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ArticleMolecular oncology2022

The epithelial splicing regulator ESRP2 is epigenetically repressed by DNA hypermethylation in Wilms tumour and acts as a tumour suppressor.

Danny Legge, Ling Li, Whei Moriarty, David Lee, Marianna Szemes, Asef Zahed, Leonidas Panousopoulos, Wan Yun Chung, Yara Aghabi, Jasmin Barratt and 5 more

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Article in Molecular oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Characterization of Alternative Splicing in High-Risk Wilms' Tumors.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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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.

Danny LeggeSchool of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3897-5861
Ling LiInstitute of Biomedical & Clinical Sciences, University of Exeter Medical School, UK.
Whei MoriartySchool of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, UK.
David LeeSchool of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, UK.
Marianna SzemesSchool of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, UK.
Asef ZahedSchool of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, UK.
Leonidas PanousopoulosSchool of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, UK.
Wan Yun ChungSchool of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, UK.
Yara AghabiSchool of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, UK.
Jasmin BarrattSchool of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, UK.
Richard WilliamsCancer Section, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
Kathy Pritchard-JonesCancer Section, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
Karim T A MalikSchool of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8965-200X
Sebastian OlteanInstitute of Biomedical & Clinical Sciences, University of Exeter Medical School, UK.
Keith W BrownSchool of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4258-5129
University of Bristol · GBGreat Ormond Street Hospital · GBUniversity of Exeter · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation PG/15/53/31371Cancer Research UK 17297
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wilms tumour (WT), an embryonal kidney cancer, has been extensively characterised for genetic and epigenetic alterations, but a proportion of WTs still lack identifiable abnormalities. To uncover DNA methylation changes critical for WT pathogenesis, we compared the epigenome of foetal kidney with two WT cell lines, filtering our results to remove common cancer-associated epigenetic changes and to enrich for genes involved in early kidney development. This identified four hypermethylated genes, of which ESRP2 (epithelial splicing regulatory protein 2) was the most promising for further study. ESRP2 was commonly repressed by DNA methylation in WT, and this occurred early in WT development (in nephrogenic rests). ESRP2 expression was reactivated by DNA methyltransferase inhibition in WT cell lines. When ESRP2 was overexpressed in WT cell lines, it inhibited cellular proliferation in vitro, and in vivo it suppressed tumour growth of orthotopic xenografts in nude mice. RNA-seq of the ESRP2-expressing WT cell lines identified several novel splicing targets. We propose a model in which epigenetic inactivation of ESRP2 disrupts the mesenchymal to epithelial transition in early kidney development to generate WT.

Indexed as

Kidney NeoplasmsWilms TumorAnimalsCell Line, TumorDNADNA MethylationGenes, Tumor SuppressorHumansMiceMice, NudeRNA-Binding ProteinsDNAESRP2 protein, humanRNA-Binding ProteinsDNA methylationepigeneticsESRP2METWilms tumour

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PMID34520622
PMCPMC8807366
OpenAlexW3199737767

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