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ArticleBiochemical and biophysical research communications2020

Regulation of a long noncoding RNA MALAT1 by aryl hydrocarbon receptor in pancreatic cancer cells and tissues.

Ji-Eun Lee, Sung-Gook Cho, Seong-Gyu Ko, Syed A Ahrmad, Alvaro Puga, Kyounghyun Kim

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Article in Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Ji-Eun LeeDepartment of Environmental and Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine University of Cincinnati, 160 Panzeca Way, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, United States.
Sung-Gook ChoDivision of Food and Biotechnology, College of Health and Life Sciences, Korea National University of Transportation, Jeungpyeong, Chungbuk, 27909, South Korea.
Seong-Gyu KoDepartment of Preventive Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegi, Seoul, 130701, South Korea.
Syed A AhrmadDepartment of Surgery, College of Medicine University of Cincinnati, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, United States.
Alvaro PugaDepartment of Environmental and Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine University of Cincinnati, 160 Panzeca Way, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, United States.
Kyounghyun KimDepartment of Environmental and Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine University of Cincinnati, 160 Panzeca Way, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, United States. Electronic address: kim2ku@uc.edu.
University of Cincinnati Medical Center · USKorea National University of Transportation · KRKyung Hee University · KRSabin Vaccine Institute · USUniversity of Cincinnati · US

Funding

REPRODUCTIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICOLOGY RESEARCHP30ES006096 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI YADAV, JAGJIT S · 1992 to 2022
$35.4M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES006096
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Environmental toxicants such as dioxins and polycyclic aromatic carbons are risk factors for pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer. These toxicants activate aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), a ligand-activated transcription factor, of which activation regulates many downstream biological events, including xenobiotic metabolism, inflammation, and cancer cell growth and transformation. Here, we identified that environmental toxicant-activated AHR increased expression of metastasis associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) in pancreatic cancer cells and pancreatic tissues. The MALAT1 is a long noncoding (lnc) RNA which interacts with Enhancer of Zeste 2 (EZH2), a histone methyltransferase with epigenetic silencer activity, and the MALAT1-EZH2 interaction increased its epigenetic silencing activity. In contrast, AHR antagonist, CH223191 or resveratrol, counteracted the AHR-mediated MALAT1 induction and MALAT1-enahnced EZH2 activity. Collectively, these results revealed a novel pathway of how environmental exposure leads to epigenetic alteration via activation of AHR-MALAT1-EZH2 signaling axis under pancreatic tissue- and cancer cell-context.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell Line, TumorEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinEnvironmental PollutantsHumansMice, Inbred C57BLPancreasPancreatic NeoplasmsPolychlorinated DibenzodioxinsReceptors, Aryl HydrocarbonRNA, Long NoncodingSignal TransductionEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinEnvironmental PollutantsEZH2 protein, humanMALAT1 long non-coding RNA, humanPolychlorinated DibenzodioxinsReceptors, Aryl HydrocarbonRNA, Long NoncodingAryl hydrocarbon receptorEnvironmental toxicantsEpigenetic regulationEZH2MALAT1Pancreas

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PMID32900487
PMCPMC7572814
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