OncogenesisPub Date : 2024-01-03DOI: 10.1038/s41389-023-00505-y
Bojie Cong, Ross L Cagan
{"title":"Cell competition and cancer from Drosophila to mammals.","authors":"Bojie Cong, Ross L Cagan","doi":"10.1038/s41389-023-00505-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41389-023-00505-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Throughout an individual's life, somatic cells acquire cancer-associated mutations. A fraction of these mutations trigger tumour formation, a phenomenon partly driven by the interplay of mutant and wild-type cell clones competing for dominance; conversely, other mutations function against tumour initiation. This mechanism of 'cell competition', can shift clone dynamics by evaluating the relative status of clonal populations, promoting 'winners' and eliminating 'losers'. This review examines the role of cell competition in the context of tumorigenesis, tumour progression and therapeutic intervention.</p>","PeriodicalId":19489,"journal":{"name":"Oncogenesis","volume":"13 1","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10764339/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139087937","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}
OncogenesisPub Date : 2023-12-07DOI: 10.1038/s41389-023-00501-2
Li Ding, Yujie Xu, Lin Xu, Chenhong Zhao, Zhiping Zhang, Jie Zhang, Kai Liao, Yuerou Chen, Jingwen Li, Xinyu Mei, Xinyue Zhang
{"title":"Programmed cell death 11 modulates but not entirely relies on p53-HDM2 loop to facilitate G2/M transition in colorectal cancer cells","authors":"Li Ding, Yujie Xu, Lin Xu, Chenhong Zhao, Zhiping Zhang, Jie Zhang, Kai Liao, Yuerou Chen, Jingwen Li, Xinyu Mei, Xinyue Zhang","doi":"10.1038/s41389-023-00501-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41389-023-00501-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We previously described a nucleolar protein RSL1D1 but distributed throughout the nucleus in HCT116 colorectal cancer (CRC) cells to facilitate G1/S transition by inhibiting p53 signaling. Here, we found another nucleolar protein, programmed cell death 11 (PDCD11), also with an “Extra-nucleolar” localization in CRC cells but to regulate G2/M checkpoint. This protein directly interacts with p53 and HDM2 in the nucleoplasm, thereby recruiting p53 to HDM2 for ubiquitination and degradation. The ensuing downregulation of p53 increases the CDK1 level to help the cells pass G2/M checkpoint. Upon DNA damage stress, PDCD11 gains the power to upregulate CDK1 independently of p53. Beyond these, PDCD11 also upregulates CDC25C in a p53-independent manner to dephosphorylate CDK1 to facilitate G2/M transition. Downregulation of PDCD11 greatly reduced cancer cell growth in vitro and in vivo, additionally sensitized cells to DNA damage signals, highlighting that PDCD11 is a crucial driving factor of CRC and a potential target for cancer treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":19489,"journal":{"name":"Oncogenesis","volume":"195 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138557084","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":"Identifying a locus in super-enhancer and its resident NFE2L1/MAFG as transcriptional factors that drive PD-L1 expression and immune evasion.","authors":"Conglin Shi, Liuting Chen, Hui Pi, Henglu Cui, Chenyang Fan, Fangzheng Tan, Xuanhao Qu, Rong Sun, Fengbo Zhao, Yihua Song, Yuanyuan Wu, Miaomiao Chen, Wenkai Ni, Lishuai Qu, Renfang Mao, Yihui Fan","doi":"10.1038/s41389-023-00500-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41389-023-00500-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although the transcriptional regulation of the programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) promoter has been extensively studied, the transcription factor residing in the PD-L1 super-enhancer has not been comprehensively explored. Through saturated CRISPR-Cas9 screening of the core region of the PD-L1 super-enhancer, we have identified a crucial genetic locus, referred to as locus 22, which is essential for PD-L1 expression. Locus 22 is a potential binding site for NFE2:MAF transcription factors. Although genetic silencing of NRF2 (NFE2L2) did not result in a reduction of PD-L1 expression, further analysis reveals that MAFG and NFE2L1 (NRF1) play a critical role in the expression of PD-L1. Importantly, lipopolysaccharides (LPS) as the major component of intratumoral bacteria could greatly induce PD-L1 expression, which is dependent on the PD-L1 super-enhancer, locus 22, and NFE2L1/MAFG. Mechanistically, genetic modification of locus 22 and silencing of MAFG greatly reduce BRD4 binding and loop formation but have minimal effects on H3K27Ac modification. Unlike control cells, cells with genetic modification of locus 22 and silencing of NFE2L1/MAFG failed to escape T cell-mediated killing. In breast cancer, the expression of MAFG is positively correlated with the expression of PD-L1. Taken together, our findings demonstrate the critical role of locus 22 and its associated transcription factor NFE2L1/MAFG in super-enhancer- and LPS-induced PD-L1 expression. Our findings provide new insight into understanding the regulation of PD-L1 transcription and intratumoral bacteria-mediated immune evasion.</p>","PeriodicalId":19489,"journal":{"name":"Oncogenesis","volume":"12 1","pages":"56"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10662283/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138176964","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":"NF-κB signaling activation and roles in thyroid cancers: implication of MAP3K14/NIK.","authors":"Françoise Cormier, Selma Housni, Florent Dumont, Mélodie Villard, Béatrix Cochand-Priollet, Françoise Mercier-Nomé, Karine Perlemoine, Jérôme Bertherat, Lionel Groussin","doi":"10.1038/s41389-023-00496-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41389-023-00496-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Among follicular-derived thyroid cancers (TC), those with aggressive behavior and resistance to current treatments display poor prognosis. NF-κB signaling pathways are involved in tumor progression of various cancers. Here, we finely characterize the NF-κB pathways and their involvement in TC. By using immunoblot and gel shift assays, we demonstrated that both classical and alternative NF-κB pathways are activated in ten TC-derived cell lines, leading to activated RelA/p50 and RelB/p50 NF-κB dimers. By analyzing the RNAseq data of the large papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) cohort from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project, we identified a tumor progression-related NF-κB signature in BRAF<sup>V600E</sup> mutated-PTCs. That corroborated with the role of RelA and RelB in cell migration and invasion processes that we demonstrated specifically in BRAF<sup>V600E</sup> mutated-cell lines, together with their role in the control of expression of genes implicated in invasiveness (MMP1, PLAU, LCN2 and LGALS3). We also identified NF-κB-inducing kinase (NIK) as a novel actor of the constitutive activation of the NF-κB pathways in TC-derived cell lines. Finally, its implication in invasiveness and its overexpression in PTC samples make NIK a potential therapeutic target for advanced TC treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":19489,"journal":{"name":"Oncogenesis","volume":"12 1","pages":"55"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10654696/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136398535","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":"Kinesin family member 18B activates mTORC1 signaling via actin gamma 1 to promote the recurrence of human hepatocellular carcinoma.","authors":"Qian Li, Mengqing Sun, Yao Meng, Mengqing Feng, Menglan Wang, Cunjie Chang, Heng Dong, Fangtian Bu, Chao Xu, Jing Liu, Qi Ling, Yiting Qiao, Jianxiang Chen","doi":"10.1038/s41389-023-00499-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41389-023-00499-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) signaling pathway is frequently reported to be hyperactivated in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and contributes to HCC recurrence. However, the underlying regulatory mechanisms of mTORC1 signaling in HCC are not fully understood. In the present study, we found that the expression of kinesin family member 18B (KIF18B) was positively correlated with mTORC1 signaling in HCC, and the upregulation of KIF18B and p-mTOR was associated with a poor prognosis and HCC recurrence. Utilizing in vitro and in vivo assays, we showed that KIF18B promoted HCC cell proliferation and migration through activating mTORC1 signaling. Mechanistically, we identified Actin gamma 1 (γ-Actin) as a binding partner of KIF18B. KIF18B and γ-Actin synergistically modulated lysosome positioning, promoted mTORC1 translocation to lysosome membrane, and prohibited p70 S6K from entering lysosomes for degradation, which finally led to the enhancement of mTORC1 signaling transduction. Moreover, we found that KIF18B was a direct target of Forkhead box M1, which explains the potential mechanism of KIF18B overexpression in HCC. Our study highlights the potential of KIF18B as a therapeutic target for the treatment of HCC.</p>","PeriodicalId":19489,"journal":{"name":"Oncogenesis","volume":"12 1","pages":"54"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10643429/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92155922","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}
OncogenesisPub Date : 2023-11-10DOI: 10.1038/s41389-023-00498-8
Kranthi Kumar Chougoni, Haemin Park, Priyadarshan K Damle, Travis Mason, Bo Cheng, Martin M Dcona, Barbara Szomju, Mikhail G Dozmorov, Michael O Idowu, Steven R Grossman
{"title":"Coordinate transcriptional regulation of ErbB2/3 by C-terminal binding protein 2 signals sensitivity to ErbB2 inhibition in pancreatic adenocarcinoma.","authors":"Kranthi Kumar Chougoni, Haemin Park, Priyadarshan K Damle, Travis Mason, Bo Cheng, Martin M Dcona, Barbara Szomju, Mikhail G Dozmorov, Michael O Idowu, Steven R Grossman","doi":"10.1038/s41389-023-00498-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41389-023-00498-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is a critical need to identify new therapeutic vulnerabilities in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Transcriptional co-regulators C-terminal binding proteins (CtBP) 1 and 2 are highly overexpressed in human PDAC, and CRISPR-based homozygous deletion of Ctbp2 in a mouse PDAC cell line (CKP) dramatically decreased tumor growth, reduced metastasis, and prolonged survival in orthotopic mouse allografts. Transcriptomic profiling of tumors derived from CKP vs. Ctbp2-deleted CKP cells (CKP/KO) revealed significant downregulation of the EGFR-superfamily receptor Erbb3, the heterodimeric signaling partner for both EGFR and ErbB2. Compared with CKP cells, CKP/KO cells also demonstrated reduced Erbb2 expression and did not activate downstream Akt signaling after stimulation of Erbb3 by its ligand neuregulin-1. ErbB3 expression in human PDAC cell lines was similarly dependent on CtBP2 and depletion of ErbB3 in a human PDAC cell line severely attenuated growth, demonstrating the critical role of ErbB3 signaling in maintaining PDAC cell growth. Sensitivity to the ErbB2-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor lapatinib, but not the EGFR-targeted agent erlotinib, varied in proportion to the level of ErbB3 expression in mouse and human PDAC cells, suggesting that an ErBb2 inhibitor can effectively leverage CtBP2-driven transcriptional activation of physiologic ErbB2/3 expression and signaling in PDAC cells for therapeutic benefit.</p>","PeriodicalId":19489,"journal":{"name":"Oncogenesis","volume":"12 1","pages":"53"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10638350/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72210277","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}
OncogenesisPub Date : 2023-11-06DOI: 10.1038/s41389-023-00497-9
Gang Yan, Meiou Dai, Sophie Poulet, Ni Wang, Julien Boudreault, Girija Daliah, Suhad Ali, Jean-Jacques Lebrun
{"title":"Combined in vitro/in vivo genome-wide CRISPR screens in triple negative breast cancer identify cancer stemness regulators in paclitaxel resistance.","authors":"Gang Yan, Meiou Dai, Sophie Poulet, Ni Wang, Julien Boudreault, Girija Daliah, Suhad Ali, Jean-Jacques Lebrun","doi":"10.1038/s41389-023-00497-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41389-023-00497-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is defined as lacking the expressions of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). TNBC patients exhibit relatively poor clinical outcomes due to lack of molecular markers for targeted therapies. As such chemotherapy often remains the only systemic treatment option for these patients. While chemotherapy can initially help shrink TNBC tumor size, patients eventually develop resistance to drug, leading to tumor recurrence. We report a combined in vitro/in vivo genome-wide CRISPR synthetic lethality screening approach in a relevant TNBC cell line model to identify several targets responsible for the chemotherapy drug, paclitaxel resistance. Computational analysis integrating in vitro and in vivo data identified a set of genes, for which specific loss-of-function deletion enhanced paclitaxel resistance in TNBC. We found that several of these genes (ATP8B3, FOXR2, FRG2, HIST1H4A) act as cancer stemness negative regulators. Finally, using in vivo orthotopic transplantation TNBC models we showed that FRG2 gene deletion reduced paclitaxel efficacy and promoted tumor metastasis, while increasing FRG2 expression by means of CRISPR activation efficiently sensitized TNBC tumors to paclitaxel treatment and inhibited their metastatic abilities. In summary, the combined in vitro/in vivo genome-wide CRISPR screening approach proved effective as a tool to identify novel regulators of paclitaxel resistance/sensitivity and highlight the FRG2 gene as a potential therapeutical target overcoming paclitaxel resistance in TNBC.</p>","PeriodicalId":19489,"journal":{"name":"Oncogenesis","volume":"12 1","pages":"51"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10628277/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71484491","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}
OncogenesisPub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.1038/s41389-023-00495-x
Lily Liang, Xu Zhang, Xiaodong Su, Tingting Zeng, Daqin Suo, Jingping Yun, Xin Wang, Xin-Yuan Guan, Yan Li
{"title":"Fibroblasts in metastatic lymph nodes confer cisplatin resistance to ESCC tumor cells via PI16.","authors":"Lily Liang, Xu Zhang, Xiaodong Su, Tingting Zeng, Daqin Suo, Jingping Yun, Xin Wang, Xin-Yuan Guan, Yan Li","doi":"10.1038/s41389-023-00495-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41389-023-00495-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although many studies have compared tumor fibroblasts (T-Fbs) and nontumor fibroblasts (N-Fbs), less is understood about the stromal contribution of metastatic lymph node fibroblasts (LN-Fbs) to the evolving microenvironment. Here, we explored the characteristics of LN-Fbs in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and the interactions between fibroblasts and ESCC tumor cells in metastatic lymph nodes. Fibroblasts were isolated from tumor, nontumor and metastatic lymph node tissues from different patients with ESCC. Transcriptome sequencing was performed on the fibroblasts. Tumor growth and drug-resistance assays were carried out, and characteristics of T-Fbs, N-Fbs and LN-Fbs were determined. Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was used to assay the culture medium of fibroblasts. The results demonstrated that fibroblasts derived from different tissues had different characteristics. Coculture with LN-Fbs conditioned medium inhibited ESCC tumor cell growth and induced chemoresistance in ESCC cells. LN-Fbs induced chemoresistance to cisplatin in ESCC cells by secreting PI16. Coculture with LN-Fbs conditioned medium decreased cisplatin-induced apoptosis in ESCC cells by regulating the p38 and JNK cell signaling pathways. Survival analyses showed that patients with high PI16 expression in Fbs of lymph nodes exhibited worse overall survival. We also examined PI16 expression in interstitial tissues in ESCC tumor samples of patients receiving platinum-based therapy postsurgery and found that high PI16 expression in tumor interstitial tissues was an independent prognostic factor for ESCC patients. In addition, an in vivo assay demonstrated that PI16 knockdown increased the sensitivity of ESCC cells to cisplatin. Our results suggest that fibroblasts in metastatic lymph nodes decrease apoptosis of ESCC cells via PI16, thereby providing a cisplatin-resistance niche and supporting ESCC tumor cells to survive in metastatic lymph nodes. PI16 is also a potential target for effectively blocking the chemoresistance niche signaling circuit in response to cisplatin.</p>","PeriodicalId":19489,"journal":{"name":"Oncogenesis","volume":"12 1","pages":"50"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10620422/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71425621","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":"Decreased B4GALT1 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma cell invasiveness by regulating the laminin-integrin pathway.","authors":"Po-Da Chen, Ying-Yu Liao, Yu-Chia Cheng, Hsin-Yi Wu, Yao-Ming Wu, Min-Chuan Huang","doi":"10.1038/s41389-023-00494-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41389-023-00494-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Beta1,4-galactosyltransferases (B4GALTs) play a crucial role in several diseases, including cancer. B4GALT1 is highly expressed in the liver, and patients with mutations in B4GALT1 exhibit hepatopathy. However, the role of B4GALT1 in liver cancer remains unclear. Here, we found that B4GALT1 was significantly downregulated in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissue compared with the adjacent liver tissue, and low B4GALT1 expression was associated with vascular invasion and poor overall survival in patients with HCC. Additionally, silencing or loss of B4GALT1 enhanced HCC cell migration and invasion in vitro and promoted lung metastasis of HCC in NOD/SCID mice. Moreover, B4GALT1 knockdown or knockout increased cell adhesion to laminin, whereas B4GALT1 overexpression decreased the adhesion. Through a mass spectrometry-based approach and Griffonia simplicifolia lectin II (GSL-II) pull-down assays, we identified integrins α6 and β1 as the main protein substrates of B4GALT1 and their N-glycans were modified by B4GALT1. Further, the increased cell migration and invasion induced by B4GALT1 knockdown or knockout were significantly reversed using a blocking antibody against integrin α6 or integrin β1. These results suggest that B4GALT1 downregulation alters N-glycosylation and enhances the laminin-binding activity of integrin α6 and integrin β1 to promote invasiveness of HCC cells. Our findings provide novel insights into the role of B4GALT1 in HCC metastasis and highlight targeting the laminin-integrin axis as a potential therapeutic strategy for HCC with low B4GALT1 expression.</p>","PeriodicalId":19489,"journal":{"name":"Oncogenesis","volume":"12 1","pages":"49"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10618527/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71425620","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}