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E2F2 promotes lung adenocarcinoma progression through B-Myb- and FOXM1-facilitated core transcription regulatory circuitry

Journal

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 18, Issue 10, Pages 4151-4170

Publisher

IVYSPRING INT PUBL
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.72386

Keywords

Lung adenocarcinoma; Transcriptional regulation; B-Myb; FOXM1

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [81672301, 81902824]
  2. Chongqing Municipal Science and Technology Commission [cstc2021jcyj-msxmX0186]

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This study elucidated the critical role of E2F2 in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) and the exquisite core transcription regulatory circuitry of E2F2/B-Myb/FOXM1 in LUAD progression.
Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) causes severe cancer death worldwide. E2F2 is a canonical transcription factor implicated in transcription regulation, cell cycle and tumorigenesis. The role of E2F2 as well as its transcription regulatory network in LUAD remains obscure. In this study, we constructed a weighted gene co-expression network and identified several key modules and networks overrepresented in LUAD, including the E2F2-centered transcription regulatory network. Function analysis revealed that E2F2 overexpression accelerated cell growth, cell cycle progression and cell motility in LUAD cells whereas E2F2 knockdown inhibited these malignant phenotypes. Mechanistic investigations uncovered various E2F2-regulated downstream genes and oncogenic signaling pathways. Notably, three core transcription factors of E2F2, B-Myb and FOXM1 from the LUAD transcription regulatory network exhibited positive expression correlation, associated with each other, mutually transactivated each other, and regulated similar downstream gene cascades, hence constituting a consolidated core transcription regulatory circuitry. Moreover, E2F2 could promote and was essentially required for LUAD growth in orthotopic mouse models. Prognosis modeling revealed that a two-gene signature of E2F2 and PLK1 from the transcription regulatory circuitry remarkably stratified patients into low-and high-risk groups. Collectively, our results clarified the critical roles of E2F2 and the exquisite core transcription regulatory circuitry of E2F2/B-Myb/FOXM1 in LUAD progression.

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