Genetic Alterations of SMYD4 in Solid Tumors Using Integrative Multi-Platform Analysis

Autor: Brunna Letícia Olivera Santana, Mariana Braccialli de Loyola, Ana Cristina Moura Gualberto, Fabio Pittella-Silva
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 25, Iss 11, p 6097 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1422-0067
1661-6596
DOI: 10.3390/ijms25116097
Popis: SMYD4 is a member of the SMYD family that has lysine methyltransferase function. Little is known about the roles of SMYD4 in cancer. The aim of this study is to investigate genetic alterations in the SMYD4 gene across the most prevalent solid tumors and determine its potential as a biomarker. We performed an integrative multi-platform analysis of the most common mutations, copy number alterations (CNAs), and mRNA expression levels of the SMYD family genes using cohorts available at the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), cBioPortal, and the Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer (COSMIC). SMYD genes displayed a lower frequency of mutations across the studied tumors, with none of the SMYD4 mutations detected demonstrating sufficient discriminatory power to serve as a biomarker. In terms of CNAs, SMYD4 consistently exhibited heterozygous loss and downregulation across all tumors evaluated. Moreover, SMYD4 showed low expression in tumor samples compared to normal samples, except for stomach adenocarcinoma. SMYD4 demonstrated a frequent negative correlation with other members of the SMYD family and a positive correlation between CNAs and mRNA expression. Additionally, patients with low SMYD4 expression in STAD and LUAD tumors exhibited significantly poorer overall survival. SMYD4 demonstrated its role as a tumor suppressor in the majority of tumors evaluated. The consistent downregulation of SMYD4, coupled with its association with cancer progression, underscores its potential usefulness as a biomarker.
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