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SUMO-Activating Enzyme Subunit 1 Is Associated with Poor Prognosis, Tumor Progression, and Radio-Resistance in Colorectal Cancer

Journal

CURRENT ISSUES IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 45, Issue 10, Pages 8013-8026

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cimb45100506

Keywords

SAE1; chemoradiotherapy; colorectal carcinoma; prognosis; biomarker

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Concurrent chemoradiotherapy is an effective treatment option for low-grade colorectal cancer patients. However, approximately 20% to 30% of patients do not respond well to this treatment, highlighting the need for new biomarkers to predict prognosis. In this study, SAE1 was identified as an independent prognostic biomarker and its knockdown inhibited tumor cell proliferation and increased radiosensitivity, suggesting it as a potential therapeutic target in CRC treatment.
Concurrent chemoradiotherapy is an effective treatment option for patients with low-grade colorectal cancer (CRC) in the local disease stage. At present, the principle of the Taiwan Medical Center is to treat CRC patients with combination radiotherapy and chemotherapy (high-dose 5-FU) for a period of about five weeks prior to surgery. Radical resection of the tumor is performed at least six to eight weeks after concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT). However, this approach fails to produce the desired therapeutic effect in approximately 20% to 30% of patients, and such patients are unnecessarily exposed to the risks of radiation and drug toxicity posed by this therapy. Therefore, it is crucial to explore new biomarkers to predict the prognosis of CRC. SUMO-activating enzyme subunit 1 (SAE1) plays an important role in SUMOylation, a post-translational modification involved in cellular functions, such as cell proliferation, cell cycle, and apoptosis. In our study, to explore the clinical-pathological role of SAE1 protein in CRC, we evaluated the clinical data and paraffin sections from CRC patients. The expression of SAE1 was evaluated using immunohistochemical analysis, and clinical parameters were analyzed using chi-square and Kaplan-Meier survival tests. The results of in vitro proliferation and radiosensitive assays were compared between control groups and SAE1 siRNA groups. Western blotting was also used to detect the expressions of the SAE1, PARP, cyclin D1, p-NF-kappa B, and NF-kappa B proteins. Flow cytometry and colony formation assays were used to detect the effect of SAE-1 on radiosensitivity. In vivo, we detected the growth curve in a mouse xenograft model. The results showed that SAE-1 was revealed to be an independent prognostic biomarker of CRC. SAE1 knockdown inhibited CRC proliferation in vitro and in vivo, and led to the cleavage of PARP, downregulation of cyclin D1 protein expression, and downregulation of p-NF-kappa B/NF-kappa B. Additionally, SAE1 knockdown promoted radiosensitivity in CRC cells. Therefore, it was inferred that SAE1 may be used as a potential therapeutic target in CRC treatment.

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