Cebpg Promotes Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Progression By Enhancing Pi3k-Akt Signaling

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CANCER RESEARCH(2020)

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CCAAT/enhancer binding proteins (CEBPs, including CEBPA, CEBPB, CEBPD, CEBPE, CEBPG, and CEBPZ) play critical roles in a variety of physiological and pathological processes. However, the molecular characteristics and biological significance of CEBPs in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) have rarely been reported. Here, we show that most of the CEBPs are upregulated and accompanied with copy number amplifications in ESCC. Of note, high CEBPG expression is regulated by the ESCC specific transcription factor TP63 and serves as a prognostic factor for poor survival in ESCC patients. Functionally, CEBPG significantly promotes the proliferation and migration of ESCC cells both in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, CEBPG activates the PI3K-AKT signaling pathway through directly binding to distal enhancers and/or promoters of genes involved in this pathway, including genes of CCND1, MYC, CDK2, etc. These findings provide new insights into CEBPs dysregulation in ESCC and elucidate a crucial role for CEBPG in the progression of ESCC, highlighting its potential therapeutic value for ESCC treatment.
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CEBPG, ESCC, TP63, PI3K-AKT signaling
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