scholarly journals GTPBP4 Promotes Gastric Cancer Progression via Regulating P53 Activity

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 667-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Li ◽  
Xunlei Pang ◽  
Zuan Zhu ◽  
Lili Lu ◽  
Jun Yang ◽  
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Background/Aims: gastric cancer is a serious health concern with high morbidity and mortality. Therefore, it is urgent to find novel targets for gastric cancer diagnosis and treatment. Methods: qRT-PCR and immunohistochemistry assays were used to detect GTPBP4 expression in gastric cancer tissues, and gastric cancer and gastric epithelial cells. Lentivirus infection was used to construct GTPBP4 stable knockdown cells. Annexin V/PI apoptosis, CCK8, EdU incorporation and cell clone formation analysis were performed to evaluate the effects of GTPBP4 on gastric cancer cell proliferation and apoptosis. Further RNA-based high-throughput sequencing and co-IP assays were constructed to explore the related mechanisms contributing to GTPBP4-mediated effects. Results: GTPBP4 expression was significantly increased in gastric cancer tissues compared with that in adjacent normal tissues, and positively correlated with gastric cancer stages. Meanwhile, GTPBP4 level was markedly upregulated in gastric cancer cells than in gastric epithelial cells. Additionaly, stable knockdown of GTPBP4 inhibited cell proliferation and promoted cell apoptosis. Mechanistically, p53 and its related signaling were significantly activated in GTPBP4 stable knockdown cells. And GTPBP4 interacted with p53 in gastric cancer cells. Conclusions: our results provide insights into mechanistic regulation and linkage of the GTPBP4-p53 in gastric cancer, and also a valuable potential target for gastric cancer.

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 1298-1303
Author(s):  
Jiping Xie ◽  
Qin Zhou

ANGPTL2 abnormal expression is associated with various tumors. miR-101 abnormalities are associated with gastric cancer. There is a targeted relationship of miR-101 with ANGPTL2. This study intends to assess miR-101’s role gastric cancer cells. The gastric cancer tissues and adjacent tissues were collected to detect miR-101 and ANGPTL2 by qRT-PCR. Gastric cancer SGC7901 cells were divided into miR-NC group and miR-101 mimic group followed by analysis of ANGPTL2 expression by qRT-PCR and western blot, apoptosis by flow cytometry, and cell proliferation by EdU staining. Gastric cancer tissues had significantly decreased miR-101 and increased ANGPTL2 mRNA expression than adjacent tissues. The survival of patients with lower miR-101 level was significantly lower than higher miR-101 patients. There was a relationship between miR-101 and ANGPTL2. miR-101 mimic transfection significantly reduced ANGPTL2 expression, reduced cell proliferation and increased cell apoptosis. Abnormal miR-101 and ANGPTL2 expression is found in gastric cancer. miR-101 inhibits ANGPTL2 expression and gastric cancer cell proliferation and induces apoptosis.


2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 1739-1754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Zhang ◽  
Jianghao Xu ◽  
Xuan Zhang ◽  
Yi Zhang ◽  
Lu Wang ◽  
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Background/Aims: There is little published data on the role of FOXP3 in gastric cancer. Methods: FOXP3 expression and localization in gastric cancer tissues and cells were examined by immunohistochemistry, RT-PCR, flow cytometry, western blot, and laser confocal microscopy. CCK8, plate clone, wound healing, and transwell insert assays were performed for gastric cancer cells. Potential molecules and signaling pathways were screened using high-throughput transcriptome sequencing. Results: FOXP3 expression in gastric cancer tissues was higher than that in para-carcinoma tissues. It was restricted to the cytoplasm of para-carcinoma tissues, but was observed in the cytoplasm or/and nuclei of gastric cancer tissues. FOXP3 expression was positively correlated with pathological grading, and was detected in gastric cancer and GES-1 cells, where it was expressed in the cytoplasm alone, or in both the cytoplasm and the nucleus. FOXP3 overexpression promoted cell proliferation, migration, and invasion, while FOXP3 knockdown suppressed these effects. Furthermore, RT-PCR and ELISA confirmed that FOXP3 upregulation resulted in increased TGF-β expression and secretion in gastric cancer cells. Conclusion: FOXP3 expression was associated with degree of gastric cancer differentiation. In addition, upregulated and ectopic tumoral FOXP3 can promote gastric cancer proliferation, migration, and invasion, partly through the TGF-β pathway.


2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lihong Yang ◽  
Xiaojun Huang ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
Tao Jiang ◽  
Feifei Ding

Abstract X-linked ectodermal dysplasia receptor (XEDAR) has been widely studied in epidermal morphogenesis, but few studies have been conducted on tumorigenesis and development, including gastric cancer. In the present research, we aimed to investigate the effect of XEDAR on gastric cancer and further explore the molecular mechanisms involved. The differential expression of XEDAR in 90 tissue specimens (30 gastric cancer tissues, 30 adjacent tissues and 30 normal tissues) was detected by real-time PCR (RT-PCR) and Western blot. Cell proliferation and apoptosis were explored using MTT and Annexin-V/propidium iodide (PI) assays, respectively. The results revealed that the expression of XEDAR was decreased in gastric cancer tissues and in gastric cancer cell lines, and its expression is regulated by p53 in BGC-823 cells. Furthermore, overexpression of XEDAR inhibited cell proliferation and induced apoptosis in BGC-823 cells. XEDAR moreover inhibited proliferation and induced apoptosis in gastric cancer cells by regulating the JNK signaling pathway. Collectively, the results of the present study suggested that XEDAR inhibits cell proliferation and induces apoptosis by participating in p53-mediated signaling pathway and inhibiting the downstream JNK signaling pathway in gastric cancer.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhuqing Zhou ◽  
Wei Gao ◽  
Biao Yuan ◽  
Shun Zhang ◽  
Kaijing Wang ◽  
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AbstractTRIM22 is involved in tumorigenesis and development, but its mechanism is not clear. In this study, we investigated the expression and biological role of TRIM22 in gastric cancer. We found that TRIM22 mRNA and protein expression was abnormally low in gastric cancer tissues and cells and correlated with tumor size and depth of invasion. Overexpression of TRIM22 significantly inhibited the proliferation, colony formation, and migration of gastric cancer cells and downregulated the expression of HSPA6. However, the HSPA6-siRNA complementation test showed that TRIM22 did not regulate cell proliferation through HSPA6. Furthermore, overexpression of TRIM22 downregulated the phosphorylation of Smad2 and Smad3. In addition, TRIM22 directly binds to Smad2, and overexpression of Smad2 can reverse the inhibition of cell proliferation and migration induced by TRIM22. In vivo, overexpression of TRIM22 significantly inhibited the growth of subcutaneous xenografts in nude mice. Our study indicates that TRIM22 has an important role in the development of gastric cancer and may inhibit the proliferation of gastric cancer cells through Smad2.


2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Deng ◽  
Kai Li ◽  
Feng Gu ◽  
Tao Zhang ◽  
Wenyan Zhao ◽  
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Abstract Background Reprogrammed glucose metabolism of enhanced Warburg effect (or aerobic glycolysis) is considered as a hallmark of cancer. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been certified to play a crucial role in tumor progression. The current study aims to inquire into the potential regulatory mechanism of long intergenic non-protein coding RNA 242 (LINC00242) on aerobic glycolysis in gastric cancer. Method LINC00242, miR-1-3p and G6PD expression levels in gastric cancer tissues and cells were determined by qRT-PCR. Cell apoptosis or viability were examined by Flow cytometry or MTT assay. Western blot was utilized to investigate G6PD protein expression levels. Immunohistochemical (IHC) and hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining were used for histopathological detection. The targeted relationship between LINC00242 or G6PD and miR-1-3p was verified by luciferase reporter gene assay. Nude mouse xenograft was utilized to detect tumor formation in vivo. Result LINC00242 and G6PD was high-expressed in gastric cancer tissues and cells, and LINC00242 is positively correlated with G6PD. Silencing of LINC00242 or G6PD within gastric cancer cells prominently inhibited cell proliferation and aerobic glycolysis in vitro and relieved the tumorigenesis of gastric cancer in vivo. miR-1-3p was predicted to directly target both LINC00242 and G6PD. Overexpression of miR-1-3p suppressed gastric cancer cells proliferation and aerobic glycolysis. LINC00242 competitively combined miR-1-3p, therefore relieving miR-1-3p-mediated suppression on G6PD. Conclusion LINC00242 plays a stimulative role in gastric cancer aerobic glycolysis via regulation of miR-1-3p/ G6PD axis, therefore affecting gastric cancer cell proliferation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Zhu ◽  
Rumeng Zhang ◽  
Ying Zhang ◽  
Xiao Cheng ◽  
Lin Li ◽  
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Gastric cancer is one of the major malignancies with poor survival outcome. In this study, we reported that NUDT21 promoted cell proliferation, colony formation, cell migration and invasion in gastric cancer cells. The expression levels of NUDT21 were found to be much higher in human gastric cancer tissues compared with normal gastric tissues. NUDT21 expression was positively correlated with tumor size, lymph node metastasis and clinical stage in gastric cancer patients. High level of NUDT21 was associated with poor overall survival (OS) rates in gastric cancer patients. The expression levels of NUDT21 were also much higher in gastric cancer tissues from patients with tumor metastasis compared with those of patients without tumor metastasis. Moreover, forced expression of NUDT21 in gastric cancer cells promoted tumor growth and cell proliferation in xenograft nude mice, and depletion of NUDT21 in gastric cancer cells restrained lung metastasis in vivo. Through high throughput RNA-sequencing, SGPP2 was identified to be positively regulated by NUDT21 and mediated the tumor promoting role of NUDT21 in gastric cancer cells. Therefore, NUDT21 played an oncogenic role in human gastric cancer cells. NUDT21 could be considered as a novel potential target for gastric cancer therapy.


2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
An Yang ◽  
Xin Liu ◽  
Ping Liu ◽  
Yunzhang Feng ◽  
Hongbo Liu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA), urothelial carcinoma-associated 1 (UCA1) is aberrantly expressed in multiple cancers and has been verified as an oncogene. However, the underlying mechanism of UCA1 in the development of gastric cancer is not fully understood. In the present study, we aimed to identify how UCA1 promotes gastric cancer development. Methods The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) data were used to analyze UCA1 and myosin VI (MYO6) expression in gastric cancer. Western blot and quantitative real-time PCR (QPCR) were performed to test the expression level of the UCA1/miR-145/MYO6 axis in gastric cancer cell lines and tissues. The roles of the UCA1/miR-145/MYO6 axis in gastric cancer in vitro and in vivo were investigated by CCK-8 assay, flow cytometry, siRNAs, immunohistochemistry, and a mouse xenograft model. The targeted relationship among UCA1, miR-145, and MYO6 was predicted using LncBase Predicted v.2 and TargetScan online software, and then verified by luciferase activity assay and RNA immunoprecipitation. Results UCA1 expression was higher but miR-145 expression was lower in gastric cancer cell lines or tissues, compared to the adjacent normal cell line or normal tissues. Function analysis verified that UCA1 promoted cell proliferation and inhibited cell apoptosis in the gastric cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, UCA1 could bind directly to miR-145, and MYO6 was found to be a downstream target gene of miR-145. miR-145 mimics or MYO6 siRNAs could partly reverse the effect of UCA1 on gastric cancer cells. Conclusions UCA1 accelerated cell proliferation and inhibited cell apoptosis through sponging miR-145 to upregulate MYO6 expression in gastric cancer, indicating that the UCA1/miR-145/MYO6 axis may serve as a potential therapeutic target for gastric cancer.


Author(s):  
Jifu Song ◽  
Zhibin Guan ◽  
Maojiang Li ◽  
Sha Sha ◽  
Chao Song ◽  
...  

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as pivotal regulators of the development and progression of gastric cancer. Studies have shown that miR-154 is a novel cancer-associated miRNA involved in various cancers. However, the role of miR-154 in gastric cancer remains unknown. Here we aimed to investigate the biological function and the potential molecular mechanism of miR-154 in gastric cancer. We found that miR-154 was significantly downregulated in gastric cancer tissues and cell lines. The overexpression of miR-154 significantly repressed the growth and invasion of gastric cancer cells. Bioinformatics analysis and Dual-Luciferase Reporter Assay data showed that miR-154 directly targeted the 3′-untranslated region of Dishevelled‐Axin domain containing 1 (DIXDC1). Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction and Western blot analyses showed that miR-154 overexpression inhibited DIXDC1 expression. An inverse correlation of miR-154 and DIXDC1 was also demonstrated in gastric cancer specimens. Overexpression of miR-154 also significantly suppressed the activation of WNT signaling. Moreover, restoration of DIXDC1 expression significantly reversed the inhibitory effect of miR-154 overexpression on the cell proliferation, invasion, and WNT signaling in gastric cancer cells. Overall, these results suggest that miR-154 inhibits gastric cancer cell growth and invasion by targeting DIXDC1 and could serve as a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of gastric cancer.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zi-Jian Deng ◽  
Dong-Wen Chen ◽  
Xi-Jie Chen ◽  
Jia-Ming Fang ◽  
Liang Xv ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Gastric cancer is the fourth most common malignant disease. Both CDK10 and long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been found to exert biological functions in multiple cancers. However, it is still unclear whether CDK10 represses tumor progression in gastric cancer by reducing potential targeting lncRNAs.Methods: The functions of CDK10 and lncRNA-C5ORF42-5 in proliferation, invasion and migration were assessed by MTS assays, colony formation assays, cell cycle and apoptosis assays, Transwell assays, wound healing assays and animal experiments. We used high-throughput sequencing to confirm the existence of lncRNA-C5ORF42-5 and quantitative real-time PCR was used to evaluate lncRNA expression. Then, with RNA-seq sequencing as well as GO function and KEGG enrichment analysis, we identified the signaling pathways in which lncRNA-C5ORF42-5 was involved in gastric cancer. Finally, western blotting was used to identify the genes regulated by lncRNA-C5ORF42-5.Results: Our results showed that CDK10 is expressed at relatively low levels in gastric cancer cell lines and inhibits the progression of gastric cancer cells both in vitro and in vivo. Next, based on high-throughput sequencing, we identified a novel lncRNA, lncRNA-C5ORF42-5, in the stable CDK10-overexpressing cell line compared with the CDK-knockdown cell line and their controls. Additionally, we confirmed that lncRNA-C5ORF42-5 acts as an oncogene to promote metastasis in gastric cancer in vitro and in vivo. We then ascertained that lncRNA-C5ORF42-5 is a major contributor to the function of CDK10 in gastric cancer metastasis by upregulating lncRNA-C5ORF42-5 to reverse the effects of CDK10 overexpression. Finally, we explored the mechanism by which lncRNA-C5ORF42-5 overexpression affects gastric cancer cells to elucidate whether lncRNA-C5ORF42-5 may increase the activity of the SMAD pathway of BMP signaling and promote the expression of EMT-related proteins, such as E-cadherin. Additionally, overexpression of lncRNA-C5ORF42-5 affected the phosphorylation levels of AKT and ERK.Conclusion: Our findings suggest that CDK10 overexpression represses gastric cancer tumor progression by reducing lncRNA-C5ORF42-5 and hindering activation of the related proteins in metastatic signaling pathways, which provides new insight into developing effective therapeutic strategies in the treatment of metastatic gastric cancer.


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