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Potential Role of S-Palmitoylation in Cancer Stem Cells of Lung Adenocarcinoma

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.734897

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ZDHHC5; INCENP; S-palmitoylation; mRNAsi; cancer stem cell; lung adenocarcinoma; machine learning

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [81472929, 81172616]
  2. Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications)

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The study suggests that S-palmitoylation of INCENP mediated by ZDHHC5 may be a potential mechanism to regulate cancer stem cells in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD).
S-palmitoylation, catalyzed by a family of 23 zinc finger Asp-His-His-Cys (DHHC) domain-containing (ZDHHC) protein acyltransferases localized on the cell membrane. However, stemness genes modulated by ZDHHCs in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) remain to be defined. Previously, we have constructed a network of cancer stem cell genes, including INCENP, based on mRNA stemness indices (mRNAsi) of LUAD. INCENP has the function of a chromosomal passenger complex locating to centromeres, which is performed by the conserved region of its N-terminal domain. INCENP protein with a deletion of the first non-conserved 26 amino acid sequence failed to target centromeres. However, the exact function of the deleted sequence has not been elucidated. To identify novel cancer stem cell-relevant palmitoylated proteins and responsible ZDHHC enzymes in LUAD, we analyzed multi-omics data obtained from the database of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO), Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC), and the Human Protein Atlas (HPA). ZDHHC5 is distinguished from the ZDHHC family for being up-regulated in mRNA and protein levels and associated with malignant prognosis. ZDHHC5 was positively associated with INCENP, and the correlation score increased with LUAD stages. CSS-Palm results showed Cys(15) was the S-palmitoylation site of INCENP. Interestingly, Cys(15) locates in the 1-26 aa sequence of INCENP, and is a conserved site across species. As INCENP is a nuclear protein, we predicted that the nuclear localization signal of ZDHHC5 was specific to the importin alpha beta pathway, and the result of immunofluorescence proves that ZDHHC5 is located in the nucleoplasm, in addition to the plasma membrane. Therefore, our study indicates the S-palmitoylation of INCENP mediated by ZDHHC5 as a potential mechanism of S-palmitoylation to modulate CSCs in LUAD.

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