Potassium Channel Modulatory Factor 1 (KCMF1)

CD99 suppression resulted in growth inhibition and reduced migration of ESFT cells. Among genes whose expression changes in response to CD99 modulation, the potassium-channel modulatory factor KCMF1 was consistently upregulated. In a series of 22 primary ESFT, KCMF1 expression levels inversely correlated with CD99 abundancy.

Cells forced to express ectopic KCMF1 showed a similar reduction in migratory ability as CD99 silenced ESFT cells. In ESFT, high CD99 expression levels contribute to the malignant properties of ESFT by promoting growth and migration of tumor cells and identify KCMF1 as a potential metastasis suppressor gene downregulated by high constitutive CD99 expression in ESFT.