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Table 3 Histone citrullination in tumors

From: Histone citrullination: a new target for tumors

Classification

Disease

PAD-Citrullination

Mechanism

Lymphatic hematopoietic tissue

MM

PAD2-

CitH3R6

Resistance to the chemotherapy drug bortezomib [101]

Acute myeloid leukemia

PAD4-H3

Facilitation of the differentiation of HL-60 into granulocytes [102]

Endocrine system

Prolactinoma

PAD2, PAD4-

CitH3R2, 8, 17

Inhibition of the expression of the miRNA targeted to the prolactin tumor oncogene [103]

Lung and mediastinum

Lung cancer

PAD4-

CitH4R3

Inhibition of the transcriptional activity of p53 [56]

Non-small cell lung cancer

PAD4-

CitH4R3

Participation in the DNA damage response [79]

Digestive system

Gastric cancer

PAD4-

CitH3R26

Interaction between H3R26Cit and H3K27me3 [79]

Hepatocellular carcinoma

CitH3

Increase of Beclin1 mRNA during the development of hepatocellular carcinoma [104]

Urinary

and male reproductive

Bladder cancer

Unknown

HSP90 inhibitor-mediated treatment [105]

Prostate cancer

PAD2-

CitH3R26

Upregulation of estrogen-suppressing genes [106]

Mammary gland

MCF-7

PAD4-

CitH3R17

Reduction in β-estradiol-induced genes [22]

MCF-7

PAD2-CitH3R2, 8, 17

Regulation of gene expression (PTN and MAGEA12) [107]

Bone and soft tissue

Osteosarcoma

PAD4-

CitH3

Inhibition of the expression of the OKL38 gene [108]