Aberrant expression and altered function of transcription factors (TFs) have vital roles in many aspects of tumor development and progression. In this study, we investigated the functional significance of a TF, Yin Yang1 (YY1) in tumorigenesis of endometrioid endometrial carcinoma (EEC). We demonstrated that YY1 is upregulated in EEC cell lines and primary tumors; and its expression is associated with tumor stages. Depletion of YY1 inhibits EEC cell proliferation and migration both in vitro and in vivo, whereas overexpression of YY1 promotes EEC cell growth. These results suggest that YY1 functions as an oncogenic factor in EEC. Transcriptome analysis revealed a significant effect of YY1 on critical aspects of EEC tumorigenesis through inhibition of APC expression. Further mechanistic investigation uncovered a new epigenetic silencing mode of APC by YY1 through recruitment of EZH2 and trimethylation of histone 3 lysine 27 on its promoter region. Moreover, YY1 overexpression was found to be a consequence of miR-193a-5p downregulation through direct miR-193a-5p-YY1 interplay. Our results therefore establish a novel miR-193a-5p-YY1-APC axis, which contributes to EEC development, and may serve as future intervention target.

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The intense environment of an electric arc has been used to create MoS2 core–shell particles. Instead of running the arc in a vacuum chamber under reduced pressure conditions, an arc discharge in water was employed. The arc was run between a carbon cathode and a Mo hollow rod anode whose interior was packed with MoS2 powder. High-resolution electron microscopy and image simulations have been used to characterize the structure of the resultant material which was seen to consist of agglomerates of polyhedral MoS2 cages with filled cores. A correlation between the growth conditions and the observed nanostructure is presented.

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