Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

SPOP mutation induces DNA methylation via stabilizing GLP/G9a

  • Jianong Zhang,
  • Kun Gao,
  • Hongyan Xie,
  • Dejie Wang,
  • Pingzhao Zhang,
  • Ting Wei,
  • Yuqian Yan,
  • Yunqian Pan,
  • Wenbin Ye,
  • Huifen Chen,
  • Qing Shi,
  • Yao Li,
  • Shi-min Zhao,
  • Xiaonan Hou,
  • Saravut J. Weroha,
  • Yuzhuo Wang,
  • Jun Zhang,
  • R. Jeffrey Karnes,
  • Housheng Hansen He,
  • Liguo Wang,
  • Chenji Wang,
  • Haojie Huang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25951-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The molecular mechanism underlying the DNA hypermethylation phenotype observed in the SPOP-mutant prostate cancers is unclear. Here, the authors show that mutant SPOP induces global aberrant DNA methylation patterns through GLP/G9a and renders prostate cancer cells susceptible to DNA demethylating agents.