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CSRP2
cysteine and glycine rich protein 2
Chromosome 12 · 12q21.2
NCBI Gene: 1466Ensembl: ENSG00000175183.10HGNC: HGNC:2470UniProt: A0A024RBB5
77PubMed Papers
20Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
DATA QUALITY
✓ Experimental GO Evidence✓ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
protein bindingfocal adhesionactinin bindingsarcomere organizationneurodegenerative diseasebreast cancerneoplasmhepatocellular carcinoma
✦AI Summary

CSRP2 is a cysteine and glycine-rich LIM domain protein located on chromosome 12.1 1 that functions as a multifaceted oncogenic regulator across diverse cancer types. Originally characterized as drastically downregulated during smooth muscle cell dedifferentiation, CSRP2 is now recognized as significantly upregulated in glioblastoma, neuroblastoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia, and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, correlating with poor prognosis 23456. Mechanistically, CSRP2 promotes cancer progression through multiple pathways: it activates p130Cas-mediated NF-κB and MAPK signaling in glioblastoma 2, drives ERK1/2 phosphorylation in neuroblastoma 3, regulates ATF2-mediated CCL28 expression to reshape immunosuppressive tumor microenvironments in hepatocellular carcinoma 4, and activates JAK-STAT1 pathways in glioma to inhibit necroptosis 7. CSRP2 also promotes epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, cancer stemness, and chemotherapy resistance. Beyond malignancy, CSRP2 upregulation contributes to pulmonary hypertension through Wnt3α-β-catenin/LEF1 pathway activation, driving vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation 8. These findings establish CSRP2 as a critical therapeutic target across multiple disease contexts.

Sources cited
1
CSRP2 promotes glioblastoma mesenchymal phenotype and proneural-to-mesenchymal transition via p130Cas-mediated NF-κB and MAPK signaling; high expression associates with poor prognosis
PMID: 40764945
2
CSRP2 is highly expressed in high-risk neuroblastoma and promotes cell proliferation and migration through ERK1/2 activation; high expression correlates with lower overall survival
PMID: 38864136
3
CSRP2 drives lenvatinib resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma through ATF2-mediated CCL28 transcription, promoting tumor-associated macrophage infiltration and immunosuppression
PMID: 41043855
4
EBF1 regulates CSRP2 upregulation in B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia; CSRP2 inhibition increases ferroptosis and suppresses cell proliferation
PMID: 39952599
5
CSRP2 is overexpressed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and promotes cancer stemness and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
PMID: 37466293
6
CSRP2 promotes pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation through Wnt3α-β-catenin/LEF1 pathway activation in pulmonary hypertension
PMID: 35695329
7
CSRP2 overexpression in glioma inhibits necroptosis by activating JAK-STAT1 signaling and suppressing STAT1 phosphatase inhibitors
PMID: 39918019
8
CSRP2 gene spans 22 kb with six exons on chromosome 12q21.1, encoding a 193-amino acid LIM domain protein with 96.4% identity to avian homolog
PMID: 9286703
Disease Associationsⓘ20
neurodegenerative diseaseOpen Targets
0.42Moderate
breast cancerOpen Targets
0.10Weak
neoplasmOpen Targets
0.10Suggestive
hepatocellular carcinomaOpen Targets
0.08Suggestive
glioblastoma multiformeOpen Targets
0.08Suggestive
colorectal carcinomaOpen Targets
0.08Suggestive
acute myeloid leukemiaOpen Targets
0.08Suggestive
gliomaOpen Targets
0.08Suggestive
achalasia-alacrima syndromeOpen Targets
0.07Suggestive
left ventricular noncompactionOpen Targets
0.07Suggestive
Nijmegen breakage syndromeOpen Targets
0.06Suggestive
familial cylindromatosisOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
Moyamoya diseaseOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
Hodgkins lymphomaOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
osteoporosis-pseudoglioma syndromeOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
head and neck squamous cell carcinomaOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
Capillary malformation - arteriovenous malformationOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
leukemiaOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasiaOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
liver cancerOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
CSRP1Shared pathway50%PPDPFLShared pathway33%ETV3LShared pathway33%ERFLShared pathway33%NKX1-2Shared pathway33%NHSL2Shared pathway33%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Liver
100%
Lung
78%
Heart
71%
Brain
66%
Ovary
58%
Bone Marrow
5%
Gene Interaction Network
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CSRP2CSRP1PPDPFLETV3LERFLNKX1-2NHSL2
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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AlphaFoldAI-predicted · UniProt Q16527
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Constraintⓘ
LOEUFⓘ
1.01LoF Tolerant
pLIⓘ
0.00Tolerant
Observed/Expected LoF0.66 [0.44–1.01]
RankingsWhere CSRP2 stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #6,145of 20,598
    Most Researched77
  • #9,912of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)1.01
Genes detectedCSRP2
Sources retrieved10 papers
Response time—
📄 Sources
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1
CSRP2 promotes the glioblastoma mesenchymal phenotype via p130Cas-mediated NF-κB and MAPK pathways.
PMID: 40764945
J Exp Clin Cancer Res · 2025
1.00
2
[Role and mechanism of cysteine and glycine-rich protein 2 in the malignant progression of neuroblastoma].
PMID: 38864136
Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban · 2024
0.90
3
Targeting immunosuppressive macrophages by CSRP2-regulated CCL28 signaling sensitizes hepatocellular carcinoma to lenvatinib.
PMID: 41043855
J Immunother Cancer · 2025
0.80
4
EBF1-induced CSRP2 boosts the progression of B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia by inhibiting ferroptosis.
PMID: 39952599
Cancer Lett · 2025
0.70
5
Cloning, structural analysis, and chromosomal localization of the human CSRP2 gene encoding the LIM domain protein CRP2.
PMID: 9286703
Genomics · 1997
0.60