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Zhao J, Xu Y. PITX1 plays essential functions in cancer. Front Oncol 2023; 13:1253238. [PMID: 37841446 PMCID: PMC10570508 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1253238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023] Open
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PITX1, also known as the pituitary homeobox 1 gene, has emerged as a key regulator in animal growth and development, attracting significant research attention. Recent investigations have revealed the implication of dysregulated PITX1 expression in tumorigenesis, highlighting its involvement in cancer development. Notably, PITX1 interacts with p53 and exerts control over crucial cellular processes including cell cycle progression, apoptosis, and chemotherapy resistance. Its influence extends to various tumors, such as esophageal, colorectal, gastric, and liver cancer, contributing to tumor progression and metastasis. Despite its significance, a comprehensive review examining PITX1's role in oncology remains lacking. This review aims to address this gap by providing a comprehensive overview of PITX1 in different cancer types, with a particular focus on its clinicopathological significance.
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- Jingpu Zhao
- Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University, School of Clinical Medicine, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, China
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- Abdominal Oncology Ward, Cancer Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Song Y, Ma R. Comprehensive Analysis Reveals the Potential Roles of Transcription Factor Dp-1 in Lung Adenocarcinoma. World J Oncol 2023; 14:205-223. [PMID: 37350808 PMCID: PMC10284640 DOI: 10.14740/wjon1595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023] Open
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Background Transcription factor Dp-1 (TFDP1) was overexpressed and interacted with other genes to impact multiple signaling pathways in various human cancers. However, there is less research about the TFDP1 specific roles in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). Methods We first explored TFDP1 expression levels and relative diseases from a pan-cancer perspective using the ONCOMINE, TIMER, and Open Targets Platform databases. Then, we used UALCAN, GEPIA 2, TCGA-LUAD data, and Kaplan-Meier plotter to examine TFDP1 clinicopathological features and prognosis in LUAD patients. Genomic alterations and DNA methylation analysis were performed by cBioPortal and MethSurv, respectively. Then, we used a cancer single-cell state atlas (CancerSEA) to find TFDP1 functions at a single-cell resolution. LinkedOmics was used to find TFDP1 coexpressed genes, biological processes, and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathways. Then, Gene Set Cancer Analysis (GSCA) was used to examine the drug resistence of TFDP1 in LUAD. Results We found that TFDP1 was overexpressed in most human cancers and related to various diseases, including LUAD. Moreover, LUAD patients with high TFDP1 expression levels might be significantly associated with individual cancer stages and have a poor prognosis. Multivariate analysis revealed that the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) pathologic stage, AJCC stage T, and AJCC stage N were the independent prognostic factors. LUAD patients with TFDP1 alterations suggested poor overall survival (OS), and disease-free survival (DFS), while hypermethylation might lead to a good prognosis. TFDP1 and its coexpressed genes were enriched in multiple signaling pathways and biological processes involved in the cell cycle, spliceosome, and DNA replication. Furthermore, TFDP1 was strongly positively related to the half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) values of multiple drugs. Conclusions In summary, TFDP1 was a possible biomarker and potential therapeutic target for LUAD patients.
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- Yipeng Song
- School of Law and Criminal Justice, East China University of Political Science and Law, Songjiang University Town, Shanghai 201620, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Blood Transfusion, Shanghai Blood Center, Shanghai 200051, China
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Li Y, Chen S, Zhang X, Zhuo N. U2 small nuclear RNA auxiliary factor 2, transcriptionally activated by the transcription factor Dp-1/E2F transcription factor 1 complex, enhances the growth and aerobic glycolysis of leiomyosarcoma cells. Bioengineered 2022; 13:10200-10212. [PMID: 35502531 PMCID: PMC9278431 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2022.2061286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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The dysregulation of U2 Small Nuclear RNA Auxiliary Factor 2 (U2AF2) is associated with malignant behaviors of multiple types of tumors. In this study, we explored the association between U2AF2 dysregulation and the survival of patients with primary leiomyosarcoma, the regulatory effect of U2AF2 on cell growth/aerobic glycolysis, and the mechanisms of U2AF2 dysregulation at the transcriptional level. Gene expression and survival time of patients with primary leiomyosarcoma were extracted from TCGA-Sarcoma (SARC). Leiomyosarcoma cell lines SK-LMS-1 and SK-UT-1 were utilized to construct in vitro and in vivo models. Results showed that the higher U2AF2 expression group had significantly shorter progression-free survival (HR: 2.049, 95%CI: 1.136-3.697, p = 0.011) and disease-specific survival (4.656, 95%CI: 2.141-10.13, p < 0.001) compared to the lower U2AF2 expression group. U2AF2 knockdown suppressed leiomyosarcoma cell growth and aerobic glycolysis (decreased glucose uptake, lactate production, and extracellular acidification rate) in vitro. Tumors derived from SK-LMS-1 cells with U2AF2 knockdown grew significantly slower, with lower GLUT1, PGK1, and PGAM1 protein expression than the control groups. TFDP1 and E2F1 could interact with each other in leiomyosarcoma cells. Both TFDP1 and E2F1 could bind to the promoter of U2AF2 and exert a synergistic activating effect on U2AF2 transcription. In conclusion, this study revealed that U2AF2 upregulation is associated with poor survival of leiomyosarcoma. Its upregulation enhances proliferation and aerobic glycolysis of leiomyosarcoma cells in vitro and in vivo. TFDP1 and E2F1 can form a complex, which binds to the U2AF2 gene promoter and synergistically activates its transcription.
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- Yuguo Li
- School of Clinical Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou Sichuan, China
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou Sichuan, China
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou Sichuan, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou Sichuan, China
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Han S, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Zhang H, Meng S, Kong M, Liu X, Ma X. Single-Cell RNA Sequencing of the Nucleus Pulposus Reveals Chondrocyte Differentiation and Regulation in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:824771. [PMID: 35265617 PMCID: PMC8899542 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.824771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The nucleus pulposus (NP), a heterogeneous tissue, is an essential functional component of the intervertebral disc. However, NP cell development route and regulation mechanism in intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) remain unknown. Here, we performed single-cell RNA sequencing of six NP samples with normal control, mild degeneration, and severe degeneration. Based on unbiased clustering of gene expression patterns from 30,300 single-cell RNA sequencing, we identified three cell lineage families of macrophages, endothelial, and chondrocyte cells and characterized seven chondrocyte subtypes, and defined two developmental pathways of the chondrocyte cell lineage families in the process of IVDD. Additionally, CellPhoneDB analysis revealed potential interactions between chondrocyte cells and other cells in IVDD. Chondrocytes in one of the differentiated orientations interact with macrophages and endothelial cells and have an inflammatory amplification effect, which were key factors causing IVDD. Collectively, these results revealed the dynamic cell landscape of IVDD development and offered new insights into the influence of NP cells differentiation on extracellular matrix homeostasis during degeneration, providing potential treatment targets for IVDD.
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- Shuo Han
- Department of Spinal Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.,Department of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Medical Research Center, Shandong Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.,Department of Pathogenic Biology, Qingdao University Medical College, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Spinal Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.,Department of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Spinal Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.,Department of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Spinal Surgery, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.,970 Hospital of the PLA Joint Logistic Support Force, Weihai, China
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- Department of Spinal Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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Anderson JR, Jacobsen S, Walters M, Bundgaard L, Diendorfer A, Hackl M, Clarke EJ, James V, Peffers MJ. Small non-coding RNA landscape of extracellular vesicles from a post-traumatic model of equine osteoarthritis. Front Vet Sci 2022; 9:901269. [PMID: 36003409 PMCID: PMC9393553 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.901269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Extracellular vesicles comprise an as yet inadequately investigated intercellular communication pathway in the field of early osteoarthritis. We hypothesised that the small non-coding RNA expression pattern in synovial fluid and plasma would change during progression of experimental osteoarthritis. In this study, we conducted small RNA sequencing to provide a comprehensive overview of the temporal expression profiles of small non-coding transcripts carried by extracellular vesicles derived from plasma and synovial fluid for the first time in a posttraumatic model of equine osteoarthritis. Additionally, we characterised synovial fluid and plasma-derived extracellular vesicles with respect to quantity, size, and surface markers. The different temporal expressions of seven microRNAs in plasma and synovial fluid-derived extracellular vesicles, eca-miR-451, eca-miR-25, eca-miR-215, eca-miR-92a, eca-miR-let-7c, eca-miR-486-5p, and eca-miR-23a, and four snoRNAs, U3, snord15, snord46, and snord58, represent potential biomarkers for early osteoarthritis. Bioinformatics analysis of the differentially expressed microRNAs in synovial fluid highlighted that in early osteoarthritis these related to the inhibition of cell cycle, cell cycle progression, DNA damage and cell proliferation as well as increased cell viability and differentiation of stem cells. Plasma and synovial fluid-derived extracellular vesicle small non-coding signatures have been established for the first time in a temporal model of osteoarthritis. These could serve as novel biomarkers for evaluation of osteoarthritis progression or act as potential therapeutic targets.
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- James R Anderson
- Department of Musculoskeletal and Ageing Science, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Taastrup, Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Taastrup, Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Taastrup, Denmark
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- Department of Musculoskeletal and Ageing Science, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, United Kingdom
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- Department of Musculoskeletal and Ageing Science, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Kumar S, Tchounwou PB. Arsenic trioxide reduces the expression of E2F1, cyclin E, and phosphorylation of PI3K signaling molecules in acute leukemia cells. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY 2021; 36:1785-1792. [PMID: 34042274 PMCID: PMC8453914 DOI: 10.1002/tox.23299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2021] [Revised: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Arsenic trioxide (ATO) has been used for the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). Although ATO modulates cell cycle progression and apoptosis in APL cells, its exact mechanism of action remains elusive. In this research, we investigated its effects on E2F1, cyclin E, p53, pRb, and PI3K signaling molecules by western blotting, immunocytochemistry and/or confocal imaging. We found that ATO inhibited the proliferation of APL cells through down-regulation of E2F1 and cyclin E expression, and stimulation of pRb. It also reduced the interaction of pRb and E2F1with binding to the E2F1 promoter, by stimulating pRb association. ATO also effected the phosphorylation of pRb at S608 and T373 residues and association of E2F1, pRb, and p53, simultaneously. However, in p53-knockdown NB4 cells, ATO did not significantly reduce E2F1 and cyclin E expression. Our findings demonstrate that ATO inhibits APL cell growth through reduced expression of E2F1, cyclin E, and stimulation of pRb. It also effected both interaction and association of E2F1, pRb, and p53 by phosphorylation of pRb at T373 and S608 residues and reduced phosphorylation of PI3K signaling molecules. This novel mode of action of ATO in APL cells may be useful for designing new APL drugs.
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- Sanjay Kumar
- Cellomics and Toxicogenomics Research LaboratoryNIH/NIMHD‐RCMI Center for Environmental Health, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Jackson State UniversityJacksonMississippi
- Department of life Sciences, School of Earth, Biological, and Environmental SciencesCentral UniversityGayaSouth BiharIndia
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- Cellomics and Toxicogenomics Research LaboratoryNIH/NIMHD‐RCMI Center for Environmental Health, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Jackson State UniversityJacksonMississippi
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Wang Z, Embaye KS, Yang Q, Qin L, Zhang C, Liu L, Zhan X, Zhang F, Wang X, Qin S. Development and validation of a novel epigenetic-related prognostic signature and candidate drugs for patients with lung adenocarcinoma. Aging (Albany NY) 2021; 13:18701-18717. [PMID: 34285141 PMCID: PMC8351720 DOI: 10.18632/aging.203315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Background: Epigenetic dysregulation has been increasingly proposed as a hallmark of cancer. Here, the aim of this study is to establish an epigenetic-related signature for predicting the prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) patients. Results: Five epigenetic-related genes (ERGs) (ARRB1, PARP1, PKM, TFDP1, and YWHAZ) were identified as prognostic hub genes and used to establish a prognostic signature. According our risk score system, LUAD patients were stratified into high and low risk groups, and patients in the high risk group had a worse prognosis. ROC analysis indicated that the signature was precise in predicting the prognosis. A new nomogram was constructed based on the five hub genes, which can predict the OS of every LUAD patients. The calibration curves showed that the nomogram had better accuracy in prediction. Finally, candidate drugs that aimed at hub ERGs were identified, which included 47 compounds. Conclusions: Our epigenetic-related signature nomogram can effectively and reliably predict OS of LUAD patients, also we provide precise targeted chemotherapeutic drugs. Methods: The genomic data and clinical data of LUAD cohort were downloaded from the TCGA database and ERGs were obtained from the EpiFactors database. GSE31210 and GSE50081 microarray datasets were included as independent external datasets. Univariate Cox, LASSO regression, and multivariate Cox analyses were applied to construct the epigenetic-related signature.
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- Zhihao Wang
- Institute of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Institute of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Hiser Medical Center of Qingdao, Qingdao 266033, China
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- Institute of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Institute of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Institute of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Institute of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Pathology, Wuhan Third Hospital, Tongren Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Institute of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Institute of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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Yao J, Liu X, Sun Y, Dong X, Liu L, Gu H. Curcumin-Alleviated Osteoarthritic Progression in Rats Fed a High-Fat Diet by Inhibiting Apoptosis and Activating Autophagy via Modulation of MicroRNA-34a. J Inflamm Res 2021; 14:2317-2331. [PMID: 34103964 PMCID: PMC8179815 DOI: 10.2147/jir.s312139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 05/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Purpose The mechanism underlying curcumin’s protective effect on osteoarthritis (OA) has not been clarified. This study aimed to determine whether curcumin exerts a chondroprotective effect by inhibiting apoptosis via upregulation of E2F1/PITX1 and activation of autophagy via the Akt/mTOR pathway by targeting microRNA-34a (miR-34a). Methods Male Sprague–Dawley rats were fed a normal diet (ND) or high-fat diet (HFD) for 28 weeks. Five rats from each diet group were selected randomly for histological analysis of OA characteristics. Rats fed a HFD were given a single intra-stifle joint injection of the miR-34a mimic agomir-34a or negative control agomir (NC), followed by weekly low-dose (200 μg/kg body weight) or high-dose (400 μg/kg body weight) curcumin intra-joint injections from weeks 29 to 32. The rats’ stifle joints were submitted to histological analysis and to an apoptotic assay. Expression of miR-34a was detected using a real-time RT-PCR. E2F1 and PITX1 protein levels were determined by Western blot analysis, and the expressions of Beclin1, LC3B, p62, phosphorylated (p)-Akt, and p-mTOR were measured using immunofluorescence analysis. Results We found that rats fed a HFD had OA-like lesions in their articular cartilage and had increased apoptosis of chondrocytes and decreased autophagy compared to rats fed a ND. Curcumin treatment alleviated OA changes, inhibited apoptosis, and upregulated autophagy. Agomir-34a treatment reduced E2F1, PITX1, Beclin1, and LC3B expression and increased p62, p-Akt, and p-mTOR expression in HFD-fed rats given low- or high-dose curcumin. Greater numbers of apoptotic cells, lesser expression of p62, p-Akt, and p-mTOR, and greater expression of E2F1, PITX1, and LC3B were observed in the agomir-34a and high-dose curcumin-treated group than in agomir-34a and low-dose curcumin-treated group. Conclusion Curcumin’s chondroprotective effect was mediated by its suppression of miR-34a, apparently by reducing apoptosis, via upregulation of E2F1/PITX1, and by augmenting autophagy, likely via the Akt/mTOR pathway.
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- Jiayu Yao
- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, 110122, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, 110122, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, 110122, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, 110122, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, 110122, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, 110004, People's Republic of China
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Erbaba B, Arslan-Ergul A, Adams MM. Effects of caloric restriction on the antagonistic and integrative hallmarks of aging. Ageing Res Rev 2021; 66:101228. [PMID: 33246078 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2020.101228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Aging is a significant risk factor for cognitive decline associated with neurodegenerative diseases, which makes understanding what promotes 'healthy brain aging' very important. Studies suggest that caloric restriction (CR) is a non-genetic intervention that reliably extends life- and healthspan. Here, we review the CR literature related to both the subject of aging and alterations in cell cycle machinery, especially surrounding the regulation of the E2F/DP1 complex, to elucidate the cellular protection mechanisms in the brain induced via dietary applications. The alterations extending lifespan via CR appear to exert their effects by promoting survival of individual cells, downregulating cell proliferation, and inducing stem cell quiescence, which results in keeping the stem cell reserve for extreme needs. This survival instinct of cells is believed to cause some molecular adaptations for their maintenance of the system. Avoiding energy waste of proliferation machinery promotes the long term survival of the individual cells and this is due to adaptations to the limited nutrient supply in the environment. Such a protective mechanism induced by diet could be promoted via the downregulation of crucial cell cycle-related transcription activators. This review article aims to bring attention to the importance of molecular adaptations induced by diet that promote healthy brain aging. It will provide insights into alternative targets for new treatments or neuroprotective approaches against neurodegenerative pathophysiologies.
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- Begun Erbaba
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey; National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM), Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
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- National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM), Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey; National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM), Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey; Department of Psychology, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.
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Wang K, Li F, Yuan Y, Shan L, Cui Y, Qu J, Lian F. Synovial Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived EV-Packaged miR-31 Downregulates Histone Demethylase KDM2A to Prevent Knee Osteoarthritis. MOLECULAR THERAPY. NUCLEIC ACIDS 2020; 22:1078-1091. [PMID: 33294294 PMCID: PMC7691165 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2020.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have emerged as important mediators of intercellular communication in response to cartilage damage. In this study, we sought to characterize the inhibitory role of microRNA (miR)-31 encapsulated in synovial MSC (SMSC)-derived EVs in knee osteoarthritis (OA). The expression of miR-31, lysine demethylase 2A (KDM2A), E2F transcription factor 1 (E2F1), and pituitary tumor transforming gene 1 (PTTG1) was validated in cartilage tissues of knee OA patients. Following SMSC-EV extraction and identification, chondrocytes with the miR-31 inhibitor were added with SMSC-EVs, whereupon the effects of miR-31 on proliferation and migration of chondrocytes were assessed. The interaction among miR-31, KDM2A, E2F1, and PTTG1 in chondrocyte activities was probed in vitro, along with an in vivo mouse knee OA model. We identified downregulated miR-31, E2F1, and PTTG1 and upregulated KDM2A in cartilage tissues of knee OA patients. SMSC-EV-packaged miR-31 potentiated chondrocyte proliferation and migration as well as cartilage formation by targeting KDM2A. Mechanistically, KDM2A bound to the transcription factor E2F1 and inhibited its transcriptional activity. Enrichment of E2F1 in the PTTG1 promoter region activated PTTG1 transcription, accelerating chondrocyte proliferation and migration. SMSC-EVs and EVs from miR-31-overexpressed SMSCs alleviated cartilage damage and inflammation in knee joints in vivo. SMSC-EV-encapsulated miR-31 ameliorates knee OA via the KDM2A/E2F1/PTTG1 axis.
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- Kunpeng Wang
- Department of Orthopaedics, The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, P.R. China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, the Second Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, P.R. P. China
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- Department of Obstetrics, The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, P.R. China
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- Department of Outpatient, The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, P.R. China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, P.R. China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, P.R. China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, P.R. China
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Identification of the aberrantly methylated differentially expressed genes in proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Exp Eye Res 2020; 199:108141. [PMID: 32721427 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2020.108141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2020] [Revised: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the most common complication of diabetes. Proliferative DR (PDR) is a more advanced stage of DR, which can cause severe impaired vision and even blindness. However, the precise pathological mechanisms of PDR remain unknown. DNA methylation serves an important role in the initiation and progression of numerous types of disease including PDR. The purpose of this study was to identify the aberrantly methylated differentially expressed genes (DEGs) as potential therapeutic targets of PDR. The gene expression microarray dataset GSE60436 and the methylation profiling microarray dataset GSE57362 were used to determine the aberrantly methylated DEGs in PDR, utilizing normal retinas as controls and fibrovascular membranes (FVMs) in patients with PDR as PDR samples. The functional term and signaling pathway enrichment analysis of the selected genes were subsequently performed. In addition, protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks were constructed to determine the hub genes, and the network of transcriptional factor (TF) and target hub genes was also analyzed. In total, 132 hypomethylated genes were found to be upregulated, whereas 172 hypermethylated genes were discovered to be downregulated in PDR. The hypomethylated upregulated genes were found to be enriched in the pathways, such as "cell-substrate adhesion", "adherens junction", "cell adhesion molecule binding" and "extracellular matrix receptor interactions". Meanwhile, the hypermethylated downregulated genes were enriched in the pathways, such as "visual perception", "presynapse" and the "synaptic vesicle cycle". Based on the PPI analysis, a total of eight hub genes were identified: CTGF, SERPINH1, LOX, RBP3, OTX2, RPE65, OPN1SW and NRL. It was hypothesized that the aberrant methylation of these genes might be related to the possible pathophysiology of PDR. An important transcriptional factor, TFDP1, was discovered to share the closest interactions with the hub genes from the gene-TF network. In conclusion, the present study identified an association among DNA methylation and gene expression in PDR using bioinformatics analysis, and identified the hub genes which might be potential methylation-based diagnosis and treatment targets for PDR in the near future.
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Chen C, Cui S, Li W, Jin H, Fan J, Sun Y, Cui Z. Ingenuity pathway analysis of human facet joint tissues: Insight into facet joint osteoarthritis. Exp Ther Med 2020; 19:2997-3008. [PMID: 32256786 PMCID: PMC7086291 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2020.8555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2019] [Accepted: 01/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Facet joint osteoarthritis (FJOA) is a common degenerative joint disorder with high prevalence in the elderly. FJOA causes lower back pain and lower extremity pain, and thus severely impacts the quality of life of affected patients. Emerging studies have focused on the histomorphological and histomorphometric changes in FJOA. However, the dynamic genetic changes in FJOA have remained to be clearly determined. In the present study, previously obtained RNA deep sequencing data were subjected to an ingenuity pathway analysis (IPA) and canonical signaling pathways of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in FJOA were studied. The top 25 enriched canonical signaling pathways were identified and canonical signaling pathways with high absolute values of z-scores, specifically leukocyte extravasation signaling, Tec kinase signaling and osteoarthritis pathway, were investigated in detail. DEGs were further categorized by disease, biological function and toxicity (tox) function. The genetic networks between DEGs as well as hub genes in these functional networks were also investigated. It was demonstrated that C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 8, elastase, neutrophil expressed, growth factor independent 1 transcriptional repressor, Spi-1 proto-oncogene, CCAAT enhancer binding protein epsilon, GATA binding protein 1, TAL bHLH transcription factor 1, erythroid differentiation factor, minichromosome maintenance complex component 4, BTG anti-proliferation factor 2, BRCA1 DNA repair-associated, cyclin D1, chromatin assembly factor 1 subunit A, triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 1 and tumor protein p63 were hub genes in the top 5 IPA networks (with a score >30). The present study provides insight into the pathological processes of FJOA from a genetic perspective and may thus benefit the clinical treatment of FJOA.
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- Chu Chen
- Department of Spine Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, P.R. China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, P.R. China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, P.R. China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, P.R. China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, P.R. China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, P.R. China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, P.R. China
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Analysis of methylation datasets identified significantly changed genes and functional pathways in osteoarthritis. Clin Rheumatol 2019; 38:3529-3538. [PMID: 31376087 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-019-04700-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2019] [Revised: 07/11/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Researches indicate that epigenetics was involved in osteoarthritis (OA). The purpose of this study was to describe the alterations of DNA methylation in hip and knee OA by comparing DNA methylome of OA cartilage and non-OA samples and to identify novel genes and pathways associated with OA. METHODS We gained two expression profiling datasets (GSE73626 and GSE63695) from the GEO dataset. The RnBeads in R package was used to identify differentially methylated CpG sites. Genes that showed significant differences in DNA methylation between OA and normal control groups underwent functional annotation analysis using the online tool of GeneCodis. Furthermore, we used the Sequenom MassARRAY platform (CapitalBio, Beijing, China) to perform the quantitative methylation analysis. RESULTS A total of 249 hypermethylated sites and 96 hypomethylated sites were obtained from OA samples compared with normal control samples. Functional analysis of differentially methylated genes obtained that embryonic skeletal system morphogenesis, cartilage development, and skeletal system development may be involved in the pathogenesis of OA. Eight genes including HOXB3, HOXB4, HOXB6, HOXC4, HOXC10, HOXD3, TBX3, and TBX5 were identified as potential novel biomarkers for OA. CONCLUSION Taken together, our study found different molecular characteristics between OA patients and normal controls. This may provide new clues to elucidate the pathogenesis of OA.Key Points• Embryonic skeletal system morphogenesis, cartilage development, skeletal system development may be involved in the pathogenesis of OA.• Eight genes are identified as potential novel markers for OA.• Our future in vivo molecular intervention experiments will extend our current findings.
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Lu HJ, Jin PY, Tang Y, Fan SH, Zhang ZF, Wang F, Wu DM, Lu J, Zheng YL. microRNA-136 inhibits proliferation and promotes apoptosis and radiosensitivity of cervical carcinoma through the NF-κB pathway by targeting E2F1. Life Sci 2018; 199:167-178. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2018.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2017] [Revised: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Cornella N, Tebaldi T, Gasperini L, Singh J, Padgett RA, Rossi A, Macchi P. The hnRNP RALY regulates transcription and cell proliferation by modulating the expression of specific factors including the proliferation marker E2F1. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:19674-19692. [PMID: 28972179 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.795591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2017] [Revised: 09/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (hnRNP) form a large family of RNA-binding proteins that exert numerous functions in RNA metabolism. RALY is a member of the hnRNP family that binds poly-U-rich elements within several RNAs and regulates the expression of specific transcripts. RALY is up-regulated in different types of cancer, and its down-regulation impairs cell cycle progression. However, the RALY's role in regulating RNA levels remains elusive. Here, we show that numerous genes coding for factors involved in transcription and cell cycle regulation exhibit an altered expression in RALY-down-regulated HeLa cells, consequently causing impairments in transcription, cell proliferation, and cell cycle progression. Interestingly, by comparing the list of RALY targets with the list of genes affected by RALY down-regulation, we found an enrichment of RALY mRNA targets in the down-regulated genes upon RALY silencing. The affected genes include the E2F transcription factor family. Given its role as proliferation-promoting transcription factor, we focused on E2F1. We demonstrate that E2F1 mRNA stability and E2F1 protein levels are reduced in cells lacking RALY expression. Finally, we also show that RALY interacts with transcriptionally active chromatin in both an RNA-dependent and -independent manner and that this association is abolished in the absence of active transcription. Taken together, our results highlight the importance of RALY as an indirect regulator of transcription and cell cycle progression through the regulation of specific mRNA targets, thus strengthening the possibility of a direct gene expression regulation exerted by RALY.
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- Nicola Cornella
- From the Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, via Sommarive 9, 38123 Trento, Italy
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- the Laboratory of Translational Genomics, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, via Sommarive 9, 38123 Trento, Italy
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- From the Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, via Sommarive 9, 38123 Trento, Italy
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- From the Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, via Sommarive 9, 38123 Trento, Italy,
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- From the Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, via Sommarive 9, 38123 Trento, Italy,
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Correction: E2F1 and TFDP1 Regulate PITX1 Expression in Normal and Osteoarthritic Articular Chondrocytes. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0167530. [PMID: 27880827 PMCID: PMC5120844 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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