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The search for the HOXB7 targets, as a transcription factor, has led to molecules involved in regulating cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and processes such as angiogenesis and therapy resistance. However, the specific targets affected by the deregulation of HOXB7 in breast cancer remain largely unknown in most molecular sub-types, such as triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC). To unveil the molecular basis behind these aggressive and often untreatable cancers, here we explored the contribution of HOXB7 deregulation for their aggressiveness. To this end, HOXB7 was silenced in TNBC Basal A cells MDA-MB-468, and the phenotype, gene\/protein expression, and methylation profile of putative targets were analyzed. Lower migration and invasion rates were detected in HOXB7-silenced cells in comparison with the controls. In addition, these cells expressed more CDH1 and less DNMT3B, and the promoter methylation status of CDH1 diminished. Our data suggest that the HOXB7 transcription factor may act on TNBC Basal A cells by controlling CDH1 epigenetic regulation. This may occur indirectly through the up-regulation of DNMT3B, which then controls DNA methylation of the CDH1 promoter. Thus, future approaches interfering with HOXB7 regulation may be promising therapeutic strategies in TNBC treatment.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/genes12101575","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,4]],"date-time":"2021-10-04T09:24:15Z","timestamp":1633339455000},"page":"1575","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Epigenetic Regulation of CDH1 Is Altered after HOXB7-Silencing in MDA-MB-468 Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0362-1630","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ana","family":"Pa\u00e7o","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"I3S\u2014Institute for Innovation & Health Research, University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2705-9072","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Joana","family":"Leit\u00e3o-Castro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"I3S\u2014Institute for Innovation & Health Research, University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0123-7232","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Renata","family":"Freitas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"I3S\u2014Institute for Innovation & Health Research, University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal"},{"name":"ICBAS\u2014Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"537","DOI":"10.1016\/0092-8674(88)90209-7","article-title":"Homeobox proteins as sequence-specific transcription factors","volume":"55","author":"Levine","year":"1988","journal-title":"Cell"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"191","DOI":"10.1016\/0092-8674(94)90290-9","article-title":"Hox genes in vertebrate development","volume":"78","author":"Krumlauf","year":"1994","journal-title":"Cell"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1881","DOI":"10.1093\/nar\/17.5.1881","article-title":"Expression of Hox-2.4 homeobox gene directed by proviral insertion in a myeloid leukemia","volume":"17","author":"Kongsuwan","year":"1989","journal-title":"Nucleic Acids Res."},{"key":"ref_4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1010428320918050","DOI":"10.1177\/1010428320918050","article-title":"Contributions of HOX genes to cancer hallmarks: Enrichment pathway analysis and review","volume":"42","author":"Brotto","year":"2020","journal-title":"Tumor Biol."},{"key":"ref_5","first-page":"188358","article-title":"HOX genes function in Breast Cancer development","volume":"1873","author":"Araujo","year":"2020","journal-title":"Biochim. 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