单位:[1]Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Pharmaceutical Compound Screening, College of Pharmacy, Jiangsu Ocean University, 222005 Lianyungang, China[2]Cancer Center andDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA[3]The First People’s Hospital of Lianyungang, the First Affiliated Hospitalof Kangda College of Nanjing Medical University, 7 Zhenhua Road, Haizhou, 222061 Lianyungang, Jiangsu, PR China[4]Department of Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji MedicalCollege, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430030 Wuhan, China肿瘤科华中科技大学同济医学院附属同济医院
Ovarian cancer (OV) poses a significant challenge in clinical settings due to its difficulty in early diagnosis and treatment resistance. FOXP4, belonging to the FOXP subfamily, plays a pivotal role in various biological processes including cancer, cell cycle regulation, and embryonic development. However, the specific role and importance of FOXP4 in OV have remained unclear. Our research showed that FOXP4 is highly expressed in OV tissues, with its elevated levels correlating with poor prognosis. We further explored FOXP4's function through RNA sequencing and functional analysis in FOXP4-deficient cells, revealing its critical role in activating the Wnt signaling pathway. This activation exacerbates the malignant phenotype in OV. Mechanistically, FOXP4 directly induces the expression of protein tyrosine kinase 7 (PTK7), a Wnt-binding receptor tyrosine pseudokinase, which causes abnormal activation of the Wnt signaling pathway. Disrupting the FOXP4-Wnt feedback loop by inactivating the Wnt signaling pathway or reducing FOXP4 expression resulted in the reduction of the malignant phenotype of OV cells, while restoring PTK7 expression reversed this effect. In conclusion, our findings underscore the significance of the FOXP4-induced Wnt pathway activation in OV, suggesting the therapeutic potential of targeting this pathway in OV treatment.
基金:
This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
(82273167, 82104174, 81602626 and 12271068), Jiangsu Province Basic Research
Program Natural Science Foundation (Outstanding Youth Fund Project, BK20220063),
the Key Program of Basic Science (Natural Science) of Jiangsu Province
(22KJA350001), “Huaguo Mountain Talent Plan” of Lianyungang City (Innovative
Talents Liu Bin), Qing Lan Project of Jiangsu Universities (Outstanding young
backbone teachers, Ji Jing), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Higher
Education Institutions of China (No. 20KJB350008), Priority Academic Program
Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, College Students’ Innovative
Entrepreneurial Training Plan Program (project No.SY202311641640002), Chen XiaoPing Foundation for the Development of Science and Technology of Hubei Province
(project No.CXPJJH123003-027), and Scientific Research Foundation for Returned
Scholars of Tongji Hospital (project 2022hgry021), and Postgraduate Research &
Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (SJCX22_1649).
第一作者单位:[1]Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Pharmaceutical Compound Screening, College of Pharmacy, Jiangsu Ocean University, 222005 Lianyungang, China[2]Cancer Center andDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Jing Ji,Qilan Qian,Wenhao Cheng,et al.FOXP4-mediated induction of PTK7 activates the Wnt/β-catenin pathway and promotes ovarian cancer development[J].CELL DEATH & DISEASE.2024,15(5):doi:10.1038/s41419-024-06713-7.
APA:
Jing Ji,Qilan Qian,Wenhao Cheng,Xiaoqing Ye,Aixin Jing...&Bin Liu.(2024).FOXP4-mediated induction of PTK7 activates the Wnt/β-catenin pathway and promotes ovarian cancer development.CELL DEATH & DISEASE,15,(5)
MLA:
Jing Ji,et al."FOXP4-mediated induction of PTK7 activates the Wnt/β-catenin pathway and promotes ovarian cancer development".CELL DEATH & DISEASE 15..5(2024)