Chromobox proteins in cancer: Multifaceted functions and strategies for modulation (Review)
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- Published online on: January 31, 2023 https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2023.5484
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Abstract
1. Introduction
In 1978, Lewis (1) discovered the polycomb group (PcG) protein in Drosophila melanogaster, which controls recognition, differentiation and the somatotype in these flies. Subsequently, the PcG protein was identified in all metazoans and indicated to exhibit a high degree of evolutionary conservation (2); this protein regulates a variety of biological processes during embryonic development, such as cell fate and lineage determination, cell memory, stem cell function and tissue homeostasis (3-5). In 1986, the heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1) protein was discovered in Drosophila melanogaster. HP1 is a nonhistone chromosome protein that mediates gene silencing through heterochromatin formation and structural maintenance (6,7). Chromobox (CBX) proteins are important members of the PcG protein family and HP1 protein family. Forming a class of epigenetic regulators, CBXs are extensively involved in various biological processes, including embryonic development, the maintenance of stem cell characteristics, the regulation of cell proliferation and apoptosis (8-10). Increasing evidence demonstrates that CBXs are involved in the regulation of tumor biological processes, such as the cell cycle (11), chemotherapy sensitivity (12), radiotherapy sensitivity (13), tumor cell stemness (14) and tumor metabolism (15), and have a key role in tumor occurrence and development. Identifying the mechanisms by which CBXs regulate tumors may provide promising novel targets for anticancer strategies. To date, numerous chromatin regulatory factors have been identified as targets for anticancer therapy (16). Furthermore, small-molecule inhibitors of these targets have been developed and entered the clinical evaluation stage. Of note, the histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors, such as vorinostat and romidepsin (17), have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for clinical use. However, they erase/write epigenetic marks throughout the genome, thereby activating/inhibiting a series of genes with carcinogenic and antitumor functions (18,19). Therefore, treatment with nonspecific HDAC inhibitors may lead to unintended consequences. It is thought that targeted readers may specifically activate an antiproliferation pathway or inhibit a tumor growth pathway. Small-molecule regulators of histone readers, such as bromodomain inhibitors, are under investigation in clinical trials, highlighting their great potential as treatments (20,21). As histone readers, CBXs are expected to become a new target in tumor therapy. Therefore, a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the function of CBXs and information on the recent research status of its role in tumors have important guiding significance for researchers.
Although several recent articles have reviewed the roles of HP1 family proteins (22) and PcG family proteins (23-25) related to CBXs in cancer, none of these articles have summarized or analyzed the biological functions of all of the members of the CBX family (CBX1-8) in cancers. The present review is a comprehensive and systematic review focusing on the biological functions, regulatory mechanisms and prognostic and therapeutic value of all the members of the CBX family in cancers. It is expected that the present review will provide new insight and a comprehensive basis for follow-up research on CBXs and cancer.
2. Constituent members of CBXs
To date, eight genes encoding CBXs have been identified in the mammalian genome: CBX1 (chromosomal location: 17q21.32), CBX2 (chromosomal location: 17q25.3), CBX3 (chromosomal location: 7p15.2), CBX4 (chromosomal location: 17q25.3), CBX5 (chromosomal location: 12q13.13), CBX6 (chromosomal location: 22q13.1), CBX7 (chromosomal location: 22q13.1) and CBX8 (chromosomal location: 17q25.3). The CBXs encoded by these genes have similar chemical structures. Of note, the N-terminal region carries a chromatin-binding domain (chromodomain, CHD). Furthermore, according to the similarity of their C-terminal domains, CBXs may be further classified into CBXs in the PcG family and CBXs in the HP1 family.
3. Characteristics and functions of PcG family CBXs
CBXs of the PcG family include CBX2, CBX4, CBX6, CBX7 and CBX8. In addition to the highly conserved CHD at their N-terminal region, all of these CBXs carry a conserved polycomb repressor box in their C-terminus. In addition, adjacent to the CHD, all vertebrate CBXs carry a DNA-binding motif and an AT-hook motif (in CBX2) or an AT-hook-like motif (in the other CBXs) (Fig. 1). AT-hook motifs are basic amino acid clusters that recognize AT-enriched sequences in DNA and are necessary for histone-independent DNA binding (26). The AT-hook motif in CBX2 may direct this CBX to chromatin, which indicates that CBX2 may bind DNA independent of histone H3 lysine K27 trimethylation (H3K27me3) (27). The AT-hooklike motif also binds DNA (28).
PcG proteins mainly suppress the expression of target genes at the transcriptional level by forming multisubunit complexes called polycomb repression complexes (PRCs) and by modifying histones (29). PRCs comprise two main protein complexes: PRC1 and PRC2. In mammals, PRC1 may be further subclassified into two main complexes, namely, canonical PRC1 (cPRC1) and noncanonical PRC1 (ncPRC1). In contrast to ncPRC1, cPRC1, which carries unique CBXs and polyhomeotic-like protein (PHC), is thought to mainly mediate chromatin contraction (30). In addition to CBXs, the three other core proteins of cPRC1 are PHC, i.e. PHC1/2/3, really interesting new gene protein 1 (RING1), i.e. RING1A/1B, and polycomb group ring finger protein (PCGF), i.e. PCGF2/4 (31). cPRC1 is able to recognize the H3K27me3 mark through the CHD in CBXs (32-34) (Fig. 2A). In addition, the combination of the polycomb repressor box domain and RING1 protein binds CBXs to form cPRC1. Mammalian CBXs are able to recognize both the histone H3 lysine K9 trimethylation (H3K9me3) and H3K27me3 modifications, but the affinity is not identical (32). The chromatin domains of CBX2 and CBX7 have affinity for both H3K9me3 and H3K27me3, CBX4 has a stronger affinity for H3K9me3 and CBX6 has a weak affinity for both modifications (35). In addition, serine 42 in the CHD of CBX2 is the key residue for casein kinase (CK)2 phosphorylation. Unmodified CBX2 preferentially binds H3K9me3, but the phosphorylation of serine 42 induces a shift in the preference of CBX2 from H3K9me3 to H3K27me3 (36). The plasticity of this function contributes to the dynamic regulation of target genes and connects the extracellular environment with changes in chromatin availability. In contrast to cPRC1, ncPRC1 carries RING1 and YY1-binding protein (RYBP)/YY1-associated factor 2 (YAF2), not CBXs and PHC (37). The ncPRC1 complex carrying RYBP/YAF2 has a higher enzymatic activity against histone H2A lysine K119 (H2AK119) (38,39). All PRC1 complexes deposit a ubiquitin group at H2AK119 that is executed via its E3 ubiquitin ligase RING1A/1B, which forms a heterodimer with one of the six PCGFs (PCGF1-6) (38,40).
Another major PRC is PRC2. PRC2 is also highly conserved among species and is composed of the enhancer of zeste homolog protein (EZH)1/2, embryonic ectoderm development protein (EED), suppressor of zeste 12 protein (SUZ12) and retinoblastoma binding-associated protein 46/48 (RBAP 46/48) (37). As the catalytic subunit of the complex, EZH1/2 catalyzes the H3K27me3, but it needs to be activated by other factors. EED and SUZ12 are essential for histone methyltransferase (HMT) activity. SUZ12 is critical for regulating HMT activity and EED regulates the substrate specificity of the EZH1/2 complex to mediate specific HMT activity against histone H3 lysine K27 or histone H1 lysine K26 (41,42) (Fig. 2A).
Although both PRC1 and PRC2 are involved in the posttranslational modifications (PTMs) of histones, the difference in their targets leads to different biological functions. PcG proteins recruit PRC1 mainly through H3K27me3 induced by PRC2, which leads to the monoubiquitination of H2AK119 (H2AK119ub1) and ultimately inhibits target gene transcription. Furthermore, H2AK119ub1 placed by PRC1 recruits PRC2 (39) (Fig. 2A). Therefore, once directed to chromatin, PcG amplifies its own activity. Further in-depth research revealed the presence of additional PRC recruitment mechanisms. First, the PRC complex may target DNA by interacting with noncoding RNA (ncRNA). For instance, CBXs in the PRC1 complex interact with X inactive specific transcript RNA to target inactive X chromosomes (43) or interact with the ncRNA antisense RNA (AS) in the INK4 locus, ANRIL, to target and inactivate INK4A sites (44). Evidence has indicated that PRC1 is recruited to CpG islands by lysine demethylase 2B and causes the ubiquitination of H2AK119, after which the recruitment of PRC2 leads to an increase in the abundance of H3K27me3, which binds PRC1 through interactions with CBXs (39). In summary, the recognition of H3K27me3 by CBXs is the main mechanism by which transcriptionally repressed polycomb complexes are recruited and proliferate. The recognition of H3K27me3 by CBXs is considered to be the key to PRC1 localization. In fact, genome-wide studies have indicated that PRC1 is clearly located in H3K27me3 marked domains (45). Traditionally, PcG complexes suppress target genes at the transcriptional level mainly through histone modification. However, in recent years, increasing evidence has suggested that PcG complexes are able to activate transcription and modify nonhistone substrates to participate in a variety of biological processes, such as the cell cycle and tumor development (46). One mechanism is recruitment through transcription factors (TFs). The cPRC1 complex colocalizes with runt-related transcription factor (RUNX)1 and core-binding factor subunit β through direct interaction with PCGF4 (47). Therefore, the active sites recruiting PRC1 may interact with TFs and remain bound during the transcriptional activation of target genes. Another mechanism is mediated through interactions with ncRNA and PTMs. The methylation state of CBX4 determines the specific ncRNA it binds, thereby determining whether coactivators or coinhibitors are recruited. Furthermore, the significance of the regulation of PRC1 subunits by PTMs has been demonstrated via CK2-mediated RING1B phosphorylation, which inhibits PRC1 activity, thereby promoting gene activation (48).
4. Characteristics and functions of HP1 family CBXs
In mammals, the HP1 family is composed of three different but highly conserved nonhistone homologs: CBX1/HP1β, CBX3/HP1γ and CBX5/HP1α (49,50). The CHDs of HP1 and PcG share >60% amino acid sequence identity (51). The CHD of HP1 is critical for the association of HP1 with chromatin through the specific CHD interaction with histone H3 lysine K9 dimethylation (H3K9me2)/H3K9me3, and the higher level of H3K9me2/3, the stronger binding affinity to the CHD (52,53). A second unique conserved domain called the chromoshadow domain (CSD) is located in the carboxyl terminal region of the HP1 protein (54) (Fig. 1). The overall structure of the CSD is similar to that of the CHD, but these domains exhibit different functions. The CSD acts mainly as a dimer domain and HP1 proteins easily form homodimers and heterodimers through their CSDs (52,55,56). The most notable function of HP1 is the formation heterochromatin, the compact form of chromatin. In the chromatin structure, the formation of heterochromatin results in transcriptional inactivation or silencing of genes. One model of heterochromatin formation is based on the methylation-induced binding of HP1, the histone H3 lysine K9 (H3K9) and cyclic recruitment. All three HP1 proteins recognize and bind to the H3K9me2 and H3K9me3 marks, which then recruit the H3K9 methyltransferase suppressor of variegation 3-9 homolog 1 (SUV39H1) to methylate adjacent H3K9 residues. This process creates new binding sites for additional HP1 proteins, forming a positive feedback loop that causes the formation of inhibitory H3K9me3 marks along specific chromosome regions (53). The diffusion of H3K9me3 marks is accompanied by the recruitment of numerous proteins, inducing chromatin contraction and gene silencing by embedding genes to make them impossible to transcribe (53,57-59) (Fig. 2B). This model also extends to DNA methylation, as both HP1 and SUV39H1 recruit DNA methyltransferases. Of note, in certain cases, histone H3K9 methylation precedes DNA methylation (60,61), supporting the view that these molecules are involved in a recruitment cycle during gene silencing.
5. Expression of CBXs in cancers and the relationship between CBXs and clinical characteristics and prognosis
Immunohistochemistry, western blot and quantitative PCR analyses of clinical tumor samples have confirmed abnormal changes in CBX expression in numerous cancer types, and these changes have been closely associated with the malignant phenotype of tumors and cancer prognosis. Furthermore, with the recent rapid development of bioinformatics, analyses based on public gene sequencing databases, such as The Cancer Genome Atlas (62), Gene Expression Omnibus (63), GEPIA (64), cBioPortal (65) and the Human Protein Atlas (66), have provided strong evidence that CBXs may be used as biomarkers for cancer prognosis. To date, CBXs have been proven to be differentially expressed in 17 cancers, are closely related to clinical characteristics and may be used as biomarkers for cancer prognosis (Table I).
Expression of CBXs in cancers
Compared with normal tissues or paracancerous tissues, the expression of all or some of the CBX1/2/3/4/5/8 members is upregulated in most cancer tissues, including glioma (67-69), tongue squamous cell carcinoma (TSCC) (70), head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) (71), breast cancer (BC) (15,72-80), non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (81-85), esophageal cancer (EC) (86-90), gastric cancer (GC) (91-98), pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAAD) (99,100), colorectal cancer (CRC) (101-104), urinary bladder cancer (UBC) (105), sarcoma (106) and osteosarcoma (107,108). As a tumor suppressor, CBX7 is expressed at low levels in most tumors, such as glioma, HNSCC (71), EC (87,88), GC (93-98), PAAD (109), CRC (103,104), clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) (110), ovarian cancer (OC) (111), cervical carcinoma (CCA) (112) and skin cutaneous melanoma (SKCM) (113), while all CBX members, including CBX7 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) (11,114-122), have been proven to be tumor-promoting factors. The expression of CBX6 is different in different cancer types, with low expression in glioma (67,68), BC (77,80), CRC (103,104), ccRCC (110) and OC (111), but high expression in HNSCC (71), sarcoma (106) and SKCM (113). The results of studies on the expression of CBX in the same type of cancer are not completely consistent. For instance, the results of Hu et al (111) indicated that the expression of CBX1 was low in OC, while Xu et al (123) reported that CBX1 was highly expressed in OC. The expression of CBX6 in GC was high in one study (94) and low in another (98). In addition, three studies have shown low expression of CBX7 in BC (15,77,80), while one study showed high expression of CBX7 in BC (78). This may be due to sample heterogeneity, different data sources or research methods; therefore, larger sample sizes, multiple analytic methods and multicenter research designs are required to obtain more credible results. The details of CBX expression are presented in Table I.
CBXs are related to the clinical characteristics of patients with cancer
As indicated in Table I, the expression of CBX3 is positively correlated with the tumor grade and/or stage of most cancer types, such as glioma and TSCC (70), lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) (84), GC (91), HCC (116), CRC (101) and osteosarcoma (107), while the expression of CBX7 is negatively correlated with the tumor stage and grade of LUAD (84) and CCA (112). In addition, higher expression of CBX1/2/4/5/6/8 was associated with a higher tumor stage and grade in certain cancer types (11,67,69,74,76,80,84,86,90, 99,104,108,111,118). Furthermore, higher expression of CBX3 was associated with a larger size of glioma (69) and osteosarcoma (107). Similarly, the expression of CBX2 in BC (74) and CBX1/4 in HCC was proven to be positively correlated with the tumor size (11,115). High expression of CBX3 in TSCC (70), HNSCC (71), NSCLC (81), CRC (101) and osteosarcoma (107) was reported to be associated with more robust metastatic characteristics, indicating that CBX3 has an important role in tumor metastasis. High expression of CBX2/3/8 in glioma (67,69), CBX2 in EC (89) and CBX1 in HCC (115) was indicated to lead to a high probability of tumor recurrence. In terms of other cancer characteristics, CBX2/6/7 is closely related to the isocitrate dehydrogenase mutation in glioma (68), CBX2 is related to a human epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)2-positive status of BC (74) and CBX3 is related to EGFR mutation in NSCLC (82). CBX1, CBX3 and CBX7 are also associated with vascular invasion in HCC (115), HNSCC (71) and CCA (112), respectively. The expression of CBX1/2/3/4/5/8 in OC was reported to be related to an increase in chemoresistance (111,123).
CBXs are cancer prognostic biomarkers
The differential expression of CBX family members is closely related to the overall survival (OS), relapse-free survival, disease-free survival, progression-free survival, disease-specific survival, post-progression survival and distant metastasis-free survival of patients with cancer, and it has great potential as a prognostic marker of cancer (Table I). High expression of CBX1 is associated with shorter OS of patients with LUAD (84), GC (94), HCC (114), OC (123) and sarcoma (106). Furthermore, increased expression of CBX2 in BC (15,72-75,77), HCC (114,122) and OC (111,123,124) indicates poor prognosis. CBX3 is a poor prognostic factor in as many as 13 tumor types (67,69-71,80,81,84,86-88,101,106,110,111,114,116,122,123). CBX4 is of prognostic value in BC (76,80), LUAD (85), EC (86-88), GC (92,94,95,98), HCC (11) and ccRCC (110). In addition, patients with BC (80), LUAD (84), GC (94-98), CRC (103), sarcoma (106), SKCM (113) with upregulated CBX5 and HNSCC (71) and ccRCC (110) with downregulated CBX5 have poor prognosis. CBX6 may be either a poor prognostic factor or a favorable prognostic factor, depending on the type of cancer (67,77,94,96-99,103,110,117,122). CBX7 acts as a tumor suppressor in glioma (68), BC (15,77), LUAD (83,84,125), HCC (114,119), PAAD (99,109), ccRCC (110), CCA (112), sarcoma (106) and SKCM (113). When the expression of CBX7 is low, the OS of patients is shorter, but its relationship to survival in EC (86-88) and GC (94-98) is controversial. High expression of CBX8 in patients with glioma (67), BC (79), HCC (120,121), CRC (102), ccRCC (110) and UBC (105) lead to unfavorable prognosis, but patients with LUAD (84) with low CBX8 expression exhibit a shorter OS. In diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), CBX1/2/3/5/6/8 are expressed at high levels and CBX7 at low levels, but no significant correlation has been identified between CBX1-8 expression and prognosis, indicating that these CBXs may not be used as prognostic markers in patients with DLBCL (126).
Compared with their expression in normal tissues or paracancerous tissues, CBXs may be upregulated or downregulated in different types of cancers and differences in their expression levels are closely related to clinical characteristics, such as tumor size, clinical grade and stage, metastasis, relapse, vascular invasion, gene mutation, chemoresistance and prognosis. In general, CBX1/2/3/4/5/6/8 are tumor-promoting factors in most cancers, while CBX7 is a tumor-suppressing factor in almost all cancers. In addition to the abnormal expression of CBX genes, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of CBX genes are closely related to cancer and may be prognostic biomarkers for cancer. The SNPs CBX4 rs2289728 and CBX7 rs139394 confer protection against HCC. These two SNPs inhibit the expression of CBX4 and CBX7, reducing the risk of HCC (127). The survival rate of patients with HCC with the homozygous CBX4 SNP AA (rs77447679-AA) is significantly decreased (128). Considerable evidence indicates that CBXs exhibit broad clinical application prospects as markers for cancer diagnosis and prognosis.
6. CBXs regulate biological tumor processes through epigenetic modification, nuclear translocation, ncRNA interactions, transcriptional regulation, PTMs, protein-protein interactions (PPIs), signal transduction and metabolic reprogramming
The mechanisms underlying the involvement of CBXs in regulating the occurrence and development of cancer are complex and multifaceted. As epigenetic regulators, CBXs classically regulate chromatin status and the expression of target genes via epigenetic modification, such as histone methylation/acetylation and DNA/RNA methylation. CBXs also promote/inhibit a variety of biological processes in tumors, including cell proliferation, migration, invasion and drug resistance; the cell cycle; and tumor cell stemness, through novel regulatory mechanisms, such as nuclear translocation, ncRNA interactions, transcriptional regulation, PTMs, PPIs, signal transduction and metabolic reprogramming. Fig. 3 illustrates the various regulatory mechanisms of CBXs in cancer.
Histone methylation/acetylation
As outlined in Table II, CBXs regulate malignant phenotype changes in tumors through histone modification. The depletion of CBX3 in prostate carcinoma (PCa) cells inhibits their proliferation, induces apoptosis and inhibits tumorigenicity. Mechanistically, c-Myc may upregulate CBX3 by directly binding the E-box element in the first intron of the CBX3 gene, and upregulated CBX3 in turn inhibits the expression of miR-451a by enhancing H3K9 methylation at the promoter region (129). CBX4 and histone H3 lysine K4 trimethylation (H3K4me3) coordinate and combine with the cell division cycle (CDC)20 promoter region to promote CDC20 expression and significantly enhance and maintain GC cell proliferation, migration and metastasis in vivo (92). Dicer is upregulated in cholangiocellular carcinoma (CCCA) and its nuclear form may interact with CBX5. The nuclear Dicer/CBX5 complex appears to promote H3K9me3 and DNA methylation of the secreted frizzled-related protein 1 (SFRP1) promoter and promote the proliferation and invasion of CCCA cells by inhibiting SFRP1 (130). CBX5-knockout in neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC) cells inhibits proliferation and induces apoptotic death, resulting in tumor growth arrest. Mechanistically, CBX5 reduces the expression of androgen receptor (AR) and repressor element-1 (RE1)-mediated silencing of TF by enriching H3K9me3 on the respective gene promoter (131). CBX8 positively regulates Notch signal transduction to promote breast cell tumorigenesis by maintaining the level of H3K4me3 at the promoter of Notch network genes (79). Forced overexpression of CBX8 induced the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), invasive cell migration and stem cell-like characteristics, all of which are related to increased tumor growth and metastasis, in mice. Mechanistically, CBX8 regulates the H3K27me3 modification at the promoter of the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)4 gene, which is related to active BMP4 transcription and therefore to the activation of mothers against decapentaplegic homolog (SMAD) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) (120).
Evidence suggests that CBX4 has an inhibitory role in CRC; it inhibits CRC metastasis by HDAC3 to the RUNX2 promoter to inhibit RUNX2 expression (132). CBX4 promotes the proliferation and migration of ccRCC cells by interacting with HDAC1 to transcriptionally inhibit the expression of Kruppel-like factor 6 (133). By binding the cyclin E1 promoter and recruiting HDAC2, CBX7 silences cyclin E1 and causes glioma cell cycle arrest in the G0/G1 phase (134). CBX7 increases the acetylation of histone H3 and H4 at the E-cadherin promoter by interacting with HDAC2 and upregulates the expression of E-cadherin, explaining the correlation between the loss of CBX7 expression and the highly malignant phenotype of thyroid carcinoma (135). CBX8 is upregulated in OC. Overexpression and knockdown experiments have indicated that CBX8 promotes the growth and migration of OC cells in vitro. Mechanistically, CBX8 and SE translocation protein (SET) bind the promoter of sushi domain containing 2 (SUSD2) to establish H2AK119ub1 and block the acetylation of histone H3, resulting in the transcriptional inhibition of SUSD2 (136).
DNA/RNA methylation
CBX1 promotes the proliferation of hepatoma cells and CBX1 knockdown regulates the level of methionine adenosyltransferase 2A, leading to a decrease in the totals level of S-adenosylmethionine and methylated DNA and inhibiting the proliferation of hepatoma cells (137). HMT G9a cooperates with CBX5 and DNA methyltransferase (DNMT)1 to regulate epigenetic gene expression through H3K9me2 and DNA methylation, activates the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway and promotes the growth of NSCLC in vitro and in vivo (138). In HCC, Toll-like receptor 4 enhances the interaction between CBX5 and DNMT3B and inhibits the attachment and extension of RNA polymerase II in the promoter region of telomere repeat-containing RNA (TERRA) with telomere duplication, thereby inhibiting the transcription of TERRA (139). The downregulation of CBX5 in CCCA may reduce H3K9me3 enrichment and the DNA methylation rate of the SFRP1 promoter, thus restoring the expression of SFRP1 and inhibiting CCCA cell proliferation (140). When m6A methylation is increased, CBX8 interacts with lysine methyltransferase 2B and RNA polymerase II to promote leucine-rich repeat-containing G-protein coupled receptor 5 expression, which helps to increase the stemness of colon cancer (CC) and reduce the chemical sensitivity of CC (12). Details are provided in Table III.
Nuclear translocation
Yi et al (141) suggested that the subcellular localization of CBX3, not its expression, is closely related to the progression of CCA. Details are presented in Table IV. The nuclear output of high-risk human papillomavirus-mediated CBX3 reduces the stability of p53 in the progression of CCA through ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 L3 (UBE2L3)-mediated polyubiquitination of p53. Exosomal circ_0006790 derived from bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells promotes the nuclear translocation of CBX7 and recruits DNA methyltransferase to its promoter region to increase the DNA methylation of S100A11; thus, inhibiting S100A11 transcription may downregulate S100A11 in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) cells and inhibit PDAC growth, metastasis and immune escape (142). In osteosarcoma, metabolic glutamate receptor 4 may interact with CBX4 to limit its nuclear localization and affect the transcriptional activity of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α, which affects cell proliferation, migration and invasion (143).
ncRNA interactions
CBXs may interact with ncRNA [long ncRNA (lncRNA), microRNA (miRNA) or circular RNA (circRNA)] to regulate target genes or to be regulated as target genes, participating in the occurrence and development of tumors. Details are presented in Table V.
The expression of CBX2 is positively regulated by the lncRNA prostate cancer associated transcript 6 (PCAT6) sponging of miR-185-5p in PDAC (144), lncRNA cancer susceptibility 9 (CASC9) sponging of miR-497-5p in UBC (145) and LINC00261 sponging of miR-8485 in NEPC (146), which increases the acquisition of the respective malignant cancer phenotype. Targeting CBX2 with miR-342-5p mediates the inhibition of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, which significantly reduces the proliferation, invasion, migration and viability of OC cells and promotes their apoptosis (147). The let-7a/CBX2 axis has an important role in the progression of osteosarcoma (148). Circ_0061140 is able to mediate the proliferation, migration, invasion and paclitaxel sensitivity of OC cells by regulating the miR-136/CBX2 axis in vivo (149).
CBX3, a target gene, is regulated by a competing endogenous RNA axis, which includes the lncRNA RP11-279C4.1/miR-1273g-3p/CBX3 axis in glioma (150), the lncRNA KCNQ1 opposite strand/antisense transcript 1/miR-29a-3p/CBX3 (151) and LINC01006/miR-433-3/CBX3 axis (152) in HCC, the lncRNA small nucleolar RNA host gene (SNHG) 17/miR-375/CBX3 axis in colon adenocarcinoma cells (153) and the LINC00857/miR-370-3p/CBX3 axis in DLBCL (154). LINC00998 may stabilize CBX3 to promote H3K9me3 in the c-Met promoter region and further weaken the activation of the c-Met/AKT/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway, which inhibits the proliferation of glioma in vitro and in vivo (155). CBX3 regulated by miR-139 (156) and miR-30a (157) promotes HCC growth, migration and invasion by regulating cell cycle progression and CRC growth, respectively. Overexpression of circ_EZH2 significantly promotes the growth, migration and invasion of glioma cells and inhibits their apoptosis. The carcinogenic function of CBX3 depends on its inhibition of dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase 1 and sponging of miR-1265 (158).
The lncRNA SNHG5/miR-181c-5p axis in NSCLC (159), the LINC00265/miR-144-3p axis in GC (160) and the lncRNA forkhead box P4 AS1/miR-136-5p axis in CCA (161) upregulate the expression of CBX4 and promote cancer progression. The lncRNA RNA associated with metastasis-11 (RAMS11) promotes the growth and metastasis of PCa cells by binding CBX4 and activating the expression of topoisomerase IIα (TOP2α) (162). miR-129-5p (163) and miR-515-5p (164) in BC, miR-507 in GC (165), miR-6838-5p in HCC (166) and miR-497-5p in CCA (167) target CBX4 to regulate the biological characteristics of human cancers. BMP2 increases miR-181b levels to directly target and inhibit CBX4 expression in adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma (ACP), resulting in reduced regulation of CBX4-dependent HDAC3 nuclear translocation, RUNX2 activation/osteoblast differentiation and calcium deposition in ACP (168). CBX4 is upregulated in BC and shows carcinogenic activity mediated through the activation of the miR-137-mediated Notch1 signaling pathway (76). MiR-424 inhibits the nuclear translocation of the Yes-associated protein (YAP)1 that has been induced by CBX4, and CBX4 and inhibits the proliferation and stem cell-like characteristics of HCC cells (169). Circ_PVT1 (170) and circ_0008039 (171) also enhance the expression of CBX4 separately through competitive binding to miR-21-5p and miR-515-5p, respectively, thereby promoting the progression of laryngocarcinoma and BC.
LINC02381 may interact and cooperate with CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein β to bind the CBX5 promoter and transcriptionally activate CBX5 to promote glioma cell proliferation and apoptosis (172). The lncRNA SNHG11/miR-2355-5p/CBX5 axis regulates the proliferation and migration of triple-negative BC cells (173). Overexpression of miR-675 promotes the growth of hepatoma cells in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, miR-675 inhibits the expression of CBX5 in human hepatoma cells, leading to a decrease in H3K9me3 and H3K27me3 abundance and triggering the transcription, translation, small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMOylation) and activation of early growth response 1 (EGR1), which upregulates the lncRNA H19 and induces and activates tumor-specific pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) (174). MiR-675 in conjunction with PKM2 triggers the upregulation of c-Myc by increasing the interaction between H3K9me3 and CBX5, which contributes to the malignant progression of liver cancer stem cells (175). Overexpression of CBX5 or inhibition of miR-589-5p in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) reverses the inhibitory effect of silencing lysyl oxidase like 1-AS1 on the proliferation and migration of RCC cells (176). Circ_0037866 may sponge miR-384 to increase the expression of its target, CBX5, thereby promoting the survival, invasion and migration of RCC cells in vitro and in vivo (177).
The expression of the lncRNA miR-100HG and CBX6 was enhanced in HCC cells. Knocking out miR-100HG inhibited the viability, migration and invasion of HCC cells by targeting the miR-146b-5p/CBX6 axis (178).
The lncRNA SNHG7 interacts with miR-181, upregulates CBX7 and inhibits the proliferation and migration of LUAD cells in vitro and in vivo via the Wnt/β-catenin pathway (179). CBX7 has been confirmed to be a functional target of miRNA-19 in NSCLC (180), miR-9 in UBC (181), miR-375 in PCa (182) and miR-18a in OC (183). CBX7, which is negatively regulated by high mobility group AT-hook (HMGA)1, negatively regulates the expression of miR-181b, which leads to BC progression (184). CircRNA Golgi phosphoprotein 3 and its binding protein CBX7 may promote the proliferation of PCa cells and inhibit their apoptosis (185).
CBX8, an oncogene, upregulates EGR1 and miR-365-3p to stimulate the AKT/β-catenin pathway, which promotes the growth and metastasis of HCC (121). CBX8 may be an independent RNA-binding protein (RBP) that regulates the maturation of miRNAs. CBX8 may inhibit the nuclear output of premiR-378a depending on its own nuclear localization and interaction with premiR-378a, thus inhibiting the maturation of miR-378a. MiR-378a-3p inhibits the malignant expression of human CC cells by targeting protein disulfide-isomerase A4, resulting in an increase in caspase-3 and caspase-7 activity (186). MiR-429 targets CBX8 to promote apoptosis in DLBCL (187). The increased expression of circ_0005230 in BC (188) and circ_8924 in CCA (189) promotes CBX8 expression by sponging miR-618 and miR-518d-5p/519-5p, respectively, to regulate cell proliferation, migration and invasion and is associated with poor prognosis.
Transcriptional regulation
All CBXs may upregulate or downregulate the expression of oncogenes or tumor suppressor genes at the transcriptional level (Table VI).
 | Table VICBXs influencing malignant phenotype changes in tumors through regulation at the transcrip-tional level. |
In CC, CBX1 inhibits the expression of matrix metallopeptidase (MMP)2 at the transcriptional level and regulates CC cell metastasis (190).
CBX2 depletion decreases cell viability and induces apoptosis in metastatic PCa cell lines. Mechanistically, numerous key regulatory factors, such as aurora kinase (AURK)A, AURKB, cyclin B1, marker of proliferation Ki-67 (MKI67), cyclin dependent kinase (CDK) 1 and CDC25A, are downregulated by CBX2 to control cell proliferation and metastasis (191).
CBX3 promotes cell proliferation by directly suppressing the expression of nuclear receptor corepressor 2 (NCOR2) and zinc finger and BTB domain containing 7A in LUAC (192) and CDK6/p21 in CC (193). CBX3 also mediates tumor promotion by regulating the expression of CDK1 and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in PAAD cells (194), inhibiting the expression of SMAD-specific E3 ubiquitin protein ligase 2 and promoting the activation of the TGF-β signaling pathway (195).
CBX4 regulates telomerase reverse transcriptase-mediated cadherin 1 transcription and promotes the migration and invasion of BC cells (196). In lung cancer, CBX4 knockdown effectively blocks the cell cycle in the G0/G1 phase by inhibiting the expression of CDK2 and cyclin E and reduces the formation of filamentous pseudopodia by inhibiting MMP2, MMP9 and C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4). In addition, CBX4 promotes cell proliferation and metastasis by regulating PCGF4 expression (197). Knocking down CBX4 results in the downregulation of PCNA and cyclin E2 and the upregulation of p16, followed by decreased cell proliferation and blocked cell cycle progression (11). CBX4 promotes osteosarcoma metastasis by recruiting general control non-derepressible 5 to the RUNX2 promoter to upregulate RUNX2 at the transcriptional level, and CK1α inhibits osteosarcoma cell migration and invasion by inhibiting CBX4 (198).
CBX5 inhibits BC cell migration and invasion. The E2F transcription factor 5 (E2F5) regulates CBX5 transcription, and E2F5 consumption increases the expression of CBX5 in invasive BC cells (199). The RNA binding motif protein X-linked (RBMX) reverse transcriptional gene product RBMX like 1 (RBMXL1) is an RBP that directly binds mRNA and affects the transcription of the CBX5 locus in acute myeloid leukemia. RBMX/L1 controls leukemic cell survival by regulating chromatin status through its downstream target CBX5 (200).
The expression of CBX6 is negatively regulated by EZH2, which may inhibit cell proliferation and induce G0/G1 cell cycle arrest in BC cells (201). Knocking out CBX6 promotes MMP2 expression and tumor invasion in pleural mesothelioma (202). CBX6 upregulates the expression of Snail and zinc finger E-box binding homeobox 1 (ZEB1) promotes the proliferation, migration and invasion of HCC cells (118).
In glioma, overexpression of exogenous CBX7 induces apoptosis and inhibits cell proliferation, migration and invasion, as it reduces the expression of CDK2 and cyclin A2 (203) and the core EMT factor ZEB1 (204). CBX7 blocks the binding of twist family bHLH transcription factor 1 (TWIST1) to the EPH receptor A2 (EPHA2) promoter, inhibits the expression of EPHA2, and inhibits the growth and metastasis of basal-like BC (205). CBX7 inhibits the expression of p16INK4A and p14ARF in PCa cells and affects their growth (206). CBX7 acts as a tumor suppressor to downregulate the expression of the oncogenes phosphodiesterase 4B (207) and aldo-keto reductase family 1 member B10 (14), promoting the proliferation, migration and invasion of UBC cells at the transcriptional level.
CBX8 is overexpressed in numerous cancers and has been indicated to promote the invasion and migration of glioma, BC and lung cancer in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, CBX8 promotes cell invasion and migration by targeting with-no-lysine kinase 2, resulting in increased expression and activity of Rac family small GTPase 1 (RAC1) and MMP2 (208). CBX8 may have contradictory roles in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), promoting cell proliferation and inhibiting metastasis, and this newly reported function of CBX8 depends on its binding to the Snail promoter, thereby inhibiting the transcription of Snail (209). Insulin-like growth factor 1 promotes the proliferation of CC cells by promoting CBX8 expression (210). Knocking down CBX8 inhibits the proliferation of CRC cells in vitro and in vivo, mainly by increasing p53 and its downstream effectors. However, the knockdown of CBX8 enhances the migration, invasion and metastasis of CRC cells in vitro and in vivo, partially by directly upregulating integrin subunit β4, thereby reducing the activity of ras homolog (Rho)A (102). CBX8 is necessary for mixed lineage leukemia (MLL)-AF9-induced transcriptional activation and leukemia development. By contrast, the elimination of CBX8 by a point mutation in MLL-AF9 and the specific elimination of the MLL-AF9-CBX8 interaction abrogates both the upregulation of the homeobox gene and the transformation of MLL-AF9-positive leukemia (211).
PTMs
Protein PTMs, such as phosphorylation, acetylation, SUMOylation and ubiquitination, reveal the great complexity of the proteome. PTMs have important roles in signal transduction, protein stability and conversion, protein-to-protein recognition and interaction, and spatial localization by changing the structure and function of the protein. CBXs activate or inhibit cancer-related signaling pathways through the PTM of key proteins in a pathway (Table VII).
| Table VIICBXs regulating malignant phenotype changes in tumors through posttranslational modifications. |
CBX2 knockdown in HCC inhibits the proliferation of HCC cells and promotes their apoptosis. The following mechanisms underlie these effects: CBX2 knockdown inhibits the expression of Wilms' tumor protein 1-interacting protein, stimulates the Hippo pathway and leads to the phosphorylation-induced inactivation of YAP (212). CBX3 directly suppresses Parkinson disease 2 and stress-induced phosphoprotein 1 homology and U-box containing protein 1 at the transcriptional level to reduce the ubiquitination of EGFR, significantly promoting the proliferation, invasion and tumorigenesis of glioblastoma multiforme cells in vitro and in vivo (213). CBX4 promotes HCC via HIF-1α ubiquitnation and vascular endothelial growth factor upregulation (214). In BC, SUMO specific peptidase 7 long transcript (SENP7L) has enhanced abundance. Increased SENP7L decreases the SUMOylation rate of CBX5 and promotes abnormal proliferation and the EMT (215). Ubiquitinated CBX5 is recruited to ncRNA-rich chromatin loci to promote DNA damage and is associated with chemosensitivity in BC (216). The inhibition of CBX8 decreases cell proliferation in vitro and in vivo and increases the phosphorylation of p21, Wee1 and choline kinase 1, resulting in CDK inhibition and cell cycle delay (90).
PPIs
Table VIII indicates that CBX regulates tumor progression through PPIs. CBX1 interacts with the TF HMGA2 to activate the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, which promotes cell proliferation and migration in HCC (115). In PCa, CBX1 is an androgen/AR coactivator involved in the proliferation and progression of AR-expressing PCa cells into castration-resistant PCa (217). Mechanistically, CBX1 interacts with AR to enhance the DNA-binding capacity of AR, particularly prostate-specific antigen enhancers and androgen response elements in promoter regions, and to increase the transcription of AR target genes. CBX2 cooperates with EZH2 to downregulate several peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor signaling pathway genes and tumor suppressor genes by cooperating with or binding their promoters, respectively (218). CBX7 binds the E-box to inhibit TWIST1 function and tumorigenicity and reduce the metastatic potential of secondary epithelial ovarian cancer cells (219). CBX8 promotes tumorigenesis and radioresistance of ESCC cells by targeting apoptotic peptidase activating factor 1 (13). CBX8 is upregulated in HCC, interacts with Y-box-binding protein 1 and regulates the cell cycle to promote the proliferation of HCC cells (220). Karyopherin subunit alpha 2 (KPNA2) and CBX8 are highly expressed in UBC. The interaction between KPNA2 and CBX8 promotes the proliferation, migration and invasion of bladder cancer cells by mediating the PR/SET domain 1/c-Fos pathway (221).
Signal transduction
Although certain studies have not clarified the tumor regulatory mechanism of CBX at the molecular level, they have made clear that CBX functions through a specific signal transduction pathway (Table IX).
It has been indicated that CBX2 promotes mTORC1 signal transduction and inhibits the activity of the dimerisation partner, retinoblastoma link, E2F and MuvB-complex to drive the growth of BC cells (222). CBX2 depletion inhibits the proliferation, migration and invasion of GC cells by inactivating the YAP/β-catenin pathway (223). CBX3 induces the proliferation and invasion of glioma (224) and BC cells (73) through the activation of the PI3K/AKT pathway. CBX3 decreases the G1/S phase transition mediated through p21 to promote tumor proliferation and is associated with poor prognosis in TSCC (70). Upregulation of CBX3 promotes smoking-related LUAD progression by activating the RAC1 pathway via the inhibition of Rho GTPase activating protein 24 (225). Wang et al (85) found that the overexpression of CBX4 significantly promoted the proliferation and invasive growth of human and mouse LUAD cells by activating the Wnt/β-catenin pathway. CBX4 may promote tumor growth by activating the HIF-1α signaling pathway in osteosarcoma (108). Zheng et al (117) confirmed that CBX6 significantly promoted the growth of HCC cells both in vitro and in vivo through S100A9 and the noncanonical NF-κB/MAPK pathway. CBX7 inhibits cell proliferation, migration and invasion by inhibiting the YAP/Tafazzin/connective tissue growth factor/JNK pathway in glioma (226), the Wnt/β-catenin pathway in BC (227), the ERK/MAPK pathway in lung squamous cell carcinoma (83), and the phosphatase and tensin homolog/AKT axis in pancreatic cancer (228). CBX7 positively regulates the stem cell-like characteristics of GC cells by inhibiting p16 and activating the AKT/NF-κB/miR-21 pathway (229). CBX7, an oncogene, is involved in the occurrence and development of GC, partially through the p16INK4A regulatory pathway, to mediate tumorigenesis, cell migration and cancer metastasis (230). CBX8 effectively activates PI3K/AKT signaling by upregulating insulin receptor substrate 1, which has been indicated to drive the proliferation of PAAD (100). CBX8 depletion delays the cell cycle progression of UBC cells at the G2 and M phases mediated through the p53 pathway (105).
Metabolic reprogramming
As indicated in Table X, in BC, CBX2/CBX7 and metabolic reprogramming are directly related. Upregulated CBX2 expression leads to enhanced glycolysis, which in turn promotes the proliferation of BC cells, while decreased CBX7 expression leads to increased glycolysis, which in turn promotes the proliferation of BC cells (15). CBX3 promotes cell proliferation and regulates glycolysis by inhibiting fructose-bisphosphatase 1 (FBP1) in pancreatic cancer, and abrogating the CBX3-FBP1 signaling axis may effectively prevent aerobic glycolysis and inhibit cell proliferation (231).
7. Cancer therapies targeting CBXs
Studies have indicated that proteins mediate chemotherapy and radiosensitivity in cancer. The HDAC inhibitor vorinostat exerts its anti-leukemic effect by enhancing SUMO-triggered ubiquitin-mediated CBX2 stability (232). CBX3 inhibits UBE2L3, which enhances the stability of the tumor suppressor p53 in CCA cells and makes CCA cells sensitive to cisplatin (233). RAMS11-dependent CBX4 recruitment of transcriptionally activated TOP2α increases the resistance of CRC to topoisomerase inhibitors (234). A chimera composed of the CBX5 protein fused to the estrogen receptor-DNA-binding domain and AR-ligand-binding domain is an effective transcriptional inhibitor and participates in the gene silencing effect associated with long-term 4-hydroxytamoxifen (OHT) therapy, inducing drug resistance to OHT (235). Resveratrol inhibits the proliferation of oral squamous cell carcinoma and induces apoptosis by inhibiting CBX7/AKT and activating the p16 signaling pathway (236). The retention of CBX7 decreases lung cancer cell proliferation (at least partially through the downregulation of phosphorylated ERK and phosphorylated p38) and increases the apoptosis rate after irinotecan and etoposide therapy (at least partially through the downregulation of Bcl-2, phosphorylated AKT and phosphorylated JNK) (237). CBX7 downregulates ETS proto-oncogene 1 to inactivate the tumor necrosis factor signaling pathway, which inhibits the proliferation of ccRCC cells and enhances the sensitivity of ccRCC cells to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (238) With decreases in EZH2 and EED, CBX8 depletion leads to the accumulation of spontaneous DNA damage and increases the sensitivity of tumor cells to radiation or H2O2 exposure (90). CBX8 antagonizes the effect of the sirtuin 1 inhibitor sirtinol on the premature senescence of K562 chronic myeloid leukemia cells through the AKT/Rb/E2F transcription factor 1 pathway (239).
Although small-molecule inhibitors targeting histone-modifying enzymes have been used in the clinic, these treatments nonspecifically erase/write epigenetic marks throughout the entire genome, which may lead to unintended consequences. CBXs, as epigenetic readers, show broad prospects for cancer treatment, and certain small molecule inhibitors targeting CBXs have been found.
The CBX2 chromatin domain-selective probe SW2_152F has good cell permeability, selectively inhibits CBX2-chromatin binding in cells and blocks the neuroendocrine differentiation of PCa cell lines in response to androgen deprivation (240). UNC3866 is a recently reported polypeptide inhibitor of methyl lysine reading function in CBXs, i.e. CBX2/4/6/7/8. UNC3866 inhibits the proliferation of PCa cells (241). Compared with its affinity for CBX2, UNC3866 has a higher affinity for CBX7 (242). When UNC3866 is used to inhibit CBX4, the tumorigenicity and stem cell-like characteristics of stem cells are markedly reduced (169). Milosevich et al (243,244) developed several CBX6/8-biactive CBX inhibitors based on peptide mimics in 2016 and 2021, respectively. These inhibitors were effective against both CBX6 and CBX8 and affected the proliferation of rhabdomyoma tumor cell lines. CBX7i was the first generation of chromatin domain small-molecule inhibitors (245). CBX7i increases DNA damage and apoptosis induced by adriamycin and increases the toxicity of doxorubicin in BC (246). Simhadri et al (247) optimized the scaffolds of trimethyl lysine, a series of effective peptide antagonists, to target CBX7. Ren et al (248) also found two different kinds of small-molecule CBX7 CHD antagonists. Class A MS452 derivatives inhibit the binding of CBX7 CHD/methyl lysine by blocking H3K27me3 binding, while the class B compound MS351 uniquely inhibits the binding of the CBX7 CHD to H3K27me3. Lamb et al (249) reported that the first potent positive allosteric modulator (PAM) peptidomimetic, UNC4976, a PRC1-specific chemical probe with high cellular activity, is an effective inhibitor of CBX7. PAM activation of UNC4976 regulates PRC1, driving it away from the target region of H3K27me3, by antagonizing the specific recruitment of CBX7 to the target gene via H3K27me3 and increasing nonspecific binding to DNA and RNA. Ren et al (245) found a small molecule, MS37452, that inhibits the binding of the CBX7 CHD to H3K27me3 and suppresses the transcription of p16/CDK inhibitor 2A, the target gene of the polycomb inhibitory complex, by abrogating the binding of CBX7 to INK4A/ARF loci in PCa cells. Simhadri et al (250) created a low-molecular-weight inhibitor of CBX7 (33F) via the rational modification of the structure of methyl-reading protein lethal 3 malignant brain tumor-like protein inhibitor 1. Denton et al (251) identified an effective and selective inhibitory peptide, PSL, against CBX7 and CBX8 and confirmed that the acylation of this inhibitory peptide by 5-methylisoxazole-3-carboxylic acid (PSL-81) increased the potency and selectivity of CBX8. Treatment with UNC7040 effectively and selectively removes PRC1-carrying CBX8 from chromatin, abrogates gene silencing and reduces the proliferation of different cancer cell lines (252).
8. Conclusion and prospects
In the present review, the characteristics and functions of CBX proteins were introduced and the expression of CBX1-8 in cancers and the relationship between the expression of CBXs and clinical characteristics (mainly cancer grade, stage, metastasis and relapse) and prognosis were comprehensively discussed. How CBXs regulate cell proliferation and self-renewal, apoptosis and the acquisition of malignant phenotypes such as invasion, migration and chemoresistance through mechanisms involving epigenetic modification, nuclear translocation, noncoding RNA interactions, transcriptional regulation, posttranslational modifications, protein-protein interactions, signal transduction and metabolic reprogramming, were also discussed in-depth.
In summary, CBXs have key roles in the occurrence and development of cancers. Several issues related to the roles of CBXs in cancer remain to be addressed. For instance, different CBXs have different roles in promoting/suppressing cancer. However, it remains elusive which CBX protein is the key driver of all cancers. As noncoding RNAs and signaling pathways regulate the expression of CBXs, targeting these noncoding RNAs and pathways is an alternative approach to control CBX expression. CBXs regulate tumor development through a variety of signaling pathways. It remains elusive whether activators or inhibitors of these pathways work in synergy with CBX inhibitors. Due to the key role of CBXs in carcinogenesis, targeting CBXs may be a cancer treatment method. Numerous compounds have been proven to target several CBXs. The identification of specific inhibitors of CBXs for the individualized treatment of cancer would be an optimal outcome. In addition, the safety and efficacy of these CBX inhibitors in clinical cancer treatment remain to be determined. Therefore, further study of the roles played by CBXs in the occurrence and development of cancers will help us to design new cancer treatment strategies that work by targeting CBXs.
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Conceptualization, WW, DY and JW; investigation, JW and BY; writing-original draft, JW and BY; writing-review and editing, JW, BY, XZ, SL, XP, CM and SM; supervision, WW; project administration, DY; funding acquisition, DY. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. Data authentication is not applicable.
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Funding
The present study was supported by grants from the Science and Technology Department of Jilin Province (grant nos. 20200201123JC and 20220402066GH to DY).
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