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Identification of Transcription Factor Regulators using Medium-Throughput Screening of Arrayed Libraries and a Dual-Luciferase-Based Reporter
Published on: March 27, 2020
G-Patch Domain-Containing Protein 2, Transcriptionally Activated by YY1, Facilitates the Progression of
Beibei Bie1,2, Hong Bai3, Yingnan Li4
1National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biodiagnostics and Biotherapy, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Abstract:
G-patch domain-containing protein 2 (GPATCH2), a member of the G-patch domain-containing family, has been implicated in tumor cell growth, but the link between GPATCH2 and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains uncertain. In the current study, comprehensive bioinformatics analysis revealed that GPATCH2 was markedly upregulated in HCC and positively correlated with aggressive clinicopathological features, including histologic grade, AFP, albumin level, and adjacent hepatic tissue inflammation, as well as miserable outcomes in HCC. GPATCH2 also has certain diagnostic value for HCC, histologic grade, and 1-, 3-, and 5-year survival outcomes. Functionally, loss-of-function experiments disclosed that silencing GPATCH2 suppressed HCC cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and xenograft tumor growth in the subcutaneous mouse model. Silencing GPATCH2 also resulted in an increase in the expression level of CDH1, while causing a decrease in the expression levels of FN1, TWIST1, SNAI1, and SNAI2. Rescue experiments further confirmed SNAI2 as a critical downstream effector mediating GPATCH2-driven oncogenic activity in HCC. Mechanistically, GPATCH2 was uncovered to be transcriptionally activated by the transcription factor Yin Yang 1 (YY1), and can mediate the role of YY1 in promoting HCC progression and elevating SNAI2 expression. Taken together, GPATCH2 is a YY1-regulated oncogenic driver that promotes HCC advancement through SNAI2, highlighting its potential as a diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic target for HCC.
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