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Zhang W, Wang H, Chen S, Fan X, Liu Y, Shi S, Wang R. Reactivation of methylation-silenced PAX1 inhibits cervical cancer proliferation and migration via the WNT/TIMELESS pathway. Mol Carcinog 2024; 63:1349-1361. [PMID: 38712797 DOI: 10.1002/mc.23728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Revised: 03/02/2024] [Accepted: 04/05/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
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Although aberrant methylation of PAX1 is closely associated with cervical cancer (CC), PAX1 methylation (PAX1m) and its role in CC remain to be elucidated. Here, we clarified the biological function of PAX1 in CC. First, PAX1m in ThinPrep cytologic test samples was measured via quantitative methylation-specific PCR. The results showed that PAX1 promoter methylation levels were significantly increased in CC patients (p < 0.001). We also found that PAX1 promoter methylation levels were positively correlated with tumor purity but negatively correlated with immune-infiltration via public databases. Then, CRISPR-based methylation perturbation tools (dCas9-Tet1) were constructed to further demonstrate that DNA methylation participates in the regulation of PAX1 expression directly. Gain- and loss-of-function experiments were used to show that PAX1 overexpression restrained proliferation, migration and improved cisplatin sensitivity by interfering with the WNT/TIMELESS axis in CC cells. Additionally, Co-immunoprecipitation assays further confirmed the interaction between PAX1 and TCF7L2. Taken together, our results suggested that a tumor suppressor role of PAX1 in CC and that CRISPR-based PAX1 demethylation editing might be a promising therapeutic strategy for CC.
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- Wenfan Zhang
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Tianjin Medical Technology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Tianjin Medical Technology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Tianjin Medical Technology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Tianjin Medical Technology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Tianjin Medical Technology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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Huang S, Wang HL. Salvianolic acid A improves nerve regeneration and repairs nerve defects in rats with brain injury by downregulating miR-212-3p-mediated SOX7. Kaohsiung J Med Sci 2023; 39:1222-1232. [PMID: 37987200 DOI: 10.1002/kjm2.12779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2023] [Revised: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023] Open
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This study was to probe the protective effects and mechanisms of salvianolic acid A (SAA) on cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury (CIRI). The middle cerebral artery occlusion model (MCAO) was established in rats. Rats' behavior, neurological deficits, brain injury, inflammation, and apoptosis in the brain tissue were evaluated. The inflammatory response and apoptosis of PC12 cells induced by oxygen glucose deprivation/reperfusion (OGD/R) were detected. SAA-mediated changes in miR-212-3p, SOX7, and Wnt/β-catenin pathway were determined, and the targeting relationship between miR-212-3p and SOX7 was clarified. SAA alleviated the neurological deficits and brain injury of MCAO rats and inhibited the inflammatory response and apoptosis of OGD/R-conditioned PC-12 cells. SAA upregulated miR-212-3p, Wnt3a, and β-catenin, whereas inhibited SOX7 levels. Silencing miR-212-3p counteracted the protective effect of SAA in the context of CIRI. SOX7 was a target protein of miR-212-3p. Silencing SOX7 based on SAA and miR-212-3p knockdown suppressed OGD/R-induced inflammation and apoptosis and increased Wnt3a and β-catenin levels in PC12 cells. SAA can improve the brain and nervous system injury caused by cerebral ischemia-reperfusion by upregulating miR-212-3p, thereby inhibiting SOX7 and activating the Wnt/βcatenin signaling pathway.
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- Shuai Huang
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Affiliated Nantong Hospital of Shanghai University (The Sixth People's Hospital of Nantong), Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Nantong Hospital of Shanghai University (The Sixth People's Hospital of Nantong), Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, China
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Gonzales S, Zhao JZ, Choi NY, Acharya P, Jeong S, Lee MY. SOX7: Novel Autistic Gene Identified by Analysis of Multi-Omics Data. RESEARCH SQUARE 2023:rs.3.rs-3346245. [PMID: 37790478 PMCID: PMC10543249 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3346245/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
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Background Despite thousands of variants identified by genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to be associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), it is unclear which mutations are causal because most are noncoding. Consequently, reliable diagnostic biomarkers are lacking. RNA-seq analysis captures biomolecular complexity that GWAS cannot by considering transcriptomic patterns. Therefore, integrating DNA and RNA testing may reveal causal genes and useful biomarkers for ASD. Methods We performed gene-based association studies using an adaptive test method with GWAS summary statistics from two large Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) datasets (ASD2019: 18,382 cases and 27,969 controls; ASD2017: 6,197 cases and 7,377 controls). We also investigated differential expression for genes identified with the adaptive test using an RNA-seq dataset (GSE30573: 3 cases and 3 controls) and DESeq2. Results We identified 5 genes significantly associated with ASD in ASD2019 (KIZ-AS1, p = 8.67×10- 10; KIZ, p = 1.16×10- 9; XRN2, p = 7.73×10- 9; SOX7, p = 2.22×10- 7; LOC101929229 (also known as PINX1-DT), p = 2.14×10- 6). Two of the five genes were replicated in ASD2017: SOX7 (p = 0.00087) and LOC101929229 (p = 0.009), and KIZ was close to the replication boundary of replication (p = 0.06). We identified significant expression differences for SOX7 (p = 0.0017, adjusted p = 0.0085), LOC101929229 (p = 5.83×10- 7, adjusted p = 1.18×10- 5), and KIZ (p = 0.00099, adjusted p = 0.0055). SOX7 encodes a transcription factor that regulates developmental pathways, alterations in which may contribute to ASD. Limitations The limitation of the gene-based analysis is the reliance on a reference population for estimating linkage disequilibrium between variants. The similarity of this reference population to the population of study is crucial to the accuracy of many gene-based analyses, including those performed in this study. As a result, the extent of our findings is limited to European populations, as this was our reference of choice. Future work includes a tighter integration of DNA and RNA information as well as extensions to non-European populations that have been under-researched. Conclusions These findings suggest that SOX7 and its related SOX family genes encode transcription factors that are critical to the downregulation of the canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, an important developmental signaling pathway, providing credence to the biologic plausibility of the association between gene SOX7 and autism spectrum disorder.
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- Miami Dade College Kendall Campus and School for Advanced Studies
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Hernández-García A, Pendleton KE, Kim S, Li Y, Kim BJ, Zaveri HP, Jordan VK, Berry AM, Ljungberg MC, Chen R, Lanz RB, Scott DA. SOX7 deficiency causes ventricular septal defects through its effects on endocardial-to-mesenchymal transition and the expression of Wnt4 and Bmp2. Hum Mol Genet 2023; 32:2152-2161. [PMID: 37000005 PMCID: PMC10281751 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddad050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Revised: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/01/2023] Open
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SOX7 is a transcription factor-encoding gene located in a region on chromosome 8p23.1 that is recurrently deleted in individuals with ventricular septal defects (VSDs). We have previously shown that Sox7-/- embryos die of heart failure around E11.5. Here, we demonstrate that these embryos have hypocellular endocardial cushions with severely reduced numbers of mesenchymal cells. Ablation of Sox7 in the endocardium also resulted in hypocellular endocardial cushions, and we observed VSDs in rare E15.5 Sox7flox/-;Tie2-Cre and Sox7flox/flox;Tie2-Cre embryos that survived to E15.5. In atrioventricular explant studies, we showed that SOX7 deficiency leads to a severe reduction in endocardial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndMT). RNA-seq studies performed on E9.5 Sox7-/- heart tubes revealed severely reduced Wnt4 transcript levels. Wnt4 is expressed in the endocardium and promotes EndMT by acting in a paracrine manner to increase the expression of Bmp2 in the myocardium. Both WNT4 and BMP2 have been previously implicated in the development of VSDs in individuals with 46,XX sex reversal with dysgenesis of kidney, adrenals and lungs (SERKAL) syndrome and in individuals with short stature, facial dysmorphism and skeletal anomalies with or without cardiac anomalies 1 (SSFSC1) syndrome, respectively. We now show that Sox7 and Wnt4 interact genetically in the development of VSDs through their additive effects on endocardial cushion development with Sox7+/-;Wnt4+/- double heterozygous embryos having hypocellular endocardial cushions and perimembranous and muscular VSDs not seen in their Sox7+/- and Wnt4+/- littermates. These results provide additional evidence that SOX7, WNT4 and BMP2 function in the same pathway during mammalian septal development and that their deficiency can contribute to the development of VSDs in humans.
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- Andrés Hernández-García
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Quantitative and Computational Biosciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Gonzales S, Zhao JZ, Choi NY, Acharya P, Jeong S, Lee MY. SOX7: Novel Autistic Gene Identified by Analysis of Multi-Omics Data. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.05.26.542456. [PMID: 37292933 PMCID: PMC10245991 DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.26.542456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Background Genome-wide association studies and next generation sequencing data analyses based on DNA information have identified thousands of mutations associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, more than 99% of identified mutations are non-coding. Thus, it is unclear which of these mutations might be functional and thus potentially causal variants. Transcriptomic profiling using total RNA-sequencing has been one of the most utilized approaches to link protein levels to genetic information at the molecular level. The transcriptome captures molecular genomic complexity that the DNA sequence solely does not. Some mutations alter a gene's DNA sequence but do not necessarily change expression and/or protein function. To date, few common variants reliably associated with the diagnosis status of ASD despite consistently high estimates of heritability. In addition, reliable biomarkers used to diagnose ASD or molecular mechanisms to define the severity of ASD do not exist. Objectives It is necessary to integrate DNA and RNA testing together to identify true causal genes and propose useful biomarkers for ASD. Methods We performed gene-based association studies with adaptive test using genome-wide association studies (GWAS) summary statistics with two large GWAS datasets (ASD 2019 data: 18,382 ASD cases and 27,969 controls [discovery data]; ASD 2017 data: 6,197 ASD cases and 7,377 controls [replication data]) which were obtained from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC). In addition, we investigated differential expression for genes identified in gene-based GWAS with a RNA-seq dataset (GSE30573: 3 cases and 3 controls) using the DESeq2 package. Results We identified 5 genes significantly associated with ASD in ASD 2019 data (KIZ-AS1, p=8.67×10-10; KIZ, p=1.16×10-9; XRN2, p=7.73×10-9; SOX7, p=2.22×10-7; PINX1-DT, p=2.14×10-6). Among these 5 genes, gene SOX7 (p=0.00087), LOC101929229 (p=0.009), and KIZ-AS1 (p=0.059) were replicated in ASD 2017 data. KIZ (p=0.06) was close to the boundary of replication in ASD 2017 data. Genes SOX7 (p=0.0017, adjusted p=0.0085), LOC101929229 (also known as PINX1-DT, p=5.83×10-7, adjusted p=1.18×10-5), and KIZ (p=0.00099, adjusted p=0.0055) indicated significant expression differences between cases and controls in the RNA-seq data. SOX7 encodes a member of the SOX (SRY-related HMG-box) family of transcription factors pivotally contributing to determining of the cell fate and identity in many lineages. The encoded protein may act as a transcriptional regulator after forming a protein complex with other proteins leading to autism. Conclusion Gene SOX7 in the transcription factor family could be associated with ASD. This finding may provide new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for ASD.
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- Samantha Gonzales
- Department of Biostatistics, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199
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- Miami Dade College Kendall Campus and School for Advanced Studies, Miami, FL 33176
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76207
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76207
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- Department of Healthcare Information Technology Inje University, Gimhae, South Korea, 50834
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76207
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Epigenome-Wide Analysis Reveals DNA Methylation Alteration in ZFP57 and Its Target RASGFR2 in a Mexican Population Cohort with Autism. CHILDREN (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 9:children9040462. [PMID: 35455506 PMCID: PMC9025761 DOI: 10.3390/children9040462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Revised: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) comprise a group of heterogeneous and complex neurodevelopmental disorders. Genetic and environmental factors contribute to ASD etiology. DNA methylation is particularly relevant for ASD due to its mediating role in the complex interaction between genotype and environment and has been implicated in ASD pathophysiology. The lack of diversity in DNA methylation studies in ASD individuals is remarkable. Since genetic and environmental factors are likely to vary across populations, the study of underrepresented populations is necessary to understand the molecular alterations involved in ASD and the risk factors underlying these changes. This study explored genome-wide differences in DNA methylation patterns in buccal epithelium cells between Mexican ASD patients (n = 27) and age-matched typically developing (TD: n = 15) children. DNA methylation profiles were evaluated with the Illumina 450k array. We evaluated the interaction between sex and ASD and found a differentially methylated region (DMR) over the 5′UTR region of ZFP57 and one of its targets, RASGRF2. These results match previous findings in brain tissue, which may indicate that ZFP57 could be used as a proxy for DNA methylation in different tissues. This is the first study performed in a Mexican, and subsequently, Latin American, population that evaluates DNA methylation in ASD patients.
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Predisposition to atrioventricular septal defects may be caused by SOX7 variants that impair interaction with GATA4. Mol Genet Genomics 2022; 297:671-687. [PMID: 35260939 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-022-01859-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Atrioventricular septal defects (AVSD) are a complicated subtype of congenital heart defects for which the genetic basis is poorly understood. Many studies have demonstrated that the transcription factor SOX7 plays a pivotal role in cardiovascular development. However, whether SOX7 single nucleotide variants are involved in AVSD pathogenesis is unclear. To explore the potential pathogenic role of SOX7 variants, we recruited a total of 100 sporadic non-syndromic AVSD Chinese Han patients and screened SOX7 variants in the patient cohort by targeted sequencing. Functional assays were performed to evaluate pathogenicity of nonsynonymous variants of SOX7. We identified three rare SOX7 variants, c.40C > G, c.542G > A, and c.743C > T, in the patient cohort, all of which were found to be highly conserved in mammals. Compared to the wild type, these SOX7 variants had increased mRNA expression and decreased protein expression. In developing hearts, SOX7 and GATA4 were highly expressed in the region of atrioventricular cushions. Moreover, SOX7 overexpression promoted the expression of GATA4 in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. A chromatin immunoprecipitation assay revealed that SOX7 could directly bind to the GATA4 promoter and luciferase assays demonstrated that SOX7 activated the GATA4 promoter. The SOX7 variants had impaired transcriptional activity relative to wild-type SOX7. Furthermore, the SOX7 variants altered the ability of GATA4 to regulate its target genes. In conclusion, our findings showed that deleterious SOX7 variants potentially contribute to human AVSD by impairing its interaction with GATA4. This study provides novel insights into the etiology of AVSD and contributes new strategies to the prenatal diagnosis of AVSD.
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Hong N, Zhang E, Xie H, Jin L, Zhang Q, Lu Y, Chen AF, Yu Y, Zhou B, Chen S, Yu Y, Sun K. The transcription factor Sox7 modulates endocardiac cushion formation contributed to atrioventricular septal defect through Wnt4/Bmp2 signaling. Cell Death Dis 2021; 12:393. [PMID: 33846290 PMCID: PMC8041771 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-021-03658-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2020] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Cardiac septum malformations account for the largest proportion in congenital heart defects. The transcription factor Sox7 has critical functions in the vascular development and angiogenesis. It is unclear whether Sox7 also contributes to cardiac septation development. We identified a de novo 8p23.1 deletion with Sox7 haploinsufficiency in an atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) patient using whole exome sequencing in 100 AVSD patients. Then, multiple Sox7 conditional loss-of-function mice models were generated to explore the role of Sox7 in atrioventricular cushion development. Sox7 deficiency mice embryos exhibited partial AVSD and impaired endothelial to mesenchymal transition (EndMT). Transcriptome analysis revealed BMP signaling pathway was significantly downregulated in Sox7 deficiency atrioventricular cushions. Mechanistically, Sox7 deficiency reduced the expressions of Bmp2 in atrioventricular canal myocardium and Wnt4 in endocardium, and Sox7 binds to Wnt4 and Bmp2 directly. Furthermore, WNT4 or BMP2 protein could partially rescue the impaired EndMT process caused by Sox7 deficiency, and inhibition of BMP2 by Noggin could attenuate the effect of WNT4 protein. In summary, our findings identify Sox7 as a novel AVSD pathogenic candidate gene, and it can regulate the EndMT involved in atrioventricular cushion morphogenesis through Wnt4-Bmp2 signaling. This study contributes new strategies to the diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects.
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- Nanchao Hong
- grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 200092 Shanghai, China ,grid.8547.e0000 0001 0125 2443Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 200032 Shanghai, China
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- grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 200092 Shanghai, China
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- grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 200092 Shanghai, China ,grid.8547.e0000 0001 0125 2443Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 200032 Shanghai, China
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- grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 200092 Shanghai, China
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- grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293Institute for Developmental and Regenerative Cardiovascular Medicine, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200092 Shanghai, China
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- grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 200092 Shanghai, China
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- grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293Institute for Developmental and Regenerative Cardiovascular Medicine, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200092 Shanghai, China
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- grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 200092 Shanghai, China
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- grid.9227.e0000000119573309Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200031 Shanghai, China
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- grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 200092 Shanghai, China
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- grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 200092 Shanghai, China ,grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293Institute for Developmental and Regenerative Cardiovascular Medicine, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200092 Shanghai, China
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- grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 200092 Shanghai, China
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Stevanovic M, Drakulic D, Lazic A, Ninkovic DS, Schwirtlich M, Mojsin M. SOX Transcription Factors as Important Regulators of Neuronal and Glial Differentiation During Nervous System Development and Adult Neurogenesis. Front Mol Neurosci 2021; 14:654031. [PMID: 33867936 PMCID: PMC8044450 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2021.654031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The SOX proteins belong to the superfamily of transcription factors (TFs) that display properties of both classical TFs and architectural components of chromatin. Since the cloning of the Sox/SOX genes, remarkable progress has been made in illuminating their roles as key players in the regulation of multiple developmental and physiological processes. SOX TFs govern diverse cellular processes during development, such as maintaining the pluripotency of stem cells, cell proliferation, cell fate decisions/germ layer formation as well as terminal cell differentiation into tissues and organs. However, their roles are not limited to development since SOX proteins influence survival, regeneration, cell death and control homeostasis in adult tissues. This review summarized current knowledge of the roles of SOX proteins in control of central nervous system development. Some SOX TFs suspend neural progenitors in proliferative, stem-like state and prevent their differentiation. SOX proteins function as pioneer factors that occupy silenced target genes and keep them in a poised state for activation at subsequent stages of differentiation. At appropriate stage of development, SOX members that maintain stemness are down-regulated in cells that are competent to differentiate, while other SOX members take over their functions and govern the process of differentiation. Distinct SOX members determine down-stream processes of neuronal and glial differentiation. Thus, sequentially acting SOX TFs orchestrate neural lineage development defining neuronal and glial phenotypes. In line with their crucial roles in the nervous system development, deregulation of specific SOX proteins activities is associated with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs). The overview of the current knowledge about the link between SOX gene variants and NDDs is presented. We outline the roles of SOX TFs in adult neurogenesis and brain homeostasis and discuss whether impaired adult neurogenesis, detected in neurodegenerative diseases, could be associated with deregulation of SOX proteins activities. We present the current data regarding the interaction between SOX proteins and signaling pathways and microRNAs that play roles in nervous system development. Finally, future research directions that will improve the knowledge about distinct and various roles of SOX TFs in health and diseases are presented and discussed.
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- Milena Stevanovic
- Laboratory for Human Molecular Genetics, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.,Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.,Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Laboratory for Human Molecular Genetics, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Laboratory for Human Molecular Genetics, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Laboratory for Human Molecular Genetics, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Laboratory for Human Molecular Genetics, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Laboratory for Human Molecular Genetics, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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Jiang X, Li T, Li B, Wei W, Li F, Chen S, Xu R, Sun K. SOX7 suppresses endothelial-to-mesenchymal transitions by enhancing VE-cadherin expression during outflow tract development. Clin Sci (Lond) 2021; 135:829-846. [PMID: 33720353 DOI: 10.1042/cs20201496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Revised: 03/06/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndMT) is a critical process that occurs during the development of the outflow tract (OFT). Malformations of the OFT can lead to the occurrence of conotruncal defect (CTD). SOX7 duplication has been reported in patients with congenital CTD, but its specific role in OFT development remains poorly understood. To decipher this, histological analysis showed that SRY-related HMG-box 7 (SOX7) was regionally expressed in the endocardial endothelial cells and in the mesenchymal cells of the OFT, where EndMT occurs. Experiments, using in vitro collagen gel culture system, revealed that SOX7 was a negative regulator of EndMT that inhibited endocardial cell (EC) migration and resulted in decreased number of mesenchymal cells. Forced expression of SOX7 in endothelial cells blocked further migration and improved the expression of the adhesion protein vascular endothelial (VE)-cadherin (VE-cadherin). Moreover, a VE-cadherin knockdown could partly reverse the SOX7-mediated repression of cell migration. Luciferase and electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) demonstrated that SOX7 up-regulated VE-cadherin by directly binding to the gene's promoter in endothelial cells. The coding exons and splicing regions of the SOX7 gene were also scanned in the 536 sporadic CTD patients and in 300 unaffected controls, which revealed four heterozygous SOX7 mutations. Luciferase assays revealed that two SOX7 variants weakened the transactivation of the VE-cadherin promoter. In conclusion, SOX7 inhibited EndMT during OFT development by directly up-regulating the endothelial-specific adhesion molecule VE-cadherin. SOX7 mutations can lead to impaired EndMT by regulating VE-cadherin, which may give rise to the molecular mechanisms associated with SOX7 in CTD pathogenesis.
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- Xuechao Jiang
- Scientific Research Center, Xinhua Hospital, Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Xinhua Hospital, Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Xinhua Hospital, Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Xinhua Hospital, Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Xinhua Hospital, Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Scientific Research Center, Xinhua Hospital, Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Xinhua Hospital, Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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Bohnsack KE, Ficner R, Bohnsack MT, Jonas S. Regulation of DEAH-box RNA helicases by G-patch proteins. Biol Chem 2021; 402:561-579. [PMID: 33857358 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2020-0338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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RNA helicases of the DEAH/RHA family form a large and conserved class of enzymes that remodel RNA protein complexes (RNPs) by translocating along the RNA. Driven by ATP hydrolysis, they exert force to dissociate hybridized RNAs, dislocate bound proteins or unwind secondary structure elements in RNAs. The sub-cellular localization of DEAH-helicases and their concomitant association with different pathways in RNA metabolism, such as pre-mRNA splicing or ribosome biogenesis, can be guided by cofactor proteins that specifically recruit and simultaneously activate them. Here we review the mode of action of a large class of DEAH-specific adaptor proteins of the G-patch family. Defined only by their eponymous short glycine-rich motif, which is sufficient for helicase binding and stimulation, this family encompasses an immensely varied array of domain compositions and is linked to an equally diverse set of functions. G-patch proteins are conserved throughout eukaryotes and are even encoded within retroviruses. They are involved in mRNA, rRNA and snoRNA maturation, telomere maintenance and the innate immune response. Only recently was the structural and mechanistic basis for their helicase enhancing activity determined. We summarize the molecular and functional details of G-patch-mediated helicase regulation in their associated pathways and their involvement in human diseases.
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- Katherine E Bohnsack
- Department of Molecular Biology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany.,Göttingen Centre for Molecular Biosciences, Georg-August University, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany.,Göttingen Centre for Molecular Biosciences, Georg-August University, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Olbromski M, Podhorska-Okołów M, Dzięgiel P. Role of SOX Protein Groups F and H in Lung Cancer Progression. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12113235. [PMID: 33152990 PMCID: PMC7692225 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12113235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Revised: 10/24/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Simple Summary The expression of SOX proteins has been demonstrated in many tissues at various stages of embryogenesis, where they play the role of transcription factors. The SOX18 protein (along with SOX7 and SOX17) belongs to the SOXF group and is mainly involved in the development of the cardiovascular system, where its expression was found in the endothelium. SOX18 expression was also demonstrated in neoplastic lines of gastric, pancreatic and colon adenocarcinomas. The prognostic role of SOX30 expression has only been studied in lung adenocarcinomas, where a low expression of this factor in the stromal tumor was associated with a worse prognosis for patients. Because of the complexity of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) development, the role of the SOX proteins in this malignancy is still not fully understood. Many recently published papers show that SOX family protein members play a crucial role in the progression of NSCLC. Abstract The SOX family proteins are proved to play a crucial role in the development of the lymphatic ducts and the cardiovascular system. Moreover, an increased expression level of the SOX18 protein has been found in many malignances, such as melanoma, stomach, pancreatic breast and lung cancers. Another SOX family protein, the SOX30 transcription factor, is responsible for the development of male germ cells. Additionally, recent studies have shown its proapoptotic character in non-small cell lung cancer cells. Our preliminary studies showed a disparity in the amount of mRNA of the SOX18 gene relative to the amount of protein. This is why our attention has been focused on microRNA (miRNA) molecules, which could regulate the SOX18 gene transcript level. Recent data point to the fact that, in practically all types of cancer, hundreds of genes exhibit an abnormal methylation, covering around 5–10% of the thousands of CpG islands present in the promoter sequences, which in normal cells should not be methylated from the moment the embryo finishes its development. It has been demonstrated that in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cases there is a large heterogeneity of the methylation process. The role of the SOX18 and SOX30 expression in non-small-cell lung cancers (NSCLCs) is not yet fully understood. However, if we take into account previous reports, these proteins may be important factors in the development and progression of these malignancies.
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- Mateusz Olbromski
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Department of Human Morphology and Embryology, Medical University, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +48-717-841-354; Fax: +48-717-840-082
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- Department of Ultrastructural Research, Department of Human Morphology and Embryology, Medical University, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland;
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Department of Human Morphology and Embryology, Medical University, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland;
- Department of Physiotherapy, University School of Physical Education, 51-612 Wroclaw, Poland
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Ashrafizadeh M, Taeb S, Hushmandi K, Orouei S, Shahinozzaman M, Zabolian A, Moghadam ER, Raei M, Zarrabi A, Khan H, Najafi M. Cancer and SOX proteins: New insight into their role in ovarian cancer progression/inhibition. Pharmacol Res 2020; 161:105159. [PMID: 32818654 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2020.105159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2020] [Revised: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Transcription factors are potential targets in disease therapy, particularly in cancer. This is due to the fact that transcription factors regulate a variety of cellular events, and their modulation has opened a new window in cancer therapy. Sex-determining region Y (SRY)-related high-mobility group (HMG) box (SOX) proteins are potential transcription factors that are involved in developmental processes such as embryogenesis. It has been reported that abnormal expression of SOX proteins is associated with development of different cancers, particularly ovarian cancer (OC). In the present review, our aim is to provide a mechanistic review of involvement of SOX members in OC. SOX members may suppress and/or promote aggressiveness and proliferation of OC cells. Clinical studies have also confirmed the potential of transcription factors as diagnostic and prognostic factors in OC. Notably, studies have demonstrated the relationship between SOX members and other molecular pathways such as ST6Ga1-I, PI3K, ERK and so on, leading to more complexity. Furthermore, SOX members can be affected by upstream mediators such as microRNAs, long non-coding RNAs, and so on. It is worth mentioning that the expression of each member of SOX proteins is corelated with different stages of OC. Furthermore, their expression determines the response of OC cells to chemotherapy. These topics are discussed in this review to shed some light on role of SOX transcription factors in OC.
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- Milad Ashrafizadeh
- Department of Basic Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Ionizing and Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection Research Center (INIRPRC), Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Quality Control, Division of Epidemiology & Zoonoses, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- MSc. Student, Department of Genetics, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
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- Young Researchers and Elite Club, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Anatomical sciences, School of Medicine, Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Health Research Center, Life Style Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (SUNUM), Tuzla, Istanbul, 34956, Turkey; Center of Excellence for Functional Surfaces and Interfaces (EFSUN), Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, Tuzla, Istanbul, 34956, Turkey.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, 23200, Pakistan
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- Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Department, School of Paramedical Sciences, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
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de la Fuente Jiménez JL, Sharma A, Paul S. Characterization of miRNAs from sardine ( Sardina pilchardus Walbaum, 1792) and their tissue-specific expression analysis in brain and liver. 3 Biotech 2020; 10:318. [PMID: 32617252 PMCID: PMC7320087 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-020-02298-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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MicroRNAs are endogenous highly conserved short (~ 21 nucleotides) non-coding RNA molecules that play key roles in post-transcriptional gene regulation by translational inhibition or by target mRNA cleavage. In this report, using high stringent computational-based methods, a total of 101 putative miRNAs were identified from European sardine fish (Sardina pilchardus Walbaum, 1792). All the precursors of identified sardine miRNAs formed stable stem-loop structures and displayed high minimum free energy index (MFEI) values. For the experimental validation of the computationally predicted miRNAs, a tissue-specific quantitative study of eight randomly selected putative sardine miRNAs (spi-miR9, spi-miR26, spi-miR128, spi-miR129, spi-miR132, spi-miR212, spi-miR219, and spi-miR338) was performed in brain and liver and all the selected miRNAs were found to be overexpressed in brain tissue. Moreover, using RNAhybrid, a total of 83 potential target proteins of the characterized sardine miRNAs were identified those are involved in transcription, cellular development, defense mechanism, and various signaling pathways. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of sardine microRNAs and their targets.
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- Juan Luis de la Fuente Jiménez
- School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Queretaro, Av. Epigmenio Gonzalez, No. 500 Fracc. San Pablo, 76130 Queretaro, Mexico
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- School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Queretaro, Av. Epigmenio Gonzalez, No. 500 Fracc. San Pablo, 76130 Queretaro, Mexico
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- School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Queretaro, Av. Epigmenio Gonzalez, No. 500 Fracc. San Pablo, 76130 Queretaro, Mexico
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Haseeb A, Lefebvre V. The SOXE transcription factors-SOX8, SOX9 and SOX10-share a bi-partite transactivation mechanism. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 47:6917-6931. [PMID: 31194875 PMCID: PMC6649842 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2019] [Revised: 05/23/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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SOX8, SOX9 and SOX10 compose the SOXE transcription factor group. They govern cell fate and differentiation in many lineages, and mutations impairing their activity cause severe diseases, including campomelic dysplasia (SOX9), sex determination disorders (SOX8 and SOX9) and Waardenburg-Shah syndrome (SOX10). However, incomplete knowledge of their modes of action limits disease understanding. We here uncover that the proteins share a bipartite transactivation mechanism, whereby a transactivation domain in the middle of the proteins (TAM) synergizes with a C-terminal one (TAC). TAM comprises amphipathic α-helices predicted to form a protein-binding pocket and overlapping with minimal transactivation motifs (9-aa-TAD) described in many transcription factors. One 9-aa-TAD sequence includes an evolutionarily conserved and functionally required EΦ[D/E]QYΦ motif. SOXF proteins (SOX7, SOX17 and SOX18) contain an identical motif, suggesting evolution from a common ancestor already harboring this motif, whereas TAC and other transactivating SOX proteins feature only remotely related motifs. Missense variants in this SOXE/SOXF-specific motif are rare in control individuals, but have been detected in cancers, supporting its importance in development and physiology. By deepening understanding of mechanisms underlying the central transactivation function of SOXE proteins, these findings should help further decipher molecular networks essential for development and health and dysregulated in diseases.
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- Abdul Haseeb
- Department of Surgery/Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Surgery/Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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The formation and remodeling of a functional circulatory system is critical for sustaining prenatal and postnatal life. During embryogenesis, newly differentiated endothelial cells require further specification to create the unique features of distinct vessel subtypes needed to support tissue morphogenesis. In this review, we explore signaling pathways and transcriptional regulators that modulate endothelial cell differentiation and specification, as well as applications of these processes to stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. We also summarize recent technical advances, including the growing utilization of single-cell sequencing to study vascular heterogeneity and development.
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- Jingyao Qiu
- From the Department of Genetics (J.Q., K.K.H.), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.,Department of Medicine (J.Q., K.K.H.), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.,Yale Cardiovascular Research Center (J.Q., K.K.H.), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.,Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program (J.Q., K.K.H.), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- From the Department of Genetics (J.Q., K.K.H.), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.,Department of Medicine (J.Q., K.K.H.), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.,Yale Cardiovascular Research Center (J.Q., K.K.H.), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.,Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program (J.Q., K.K.H.), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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Liu F, Guo L, Xin G, Wang Z. miR-452 promotes cell metastasis and the epithelial to mesenchymal by targeting SOX7 in clear-cell renal-cell carcinoma. J Cell Biochem 2019; 120:8401-8408. [PMID: 30506716 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.28125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2018] [Accepted: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Clear-cell renal-cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the most common renal cell carcinoma (RCC), representing 75%-80% of the cases of RCC, and characterized by a high recurrence rate and poor prognosis. miR-452 acts as a tumor promoter in several tumors, including ccRCC. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of miR-452 in ccRCC. miR-452 and SOX7 messenger RNA and protein levels were calculated by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and Western blot analysis. MTT and Transwell assays were utilized to measure proliferative and invasive abilities. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to evaluate the association between the expression of miR-452 or SOX7 and the overall survival of ccRCC patients. Our results showed that miR-452 was overexpressed in ccRCC tissues and cells, and upregulation of miR-452 predicted a poor 5-year survival in ccRCC patients. In contrast, expression of SOX7 was low and downregulation of SOX7 predicted poor prognosis in ccRCC. In addition, miR-452 promoted cell proliferation, invasion, and the EMT, while SOX7 reversed the function of miR-452 on cell proliferation and invasion in 786-O cells. In conclusion, miR-452 was shown to inhibit cell proliferation, invasion, and the EMT through SOX7 in ccRCC, and the newly identified miR-452/SOX7 axis provided novel insight into the pathogenesis of ccRCC.
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- Feng Liu
- Department of Nephrology, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Nephrology, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Nephrology, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Urology, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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Yao Y, Yao J, Boström KI. SOX Transcription Factors in Endothelial Differentiation and Endothelial-Mesenchymal Transitions. Front Cardiovasc Med 2019; 6:30. [PMID: 30984768 PMCID: PMC6447608 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2019.00030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The SRY (Sex Determining Region Y)-related HMG box of DNA binding proteins, referred to as SOX transcription factors, were first identified as critical regulators of male sex determination but are now known to play an important role in vascular development and disease. SOX7, 17, and 18 are essential in endothelial differentiation and SOX2 has emerged as an essential mediator of endothelial-mesenchymal transitions (EndMTs), a mechanism that enables the endothelium to contribute cells with abnormal cell differentiation to vascular disease such as calcific vasculopathy. In the following paper, we review published information on the SOX transcription factors in endothelial differentiation and hypothesize that SOX2 acts as a mediator of EndMTs that contribute to vascular calcification.
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- Yucheng Yao
- Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Peng W, Guo L, Tang R, Liu X, Jin R, Dong JT, Xing CG, Zhou W. Sox7 negatively regulates prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) expression through PSMA-enhancer. Prostate 2019; 79:370-378. [PMID: 30488457 PMCID: PMC6344945 DOI: 10.1002/pros.23743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2018] [Accepted: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND PSMA expression in the prostate epithelium is controlled by a cis-element, PSMA enhancer (PSME). PSME contains multiple binding sites for Sox proteins, and in this study, we identified Sox7 protein as a negative regulator of PSMA expression through its interaction with PSME. METHODS The statistical correlation between Sox7 and PSMA mRNA expression was evaluated using five prostate cancer studies from cBioportal. In vitro and in vivo interaction between Sox7 and PSME was evaluated by chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP), electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA), and luciferase reporter assay. Synthetic oligonucleotides were generated to define the sites in PSME that interact with Sox7 protein. Sox7 mutants were generated to identify the region of this protein required to regulate PSMA expression. Sox7 was also stably expressed in LNCaP/C4-2 and 22Rv1 cells to validate the regulation of PSMA expression by Sox7 in vivo. RESULTS Sox7 mRNA expression negatively correlated with PSMA/FOLH1 and PSMAL/FOLH1B mRNA expression in Broad/Cornell, TCGA and MSKCC studies, but not in two studies containing only metastatic prostate tumors. PC-3 cells mostly expressed the 48.5 KDa isoform 2 of Sox7, and the depletion of this isoform did not restore PSMA expression. Ectopic expression of canonical, wild-type Sox7 in C4-2 and 22Rv1 cells suppressed PSMA protein expression. ChIP assay revealed that canonical Sox7 protein preferentially interacts with PSME in vivo, and EMSA identified the SOX box sites #2 and #4 in PSME as required for its interaction. Sox7 was capable of directly binding to PSME and suppressed PSME-mediated transcription. The NLS regions of Sox7, but not its β-catenin interacting motif, are essential for this suppressing activity. Furthermore, restoration of wild-type Sox7 expression but not Sox7-NLS mutant in Sox7-null prostate cancer cell lines suppressed PSMA expression. CONCLUSIONS The inactivation of canonical Sox7 is responsible for the upregulated expression of PSMA in non-metastatic prostate cancer.
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- Wei Peng
- Winship Cancer Institute, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital Of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215004, P.R. China
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- Winship Cancer Institute, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health
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- Winship Cancer Institute, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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- Winship Cancer Institute, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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- Winship Cancer Institute, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
- Department of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital Of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215004, P.R. China
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- Winship Cancer Institute, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
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Wang L, Fan Y, Zhang L, Li L, Kuang G, Luo C, Li C, Xiang T, Tao Q, Zhang Q, Ying J. Classic SRY-box protein SOX7 functions as a tumor suppressor regulating WNT signaling and is methylated in renal cell carcinoma. FASEB J 2018; 33:254-263. [PMID: 29957056 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201701453rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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SOX7 (SRY-related high mobility group box 7), a high mobility group protein, is reported to be down-regulated in several cancer types, which indicates an important role in tumorigenesis; however, its biologic role in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) pathogenesis remains unknown. We studied the alterations and functions of SOX7 in RCC. We detected its broad expression in multiple human normal tissues, including kidney, but frequent down-regulation in RCC cell lines and primary tumors. Promoter CpG methylation seems to directly mediate SOX7 silencing in RCC cells, which could be reversed by demethylation treatment. SOX7 methylation was detected in primary RCC tumors, but rarely in normal kidney tissues. Restoration of SOX7 in silenced 786-O and A498 RCC cell lines inhibited their cell growth by inducing G0/G1 arrest, whereas SOX7 knockdown promoted RCC cell proliferation. We also found that SOX7 silencing resulted in the activation of WNT signaling and the induction of epithelial to mesenchymal transition. In conclusion, the current study demonstrates that SOX7 is frequently inactivated by promoter CpG methylation in RCC and functions as a tumor suppressor by regulating WNT signaling.-Wang, L., Fan, Y., Zhang, L., Li, L., Kuang, G., Luo, C., Li, C., Xiang, T., Tao, Q., Zhang, Q., Ying, J. Classic SRY-box protein SOX7 functions as a tumor suppressor regulating WNT signaling and is methylated in renal cell carcinoma.
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- Lu Wang
- Department of Urology, National Research Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Peking University First Hospital and Institute of Urology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Urology, National Research Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Peking University First Hospital and Institute of Urology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Urology, National Research Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Peking University First Hospital and Institute of Urology, Beijing, China
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Department of Clinical Oncology, Sir Y. K. Pao Center for Cancer and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Urology, National Research Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Peking University First Hospital and Institute of Urology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Urology, National Research Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Peking University First Hospital and Institute of Urology, Beijing, China
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Department of Clinical Oncology, Sir Y. K. Pao Center for Cancer and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Hong Kong, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology and Epigenetics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Department of Clinical Oncology, Sir Y. K. Pao Center for Cancer and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Urology, National Research Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Peking University First Hospital and Institute of Urology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pathology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Alonso-Martin S, Auradé F, Mademtzoglou D, Rochat A, Zammit PS, Relaix F. SOXF factors regulate murine satellite cell self-renewal and function through inhibition of β-catenin activity. eLife 2018; 7:26039. [PMID: 29882512 PMCID: PMC6021169 DOI: 10.7554/elife.26039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2017] [Accepted: 06/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Muscle satellite cells are the primary source of stem cells for postnatal skeletal muscle growth and regeneration. Understanding genetic control of satellite cell formation, maintenance, and acquisition of their stem cell properties is on-going, and we have identified SOXF (SOX7, SOX17, SOX18) transcriptional factors as being induced during satellite cell specification. We demonstrate that SOXF factors regulate satellite cell quiescence, self-renewal and differentiation. Moreover, ablation of Sox17 in the muscle lineage impairs postnatal muscle growth and regeneration. We further determine that activities of SOX7, SOX17 and SOX18 overlap during muscle regeneration, with SOXF transcriptional activity requisite. Finally, we show that SOXF factors also control satellite cell expansion and renewal by directly inhibiting the output of β-catenin activity, including inhibition of Ccnd1 and Axin2. Together, our findings identify a key regulatory function of SoxF genes in muscle stem cells via direct transcriptional control and interaction with canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling.
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- Sonia Alonso-Martin
- Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale, INSERM U955-E10, Créteil, France.,Université Paris Est, Faculté de Medecine, Créteil, France.,Ecole Nationale Veterinaire d'Alfort, Maison Alfort, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM U974, Center for Research in Myology, Paris, France
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- Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale, INSERM U955-E10, Créteil, France.,Université Paris Est, Faculté de Medecine, Créteil, France.,Ecole Nationale Veterinaire d'Alfort, Maison Alfort, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM U974, Center for Research in Myology, Paris, France
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- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale, INSERM U955-E10, Créteil, France.,Université Paris Est, Faculté de Medecine, Créteil, France.,Ecole Nationale Veterinaire d'Alfort, Maison Alfort, France.,Etablissement Français du Sang, Creteil, France.,APHP, Hopitaux UniversitairesHenri Mondor, Centre de Référence des Maladies Neuromusculaires GNMH, Créteil, France
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Rajgara RF, Lala-Tabbert N, Marchildon F, Lamarche É, MacDonald JK, Scott DA, Blais A, Skerjanc IS, Wiper-Bergeron N. SOX7 Is Required for Muscle Satellite Cell Development and Maintenance. Stem Cell Reports 2017; 9:1139-1151. [PMID: 28943254 PMCID: PMC5639291 DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2017.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2016] [Revised: 08/22/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Satellite cells are skeletal-muscle-specific stem cells that are activated by injury to proliferate, differentiate, and fuse to enable repair. SOX7, a member of the SRY-related HMG-box family of transcription factors is expressed in quiescent satellite cells. To elucidate SOX7 function in skeletal muscle, we knocked down Sox7 expression in embryonic stem cells and primary myoblasts and generated a conditional knockout mouse in which Sox7 is excised in PAX3+ cells. Loss of Sox7 in embryonic stem cells reduced Pax3 and Pax7 expression. In vivo, conditional knockdown of Sox7 reduced the satellite cell population from birth, reduced myofiber caliber, and impaired regeneration after acute injury. Although Sox7-deficient primary myoblasts differentiated normally, impaired myoblast fusion and increased sensitivity to apoptosis in culture and in vivo were observed. Taken together, these results indicate that SOX7 is dispensable for myogenesis but is necessary to promote satellite cell development and survival.
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- Rashida F Rajgara
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada; Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada; Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada.
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Ko HL, Lam TH, Ng H, Toh J, Wang LW, Ren EC. Identification of Slug and SOX7 as transcriptional repressors binding to the hepatitis B virus core promoter. J Hepatol 2017; 68:S0168-8278(17)32276-6. [PMID: 28887167 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2017.08.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Revised: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS The Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) may gain entry into non-liver cells but does not actively replicate in them. We investigated the possibility that these cells possess mechanisms that block HBV core promoter (HBVCP) transcription, specifically absent in liver cells, which together with other liver-specific mechanisms, such as sodium-taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide-mediated entry, enable liver cells to effectively produce HBV. METHODS Liver and non-liver cell lines were screened for their capacity to activate the HBVCP and synthesize pre-genomic RNA (pgRNA). Transcription regulators differentially expressed between cells with active or inactive HBVCP were determined by human transcriptome array. Slug (SNAI2) and SRY-related HMG box 7 (SOX7) transcriptional repressors were identified and shown to bind specifically to the HBVCP by electrophoretic mobility shift assay. The resultant inhibitory effect on HBVCP transcription was validated using luciferase reporter and assays for pgRNA, HBcAg and cccDNA accumulation in cells with HBV replicon and HBV infection models. To further confirm their specific activity, short peptide mimetics generated from Slug zinc-finger domains and SOX7 HMG-box were generated. RESULTS The HBVCP was found to be active in liver and selected non-liver cells. These cells have low/negligible expression of Slug and SOX7, which inhibit HBVCP transcription specifically by binding at the pgRNA initiator site and competitively displacing hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α, respectively. Overexpression of Slug and/or SOX7 specifically reduced HBVCP transcription, significantly diminishing pgRNA synthesis, HBcAg and cccDNA accumulation in HBV-infected primary human hepatocytes. Similar results were obtained with Slug and SOX7 stapled peptides individually, which were even more potent in combination. CONCLUSIONS Slug and SOX7 are transcriptional repressors that bind specifically to the HBVCP. Their absence or weak expression in liver cells contribute to the favorable host environment for the active and efficient production of HBV. LAY SUMMARY Hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication occurs efficiently in human liver because of the specificity of viral uptake receptors and presence of numerous liver-enriched transcription activators. Herein, we show that the specific lack of transcriptional inhibitory mechanisms in liver cells also contribute to effective HBV production. HBV replication is kept low in non-liver cells as transcriptional repressors Slug and SRY-related HMG box 7 (SOX7) actively bind to the transcriptional initiator and displace transcription activators, respectively, within the HBV core promoter.
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- Hui Ling Ko
- Singapore Immunology Network, 8A Biomedical Grove, #03-06 Immunos, Singapore 138648, Singapore
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- Singapore Immunology Network, 8A Biomedical Grove, #03-06 Immunos, Singapore 138648, Singapore
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- Singapore Immunology Network, 8A Biomedical Grove, #03-06 Immunos, Singapore 138648, Singapore; Oxford Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Headington OX3 7LE, United Kingdom
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- Singapore Immunology Network, 8A Biomedical Grove, #03-06 Immunos, Singapore 138648, Singapore; Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University, 300, Palo Alto, CA 94304, United States
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- Singapore Immunology Network, 8A Biomedical Grove, #03-06 Immunos, Singapore 138648, Singapore; Division of Medical Sciences, Virology Program, Harvard Medical School, 260 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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- Singapore Immunology Network, 8A Biomedical Grove, #03-06 Immunos, Singapore 138648, Singapore; Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 5 Science Drive 2, Singapore 119260, Singapore.
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Coelho Molck M, Simioni M, Vieira TP, Sgardioli IC, Monteiro FP, Souza J, Fett‐Conte AC, Félix TM, Monlléo IL, Gil‐da‐Silva‐Lopes VL. Genomic imbalances in syndromic congenital heart disease. JORNAL DE PEDIATRIA (VERSÃO EM PORTUGUÊS) 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedp.2017.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Molck MC, Simioni M, Paiva Vieira T, Sgardioli IC, Paoli Monteiro F, Souza J, Fett-Conte AC, Félix TM, Lopes Monlléo I, Gil-da-Silva-Lopes VL. Genomic imbalances in syndromic congenital heart disease. J Pediatr (Rio J) 2017; 93:497-507. [PMID: 28336264 DOI: 10.1016/j.jped.2016.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2016] [Revised: 11/21/2016] [Accepted: 11/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To identify pathogenic genomic imbalances in patients presenting congenital heart disease (CHD) with extra cardiac anomalies and exclusion of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2 DS). METHODS 78 patients negative for the 22q11.2 deletion, previously screened by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and/or multiplex ligation probe amplification (MLPA) were tested by chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA). RESULTS Clinically significant copy number variations (CNVs ≥300kb) were identified in 10% (8/78) of cases. In addition, potentially relevant CNVs were detected in two cases (993kb duplication in 15q21.1 and 706kb duplication in 2p22.3). Genes inside the CNV regions found in this study, such as IRX4, BMPR1A, SORBS2, ID2, ROCK2, E2F6, GATA4, SOX7, SEMAD6D, FBN1, and LTPB1 are known to participate in cardiac development and could be candidate genes for CHD. CONCLUSION These data showed that patients presenting CHD with extra cardiac anomalies and exclusion of 22q11.2 DS should be investigated by CMA. The present study emphasizes the possible role of CNVs in CHD.
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- Miriam Coelho Molck
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Departamento de Genética Médica, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Departamento de Genética Médica, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Departamento de Genética Médica, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Departamento de Genética Médica, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Centro de Atendimento Integral ao Fissurado Lábio Palatal (CAIF), Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, Departamento de Biologia Molecular, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Serviço de Genética Médica, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL), Hospital Universitário, Faculdade de Medicina, Serviço de Genética Clínica, Maceió, AL, Brazil
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Lilly AJ, Mazan A, Scott DA, Lacaud G, Kouskoff V. SOX7 expression is critically required in FLK1-expressing cells for vasculogenesis and angiogenesis during mouse embryonic development. Mech Dev 2017; 146:31-41. [PMID: 28577909 PMCID: PMC5496588 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2017.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2017] [Revised: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 05/31/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The transcriptional program that regulates the differentiation of endothelial precursor cells into a highly organized vascular network is still poorly understood. Here we explore the role of SOX7 during this process, performing a detailed analysis of the vascular defects resulting from either a complete deficiency in Sox7 expression or from the conditional deletion of Sox7 in FLK1-expressing cells. We analysed the consequence of Sox7 deficiency from E7.5 onward to determine from which stage of development the effect of Sox7 deficiency can be observed. We show that while Sox7 is expressed at the onset of endothelial specification from mesoderm, Sox7 deficiency does not impact the emergence of the first endothelial progenitors. However, by E8.5, clear signs of defective vascular development are already observed with the presence of highly unorganised endothelial cords rather than distinct paired dorsal aorta. By E10.5, both Sox7 complete knockout and FLK1-specific deletion of Sox7 lead to widespread vascular defects. In contrast, while SOX7 is expressed in the earliest specified blood progenitors, the VAV-specific deletion of Sox7 does not affect the hematopoietic system. Together, our data reveal the unique role of SOX7 in vasculogenesis and angiogenesis during embryonic development.
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- Andrew J Lilly
- Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, The University of Manchester, Wilmslow road, M20 4BX, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, The University of Manchester, Wilmslow road, M20 4BX, UK
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, BCM227, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, The University of Manchester, Wilmslow road, M20 4BX, UK.
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- Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, The University of Manchester, Wilmslow road, M20 4BX, UK; Division of Developmental Biology and Medicine, The University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.
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Wang J, Zhang S, Wu J, Lu Z, Yang J, Wu H, Chen H, Lin B, Cao T. Clinical significance and prognostic value of SOX7 expression in liver and pancreatic carcinoma. Mol Med Rep 2017; 16:499-506. [PMID: 28586005 PMCID: PMC5482098 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2017.6660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2016] [Accepted: 01/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Sex determining region Y‑box 7 (SOX7) is known to function as a tumor suppressor in a number of types of cancer; however, its role in liver and pancreatic carcinoma remains unclear. The present study investigated the association between SOX7 expression and the clinical pathology of these carcinomas, in particular if SOX7 expression may be used to predict recurrence and patient prognosis following radical resection of liver and pancreatic carcinoma. SOX7 expression in human liver and pancreatic carcinoma was detected by immunohistochemical analyses and validated using mRNA data from a high‑throughput sequencing dataset from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). SOX7 expression was significantly downregulated in liver and pancreatic carcinoma relative to the adjacent benign tissues [immunoreactivity scores: Liver carcinoma (3.53±1.57) vs. benign (7.00±0.00), P<0.001; and pancreatic carcinoma (2.39±1.88) vs. benign (4.80±0.45), P=0.005]. In addition, downregulation of SOX7 was significantly associated with advanced stage liver carcinoma, and the primary pathological tumor stage and regional lymph node stages. These findings were further validated in the TCGA dataset. However, SOX7 down regulation was closely associated with the only pathological grade in pancreatic patients. Kaplan‑Meier analyses revealed significant differences in overall and disease‑free survival between patients with high and low levels of SOX7 expression. In addition, a multivariate analysis with Cox regression indicated that SOX7 may be an independent predictor of disease‑free survival. The results indicate that SOX7 may inhibit the progression of liver carcinoma and that SOX7 downregulation may accurately predict poor prognosis in liver carcinoma patients.
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- Jian Wang
- Department of General Surgery, Huadu District People's Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510800, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, Huadu District People's Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510800, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, Huadu District People's Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510800, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, Huadu District People's Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510800, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, Huadu District People's Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510800, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, Huadu District People's Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510800, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, Huadu District People's Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510800, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, Huadu District People's Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510800, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, Huadu District People's Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510800, P.R. China
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Lei TY, Wang HT, Li F, Cui YQ, Fu F, Li R, Liao C. Application of high resolution SNP arrays in patients with congenital oral clefts in south China. J Genet 2017; 95:801-809. [PMID: 27994178 DOI: 10.1007/s12041-016-0696-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Chromosome microarray analysis (CMA) has proven to be a powerful tool in postnatal patients with intellectual disabilities. However, the diagnostic capability of CMA in patients with congenital oral clefts remain mysterious. Here, we present our clinical experience in implementing whole-genome high-resolution SNP arrays to investigate 33 patients with syndromic and nonsyndromic oral clefts in whom standard karyotyping analyses showed normal karyotypes. We aim to identify the genomic aetiology and candidate genes in patients with congenital oral clefts. CMA revealed copy number variants (CNVs) in every patient, which ranged from 2 to 9 per sample. The size of detected CNVs varied from 100 to 3.2 Mb. In 33 patients, we identified six clinically significant CNVs. The incidence of clinically significant CNVs was 18.2% (6/33). Three of these six CNVs were detected in patients with nonsyndromic clefts, including one who presented with isolated cleft lip with cleft palate (CLP) and two with cleft palate only (CPO). The remaining three CNVs were detected in patients with syndromic clefts. However, no CNV was detected in patients with cleft lip only (CLO). The six clinically significant CNVs were as follows: 8p23.1 microduplication (198 kb); 10q22.2-q22.3 microdeletion (1766 kb); 18q12.3 microduplication (638 kb); 20p12.1 microdeletion (184 kb); 6q26 microdeletion (389 kb); and 22q11.21-q11.23 microdeletion (3163 kb). In addition, two novel candidate genes for oral clefts, KAT6B and MACROD2, were putatively identified. We also found a CNV of unknown clinical significance with a detection rate of 3.0% (1/33). Our results further support the notion that CNVs significantly contributed to the genetic aetiology of oral clefts and emphasize the efficacy of whole-genome high-resolution SNP arrays to detect novel candidate genes in patients with syndromic and nonsyndromic clefts.
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- Ting-Ying Lei
- Department of Prenatal Diagnostic Center Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong, 510623, People's Republic of China.
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Lilly AJ, Lacaud G, Kouskoff V. SOXF transcription factors in cardiovascular development. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2017; 63:50-57. [PMID: 27470491 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2016.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Revised: 07/19/2016] [Accepted: 07/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Cardiovascular development during embryogenesis involves complex changes in gene regulatory networks regulated by a variety of transcription factors. In this review we discuss the various reported roles of the SOXF factors: SOX7, SOX17 and SOX18 in cardiac, vascular and lymphatic development. SOXF factors have pleiotropic roles during these processes, and there is significant redundancy and functional compensation between SOXF family members. Despite this, evidence suggests that there is some specificity in the transcriptional programs they regulate which is necessary to control the differentiation and behaviour of endothelial subpopulations. Furthermore, SOXF factors appear to have an indirect role in regulating cardiac mesoderm specification and differentiation. Understanding how SOXF factors are regulated, as well as their downstream transcriptional target genes, will be important for unravelling their roles in cardiovascular development and related diseases.
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- Andrew J Lilly
- Cancer Research UK, Stem Cell Hematopoiesis, The University of Manchester, Wilmslow road, M20 4BX, UK
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- Cancer Research UK, Stem Cell Biology group Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, The University of Manchester, Wilmslow road, M20 4BX, UK.
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- Cancer Research UK, Stem Cell Hematopoiesis, The University of Manchester, Wilmslow road, M20 4BX, UK.
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Gentile G, Ceccarelli M, Micheli L, Tirone F, Cavallaro S. Functional Genomics Identifies Tis21-Dependent Mechanisms and Putative Cancer Drug Targets Underlying Medulloblastoma Shh-Type Development. Front Pharmacol 2016; 7:449. [PMID: 27965576 PMCID: PMC5127835 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2016.00449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2016] [Accepted: 11/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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We have recently generated a novel medulloblastoma (MB) mouse model with activation of the Shh pathway and lacking the MB suppressor Tis21 (Patched1+/-/Tis21KO ). Its main phenotype is a defect of migration of the cerebellar granule precursor cells (GCPs). By genomic analysis of GCPs in vivo, we identified as drug target and major responsible of this defect the down-regulation of the promigratory chemokine Cxcl3. Consequently, the GCPs remain longer in the cerebellum proliferative area, and the MB frequency is enhanced. Here, we further analyzed the genes deregulated in a Tis21-dependent manner (Patched1+/-/Tis21 wild-type vs. Ptch1+/-/Tis21 knockout), among which are a number of down-regulated tumor inhibitors and up-regulated tumor facilitators, focusing on pathways potentially involved in the tumorigenesis and on putative new drug targets. The data analysis using bioinformatic tools revealed: (i) a link between the Shh signaling and the Tis21-dependent impairment of the GCPs migration, through a Shh-dependent deregulation of the clathrin-mediated chemotaxis operating in the primary cilium through the Cxcl3-Cxcr2 axis; (ii) a possible lineage shift of Shh-type GCPs toward retinal precursor phenotype, i.e., the neural cell type involved in group 3 MB; (iii) the identification of a subset of putative drug targets for MB, involved, among the others, in the regulation of Hippo signaling and centrosome assembly. Finally, our findings define also the role of Tis21 in the regulation of gene expression, through epigenetic and RNA processing mechanisms, influencing the fate of the GCPs.
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- Giulia Gentile
- Institute of Neurological Sciences, National Research Council Catania, Italy
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- Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, National Research Council, Fondazione Santa Lucia Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, National Research Council, Fondazione Santa Lucia Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, National Research Council, Fondazione Santa Lucia Rome, Italy
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Reis EPD, Paixão DM, Brustolini OJB, Silva FFE, Silva W, Araújo FMGD, Salim ACDM, Oliveira G, Guimarães SEF. Expression of myogenes in longissimus dorsi muscle during prenatal development in commercial and local Piau pigs. Genet Mol Biol 2016; 39:589-599. [PMID: 27801482 PMCID: PMC5127148 DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2015-0295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2015] [Accepted: 02/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This study used qRT-PCR to examine variation in the expression of 13 myogenes during muscle development in four prenatal periods (21, 40, 70 and 90 days post-insemination) in commercial (the three-way Duroc, Landrace and Large-White cross) and local Piau pig breeds that differ in muscle mass. There was no variation in the expression of the CHD8, EID2B, HIF1AN, IKBKB, RSPO3, SOX7 and SUFU genes at the various prenatal ages or between breeds. The MAP2K1 and RBM24 genes showed similar expression between commercial and Piau pigs but greater expression (p < 0.05) in at least one prenatal period. Pair-wise comparisons of prenatal periods in each breed showed that only the CSRP3, LEF1, MRAS and MYOG genes had higher expression (p < 0.05) in at least one prenatal period in commercial and Piau pigs. Overall, these results identified the LEF1 gene as a primary candidate to account for differences in muscle mass between the pig breeds since activation of this gene may lead to greater myoblast fusion in the commercial breed compared to Piau pigs. Such fusion could explain the different muscularity between breeds in the postnatal periods.
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- Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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Fu L, Shi YB. The Sox transcriptional factors: Functions during intestinal development in vertebrates. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2016; 63:58-67. [PMID: 27567710 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2016.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Revised: 08/19/2016] [Accepted: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The intestine has long been studied as a model for adult stem cells due to the life-long self-renewal of the intestinal epithelium through the proliferation of the adult intestinal stem cells. Recent evidence suggests that the formation of adult intestinal stem cells in mammals takes place during the thyroid hormone-dependent neonatal period, also known as postembryonic development, which resembles intestinal remodeling during frog metamorphosis. Studies on the metamorphosis in Xenopus laevis have revealed that many members of the Sox family, a large family of DNA binding transcription factors, are upregulated in the intestinal epithelium during the formation and/or proliferation of the intestinal stem cells. Similarly, a number of Sox genes have been implicated in intestinal development and pathogenesis in mammals. Futures studies are needed to determine the expression and potential involvement of this important gene family in the development of the adult intestinal stem cells. These include the analyses of the expression and regulation of these and other Sox genes during postembryonic development in mammals as well as functional investigations in both mammals and amphibians by using the recently developed gene knockout technologies.
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- Liezhen Fu
- Section on Molecular Morphogenesis, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), 18 Library Dr., Bethesda, MD, 20892, United States
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- Section on Molecular Morphogenesis, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), 18 Library Dr., Bethesda, MD, 20892, United States.
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Ackermann M, Liebhaber S, Klusmann JH, Lachmann N. Lost in translation: pluripotent stem cell-derived hematopoiesis. EMBO Mol Med 2016; 7:1388-402. [PMID: 26174486 PMCID: PMC4644373 DOI: 10.15252/emmm.201505301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) such as embryonic stem cells or induced pluripotent stem cells represent a promising cell type to gain novel insights into human biology. Understanding the differentiation process of PSCs in vitro may allow for the identification of cell extrinsic/intrinsic factors, driving the specification process toward all cell types of the three germ layers, which may be similar to the human in vivo scenario. This would not only lay the ground for an improved understanding of human embryonic development but would also contribute toward the generation of novel cell types used in cell replacement therapies. In this line, especially the developmental process of mesodermal cells toward the hematopoietic lineage is of great interest. Therefore, this review highlights recent progress in the field of hematopoietic specification of pluripotent stem cell sources. In addition, we would like to shed light on emerging factors controlling primitive and definitive hematopoietic development and to highlight recent approaches to improve the differentiation potential of PSC sources toward hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells. While the generation of fully defined hematopoietic stem cells from PSCs remains challenging in vitro, we here underline the instructive role of cell extrinsic factors such as cytokines for the generation of PSC-derived mature hematopoietic cells. Thus, we have comprehensively examined the role of cytokines for the derivation of mature hematopoietic cell types such as macrophages, granulocytes, megakaryocytes, erythrocytes, dendritic cells, and cells of the B- and T-cell lineage.
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- Mania Ackermann
- RG Reprogramming and Gene Therapy, REBIRTH Cluster of Excellence Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany Institute of Experimental Hematology Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- RG Reprogramming and Gene Therapy, REBIRTH Cluster of Excellence Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany Institute of Experimental Hematology Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- RG Reprogramming and Gene Therapy, REBIRTH Cluster of Excellence Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany Institute of Experimental Hematology Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany JRG Translational Hematology of Congenital Diseases, REBIRTH Cluster of Excellence Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Molecular cytogenetic characterization of inv dup del(8p) in a fetus associated with ventriculomegaly, hypoplastic left heart, polyhydramnios and intestinal obstruction. Taiwan J Obstet Gynecol 2016; 55:415-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tjog.2016.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Zhao T, Yang H, Tian Y, Xie Q, Lu Y, Wang Y, Su N, Dong B, Liu X, Wang C, Jiang C, Liu X. SOX7 is associated with the suppression of human glioma by HMG-box dependent regulation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Cancer Lett 2016; 375:100-107. [PMID: 26944317 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2016.02.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2015] [Revised: 02/20/2016] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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SOX7 has been recently recognized as a tumor suppressor belonging to the SOX (SRY-related HMG-box) family of a transcription factor. However, its role in human gliomas is unknown. Our study showed that SOX7 expression was significantly downregulated in human gliomas. Statistical analysis showed that SOX7 suppression was associated with higher histological grades of tumors in glioma tissues. SOX7 could suppress tumor properties both in vivo and in vitro, and depletion of the HMG domain abolishes its tumor suppressive roles. In vitro assays demonstrated that SOX7 could downregulate Wnt/β-catenin transcription and decrease the expression of Cyclin D1 and c-Myc, while the mutant SOX7 lost these functions. These results suggested that the HMG-box is a key domain of SOX7 for negatively regulating the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway when functioning as a tumor suppressor in a glioma.
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- Tianshu Zhao
- Department of Neurosurgery, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Beijing Shijiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Chang Zheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
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Sun L, Lamont SJ, Cooksey AM, McCarthy F, Tudor CO, Vijay-Shanker K, DeRita RM, Rothschild M, Ashwell C, Persia ME, Schmidt CJ. Transcriptome response to heat stress in a chicken hepatocellular carcinoma cell line. Cell Stress Chaperones 2015; 20:939-50. [PMID: 26238561 PMCID: PMC4595433 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-015-0621-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2015] [Revised: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 06/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Heat stress triggers an evolutionarily conserved set of responses in cells. The transcriptome responds to hyperthermia by altering expression of genes to adapt the cell or organism to survive the heat challenge. RNA-seq technology allows rapid identification of environmentally responsive genes on a large scale. In this study, we have used RNA-seq to identify heat stress responsive genes in the chicken male white leghorn hepatocellular (LMH) cell line. The transcripts of 812 genes were responsive to heat stress (p < 0.01) with 235 genes upregulated and 577 downregulated following 2.5 h of heat stress. Among the upregulated were genes whose products function as chaperones, along with genes affecting collagen synthesis and deposition, transcription factors, chromatin remodelers, and genes modulating the WNT and TGF-beta pathways. Predominant among the downregulated genes were ones that affect DNA replication and repair along with chromosomal segregation. Many of the genes identified in this study have not been previously implicated in the heat stress response. These data extend our understanding of the transcriptome response to heat stress with many of the identified biological processes and pathways likely to function in adapting cells and organisms to hyperthermic stress. Furthermore, this study should provide important insight to future efforts attempting to improve species abilities to withstand heat stress through genome-wide association studies and breeding.
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- Liang Sun
- Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19716, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
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- School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
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- Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19716, USA
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- Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19716, USA
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- Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19716, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Department of Poultry Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19716, USA.
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8p23.1 Interstitial Deletion in a Patient with Congenital Cardiopathy, Neurobehavioral Disorders, and Minor Signs Suggesting 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome. J Dev Behav Pediatr 2015; 36:544-8. [PMID: 26263419 DOI: 10.1097/dbp.0000000000000197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Copy number variation studies of known disorders have the potential to improve the characterization of clinical phenotypes and may help identifying candidate genes and their pathways. The authors described a child with congenital heart disease, microcephaly, facial dysmorphisms, developmental delay, learning difficulties, and behavioral problems. There was initially a clinical suspicion of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2 DS), but molecular cytogenetic analysis (array genomic hybridization [aGH]) showed the presence of a de novo 3.6-Mb interstitial microdeletion in 8p23.1. The main features of 8p23.1 DS include congenital heart disease and behavioral problems, in addition to minor dysmorphisms and mental delay. Therefore, this article highlights the application of aGH to investigate 8p23.1 deletion in nonconfirmed 22q11.2 DS patients presenting neurobehavioral disorders, congenital cardiopathy, and minor dysmorphisms.
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Kulinski TM, Casari MRT, Guenzl PM, Wenzel D, Andergassen D, Hladik A, Datlinger P, Farlik M, Theussl HC, Penninger JM, Knapp S, Bock C, Barlow DP, Hudson QJ. Imprinted expression in cystic embryoid bodies shows an embryonic and not an extra-embryonic pattern. Dev Biol 2015; 402:291-305. [PMID: 25912690 PMCID: PMC4454777 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2015.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2014] [Revised: 04/08/2015] [Accepted: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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A large subset of mammalian imprinted genes show extra-embryonic lineage (EXEL) specific imprinted expression that is restricted to placental trophectoderm lineages and to visceral yolk sac endoderm (ysE). Isolated ysE provides a homogenous in vivo model of a mid-gestation extra-embryonic tissue to examine the mechanism of EXEL-specific imprinted gene silencing, but an in vitro model of ysE to facilitate more rapid and cost-effective experiments is not available. Reports indicate that ES cells differentiated into cystic embryoid bodies (EBs) contain ysE, so here we investigate if cystic EBs model ysE imprinted expression. The imprinted expression pattern of cystic EBs is shown to resemble fetal liver and not ysE. To investigate the reason for this we characterized the methylome and transcriptome of cystic EBs in comparison to fetal liver and ysE, by whole genome bisulphite sequencing and RNA-seq. Cystic EBs show a fetal liver pattern of global hypermethylation and low expression of repeats, while ysE shows global hypomethylation and high expression of IAPEz retroviral repeats, as reported for placenta. Transcriptome analysis confirmed that cystic EBs are more similar to fetal liver than ysE and express markers of early embryonic endoderm. Genome-wide analysis shows that ysE shares epigenetic and repeat expression features with placenta. Contrary to previous reports, we show that cystic EBs do not contain ysE, but are more similar to the embryonic endoderm of fetal liver. This explains why cystic EBs reproduce the imprinted expression seen in the embryo but not that seen in the ysE.
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- Tomasz M Kulinski
- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Lazarettgasse 14, AKH-BT25.3, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Lazarettgasse 14, AKH-BT25.3, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Lazarettgasse 14, AKH-BT25.3, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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- IMBA, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Bohr Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
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- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Lazarettgasse 14, AKH-BT25.3, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Lazarettgasse 14, AKH-BT25.3, 1090 Vienna, Austria; Department of Medicine 1, Laboratory of Infection Biology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Lazarettgasse 14, AKH-BT25.3, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Lazarettgasse 14, AKH-BT25.3, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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- IMP/IMBA Transgenic Service, Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Dr. Bohr Gasse 7, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
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- IMBA, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Bohr Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
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- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Lazarettgasse 14, AKH-BT25.3, 1090 Vienna, Austria; Department of Medicine 1, Laboratory of Infection Biology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Lazarettgasse 14, AKH-BT25.3, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Lazarettgasse 14, AKH-BT25.3, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Lazarettgasse 14, AKH-BT25.3, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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Wang C, Qin L, Min Z, Zhao Y, Zhu L, Zhu J, Yu S. SOX7 interferes with β-catenin activity to promote neuronal apoptosis. Eur J Neurosci 2015; 41:1430-7. [PMID: 25847511 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2015] [Revised: 03/11/2015] [Accepted: 03/31/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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SOX7 mediates various developmental processes. However, its role in neuronal apoptosis remains unclear. In the present study, we investigated the expression pattern and role of SOX7 in potassium deprivation-induced rat cerebellar granule neuron apoptosis. Our results showed that both mRNA and protein levels of SOX7 were upregulated when potassium was deprived. SOX7 overexpression promoted neuronal apoptosis, whereas knockdown of SOX7 protected neurons against apoptosis. Moreover, we found that β-catenin activity was suppressed during apoptosis and that β-catenin inhibition was crucial for potassium deprivation-induced neuronal apoptosis. This suppression was mediated by an interaction between SOX7 and β-catenin but not by protein degradation. Lastly, we showed that β-catenin inhibition mediated the pro-apoptotic effect of SOX7. Together, our findings demonstrated that SOX7 interfered with β-catenin activity to promote neuronal apoptosis, which acted as a novel signaling mechanism in neuronal cell death.
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- Chong Wang
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Medical College, Xiamen University, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005, China
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- Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Clinical Laboratory Center of Molecular Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Medical College, Xiamen University, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005, China
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Medical College, Xiamen University, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005, China
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Medical College, Xiamen University, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005, China
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Medical College, Xiamen University, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005, China
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Aksoy I, Jauch R, Eras V, Chng WBA, Chen J, Divakar U, Ng CKL, Kolatkar PR, Stanton LW. Sox transcription factors require selective interactions with Oct4 and specific transactivation functions to mediate reprogramming. Stem Cells 2015; 31:2632-46. [PMID: 23963638 DOI: 10.1002/stem.1522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2012] [Revised: 05/03/2013] [Accepted: 07/31/2013] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The unique ability of Sox2 to cooperate with Oct4 at selective binding sites in the genome is critical for reprogramming somatic cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). We have recently demonstrated that Sox17 can be converted into a reprogramming factor by alteration of a single amino acid (Sox17EK) within its DNA binding HMG domain. Here we expanded this study by introducing analogous mutations to 10 other Sox proteins and interrogated the role of N-and C-termini on the reprogramming efficiency. We found that point-mutated Sox7 and Sox17 can convert human and mouse fibroblasts into iPSCs, but Sox4, Sox5, Sox6, Sox8, Sox9, Sox11, Sox12, Sox13, and Sox18 cannot. Next we studied regions outside the HMG domain and found that the C-terminal transactivation domain of Sox17 and Sox7 enhances the potency of Sox2 in iPSC assays and confers weak reprogramming potential to the otherwise inactive Sox4EK and Sox18EK proteins. These results suggest that the glutamate (E) to lysine (K) mutation in the HMG domain is necessary but insufficient to swap the function of Sox factors. Moreover, the HMG domain alone fused to the VP16 transactivation domain is able to induce reprogramming, albeit at low efficiency. By molecular dissection of the C-terminus of Sox17, we found that the β-catenin interaction region contributes to the enhanced reprogramming efficiency of Sox17EK. To mechanistically understand the enhanced reprogramming potential of Sox17EK, we analyzed ChIP-sequencing and expression data and identified a subset of candidate genes specifically regulated by Sox17EK and not by Sox2.
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- Irene Aksoy
- Stem Cell and Developmental biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Whole exome sequencing in females with autism implicates novel and candidate genes. Int J Mol Sci 2015; 16:1312-35. [PMID: 25574603 PMCID: PMC4307305 DOI: 10.3390/ijms16011312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2014] [Accepted: 12/31/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Classical autism or autistic disorder belongs to a group of genetically heterogeneous conditions known as Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Heritability is estimated as high as 90% for ASD with a recently reported compilation of 629 clinically relevant candidate and known genes. We chose to undertake a descriptive next generation whole exome sequencing case study of 30 well-characterized Caucasian females with autism (average age, 7.7 ± 2.6 years; age range, 5 to 16 years) from multiplex families. Genomic DNA was used for whole exome sequencing via paired-end next generation sequencing approach and X chromosome inactivation status. The list of putative disease causing genes was developed from primary selection criteria using machine learning-derived classification score and other predictive parameters (GERP2, PolyPhen2, and SIFT). We narrowed the variant list to 10 to 20 genes and screened for biological significance including neural development, function and known neurological disorders. Seventy-eight genes identified met selection criteria ranging from 1 to 9 filtered variants per female. Five females presented with functional variants of X-linked genes (IL1RAPL1, PIR, GABRQ, GPRASP2, SYTL4) with cadherin, protocadherin and ankyrin repeat gene families most commonly altered (e.g., CDH6, FAT2, PCDH8, CTNNA3, ANKRD11). Other genes related to neurogenesis and neuronal migration (e.g., SEMA3F, MIDN), were also identified.
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Liu H, Yan ZQ, Li B, Yin SY, Sun Q, Kou JJ, Ye D, Ferns K, Liu HY, Liu SL. Reduced expression of SOX7 in ovarian cancer: a novel tumor suppressor through the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. J Ovarian Res 2014; 7:87. [PMID: 25297608 PMCID: PMC4172779 DOI: 10.1186/s13048-014-0087-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2014] [Accepted: 08/28/2014] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Products of the SOX gene family play important roles in the life process. One of the members, SOX7, is associated with the development of a variety of cancers as a tumor suppression factor, but its relevance with ovarian cancer was unclear. In this study, we investigated the involvement of SOX7 in the progression and prognosis of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) and the involved mechanisms. METHODS Expression profiles in two independent microarray data sets were analyzed for SOX7 between malignant and normal tissues. The expression levels of SOX7 in EOC, borderline ovarian tumors and normal ovarian tissues were measured by immunohistochemistry. We also measured levels of COX2 and cyclin-D1 to examine their possible involvement in the same signal transduction pathway as SOX7. RESULTS The expression of SOX7 was significantly reduced in ovarian cancer tissues compared with normal controls, strongly indicating that SOX7 might be a negative regulator in the Wnt/β-catenin pathway in ovarian cancer. By immunohistochemistry staining, the protein expression of SOX7 showed a consistent trend with that of the gene expression microarray analysis. By contrast, the protein expression level of COX2 and cyclin-D1 increased as the tumor malignancy progressed, suggesting that SOX7 may function through the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway as a tumor suppressor. In comparison between the protein expression levels of SOX7 with pathological features of the cancer, we found that SOX7 was down-regulated mainly in serous cystadenocarcinoma and advanced stages of the cancers. CONCLUSIONS The expression of SOX7 correlates with tumor progression as a tumor suppressor, possibly through the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in ovarian cancers, suggesting that SOX7 may be a promising prognostic marker.
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Behrens AN, Zierold C, Shi X, Ren Y, Koyano-Nakagawa N, Garry DJ, Martin CM. Sox7 is regulated by ETV2 during cardiovascular development. Stem Cells Dev 2014; 23:2004-13. [PMID: 24762086 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2013.0525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Vasculogenesis/angiogenesis is one of the earliest processes that occurs during embryogenesis. ETV2 and SOX7 were previously shown to play a role in endothelial development; however, their mechanistic interaction has not been defined. In the present study, concomitant expression of Etv2 and Sox7 in endothelial progenitor cells was verified. ETV2 was shown to be a direct upstream regulator of Sox7 that binds to ETV2 binding elements in the Sox7 upstream regulatory region and activates transcription. We observed that SOX7 over-expression can mimic ETV2 and increase endothelial progenitor cells in embryonic bodies (EBs), while knockdown of Sox7 is able to block ETV2-induced increase in endothelial progenitor cell formation. Angiogenic sprouting was increased by ETV2 over-expression in EBs, and it was significantly decreased in the presence of Sox7 shRNA. Collectively, these studies support the conclusion that ETV2 directly regulates Sox7, and that ETV2 governs endothelial development by regulating transcriptional networks which include Sox7.
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- Ann N Behrens
- Lillehei Heart Institute, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Wang C, Guo Y, Wang J, Min Z. The suppressive role of SOX7 in hepatocarcinogenesis. PLoS One 2014; 9:e97433. [PMID: 24816720 PMCID: PMC4016311 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2014] [Accepted: 04/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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SOX7 is a transcription factor mediating various developmental processes. However, its role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains unclear. Here, we assessed the role of SOX7 in hepatocarcinogenesis. We found HCC samples exhibited lower levels of SOX7 mRNA and protein expression than non-tumor samples, and the expression of SOX7 was negatively correlated with tumor size. SOX7 expression was also reduced in four HCC cell lines (SMMC-7721, Hep3B, HepG2 and Huh 7). Overexpression of SOX7 could inhibit HCC cell growth, with G1to S phase arrest. In SOX7-overexpression cells, cyclin D1 and c-myc, two cell cycle promoters, were down-regulated. Moreover, ectopic expression of cyclin D1 or c-myc could override G1 to S pahse arrest induced by SOX7. Furthermore, overexpression of SOX7 suppressed tumor formation with down-regulation of cyclin D1 and c-myc in vivo. The expression of Ki-67, a proliferation marker, was also reduced in SOX7-overexpression tumors. Taken together, our study suggests that SOX7 plays an important inhibitory role in hepatocarcinogenesis, and might be a novel target for HCC therapy.
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- Chong Wang
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences of Medical College, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Department of Hepatic Surgery, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Clinical Laboratory Center of Molecular Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Cui J, Xi H, Cai A, Bian S, Wei B, Chen L. Decreased expression of Sox7 correlates with the upregulation of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway and the poor survival of gastric cancer patients. Int J Mol Med 2014; 34:197-204. [PMID: 24788044 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2014.1759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2013] [Accepted: 04/15/2014] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Sox7 is a tumor suppressor gene that plays an important role in the inhibition and progression of cancer. In the present study, we sought to investigate Sox7 expression in gastric cancer (GC) and its association with the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. We also wished to determine its clinicopathological significance and prognostic implications. Sox7 expression and its effects on the Wnt/β-catenin signaling in vitro were assessed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction using the AGS, MKN-45 and GES-1 gastric cell lines. We also used immunohistochemistry on paraffin-embedded tissue samples and western blot analysis on fresh tissue samples from patients with GC. The results revealed that Sox7 expression was significantly lower in the GC samples than in distal normal tissues, which was in accordance with our results obtained from our in vitro experiments on the cell lines. However, the expression levels of β-catenin were significantly higher. Sox7 and β-catenin expression significantly correlated with the depth of invasion, lymph node metastasis, distant metastasis and the TNM stage. Patient samples that were Sox7-negative correlated with a significantly shorter survival time. Multivariate survival analysis revealed that Sox7 and β-catenin had an independent effect on the survival of GC patients. Sox7 and β-catenin expression in GC had a negative liner correlation with each other. Our findings suggest that Sox7 plays an important role in inhibiting tumorigenesis and progression, and may be a potential marker for predicting the prognosis of patients with GC.
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- Jianxin Cui
- Department of General Surgery, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, P.R. China
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Mir-184 post-transcriptionally regulates SOX7 expression and promotes cell proliferation in human hepatocellular carcinoma. PLoS One 2014; 9:e88796. [PMID: 24558429 PMCID: PMC3928300 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2013] [Accepted: 01/10/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common human malignancies and the third leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. The development and progression of HCC is a complicated process, involving the deregulation of multiple genes that are essential to cell biological processes. Recently, microRNAs (miRNAs) have been suggested to be closely associated with tumorigenesis. Our study showed that miR-184 is upregulated in HCC cell lines and tissues. Overexpression of miR-184 in HCC cells increased cell proliferation, tumorigenicity, and cell cycle progression, whereas inhibition of miR-184 reduced cell proliferation, tumorigenicity, and cell cycle progression. Additionally, we identified SOX7 as a direct target of miR-184. Ectopic expression of miR-184 led to downregulation of the SOX7 protein, resulting in upregulation of c-Myc, Cyclin D1, and phosphorylation of Rb. Our findings suggested that miR-184 represents a potential onco-miR and plays an important role in HCC progression by suppressing SOX7 expression.
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Stovall DB, Cao P, Sui G. SOX7: from a developmental regulator to an emerging tumor suppressor. Histol Histopathol 2013; 29:439-45. [PMID: 24288056 DOI: 10.14670/hh-29.10.439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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SOX7 belongs to the SOX (SRY-related HMG-box) family of transcription factors that have been shown to regulate multiple biological processes, such as hematopoiesis, vasculogenesis and cardiogenesis during embryonic development. Recent studies indicate that several SOX family members play important roles in tumorigenesis. In this review, we introduce SOX7 gene and protein structures, and discuss its expression and functional role in cancer development and progression. SOX7 is frequently downregulated in many human cancers and its reduced expression correlates with poor prognoses of several cancers. Functional studies reveal many tumor suppressive properties of SOX7 in prostate, colon, lung, and breast cancers. To date, although a few target genes of SOX7 have been identified, SOX7-mediated gene expression has not been investigated in a cancer-relevant context. Our recent studies not only for the first time demonstrate a tumor suppressive role of SOX7 in a xenograft mouse model, but also unravel that many genes regulating cell death, growth and apoptosis are affected by SOX7, strongly supporting a pivotal role of SOX7 in tumorigenesis. Thus, currently available data clearly indicate a tumor suppressive role of SOX7, but the mechanisms underlying its gene expression and tumor suppressive activity remain undetermined. The research of SOX7 in cancers remains a fertile area to be explored.
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- Daniel B Stovall
- Department of Cancer Biology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Center for Cancer Genomics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Center for Cancer Genomics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Center for Cancer Genomics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
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Osoegawa K, Iovannisci DM, Lin B, Parodi C, Schultz K, Shaw GM, Lammer EJ. Identification of novel candidate gene loci and increased sex chromosome aneuploidy among infants with conotruncal heart defects. Am J Med Genet A 2013; 164A:397-406. [PMID: 24127225 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2013] [Accepted: 09/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are common malformations, affecting four to eight per 1,000 total births. Conotruncal defects are an important pathogenetic subset of CHDs, comprising nearly 20% of the total. Although both environmental and genetic factors are known to contribute to the occurrence of conotruncal defects, the causes remain unknown for most. To identify novel candidate genes/loci, we used array comparative genomic hybridization to detect chromosomal microdeletions/duplications. From a population base of 974,579 total births born during 1999-2004, we screened 389 California infants born with tetralogy of Fallot or d-transposition of the great arteries. We found that 1.7% (5/288) of males with a conotruncal defect had sex chromosome aneuploidy, a sevenfold increased frequency (relative risk = 7.0; 95% confidence interval 2.9-16.9). We identified eight chromosomal microdeletions/duplications for conotruncal defects. From these duplications and deletions, we found five high priority candidate genes (GATA4, CRKL, BMPR1A, SNAI2, and ZFHX4). This is the initial report that sex chromosome aneuploidy is associated with conotruncal defects among boys. These chromosomal microduplications/deletions provide evidence that GATA4, SNAI2, and CRKL are highly dosage sensitive genes involved in outflow tract development. Genome wide screening for copy number variation can be productive for identifying novel genes/loci contributing to non-syndromic common malformations.
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- Kazutoyo Osoegawa
- Center for Genetics, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Children's Hospital Research Center Oakland, Oakland, California
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Pula B, Olbromski M, Wojnar A, Gomulkiewicz A, Witkiewicz W, Ugorski M, Dziegiel P, Podhorska-Okolow M. Impact of SOX18 expression in cancer cells and vessels on the outcome of invasive ductal breast carcinoma. Cell Oncol (Dordr) 2013; 36:469-83. [PMID: 24065215 DOI: 10.1007/s13402-013-0151-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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PURPOSE SOX18 is a transcription factor known to be involved in hair follicle, blood and lymphatic vessel development, as well as wound healing processes (together with SOX7 and SOX17). In addition, it has been reported that SOX18 may affect the growth of cancer cells in vitro. Until now, the exact role of SOX18 expression in invasive ductal breast carcinoma (IDC) has remained unknown. METHODS In this study, we have investigated SOX18 expression in cancer cells and endothelial cells in 122 IDC samples using immunohistochemistry (IHC). SOX18 expression was also determined using real-time PCR and Western blotting in a series of breast cancer-derived cell lines (i.e., MCF-7, BT-474, SK-BR-3, MDA-MB-231, BO2). RESULTS Using IHC, we observed SOX18 nuclear expression in cancer cells, as well as in blood and lymphatic vessels of the IDC samples tested. SOX18 expression in the IDC samples correlated with a higher malignancy grade (Grade 2 and Grade 3 versus Grade 1; p = 0.02 and p = 0.009, respectively) and VEGF-D expression (r = 0.27, p = 0.007). SOX18 expression was also associated with HER2 positivity (p = 0.02). A significantly higher SOX18 expression was found in the HER2-positive cell line BT-474, and a significantly lower expression in the triple negative cell lines MDA-MB-231 and BO2. Laser capture microdissection of IDC samples revealed significantly higher mRNA SOX7, SOX17 and SOX18 expression levels in the vessels as compared to the cancer cells (p = 0.02 and p = 0.0002, p < 0.0001, respectively). SOX18 positive intratumoral and peritumoral microvessel counts (MVC) were associated with higher malignancy grades (p = 0.04 and p = 0.02, respectively). Moreover, peritumoral SOX18 positive MVC were found to act as an independent marker for a poor prognosis (p = 0.04). CONCLUSION SOX18 expression may serve as a marker for a poor prognosis in IDC.
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MESH Headings
- Blotting, Western
- Breast Neoplasms/genetics
- Breast Neoplasms/metabolism
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/genetics
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/pathology
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Nucleus/metabolism
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Kaplan-Meier Estimate
- Lymphatic Vessels/metabolism
- MCF-7 Cells
- Microvessels/metabolism
- Middle Aged
- Multivariate Analysis
- Neoplasm Grading
- Prognosis
- Receptor, ErbB-2/genetics
- Receptor, ErbB-2/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- SOXF Transcription Factors/biosynthesis
- SOXF Transcription Factors/blood
- SOXF Transcription Factors/genetics
- SOXF Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor D/genetics
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor D/metabolism
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- Bartosz Pula
- Regional Specialist Hospital, Research and Development Center, Wroclaw, Poland
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Long F, Wang X, Fang S, Xu Y, Sun K, Chen S, Xu R. A potential relationship among beta-defensins haplotype, SOX7 duplication and cardiac defects. PLoS One 2013; 8:e72515. [PMID: 24009689 PMCID: PMC3757027 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2013] [Accepted: 07/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To determine the pathogenesis of a patient born with congenital heart defects, who had appeared normal in prenatal screening. METHODS In routine prenatal screening, G-banding was performed to analyse the karyotypes of the family and fluorescence in situ hybridization was used to investigate the 22q11.2 deletion in the fetus. After birth, the child was found to be suffering from heart defects by transthoracic echocardiography. In the following study, sequencing was used to search for potential mutations in pivotal genes. SNP-array was employed for fine mapping of the aberrant region and quantitative real-time PCR was used to confirm the results. Furthermore, other patients with a similar phenotype were screened for the same genetic variations. To compare with a control, these variations were also assessed in the general population. RESULTS The child and his mother each had a region that was deleted in the beta-defensin repeats, which are usually duplicated in the general population. Besides, the child carried a SOX7-gene duplication. While this duplication was not detected in his mother, it was found in two other patients with cardiac defects who also had the similar deletion in the beta-defensin repeats. CONCLUSION The congenital heart defects of the child were probably caused by a SOX7-gene duplication, which may be a consequence of the partial haplotype of beta-defensin regions at 8p23.1. To our knowledge, this is the first congenital heart defect case found to have the haplotype of beta-defensin and the duplication of SOX7.
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- Fei Long
- Scientific Research Center, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
- * E-mail: (SC); (RX)
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- Scientific Research Center, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
- * E-mail: (SC); (RX)
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