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ArticleCell communication and signaling : CCS2022

Epigenetic silencing and tumor suppressor gene of HAND2 by targeting ERK signaling in colorectal cancer.

Zixu Yuan, Xihu Yu, Wenle Chen, Daici Chen, Jian Cai, Yingming Jiang, Xiaoxia Liu, Zhijie Wu, Lei Wang, William M Grady and 1 more

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Article in Cell communication and signaling : CCS, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Zixu Yuan *Department of Colorectal Surgery, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Diseases, Guangzhou, China. yuanzx@mail2.sysu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-8249-3352
Xihu Yu *Department of Colorectal Surgery, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Diseases, Guangzhou, China.
Wenle Chen *Department of Colorectal Surgery, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Diseases, Guangzhou, China.
Daici ChenGuangdong Institute of Gastroenterology, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Jian CaiDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Diseases, Guangzhou, China.
Yingming JiangDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Diseases, Guangzhou, China.
Xiaoxia LiuGuangdong Institute of Gastroenterology, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Zhijie WuDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Diseases, Guangzhou, China.
Lei WangDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Diseases, Guangzhou, China.
William M GradyClinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D4-100, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA. wgrady@fhcrc.org.
Hui WangDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Diseases, Guangzhou, China. wang89@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Sun Yat-sen University · CNKey Laboratory of Guangdong Province · CNFred Hutch Cancer Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe screening biomarkers for early detection of colorectal cancer (CRC) is lacking. The aim is to identify epigenetic silenced genes and clarify its roles and underlying mechanism in CRC. We conducted integrative analyses of epigenome-wide Human Methylation 450 K arrays and transcriptome to screen out candidate epigenetic driver genes with transcription silencing. Methylated silencing HAND2 were identified and verified in large CRC cohort. The mechanism of HAND2 expression by promoter inhibition were clarified both in vitro and vivo assays. Cell biofunctional roles of HAND2 methylation was investigated in CRC cells. HAND2 reconstitution were constructed by lentivirus plasmid and tumor xenograft model of HAND2 were built subcutaneously. Genomic mRNA analysis by RNA-sequencing and subsequent GSEA analysis were performed to identify potential target of HAND2 and qPCR/WB was conducted to identify the results.

resultsWe firstly reported high frequency of HAND2 methylation in promoter in CRC and hypermethylation was negatively correlated with expression silencing and leaded to poor survival in several CRC cohort patients. 5-Aza treatment to demethylated HAND2 could revert its expression in CRC cells. Functionally, HAND2 reconstitution can inhibit cell proliferation, invasion and migration in vitro. In tumor xenograft, HAND2 reconstruction significantly repressed tumor growth when compared to control vector. Thousands of aberrant expressed genes were observed in the heatmap of RNA-sequencing data. HAND2 reconstitution could bind to ERK and reduce its phosphorylation by CoIP assay. These above results showed HAND2 reconstitution perturbed the activation of MAPK/ERK signaling by reduction of ERK phosphorylation.

conclusionsHAND2 is one tumor suppressor by targeting ERK signaling and one potential epigenetic driver gene in CRC. Video Abstract.

Indexed as

Colorectal NeoplasmsGene SilencingBiomarkers, TumorCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenes, Tumor SuppressorHumansRNATranscription FactorsBiomarkers, TumorRNATranscription FactorsColorectal cancerEpigeneticsERK signalingHAND2

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