Unraveling the Concealed Transcriptomic Landscape of PTEN in Human Malignancies.

Autor:	Boti MA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece., Adamopoulos PG; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece., Vassilacopoulou D; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece., Scorilas A; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Current genomics [Curr Genomics] 2023 Dec 12; Vol. 24 (4), pp. 250-262.
DOI:	10.2174/0113892029265367231013113304
Abstrakt:	Background: Phosphatase and tensin homolog, widely known as PTEN, is a major negative regulator of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway, involved in the regulation of a variety of important cellular processes, including cell proliferation, growth, survival, and metabolism. Since most of the molecules involved in this biological pathway have been described as key regulators in cancer, the study of the corresponding genes at several levels is crucial. Objective: Although previous studies have elucidated the physiological role of PTEN under normal conditions and its involvement in carcinogenesis and cancer progression, the transcriptional profile of PTEN has been poorly investigated. Methods: In this study, instead of conducting the "gold-standard" direct RNA sequencing that fails to detect less abundant novel mRNAs due to the decreased sequencing depth, we designed and implemented a multiplexed PTEN-targeted sequencing approach that combined both short- and long-read sequencing. Results: Our study has highlighted a broad spectrum of previously unknown PTEN mRNA transcripts and assessed their expression patterns in a wide range of human cancer and non-cancer cell lines, shedding light on the involvement of PTEN in cell cycle dysregulation and thus tumor development. Conclusion: The identification of the described novel PTEN splice variants could have significant implications for understanding PTEN regulation and function, and provide new insights into PTEN biology, opening new avenues for monitoring PTEN-related diseases, including cancer. Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest, financial or otherwise. (© 2023 Bentham Science Publishers.)
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