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Weiyu Bai1, Rui Dong1, Chenglu Lu2
1Yunnan Key Laboratory of Cell Metabolism and Diseases, Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, 650504, Kunming, China.
Journal of translational medicine
|November 18, 2025
概括
肝细胞核因子4α (HNF4α) 异型P2通过激活Wnt/β-catenin信号传导驱动结直肠癌 (CRC). 针对这种P2-HNF4α提供了一个新的策略来阻止CRC的进展.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
背景情况:
- Wnt/β-catenin通路是结直肠癌 (CRC) 发病过程中不可或缺的组成部分,但其下游效应者仍然被部分阐明.
- 肝细胞核因子4α (HNF4α),一种通常与肝功能相关的转录因子,在CRC中的作用尚未明确.
- 研究HNF4α异型 (P1和P2) 以及它们与CRC中Wnt/β-catenin信号的相互作用,对于理解瘤发生至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 阐明HNF4α异型 (P1和P2) 在结直肠癌中的作用.
- 研究HNF4α与CRC中的Wnt/β-catenin信号通路之间的调节关系.
- 在结直肠癌中确定Wnt/β-catenin信号轴内的潜在治疗点.
主要方法:
- 使用批量和单细胞RNA测序 (RNA-seq),体外/体内CRC模型和临床样本来评估P1/P2-HNF4α表达和调节.
- 采用染色体免疫沉测序 (ChIP-seq) 来确定TCF7L1对HNF4α的调控影响.
- 在使用免疫组织化学和RNA测序的患者样本中,与Wnt/β-catenin活性相关的P1/P2-HNF4α水平.
主要成果:
- 在CRC组织中,P2-HNF4α被显著上调,并在异种移植模型中促进瘤生长.
- Wnt/β-catenin/TCF7L1轴通过转录激活了P2-HNF4α,建立了一个积极的反循环,增强了致癌性Wnt信号传输.
- 在患者中,P2-HNF4α表达与Wnt/β-catenin通路激活有很强的相关性 (r=0.58,p<0.0001),并且其倒置抑制了CRC细胞增殖和瘤发生.
结论:
- 确定P2-HNF4α作为Wnt/β-catenin信号传输的新型下游目标,也是CRC进展的关键驱动因素.
- 揭示了Wnt/β-catenin/HNF4α反循环,提供了对结直肠癌发生的机制性见解.
- 在结直肠癌中,P2-HNF4α代表了破坏异常Wnt信号的有希望的治疗标.
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