KMT2A regulates cervical cancer cell growth through targeting VDAC1

Changlin Zhang & Yizhuo Li et al. · 2020-05-21

Cervical cancer is an aggressive cutaneous malignancy, illuminating the molecular mechanisms of tumorigenesis and discovering novel therapeutic targets are urgently needed. KMT2A is a transcriptional co-activator regulating gene expression during early development and hematopoiesis, but the role of KMT2A in cervical cancer remains unknown. Here, we demonstrated that KMT2A regulated cervical cancer growth via targeting VADC1. Knockdown of KMT2A significantly suppressed cell proliferation and migration and induced apoptosis in cervical cancer cells, accompanying with activation of PARP/caspase pathway and inhibition of VADC1. Overexpression of VDAC1 reversed the KMT2A knockdown-mediated regulation of cell proliferation, migration and apoptosis. The
Journal
Aging
Authors
Changlin Zhang, Yijun Hua, Huijuan Qiu, Tianze Liu, Qian Long, Wei Liao, Jiehong Qiu, Nang Wang, Miao Chen, Dingbo Shi, Yue Yan, Chuanbo Xie, Wuguo Deng, Tian Li, Yizhuo Li