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ArticleScientific reports2021

PCBP1 regulates the transcription and alternative splicing of metastasis‑related genes and pathways in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Shuai Huang, Kai Luo, Li Jiang, Xu-Dong Zhang, Ying-Hao Lv, Ren-Feng Li

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shuai HuangDepartments of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China.
Kai LuoDepartments of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China.
Li JiangDepartments of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China.
Xu-Dong ZhangDepartments of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China.
Ying-Hao LvDepartments of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China.
Ren-Feng LiDepartments of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, People's Republic of China. fcchuangs@zzu.edu.cn.
First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PCBP1 is a multifunctional RNA-binding protein (RBP) expressed in most human cells and is involved in posttranscriptional gene regulation. PCBP1 regulates the alternative splicing, translation and RNA stability of many cancer-related genes and has been identified as a potential tumour suppressor gene. PCBP1 inhibits the invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells, but there are few studies on the specific regulatory target and mechanism of RBPs in HCC, and it is unclear whether PCBP1 plays a role in tumour metastasis as a splicing factor. We analysed the regulation of gene expression by PCBP1 at the transcriptional level. We obtained and analysed PCBP1-knockdown RNA-seq data and eCLIP-seq data of PCBP1 in HepG2 cells and found that PCBP1 widely regulates the alternative splicing and expression of genes enriched in cancer-related pathways, including extracellular matrix, cell adhesion, small molecule metabolic process and apoptosis. We validated five regulated alternative splicing events affected by PCBP1 using RT-qPCR and found that there was a significant difference in the expression of APOC1 and SPHK1 between tumour and normal tissues. In this study, we provided convincing evidence that human PCBP1 profoundly regulates the splicing of genes associated with tumour metastasis. These findings provide new insight into potential markers or therapeutic targets for HCC treatment.

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Alternative SplicingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, HepatocellularDNA-Binding ProteinsGene Expression ProfilingHumansLiver NeoplasmsNeoplasm MetastasisPrognosisRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA Splicing FactorsTumor Cells, CulturedBiomarkers, TumorDNA-Binding ProteinsPCBP1 protein, humanRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA Splicing Factors

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PMID34857818
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