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ArticleOncogenesis2020

BET protein inhibitor JQ1 downregulates chromatin accessibility and suppresses metastasis of gastric cancer via inactivating RUNX2/NID1 signaling.

Siqi Zhou, Shu Zhang, Lei Wang, Shuling Huang, Yue Yuan, Jie Yang, Hui Wang, Xihan Li, Pin Wang, Lin Zhou and 6 more

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Article in Oncogenesis, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Siqi ZhouDepartment of Gastroenterology, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Drum Tower Clinical Medical College, Nanjing, 210008, China.
Shu ZhangJiangsu Clinical Medical Center of Digestive Diseases, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. zhangsgastro@nju.edu.cn.
Lei WangJiangsu Clinical Medical Center of Digestive Diseases, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Shuling HuangJiangsu Clinical Medical Center of Digestive Diseases, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Yue YuanDepartment of Gastroenterology, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Drum Tower Clinical Medical College, Nanjing, 210008, China.
Jie YangDepartment of Gastroenterology, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Drum Tower Clinical Medical College, Nanjing, 210008, China.
Hui WangJiangsu Clinical Medical Center of Digestive Diseases, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Xihan LiJiangsu Clinical Medical Center of Digestive Diseases, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Pin WangJiangsu Clinical Medical Center of Digestive Diseases, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Lin ZhouJiangsu Clinical Medical Center of Digestive Diseases, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Jun YangDepartment of Pathology, Drum Tower Hospital Affiliated to Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210008, China.
Yuemei XuDepartment of Pathology, Drum Tower Hospital Affiliated to Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210008, China.
Huan GaoLife Science Department, Vazyme Biotech Co., Nanjing State Economy and Technology Development Zone, Nanjing, 210000, China.
Yixuan ZhangJiangsu Clinical Medical Center of Digestive Diseases, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Ying LvJiangsu Clinical Medical Center of Digestive Diseases, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. lvying@njglyy.com.
Xiaoping ZouDepartment of Gastroenterology, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Drum Tower Clinical Medical College, Nanjing, 210008, China. zouxp@nju.edu.cn.
Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital · CNNanjing Medical University · CN

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Foundation) BK20180117
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chromatin accessibility is critical for tumor development, whose mechanisms remain unclear. As a crucial regulator for chromatin remodeling, BRD4 promotes tumor progression by regulating multiple genes. As a small-molecule inhibitor of BRD4, JQ1 has potent chemotherapeutic activity against various human cancers. However, whether JQ1 has potential anti-tumor effects and how JQ1 regulates global transcription in gastric cancer (GC) remain largely unknown. In this research, we found BRD4 was highly expressed in GC tissues and was significantly associated with poor prognosis. JQ1 inhibited the proliferation and induced apoptosis of GC cells in vitro. Besides, JQ1 suppressed the migration and invasion of cancer cells by inducing MET. Notably, an assay for transposase-accessible chromatin using sequencing (ATAC-seq) data showed that JQ1 obviously downregulated the chromatin accessibility of GC cells and differentially accessible regions were highly enriched for RUNX2-binding motifs. Combinational analysis of ATAC-seq and RNA-seq data discovered NID1 as the downstream target of JQ1 and JQ1 reduced NID1 expression in GC cells. Chromatin immunoprecipitation, luciferase reporter gene assay, and rescue experiments all confirmed that RUNX2/NID1 axis was responsible for JQ1-inhibiting metastasis of GC cells. What's more, high expression of NID1 in GC tissues also predicted poor survival outcome of cancer patients and NID1 knockdown prohibited migration and invasion of cancer cells via partially inducing MET. Finally, in vivo models showed that JQ1 prevented GC growth and suppressed cancer metastasis. In conclusion, JQ1 inhibits the malignant progression of GC by downregulating chromatin accessibility and inactivating RUNX2/NID1 signaling. In addition, NID1 is also a novel therapeutic target for progressive GC patients.

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