与DNA甲基化相关的等位基因失活调节了胰腺发育和致癌过程中的克拉19基因表达
Jana Krüger1, Anja Fischer2, Markus Breunig1
1Institute of Molecular Oncology and Stem Cell Biology, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany.
The Journal of pathology
|August 9, 2023
概括
在胰腺管的发育过程中,蛋白19 (KRT19) 的表达从双基转变为单基. 在KRAS突变胰腺管腺癌 (PDAC) 中异常的KRT19再激活表明在恶性瘤和潜在生物标志物中发挥作用.
科学领域:
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
- 癌症生物学 癌症生物学
背景情况:
- 蛋白19 (KRT19) 是胰腺管道血统和胰腺管道腺癌 (PDAC) 的关键标记物.
- 了解KRT19表达动态对于PDAC研究至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究胰腺发育期间KRT19表达的调节及其在PDAC中的异常表达.
- 建立基于人类多能干细胞 (PSC) 的报告系统,用于监测内源性KRT19表达.
主要方法:
- 在人类PSC中开发了一个KRT19-mCherry记者系统.
- 利用差异化协议产生类似胰腺管的有机体.
- 进行DNA甲基化分析,并用DNA-甲基转移酶抑制剂对待细胞.
- 分析了人类PDAC队列和单细胞转录组.
- 在患者血中测量了可溶性KRT19蛋白.
主要成果:
- 从早期的内皮阶段观察到KRT19/mCherry表达,在胰腺内皮和前体阶段几乎无处不在.
- 在管道成熟过程中,从双基转变为单基的KRT19表达发生.
- 在KRT19位点的DNA甲基化模式在成熟过程中发生了变化,这种转换在抑制剂时是部分可逆的.
- 瘤性KRASG12D信号在有机体和人类PDAC中重新激活双基KRT19表达.
- 高KRT19水平与低位甲基化和PDAC患者的生存率降低相关.
- 在血中溶解的KRT19显示了基于治疗方案的存活率的差异相关性.
结论:
- 在胰腺管道系的进入过程中,KRT19的表达通过切换到单基表达来严格调节.
- 在瘤性KRASG12D表达时异常双基KRT19的活性化突显了它在PDAC发育和恶性瘤中的作用.
- 可溶性KRT19可以作为分层PDAC治疗的有价值的生物标志物.
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