Characterizing the function of EPB41L4A in the predisposition to papillary thyroid carcinoma.
Sci Rep
; 10(1): 19984, 2020 11 17.
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ABSTRACT
Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common histotype of thyroid carcinoma. The heritability of PTC is high compared to other cancers, but its underlying causes are unknown. A recent genome-wide association study revealed the association of a variant at the 5q22 locus, rs73227498, with PTC predisposition. We report that rs17134155, a variant in high linkage disequilibrium with rs73227498, is located in an enhancer region downstream of coding transcripts of EPB41L4A. Rs17134155 showed significant enhancer activity in luciferase assays, and haplotypes containing the protective allele of this variant conferred a significantly lower risk of PTC. While the index SNP, rs73227498, acted as a significant cis-eQTL for expression of EPB41L4A, rs17134155 was a significant cis-sQTL for the alternative splicing of a non-coding transcript of EPB41L4A, called EPB41L4A-203. We also performed knockdown of EPB41L4A followed by microarray analysis. Some of the top differentially-expressed genes were represented among regulators of the WNT/ß-catenin signaling pathway. Our results indicate that an enhancer region at 5q22 regulates the expression and splicing of EPB41L4A transcripts. We also provide evidence that EPB41L4A expression is involved in regulating growth and differentiation pathways, suggesting that decreased expression of EPB41L4A is a mechanism in the predisposition to PTC.
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Asunto principal:
Neoplasias de la Tiroides
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Carcinoma Papilar
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Predisposición Genética a la Enfermedad
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Proteínas de Transporte de Membrana Mitocondrial
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Cáncer Papilar Tiroideo
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Humans
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Sci Rep
Año:
2020
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Article
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Estados Unidos