In:
PLOS Genetics, Public Library of Science (PLoS), Vol. 16, No. 11 ( 2020-11-11), p. e1009159-
Abstract:
Tumor metastasis is the major cause of poor prognosis and mortality in colorectal cancer (CRC). However, early diagnosis of highly metastatic CRC is currently difficult. In the present study, we screened for a novel biomarker, GDNF family receptor alpha 1 (GFRA1) based on the expression and methylation data in CRC patients from The Cancer Genome Altlas (TCGA), followed by further analysis of the correlation between the GFRA1 expression, methylation, and prognosis of patients. Our results show DNA hypomethylation-mediated upregulation of GFRA1 in invasive CRC, and it was found to be correlated with poor prognosis of CRC patients. Furthermore, GFRA1 methylation-modified sequences were found to have potential as methylation diagnostic markers of highly metastatic CRC. The targeted demethylation of GFRA1 by dCas9-TET1CD and gRNA promoted CRC metastasis in vivo and in vitro . Mechanistically, demethylation of GFRA1 induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) by promoting AKT phosphorylation and increasing c-Jun expression in CRC cells. Collectively, our findings indicate that GFRA1 hypomethylation can promote CRC invasion via inducing EMT, and thus, GFRA1 methylation can be used as a biomarker for the early diagnosis of highly metastasis CRC.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1553-7404
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pgen.1009159
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10.1371/journal.pgen.1009159.g001
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10.1371/journal.pgen.1009159.g002
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10.1371/journal.pgen.1009159.s001
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10.1371/journal.pgen.1009159.s003
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10.1371/journal.pgen.1009159.s010
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10.1371/journal.pgen.1009159.s011
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10.1371/journal.pgen.1009159.s012
Language:
English
Publisher:
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Publication Date:
2020
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