Zinc Finger 521 Modulates the Nrf2-Notch Signaling Pathway in Human Ovarian Carcinoma.

Int J Mol Sci

Laboratory of Molecular Haematopoiesis and Stem Cell Biology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Græcia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.

Published: September 2023

The human zinc finger protein 521 (ZNF521) is a co-transcriptional factor with multiple recognized regulatory functions in a range of normal, cancer and stem cell compartments. ZNF521 regulates proliferation, progression and CSC (cancer stem cell) compartments in human ovarian cancer (hOC), which is a very aggressive and late-diagnosed female tumor. Two other important regulators of hOC are the NRF2 and NOTCH signaling pathways. In the present paper, the mRNA and protein levels of ZNF521 were correlated with those of the NRF2-NOTCH signaling components in two different hOC cell lines and in a public dataset of 381 hOC patients. The data show that high levels of ZNF521 significantly increase NRF2-NOTCH signaling expression; conversely, the silencing of ZNF521 impairs NRF2-NOTCH signaling. This experimental work shows that, in hOC, different levels of ZNF521 modulate the NRF2-NOTCH signaling pathway and also influences hOC CSC properties.

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