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Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition by interacting with Transgelin in Colorectal Cancer

Weilong Zhong1,5#, Huiqin Hou1,#, Tianyu Liu1, Shuai Su1, Xiaonan Xi3, Yusheng Liao1,4, Runxiang Xie1, Ge Jin1, Xiang Liu1, Lanping Zhu1, Hongxia Zhang1, Xueli Song1, Cheng Yang2,5✉, Tao Sun2,5✉, Hailong Cao1✉, Bangmao Wang1✉

1. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, General Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin Institute of Digestive Disease, Tianjin 300052, China.
2. State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology and College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China.
3. Basic medical research center, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300052, China.
4. Department of Gastroenterology, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430014, China.
5. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Early Druggability Evaluation of Innovative Drugs and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Tianjin International Joint Academy of Biomedicine, Tianjin 300450, China.
#These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Zhong W, Hou H, Liu T, Su S, Xi X, Liao Y, Xie R, Jin G, Liu X, Zhu L, Zhang H, Song X, Yang C, Sun T, Cao H, Wang B. Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition by interacting with Transgelin in Colorectal Cancer. Theranostics 2020; 10(19):8790-8806. doi:10.7150/thno.44456. https://www.thno.org/v10p8790.htm
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Background and Purpose: The role of the cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) in epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in tumor progression has been studied, but its exact regulatory mechanism remains unknown.

Methods: The interaction between COMP and the actin-binding protein transgelin (TAGLN) was identified by interaction protein prediction and co-immunoprecipitation and verified through the stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM) and duolink experiments. Western blot and immunofluorescence analyses were conducted to detect the changes in EMT-related markers after COMP overexpression and knockdown. Molecular docking and Biacore of the interaction interface of COMP/TAGLN revealed that Chrysin directly targeted COMP. The promotion of COMP and the Chrysin inhibition of EMT were detected through the cell migration, invasion, apoptosis, and xenotransplantation of nude mice.

Results: COMP interacts with TAGLN in EMT in colorectal cancer to regulate cytoskeletal remodeling and promote malignant progression. COMP is highly expressed in highly malignant colorectal cancer and positively correlated with TAGLN expression. COMP knockdown can inhibit colorectal cancer metastasis and invasion, whereas COMP overexpression promotes EMT in colorectal cancer. Through virtual screening of the protein interaction interface, Chrysin, a flavonoid compound extracted from Oroxylum indicum, was found to have the highest docking score to the COMP/TAGLN complex. Chrysin inhibited COMP, thereby preventing EMT and the malignant progression of colorectal cancer.

Conclusions: This study illustrated the role of COMP in EMT and suggested that COMP/TAGLN may be a potential tumor therapeutic target. Chrysin exhibits obvious antitumor effects. This work provides a preliminary antitumor therapy to target COMP or its interaction protein to inhibit EMT.

Keywords: Colorectal cancer, EMT, COMP, TAGLN, Chrysin


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Zhong, W., Hou, H., Liu, T., Su, S., Xi, X., Liao, Y., Xie, R., Jin, G., Liu, X., Zhu, L., Zhang, H., Song, X., Yang, C., Sun, T., Cao, H., Wang, B. (2020). Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition by interacting with Transgelin in Colorectal Cancer. Theranostics, 10(19), 8790-8806. https://doi.org/10.7150/thno.44456.

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Zhong, W.; Hou, H.; Liu, T.; Su, S.; Xi, X.; Liao, Y.; Xie, R.; Jin, G.; Liu, X.; Zhu, L.; Zhang, H.; Song, X.; Yang, C.; Sun, T.; Cao, H.; Wang, B. Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition by interacting with Transgelin in Colorectal Cancer. Theranostics 2020, 10 (19), 8790-8806. DOI: 10.7150/thno.44456.

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Zhong W, Hou H, Liu T, Su S, Xi X, Liao Y, Xie R, Jin G, Liu X, Zhu L, Zhang H, Song X, Yang C, Sun T, Cao H, Wang B. Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition by interacting with Transgelin in Colorectal Cancer. Theranostics 2020; 10(19):8790-8806. doi:10.7150/thno.44456. https://www.thno.org/v10p8790.htm

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Zhong W, Hou H, Liu T, Su S, Xi X, Liao Y, Xie R, Jin G, Liu X, Zhu L, Zhang H, Song X, Yang C, Sun T, Cao H, Wang B. 2020. Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition by interacting with Transgelin in Colorectal Cancer. Theranostics. 10(19):8790-8806.

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