C/EBPβ enhances platinum resistance of ovarian cancer cells by reprogramming H3K79 methylation

Chemoresistance is a major unmet clinical obstacle in ovarian cancer treatment. Epigenetics plays a pivotal role in regulating the malignant phenotype, and has the potential in developing therapeutically valuable targets that improve the dismal outcome of this disease. Here we show that a series of transcription factors, including C/EBPβ, GCM1, and GATA1, could act as potential modulators of histone methylation in tumor cells. Of note, C/EBPβ, an independent prognostic factor for patients with ovarian cancer, mediates an important mechanism through which epigenetic enzyme modifies groups of functionally related genes in a context-dependent manner. By recruiting the methyltransferase DOT1L, C/EBPβ can maintain an open chromatin state by H3K79 methylation of multiple drug-resistance genes, thereby augmenting the chemoresistance of tumor cells. Therefore, we propose a new path against cancer epigenetics in which identifying and targeting the key regulators of epigenetics such as C/EBPβ may provide more precise therapeutic options in ovarian cancer.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 9(2018), 1 vom: 30. Apr., Seite 1739

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Dan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xiao-Xue [VerfasserIn]
Li, Meng-Chen [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Can-Hui [VerfasserIn]
Wan, Dong-Yi [VerfasserIn]
Xi, Bi-Xin [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Jia-Hong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ji [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Zong-Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Xin-Xia [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Fei [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Gang [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Peng [VerfasserIn]
Xi, Ling [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Jian-Feng [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Zuo-Hua [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Ding [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Qing-Lei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antineoplastic Agents
Biomarkers, Tumor
CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta
Chromatin
Cisplatin
DNA-Binding Proteins
DOT1L protein, human
EC 2.1.1.-
EC 2.1.1.43
GATA1 Transcription Factor
GATA1 protein, human
GATA4 Transcription Factor
GATA4 protein, human
GCM1 protein, human
Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase
Histones
IRF3 protein, human
Interferon Regulatory Factor-3
Journal Article
Methyltransferases
Nuclear Proteins
Q20Q21Q62J
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Transcription Factors

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Date Completed 11.12.2018

Date Revised 08.04.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-018-03590-5

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM283602562