ZNF750 facilitates carcinogenesis via promoting the expression of long non-coding RNA CYTOR and influences pharmacotherapy response in colon adenocarcinoma

J Zhejiang Univ Sci B. 2022 Jul 15;23(7):587-596. doi: 10.1631/jzus.B2100939.

Abstract

The epidermal cell differentiation regulator zinc finger protein 750 (ZNF750) is a transcription factor containing the Cys2His2 (C2H2) domain, the zinc finger structure of which is located at the N-terminal 25‍‍-‍46 amino acids of ZNF750. It can promote the expression of differentiation-related factors while inhibiting the expression of progenitor cell-related genes. ZNF750 is directly regulated by p63 (encoded by the TP63 gene, belonging to the TP53 superfamily). The Krüppel-like factor 4 (KLF4), repressor element-1 (RE-1)‍-silencing transcription factor (REST) corepressor 1 (RCOR1), lysine demethylase 1A (KDM1A), and C-terminal-binding protein 1/2 (CTBP1/2) chromatin regulators cooperate with ZNF750 to repress epidermal progenitor genes and activate the expression of epidermal terminal differentiation genes (Sen et al., 2012; Boxer et al., 2014). Besides, ZNF750 and the regulatory network composed of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling pathway, long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) (anti-differentiation non-coding RNA (ANCR) and tissue differentiation-inducing non-protein coding RNA (TINCR)), musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene (MAF)/MAF family B (MAFB), grainy head-like 3 (GRHL3), and positive regulatory domain zinc finger protein 1 (PRDM1) jointly promote epidermal cell differentiation (Sen et al., 2012).

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma* / drug therapy
  • Adenocarcinoma* / genetics
  • Adenocarcinoma* / metabolism
  • Carcinogenesis / genetics
  • Colonic Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Colonic Neoplasms* / genetics
  • Colonic Neoplasms* / metabolism
  • Histone Demethylases* / genetics
  • Histone Demethylases* / metabolism
  • Humans
  • RNA, Long Noncoding* / genetics
  • Transcription Factors* / genetics
  • Transcription Factors* / metabolism
  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins* / genetics
  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins* / metabolism

Substances

  • RNA, Long Noncoding
  • Transcription Factors
  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins
  • ZNF750 protein, human
  • Histone Demethylases
  • KDM1A protein, human