Middle East Journal of Cancer

Human Homeobox TGIFLX Regulates CDX1, CDX2, and OCT1 Genes Expression in Colorectal Cancer Cell Lines

Document Type : Original Article(s)

Authors

Soroosh Shahryarhesami 1
Mansour Heidari 1
Masoud Heidari 2
Nahid Sadighi 3

1 Department of Medical Genetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran

3 Cancer Research Center, Cancer Institute of Iran, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30476/mejc.2021.86467.1345
Abstract
Background: Homeodomain transcriptional regulatory proteins, which are encoded by Homeobox (HOX) genes, play critical roles in both normal development and carcinogenesis. Previous studies have shown that the expression of HOX genes is deregulated in numerous tumors and this expression is specific to each cancer based on the arising embryonic origin tissue and the site of tumor.
Method: In this in vitro study, the expression levels of HOXA10, CDX1, CDX2, TGIFLX, TGIFLY, and OCT1 genes were compared across 10 different human colorectal cancer cell lines with different differentiation stages. Subsequently, the effect of TGIFLX siRNA-mediated knockdown on the expression levels of CDX1, CDX2, and OCT1 genes was analyzed in SW948 cell line.
Results: The obtained results revealed that these homeobox genes were differentially expressed in different colorectal cancer cell lines. Furthermore, the siRNA-mediated knockdown of TGIFLX led to higher levels of CDX1, CDX2, and OCT1 expression.
Conclusion: Our data suggested that TGIFLX plays an important role in the upstream regulation of CDX1, CDX2, and OCT1 genes.

Keywords

Colorectal neoplasms
Homeobox genes
RNA
Small interfering
Mutation

How to cite this article:

Shahryarhesami S, Heidari M, Heidari M, Sadighi N. Human homeobox TGIFLX regulates CDX1, CDX2, and OCT1 genes expression in colorectal cancer cell lines. Middle East J Cancer. 2022;13(2): 216-25. doi: 10. 30476/mejc.2021.86467.1345.

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