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Liu S, Liu X, Lin X, Chen H. Zinc Finger Proteins in the War on Gastric Cancer: Molecular Mechanism and Clinical Potential. Cells 2023; 12:cells12091314. [PMID: 37174714 PMCID: PMC10177130 DOI: 10.3390/cells12091314] [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: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 04/30/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
Abstract
According to the 2020 global cancer data released by the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) International, gastric cancer (GC) is the fifth most common cancer worldwide, with yearly increasing incidence and the second-highest fatality rate in malignancies. Despite the contemporary ambiguous molecular mechanisms in GC pathogenesis, numerous in-depth studies have demonstrated that zinc finger proteins (ZFPs) are essential for the development and progression of GC. ZFPs are a class of transcription factors with finger-like domains that bind to Zn2+ extensively and participate in gene replication, cell differentiation and tumor development. In this review, we briefly outline the roles, molecular mechanisms and the latest advances in ZFPs in GC, including eight principal aspects, such as cell proliferation, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), invasion and metastasis, inflammation and immune infiltration, apoptosis, cell cycle, DNA methylation, cancer stem cells (CSCs) and drug resistance. Intriguingly, the myeloid zinc finger 1 (MZF1) possesses reversely dual roles in GC by promoting tumor proliferation or impeding cancer progression via apoptosis. Therefore, a thorough understanding of the molecular mechanism of ZFPs on GC progression will pave the solid way for screening the potentially effective diagnostic indicators, prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets of GC.
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- Shujie Liu
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
- Medical Department, Queen Mary School, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
- Medical Department, Queen Mary School, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
- Medical Department, Queen Mary School, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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Petrovic D, Bodinier B, Dagnino S, Whitaker M, Karimi M, Campanella G, Haugdahl Nøst T, Polidoro S, Palli D, Krogh V, Tumino R, Sacerdote C, Panico S, Lund E, Dugué PA, Giles GG, Severi G, Southey M, Vineis P, Stringhini S, Bochud M, Sandanger TM, Vermeulen RCH, Guida F, Chadeau-Hyam M. Epigenetic mechanisms of lung carcinogenesis involve differentially methylated CpG sites beyond those associated with smoking. Eur J Epidemiol 2022; 37:629-640. [PMID: 35595947 PMCID: PMC9288379 DOI: 10.1007/s10654-022-00877-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Smoking-related epigenetic changes have been linked to lung cancer, but the contribution of epigenetic alterations unrelated to smoking remains unclear. We sought for a sparse set of CpG sites predicting lung cancer and explored the role of smoking in these associations. We analysed CpGs in relation to lung cancer in participants from two nested case-control studies, using (LASSO)-penalised regression. We accounted for the effects of smoking using known smoking-related CpGs, and through conditional-independence network. We identified 29 CpGs (8 smoking-related, 21 smoking-unrelated) associated with lung cancer. Models additionally adjusted for Comprehensive Smoking Index-(CSI) selected 1 smoking-related and 49 smoking-unrelated CpGs. Selected CpGs yielded excellent discriminatory performances, outperforming information provided by CSI only. Of the 8 selected smoking-related CpGs, two captured lung cancer-relevant effects of smoking that were missed by CSI. Further, the 50 CpGs identified in the CSI-adjusted model complementarily explained lung cancer risk. These markers may provide further insight into lung cancer carcinogenesis and help improving early identification of high-risk patients.
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- Dusan Petrovic
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK
- Department of Epidemiology and Health Systems (DESS), University Centre for General Medicine and Public Health (UNISANTE), Lausanne, Switzerland
- Department and Division of Primary Care Medicine, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK
- Bureau de Biostatistique et d'Épidémiologie, Institut Gustave Roussy, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
- Oncostat U1018, Inserm, Équipe Labellisée Ligue Contre Le Cancer, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK
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- Department of Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Research and Prevention Institute-ISPO, Florence, Italy
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- Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Hyblean Association for Epidemiological Research, AIRE- ONLUS, Ragusa, Italy
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- Unit of Cancer Epidemiology Città Della Salute e della Scienza University-Hospital, Via Santena 7, 10126, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- The Norwegian Cancer Registry, Oslo, Norway
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Precision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Precision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, Inserm (Institut National de La Sante Et de a Recherche Medicale), Villejuif, France
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
- Precision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
- Department of Clinical Pathology, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Systems (DESS), University Centre for General Medicine and Public Health (UNISANTE), Lausanne, Switzerland
- Department and Division of Primary Care Medicine, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Systems (DESS), University Centre for General Medicine and Public Health (UNISANTE), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK
- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK
- Group of Genetic Epidemiology, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) - World Health Organization (WHO), Lyon, France
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK.
- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Yu CD, Xu SH, Mou HZ, Jiang ZM, Zhu CH, Liu XL. Gene expression profile differences in gastric cancer, pericancerous epithelium and normal gastric mucosa by gene chip. World J Gastroenterol 2005; 11:2390-7. [PMID: 15832406 PMCID: PMC4305623 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i16.2390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
AIM: To study the difference of gene expression in gastric cancer (T), pericancerous epithelium (P) and normal tissue of gastric mucosa (C), and to screen an associated novel gene in early gastric carcinogenesis by oligonucleotide microarray.
METHODS: U133A (Affymetrix, Santa Clara, CA) gene chip was used to detect the gene expression profile difference in T, P and C, respectively. Bioinformatics was used to analyze the detected results.
RESULTS: When gastric cancer was compared with normal gastric mucosa, 766 genes were found, with a difference of more than four times in expression levels. Of the 766 genes, 530 were up-regulated (Signal Log Ratio [SLR]>2), and 236 were down-regulated (SLR<-2). When pericancerous epithelium was compared with normal gastric mucosa, 64 genes were found, with a difference of more than four times in expression levels. Of the 64 genes, 50 were up-regulated (SLR>2), and 14 were down-regulated (SLR<-2). Compared with normal gastric mucosa, a total of 143 genes with a difference in expression levels (more than four times, either in cancer or in pericancerous epithelium) were found in gastric cancer (T) and pericancerous epithelium (P). Of the 143 genes, 108 were up-regulated (SLR>2), and 35 were down-regulated (SLR<-2).
CONCLUSION: To apply a gene chip could find 143 genes associated with the genes of gastric cancer in pericancerous epithelium, although there were no pathological changes in the tissue slices. More interesting, six genes of pericancerous epithelium were up-regulated in comparison with genes of gastric cancer and three genes were down-regulated in comparison with genes of gastric cancer. It is suggested that these genes may be related to the carcinogenesis and development of early gastric cancer.
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- Chuan-Ding Yu
- Zhejiang Cancer Research Institute, No. 38 Guangji Road, Hangzhou 310022, Zhejiang Province, China.
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