Paired box 8 facilitates the c-MYC related cell cycle progress in TP53-mutation uterine corpus endometrial carcinoma through interaction with DDX5.

As a molecular marker of the female reproductive system, Paired Box 8 is widely used in pathological diagnosis of gynecological tumors, but it is not clear whether its expression level is related to the development of uterine corpus endometrial carcinoma and molecular subtype classifications. Here, we show that PAX8 is up-regulated in TP53 mutation category of UCEC, which is result from the low methylation level of PAX8 in UCEC. We have identified that genes connected to ribosome, lysosome, ribosome biogenesis and cell cycle as PAX8 targets and demonstrate that modulation of the PAX8-DDX5 interaction influences c-MYC related cell cycle and cell growth. Our work defines DDX5 as a critical PAX8 co-factor, places the PAX8-DDX5 interaction in biological context, and highlights PAX8 as a key point for development of novel anti-MYC therapies in TP53-mutation UCEC.