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TGF-? induced EMT and stemness characteristics are associated with epigenetic regulation in lung cancer.


ABSTRACT: Transforming growth factor-? (TGF-?) promotes tumor invasion and metastasis by inducing epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). EMT is often related with acquisition of stemness characteristics. The objective of this study was to determine whether EMT and stemness characteristics induced by TGF-? might be associated with epigenetic regulation in lung cancer. A human normal lung epithelial cell line and four lung cancer cell lines were treated with TGF-?. Transcriptome analysis of BEAS-2B and A549 cells incubated with TGF-? were analyzed through next-generation sequencing (NGS). Western blotting was carried out to investigate expression levels of epithelial and mesenchymal markers. Wound healing and Matrigel invasion assay, sphere formation assay, and in vivo mice tumor model were performed to evaluate functional characteristics of EMT and stemness acquisition. To investigate whether activation of EMT and stem cell markers might be involved in epigenetic regulation of lung cancer, experiment using a DNA methyltransferase inhibitor (5-azacytidine, AZA), methylation-specific PCR (MSP) and bisulfite sequencing were performed. NGS revealed changes in expression levels of EMT markers (E-cadherin, N-cadherin, fibronectin, vimentin, slug and snail) and stem cell markers (CD44 and CD87) in both BEAS-2B and A549 cells. Functional analysis revealed increased migration, invasion, sphere formation, and tumor development in mice after TGF-? treatment. Expression of slug and CD87 genes was activated following treatment with AZA and TGF-?. MSP and bisulfite sequencing indicated DNA demethylation of slug and CD87 genes. These results suggest that TGF-? induced EMT and cancer stemness acquisition could be associated with activation of slug and CD87 gene by their promoter demethylation.

SUBMITTER: Kim BN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7326979 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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TGF-β induced EMT and stemness characteristics are associated with epigenetic regulation in lung cancer.

Kim Bit Na BN   Ahn Dong Hyuck DH   Kang Nahyeon N   Yeo Chang Dong CD   Kim Young Kyoon YK   Lee Kyo Young KY   Kim Tae-Jung TJ   Lee Sug Hyung SH   Park Mi Sun MS   Yim Hyeon Woo HW   Park Jong Y JY   Park Chan Kwon CK   Kim Seung Joon SJ  

Scientific reports 20200630 1


Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) promotes tumor invasion and metastasis by inducing epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). EMT is often related with acquisition of stemness characteristics. The objective of this study was to determine whether EMT and stemness characteristics induced by TGF-β might be associated with epigenetic regulation in lung cancer. A human normal lung epithelial cell line and four lung cancer cell lines were treated with TGF-β. Transcriptome analysis of BEAS-2B and A5  ...[more]

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