Microtubule associated protein 9 inhibits liver tumorigenesis by suppressing ERCC3
EBIOMEDICINE(2020)
摘要
Background: Chromosomal instability plays an important part in cancer, but its genetic basis in liver tumorigenesis remains largely unclear. We aimed to characterize the mechanistic significance and clinical implication of mitotic regulator microtubule-associated protein 9 (MAP9) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Methods: The biological functions of MAP9 were determined by in vitro tumorigenicity assays. Systematic MAP9 knockout mouse (MAP9(Delta/Delta)) and hepatocyte-specific MAP9 knockout mouse (MAP9(Delta/Delta hep)) were generated to confirm the role of MAP9 in HCC. The clinical impact of MAP9 was assessed in primary HCC tissue samples. Findings: We found that MAP9 was frequently silenced in HCC tissue samples. The transcriptional silence of MAP9 in liver cancer cell lines and tissue samples was mediated by its promoter hypermethylation. MAP9 promoter hypermethylation or downregulation was associated with poor survival and recurrence in patients with HCC. Mechanistically, ectopic expression of MAP9 in LO2 and HepG2 cell lines impaired cell proliferation, colony formation, migration and invasion, and induced cell apoptosis and cycle arrest, whereas knockdown of MAP9 in Miha cell line showed the opposite effects. We found that MAP9(Delta/Delta) mice spontaneously developed a liver hyperplastic nodule and MAP9(Delta/Delta hep) accelerated diethylnitrosamine-induced HCC formation. The tumour suppressive effect of MAP9 in HCC was mediated by downregulating excision repair cross-complementation group 3 (ERCC3), a nucleotide excision repair gene. Restoration of ERCC3 expression possessed an oncogenic potency and abrogated the tumour suppressive effects of MAP9. Interpretation: MAP9 is a novel tumour suppressor in HCC by inhibiting ERCC3 expression, and serves as a prognostic factor in HCC patients. (c) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
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Microtubule associated protein 9,Promoter methylation,Hepatocellular Carcinoma,ERCC3
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