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TLE3
TLE family member 3, transcriptional corepressor
Chromosome 15 · 15q23
NCBI Gene: 7090Ensembl: ENSG00000140332.18HGNC: HGNC:11839UniProt: B3KUA2
126PubMed Papers
20Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
FUNCTIONAL ROLE
Highly ConstrainedTranscription Factor
DATA QUALITY
✓ Experimental GO Evidence✓ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
transcription coactivator activitytranscription corepressor activityprotein bindingfat cell differentiationatrial fibrillationmathematical abilityopen-angle glaucomamultiple sclerosis
✦AI Summary

TLE3 is a transcriptional corepressor that functions as a critical regulator of cell lineage identity and differentiation across multiple tissues. In adipogenesis, TLE3 acts as a corepressor of Wnt signaling by inhibiting transcriptional activation mediated by CTNNB1 and TCF family members, while simultaneously serving as a coactivator for PPARG to promote white adipocyte differentiation 1. TLE3 also prevents white adipose tissue browning by blocking the association between PRDM16 and PPARG. In breast cancer, TLE3 sustains luminal cell fate by repressing genes associated with basal-like phenotypes, including SOX9 and TGFβ2, thereby preventing epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metastatic progression 2. Conversely, TLE3 suppression via miR-3677 upregulation promotes breast cancer cell proliferation, migration, and invasion 3. In skeletal muscle, TLE3 functions upstream of Zeb1 to regulate myogenic differentiation, controlling both transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms of myosin heavy chain-embryonic expression 4. TLE3 protein stability is regulated by TRIM56-mediated K48-linked ubiquitination, with TLE3 degradation promoting thermogenic gene activation and white adipose tissue browning 5. TLE3 expression is glucocorticoid-responsive in the brain 6, and genetic variants in TLE3 have been associated with neuropathological severity in Lewy body disease 7.

Sources cited
1
TLE3 acts as corepressor of Wnt signaling and coactivator for PPARG in adipogenesis regulation
PMID: 28689657
2
TLE3 sustains luminal breast cancer lineage identity by repressing basal-like genes including SOX9 and TGFβ2, suppressing metastasis
PMID: 36696357
3
miR-3677 targets and inhibits TLE3 expression to promote breast cancer cell proliferation, migration, and invasion
PMID: 32002031
4
TLE3 and Zeb1 are essential trans-factors that differentially regulate myogenic differentiation and Myh3 expression at transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels
PMID: 37392376
5
TRIM56 promotes white adipose tissue browning by degrading TLE3 through K48-linked ubiquitination, activating thermogenic genes
PMID: 39928840
6
TLE3 transcription is regulated by glucocorticoids in the brain as part of stress response gene reprogramming
PMID: 29180230
7
TLE3 genetic variant rs3743309 is associated with lower cingulate Lewy body counts in Lewy body disease
PMID: 40091616
8
TLE3 inactivation by class-2 FOXA1 mutations promotes metastasis through WNT pathway activation in prostate cancer
PMID: 31243372
9
TLE3 is an osteogenesis-deterring master transcriptional factor selectively removed by chaperone-mediated autophagy to promote osteogenic differentiation
PMID: 34214490
Disease Associationsⓘ20
atrial fibrillationOpen Targets
0.40Moderate
mathematical abilityOpen Targets
0.35Weak
open-angle glaucomaOpen Targets
0.33Weak
multiple sclerosisOpen Targets
0.32Weak
Abnormality of the skeletal systemOpen Targets
0.29Weak
major depressive disorderOpen Targets
0.28Weak
schizophreniaOpen Targets
0.28Weak
prostatitisOpen Targets
0.26Weak
prostate carcinomaOpen Targets
0.26Weak
asthmaOpen Targets
0.24Weak
cardiac arrestOpen Targets
0.23Weak
osteoporosisOpen Targets
0.23Weak
rheumatic diseaseOpen Targets
0.22Weak
obesityOpen Targets
0.21Weak
attention deficit hyperactivity disorderOpen Targets
0.21Weak
major depressive episodeOpen Targets
0.21Weak
spinal cord injuryOpen Targets
0.20Weak
self-injurious ideationOpen Targets
0.20Weak
lower respiratory tract diseaseOpen Targets
0.20Weak
diabetes mellitusOpen Targets
0.20Weak
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
CTNNB1Protein interaction100%PYGO2Protein interaction100%ESR1Protein interaction100%GATA3Protein interaction98%FOXA1Protein interaction98%BCL9LProtein interaction96%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Bone Marrow
100%
Lung
40%
Ovary
25%
Liver
18%
Brain
13%
Heart
6%
Gene Interaction Network
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TLE3CTNNB1PYGO2ESR1GATA3FOXA1BCL9L
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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AlphaFoldAI-predicted · UniProt Q04726
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Constraintⓘ
LOEUFⓘ
0.28Highly Constrained
pLIⓘ
1.00Intolerant
Observed/Expected LoF0.17 [0.11–0.28]
RankingsWhere TLE3 stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #3,750of 20,598
    Most Researched126 · top quartile
  • #959of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)0.28 · top 10%
Genes detectedTLE3
Sources retrieved10 papers
Response time—
📄 Sources
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1
Distinct structural classes of activating FOXA1 alterations in advanced prostate cancer.
PMID: 31243372
Nature · 2019
1.00
2
Glucocorticoids, genes and brain function.
PMID: 29180230
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry · 2018
0.90
3
Vangl2 limits chaperone-mediated autophagy to balance osteogenic differentiation in mesenchymal stem cells.
PMID: 34214490
Dev Cell · 2021
0.80
4
TLE3 Sustains Luminal Breast Cancer Lineage Fidelity to Suppress Metastasis.
PMID: 36696357
Cancer Res · 2023
0.70
5
Targeting of TLE3 by miR-3677 in human breast cancer promotes cell proliferation, migration and invasion.
PMID: 32002031
Oncol Lett · 2020
0.60