regulation of many cellular processes during both prenatal development and tumorigenesis. This is inclusive of embryonic cellular growth, senescence, cellular differentiation, apoptosis, and as an oncogene in angiogenesis.{{ cite web | title = Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology | url = http://atlasgeneticsoncology.org/Genes/ID4ID40916ch6p22.html }}

Structure

The gene spans 3.3kb on the plus strand. It is composed of 3 exons and during transcription its mRNA is 2343 bp. The encoded protein consists of 161 amino acids, is 16.6 KDa and contains a poly-Ala segment from amino acid 39 to 48, a helix-loop-helix motif from amino acid 65 to 105 and a poly-Pro region from amino acid 118 to 124. This protein is expressed in various tissues.

Function

The ID4 gene is part of the ID gene family. This family is also known as inhibitors of DNA binding protein family and are composed of transcription inhibitory proteins which modulate a number of processes. They are transcriptional regulators that work by negatively regulating their basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors by forming heterodimers. The heterodimer is what inhibits their DNA binding and transcriptional activity.

Transcription factors containing a basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) motif regulate expression of tissue-specific genes in a number of mammalian and insect systems. DNA-binding activity of the bHLH proteins is dependent on formation of homo- and/or heterodimers. Dominant-negative (antimorph) HLH proteins encoded by Id-related genes, such as ID4, also contain the HLH-dimerization domain but lack the DNA-binding basic domain. Consequently, ID proteins inhibit binding to DNA and transcriptional transactivation by heterodimerization with bHLH proteins.

= Regulation during embryogenesis =

The ID4 gene plays a pivotal role in development and is a key player in many pathways of embryogenesis and foetal development. ID4 expression is upregulated in embryogenesis during days 9.5 and 13.5 of gestation{{cite journal | vauthors= Riechmann V, van Crüchten I, Sablitzky F | title = The expression pattern of Id4, a novel dominant negative helix-loop-helix protein, is distinct from Id1, Id2 and Id3. | journal = Nucleic Acids Research | date=1994 | volume = 22 | issue = 5 | pages = 749–755|pmc =307878 | doi=10.1093/nar/22.5.749| pmid = 8139914 }} and restricted to specific cells of the central and peripheral nervous system.{{cite journal | vauthors = Riechmann V, Sablitzky F | title = Mutually exclusive expression of two dominant-negative helix-loop-helix (dnHLH) genes, Id4 and Id3, in the developing brain of the mouse suggests distinct regulatory roles of these dnHLH proteins during cellular proliferation and differentiation of the nervous system. | journal = Cell Growth & Differentiation | date = July 1995 | volume = 6 | pages = 837–843 | url = http://cgd.aacrjournals.org/cgi/reprint/6/7/837 | access-date = 2018-06-07 | archive-date = 2020-08-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200814055451/http://cgd.aacrjournals.org/cgi/reprint/6/7/837 | url-status = dead }} ID4 transcription control has both negative and positive regulatory elements inclusive of novel inhibitory functions.{{cite journal | vauthors = Pagliuca A, Cannada-Bartoli P, Lania L| title = A role for Sp and helix-loop-helix transcription factors in the regulation of the human Id4 gene promoter activity. | journal = Journal of Biological Chemistry | date = March 1998| volume = 273 | issue = 13 | pages = 7668–7674 | doi = 10.1074/jbc.273.13.7668 | pmid = 9516472 | doi-access = free }}

ID4 expression has been shown to be discrete in the early stages, with transcription transiently expressed in subsets of migrating neural crest cells, the dorsal myocardium, the segmental plate mesoderm, and the tail bud. Later stages show ID4 expression in the telencephalic vesicles and corneal epithelium.{{cite journal | vauthors = Kee Y, Bronner-Fraser M | title = ID4 expression and its relationship to other ID genes during avian embryonic development. | journal = Mechanisms of Development | date = December 2001| volume = 109 | issue = 2 | pages = 341–345 | doi = 10.1016/S0925-4773(01)00576-7 | pmid = 11731247 | s2cid = 16707840 | doi-access = free }} ID4 expression is only detected in neuronal tissues and the ventral portion of the epithelium in the developing stomach during embryogenesis.{{cite journal | vauthors = Jen Y, Manova K, Benezra R | title = Expression patterns of Id1, Id2, and Id3 are highly related but distinct from that of Id4 during mouse embryogenesis. | journal = Developmental Dynamics | date = November 1996| volume = 207 | issue = 3 | pages = 235–252 | doi = 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199611)207:3<235::AID-AJA1>3.0.CO;2-I | pmid = 8922523 | doi-access = free }}

ID4 is expressed in the central nervous system and is required for G1-S transition and to enhance proliferation in early cortical progenitors. It is complexly involved in regulating neural stem cell proliferation and differentiation by inhibiting proliferation of differentiating neurons through enhancement of RB1-mediated pathways. This is either by direct interaction or through interaction with other molecules of the cell cycle machinery. {{cite journal | vauthors = Yun K, Mantani A, Garel S, Rubenstein J, Israel MA | title = Id4 regulates neural progenitor proliferation and differentiation in vivo. | journal = Development | date = November 2004| volume = 131 | issue = 21 | pages = 5441–5448 | doi = 10.1242/dev.01430 | pmid = 15469968 | doi-access = free }}

ID4 also regulates the lateral expansion of the proliferative zone in the developing cortex and hippocampus. This is integral to normal brain size formation. ID4 regulates neural progenitor proliferation and differentiation. Its expression is seen in the neural tube much later than other ID genes.

ID4 was also shown to be involved in the regulation of cardiac mesoderm function in frog embryos and human embryonic stem cells. Ablation of the ID gene family mouse embryos showed failure of anterior cardiac progenitor specification and the development of heartless embryos. This study also demonstrated that ID4 protein is involved in the regulating cardiac cell fate by a pathway which represses two inhibitors of cardiogenic mesoderm formation (TCF3 and FOXA2) whilst activating inducers (EVX1, GRRP1, and MESP1).{{cite journal | vauthors= Cunningham TJ, Yu MS, McKeithan WL, et al. | title = Id genes are essential for early heart formation | journal = Genes & Development | date=2017 | volume = 31 | issue = 13 | pages = 1325–1338 | doi = 10.1101/gad.300400.117| pmid = 28794185 | pmc = 5580654 }}

Clinical significance

= Role in endometriosis =

ID4 has been linked to the molecular pathogenicity of endometriosis. These pathways are still poorly understood. It is thought that ID4 plays a role in the transcription of HOXA9 and CDKN1A which are known to be associated with endometriosis.

A genome wide association study revealed over 100 candidate genes associated with endometriosis. Of these, six were shown to have a highly reliable association, of which the ID4 gene was identified. This is thought to be due to an independent single nucleotide polymorphism at loci rs7739264 near ID4 on chromosome 6p22.3. ID4 is implicated in the molecular pathogenicity of endometriosis as being differentially expressed between the proliferative, early and mid-secretory phases.{{cite journal | vauthors= Painter JN, Anderson CA, Nyholt DR, Macgregor S, Lin J, Lee SH, Zondervan KT, et al. | title = Genome-wide association study identifies a locus at 7p15.2 associated with endometriosis. | journal = Nature Genetics | date=2011 | volume = 43 | issue = 1 | pages = 51–54 | doi = 10.1038/ng.731| pmid = 21151130 |pmc =3019124 }}

= Tumorigenesis association =

ID4 is not expressed in normal ovary and fallopian tubes. It has been shown to be overexpressed in most primary ovarian cancers. The ID4 gene is also seen to be overexpressed in most ovarian, endometrial and breast cancer cell lines.{{cite journal | vauthors= Ren Y, Cheung HW, von Maltzhan G, et al. | title = Targeted tumor-penetrating siRNA nanocomplexes for credentialing the ovarian cancer oncogene ID4. | journal = Science Translational Medicine | date= August 2012 | volume = 4 | issue = 147 | pages = 147ra112 | doi = 10.1126/scitranslmed.3003778|pmid =22896676 | pmc = 3633234 }} The mechanism behind this is believed to be that ID4 regulates HOXA9 and CDKN1A genes, which are mediators of cell proliferation and differentiation. HOXA genes are known to play a role in the differentiation of fallopian tubes, uterus, cervix and vagina.{{cite journal | vauthors=Kobayashi A, Behringer RR | title = Developmental genetics of the female reproductive tract in mammals. | journal = Nature Reviews. Genetics | date= Dec 2003 | volume = 4 | issue = 12 | pages = 969–980 | doi = 10.1038/nrg1225|pmid =14631357 | s2cid = 3345120 }}

In B-Cell (B lymphocyte) acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (B-ALL), ID4 is overexpressed due to being located in close proximity to the IgH enhancer region.{{cite journal | vauthors=Bellido M, Aventín A, Lasa A, Estivill C, Carnicer MJ, Pons C, Matías-Guiu X, Bordes R, Baiget M, Sierra J, Nomdedéu JF | title = Id4 is deregulated by a t(6;14)(p22;q32) chromosomal translocation in a B-cell lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia. | journal = Haematologica | date = September 2003 | volume = 88 | issue = 9 | pages = 994–1001|pmid = 12969807 }}{{cite journal | vauthors=Russell LJ, Akasaka T, Majid A, Sugimoto KJ, Loraine Karran E, Nagel I, Harder L, Claviez A, Gesk S, Moorman AV, Ross F, Mazzullo H, Strefford JC, Siebert R, Dyer MJ, Harrison CJ | title = t(6;14)(p22;q32): a new recurrent IGH@ translocation involving ID4 in B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (BCP-ALL). | journal = Blood | date= Jan 2008 | volume = 111 | issue = 1 | pages = 387–391 | doi = 10.1182/blood-2007-07-092015|pmid =17940204 | s2cid = 3181091 | url = http://www.bloodjournal.org/content/111/1/387 | doi-access = free | hdl = 2381/4129 | hdl-access = free }}

In Non Hodgkin lymphoma, the ID4 promoter region is implicated in follicular lymphomas, diffuse B Cell lymphomas and lymphoid cell lines due to hypermethylation.{{cite journal | vauthors=Yoshihara H, Arai F, Hosokawa K, Hagiwara T, Takubo K, Nakamura Y, Gomei Y, Iwasaki H, Matsuoka S, Miyamoto K, Miyazaki H, Takahashi T, Suda T | title = Thrombopoietin/MPL signaling regulates hematopoietic stem cell quiescence and interaction with the osteoblastic niche. | journal = Cell Stem Cell | date= December 2007 | volume = 1 | issue = 6 | pages = 685–697 | doi = 10.1016/j.stem.2007.10.020|pmid =18371409 | doi-access = free }}

In brain tumours, more specifically oligodendroglial tumours and glioblastomas, the ID4 gene has been shown to be expressed in the neoplastic astrocytes but not expressed in the neoplastic oligodendrocytes.{{cite journal | vauthors=Liang Y, Diehn M, Watson N, Bollen AW, Aldape KD, Nicholas MK, Lamborn KR, Berger MS, Botstein D, Brown PO, Israel MA | title = TGene expression profiling reveals molecularly and clinically distinct subtypes of glioblastoma multiforme. | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | date= April 2005 | volume = 102 | issue = 16 | pages = 5814–5819 | doi = 10.1073/pnas.0402870102|pmid =15827123 | pmc = 556127 | bibcode = 2005PNAS..102.5814L | doi-access = free }}

The ID4 promoter region has been found to be hypermethylated and its mRNA suppressed in breast cancer cell lines including that of primary breast cancers. Patients with invasive carcinomas have shown ID4 expression in their breast cancer specimens. This has been identified as a significant risk factor in nodal metastasis.{{cite journal | vauthors = Umetani N, Giuliano AE, Hiramatsu SH, Amersi F, Nakagawa T, Martino S, Hoon DS

| title = Prediction of breast tumor progression by integrity of free circulating DNA in serum.

| journal = Journal of Clinical Oncology | date = September 2006 | volume = 24 | issue = 26 | pages = 4270–4276 | doi = 10.1200/JCO.2006.05.9493| pmid = 16963729 | doi-access = free }} ID4 is constitutively expressed in normal human mammary epithelium but found to be suppressed in ER positive breast carcinomas and preneoplastic lesions. ER negative carcinomas also show ID4 expression.{{cite journal | vauthors = Umetani N, de Maat MG, Sunami E, Hiramatsu S, Martinez S, Hoon DB | title = Methylation of p16 and Ras Association Domain Family Protein 1a during Colorectal Malignant Transformation| journal = Molecular Cancer Research | date = May 2006 | volume = 4 | issue = 5 | pages = 303–309 | doi = 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-05-0199 | pmid = 16687485| doi-access = free }} There is a hypothesis that ID4 acts as a tumour suppressor factory in human breast tissue where oestrogen is responsible for regulation of ID4 expression in the mammary ductal epithelium.

It is unclear whether the ID4 gene plays a role in bladder cancer. ID4 is found on the 6p22.3 amplicon which is frequently associated with advance stage bladder cancer. ID4 has also been shown to be overexpressed in bladder cancer cell lines. This overexpression is equally seen in both normal urothelium which lines the urinary tract inclusive of the renal pelvis, ureters, bladder and parts of the urethra, but also seen in fresh cancer tissues.{{cite journal | vauthors = Wu Q, Hoffmann MJ, Hartmann FH, Schulz WA| title = Amplification and overexpression of the ID4 gene at 6p22.3 in bladder cancer | journal = Molecular Cancer | date = 2005 | volume = 4 | issue = 16 | pages = 16 | doi = 10.1186/1476-4598-4-16 | pmid = 15876350 | pmc = 1131921 | doi-access = free }}

ID4 is closely associated with gastric cancer. The ID4 promoter region is hypermethylated and infrequently expressed in gastric adenocarcinomas and frequently expressed in gastric cancer cell lines. In contrast, ID4 is highly expressed in normal gastric mucosa. There is an undefined but significant association seen in ID4 promoter hypermethylation (which results in its down regulation) and microsatellite instability.{{cite journal | vauthors = Chan AS, Tsui WY, Chen X, Chu KM, Chan TL, Chan AS, Li R, So S, Yuen ST, Leung SY | title = Downregulation of ID4 by promoter hypermethylation in gastric adenocarcinoma. | journal = Oncogene | date = October 2003 | volume = 22 | issue = 44 | pages = 6946–6953 | doi = 10.1038/sj.onc.1206799 | pmid = 14534543 | doi-access = free }}

ID4 is not found in normal epitheliums nor adenomas of colorectal cancer. Hypermethylation of ID4 causes silencing of the gene. This has been identified as a significant independent risk factor for poor prognosis of colorectal cancer. It is also frequently observed in liver metastases of colorectal cancer specimens.{{cite journal | vauthors = Umetani N, Mori T, Koyanagi K, Shinozaki M, Kim J, Giuliano AE, Hoon DS | title = Aberrant hypermethylation of ID4 gene promoter region increases risk of lymph node metastasis in T1 breast cancer. | journal = Oncogene | date = July 2005 | volume = 24 | issue = 29 | pages = 4721–4727 | doi = 10.1038/sj.onc.1208538 | pmid = 15897910 | doi-access = free }}

= Developmental disorders =

Rett syndrome is an X linked neurodevelopment disorder. It is often identified after six to eight months of age in females. In human brain tissue specimens of Rett syndrome patients, the family of ID genes are seen to be significantly increased in expression.{{cite journal | vauthors = Peddada S, Yasui DH, LaSalle JM | title = Inhibitors of differentiation (ID1, ID2, ID3, ID4) genes are neuronal targets of MeCP2 that are elevated in Rett syndrome. | journal = Human Molecular Genetics | date = June 2006 | volume = 15 | issue = 12 | pages = 2003–2014 | doi = 10.1093/hmg/ddl124 | pmid = 16682435 | pmc = 1931415 }}

Society and culture

= Commonly used names =

The ID4 gene is also known as DNA-binding protein inhibitor ID-4, Id-4, IDb4, IDB4, Inhibitor of DNA binding 4, Inhibitor of differentiation 4, helix protein 271, Inhibitor of DNA binding 4 HLH Protein, Inhibitor of Differentiation 4, Inhibitor of DNA Binding 4 Dominant Negative Helix-Loop-Helix Protein, Class B Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Protein 27, and BHLHb272.

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