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ArticleMolecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.)2024

β-hydroxybutyrate resensitizes colorectal cancer cells to oxaliplatin by suppressing H3K79 methylation in vitro and in vivo.

Meng Deng, Peijie Yan, Hui Gong, Guiqiu Li, Jianjie Wang

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Article in Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Meng Deng *School of Basic Medicine, Jiamusi University, No. 258 Xuefu Street, Jiamusi, 154007, Heilongjiang Province, China.
Peijie Yan *The Heilongjiang Hospital of Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Harbin, 150000, China.
Hui GongClinical Laboratory, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital and the Affiliated Shenzhen Sixth Hospital of Shenzhen University, No. 89 Taoyuan road, Nanshan district, Shenzhen, 518052, China.
Guiqiu LiClinical Laboratory, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital and the Affiliated Shenzhen Sixth Hospital of Shenzhen University, No. 89 Taoyuan road, Nanshan district, Shenzhen, 518052, China. lgq7566@126.com.
Jianjie WangSchool of Basic Medicine, Jiamusi University, No. 258 Xuefu Street, Jiamusi, 154007, Heilongjiang Province, China. khbd7983@163.com.ORCID 0009-0005-3142-4812

Funding

Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital Funds YN2022013Nanshan District Health System Major Science and Technology Project NSZD2023015the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China 2020A1515011303
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundKetone β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) has been reported to prevent tumor cell proliferation and improve drug resistance. However, the effectiveness of BHB in oxaliplatin (Oxa)-resistant colorectal cancer (CRC) and the underlying mechanism still require further proof.

methodsCRC-Oxa-resistant strains were established by increasing concentrations of CRC cells to Oxa. CRC-Oxa cell proliferation, apoptosis, invasion, migration, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) were checked following BHB intervention in vitro. The subcutaneous and metastasis models were established to assess the effects of BHB on the growth and metastasis of CRC-Oxa in vivo. Eight Oxa responders and seven nonresponders with CRC were enrolled in the study. Then, the serum BHB level and H3K79me, H3K27ac, H3K14ac, and H3K9me levels in tissues were detected. DOT1L (H3K79me methyltransferase) gene knockdown or GNE-049 (H3K27ac inhibitor) use was applied to analyze further whether BHB reversed CRC-Oxa resistance via H3K79 demethylation and/or H3K27 deacetylation in vivo and in vitro.

resultsFollowing BHB intervention based on Oxa, the proliferation, migration, invasion, and EMT of CRC-Oxa cells and the growth and metastasis of transplanted tumors in mice were suppressed. Clinical analysis revealed that the differential change in BHB level was associated with drug resistance and was decreased in drug-resistant patient serum. The H3K79me, H3K27ac, and H3K14ac expressions in CRC were negatively correlated with BHB. Furthermore, results indicated that H3K79me inhibition may lead to BHB target deletion, resulting in its inability to function.

conclusionsβ-hydroxybutyrate resensitized CRC cells to Oxa by suppressing H3K79 methylation in vitro and in vivo.

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3-Hydroxybutyric AcidCell ProliferationColorectal NeoplasmsDrug Resistance, NeoplasmHistonesOxaliplatinAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsApoptosisCell Line, TumorCell MovementEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionFemaleHumansMaleMethylation3-Hydroxybutyric AcidAntineoplastic AgentsHistonesOxaliplatinColorectal cancerDrug resistanceH3K79meOxaliplatinΒ-hydroxybutyrate

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PMCPMC11194918

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