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ArticleBMC cancer2023

MYEOV overexpression induced by demethylation of its promoter contributes to pancreatic cancer progression via activation of the folate cycle/c-Myc/mTORC1 pathway.

Shoichiro Tange, Tomomi Hirano, Masashi Idogawa, Eishu Hirata, Issei Imoto, Takashi Tokino

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Shoichiro TangeDepartment of Medical Genome Sciences, Research Institute for Frontier Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, S1W17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-8556, Japan.
Tomomi HiranoDepartment of Medical Genome Sciences, Research Institute for Frontier Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, S1W17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-8556, Japan.
Masashi IdogawaDepartment of Medical Genome Sciences, Research Institute for Frontier Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, S1W17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-8556, Japan. idogawa@sapmed.ac.jp.
Eishu HirataDivision of Tumor Cell Biology and Bioimaging, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan.
Issei ImotoAichi Cancer Center Research Institute, 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8681, Japan.
Takashi TokinoDepartment of Medical Genome Sciences, Research Institute for Frontier Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, S1W17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-8556, Japan. tokino@sapmed.ac.jp.
Sapporo Medical University · JPAichi Cancer Center · JPKanazawa University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWhile molecular targeted drugs and other therapies are being developed for many tumors, pancreatic cancer is still considered to be the malignant tumor with the worst prognosis. We started this study to identify prognostic genes and therapeutic targets of pancreatic cancer.

methodsTo comprehensively identify prognostic genes in pancreatic cancer, we investigated the correlation between gene expression and cancer-specific prognosis using transcriptome and clinical information datasets from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). In addition, we examined the effects of the suppression of candidate prognostic genes in pancreatic cancer cell lines.

resultWe found that patients with high expression levels of MYEOV, a primate-specific gene with unknown function, had significantly shorter disease-specific survival times than those with low expression levels. Cox proportional hazards analysis revealed that high expression of MYEOV was significantly associated with poor survival and was an independent prognostic factor for disease-specific survival in pancreatic cancer patients. Analysis of multiple cancer samples revealed that the MYEOV promoter region is methylated in noncancer tissues but is demethylated in tumors, causing MYEOV overexpression in tumors. Notably, the knockdown of MYEOV suppressed the expression of MTHFD2 and other folate metabolism-related enzyme genes required for the synthesis of amino acids and nucleic acids and also restored the expression of c-Myc and mTORC1 repressors.

conclusionThere is a significant correlation between elevated MYEOV expression and poor disease-specific survival in pancreatic cancer patients. MYEOV enhances the activation of several oncogenic pathways, resulting in the induction of pancreatic cancer cell proliferation. Overall, MYEOV acts as an oncogene in pancreatic cancer. Furthermore, MYEOV may be a prognostic biomarker and serve as an 'actionable' therapeutic target for pancreatic cancers.

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Pancreatic NeoplasmsProto-Oncogene ProteinsCell Line, TumorDemethylationFolic AcidGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1Neoplastic ProcessesPrognosisPromoter Regions, GeneticProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycFolic AcidMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1MYEOV protein, humanProto-Oncogene ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycC-MycDNA methylationmTORC1Pancreatic cancerTCGA

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