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Table 1 Overview H3K36me3-associated regulators in different cancers

From: H3K36 trimethylation-mediated biological functions in cancer

Cancer subtype

Signaling pathway

Category

Mechanism

Function

Role

Colorectal cancer

Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway

KDM4C: overexpression

Upregulating MALAT1 expression

Metastasis

Promoter

  

SETD2: mutation

Aberrant Dvl2 alternative splicing

Tumorigenesis

Suppressor

Liver cancer

AP-1 pathway

SETD2: mutation

Dysregulated cholesterol homeostasis

Tumorigenesis

Suppressor

   

P53 inhibition

  

Pancreatic cancer

/

SETD2: mutation

Promoting acinar-to-ductal transition

Transformation

Suppressor

    

Progression

 

Lung cancer

CXCL1-associated signaling pathway

SETD2: mutation

Aberrant FGFR-2 gene alternative splicing

Tumorigenesis

Promoter

   

CXCL1-mediated activation of cell cycle

Proliferation

Suppressor

   

P53 inactivation

metastasis

 
   

Dysregulation of gene expression

Prognosis

 

Breast cancer

/

SETD2: mutation

Unstrained expression of oncogenes

Metastasis

Suppressor

  

H3 mutation

 

Prognosis

 

Renal cancer

Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway

SETD2: mutation; loss

Genome reprogramming

Tumorigenesis

Suppressor

   

Defective DNA methylation

Prognosis

 
   

Defective DSBs repair

  
   

P53 inhibition

  

Pediatric cancer

/

H3F3A/H3F3B: mutation

Histone methylation reprogramming

Transformation

Suppressor

  

SETD2: mutation; loss

Upregulation of oncogenes

Tumorigenesis

Promoter?

   

Impair MMR

  

Prostate cancer

AMPK signaling pathway

SETD2: mutation

Altering histone methylation landscape

Progression

Suppressor

Hematological malignant tumor

/

SETD2: mutation

Dysregulation and malignant transformation of hematopoietic stem cells

Tumorigenesis

Suppressor

  1. This table lists the role of H3K36me3-associated epigenetic regulators in different cancer types, including their genetic alternations, related cellular signaling pathways, and which stage of cancer processes their predominantly affect. Pediatric cancer refers to glioblastoma, chondroblastoma, giant cell tumors of bone. The symbol “/” means unknown