{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":{"citationCount":0,"reanalysisCount":0,"viewCount":45,"searchCount":0},"additional":{"submitter":["Guo J"],"funding":["National Natural Science Foundation of China"],"pagination":["26"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8762886"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["41(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Recently, a hotspot mutation in prolactinoma was observed in splicing factor 3b subunit 1 (SF3B1<sup>R625H</sup>), but its functional effects and underlying molecular mechanisms remain largely unexplored.<h4>Methods</h4>Using the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing system and rat pituitary GH3 cells, we generated heterozygous Sf3b1<sup>R625H</sup> mutant cells. Sanger and whole-genome sequencing were conducted to verify the introduction of this mutation. Transcriptome analysis was performed in SF3B1-wild-type versus mutant human prolactinoma samples and GH3 cells. RT-PCR and minigene reporter assays were conducted to verify aberrant splicing. The functional consequences of SF3B1<sup>R625H</sup> were evaluated in vitro and in vivo. Critical makers of epithelial-mesenchymal transition and key components were detected using western blot, immunohistochemistry, and immunofluorescence. Suppressing proteins was achieved using siRNA.<h4>Results</h4>Transcriptomic analysis of prolactinomas and heterozygous mutant cells revealed that the SF3B1<sup>R625H</sup> allele led to different alterations in splicing properties, affecting different genes in different species. SF3B1<sup>R625H</sup> promoted aberrant splicing and DLG1 suppression in both rat cells and human tumors. In addition, SF3B1<sup>R625H</sup> and knocking down DLG1 promoted cell migration, invasion, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition through PI3K/Akt pathway.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Our findings elucidate a mechanism through which mutant SF3B1 promotes tumor progression and may provide a potent molecular therapeutic target for prolactinomas with the SF3B1<sup>R625H</sup> mutation."],"journal":["Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR"],"pubmed_title":["The SF3B1<sup>R625H</sup> mutation promotes prolactinoma tumor progression through aberrant splicing of DLG1."],"pmcid":["PMC8762886"],"funding_grant_id":["81672495, 81771489, 82072804, 82071559, and 82071558"],"pubmed_authors":["Liu Y","Xie W","Guo J","Li C","Zhang Y","Wang D","Fang Q","Chen Y"],"view_count":["45"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"The SF3B1<sup>R625H</sup> mutation promotes prolactinoma tumor progression through aberrant splicing of DLG1.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Recently, a hotspot mutation in prolactinoma was observed in splicing factor 3b subunit 1 (SF3B1<sup>R625H</sup>), but its functional effects and underlying molecular mechanisms remain largely unexplored.<h4>Methods</h4>Using the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing system and rat pituitary GH3 cells, we generated heterozygous Sf3b1<sup>R625H</sup> mutant cells. Sanger and whole-genome sequencing were conducted to verify the introduction of this mutation. Transcriptome analysis was performed in SF3B1-wild-type versus mutant human prolactinoma samples and GH3 cells. RT-PCR and minigene reporter assays were conducted to verify aberrant splicing. The functional consequences of SF3B1<sup>R625H</sup> were evaluated in vitro and in vivo. Critical makers of epithelial-mesenchymal transition and key components were detected using western blot, immunohistochemistry, and immunofluorescence. Suppressing proteins was achieved using siRNA.<h4>Results</h4>Transcriptomic analysis of prolactinomas and heterozygous mutant cells revealed that the SF3B1<sup>R625H</sup> allele led to different alterations in splicing properties, affecting different genes in different species. SF3B1<sup>R625H</sup> promoted aberrant splicing and DLG1 suppression in both rat cells and human tumors. In addition, SF3B1<sup>R625H</sup> and knocking down DLG1 promoted cell migration, invasion, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition through PI3K/Akt pathway.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Our findings elucidate a mechanism through which mutant SF3B1 promotes tumor progression and may provide a potent molecular therapeutic target for prolactinomas with the SF3B1<sup>R625H</sup> mutation.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Jan","modification":"2024-11-15T12:05:52.371Z","creation":"2022-02-11T15:30:04.475Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8762886","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35039052"],"doi":["10.1186/s13046-022-02245-0"]}}