CHD4 acts as a prognostic factor and drives radioresistance in HPV negative HNSCC.

Autor: Geyer F; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Klinikum Rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, 81675, Munich, Germany. ge52men@mytum.de., Geyer M; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Klinikum Rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, 81675, Munich, Germany., Reuning U; Clinical Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Technical University of Munich, 81675, Munich, Germany., Klapproth S; Institute of Experimental Hematology, School of Medicine, Technische Universität München, 81675, Munich, Germany., Wolff KD; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Klinikum Rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, 81675, Munich, Germany., Nieberler M; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Klinikum Rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, 81675, Munich, Germany.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2024 Apr 09; Vol. 14 (1), pp. 8286. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 09.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-58958-z
Abstrakt: Despite great efforts in improving existing therapies, the outcome of patients with advanced radioresistant HPV-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) remains poor. The chromatin remodeler Chromodomain helicase DNA binding protein 4 (CHD4) is involved in different DNA-repair mechanisms, but the role and potential in HNSCC has not been explored yet. In the present study, we evaluated the prognostic significance of CHD4 expression using in silico analysis of the pan-cancer dataset. Furthermore, we established a monoclonal HNSCC CHD4 knockdown cell clone utilizing the CRISPR/Cas9 system. Effects of lower CHD4 expression on radiosensitivity after increasing doses of ionizing radiation were characterized using clonogenic assays and cell numbers. The in silico analysis revealed that high CHD4 expression is associated with significant poorer overall survival of HPV-negative HNSCC patients. Additionally, the knockdown of CHD4 significantly increased the radiosensitivity of HNSCC cells. Therefore, CHD4 might be involved in promoting radioresistance in hard-to-treat HPV-negative HNSCC entities. We conclude that CHD4 could serve as a prognostic factor in HPV-negative HNSCC tumors and is a potential target protein overcoming radioresistance in HNSCC. Our results and the newly established cell clone laid the foundation to further characterize the underlying mechanisms and ultimately use CHD4 in HNSCC therapies.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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