Li Yan, Liang Lili
Department of Radiation Oncology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, No. 150, Haping Road, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150040, PR China.
J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia. 2024 Dec 18;29(1):20. doi: 10.1007/s10911-024-09573-1.
Zinc finger and BTB domain-containing protein (ZBTB) proteins have been implicated in different cellular processes, including DNA damage responses and cell cycle progression. However, the mechanism by which ZBTB14 modulates radiotherapy (RT) radioresistance (RT-R) remains to be elucidated. We aimed to elucidate the regulation mechanism of ZBTB14 in breast cancer (BC) RT-R. Using integrated bioinformatics prediction, ZBTB14 was identified as a hub transcription factor related to RT-R in BC. ZBTB14 was significantly under-expressed in non-responders and RT-R/BC cells, whereas its target transmembrane protein 208 (TMEM208) was significantly overexpressed in non-responders and RT-R/BC cells. Chromatin immunoprecipitation-qPCR and luciferase reporter assays revealed that ZBTB14 downregulated TMEM208 expression through transcriptional repression. Overexpression of ZBTB14 significantly inhibited the malignant biological behavior of BC cells and tumor growth in vivo, and further upregulation of TMEM208 reversed the biological activity and radiotherapy resistance of RT-R/BC cells inhibited by overexpression of ZBTB14.
含锌指和BTB结构域蛋白(ZBTB)与包括DNA损伤反应和细胞周期进程在内的不同细胞过程有关。然而,ZBTB14调节放射治疗(RT)放射抗性(RT-R)的机制仍有待阐明。我们旨在阐明ZBTB14在乳腺癌(BC)RT-R中的调控机制。通过综合生物信息学预测,ZBTB14被确定为与BC中RT-R相关的关键转录因子。ZBTB14在无反应者和RT-R/BC细胞中显著低表达,而其靶标跨膜蛋白208(TMEM208)在无反应者和RT-R/BC细胞中显著高表达。染色质免疫沉淀-qPCR和荧光素酶报告基因检测显示,ZBTB14通过转录抑制下调TMEM208的表达。ZBTB14的过表达显著抑制了BC细胞的恶性生物学行为和体内肿瘤生长,而TMEM208的进一步上调逆转了ZBTB14过表达所抑制的RT-R/BC细胞的生物学活性和放射抗性。