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Histone Methyltransferase SETD1A Induces Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition to Promote Invasion and Metastasis Through Epigenetic Reprogramming of Snail in Gastric Cancer
Aberrant epigenetic modification induces oncogene expression and promotes cancer development. The histone lysine methyltransferase SETD1A, which specifically methylates histone 3 lysine 4 (H3K4), is involved in tumor growth and metastasis, and its ectopic expression has been detected in aggressive m...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8215546/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34164392 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.657888 |
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author | Wu, Jugang Chai, Hongjuan Shan, Haiyan Pan, Chunpeng Xu, Xin Dong, Wenpei Yu, Jiwei Gu, Yan |
author_facet | Wu, Jugang Chai, Hongjuan Shan, Haiyan Pan, Chunpeng Xu, Xin Dong, Wenpei Yu, Jiwei Gu, Yan |
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description | Aberrant epigenetic modification induces oncogene expression and promotes cancer development. The histone lysine methyltransferase SETD1A, which specifically methylates histone 3 lysine 4 (H3K4), is involved in tumor growth and metastasis, and its ectopic expression has been detected in aggressive malignancies. Our previous study reported that SETD1A promotes gastric cancer (GC) proliferation and tumorigenesis. However, the function and molecular mechanisms of SETD1A in GC metastasis remain to be elucidated. In this study, we found that overexpression of SETD1A promoted GC migration and invasion, whereas knockdown of SETD1A suppressed GC migration and invasion in vitro. Moreover, knockdown of SETD1A suppressed GC epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) by increasing the expression of epithelial marker E-cadherin and decreasing the expression of mesenchymal markers, including N-cadherin, Fibronectin, Vimentin, and α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA). Mechanistically, knockdown of SETD1A reduced the EMT key transcriptional factor snail expression. SETD1A was recruited to the promoter of snail, where SETD1A could methylate H3K4. However, knockdown of SETD1A decreased the methylation of H3K4 on the snail promoter. Furthermore, SETD1A could be a coactivator of snail to induce EMT gene expression. Rescue of snail restored SETD1A knockdown-induced GC migration and invasion inhibition. In addition, knockdown of SETD1A suppressed GC metastasis in vivo. In summary, our data revealed that SETD1A mediated the EMT process and induced metastasis through epigenetic reprogramming of snail. |
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spelling | pubmed-82155462021-06-22 Histone Methyltransferase SETD1A Induces Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition to Promote Invasion and Metastasis Through Epigenetic Reprogramming of Snail in Gastric Cancer Wu, Jugang Chai, Hongjuan Shan, Haiyan Pan, Chunpeng Xu, Xin Dong, Wenpei Yu, Jiwei Gu, Yan Front Cell Dev Biol Cell and Developmental Biology Aberrant epigenetic modification induces oncogene expression and promotes cancer development. The histone lysine methyltransferase SETD1A, which specifically methylates histone 3 lysine 4 (H3K4), is involved in tumor growth and metastasis, and its ectopic expression has been detected in aggressive malignancies. Our previous study reported that SETD1A promotes gastric cancer (GC) proliferation and tumorigenesis. However, the function and molecular mechanisms of SETD1A in GC metastasis remain to be elucidated. In this study, we found that overexpression of SETD1A promoted GC migration and invasion, whereas knockdown of SETD1A suppressed GC migration and invasion in vitro. Moreover, knockdown of SETD1A suppressed GC epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) by increasing the expression of epithelial marker E-cadherin and decreasing the expression of mesenchymal markers, including N-cadherin, Fibronectin, Vimentin, and α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA). Mechanistically, knockdown of SETD1A reduced the EMT key transcriptional factor snail expression. SETD1A was recruited to the promoter of snail, where SETD1A could methylate H3K4. However, knockdown of SETD1A decreased the methylation of H3K4 on the snail promoter. Furthermore, SETD1A could be a coactivator of snail to induce EMT gene expression. Rescue of snail restored SETD1A knockdown-induced GC migration and invasion inhibition. In addition, knockdown of SETD1A suppressed GC metastasis in vivo. In summary, our data revealed that SETD1A mediated the EMT process and induced metastasis through epigenetic reprogramming of snail. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8215546/ /pubmed/34164392 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.657888 Text en Copyright © 2021 Wu, Chai, Shan, Pan, Xu, Dong, Yu and Gu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Cell and Developmental Biology Wu, Jugang Chai, Hongjuan Shan, Haiyan Pan, Chunpeng Xu, Xin Dong, Wenpei Yu, Jiwei Gu, Yan Histone Methyltransferase SETD1A Induces Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition to Promote Invasion and Metastasis Through Epigenetic Reprogramming of Snail in Gastric Cancer |
title | Histone Methyltransferase SETD1A Induces Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition to Promote Invasion and Metastasis Through Epigenetic Reprogramming of Snail in Gastric Cancer |
title_full | Histone Methyltransferase SETD1A Induces Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition to Promote Invasion and Metastasis Through Epigenetic Reprogramming of Snail in Gastric Cancer |
title_fullStr | Histone Methyltransferase SETD1A Induces Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition to Promote Invasion and Metastasis Through Epigenetic Reprogramming of Snail in Gastric Cancer |
title_full_unstemmed | Histone Methyltransferase SETD1A Induces Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition to Promote Invasion and Metastasis Through Epigenetic Reprogramming of Snail in Gastric Cancer |
title_short | Histone Methyltransferase SETD1A Induces Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition to Promote Invasion and Metastasis Through Epigenetic Reprogramming of Snail in Gastric Cancer |
title_sort | histone methyltransferase setd1a induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition to promote invasion and metastasis through epigenetic reprogramming of snail in gastric cancer |
topic | Cell and Developmental Biology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8215546/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34164392 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.657888 |
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