PRACTICAL ONCOLOGY JOURNAL ›› 2014, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (6): 569-572.doi: 10.11904/j.issn.1002-3070.2014.06.019

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The research progress of LSD1 in malignant tumors

JING Jing,CHEN Gongyan   

  1. Department of Oncology,The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Harbin Medical University,Harbin 150081,China
  • Received:2014-07-09 Online:2014-12-28 Published:2015-01-08

Abstract:

Lysine specific demethylase 1(LSD1)is a kind of flavin adenine dinucleotid(FAD)dependent amine oxidase and can specifically demethylate H3K4me2/me1 and H3K9me2/mel,thus it can regulate gene transcriptional activity.LSD1 is essential for mammalian development and is involved in many biological processes,including cell differentiation,gene activation,and gene repression.Nowadays,it is demonstrated that LSD1 might promote cell phase transition(deficiency in LSD1 leads to partial cell cycle arrest in G2/M)and cell proliferation,suggesting that the over-expression of LSD1 might promote tumorigenesis.LSD1,as a demethylase,may be a new target for anti-cancer therapy.Hereby,we review on the structure,action mode of LSD1 and its relationship with oncogenesis.

Key words: LSD1, Demethylation, Malignant tumors

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