Zhongyan Hua

Dr. Zhongyan Hua


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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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6 October 2022 in Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports
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Journal Article
Open access
XGXiao Gu
Xiao Gu
MHMiao He
Miao He
TLTimofey Lebedev
Timofey Lebedev
CLCheng-Han Lin
Cheng-Han Lin
ZHZhongyan Hua
Zhongyan Hua
XLXingguo Li
Xingguo Li
Aberrant expression of protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) has been implicated in a number of brain tumors, but the role of PRMT1 in medulloblastoma, the most common malignant pediatric brain tumor, remains unexplored. By examining the publicly available databases of pediatric brain tumor collection, we found that PRMT1 was predominantly expressed in medulloblastomas across all the pediatric brain tumors and that the high-level expression of PRMT1 correlated with poor survival of medulloblastoma patients. To determine the role of PRMT1 in medulloblastoma cells, we established an inducible knockdown system and demonstrated that PRMT1 depletion decreased medulloblastoma cell proliferation and induced cell apoptosis. Furthermore, the diamidine compounds, previously shown to exhibit selective PRMT1 inhibition, suppressed medulloblastoma cell viability in a dose-dependent manner. Finally, we observed induction of medulloblastoma cell apoptosis by the potent diamidine compounds at low micromolar concentrations. Together, our results suggest that PRMT1 could be an actionable therapeutic target in medulloblastoma.