Objective:Increasing evidence has demonstrated that ZNF292 plays a suppressive role in cancer,however,little is known about its function and exact mechanism in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC).Methods:Bioinfor...Objective:Increasing evidence has demonstrated that ZNF292 plays a suppressive role in cancer,however,little is known about its function and exact mechanism in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC).Methods:Bioinformatic analysis and immunohistochemistry(IHC)were performed to analyze the role of ZNF292 in affecting the prognosis of ESCC.Cell proliferation and colony formation ability assays were performed to analyze cell growth after inferring the expression of ZNF292.Flow cytometry was used to analyze changes in the cell cycle upon the depletion of ZNF292.Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction(q RT-PCR)and western blot analysis were used to determine the alteration of cell cycle related RNAs and proteins after knocking down ZNF292.MG-132,cycloheximide(CHX)treatment experiments were performed to analyze the change and half-life time of P27 after knockdown of ZNF292.Chromatin immunoprecipitation(Ch IP)and luciferase reporter assays were used to analyze the transcriptional regulation of SKP2 by ZNF292.Results:We report that low expression of ZNF292 is associated with poor prognosis,and ZNF292 emerges to be highly expressed in adjacent and normal tissues rather than tumor tissues in ESCC.Knockdown of ZNF292 significantly boosts cell growth and S phase entry in ESCC cells.ZNF292 depletion will decrease the expression and half-life time of P27,while knockdown of SKP2 will result in elevated expression of P27.ZNF292 can bind to the promoter region of SKP2,and knockdown of ZNF292 will boost the expression of SKP2.Conclusions:Knockdown of ZNF292 mediates G1/S cell cycle procession by activating SKP2/P27 signaling in ESCC cells.ZNF292 knockdown promotes SKP2 expression at the transcriptional level,thereby boosting P27 ubiquitin-degradation,and eventually facilitating the S phase entrance.展开更多
A novel rice mutant lmi1 showed increased resistance to bacterial blight.LMI1 encodes a DUF292 protein and regulates defense immune responses and cell death via vesicle trafficking in chloroplasts.
基金supported by the National Natural Fund of China(No.81988101,81830086 and 81972318)the Doctoral Innovation Fund of Peking Union Medical College(No.2018071011)。
文摘Objective:Increasing evidence has demonstrated that ZNF292 plays a suppressive role in cancer,however,little is known about its function and exact mechanism in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC).Methods:Bioinformatic analysis and immunohistochemistry(IHC)were performed to analyze the role of ZNF292 in affecting the prognosis of ESCC.Cell proliferation and colony formation ability assays were performed to analyze cell growth after inferring the expression of ZNF292.Flow cytometry was used to analyze changes in the cell cycle upon the depletion of ZNF292.Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction(q RT-PCR)and western blot analysis were used to determine the alteration of cell cycle related RNAs and proteins after knocking down ZNF292.MG-132,cycloheximide(CHX)treatment experiments were performed to analyze the change and half-life time of P27 after knockdown of ZNF292.Chromatin immunoprecipitation(Ch IP)and luciferase reporter assays were used to analyze the transcriptional regulation of SKP2 by ZNF292.Results:We report that low expression of ZNF292 is associated with poor prognosis,and ZNF292 emerges to be highly expressed in adjacent and normal tissues rather than tumor tissues in ESCC.Knockdown of ZNF292 significantly boosts cell growth and S phase entry in ESCC cells.ZNF292 depletion will decrease the expression and half-life time of P27,while knockdown of SKP2 will result in elevated expression of P27.ZNF292 can bind to the promoter region of SKP2,and knockdown of ZNF292 will boost the expression of SKP2.Conclusions:Knockdown of ZNF292 mediates G1/S cell cycle procession by activating SKP2/P27 signaling in ESCC cells.ZNF292 knockdown promotes SKP2 expression at the transcriptional level,thereby boosting P27 ubiquitin-degradation,and eventually facilitating the S phase entrance.
基金supported in part by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (LZ23C130003)Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS-CSCB-202402)National Key Research and Development Program of China (2021YFA1300703).
文摘A novel rice mutant lmi1 showed increased resistance to bacterial blight.LMI1 encodes a DUF292 protein and regulates defense immune responses and cell death via vesicle trafficking in chloroplasts.
