scholarly journals MTA3 regulates malignant progression of colorectal cancer through Wnt signaling pathway

Tumor Biology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 101042831769502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taiwei Jiao ◽  
Yue Li ◽  
Tong Gao ◽  
Yining Zhang ◽  
Mingliang Feng ◽  
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MTA3 overexpression has been implicated in carcinogenesis. The aim of the present study was to explore the clinical significance and biological roles of MTA3 in human colorectal cancer and colorectal cancer cells. A total of 80 cases of colorectal cancer tissues were examined by immunohistochemistry for MTA3 protein expression. We analyzed the relationship between MTA3 and clinical factors and the results showed that MTA3 was overexpressed in 51.25% (41/80) cancer cases. There was significant associations between MTA3 overexpression and advanced TNM stage (p = 0.0086) and Ki67 index (p = 0.001). We overexpressed MTA3 in LoVo cells and depleted its expression in HCT15 cells. The results showed that MTA3 promoted cancer cell proliferation, invasion, migration, and cell cycle progression, and inhibited 5-fluorouracil-induced apoptosis in LoVo cell line. MTA3 depletion in HCT15 cell line showed the opposite effects. In addition, we found that MTA3 positively regulated cell cycle proteins including cyclin D1 and cyclin E. It also upregulated Bcl2 and downregulated Bax expression. Furthermore, we found that MTA3 could activate Wnt signaling pathway by upregulating Wnt target proteins. Our results demonstrated that MTA3 overexpression contributes to colorectal cancer carcinogenesis, progression, and chemoresistance. MTA3 could serve as a potential therapeutic target in colorectal cancer.

2009 ◽  
Vol 136 (5) ◽  
pp. A-226
Author(s):  
Vanessa R. Sapoznik ◽  
Michael N. Grzybowski ◽  
Rosa M. Xicola ◽  
Brian J. Doyle ◽  
Jessica Grzybowski ◽  
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QJM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 114 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rowaida Mohammed Reda M. M Aboushahba ◽  
Fayda Ibrahim Abdel Motaleb ◽  
Ahmed Abdel Aziz Abou-Zeid ◽  
Enas Samir Nabil ◽  
Dalia Abdel-Wahab Mohamed ◽  
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ABSTRACT Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths world-wide. There is an increasing need for the identification of novel biomarkers/targets for early diagnosis and for the development of novel chemopreventive and therapeutic agents for CRC. Recently, MACF1 gene has emerged as a potential therapeutic target in cancer as it involved in processes critical for tumor cell proliferation, invasion and metastasis. It is suggested that MACF1 may function in cancers through Wnt signaling. MiR-34a is a well-known tumor suppressor miRNA.miR-34a targets MACF1 gene as a part of the wnt signaling pathway. In this study, 40 colonic tissues were collected from CRC patients (20) and control subjects (20). miR-34a-5p was assessed by real time PCR in all study groups. The results showed highly significant decrease (P < 0.01) in miR-34a relative expression in the CRC group (median RQ 0.13) when compared to the benign group (median RQ 5.3) and the healthy control group (median RQ 19.63). miR-34a mimic and inhibitor were transfected in CaCo-2 cell line and proliferation was assessed. The transfection of the cell line with miR-34a mimic decreased cell proliferation. Our study suggests that miR-34a-5p targets MACF1 gene as a part of the wnt signaling pathway leading to the involvement in the molecular mechanisms of CRC development and progression.


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (18) ◽  
pp. 2267-2273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aycan Asik ◽  
Neslihan P.O. Ay ◽  
Bakiye G. Bagca ◽  
Hasan O. Caglar ◽  
Cumhur Gunduz ◽  
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Background: Salinomycin, an ionophore antibiotic, is known to be an effective agent in reducing the viability of Glioblastoma (GBM) cells. The combination of salinomycin with other chemotherapeutic drugs would help to overcome the drug resistance of GBM cells. Objective: This study aims to test the combinatorial effect of salinomycin and AZD3463 in T98G GBM cells. Methods: The cytotoxic effects of drugs on T98G GBM cells were determined by using WST-8 assay. Flow cytometry was used to identify apoptosis and cell cycle profiles after treatments. Real-time PCR was used to portray mRNA expression profiles of genes in the Wnt-signaling pathway after treatments. Results: IC50 concentrations of AZD3463 and salinomycin were 529nM and 7.3μM for 48h, respectively. The combination concentrations of AZD3463 and salinomycin were 3.3μM and 333nM, respectively. The combination treatment showed a synergistic effect on reducing the viability of GBM cells. AZD3463, salinomycin, and their combination induced apoptosis in 1.2, 1.4, and 3.2 folds, respectively. AZD3463 and the combination treatment induced the cell cycle arrest at the G1 phase. Salinomycin and AZD3463 treatments, either alone or in combination, resulted in the downregulation or upregulation of mRNA expression levels of genes in the Wntsignaling pathway. Conclusion: Salinomycin, AZD3463, and their combination may inhibit proliferation and induce apoptosis in GBM cells due to a decrease in expression levels of genes acting in both the canonical and non-canonical Wnt signaling pathways. The Wnt signaling pathway may be involved in salinomycin-AZD3463 drug interaction.


Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 1146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen-Nan Ye ◽  
Feng Yuan ◽  
Jie-Qing Liu ◽  
Xing-Rong Peng ◽  
Tao An ◽  
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Deregulation of the Wnt signaling pathway leads to colorectal cancer progression. Natural dietary compounds serve as promising candidates for development as chemopreventive agents by suppressing the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. Physalis peruviana-derived 4βHWE showed a significant inhibitory activity with a calculated IC50 of 0.09 μΜ in a screening of novel inhibitors of Wnt signaling with the dual-luciferase reporter assay. This study investigated the anti-tumor effect of 4βHWE and the potential Wnt signaling inhibitory mechanism. Both the western blot analysis and immunofluorescence assay showed that 4βHWE promoted the phosphorylation and degradation of β-catenin and the subsequent inhibition of its nuclear translocation to attenuate the endogenous Wnt target gene expression in colorectal cancer (CRC) cells. The cell viability assay indicated that 4βHWE preferentially inhibited the proliferation of CRC compared with CCD-841-CoN, a normal human colonic epithelial cell line. 4βHWE-mediated G0/G1 cell cycle arrest and apoptosis induction contributed to the suppression of the proliferation of CRC in the cell cycle and Annexin V-FITC/Propidium Iodide apoptosis analysis. Moreover, in vivo, 4βHWE dramatically inhibited tumor growth in HCT116 xenografts by attenuating the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. In conclusion, our study suggested that 4βHWE could be of potential use in anti-tumor agent development as a novel Wnt signaling inhibitor.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 132
Author(s):  
Zahra Bayat ◽  
Bahram M. Soltani

The evolutionarily conserved Wnt signaling pathway plays essential roles during embryonic development, tissue homeostasis and differentiation. This pathway is deregulated in many cancers especially colorectal cancer. MiRNAs are a class of small noncoding RNAs that may play a major role in post transcriptional regulation of many genes and signaling pathway such as WNT signaling pathway. Here, we intended to investigate if miR-186-5p is capable of regulating WNT signaling pathway wia suppression TCF4 gene expression. miR-186-5p was bioinformatically predicted as a candidate regulator of TCF4 gene expression and then, in this experimental study, miR-186-5p was overexpressed in SW480 cell line and its increased expression was detected through quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). The effect of miR-186-5p on WNT pathway was analysied with TOP/FOP flash assay in SW480 cell line. Finally, flow cytometery was used to inves tigate the effect of miR-186-5p overexpression on cell cycle progression in SW480 cell line. miR-186-5p was overexpressed in the SW480 cell line and its overexpression resulted in significant reduction of the TCF4 mRNA level. TOP/FOP flash assay, confirmed the negative effect of miR-186-5p on the Wnt pathway in SW480 cells. Finally, Overexpression of miR186-5p in SW480 cells resulted in cell cycle arrest in subG1 phase, detected by flow cytometry. Overall, accumulative results indi-cated that miR-186-5p by targeting TCF4 is potentially one of the regulators of the WNT signaling pathway.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 130
Author(s):  
Zahra Bayat ◽  
Bahram M. Soltani

The evolutionarily conserved Wnt signaling pathway plays essential roles during embryonic development, tissue homeostasis and differentiation. This pathway is deregulated in many cancers especially colorectal cancer. MiRNAs are a class of small noncoding RNAs that may play a major role in post transcriptional regulation of many genes and signaling pathway such as WNT signaling pathway. Here, we intended to investigate if miR-186-5p is capable of regulating WNT signaling pathway wia suppression TCF4 gene expression. miR-186-5p was bioinformatically predicted as a candidate regulator of TCF4 gene expression and then, in this experimental study, miR-186-5p was overexpressed in SW480 cell line and its increased expression was detected through quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). The effect of miR-186-5p on WNT pathway was analysied with TOP/FOP flash assay in SW480 cell line. Finally, flow cytometery was used to inves tigate the effect of miR-186-5p overexpression on cell cycle progression in SW480 cell line. miR-186-5p was overexpressed in the SW480 cell line and its overexpression resulted in significant reduction of the TCF4 mRNA level. TOP/FOP flash assay, confirmed the negative effect of miR-186-5p on the Wnt pathway in SW480 cells. Finally, Overexpression of miR186-5p in SW480 cells resulted in cell cycle arrest in subG1 phase, detected by flow cytometry. Overall, accumulative results indi-cated that miR-186-5p by targeting TCF4 is potentially one of the regulators of the WNT signaling pathway.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen-Hua Dong ◽  
Tao Jiang ◽  
Hang Yin ◽  
Hu Song ◽  
Yi Zhang ◽  
...  

AbstractColorectal cancer is the second common cause of death worldwide. Lamin B2 (LMNB2) is involved in chromatin remodeling and the rupture and reorganization of nuclear membrane during mitosis, which is necessary for eukaryotic cell proliferation. However, the role of LMNB2 in colorectal cancer (CRC) is poorly understood. This study explored the biological functions of LMNB2 in the progression of colorectal cancer and explored the possible molecular mechanisms. We found that LMNB2 was significantly upregulated in primary colorectal cancer tissues and cell lines, compared with paired non-cancerous tissues and normal colorectal epithelium. The high expression of LMNB2 in colorectal cancer tissues is significantly related to the clinicopathological characteristics of the patients and the shorter overall and disease-free cumulative survival. Functional analysis, including CCK8 cell proliferation test, EdU proliferation test, colony formation analysis, nude mouse xenograft, cell cycle, and apoptosis analysis showed that LMNB2 significantly promotes cell proliferation by promoting cell cycle progression in vivo and in vitro. In addition, gene set enrichment analysis, luciferase report analysis, and CHIP analysis showed that LMNB2 promotes cell proliferation by regulating the p21 promoter, whereas LMNB2 has no effect on cell apoptosis. In summary, these findings not only indicate that LMNB2 promotes the proliferation of colorectal cancer by regulating p21-mediated cell cycle progression, but also suggest the potential value of LMNB2 as a clinical prognostic marker and molecular therapy target.


Biomedicines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 1331
Author(s):  
Yung-Fu Wu ◽  
Chih-Yang Wang ◽  
Wan-Chun Tang ◽  
Yu-Cheng Lee ◽  
Hoang Dang Khoa Ta ◽  
...  

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a heterogeneous disease with changes in the genetic and epigenetic levels of various genes. The molecular assessment of CRC is gaining increasing attention, and furthermore, there is an increase in biomarker use for disease prognostication. Therefore, the identification of different gene biomarkers through messenger RNA (mRNA) abundance levels may be useful for capturing the complex effects of CRC. In this study, we demonstrate that the high mRNA levels of 10 upregulated genes (DPEP1, KRT80, FABP6, NKD2, FOXQ1, CEMIP, ETV4, TESC, FUT1, and GAS2) are observed in CRC cell lines and public CRC datasets. Moreover, we find that a high mRNA expression of DPEP1, NKD2, CEMIP, ETV4, TESC, or FUT1 is significantly correlated with a worse prognosis in CRC patients. Further investigation reveals that CTNNB1 is the key factor in the interaction of the canonical Wnt signaling pathway with 10 upregulated CRC-associated genes. In particular, we identify NKD2, FOXQ1, and CEMIP as three CTNNB1-regulated genes. Moreover, individual inhibition of the expression of three CTNNB1-regulated genes can cause the growth inhibition of CRC cells. This study reveals efficient biomarkers for the prognosis of CRC and provides a new molecular interaction network for CRC.


Author(s):  
Yue-Ju Li ◽  
Cheng-Ning Yang ◽  
Yen-Ping Kuo ◽  
Wei-Ting Lai ◽  
Tai-Sheng Wu ◽  
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