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ArticleCancer genomics & proteomics

C1orf50 Accelerates Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and the Cell Cycle of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Atsushi Tanaka, Yusuke Otani, Masaki Maekawa, Anna Rogachevskaya, Tirso Peña, Vanessa D Chin, Shinichi Toyooka, Michael H Roehrl, Atsushi Fujimura

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Atsushi Tanaka *Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Yusuke Otani *Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Masaki MaekawaDepartment of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Anna RogachevskayaDepartment of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Tirso PeñaDepartment of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Vanessa D ChinUMass Chan Medical School, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA, U.S.A.
Shinichi ToyookaDepartment of General Thoracic Surgery and Breast and Endocrinological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
Michael H RoehrlDepartment of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Atsushi FujimuraDepartment of Molecular Physiology, Kagawa University Faculty of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kagawa, Japan; fujimura.atsushi@kagawa-u.ac.jp.

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BACKGROUND/

aimHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a heterogeneous liver cancer with limited treatment options and a poor prognosis in advanced stages. To identify novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets, we investigated the role of chromosome 1 open reading frame 50 ( MATERIALS AND

methodsWe performed a comprehensive transcriptome data analysis of the human hepatocellular carcinoma project from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and subsequently validated the oncogenic roles of C1orf50 using HCC cell lines.

resultsUsing transcriptomic and clinical data from TCGA, we stratified 355 primary HCC samples based on C1orf50 expression levels. Patients with high C1orf50 expression exhibited significantly shorter overall survival, suggesting its association with aggressive tumor behavior. Differential expression and enrichment analyses revealed that C1orf50-high tumors were enriched in oncogenic pathways, including epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), cell cycle activation, and stemness-related properties. Transcriptional regulatory network analysis detected 456 significantly dysregulated regulons, including ZEB1/2 and E2F2, key drivers of EMT and cell cycle, in the C1orf50-high group. In addition, we observed increased YAP1/TAZ signaling, further linking C1orf50 to stemness and therapeutic resistance. Functional data from CRISPR-based dependency screening suggested that several transcription factors up-regulated in the C1orf50-high state, such as ZBTB11 and CTCE, are essential for the survival of HCC cells. These findings indicate potential therapeutic vulnerabilities and support the rationale for targeting C1orf50-associated pathways.

conclusionC1orf50 is a novel biomarker of poor prognosis in HCC and a key regulator of oncogenic features such as EMT, cell cycle progression, and stemness. This study highlights the therapeutic potential of targeting C1orf50-related networks in aggressive subtypes of liver cancer.

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Biomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, HepatocellularCell CycleEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionLiver NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGene Regulatory NetworksHumansMalePrognosisBiomarkers, TumorC1orf50cell cycleepithelial-mesenchymal transitionhepatocellular carcinomastemness

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PMID41151851
PMCPMC12577603

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