ArticleOncogene2020
A TGF-β-MTA1-SOX4-EZH2 signaling axis drives epithelial-mesenchymal transition in tumor metastasis.
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- Epigenetic regulation of EZH2 by ncRNAs: mechanisms and oncogenic implications.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026Review
- SOX4-STAT6-MTHFD2 axis drives hepatocellular carcinoma progression and treatment resistance.Cell death & disease · 2026Article
- EZH2 expression in colorectal carcinoma: an evaluation of clinicopathological and prognostic value.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- SOX4 accelerates intervertebral disc degeneration via EZH2/NRF2 pathway in response to mitochondrial ROS-dependent NLRP3 inflammasome activation in nucleus pulposus cells.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Article
- EZH2 promotes malignant biological behavior in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma via EMT.Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2025Article
- Identification of metastasis-associated protein 1 (MTA1) as a new molecular marker for canine urothelial carcinoma.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- NF-κB-activated oncogene inhibition strategy for cancer gene therapy.Cancer gene therapy · 2024Article
- ncRNA-mediated SOX4 overexpression correlates with unfavorable outcomes and immune infiltration in hepatocellular carcinoma.BMC gastroenterology · 2024Article
- Complement factor I knockdown inhibits colon cancer development by affecting Wnt/β-catenin/c-Myc signaling pathway and glycolysis.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2024Article
- Thymoquinone affects hypoxia-inducible factor-1α expression in pancreatic cancer cells via HSP90 and PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathways.World journal of gastroenterology · 2024Article
- SOX on tumors, a comfort or a constraint?Cell death discovery · 2024Review
- Single-cell transcriptomics enable the characterization of local extension in retinoblastoma.Communications biology · 2024Article
- The correlation between cancer stem cells and epithelial-mesenchymal transition: molecular mechanisms and significance in cancer theragnosis.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
- The cancer-associated fibroblasts interact with malignant T cells in mycosis fungoides and promote the disease progression.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Article
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Abstract
MTA1, SOX4, EZH2, and TGF-β are all potent inducers of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in cancer; however, the signaling relationship among these molecules in EMT is poorly understood. Here, we investigated the function of MTA1 in cancer cells and demonstrated that MTA1 overexpression efficiently activates EMT. This activation resulted in a significant increase in the migratory and invasive properties of three different cancer cell lines through a common mechanism involving SOX4 activation, screened from a gene expression profiling analysis. We showed that both SOX4 and MTA1 are induced by TGF-β and both are indispensable for TGF-β-mediated EMT. Further investigation identified that MTA1 acts upstream of SOX4 in the TGF-β pathway, emphasizing a TGF-β-MTA1-SOX4 signaling axis in EMT induction. The histone methyltransferase EZH2, a component of the polycomb (PcG) repressive complex 2 (PRC2), was identified as a critical responsive gene of the TGF-β-MTA1-SOX4 signaling in three different epithelial cancer cell lines, suggesting that this signaling acts broadly in cancer cells in vitro. The MTA1-SOX4-EZH2 signaling cascade was further verified in TCGA pan-cancer patient samples and in a colon cancer cDNA microarray, and activation of genes in this signaling pathway predicted an unfavorable prognosis in colon cancer patients. Collectively, our data uncover a SOX4-dependent EMT-inducing mechanism underlying MTA1-driven cancer metastasis and suggest a widespread TGF-β-MTA1-SOX4-EZH2 signaling axis that drives EMT in various cancers. We propose that this signaling may be used as a common therapeutic target to control epithelial cancer metastasis.
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