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ArticleCancer science2023

TAF1D promotes proliferation by transcriptionally activating G2/M phase-related genes in MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma.

Xuan Zhang, Shijia Zhan, Xiaoxing Guan, Yanli Zhang, Jie Lu, Yongbo Yu, Yaqiong Jin, Yeran Yang, Ping Chu, Enyu Hong and 7 more

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Article in Cancer science, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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Xuan ZhangBeijing Key Laboratory for Pediatric Diseases of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, MOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1801-5855
Shijia ZhanBeijing Key Laboratory for Pediatric Diseases of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, MOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.
Xiaoxing GuanDepartment of Pathology, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.
Yanli ZhangImaging Core Facility, Technology Center for Protein Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Jie LuBeijing Key Laboratory for Pediatric Diseases of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, MOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.
Yongbo YuBeijing Key Laboratory for Pediatric Diseases of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, MOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.
Yaqiong JinBeijing Key Laboratory for Pediatric Diseases of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, MOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.
Yeran YangBeijing Key Laboratory for Pediatric Diseases of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, MOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.
Ping ChuBeijing Key Laboratory for Pediatric Diseases of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, MOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.
Enyu HongBeijing Key Laboratory for Pediatric Diseases of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, MOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.
Hui YangBeijing Key Laboratory for Pediatric Diseases of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, MOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.
Huimin RenBeijing Key Laboratory for Pediatric Diseases of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, MOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.
Di GengBeijing Key Laboratory for Pediatric Diseases of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, MOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.
Yadi WangBeijing Key Laboratory for Pediatric Diseases of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, MOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.
Pingping ZhouBeijing Key Laboratory for Pediatric Diseases of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, MOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.
Yongli GuoBeijing Key Laboratory for Pediatric Diseases of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, MOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.
Yan ChangBeijing Key Laboratory for Pediatric Diseases of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, MOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.
Capital Medical University · CNTsinghua University · CN

Funding

A grant from Beijing Hospitals Authority QML20211201Beijing Natural Science Foundation 7212038Clinical Research Special Funding Fund of Wu Jieping Medical Foundation 320.6750.2022-03-50National Natural Science Foundation of China 82141118National Natural Science Foundation of China 82172849R&D Program of Beijing Municipal Education Commission KM202210025010
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High-risk neuroblastoma (HR-NB) is an aggressive childhood cancer that responds poorly to currently available therapies and is associated with only about a 50% 5-year survival rate. MYCN amplification is a critical driver of these aggressive tumors, but so far there have not been any approved treatments to effectively treat HR-NB by targeting MYCN or its downstream effectors. Thus, the identification of novel molecular targets and therapeutic strategies to treat children diagnosed with HR-NB represents an urgent unmet medical need. Here, we conducted a targeted siRNA screening and identified TATA box-binding protein-associated factor RNA polymerase I subunit D, TAF1D, as a critical regulator of the cell cycle and proliferation in HR-NB cells. Analysis of three independent primary NB cohorts determined that high TAF1D expression correlated with MYCN-amplified, high-risk disease and poor clinical outcomes. TAF1D knockdown more robustly inhibited cell proliferation in MYCN-amplified NB cells compared with MYCN-non-amplified NB cells, as well as suppressed colony formation and inhibited tumor growth in a xenograft mouse model of MYCN-amplified NB. RNA-seq analysis revealed that TAF1D knockdown downregulates the expression of genes associated with the G2/M transition, including the master cell-cycle regulator, cell-cycle-dependent kinase 1 (CDK1), resulting in cell-cycle arrest at G2/M. Our findings demonstrate that TAF1D is a key oncogenic regulator of MYCN-amplified HR-NB and suggest that therapeutic targeting of TAF1D may be a viable strategy to treat HR-NB patients by blocking cell-cycle progression and the proliferation of tumor cells.

Indexed as

NeuroblastomaAnimalsCell DivisionCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationG2 PhaseGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMiceN-Myc Proto-Oncogene ProteinMYCN protein, humanN-Myc Proto-Oncogene ProteinCDK1cell cycle progressionneuroblastomaproliferationTAF1D

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PMID37094904
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