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ArticleCancer research2021

Epigenetic and Posttranscriptional Modulation of SOS1 Can Promote Breast Cancer Metastasis through Obesity-Activated c-Met Signaling in African-American Women.

Fei Xing, Dan Zhao, Shih-Ying Wu, Abhishek Tyagi, Kerui Wu, Sambad Sharma, Yin Liu, Ravindra Deshpande, Yuezhu Wang, Jacob Cleary and 5 more

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Article in Cancer research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Fei XingDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. kwatabe@wakehealth.edu.
Dan ZhaoDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.ORCID 0000-0002-5120-6725
Shih-Ying WuDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Abhishek TyagiDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.ORCID 0000-0002-0155-2099
Kerui WuDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Sambad SharmaDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Yin LiuDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Ravindra DeshpandeDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Yuezhu WangDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Jacob ClearyDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Lance D MillerDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.ORCID 0000-0003-3799-2528
Amar G ChittiboyinaNational Center for Natural Products Research, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.ORCID 0000-0002-7047-5373
Chinni YalamanchiliNational Center for Natural Products Research, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.
Yin-Yuan MoCancer Institute, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi.
Kounosuke WatabeDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. kwatabe@wakehealth.edu.
Wake Forest University · USUniversity of Mississippi · USUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center · US

Funding

Tumor Tissue CoreP30CA012197 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Ruben A. Mesa · 1985 to 2026
$55.4M
Roles of hyaluronic acid in cancer stem cell nicheR01CA173499 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI WATABE, KOUNOSUKE · 2014 to 2018
$2.3M
Roles of long-non-coding RNA, XIST, in brain metastasis of breast cancerR01CA205067 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI WATABE, KOUNOSUKE · 2017 to 2021
$2.2M
Role of inflammation and microRNA network in brain metastasis of breast cancerR01CA185650 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI WATABE, KOUNOSUKE · 2016 to 2020
$1.9M
Roles of neutrophils in c-Met mediated breast cancer brain metastasesR37CA230451 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI XING, FEI · 2018 to 2022
$1.8M
Translational Oncology Training ProgramT32CA247819 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI PARDEE, TIMOTHY SEBASTIAN, WATABE, KOUNOSUKE · 2020 to 2024
$1.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA012197NCI NIH HHS R01 CA173499NCI NIH HHS R01 CA185650NCI NIH HHS R01 CA205067NCI NIH HHS R37 CA230451NCI NIH HHS T32 CA247819
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ethnicity is considered to be one of the major risk factors in certain subtypes of breast cancer. However, the mechanism of this racial disparity remains poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that SOS1, a key regulator of Ras pathway, is highly expressed in African-American (AA) patients with breast cancer compared with Caucasian-American patients. Because of the higher obesity rate in AA women, increased levels of SOS1 facilitated signal transduction of the c-Met pathway, which was highly activated in AA patients with breast cancer via hepatocyte growth factor secreted from adipocytes. Elevated expression of SOS1 also enhanced cancer stemness through upregulation of PTTG1 and promoted M2 polarization of macrophages by CCL2 in metastatic sites. SOS1 was epigenetically regulated by a super-enhancer identified by H3K27ac in AA patients. Knockout of the super-enhancer by CRISPR in AA cell lines significantly reduced SOS1 expression. Furthermore, SOS1 was posttranscriptionally regulated by miR-483 whose expression is reduced in AA patients through histone trimethylation (H3K27me3) on its promoter. The natural compound, taxifolin, suppressed signaling transduction of SOS1 by blocking the interaction between SOS1 and Grb2, suggesting a potential utility of this compound as a therapeutic agent for AA patients with breast cancer. SIGNIFICANCE: These findings elucidate the signaling network of SOS1-mediated metastasis in African-American patients, from the epigenetic upregulation of SOS1 to the identification of taxifolin as a potential therapeutic strategy against SOS1-driven tumor progression.

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Epigenesis, GeneticAnimalsAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalApoptosisBiomarkers, TumorBlack or African AmericanBreast NeoplasmsCell ProliferationFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGRB2 Adaptor ProteinHumansLung NeoplasmsMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalBiomarkers, TumorGRB2 Adaptor ProteinGRB2 protein, humanMET protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins c-metQuercetinSOS1 ProteinSOS1 protein, humantaxifolin

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PMID33446575
PMCPMC8178187
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