ArticleCell death & disease2022
KCTD9 inhibits the Wnt/β-catenin pathway by decreasing the level of β-catenin in colorectal cancer.
Article in Cell death & disease, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- LINC00222 regulates FOXO3 to interfere with β-catenin signaling pathway and suppresses prostate cancer progression.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Phytochemical Analysis and Anticancer Activity ofPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- TAF1 acetyltransferase promotes colorectal carcinoma metastasis by catalyzing β-hydroxybutyrylation of KCTD9.Oncogene · 2026Article
- Integrated multi-omics analysis reveals PTM networks as key regulators of colorectal cancer progression and immune evasion.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- Mechanistic Insights Into the Tumor-Driving and Diagnostic Roles of KCTD Family Genes in Ovarian Cancer: An Integrated In Silico and In Vitro Analysis.Cancer medicine · 2025Article
- Charged multivesicular body protein 7 was identified as a prognostic biomarker correlated with metastasis in colorectal cancer.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2025Article
- ALPP Induces Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition by Activating the Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Pathway in Colorectal Cancer Cells.Cancer management and research · 2025Article
- SLC30 (ZnT) and SLC39 (ZIP) zinc transporter families: from gatekeepers of zinc homeostasis to promoters of tumorigenesis and targets for clinical therapy.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Genome-wide identification of PAR domain protein 1 (PDP1) targets through ChIP-seq reveals the regulation of diapause-specific characteristics in Culex pipiens.Insect molecular biology · 2024Article
- E3 ubiquitin ligase BTBD3 inhibits tumorigenesis of colorectal cancer by regulating the TYRO3/Wnt/β-catenin signaling axis.Cancer cell international · 2024Article
- Exploration and validation of ceRNA regulatory networks in colorectal cancer based on associations whole transcriptome sequencing.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- KCTD Proteins Have Redundant Functions in Controlling Cellular Growth.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Molecular subtyping and the construction of a predictive model of colorectal cancer based on ion channel genes.European journal of medical research · 2024Article
- Anti-cancer effects of Coix seed extract through KCTD9-mediated ubiquitination of TOP2A in lung adenocarcinoma.Cell division · 2024Article
- Investigating the therapeutic potential ofIranian journal of microbiology · 2024Article
- Cellular zinc metabolism and zinc signaling: from biological functions to diseases and therapeutic targets.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2024Review
- Epigenetic silencing ofEpigenomics · 2024Article
- Development and Validation of a Prognostic Model based on 11 E3-related Genes for Colon Cancer Patients.Current pharmaceutical design · 2024Article
- Characterization of Wnt signaling pathway under treatment of Lactobacillus acidophilus postbiotic in colorectal cancer using an integrated in silico and in vitro analysis.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Construction of a prognostic model for colorectal adenocarcinoma based on Zn transport-related genes identified by single-cell sequencing and weighted co-expression network analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying CRC progression remain to be further defined to improve patient outcomes. In this study, we found that KCTD9, a member of the potassium channel tetramerization domain-containing (KCTD) gene family, was commonly downregulated in CRC tissues and that KCTD9 expression was negatively correlated with the clinical CRC stage. Survival analysis showed that patients whose tumors expressed low KCTD9 levels had poorer outcomes. Functional analyses revealed that KCTD9 overexpression inhibited CRC cell proliferation and metastasis, whereas KCTD9 knockdown promoted CRC cell proliferation and metastasis in both in vitro and in vivo models. Manipulating KCTD9 levels in CRC cells via overexpression or knockdown showed KCTD9 expression positively influenced the degradation of β-catenin levels leading to inhibition of Wnt signaling and reductions in Wnt pathway target gene expression. Mechanistically, we found KCTD9 associated with ZNT9 (Zinc Transporter 9), a coactivator of β-catenin-mediated gene transcription. The overexpression of KCTD9 or knockdown of ZNT9 in CRC cells increased the polyubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of β-catenin. In turn, the KCTD9-ZNT9 interaction disrupted interactions between β-catenin and ZNT9, thereby leading to decreased β-catenin target gene expression and the inhibition of Wnt signaling. In conclusion, our findings propose that KCTD9 functions as a tumor suppressor that inhibits CRC cell proliferation and metastasis by inactivating the Wnt/β-catenin pathway. Moreover, its frequent downregulation in CRC suggests KCTD9 as a potential prognostic and therapeutic target in CRC.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.