Lili Dong, Nan Zhang, Jun Chen, Penghui Dong, Nan Mao, Huiling Li, Aiguo Wang
{"title":"Triiodothyronine (T3) suppresses hepatic tumorigenesis and development by inhibiting the phosphorylation of ERK.","authors":"Lili Dong, Nan Zhang, Jun Chen, Penghui Dong, Nan Mao, Huiling Li, Aiguo Wang","doi":"10.1002/mc.23788","DOIUrl":"10.1002/mc.23788","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The effect of triiodothyronine (T3) on the phosphorylation of ERK and the occurrence and development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is controversial and remains to be clarified. In the present study, both in vitro (hepatoma cell lines) and in vivo (wild-type mice [WT] and mouse models of HCC [Hras<sup>G12V</sup>and Kras<sup>G12D</sup>transgenic mice (Hras-Tg and Kras-Tg)]) systems were used to investigate the effect of T3 on p-ERK and hepatocarcinogenesis. The results showed that, in vitro, T3 treatment elevated the levels of p-ERK in hepatoma cells within 30 min. However, p-ERK levels returned to normal after 1 h with no significant effects on cellular proliferation or apoptosis. Interestingly, in vivo, T3 induced early rapid and transient activation of ERK and later persistent downregulation of p-ERK in liver tissues of WT. In Hras-Tg, liver weight, liver/body weight ratio, hepatic tumor numbers and sizes were significantly reduced withT3treatment compared with the untreated group. Furthermore, the levels of albumin, Hras<sup>G12V</sup>, and p-ERK in hepatic precancerous and tumor tissues were all significantly downregulated with T3 treatment; however, the levels of endogenous Hras were not affected. In WT, T3 also induced downregulation of Albumin in liver tissues, but without influence on the expression of endogenous Hras and p-MEK. Especially, the inhibitory effect of T3 on p-ERK and hepatic tumorigenesis and development without influence on the levels of Kras<sup>G12D</sup> and p-MEK was further confirmed in Kras-Tg. In conclusion, T3 suppresses hepatic tumorigenesis and development by independently and substantially inhibiting the phosphorylation of ERK in vivo.</p>","PeriodicalId":19003,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Carcinogenesis","volume":" ","pages":"1988-2000"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141731354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Targeting Hippo/YAP in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: Promising molecules in cancer therapy.","authors":"Xing Ma, Yangyang Zhou, Ruping Li, Xianmin Ding, Deyu Li, Tingting Pan, Fuqiang Zhang, Wenliang Li","doi":"10.1002/mc.23791","DOIUrl":"10.1002/mc.23791","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The tumorigenesis of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) has been identified to be exceptionally involved in dysregulated Hippo/Yes-associated protein (YAP) signaling pathway (Hippo/YAP). Hippo/YAP functions as a master regulator engaged in a plethora of physiological and oncogenic processes as well. Therefore, the aberrant Hippo/YAP could serve as an Achilles' heel regarding the molecular therapeutic avenues for ICC patients. Herein, we comprehensively review the recent studies about the underlying mechanism of disrupted Hippo/YAP in ICC, how diagnostic values could be utilized upon the critical genes in this pathway, and what opportunities could be given upon this target pathway.</p>","PeriodicalId":19003,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Carcinogenesis","volume":" ","pages":"1866-1873"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141875380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yihong Chen, Jessica D Johnson, Sridharan Jayamohan, Yi He, Prabhakar P Venkata, Diksha Jamwal, Salvador Alejo, Yi Zou, Zhao Lai, Suryavathi Viswanadhapalli, Ratna K Vadlamudi, Edward Kost, Gangadhara R Sareddy
{"title":"KDM1A/LSD1 inhibition enhances chemotherapy response in ovarian cancer.","authors":"Yihong Chen, Jessica D Johnson, Sridharan Jayamohan, Yi He, Prabhakar P Venkata, Diksha Jamwal, Salvador Alejo, Yi Zou, Zhao Lai, Suryavathi Viswanadhapalli, Ratna K Vadlamudi, Edward Kost, Gangadhara R Sareddy","doi":"10.1002/mc.23792","DOIUrl":"10.1002/mc.23792","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ovarian cancer (OCa) is the deadliest of all gynecological cancers. The standard treatment for OCa is platinum-based chemotherapy, such as carboplatin or cisplatin in combination with paclitaxel. Most patients are initially responsive to these treatments; however, nearly 90% will develop recurrence and inevitably succumb to chemotherapy-resistant disease. Recent studies have revealed that the epigenetic modifier lysine-specific histone demethylase 1A (KDM1A/LSD1) is highly overexpressed in OCa. However, the role of KDM1A in chemoresistance and whether its inhibition enhances chemotherapy response in OCa remains uncertain. Analysis of TCGA datasets revealed that KDM1A expression is high in patients who poorly respond to chemotherapy. Western blot analysis show that treatment with chemotherapy drugs cisplatin, carboplatin, and paclitaxel increased KDM1A expression in OCa cells. KDM1A knockdown (KD) or treatment with KDM1A inhibitors NCD38 and SP2509 sensitized established and patient-derived OCa cells to chemotherapy drugs in reducing cell viability and clonogenic survival and inducing apoptosis. Moreover, knockdown of KDM1A sensitized carboplatin-resistant A2780-CP70 cells to carboplatin treatment and paclitaxel-resistant SKOV3-TR cells to paclitaxel. RNA-seq analysis revealed that a combination of KDM1A-KD and cisplatin treatment resulted in the downregulation of genes related to epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). Interestingly, cisplatin treatment increased a subset of NF-κB pathway genes, and KDM1A-KD or KDM1A inhibition reversed this effect. Importantly, KDM1A-KD, in combination with cisplatin, significantly reduced tumor growth compared to a single treatment in an orthotopic intrabursal OCa xenograft model. Collectively, these findings suggest that combination of KDM1A inhibitors with chemotherapy could be a promising therapeutic approach for the treatment of OCa.</p>","PeriodicalId":19003,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Carcinogenesis","volume":" ","pages":"2026-2039"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11421967/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141580276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Plakophilin 1 in carcinogenesis.","authors":"Qiang Luo, Xiaojia Li, Keping Xie","doi":"10.1002/mc.23779","DOIUrl":"10.1002/mc.23779","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Plakophilin 1 (PKP1) belongs to the desmosome family as an anchoring junction protein in cellular junctions. It localizes at the interface of the cell membrane and cytoplasm. Although PKP1 is a non-transmembrane protein, it may become associated with the cell membrane via transmembrane proteins such as desmocollins and desmogleins. Homozygous deletion of PKP1 results in ectodermal dysplasia-skin fragility syndrome (EDSF) and complete knockout of PKP1 in mice produces comparable symptoms to EDSF in humans, although mice do not survive more than 24 h. PKP1 is not limited to expression in desmosomal structures, but is rather widely expressed in cytoplasm and nucleus, where it assumes important cellular functions. This review will summarize distinct roles of PKP1 in the cell membrane, cytoplasm, and nucleus with an overview of relevant studies on its function in diverse types of cancer.</p>","PeriodicalId":19003,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Carcinogenesis","volume":" ","pages":"1855-1865"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141419948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kewei Song, Chenhui Ma, Ewetse Paul Maswikiti, Baohong Gu, Bofang Wang, Na Wang, Pei Jiang, Hao Chen
{"title":"Downregulation of ALDH5A1 suppresses cisplatin resistance in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by regulating ferroptosis signaling pathways.","authors":"Kewei Song, Chenhui Ma, Ewetse Paul Maswikiti, Baohong Gu, Bofang Wang, Na Wang, Pei Jiang, Hao Chen","doi":"10.1002/mc.23778","DOIUrl":"10.1002/mc.23778","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explores the specific role and underlying mechanisms of ALDH5A1 in the chemoresistance of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). The levels of cleaved caspase-3, 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE), intracellular Fe<sup>2+</sup>, and lipid reactive oxygen species (ROS) were evaluated via immunofluorescence. Cell viability and migration were quantified using cell counting kit-8 assays and wound healing assays, respectively. Flow cytometry was utilized to analyze cell apoptosis and ROS production. The concentrations of malondialdehyde (MDA) and reduced glutathione were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Proteome profiling was performed using data-independent acquisition. Additionally, a xenograft mouse model of ESCC was established to investigate the relationship between ALDH5A1 expression and the cisplatin (DDP)-resistance mechanism in vivo. ALDH5A1 is overexpressed in both ESCC patients and ESCC/DDP cells. Silencing of ALDH5A1 significantly enhances the inhibitory effects of DDP treatment on the viability and migration of KYSE30/DDP and KYSE150/DDP cells and promotes apoptosis. Furthermore, it intensifies DDP's suppressive effects on tumor volume and weight in nude mice. Gene ontology biological process analysis has shown that ferroptosis plays a crucial role in both KYSE30/DDP cells and KYSE30/DDP cells transfected with si-ALDH5A1. Our in vitro and in vivo experiments demonstrate that DDP treatment promotes the accumulation of ROS, lipid ROS, MDA, LPO, and intracellular Fe<sup>2+</sup> content, increases the levels of proteins that promote ferroptosis (ACSL4 and FTH1), and decreases the expression of anti-ferroptosis proteins (SLC7A11, FTL, and GPX4). Silencing of ALDH5A1 further amplifies the regulatory effects of DDP both in vitro and in vivo. ALDH5A1 potentially acts as an oncogene in ESCC chemoresistance. Silencing of ALDH5A1 can reduce DDP resistance in ESCC through promoting ferroptosis signaling pathways. These findings suggest a promising strategy for the treatment of ESCC in clinical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":19003,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Carcinogenesis","volume":" ","pages":"1892-1906"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141458118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xilei Zhou, Yusuo Tong, Changhua Yu, Juan Pu, Weiguo Zhu, Yun Zhou, Yuandong Wang, Yaozu Xiong, Xinchen Sun
{"title":"FAP positive cancer-associated fibroblasts promote tumor progression and radioresistance in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by transferring exosomal lncRNA AFAP1-AS1.","authors":"Xilei Zhou, Yusuo Tong, Changhua Yu, Juan Pu, Weiguo Zhu, Yun Zhou, Yuandong Wang, Yaozu Xiong, Xinchen Sun","doi":"10.1002/mc.23782","DOIUrl":"10.1002/mc.23782","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are abundant and heterogeneous stromal cells in the tumor microenvironment, which play important roles in regulating tumor progression and therapy resistance by transferring exosomes to cancer cells. However, how CAFs modulate esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) progression and radioresistance remains incompletely understood. The expression of fibroblast activation protein (FAP) in CAFs was evaluated by immunohistochemistry in 174 ESCC patients who underwent surgery and 78 pretreatment biopsy specimens of ESCC patients who underwent definitive chemoradiotherapy. We sorted CAFs according to FAP expression, and the conditioned medium (CM) was collected to culture ESCC cells. The expression levels of several lncRNAs that were considered to regulate ESCC progression and/or radioresistance were measured in exosomes derived from FAP<sup>+</sup> CAFs and FAP<sup>-</sup> CAFs. Subsequently, cell counting kit-8, 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine, transwell, colony formation, and xenograft assays were performed to investigate the functional differences between FAP<sup>+</sup> CAFs and FAP<sup>-</sup> CAFs. Finally, a series of in vitro and in vivo assays were used to evaluate the effect of AFAP1-AS1 on radiosensitivity of ESCC cells. FAP expression in stromal CAFs was positively correlated with nerve invasion, vascular invasion, depth of invasion, lymph node metastasis, lack of clinical complete response and poor survival. Culture of ESCC cells with CM/FAP<sup>+</sup> CAFs significantly increased cancer proliferation, migration, invasion and radioresistance, compared with culture with CM/FAP<sup>-</sup> CAFs. Importantly, FAP<sup>+</sup> CAFs exert their roles by directly transferring the functional lncRNA AFAP1-AS1 to ESCC cells via exosomes. Functional studies showed that AFAP1-AS1 promoted radioresistance by enhancing DNA damage repair in ESCC cells. Clinically, high levels of plasma AFAP1-AS1 correlated with poor responses to dCRT in ESCC patients. Our findings demonstrated that FAP<sup>+</sup> CAFs promoted radioresistance in ESCC cells through transferring exosomal lncRNA AFAP1-AS1; and may be a potential therapeutic target for ESCC treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":19003,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Carcinogenesis","volume":" ","pages":"1922-1937"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141458119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hao Zhu, Fa-Lin Wang, Shuang Zhang, Li Xue, Guang-Qiang Gao, Hong-Wei Dong, Qi Wang, Wen-Guang Sun, Jia-Ren Liu
{"title":"γ-Tocotrienol enhances autophagy of gastric cancer cells by the regulation of GSK3β/β-Catenin pathway.","authors":"Hao Zhu, Fa-Lin Wang, Shuang Zhang, Li Xue, Guang-Qiang Gao, Hong-Wei Dong, Qi Wang, Wen-Guang Sun, Jia-Ren Liu","doi":"10.1002/mc.23790","DOIUrl":"10.1002/mc.23790","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>γ-Tocotrienol (γ-T3) is a major subtype of vitamin E, mainly extracted from palm trees, barley, walnuts, and other plants. γ-T3 has effects on anti-inflammation, anti-oxidation, and potential chemoprevention against malignancies. It is still uncompleted to understand the effect of γ-T3 on the inhibitory mechanism of cancer. This study aimed to investigate whether γ-T3 enhanced autophagy in gastric cancer and the underlying molecular mechanism. The results showed that γ-T3 (0-90 μmol/L) inhibited the proliferation of gastric cancer MKN45 cells and AGS cells, and arrested the cell cycle at the G0/G1 phase in a dose-dependent manner. Autophagy was increased in MKN45 cells treated with γ-T3 (0-45 μmol/L), especially at a dose of 30 μmol/L for 24 h. These effects were reversed by 3-methyladenine pretreatment. Furthermore, γ-T3 (30 μmol/L) also significantly downregulated the expression of pGSK-3β (ser9) and β-catenin protein in MKN45 cells, and γ-T3 (20 mg/kg b.w.) effectively decreased the growth of MKN45 cell xenografts in BABL/c mice. GSK-3β inhibitor-CHIR-99021 reversed the negative regulation of GSK-3β/β-Catenin signaling and autophagy. Our findings indicated that γ-T3 enhances autophagy in gastric cancer cells mediated by GSK-3β/β-Catenin signaling, which provides new insights into the role of γ-T3 enhancing autophagy in gastric cancer.</p>","PeriodicalId":19003,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Carcinogenesis","volume":" ","pages":"2013-2025"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141559289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dysregulated BCL9 Controls Tumorigenicity and Ferroptosis Susceptibility by Binding With Nrf2 in Thyroid Carcinoma","authors":"Bin Wang, Zhihao Yao, Zhenhua Wang, Shenzhen Yao, Xiaoxia Cen, Wei Zhang","doi":"10.1002/mc.23816","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mc.23816","url":null,"abstract":"Thyroid carcinoma (TC) is the most common malignant tumor of the endocrine system with increasing incidence. In this study, we found that BCL9 is markedly upregulated in human TC tumors and its expression is positively corrected with the process of TC. Functionally, we found that overexpression of BCL9 promoted the proliferation and migration of TC cells, while reduced the sensitivity of TC cells to ferroptosis, a form of cell death driven by iron‐dependent lipid peroxidation and implicated as a novel cancer therapeutic strategy. Mechanistically, the co‐immunoprecipitation assay determined that BCL9 could bind to Nrf2 which has been confirmed to play an important role in ferroptosis. Furthermore, we demonstrated that silence of BCL9 could decrease Nrf2 expression, and then affect the expression of the downstream genes of Nrf2, ultimately induce ferroptosis. Importantly, we confirmed the effects of BCL9 on TC tumors in vivo. Overall, this study unveils the functional role and clinical significance of BCL9 in TC progression, and highlights the potential of targeting BCL9/Nrf2 ferroptosis axis as a novel therapeutic strategy for TC treatment.","PeriodicalId":19003,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Carcinogenesis","volume":"191 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142248412","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Knockdown of PAIP1 Inhibits Breast Cancer Cell Proliferation by Regulating Cyclin E2 mRNA Stability","authors":"Wenqing Yang, Qingkun Wang, Qi Li, Yue Han, Yu Zhang, Lu Zhu, Lianhua Zhu, Junjie Piao","doi":"10.1002/mc.23817","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mc.23817","url":null,"abstract":"Polyadenylate‐binding protein‐interacting protein 1 (PAIP1) is a protein that modulates translation initiation in eukaryotic cells. Studies have shown that PAIP1 was overexpressed in various type of cancers, and drives cancer progression by promoting cancer cell proliferation, invasion, and migration. In our previous study, we identified that PAIP1 was overexpressed in breast cancer, and the expression was correlated with poor prognosis. However, the biological function of PAIP1 in breast cancer has not been clearly understood. In this study, we constructed PAIP1 specifically silenced breast cancer cells. Then, cell proliferation, cell cycle distribution, and apoptosis were detected in PAIP1 knockdown cells. RNA‐seq analysis was performed to predict the downstream target of PAIP1, and the molecular mechanism was explored. As a results, we found that knockdown of PAIP1 repressed cell proliferation, induced cell cycle arrest, and triggers apoptosis. Xenograft mouse model showed that knockdown of PAIP1 inhibits cell growth in vivo. RNA‐seq predicted that <jats:italic>CCNE</jats:italic>2 mRNA was one of the downstream targets of PAIP1. In addition, we identified that knockdown of PAIP1‐inhibited cell proliferation through modulating cyclin E2 expression. Mechanically, knockdown of PAIP1 reduces the expression of cyclin E2 by regulating the mRNA stability of cyclin E2. Moreover, in breast cancer tissues, we found that the expression of PAIP1 was positively correlated with cyclin E2. Taken together, our findings establish the role and mechanism of PAIP1 in breast cancer progression, indicating that PAIP1 would be a new therapeutic target for breast cancer treatment.","PeriodicalId":19003,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Carcinogenesis","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142221634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sasmita Mishra, Casey Krawic, Michal W. Luczak, Anatoly Zhitkovich
{"title":"Monoubiquitinated H2B, a Main Chromatin Target of Formaldehyde, Is Important for S‐Phase Checkpoint Signaling and Genome Stability","authors":"Sasmita Mishra, Casey Krawic, Michal W. Luczak, Anatoly Zhitkovich","doi":"10.1002/mc.23819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mc.23819","url":null,"abstract":"Formaldehyde (FA) is a human carcinogen with ubiquitous environmental exposures and significant endogenous formation. Genotoxic activity of FA stems from its reactivity with DNA‐NH<jats:sub>2</jats:sub> groups. Histone lysines are another source of aldehyde‐reactive amino groups in chromatin, however, chromatin/histone damage responses to FA and their biological significance are poorly understood. We examined histone posttranslational modifications in FA‐treated human lung cells and found that the majority of the most prominent small lysine modifications associated with active or inactive chromatin were unchanged. FA moderately decreased H3K9 and H3K27 acetylation and H2A‐K119 monoubiquitination but caused surprisingly severe losses of H2B‐K120 monoubiquitination, especially in primary and stem‐like cells. H2Aub1 decreases reflected its slower ubiquitination linked to a lower ubiquitin availability due to K48‐polyubiquitination of FA‐damaged proteins. Depletion of H2Bub1 resulted from its rapid deubiquitination in part by ATXN7L3‐associated deubiquitinases and was independent on DNA damage signaling, indicating a direct chromatin damage response. Manipulations of H2Bub1 abundance showed that it was important for robust ATM and ATR signaling, efficient S‐phase checkpoint, and suppression of mitotic transmission of unreplicated DNA and formation of micronuclei. Our findings identified H2B deubiquitination as a major FA‐induced chromatin damage response that regulates S‐phase checkpoint signaling and genome stability.","PeriodicalId":19003,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Carcinogenesis","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142221635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}