生物
DNA甲基化
CpG站点
甲基化
癌症研究
癌症
转移
基因
转录组
癌细胞
分子生物学
作者
Jiani Xu,Yan Zhou,Jianshui Yang,Yayun Gu,Erbao Zhang,Wenwen Yuan,Cheng Wang,Guangfu Jin,Hongxia Ma,Zhi-Bin Hu
出处
期刊:Gene
[Elsevier]
日期:2021-12-01
卷期号:: 146115-146115
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.gene.2021.146115
摘要
Previous studies have revealed the significance of several cancer/testis (CT) genes in gastric cancer (GC). Here, we identified candidate CT oncogenes in GC, which were activated by the promoter (p) hypomethylation.Transcriptome profiling and DNA methylation data of stomach adenocarcinoma (STAD) were downloaded from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. We applied multiple Cox regression analysis to identify survival-related CT genes. CpG sites associated with hypomethylated activation were defined by Spearman's rank correlation analysis. We used the CRISPR/dCas9 technique to accurately mediate p hypomethylation in a GC cell line (HGC27) and verify the effect of targeted CpG sites on gene expression. Finally, we verified the function via gain- and loss-of-function assays in vitro.We recognized LIN28B as a highly activated CT gene in GC, whose high expression was associated with poor prognosis of GC patients [hazard ratio (HR) = 1.90, 95 %CI:1.26-2.87, P = 2.14 × 10-3]. Bioinformatics analysis found that hypomethylation of four CpG sites at LIN28B p were negatively correlated with its elevated expression, and we verified that p hypomethylation could activate LIN28B expression via accurately mediated p methylation. Moreover, knockout of LIN28B markedly repressed proliferation, metastasis, and invasion of GC cells in vitro. In contrast, LIN28B over-expression could promote metastasis and invasion of GC cells.In summary, we found that CT gene LIN28B could be activated by p hypomethylation in GC, which suggested that hypomethylation of specific CpG sites could be a potential molecular marker for prognosis prediction and individualized treatment among GC patients.
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