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  3. Salt-like transcription factor 4 promotes laryngeal cancer progression through transcriptional activation of ubiquitin-specific protease 21 to stabilize Yin Yang 1

Salt-like transcription factor 4 promotes laryngeal cancer progression through transcriptional activation of ubiquitin-specific protease 21 to stabilize Yin Yang 1

  • Pathol Int. 2022 Oct 26. doi: 10.1111/pin.13285.
Qing-Dong Wang 1,  Li-Li Liu 2,  Di Li 3,  Li Gao 1,  Mei-Jia Zhang 3
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jiamusi University, Jiamusi, 154002, Heilongjiang Province, P.R. China.
  • 2 Department of Anesthesiology, Second Department of Jiamusi Central Hospital, Jiamusi, 154002, Heilongjiang Province, P.R. China.
  • 3 Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jiamusi University, Jiamusi, 154002, Heilongjiang Province, P.R.China.
PMID: 36285444 DOI: 10.1111/pin.13285
Abstract

Laryngeal Cancer (LC) is a rare and challenging clinical problem. Our aim was to investigate the mechanism of SALL4 in LC. LC tissue and paracancerous tissue were collected. Relative mRNA or protein levels were measured by qRT-PCR or Western blot. MTT, wound healing, and transwell assay were performed to evaluate cell proliferation, migration and invasion. The binding relationship between SALL4 and USP21 promoter was verified by dual-luciferase assay and ChIP. Co-IP and GST-pull down were performed to measure the protein interaction between USP21 and YY1. Additionally, YY1 ubiquitination level was analyzed. It was found that SALL4 mRNA and SALL4 protein levels were elevated in LC clinical tissues and various LC cells. Knockdown of SALL4 inhibited EMT of LC cells. USP21 was transcriptionally activated by SALL4. Co-IP and GST-pull down confirmed USP21 interacted with YY1. USP21 protected YY1 from degradation through deubiquitination. Furthermore, overexpression of USP21 reversed the effect of knockdown of SALL4 on YY1 and EMT in LC cells. In general, SALL4 facilitated EMT of LC cells through modulating USP21/YY1 axis. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Keywords

EMT; Laryngeal cancer; SALL4; USP21; YY1.

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