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OCT4 directly regulates sternness and extracellular matrix-related genes in human germ cell tumours
- Title
- OCT4 directly regulates sternness and extracellular matrix-related genes in human germ cell tumours
- Authors
- Song, Bomin; Kim, Dong Keon; Shin, Jihoon; Bae, Seung-Hyun; Kim, Hee Yeon; Won, Bomyi; Kim, Jong Kwang; Youn, Hong-Duk; Kim, Seong-Tae; Kang, Sang Won; Jang, Hyonchol
- Ewha Authors
- 강상원
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 강상원
- Issue Date
- 2018
- Journal Title
- BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
- ISSN
- 0006-291X
1090-2104
- Citation
- BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS vol. 503, no. 3, pp. 1980 - 1986
- Keywords
- OCT4; Stemness; Germ cell tumour; Transcription factor
- Publisher
- ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
- Indexed
- SCIE; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Germ cell tumours (GCTs) are one of the most threatening malignancies in young men and women. Although several reports have suggested the importance of OCT4 in human GCTs, its role has not been clearly investigated on a molecular level. In this study, we revealed GCT-specific direct transcriptional target genes of OCT4. Conditional knockdown of OCT4 in GCT cell lines reduced cell proliferation by affecting both cell cycle and death. Knockdown of OCT4 also reduced sternness of GCTs, as assessed by the expression of other sternness factors, alkaline phosphatase staining, and tumour sphere formation ability. Analysis of whole mRNA expression patterns among GOT cells harbouring endogenous, depleted, and rescued OCT4 revealed 1133 OCT4 target genes in GCT. Combined analysis of both the chromatin binding signature of OCT4 and the genes whose expression levels were changed by OCT4 revealed 258 direct target genes of OCT4 in GCTs. In a similar way, 594 direct target genes in normal embryonic stem cells (ESCs) were identified. Among these two sets of OCT4 direct target genes, 38 genes were common between GCTs and ESCs, most of which were related to regulation of pluripotency, and 220 genes were specific to GCTs, most of which were related to focal adhesion and extracellular matrix organisation. These results provide a molecular basis for how OCT4 regulates GCT sternness and will aid our understanding of the role of OCT4 in other cancers. (C) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.07.145
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- 자연과학대학 > 생명과학전공 > Journal papers
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