Abstract
Prolyl 4-hydroxylase alpha subunit is the enzymic active site of prolyl 4-hydroxylase, which is a critical enzyme to maintain the stability of newly synthesized collagens. The expression profile and functional role of P4HA3 in gastric cancer have not been explored. In the Cancer Genome Atlas-Stomach Cancer, P4HA3 RNA is significantly upregulated in gastric cancer than in normal stomach tissues. In the Human Protein Atlas, Prolyl 4-hydroxylase alpha subunit is not detectable by immunohistochemistry staining in normal stomach tissues, but it has weak staining in 7 of 12 gastric cancer tissues. Further study showed that SNAI2 (encoding Slug) is highly coexpressed with P4HA3 (Pearson r = 0.70) in Cancer Genome Atlas-Stomach Cancer. In vitro cell assay showed that Slug could efficiently bind to the P4HA3 promoter and increase its transcription. P4HA3 exon array data in Cancer Genome Atlas-Stomach Cancer revealed that 2 exons are significantly upregulated in M1 (N = 27) cases than in M0 (N = 367) cases. In MKN-45 and AGS cells, P4HA3 upregulation could enhance cell motility and invasiveness. In Cancer Genome Atlas-Stomach Cancer, high P4HA3 exon expression is associated with significantly worse 5-year and 10-year overall survival (P = .007 and .009, respectively). Data mining in Kaplan-Meier plotter also showed that high P4HA3 expression is related to unfavorable overall survival (hazard ratio: 1.54, 95% confidence interval: 1.23-1.93, P < .001) and first progression-free survival (hazard ratio: 1.64, 95% confidence interval: 1.29-2.1, P < .001). Based on findings above, we infer that P4HA3 is epigenetically activated by Slug, and its deregulation is associated with enhanced metastasis and poor survival of gastric cancer.
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